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Bampidis V, Azimonti G, Bastos MDL, Christensen H, Dusemund B, Durjava M, Kouba M, López‐Alonso M, López Puente S, Marcon F, Mayo B, Pechová A, Petkova M, Ramos F, Villa RE, Woutersen R, Martelli G, Brozzi R, Galobart J, Innocenti ML, Ortuño J, Pettenati E, Pizzo F, Tarrés‐Call J, Vettori MV, Radovnikovic A. Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of fumonisin esterase produced with Komagataella phaffii NCAIM (P) Y001485 for all pigs (piglets, pigs for fattening, sows and minor growing and reproductive porcine species) (Dr. Bata Ltd.). EFSA J 2024; 22:e8614. [PMID: 38464413 PMCID: PMC10921364 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of the additive based on fumonisin esterase (Free Yeast® F), produced with a genetically modified strain of Komagataella phaffii. The additive is categorised as a technological feed additive, for the reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins and intended for use in all pigs species (piglets, pigs for fattening, sows and minor growing and reproductive porcine species). It was shown that the production strain and its recombinant genes are not present in the additive. The FEEDAP Panel concluded that the additive is safe for weaned and suckling piglets and pigs for fattening, and all minor growing porcine species up to 60 U/kg complete feed. No conclusions can be drawn on the safety of the additive in sows. The use of the additive in animal nutrition is of no concern for consumer safety. The additive is dust-free, and therefore, respiratory sensitisation/irritation is unlikely. The additive is non-irritant to the eyes and the skin. No conclusion could be made on skin sensitisation. The use of the additive as a feed additive is considered safe for the environment. The Panel concluded that the additive is efficacious as technological feed additive for the reduction of feed contamination by fumonisins, when used at the minimum recommended concentration of 60 U/kg. This conclusion can be extrapolated to all growing and reproductive pigs and other minor porcine species.
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Baugh AC, Defalco JB, Duscent-Maitland CV, Tumen-Velasquez MP, Laniohan NS, Figatner K, Hoover TR, Karls AC, Elliott KT, Neidle EL. Regulation of tricarboxylate transport and metabolism in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0211123. [PMID: 38289138 PMCID: PMC10880598 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02111-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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Despite the significant presence of plant-derived tricarboxylic acids in some environments, few studies detail the bacterial metabolism of trans-aconitic acid (Taa) and tricarballylic acid (Tcb). In a soil bacterium, Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1, we discovered interrelated pathways for the consumption of Taa and Tcb. An intricate regulatory scheme tightly controls the transport and catabolism of both compounds and may reflect that they can be toxic inhibitors of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. The genes encoding two similar LysR-type transcriptional regulators, TcuR and TclR, were clustered on the chromosome with tcuA and tcuB, genes required for Tcb consumption. The genetic organization differed from that in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, in which tcuA and tcuB form an operon with a transporter gene, tcuC. In A. baylyi, tcuC was not cotranscribed with tcuAB. Rather, tcuC was cotranscribed with a gene, designated pacI, encoding an isomerase needed for Taa consumption. TcuC appears to transport Tcb and cis-aconitic acid (Caa), the presumed product of PacI-mediated periplasmic isomerization of Taa. Two operons, tcuC-pacI and tcuAB, were transcriptionally controlled by both TcuR and TclR, which have overlapping functions. We investigated the roles of the two regulators in activating transcription of both operons in response to multiple effector compounds, including Taa, Tcb, and Caa.IMPORTANCEIngestion of Taa and Tcb by grazing livestock can cause a serious metabolic disorder called grass tetany. The disorder, which results from Tcb absorption by ruminants, focuses attention on the metabolism of tricarboxylic acids. Additional interest stems from efforts to produce tricarboxylic acids as commodity chemicals. Improved understanding of bacterial enzymes and pathways for tricarboxylic acid metabolism may contribute to new biomanufacturing strategies.
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- Alyssa C. Baugh
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Carrell AA, Clark M, Jawdy S, Muchero W, Alexandre G, Labbé JL, Rush TA. Interactions with microbial consortia have variable effects in organic carbon and production of exometabolites among genotypes of Populus trichocarpa. PLANT DIRECT 2023; 7:e544. [PMID: 38028650 PMCID: PMC10660807 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Poplar is a short-rotation woody crop frequently studied for its significance as a sustainable bioenergy source. The successful establishment of a poplar plantation partially depends on its rhizosphere-a dynamic zone governed by complex interactions between plant roots and a plethora of commensal, mutualistic, symbiotic, or pathogenic microbes that shape plant fitness. In an exploratory endeavor, we investigated the effects of a consortium consisting of ectomycorrhizal fungi and a beneficial Pseudomonas sp. strain GM41 on plant growth (including height, stem girth, leaf, and root growth) and as well as growth rate over time, across four Populus trichocarpa genotypes. Additionally, we compared the level of total organic carbon and plant exometabolite profiles across different poplar genotypes in the presence of the microbial consortium. These data revealed no significant difference in plant growth parameters between the treatments and the control across four different poplar genotypes at 7 weeks post-inoculation. However, total organic carbon and exometabolite profiles were significantly different between the genotypes and the treatments. These findings suggest that this microbial consortium has the potential to trigger early signaling responses in poplar, influencing its metabolism in ways crucial for later developmental processes and stress tolerance.
