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Lao A, Wu H, Huang X, Huang K, Luo X, Zheng Z. Sustained and enhanced inhibitory effects of allelochemicals on Microcystis Aeruginosa during its recruitment stage. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 946:173904. [PMID: 38885712 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Microcystis aeruginosa is the main toxic strain in cyanobacterial blooms, and the recruitment stage in its temperature-dependent seasonal succession is considered as the key to its subsequent growth. In this study, a protocol with specific temperature settings was developed as the simulated recruitment stage in order to investigate and confirm the superior inhibitory effects of allelochemicals on M. aeruginosa at that stage of recruitment. One of the most common allelochemicals, gallic acid (GA) (10 mg/L, 20 mg/L) was employed to treat M. aeruginosa under initially low temperature condition (15 °C), then intermediate (20 °C) and last normal (26 °C), which corresponds to the critical temperatures for cyanobacterial recruitment and growth. Growth, metabolism, photosynthetic activity, extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) and microcystins (MCs) release were analyzed and discussed in this study, and a more sustained and better inhibitory effect over a 20-day period was achieved. Notably, GA (10 mg/L) markedly delayed the recruitment of M. aeruginosa from low temperature, with an inhibition efficiency of 85.71 %, and suppressing Fv/Fm and photosynthetic pigments production. It is also observed that M. aeruginosa at recruitment stage exhibited higher sensitivity and poorer resistance to allelochemical treatment, with variable responses suggesting that optimal dosages may alter. The antioxidant enzyme activities remained high under prolonged stress, and the secretion of EPS was stimulated, indicating that cyanobacteria were more inclined to form colonies. While the laboratory-based inhibitory mechanism appeared to increase the release of microcystins in individual cells, the actual concentration of microcystins in natural aquatic environments requires further investigation.
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- An Lao
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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García-García AL, Hernández D, Santana-Mayor Á, Jiménez-Arias D, Boto A. TBS-pyrrole as an "universal" reference to quantify artemisinin and structurally-diverse natural products in plants extracts by NMR. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1255512. [PMID: 37841619 PMCID: PMC10570554 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1255512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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The commercial production of artemisinin and other valuable bioactive natural products depends on their plant sources, which may provide variable amounts of the compound depending on plant variety, the period of the year, abiotic stress and other factors. Therefore, it requires a method for large-scale, low-cost natural product quantification. The standard HPLC and UHPLC methods are accurate but the analysis are costly and require different optimization for structurally-diverse products. An alternative method using NMR with TBS-pyrrole as a novel "universal" reference affords a simple, fast method to quantify many different products. The method is shown with antimalarial artemisinin, whose yield using conventional and novel extraction procedures was determined by standard UHPLC-MS procedures and by our NMR protocol, with similar quantification results. The novel reference compound does not interfere with artemisinin or extract signals, only needs a small amount of the extract, is accurate and operationally simple, and a large volume of samples can be processed in little time. Moreover, bioactive terpenes, steroids, alkaloids, aromatic compounds, and quinones, among others, were quantified in a model vegetal extract with this "universal" reference with excellent accuracy.
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- Ana L. García-García
- Grupo de Síntesis de Fármacos y Compuestos Bioactivos, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), La Laguna, Spain
- Programa de Doctorado de Química e Ingeniería Química, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
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- Grupo de Síntesis de Fármacos y Compuestos Bioactivos, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), La Laguna, Spain
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- Fundación Canaria General de la Universidad de La Laguna, Edificio Servicios Generales de Apoyo a la Investigación (SEGAI), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
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- Isoplexis-Centro de Agricultura Sustentável e Tecnologia Alimentar, Universidade da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
- Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, La Laguna, Spain
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- Grupo de Síntesis de Fármacos y Compuestos Bioactivos, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), La Laguna, Spain
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Allelopathic inhibition effects and mechanism of phenolic acids to Microcystis aeruginosa. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:45388-45397. [PMID: 36705822 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24992-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Allelochemicals are essential agents for the biological control of harmful blooms. It is crucial to identify efficient algal suppressors and understand their mechanisms. This study reports the inhibition of Microcystis aeruginosa growth by 6 phenolic acids derived from plants' secondary metabolites. The inhibitory effect of phenolic acids was significantly influenced by exposure dose and phenolic acid species. Caffeic acid has the most efficient algal inhibition ability (96 h-EC50 of 5.8 mg/L). In contrast, the other 5 analogs (cinnamic acid, p-coumaric acid, 3-hydroxycinnamic acid, ferulic acid, and isoferulic acid) showed a weak inhibition effect or promotion effect with the exposure dose of 5-100 mg/L. ROS and chlorophyll a content tests combined with metabolomics analysis revealed that caffeic acid could induce the ROS accumulation of M. aeruginosa. They mainly disturbed nucleotide, amino acid, and fatty acid metabolism, leading to the downregulation of most metabolites, including toxins of microcystin LR and cyanopeptolin A, and the precursors of some unpleasant terpenoids. It has been suggested that caffeic acid is an effective agent for controlling M. aeruginosa blooms.
