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Transcriptome-wide differences between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii: Clues on host survival and probiotic activity based on promoter sequence variability

Journal

GENOMICS
Volume 113, Issue 2, Pages 530-539

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.034

Keywords

Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii; Probiotic yeast; Comparative transcriptomics; Boulardii database; Global promoter analysis

Funding

  1. Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [PTDC/BII-BIO/28216/2017]
  2. Programa Operacional Regional de Lisboa 2020 through the Biodata.pt. Research Infrastructure [LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022231]
  3. iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences
  4. INESC-ID from FCT [UID/CEC/50021/2020, UIDB/04565/2020]

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The study found that S. cerevisiae var. boulardii exhibited higher survival capability and acetate biosynthesis in an intestinal-like medium compared to S. cerevisiae, possibly related to its probiotic activity. Analysis of a genomic database for S. cerevisiae var. boulardii suggested a potential link between variations in transcription factor binding sites and transcriptomic patterns.
Although Saccharomyces cerevisiae and S. cerevisiae var. boulardii share more than 95% genome sequence homology, only S. cerevisiae var. boulardii displays probiotic activity. In this study, the transcriptomic differences exhibited by S. cerevisiae and S. cerevisiae var. boulardii in intestinal like medium were evaluated. S. cerevisiae was found to display stress response overexpression, consistent with higher ability of S. cerevisiae var. boulardii to survive within the human host, while S. cerevisiae var. boulardii exhibited transcriptional patterns associated with probiotic activity, suggesting increased acetate biosynthesis. Resorting to the creation of a S. cerevisiae var. boulardii genomic database within Yeastract+, a possible correlation between loss or gain of transcription factor binding sites in S. cerevisiae var. boulardii promoters and the transcriptomic pattern is discussed. This study suggests that S. cerevisiae var. boulardii probiotic activity, when compared to S. cerevisiae, relies, at least partially, on differential expression regulation, based on promoter variability.

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