Microbial Interactions between Gardnerella, Prevotella, and Atopobium Prior to Incident Bacterial Vaginosis

细菌性阴道病发生前加德纳菌、普雷沃菌和 Atopobium 之间的微生物相互作用

• 批准号: 10092935
• 负责人: Christina A Muzny
• 金额: $ 64.16万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10092935
• 关键词: 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing; Address; Age; Anaerobic Bacteria; Appearance; Atopobium vaginae; Bacteria; Bacterial Vaginosis; Cells; Chemicals; Development; Diagnosis; Epithelial Cells; Etiology; Exhibits; Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization; Gardnerella; Gardnerella vaginalis; Genes; HIV; Hela Cells; In Vitro; Lactobacillus; Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy; Longitudinal Studies; Menstrual cycle; Microbial Biofilms; Organism; Pathogenesis; Pathway Analysis; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Peptide Nucleic Acids; Premature Birth; Prevention; Prevotella; Public Health; Recurrence; Research; Risk; Sampling; Sexual Transmission; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Specimen; Time; Vagina; Vaginal Discharge; Virulence; Virulent; Woman; adverse outcome; base; design; epidemiologic data; improved; in vitro Assay; in vitro Model; in vivo; interest; light microscopy; men; microbiome analysis; microorganism interaction; molecular marker; normal microbiota; pathogen; polymicrobial biofilm; rRNA Genes; sex; transcriptome; transcriptome sequencing; vaginal lactobacilli; vaginal microbiota; women who have sex with women

ABSTRACT: Bacterial vaginosis (BV), the most common cause of vaginal discharge, is associated with multiple adverse outcomes. The rate of recurrence after therapy is >60% yet BV etiology remains unknown. BV is characterized by loss of vaginal lactobacilli and increases in facultative (Gardnerella vaginalis) and strict anaerobes. G. vaginalis, present in 95-100% of BV cases, is more virulent than other BV-associated bacteria in vitro. However, it is also found in women with normal flora and colonization is not sufficient for BV development. A notable feature of BV is the appearance of a multi-species biofilm on vaginal epithelial cells containing abundant G. vaginalis, fewer Atopobium vaginae, and other undefined bacterial species. We hypothesize that G. vaginalis initiates BV biofilm formation, but incident BV (iBV) requires incorporation of other key bacteria into the biofilm that alter the transcriptome of the polymicrobial consortium. This is consistent with our finding that, among women who have sex with women, the mean relative abundance of Prevotella bivia, G. vaginalis, and A. vaginae became sequentially higher prior to iBV. We propose that a similar distribution of these bacterial species will increase prior to iBV in women who have sex with men (WSM). Our specific aims are: Aim 1. Investigate changes in the vaginal microbiota preceding iBV in a longitudinal study of WSM. We will obtain twice daily vaginal specimens from 150 women with normal vaginal flora (Nugent score 0-3) and follow them for iBV (Nugent score 7-10 on ≥4 consecutive vaginal specimens) for 60 days. 16S rRNA gene sequencing targeting V4 [and broad range 16S rRNA gene qPCR] will be done in women for the 14 days prior to iBV as well as age-comparable women maintaining normal vaginal microbiota. Aim 2: Determine the contribution of P. bivia to the multi-species BV biofilm in vivo. We will use peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization (PNA-FISH) probes previously optimized for G. vaginalis and A. vaginae to analyze BV biofilm formation over time in clue cells from vaginal specimens from women with iBV in Aim 1, focusing on the 14 days prior to iBV. We will design, validate, and optimize a new P. bivia PNA-FISH probe for multiplex use (Aim 2A). Light microscopy PNA-FISH will be performed on specimens from women with iBV and negative controls (Aim 2B). Confocal laser scanning microscopy FISH will be used to determine the interspatial localization of the 3 bacteria of interest in the BV biofilm on clue cells from women with iBV (Aim 2C). Aim 3. Identify molecular markers associated with iBV by using RNA sequencing to analyze the transcriptome of G. vaginalis, P. bivia, and A. vaginae. We will probe specific bacterial interactions during the 14 days prior to iBV, first by RNA sequencing using in vitro models in a chemically defined medium simulating vaginal secretions (mGTS) (Aim 3A). Venn-diagram analysis will select the most commonly up-regulated genes shared in the in vitro assays. The in vivo relevance of potential molecular markers for development of iBV will be assessed by qPCR, using vaginal samples from women with iBV and negative controls in Aim 1 (Aim 3B).

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