Selection and characterization of a SpaCBA pilus-secreting food-grade derivative of <em>Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus</em> GG
Tytgat, Hanne L. P.; Rasinkangas, Pia; Ritari, Jarmo; Reunanen, Justus; Aalvink, Steven; Lin, Chia-wei; Palva, Airi; Douillard, François P.; de Vos, Willem M. (2021-01-08)
Tytgat, H.L.P., Rasinkangas, P., Ritari, J. et al. Selection and characterization of a SpaCBA pilus-secreting food-grade derivative of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 105, 1123–1131 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-11051-7
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Abstract
Many studies have established the functional properties of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG, previously known as Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, marketed worldwide as a probiotic. The extraordinary capacity of L. rhamnosus GG to bind to human mucus and influence the immune system especially stand out. Earlier, we have shown the key role of its SpaCBA sortase-dependent pili encoded by the spaCBA-srtC1 gene cluster herein. These heterotrimeric pili consist of a shaft pilin SpaA, a basal pilin SpaB, and tip pilin SpaC that contains a mucus-binding domain. Here, we set out to characterize a food-grade non-GMO mutant of L. rhamnosus GG, strain PA11, which secretes its pilins, rather than coupling them to the cell surface, due to a defect in the housekeeping sortase A. The sortase-negative strain PA11 was extensively characterized using functional genomics and biochemical approaches and found to secrete the SpaCBA pili into the supernatant. Given the functional importance and uniqueness of the mucus-binding pili of L. rhamnosus GG, strain PA11 offers novel opportunities towards the characterization and further therapeutic application of SpaCBA pili and their low-cost, large-scale production.
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