非营养甜味剂对细菌定数感应和表型表达的影响:对肠道微生物组动态的影响
Mindani Watawana1,2,3, Emilia Maria Franca Lima4, Beatriz Ximena Valencia Quecan4
1Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Gut microbiome (Cambridge, England)
|November 3, 2025
概括
非营养甜味剂 (NNSs),如塔加和粉,可以抑制细菌的交流 (定数感应). 其他NNS也会影响微生物基因表达,这表明肠道微生物群的作用有所不同.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 计算生物学 计算生物学
背景情况:
- 非营养甜味剂 (NNSs) 是广泛使用的糖替代品,用于减少卡路里.
- 没有完全理解NNS对人类肠道微生物群的长期影响.
- 定数感应 (QS) 是一种影响微生物群落的关键细菌通信系统.
研究的目的:
- 调查四种NNSs (塔加,,Rebaudioside-A,糖) 对QS调节的表型和基因表达的影响.
- 探索这些NNSs对肠道微生物群的潜在影响.
- 通过分子对接来分析NNS与QS调节蛋白的结合亲和力.
主要方法:
- 利用QS生物传感器模型细菌, *Chromobacterium violaceum* 和 *Pseudomonas aeruginosa*,来评估NNS的影响.
- 测量了QS调节的表型 (例如,紫素的产生,蜂群的运动性) 和基因表达 (*lasI*).
- 进行了分子对接模拟,以评估NNS与QS受体的结合亲和力.
主要成果:
- 塔加和素以剂量依赖的方式显著抑制了QS表型,也降低了P. aeruginosa lasI*基因表达.
- 雷巴奥化物-A和糖显示出较少突出的QS抑制,但也减少了*lasI*表达.
- 分子对接显示,与和塔加相比,对撒卡林和Rebaudioside-A的结合亲和力更高.
结论:
- 不同的NNS对细菌QS系统产生不同的影响,影响微生物的交流.
- 观察到的效应是特定于物种的,并且依赖于剂量.
- 这些发现凸显了NNS消费对肠道微生物组组成和功能的潜在影响.
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