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- Alyssa A. Carrell
- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTennesseeUSA
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- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTennesseeUSA
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- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTennesseeUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Tennessee‐KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTennesseeUSA
- Present address:
Technology HoldingSalt Lake CityUtahUSA
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- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTennesseeUSA
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Beef cattle are less prone to metabolic diseases as compared with dairy cattle; however, there are disease entities of concern in feedlot and cow-calf beef cattle operations. In one study, a prevalence of 2% was found for ruminant acidosis in a feedlot; however, there is little prevalence information published with regard to metabolic diseases in beef cattle.1 Metabolic diseases covered in this article are hypomagnesemia, ruminal acidosis, and all of the common sequelae, polioencephalomalacia, manganese deficiency, and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM).
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- Megan S Hindman
- Veterinary Production Animal Medicine Department, Iowa State University, 1712 S Riverside Dr, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
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Crouse MS, McCarthy KL, Menezes ACB, Kassetas CJ, Baumgaertner F, Kirsch JD, Dorsam S, Neville TL, Ward AK, Borowicz PP, Reynolds LP, Sedivec KK, Forcherio JC, Scott R, Caton JS, Dahlen CR. Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation and Rate of Weight Gain during the First Trimester of Gestation in Beef Heifers Alters the Fetal Liver Amino Acid, Carbohydrate, and Energy Profile at Day 83 of Gestation. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12080696. [PMID: 36005568 PMCID: PMC9416667 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12080696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of feeding heifers a vitamin and mineral supplement and targeting divergent rates of weight gain during early gestation on the fetal liver amino acid, carbohydrate, and energy profile at d 83 of gestation. Seventy-two crossbred Angus heifers were randomly assigned in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement to one of four treatments comprising the main effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation (VTM or NOVTM) and feeding to achieve different rates of weight gain (low gain [LG] 0.28 kg/day vs. moderate gain [MG] 0.79 kg/day). Thirty-five gestating heifers with female fetuses were ovariohysterectomized on d 83 of gestation and fetal liver was collected and analyzed by reverse phase UPLC-tandem mass spectrometry with positive and negative ion mode electrospray ionization, as well as by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography UPLC-MS/MS with negative ion mode ESI for compounds of known identity. The Glycine, Serine, and Threonine metabolism pathway and the Leucine, Isoleucine, and Valine metabolism pathway had a greater total metabolite abundance in the liver of the NOVTM-LG group and least in the VTM-LG group (p < 0.01). Finally, both the TCA Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation pathways within the Energy Metabolism superpathway were differentially affected by the main effect of VTM, where the TCA cycle metabolites were greater (p = 0.04) in the NOVTM fetal livers and the Oxidative Phosphorylation biochemicals were greater (p = 0.02) in the fetal livers of the VTM supplemented heifers. These data demonstrate that the majority of metabolites that are affected by rate of weight gain or vitamin/mineral supplementation are decreased in heifers on a greater rate of weight gain or vitamin/mineral supplementation.
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- Matthew S. Crouse
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933, USA
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA;
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Central Grasslands Research Extension Center, North Dakota State University, Streeter, ND 58483, USA;
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- Purina Animal Nutrition LLC, Grays Summit, MO 63039, USA; (J.C.F.); (R.S.)
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- Purina Animal Nutrition LLC, Grays Summit, MO 63039, USA; (J.C.F.); (R.S.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA; (A.C.B.M.); (C.J.K.); (F.B.); (J.D.K.); (S.D.); (T.L.N.); (A.K.W.); (P.P.B.); (L.P.R.); (J.S.C.); (C.R.D.)
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Cyanide as a primordial reductant enables a protometabolic reductive glyoxylate pathway. Nat Chem 2022; 14:170-178. [PMID: 35115655 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00878-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Investigation of prebiotic metabolic pathways is predominantly based on abiotically replicating the reductive citric acid cycle. While attractive from a parsimony point of view, attempts using metal/mineral-mediated reductions have produced complex mixtures with inefficient and uncontrolled reactions. Here we show that cyanide acts as a mild and efficient reducing agent mediating abiotic transformations of tricarboxylic acid intermediates and derivatives. The hydrolysis of the cyanide adducts followed by their decarboxylation enables the reduction of oxaloacetate to malate and of fumarate to succinate, whereas pyruvate and α-ketoglutarate themselves are not reduced. In the presence of glyoxylate, malonate and malononitrile, alternative pathways emerge that bypass the challenging reductive carboxylation steps to produce metabolic intermediates and compounds found in meteorites. These results suggest a simpler prebiotic forerunner of today's metabolism, involving a reductive glyoxylate pathway without oxaloacetate and α-ketoglutarate-implying that the extant metabolic reductive carboxylation chemistries are an evolutionary invention mediated by complex metalloproteins.
