• 1. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, West China School of Public Health / West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, West China School of Public Health / West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 4. West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 5. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
ZHAO Huiling, Email: 15710087@163.com
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Objective To analyze the effects of alcohol consumption on oral flora of middle-aged and elderly men from the core area of southwestern China, and explore the relationship between excessive-alcohol-consumption-related flora and alcohol-related cancer.Methods From March to June 2018, saliva samples of target subjects were collected for 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing, and a questionnaire survey which took drinking history of each participant as the target variable was conducted. According to the amount of alcohol consumed, the subjects were divided into non-drinking group, moderate-drinking group, and excessive-drinking group. The microbial analysis of α diversity, analysis of group difference of oral flora abundance, bacterial function prediction, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve model prediction were carried out.Results A total of 59 subjects were included. There were 23 cases (39.0%) in the non-drinking group, 23 cases (39.0%) in the moderate-drinking group, and 13 cases (22.0%) in the excessive-drinking group. The average age was (61.90±8.85) years. Excessive drinking increased the abundance of oral flora (P<0.05), and could change the abundance of specific genus such as Peptostreptococcus and TM7[G-6] (P<0.05) and regulate cancer-related pathways (P<0.05). ROC analysis found that a panel of three genus oral bacteria such as TM7[G-6] might effectively distinguish the non-drinking group from the excessive-drinking group (area under curve=0.915).Conclusions Genus of Peptostreptococcus and TM7_[G-6] are the potential oral flora biomarkers for the excessive-drinking of target subjects. Some excessive drinking-related flora are closely related to oral cancer.

Citation: WU Kunpeng, ZHAO Xunying, LIU Qi, ZHOU Tinghui, ZHANG Wei, YANG Fan, ZHAO Xing, HU Xiuying, ZHAO Huiling, ZUO Haojiang. A preliminary study on the relationship between alcohol consumption and oral flora of middle-aged and elderly men from the core area of southwestern China. West China Medical Journal, 2021, 36(2): 230-237. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201910096 Copy

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