Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are incapable of cytochrome synthesis and lack the heme electron transport mechanisms required for efficient oxygen-based metabolism. Consequently, LAB redox activity is flavoenzyme-based an...Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are incapable of cytochrome synthesis and lack the heme electron transport mechanisms required for efficient oxygen-based metabolism. Consequently, LAB redox activity is flavoenzyme-based and metabolism is fermentative, producing lactic acid, and in many cases, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Despite this seeming metabolic limitation, LAB dominate in the normal flora of the mouth, vagina and lower gastrointestinal tract in man. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is produced by the neutrophil leukocytes and monocytes that provide the innate phagocyte defense against infecting pathogens. MPO is unique in its ability to catalyze the H2O2-dependent oxidation of chloride (Cl-) to hypochlorite (OCl-). In turn, this OCl- directly reacts with a second H2O2 to produce singlet molecular oxygen (), a metastable electronic excitation state of oxygen with a microsecond lifetime that restricts its combustive reactivity within a submicron radius of its point of generation. Each day a healthy human adult produces about a hundred billion neutrophils containing about 4 femtograms MPO per neutrophil. Inflammatory states and G-CSF treatment increase both neutrophil production and the quantity of MPO per neutrophil. After a short circulating lifetime, neutrophils leave the blood and migrate into body spaces including the mouth, vagina, urinary tract, and gastrointestinal tract. Greater than a hundred thousand neutrophils are lavaged from the mouths of healthy humans;the quantity lavaged is proportional to the blood neutrophil count. MPO selectively and avidly binds to most Gram-positive and all Gram-negative bacteria tested, but LAB do not show significant MPO binding. Neutrophils migrating to normal flora sites release MPO into the LAB-conditioned milieu containing adequate acidity and H2O2 to support extra-phagocyte MPO microbicidal action. In combination, LAB plus MPO exert a potent synergistic microbicidal action against high MPO-binding microbes. This LAB-MPO synergy provides a mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of LAB in the normal flora of man.展开更多
AIM:To study the normal aerobic conjunctival flora in lower to mid Himalayan region of Shimla Hills.METHODS:Samples from normal conjunctiva of 200 individuals above the age of 13 years who visited Indira Gandhi Medica...AIM:To study the normal aerobic conjunctival flora in lower to mid Himalayan region of Shimla Hills.METHODS:Samples from normal conjunctiva of 200 individuals above the age of 13 years who visited Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital Shimla for refraction or cataract surgery were taken by anaesthetising the conjunctival sac with sterile 4% Xylocaine solution.Samples were obtained by gently rubbing lower fornix with a sterile cotton wool swab moistened with normal saline and keeping the eye lids wide apart to avoid contamination from lid margins.It was immediately inoculated in Brain Heart infusion and subjected to standard aerobic culture and identification techniques.RESULTS:Totally,72 eyes(36%) conjunctival sacs were sterile.Predominant aerobes isolated were Staphylococcus spp.in 120(60%) followed by Haemophilus in 16(8%),diphtheroids in 10(5%),and Escherichia coli(E.coli) in 4(2%).A single aerobe was isolated from 98 eyes(49%) while 30 eyes(15%) yielded more than 1 aerobe.Staphylococcus epidermidis(S.epidermidis) was the most common bacterium,found alone in 58 eyes(29%) and in combination with another aerobe in 30 eyes(15%),followed by Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus) in 18(9%) and 10 eyes(5%) respectively.CONCLUSION:S.epidermidis is the most common commensal organism followed by Haemophilus species.diphtheroids occupied the third position which otherwise are found more abundantly in literature.Pathogens like S.aureus,Staphylococcus citreus and E.coli were also found.Therefore,preoperative administration of topical broad spectrum antibiotics is extremely important in prophylaxis against ocular infection.The variation in microflora of normal conjunctiva in this part of world can be attributed to geographical,climatic and ethnic characteristics of the population under study.展开更多
