School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
BMC Microbiol. 2024 Jul 13;24(1):260. doi: 10.1186/s12866-024-03373-7.
Interspecies pathways in the gut microbiome have been shown to metabolize levodopa, the primary treatment for Parkinson's disease, and reduce its bioavailability. While the enzymatic reactions have been identified, the ability to establish the resulting macromolecules as biomarkers of microbial metabolism remains technically challenging. In this study, we leveraged an untargeted mass spectrometry-based approach to investigate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced during levodopa metabolism by Enterococcus faecalis, Clostridium sporogenes, and Eggerthella lenta. We cultured these organisms with and without their respective bioactive metabolites and detected levodopa-induced shifts in VOC profiles. We then utilized bioinformatics to identify significant differences in 2,6-dimethylpyrazine, 4,6-dimethylpyrimidine, and 4,5-dimethylpyrimidine associated with its biotransformation. Supplementing cultures with inhibitors of levodopa-metabolizing enzymes revealed specific modulation of levodopa-associated diazines, verifying their relationship to its metabolism. Furthermore, functional group analysis depicts strain-specific VOC profiles that reflect interspecies differences in metabolic activity that can be leveraged to assess microbiome functionality in individual patients. Collectively, this work identifies previously uncharacterized metabolites of microbe-mediated levodopa metabolism to determine potential indicators of this activity and further elucidate the metabolic capabilities of different gut bacteria.
肠道微生物组中的种间途径已被证明可以代谢左旋多巴,这是治疗帕金森病的主要方法,并降低其生物利用度。虽然已经确定了酶促反应,但将产生的大分子确定为微生物代谢的生物标志物的能力在技术上仍然具有挑战性。在这项研究中,我们利用基于非靶向质谱的方法来研究粪肠球菌、凝结芽孢杆菌和迟缓埃格特菌在代谢左旋多巴过程中产生的挥发性有机化合物(VOC)。我们在有和没有各自生物活性代谢物的情况下培养这些生物体,并检测到了与左旋多巴诱导的 VOC 谱变化相关的生物转化。然后,我们利用生物信息学方法鉴定了与左旋多巴生物转化相关的 2,6-二甲基吡嗪、4,6-二甲基嘧啶和 4,5-二甲基嘧啶的显著差异。用左旋多巴代谢酶抑制剂补充培养物,揭示了与左旋多巴相关的二嗪的特异性调节,验证了它们与左旋多巴代谢的关系。此外,功能组分析描绘了反映代谢活性种间差异的菌株特异性 VOC 谱,可用于评估个体患者的微生物组功能。总的来说,这项工作确定了微生物介导的左旋多巴代谢的以前未表征的代谢物,以确定这种活性的潜在指标,并进一步阐明不同肠道细菌的代谢能力。
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