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Mert S, Bulutoglu B, Chu C, Dylewski M, Lin FM, Yu YM, Yarmush ML, Sheridan RL, Uygun K. Multiorgan Metabolomics and Lipidomics Provide New Insights Into Fat Infiltration in the Liver, Muscle Wasting, and Liver-Muscle Crosstalk Following Burn Injury. J Burn Care Res 2020; 42:269-287. [PMID: 32877506 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraa145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Burn injury mediated hypermetabolic syndrome leads to increased mortality among severe burn victims, due to liver failure and muscle wasting. Metabolic changes may persist up to 2 years following the injury. Thus, understanding the underlying mechanisms of the pathology is crucially important to develop appropriate therapeutic approaches. We present detailed metabolomic and lipidomic analyses of the liver and muscle tissues in a rat model with a 30% body surface area burn injury located at the dorsal skin. Three hundred and thirty-eight of 1587 detected metabolites and lipids in the liver and 119 of 1504 in the muscle tissue exhibited statistically significant alterations. We observed excessive accumulation of triacylglycerols, decreased levels of S-adenosylmethionine, increased levels of glutamine and xenobiotics in the liver tissue. Additionally, the levels of gluconeogenesis, glycolysis, and tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolites are generally decreased in the liver. On the other hand, burn injury muscle tissue exhibits increased levels of acyl-carnitines, alpha-hydroxyisovalerate, ophthalmate, alpha-hydroxybutyrate, and decreased levels of reduced glutathione. The results of this preliminary study provide compelling observations that liver and muscle tissues undergo distinctly different changes during hypermetabolism, possibly reflecting liver-muscle crosstalk. The liver and muscle tissues might be exacerbating each other's metabolic pathologies, via excessive utilization of certain metabolites produced by each other.
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- Safak Mert
- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
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- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Burns Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Surgery, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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Metagenomics analysis of rhizospheric bacterial communities of Saccharum arundinaceum growing on organometallic sludge of sugarcane molasses-based distillery. 3 Biotech 2020; 10:316. [PMID: 32612900 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02310-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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The present paper aims to explore the rhizospheric bacterial communities associated with Saccharum arundinaceum grown on organometallic pollutants-rich hazardous distillery sludge. The sequence analysis of 16S rRNA V3-V4 hypervariable region with Illumina MiSeq platform showed 621,897 OTUs derived from rhizospheric and non-rhizospheric distillery sludge samples out of 1,191,014 and 901,757 sequences read, respectively. The major phyla detected in rhizospheric sludge sample were Proteobacteria (50%), Bacteriodetes (33%), Firmicutes (5%) Gemmatimonadetes (2%), Chloroflexi (2%), and Tenericutes (2%). The dominant three genera were detected as Rheinheimera (21%), Sphingobacterium (17%), and Idiomarina (8%). In addition, other minor genera such as uncultured Bacillus (4%), Acidothermus (4%), Bacillus (3%), Pseudomonas (2%), Flavobacterium (2%), uncultured bacterium (2%), Parapedobacter (2%), Alcanivorax (2%), Acholeplasma (2%), Hyphomonas (1%), and Aquamicrobium were also detected (1%) in rhizospheric sludge. Our results suggested that rhizospheric bacterial communities associated with S. arundinaceum were substantially different in richness, diversity, and relative abundance of taxa compared to non-rhizospheric sludge. Further, the comparative organic pollutant analysis from non-rhizospheric and rhizospheric sludge samples through GC-MS analysis revealed the disappearance of few compounds and generation of some compounds as new metabolic products by the activity of rhizospheric bacterial communities. The results of this study will be helpful in understanding the role of rhizospheric bacterial communities responsible for degradation and detoxification of complex organometallic waste and, thus, can help in designing appropriate phytoremediation studies for eco-restoration of polluted sites.
