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Metabolic alterations in immune cells associate with progression to type 1 diabetes

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AIMS: Previous metabolomics studies suggest that type 1 diabetes is preceded by specific metabolic disturbances. The aim of this study was to investigate whether distinct metabolic patterns occur in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of children who later develop pancreatic beta cell autoimmunity or overt type 1 diabetes.

METHODS: In a longitudinal cohort setting, PBMC metabolomic analysis was applied in children who (1) progressed to type 1 diabetes (PT1D, n = 34), (2) seroconverted to ≥1 islet autoantibody without progressing to type 1 diabetes (P1Ab, n = 27) or (3) remained autoantibody negative during follow-up (CTRL, n = 10).

RESULTS: During the first year of life, levels of most lipids and polar metabolites were lower in the PT1D and P1Ab groups compared with the CTRL group. Pathway over-representation analysis suggested alanine, aspartate, glutamate, glycerophospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism were over-represented in PT1D. Genome-scale metabolic models of PBMCs during type 1 diabetes progression were developed by using publicly available transcriptomics data and constrained with metabolomics data from our study. Metabolic modelling confirmed altered ceramide pathways, known to play an important role in immune regulation, as specifically associated with type 1 diabetes progression.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that systemic dysregulation of lipid metabolism, as observed in plasma, may impact the metabolism and function of immune cells during progression to overt type 1 diabetes.

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The GEMs for PBMCs have been submitted to BioModels, under accession number MODEL1905270001.

OTHER RELATED OMICS DATASETS IN: MODEL1905270001

INSTRUMENT(S): Liquid Chromatography MS -, Gas Chromatography MS -

SUBMITTER: Partho Sen

PROVIDER: MTBLS1015 | MetaboLights | 2020-08-10

REPOSITORIES: MetaboLights

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Metabolic alterations in immune cells associate with progression to type 1 diabetes.

Sen Partho P Dickens Alex M AM López-Bascón María Asunción MA Lindeman Tuomas T Kemppainen Esko E Lamichhane Santosh S Rönkkö Tuukka T Ilonen Jorma J Toppari Jorma J Veijola Riitta R Hyöty Heikki H Hyötyläinen Tuulia T Knip Mikael M Orešič Matej M

Diabetologia 20200211 5

<h4>Aims/hypothesis</h4>Previous metabolomics studies suggest that type 1 diabetes is preceded by specific metabolic disturbances. The aim of this study was to investigate whether distinct metabolic patterns occur in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of children who later develop pancreatic beta cell autoimmunity or overt type 1 diabetes.<h4>Methods</h4>In a longitudinal cohort setting, PBMC metabolomic analysis was applied in children who (1) progressed to type 1 diabetes (PT1D, n = 34 ...[more]

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