Sputum Microbiota Compositions Correlate With Metabolome and Clinical Outcomes of COPD‐Bronchiectasis Association: A Prospective Cohort Study

ABSTRACT Bronchiectasis frequently co‐exists with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD‐bronchiectasis association [CBA]). We compared the microbiota and metabolome of bronchiectasis with (BO) and without airflow obstruction (BNO), COPD, and CBA. We determined how microbiota compositions corre...

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Main Authors: Zhen‐feng He, Xiao‐xian Zhang, Cui‐xia Pan, Xin‐zhu Yi, Yan Huang, Chun‐lan Chen, Shan‐shan Zha, Lai‐jian Cen, Han‐qin Cai, Lei Yang, Jia‐qi Gao, Hui‐min Li, Zhen‐hong Lin, Sheng‐zhu Lin, Zhang Wang, Nan‐shan Zhong, Wei‐jie Guan
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author Zhen‐feng He
Xiao‐xian Zhang
Cui‐xia Pan
Xin‐zhu Yi
Yan Huang
Chun‐lan Chen
Shan‐shan Zha
Lai‐jian Cen
Han‐qin Cai
Lei Yang
Jia‐qi Gao
Hui‐min Li
Zhen‐hong Lin
Sheng‐zhu Lin
Zhang Wang
Nan‐shan Zhong
Wei‐jie Guan
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Xiao‐xian Zhang
Cui‐xia Pan
Xin‐zhu Yi
Yan Huang
Chun‐lan Chen
Shan‐shan Zha
Lai‐jian Cen
Han‐qin Cai
Lei Yang
Jia‐qi Gao
Hui‐min Li
Zhen‐hong Lin
Sheng‐zhu Lin
Zhang Wang
Nan‐shan Zhong
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description ABSTRACT Bronchiectasis frequently co‐exists with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD‐bronchiectasis association [CBA]). We compared the microbiota and metabolome of bronchiectasis with (BO) and without airflow obstruction (BNO), COPD, and CBA. We determined how microbiota compositions correlated with clinical characteristics and exacerbations of CBA. We prospectively recruited outpatients with BNO (n = 104), BO (n = 51), COPD (n = 33), and CBA (n = 70). We sampled at stead‐state and exacerbation, and profiled sputum microbiota via 16S rRNA sequencing and metabolome via liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Sputum microbiota and metabolome profiles of CBA separated from COPD (P < 0.05) but not bronchiectasis, partly driven by Proteobacteria enrichment in CBA. An increasing microbial interaction but not microbiota compositions were identified at exacerbation. Pseudomonadaceae‐dominant CBA yielded lower Shannon–Wiener diversity index (P < 0.001), greater bronchiectasis severity (P < 0.05) and higher future exacerbation risk (HR 2.46, 95% CI: 1.34–4.52, P < 0.001) than other genera‐dominant CBA. We found a clear metabolite discrimination between CBA and COPD. Most of up‐regulated metabolites identified in CBA, were amino acids metabolites, which indicated that the accumulation of amino acids metabolites was related to the alteration of airway microbiota. To conclude, airway structural changes, but not airflow limitation, correlate more profoundly with microbiota and metabolome profiles (e.g. partly via Pseudomonadaceae‐amino acids metabolism links), shaping clinical outcomes of CBA.