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Zhang J, Yu H, Li S, Zhong X, Wang H, Liu X. Comparative metabolic profiling of Ophiocordyceps sinensis and its cultured mycelia using GC-MS. Food Res Int 2020; 134:109241. [PMID: 32517908 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ophiocordyceps sinensis, one of the well-known traditional Chinese medicine, has multiple health-promoting effects. It is used as herbal remedy and health food in Asian countries, together with its cultured mycelia used as a substitute of natural O. sinensis. In the present study, natural O. sinensis collected from three geographical regions and its cultured mycelia derived from three strains were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) combined with chemometrics. A total of 72 metabolites were identified from all samples with different metabolic profiles observed between natural O. sinensis and cultured mycelia. Among them, 50 metabolites showed significant differences between natural O. sinensis and cultured mycelia. Higher levels of trehalose, glycerol and citric acid in natural O. sinensis were found compared to those in cultured mycelia, while myo-inositol and some amino acids were more abundant in cultured mycelia. In addition, chemical compositions of natural O. sinensis varied depending on the geographical regions. Natural O. sinensis from three locations were clearly differentiated by the concentrations of meso-erythritol, D-mannitol, glucose and organic acids. The current study provides a comprehensive metabolic profiles of natural O. sinensis and its cultured mycelia, which is potentially important for understanding the metabolism of O. sinensis and facilitating the application of cultured mycelia as a supplement of natural O. sinensis.
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- Jianshuang Zhang
- School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China; Food and Health Engineering Research Center of State Education Ministry, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China.
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- Food and Health Engineering Research Center of State Education Ministry, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Food and Health Engineering Research Center of State Education Ministry, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Food and Health Engineering Research Center of State Education Ministry, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Food and Health Engineering Research Center of State Education Ministry, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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Chandra R, Kumar V. Detection of Bacillus and Stenotrophomonas species growing in an organic acid and endocrine-disrupting chemical-rich environment of distillery spent wash and its phytotoxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2017; 189:26. [PMID: 28000121 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5746-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Sugarcane molasses-based distillery spent wash (DSW) is well known for its toxicity and complex mixture of various recalcitrant organic pollutants with acidic pH, but the chemical nature of these pollutants is unknown. This study revealed the presence of toxic organic acids (butanedioic acid bis(TMS)ester; 2-hydroxysocaproic acid; benzenepropanoic acid, α-[(TMS)oxy], TMS ester; vanillylpropionic acid, bis(TMS)), and other recalcitrant organic pollutants (2-furancarboxylic acid, 5-[[(TMS)oxy] methyl], TMS ester; benzoic acid 3-methoxy-4-[(TMS)oxy], TMS ester; and tricarballylic acid 3TMS), which are listed as endocrine-disrupting chemicals. In addition, several major heavy metals were detected, including Fe (163.947), Mn (4.556), Zn (2.487), and Ni (1.175 mg l-1). Bacterial community analysis by restriction fragment length polymorphism revealed that Bacillus and Stenotrophomonas were dominant autochthonous bacterial communities belonging to the phylum Firmicutes and γ-Proteobacteria, respectively. The presence of Bacillus and Stenotrophomonas species in highly acidic environments indicated its broad range adaptation. These findings indicated that these autochthonous bacterial communities were pioneer taxa for in situ remediation of this hazardous waste during ecological succession. Further, phytotoxicity assay of DSW with Phaseolus mungo L. and Triticum aestivum revealed that T. aestivum was more sensitive than P. mungo L. in the seed germination test. The results of this study may be useful for monitoring and toxicity assessment of sugarcane molasses-based distillery waste at disposal sites.
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- Ram Chandra
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Environmental Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31 M.G. Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226001, India.
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, School for Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226025, India.
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, School for Environmental Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Vidya Vihar, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226025, India
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Williams A, Hayashi T, Wolozny D, Yin B, Su TC, Betenbaugh MJ, Su TP. The non-apoptotic action of Bcl-xL: regulating Ca(2+) signaling and bioenergetics at the ER-mitochondrion interface. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2016; 48:211-25. [PMID: 27155879 PMCID: PMC6737942 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-016-9664-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Bcl-2 family proteins are known to competitively regulate Ca(2+); however, the specific inter-organelle signaling pathways and related cellular functions are not fully elucidated. In this study, a portion of Bcl-xL was detected at the ER-mitochondrion interface or MAM (mitochondria-associated ER membrane) in association with type 3 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R3); an association facilitated by the BH4 and transmembrane domains of Bcl-xL. Moreover, increasing Bcl-xL expression enhanced transient mitochondrial Ca(2+) levels upon ER Ca(2+) depletion induced by short-term, non-apoptotic incubation with thapsigargin (Tg), while concomitantly reducing cytosolic Ca(2+) release. These mitochondrial changes appear to be IP3R3-dependent and resulted in decreased NAD/NADH ratios and higher electron transport chain oxidase activity. Interestingly, extended Tg exposure stimulated ER stress, but not apoptosis, and further enhanced TCA cycling. Indeed, confocal analysis indicated that Bcl-xL translocated to the MAM and increased its interaction with IP3R3 following extended Tg treatment. Thus, the MAM is a critical cell-signaling junction whereby Bcl-xL dynamically interacts with IP3R3 to coordinate mitochondrial Ca(2+) transfer and alters cellular metabolism in order to increase the cells' bioenergetic capacity, particularly during periods of stress.
