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Llamas-Arriba MG, Pérez-Ramos A, Puertas AI, López P, Dueñas MT, Prieto A. Characterization of Pediococcus ethanolidurans CUPV141: A β-D-glucan- and Heteropolysaccharide-Producing Bacterium. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2041. [PMID: 30233527 PMCID: PMC6131198 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Pediococcus ethanolidurans CUPV141 is an exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing lactic acid bacterium, first isolated from Basque Country cider (Spain). Physicochemical analysis of the EPS synthesized by the bacterium revealed that CUPV141 produces mostly a homopolysaccharide (HoPS), characterized as a 2-substituted (1,3)-β-D-glucan, together with a small quantity of a heteropolysaccharide (HePS) composed of glucose, galactose, glucosamine, and glycerol-3-phosphate, this being the first Pediococcus strain described to produce this kind of polymer. On the contrary, an isogenic strain CUPV141NR, generated by chemical mutagenesis of CUPV141, produced the HePS as the main extracellular polysaccharide and a barely detectable amount of 2-substituted (1,3)-β-D-glucan. This HoPS is synthesized by the transmembrane GTF glycosyltransferase (GTF), encoded by the gtf gene, which has been previously reported to be located in the pPP2 plasmid of the Pediococcus parvulus 2.6 strain. Southern blot hybridization revealed that in CUPV141 the gtf gene is located in a plasmid designated as pPE3, whose molecular mass (34.4 kbp) is different from that of pPP2 (24.5 kbp). Analysis of the influence of the EPS on the ability of the producing bacteria to adhere to the eukaryotic Caco-2 cells revealed higher affinity for the human enterocytes of CUPV141NR compared to that of CUPV141. This result indicates that, in contrast to the 2.6 strain, the presence of the HoPS does not potentiate the binding ability of P. ethanolidurans. Moreover, it supports that the phosphate-containing bacterial HePS improved the interaction between P. ethanolidurans and the eukaryotic cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- María G. Llamas-Arriba
- Chemistry Faculty, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain
- Department of Microorganisms and Plant Technology, Biological Research Center, Spanish National Research Council (CIB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microorganisms and Plant Technology, Biological Research Center, Spanish National Research Council (CIB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Chemistry Faculty, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Microorganisms and Plant Technology, Biological Research Center, Spanish National Research Council (CIB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Chemistry Faculty, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Microorganisms and Plant Technology, Biological Research Center, Spanish National Research Council (CIB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Pérez-Ramos A, Mohedano ML, Pardo MÁ, López P. β-Glucan-Producing Pediococcus parvulus 2.6: Test of Probiotic and Immunomodulatory Properties in Zebrafish Models. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1684. [PMID: 30090096 PMCID: PMC6068264 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Lactic acid bacteria synthesize exopolysaccharides (EPS), which could benefit the host's health as immunomodulators. Furthermore, EPS could protect bacteria against gastrointestinal stress, favoring gut colonization, thus protecting the host against pathogenic infections. Pediococcus parvulus 2.6, produces a 2-substituted (1,3)-β-D-glucan and, in this work, its probiotic properties as well as the immunomodulatory capability of its EPS have been investigated using Danio rerio (zebrafish). To this end and for a comparative analysis, P. parvulus 2.6 and its isogenic β-glucan-non-producing 2.6NR strain were fluorescently labeled by transfer of the pRCR12 plasmid, which encodes the mCherry protein. For the in vivo studies, there were used: (i) a gnotobiotic larvae zebrafish model for bacterial colonization, pathogen competition, and evaluation of the β-glucan immunomodulation capability and (ii) a transgenic (mpx:GFP) zebrafish model to determine the EPS influence in the recruitment of neutrophils under an induced inflammation. The results revealed a positive effect of the β-glucan on colonization of the zebrafish gut by P. parvulus, as well as in competition of the bacterium with the pathogen Vibrio anguillarum in this environment. The larvae treatment with the purified β-glucan resulted in a decrease of expression of genes encoding pro-inflammatory cytokines. Moreover, the β-glucan had an anti-inflammatory effect, when it was evaluated in an induced inflammation model of Tg(mpx:GFP) zebrafish. Therefore, P. parvulus 2.6 and its EPS showed positive health properties in in vivo fish models, supporting their potential usage in aquaculture.
