scholarly journals Oral Microbiome Characteristics in Patients With Autoimmune Hepatitis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benchen Rao ◽  
Jiamin Lou ◽  
Haifeng Lu ◽  
Hongxia Liang ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autoimmune Hepatitis ◽  
Validation Cohort ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Diagnostic Model ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Microbiome Diversity ◽  
Gene Functions ◽  
Successful Establishment ◽  
The Cross

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a common cause of liver cirrhosis. To identify the characteristics of the oral microbiome in patients with AIH, we collected 204 saliva samples including 68 AIH patients and 136 healthy controls and performed microbial MiSeq sequencing after screening. All samples were randomly divided into discovery cohorts (46 AIH and 92 HCs) and validation cohorts (22 AIH and 44 HCs). Moreover, we collected samples of 12 AIH patients from Hangzhou for cross-regional validation. We described the oral microbiome characteristics of AIH patients and established a diagnostic model. In the AIH group, the oral microbiome diversity was significantly increased. The microbial communities remarkably differed between the two groups. Seven genera, mainly Fusobacterium, Actinomyces and Capnocytophaga, were dominant in the HC group, while 51 genera, Streptococcus, Veillonella and Leptotrichia, were enriched in the AIH group. Notably, we found 23 gene functions, including Membrane Transport, Carbohydrate Metabolism, and Glycerolipid metabolism that were dominant in AIH and 31 gene functions that prevailed in HCs. We further investigated the correlation between the oral microbiome and clinical parameters. The optimal 5 microbial markers were figured out through a random forest model, and the distinguishing potential achieved 99.88% between 46 AIH and 92 HCs in the discovery cohort and 100% in the validation cohort. Importantly, the distinguishing potential reached 95.55% in the cross-regional validation cohort. In conclusion, this study is the first to characterize the oral microbiome in AIH patients and to report the successful establishment of a diagnostic model and the cross-regional validation of microbial markers for AIH. Importantly, oral microbiota-targeted biomarkers may be able to serve as powerful and noninvasive diagnostic tools for AIH.

scholarly journals Oral Microbiota Identifies Patients in Early Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1657
Author(s):  
Anders Esberg ◽  
Linda Johansson ◽  
Ingegerd Johansson ◽  
Solbritt Rantapää Dahlqvist
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Early Onset ◽  
Amplicon Sequencing ◽  
Oral Bacteria ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Disease Manifestation ◽  
Periodontal Status ◽  
Quality Register

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune inflammatory disease, and single periodontitis-associated bacteria have been suggested in disease manifestation. Here, the oral microbiota was characterized in relation to the early onset of RA (eRA) taking periodontal status into consideration. 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of saliva bacterial DNA from 61 eRA patients without disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and 59 matched controls was performed. Taxonomic classification at 98.5% was conducted against the Human Oral Microbiome Database, microbiota functions were predicted using PICRUSt, and periodontal status linked from the Swedish quality register for clinically assessed caries and periodontitis. The participants were classified into three distinct microbiota-based cluster groups with cluster allocation differences by eRA status. Independently of periodontal status, eRA patients had enriched levels of Prevotella pleuritidis, Treponema denticola, Porphyromonas endodontalis and Filifactor alocis species and in the Porphyromonas and Fusobacterium genera and functions linked to ornithine metabolism, glucosylceramidase, beta-lactamase resistance, biphenyl degradation, fatty acid metabolism and 17-beta-estradiol-17-dehydrogenase metabolism. The results support a deviating oral microbiota composition already in eRA patients compared with healthy controls and highlight a panel of oral bacteria that may be useful in eRA risk assessment in both periodontally healthy and diseased persons.

scholarly journals Pre and Probiotics Involved in the Modulation of Oral Bacterial Species: New Therapeutic Leads in Mental Disorders?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1450
Author(s):  
Yoann Maitre ◽  
Rachid Mahalli ◽  
Pierre Micheneau ◽  
Alexis Delpierre ◽  
Marie Guerin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Therapeutic Leads

This systematic review aims to identify probiotics and prebiotics for modulating oral bacterial species associated with mental disorders. Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guideline, we search the electronic MEDLINE database published till January 2021 to identify the studies on probiotics and/or prebiotics for preventing and treating major oral dysbiosis that provokes mental disorders. The outcome of the search produces 374 records. After excluding non-relevant studies, 38 papers were included in the present review. While many studies suggest the potential effects of the oral microbiota on the biochemical signalling events between the oral microbiota and central nervous system, our review highlights the limited development concerning the use of prebiotics and/or probiotics in modulating oral dysbiosis potentially involved in the development of mental disorders. However, the collected studies confirm prebiotics and/or probiotics interest for a global or targeted modulation of the oral microbiome in preventing or treating mental disorders. These outcomes also offer exciting prospects for improving the oral health of people with mental disorders in the future.

