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Note A representative of the dominant human colonic Firmicutes, Roseburia faecis M72/1, forms a novel bacteriocin-like substance Q2 Diane Hatziioanou a , Melinda J. Mayer a, * , Sylvia H. Duncan b , Harry J. Flint b , Arjan Narbad a a Gut Health and Food Safety Programme, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK b Microbiology Group, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK article info Article history: Received 20 May 2013 Received in revised form 18 July 2013 Accepted 22 July 2013 Available online xxx Keywords: Roseburia faecis Bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance (BLIS) Firmicutes anaerobe Gut microbiota Trypsin abstract During screening of human gut isolates in search of novel antimicrobials, the butyrate-producing strain Roseburia faecis M72/1 was found to produce an inhibitory substance active against Bacillus subtilis. Partial purication of the antimicrobial was achieved and activity found to be heat labile. Our ndings suggest that R. faecis M72/1 produces a proteinaceous inhibitor whose production may be triggered by trypsin in the gastrointestinal tract. Ó 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Many species of bacteria have evolved and adapted to live in the human gut. Especially in the large intestine there is a complex and dynamic microbial ecosystem, with bacteria reaching concentra- tions of 10 11 e 10 12 cells/g [1]. The microbiota composition is thought to inuence nutrition, metabolism, epithelial development and immune modulation [2,3]. In addition, some gut bacteria produce proteinaceous antimicrobials e bacteriocin-like sub- stances (BLIS Q1 ) e that selectively inhibit other gut commensals and may give a competitive advantage to the producers in the complex microbial environment [4]. Although numerous bacteriocins have been discovered from mammalian gut isolates [5e10] it is not known what proportion of gut bacteria produce bacteriocins. Many studies on lactic acid bacteria have shown the importance of bacteriocin production in the dairy industry [11] and it has been suggested that the role of bacteriocins in the gut may be similar to those in other complex ecosystems [12]. Potential application of these BLIS ranges from use as antimicrobials in medicine and food preservation to cancer treatment [13e15]. Bacterial strains which produce BLIS could also nd applications as probiotics [2,16,17]. Roseburia species are common gut bacteria belonging to the Lachnospiraceae family, that comprises around one-third of the gut microbiota, and Roseburia faecis is one of the 12 most dominant species present in the large intestine [18]. They contribute to complex polysaccharide breakdown in the colon and are one of the predominant producers of short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and in particular butyrate, which can inuence a number of cellular functions associated with colonic health [18,19]. In this study the human gut isolate R. faecis M72/1 (DSM16840 T ) [20] was investigated for production of novel antimicrobials. The isolate was grown on solid media and screened for antimicrobial activity using overlay assays. Briey, petri dishes with bacterial colonies were exposed to chloroform in absorbent paper for 10 min then aerated for 5 min before being overlaid with soft agar (0.7%) seeded with 2% (v/v) overnight grown culture of each indicator bacteria and incubated at 37 C. Indicator strains were from an in- house collection (Institute of Food Research, IFR) or from culture collections NCIMB or ATCC and were cultured in LB at 37 C(Bacillus subtilis EC1280 and 94/50 (IFR), NCIMB3610), in MRS (Oxoid) at 42 C(Lactobacillus helveticus CH1 (IFR)) or 37 C(Micrococcus luteus MC8166 (IFR)), in BHI (Oxoid) at 37 C(Listeria innocua ATCC33090) or in M17 (Oxoid) with 0.5% glucose at 30 C(Lacto- coccus lactis MG1614 (IFR)). Activity in supernatants was also assessed by drop tests, with 10 ml aliquots being spotted onto lawns of indicator strains prior to growth. In preliminary antimicrobial assays using BHI media with complements (50 mg/l vitamin K, 5 mg/l hemin, 1 mg/l resazurin * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ44 1603 255284; fax: þ44 1603 507723. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.J. Mayer). Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Anaerobe journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/anaerobe 1075-9964/$ e see front matter Ó 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.07.006 Anaerobe xxx (2013) 1e4 Please cite this article in press as: Hatziioanou D, et al., A representative of the dominant human colonic Firmicutes, Roseburia faecis M72/1, forms a novel bacteriocin-like substance, Anaerobe (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.07.006 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 YANAE1196_proof 1 August 2013 1/4

