Faecal Microbiota Composition in Adults Is Associated with the FUT2 Gene Determining the Secretor Status

2014
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Wacklin, PirjoTuimala, Jarno
Nikkila, Janne
Tims, Sebastian
Makivuokko, Harri
Alakulppi, Noora

Laine, Pia

Rajilić-Stojanović, Mirjana

Paulin, Lars
de Vos, Willem M.
Matto, Jaana
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The human intestine is colonised with highly diverse and individually defined microbiota, which likely has an impact on the host well-being. Drivers of the individual variation in the microbiota compositions are multifactorial and include environmental, host and dietary factors. We studied the impact of the host secretor status, encoded by fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) -gene, on the intestinal microbiota composition. Secretor status determines the expression of the ABH and Lewis histo-blood group antigens in the intestinal mucosa. The study population was comprised of 14 non-secretor (FUT2 rs601338 genotype AA) and 57 secretor (genotypes GG and AG) adult individuals of western European descent. Intestinal microbiota was analyzed by PCR-DGGE and for a subset of 12 non-secretor subjects and 12 secretor subjects additionally by the 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing and the HITChip phylogenetic microarray analysis. All three methods showed distinct clustering of the intestinal microbiota and sign...ificant differences in abundances of several taxa representing dominant microbiota between the non-secretors and the secretors as well as between the FUT2 genotypes. In addition, the non-secretors had lower species richness than the secretors. The soft clustering of microbiota into enterotypes (ET) 1 and 3 showed that the non-secretors had a higher probability of belonging to ET1 and the secretors to ET3. Our study shows that secretor status and FUT2 polymorphism are associated with the composition of human intestinal microbiota, and appears thus to be one of the key drivers affecting the individual variation of human intestinal microbiota.
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PLoS One, 2014, 9, 4Publisher:
- Public Library Science, San Francisco
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- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Spinoza Grant)
- Finnish Academy of SciencesAcademy of Finland [141140]
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094863
ISSN: 1932-6203
PubMed: 24733310
WoS: 000336970400123
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84899648332
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Tehnološko-metalurški fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Wacklin, Pirjo AU - Tuimala, Jarno AU - Nikkila, Janne AU - Tims, Sebastian AU - Makivuokko, Harri AU - Alakulppi, Noora AU - Laine, Pia AU - Rajilić-Stojanović, Mirjana AU - Paulin, Lars AU - de Vos, Willem M. AU - Matto, Jaana PY - 2014 UR - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2814 AB - The human intestine is colonised with highly diverse and individually defined microbiota, which likely has an impact on the host well-being. Drivers of the individual variation in the microbiota compositions are multifactorial and include environmental, host and dietary factors. We studied the impact of the host secretor status, encoded by fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) -gene, on the intestinal microbiota composition. Secretor status determines the expression of the ABH and Lewis histo-blood group antigens in the intestinal mucosa. The study population was comprised of 14 non-secretor (FUT2 rs601338 genotype AA) and 57 secretor (genotypes GG and AG) adult individuals of western European descent. Intestinal microbiota was analyzed by PCR-DGGE and for a subset of 12 non-secretor subjects and 12 secretor subjects additionally by the 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing and the HITChip phylogenetic microarray analysis. All three methods showed distinct clustering of the intestinal microbiota and significant differences in abundances of several taxa representing dominant microbiota between the non-secretors and the secretors as well as between the FUT2 genotypes. In addition, the non-secretors had lower species richness than the secretors. The soft clustering of microbiota into enterotypes (ET) 1 and 3 showed that the non-secretors had a higher probability of belonging to ET1 and the secretors to ET3. Our study shows that secretor status and FUT2 polymorphism are associated with the composition of human intestinal microbiota, and appears thus to be one of the key drivers affecting the individual variation of human intestinal microbiota. PB - Public Library Science, San Francisco T2 - PLoS One T1 - Faecal Microbiota Composition in Adults Is Associated with the FUT2 Gene Determining the Secretor Status IS - 4 VL - 9 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0094863 ER -
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Wacklin, P., Tuimala, J., Nikkila, J., Tims, S., Makivuokko, H., Alakulppi, N., Laine, P., Rajilić-Stojanović, M., Paulin, L., de Vos, W. M.,& Matto, J.. (2014). Faecal Microbiota Composition in Adults Is Associated with the FUT2 Gene Determining the Secretor Status. in PLoS One Public Library Science, San Francisco., 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094863
Wacklin P, Tuimala J, Nikkila J, Tims S, Makivuokko H, Alakulppi N, Laine P, Rajilić-Stojanović M, Paulin L, de Vos WM, Matto J. Faecal Microbiota Composition in Adults Is Associated with the FUT2 Gene Determining the Secretor Status. in PLoS One. 2014;9(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094863 .
Wacklin, Pirjo, Tuimala, Jarno, Nikkila, Janne, Tims, Sebastian, Makivuokko, Harri, Alakulppi, Noora, Laine, Pia, Rajilić-Stojanović, Mirjana, Paulin, Lars, de Vos, Willem M., Matto, Jaana, "Faecal Microbiota Composition in Adults Is Associated with the FUT2 Gene Determining the Secretor Status" in PLoS One, 9, no. 4 (2014), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094863 . .