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Great progress has been made in understanding gut microbiomes' products and their effects on health and disease. Less attention, however, has been given to the inputs that gut bacteria consume. Here, we quantitatively examine inputs and outputs of the mouse gut microbiome, using isotope tracing. The main input to microbial carbohydrate fermentation is dietary fiber and to branched-chain fatty acids and aromatic metabolites is dietary protein. In addition, circulating host lactate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, and urea (but not glucose or amino acids) feed the gut microbiome. To determine the nutrient preferences across bacteria, we traced into genus-specific bacterial protein sequences. We found systematic differences in nutrient use: most genera in the phylum Firmicutes prefer dietary protein, Bacteroides dietary fiber, and Akkermansia circulating host lactate. Such preferences correlate with microbiome composition changes in response to dietary modifications. Thus, diet shapes the microbiome by promoting the growth of bacteria that preferentially use the ingested nutrients.
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Microbioma Gastrointestinal , Animais , Bactérias , Dieta , Fibras na Dieta/metabolismo , Proteínas Alimentares/metabolismo , Lactatos/metabolismo , Camundongos , NutrientesRESUMO
The human gut microbiome harbors hundreds of bacterial species with diverse biochemical capabilities. Dozens of drugs have been shown to be metabolized by single isolates from the gut microbiome, but the extent of this phenomenon is rarely explored in the context of microbial communities. Here, we develop a quantitative experimental framework for mapping the ability of the human gut microbiome to metabolize small molecule drugs: Microbiome-Derived Metabolism (MDM)-Screen. Included are a batch culturing system for sustained growth of subject-specific gut microbial communities, an ex vivo drug metabolism screen, and targeted and untargeted functional metagenomic screens to identify microbiome-encoded genes responsible for specific metabolic events. Our framework identifies novel drug-microbiome interactions that vary between individuals and demonstrates how the gut microbiome might be used in drug development and personalized medicine.
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Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos/métodos , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/fisiologia , Microbiota/efeitos dos fármacos , Adulto , Animais , Bactérias/classificação , Biomarcadores Farmacológicos/metabolismo , Fezes/microbiologia , Feminino , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/genética , Voluntários Saudáveis , Humanos , Masculino , Metagenoma/genética , Metagenômica/métodos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Microbiota/genética , Preparações Farmacêuticas/metabolismo , Medicina de Precisão/métodos , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genéticaRESUMO
Consumption of glucosinolates, pro-drug-like metabolites abundant in Brassica vegetables, has been associated with decreased risk of certain cancers. Gut microbiota have the ability to metabolize glucosinolates, generating chemopreventive isothiocyanates. Here, we identify a genetic and biochemical basis for activation of glucosinolates to isothiocyanates by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a prominent gut commensal species. Using a genome-wide transposon insertion screen, we identified an operon required for glucosinolate metabolism in B. thetaiotaomicron. Expression of BT2159-BT2156 in a non-metabolizing relative, Bacteroides fragilis, resulted in gain of glucosinolate metabolism. We show that isothiocyanate formation requires the action of BT2158 and either BT2156 or BT2157 in vitro. Monocolonization of mice with mutant BtΔ2157 showed reduced isothiocyanate production in the gastrointestinal tract. These data provide insight into the mechanisms by which a common gut bacterium processes an important dietary nutrient.
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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron/metabolismo , Carboidratos da Dieta/metabolismo , Glucosinolatos/metabolismo , Intestinos/microbiologia , Animais , Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron/genética , Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron/patogenicidade , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Óperon , SimbioseRESUMO
The gut microbiota modulate host biology in numerous ways, but little is known about the molecular mediators of these interactions. Previously, we found a widely distributed family of nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene clusters in gut bacteria. Here, by expressing a subset of these clusters in Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis, we show that they encode pyrazinones and dihydropyrazinones. At least one of the 47 clusters is present in 88% of the National Institutes of Health Human Microbiome Project (NIH HMP) stool samples, and they are transcribed under conditions of host colonization. We present evidence that the active form of these molecules is the initially released peptide aldehyde, which bears potent protease inhibitory activity and selectively targets a subset of cathepsins in human cell proteomes. Our findings show that an approach combining bioinformatics, synthetic biology, and heterologous gene cluster expression can rapidly expand our knowledge of the metabolic potential of the microbiota while avoiding the challenges of cultivating fastidious commensals.
