ABSTRACT: Microbiome in acute exacerbation and stable phase of COPD: a descriptive and comparative study of 16s rRNA sequencing and metagenomic sequencing
Project description:Microbiome in acute exacerbation and stable phase of COPD: a descriptive and comparative study of 16s rRNA sequencing and metagenomic sequencing
Project description:To further unravel the potential molecular mechanisms involved in the loss of muscle function during an acute exacerbation, a cross-sectional microarray study was designed to compare the gene expression profile of the vastus lateralis muscle in patients with an acute COPD exacerbation and in stable COPD patients. Keywords: cross-sectional patient study A cross-sectional microarray study was designed. The microarray screening was performed on a vastus lateralis biopsy obtained from 4 patients with an acute COPD exacerbation and 5 stable COPD patients. No replicates or dye-swaps were included.
Project description:To further unravel the potential molecular mechanisms involved in the loss of muscle function during an acute exacerbation, a cross-sectional microarray study was designed to compare the gene expression profile of the vastus lateralis muscle in patients with an acute COPD exacerbation and in stable COPD patients. Keywords: cross-sectional patient study
Project description:Little is known about the lung microbiome dynamics and host-microbiome interactions in relation to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and in patient subgroups based on smoking status and disease severity. Here we performed a 16S ribosomal RNA survey on sputum microbiome from 16 healthy and 43 COPD subjects. For COPD subjects, a longitudinal sampling was performed from stable state to exacerbations, at two and six weeks post-exacerbations and at six months from first stable visit. Host sputum transcriptome were characterized for a subset of COPD patient samples.
Project description:Acquisition of a new strain of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is often associated with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We have previously reported that COPD patients who are homozygous null for SIGLEC14 gene is less susceptible to COPD exacerbation than those who have wild-type allele with functional SIGLEC14 gene. In order to gain insight into the mechanism behind the COPD exacerbation, and to find new clues that may lead to the discovery of objective biomarker of COPD exacerbation, Siglec-14/THP-1 and Siglec-5/THP-1 cell lines, which mimic monocytes from homozygous wild-type and homozygous SIGLEC14-null person, respectively, were incubated with or without NTHi, and their gene expression profiles were compared by using Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array. Four samples (2 cell lines x 2 conditions) were analyzed. No replicates were made.
Project description:Chronic acid suppression by proton pump inhibitor (PPI) has been hypothesized to alter the gut microbiota via a change in intestinal pH. To evaluate the changes in gut microbiota composition by long-term PPI treatment. Twenty-four week old F344 rats were fed with (n = 5) or without (n = 6) lansoprazole (PPI) for 50 weeks. Then, profiles of luminal microbiota in the terminal ileum were analyzed. Pyrosequencing for 16S rRNA gene was performed by genome sequencer FLX (454 Life Sciences/Roche) and analyzed by metagenomic bioinformatics.
Project description:Acquisition of a new strain of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is often associated with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We have previously reported that COPD patients who are homozygous null for SIGLEC14 gene is less susceptible to COPD exacerbation than those who have wild-type allele with functional SIGLEC14 gene. In order to gain insight into the mechanism behind the COPD exacerbation, and to find new clues that may lead to the discovery of objective biomarker of COPD exacerbation, Siglec-14/THP-1 and Siglec-5/THP-1 cell lines, which mimic monocytes from homozygous wild-type and homozygous SIGLEC14-null person, respectively, were incubated with or without NTHi, and their gene expression profiles were compared by using Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array.
Project description:It has been recognized that COPD holds metabolic characteristics. however, at present, the early intervention of COPD is also still insufficient because of lacking effective biomarkers. Therefore, it is necessary to systematically and comprehensively explore the metabolic characteristics of COPD developing acute exacerbation. In the study, a non-targeted metabolomics strategy was used in exploring the metabolic profiling of COPD, AECOPD and heathy controls samples and screening potential biomarkers of metabolic disorders related to AECOPD, to analyze the potential value of these metabolites in predicting the development of COPD. For COPD patients, serum lysine, glutamine, 3-hydroxybutyrate, pyruvate and glutamate levels were significantly higher, while 1-methylhistidine, isoleucine, choline, valine, alanine, histidine and leucine levels were significantly lower in AECOPD patients compared with stable COPD patients after normalization based on the heathy controls. moreover, eight metabolic pathways were significantly altered (P < 0.05) in the serum of AECOPD patients compared with the stable COPD population, including purine metabolism, glutamine and glutamate metabolism, arginine biosynthesis, butyrate metabolism, ketone body synthesis and degradation, and linoleic acid metabolism. In addition, analysis of the correlation between stable COPD and AECOPD patients with pulmonary ventilation function and symptoms demonstrated that the levels of pyruvate, isoleucine, 1-methylhistidine and glutamine were significantly correlated with pulmonary ventilation function in COPD patients. Altogether, the study provides new insights for the early detection, treatment and prognosis monitoring of COPD development.
Project description:Interventions: Case (colorectal cancer) group:a newly diagnosed colorectal cancer( CRC ) by colonoscopy and pathology;Control group:Clinically healthy volunteers with no symptoms or history of intestinal disease(e.g. colonic adenomatous polyps, CRC or inflammatory bowel disease)
Primary outcome(s): composition of gut microbiota;intestinal microbial phytase activity;16s rRNA metagenomic sequencing;diet surveys;phytic acid intake
Study Design: Case-Control study
Project description:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is combination of progressive lung diseases. The diagnosis of COPD is generally based on the pulmonary function testing, however, difficulties underlie in prognosis of potential or early stage of COPD patients due to the complexity and heterogeneity of the pathogenesis. Transcriptomic technology is expected as one of the solution to resolve such complexities; therefore, we obtained transcriptomic data by in vitro testing with exposures of human 3D cultured bronchial epithelial tissues (MucilAir) to known inducible factors for early events of COPD to identify the potential descriptive marker genes. Fifteen potential biomarker genes were identified by transcriptomic analysis, and 10 out of 15 genes, as well as their coding proteins, have not been previously reported as biomarkers for chronic inflammatory lung diseases. The expression levels of these 15 genes with machine learning classification well distinguished between COPD and non-COPD patients with remarkable accuracy, suggesting these identified genes are potential descriptive marker genes for COPD.