title: [C-ring cleavage of isoflavone daidzein by a newly-isolated facultative Enterococcus hirae AUH-HM195 from Crossoptilon mantchuricum feces].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To isolate specific bacteria capable of biotransforming isoflavone daidzein.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fresh crossoptilon mantchuricum feces was diluted serially from 10(-1) to 10(-8) in Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) liquid medium in the anaerobic chamber at 37 degrees C. Single colony was isolated and incubated in BHI liquid medium containing 0.1 mmol/L daidzein under anaerobic conditions. The culture medium was detected by HPLC method after being incubated for 3 days.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A gram-positive facultative anaerobic bacterium designated strain AUH-HM195 capable of cleaving the C-ring of isoflavone daidzein was isolated. Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) search on the GenBank revealed that the full-length of 16S rDNA gene sequence for strain AUH-HM195 has 100% similarity to that of Enterococcus hirae (DSM20160). Based on HPLC retention time, UV spectrum, 1H and 13C NMR analysis,the metabolite of daidzein by strain Enterococcus hirae AUH-HM195 was identified as O-desmethylangolensin. Two peaks were observed when purified O-desmethylangolensin was eluted on a chiral column. The enantiomeric excess (% e.e.) of O-desmethylangolensin was 66.9%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bacterial strain Enterococcus hirae AUH-HM195 is the first reported Enterococcus bacterium with C-ring cleavage activity. It is also the first reported facultative bacterium capable of metabolizing isoflavones.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071001, China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Shiying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chaodong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiuling
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D046094:Galliformes / Q000382:microbiology*; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
chemical_list: D007529:Isoflavones; C004742:daidzein