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Bactérias/metabolismo , Microbioma Gastrointestinal , Microbiota , Peptídeo Sintases/metabolismo , Pirazinas/metabolismo , Animais , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/genética , Escherichia coli/genética , Fezes/microbiologia , Humanos , Peptídeo Sintases/genética , FilogeniaRESUMO
In complex biological systems, small molecules often mediate microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions. Using a systematic approach, we identified 3,118 small-molecule biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in genomes of human-associated bacteria and studied their representation in 752 metagenomic samples from the NIH Human Microbiome Project. Remarkably, we discovered that BGCs for a class of antibiotics in clinical trials, thiopeptides, are widely distributed in genomes and metagenomes of the human microbiota. We purified and solved the structure of a thiopeptide antibiotic, lactocillin, from a prominent member of the vaginal microbiota. We demonstrate that lactocillin has potent antibacterial activity against a range of Gram-positive vaginal pathogens, and we show that lactocillin and other thiopeptide BGCs are expressed in vivo by analyzing human metatranscriptomic sequencing data. Our findings illustrate the widespread distribution of small-molecule-encoding BGCs in the human microbiome, and they demonstrate the bacterial production of drug-like molecules in humans. PAPERCLIP:
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Bactérias/química , Bactérias/genética , Metagenômica/métodos , Microbiota , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/metabolismo , Vias Biossintéticas , Trato Gastrointestinal/microbiologia , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Boca/microbiologia , Família Multigênica , Biossíntese de Peptídeos Independentes de Ácido Nucleico , Policetídeos/análiseRESUMO
The human microbiome encodes a large repertoire of biochemical enzymes and pathways, most of which remain uncharacterized. Here, using a metagenomics-based search strategy, we discovered that bacterial members of the human gut and oral microbiome encode enzymes that selectively phosphorylate a clinically used antidiabetic drug, acarbose1,2, resulting in its inactivation. Acarbose is an inhibitor of both human and bacterial α-glucosidases3, limiting the ability of the target organism to metabolize complex carbohydrates. Using biochemical assays, X-ray crystallography and metagenomic analyses, we show that microbiome-derived acarbose kinases are specific for acarbose, provide their harbouring organism with a protective advantage against the activity of acarbose, and are widespread in the microbiomes of western and non-western human populations. These results provide an example of widespread microbiome resistance to a non-antibiotic drug, and suggest that acarbose resistance has disseminated in the human microbiome as a defensive strategy against a potential endogenous producer of a closely related molecule.
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Acarbose/farmacologia , Farmacorresistência Bacteriana/efeitos dos fármacos , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/efeitos dos fármacos , Hipoglicemiantes/farmacologia , Inativação Metabólica , Metagenoma/genética , Boca/microbiologia , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/genética , Acarbose/metabolismo , Amilases/metabolismo , Animais , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/metabolismo , Metagenoma/efeitos dos fármacos , Modelos Moleculares , Boca/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/química , Fosfotransferases (Aceptor do Grupo Álcool)/metabolismoRESUMO
Congenital diverticulum is an uncommonly detected cardiac lesion, especially in infancy. However, its association with cyanotic congenital heart disease is extremely rare. In the current work, we report a case diagnosed in the neonatal period with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary valve atresia associated with a large congenital diverticulum originating from the right ventricle.
