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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.758870
Keywords
Lactobacillus faecis; quorum sensing; short-chain fatty acids; polysaccharides; Polygonatum kingianum
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81660684, 81760733, 81960710]
- Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan China [2019IB009, 202002AA100007, 202001AZ070 001-037, 2018FF001-(005)]
- Scientific Researches Fund Project of Yunnan Provincial Education Commission [2020Y0224]
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The study focused on the regulation of polysaccharides from Polygonatum kingianum (PS) on Lactobacillus faecis, a specific probiotic in the intestinal tract, and found that PS promoted the biomass, biofilm, and acetic acid production in L. faecis. Through genomics approaches, it was discovered that L. faecis 2-84 encoded genes related to quorum sensing (QS) and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), and transcriptome and proteome analysis showed that PS could promote the QS system of L. faecis. PS also regulated the production and metabolism of SCFAs in L. faecis by influencing the expression of specific genes and proteins. Ultimately, the study suggested that PS might play a role in promoting the growth of intestinal probiotics through affecting the QS system and SCFAs production.
Polysaccharide is one of the main active ingredients of Polygonatum kingianum, which has been proven to regulate the balance of gut microbiota. For the first time, this study focused on the regulation of polysaccharides from Polygonatum kingianum (PS) on Lactobacillus faecis, a specific probiotic in the intestinal tract. PS effectively promoted the biomass, biofilm and acetic acid production in L. faecis 2-84, and enhanced quorum sensing (QS) signaling. The characteristics of gene sequence were analyzed using genomics approaches, and L. faecis 2-84 was found to encode 18 genes that are closely related to QS and 10 genes related to short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). Additionally, transcriptome and proteome analysis demonstrated that PS could promote the QS system of L. faecis by enhancing the transcription of oppA gene and expression of oppD protein. PS also regulated the production and metabolism of SCFAs of L. faecis by upregulating the expression of ldh and metE gene and adh2 protein, and downregulating the expression of mvK gene. In conclusion, it was speculated that PS could affect intestinal SCFAs production by affecting the QS system and SCFAs production in L. faecis. The present study implied that PS might have a role in promoting the growth of intestinal probiotics, where the QS system and SCFAs might be two of the important mechanisms for the probiotic activity of PS.
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