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Mullins N, Alashraf AR, McDermott K, Brown RS, Payne SJ. Polyethylenimine mediated recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and total viral RNA: Impact of aqueous conditions on behaviour and recovery. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 253:121207. [PMID: 38401469 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an emerging, practical surveillance tool for monitoring community levels of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, SC2). However, a paucity of data exists regarding SARS-CoV-2 and viral biomarker behaviour in aqueous and wastewater environments. Therefore, there is a pressing need to develop efficient and robust methods that both improve method sensitivity and reduce time and cost. We present a novel method for SARS-CoV-2, Human Coronavirus 229E (229E), and Pepper Mild Mottle Virus (PMMoV) recovery utilizing surface charge-based attraction via the branched cationic polymer, polyethylenimine (PEI). Initially, dose-optimization experiments demonstrated that low concentrations of PEI (0.001% w/v) proved most effective at flocculating suspended viruses and viral material, including additional unbound SC2 viral fragments and/or RNA from raw wastewater. A design-of-experiments (DOE) approach was used to optimize virus and/or viral material aggregation behaviour and recovery across varying aqueous conditions, revealing pH as a major influence on recoverability in this system, combinatorially due to both a reduction in viral material surface charge and increased protonation of PEI-bound amine groups. Overall, this method has shown great promise in significantly improving quantitative viral recovery, providing a straightforward and effective augmentation to standard centrifugation techniques.
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- Nathan Mullins
- Queen's University, Department of Civil Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada; McMaster University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Civil Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada; Queen's University, Beaty Water Research Centre, Department of Civil Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Queen's University, Department of Chemistry and School of Environmental Studies, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada; Queen's University, Beaty Water Research Centre, Department of Civil Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Queen's University, Department of Civil Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada; Queen's University, Beaty Water Research Centre, Department of Civil Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Wang S, Zhu S, Chen H. Uncovering the effect of polyethyleneimine on methane production in anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 362:127793. [PMID: 35987435 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The potential effect of polyethyleneimine as a flocculant on anaerobic digestion of sludge was investigated. Polyethyleneimine above 12 g/kg total suspended solids inhibited the entire anaerobic digestion process including solubilization, hydrolysis, acidification, and methanogenesis. The addition of 24 g/kg total suspended solids polyethyleneimine reduced methane production from 167 ± 5 L/kg volatile suspended solids in the control reactor (without polyethyleneimine) to 141 ± 5 L/kg volatile suspended solids. Polyethyleneimine bound to extracellular polymeric substances, thus enhancing sludge agglomeration and hindering the release of organics. Meanwhile, the reduction of cytochrome C impeded electron transport, consequently curbed direct interspecies electron transfer. The adsorption of carbon dioxide by amine groups also hampered methane conversion. This study elucidated the concept that polyethyleneimine reduces mass transfer in anaerobic digestion, providing new insights into the potential behavior of flocculants in sludge treatment.
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- Shiqin Wang
- College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
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Immobilization of Polyethyleneimine (PEI) on Flat Surfaces and Nanoparticles Affects Its Ability to Disrupt Bacterial Membranes. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9102176. [PMID: 34683497 PMCID: PMC8540495 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9102176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Interactions between a widely used polycationic polymer, polyethyleneimine (PEI), and a Gram-negative bacteria, E. coli, are investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM) quantitative imaging. The effect of PEI, a known membrane permeabilizer, is characterized by probing both the structure and elasticity of the bacterial cell envelope. At low concentrations, PEI induced nanoscale membrane perturbations all over the bacterial surface. Despite these structural changes, no change in cellular mechanics (Young’s modulus) was detected and the growth of E. coli is barely affected. However, at high PEI concentrations, dramatic changes in both structure and cell mechanics are observed. When immobilized on a flat surface, the ability of PEI to alter the membrane structure and reduce bacterial elasticity is diminished. We further probe this immobilization-induced effect by covalently attaching the polymer to the surface of polydopamine nanoparticles (PDNP). The nanoparticle-immobilized PEI (PDNP-PEI), though not able to induce major structural changes on the outer membrane of E. coli (in contrast to the flat surface), was able to bind to and reduce the Young’s modulus of the bacteria. Taken together, our data demonstrate that the state of polycationic polymers, whether bound or free—which greatly dictates their overall configuration—plays a major role on how they interact with and disrupt bacterial membranes.
