Evaluation of the effects of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis on newborn intestinal microbiota using a sequencing approach targeted to multi hypervariable 16S rDNA regions

Study information

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study design

prospective cohort

Citation

PMID PubMed identifier for scientific articles.

26971496

DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.

10.1007/s00253-016-7410-2

URI

Authors

Aloisio I, Quagliariello A, De Fanti S, Luiselli D, De Filippo C, Albanese D, Corvaglia LT, Faldella G, Di Gioia D

Journal

Applied microbiology and biotechnology

Year

2016

Keywords:

16S rDNA hypervariable regions, Gut microbiota, Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis, Newborns, Next generation sequencing technology

Different factors are known to influence the early gut colonization in newborns, among them the perinatal use of antibiotics. On the other hand, the effect on the baby of the administration of antibiotics to the mother during labor, referred to as intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP), has received less attention, although routinely used in group B Streptococcus positive women to prevent the infection in newborns. In this work, the fecal microbiota of neonates born to mothers receiving IAP and of control subjects were compared taking advantage for the first time of high-throughput DNA sequencing technology. Seven different 16S rDNA hypervariable regions (V2, V3, V4, V6 + V7, V8, and V9) were amplified and sequenced using the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine. The results obtained showed significant differences in the microbial composition of newborns born to mothers who had received IAP, with a lower abundance of Actinobacteria and Bacteroidetes as well as an overrepresentation of Proteobacteria. Considering that the seven hypervariable regions showed different discriminant ability in the taxonomic identification, further analyses were performed on the V4 region evidencing in IAP infants a reduced microbial richness and biodiversity, as well as a lower number of bacterial families with a predominance of Enterobacteriaceae members. In addition, this analysis pointed out a significant reduction in Bifidobacterium spp. strains. The reduced abundance of these beneficial microorganisms, together with the increased amount of potentially pathogenic bacteria, may suggest that IAP infants are more exposed to gastrointestinal or generally health disorders later in age.

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Subjects

Location of subjects: Italy

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: Antimicrobial agent antibiotic,antibiotics,Antibiotika,Antibiotikum,antibiotique,antimicrobial,antimicrobial agents,microbicide,microbicides,Antimicrobial agent,antimicrobial agent

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies: infants born by mothers negative to GBS

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies: Infants born by mothers positive to GBS and received IAP

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group: Infants of Mothers positive to Streptococcus (GBS) and received intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP)

Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group: 10

Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group: 10

Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any): perinatal antibiotics

Lab analysis

Sequencing type: 16S

16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene: V2-V9

Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance: Ion Torrent

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: decreased

Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness: decreased

Richness Number of species: decreased

Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample: decreased

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Description: Evaluation of microbial genus composition between Control and IAP groups

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Infants born by mothers positive to GBS and received IAP

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Bifidobacteriaceae
Bacteroidaceae

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Subjects

Alpha Diversity

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

Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness: decreased

Richness Number of species: decreased

Faith Phylogenetic diversity, takes into account phylogenetic distance of all taxa identified in a sample: decreased

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Description: Evaluation of microbial genus composition between Control and IAP groups

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Infants born by mothers positive to GBS and received IAP

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Bifidobacterium

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