Project description:In a prior report, we observed two distinct lung microbiomes in healthy subjects that we termed â??pneumotypesâ??: pneumotypeSPT, characterized by high bacterial load and supraglottic predominant taxa (SPT) such as the anaerobes Prevotella and Veillonella; and pneumotypeBPT, with low bacterial burden and background predominant taxa (BPT) found in the saline lavage and bronchoscope. Here, we determined the prevalence of these two contrasting lung microbiome types, in a multi-center study of healthy subjects. We confirmed that a lower airway microbiome enriched with upper airway microbes (pneumotypeSPT) was present in ~45% of healthy individuals. Cross-sectional Multicenter cohort. BAL of 49 healthy subjects from three cohort had their lower airway microbiome assessed by 16S rDNA sequencing and microbial gene content (metagenome) was computationally inferred from taxonomic assignments. The amplicons from total 100 samples are barcoded; the barcode and other clinical characteristics (e.g. inflammatory biomarkers and metabolome data) for each sample are provided in the 'Pneumotype.sep.Map.A1.txt' file.
Project description:It is well known that host-microbes and immunity interactions are influenced by dietary patterns, as well as daily environmental light-dark (LD) cycles that entrain circadian rhythms in the host. Emerging data has highlighted the importance of diet patterns and timing on the interaction among circadian rhythms, gut microbiome, and immunity, however, their impacts on LD cycles are less reported. Therefore, we aim to study how LD cycles regulate the homeostatic crosstalk between gut microbiome, hypothalamic and hepatic circadian clock oscillations and immunity. We hypothesized that different environmental LD cycles: (1) constant darkness, LD0/24; (2) short light, LD8/16; (3) normal LD cycle, LD12/12; (4) long light, LD16/8; and (5) constant light, LD24/0, may affect immunity and metabolism to varying degrees. Therefore, 240 mice were managed with chow diets (CD) and antibiotics treatments (ABX) under five different LD cycles for 42 days. The colonic (co) and cecum (ce) contents were obtained for studying their impacts on gut microbiome using 16S rRNA sequencing.
Project description:Environmental perturbations impact gene transcription. A subset of these transcriptional changes can be passed on to the next generation even in the absence of the initial stimulus. This phenomenon is known as transgenerational inheritance of environmental exposures (TIEE). Previous studies have mainly focused on what is transferred through the germ-line, i.e. DNA methylation, histone modifications, non-coding RNAs, etc. Nevertheless, the germ cells are not the only cells that are passed on from one generation to the next. The microbiota is also transmitted together with the host cells. In this study, we investigated the role of the gut microbiome in TIEE using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism. We have reared flies in cold and control temperatures, 18 and 25 °C respectively, and looked at the transcriptional pattern in their offspring -grown in control condition- using RNA sequencing. To study the effect of the microbiome, we have carefully exchanged the parental feces introduced to the offspring. We observed genes responsive to thermal alteration, which have preserved their transcriptional status transgenerationally. A subset of these genes, mainly genes expressed in gut, were transcriptionally dependent on which microbiome they acquired. These findings show that the microbiota plays a previously unknown role in TIEE. Our study unveiled a new route for transmittance of environmental memories and thus represents an uncharted area to explore for researchers addressing non-genetic transgenerational inheritance.
Project description:Environmental perturbations impact gene transcription. A subset of these transcriptional changes can be passed on to the next generation even in the absence of the initial stimulus. This phenomenon is known as transgenerational inheritance of environmental exposures (TIEE). Previous studies have mainly focused on what is transferred through the germ-line, i.e. DNA methylation, histone modifications, non-coding RNAs, etc. Nevertheless, the germ cells are not the only cells that are passed on from one generation to the next. The microbiota is also transmitted together with the host cells. In this study, we investigated the role of the gut microbiome in TIEE using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism. We have reared flies in cold and control temperatures, 18 and 25 °C respectively, and looked at the transcriptional pattern in their offspring -grown in control condition- using RNA sequencing. To study the effect of the microbiome, we have carefully exchanged the parental feces introduced to the offspring. We observed genes responsive to thermal alteration, which have preserved their transcriptional status transgenerationally. A subset of these genes, mainly genes expressed in gut, were transcriptionally dependent on which microbiome they acquired. These findings show that the microbiota plays a previously unknown role in TIEE. Our study unveiled a new route for transmittance of environmental memories and thus represents an uncharted area to explore for researchers addressing non-genetic transgenerational inheritance.