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- Title
Bacillus cereus Response to a Proanthocyanidin Trimer, a Transcriptional and Functional Analysis.
- Authors
Tamura, Tomoko; Ozawa, Megumi; Tanaka, Naoto; Arai, Soichi; Mura, Kiyoshi
- Abstract
Proanthocyanidins are abundant in peanut skin, and in this study, the antibacterial effects of a peanut skin extract (PSE) against food-borne bacteria were investigated to find its minimum inhibitory concentration. Food-borne gram-positive bacteria, and in particular Bacillus cereus, was more sensitive to PSE. In particular, the inhibitory activity of epicatechin-(4β → 6)-epicatechin-(2β → O→7, 4β → 8)-catechin (EEC), a proanthocyanidin trimer from peanut skin, against B. cereus was stronger than that of procyanidin A1, a proanthocyanidin dimer. DNA microarray analysis of B. cereus treated with EEC was carried out, with a finding that 597 genes were significantly up-regulated. Analysis of the up-regulated genes suggested that EEC disrupted the normal condition of the cell membrane and wall of B. cereus and alter its usual nutritional metabolism. Moreover, treatment of B. cereus with EEC inhibited glucose uptake, suggesting that EEC affects the cell-surface adsorption.
- Subjects
BACILLUS cereus; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; PEANUTS; EPICATECHIN; CATECHIN; DNA microarrays
- Publication
Current Microbiology, 2016, Vol 73, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
0343-8651
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00284-016-1032-x