Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
AI Summary:
The study found that chronic exposure to fluoride in drinking water caused microbiota taxonomic shifts and metabolic characterization, which were linked to certain host clinical parameters.AI Topics:
Background:
Endemic fluorosis refers to the condition when individuals are exposed to excessive amounts of fluoride ion due to living in a region characterized by elevated levels of fluorine in the drinking water, food, and/or air. In Pakistan, a substantial proportion of the population is thereby affected, posing a public health concern.
Objectives:
Assessing how the gut microbiota and its metabolic profiles are impacted by chronic exposure to fluoride in drinking water (that caused Dental Fluorosis) as well as to perceive how this microbiota is connected to adverse health outcomes prevailing with fluoride exposure.
Methods:
Drinking water (n=27) and biological samples (n=100) of blood, urine and feces were collected from 70 high fluoride exposed (with Dental Fluorosis) and 30 healthy control (without Dental Fluorosis) subjects. Water and urinary fluoride concentrations were determined. Serum/plasma biochemical testing was performed. Fecal DNA extraction, 16S rRNA analysis of microbial taxa, their predicted metabolic function and fecal short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) quantification were carried out.
Results:
The study revealed that microbiota taxonomic shifts and their metabolic characterization had been linked to certain host clinical parameters under the chronic fluoride exposure. Some sets of genera showed strong specificity to water and urine fluoride concentrations, Relative Fat Mass index and SCFAs. The SCFAs response in fluoride-exposed samples was observed to be correlated with bacterial taxa that could contribute to adverse health effects.
Conclusions:
Microbial dysbiosis as a result of endemic fluorosis exhibits a structure that is associated with risk of metabolic deregulation and is implicated in various diseases. Our results may form the development of novel interventions and may have utility in diagnosis and monitoring.
Bibi, Sara
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Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
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Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
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Shi, Xiang and Pereira, Ryan and Uzma and Savage, Laurie and Poursat, Baptiste and Quinn, Dominic and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Cholet, Fabien and Smith, Cindy J. and Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline and Sloan, William T. and Ijaz, Umer and Vignola, Marta (2024) Microbial stratification and DOM removal in drinking water biofilters: implications for enhanced performance. Water Research, 262: 122053. ISSN 0043-1354
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Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
See full publications listKostrytsia, Anastasiia
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Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
Shi, Xiang and Pereira, Ryan and Uzma and Savage, Laurie and Poursat, Baptiste and Quinn, Dominic and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Cholet, Fabien and Smith, Cindy J. and Gauchotte-Lindsay, Caroline and Sloan, William T. and Ijaz, Umer and Vignola, Marta (2024) Microbial stratification and DOM removal in drinking water biofilters: implications for enhanced performance. Water Research, 262: 122053. ISSN 0043-1354
See full publications listRasheed, Hifza
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Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
See full publications listEqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah
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Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
See full publications listGerasimidis, Konstantinos
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Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
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Bibi, Sara and Kerbiriou, Caroline and Uzma and Mckirdy, Shona and Kostrytsia, Anastasiia and Rasheed, Hifza and Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah and Gerasimidis, Konstantinos and Nurulain, Syed Muhammad and Ijaz, Umer Zeeshan (2024) Gut microbiome and function are altered for individuals living in high fluoride concentration areas in Pakistan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 284: 116959. ISSN 0147-6513
See full publications listIjaz, Umer
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Cholet, Fabien and Vignola, Marta and Quinn, Dominic and Ijaz, Umer Z. and Sloan, William T. and Smith, Cindy J. (2025) Microbial ecology of drinking water biofiltration based on 16S rRNA sequencing: a meta-analysis. Water Research, 281: 123684. ISSN 0043-1354
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