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In vitro and in silico characterisation of Lactobacillus paraplantarum D2-1, a starter culture for soymilk fermentation. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2018; 69:857-869. [PMID: 29318897 DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2017.1422701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Soymilk contains several functional nutrients and is thus a promising ingredient for production of functional foods. The present research aimed to study starter properties, functional characteristics and safety of Lactobacillus paraplantarum D2-1, a promising starter culture for soymilk fermentation. Strain D2-1 actively fermented soymilk within 24 h but had weak activity of additional acid production after 7 d. Succinate and acetoin, which could be linked to flavour and taste, were accumulated in fermented soymilk. In vitro study revealed that the organism has several beneficial properties, including high survival ability in artificial gastric juice, high abilities of mucus adhesion and biofilm formation and production of γ-aminobutyric acid and conjugated linoleic acid, without any significant risks for consumption. Genome sequencing supported the desirable metabolic properties of the strain. These results indicate that L. paraplantarum D2-1 is a suitable starter for soymilk fermentation and is a promising probiotic candidate that can be used safely.
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Duary RK, Rajput YS, Batish VK, Grover S. Assessing the adhesion of putative indigenous probiotic lactobacilli to human colonic epithelial cells. Indian J Med Res 2012; 134:664-71. [PMID: 22199106 PMCID: PMC3249965 DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.90992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Adherence of bacteria to epithelial cells and mucosal surfaces is a key criterion for selection of probiotic. We assessed the adhesion property of selected indigenous probiotic Lactobacillus strains based on their hydrophobicity and ability to adhere to human epithelial cells. METHODS Five human faecal Lactobacillus isolates, one from buffalo milk and one from cheese were assessed for hydrophobicity following the microbial adhesion to hydrocarbons (MATH) method and colonization potentials based on their adherence to Caco2 and HT-29 colonic adenocarcinomal human intestinal epithelial cell lines. Lactobacillus strains that adhered to Caco2 and HT-29 cell lines were quantified by plating after trypsinization and simultaneously the adhered bacteria were also examined microscopically after staining with Geimsa stain and counted in different fields. RESULTS Among the tested faecal isolates, L. plantarum Lp91 showed maximum percentage hydrophobicity (35.73±0.40 for n-hexadecane and 34.26±0.63 for toluene) closely followed by L. plantarum Lp9 (35.53±0.29 for n-hexadecane and 33.00±0.57 for toluene). Based on direct adhesion to epithelial cells, L. plantarum Lp91 was the most adhesive strain to HT-29 and Caco2 cell lines with per cent adhesion values of 12.8 ± 1.56 and 10.2 ± 1.09, respectively. L. delbrukeii CH4, was the least adhesive with corresponding figures of 2.5 ± 0.37 and 2.6 ± 0.20 per cent on HT-29 and Caco2 cell lines. Adhesion of the six isolated Lactobacillus strain to HT-29 cell and Caco2 lines as recorded under microscope varied between 131.0 ± 13.9 (Lp75) to 342.7 ± 50.52 (Lp91) and 44.7 ± 9.29 (CH4) to 315.7± 35.4 (Lp91), respectively. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSIONS Two Indigenous probiotic Lactobacillus strains (Lp9, Lp91) demonstrated their ability to adhere to epithelial cell and exhibited strong hydrophobicity under in vitro conditions, and thus could have better prospects to colonize the gut with extended transit.