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Pagnout C, Razafitianamaharavo A, Sohm B, Caillet C, Beaussart A, Delatour E, Bihannic I, Offroy M, Duval JFL. Osmotic stress and vesiculation as key mechanisms controlling bacterial sensitivity and resistance to TiO 2 nanoparticles. Commun Biol 2021; 4:678. [PMID: 34083706 PMCID: PMC8175758 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02213-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Toxicity mechanisms of metal oxide nanoparticles towards bacteria and underlying roles of membrane composition are still debated. Herein, the response of lipopolysaccharide-truncated Escherichia coli K12 mutants to TiO2 nanoparticles (TiO2NPs, exposure in dark) is addressed at the molecular, single cell, and population levels by transcriptomics, fluorescence assays, cell nanomechanics and electrohydrodynamics. We show that outer core-free lipopolysaccharides featuring intact inner core increase cell sensitivity to TiO2NPs. TiO2NPs operate as membrane strippers, which induce osmotic stress, inactivate cell osmoregulation and initiate lipid peroxidation, which ultimately leads to genesis of membrane vesicles. In itself, truncation of lipopolysaccharide inner core triggers membrane permeabilization/depolarization, lipid peroxidation and hypervesiculation. In turn, it favors the regulation of TiO2NP-mediated changes in cell Turgor stress and leads to efficient vesicle-facilitated release of damaged membrane components. Remarkably, vesicles further act as electrostatic baits for TiO2NPs, thereby mitigating TiO2NPs toxicity. Altogether, we highlight antagonistic lipopolysaccharide-dependent bacterial responses to nanoparticles and we show that the destabilized membrane can generate unexpected resistance phenotype.
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, Nancy, France
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Santos AS, Oliveira LFS, Marques AM, Silva DC, Mansur CR. Evaluation of the efficiency of polyethylenimine as flocculants in the removal of oil present in produced water. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.08.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Bacharouche J, Erdemli O, Rivet R, Doucouré B, Caillet C, Mutschler A, Lavalle P, Duval JFL, Gantzer C, Francius G. On the Infectivity of Bacteriophages in Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films: Inhibition or Preservation of Their Bacteriolytic Activity? ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:33545-33555. [PMID: 30192508 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b10424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance in bacterial cells has motivated the scientific community to design new and efficient (bio)materials with targeted bacteriostatic and/or bactericide properties. In this work, a series of polyelectrolyte multilayer films differing in terms of polycation-polyanion combinations are constructed according to the layer-by-layer deposition method. Their capacities to host T4 and φx174 phage particles and maintain their infectivity and bacteriolytic activity are thoroughly examined. It is found that the macroscopic physicochemical properties of the films, which includes film thickness, swelling ratio, or mechanical stiffness (as derived by atomic force microscopy and spectroscopy measurements), do not predominantly control the selectivity of the films for hosting infective phages. Instead, it is evidenced that the intimate electrostatic interactions locally operational between the loaded phages and the polycationic and polyanionic PEM components may lead to phage activity reduction and preservation/enhancement, respectively. It is argued that the underlying mechanism involves the screening of the phage capsid receptors (operational in cell recognition/infection processes) because of the formation of either polymer-phage hetero-assemblies or polymer coating surrounding the bioactive phage surface.