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Divertículo , Ventrículos do Coração , Atresia Pulmonar , Tetralogia de Fallot , Humanos , Tetralogia de Fallot/complicações , Tetralogia de Fallot/diagnóstico por imagem , Atresia Pulmonar/complicações , Atresia Pulmonar/diagnóstico por imagem , Divertículo/complicações , Divertículo/diagnóstico por imagem , Ventrículos do Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Ventrículos do Coração/anormalidades , Recém-Nascido , Ecocardiografia/métodos , Masculino , Anormalidades Múltiplas , Feminino , Diagnóstico DiferencialRESUMO
Microbial natural products constitute a wide variety of chemical compounds, many which can have antibiotic, antiviral, or anticancer properties that make them interesting for clinical purposes. Natural product classes include polyketides (PKs), nonribosomal peptides (NRPs), and ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs). While variants of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) for known classes of natural products are easy to identify in genome sequences, BGCs for new compound classes escape attention. In particular, evidence is accumulating that for RiPPs, subclasses known thus far may only represent the tip of an iceberg. Here, we present decRiPPter (Data-driven Exploratory Class-independent RiPP TrackER), a RiPP genome mining algorithm aimed at the discovery of novel RiPP classes. DecRiPPter combines a Support Vector Machine (SVM) that identifies candidate RiPP precursors with pan-genomic analyses to identify which of these are encoded within operon-like structures that are part of the accessory genome of a genus. Subsequently, it prioritizes such regions based on the presence of new enzymology and based on patterns of gene cluster and precursor peptide conservation across species. We then applied decRiPPter to mine 1,295 Streptomyces genomes, which led to the identification of 42 new candidate RiPP families that could not be found by existing programs. One of these was studied further and elucidated as a representative of a novel subfamily of lanthipeptides, which we designate class V. The 2D structure of the new RiPP, which we name pristinin A3 (1), was solved using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) data, and chemical labeling. Two previously unidentified modifying enzymes are proposed to create the hallmark lanthionine bridges. Taken together, our work highlights how novel natural product families can be discovered by methods going beyond sequence similarity searches to integrate multiple pathway discovery criteria.
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Bacteriocinas/genética , Genômica/métodos , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional/genética , Algoritmos , Bacteriocinas/metabolismo , Produtos Biológicos/análise , Produtos Biológicos/metabolismo , Biologia Computacional/métodos , Genoma/genética , Aprendizado de Máquina , Família Multigênica/genética , Peptídeos/genética , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional/fisiologia , Ribossomos/metabolismoRESUMO
The thermophilic microbial mat communities at hot springs in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, thought to harbor the protistan human pathogen Naegleria fowleri, were surveyed using both culture-independent and -dependent methods to further understand the ecology of these hot spring microbiomes. Originating from Lake Mead source water, seven spring sites were sampled, varying in temperature from 25 to 55 °C. Amplicon-based high-throughput sequencing of twelve samples using 16S rRNA primers (hypervariable V4 region) revealed that most mats are dominated by cyanobacterial taxa, some but not all similar to those dominating the mats at other studied hot spring systems. 18S rRNA amplicon sequencing (V9 region) demonstrated a diverse community of protists and other eukaryotes including a highly abundant amoebal sequence related to Echinamoeba thermarum. Additional taxonomic and diversity metric analyses using near full-length 16S and 18S rRNA gene sequencing allowed a higher sequence-based resolution of the community. The mat sequence data suggest a major diversification of the cyanobacterial orders Leptolyngbyales, as well as microdiversity among several cyanobacterial taxa. Cyanobacterial isolates included some representatives of ecologically abundant taxa. A Spearman correlation analysis of short-read amplicon sequencing data supported the co-occurrences of populations of cyanobacteria, chloroflexi, and bacteroidetes providing evidence of common microbial co-occurrences across the Black Canyon hot springs.
