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The impact of indole and mucin on sporulation, biofilm formation and enterotoxin production in foodborne Clostridium perfringens.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 2024 March 28
AIMS: Indole and mucin are compounds found in the host environment as they are produced by the host or by the host-associated microbiota. This study investigated whether indole and mucin impact C. perfringens growth and sporulation, as well as enterotoxin production and biofilm formation.
METHODS AND RESULTS: There was no impact on growth of C. perfringens for up to 400 µM indole and 240 mg/L mucin, and neither indole nor mucin affected sporulation. Reverse-transcriptase qPCR showed that mucin strongly upregulated the expression of C. perfringens enterotoxin (up to 121-fold increase), whereas indole had a much more modest effect (2-fold). This was also reflected in increased C. perfringens enterotoxin levels in mucin-treated C. perfringens (as assessed by a reversed passive latex agglutination assay). Finally, mucin and indole significanly increased biofilm formation of C. perfringens, although the effect size was relatively small (less than 1.5 fold).
CONCLUSION: These results indicate that C. perfringens can sense its presence in a host environment by responding to mucin and thereby markedly increased enterotoxin production.
METHODS AND RESULTS: There was no impact on growth of C. perfringens for up to 400 µM indole and 240 mg/L mucin, and neither indole nor mucin affected sporulation. Reverse-transcriptase qPCR showed that mucin strongly upregulated the expression of C. perfringens enterotoxin (up to 121-fold increase), whereas indole had a much more modest effect (2-fold). This was also reflected in increased C. perfringens enterotoxin levels in mucin-treated C. perfringens (as assessed by a reversed passive latex agglutination assay). Finally, mucin and indole significanly increased biofilm formation of C. perfringens, although the effect size was relatively small (less than 1.5 fold).
CONCLUSION: These results indicate that C. perfringens can sense its presence in a host environment by responding to mucin and thereby markedly increased enterotoxin production.
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