Association of tannase-producing Staphylococcus lugdunensis with colon cancer and characterization of a novel tannase gene

The relationship between Streptococcus (St.) bovis endocarditis and colon cancer is well known. In St. bovis, the biotype I strain (formerly, St. gallolyticus) produces tannase that degrades tannins. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of tannase-producing bacteria with colon ca...

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Published in:Journal of gastroenterology 2007-05, Vol.42 (5), p.346-351
Main Authors: Noguchi, Norihisa, Ohashi, Takashi, Shiratori, Taisei, Narui, Koji, Hagiwara, Tadashi, Ko, Mari, Watanabe, Kiyoshi, Miyahara, Takeo, Taira, Satoru, Moriyasu, Fuminori, Sasatsu, Masanori
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adenoma - microbiology
Aged
Biomarkers - metabolism
Blotting, Southern
Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases - genetics
Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases - metabolism
Colonic Neoplasms - microbiology
Feces - microbiology
Female
Genetic Markers
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rectum - microbiology
Staphylococcus - metabolism
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Summary:The relationship between Streptococcus (St.) bovis endocarditis and colon cancer is well known. In St. bovis, the biotype I strain (formerly, St. gallolyticus) produces tannase that degrades tannins. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of tannase-producing bacteria with colon cancer, and to identify the major tannase-producing bacteria and the gene involved. Tannase-producing bacteria were isolated in tannic acid-treated selective agar medium from feces and rectal swabs of 357 patients who underwent colon endoscopy from 1999 to 2004. Tannase-producing bacteria were isolated more frequently from the colon cancer group (24.3%) than from the adenoma or normal groups (14.4%; P < 0.05). S. gallolyticus, Staphylococcus (S.) lugdunensis, Lactobacillus (L.) plantarum, and L. pentosus were all identified as tannase-producing bacteria. Of these, S. lugdunensis was significantly isolated from the advanced-stage cancer group (22.2%; P < 0.001) more than from the early-stage cancer (8.6%) or adenoma (4.9%) groups. The gene (tanA) for tannase in S. lugdunensis was cloned and sequenced. The tanA gene was associated with all S. lugdunensis but not with other bacteria by Southern blotting and polymerase chain reaction. Tannase-producing S. lugdunensis is associated with advanced-stage colon cancer, and the tanA gene is a useful marker for the detection of S. lugdunensis.
ISSN:0944-1174
1435-5922
DOI:10.1007/s00535-007-2012-5