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Cianobactérias , Fontes Termais , Microbiota , Humanos , Fontes Termais/microbiologia , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Colorado , Rios , Biodiversidade , Cianobactérias/genética , Microbiota/genética , FilogeniaRESUMO
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a significant threat in both healthcare and industrial biofouling. Surface attachment of P. aeruginosa is particularly problematic as surface association induces virulence and is necessary for the ensuing process of biofilm formation, which hampers antibiotic treatments. Previous efforts have searched for dispersal agents of mature biofilm collectives, but there are no known factors that specifically disperse individual surface-attached P. aeruginosa. In this study, we develop a quantitative single-cell surface-dispersal assay and use it to show that P. aeruginosa itself produces factors that can stimulate its dispersal. Through bioactivity-guided fractionation, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance, we elucidated the structure of one such factor, 2-methyl-4-hydroxyquinoline (MHQ). MHQ is an alkyl quinolone with a previously unknown activity and is synthesized by the PqsABC enzymes. Pure MHQ is sufficient to disperse P. aeruginosa, but the dispersal activity of natural P. aeruginosa conditioned media requires additional factors. Whereas other alkyl quinolones have been shown to act as antibiotics or membrane depolarizers, MHQ lacks these activities and known antibiotics do not induce dispersal. In contrast, we show that MHQ inhibits the activity of Type IV Pili (TFP) and that TFP targeting can explain its dispersal activity. Our work thus identifies single-cell surface dispersal as a new activity of P. aeruginosa-produced small molecules, characterizes MHQ as a promising dispersal agent, and establishes TFP inhibition as a viable mechanism for P. aeruginosa dispersal.
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Biofilmes/efeitos dos fármacos , Hidroxiquinolinas/farmacologia , Infecções por Pseudomonas/tratamento farmacológico , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genética , Compostos de Anilina/química , Fímbrias Bacterianas/efeitos dos fármacos , Fímbrias Bacterianas/genética , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Infecções por Pseudomonas/microbiologia , Infecções por Pseudomonas/patologia , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/patogenicidade , Quinolonas/farmacologia , Análise de Célula Única , Virulência/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
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INTRODUCTION: Unroasted green coffee bean is an increasingly popular beverage and weight loss supplement that contains higher levels of chlorogenic acid derivatives and lower alkaloid levels than roasted beans. Nonetheless, how the gut microbiome metabolizes green coffee constituents has not been studied. OBJECTIVES: To identify possible biotransformation products of green coffee extract by the human gut microbiome, and the potential implications of this process on its biological effects or fate inside the body. METHODS: Molecular networking via the GNPS platform was employed for the visualization of green coffee metabolite profiles acquired using LC-tandem mass spectrometry post-incubation with an ex vivo culture of the human gut microbiome. RESULTS: 36 Metabolites were annotated including four unreported alkyl cinnamate esters in green coffee along with six novel biotransformation products. CONCLUSION: Our finding reveals new biotransformation products of cinnamate esters by the gut microbiome mediated via oxidative reactions such as dehydrogenation and hydroxylation, along with methylation, decarboxylation, and deglycosylation. These findings reveal potential interactions between the gut microbiome and green coffee constituents, and paves the way towards studying the effects of these interactions on both microbiome and the human host.