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- Raj Kumar Duary
- Department of Dairy Microbiology, National Dairy Research Institute (ICAR), Karnal, India
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Derrien M, Adawi D, Ahrné S, Jeppsson B, Molin G, Osman N, Štšepetova J, Vaughan EE, de Vos WM, Ouwehand AC. The intestinal mucosa as a habitat of the gut microbiota and a rational target for probiotic functionality and safety. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/08910600410032286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Muriel Derrien
- From the Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6703 CT, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, 20502, Malmö, Sweden
- Probi AB, 22370, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Food Technology, Lund University, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Malmö University Hospital, Lund University, 20502, Malmö, Sweden
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- Division of Food Technology, Lund University, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Food Technology, Lund University, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- From the Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6703 CT, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Departments of Microbiology and Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
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- From the Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6703 CT, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- From the Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6703 CT, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, and Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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Lahtinen S, Saarinen NM, ÄmmÄlÄ J, Mäkelä SI, Salminen S, Ouwehand AC. Interactions between Lignans and Probiotics. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/08910600260081757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Sampo Lahtinen
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland,
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- Department of Medical Nutrition, Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, S-14157 Huddinge, Sweden
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Ouwehand AC, Parhiala R, Salminen S, Rantala A, Huhtinen H, Sarparanta H, Salminen E. Influence of the endogenous mucosal microbiota on the adhesion of probiotic bacteria in vitro. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/08910600410021774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Arthur C. Ouwehand
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, 20014, Turku
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- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, 20014, Turku
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- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, 20014, Turku
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- Department of Surgery, Turku City Hospital, 20700, Turku
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- Department of Oncology, Turku University Central Hospital, 20052, Turku, Finland
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Sánchez B, Arias S, Chaignepain S, Denayrolles M, Schmitter JM, Bressollier P, Urdaci MC. Identification of surface proteins involved in the adhesion of a probiotic Bacillus cereus strain to mucin and fibronectin. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 155:1708-1716. [PMID: 19372165 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.025288-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Several Bacillus strains isolated from commercial probiotic preparations were identified at the species level, and their adhesion capabilities to three different model intestinal surfaces (mucin, Matrigel and Caco-2 cells) were assessed. In general, adhesion of spores was higher than that of vegetative cells to the three matrices, and overall strain Bacillus cereus(CH) displayed the best adhesion. Different biochemical treatments revealed that surface proteins of B. cereus(CH) were involved in the adhesion properties of the strain. Surface-associated proteins from vegetative cells and spores of B. cereus(CH) were extracted and identified, and some proteins such as S-layer components, flagellin and cell-bound proteases were found to bind to mucin or fibronectin. These facts suggest that those proteins might play important roles in the interaction of this probiotic Bacillus strain within the human gastrointestinal tract.
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- B Sánchez
- UMR 5248 CBMN CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1-ENITAB, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biochimie Appliquée, 1 cours du Général de Gaulle, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- UMR 5248 CBMN CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1-ENITAB, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biochimie Appliquée, 1 cours du Général de Gaulle, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- UMR 5248 CBMN CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1-ENITAB, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, B8 avenue des facultés, F-33402 Talence Cedex, France
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- UMR 5248 CBMN CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1-ENITAB, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biochimie Appliquée, 1 cours du Général de Gaulle, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- UMR 5248 CBMN CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1-ENITAB, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, B8 avenue des facultés, F-33402 Talence Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, EA 1069, FST, 123 Av. A. Thomas, 87060 Limoges, France.,UMR 5248 CBMN CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1-ENITAB, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biochimie Appliquée, 1 cours du Général de Gaulle, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- UMR 5248 CBMN CNRS-Université Bordeaux 1-ENITAB, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biochimie Appliquée, 1 cours du Général de Gaulle, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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Perelmuter K, Fraga M, Zunino P. In vitro activity of potential probiotic Lactobacillus murinus isolated from the dog. J Appl Microbiol 2008; 104:1718-25. [PMID: 18194243 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03702.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to isolate and identify Lactobacillus spp. isolates from faeces of a healthy dog, and to characterize their potential as probiotics in order to evaluate their possible use as probiotics for dogs. METHODS AND RESULTS An in vitro approach was used to characterize the isolates as potential probiotics including the evaluation of pH and bile salts tolerance, production of antimicrobial substances, biofilm formation on glass and polystyrene surfaces, aggregation ability and adhesion to canine intestinal mucus. The isolates survived to different pH and bile salts conditions, inhibited the in vitro growth of Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens, and adhered to glass and intestinal mucus. CONCLUSIONS The properties shown by these isolates may indicate that they could colonize and persist in the gastrointestinal tract and induce beneficial effects to the host. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF STUDY The evaluation of native canine isolates and future experimental feeding assays may be useful tools to develop probiotics to improve animal health and reduce the risk of gastrointestinal disorders.
