Characterization of gut microbiota composition and functions in patients with chronic alcohol overconsumption

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Citation
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Authors
Bjørkhaug ST, Aanes H, Neupane SP, Bramness JG, Malvik S, Henriksen C, Skar V, Medhus AW, Valeur J
Journal
Gut microbes
Year
2019
Keywords:
Clostridium, Faecalibacterium, Holdemania, Nutritional screening, PICRUSt, Proteobacteria, Sutterella, short-chain fatty acids
Excessive alcohol intake can alter the gut microbiota, which may underlie the pathophysiology of alcohol-related diseases. We examined gut microbiota composition and functions in patients with alcohol overconsumption for >10 years, compared to a control group of patients with a history of no or low alcohol intake. Faecal microbiota composition was assessed by 16S rRNA sequencing. Gut microbiota functions were evaluated by quantification of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and predictive metagenome profiling (PICRUSt). Twenty-four patients, mean age 64.8 years (19 males), with alcohol overconsumption, and 18 control patients, mean age 58.2 years (14 males) were included. The two groups were comparable regarding basic clinical variables. Nutritional assessment revealed lower total score on the screening tool Mini Nutritional Assessment, lower muscle mass as assessed by handgrip strength, and lower plasma vitamin C levels in the alcohol overconsumption group. Bacteria from phylum Proteobacteria were found in higher relative abundance, while bacteria from genus Faecalibacterium were found in lower relative abundance in the group of alcohol overconsumers. The group also had higher levels of the genera Sutterella, Holdemania and Clostridium, and lower concentration and percentage of butyric acid. When applying PICRUSt to predict the metagenomic composition, we found that genes related to invasion of epithelial cells were more common in the group of alcohol overconsumers. We conclude that gut microbiota composition and functions in patients with alcohol overconsumption differ from patients with low consumption of alcohol, and seem to be skewed into a putative pro-inflammatory direction.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2021/01/10

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Subjects

Location of subjects
Norway
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
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
Alcohol drinking alcohol consumption,Alcohol drinking,alcohol drinking
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
controls
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
alcohol overconsumers
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
subjects with ongoing or recent history of alcohol overconsumption of more than 20 or 40 g of alcohol per day
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
18
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
24
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
4 weeks

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
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).
relative abundances
Statistical test
Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon)
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)?
No

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Claregrieve1 on 2022/10/6

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

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Source: Figure 2, 3

Description: Differential abundance of microbiota between patients with alcohol overconsumption and controls

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in alcohol overconsumers

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Clostridium
Holdemania
Pseudomonadota
Sutterella

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Curator: Fatima Zohra

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Source: Figure 2, 3

Description: Differential abundance of microbiota between patients with alcohol overconsumption and controls

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in alcohol overconsumers

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Faecalibacterium

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Experiment 2


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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Not specified

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Statistical test
LEfSe
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
unchanged

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

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Source: Figure 4a

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between alcohol overconsumers and controls

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in alcohol overconsumers

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Acidaminococcus
Actinomycetales
Alcaligenaceae
Bulleidia
Clostridium
Desulfovibrionales
Enterobacterales
Enterobacteriaceae
Candidatus Epulonipiscium
Escherichia
Holdemania
Klebsiella
Lachnospiraceae
Megamonas
Micrococcaceae
Morganella
Pseudomonadota
Rothia
Sutterella
Tissierellaceae

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Claregrieve1 on 2022/10/6

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Fatima Zohra

Revision editor(s): Claregrieve1, WikiWorks

Source: Figure 4a

Description: Differentially abundant taxa between alcohol overconsumers and controls

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in alcohol overconsumers

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Actinomycetota
Adlercreutzia
Clostridia
Collinsella
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Faecalibacterium
Mitsuokella
Odoribacter
Oribacterium
Prevotella
Prevotellaceae
Staphylococcaceae
Staphylococcus
Succinatimonas

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