植物乳杆菌粘附性与其表面特征关系的探究

本文通过16s rDNA鉴定获得4株植物乳杆菌,并以HT29细胞为体外黏附筛选模型,进一步探讨了这些菌株粘附能力与表面疏水性、自聚共聚能力等表型特征的相关性。结果表明,植物乳杆菌AR326菌株对HT29细胞的粘附性最强,并显示高度的自聚性(25%)和共聚性(25%),但其表面疏水性偏低(15%);通过相关性分析发现,植物乳杆菌的自聚性和共聚性与HT29细胞粘附性呈显著相关性(r=1.0和0.8,p0.05),但表面疏水性、自凝聚性和共聚性两两之间并无显著相关性(p0.05)。本研究结果为建立快速筛选高粘附性植物乳杆菌的方法及其菌株在体内定植和分布研究提供一定参考依据。     

一株具有良好粘附性的植物乳杆菌的生物学特性及应用

本文研究了植物乳杆菌AR326的最适生长温度、最适接种量、生长曲线、最适初始pH、胆汁耐受性、NaCl耐受性,并进一步探究了单菌株发酵酸奶的性能。结果显示植物乳杆菌AR326生长较快,4 h进入对数期,14 h进入稳定期,最适生长温度为30℃,在初始pH 3.0~7.0范围可生长,适宜的接种量为1.5%~2.0%,耐受胆盐浓度达0.2%,耐高渗透压能力强,可在含NaCl 8%的MRS培养基中生长。发酵乳中菌落数和对照组一致,脱水收缩性优于对照组,因而可用于商业上生产功能性酸奶。     

Genome shuffling of Lactobacillus plantarum C88 improves adhesion

Genome shuffling is an important method for rapid improvement in microbial strains for desired phenotypes. In this study, ultraviolet irradiation and nitrosoguanidine were used as mutagens to enhance the adhesion of the wild-type Lactobacillus plantarum C88. Four strains with better property were screened after mutagenesis to develop a library of parent strains for three rounds of genome shuffling. Fusants F3-1, F3-2, F3-3, and F3-4 were screened as the improved strains. The in vivo and in vitro tests results indicated that the population after three rounds of genome shuffling exhibited improved adhesive property. Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA results showed significant differences between the parent strain and recombinant strains at DNA level. These results suggest that the adhesive property of L. plantarum C88 can be significantly improved by genome shuffling. Improvement in the adhesive property of bacterial cells by genome shuffling enhances the colonization of probiotic strains which further benefits to exist probiotic function.     

两株乳酸杆菌益生菌特性的研究

对两株乳酸杆菌作为益生菌的特性进行分析。采用人工胃液、人工肠液,及体外培养人结肠癌细胞株HT-29,模拟 上消化道环境,检测候选菌株L.acidophilus1.1878和L.rhamnosus1.120对上消化道环境的耐受性和粘附性;以琼脂扩散打孔 法,检测候选菌株SCS对4种常见肠道致病菌的抑菌能力。结果表明,两株候选菌株可耐受pH>3.0的人工胃液,及0.2%的 胆盐浓度;光镜观察L.acidophilus1.1878、L.rhamnosus1.120粘附于HT-29细胞边缘,平均4.5～7个/细胞,扫描电镜观察 L.acidophilus1.1878、L.rhamnosus1.120粘附于HT-29细胞表面的刷状缘,且细胞表面结构完整;对4种肠道致病菌的抑菌 圈直径均在12mm以上。证明实验观察的两株乳酸杆菌具有较好的耐酸、耐胆盐及粘附、抑菌特性,符合益生菌的标准。     

Cell surface Lactobacillus plantarum LA 318 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) adheres to human colonic mucin

Aims:  To characterize the adhesion molecule of Lactobacillus plantarum LA 318 that shows high adhesion to human colonic mucin (HCM).
Methods and Results:  The adhesion test used the BIACORE assay where PBS-washed bacterial cells showed a significant decrease in adherence to HCM than distilled water-washed cells. A component in the PBS wash fraction adhered to the HCM and a main protein was detected as a c . 40-kDa band using SDS-PAGE. Using homology comparisons of the N-terminal amino acid sequences compared with sequence databases, this protein was identified as glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). The DNA sequence of LA 318 GAPDH was 100% identical to the GAPDH ( gapB ) of L. plantarum WCFS1. The purified GAPDH adhered to HCM.
Conclusions:  We found the adhesin of L. plantarum LA 318 to HCM in its culture PBS wash fraction. The molecule was identified as GAPDH. Because LA 318 possesses the same adhesin as many pathogens, the lactobacilli GAPDH may compete with pathogens infecting the intestine.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  This is the first report showing GAPDH expressed on the cell surface of lactobacilli adheres to mucin suggesting L. plantarum LA 318 adheres to HCM using GAPDH binding activity to colonize the human intestinal mucosa.     

