Faecal microbial transfer and complex carbohydrates mediate protection against COPD

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Budden KF, Shukla SD, Bowerman KL, Vaughan A, Gellatly SL, Wood DLA, Lachner N, Idrees S, Rehman SF, Faiz A, Patel VK, Donovan C, Alemao CA, Shen S, Amorim N, Majumder R, Vanka KS, Mason J, Haw TJ, Tillet B, Fricker M, Keely S, Hansbro N, Belz GT, Horvat J, Ashhurst T, van Vreden C, McGuire H, Fazekas de St Groth B, King NJC, Crossett B, Cordwell SJ, Bonaguro L, Schultze JL, Hamilton-Williams EE, Mann E, Forster SC, Cooper MA, Segal LN, Chotirmall SH, Collins P, Bowman R, Fong KM, Yang IA, Wark PAB, Dennis PG, Hugenholtz P, Hansbro PM
Journal
Gut
Year
2024
Keywords:
BASIC SCIENCES, COLONIC MICROFLORA, DIETARY FIBRE, IMMUNOLOGY, INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
OBJECTIVE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of global illness and death, most commonly caused by cigarette smoke. The mechanisms of pathogenesis remain poorly understood, limiting the development of effective therapies. The gastrointestinal microbiome has been implicated in chronic lung diseases via the gut-lung axis, but its role is unclear. DESIGN: Using an in vivo mouse model of cigarette smoke (CS)-induced COPD and faecal microbial transfer (FMT), we characterised the faecal microbiota using metagenomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Findings were correlated with airway and systemic inflammation, lung and gut histopathology and lung function. Complex carbohydrates were assessed in mice using a high resistant starch diet, and in 16 patients with COPD using a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of inulin supplementation. RESULTS: FMT alleviated hallmark features of COPD (inflammation, alveolar destruction, impaired lung function), gastrointestinal pathology and systemic immune changes. Protective effects were additive to smoking cessation, and transfer of CS-associated microbiota after antibiotic-induced microbiome depletion was sufficient to increase lung inflammation while suppressing colonic immunity in the absence of CS exposure. Disease features correlated with the relative abundance of Muribaculaceae, Desulfovibrionaceae and Lachnospiraceae family members. Proteomics and metabolomics identified downregulation of glucose and starch metabolism in CS-associated microbiota, and supplementation of mice or human patients with complex carbohydrates improved disease outcomes. CONCLUSION: The gut microbiome contributes to COPD pathogenesis and can be targeted therapeutically.

Experiment 1


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Subjects

Location of subjects
Australia
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Mus musculus
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to transplant Response to transplant,response to transplant
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Air-exposed FMT mice - 12 weeks
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Cigarette Smoke exposed FMT mice (CS-exposed 12 weeks)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Cigarette Smoke exposed FMT mice (CS-exposed 12 weeks) refers to "in vivo" female mouse model of cigarette smoke (CS)-induced COPD and faecal microbial transfer (FMT) who underwent 3 weeks of baseline microbiome normalisation by transferring soiled bedding and co-housing, before exposure to mainstream CS through the nose only for 12 weeks (12 wk CS).
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
8
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
8

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
WMS
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
Not specified
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
raw counts
Statistical test
DESeq2
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
Yes
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
age

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Inverse Simpson Modification of Simpsons index D as 1/D to obtain high values in datasets of high diversity and vice versa
unchanged

Signature 1

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Source: Supplementary Table 6

Description: Differential abundant taxa between air-exposed FMT mice and CS-exposed FMT mice at 12 weeks

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Cigarette Smoke exposed FMT mice (CS-exposed 12 weeks)

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Lachnospiraceae
Muricomes sp.
Kineothrix sp.

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Source: Supplementary Table 6

Description: Differential abundant taxa between air-exposed FMT mice and CS-exposed FMT mice at 12 weeks

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Cigarette Smoke exposed FMT mice (CS-exposed 12 weeks)

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Akkermansia muciniphila
Phocaeicola vulgatus
CAG-485 sp002491945CAG-485 sp002491945
CAG-485 sp002493045CAG-485 sp002493045
Muribaculum arabinoxylanisolvensMuribaculum arabinoxylanisolvens
UBA3282 sp009774575UBA3282 sp009774575
Muribaculum sp.
Duncaniella sp.
Candidatus Amulumruptor sp.
Mailhella sp.

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Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
8weeks CS exposed + 4weeks rest FMT mice
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
8weeks CS exposed + 4weeks rest FMT mice refers to mice who were induced with cigarette-smoke(CS) for 8weeks after which they were exposed to normal air for 4weeks.

