Colonic microbiota is associated with inflammation and host epigenomic alterations in inflammatory bowel disease

F. J. Ryan; A. M. Ahern; R. S. Fitzgerald; E. J. Laserna-Mendieta; E. M. Power; A. G. Clooney; K. W. O’Donoghue; P. J. McMurdie; S. Iwai; A. Crits-Christoph; D. Sheehan; C. Moran; B. Flemer; A. L. Zomer; A. Fanning; J. O’Callaghan; J. Walton; A. Temko; W. Stack; L. Jackson; S. A. Joyce; S. Melgar; T. Z. DeSantis; J. T. Bell; F. Shanahan; M. J. Claesson

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15342-5

Colonic microbiota is associated with inflammation and host epigenomic alterations in inflammatory bowel disease

F. J. Ryan
, A. M. Ahern
, R. S. Fitzgerald
, E. J. Laserna-Mendieta
, E. M. Power
, A. G. Clooney
, K. W. O’Donoghue
, P. J. McMurdie
, S. Iwai
, A. Crits-Christoph
, D. Sheehan
, C. Moran
, B. Flemer
, A. L. Zomer
, A. Fanning
, J. O’Callaghan
, J. Walton
, A. Temko
, W. Stack
, L. Jackson

S. A. Joyce, S. Melgar, T. Z. DeSantis, J. T. Bell, F. Shanahan, M. J. Claesson

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Abstract

Studies of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been inconclusive in relating microbiota with distribution of inflammation. We report microbiota, host transcriptomics, epigenomics and genetics from matched inflamed and non-inflamed colonic mucosa [50 Crohn’s disease (CD); 80 ulcerative colitis (UC); 31 controls]. Changes in community-wide and within-patient microbiota are linked with inflammation, but we find no evidence for a distinct microbial diagnostic signature, probably due to heterogeneous host-microbe interactions, and show only marginal microbiota associations with habitual diet. Epithelial DNA methylation improves disease classification and is associated with both inflammation and microbiota composition. Microbiota sub-groups are driven by dominant Enterbacteriaceae and Bacteroides species, representative strains of which are pro-inflammatory in vitro, are also associated with immune-related epigenetic markers. In conclusion, inflamed and non-inflamed colonic segments in both CD and UC differ in microbiota composition and epigenetic profiles.

Original language	English
Article number	1512
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15342-5
Publication status	Published or Issued - 1 Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

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General Chemistry
General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Physics and Astronomy

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Ryan, F. J., Ahern, A. M., Fitzgerald, R. S., Laserna-Mendieta, E. J., Power, E. M., Clooney, A. G., O’Donoghue, K. W., McMurdie, P. J., Iwai, S., Crits-Christoph, A., Sheehan, D., Moran, C., Flemer, B., Zomer, A. L., Fanning, A., O’Callaghan, J., Walton, J., Temko, A., Stack, W., ... Claesson, M. J. (2020). Colonic microbiota is associated with inflammation and host epigenomic alterations in inflammatory bowel disease. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 1512. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15342-5

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Colonic microbiota is associated with inflammation and host epigenomic alterations in inflammatory bowel disease

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