在肠道微生物群中选择性隔离和特征的探测方法
Christopher Whidbey1, Natalie C Sadler1, Reji N Nair1
1Biological Sciences Division , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland , Washington 99352 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|December 14, 2018
概括
研究人员开发了一种新方法来识别负责特定生化活动的肠道微生物,
科学领域:
- 微生物学
- 生物化学
- 主体与微生物群的相互作用
背景情况:
- 肠道微生物对宿主健康和生理有重大影响.
- 了解特定微生物对宿主生物化学的贡献仍然是一个挑战.
- 目前的方法往往缺乏在现场微生物功能的分子级别分辨率.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种基于功能的方法来分析分子水平的肠道微生物功能.
- 将生物化学活动的检测与负责的微生物和酶的识别结合起来.
- 研究肠道微生物代谢活动的可塑性.
主要方法:
- 使用选择性基于活性的β-glucuronidase探测器开发平台.
- 检测和分离表现出特定酶活性的微生物群.
- 在现场对异生物代谢负责的微生物和酶的识别.
主要成果:
- 通过β- 葡萄糖酶活性对异生物代谢负责的已确定微生物亚群.
- 证明肠道微生物的新陈代谢活动是可塑的.
- 证明了基因多样化的微生物群体可以促进β- 葡萄糖酶的活性.
- 在没有基因组推断的情况下,将生物化学活性与分子级别的分辨率联系起来.
结论:
- 开发的平台可以精确识别肠道中的微生物功能.
- 肠道微生物的新陈代谢,特别是β- 葡萄糖酶的活性,是动态的和适应性的.
- 基因多样性并不排除微生物群落中的功能冗余性.
- 这种方法提升了对宿主微生物群相互作用的机制性理解.
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