InfantGutMicrobiomeAssociatedWithCognitiveDevelopment婴儿(2岁时)的认知发育与(特定种类的)肠道微生物有关BiologicalPsychiatry,June2017(online)IF:10.577Yaoxing,2018-01-02ContensBackgroundObjectivesMethodsResultsStrengthsandlimitationsConclusionsWordsrodents(啮齿动物)Gutcolonization(肠道微生物定植)MSEL:MullenScalesofEarlyLearning(马伦早期学习量表)16SribosomalRNAampliconsequencing(16srRNA扩增子测序)alphadiversity(α多样性:α多样性高,肠道菌群比较成熟)theUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill(北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校)Co-occurrenceNetworks(共线/同现网络)MetagenomePrediction(宏基因组学预测,利用基因组学的研究策略研究样品所包含的全部微生物的遗传组成及其群落功能)Faecalibacterium(普氏菌)Bacteroides(拟杆菌)Ruminococcaceae(瘤胃球菌/疣微菌科)Background1.Thegutmicrobiomeisacomplexmicrobialecosystemthatvariesbetweenindividualsandmaybeakeymodulatorofneurodevelopmentthroughthemicrobiome-gut-brainaxis(肠脑轴).2.Inrodents,experimentalmanipulationsthataltertheintestinalmicrobiotaimpactanxietyanddepression-relatedbehaviors.3.Inhumans,alteredmicrobialcompositionoftheguthasbeenreportedinchildrenwithautismandadultswithdepressionandislinkedtochildhoodtemperamentandadultcognition.4.Nostudieshaveaddressedwhentheserelationshipsemergeordirectlyexaminedwhichbrainregionsmaybeinvolved.5.Arelationshipmayexistbetweenconcurrent(同时发生的)gutcolonizationandbraindevelopmentprocesses.Objectives1.Inthisprospective,longitudinalstudy,theresearcherstestedwhetherthe1-year-oldgutmicrobiomewasassociatedwithcognitiveoutcomesat1and2yearsofage.2.Theyhypothesizedthatinfantgutmicrobiomesampleswouldclusterintogroupsofcommunitysimilarityandthatcognitiveabilitywoulddifferbetweenclusters.根据群落相似性,肠道菌群样本可以聚类为不同的组,而聚类到不同组的婴儿可能具有不同的认知能力Methods1.StudyPopulationRecruited891-year-oldinfants(twinsandsingletons)fromtwoprospectivelongitudinalstudiesofearlybraindevelopmentattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.两项关于早期大脑发育的前瞻性、纵向研究Exclusioncriteriafortheparentstudiesincludedfetalultrasoundabnormalitiesandmajormedicalillnessofthemother.2.MicrobiomeAnalysis(微生物群分析方法)Parentscollectedapproximately200mgoffecalmaterialfromasinglediaper,placeditinatubefilledwithAllprotectreagent(试剂)andreturneditthroughovernightshipping(连夜运送).Oncereceived,sampleswerestoredat-80°Cuntilanalysis.MiSeqplatform(用于对细菌种类进行鉴别和量化),QuantitativeInsightsIntoMicrobialEcologysoftware(用于获取生物学信息、多样性测定),denovoalgorithm(用于最优分类单位选取),ChimeraSlayer(用于嵌合测序).Clusteringanalysiswascompletedwithdistancemetrics,Clusterscoringmethodswereusedtoassesstheoptimalnumberofclusters.3.GeneraAnalysisandCo-occurrenceNetworksTobetterunderstandtheuniquecommunitydynamicsofeachcluster,weusedonerepresentativegenerafromeachclusterasaseedtogenerateco-occurrencenetworksviaSpearmancorrelations.4.CognitiveTestingTheMullenconsistsoffiveseparatescales,withtheirownage-groupstandardizednormativeTscoresandpercentiles,andanEarlyLearning(Cognitive)Composite(ELC).Thefivescalesmeasuregrossmotor,finemotor,visualreception,expressivelanguage,andreceptivelanguageskills.ThestandardizedTscoresoffourscales(grossmotornotincluded)arecombinedtocreatetheELC.Thisprovidedcognitivedatafor86subjectsat1yearofageand69subjectsat2yearsofage.5.StructuralImageAcquisitionSiemenshead-only3TTIM-TrioscannerDuringunsedatednaturalsleep婴儿在自然睡眠状态下的大脑成像Magnetizationpreparedrapidacquisitiongradient-echoscanswereobtainedatyears1and2Atotalof38infantsatyear1didnotgotosleeporwokeupinthescanner(successrate=57%).Atotalof61infantsatyear2didnotgotosleep,wokeupinthescanner,orwerelosttofollow-up(successrate=31%).6.ImageAnalysisBraintissuewasclassifiedasgraymatter,whitematter,andcerebrospinalfluid.ITK-SNAPsoftwareObtainedmeasuresofintracranialvolume,totalgraymatter,totalwhitematter,totalcerebrospinalfluid,lateralventriclevolume,and90-regiongraymattervolumesat1yearofagefor46subjectsandat2yearsofagefor27subjects.扫描结果提供了颅内容量、总灰质、总白质、总脑脊液、侧脑室体积和90区域灰质体积等信息7.AssociationofCognitiveandBrainOutcomesWithClusterMembershipandAlphaDiversityLinearmixedeffectmodelswereusedtotestforeffectsof:1.cognitiveperformanceandbrainvolumes2.clustermembershiponalphadiversityLikelihoodratiotestswereusedtotestthesignificanceofthecoefficientofeachclusterandalphadiversitymeasure.Secondaryanalyseswereadjustedformultiplecomparisons7.AssociationofCognitiveandBrainOutcomesWithClusterMembershipandAlphaDiversitySensitivityanalysesRawscoresTscoresDemographicandmedicalvariablesassociatedwithclustermembershiporalphadiversityandneuroimagingorcognitiveoutcomeswereincludedascovariates8.MetagenomePredictionFromPhylogeneticInvestigationofCommunitiesbyReconstructionofUnobservedStatesPICRUSt(生物信息软件)wasusedtopredictmeta-genomefunctionalcontentfromthe16SribosomalRNAsequencingdata.Results1.InfantMicrobiotaClusterIntoThreeGroupsCluster1(C1)characterizedbyarelativelyhighabundanceofFaecalibacterium;第一组的普氏菌属细菌丰度较高Cluster2(C2)byarelativelyhighabundanceofBacteroides;第二组的拟杆菌属细菌丰度较高Cluster3(C3)byarelativelyhighabundanceofanunnamedgenusinthefamilyRuminococcaceae.第三组以瘤胃球菌菌科一种未命名的细菌属的相对丰度较高为主要特征2.IdentificationofPredictorCovariatesC2组(拟杆菌丰度高)的婴儿在1岁时更少的是通过剖腹产出生、更多的是母乳喂养。2.IdentificationofPredictorCovariatesPaternalethnicityinC2was90%whitecomparedwi