Xiong Zhi-Qiang, Wang Qiao-Hui, Kong Ling-Hui, Song Xin, Wang Guang-Qiang, Xia Yong-Jun, Zhang Hui, Sun Yong, Ai Lian-Zhong
Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Food Microbiology, School of Medical Instruments and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
Yangzhou Sanhesimei Pickles Co. Ltd., Yangzhou 225000, China.
J Dairy Sci. 2017 Feb;100(2):975-980. doi: 10.3168/jds.2016-11720. Epub 2016 Dec 21.
Bile salt hydrolase (BSH) plays an essential role in the cholesterol-removing effect of lactic acid bacteria, which hydrolyze conjugated bile salts to amino acid and deconjugated bile salts. However, Lactobacillus casei lacks the bsh gene, which may make it highly sensitive to bile salt stress. We wanted to improve the BSH activity of L. casei for various food-industry applications (e.g., milk fermentation). Plate assay testing indicated that Lactobacillus plantarum AR113 has the highest BSH activity. We cloned and sequenced 4 bsh genes from the genome of L. plantarum AR113. Structure modeling and molecular docking of BSH indicated that BSH1 and BSH3 could react efficiently with bile salts, so we selected BSH1 and BSH3 for heterologous expression in L. casei. Compared with single expression of BSH1 or BSH3, co-expression of both protein sequences showed the highest hydrolysis activity by HPLC analysis. Our results suggested that heterologous expression of BSH in L. casei can significantly improve host activity against bile salts, and in silico molecular docking could be an efficient method of rapid screening for BSH with high activity.
胆汁盐水解酶(BSH)在乳酸菌的胆固醇去除作用中起着至关重要的作用,乳酸菌可将结合型胆汁盐水解为氨基酸和去结合型胆汁盐。然而,干酪乳杆菌缺乏bsh基因,这可能使其对胆汁盐胁迫高度敏感。我们希望提高干酪乳杆菌的BSH活性,以用于各种食品工业应用(如牛奶发酵)。平板试验检测表明,植物乳杆菌AR113具有最高的BSH活性。我们从植物乳杆菌AR113的基因组中克隆并测序了4个bsh基因。BSH的结构建模和分子对接表明,BSH1和BSH3能够与胆汁盐高效反应,因此我们选择BSH1和BSH3在干酪乳杆菌中进行异源表达。与单独表达BSH1或BSH3相比,通过HPLC分析,两种蛋白序列的共表达显示出最高的水解活性。我们的结果表明,在干酪乳杆菌中异源表达BSH可以显著提高宿主对胆汁盐的耐受性,并且计算机模拟分子对接可能是快速筛选高活性BSH的有效方法。