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- Abasha Williams
- Cellular Pathobiology Section, IRP, NIDA, NIH, DHHS, 333 Cassell Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
- Division of Biotechnology Review and Research II, FDA/CDER/OPS/OBP, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA
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- Cellular Pathobiology Section, IRP, NIDA, NIH, DHHS, 333 Cassell Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
- Seiwakai Nishikawa Hospital, 293-2 Minato-Machi, Hamada, Shimane, 697-0052, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Cellular Pathobiology Section, IRP, NIDA, NIH, DHHS, 333 Cassell Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
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- Cellular Pathobiology Section, IRP, NIDA, NIH, DHHS, 333 Cassell Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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Scientific Opinion on the safety and efficacy of fumonisin esterase (FUMzyme®) as a technological feed additive for pigs. EFSA J 2014. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Song Y, Yu J, Huang B. Elevated CO2-mitigation of high temperature stress associated with maintenance of positive carbon balance and carbohydrate accumulation in Kentucky bluegrass. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89725. [PMID: 24662768 PMCID: PMC3963838 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Elevated CO2 concentration may promote plant growth while high temperature is inhibitory for C3 plant species. The interactive effects of elevated CO2 and high temperatures on C3 perennial grass growth and carbon metabolism are not well documented. Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) plants were exposed to two CO2 levels (400 and 800 μmol mol-1) and five temperatures (15/12, 20/17, 25/22, 30/27, 35/32°C, day/night) in growth chambers. Increasing temperatures to 25°C and above inhibited leaf photosynthetic rate (Pn) and shoot and root growth, but increased leaf respiration rate (R), leading to a negative carbon balance and a decline in soluble sugar content under ambient CO2. Elevated CO2 did not cause shift of optimal temperatures in Kentucky bluegrass, but promoted Pn, shoot and root growth under all levels of temperature (15, 20, 25, 30, and 35°C) and mitigated the adverse effects of severe high temperatures (30 and 35°C). Elevated CO2-mitigation of adverse effects of high temperatures on Kentucky bluegrass growth could be associated with the maintenance of a positive carbon balance and the accumulation of soluble sugars and total nonstructural carbohydrates through stimulation of Pn and suppression of R and respiratory organic acid metabolism.
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- Yali Song
- College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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- College of Agro-Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Campbell C, Grapov D, Fiehn O, Chandler CJ, Burnett DJ, Souza EC, Casazza GA, Gustafson MB, Keim NL, Newman JW, Hunter GR, Fernandez JR, Garvey WT, Harper ME, Hoppel CL, Meissen JK, Take K, Adams SH. Improved metabolic health alters host metabolism in parallel with changes in systemic xeno-metabolites of gut origin. PLoS One 2014; 9:e84260. [PMID: 24416208 PMCID: PMC3885560 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Novel plasma metabolite patterns reflective of improved metabolic health (insulin sensitivity, fitness, reduced body weight) were identified before and after a 14–17 wk weight loss and exercise intervention in sedentary, obese insulin-resistant women. To control for potential confounding effects of diet- or microbiome-derived molecules on the systemic metabolome, sampling was during a tightly-controlled feeding test week paradigm. Pairwise and multivariate analysis revealed intervention- and insulin-sensitivity associated: (1) Changes in plasma xeno-metabolites (“non-self” metabolites of dietary or gut microbial origin) following an oral glucose tolerance test (e.g. higher post-OGTT propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate [tricarballylic acid]) or in the overnight-fasted state (e.g., lower γ-tocopherol); (2) Increased indices of saturated very long chain fatty acid elongation capacity; (3) Increased post-OGTT α-ketoglutaric acid (α-KG), fasting α-KG inversely correlated with Matsuda index, and altered patterns of malate, pyruvate and glutamine hypothesized to stem from improved mitochondrial efficiency and more robust oxidation of glucose. The results support a working model in which improved metabolic health modifies host metabolism in parallel with altering systemic exposure to xeno-metabolites. This highlights that interpretations regarding the origins of peripheral blood or urinary “signatures” of insulin resistance and metabolic health must consider the potentially important contribution of gut-derived metabolites toward the host's metabolome.
