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Query: Similarities Between Bacterial GAD and Human GAD65: Implications in Gut Mediated Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes A variety of islet autoantibodies (AAbs) can predict and possibly dictate eventual type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis. Upwards of 75% of those with T1D are positive for AAbs against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), a producer of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in human pancreatic beta cells. Interestingly, bacterial populations within the human gut also express GAD65 and produce GABA. Evidence suggests that dysbiosis of the microbiome may correlate with T1D pathogenesis and physiology. Therefore, autoimmune linkages between the gut microbiome and islets susceptible to autoimmune attack need to be further elucidated. Utilizing silico analyses, we show here that 25 GAD sequences from different human gut bacterial sources show sequence and motif similarities to human beta cell GAD65. Our motif analyses determined that a majority of gut GAD sequences contain the pyroxical dependent decarboxylase domain of human GAD65 which is important for its enzymatic activity. Additionally, we showed overlap with known human GAD65 T-cell receptor epitopes which may implicate the immune destruction of beta cells. Thus, we propose a physiological hypothesis in which changes in the gut microbiome in those with T1D result in a release of bacterial GAD, thus causing miseducation of the host immune system. Due to the notable similarities, we found between humans and bacterial GAD, these deputized immune cells may then go on to target human beta cells leading to the development of T1D.
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