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A representative of the dominant human colonic Firmicutes, Roseburiafaecis M72/1, forms a novel bacteriocin-like substance

Diane Hatziioanou a, Melinda J. Mayer a,*, Sylvia H. Duncan b, Harry J. Flint b, Arjan Narbad a

aGut Health and Food Safety Programme, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UKbMicrobiology Group, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK

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Keywords:Roseburia faecisBacteriocin-like inhibitory substance (BLIS)Firmicutes anaerobeGut microbiotaTrypsin

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During screening of human gut isolates in search of novel antimicrobials, the butyrate-producing strainRoseburia faecis M72/1 was found to produce an inhibitory substance active against Bacillus subtilis.Partial purification of the antimicrobial was achieved and activity found to be heat labile. Our findingssuggest that R. faecis M72/1 produces a proteinaceous inhibitor whose production may be triggered bytrypsin in the gastrointestinal tract.

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Many species of bacteria have evolved and adapted to live in thehuman gut. Especially in the large intestine there is a complex anddynamic microbial ecosystem, with bacteria reaching concentra-tions of 1011e1012 cells/g [1]. The microbiota composition isthought to influence nutrition, metabolism, epithelial developmentand immune modulation [2,3]. In addition, some gut bacteriaproduce proteinaceous antimicrobials e bacteriocin-like sub-stances (BLIS) e that selectively inhibit other gut commensals andmay give a competitive advantage to the producers in the complexmicrobial environment [4]. Although numerous bacteriocins havebeen discovered from mammalian gut isolates [5e10] it is notknownwhat proportion of gut bacteria produce bacteriocins. Manystudies on lactic acid bacteria have shown the importance ofbacteriocin production in the dairy industry [11] and it has beensuggested that the role of bacteriocins in the gut may be similar tothose in other complex ecosystems [12]. Potential application ofthese BLIS ranges from use as antimicrobials in medicine and foodpreservation to cancer treatment [13e15]. Bacterial strains whichproduce BLIS could also find applications as probiotics [2,16,17].

Roseburia species are common gut bacteria belonging to theLachnospiraceae family, that comprises around one-third of the gut

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microbiota, and Roseburia faecis is one of the 12 most dominantspecies present in the large intestine [18]. They contribute tocomplex polysaccharide breakdown in the colon and are one of thepredominant producers of short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and inparticular butyrate, which can influence a number of cellularfunctions associated with colonic health [18,19].

In this study the human gut isolate R. faecisM72/1 (DSM16840T)[20] was investigated for production of novel antimicrobials. Theisolate was grown on solid media and screened for antimicrobialactivity using overlay assays. Briefly, petri dishes with bacterialcolonies were exposed to chloroform in absorbent paper for 10 minthen aerated for 5 min before being overlaid with soft agar (0.7%)seeded with 2% (v/v) overnight grown culture of each indicatorbacteria and incubated at 37 �C. Indicator strains were from an in-house collection (Institute of Food Research, IFR) or from culturecollections NCIMB or ATCC andwere cultured in LB at 37 �C (Bacillussubtilis EC1280 and 94/50 (IFR), NCIMB3610), in MRS (Oxoid) at42 �C (Lactobacillus helveticus CH1 (IFR)) or 37 �C (Micrococcusluteus MC8166 (IFR)), in BHI (Oxoid) at 37 �C (Listeria innocuaATCC33090) or in M17 (Oxoid) with 0.5% glucose at 30 �C (Lacto-coccus lactis MG1614 (IFR)). Activity in supernatants was alsoassessed by drop tests, with 10 ml aliquots being spotted onto lawnsof indicator strains prior to growth.

