[Correlation analysis of supragingival microbiome and host blood lipid levels].

PURPOSE: To analyze the correlation between microbiome of supragingival plaque and host blood lipid levels. METHODS: Samples of supragingival plaques from 68 volunteers aged 45-60 years were collected. The total DNA was extracted, and 16S rDNA V3-V4 regions were amplified via PCR. The amplified products were sequenced by Illumina MiSeq PE300. After that, OTU clustering and species annotation were carried out. Then, the correlation of annotated species (genus level) and host blood lipid level were calculated with Spearman correlation analysis. SPSS 16.0 software package was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: The average number of sequences obtained from the supragingival plaque samples was 41 929, and the number of OTUs obtained by clustering was 1 037. A total of 25 phyla, 45 classes, 92 orders, 155 families and 330 genera were annotated. Species heat maps showed a high degree of consistency in the species composition abundance of 68 samples. Spearman correlation analysis showed that among the supragingival microorganisms, Alloprevotella spp., Dialister spp., Peptostreptococcus spp. and Prevotella 7 spp., were negatively correlated with the host serum total cholesterol/low density lipoprotein cholesterol level. Neisseria spp. was positively correlated with host serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, but negatively correlated with Prevotella 2 spp.. CONCLUSIONS: The compositional structure of the supragingival microbiome is relatively stable and has a correlation with the host blood lipid levels. Profiles of supragingival microbiome can be promising biomarkers of the lipid metabolism of the host.