Comprehensive profiles and diagnostic value of menopausal-specific gut microbiota in premenopausal breast cancer

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Citation
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Authors
Hou MF, Ou-Yang F, Li CL, Chen FM, Chuang CH, Kan JY, Wu CC, Shih SL, Shiau JP, Kao LC, Kao CN, Lee YC, Moi SH, Yeh YT, Cheng CJ, Chiang CP
Journal
Experimental & molecular medicine
Year
2021
In Western countries, breast cancer tends to occur in older postmenopausal women. However, in Asian countries, the proportion of younger premenopausal breast cancer patients is increasing. Increasing evidence suggests that the gut microbiota plays a critical role in breast cancer. However, studies on the gut microbiota in the context of breast cancer have mainly focused on postmenopausal breast cancer. Little is known about the gut microbiota in the context of premenopausal breast cancer. This study aimed to comprehensively explore the gut microbial profiles, diagnostic value, and functional pathways in premenopausal breast cancer patients. Here, we analyzed 267 breast cancer patients with different menopausal statuses and age-matched female controls. The α-diversity was significantly reduced in premenopausal breast cancer patients, and the β-diversity differed significantly between breast cancer patients and controls. By performing multiple analyses and classification, 14 microbial markers were identified in the different menopausal statuses of breast cancer. Bacteroides fragilis was specifically found in young women of premenopausal statuses and Klebsiella pneumoniae in older women of postmenopausal statuses. In addition, menopausal-specific microbial markers could exhibit excellent discriminatory ability in distinguishing breast cancer patients from controls. Finally, the functional pathways differed between breast cancer patients and controls. Our findings provide the first evidence that the gut microbiota in premenopausal breast cancer patients differs from that in postmenopausal breast cancer patients and shed light on menopausal-specific microbial markers for diagnosis and investigation, ultimately providing a noninvasive approach for breast cancer detection and a novel strategy for preventing premenopausal breast cancer.

Experiment 1


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Curated date: 2024/04/08

Curator: Rahila

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Subjects

Location of subjects
Taiwan
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
Breast carcinoma breast cancer,breast cancer, NOS,breast carcinoma,cancer of breast,cancer of the breast,cancer, breast,carcinoma of breast,carcinoma of the breast,mammary carcinoma,Breast carcinoma
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Premenopausal female controls (Pre-C)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
premenopausal breast cancer patients (Pre-BC)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Premenopausal breast cancer patients diagnosed with stage I–II disease by pathological examination.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
50
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
100
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
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
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.0
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
age

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2024/04/08

Curator: Rahila

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Source: FIG 2 (B)

Description: Significantly differential gut microbiota in premenopausal breast cancer (Pre-BC) patients compared to premenopausal female controls (Pre-C)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in premenopausal breast cancer patients (Pre-BC)

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Bacteroides
Fusobacterium
Haemophilus
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Leyella stercorea
Ruminococcus bromii
Ruminococcus callidus
Sutterella
Bacteroidaceae
Bacteroidales
Bacteroidia
Fusobacteriaceae
Fusobacteriales
Fusobacteriia
Alphaproteobacteria
Alcaligenaceae
Burkholderiales
Betaproteobacteria
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Signature 2

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Curator: Rahila

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Source: FIG 2 (B)

Description: Significantly differential gut microbiota in premenopausal breast cancer (Pre-BC) patients compared to premenopausal female controls (Pre-C)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in premenopausal breast cancer patients (Pre-BC)

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Akkermansia
Akkermansia muciniphila
Alistipes
Alistipes indistinctus
Bifidobacterium
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
Bifidobacterium bifidum
Bifidobacterium longum
Collinsella
Collinsella aerofaciens
Coprococcus
Dialister
Enterobacter
Enterococcus
Holdemanella biformis
Megasphaera
Mitsuokella
Oxalobacter
Parabacteroides
Parabacteroides distasonis
Rothia
Rothia mucilaginosa
Streptococcus
Alistipes massiliensis
Micrococcaceae
Actinomycetales
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Actinomycetota
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Porphyromonadaceae
Rikenellaceae
Barnesiellaceae
Gemellaceae
GemellalesGemellales
Enterococcaceae
Lactobacillaceae
Streptococcaceae
Lactobacillales
Bacilli
Oscillospiraceae
Veillonellaceae
Eubacteriales
Clostridia
Oxalobacteraceae
Verrucomicrobiales
Verrucomicrobiia
Verrucomicrobiaceae