Anti-bacterial activity of Lactobacillus plantarum strain SK1 against Listeria monocytogenes is due to lactic acid production

AIMS: The aim of this research was to investigate the potential of Lactobacillus plantarum strain SK1 for use as a biological control agent against Listeria monocytogenes and determine its mechanism of anti-listerial activity. METHODS AND RESULTS: Co-growth of Lact. plantarum SK1 and L. monocytogenes UMCC98 in MRS broth showed that anti-listerial activity of Lact. plantarum SK1 occurred during late log/early stationary phase of growth. This coincided with a reduction in broth pH to 4.26. Evidence obtained from the analysis of cell-free culture filtrates of strain SK1 grown in MRS broth using thin-layer chromatography and growth of L. monocytogenes in pH-adjusted culture filtrates suggested that the anti-listerial activity was due to lactic acid production alone. Trials of Lact. plantarum SK1 on radishes stored at 5 degrees C showed that it had statistically significant (P < 0.05) anti-listerial activity. CONCLUSIONS: The anti-listerial activity of Lact. plantarum SK1 was due to lactic acid production alone. A small-scale trial on radishes stored at 5 degrees C showed it to have significant anti-listerial activity in planta. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This organism has potential as a biological control agent for L. monocytogenes.     

乳杆菌抑制金黄色葡萄球菌对HeLa细胞的粘附

对弯曲乳杆菌Lactobacillus crispatus T79-3和T90-1、詹氏乳杆菌Lactobacillus jensenii T118-3和T231-1四株乳杆菌对金黄色葡萄球菌生长的抑制效果以及抑菌成分进行了分析,比较乳杆菌排除、竞争、置换3种不同作用方式对金黄色葡萄球菌粘附HeLa细胞的抑制作用。结果表明4株乳杆菌皆能抑制金黄色葡萄球菌的生长及其粘附HeLa细胞的能力,分析发现4株乳杆菌发挥抑制作用的主要成分是有机酸,同时比较分析乳杆菌3种不同作用方式发现它们对金黄色葡萄球菌粘附HeLa细胞的抑制效果不同,其中,排除作用方式效果最好。另外,乳杆菌对金黄色葡萄球菌粘附HeLa细胞的抑制作用具有浓度依赖性,随着乳杆菌浓度增大,抑制作用增强并逐渐达到饱和。4株乳杆菌中,T79-3粘附能力最强,对金黄色葡萄球菌的抑制作用最强,排除作用方式抑制金黄色葡萄球菌粘附HeLa细胞作用效果较好,提示乳杆菌T79-3有可能作为益生菌防治妇女泌尿生殖道感染。     

1株植物乳杆菌的抑菌作用及其生物学特性的研究

植物乳杆菌（Lactobacillus plantarum）是乳酸杆菌中的一种,常存在于发酵的蔬菜和果汁中。植物乳杆菌作为人体肠道的益生菌群,具有维持肠道菌群平衡、提高机体免疫力和促进营养物质吸收等多种作用。研究从市售腌渍蔬菜中分离筛选获得一株植物乳杆菌,以9种菌作为指示菌,采用牛津杯琼脂扩散法检测筛选菌株的抑菌谱大小。结果表明,该菌株能较强的抑制大肠杆菌、柠檬色葡萄球菌、藤黄微球菌和枯草芽孢杆菌等指示菌。此外,研究了菌株对温度的稳定性,p H值的耐受性及其酶的敏感性等生物学特性,结果显示该株植物乳杆菌菌株具有良好的热稳定性,酸碱稳定性,并且对3种蛋白酶具有很好的敏感性。这为今后深入研究与开发植物乳杆菌奠定了基础。     

Characteristics of the adhesion of PCC Lactobacillus fermentum VRI 003 to Peyer's patches

The characteristics of the adhesion of PCC Lactobacillus fermentum VRI 003 to Peyer's patches was studied in vitro. The adhesion of L. fermentum 003 was strongly inhibited in the presence of d-mannose and methyl-alpha-d-mannoside although other carbohydrates tested, such as N-acetyl-glucosamine, d-galactose, d-glucose and l-fucose, did not affect the adhesion. Lactobacillus fermentum 003 was shown to strongly attach to mannose immobilized on a surface using BSA, suggesting that L. fermentum 003 specifically adhered to mannose-containing molecule(s). Pretreatment of L. fermentum 003 with proteinase K and trypsin decreased the adhesive capacity and bacterial surface extracts diminished adhesion of L. fermentum 003 indicating that cell surface proteins are involved in adhesion to Peyer's patches. It was concluded that a mannose-specific protein mediated adhesion of L. fermentum 003 to the Peyer's patches.     

