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  • Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a major cause of nosocomial infections, often following antibiotic-induced gut dysbiosis.
  • C. diff utilizes Stickland fermentation of amino acids for energy, with proline as a key reductive substrate.
  • Understanding C. diff's metabolic adaptation in the gut is vital for developing targeted therapies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of reductive proline metabolism in C. difficile virulence in vivo.
  • To understand how proline metabolism affects pathogen colonization, growth, and toxin production.

Main Methods:

  • Comparison of wild-type and a proline reductase-deficient (ΔprdB) C. difficile strain (ATCC43255) in gnotobiotic mice.
  • In vivo transcriptomic analysis to assess metabolic pathway alterations.

Main Results:

  • Mice infected with the ΔprdB mutant showed delayed colonization, growth, and toxin production, leading to extended survival.
  • Absence of proline reductase disrupted multiple metabolic pathways, including oxidative Stickland pathways and ornithine transformations.
  • These disruptions contributed to reduced growth, sporulation, and toxin generation in the ΔprdB mutant.

Conclusions:

  • Proline reductase is essential for supporting early C. diff colonization and subsequent virulence.
  • Targeting proline metabolism offers a potential strategy to mitigate C. diff pathogenesis.
  • Metabolic flexibility, particularly proline utilization, is a key factor in C. diff's ability to establish infection and cause disease.