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and 0.5 g/l L-cysteine (BHIc)) there was evidence of antimicrobialactivity produced by R. faecis M72/1 against B. subtilis EC1280,B. subtilis NCIMB3610 and B. subtilis 94/50 while L. helveticus andL. innocua showed no inhibition. Initial antimicrobial productionwas lost after sub-culturing so a range of growth conditions andmedia compositions were tested to identify the necessary condi-tions for antimicrobial production. As noted with Ruminococcusgnavus [21], addition of 5e50 mg/ml trypsin to the culture mediainduced antimicrobial production from R. faecis M72/1 on solidmedia (Fig. 1), with 5 and 50 mg/ml trypsin giving similar levels ofinduction. Duplicate assays with bromocresol purple did notdemonstrate any alteration in pH, indicating that the inhibitionwasunlikely to be due to production of organic acids. Further testingdemonstrated that while trypsin was not always necessary forantimicrobial activity, its presence increased the zone of inhibition.

Longer incubation in liquid culture prior to growth on solidmedia gave increased activity in subsequent overlay assays (Fig. 1).To test for the presence of an inducing molecule produced by thebacterium, spent culture supernatant of 24 h cultures grownwithout trypsin was prepared by centrifugation (30 min, 10,000g,4 �C), concentrated 10-fold by freeze-drying and used to supple-ment fresh cultures (1/10, v/v). At 24 h intervals cultures wereplated in duplicate on solid BHI and overlay assays demonstratedthat spent culture supernatant was able to increase antimicrobialproduction without the presence of trypsin (Fig. 1f).

Production of antimicrobial activity by R. faecisM72/1 could notbe demonstrated when cultured in BHIc liquid media despiteaddition of trypsin or concentrated culture supernatant. Similardifficulties with extraction of bacteriocins from Gram-positivebacteria producing bacteriocin-like substances only on solid me-dia have been documented [22,23]. However, during culturing in arange of different media it was found that antimicrobial activitycould be detected in liquid media when M17 supplemented with0.5% glucose and 5 mg/ml trypsin was used, and this activityremained stable for 2e5 d (Fig. 2a). A range of other carbon sourceswere tested and the highest antimicrobial productionwas observedwith growth on glucose, xylose or cellobiose (data not shown).

Fig. 1. Overlay assay for antimicrobial activity of R. faecis M72/1 cultures using B. subtilis 94/50. R. faecis M72/1 was cultured in liquid BHIc for 24 h (aec) or 48 h (def) without(�sup, a, b, d, e) or with (þsup, c, f) concentrated supernatant of previously grown R. faecis M72/1 culture; cultures were then grown on plates containing no trypsin (�trp, a, c, d, f)or 5 mg/ml trypsin (þtrp, b, e).

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Table 1Effect of protein purification procedures on R. faecis M72/1 culture supernatant.

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50 MWCO before and 10 kDa Amicon filter devices after,or dialysis with 14 kDa tubing at both stages.

Dialysis with 14 kDa dialysis tubing is able todesalt preparations, but filtration is preferredto avoid losses and antimicrobial degradation due to instability.

HIC purification 1 ml HiTrap columns: Butyl-s FF, Phenyl FF high sub,Phenyl FF low sub, Octyl FF, Butyl FF, Phenyl HP, Butyl HP.

Most concentrated antimicrobial elution observedfrom Phenyl HP resins (at 40e60% buffer B).

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Other potential inducers tested (eg 5% or 0.5% faecal water, 0.31%volatile fatty acid mix) failed to trigger antimicrobial production.Interestingly, incubation of filter-sterilised culture supernatantwith trypsin did not produce an increase in antimicrobial activity,indicating that trypsin acts to induce production from the cellsrather than directly affecting a factor in the culture supernatant.

To attempt to concentrate the active component, sequentialultrafiltration was performed on filter sterilised culture superna-tants of R. faecisM72/1 initially through 1 kDa Amicon membranes(Fisher) followed by filtration of the retained proteins through10 kDa then 30 kDa MWCO regenerated cellulose filter devices(Amicon), with each fraction being freeze dried to 100� concen-tration. The antimicrobial content of each concentrated filtrate wastested, showing no activity in fractions below 30 kDa (Fig. 2b).Concentrated supernatant was also active against the Lactococcuslactis MG1614 and M. luteus Mc8166 (data not shown).

