Abdel-Aziz, Mahmoud I; Thorsen, Jonathan; Hashimoto, Simone; Vijverberg, Susanne J H; Neerincx, Anne H; Brinkman, Paul; van Aalderen, Wim; Stokholm, Jakob; Rasmussen, Morten Arendt; Roggenbuck-Wedemeyer, Michael; Vissing, Nadja H; Mortensen, Martin Steen; Brejnrod, Asker Daniel; Fleming, Louise J; Murray, Clare S; Fowler, Stephen J; Frey, Urs; Bush, Andrew; Singer, Florian; Hedlin, Gunilla; ... (2023). Oropharyngeal Microbiota Clusters in Children with Asthma/Wheeze Associate with Allergy, Blood Transcriptomic Immune Pathways and Exacerbations Risk. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 208(2), pp. 142-154. American Thoracic Society 10.1164/rccm.202211-2107OC
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RATIONALE
Children with preschool wheezing or school-age asthma are reported to have airway microbial imbalances.
OBJECTIVE
To identify clusters in children with asthma or wheezing using oropharyngeal microbiota profiles.
METHODS
Oropharyngeal swabs, from the Unbiased BIOmarkers for the Prediction of REspiratory Disease outcomes pediatric asthma/wheezing cohort, were characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and unsupervised hierarchical clustering was performed on the Bray-Curtis β-diversity. Enrichment scores (ESs) of the MSigDB Hallmark gene sets were computed from the blood transcriptome using gene set variation analysis. Children with severe asthma or severe wheezing were followed up for 12-18 months, with assessing the frequency of exacerbations.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS
Oropharyngeal samples of 241 children (age range: 1-17 years, 40% female) revealed 4 taxa-driven clusters dominated by Streptococcus, Veillonella, Rothia and Haemophilus, respectively. The clusters showed significant differences in atopic dermatitis, grass pollen sensitization, FEV1 % predicted post-salbutamol, and the annual asthma exacerbation frequency during follow-up. The Veillonella-cluster was the most allergic and included highest percentage of children with ≥2 exacerbations/year during follow-up. The oropharyngeal clusters were different in the ESs of transforming growth factor β (highest in Veillonella-cluster) and Wnt/β-Catenin signaling (highest in Haemophilus-cluster) transcriptomic pathways in blood (all q-values < 0.05).
CONCLUSION
The analysis of the oropharyngeal microbiota of children with asthma/wheezing identified four clusters with distinct clinical characteristics (phenotypes) that associate with exacerbations' risk and transcriptomic pathways involved in airway remodeling. This suggests that further exploration of the oropharyngeal microbiota may lead to novel pathophysiological insights and potentially new treatment approaches.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Paediatric Pneumology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Singer, Florian |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1535-4970 |
Publisher: |
American Thoracic Society |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
11 May 2023 10:02 |
Last Modified: |
11 May 2024 00:25 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1164/rccm.202211-2107OC |
PubMed ID: |
37163754 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Asthma Microbiota Phenotype Precision Medicine Wheezing |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/182445 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/182445 |
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