Oral Probiotic VSL#3 Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Modulating Microbiota and Promoting Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Enriched Tolerogenic Intestinal Environment

The gut microbiota modulates the autoimmune pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) via mechanisms that remain largely unknown. The inflammasome components are innate immune sensors that are highly influenced by the gut environment and play pivotal roles in maintaining intestinal immune homeostasis. I...

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Main Authors: Jayashree Dolpady, Chiara Sorini, Caterina Di Pietro, Ilaria Cosorich, Roberto Ferrarese, Diego Saita, Massimo Clementi, Filippo Canducci, Marika Falcone
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Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Diabetes Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7569431
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Chiara Sorini
Caterina Di Pietro
Ilaria Cosorich
Roberto Ferrarese
Diego Saita
Massimo Clementi
Filippo Canducci
Marika Falcone
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Chiara Sorini
Caterina Di Pietro
Ilaria Cosorich
Roberto Ferrarese
Diego Saita
Massimo Clementi
Filippo Canducci
Marika Falcone
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description The gut microbiota modulates the autoimmune pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) via mechanisms that remain largely unknown. The inflammasome components are innate immune sensors that are highly influenced by the gut environment and play pivotal roles in maintaining intestinal immune homeostasis. In this study we show that modifications of the gut microbiota induced by oral treatment with Lactobacillaceae-enriched probiotic VSL#3, alone or in combination with retinoic acid (RA), protect NOD mice from T1D by affecting inflammasome at the intestinal level. In particular, we show that VSL#3 treatment inhibits IL-1β expression while enhancing release of protolerogenic components of the inflammasome, such as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and IL-33. Those modifications of the intestinal microenvironment in VSL#3-treated NOD mice modulate gut immunity by promoting differentiation of tolerogenic CD103+ DCs and reducing differentiation/expansion of Th1 and Th17 cells in the intestinal mucosa and at the sites of autoimmunity, that is, within the pancreatic lymph nodes (PLN) of VSL#3-treated NOD mice. Our data provide a link between dietary factors, microbiota composition, intestinal inflammation, and immune homeostasis in autoimmune diabetes and could pave the way for new therapeutic approaches aimed at changing the intestinal microenvironment with probiotics to counterregulate autoimmunity and prevent T1D.
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spelling doaj-art-befb5208609841e191c95052d37b2c282025-08-20T03:22:59ZengWileyJournal of Diabetes Research2314-67452314-67532016-01-01201610.1155/2016/75694317569431Oral Probiotic VSL#3 Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Modulating Microbiota and Promoting Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Enriched Tolerogenic Intestinal EnvironmentJayashree Dolpady0Chiara Sorini1Caterina Di Pietro2Ilaria Cosorich3Roberto Ferrarese4Diego Saita5Massimo Clementi6Filippo Canducci7Marika Falcone8Experimental Diabetes Unit, Diabetes Research Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyExperimental Diabetes Unit, Diabetes Research Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyExperimental Diabetes Unit, Diabetes Research Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyExperimental Diabetes Unit, Diabetes Research Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyMicrobiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyMicrobiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyMicrobiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyMicrobiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyExperimental Diabetes Unit, Diabetes Research Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, ItalyThe gut microbiota modulates the autoimmune pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) via mechanisms that remain largely unknown. The inflammasome components are innate immune sensors that are highly influenced by the gut environment and play pivotal roles in maintaining intestinal immune homeostasis. In this study we show that modifications of the gut microbiota induced by oral treatment with Lactobacillaceae-enriched probiotic VSL#3, alone or in combination with retinoic acid (RA), protect NOD mice from T1D by affecting inflammasome at the intestinal level. In particular, we show that VSL#3 treatment inhibits IL-1β expression while enhancing release of protolerogenic components of the inflammasome, such as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and IL-33. Those modifications of the intestinal microenvironment in VSL#3-treated NOD mice modulate gut immunity by promoting differentiation of tolerogenic CD103+ DCs and reducing differentiation/expansion of Th1 and Th17 cells in the intestinal mucosa and at the sites of autoimmunity, that is, within the pancreatic lymph nodes (PLN) of VSL#3-treated NOD mice. Our data provide a link between dietary factors, microbiota composition, intestinal inflammation, and immune homeostasis in autoimmune diabetes and could pave the way for new therapeutic approaches aimed at changing the intestinal microenvironment with probiotics to counterregulate autoimmunity and prevent T1D.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7569431
spellingShingle Jayashree Dolpady
Chiara Sorini
Caterina Di Pietro
Ilaria Cosorich
Roberto Ferrarese
Diego Saita
Massimo Clementi
Filippo Canducci
Marika Falcone
Oral Probiotic VSL#3 Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Modulating Microbiota and Promoting Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Enriched Tolerogenic Intestinal Environment
Journal of Diabetes Research
title Oral Probiotic VSL#3 Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Modulating Microbiota and Promoting Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Enriched Tolerogenic Intestinal Environment
title_full Oral Probiotic VSL#3 Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Modulating Microbiota and Promoting Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Enriched Tolerogenic Intestinal Environment
title_fullStr Oral Probiotic VSL#3 Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Modulating Microbiota and Promoting Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Enriched Tolerogenic Intestinal Environment
title_full_unstemmed Oral Probiotic VSL#3 Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Modulating Microbiota and Promoting Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Enriched Tolerogenic Intestinal Environment
title_short Oral Probiotic VSL#3 Prevents Autoimmune Diabetes by Modulating Microbiota and Promoting Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase-Enriched Tolerogenic Intestinal Environment
title_sort oral probiotic vsl 3 prevents autoimmune diabetes by modulating microbiota and promoting indoleamine 2 3 dioxygenase enriched tolerogenic intestinal environment
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7569431
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