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- Karen Perelmuter
- Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Avenida Italia 3318, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Becker PM, Galletti S, Roubos-van den Hil PJ, van Wikselaar PG. Validation of growth as measurand for bacterial adhesion to food and feed ingredients. J Appl Microbiol 2007; 103:2686-96. [PMID: 17850303 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03524.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS A miniaturized adhesion test was designed to study the binding capacity of food and feed ingredients for bacterial cells. METHODS AND RESULTS Bacteria were allowed to adhere to different fibrous materials supplied as well coatings in microtitration plates. The amount of bacteria retained on the materials was determined in an automated way as growth after addition of liquid medium. The test principle was based on an inverse relationship between initial cell densities and the appearance of growth: The higher adhering cell numbers are, the shorter are the detection times of growth. The growth curves obtained were fitted by nonlinear regression analysis employing a sigmoidal curve model. Growth parameters as (i) the time after incubation at which half of the maximum growth yield was reached; (ii) the time-coordinate of the point of inflection; (iii) the detection time calculated as x-axis intercept of the maximum specific growth rate in the point of inflection; and (iv) the time-coordinate of a growth detection threshold at OD = 0.05 were highly separating for the binding capacity of different food and feed ingredients for bacteria. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY With growth as measurand for adhesion, a simple, high-throughput method was developed for the screening of huge numbers of different binding matrices and bacteria.
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- P M Becker
- Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
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Vesterlund S, Vankerckhoven V, Saxelin M, Goossens H, Salminen S, Ouwehand AC. Safety assessment of Lactobacillus strains: presence of putative risk factors in faecal, blood and probiotic isolates. Int J Food Microbiol 2007; 116:325-31. [PMID: 17391794 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2006] [Revised: 02/10/2007] [Accepted: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The widespread use of immunosuppressive therapy and antimicrobial agents as well as novel probiotics without a long history of safe use has increased requirements for safety assessment of probiotic lactobacilli. In this study 44 faecal, 52 blood and 15 probiotic isolates (including 3 dairy strains) of Lactobacillus were assayed for their adhesion properties to extracellular matrix proteins and mucus, hemolysis, ability to avoid the induction of respiratory burst in peripheral blood mononucleocytes (PMN) and resistance to human serum. Among tested strains adhesion to collagen, fibrinogen and mucus was isolate-specific and no statistically significant differences were obtained between faecal, blood and probiotic isolates. However, blood isolates showed a trend for higher adhesion to mucus than probiotic strains (P=0.07). Probiotic strains induced lower respiratory burst in PMN when compared to the blood isolates (P<0.05). Moreover, there was a positive correlation between adhesion to collagen and induction of respiratory burst for faecal isolates (P<0.05). In the determination of serum resistance, probiotic strains showed a trend for lower sensitivity to human serum-mediated killing when compared to the faecal isolates (P=0.07). None of the measurable virulence factors were found to be present at statistically higher level in clinical blood isolates when compared to faecal and/or probiotic isolates indicating that these factors do not cause risk when safety of probiotics is considered. However, the significance of adhesion to mucus, low induction of respiratory burst in PMN and resistance to human serum-mediated killing may need further evaluation in experimental animal models and in epidemiological data.
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- Satu Vesterlund
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry and Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
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Balcázar JL, Vendrell D, de Blas I, Ruiz-Zarzuela I, Gironés O, Muzquiz JL. Immune modulation by probiotic strains: Quantification of phagocytosis of Aeromonas salmonicida by leukocytes isolated from gut of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) using a radiolabelling assay. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2006; 29:335-43. [PMID: 17034857 DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2006.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A method is described for the rapid and sensitive assay of phagocytosis that utilizes radioactively labelled bacteria. With this method, we observed that phagocytosis of heat-inactivated Aeromonas salmonicida by leukocytes isolated from gut of rainbow trout fed with different viable probiotics (Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Lactobacillus sakei, and Leuconostoc mesenteroides) was significantly higher (P<0.05) after 2 weeks of probiotic-feeding than the control group. However, only phagocytosis of live A. salmonicida by the leukocytes isolated from gut of rainbow trout fed with L. lactis subsp. lactis was significantly higher (P<0.05) than the control group.
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- José Luis Balcázar
- Laboratory of Fish Pathology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50013, Spain.
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Gokavi S, Zhang L, Huang MK, Zhao X, Guo M. Oat-based Symbiotic Beverage Fermented by Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. casei, and Lactobacillus acidophilus. J Food Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb07191.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lee YK, Hao W, Ho PS, Nordling MM, Low CS, de Kok TMCM, Rafter J. Human fecal water modifies adhesion of intestinal bacteria to Caco-2 cells. Nutr Cancer 2006; 52:35-42. [PMID: 16091002 DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc5201_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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The aqueous phase of feces (fecal water) has been suggested to mediate the effects of diet on colon carcinogenesis. We determined whether human fecal water samples, of varying genotoxic potential, had the capacity to alter adhesion of intestinal bacteria to intestinal (Caco-2) cells. Genotoxicity of fecal water samples was measured using the single-cell gel electrophoresis assay ("comet" assay), and bacterial adhesion was measured using a well-established model system. Fecal water genotoxicity was found to correlate positively with inhibition of adhesion of Escherichia coli strains, Salmonella species, and Enterococcus faecium to Caco-2 cells. The presence of fecal water samples did not interfere with adhesion of Bacteroides and Lactobacillus species. Inhibition of adhesion by fecal water was not due to cytotoxicity to Caco-2 cells as cytotoxicities of most fecal water samples were similar, nor was the inhibitory effect due to bacteriotoxicity as toxicity of fecal waters in the 10 strains of bacteria studied was not detected. Results indicate that components in fecal water may alter adhesion of intestinal bacteria to intestinal cell surfaces and that this effect may be correlated to the genotoxic potential of fecal water. This may have consequences for dietary effects on colon carcinogenesis.
