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Fakankun I, Spicer V, Levin DB. Proteomic analyses of the oleaginous and carotenogenic yeast Rhodotorula diobovata across growth phases under nitrogen- and oxygen-limited conditions. J Biotechnol 2021; 332:11-19. [PMID: 33781863 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Carotenoids and triacylglycerols from yeasts are important bioproducts that can be utilized for the nutraceutical and biodiesel industries respectively. Rhodotorula diobovata is capable of producing these bioproducts under varied culture conditions. These productions have been linked to the early stationary growth phase and their levels only start to decline at the late stationary phase when carbon becomes limiting. While nitrogen-limitation influences the onset of lipogenesis, continuous synthesis and accumulation of neutral lipids (triacylglycerides) may be dependent on other culture conditions such as aeration. Proteomic analyses were conducted to enhance our understanding of changes in gene product expression under culture conditions with nitrogen-limitation, coupled with insufficient aeration, and revealed a correlation between the upregulation of proteins in the lipolysis pathways and the reduced synthesis of fatty acids at the early stationary phase. Upregulation of glycolytic pathway enzymes suggested that glucose was quickly converted into pyruvate and then acetyl-CoA. However, acetyl-CoA flux favoured carotenoids biosynthesis over fatty acid synthesis, as cells transitioned into the stationary phase. This work provides insights into how culture conditions influence gene product expression levels, pathway utilization, and end-product synthesis patterns.
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- Irene Fakankun
- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3P4, Canada.
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada.
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Dai M, Liu J, Zhang L, Tan Y, Yan J, Wang J, Nian H. Transcriptome analysis of Cryptococcus humicola under aluminum stress revealed the potential role of the cell wall in aluminum tolerance. Metallomics 2020; 12:1370-1379. [PMID: 32608423 DOI: 10.1039/d0mt00042f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Aluminum (Al) toxicity is one of the most important limiting factors for crop yield in acidic soils. Bound Al gets converted into a toxic ionic state (Al3+) in acidic soil. Recent studies have shown that Al can act on the cell walls, cell membranes, organelles, and nuclei of microorganisms and affect substance and energy metabolism. To explore the gene expression at the transcriptional level under Al stress, we sequenced the transcriptome of Cryptococcus humicola, which is a highly Al-resistant yeast strain isolated from acidic soil and tolerates up to 200 mM Al3+. The screening conditions for genes from the control and experimental group were a false discovery rate (FDR) <0.05 and log 2|FC| > 1. A total of 4760 genes were differentially expressed, among which 3066 were upregulated and 1694 were downregulated. These genes control glycometabolism, protein synthesis, lipid metabolism and signalling pathways. Eleven selected differentially expressed genes were further validated using qRT-PCR. The results suggested that Al stress leads to complex responses in C. humicola. The effects of Al on the β-d-glucan and mannose contents and Al accumulation in the cell wall were determined. With an increase in the Al treatment time and concentration, the contents of β-d-glucan and mannose showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing. Under Al treatment, the Al content of the cell wall also showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing. These results suggested that Al accumulates in the cell wall and the cell wall plays a vital role in the Al resistance of C. humicola. The differentially expressed genes provide a foundation for the further study of Al tolerance in C. humicola.
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- Mengyao Dai
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252000, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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Okai M, Suwa C, Nagaoka S, Obara N, Mitsuya D, Kurihara A, Ishida M, Urano N. Neutralization of acidic drainage by Cryptococcus sp. T1 immobilized in alginate beads. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2017; 81:2216-2224. [PMID: 28914179 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1373586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We isolated Cryptococcus sp. T1 from Lake Tazawa's acidic water in Japan. Cryptococcus sp. T1 neutralized an acidic casamino acid solution (pH 3.0) and released ammonia from the casamino acids to aid the neutralization. The neutralization volume was estimated to be approximately 0.4 mL/h. The casamino acids' amino acids decreased (1.24→0.15 mM); ammonia increased (0.22→0.99 mM). We neutralized acidic drainage water (1 L) from a Tamagawa River neutralization plant, which was run through the column with the T1-immobilized alginate beads at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min, and observed that the viscosity, particle size and amounts of the alginate beads affected the acidic drainage neutralization with an increase of the pH value from 5.26 to 6.61 in the last fraction. An increase in the Al concentration decreased Cryptococcus sp. T1's neutralization ability. After 48 h, the pH of acidic water with 50 mg/L Al was apparently lower than that without Al. Almost no pH increase was observed at 75 mg/L.
