The early infant gut microbiome varies in association with a maternal high-fat diet

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Citation
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Authors
Chu DM, Antony KM, Ma J, Prince AL, Showalter L, Moller M, Aagaard KM
Journal
Genome medicine
Year
2016
Keywords:
High-fat diet, Maternal gestational diet, Microbiome, Neonatal microbiome development
BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence suggests that the in utero environment is not sterile as once presumed. Work in the mouse demonstrated transmission of commensal bacteria from mother to fetus during gestation, though it is unclear what modulates this process. We have previously shown in the nonhuman primate that, independent of obesity, a maternal high-fat diet during gestation and lactation persistently shapes the juvenile gut microbiome. We therefore sought to interrogate in a population-based human longitudinal cohort whether a maternal high-fat diet similarly alters the neonatal and infant gut microbiome in early life. METHODS: A representative cohort was prospectively enrolled either in the early third trimester or intrapartum (n = 163), with a subset consented to longitudinal sampling through the postpartum interval (n = 81). Multiple body site samples, including stool and meconium, were collected from neonates at delivery and by 6 weeks of age. A rapid dietary questionnaire was administered to estimate intake of fat, added sugars, and fiber over the past month (National Health and Examination Survey). DNA was extracted from each infant meconium/stool sample (MoBio) and subjected to 16S rRNA gene sequencing and analysis. RESULTS: On average, the maternal dietary intake of fat ranged from 14.0 to 55.2 %, with an average intake of 33.1 % (σ = 6.1 %). Mothers whose diets significantly differed from the mean (±1 standard deviation) were separated into two distinct groups, a control group (n = 13, μ = 24.4 %) and a high-fat group (n = 13, μ = 43.1 %). Principal coordinate analysis revealed that the microbiome of the neonatal stool at birth (meconium) clustered differently by virtue of maternal gestational diet (PERMANOVA p = 0.001). LEfSe feature selection identified several taxa that discriminated the groups, with a notable relative depletion of Bacteroides in the neonates exposed to a maternal high-fat gestational diet (Student's t-test, p < 0.05) that persisted to 6 weeks of age. CONCLUSIONS: Similar to the primate, independent of maternal body mass index, a maternal high-fat diet is associated with distinct changes in the neonatal gut microbiome at birth which persist through 4-6 weeks of age. Our findings underscore the importance of counseling pregnant mothers on macronutrient consumption during pregnancy and lactation.

Experiment 1


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Shaimaa Elsafoury on 2021/02/09

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Subjects

Location of subjects
United States of America
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
Meconium Meconium,meconium
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
High fat diet HF - High fat diet,High fat diet (finding),High fat diet,high fat diet
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
nebowrns of maternal control
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
newborns of maternal high-fat diet
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
To determine maternal dietary intake during pregnancy, each mother was asked by trained personnel at each sample collection time point to answer the Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ), which was developed and validated by the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES) program (2009–2010)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
13
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
13

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V5
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Roche454

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
LEfSe
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


Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Shaimaa Elsafoury on 2021/02/09

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Rimsha Azhar

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Figure 4

Description: Neonaatal meconium identified by LEfSe betwen maternal high-fat or maternal control diet during pregnancy

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in newborns of maternal high-fat diet

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Lactococcus
Granulicatella
Enterococcus

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Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Shaimaa Elsafoury on 2021/02/09

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Rimsha Azhar

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Source: Figure 4

Description: Neonaatal meconium identified by LEfSe betwen maternal high-fat or maternal control diet during pregnancy

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in newborns of maternal high-fat diet

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Sutterella
Parabacteroides
Bacteroides
Comamonas

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Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

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Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

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
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
6 months babies control
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
6 months babies of maternal high-fat diet
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
75
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
75

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Shaimaa Elsafoury on 2021/02/09

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Rimsha Azhar

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Source: Figure 5 + Supplemental Figure 3

Description: The impact of maternal gestational diet persists to 6 weeks of age

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in 6 months babies of maternal high-fat diet

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Streptococcus
Escherichia

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Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Shaimaa Elsafoury on 2021/02/09

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Rimsha Azhar

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Figure 5 + Supplemental Figure 3

Description: The impact of maternal gestational diet persists to 6 weeks of age

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in 6 months babies of maternal high-fat diet

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Bacteroides

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