scholarly journals Oral microbial dysbiosis and its performance in predicting oral cancer

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Chi Su ◽  
Lun-Ching Chang ◽  
Hsien-Da Huang ◽  
Chih-Yu Peng ◽  
Chun-Yi Chuang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Fusobacterium Nucleatum ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Microbial Dysbiosis ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Betel Quid Chewing ◽  
Male Patients

Abstract Dysbiosis of oral microbiome may dictate the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Yet, the composition of oral microbiome fluctuates by saliva and distinct sites of oral cavity and is affected by risky behaviors (smoking, drinking and betel quid chewing) and individuals’ oral health condition. To characterize the disturbances in the oral microbial population mainly due to oral tumorigenicity, we profiled the bacteria within the surface of OSCC lesion and its contralateral normal tissue from discovery (n = 74) and validation (n = 42) cohorts of male patients with cancers of the buccal mucosa. Significant alterations in the bacterial diversity and relative abundance of specific oral microbiota (most profoundly, an enrichment for genus Fusobacterium and the loss of genus Streptococcus in the tumor sites) were identified. Functional prediction of oral microbiome shown that microbial genes related to the metabolism of terpenoids and polyketides were differentially enriched between the control and tumor groups, indicating a functional role of oral microbiome in formulating a tumor microenvironment via attenuated biosynthesis of secondary metabolites with anti-cancer effects. Furthermore, the vast majority of microbial signatures detected in the discovery cohort was generalized well to the independent validation cohort, and the clinical validity of these OSCC-associated microbes was observed and successfully replicated. Overall, our analyses reveal signatures (a profusion of Fusobacterium nucleatum CTI-2 and a decrease in Streptococcus pneumoniae) and functions (decreased production of tumor-suppressive metabolites) of oral microbiota related to oral cancer.

scholarly journals OTUs clustering should be avoided for defining oral microbiome

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alba Regueira-Iglesias ◽  
Lara Vazquez-Gonzalez ◽  
Carlos Balsa-Castro ◽  
Triana Blanco-Pintos ◽  
Victor Manuel Arce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Diversity ◽  
Operational Taxonomic Unit ◽  
Oral Bacteria ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
High Coverage ◽  
Archaeal Species ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Similarity Relationships

This in silico investigation aimed to: 1) evaluate a set of primer pairs with high coverage, including those most commonly used in the literature, to find the different oral species with 16S rRNA gene amplicon similarity/identity (ASI) values ≥97%; and 2) identify oral species that may be erroneously clustered in the same operational taxonomic unit (OTU) and ascertain whether they belong to distinct genera or other higher taxonomic ranks. Thirty-nine primer pairs were employed to obtain amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) from the complete genomes of 186 bacterial and 135 archaeal species. For each primer, ASVs without mismatches were aligned using BLASTN and their similarity values were obtained. Finally, we selected ASVs from different species with an ASI value ≥97% that were covered 100% by the query sequences. For each primer, the percentage of species-level coverage with no ASI≥97% (SC-NASI≥97%) was calculated. Based on the SC-NASI≥97% values, the best primer pairs were OP_F053-KP_R020 for bacteria (65.05%), KP_F018-KP_R002 for archaea (51.11%), and OP_F114-KP_R031 for bacteria and archaea together (52.02%). Eighty percent of the oral-bacteria and oral-archaea species shared an ASI≥97% with at least one other taxa, including Campylobacter, Rothia, Streptococcus, and Tannerella, which played conflicting roles in the oral microbiota. Moreover, around a quarter and a third of these two-by-two similarity relationships were between species from different bacteria and archaea genera, respectively. Furthermore, even taxa from distinct families, orders, and classes could be grouped in the same cluster. Consequently, irrespective of the primer pair used, OTUs constructed with a 97% similarity provide an inaccurate description of oral-bacterial and oral-archaeal species, greatly affecting microbial diversity parameters. As a result, clustering by OTUs impacts the credibility of the associations between some oral species and certain health and disease conditions. This limits significantly the comparability of the microbial diversity findings reported in oral microbiome literature.

scholarly journals Frequency of Selenomonas Noxia in Oral Microbiota of Obese and Normal Weight People in Duhok-Iraq

