Characterizing the mucin-degrading capacity of the human gut microbiota
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Mucin-degrading microbes are known to harbor glycosyl hydrolases (GHs) which cleave specific glycan linkages. Although several microbial species have been identified as mucin degraders, there are likely many other members of the healthy gut community with the capacity to degrade mucins. The aim of the present study was to systematically examine the CAZyme mucin-degrading profiles of the human gut microbiota. Within the Verrucomicrobia phylum, all Akkermansia glycaniphila and muciniphila genomes harbored multiple gene copies of mucin-degrading GHs. The only representative of the Lentisphaerae phylum, Victivallales, harbored a GH profile that closely mirrored Akkermansia. In the Actinobacteria phylum, we found several Actinomadura, Actinomyces, Bifidobacterium, Streptacidiphilus and Streptomyces species with mucin-degrading GHs. Within the Bacteroidetes phylum, Alistipes, Alloprevotella, Bacteroides, Fermenitomonas Parabacteroides, Prevotella and Phocaeicola species had mucin degrading GHs. Firmicutes contained Abiotrophia, Blautia, Enterococcus, Paenibacillus, Ruminococcus, Streptococcus, and Viridibacillus species with mucin-degrading GHs. Interestingly, far fewer mucin-degrading GHs were observed in the Proteobacteria phylum and were found in Klebsiella, Mixta, Serratia and Enterobacter species. We confirmed the mucin-degrading capability of 23 representative gut microbes using a chemically defined media lacking glucose supplemented with porcine intestinal mucus. These data greatly expand our knowledge of microbial-mediated mucin degradation within the human gut microbiota.
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Host substrates, such as mucin and bile salts, can be metabolized by the gut microbiota.
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- Authors
- Glover, J. S., Ticer, T. D., & Engevik, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Corresponding author
- Engevik, Melinda A.
- Venue
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2022-05-19
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 8456-8456
- ISSN
- 2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9120202
- OpenAlex
- W4280576091
- Cited by
- 307
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 68 · 2025: 90 · 2024: 90 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 11
- FWCI
- 19.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (1T32GM132055-01)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1T32DK124191-01A1, DK123195-01)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Periodontics › Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
- Keywords
- mucin degradation, human gut microbiome, glycoside hydrolases, carbohydrate-active enzymes, Akkermansia, Verrucomicrobia, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, actinobacteria, mucus
- MeSH terms
- Clostridiales, Eubacteriales, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Humans, Mucins, Polysaccharides, Swine, Verrucomicrobia
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