The normal bacterial floras in intestinal tract of ring-necked pheasant were investigated. Eight age groups were chosen. Samples of intestines were diluted in 10 fold series and incubated on different selective media....The normal bacterial floras in intestinal tract of ring-necked pheasant were investigated. Eight age groups were chosen. Samples of intestines were diluted in 10 fold series and incubated on different selective media. Atter incubation. aimed bacterial colonies were counted then the number of CFU/g of gut inclusions was evaluated. The data were analyzed in statistics. The physiological values of eight main normal bacterial floras were obtained. The eubiosis of normal bacterial floras in intestinal tract of ring-necked pheasant was established from its age of 10 days old to 30 days old. The dominant bacterial floras were bifidobacterium, lactobacillus and bacteroideceae.展开更多
目的检测高血压大鼠肠道菌群的变化,探讨正常菌群在盐诱导高血压发生发展中的作用。方法以8%高盐饮食喂养SD雄性大鼠制备高血压模型。Real-time PCR检测菌群结构的改变,同时检测血浆炎性因子IL-1β、IL-6和TNF-α水平变化。结果同对照...目的检测高血压大鼠肠道菌群的变化,探讨正常菌群在盐诱导高血压发生发展中的作用。方法以8%高盐饮食喂养SD雄性大鼠制备高血压模型。Real-time PCR检测菌群结构的改变,同时检测血浆炎性因子IL-1β、IL-6和TNF-α水平变化。结果同对照组大鼠血压(96.00mmHg±5.74mmHg)相比盐敏感组(122.79 mmHg±6.37 mmHg)显著升高,而盐抵抗组无明显变化;实验组大鼠体重(172.00g±15.58g,164.25g±16.11g)较对照组(377.63g±32.47g)明显降低;同对照组相比实验组菌群结构发生比例倒置,即双歧杆菌(6.19±0.47,7.52±0.47 vs 8.59±0.42)、乳杆菌(6.77±0.23,7.09±0.28 vs 7.60±0.26)、拟杆菌(8.98±0.45,8.46±0.47 vs 9.99±0.73)数量降低;肠杆菌(7.93±0.20,7.78±0.29 vs 7.28±0.27)数量升高。同盐抵抗组大鼠相比,盐敏感组双歧杆菌、乳杆菌降低更加显著,但拟杆菌数量高于盐抵抗组。两实验组大鼠血浆细胞因子IL-1β、IL-6和TNF-α水平较对照组均显著升高(P<0.05)。结论盐诱导高血压大鼠肠道菌群结构发生改变,盐敏感组双歧杆菌、乳杆菌和拟杆菌含量显著降低,提示其可能参与盐诱导高血压病程。展开更多
文摘Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are incapable of cytochrome synthesis and lack the heme electron transport mechanisms required for efficient oxygen-based metabolism. Consequently, LAB redox activity is flavoenzyme-based and metabolism is fermentative, producing lactic acid, and in many cases, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Despite this seeming metabolic limitation, LAB dominate in the normal flora of the mouth, vagina and lower gastrointestinal tract in man. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is produced by the neutrophil leukocytes and monocytes that provide the innate phagocyte defense against infecting pathogens. MPO is unique in its ability to catalyze the H2O2-dependent oxidation of chloride (Cl-) to hypochlorite (OCl-). In turn, this OCl- directly reacts with a second H2O2 to produce singlet molecular oxygen (), a metastable electronic excitation state of oxygen with a microsecond lifetime that restricts its combustive reactivity within a submicron radius of its point of generation. Each day a healthy human adult produces about a hundred billion neutrophils containing about 4 femtograms MPO per neutrophil. Inflammatory states and G-CSF treatment increase both neutrophil production and the quantity of MPO per neutrophil. After a short circulating lifetime, neutrophils leave the blood and migrate into body spaces including the mouth, vagina, urinary tract, and gastrointestinal tract. Greater than a hundred thousand neutrophils are lavaged from the mouths of healthy humans;the quantity lavaged is proportional to the blood neutrophil count. MPO selectively and avidly binds to most Gram-positive and all Gram-negative bacteria tested, but LAB do not show significant MPO binding. Neutrophils migrating to normal flora sites release MPO into the LAB-conditioned milieu containing adequate acidity and H2O2 to support extra-phagocyte MPO microbicidal action. In combination, LAB plus MPO exert a potent synergistic microbicidal action against high MPO-binding microbes. This LAB-MPO synergy provides a mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of LAB in the normal flora of man.
