PMID- 25474078 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151117 LR - 20220409 IS - 2325-6621 (Electronic) IS - 2329-6933 (Print) IS - 2325-6621 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 2015 Feb TI - Assessment of airway microbiota and inflammation in cystic fibrosis using multiple sampling methods. PG - 221-9 LID - 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201407-310OC [doi] AB - RATIONALE: Oropharyngeal (OP) swabs and induced sputum (IS) are used for airway bacteria surveillance in nonexpectorating children with cystic fibrosis (CF). Molecular analyses of these airway samples detect complex microbial communities. However, the optimal noninvasive sampling approach for microbiota analyses and the clinical relevance of microbiota, particularly its relationship to airway inflammation, is not well characterized. OBJECTIVES: The goals of this study were to compare molecular analyses of concurrently collected saliva, OP swabs, IS, and expectorated sputum (ES) from children with CF and to determine the association between microbiota, lung function, and airway inflammation. METHODS: Saliva, OP swabs, IS, and ES were collected from 16 children with CF. Spirometry was performed. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Respiratory and saliva samples (n = 61) were sequenced for bacterial microbial communities, and total and CF-specific bacterial quantitative PCR assays were performed. Airway samples underwent conventional culture for CF-specific pathogens. Neutrophil elastase, IL-1beta, IL-1ra, IL-6, Il-8, TNF-alpha, and vascular endothelial growth factor were measured in ES and IS. Sequencing results from individual subjects were similar across samples, with greater between-subject than within-subject variation. However, Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus were detected in higher relative abundance from lower airways (ES and IS) compared with paired upper airway samples (OP and saliva). Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, and Enterobacteriaceae correlated with increased airway inflammation. Divergence between microbiota in upper airway compared with lower airway samples, indicating greater differences between communities, was associated with increased sputum neutrophil elastase. CONCLUSIONS: Bacteria detected in IS samples resemble ES samples, whereas OP samples may underrepresent bacteria associated with airway inflammation. Divergence of lower airway communities from upper airway was associated with airway inflammation and may portend disease progression. FAU - Zemanick, Edith T AU - Zemanick ET AD - 1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado. FAU - Wagner, Brandie D AU - Wagner BD FAU - Robertson, Charles E AU - Robertson CE FAU - Stevens, Mark J AU - Stevens MJ FAU - Szefler, Stanley J AU - Szefler SJ FAU - Accurso, Frank J AU - Accurso FJ FAU - Sagel, Scott D AU - Sagel SD FAU - Harris, J Kirk AU - Harris JK LA - eng GR - K23 HL114883/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR001082/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - K23HL114883/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Ann Am Thorac Soc JT - Annals of the American Thoracic Society JID - 101600811 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (DNA, Bacterial) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Child MH - Cystic Fibrosis/immunology/*microbiology/physiopathology MH - Cytokines/*immunology MH - DNA, Bacterial/*analysis MH - Enterobacteriaceae/genetics/isolation & purification MH - Enterobacteriaceae Infections/immunology/microbiology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Inflammation MH - Male MH - *Microbiota/genetics/immunology MH - Oropharynx/immunology/*microbiology MH - Pseudomonas/genetics/isolation & purification MH - Pseudomonas Infections/immunology/microbiology MH - Respiratory Tract Infections/immunology/microbiology MH - Saliva/immunology/*microbiology MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Spirometry MH - Sputum/immunology/*microbiology MH - Staphylococcal Infections/immunology/microbiology MH - Staphylococcus/genetics/isolation & purification MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC4342834 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA sequencing OT - bacterial infection OT - microbiome OT - oropharyngeal swab OT - sputum EDAT- 2014/12/05 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/18 06:00 PMCR- 2016/02/01 CRDT- 2014/12/05 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201407-310OC [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Feb;12(2):221-9. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201407-310OC.