プロバイオティクスコンソーシアおよび遺伝子編集株由来の代謝物によるクロストリジオイデス・ディフィシル毒性の調節
Luana Macedo Nogueira1, Eduardo César Meurer2, Marcos Pileggi3
1Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, Maringá State University, Maringá 87020-900, Brazil.
Abstract:
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) continues to pose a significant clinical and biotechnological challenge, primarily driven by antimicrobial resistance and frequent recurrence. Emerging strategies are shifting the therapeutic focus from pathobiont eradication to virulence suppression, achieved by targeting the key metabolic and regulatory networks that underpin C. difficile pathogenicity in the gut. This review synthesizes multi-omic data demonstrating that a synergistic approach-restoring secondary bile acid metabolism (through the bai operon), boosting short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production, and disrupting quorum-sensing systems (e.g., luxS, agr)-can collectively suppress toxin expression, biofilm formation, and spore germination. We further examine how synthetic biology and metabolic engineering are paving the way for next-generation solutions, including engineered probiotics, designer microbial consortia, and live biotherapeutic products endowed with programmable quorum quenching capabilities and optimized metabolic outputs. The integration of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, with computational modeling, now enables the predictive design and industrially scalable production of these microbiome-based interventions. Together, these advances mark a pivotal transition from empirical probiotic use to the era of precision, mechanism-driven microbiome therapeutics designed to achieve durable control of CDI recurrence.
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