Abstract 632A: Microbiome diversity in sputum and circulating exosomes of women with breast cancer and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease

The nontuberculous Mycobacterial lung disease, primarily caused by Mycobacterium avium complex is an alarming health problem in the United States and worldwide. Being prevalent among Caucasian women with a history or current diagnosis of breast cancer, Nontuberculous Mycobacterial lung disease poses a significant challenge towards treatment. A large community of resident microbes, including bacteria, virus, Archeas and Fungi living in the human body are being increasingly recognized as the key components of controlling human health and disease. In this study, we examined microbiome diversity in sputa and circulating exosomes derived from women with both breast cancer and nontuberculous Mycobacterial lung disease, women with nontuberculous Mycobacterial lung infection only and healthy women by 16S rDNA sequencing. Our study identified a diverse microbiome community in the sputa and the exosomes dominated by Streptococcus, Haemophillus, Veillonella, Neisseria, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, Bacteroides, Allistipes, Faecalibacterium and Staphylococcus in women with both breast cancer and nontuberculous Mycobacterial lung disease and nontuberculous Mycobacterial lung disease only. Some of these genera, including Fusobacterium, Bacteroides, Allistipes have estrobolome activity and are associated with the development of breast and other neoplasm. This work confirms the presence of a distinct microbiome other than the Mycobacteriome in the sputa and the circulating exosomes of these patients. Further studies investigating the role of the sputa and exosome microbiome linking nontuberculous Mycobacterial pathogenesis and breast cancer are warranted. Citation Format: Julie V. Philley, David E. Griffith, Santanu Dasgupta. Microbiome diversity in sputum and circulating exosomes of women with breast cancer and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 632A.