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spelling doaj-art-59776605814c4b558bf825c5e9db6e4e2025-08-26T10:32:59ZengWileyExploration2766-85092766-20982025-08-0154n/an/a10.1002/EXP.20240149Sputum Microbiota Compositions Correlate With Metabolome and Clinical Outcomes of COPD‐Bronchiectasis Association: A Prospective Cohort StudyZhen‐feng He0Xiao‐xian Zhang1Cui‐xia Pan2Xin‐zhu Yi3Yan Huang4Chun‐lan Chen5Shan‐shan Zha6Lai‐jian Cen7Han‐qin Cai8Lei Yang9Jia‐qi Gao10Hui‐min Li11Zhen‐hong Lin12Sheng‐zhu Lin13Zhang Wang14Nan‐shan Zhong15Wei‐jie Guan16Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaInstitute of Ecological Sciences School of Life Sciences South China Normal University Guangzhou ChinaDepartment of Geriatrics National Key Clinical Specialty Guangzhou First People's Hospital South China University of Technology Guangzhou ChinaDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences Guangzhou ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaInstitute of Ecological Sciences School of Life Sciences South China Normal University Guangzhou ChinaInstitute of Ecological Sciences School of Life Sciences South China Normal University Guangzhou ChinaInstitute of Ecological Sciences School of Life Sciences South China Normal University Guangzhou ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaInstitute of Ecological Sciences School of Life Sciences South China Normal University Guangzhou ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaDepartment of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health First Affiliated Hospital Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou Guangdong P.R. ChinaABSTRACT Bronchiectasis frequently co‐exists with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD‐bronchiectasis association [CBA]). We compared the microbiota and metabolome of bronchiectasis with (BO) and without airflow obstruction (BNO), COPD, and CBA. We determined how microbiota compositions correlated with clinical characteristics and exacerbations of CBA. We prospectively recruited outpatients with BNO (n = 104), BO (n = 51), COPD (n = 33), and CBA (n = 70). We sampled at stead‐state and exacerbation, and profiled sputum microbiota via 16S rRNA sequencing and metabolome via liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Sputum microbiota and metabolome profiles of CBA separated from COPD (P < 0.05) but not bronchiectasis, partly driven by Proteobacteria enrichment in CBA. An increasing microbial interaction but not microbiota compositions were identified at exacerbation. Pseudomonadaceae‐dominant CBA yielded lower Shannon–Wiener diversity index (P < 0.001), greater bronchiectasis severity (P < 0.05) and higher future exacerbation risk (HR 2.46, 95% CI: 1.34–4.52, P < 0.001) than other genera‐dominant CBA. We found a clear metabolite discrimination between CBA and COPD. Most of up‐regulated metabolites identified in CBA, were amino acids metabolites, which indicated that the accumulation of amino acids metabolites was related to the alteration of airway microbiota. To conclude, airway structural changes, but not airflow limitation, correlate more profoundly with microbiota and metabolome profiles (e.g. partly via Pseudomonadaceae‐amino acids metabolism links), shaping clinical outcomes of CBA.https://doi.org/10.1002/EXP.20240149BronchiectasisCOPDCOPD‐Bronchiectasis associationexacerbationmetabolomemicrobiota
spellingShingle Zhen‐feng He
Xiao‐xian Zhang
Cui‐xia Pan
Xin‐zhu Yi
Yan Huang
Chun‐lan Chen
Shan‐shan Zha
Lai‐jian Cen
Han‐qin Cai
Lei Yang
Jia‐qi Gao
Hui‐min Li
Zhen‐hong Lin
Sheng‐zhu Lin
Zhang Wang
Nan‐shan Zhong
Wei‐jie Guan
Sputum Microbiota Compositions Correlate With Metabolome and Clinical Outcomes of COPD‐Bronchiectasis Association: A Prospective Cohort Study
Exploration
Bronchiectasis
COPD
COPD‐Bronchiectasis association
exacerbation
metabolome
microbiota
title Sputum Microbiota Compositions Correlate With Metabolome and Clinical Outcomes of COPD‐Bronchiectasis Association: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_full Sputum Microbiota Compositions Correlate With Metabolome and Clinical Outcomes of COPD‐Bronchiectasis Association: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_fullStr Sputum Microbiota Compositions Correlate With Metabolome and Clinical Outcomes of COPD‐Bronchiectasis Association: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_full_unstemmed Sputum Microbiota Compositions Correlate With Metabolome and Clinical Outcomes of COPD‐Bronchiectasis Association: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_short Sputum Microbiota Compositions Correlate With Metabolome and Clinical Outcomes of COPD‐Bronchiectasis Association: A Prospective Cohort Study
title_sort sputum microbiota compositions correlate with metabolome and clinical outcomes of copd bronchiectasis association a prospective cohort study
topic Bronchiectasis
COPD
COPD‐Bronchiectasis association
exacerbation
metabolome
microbiota
url https://doi.org/10.1002/EXP.20240149
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