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- Yuan-Kun Lee
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore
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Bogovic Matijasić B, Narat M, Zoric Peternel M, Rogelj I. Ability of Lactobacillus gasseri K7 to inhibit Escherichia coli adhesion in vitro on Caco-2 cells and ex vivo on pigs' jejunal tissue. Int J Food Microbiol 2006; 107:92-6. [PMID: 16263187 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2005.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2004] [Revised: 06/27/2005] [Accepted: 08/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The ability of Lactobacillus (Lb.) gasseri K 7 to inhibit adhesion of Escherichia coli O8:K88 to intestinal mucosa was studied on cultured Caco-2 cells and ex vivo on pigs' small intestinal tissue. Lactobacilli were added simultaneously with E. coli, before E. coli and after E. coli for competition, exclusion and displacement assays. The concentration of lactobacilli on fully differentiated Caco-2 cells was 4.5+/-0.3 x 10(8) cfu/well, while the concentration of E. coli varied from 1.5 x 10(6) to 4.3 x 10(8) cfu/well. The number of E. coli adhered to Caco-2 monolayer (cfu/well) was lineary correlated (R(2)=0.97) to the concentration of added cells. In the assay simulating exclusion, E. coli adhesion was reduced by Lb. gasseri K 7 strain by 0.1 to 0.6 log cfu/well. The binding of E. coli was inhibited even more when incubated simultaneously with lactobacilli, particularly at the lowest concentration of E. coli (ratio E. coli/lactobacilli 1:248), where five-times reduction (or 0.7 log) was observed. When adhesion to tissue derived from pigs' jejunum was tested, concentration of E. coli was constant (6.9+/-0.14 x 10(7) cfu/ml), while the concentration of Lb. gasseri K 7 was 5.9 x 10(7) and 1.3 x 10(7) cfu/ml in two independent experiments, respectively. The adhesion of E. coli and Lb. gasseri K 7 cells to jejunal mucosa was similar (1.0+/-0.17 x 10(6) and 1.54+/-0.10 x 10(6) cfu/cm(2)) when the concentrations of single strains in suspensions were approximately the same. No significant competition, exclusion or displacement of E. coli by lactobacilli was observed on jejunal tissue. In conclusion, Lb. gasseri K 7 was found to be effective in reducing E. coli adhesion to Caco-2 enterocytes, but it was not able to do so in ex vivo conditions tested for pig jejunal tissue.
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- Bojana Bogovic Matijasić
- Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, SI-1230 Domzale, Slovenia.
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Pultz NJ, Vesterlund S, Ouwehand AC, Donskey CJ. Adhesion of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus to human intestinal mucus. Curr Microbiol 2006; 52:221-4. [PMID: 16502294 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0244-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2005] [Accepted: 11/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The intestinal mucus layer provides a potential niche for colonization by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF). We therefore examined the ability of six VREF strains to adhere to human intestinal mucus and determined binding kinetics. Four of six (67%) VREF strains demonstrated significant adhesion to immobilized intestinal mucus compared with a Salmonella typhimurium-negative control strain, but the level of adherence was low compared with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. Binding kinetics studies demonstrated that the maximum number of these four VREF strains that could adhere to a unit surface area of immobilized mucus was similar to or higher than the maximum number of L. rhamnosus GG that could adhere; however, L. rhamnosus GG demonstrated 20- to 130-times higher affinity than the VREF strains. These results demonstrate that VREF strains may adhere to human intestinal mucus and suggest that L. rhamnosus GG might be able to displace VREF strains.