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- Masahiko Okai
- a Department of Ocean Sciences , Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Ocean Sciences , Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Ocean Sciences , Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Ocean Sciences , Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Ocean Sciences , Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- b Department of Marine Biosciences , Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Ocean Sciences , Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Ocean Sciences , Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , Tokyo , Japan
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Zhang J, Liu S, Zhang L, Nian H, Chen L. Effect of aluminum stress on the expression of calmodulin and the role of calmodulin in aluminum tolerance. J Biosci Bioeng 2016; 122:558-562. [PMID: 27133707 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Calmodulin (CaM) is a calcium ion-binding protein that regulates a variety of cellular functions through its downstream target proteins. Previous studies have reported that overexpression of CaM enhances tolerance to stress, including resistance to salt, heat, cold, drought and plant pathogens. In this study, the growth of Cryptococcus humicola was inhibited by the CaM inhibitor, trifluoperazine, under aluminum (Al) stress. The expression of CaM of C. humicola (ChCaM) was upregulated when the concentration and treatment time with Al was increased. These results indicate that Al stress affects the transcription and translation of ChCaM and that ChCaM may play an important role in Al tolerance. Transgenic ChCaM Saccharomyces cerevisiae was constructed and designated as Sc-ChCaM. The ability of Sc-ChCaM to develop resistance to Al was significantly higher than that of control yeast containing the empty vector pYES3/CT designated as Sc. The residual Al content in the medium containing ChCaM transgenic yeast in culture was significantly lower than the initial amount of Al added in the medium or the residual Al content in the medium containing the control yeast in culture. This finding suggests that ChCaM confers Al tolerance in transgenic yeast, and the absorption of active Al from the culture may be one reason for Al tolerance. These results indicate that ChCaM may be a candidate gene for Al tolerance in engineered plants.
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- Jingjing Zhang
- Biotechnology Research Center, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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Zhang J, Zhang L, Qiu J, Nian H. Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)-based proteomic analysis of Cryptococcus humicola response to aluminum stress. J Biosci Bioeng 2015; 120:359-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Revised: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Qin R, Zhang H, Li S, Jiang W, Liu D. Three major nucleolar proteins migrate from nucleolus to nucleoplasm and cytoplasm in root tip cells of Vicia faba L. exposed to aluminum. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:10736-43. [PMID: 24870286 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3057-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Results from our previous investigation indicated that Al could affect the nucleolus and induce extrusion of silver-staining nucleolar particles containing argyrophilic proteins from the nucleolus into the cytoplasm in root tip cells of Vicia faba L. So far, the nucleolar proteins involved have not been identified. It is well known that nucleophosmin (B23), nucleolin (C23), and fibrillarin are three major and multifunctional nucleolar proteins. Therefore, effects of Al on B23, C23, and fibrillarin in root tip cells of V. faba exposed to 100 μM Al for 48 h were observed and analyzed using indirect immunofluorescence microscopy and Western blotting. The results from this work demonstrated that after 100 μM of Al treatment for 48 h, B23 and C23 migrated from the nucleolus to the cytoplasm and fibrillarin from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm. In some cells, fibrillarin was present only in the cytoplasm. Western blotting data revealed higher expression of the three major nucleolar proteins in Al-treated roots compared with the control and that the B23 content increased markedly. These findings confirmed our previous observations.
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- Rong Qin
- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 510631, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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