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Café/metabolismo , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/fisiologia , Metaboloma/fisiologia , Biomarcadores/análise , Biotransformação , Cromatografia Líquida/métodos , Cinamatos/metabolismo , Café/química , Humanos , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Metaboloma/genética , Metabolômica/métodos , Microbiota/fisiologia , Fenóis/metabolismo , Folhas de Planta/metabolismoRESUMO
Thousands of natural products have been identified from cultured microorganisms, yet evidence of their production in the environment has proven elusive. Technological advances in mass spectrometry, combined with public databases, now make it possible to address this disparity by detecting compounds directly from environmental samples. Here, we used adsorbent resins, tandem mass spectrometry, and next-generation sequencing to assess the metabolome of marine sediments and its relationship to bacterial community structure. We identified natural products previously reported from cultured bacteria, providing evidence they are produced in situ, and compounds of anthropogenic origin, suggesting this approach can be used as an indicator of environmental impact. The bacterial metabolite staurosporine was quantified and shown to reach physiologically relevant concentrations, indicating that it may influence sediment community structure. Staurosporine concentrations were correlated with the relative abundance of the staurosporine-producing bacterial genus Salinispora and production confirmed in strains cultured from the same location, providing a link between compound and candidate producer. Metagenomic analyses revealed numerous biosynthetic gene clusters related to indolocarbazole biosynthesis, providing evidence for noncanonical sources of staurosporine and a path forward to assess the relationships between natural products and the organisms that produce them. Untargeted environmental metabolomics circumvents the need for laboratory cultivation and represents a promising approach to understanding the functional roles of natural products in shaping microbial community structure in marine sediments.IMPORTANCE Natural products are readily isolated from cultured bacteria and exploited for useful purposes, including drug discovery. However, these compounds are rarely detected in the environments from which the bacteria are obtained, thus limiting our understanding of their ecological significance. Here, we used environmental metabolomics to directly assess chemical diversity in marine sediments. We identified numerous metabolites and, in one case, isolated strains of bacteria capable of producing one of the compounds detected. Coupling environmental metabolomics with community and metagenomic analyses provides opportunities to link compounds and producers and begin to assess the complex interactions mediated by specialized metabolites in marine sediments.
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Bactérias/metabolismo , Produtos Biológicos/isolamento & purificação , Oceanos e Mares , Bactérias/genética , Produtos Biológicos/química , Descoberta de Drogas , Sedimentos Geológicos/microbiologia , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Metaboloma , Metabolômica , Metagenoma , Microbiota/fisiologia , Micromonosporaceae/metabolismo , Família Multigênica , Água do Mar/microbiologiaRESUMO
Unmasking of latent neurodegenerative disease has been reported following exposure to chemicals that share one or more mechanisms of action in common with those implicated in the specific disease. For example, unmasking of latent Parkinson's disease (PD) has been associated with exposure to anti-dopaminergic agents, while the progression of pre-existing mild cognitive impairment and unmasking of latent Alzheimer's disease has been associated with exposure to general anesthetic agents which promote Aß protein aggregation. This literature review and clinical case report about a 45-year-old man with no family history of motor neuron disease who developed overt symptoms of a neuromuscular disorder in close temporal association with his unwitting occupational exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) puts forth the hypothesis that exposure to VOCs such as toluene, which disrupt motor function and increase oxidative stress, can unmask latent ALS type neuromuscular disorder in susceptible individuals.
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Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica , Exposição Ocupacional , Solventes , Tolueno , Compostos Orgânicos Voláteis , Idade de Início , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estresse OxidativoRESUMO
