A taxonomic signature of obesity in a large study of American adults

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Shaimaa Elsafoury on 2021/02/09
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Authors
Peters BA, Shapiro JA, Church TR, Miller G, Trinh-Shevrin C, Yuen E, Friedlander C, Hayes RB, Ahn J
Journal
Scientific reports
Year
2018
Animal models suggest that gut microbiota contribute to obesity; however, a consistent taxonomic signature of obesity has yet to be identified in humans. We examined whether a taxonomic signature of obesity is present across two independent study populations. We assessed gut microbiome from stool for 599 adults, by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We compared gut microbiome diversity, overall composition, and individual taxon abundance for obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30), and healthy-weight participants (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25). We found that gut species richness was reduced (p = 0.04), and overall composition altered (p = 0.04), in obese (but not overweight) compared to healthy-weight participants. Obesity was characterized by increased abundance of class Bacilli and its families Streptococcaceae and Lactobacillaceae, and decreased abundance of several groups within class Clostridia, including Christensenellaceae, Clostridiaceae, and Dehalobacteriaceae (q < 0.05). These findings were consistent across two independent study populations. When random forest models were trained on one population and tested on the other as well as a previously published dataset, accuracy of obesity prediction was good (~70%). Our large study identified a strong and consistent taxonomic signature of obesity. Though our study is cross-sectional and causality cannot be determined, identification of microbes associated with obesity can potentially provide targets for obesity prevention and treatment.

Experiment 1


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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

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
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
Obesity Adiposis,Adiposity,Obese,Obese (finding),obesity,Obesity (disorder),Obesity [Ambiguous],obesity disease,obesity disorder,Obesity NOS,Obesity, unspecified,Overweight and obesity,Obesity
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
normal weight
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
obese
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Healthy-weight was defined as BMI ≥ 18.5 and <25 kg/m2, overweight as BMI ≥ 25 and <30 kg/m2, and obese as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
211
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
142
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
long term use in NYU study. NA for CDC study

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

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
Confounders controlled for Confounding factors that have been accounted for by stratification or model adjustment
age, sex, polyp

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Marianthi Thomatos

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 4

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in obese

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Actinomycetaceae
Actinomycetales
Amedibacillus dolichus
Bacilli
Bacteroides ovatus
Bilophila
Blautia
Clostridium
Coprococcus
Enterobacterales
Enterobacteriaceae
Eubacteriales
Gammaproteobacteria
Lachnobacterium
Lachnospiraceae
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillus
Oscillospiraceae
Pseudomonadota
Ruminococcus
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Veillonellaceae

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Signature 2

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Marianthi Thomatos

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 4

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in obese

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Christensenellaceae
Clostridiaceae
Clostridium
Coprococcus
Dehalobacterium
Dorea
Erysipelotrichaceae
Eubacteriales
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Lachnospiraceae
Oscillospira
Oscillospiraceae
Parabacteroides
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales
Rikenellaceae

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Experiment 2


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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
overweight
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
246

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Shaimaa Elsafoury

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 4

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in overweight

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Bacteroides
Bacilli
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillus
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Eubacteriales
Clostridium
Lachnospiraceae
Blautia
Lachnobacterium
Oscillospiraceae
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Ruminococcus
Bilophila

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Signature 2

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Shaimaa Elsafoury

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 4

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in overweight

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Christensenellaceae
Clostridiaceae
Dehalobacterium
Erysipelotrichaceae
Eubacteriales
Oscillospira
Oscillospiraceae
Parabacteroides

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Experiment 3


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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
normal weight men
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
obese men
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
80
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
70

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Signature 1

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Marianthi Thomatos

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 5

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in obese men

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Parabacteroides distasonis
Bacilli
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillus
Streptococcus
Blautia
Oscillospiraceae
Veillonellaceae
Pseudomonadota
Gammaproteobacteria

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Signature 2

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Marianthi Thomatos

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 5

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in obese men

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Clostridiaceae
Corynebacteriaceae
Corynebacterium
Dehalobacterium
Ruminococcus
Tissierellaceae

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Experiment 4


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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
overweight men
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Healthy-weight was defined as BMI ≥ 18.5 and <25 kg/m2, overweight as BMI ≥ 25 and <30 kg/m2, and obese as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m3
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
171

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Signature 1

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Shaimaa Elsafoury

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 5

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in overweight men

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Bacteroides
Bacilli
Lactobacillales
Lactobacillaceae
Lactobacillus
Streptococcus
Blautia
Coprococcus
Lachnobacterium

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Signature 2

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Shaimaa Elsafoury

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 5

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in overweight men

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Christensenellaceae
Burkholderiales
Clostridiaceae
Corynebacteriaceae
Corynebacterium
Dehalobacterium
Enterobacterales
Enterobacteriaceae
Finegoldia
Megasphaera
Ruminococcus
Synergistia
Tissierellaceae
Mediterraneibacter gnavus

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Experiment 5


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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
normal weight women
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
obese women
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Healthy-weight was defined as BMI ≥ 18.5 and <25 kg/m2, overweight as BMI ≥ 25 and <30 kg/m2, and obese as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m5
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
131
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
72

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Signature 1

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Marianthi Thomatos

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 5

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in obese women

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Bacilli
Lactobacillales
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Mediterraneibacter gnavus
Lachnobacterium
Pseudomonadota
Burkholderiales
Gammaproteobacteria
Enterobacterales
Enterobacteriaceae
Tissierellaceae
Ruminococcus

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Signature 2

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Marianthi Thomatos

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 5

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in obese women

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Christensenellaceae
Clostridiaceae
Dehalobacterium
Clostridia
Clostridiales bacterium

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Experiment 6


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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: WikiWorks

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
overweight women
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Healthy-weight was defined as BMI ≥ 18.5 and <25 kg/m2, overweight as BMI ≥ 25 and <30 kg/m2, and obese as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m7
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: Shaimaa Elsafoury

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 5

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in overweight women

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Bacilli
Lactobacillales
Streptococcaceae
Streptococcus
Mediterraneibacter gnavus
Ruminococcus
Lachnobacterium
Pseudomonadota
Burkholderiales
Gammaproteobacteria
Enterobacterales
Enterobacteriaceae

Revision editor(s): WikiWorks

Signature 2

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

Curated date: 2021/01/10

Curator: Shaimaa Elsafoury

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks

Source: Supplemental Table 5

Description: Taxonomic sginature of obesity in a large study of American adults

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in overweight women

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Clostridiaceae
Clostridia

Revision editor(s): Merit, WikiWorks