Voss, S. J., McGuinness, D. H. , Weir, W. and Sutton, D. G.M. (2022) A study comparing the healthy and diseased equine glandular gastric microbiota sampled with sheathed transendoscopic cytology brushes. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, (doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2022.104002) (PMID:35490972)
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Abstract
Background: The role of the equine gastrointestinal microbiota in the pathogenesis of equine glandular gastric disease (EGGD) is poorly understood. Objectives: To investigate whether the glandular gastric microbiota is altered in horses with EGGD. Study design: Prospective longitudinal study Methods: Five Thoroughbred racehorses from one training centre underwent gastroscopy as part of poor performance investigation. Samples were taken from EGGD lesions and adjacent normal mucosa using sheathed transendoscopic cytology brushes and frozen at -80 °C. DNA was extracted for 16S rRNA sequencing, and sequences compared against a database to generate taxonomic classification of the microbiota. The same horses were sampled six months later. Results: Normal glandular mucosal samples were characterised by a higher proportion of Proteobacteria (46.3 %) than EGGD lesions (18.9 %). Relative abundance of Firmicutes was lower in samples from normal mucosa (20.0 %) than EGGD lesions (41.2 %). Linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) confirmed a greater proportion of Firmicutes species was characteristic of samples collected from EGGD lesions due to a very high relative abundance of Sarcina (up to 92.4 %) in two horses with EGGD. We were unable to comment on the stability of the glandular gastric microbiota over time. Main limitations: Small sample population. None of the horses examined had grossly normal gastric mucosa. Conclusions: The gastric microbiota appears altered in EGGD, although we are unable to demonstrate a causative effect. Sarcina was particularly increased in abundance in EGGD and may be a useful biomarker of disease. Sheathed cytology brushes were an effective method for sampling the gastric mucosa.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Keywords: | Horse, 16S rRNA sequencing, Sarcina, gastric ulceration. |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Weir, Professor Willie and Mcguinness, Dr David and Sutton, Professor David and Voss, Sarah |
Authors: | Voss, S. J., McGuinness, D. H., Weir, W., and Sutton, D. G.M. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
Journal Name: | Journal of Equine Veterinary Science |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0737-0806 |
ISSN (Online): | 1542-7412 |
Published Online: | 29 April 2022 |
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