Journal
GUT
Volume 69, Issue 7, Pages 1248-1257Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2019-318532
Keywords
colonic bacteria; colorectal adenomas; colorectal cancer screening
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Funding
- HRMF research fellowship scheme [02160037]
- China MOST fund [2016YFC1303200]
- Science and Technology Program Grant Shenzhen [JCYJ20170413161534162]
- National Key RAMP
- D Program of China [2017YFE0190700, 2018YFC135000, 2018YFC1315004]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81773000]
- Shenzhen Virtual University Park Support Scheme
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Objective There is a need for early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) at precancerous-stage adenoma. Here, we identified novel faecal bacterial markers for diagnosing adenoma. Design This study included 1012 subjects (274 CRC, 353 adenoma and 385 controls) from two independent Asian groups. Candidate markers were identified by metagenomics and validated by targeted quantitative PCR. Results Metagenomic analysis identified 'm3' from a Lachnoclostridium sp., Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) and Clostridium hathewayi (Ch) to be significantly enriched in adenoma. Faecal m3 and Fn were significantly increased from normal to adenoma to CRC (p<0.0001, linear trend by one-way ANOVA) in group I (n=698), which was further confirmed in group II (n=313; p<0.0001). Faecal m3 may perform better than Fn in distinguishing adenoma from controls (areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROCs) m3=0.675vs Fn=0.620, p=0.09), while Fn performed better in diagnosing CRC (AUROCs Fn=0.862vs m3=0.741, p<0.0001). At 78.5% specificity, m3 and Fn showed sensitivities of 48.3% and 33.8% for adenoma, and 62.1% and 77.8% for CRC, respectively. In a subgroup tested with faecal immunochemical test (FIT; n=642), m3 performed better than FIT in detecting adenoma (sensitivities for non-advanced and advanced adenomas of 44.2% and 50.8% by m3 (specificity=79.6%) vs 0% and 16.1% by FIT (specificity=98.5%)). Combining with FIT improved sensitivity of m3 for advanced adenoma to 56.8%. The combination of m3 with Fn, Ch, Bacteroides clarus and FIT performed best for diagnosing CRC (specificity=81.2%and sensitivity=93.8%). Conclusion This study identifies a novel bacterial marker m3 for the non-invasive diagnosis of colorectal adenoma.
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