Microbial transformations of human bile acids

DV Guzior, RA Quinn - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Bile acids play key roles in gut metabolism, cell signaling, and microbiome composition.
While the liver is responsible for the production of primary bile acids, microbes in the gut …

Consequences of bile salt biotransformations by intestinal bacteria

JM Ridlon, SC Harris, S Bhowmik, DJ Kang… - Gut …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Emerging evidence strongly suggest that the human “microbiome” plays an important role in
both health and disease. Bile acids function both as detergents molecules promoting …

Bile salt hydrolases shape the bile acid landscape and restrict Clostridioides difficile growth in the murine gut

MH Foley, ME Walker, AK Stewart, S O'Flaherty… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bile acids (BAs) mediate the crosstalk between human and microbial cells and influence
diseases including Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). While bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) …

Bile salt hydrolase catalyses formation of amine-conjugated bile acids

B Rimal, SL Collins, CE Tanes, ER Rocha, MA Granda… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract produce amino acid bile acid amidates that can affect
host-mediated metabolic processes,,,,–; however, the bacterial gene (s) responsible for their …

Interactions between gut bacteria and bile in health and disease

SL Long, CGM Gahan, SA Joyce - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Bile acids are synthesized from cholesterol in the liver and released into the intestine to aid
the digestion of dietary lipids. The host enzymes that contribute to bile acid synthesis in the …

Interaction of gut microbiota with bile acid metabolism and its influence on disease states

C Staley, AR Weingarden, A Khoruts… - Applied microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
Primary bile acids serve important roles in cholesterol metabolism, lipid digestion, host-
microbe interactions, and regulatory pathways in the human host. While most bile acids are …

Taxonomic profiling and populational patterns of bacterial bile salt hydrolase (BSH) genes based on worldwide human gut microbiome

Z Song, Y Cai, X Lao, X Wang, X Lin, Y Cui… - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Background Bile salt hydrolase plays an important role in bile acid-mediated signaling
pathways, which regulate lipid absorption, glucose metabolism, and energy homeostasis …

Bile resistance mechanisms in Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium

L Ruiz, A Margolles, B Sánchez - Frontiers in microbiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Probiotics are live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a
health benefit on the host. Most of the probiotic bacteria currently available in the market …

Functional and comparative metagenomic analysis of bile salt hydrolase activity in the human gut microbiome

BV Jones, M Begley, C Hill… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) catalyze the “gateway” reaction in a wider pathway of bile acid
modification by the gut microbiota. Because bile acids function as signaling molecules …

New insights into bacterial bile resistance mechanisms: the role of bile salt hydrolase and its impact on human health

AY Bustos, GF de Valdez, S Fadda… - Food Research …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bile acids (BA), the major components of bile, are biological detergents that facilitate the
emulsification and solubilization of dietary lipids and also display potent antimicrobial …