Project description:Many studies, including our own, have shown that colorectal cancer (CRC) is related to changes in the microbiome of the colon. However, there are limitations in most studies and questions remained unanswered. Some early data showing that the microbiome in the left vs right colon are different.
The aim of this study is to investigate the microbiome (including bacteriome, virome, and fungome) of adenoma/CRC comparing the left (distal to splenic flexure) vs right side (proximal to splenic flexure) of the colon.
Project description:Opioids such as morphine have many beneficial properties as analgesics, however, opioids may induce multiple adverse gastrointestinal symptoms. We have recently demonstrated that morphine treatment results in significant disruption in gut barrier function leading to increased translocation of gut commensal bacteria. However, it is unclear how opioids modulate the gut homeostasis. By using a mouse model of morphine treatment, we studied effects of morphine treatment on gut microbiome. We characterized phylogenetic profiles of gut microbes, and found a significant shift in the gut microbiome and increase of pathogenic bacteria following morphine treatment when compared to placebo. In the present study, wild type mice (C57BL/6J) were implanted with placebo, morphine pellets subcutaneously. Fecal matter were taken for bacterial 16s rDNA sequencing analysis at day 3 post treatment. A scatter plot based on an unweighted UniFrac distance matrics obtained from the sequences at OTU level with 97% similarity showed a distinct clustering of the community composition between the morphine and placebo treated groups. By using the chao1 index to evaluate alpha diversity (that is diversity within a group) and using unweighted UniFrac distance to evaluate beta diversity (that is diversity between groups, comparing microbial community based on compositional structures), we found that morphine treatment results in a significant decrease in alpha diversity and shift in fecal microbiome at day 3 post treatment compared to placebo treatment. Taxonomical analysis showed that morphine treatment results in a significant increase of potential pathogenic bacteria. Our study shed light on effects of morphine on the gut microbiome, and its role in the gut homeostasis.
Project description:Transplantation of fecal virome from healthy individuals remodels the gut bacteriome and virome and reduces metabolic syndrome in mice.
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Project description:Oral and Fecal Virome Analysis in snakes
Project description:To investigate the effect of soy peptides on gut microial composition during juvenile social isolation, group-house (GH) and social isolation (SI) mice were fed a diet consisting of soy peptides or a control diet for 4 weeks post-weaning. We then performed microbial community analysis using data obtained from bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing in the fecal samples of 4 mice groups (control diet-fed GH, soy peptide-diet fed GH, control diet-fed SI, and soy peptide-diet fed SI mice).