Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: May 26, 2023
For
a
long
time,
the
uterus
had
been
considered
sterile
organ,
meaning
that
under
physiological
conditions
would
not
be
colonized
by
bacteria.
Based
on
available
data,
it
may
concluded
gut
and
uterine
microbiome
are
related,
role
of
this
is
greater
than
expected.
Despite
being
most
common
pelvic
neoplasms
in
women
reproductive
age,
fibroids
(UFs)
still
poorly
understood
tumors
whose
etiology
has
fully
determined.
This
systematic
review
presents
relationship
between
intestinal
dysbiosis
fibroids.
A
three
medical
databases
was
carried
out:
MEDLINE/PubMed,
Scopus
Cochrane.
In
study,
195
titles
abstracts
were
reviewed,
including
only
original
articles
clinical
trials
criteria.
Finally,
16
studies
included
to
analysis.
recent
years,
researchers
dealing
with
reproduction
broad
sense
have
focused
various
locations
study
its
pathogenesis
and,
consequently,
prevention
treatment
diseases
genital
organ.
Conventional
microbial
detection
methods
suitable
for
identifying
bacteria,
which
difficult
culture.
Next-generation
sequencing
(NGS)
provides
an
easier
faster
more
informative
analysis
bacterial
populations.
It
seems
microbiota
potential
risk
factor
or
affect
disease
process.
Some
changes
shown
many
types
such
as
Firmicutes,
Proteobacteria,
Actinobacteria
Verrucomicrobia
detected
fecal
samples
patients
view
few
results
link
fibroids,
further
intensive
humans
animal
models
necessary,
possible
use
different
modulations
Environmental Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
27(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Bacterial
degradation
of
ubiquitous
and
persistent
steroids
such
as
steroid
hormones
is
important
for
their
removal
from
the
environment.
Initial
studies
in
anaerobic
bacteria
suggested
that
ring‐cleaving
hydrolases
are
involved
oxygen‐independent
sterane
skeleton
degradation.
However,
enzymes
ring
A
cleavage
common
intermediate
androsta‐1,4‐diene‐3,17‐dione
have
remained
unknown.
Here,
we
enriched
a
hydrolase
cholesterol/nitrate
grown
Sterolibacterium
denitrificans
Escherichia
coli
after
heterologous
expression
its
gene.
This
enzyme
specifically
cleaves
cyclic
1,3‐diketone
central
intermediate,
androsta‐1,3,17‐trione
to
1,17‐dioxo‐2,3‐
seco
‐androstan‐3‐oate
(DSAO),
hallmark
reaction
The
highly
conserved
was
identified
all
known
many
previously
unknown
steroid‐degrading
proteobacteria.
Using
enzymes,
enzymatically
produced
DSAO
chemically
synthesised
androsta‐1‐en‐3,17‐dione
precursor,
allowing
identification
subsequent
metabolites
results
obtained
suggest
involvement
an
additional
hydrolase,
aldolase,
β‐oxidation‐like
cascade
complete
form
three‐ring
5,10‐
‐1,2,3,4‐tetranorandrosta‐5,17‐dione.
key
may
serve
functional
marker
monitoring
contaminant
at
anoxic
environmental
sites.
Some
bacterial
mRNAs
contain
a
region
called
riboswitch
which
controls
gene
expression
by
binding
to
metabolite
in
the
cell.
Typically,
riboswitches
sense
and
respond
limited
range
of
cellular
metabolites,
often
just
one
type.
Cell Stress,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
7(3), P. 12 - 19
Published: March 10, 2023
Recent
observations
indicate
that
the
pathogenesis
and
prognosis
of
hormone-receptor
breast
cancer
is
not
only
dictated
by
properties
malignant
cells
but
also
immune
microbial
parameters.
Thus,
immunosurveillance
system
retards
development
hormone-positive
contributes
to
therapeutic
efficacy
estrogen
receptor
antagonists
aromatase
inhibitors.
Moreover,
anticancer
response
profoundly
modulated
local
intestinal
microbiota,
which
influences
cell-intrinsic
signaling
pathways,
affects
composition
function
infiltrate
present
in
tumor
microenvironment
modulates
metabolism
estrogens.
Indeed,
specific
bacteria
gut
produce
enzymes
affect
enterohepatic
cycle
metabolites,
convert
estrogens
into
androgens
or
generate
estrogen-like
molecules.
The
knowledge
these
circuitries
its
infancy,
calling
for
further
in-depth
analyses.
Microbial Biotechnology,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
14(3), P. 1212 - 1227
Published: March 25, 2021
Summary
Steroidal
oestrogens
are
often
accumulated
in
urban
estuarine
sediments
worldwide
at
microgram
per
gram
levels.
These
aromatic
steroids
have
been
classified
as
endocrine
disruptors
and
group
1
carcinogens.
Microbial
degradation
is
a
naturally
occurring
mechanism
that
mineralizes
the
biosphere;
however,
corresponding
genes
oestrogen‐degrading
actinobacteria
remain
unidentified.
In
this
study,
we
identified
gene
cluster
encoding
several
putative
(
aed
;
actinobacterial
oestrogen
degradation)
actinobacterium
Rhodococcus
sp.
strain
B50.
Among
them,
aedA
aedB
involved
oestrogenic
A‐ring
cleavage
were
through
gene‐disruption
experiments.
We
demonstrated
oestrone
4‐hydroxylase
(AedA)
cytochrome
P450‐type
monooxygenase.
also
detected
accumulation
of
two
extracellular
metabolites,
including
pyridinestrone
acid
(PEA)
3aα‐H‐4α(3'‐propanoate)‐7aβ‐methylhexahydro‐1,5‐indanedione
(HIP),
oestrone‐fed
B50
cultures.
Since
proteobacterial
edcB
shared
<
40%
sequence
identity,
4‐hydroxyestrone
4,5‐dioxygenase
(namely
)
could
serve
specific
biomarker
to
differentiate
contribution
proteobacteria
environmental
degradation.
Therefore,
metabolites
PEA
HIP
used
biomarkers
investigate
biodegradation
an
sediment.
Interestingly,
our
data
suggested
active
degraders