Butyrate decreases Campylobacter jejuni motility and biofilm partially through influence on LysR expression.
Food Microbiol
; 115: 104310, 2023 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The food pathogen Campylobacter jejuni both colonizes the lower intestines of poultry and infects the lower intestines of humans. The lower intestines of both poultry and humans are also home to a wide range of commensal organisms which compete with an organism like C. jejuni for space and resources. The commensal organisms are believed to protect humans against infection by pathogens of the digestive tract like C. jejuni. The short chain fatty acid (SCFA) butyrate is a metabolite commonly produced by commensal organisms within both the poultry and human digestive tract. We investigated the effect that physiologically relevant concentrations of butyrate have on C. jejuni under in vitro conditions. Butyrate at concentrations of 5 and 20 mM negatively impacted C. jejuni motility and biofilm formation. These two traits are believed important for C. jejuni's ability to infect the lower intestines of humans. Additionally, 20 mM butyrate concentrations were observed to influence the expression of a range of different Campylobacter proteins. Constitutive expression of one of these proteins, LysR, within a C. jejuni strain partially lessened the negative influence butyrate had on the bacteria's motility.
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Infecções por Campylobacter
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Campylobacter jejuni
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Animals
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Humans
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2023
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