Isolation and characterization of cholic acid 7alpha-dehydroxylating fecal bacteria from cholesterol gallstone patients.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND/AIMS:The development of cholesterol gallstones, in some patients, has been associated with increased proportions of deoxycholic acid in the bile acid pool. Deoxycholic acid is a microbial product of cholic acid 7alpha-dehydroxylation in the intestines. The levels and activities of bile acid 7alpha-dehydroxylating bacteria have been reported to be increased in gallstone patients. The aim of the current study was to isolate 7alpha-dehydroxylating bacteria from gallstone patients and determine if these individuals are colonized by similar bacterial species. METHODS:The levels of 7alpha-dehydroxylating bacteria in fecal samples were determined by fecal dilutions in 24 gallstone patients and 10 controls. 7alpha-Dehydroxylating bacteria were isolated by a non-selective streak plate technique and 7alpha-dehydroxylation activity was determined by measuring the conversion of [14C]-cholic acid to [14C]-deoxycholic acid using thin-layer chromatography. RESULTS:Gallstone patients had >42-fold (p<0.01) higher levels of 7alpha-dehydroxylating bacteria than patients who had not developed gallstones. Eighteen strains of 7alpha-dehydroxylating bacteria were isolated from eight gallstone patients. Attempts to isolate 7alpha-dehydroxylating bacteria from ten control patients were unsuccessful using identical isolation techniques. Surprisingly, all strains of bacteria isolated from gallstone patients appear to belong to the genus Clostridium. CONCLUSION:Gallstone patients have higher levels of 7alpha-dehydroxylating fecal bacteria and appear to harbor only members of the genus Clostridium with this activity.

journal_name

J Hepatol

journal_title

Journal of hepatology

authors

Wells JE,Berr F,Thomas LA,Dowling RH,Hylemon PB

doi

10.1016/s0168-8278(00)80183-x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-01-01 00:00:00

pages

4-10

issue

1

eissn

0168-8278

issn

1600-0641

pii

S0168-8278(00)80183-X

journal_volume

32

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