RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Increased D-Lactic Acid Intestinal Bacteria in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
JF In Vivo
JO In Vivo
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 621
OP 628
VO 23
IS 4
A1 SHEEDY, JOHN R.
A1 WETTENHALL, RICHARD E.H.
A1 SCANLON, DENIS
A1 GOOLEY, PAUL R.
A1 LEWIS, DONALD P.
A1 MCGREGOR, NEIL
A1 STAPLETON, DAVID I.
A1 BUTT, HENRY L.
A1 DE MEIRLEIR, KENNY L.
YR 2009
UL http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/23/4/621.abstract
AB Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are affected by symptoms of cognitive dysfunction and neurological impairment, the cause of which has yet to be elucidated. However, these symptoms are strikingly similar to those of patients presented with D-lactic acidosis. A significant increase of Gram positive facultative anaerobic faecal microorganisms in 108 CFS patients as compared to 177 control subjects (p<0.01) is presented in this report. The viable count of D-lactic acid producing Enterococcus and Streptococcus spp. in the faecal samples from the CFS group (3.5×107 cfu/L and 9.8×107 cfu/L respectively) were significantly higher than those for the control group (5.0×106 cfu/L and 8.9×104 cfu/L respectively). Analysis of exometabolic profiles of Enterococcus faecalis and Streptococcus sanguinis, representatives of Enterococcus and Streptococcus spp. respectively, by NMR and HPLC showed that these organisms produced significantly more lactic acid (p<0.01) from 13C-labeled glucose, than the Gram negative Escherichia coli. Further, both E. faecalis and S. sanguinis secrete more D-lactic acid than E. coli. This study suggests a probable link between intestinal colonization of Gram positive facultative anaerobic D-lactic acid bacteria and symptom expressions in a subgroup of patients with CFS. Given the fact that this might explain not only neurocognitive dysfunction in CFS patients but also mitochondrial dysfunction, these findings may have important clinical implications.