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ArticleNature communications2025

Prenatal exposure to trace elements impacts mother-infant gut microbiome, metabolome and resistome during the first year of life.

Shimao Xiong, Bing Xie, Naiyi Yin, Hongmei Zhu, Huimin Gao, Xue Xu, Kang Xiao, Xiaolin Cai, Guoxin Sun, Xiuli Sun and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Shimao Xiong *College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3140-5129
Bing Xie *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China.
Naiyi YinCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China. yinnaiyi@ucas.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-1438
Hongmei ZhuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China.
Huimin GaoCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China.
Xue XuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China.
Kang XiaoBeijing Yanshan Earth Critical Zone National Research Station, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China.
Xiaolin CaiCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1775-6547
Guoxin SunResearch Center for Eco-Environment Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
Xiuli SunDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, 100044, China. sunxiuli918@126.com.
Yanshan CuiCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China.
Tom Van de WieleCenter for Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6854-5689
Yongguan ZhuCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China. ygzhu@rcees.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3861-8482

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (Beijing Natural Science Foundation) No. L232076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infancy is a critical window for the colonization of gut microbiome. However, xenobiotic impacts on gut microbiome development in early life remain poorly understood. Here, we recruit 146 mother-infant pairs and collect stool samples at 3, 6, and 12 months after delivery for amplicon sequencing (N = 353), metagenomics (N = 65), and metabolomics (N = 198). Trace elements in maternal hair samples (N = 119) affect diversity and composition of the infant gut microbiome. Shannon diversity in 3 month-old infants is correlated positively with selenium and negatively with copper, and relative abundance of Bifidobacterium increases under high exposure to aluminum and manganese. During the first year of life, infants and their paired mothers have distinct microbial diversity and composition, and their bacterial community structures gradually approach. here are 56 differential metabolites between the first and second visit and 515 differential metabolites between the second and third visit. The typical profile of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) significantly differs between infants and their mothers. High levels of copper and arsenic exposure may induce the enrichment of ARGs in the infant gut. Our findings highlight the dynamics of the gut microbiome, metabolites, and ARG profiles of mother-infant pairs after delivery, associated with prenatal exposure to trace elements.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMaternal ExposureMetabolomePrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsTrace ElementsAdultBacteriaCopperFecesFemaleHairHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMetagenomicsCopperTrace Elements

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PMID40467587
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