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Journal of Bacteriology, September 2004, p. 5721-5729, Vol. 186, No. 17
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5721-5729.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum Genes That Are Induced in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice

Peter A. Bron,1,2 Corinne Grangette,3 Annick Mercenier,3 Willem M. de Vos,1 and Michiel Kleerebezem1,2*

Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences,1 NIZO Food Research, Ede, The Netherlands,2 Laboratoire de Bactériologie des Ecosystemes, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France3

Received 2 March 2004/ Accepted 21 May 2004

Lactobacillus plantarum is a flexible and versatile microorganism that inhabits a variety of environmental niches, including the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Moreover, this lactic acid bacterium can survive passage through the human or mouse stomach in an active form. To investigate the genetic background of this persistence, resolvase-based in vivo expression technology (R-IVET) was performed in L. plantarum WCFS1 by using the mouse GI tract as a model system. This approach identified 72 L. plantarum genes whose expression was induced during passage through the GI tract as compared to laboratory media. Nine of these genes encode sugar-related functions, including ribose, cellobiose, sucrose, and sorbitol transporter genes. Another nine genes encode functions involved in acquisition and synthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, cofactors, and vitamins, indicating their limited availability in the GI tract. Four genes involved in stress-related functions were identified, reflecting the harsh conditions that L. plantarum encounters in the GI tract. The four extracellular protein encoding genes identified could potentially be involved in interaction with host specific factors. The rest of the genes are part of several functionally unrelated pathways or encode (conserved) hypothetical proteins. Remarkably, a large number of the functions or pathways identified here have previously been identified in pathogens as being important in vivo during infection, strongly suggesting that survival rather than virulence is the explanation for the importance of these genes during host residence.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: NIZO Food Research, P.O. Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-318-659629. Fax: 31-318-650400. E-mail: Michiel.Kleerebezem{at}nizo.nl.

Journal of Bacteriology, September 2004, p. 5721-5729, Vol. 186, No. 17
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5721-5729.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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