Genes involved in synthesis of lipoteichoic acids are induced when Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB12 is incubated with Human Enterocyte-Like Caco-2 Cells

ABSTRACT: Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB12 is a widely used probiotic bacterium. However the molecular mechanism by which this bacterium confers positive health effects to the host is largely unknown. The importance of lipoteichoic acids (LTA) in the cross-talk between the bacteria and human enterocyte-like Caco-2 cells was investigated in the present study. A microarray-based analysis of gene expression revealed induction of genes encoding enzymes involved in the synthesis of lipoteichoic acids of BB12. This observation was confirmed in phenotypic experiments, where a specific galactofuranosyl carbohydrate epitope present in the structure of lipoteichoic acids of BB12 was used as a detection marker. An exopolysaccharide EPS/LTA extract isolated from BB12 and commercially available pure L

ORGANISM(S): Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12

SUBMITTER: Martin Pedersen 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-21588 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress