TY - JOUR
T1 - Microbial Diversity and Composition Is Associated with Patient-Reported Toxicity during Chemoradiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer
AU - Mitra, Aparna
AU - Grossman Biegert, Greyson Willis
AU - Delgado, Andrea Y.
AU - Karpinets, Tatiana V.
AU - Solley, Travis N.
AU - Mezzari, Melissa P.
AU - Yoshida-Court, Kyoko
AU - Petrosino, Joe F.
AU - Mikkelson, Megan D.
AU - Lin, Lilie
AU - Eifel, Patricia
AU - Zhang, Jianhua
AU - Ramondetta, Lois M.
AU - Jhingran, Anuja
AU - Sims, Travis T.
AU - Schmeler, Kathleen
AU - Okhuysen, Pablo
AU - Colbert, Lauren E.
AU - Klopp, Ann H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute under award number P30CA016672, RSNA Resident/Fellow Research Award, and MDACC HPV-Related Cancers Moon Shot Flagship.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Purpose: Patients receiving pelvic radiation for cervical cancer experience high rates of acute gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity. The association of changes in the gut microbiome with bowel toxicity from radiation is not well characterized. Methods and Materials: Thirty-five patients undergoing definitive chemoradiation therapy (CRT) underwent longitudinal sampling (baseline and weeks 1, 3, and 5) of the gut microbiome and prospective assessment of patient-reported GI toxicity. DNA was isolated from stool obtained at rectal examination and analyzed with 16S rRNA sequencing. GI toxicity was assessed with the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite instrument to evaluate frequency, urgency, and discomfort associated with bowel function. Shannon diversity index was used to characterize alpha (within sample) diversity. Weighted UniFrac principle coordinates analysis was used to compare beta (between sample) diversity between samples using permutational multivariate analysis of variance. Linear discriminant analysis effect size highlighted microbial features that best distinguish categorized patient samples. Results: Gut microbiome diversity continuously decreased over the course of CRT, with the largest decrease at week 5. Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite bowel function scores also declined over the course of treatment, reflecting increased symptom burden. At all individual time points, higher diversity of the gut microbiome was linearly correlated with better patient-reported GI function, but baseline diversity was not predictive of eventual outcome. Patients with high toxicity demonstrated different compositional changes during CRT in addition to compositional differences in Clostridia species. Conclusions: Over time, increased radiation toxicity is associated with decreased gut microbiome diversity. Baseline diversity is not predictive of end-of-treatment bowel toxicity, but composition may identify patients at risk for developing high toxicity.
AB - Purpose: Patients receiving pelvic radiation for cervical cancer experience high rates of acute gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity. The association of changes in the gut microbiome with bowel toxicity from radiation is not well characterized. Methods and Materials: Thirty-five patients undergoing definitive chemoradiation therapy (CRT) underwent longitudinal sampling (baseline and weeks 1, 3, and 5) of the gut microbiome and prospective assessment of patient-reported GI toxicity. DNA was isolated from stool obtained at rectal examination and analyzed with 16S rRNA sequencing. GI toxicity was assessed with the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite instrument to evaluate frequency, urgency, and discomfort associated with bowel function. Shannon diversity index was used to characterize alpha (within sample) diversity. Weighted UniFrac principle coordinates analysis was used to compare beta (between sample) diversity between samples using permutational multivariate analysis of variance. Linear discriminant analysis effect size highlighted microbial features that best distinguish categorized patient samples. Results: Gut microbiome diversity continuously decreased over the course of CRT, with the largest decrease at week 5. Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite bowel function scores also declined over the course of treatment, reflecting increased symptom burden. At all individual time points, higher diversity of the gut microbiome was linearly correlated with better patient-reported GI function, but baseline diversity was not predictive of eventual outcome. Patients with high toxicity demonstrated different compositional changes during CRT in addition to compositional differences in Clostridia species. Conclusions: Over time, increased radiation toxicity is associated with decreased gut microbiome diversity. Baseline diversity is not predictive of end-of-treatment bowel toxicity, but composition may identify patients at risk for developing high toxicity.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.12.040
DO - 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.12.040
M3 - Article
C2 - 31987960
AN - SCOPUS:85079409922
SN - 0360-3016
VL - 107
SP - 163
EP - 171
JO - International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
JF - International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
IS - 1
ER -