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- Nicole J Pultz
- Research Section, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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Szanto I, Rubbia-Brandt L, Kiss P, Steger K, Banfi B, Kovari E, Herrmann F, Hadengue A, Krause KH. Expression of NOX1, a superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase, in colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. J Pathol 2005; 207:164-76. [PMID: 16086438 DOI: 10.1002/path.1824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are at the centre of many physiological and pathological processes. NOX1, a ROS-producing NADPH oxidase, is highly expressed in the colon but its function in colonic physiology or pathology is still poorly understood. It has been suggested to play a role in host defence, but also in cell growth and possibly malignant transformation. In this study we characterized NOX1 expression in human colon samples derived from healthy control subjects and patients with colon cancer or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). NOX1 mRNA expression was assessed by dot-blot hybridization, real-time PCR and in situ hybridization, using samples derived from surgical specimens from patients undergoing colon resection. In normal tissues, NOX1 expression was low in the ileum, intermediate in the right colon, and high in the left colon (p = 0.0056 right vs. left colon). NOX1 mRNA levels were not influenced by factors linked to colon tumourigenesis, such as age or sex. Moreover, there was no statistical difference in NOX1 expression between samples derived from adenomas, well differentiated or poorly differentiated colon adenocarcinomas. At a cellular level, NOX1 was highly expressed in colon epithelial cells, both within the crypts and on the luminal surface. In addition, a population of lymphocytes, particularly in the appendix, showed NOX1 expression. Lymphocytes in lesions of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis were also strongly positive for NOX1. In conclusion, NOX1 is an enzyme that is constitutively expressed in colon epithelium and is not associated with tumourigenesis. Its distribution in crypts and on the luminal surface, as well as its left-to-right gradient in the colon, suggests a role in host defence function. In addition to the known epithelial localization, we define lymphocytes as a novel site of NOX1 expression, where it may potentially be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases.
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- I Szanto
- Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Vesterlund S, Paltta J, Karp M, Ouwehand AC. Adhesion of bacteria to resected human colonic tissue: quantitative analysis of bacterial adhesion and viability. Res Microbiol 2005; 156:238-44. [PMID: 15748990 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2004] [Accepted: 08/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Adhesion to the intestinal mucosa is considered to be one of the main selection criteria of lactic acid bacteria for probiotic use. Adhesive probiotics are, for example, considered to provide better antagonism against pathogenic bacteria when compared to non-adhesive strains. Here a new model is described for studying adhesion and interaction of probiotic and pathogenic bacteria in the intestinal mucus in which the intestinal microbiota is present. The model is based on the use of human intestinal tissue, fluorescent-tagged bacteria and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) in adhesion measurements as well as human intestinal mucus and bioluminescent-tagged bacteria in viability measurements. Use of CLSM enabled, for the first time, real-time three-dimensional observations of live probiotic bacteria in their natural environment, the intestinal mucosa. When the real-time measurement of bacterial adhesion was combined with the real-time sensitive measurement of bacterial viability, it could be studied whether or not the adherent pathogens were alive. The model was used to study the interaction between Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. We show that L. rhamnosus GG did not affect the adhesion or the viability of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium. Instead S. enterica serovar Typhimurium was shown to decrease the adhesion of L. rhamnosus GG in displacement assays. Moreover, the method is suitable for studies in which the interaction of two or more bacteria is examined in an environment in which other bacteria are present.
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- Satu Vesterlund
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4A, 20014 Turku, Finland.
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Probiotics are defined as live bacterial preparations with clinically documented health effects in humans. Probiotics have specific properties and targets in the human intestinal tract and intestinal microbiota. Each probiotic strain, independent of its genus and species is unique and, thus, the properties and the human health effects of each strain have to be assessed in a case-by-case manner. Understanding the mechanisms by which probiotics influence the normal intestinal microbiota and counteract aberrancies in microbiota would facilitate the use of probiotics for both dietary management and reduction in risk of specific diseases. Development of intestinal microbiota is an important factor affecting the health of the newborn. Recent studies suggest that specific bacterial components, especially the bifidobacteria, have a key impact on development of a healthy balanced infant microbiota. The composition of infant and child intestinal microbiota may become aberrant and thus influence the development of diarrheal, inflammatory, and allergic diseases. Based on this understanding, positive health effects of probiotics have been reported in the management of diarrheal, inflammatory, and allergic diseases in infants. Most recently, a reduction in risk of atopic diseases followed early administration of specific probiotics.
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- Seppo J Salminen
- Functional Foods Forum and Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland.
