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Published on: December 5, 2025
Comparative metabolomic analysis reveals global cadmium stress response of Lactobacillus plantarum strains
Qixiao Zhai1, Yue Xiao, Arjan Narbad
1State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, People's Republic of China. chenwei66@jiangnan.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Our previous work demonstrated the protective effects of Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) strains against cadmium (Cd) toxicity in vivo, and also indicated that the Cd tolerance of the strains played an important role in this protection. The goal of this study was to investigate the Cd resistance mechanism of L. plantarum by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based metabolomic analysis, with a focus on the global Cd stress response. L. plantarum CCFM8610 (strongly resistant to Cd) and L. plantarum CCFM191 (sensitive to Cd) were selected as target strains, and their metabolomic profiles with and without Cd exposure were compared. The underlying mechanisms of the intra-species distinction between CCFM8610 and CCFM191 in terms of Cd tolerance can be attributed to the following aspects: (a) CCFM8610 possesses a higher intracellular content of osmolytes; (b) CCFM8610 can induce more effective biosynthesis of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) to sequestrate Cd;
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