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Inverse Simpson Modification of Simpsons index D as 1/D to obtain high values in datasets of high diversity and vice versa
unchanged

Signature 1

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Source: Supplementary Table 6

Description: Differential abundant taxa between 12 weeks air-exposed FMT mice and 8weeks CS exposed + 4weeks rest FMT mice

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in 8weeks CS exposed + 4weeks rest FMT mice

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Lactobacillus johnsonii
COE1 sp009774375COE1 sp009774375
Alistipes sp.
Muricomes sp.

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Source: Supplementary Table 6

Description: Differential abundant taxa between 12 weeks air-exposed FMT mice and 8weeks CS exposed + 4weeks rest FMT mice

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in 8weeks CS exposed + 4weeks rest FMT mice

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Akkermansia muciniphila
Mucispirillum schaedleri
Phocaeicola vulgatus
COE1 sp002490665COE1 sp002490665
UBA3282 sp009774575UBA3282 sp009774575
Mailhella sp.
Duncaniella sp.
Candidatus Amulumruptor sp.

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Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Fecal samples baseline(Week 0)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Fecal samples at the end of the experiment(Week 12)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Fecal samples at the end of the experiment(Week 12) refers to fecal samples collected at the completion of the experiment.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
Not specified
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
Not specified

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
Not specified

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased
Inverse Simpson Modification of Simpsons index D as 1/D to obtain high values in datasets of high diversity and vice versa
increased

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Source: Supplementary Table 5

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between fecal samples at baseline(Week 0) and at completion of the experiment(Week 12)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Fecal samples at the end of the experiment(Week 12)

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Dubosiella newyorkensis
Duncaniella dubosii
Muribaculum intestinale
Oscillospiraceae
Phocaeicola vulgatus
CAG-485 sp002491945CAG-485 sp002491945
Parabacteroides distasonis
CAG-485 sp002493045CAG-485 sp002493045
CAG-873 sp009775195CAG-873 sp009775195
Muribaculum arabinoxylanisolvensMuribaculum arabinoxylanisolvens
UBA3282 sp009774575UBA3282 sp009774575
CAG-303CAG-303
ASTD01ASTD01
UBA3282 sp009774175UBA3282 sp009774175
UBA7182 sp009774155UBA7182 sp009774155
UBA9475UBA9475
Candidatus Amulumruptor sp.
Duncaniella sp.
Prevotella sp.
Mailhella sp.
Alistipes sp.
Schaedlerella sp.

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Source: Supplementary Table 5

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between fecal samples at baseline(Week 0) and at completion of the experiment(Week 12)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Fecal samples at the end of the experiment(Week 12)

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Acetatifactor
Akkermansia muciniphila
Bifidobacterium pseudolongum
Bifidobacterium pseudolongum subsp. globosum
Duncaniella dubosii
Duncaniella muris
Eubacterium
Faecalibaculum rodentium
Ileibacterium valens
COE1 sp009774375COE1 sp009774375
CAG-180 sp900540295CAG-180 sp900540295
CAG-115CAG-115
UBA7001UBA7001
ASF356 sp000364165ASF356 sp000364165
Alistipes sp.

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Subjects

Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Treatment Treatment,treatment
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Pre-inulin
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Post-inulin
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Post-inulin refers to the period after inulin supplementation. Human patients with COPD received supplements of inulin, a common fermentable fibre, for 4 weeks.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
7
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
9

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V5-V8

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
centered log-ratio
Statistical test
PLS-DA (Partial least square discriminant analysis)
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged
Inverse Simpson Modification of Simpsons index D as 1/D to obtain high values in datasets of high diversity and vice versa
unchanged

Signature 1

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Source: Figure 9D

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between pre-inulin and post inulin

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Post-inulin

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uncultured bacterium
Erysipelotrichaceae
Intestinibacter
uncultured organism

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Subjects

Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Mus musculus
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Response to transplant Response to transplant,response to transplant
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Air-exposed control mice - 8 weeks
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Cigarette Smoke exposed control mice (CS-exposed control mice - 8 weeks)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Cigarette Smoke exposed control mice (CS-exposed control mice - 8 weeks) refers to mice model who received their own soiled bedding mixed with clean bedding for eight weeks.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
Not specified
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
Not specified

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
age


Signature 1

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Source: Figure S7e

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between air-exposed control mice and CS-exposed control mice

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Cigarette Smoke exposed control mice (CS-exposed control mice - 8 weeks)

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Muribaculaceae

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Source: Figure S7e

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between air-exposed control mice and CS-exposed control mice at 8weeks.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Cigarette Smoke exposed control mice (CS-exposed control mice - 8 weeks)

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Muribaculaceae
Eubacterium xylanophilum
Ruminococcus

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