Functional Metabolic Map of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, a Beneficial Human Gut Microbe

被引:180
作者
Heinken, Almut [1 ,2 ]
Khan, M. Tanweer [3 ]
Paglia, Giuseppe [2 ]
Rodionov, Dmitry A. [4 ,5 ]
Harmsen, Hermie J. M. [3 ]
Thiele, Ines [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Luxembourg, Luxembourg Ctr Syst Biomed, Belval, Luxembourg
[2] Univ Iceland, Ctr Syst Biol, Reykjavik, Iceland
[3] Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Med Microbiol, Groningen, Netherlands
[4] Sanford Burnham Med Res Inst, La Jolla, CA USA
[5] Russian Acad Sci, AA Kharkevich Inst Informat Transmiss Problems, Moscow, Russia
关键词
FUSOBACTERIUM-PRAUSNITZII; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; GENOME; FERMENTATION; MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; ASSOCIATION; METAGENOME; DIVERSITY;
D O I
10.1128/JB.01780-14
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The human gut microbiota plays a central role in human well-being and disease. In this study, we present an integrated, iterative approach of computational modeling, in vitro experiments, metabolomics, and genomic analysis to accelerate the identification of metabolic capabilities for poorly characterized (anaerobic) microorganisms. We demonstrate this approach for the beneficial human gut microbe Faecalibacterium prausnitzii strain A2-165. We generated an automated draft reconstruction, which we curated against the limited biochemical data. This reconstruction modeling was used to develop in silico and in vitro a chemically defined medium (CDM), which was validated experimentally. Subsequent metabolomic analysis of the spent medium for growth on CDM was performed. We refined our metabolic reconstruction according to in vitro observed metabolite consumption and secretion and propose improvements to the current genome annotation of F. prausnitzii A2-165. We then used the reconstruction to systematically characterize its metabolic properties. Novel carbon source utilization capabilities and inabilities were predicted based on metabolic modeling and validated experimentally. This study resulted in a functional metabolic map of F. prausnitzii, which is available for further applications. The presented workflow can be readily extended to other poorly characterized and uncharacterized organisms to yield novel biochemical insights about the target organism.
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页码:3289 / 3302
页数:14
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