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- Jalal Bacharouche
- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM Unité 1121 , 11 rue Humann , 67085 Strasbourg Cedex , France
- Université de Strasbourg , Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire , 8 rue Sainte Elisabeth , 67000 Strasbourg , France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, UMR 7360 , 54501 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy , France
- CNRS, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, UMR 7360 , 54501 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM Unité 1121 , 11 rue Humann , 67085 Strasbourg Cedex , France
- Université de Strasbourg , Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire , 8 rue Sainte Elisabeth , 67000 Strasbourg , France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM Unité 1121 , 11 rue Humann , 67085 Strasbourg Cedex , France
- Université de Strasbourg , Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire , 8 rue Sainte Elisabeth , 67000 Strasbourg , France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, UMR 7360 , 54501 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy , France
- CNRS, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, UMR 7360 , 54501 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy , France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
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- Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, LCPME, UMR 7564 , Villers-lès-Nancy F-54600 , France
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Bohinc K, Bossa GV, May S. Incorporation of ion and solvent structure into mean-field modeling of the electric double layer. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 249:220-233. [PMID: 28571611 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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An electric double layer forms when the small mobile ions of an electrolyte interact with an extended charged object, a macroion. The competition between electrostatic attraction and translational entropy loss of the small ions results in a diffuse layer of partially immobilized ions in the vicinity of the macroion. Modeling structure and energy of the electric double layer has a long history that has lead to the classical Poisson-Boltzmann theory and numerous extensions that account for ion-ion correlations and structural ion and solvent properties. The present review focuses on approaches that instead of going beyond the mean-field character of Poisson-Boltzmann theory introduce structural details of the ions and the solvent into the Poisson-Boltzmann modeling framework. The former include not only excluded volume effects but also the presence of charge distributions on individual ions, spatially extended ions, and internal ionic degrees of freedom. The latter treat the solvent either explicitly as interacting Langevin dipoles or in the form of effective non-electrostatic interactions, in particular Yukawa interactions, that are added to the Coulomb potential. We discuss how various theoretical models predict structural properties of the electric double layer such as the differential capacitance and compare some of these predictions with computer simulations.
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- Klemen Bohinc
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana SI-1000, Slovenia.
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- Department of Physics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA
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Xiao Z, Chen C, Brisson ERL, Collins J, Ng WS, Connal LA. Spatial control of flocculation via light. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.28242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Zeyun Xiao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; the University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; the University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; the University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; the University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; the University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; the University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria 3010 Australia
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Duval JFL, Présent RM, Rotureau E. Kinetic and thermodynamic determinants of trace metal partitioning at biointerphases: the role of intracellular speciation dynamics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:30415-30435. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05717a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A theory is elaborated for rationalizing the impacts of intracellular metal speciation dynamics on metal uptake in suspension of charged microorganisms beyond the classical thermodynamic representation.
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- Jérôme F. L. Duval
- CNRS
- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC)
- UMR 7360
- Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501
- France
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- CNRS
- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC)
- UMR 7360
- Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501
- France
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- CNRS
- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC)
- UMR 7360
- Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501
- France
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Duval JFL. Coupled metal partitioning dynamics and toxicodynamics at biointerfaces: a theory beyond the biotic ligand model framework. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:9453-69. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07780j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A theory is developed for coupled toxicodynamics and interfacial metal partitioning dynamics, with integration of intertwined metal adsorption–internalisation–excretion-transport at the biointerface, cell growth and metal depletion from solution.
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- Jérôme F. L. Duval
- CNRS
- LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux)
- UMR7360
- Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501
- France
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Krapf MEM, Lartiges B, Merlin C, Francius G, Ghanbaja J, Duval JFL. Deciphering the aggregation mechanism of bacteria (Shewanella oneidensis MR1) in the presence of polyethyleneimine: Effects of the exopolymeric superstructure and polymer molecular weight. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2015; 139:285-93. [PMID: 26774052 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Aggregation tests between bacteria and Polyethyleneimine (PEI) of low (600g/mol) and high (750,000g/mol) molecular weight were performed in order to address the physico-chemical mechanisms underlying the interactions between cationic polymer and bacterial membranes. The selected strain, Schewanella oneidensis MR-1, produces a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of various lengths depending on the growth conditions. Optical density, bioaggregate size, electrophoretic mobility measurements, TEM and AFM observations, and cell lysis tests (crystal violet release), were collected to describe the PEI-mediated aggregation of LPS-O-antigen-free and LPS-O-antigen-decorated bacteria. The results show that PEI of low molecular weight (600g/mol) fails to aggregate bacteria, whereas PEIs of higher molecular weight (60,000 and 750,000g/mol) lead to flocculation at low polymer concentrations. In addition, the LPS-O antigen bacterial superstructure is shown to act as a protective barrier, thus delaying the harmful effects of the cationic polymer. Despite this protection, the interaction of bacterial membranes with increasing concentrations of PEI leads to a series of deleterious processes including biosurface modification (peeling, membrane permeabilization and/or lysis), aggregation of bacterial cells, and complexation of PEI with both released biosurface fragments and cytoplasmic residues issued from lysis.
