Type 1 Diabetes: an Association Between Autoimmunity, the Dynamics of Gut Amyloid-producing E. coli and Their Phages

Microbiology Resources and Announcements (2019)

Type 1 Diabetes: an Association Between Autoimmunity, the Dynamics  of Gut Amyloid Producing E.coli and Their Phages 

Publication Type  Journal article
 Authors George Tetz

Stuart Brown

Yuhan Hao

Victor Tetz

 Abstract The etiopathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D), a common autoimmune disorder, is not completely understood. Recent studies suggested the gut microbiome plays a role in T1D. We have used public longitudinal microbiome data from T1D patients to analyze amyloid-producing bacterial composition and found a significant association between initially high amyloid-producing Escherichia coli abundance, subsequent Ecoli depletion prior to seroconversion, and T1D development. In children who presented seroconversion or developed T1D, we observed an increase in the Ecoli phage/Ecoli ratio prior to Ecoli depletion, suggesting that the decrease in Ecoli was due to prophage activation. Evaluation of the role of phages in amyloid release from Ecoli biofilms in vitro suggested an indirect role of the bacterial phages in the modulation of host immunity. This study for the first time suggests that amyloid-producing Ecoli, their phages, and bacteria-derived amyloid might be involved in pro-diabetic pathway activation in children at risk for T1D.
Year of
Publication
 2019
 Journal Scientific Reports
 DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-46087-x