Characterization of a fibronectin‐binding protein from Lactobacillus casei BL23

Aims: To characterize the functionality of the Lactobacillus casei BL23 fbpA gene encoding a putative fibronectin‐binding protein. Methods and Results: Adhesion tests showed that L. casei BL23 binds immobilized and soluble fibronectin in a protease‐sensitive manner. A mutant with inactivated fbpA showed a decrease in binding to immobilized fibronectin and a strong reduction in the surface hydrophobicity as reflected by microbial adhesion to solvents test. However, minor effects were seen on adhesion to the human Caco‐2 or HT‐29 cell lines. Purified 6X(His)FbpA bound to immobilized fibronectin in a dose‐dependent manner. Western blot experiments with FbpA‐specific antibodies showed that FbpA could be extracted from the cell surface by LiCl treatment and that protease digestion of the cells reduced the amount of extracted FbpA. Furthermore, surface exposition of FbpA was detected in other L. casei strains by LiCl extraction and whole‐cell ELISA. Conclusions: FbpA can be found at the L. casei BL23 surface and participates in cell attachment to immobilized fibronectin. We showed that FbpA is an important, but not the only, factor contributing to fibronectin binding in BL23 strain. Significance and Impact of the Study: This is the first report showing the involvement of FbpA in fibronectin binding in L. casei BL23 and represents a new contribution to the study of attachment factors in probiotic bacteria.     

A Mucus Adhesion Promoting Protein,MapA, Mediates the Adhesion of Lactobacillus reuteri to Caco-2 Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells

Lactobacillus reuteri is one of the dominant lactobacilli found in the gastrointestinal tract of various animals. A surface protein of L. reuteri 104R, mucus adhesion promoting protein (MapA), is considered to be an adhesion factor of this strain. We investigated the relation between MapA and adhesion of L. reuteri to human intestinal (Caco-2) cells. Quantitative analysis of the adhesion of L. reuteri strains to Caco-2 cells showed that various L. reuteri strains bind not only to mucus but also to intestinal epithelial cells. In addition, purified MapA bound to Caco-2 cells, and this binding inhibited the adhesion of L. reuteri in a concentration-dependent manner. Based on these observations, the adhesion of L. reuteri appears due to the binding of MapA to receptor-like molecules on Caco-2 cells. Further, far-western analysis indicated the existence of multiple receptor-like molecules in Caco-2 cells.     

Identification and characterization of antibiotic resistance genes in Lactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus plantarum

Aims:  The study aimed to identify the resistance genes mediating atypical minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for tetracycline, erythromycin, clindamycin and chloramphenicol within two sets of representative strains of the species Lactobacillus reuteri and Lactobacillus plantarum and to characterize identified genes by means of gene location and sequencing of flanking regions.
Methods and Results:  A tet (W) gene was found in 24 of the 28 Lact. reuteri strains with atypical MIC for tetracycline, whereas four of the six strains with atypical MIC for erythromycin were positive for erm (B) and one strain each was positive for erm (C) and erm (T). The two Lact. plantarum strains with atypical MIC for tetracycline harboured a plasmid-encoded tet (M) gene. The majority of the tet (W)-positive Lact. reuteri strains and all erm -positive Lact. reuteri strains carried the genes on plasmids, as determined by Southern blot and a real-time PCR method developed in this study.
Conclusions:  Most of the antibiotic-resistant strains of Lact. reuteri and Lact. plantarum harboured known plasmid-encoded resistance genes. Examples of putative transfer machineries adjacent to both plasmid- and chromosome-located resistance genes were also demonstrated.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  These data provide some of the knowledge required for assessing the possible risk of using Lact. reuteri and Lact. plantarum strains carrying antibiotic resistance genes as starter cultures and probiotics.     

Culture conditions of tannase production by Lactobacillus plantarum

Lactobacillus plantarum produced an extracellular tannase after 24 h growth on minimal medium of amino acids containing 2 g tannic acid l^–1. Enzyme production (6 U ml^–1) was optimal at 37 °C and pH 6 with 2 g glucose l^–1 and 7 g tannic acid l^–1 in absence of O₂.     

