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Sputum neutrophil elastase associates with microbiota and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bronchiectasis

Martina Oriano, Andrea Gramegna, Leonardo Terranova, Giovanni Sotgiu, Imran Sulaiman, Luca Ruggiero, Laura Saderi, Benjamin Wu, James D. Chalmers, Leopoldo N. Segal, Paola Marchisio, Francesco Blasi, Stefano Aliberti
European Respiratory Journal 2020 56: 2000769; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00769-2020
Martina Oriano
1University of Milan, Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan, Italy
2Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Internal Medicine Dept, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Milan, Italy
3Dept of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Andrea Gramegna
1University of Milan, Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan, Italy
2Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Internal Medicine Dept, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Milan, Italy
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Leonardo Terranova
1University of Milan, Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan, Italy
2Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Internal Medicine Dept, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Milan, Italy
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Giovanni Sotgiu
4Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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Imran Sulaiman
5Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Luca Ruggiero
6Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Paediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Milan, Italy
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Laura Saderi
4Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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Benjamin Wu
5Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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James D. Chalmers
7University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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Leopoldo N. Segal
5Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Paola Marchisio
1University of Milan, Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan, Italy
6Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Paediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Milan, Italy
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Francesco Blasi
1University of Milan, Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan, Italy
2Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Internal Medicine Dept, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Milan, Italy
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Stefano Aliberti
1University of Milan, Dept of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan, Italy
2Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Internal Medicine Dept, Respiratory Unit and Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center, Milan, Italy
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Abstract

Introduction Neutrophilic inflammation is a major driver of bronchiectasis pathophysiology, and neutrophil elastase activity is the most promising biomarker evaluated in sputum to date. How active neutrophil elastase correlates with the lung microbiome in bronchiectasis is still unexplored. We aimed to understand whether active neutrophil elastase is associated with low microbial diversity and distinct microbiome characteristics.

Methods An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted at the bronchiectasis programme of the Policlinico Hospital in Milan, Italy, where adults with bronchiectasis were enrolled between March 2017 and March 2019. Active neutrophil elastase was measured on sputum collected during stable state, microbiota analysed through 16S rRNA gene sequencing, molecular assessment of respiratory pathogens carried out through real-time PCR and clinical data collected.

Results Among 185 patients enrolled, decreasing α-diversity, evaluated through the Shannon entropy (ρ −0.37, p<0.00001) and Pielou's evenness (ρ −0.36, p<0.00001) and richness (ρ −0.33, p<0.00001), was significantly correlated with increasing elastase. A significant difference in median levels of Shannon entropy as detected between patients with neutrophil elastase ≥20 µg·mL−1 (median 3.82, interquartile range 2.20–4.96) versus neutrophil elastase <20 µg·mL−1 (4.88, 3.68–5.80; p<0.0001). A distinct microbiome was found in these two groups, mainly characterised by enrichment with Pseudomonas in the high-elastase group and with Streptococcus in the low-elastase group. Further confirmation of the association of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with elevated active neutrophil elastase was found based on standard culture and targeted real-time PCR.

Conclusions High levels of active neutrophil elastase are associated to low microbiome diversity and specifically to P. aeruginosa infection.

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Active neutrophil elastase correlates with low microbiota diversity and P. aeruginosa detected as relative abundance (Pseudomonas), standard culture and targeted real-time PCR in sputum samples of adult bronchiectasis patients in stable state https://bit.ly/2LUkpVq

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  • Author contributions: Conception and design: S. Aliberti and M. Oriano; formal analysis: S. Aliberti, M. Oriano, L. Terranova, L. Ruggiero, G. Sotgiu, L. Saderi, B. Wu, I. Sulaiman and L.N. Segal; investigation: S. Aliberti, M. Oriano and A. Gramegna; resources: F. Blasi, P. Marchisio and S. Aliberti; data curation: M. Oriano, G. Sotgiu, L. Saderi, S. Aliberti, L.N. Segal, F. Blasi, P. Marchisio and J.D. Chalmers; writing (original draft preparation): S. Aliberti and M. Oriano; writing (review and editing): S. Aliberti, M. Oriano, A. Gramegna, L. Terranova, G. Sotgiu, I. Sulaiman, L. Saderi, B. Wu, J.D. Chalmers, L.N. Segal and F. Blasi; supervision: F. Blasi, S. Aliberti and P. Marchisio; project administration: S. Aliberti; funding acquisition: F. Blasi, S. Aliberti and P. Marchisio.

  • Conflict of interest: M. Oriano has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: A. Gramegna has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: L. Terranova has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: G. Sotgiu has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: I. Sulaiman has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: L. Ruggiero has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: L. Saderi has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: B. Wu has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: J.D. Chalmers reports grants and personal fees from GlaxoSmithKline, Insmed, AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees from Zambon, grants from Gilead and Grifols, outside the submitted work.

  • Conflict of interest: L.N. Segal reports personal fees for consultancy from Beyond Air, grants from NIH, outside the submitted work.

  • Conflict of interest: P. Marchisio has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: F. Blasi reports grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, Chiesi, GSK, Insmed and Pfizer, grants from Bayer, personal fees from Guidotti, Grifols, Menarini, Mundipharma, Novartis and Zambon, outside the submitted work.

  • Conflict of interest: S. Aliberti reports grants and personal fees from Bayer Healthcare, Aradigm Corporation, Grifols, Chiesi and INSMED, personal fees from AstraZeneca, Basilea, Zambon, Novartis, Raptor, Actavis UK Ltd and Horizon, outside the submitted work.

  • Support statement: This work was supported by the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) (BGW), Stony Wold-Herbert Fund (BGW), T32 CA193111 (BGW), UL1TR001445 (BGW). Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.

  • Received March 19, 2020.
  • Accepted May 19, 2020.
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Sputum neutrophil elastase associates with microbiota and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bronchiectasis
Martina Oriano, Andrea Gramegna, Leonardo Terranova, Giovanni Sotgiu, Imran Sulaiman, Luca Ruggiero, Laura Saderi, Benjamin Wu, James D. Chalmers, Leopoldo N. Segal, Paola Marchisio, Francesco Blasi, Stefano Aliberti
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Martina Oriano, Andrea Gramegna, Leonardo Terranova, Giovanni Sotgiu, Imran Sulaiman, Luca Ruggiero, Laura Saderi, Benjamin Wu, James D. Chalmers, Leopoldo N. Segal, Paola Marchisio, Francesco Blasi, Stefano Aliberti
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