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- Title
Comparative analysis of the bronchoalveolar microbiome in Portuguese patients with different chronic lung disorders.
- Authors
Seixas, Susana; Kolbe, Allison R.; Gomes, Sílvia; Sucena, Maria; Sousa, Catarina; Vaz Rodrigues, Luís; Teixeira, Gilberto; Pinto, Paula; Tavares de Abreu, Tiago; Bárbara, Cristina; Semedo, Júlio; Mota, Leonor; Carvalho, Ana Sofia; Matthiesen, Rune; Marques, Patrícia Isabel; Pérez-Losada, Marcos
- Abstract
The lung is inhabited by a diverse microbiome that originates from the oropharynx by a mechanism of micro-aspiration. Its bacterial biomass is usually low; however, this condition shifts in lung cancer (LC), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and interstitial lung disease (ILD). These chronic lung disorders (CLD) may coexist in the same patient as comorbidities and share common risk factors, among which the microbiome is included. We characterized the microbiome of 106 bronchoalveolar lavages. Samples were initially subdivided into cancer and non-cancer and high-throughput sequenced for the 16S rRNA gene. Additionally, we used a cohort of 25 CLD patients where crossed comorbidities were excluded. Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were the most prevalent phyla independently of the analyzed group. Streptococcus and Prevotella were associated with LC and Haemophilus was enhanced in COPD versus ILD. Although no significant discrepancies in microbial diversity were observed between cancer and non-cancer samples, statistical tests suggested a gradient across CLD where COPD and ILD displayed the highest and lowest alpha diversities, respectively. Moreover, COPD and ILD were separated in two clusters by the unweighted UniFrac distance (P value = 0.0068). Our results support the association of Streptoccocus and Prevotella with LC and of Haemophilus with COPD, and advocate for specific CLD signatures.
- Subjects
BRONCHOALVEOLAR lavage; PORTUGUESE people; LUNG diseases; COMORBIDITY; LUNG cancer
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-021-94468-y