Isolation and characterization of a proteinaceous antifungal compound from Lactobacillus plantarum YML007 and its application as a food preservative

Korean kimchi is known for its myriad of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) with diverse bioactive compounds. This study was undertaken to isolate an efficient antifungal LAB strain among the isolated kimchi LABs. One thousand and four hundred LABs isolated from different kimchi samples were initially screened against Aspergillus niger. The strain exhibiting the highest antifungal activity was identified as Lactobacillus plantarum YML007 by 16S rRNA sequencing and biochemical assays using API 50 CHL kit. Lact. plantarum YML007 was further screened against Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium oxysporum and other pathogenic bacteria. The morphological changes during the inhibition were assessed by scanning electron microscopy. Preliminary studies on the antifungal compound demonstrated its proteinaceous nature with a molecular weight of 1256·617 Da, analysed by matrix‐assisted laser desorption ionization‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (MALDI‐TOF). The biopreservative activity of Lact. plantarum YML007 was evaluated using dried soybeans. Spores of A. niger were observed in the negative control after 15 days of incubation. However, fungal growth was not observed in the soybeans treated with fivefold concentrated cell‐free supernatant of Lact. plantarum YML007. The broad activity of Lact. plantarum YML007 against various food spoilage moulds and bacteria suggests its scope as a food preservative.

Significance and Impact of the Study

After screening 1400 kimchi bacterial isolates, strain Lactobacillus plantarum YML007 was selected with strong antifungal activity against various foodborne pathogens. From the preliminary studies, it was found that the bioactive compound is a low molecular weight novel protein of 1256·617 Da. Biopreservative potential of Lact. plantarum YML007 was demonstrated on soybean grains, and the results point out YML007 as a potent biopreservative having broad antimicrobial activity against various foodborne pathogens.     

乳杆菌表面粘附蛋白的提取、鉴定及粘附特异性的初步研究

以从健康牙鲆肠道中分离筛选的乳杆菌L15(Lactobacillussp.L15)和嗜酸乳杆菌ATCC4356为实验材料,应用5mol/L LiCl提取其表面蛋白,利用蛋白印迹法鉴定出在L15表面蛋白中分子量为61.8kDa和54.6kDa的蛋白质分别参与对牙鲆和鲤鱼粘液的粘附过程,为新发现的粘附蛋白种类,将其命名为MAPPpo1和MAPPcc。ATCC4356中分子量分别为43.0kDa和63.3kDa的两个表面蛋白参与对牙鲆粘液的粘附,而分子量为43.0kDa的蛋白参与对鲤鱼粘液的粘附。同时,蛋白质印迹法显示,L15和ATCC4356在牙鲆和鲤鱼肠粘液中均具有相同的粘附受体,在牙鲆肠粘液中是分子量为29.7kDa和30.3kDa的两种蛋白质,而在鲤鱼肠粘液中只有分子量为26.2kDa的蛋白作为受体参与L15和ATCC4356的粘附过程。结果显示,乳杆菌对肠粘液的粘附不但具有菌种的特异性,而且也有宿主的特异性。     

Transformation of Lactobacillus plantarum with the plasmid pTV1 by electroporation

Abstract Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014 was transformed with pTV1 by electroporation using a modification of a procedure described for Escherichia coli . The plasmid pTV1 which contains the pE194 replicon from Staphylococcus aureus and transposon Tn917 from Streptococcus faecalis was shown to replicate as a high copy number plasmid in L. plantarum , and the two encoded antibiotic resistance traits were expressed. Tn917 transposed with a high frequency into plasmid DNA of L. plantarum as shown by restriction enzyme analysis and Southern hybridization studies. There are no previous reports on transposition in the lactobacilli. This system may prove to be an important tool in further work on the genetics of these organisms.     

植物乳杆菌LpT1和LpT2体外降胆固醇机制

【目的】初步探讨植物乳杆菌LpT1和LpT2的体外降胆固醇机制。【方法】以MRS、MRS+CH、MRS+CH+S和MRS+CH+N四种培养基为基础,接种植物乳杆菌LpT1和LpT2进行培养,通过分析比较培养基上清液、菌体沉淀和菌体细胞内部胆固醇含量以及接种和未接种两种情况上清液、沉淀和细胞内胆固醇总量变化,推测植物乳杆菌体外降胆固醇机制。【结果】乳酸菌体外降胆固醇存在非代谢和代谢降解两条途径,非代谢途径与共沉淀作用和菌体吸收有关。代谢降解是由于植物乳杆菌在生长过程中产生了特殊的酶系,从而将胆固醇降解成其他物质,导致其含量降低。【结论】研究结果为进一步研究植物乳杆菌体外降胆固醇的机制奠定了良好基础。