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- Caitlin Campbell
- USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America
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- West Coast Metabolomics Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- West Coast Metabolomics Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SHA); (OF)
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- USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Sports Medicine Program, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Human Studies Department, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Pharmacology Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SHA); (OF)
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Cook GM, Russell JB. Dual Mechanisms of Tricarboxylate Transport and Catabolism by Acidaminococcus fermentans. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 60:2538-44. [PMID: 16349331 PMCID: PMC201681 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.7.2538-2544.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Acidaminococcus fermentans utilized citrate or the citrate analog aconitate as an energy source for growth, and these tricarboxylates were used simultaneously. Citrate utilization and uptake showed biphasic kinetics. High-affinity citrate uptake had a K(t) of 40 muM, but the V(max) was only 25 nmol/mg of protein per min. Low-affinity citrate utilization had a 10-fold higher V(max), but the K(s) was greater than 1.0 mM. Aconitate was a competitive inhibitor (K(i) = 34muM) of high-affinity citrate uptake, but low-affinity aconitate utilization had a 10-fold-lower requirement for sodium than did low-affinity citrate utilization. On the basis of this large difference in sodium requirements, it appeared that A. fermentans probably has two systems of tricarboxylate uptake: (i) a citrate/aconitate carrier with a low affinity for sodium and (ii) an aconitate carrier with a high affinity for sodium. Citrate was catabolized by a pathway involving a biotin-requiring, avidin-sensitive, sodium-dependent, membrane-bound oxaloacetate decarboxylase. The cells also had aconitase, but this enzyme was unable to convert citrate to isocitrate. Since cell-free extracts converted either aconitate or glutamate to 2-oxoglutarate, it appeared that aconitate was being catabolized by the glutaconyl-CoA decarboxylase pathway. Exponentially growing cultures on citrate or citrate plus aconitate were inhibited by the sodium/proton antiporter, monensin. Because monensin had no effect on cultures growing with aconitate alone, it appeared that citrate metabolism was acting as an inducer of monensin sensitivity. A. fermentans cells always had a low proton motive force (<50 mV), and cells treated with the protonophore TCS (3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanide) grew even though the proton motive force was less than 20 mV. On the basis of these results, it appeared that A. fermentans was depending almost exclusively on a sodium motive force for its membrane energetics.
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- G M Cook
- Section of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Lewis JA, Stamper LW, Escalante-Semerena JC. Regulation of expression of the tricarballylate utilization operon (tcuABC) of Salmonella enterica. Res Microbiol 2009; 160:179-86. [PMID: 19284970 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Revised: 01/05/2009] [Accepted: 01/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The tricarballylate utilization locus (tcuRABC) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is comprised of a 3-gene operon (tcuABC) that encodes functions that allow this bacterium to use tricarballylate as a source of carbon and energy, and the tcuR gene, which encodes a putative LysR-type transcriptional regulator. In our studies, transcription of the tcuABC operon peaked at mid-log phase, and declined moderately during stationary phase. This pattern was not due to a change in the amount of TcuR in the cell, as tcuR expression did not change under the conditions tested, and TcuR did not control tcuR expression. Tricarballylate was the co-inducer. tcuABC expression was negatively affected by the cAMP receptor protein (Crp). Expression of tcuABC was one order of magnitude higher in a crp mutant strain than in the crp(+) strain; derepression of tcuABC expression was also observed in a strain lacking adenylate cyclase (Cya). At present, it is unclear whether the effect of Crp is direct or indirect. Studies with molecular mimics of tricarballylate showed that the co-inducer site restricts binding of structural mimics that contain a hydroxyl group. Two classes of TcuR constitutive variants were isolated. Class I variants responded to tricarballylate, while Class II did not.
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- Jeffrey A Lewis
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Naso L, González Baró AC, Lezama L, Rojo T, Williams PA, Ferrer EG. Synthesis, chemical speciation and SOD mimic assays of tricarballylic acid–copper(II) and imidazole–tricarballylic acid–copper(II) complexes. J Inorg Biochem 2009; 103:219-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2008.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/08/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Involvement of the Cra global regulatory protein in the expression of the iscRSUA operon, revealed during studies of tricarballylate catabolism in Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:2069-76. [PMID: 19136587 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01577-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In Salmonella enterica, tricarballylate (Tcb) catabolism requires function of TcuB, a membrane-bound protein that contains [4Fe-4S] clusters and heme. TcuB transfers electrons from reduced flavin adenine dinucleotide in the Tcb dehydrogenase (TcuA) to electron acceptors in the membrane. We recently showed that functions needed to assemble [Fe-S] clusters (i.e., the iscRSUA-hscBA-fdx operon) compensate for the lack of ApbC during growth of an apbC strain on Tcb. ApbC had been linked to [Fe-S] cluster metabolism, and we showed that an apbC strain had decreased TcuB activity. Here we report findings that expand our understanding of the regulation of expression of the iscRSUA genes in Salmonella enterica. We investigated why low levels of glucose or other saccharides restored growth of an apbC strain on Tcb. Here we report the following findings. (i) A < or =1 mM concentration of glucose, fructose, ribose, or glycerol restores growth of an apbC strain on Tcb. (ii) The saccharide effect results in increased levels of TcuB activity. (iii) The saccharide effect depends on the global regulatory protein Cra. (iv) Putative Cra binding sites are present in the regulatory region of the iscRSUA operon. (v) Cra protein binds to all three sites in the iscRSUA promoter region in a concentration-dependent fashion. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the involvement of Cra in [Fe-S] cluster assembly.
