Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Gut Microbiota of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder as Possible Predictors of the Disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1307-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey S. Kovtun ◽  
Olga V. Averina ◽  
Maria G. Alekseeva ◽  
Valery N. Danilenko
Chemosphere ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuechao Guo ◽  
Su Liu ◽  
Zhu Wang ◽  
Xu-xiang Zhang ◽  
Mei Li ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
LINGLING WANG ◽  
Haobin Yao ◽  
Tereasa Tong ◽  
KS Lau ◽  
Suet Yi Leung ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Short-term antibiotics exposure is associated with alterations in microbiota and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the human gut. While antibiotics are critical in the successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori, the short-term and long-term impacts on the composition and quantity of antibiotics resistance genes after H. pylori eradication is unclear. This study used whole genome shotgun metagenomic of stool samples to characterize the gut microbiota and ARGs, before and after H. pylori eradication therapy. Results: Forty-four H. pylori-infected patients were recruited including 21 treatment naïve patients who received clarithromycin-based triple therapy (CLA group) and 23 patients who failed previous therapies, in which 10 received levofloxacin-based quadruple therapy [LEVO group] and 13 received other combinations [OTHER group] in the current study. Stool samples were collected at baseline (before current treatment), 6-week and 6-month after eradication therapy. At baseline, there was only a slight difference among the three groups on ARGs and gut microbiota. After eradication therapy, there was a transient but significant increase in gut ARGs 6-week post-therapy, among which the LEVO group had the most significant ARGs alteration compared to other two groups. For treatment naïve patients, those with higher ARG richness and ErmF abundance were prone to fail CLA eradication. For gut microbiota, the bacteria richness decreased at 6-week and there was a significant difference in microbiota community among the three groups at 6-week. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrated the dynamic alterations in gut microbiota and ARGs induced by different eradication therapies, which could influence the choices of antibiotics in eradication therapy.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bálint Kintses ◽  
Orsolya Méhi ◽  
Eszter Ari ◽  
Mónika Számel ◽  
Ádám Györkei ◽  
...  

AbstractThe human gut microbiota has adapted to the presence of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) that are ancient components of immune defence. Despite important medical relevance, it has remained unclear whether AMP resistance genes in the gut microbiome are available for genetic exchange between bacterial species. Here we show that AMP- and antibiotic-resistance genes differ in their mobilization patterns and functional compatibilities with new bacterial hosts. First, whereas AMP resistance genes are widespread in the gut microbiome, their rate of horizontal transfer is lower than that of antibiotic resistance genes. Second, gut microbiota culturing and functional metagenomics revealed that AMP resistance genes originating from phylogenetically distant bacteria only have a limited potential to confer resistance inEscherichia coli, an intrinsically susceptible species. Third, the phenotypic impact of acquired AMP resistance genes heavily depends on the genetic background of the recipient bacteria. Taken together, functional compatibility with the new bacterial host emerges as a key factor limiting the genetic exchange of AMP resistance genes. Finally, our results suggest that AMPs induce highly specific changes in the composition of the human microbiota with implications for disease risks.


2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgenii I Olekhnovich ◽  
Artem T Vasilyev ◽  
Vladimir I Ulyantsev ◽  
Elena S Kostryukova ◽  
Alexander V Tyakht

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiwei Wang ◽  
Xiaojuan Wei ◽  
Lingyu Wu ◽  
Xiaofei Shang ◽  
Fusheng Cheng ◽  
...  

Abstract The drug resistance has been partly driven by the overuse of antimicrobials in agricultural feeding. Better understanding of the antibiotic resistance in gut of bovine is needed to assess its potential effects based on metagenomic approach and analysis. In this study, we collected 40 fecal samples to explore the drug resistance deriving from antibiotics in bacterial community by an analysis of the diversity and difference of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in gut microbiota from yak, beef and dairy cattle. 1688 genes were annotated, including 734 ARG subtypes in summary. The ARGs were related with tetracycline, quinolone, β-lactam, aminoglycoside, in accordance with the antibiotics widely used in clinic for humans or animals. The emergence, prevalence and differences in resistance genes in the intestines of yaks, beef and dairy cattle may be caused by the selective pressure of different feeding patterns. Additionally, the abundance of ARGs in yak was lower than in beef and dairy cattle, while the abundance of integron, a kind of mobile genetic elements (MGEs), was higher than those in beef and dairy cattle. Furthermore, the results of this study demonstrated that a comprehensive profile of various ARGs among yak, beef and dairy cattle for providing a basic research.


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