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Experiment 2


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Curated date: 2024/04/08

Curator: Rahila

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Postmenopausal female controls (Post-C)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Postmenopausal breast cancer patients (Post-BC)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Postmenopausal breast cancer patients diagnosed with stage I–II disease by pathological examination.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
17

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2024/04/08

Curator: Rahila

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Source: FIG 2 (C)

Description: Significantly differential gut microbiota in postmenopausal breast cancer (Post-BC) patients compared to postmenopausal female controls (Post-C)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Postmenopausal breast cancer patients (Post-BC)

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Actinomyces
Haemophilus
Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Mitsuokella
Mitsuokella multacida
Sutterella
Actinomycetaceae
Bacteroidales
Bacteroidia
Peptostreptococcaceae
Alcaligenaceae
Burkholderiales
Betaproteobacteria
Pasteurellaceae
Pasteurellales

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Signature 2

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Curated date: 2024/04/08

Curator: Rahila

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Source: FIG 2 (C)

Description: Significantly differential gut microbiota in postmenopausal breast cancer (Post-BC) patients compared to postmenopausal female controls (Post-C)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Postmenopausal breast cancer patients (Post-BC)

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Akkermansia
Akkermansia muciniphila
Alistipes
Alistipes massiliensis
Bilophila
Collinsella aerofaciens
Eggerthella
Holdemanella biformis
Oxalobacter
Oxalobacter formigenes
Parabacteroides distasonis
Phascolarctobacterium
Phocaeicola coprophilus
Ruminococcus
Streptococcus
Coriobacteriaceae
Coriobacteriales
Coriobacteriia
Rikenellaceae
Gemellaceae
GemellalesGemellales
Streptococcaceae
Lactobacillales
Lachnospiraceae
Eubacteriales
Clostridia
Oxalobacteraceae
Desulfovibrionaceae
Desulfovibrionales
Deltaproteobacteria
Verrucomicrobiaceae
Verrucomicrobiales
Verrucomicrobiia
Alistipes indistinctus
Eggerthella lenta

Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica

Experiment 3


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Curated date: 2024/06/10

Curator: Scholastica

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Menopause Change of Life, Female,Menopause,menopause
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Premenopausal female controls (Pre-C)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Postmenopausal female controls (Post-C)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Postmenopausal female controls (Post-C) participants
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
50
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
17

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
Not specified

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

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Curated date: 2024/06/10

Curator: Scholastica

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Source: FIG 2 (A)

Description: Significantly differential gut microbiota in premenopausal female controls (Pre-C) compared to postmenopausal female controls (Post-C)

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Postmenopausal female controls (Post-C)

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Synergistales
Synergistia
Amedibacillus dolichus

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Signature 2

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Curated date: 2024/06/10

Curator: Scholastica

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Source: FIG 2 (A)

Description: Significantly differential gut microbiota in premenopausal female controls (Pre-C) compared to postmenopausal female controls (Post-C)

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Postmenopausal female controls (Post-C)

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Actinomycetota
Faecalibacterium
Bifidobacterium
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
Bifidobacterium longum

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Experiment 4


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Curated date: 2024/06/10

Curator: Scholastica

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Differences from previous experiment shown

Subjects

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Premenopausal breast cancer patients (Pre-BC)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Postmenopausal breast cancer patients (Post-BC)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Postmenopausal breast cancer patients diagnosed with stage I–II disease by pathological examination.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
100
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
100

Lab analysis

Statistical Analysis

Alpha Diversity

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

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by Svetlana up on 2024-6-11

Curated date: 2024/06/10

Curator: Scholastica

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Source: FIG 3 (C)

Description: Significantly differential gut microbiota in premenopausal (Pre-BC) compared to postmenopausal breast cancer (Post-BC) patients

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Postmenopausal breast cancer patients (Post-BC)

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Streptophyta
Turicibacteraceae
Candidatus Tariuqbacterales
Gammaproteobacteria
Desulfovibrio
Turicibacter
Ruminococcus callidus
Veillonella dispar

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Signature 2

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Curated date: 2024/06/10

Curator: Scholastica

Revision editor(s): Scholastica

Source: FIG 3 (C)

Description: Significantly differential gut microbiota in premenopausal (Pre-BC) compared to postmenopausal breast cancer (Post-BC) patients

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Postmenopausal breast cancer patients (Post-BC)

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Bifidobacteriaceae
Bifidobacteriales
Actinomycetota
Bifidobacterium
Oscillospira
Bilophila
Adlercreutzia
Roseburia faecis
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
Bifidobacterium longum

Revision editor(s): Scholastica