The Ability of Streptococcus thermophilus BT01 to Modulate Urease Activity in Healthy Subjects’ Fecal Samples Depends on the Biomass Production Process
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Citazione:
The Ability of Streptococcus thermophilus BT01 to Modulate Urease Activity in Healthy Subjects’ Fecal Samples Depends on the Biomass Production Process / A. Martinović, M. Chittaro, D. Mora, S. Arioli. - In: MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH. - ISSN 1613-4125. - 67:6(2023 Mar), pp. 2200529.1-2200529.11. [10.1002/mnfr.202200529]
Abstract:
Scope: This study evaluates how manufacturing conditions of probiotic biomass production, using two different cryoprotectants, Cryo-A and Cryo-B, can affect Streptococcus thermophilus BT01 in vivo gastrointestinal tract survival and its ability to modulate the level of urease activity in fecal samples of healthy subjects.
Methods and results: A randomized controlled cross-over study is carried out on 20 adult healthy subjects to evaluate total and viable loads, persistence of S. thermophilus BT01, and urease activity in fecal samples. Strain-specific quantification by using developed culture-based method and molecular qPCR tool allows to quantify viable S. thermophilus BT01 strain in 90% of the subjects. The quantification of both total DNA and recovered viable S. thermophilus BT01 in fecal samples does not reveal significant differences between Cryo-A or Cryo-B treated biomass. However, the administration of S. thermophilus BT01 produced with Cryo-A results in a decreased urease activity in fecal samples compared to Cryo-B protected cells.
Conclusion: This study i) highlights how the manufacturing conditions can play a role in influencing the probiotic functionality in vivo and ii) represents the first evidence that links S. thermophilus to a specific probiotic mechanism, the reduction of urease activity in fecal samples.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
cryoprotectant; interventional study; probiotic; Streptococcus thermophilus; urease
Elenco autori:
A. Martinović, M. Chittaro, D. Mora, S. Arioli
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