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. 1988 Feb;54(2):337–342. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.2.337-342.1988

Effect of dietary carbohydrates on bacterial cholyltaurine hydrolase in poultry intestinal homogenates.

S D Feighner 1, M P Dashkevicz 1
PMCID: PMC202453  PMID: 3355130

Abstract

The bile salt hydrolase activity in intestinal homogenates reflects composite activities of the gastrointestinal microbial consortia. We have proposed that specific transformations of conjugated bile acids by the intestinal microflora result in the production of metabolites which depress the growth of poultry. The influence of dietary carbohydrates on the physical and kinetic properties of cholyltaurine hydrolase activity, one such bile acid-transforming enzyme in gastrointestinal homogenates of young chickens, was characterized by using a sensitive radiochemical assay. Cholyltaurine hydrolase activity in crude extracts of ileal homogenates was increased twofold by 0.25% Triton X-100 and a freeze-thaw cycle. The pH optimum for cholyltaurine hydrolase from ileal homogenates was very broad and reflected the pH range of poultry intestinal contents (i.e., 5.8 to 6.4). The carbohydrate component of the diet did not affect the apparent temperature optimum (41 degrees C) or stability profile, nor did it affect the apparent Km for taurocholic acid hydrolysis (approximately 0.43 mM). The enzymes in intestinal homogenates were active on all taurine-conjugated bile acids tested. The carbohydrate component of the diet did, however, affect the specific activity of cholyltaurine hydrolase in ileal homogenates from chickens. The levels of cholyltaurine hydrolase activity (rye greater than sucrose greater than corn) in homogenates from birds fed the different diets were directly related to the amount of growth depression (rye greater than sucrose greater than corn) associated with feeding these dietary carbohydrates. These data suggest that intestinal levels of cholyltaurine hydrolase are correlated with the amount of carbohydrate-induced growth depression in poultry.

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