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11th Annual <strong>Sequencing</strong>, Finishing, and Analysis in the Future Meeting<br />

METAGENOMIC APPLICATIOSN FOR<br />

MICROBIOME-RELATED STUDIES OF COMPLEX<br />

DISEASE<br />

Friday, 3rd June 8:45 La Fonda Ballroom Keynote Address (KN‐3)<br />

Sponsored by Qiagen<br />

Dr. Joseph Petrosino<br />

Baylor College of Medicine<br />

Nadim J. Ajami, Shelly A. Buffington, Matthew C. Wong, Daniel P. Smith, Ginger A. Metcalf, Donna M. Muzny, Richard<br />

A. Gibbs, Richard Lloyd, Beena Akolkar, Kendra Vehik, Jeffery P. Krischer, the TEDDY Study Group, Mauro Costa‐<br />

Mattioli, and Joseph F. Petrosino<br />

The incidence of complex disease, including immunity‐related diseases (e.g. type 1 diabetes (T1D)) and<br />

neurological disorders (e.g. autism), has increased dramatically over the last 50 years while incidence<br />

of infectious diseases have declined. These trends cannot be explained by genetic factors alone, but<br />

suggest that the modern environment has changed leading to this increased risk. The link between our<br />

genetic blueprint, in utero exposures, and the development of our microbiome in early life sets our<br />

baseline health state. Increased gut permeability, intestinal inflammation and dietary impacts have all<br />

been observed in children with T1D and autism. Data support the hypothesis that an infectious trigger<br />

and/or microbial influence, perhaps even in utero, may be responsible for the onset of autism and the<br />

autoantibodies that ultimately lead to the decline to T1D.<br />

We are exploring the comprehensive taxonomic and functional changes in the microbiome between<br />

birth and T1D onset in over 22,000 samples from 820 cases and controls (1:1 match) in the TEDDY<br />

international prospective cohort. Advanced analyses of 16S rRNA gene, and bacterial/viral<br />

metagenomic data have identified significant increased odds ratios for microbial community‐based<br />

prediction of autoantibody emergence and T1D onset (p≤0.05). Integrated analyses of additional “‐<br />

omics” data and extensive TEDDY metadata will begin to provide a complete perspective of the<br />

network of factors predisposing, and perhaps triggering, autoimmunity and T1D.<br />

In a separate collaboration with Mauro Costa‐Matioli (BCM), we have been examining the influence of<br />

the microbiome on a murine, maternal high‐fat diet model for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We<br />

find that social behavioral deficits, but not other ASD‐like behaviors, associated with maternal high fat<br />

diet (MHFD)‐induced obesity are mediated by alterations in the offspring gut microbiome. Moreover,<br />

oral treatment with a single, live commensal species corrects oxytocin levels and synaptic dysfunction<br />

in the ventral tegmental area and reverses social deficits associated with ASD in this model. If these<br />

effects translate to humans, this study suggests microbiome‐based therapeutics could have a positive<br />

impact on ASD‐related social dysfunction.<br />

Speaker’s biographical sketch<br />

Joseph F. Petrosino, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor<br />

College of Medicine and the Director of the Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research.<br />

He holds joint appointments in the Human Genome <strong>Sequencing</strong> Center, Department of Ophthalmology,<br />

and is a member of the Cell and Molecular Biology and Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine<br />

progra<br />

Dr. Petrosino has authored 40 original papers. Among 14 published in 2012 are the June HMP flagship<br />

manuscripts in Nature, collaborative studies examining microbiome associations with Cystic Fibrosis,<br />

pregnancy, nutritional intervention in colitis, rotavirus infection, and the shaping of the microbiome<br />

from birth in murine syste He has been an invited to speak at numerous institutions and meetings<br />

nationally and internationally, and recently he has been named an American Society for Microbiology<br />

Distinguished Lecturer for 2012‐2014.<br />

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