A number of studies have linked exposures to industrial and household chemicals and biological toxins to increased risk of autoimmunity in general and elevated levels of autoantibodies to neural antigens specifically. Elevated neural autoantibodies are biomarkers for many diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Our study reports levels of six types of neural autoantibodies in a group of 24 toxicant-exposed patients. The patients were exposed to a variety of toxicants including contaminated drinking water (four patients), building water/mold damage (eight patients), pesticides (four patients), and other assorted toxic chemicals (eight patients). Levels of all six neural autoantibodies were significantly elevated in most patients and in the patient group at large, with mean antibody levels for the 24 chemically exposed patients (relative to a healthy control population), in descending order: 475% for tau proteins, 391% for microtubule associated proteins-2, 334% for neurofilament proteins (NFP), 302% for myelin basic protein, 299% for glial fibrillary acidic proteins, and 225% for tubulin. Tau protein autoantibodies were significantly elevated in the patient groups with peripheral neuropathy, muscle and joint pain, asthma, and chemical sensitivity. Autoantibodies to tubulin were significantly higher in the chemical sensitivity and asthma patients, autoantibodies to NFP were significantly higher in the patients with sleep apnea, whereas S-100B autoantibodies were significantly increased in patients with muscle/joint pain, asthma, and apnea/insomnia. In patients exposed to environmental toxicants, measurements of autoantibodies may be useful for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. This study adds to the scientific literature the ability of a broad spectrum of environmental triggers adversely affecting the nervous system through the process of autoimmunity, which may explain the increasing incidence of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Autoanticorpos/sangue , Exposição Ambiental/efeitos adversos , Fungos/patogenicidade , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/imunologia , Praguicidas/efeitos adversos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/sangue , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/epidemiologia , Transtornos Neurocognitivos/sangue , Transtornos Neurocognitivos/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Sarin (GB, O-isopropyl methylphosphonoï¬uoridate) is a potent organophosphorus (OP) nerve agent that inhibits acetylcholinesterase (AChE) irreversibly. The subsequent build-up of acetylcholine (ACh) in the central nervous system (CNS) provokes seizures and, at sufficient doses, centrally-mediated respiratory arrest. Accumulation of ACh at peripheral autonomic synapses leads to peripheral signs of intoxication and overstimulation of the muscarinic and nicotinic receptors, which is described as "cholinergic crisis" (i.e. diarrhea, sweating, salivation, miosis, bronchoconstriction). Exposure to high doses of sarin can result in tremors, seizures, and hypothermia. More seriously, build-up of ACh at neuromuscular junctions also can cause paralysis and ultimately peripherally-mediated respiratory arrest which can lead to death via respiratory failure. In addition to its primary action on the cholinergic system, sarin possesses other indirect effects. These involve the activation of several neurotransmitters including gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) and the alteration of other signaling systems such as ion channels, cell adhesion molecules, and inflammatory regulators. Sarin exposure is associated with symptoms of organophosphate-induced delayed neurotoxicity (OPIDN) and organophosphate-induced chronic neurotoxicity (OPICN). Moreover, sarin has been involved in toxic and immunotoxic effects as well as organophosphate-induced endocrine disruption (OPIED). The standard treatment for sarin-like nerve agent exposure is post-exposure injection of atropine, a muscarinic receptor antagonist, accompanied by an oxime, an AChE reactivator, and diazepam.
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Substâncias para a Guerra Química/toxicidade , Inibidores da Colinesterase/toxicidade , Sistema Nervoso/efeitos dos fármacos , Sarina/toxicidade , Acetilcolinesterase/metabolismoRESUMO
Secondary metabolites are ubiquitous in bacteria, but by definition, they are thought to be nonessential. Highly toxic secondary metabolites such as patellazoles have been isolated from marine tunicates, where their exceptional potency and abundance implies a role in chemical defense, but their biological source is unknown. Here, we describe the association of the tunicate Lissoclinum patella with a symbiotic α-proteobacterium, Candidatus Endolissoclinum faulkneri, and present chemical and biological evidence that the bacterium synthesizes patellazoles. We sequenced and assembled the complete Ca. E. faulkneri genome, directly from metagenomic DNA obtained from the tunicate, where it accounted for 0.6% of sequence data. We show that the large patellazoles biosynthetic pathway is maintained, whereas the remainder of the genome is undergoing extensive streamlining to eliminate unneeded genes. The preservation of this pathway in streamlined bacteria demonstrates that secondary metabolism is an essential component of the symbiotic interaction.