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Lewis JA, Escalante-Semerena JC. Tricarballylate catabolism in Salmonella enterica. The TcuB protein uses 4Fe-4S clusters and heme to transfer electrons from FADH2 in the tricarballylate dehydrogenase (TcuA) enzyme to electron acceptors in the cell membrane. Biochemistry 2007; 46:9107-15. [PMID: 17630784 DOI: 10.1021/bi7006564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tricarballylate, a citrate analogue, is considered the causative agent of grass tetany, a ruminant disease characterized by acute magnesium deficiency. Although the normal rumen flora cannot catabolize tricarballylate, the Gram-negative enterobacterium Salmonella enterica can. An operon dedicated to tricarballylate utilization (tcuABC) present in this organism encodes all functions required for tricarballylate catabolism. Tricarballylate is converted to the cis-aconitate in a single oxidative step catalyzed by the FAD-dependent tricarballylate dehydrogenase (TcuA) enzyme. We hypothesized that the uncharacterized TcuB protein was required to reoxidize the flavin cofactor in vivo. Here, we report the initial biochemical characterization of TcuB. TcuB is associated with the cell membrane and contains two 4Fe-4S clusters and heme. Site-directed mutagenesis of cysteinyl residues putatively required as ligands of the 4Fe-4S clusters completely inactivated TcuB function. TcuB greatly increased the Vmax of the TcuA reaction from 69 +/- 2 to 8200 +/- 470 nmol min-1 mg-1; the Km of TcuA for tricarballylate was unaffected. Inhibition of TcuB activity by an inhibitor of ubiquinone oxidation, 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isoproylbenzoquinone (DBMIB), implicated the quinone pool as the ultimate acceptor of electrons from FADH2. We propose a model for the electron flow from FADH2, to the 4Fe-4S clusters, to the heme, and finally to the quinone pool.
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- Jeffrey A Lewis
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Lewis JA, Escalante-Semerena JC. The FAD-dependent tricarballylate dehydrogenase (TcuA) enzyme of Salmonella enterica converts tricarballylate into cis-aconitate. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:5479-86. [PMID: 16855237 PMCID: PMC1540016 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00514-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tricarballylate is the causative agent of grass tetany, a ruminant disease characterized by acute magnesium deficiency. Tricarballylate toxicity has been attributed to its ability to chelate magnesium and to inhibit aconitase, a Krebs cycle enzyme. Neither the ruminant nor the normal rumen flora can catabolize tricarballylate to ameliorate its toxic effects. However, the gram-negative enterobacterium Salmonella enterica can use tricarballylate as a carbon and energy source, providing an opportunity to study the genes and enzymes required for tricarballylate catabolism. The tricarballylate utilization (tcu) genes are organized into two transcriptional units, i.e., tcuR and tcuABC. Here, we report the initial biochemical analysis of TcuA. TcuA catalyzed the oxidation of tricarballylate to cis-aconitate. The apparent K(m) of TcuA for tricarballylate was 3.8 +/- 0.4 mM, with a V(max) of 7.9 +/- 0.3 mM min(-1), turnover number (k(cat)) of 6.7 x 10(-2) s(-1), and a catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)) of 17.8 M(-1) s(-1). Optimal activity was measured at pH 7.5 and 30 degrees C. The enzyme was inactivated at 45 degrees C. One mole of FAD was present per mole of TcuA. We propose a role for TcuB as an electron shuttle protein responsible for oxidizing FADH(2) back to FAD in TcuA.
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- Jeffrey A Lewis
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4087, USA
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Lewis JA, Horswill AR, Schwem BE, Escalante-Semerena JC. The Tricarballylate utilization (tcuRABC) genes of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:1629-37. [PMID: 14996793 PMCID: PMC355976 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.6.1629-1637.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The genes of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 encoding functions needed for the utilization of tricarballylate as a carbon and energy source were identified and their locations in the chromosome were established. Three of the tricarballylate utilization (tcu) genes, tcuABC, are organized as an operon; a fourth gene, tcuR, is located immediately 5' to the tcuABC operon. The tcuABC operon and tcuR gene share the same direction of transcription but are independently transcribed. The tcuRABC genes are missing in the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome. The tcuR gene is proposed to encode a regulatory protein needed for the expression of tcuABC. The tcuC gene is proposed to encode an integral membrane protein whose role is to transport tricarballylate across the cell membrane. tcuC function was sufficient to allow E. coli K-12 to grow on citrate (a tricarballylate analog) but not to allow growth of this bacterium on tricarballylate. E. coli K-12 carrying a plasmid with wild-type alleles of tcuABC grew on tricarballylate, suggesting that the functions of the TcuABC proteins were the only ones unique to S. enterica needed to catabolize tricarballylate. Analyses of the predicted amino acid sequences of the TcuAB proteins suggest that TcuA is a flavoprotein, and TcuB is likely anchored to the cell membrane and probably contains one or more Fe-S centers. The TcuB protein is proposed to work in concert with TcuA to oxidize tricarballylate to cis-aconitate, which is further catabolized via the Krebs cycle. The glyoxylate shunt is not required for growth of S. enterica on tricarballylate. A model for tricarballylate catabolism in S. enterica is proposed.
