期刊
GLYCOBIOLOGY
卷 31, 期 6, 页码 697-706出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwaa054
关键词
Bacteroides; gut microbiota; heparin; mucin; N-linked glycans
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 GM118475]
Bacteroidetes are abundant Gram-negative bacteria in the human distal gut, with the ability to degrade complex glycans and scavenge host glycans. They utilize specific polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs) to deconstruct host glycans and target highly sulfated glycans, which is key to their success in the gut environment. Understanding the molecular strategies of these bacteria in scavenging carbohydrate nutrition may lead to novel ways to alter their metabolism for promoting host health.
The Bacteroidetes are numerically abundant Gram-negative organisms of the distal human gut with a greatly expanded capacity to degrade complex glycans. A subset of these are adept at scavenging host glycans within this environment, including mucin O-linked glycans, N-linked glycoproteins and highly sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as heparin (Hep) and chondroitin sulfate (CS). Several recent biochemical studies have revealed the specific polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs) within the model symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron for the deconstruction of these host glycans. Here we discuss the Sus-like paradigm that defines glycan uptake by the Bacteroidetes and the salient details of the PULs that target heparin/heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate (DS)/hyaluronic acid (HA), respectively, in B. thetaiotaomicron. The ability of the Bacteroidetes to target highly sulfated host glycans is key to their success in the gut environment but can lead to inflammation in susceptible hosts. Therefore, our continued understanding of the molecular strategies employed by these bacteria to scavenge carbohydrate nutrition is likely to lead to novel ways to alter their metabolism to promote host health.
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