Low gut microbiota diversity in early infancy precedes asthma at school age

Clinical and Experimental Allergy - Tập 44 Số 6 - Trang 842-850 - 2014
Thomas Abrahamsson1, Hedvig E. Jakobsson2, Anders F. Andersson3, Bengt Björkstén4,5, Lars Engstrand2,3, Maria C. Jenmalm1,6
1Division of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
2Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
3Division of Gene Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
4Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
5School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
6Unit of Autoimmunity and Immune Regulation Division of Clinical Immunology Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Linköping University Linköping Sweden

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SummaryBackgroundLow total diversity of the gut microbiota during the first year of life is associated with allergic diseases in infancy, but little is known how early microbial diversity is related to allergic disease later in school age.ObjectiveTo assess microbial diversity and characterize the dominant bacteria in stool during the first year of life in relation to the prevalence of different allergic diseases in school age, such as asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (ARC) and eczema.MethodsThe microbial diversity and composition was analysed with barcoded 16S rDNA 454 pyrosequencing in stool samples at 1 week, 1 month and 12 months of age in 47 infants which were subsequently assessed for allergic disease and skin prick test reactivity at 7 years of age (ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT01285830).ResultsChildren developing asthma (n = 8) had a lower diversity of the total microbiota than non‐asthmatic children at 1 week (P = 0.04) and 1 month (P = 0.003) of age, whereas allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (n = 13), eczema (n = 12) and positive skin prick reactivity (n = 14) at 7 years of age did not associate with the gut microbiota diversity. Neither was asthma associated with the microbiota composition later in infancy (at 12 months). Children having IgE‐associated eczema in infancy and subsequently developing asthma had lower microbial diversity than those that did not. There were no significant differences, however, in relative abundance of bacterial phyla and genera between children with or without allergic disease.Conclusion and Clinical RelevanceLow total diversity of the gut microbiota during the first month of life was associated with asthma but not ARC in children at 7 years of age. Measures affecting microbial colonization of the infant during the first month of life may impact asthma development in childhood.

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Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Tập 44 Số 6

842-850

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