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Potential Use of Aquatic Vascular Plants to Control Cyanobacterial Blooms: A Review. WATER 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/w14111727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Intense “blooming” of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) caused by eutrophication and climate change poses a serious threat to freshwater ecosystems and drinking water safety. Preventing the proliferation of cyanobacteria and reducing water nutrient load is a priority for the restoration of eutrophic water bodies. Aquatic plants play an important role in the function and structure of aquatic ecosystems, affecting the physiochemistry of the water and bottom sediments, primary production, and biotic interactions that support a balanced ecosystem. This review examines the inhibitory effect of aquatic vascular plants on harmful blooms of cyanobacteria. Aquatic plants are able to successfully inhibit the growth of cyanobacteria through various mechanisms, including by reducing nutrient and light availability, creating favorable conditions for the development of herbivorous zooplankton, and releasing allelopathic active substances (allelochemicals) with algicidal effect. Allelopathy is species-specific and therefore acts as one of the key mechanisms by which the development of cyanobacterial populations in aquatic ecosystems is regulated. However, allelopathic activity of aquatic vascular plants depends on various factors (species characteristics of aquatic plants, area, and density of overgrowth of water bodies, physiochemical properties of allelopathically active substances, hydrological and hydrochemical regimes, temperature, light intensity, etc.), which may regulate the impact of allelochemicals on algal communities. The paper also discusses some problematic aspects of using fast-growing species of aquatic vascular plants to control cyanobacterial blooms.
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Chen YD, Zhu Y, Xin JP, Zhao C, Tian RN. Succinic acid inhibits photosynthesis of Microcystis aeruginosa via damaging PSII oxygen-evolving complex and reaction center. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:58470-58479. [PMID: 34114144 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14811-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To elucidate the mechanism of succinic acid (SA) inhibition of Microcystis aeruginosa, the chlorophyll fluorescence transients, photosynthesis, photosynthetic electron transport activity, and gene expression of M. aeruginosa were evaluated under various doses of SA. The results demonstrated that, after treatment with 60 mg L-1 SA for 1 h, the chlorophyll fluorescence transients and related parameters changed significantly, indicating that the function and structure of photosynthetic apparatuses of Microcystis were seriously damaged. The initial quantum efficiency α, maximum net photosynthetic rate Pnmax, dark respiration rate Rd, and gross photosynthetic rate decreased to 57%, 49%, 49%, and 46%, respectively, relative to the control. Furthermore, photosystem II (PSII) activity (H2O→p-BQ) and the electron transport activity of H2O→MV and DPC→MV significantly decreased. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that, following incubation with 60 mg L-1 SA for 24 h, the expression level of core protein genes (psbA, psaB, psbD, and psbO) of the photosynthesis centers photosystem I (PSI) and PSII decreased significantly. However, the transcription of gene nblA encoding phycobilisome degradation protein was elevated. The downregulation of the rbcL gene, which encodes the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco), resulted in the suppression of CO2 fixation and assimilation. High concentration (60 mg L-1) of SA resulted in damage to oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) and reaction center of PSII, blocking photosynthetic electron transport, thereby lowering the rate photosynthesis and inhibiting the growth of Microcystis. We concluded that inhibition of photosynthesis is an important mechanism of SA inhibition in M. aeruginosa.
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- Yi-Dong Chen
- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China.
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Jeong SY, Son HJ. Effects of mycosubtilin homolog algicides from a marine bacterium, Bacillus sp. SY-1, against the harmful algal bloom species Cochlodinium polykrikoides. J Microbiol 2021; 59:389-400. [PMID: 33779952 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-021-1086-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The marine bacterium, Bacillus sp. SY-1, produced algicidal compounds that are notably active against the bloom-forming alga Cochlodinium polykrikoides. We isolated three algicidal compounds and identified these as mycosubtilins with molecular weights of 1056, 1070, and 1084 (designated MS 1056, 1070, and 1084, respectively), based on amino acid analyses and 1H, 13C, and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, including 1H-15N heteronuclear multiple bond correlation analysis. MS 1056 contains a β-amino acid residue with an alkyl side chain of C15, which has not previously been seen in known mycosubtilin families. MS 1056, 1070, and 1084 showed algicidal activities against C. polykrikoides with 6-h LC50 values of 2.3 ± 0.4, 0.8 ± 0.2, and 0.6 ± 0.1 μg/ml, respectively. These compounds also showed significant algicidal activities against other harmful algal bloom species. In contrast, MS 1084 showed no significant growth inhibitory effects against other organisms, including bacteria and microalgae, although does inhibit the growth of some fungi and yeasts. These observations imply that the algicidal bacterium Bacillus sp. SY-1 and its algicidal compounds could play an important role in regulating the onset and development of harmful algal blooms in natural environments.
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- Seong-Yun Jeong
- Department of Biomedical, Daegu Catholic University, Gyengsan, 38430, Republic of Korea
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- College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang, 50463, Republic of Korea.
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Zhu X, Dao G, Tao Y, Zhan X, Hu H. A review on control of harmful algal blooms by plant-derived allelochemicals. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 401:123403. [PMID: 32659587 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have several negative impacts on aquatic ecosystem, and even harm to humans. Utilization of allelochemicals to inhibit microalgal overgrowth is an environment-friendly approach for controlling HABs. This paper demonstrated the development of allelochemicals with algicidal effects, including the development history of allelopathy, the application methods, the reported allelopathic plants and their derived allelochemicals. Allelopathy is a promising strategy to control HABs as the effectiveness of allelochemicals on inhibiting microalgae cells has been discovered and confirmed for many years. The proposed allelopathic mechanisms and species-selective properties were expounded as well. Moreover, this paper further proposed suggestions for the further research and development of allelopathy strategy for HABs control.
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- Xiaoqin Zhu
- Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Institute, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China.
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- Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Institute, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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- Shenzhen Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Institute, Shenzhen 518055, PR China; Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
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