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ArticlePloS one2024

Construction and characterization of a hypervesiculation strain of Escherichia coli Nissle 1917.

Tomomi Sawabe, Yoshihiro Ojima, Mao Nakagawa, Toru Sawada, Yuhei O Tahara, Makoto Miyata, Masayuki Azuma

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Article in PloS one, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Engineered Bacteria-Vesicle Delivered Lactate Reprogramming Boosts Tumor Radiosensitivity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomomi SawabeDepartment of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Yoshihiro OjimaDepartment of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7968-107X
Mao NakagawaDepartment of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Toru SawadaDepartment of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Yuhei O TaharaGraduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Makoto MiyataGraduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Masayuki AzumaDepartment of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka Metropolitan University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are produced by Gram-negative bacteria and deliver microbial molecules to distant target cells in a host. OMVs secreted by probiotic probiotic strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) have been reported to induce an immune response. In this study, we aimed to increase the OMV production of EcN. The double gene knockout of mlaE and nlpI was conducted in EcN because the ΔmlaEΔnlpI of experimental strain E. coli K12 showed the highest OMV production in our previous report. The ΔmlaEΔnlpI of EcN showed approximately 8 times higher OMV production compared with the parental (wild-type) strain. Quick-freeze, deep-etch replica electron microscopy revealed that plasmolysis occurred in the elongated ΔmlaEΔnlpI cells and the peptidoglycan (PG) had numerous holes. While these phenomena are similar to the findings for the ΔmlaEΔnlpI of K12, there were more PG holes in the ΔmlaEΔnlpI of EcN than the K12 strain, which were observed not only at the tip of the long axis but also in the whole PG structure. Further analysis clarified that the viability of ΔmlaEΔnlpI of EcN decreased compared with that of the wild-type. Although the amount of PG in ΔmlaEΔnlpI cells was about half of that in wild-type, the components of amino acids in PG did not change in ΔmlaEΔnlpI. Although the viability decreased compared to the wild-type, the ΔmlaEΔnlpI grew in normal culture conditions. The hypervesiculation strain constructed here is expected to be used as an enhanced probiotic strain.

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Escherichia coli ProteinsProbioticsCell WallEscherichia coliEscherichia coli Proteins

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PMCPMC10986995
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