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. 2020 Sep 24;7:563605. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.563605

Table 2.

Summary of major animal studies of probiotic interventions, their mechanism of action and their outcomes related to T1D.

Name of Probiotic strains Study type Probiotic type and dose Duration of intervention Mechanism of action Outcomes Reference Year
VSL#3 (VSL Pharmaceuticals, Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA): 3 × 1011 CFU /g of bifidobacteria (B. longum, B. infantis, and B. breve), lactobacilli (L. acidophilus, L. casei, L. delbrueckii subsp. L. bulgaricus, and L. plantarum) and Streptococcus salivarius subsp. thermophilus. NOD mice Three times a week of 3 mg/mouse, re-suspended in 100 μl PBS 28 weeks (from 4 to 32 weeks of age) - Increases production of IL-10 from Peyer's patches and the spleen and with increase of IL-10 expression in the pancreas
- Modulates GALT
- VSL#3 prevented autoimmune diabetes development in NOD mice
- VSL#3 protected mice and induced immunomodulation by a reduction in insulitis severity
(115) 2005
Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2 T1D in BB-DP Rats 1 × 108 CFU per animal/day 21 day - Changes in the native microbiota, host mucosal proteins, and host oxidative stress response
- Decreases oxidative intestinal environment was evidenced by decreased expression of several oxidative response proteins in the intestinal mucosa (Gpx1, GR, Cat)
- Decreases of the level of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IFNγ
- Increases of the level of the tight junction protein claudin
- Delays or inhibits the onset of type 1 diabetes in BioBreeding diabetes prone rats. (116) 2010
Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2-Mediated T1D in BB-DP Rats 1 × 108 CFU/day through oral gavage - BBDP rats received oral treatments daily until sacrifice at diabetes onset, or the culmination of the experiment at 140 day - Diabetes resistance in LjN6.2-fed BBDP rodents was correlated to a Th17 cell bias within the mesenteric lymph nodes
- Cytokines IL-6 and IL-23, respectively, were significantly higher within the mesenteric lymph nodes of LjN6.2-fed BBDP.
- Confirms resistance of T1D and the results published in (117) (114) 2011
Lactococcus lactis NOD mice Not mentioned Not mentioned - Increases the frequencies of local Tregs accumulated in the pancreatic islets,
- Suppresses immune response in an autoantigen-specific way
- Preserves functional pancreatic islets and reduces in insulitis severity
- Reversal of autoimmune diabetes by restoration of antigen-specific tolerance:
- Treatment strategy for 1TD in human
(117) 2012
Lactobacillus plantarum TN627 Alloxan-induced diabetes in rats 0.9 × 109 CFU/ml/day Not mentioned - Improves the immunological parameters,
- Protects the pancreatic tissues, and reduce the pancreatic and plasmatic α-amylase activities and level of plasma glucose in the treated as compared to the control group of rats
- Reduces the pancreatic and plasmatic lipase activities and serum triglyceride and LDL-cholesterol rates
- Increases the level of HDL-Cholesterol
- Protects the liver and kidney functions by decreasing in serum aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activities, as well as creatinine and urea contents.
- Exhibits attractive in vivo antidiabetic effects that may be helpful in preventing diabetic complications in adult rats (118) 2013
Bacterial LPS or Zymosan NOD mice 25 μg/mouse/day in PBS 25 μg/mouse/day in PBS on days 1, 3, 5, 16, 18, and 20 after 12 weeks-old mice - TLR2 and Dectin 1 engagement by zymosan promotes regulatory T-cell (Treg) responses against the pancreatic β-cell–specific antigen (Ag)
- Zymosan induces a mixture of pro
- and anti-inflammatory factors and Tregs, both in vitro and in vivo
- Increased frequencies of IL-10–, IL-17–, IL-4–, and Foxp3-positive T cells, especially in the pancreatic lymph node
- Zymosan can be used as an immune regulatory adjuvant for modulating the T-cell response to pancreatic β-cell-Ag
- Reverses early-stage hyperglycemia in T1D
(119) 2015
Bifidobacterium spp. STZ-induced C57BL/6 diabetic mice Not mentioned 5 weeks - Reduces the blood glucose levels significantly
- Increases the protein expressions of insulin receptor beta, insulin receptor substrate 1, protein kinase B (Akt/PKB), IKKα, and IκBα
- Decreases both macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression
- Promote the recovery of β-cells of pancreas or increase insulin sensitivity in mice by enhancing the function of the insulin signaling pathway may be the promising bacteria for treating diabetes (120) 2015
Lactobacillus reuteri STZ-induced C57BL/6 diabetic mice 109 CFU / 0.3 ml directly into the stomach of mice 3 times per week 4 weeks - Develops anti-inflammatory property by inhibiting osteoblast TNF-α signaling
- Prevents TNF-α-mediated suppression of Wnt10b and osteoblast maturation markers
- Blocks the loss of bones open new avenues for use of probiotics to benefit the bone. (121) 2015
Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens M and Lactobacillus kefiri K STZ-induced C57BL/6 diabetic mice 1 × 108 CFU per day 8 weeks - Stimulates the secretion of GLP-1, inhibiting the proinflammatory and inflammatory cytokines, elevating the production of IL-10, and modifying the intestinal microbiota
- Decreases of the level of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNFa and TH1
- Potential ability of enhancing GLP-1 to mitigate the progression of type 1 diabetes in vitro and in vivo (122) 2015
Oral Probiotic VSL#3 NOD mice VSL#3 was administered through oral gavage three times a week 6 weeks (starting at 4 weeks until 20 weeks of age) - Inhibits IL-1β expression while enhancing release of protolerogenic components of the inflammasome, such as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and IL-33
- Promotes differentiation of tolerogenic CD103+ DCs and reduces differentiation/expansion of Th1 and Th17 cells in the intestinal mucosa and at the sites of autoimmunity within the pancreatic lymph nodes (PLN)
- Reduces the Teff/Treg cell balance in the gut mucosa and PLN
- Prevents autoimmune diabetes by modulating microbiota (123) 2016
Lactobacillus brevis KLDS 1.0727 and KLDS 1.0373 STZ-induced C57BL/6 T1D mice Not mentioned 4 weeks - Capability of KLDS 1.0727 and KLDS 1.0373 strains as gad gene carriers to overexpress GABA significant effect on glucose level reduction in blood or insulin in plasma - Inhibits the development of T1D in diabetic mice model (124) 2018
Probiotic fermented milk with: Lactobacillus rhamnosus MTCC: 5957, Lactobacillus rhamnosus MTCC: 5897 isolated from dairy product (isolated from household curd) and Lactobacillus fermentum MTCC isolated from breast-fed human infant feces STZ-induced diabetic rat Not mentioned 6 weeks - Decreases in the levels of blood glucose and HbA1c
- Increases in the body weight, serum insulin, HDL-C levels in diabetic rats
- Decreases in the inflammation, oxidative stress, and gluconeogenesis
- Can be useful for the complementary treatment strategies of diabetes and its associated complications (125) 2018