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- Adrián Pérez-Ramos
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Gram-positive Bacteria, Department of Microorganisms and Plant Biotechnology, Biological Research Center, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Gram-positive Bacteria, Department of Microorganisms and Plant Biotechnology, Biological Research Center, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Food Research Division, Centro Tecnológico de Investigación Marina y Alimentaria (AZTI), Derio, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Gram-positive Bacteria, Department of Microorganisms and Plant Biotechnology, Biological Research Center, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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Pérez-Ramos A, Werning ML, Prieto A, Russo P, Spano G, Mohedano ML, López P. Characterization of the Sorbitol Utilization Cluster of the Probiotic Pediococcus parvulus 2.6: Genetic, Functional and Complementation Studies in Heterologous Hosts. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2393. [PMID: 29259592 PMCID: PMC5723342 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Pediococcus parvulus 2.6 secretes a 2-substituted (1,3)-β-D-glucan with prebiotic and immunomodulatory properties. It is synthesized by the GTF glycosyltransferase using UDP-glucose as substrate. Analysis of the P. parvulus 2.6 draft genome revealed the existence of a sorbitol utilization cluster of six genes (gutFRMCBA), whose products should be involved in sorbitol utilization and could generate substrates for UDP-glucose synthesis. Southern blot hybridization analysis showed that the cluster is located in a plasmid. Analysis of metabolic fluxes and production of the exopolysaccharide revealed that: (i) P. parvulus 2.6 is able to metabolize sorbitol, (ii) sorbitol utilization is repressed in the presence of glucose and (iii) sorbitol supports the synthesis of 2-substituted (1,3)-β-D-glucan. The sorbitol cluster encodes two putative regulators, GutR and GutM, in addition to a phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase transport system and sorbitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Therefore, we investigated the involvement of GutR and GutM in the expression of gutFRMCBA. The promoter-probe vector pRCR based on the mrfp gene, which encodes the fluorescence protein mCherry, was used to test the potential promoter of the cluster (P gut ) and the genes encoding the regulators. This was performed by transferring by electrotransformation the recombinant plasmids into two hosts, which metabolize sorbitol: Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus casei. Upon growth in the presence of sorbitol, but not of glucose, only the presence of P gut was required to support expression of mrfp in L. plantarum. In L. casei the presence of sorbitol in the growth medium and the pediococcal gutR or gutR plus gutM in the genome was required for P gut functionality. This demonstrates that: (i) P gut is required for expression of the gut cluster, (ii) P gut is subjected to catabolic repression in lactobacilli, (iii) GutR is an activator, and (iv) in the presence of sorbitol, trans-complementation for activation of P gut exists in L. plantarum but not in L. casei.
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- Adrian Pérez-Ramos
- Biological Research Center (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Biological Research Center (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
- Center of Research and Transfer of Catamarca (CITCA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Catamarca, Argentina
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- Biological Research Center (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Biological Research Center (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Biological Research Center (CIB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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Cousin FJ, Le Guellec R, Schlusselhuber M, Dalmasso M, Laplace JM, Cretenet M. Microorganisms in Fermented Apple Beverages: Current Knowledge and Future Directions. Microorganisms 2017; 5:E39. [PMID: 28757560 PMCID: PMC5620630 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms5030039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Production of fermented apple beverages is spread all around the world with specificities in each country. 'French ciders' refer to fermented apple juice mainly produced in the northwest of France and often associated with short periods of consumption. Research articles on this kind of product are scarce compared to wine, especially on phenomena associated with microbial activities. The wine fermentation microbiome and its dynamics, organoleptic improvement for healthy and pleasant products and development of starters are now widely studied. Even if both beverages seem close in terms of microbiome and process (with both alcoholic and malolactic fermentations), the inherent properties of the raw materials and different production and environmental parameters make research on the specificities of apple fermentation beverages worthwhile. This review summarizes current knowledge on the cider microbial ecosystem, associated activities and the influence of process parameters. In addition, available data on cider quality and safety is reviewed. Finally, we focus on the future role of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts in the development of even better or new beverages made from apples.
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- Fabien J Cousin
- Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, Normandie Univ., UNICAEN, UNIROUEN, 14000 Caen, France.
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- Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, Normandie Univ., UNICAEN, UNIROUEN, 14000 Caen, France.
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- Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, Normandie Univ., UNICAEN, UNIROUEN, 14000 Caen, France.
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- Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, Normandie Univ., UNICAEN, UNIROUEN, 14000 Caen, France.
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- Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, Normandie Univ., UNICAEN, UNIROUEN, 14000 Caen, France.
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- Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements, Normandie Univ., UNICAEN, UNIROUEN, 14000 Caen, France.
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Pérez-Ramos A, Mohedano ML, López P, Spano G, Fiocco D, Russo P, Capozzi V. In Situ β-Glucan Fortification of Cereal-Based Matrices by Pediococcus parvulus 2.6: Technological Aspects and Prebiotic Potential. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:E1588. [PMID: 28754020 PMCID: PMC5536075 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Bacterial exopolysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria are of increasing interest in the food industry, since they might enhance the technological and functional properties of some edible matrices. In this work, Pediococcus parvulus 2.6, which produces an O2-substituted (1,3)-β-d-glucan exopolysaccharide only synthesised by bacteria, was proposed as a starter culture for the production of three cereal-based fermented foods. The obtained fermented matrices were naturally bio-fortified in microbial β-glucans, and used to investigate the prebiotic potential of the bacterial exopolysaccharide by analysing the impact on the survival of a probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum strain under starvation and gastrointestinal simulated conditions. All of the assays were performed by using as control of the P. parvulus 2.6's performance, the isogenic β-glucan non-producing 2.6NR strain. Our results showed a differential capability of P. parvulus to ferment the cereal flours. During the fermentation step, the β-glucans produced were specifically quantified and their concentration correlated with an increased viscosity of the products. The survival of the model probiotic L. plantarum WCFS1 was improved by the presence of the bacterial β-glucans in oat and rice fermented foods under starvation conditions. The probiotic bacteria showed a significantly higher viability when submitted to a simulated intestinal stress in the oat matrix fermented by the 2.6 strain. Therefore, the cereal flours were a suitable substrate for in situ bio-fortification with the bacterial β-glucan, and these matrices could be used as carriers to enhance the beneficial properties of probiotic bacteria.
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- Adrián Pérez-Ramos
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Via Pinto 1, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
- Promis Biotech srl, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
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