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Recifes de Corais , Prochloron/genética , Rhodospirillaceae/genética , Urocordados/microbiologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Azóis/química , Azóis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Genoma Bacteriano , Metagenoma , Modelos Biológicos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Policetídeo Sintases/genética , Policetídeo Sintases/metabolismo , Prochloron/fisiologia , RNA Bacteriano/genética , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Rhodospirillaceae/fisiologia , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Transdução de Sinais , Simbiose/genética , Simbiose/fisiologia , Urocordados/fisiologiaRESUMO
The relationship between tunicates and the uncultivated cyanobacterium Prochloron didemni has long provided a model symbiosis. P. didemni is required for survival of animals such as Lissoclinum patella and also makes secondary metabolites of pharmaceutical interest. Here, we present the metagenomes, chemistry, and microbiomes of four related L. patella tunicate samples from a wide geographical range of the tropical Pacific. The remarkably similar P. didemni genomes are the most complex so far assembled from uncultivated organisms. Although P. didemni has not been stably cultivated and comprises a single strain in each sample, a complete set of metabolic genes indicates that the bacteria are likely capable of reproducing outside the host. The sequences reveal notable peculiarities of the photosynthetic apparatus and explain the basis of nutrient exchange underlying the symbiosis. P. didemni likely profoundly influences the lipid composition of the animals by synthesizing sterols and an unusual lipid with biofuel potential. In addition, L. patella also harbors a great variety of other bacterial groups that contribute nutritional and secondary metabolic products to the symbiosis. These bacteria possess an enormous genetic potential to synthesize new secondary metabolites. For example, an antitumor candidate molecule, patellazole, is not encoded in the genome of Prochloron and was linked to other bacteria from the microbiome. This study unveils the complex L. patella microbiome and its impact on primary and secondary metabolism, revealing a remarkable versatility in creating and exchanging small molecules.
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Metagenoma/fisiologia , Prochloron/metabolismo , Animais , Genoma , Genômica , Metagenômica , Modelos Biológicos , Modelos Genéticos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fotossíntese , Filogenia , RNA Ribossômico 16S/metabolismo , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Simbiose , UrocordadosRESUMO
Changes in the gut microbiome have been associated with several human diseases, but the molecular and functional details underlying these associations remain largely unknown. Here, we performed a multi-cohort analysis of small molecule biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in 5,306 metagenomic samples of the gut microbiome from 2,033 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients and 833 matched healthy subjects and identified a group of Clostridia-derived BGCs that are significantly associated with IBD. Using synthetic biology, we discovered and solved the structures of six fatty acid amides as the products of the IBD-enriched BGCs. Using two mouse models of colitis, we show that the discovered small molecules disrupt gut permeability and exacerbate inflammation in chemically and genetically susceptible mice. These findings suggest that microbiome-derived small molecules may play a role in the etiology of IBD and represent a generalizable approach for discovering molecular mediators of microbiome-host interactions in the context of microbiome-associated diseases.
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Background: Alveolar periosteoplasty during primary repair of cleft lip is still a topic of debate due to the fear exacerbating maxillary retrusion. The authors present their experience with early closure of alveolar clefts. The study aims to analyze gingivoperiosteoplasty (GPP) by comparing the use of locoregional flaps versus distant grafts for reconstruction of the lower layer of the primary palate cleft. Methods: Seventeen infants underwent 22 alveolar cleft repairs. After nasal floor repair by nasal mucoperiosteum, the oral layer was repaired by maxillary or gingival periosteal flaps in seven patients with alveolar clefts less than or equal to 6 mm wide, and tibial or pericranial periosteal grafts in 10 patients with wider clefts. At teenage years, crossbites in three flap-GPP and three graft-GPP patients were compared with nine older adolescents without primary GPP. Results: Alveolar clefts were perfectly sealed. Radiographs during the early 3 postoperative years showed new bone formation more posteriorly extended in patients who underwent graft-GPP. Teeth eruption and alveolar rigidity at the mixed dentition age eliminated the need for secondary bone grafting. The anterior crossbites in adolescent patients ranged between -2 and -14 mm; crossing was relatively smaller in patients with a younger age and without cleft palate. The mean crossbite was 7.2 mm in the six teenagers and 9.6 mm in the control cases. Conclusions: Graft-GPP may be a good alternative to flap-GPP, particularly for wide alveolar cleft repair. Maxillary retrusion is aggravated in patients with cleft palate and older age at assessment. GPP may not increase crossbite.