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
Roshna M. Qadir ◽  
Mahde S. Abdulrahman
Keyword(s):  
Oral Bacteria ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Obese People ◽  
Overweight People ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Overweight Group ◽  
Oral Carriage ◽  
Selenomonas Noxia

Obesity represents one of the major problematic health issues worldwide. Recent evidences suggest that obesity is related with the alteration of the oral microbiome. The aim of this study was to measure the salivary bacterial Selenomonas noxia in Duhok population. A total of 155 saliva samples were collected from individuals (aged between 19-35 years) of both genders (86 females and 69 males). The individuals were divided into three groups (obese, overweight, and normal weight) based on their body mass index. Bacterial genomic DNA was extracted from saliva samples. Molecular detections of Selenomonas noxia were performed by the polymerase chain reaction. Among the 155 participants, 34.1% were obese, 26.4% overweight and 39.3% normal weight individuals. The prevalence rate of oral S. noxia among all people was 82.6%. The highest rate of S. noxia was in obese people (86.8%), followed by overweight (85.4%) and normal weight people (77%). The prevalence of S. noxia in overweight people was statistically significant in compare with the normal weight people (p<0.0001). Moreover, the oral carriage of S. noxia was highest among the overweight females (94.5%) followed by obese females (88.9%). However, no significant difference was found compared to males. The result revealed that it is possible to assume that the expansion of S. noxia in saliva is due to obesity. Moreover, the composition of salivary microbiome may lead to the risk that the overweight group is at risk of future obesity. However, further investigations are required with larger sample and participants with different socioeconomic status in order to address the exact link between obesity and oral bacteria. This could lead to a new and promising therapeutic way for improving human's health.  

scholarly journals Is There a Link between Oropharyngeal Microbiome and Schizophrenia? A Narrative Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 846
Author(s):  
Stanislas Martin ◽  
Audrey Foulon ◽  
Wissam El Hage ◽  
Diane Dufour-Rainfray ◽  
Frédéric Denis
Keyword(s):  
Periodontal Disease ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Brain

The study aimed to examine the impact of the oropharyngeal microbiome in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and to clarify whether there might be a bidirectional link between the oral microbiota and the brain in a context of dysbiosis-related neuroinflammation. We selected nine articles including three systemic reviews with several articles from the same research team. Different themes emerged, which we grouped into 5 distinct parts concerning the oropharyngeal phageome, the oropharyngeal microbiome, the salivary microbiome and periodontal disease potentially associated with schizophrenia, and the impact of drugs on the microbiome and schizophrenia. We pointed out the presence of phageoma in patients suffering from schizophrenia and that periodontal disease reinforces the role of inflammation in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Moreover, saliva could be an interesting substrate to characterize the different stages of schizophrenia. However, the few studies we have on the subject are limited in scope, and some of them are the work of a single team. At this stage of knowledge, it is difficult to conclude on the existence of a bidirectional link between the brain and the oral microbiome. Future studies on the subject will clarify these questions that for the moment remain unresolved.

scholarly journals Metagenomic Analysis Reveals Associations between Salivary Microbiota and Body Composition in Early Childhood

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Modupe Coker ◽  
Rebecca Lebeaux ◽  
Anne Hoen ◽  
Yuka Moroishi ◽  
Diane Gilbert-Diamond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Anthropometric Measures ◽  
Shotgun Metagenomics ◽  
Growth Metrics ◽  
Salivary Microbiota

Abstract Several studies have shown that body mass index is strongly associated with differences in gut microbiota, but the relationship between body weight and oral microbiota is less clear. Among more than 200 toddlers in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study, we characterized the association between multiple anthropometric measures of body mass/growth longitudinally and used shotgun metagenomics to taxonomically and functionally profile the oral microbiome. We found that within-sample diversity was inversely related to body mass measurements while community composition was not associated. Certain taxa were consistently associated with growth and modified by sex. Functional examination also showed concordance between microbial metabolic pathways and child growth metrics. Further exploration of the functional significance of this relationship will enhance our understanding of the intersection between weight gain, microbiota, and energy metabolism and the potential role of these relationships on the onset of obesity-associated diseases in later life.

scholarly journals Composition of the Oral Microbiome in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thangam Menon ◽  
Supraja Kalyanaraman ◽  
Seethalakshmi Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Bacterial Flora ◽  
Human Microbiome ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Metagenomic Analysis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Artery Disease

