Project description:The response to bile of Lactobacillus casei BL23 and its derivative strain TC01 was investigated. TC01 strain carries a complete deletion of gene LCABL_02080 which encodes a two component signal transduction response regulator.
Project description:The response to bile of Lactobacillus casei BL23 and its derivative strain TC01 was investigated. TC01 strain carries a complete deletion of gene LCABL_02080 which encodes a two component signal transduction response regulator. Lactobacillus casei BL23 and TC01 strains were grown in MRS medium at 37C without shaking until O.D. 595 nm. reached 0.5. The cultures were then two fold diluted with prewarmed MRS medium (control) or MRS supplemented with 0.2% bovine bile (treatment) and incubation continued for 45 min. Cells were then harvested and total RNA purified.
Project description:In this study we describe the immunostimulatory properties of Enterococcus gallinarum MRx0518, a candidate live biotherapeutic agent with anti-tumorigenic properties. Here we demonstrate that strain MRx0518 elicits a strong pro-inflammatory response in intestinal epithelial cells. Treatments with metabolically active cells, inactivated cells or culture supernatants were found to induce distinct host responses. Microarray analysis was used to investigate and compare changes in the gene expression of intestinal epithelial cells in response to live MRx0518, heat-killed MRx0518 and MRx0518 culture supernatant.
