Microbiome features associated with performance measures in athletic and non-athletic individuals: A case-control study

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Citation
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Authors
Humińska-Lisowska K, Zielińska K, Mieszkowski J, Michałowska-Sawczyn M, Cięszczyk P, Łabaj PP, Wasąg B, Frączek B, Grzywacz A, Kochanowicz A, Kosciolek T
Journal
PloS one
Year
2024
The influence of human gut microbiota on health and disease is now commonly appreciated. Therefore, it is not surprising that microbiome research has found interest in the sports community, hoping to improve health and optimize performance. Comparative studies found new species or pathways that were more enriched in elites than sedentary controls. In addition, sport-specific and performance-level-specific microbiome features have been identified. However, the results remain inconclusive and indicate the need for further assessment. In this case-control study, we tested two athletic populations (i.e. strength athletes, endurance athletes) and a non-athletic, but physically active, control group across two acute exercise bouts, separated by a 2-week period, that measured explosive and high intensity fitness level (repeated 30-s all-out Wingate test (WT)) and cardiorespiratory fitness level (Bruce Treadmill Test). While we did not identify any group differences in alpha and beta diversity or significant differential abundance of microbiome components at baseline, one-third of the species identified were unique to each group. Longitudinal sample (pre- and post-exercise) analysis revealed an abundance of Alistipes communis in the strength group during the WT and 88 species with notable between-group differences during the Bruce Test. SparCC recognized Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium adolescentis, short-chain fatty acid producers with probiotic properties, species strongly associated with VO2max. Ultimately, we identified several taxa with different baseline abundances and longitudinal changes when comparing individuals based on their VO2max, average power, and maximal power parameters. Our results confirmed that the health status of individuals are consistent with assumptions about microbiome health. Furthermore, our findings indicate that microbiome features are associated with better performance previously identified in elite athletes.

Experiment 1


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/06

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Subjects

Location of subjects
Poland
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
Health study participation health questionnaire participation,health survey participation,Health study participation,health study participation
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Non-athletes
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Strength athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in strength athletics at timepoint B0 (in the morning before the Bruce Treadmill Test)
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
19
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
15
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
Individuals who were on antibiotics six (6) months before the start of the study.

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
PCR
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).
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)?
Yes
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.0
Confounders controlled for Confounding factors that have been accounted for by stratification or model adjustment
diet

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/07

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint B0 (in the morning before the Bruce Treadmill Test)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Strength athletes

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Catenibacterium sp. AM22-15
Clostridium phoceensis

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Experiment 2


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/06

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Endurance athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in endurance athletics (in the morning before the Bruce Treadmill Test)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
13

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/07

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at time point B0(in the morning before the Bruce Treadmill Test)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Endurance athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Blautia sp. AF19-10LB
Dorea longicatena

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Experiment 3


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Strength athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in strength athletics at timepoint W1 (the same day after the repeated lower body 30s-all-out wingate's test)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
15

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint W1 (the same day after the repeated lower body 30s-all-out wingate's test)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Strength athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Coprococcus catus
Rothia mucilaginosa
Ruminococcus sp. AF41-9

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint W1 (the same day after the repeated lower body 30s-all-out wingate's test)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Strength athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Bacteroides faecis

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Experiment 4


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Endurance athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in endurance athletics at time point W1 (the same day after the repeated lower body 30s-all-out wingate's test)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
13

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at time point W1 (the same day after the repeated lower body 30s-all-out wingate's test)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Endurance athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Fusicatenibacter saccharivorans

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Signature 2

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Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint W1 (the same day after the repeated lower body 30s-all-out wingate's test)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Endurance athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Bacteroides faecis

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Experiment 5


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Strength athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in strength athletics at timepoint W2 (morning fasting after the WT on an empty stomach)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
15

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint W2 (morning fasting after the WT on an empty stomach)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Strength athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Phocaeicola massiliensis

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Experiment 6


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Endurance athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in endurance athletics at timepoint W2 (morning fasting after the WT on an empty stomach)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
13

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint W2 (morning fasting after the WT on an empty stomach)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Endurance athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Blautia sp. AF19-10LB

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint W2 (morning fasting after the WT on an empty stomach)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Endurance athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Phocaeicola massiliensis

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Experiment 7


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Strength athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in strength athletics at timepoint B1 (the same day after the Bruce Treadmill Test)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
15

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at timepoint B1 (the same day after the Bruce Treadmill Test)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Strength athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Clostridiales bacterium

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Experiment 8


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Endurance athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in endurance athletics at timepoint B1 (the same day after the Bruce Treadmill Test)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
13

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at timepoint B1 (the same day after the Bruce Treadmill Test)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Endurance athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Blautia sp. AF19-10LB
Lacticaseibacillus paracasei

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Experiment 9


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Strength athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in strength athletics at timepoint B2 (morning after the Bruce Treadmill Test on an empty stomach)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
15

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint B2 (morning after the Bruce Treadmill Test on an empty stomach)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Strength athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Blautia sp. MSK.20.85

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Experiment 10


Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-19

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Endurance athletes
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Athletes engaged in endurance athletics at timepoint B2 (morning after the Bruce Treadmill Test on an empty stomach)
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
13

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Folakunmi on 2024-3-18

Curated date: 2024/03/08

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi

Source: Table 2

Description: Species identified as specific per group after being identified as significantly more abundant in the group of interest in comparison to the other two groups by LEfSe at Timepoint B2 (morning after the Bruce Treadmill Test)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Endurance athletes

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Blautia sp. AF19-10LB

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine, Folakunmi