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Gut microbiota of Type 1 diabetes patients with good glycaemic control and high physical fitness is similar to people without diabetes: an observational study

Stewart, C. J., Nelson, A., Campbell, Matthew, Walker, M., Stevenson, E. J., Shaw, J. A., Cummings, S. P. and West, D. J. (2016) Gut microbiota of Type 1 diabetes patients with good glycaemic control and high physical fitness is similar to people without diabetes: an observational study. Diabetic Medicine, 34 (1). pp. 127-134. ISSN 0742-3071

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Abstract

Aim
Type 1 diabetes is the product of a complex interplay between genetic susceptibility and exposure to environmental factors. Existing bacterial profiling studies focus on people who are most at risk at the time of diagnosis; there are limited data on the gut microbiota of people with long‐standing Type 1 diabetes. This study compared the gut microbiota of patients with Type 1 diabetes and good glycaemic control and high levels of physical‐fitness with that of matched controls without diabetes.

Methods
Ten males with Type 1 diabetes and ten matched controls without diabetes were recruited; groups were matched for gender, age, BMI, peak oxygen uptake (VO2max), and exercise habits. Stool samples were analysed using next‐generation sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene to obtain bacterial profiles from each individual. Phylogenetic investigation of communities by reconstruction of unobserved states (PICRUSt) was implemented to predict the functional content of the bacterial operational taxonomic units.

Results
Faecalibacterium sp., Roseburia sp. and Bacteroides sp. were typically the most abundant members of the community in both patients with Type 1 diabetes and controls, and were present in every sample in the cohort. Each bacterial profile was relatively individual and no significant difference was reported between the bacterial profiles or the Shannon diversity indices of Type 1 diabetes compared with controls. The functional profiles were more conserved and the Type 1 diabetes group were comparable with the control group.

Conclusions
We show that both gut microbiota and resulting functional bacterial profiles from patients with long‐standing Type 1 diabetes in good glycaemic control and high physical fitness levels are comparable with those of matched people without diabetes.

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Item ID: 13023
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13140
ISSN: 0742-3071
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/13023
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.13140

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ORCID for Matthew Campbell: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5883-5041

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Date Deposited: 28 Jan 2021 11:20
Last Modified: 28 Jan 2021 11:20

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Author: Matthew Campbell ORCID iD
Author: C. J. Stewart
Author: A. Nelson
Author: M. Walker
Author: E. J. Stevenson
Author: J. A. Shaw
Author: S. P. Cummings
Author: D. J. West

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