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Ouwehand AC, Saxelin M, Salminen S. Phenotypic differences between commercial Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and L. rhamnosus strains recovered from blood. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 39:1858-60. [PMID: 15578412 DOI: 10.1086/425741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2004] [Accepted: 07/09/2004] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The isolation of clinical isolates that are indistinguishable, by molecular methods, from the probiotic strain of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG has been reported. We compared the virulence potential of these clinical isolates with that of the probiotic strain. It was observed that all isolates differed significantly in 1 or more phenotypic properties.
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- Arthur C Ouwehand
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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OUWEHAND AC, SAXELIN M, SALMINEN S. Assessment of Potential Risk Factors and Related Properties of Clinical, Faecal and Dairy Bifidobacterium Isolates. Biosci Microflora 2004. [DOI: 10.12938/bifidus.23.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku
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Lee YK, Puong KY, Ouwehand AC, Salminen S. Displacement of bacterial pathogens from mucus and Caco-2 cell surface by lactobacilli. J Med Microbiol 2003; 52:925-930. [PMID: 12972590 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05009-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Competition, competitive exclusion and displacement of eight strains of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. by Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Lactobacillus casei Shirota from adhesion on human intestinal mucus glycoproteins and Caco-2 cell surfaces were studied. Lactobacilli were able to compete with, exclude and displace pathogenic gastrointestinal (GI) bacteria when they were incubated together, but the degree of inhibition of adhesion was bacterial strain-dependent. Competition and exclusion profiles of GI bacteria by lactobacilli were similar. Displacement profiles of GI bacteria were different from those of competition and exclusion and the process was relatively slow: displacement equilibrium took more than 2 h. These findings are important for development, selection and in vitro assessment of target- and function-specific probiotics.
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- Yuan-Kun Lee
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117597 2Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Fin-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117597 2Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Fin-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117597 2Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Fin-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117597 2Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Fin-20014 Turku, Finland
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Ouwehand AC, Salminen S, Roberts PJ, Ovaska J, Salminen E. Disease-dependent adhesion of lactic acid bacteria to the human intestinal mucosa. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 10:643-6. [PMID: 12853398 PMCID: PMC164260 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.10.4.643-646.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2002] [Revised: 01/23/2003] [Accepted: 04/28/2003] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Their adhesion to the intestinal mucosa is considered one of the main reasons for the beneficial health effects of specific lactic acid bacteria (LAB). However, the influence of disease on the mucosal adhesion is largely unknown. Adhesion of selected LAB to resected colonic tissue and mucus was determined in patients with three major intestinal diseases (i.e., diverticulitis, rectal carcinoma, and inflammatory bowel disease) and compared to healthy control tissue. All strains were observed to adhere better to immobilized mucus than to whole intestinal tissue. Two strains (Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain GG and L. reuteri) were found to exhibit disease-specific adhesion to intestinal tissue. All tested strains, with the exception of L. rhamnosus strain GG, displayed disease-specific adhesion to intestinal mucus. These results suggest that strains with optimal binding characteristics for a particular intestinal disease can be selected.
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- Arthur C Ouwehand
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland.
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AIMS The current study aimed at assessing, in vitro, the potential use of probiotics for the skin. METHODS AND RESULTS Propionibacteria were chosen as potential probiotics as they are members of the normal cutaneous microbiota. Dairy strains were chosen because of their documented safe use. Production of anti-microbial substances was assessed, against selected skin pathogens. Only production of organic acids was detected. Two of the tested strains were found to exhibit high adhesion to human keratin, in vitro. Despite this high adhesion, no inhibition of skin pathogen adhesion to human keratin was observed. CONCLUSIONS The current strains assessed may not be optimal for use as skin probiotics. However, the results of the study show that the methodology works for investigating this kind of application. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Methods for selecting probiotics for potential application on the skin are presented.
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- A C Ouwehand
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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Ouwehand AC, Salminen S, Tölkkö S, Roberts P, Ovaska J, Salminen E. Resected human colonic tissue: new model for characterizing adhesion of lactic acid bacteria. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY 2002; 9:184-6. [PMID: 11777852 PMCID: PMC119867 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.9.1.184-186.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Adhesion to the intestinal mucosa is one of the main selection criteria for probiotic strains. The adhesion of commonly used probiotic strains to human intestinal tissue pieces and mucus was assessed. The strains tested adhered to the intestinal tissue at low levels and adhered to the intestinal mucus at higher levels.
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- Arthur C Ouwehand
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland.
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