Cysteine dependence of Lactobacillus iners is a potential therapeutic target for vaginal microbiota modulation.
Cysteine dependence of Lactobacillus iners is a potential therapeutic target for vaginal microbiota modulation.
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10.1038/s41564-022-01070-7
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2022-03
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28.3
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Vaginal microbiota composition affects many facets of reproductive health. Lactobacillus iners-dominant microbial communities are associated with poorer outcomes, including higher risk of bacterial vaginosis (BV), compared with vaginal microbiota rich in Lactobacillus crispatus. Unfortunately, standard-of-care metronidazole therapy for BV typically results in dominance of L. iners, likely contributing to post-treatment relapse. Here we generate an L. iners isolate collection comprising 34 previously unreported isolates from 14 South African with and without BV and 4 previously unreported isolates from 3 US women and we report an associated genome catalog comprising 1,218 vaginal Lactobacillus isolate genomes and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from >300 women across four continents. We show that, unlike L. crispatus, L. iners growth is dependent on L-cysteine in vitro and we trace this phenotype to the absence of canonical cysteine biosynthesis pathways and a restricted repertoire of cysteine-related transport mechanisms. We further show cysteine concentrations in cervicovaginal lavage samples correlate with Lactobacillus abundance in vivo and that cystine uptake inhibitors selectively inhibit L. iners growth in vitro. Combining an inhibitor with metronidazole promotes L. crispatus dominance of defined BV-like communities in vitro by suppressing L. iners growth. Our findings enable a better understanding of L. iners biology and suggest candidate treatments to modulate the vaginal microbiota to improve reproductive health for women globally.
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