Introduction: Distinct microbial communities reside in the oral cavity and the composition of the oral microbiota has important implications for human health and disease. Identification of bacterial flora of the microbiome is done by metagenomic analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA sequences. Aim: The aim of this study was to characterise the human microbiome in patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in comparison with the normal human microbiome. Materials and Methods: A pilot study was carried out in tertiary hospital, Chennai. Oral mouthwash samples collected from nine patients with CAD were selected, with one control group. They were studied by metagenomic analysis of V3-V4 region of 16SrRNA gene sequences.. Sequencing of the variable V3 and V4 regions was done using Illumina platform. Results: The six major phyla, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Spirochaetes, and Fusobacteriacontained 99% of the taxa in all the samples analysed. Conclusion: Diversity of the microbiome in patients with CAD was similar to the normal human microbiome.

scholarly journals Impact of Oropharyngeal Administration of Colostrum in Preterm Newborns’ Oral Microbiome

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 4224
Author(s):  
Ramon V. Cortez ◽  
Andrea Fernandes ◽  
Luiz Gustavo Sparvoli ◽  
Marina Padilha ◽  
Rubens Feferbaum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Alpha And Beta Diversity ◽  
Longitudinal Observational Study ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Preterm Newborns

The initial colonization of the human microbiota is of paramount importance. In this context, the oropharyngeal administration of colostrum is a safe, viable, and well-tolerated practice even by the smallest preterm infants. Therefore, this study evaluated the effects of oropharyngeal administration of colostrum on the establishment of preterm infants’ oral microbiota. A longitudinal observational study was carried out with 20 premature neonates, divided into two groups: one receiving the protocol (Oropharyngeal Administration of Colostrum; OAC) and the other one receiving Standard Caare (SC). Saliva samples were collected from the newborns weekly during the study period (from the day of birth until the 21st day of life) for analysis of oral microbiota through 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We observed that the colonization of the oral microbiota of preterm newborns preseanted a higher relative abundance of Staphylococcus on the 7th day of life, mainly in the OAC group. Additionally, an increased abundance of Bifidobacterium and Bacteroides was observed in the OAC group at the first week of life. Regarding alpha and beta diversity, time was a key factor in the oral modulation of both groups, showing how dynamic this environment is in early life.

scholarly journals Autism-Associated Variant in the SLC6A3 Gene Alters the Oral Microbiome and Metabolism in a Murine Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella E. DiCarlo ◽  
Samuel J. Mabry ◽  
Xixi Cao ◽  
Clara McMillan ◽  
Tiffany G. Woynaroski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Fat ◽  
The United States ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Oral Microbiome ◽  
Oral Microbiota ◽  
Gastrointestinal Function ◽  
Metabolic Function ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
16S Rna ◽  
The Impact

Background: Altered dopamine (DA) signaling has been associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition estimated to impact 1 in 54 children in the United States. There is growing evidence for alterations in both gastrointestinal function and oral microbiome composition in ASD. Recent work suggests that rare variants of the SLC6A3 gene encoding the DA transporter (DAT) identified in individuals with ASD result in structural and functional changes to the DAT. One such recently identified de novo mutation is a threonine to methionine substitution at position 356 of the DAT (DAT T356M). The DAT T356M variant is associated with ASD-like phenotypes in mice homozygous for the mutation (DAT T356M+/+), including social deficits, hyperactivity, and impaired DA signaling. Here, we determine the impact of this altered DA signaling as it relates to altered oral microbiota, and metabolic and gastrointestinal dysfunction.Methods: In the DAT T356M+/+ mouse, we determine the oral microbiota composition, metabolic function, and gastrointestinal (GI) function. We examined oral microbiota by 16S RNA sequencing. We measured metabolic function by examining glucose tolerance and we probed gastrointestinal parameters by measuring fecal dimensions and weight.Results: In the DAT T356M+/+ mouse, we evaluate how altered DA signaling relates to metabolic dysfunction and altered oral microbiota. We demonstrate that male DAT T356M+/+ mice weigh less (Wild type (WT) = 26.48 ± 0.6405 g, DAT T356M+/+ = 24.14 ± 0.4083 g) and have decreased body fat (WT = 14.89 ± 0.6206%, DAT T356M+/+ = 12.72 ± 0.4160%). These mice display improved glucose handling (WT = 32.60 ± 0.3298 kcal/g, DAT T356M+/+ = 36.97 ± 0.4910 kcal/g), and an altered oral microbiota. We found a significant decrease in Fusobacterium abundance. The abundance of Fusobacterium was associated with improved glucose handling and decreased body fat.Conclusions: Our findings provide new insights into how DAT dysfunction may alter gastrointestinal function, composition of the oral microbiota, and metabolism. Our data suggest that impaired DA signaling in ASD is associated with a number of metabolic and gastrointestinal changes which are common in individuals with ASD.

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