The heat stability of the concentrated antimicrobial substancewas examined using this concentrated fraction. Aliquots of 30 ml ora corresponding media control were heated to 60 �C for 10 min,30 min or 1 h, at 90 �C for 10 min or 30 min, or 121 �C for 15 min.Each sample was cooled on ice and tested for antimicrobial activityusing a drop test. Activity was found to be stable at 60 �C for up to1 h but was abolished after 10 min incubation at 90 �C (Fig. 2c).

Partial purification of the BLIS was performed on filter sterilisedculture supernatants from R. faecis grown in M17 supplementedwith 0.5% glucose and 5 mg/ml trypsin (Table 1). Initial purificationinvolved precipitation with 80% (NH4)2SO4 followed by desaltingusing a 50 MWCO Amicon filter device with three additions of 10volumes of 50 mM potassium phosphate pH 6.0 buffer. (NH4)2SO4was added to 2 M and hydrophobic interaction chromatography(HIC) was performed on an AKTA FPLC UPC-900 using a 1ml PhenylHP resin column (GE Healthcare). Elution was performed on a 10column volume gradient of 2 M (NH4)2SO4, 50 mM potassiumphosphate (pH 6.0) to 50 mM potassium phosphate (pH 6.0)(Fig. 3a). Each collected fraction was desalted using 10 kDa Amiconfilter devices by washing twice with an excess of phosphate buffer(pH 6.0) and the volume of each fraction adjusted to 250 ml.Desalted fractions were electrophoresed on a 3e8% TriseAcetategel (Invitrogen, Fig. 3b) and assayed for antimicrobial activity usingdrop tests (Fig. 3c). The majority of the activity was located infraction 4 (40e60% buffer B), which showed protein bands at c. 45,49 and 70 kDa.

Stepwise (NH4)2SO4 precipitation showed that the antimicrobialactivity was found at 60e80% saturation (Table 1). To improvepurification, 1 l supernatant was precipitated with 60e80%(NH4)2SO4 and dialysed in 2 M (NH4)2SO4, 50 mM potassiumphosphate buffer (pH 6.0). FPLC was performed as before and the40e60% buffer B fraction from triplicate FPLC runs was pooled,desalted by dialysis, concentrated 12-fold by freeze drying andanalysed by SDS-PAGE on 4e12% BiseTris gels (Invitrogen) in MES

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buffer and reducing conditions (Fig. 3d). This preparation hadantimicrobial activity against B. subtilis 94/50 (Fig. 3e). MALDI-ToFanalysis of tryptic digests from the major c. 45 kDa band providedpeptide mass fingerprint datawhichmay allow identification of theprotein when the R. faecis genome sequence becomes available.

To our knowledge this is the first evidence of BLIS production bya species of Roseburia, and one of a small number of high molecularmass BLIS produced by Gram positive bacteria, with the only othergut-associated BLIS being enterolysin A, produced by the ruminalisolate Enterococcus faecalis LMG 2333 [24]. Other large BLIS includehelveticin J, lactacin F andmillericin B, produced by L. helveticus 481[25] Lactobacillus acidophilus 11088 [26] and Streptococcus milleriNMSCC 061 [27] respectively. It has been shown that bacteriarelated to Roseburia and Eubacterium rectale comprise up to 10% oftotal bacterial diversity in the human colon and could thereforeplay an important role in the maintenance of gut health [28].Antimicrobial production may be one of the factors that allowR. faecis to compete successfully within the dense microbial pop-ulation in the colon. Interestingly, a recent study revealed a highdegree of inter-individual variation in the dominant Roseburiaspecies present among healthy individuals [29] and bacteriocinproduction would provide one possible explanation for this. Wefound that production of the antimicrobial could be improved bythe presence of trypsin, commonly found in the gut environment,and that the bacteria may produce a soluble inducer. The prefer-ence for production on solid media indicates that cellecell or cell-surface contact may be important and that the antimicrobial pro-duction was cell density dependent, possibly indicating a role forquorum sensing in R. faecis M72/1 antimicrobial production.Although the final antimicrobial yields were low in vitro it is hopedthat further characterization of this antimicrobial will give insightsinto the competence of R. faecis M72/1 in the gut.

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by a Biotechnology and BiologicalSciences Research Council studentship grant to DH. SHD and HJFacknowledge support from the Scottish Government RESASprogramme.

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