Title
Microbiome and oral squamous cell carcinoma: a possible interplay on iron metabolism and its impact on tumor microenvironment
Date Issued
01 September 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Arthur R.A.
dos Santos Bezerra R.
Ximenez J.P.B.
Merlin B.L.
de Andrade Morraye R.
Neto J.V.
Fava N.M.N.
Figueiredo D.L.A.
de Biagi C.A.O.
Montibeller M.J.
Guimarães J.B.
Alves E.G.
Schreiner M.
da Costa T.S.
da Silva C.F.L.
Malheiros J.M.
da Silva L.H.B.
Ribas G.T.
Achallma D.O.
Braga C.M.
Andrade K.F.A.
do Carmo Alves Martins V.
dos Santos G.V.N.
Granatto C.F.
Terin U.C.
Sanches I.H.
Ramos D.E.
de Souza G.M.P.
Slavov S.N.
Silva W.A.
Universidad de f São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
There is increasing evidence showing positive association between changes in oral microbiome and the occurrence of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Alcohol- and nicotine-related products can induce microbial changes but are still unknown if these changes are related to cancerous lesion sites. In an attempt to understand how these changes can influence the OSCC development and maintenance, the aim of this study was to investigate the oral microbiome linked with OSCC as well as to identify functional signatures and associate them with healthy or precancerous and cancerous sites. Our group used data of oral microbiomes available in public repositories. The analysis included data of oral microbiomes from electronic cigarette users, alcohol consumers, and precancerous and OSCC samples. An R-based pipeline was used for taxonomic and functional prediction analysis. The Streptococcus spp. genus was the main class identified in the healthy group. Haemophilus spp. predominated in precancerous lesions. OSCC samples revealed a higher relative abundance compared with the other groups, represented by an increased proportion of Fusobacterium spp., Prevotella spp., Haemophilus spp., and Campylobacter spp. Venn diagram analysis showed 52 genera exclusive of OSCC samples. Both precancerous and OSCC samples seemed to present a specific associated functional pattern. They were menaquinone-dependent protoporphyrinogen oxidase pattern enhanced in the former and both 3′,5′-cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase (purine metabolism) and iron(III) transport system ATP-binding protein enhanced in the latter. We conclude that although precancerous and OSCC samples present some differences on microbial profile, both microbiomes act as “iron chelators-like” potentially contributing to tumor growth.
Start page
1287
End page
1302
Volume
52
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85106269497
PubMed ID
Source
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
ISSN of the container
15178382
Sponsor(s)
This work was financed by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), grant 465539/2014-9, and São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), grant 2013/08135-2, 17/23205-8, and 19/08528-0.
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