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- Jeffrey A Lewis
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin--Madison, 53726-4087, USA
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Facile Synthesis of (R,R) and of (R,S) Tricarballylic Acid Anhydride and Imide Derivatives. Molecules 2000. [DOI: 10.3390/50400665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cook GM, Wells JE, Russell JB. Ability of Acidaminococcus fermentans to oxidize trans-aconitate and decrease the accumulation of tricarballylate, a toxic end product of ruminal fermentation. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994; 60:2533-7. [PMID: 8074529 PMCID: PMC201680 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.7.2533-2537.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Mixed ruminal bacteria convert trans-aconitate to tricarballylate, a tricarboxylic acid which chelates blood divalent cations and decreases their availability (J. B. Russell and P. J. Van Soest, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 47:155-159, 1984). Decreases in blood magnesium in turn cause a potentially fatal disease known as grass tetany. trans-Aconitate was stoichiometrically reduced to tricarballylate by Selenomonas ruminantium, a common ruminal bacterium in grass-fed ruminants (J. B. Russell, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 49:120-126, 1985). When mixed ruminal bacteria were enriched with trans-aconitate, a trans-aconitate-oxidizing bacterium was also isolated (G. M. Cook, F. A. Rainey, G. Chen, E. Stackebrandt, and J. B. Russell, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 44:576-578, 1994). The trans-aconitate-oxidizing bacterium was identified as Acidaminococcus fermentans, and it converted trans-aconitate to acetate, a nontoxic end product of ruminal fermentation. When S. ruminantium and A. fermentans were cocultured with trans-aconitate and glucose, tricarballylate never accumulated and all the trans-aconitate was converted to acetate. Continuous-culture studies (dilution rate, 0.1 h-1) likewise indicated that A. fermentans could outcompete S. ruminantium for trans-aconitate. When mixed ruminal bacteria were incubated in vitro with 10 mM trans-aconitate for 24 h, 45% of the trans-aconitate was converted to tricarballylate. Tricarballylate production decreased 50% if even small amounts of A. fermentans were added to the incubation mixes (0.01 mg of protein per mg of mixed bacterial protein). When A. fermentans (2 g of bacterial protein) was added directly to the rumen, the subsequent conversion of trans-aconitate to tricarballylate decreased 50%, but this effect did not persist for more than 18 h.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G M Cook
- Section of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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McDevitt J, Goldman P. Effect of the intestinal flora on the urinary organic acid profile of rats ingesting a chemically simplified diet. Food Chem Toxicol 1991; 29:107-13. [PMID: 2010139 DOI: 10.1016/0278-6915(91)90164-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In order to estimate the influence of gut bacteria on animal metabolism, the excretion of organic acids, as monitored by gas-liquid chromatography, was compared in the urines of conventional and germ-free rats. Rats were maintained on a chemically simplified diet in order to minimize the effect of strictly exogenous compounds on the organic acid profile. Initial analysis of the excretion rates of 68 compounds, found reproducibly in the profile, indicated significant day-to-day and rat-to-rat variation, suggesting that haphazard comparison of experimental groups of animals might yield spurious differences with no biological significance. When repeated measures of the profile were analysed by a random effects analysis of variance model, no compound was found exclusively in the urine of either conventional or germ-free rats. Nevertheless, tricarballylate was significantly higher and both tartronate and vanillate significantly lower in conventional rat urine. The flora was implicated in these differences because caecal contents of conventional rats were found to convert such tricarboxylic acids as cis- and trans-aconitate to tricarballylate and to cause the dissimilation of both vanillate and tartronate, the latter compound being of dietary origin.
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- J McDevitt
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115
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Rażyńska A, Rak J, Fronticelli C, Bucci E. Attempted synthesis of esters of tricarballylic acid and 3,5-dibromosalicylic acid. Structure and properties of tricarballylic acid, its anhydrides and some of their derivatives, and an investigation of the reaction pathways of anhydride formation by1H NMR spectroscopy, MNDO and molecular mechanics methods. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1039/p29910001531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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