文摘AIM:To study the normal aerobic conjunctival flora in lower to mid Himalayan region of Shimla Hills.METHODS:Samples from normal conjunctiva of 200 individuals above the age of 13 years who visited Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital Shimla for refraction or cataract surgery were taken by anaesthetising the conjunctival sac with sterile 4% Xylocaine solution.Samples were obtained by gently rubbing lower fornix with a sterile cotton wool swab moistened with normal saline and keeping the eye lids wide apart to avoid contamination from lid margins.It was immediately inoculated in Brain Heart infusion and subjected to standard aerobic culture and identification techniques.RESULTS:Totally,72 eyes(36%) conjunctival sacs were sterile.Predominant aerobes isolated were Staphylococcus spp.in 120(60%) followed by Haemophilus in 16(8%),diphtheroids in 10(5%),and Escherichia coli(E.coli) in 4(2%).A single aerobe was isolated from 98 eyes(49%) while 30 eyes(15%) yielded more than 1 aerobe.Staphylococcus epidermidis(S.epidermidis) was the most common bacterium,found alone in 58 eyes(29%) and in combination with another aerobe in 30 eyes(15%),followed by Staphylococcus aureus(S.aureus) in 18(9%) and 10 eyes(5%) respectively.CONCLUSION:S.epidermidis is the most common commensal organism followed by Haemophilus species.diphtheroids occupied the third position which otherwise are found more abundantly in literature.Pathogens like S.aureus,Staphylococcus citreus and E.coli were also found.Therefore,preoperative administration of topical broad spectrum antibiotics is extremely important in prophylaxis against ocular infection.The variation in microflora of normal conjunctiva in this part of world can be attributed to geographical,climatic and ethnic characteristics of the population under study.
文摘The normal bacterial floras in intestinal tract of ring-necked pheasant were investigated. Eight age groups were chosen. Samples of intestines were diluted in 10 fold series and incubated on different selective media. Atter incubation. aimed bacterial colonies were counted then the number of CFU/g of gut inclusions was evaluated. The data were analyzed in statistics. The physiological values of eight main normal bacterial floras were obtained. The eubiosis of normal bacterial floras in intestinal tract of ring-necked pheasant was established from its age of 10 days old to 30 days old. The dominant bacterial floras were bifidobacterium, lactobacillus and bacteroideceae.
文摘目的检测高血压大鼠肠道菌群的变化,探讨正常菌群在盐诱导高血压发生发展中的作用。方法以8%高盐饮食喂养SD雄性大鼠制备高血压模型。Real-time PCR检测菌群结构的改变,同时检测血浆炎性因子IL-1β、IL-6和TNF-α水平变化。结果同对照组大鼠血压(96.00mmHg±5.74mmHg)相比盐敏感组(122.79 mmHg±6.37 mmHg)显著升高,而盐抵抗组无明显变化;实验组大鼠体重(172.00g±15.58g,164.25g±16.11g)较对照组(377.63g±32.47g)明显降低;同对照组相比实验组菌群结构发生比例倒置,即双歧杆菌(6.19±0.47,7.52±0.47 vs 8.59±0.42)、乳杆菌(6.77±0.23,7.09±0.28 vs 7.60±0.26)、拟杆菌(8.98±0.45,8.46±0.47 vs 9.99±0.73)数量降低;肠杆菌(7.93±0.20,7.78±0.29 vs 7.28±0.27)数量升高。同盐抵抗组大鼠相比,盐敏感组双歧杆菌、乳杆菌降低更加显著,但拟杆菌数量高于盐抵抗组。两实验组大鼠血浆细胞因子IL-1β、IL-6和TNF-α水平较对照组均显著升高(P<0.05)。结论盐诱导高血压大鼠肠道菌群结构发生改变,盐敏感组双歧杆菌、乳杆菌和拟杆菌含量显著降低,提示其可能参与盐诱导高血压病程。