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- Marie-Eve M Krapf
- CNRS, LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux), UMR7360, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501, France; Université de Lorraine, LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux), UMR7360, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501, France.
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- Université de Lorraine, LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux), UMR7360, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501, France.
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- University of Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, CNRS UMR7564, 405 rue de Vandoeuvre, F-54600 Villers-lès-Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, CNRS UMR7564, 405 rue de Vandoeuvre, F-54600 Villers-lès-Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, Laboratoire de Microscopie Electronique, Université Henri-Poincaré (Nancy I), BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France
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- CNRS, LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux), UMR7360, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501, France
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Mažeika D, Rušinas L, Stupak R, Liesienė J, Valančius Z. Optimization of Crossflow Microfiltration of Disrupted Arthrobacter luteusCells. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2014.990464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Duval JFL, Paquet N, Lavoie M, Fortin C. Dynamics of Metal Partitioning at the Cell-Solution Interface: Implications for Toxicity Assessment under Growth-Inhibiting Conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2015; 49:6625-6636. [PMID: 25945520 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Metal toxicity toward microorganisms is usually evaluated by determining growth inhibition. To achieve a mechanistic interpretation of such toxic effects, the intricate coupling between cell growth kinetics and metal partitioning dynamics at the cell-solution interface over time must be considered on a quantitative level. A formalism is elaborated to evaluate cell-surface-bound, internalized, and extracellular metal fractions in the limit where metal uptake kinetics is controlled by internalization under noncomplexing medium conditions. Cell growth kinetics is tackled using the continuous logistic equation modified to include growth inhibition by metal accumulation to intracellular or cell surface sites. The theory further includes metal-proton competition for adsorption at cell-surface binding sites, as well as possible variation of cell size during exposure to metal ions. The formalism elucidates the dramatic impacts of initial cell concentration on metal bioavailability and toxicity over time, in agreement with reported algae bioassays. It further highlights that appropriate definition of toxicity endpoints requires careful inspection of the ratio between exposure time scale and time scale of metal depletion from bulk solution. The latter depends on metal internalization-excretion rate constants, microorganism growth, and the extent of metal adsorption on nonspecific, transporter, and growth inhibitory sites. As an application of the theory, Cd toxicity in the algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata is interpreted from constrained modeling of cell growth kinetics and of interfacial Cd-partitioning dynamics measured under various exposure conditions.
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- Jérôme F L Duval
- †Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), CNRS, UMR7360, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, F-54501, France
- ‡Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine, UMR7360, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, F-54501, France
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- §Centre Eau Terre Environnement (INRS-ETE), Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 490 de la Couronne, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada
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- §Centre Eau Terre Environnement (INRS-ETE), Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 490 de la Couronne, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada
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- §Centre Eau Terre Environnement (INRS-ETE), Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 490 de la Couronne, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada
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Duval JFL, Rotureau E. Dynamics of metal uptake by charged soft biointerphases: impacts of depletion, internalisation, adsorption and excretion. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:7401-16. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00210e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A formalism is elaborated for deriving the dynamic partitioning of metal ions across an active, charged soft biointerphase with full account of metal depletion, transport, internalisation, adsorption and excretion processes.
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- Jérôme F. L. Duval
- CNRS
- LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux)
- UMR7360
- Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501, France
- Université de Lorraine
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- CNRS
- LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux)
- UMR7360
- Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy F-54501, France
- Université de Lorraine
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Duval JFL. Dynamics of metal uptake by charged biointerphases: bioavailability and bulk depletion. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:7873-88. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp00002h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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