Reduced Akkermansia muciniphila and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii levels in the gut microbiota of children with allergic asthma

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M. Demirci
H.B. Tokman
H.K. Uysal
S. Demiryas
A. Karakullukcu
S. Saribas
H. Cokugras
B.S. Kocazeybek

Keywords

Asthmatic children, Akkermansia muciniphila, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Hygiene hypothesis, qPCR

Abstract

Introduction and objectives: The amounts of Akkermansia muciniphila and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in gut microbiota are reduced in patients with allergic diseases compared to healthy controls. We aimed to quantify levels of A. muciniphila and F. prausnitzii amounts using real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) in the gut microbiota of children with allergic asthma and in healthy controls.


Materials and methods: In total, 92 children between the ages of three and eight who were diagnosed with asthma and 88 healthy children were included in the study and bacterial DNA was isolated from the stool samples using the stool DNA isolation Kit. qPCR assays were studied with the microbial DNA qPCR Kit for A. muciniphila and microbial DNA qPCR Kit for F. prausnitzii.


Results: Both bacterial species showed a reduction in the patient group compared to healthy controls. A. muciniphila and F. prausnitzii were found to be 5.45 ± 0.004, 6.74 ± 0.01 and 5.71 ± 0.002, 7.28 ± 0.009 in the stool samples of the asthma and healthy control groups, respectively.


Conclusions: F. prausnitzii and A. muciniphila may have induced anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and prevented the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines like IL-12. These findings suggest that A. muciniphila and F. prausnitzii may suppress inflammation through its secreted metabolites.

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