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Tibon J, Gomez-Delgado AI, Agüera A, Strohmeier T, Silva MS, Lundebye AK, Larsen MM, Sloth JJ, Amlund H, Sele V. Arsenic speciation in low-trophic marine food chain - An arsenic exposure study on microalgae (Diacronema lutheri) and blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 334:122176. [PMID: 37437757 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122176] [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: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Microalgae and blue mussels are known to accumulate undesirable substances from the environment, including arsenic (As). Microalgae can biotransform inorganic As (iAs) to organoarsenic species, which can be transferred to blue mussels. Knowledge on As uptake, biotransformation, and trophic transfer is important with regards to feed and food safety since As species have varying toxicities. In the current work, experiments were conducted in two parts: (1) exposure of the microalgae Diacronema lutheri to 5 and 10 μg/L As(V) in seawater for 4 days, and (2) dietary As exposure where blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) were fed with D. lutheri exposed to 5 and 10 μg/L As(V), or by aquatic exposure to 5 μg/L As(V) in seawater, for a total of 25 days. The results showed that D. lutheri can take up As from seawater and transform it to methylated As species and arsenosugars (AsSug). However, exposure to 10 μg/L As(V) resulted in accumulation of iAs in D. lutheri and lower production of methylated As species, which may suggest that detoxification mechanisms were overwhelmed. Blue mussels exposed to As via the diet and seawater showed no accumulation of As. Use of linear mixed models revealed that the blue mussels were gradually losing As instead, which may be due to As concentration differences in the mussels' natural environment and the experimental setup. Both D. lutheri and blue mussels contained notable proportions of simple methylated As species and AsSug. Arsenobetaine (AB) was not detected in D. lutheri but present in minor fraction in mussels. The findings suggest that low-trophic marine organisms mainly contain methylated As species and AsSug. The use of low-trophic marine organisms as feed ingredients requires further studies since AsSug are regarded as potentially toxic, which may introduce new risks to feed and food safety.
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- Jojo Tibon
- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817, Bergen, Norway; National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Building 201, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817, Bergen, Norway
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- Aarhus University, Institute of Ecoscience, Frederiksborgvej 399, P.O. Box 358, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817, Bergen, Norway; National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Building 201, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Building 201, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institute of Marine Research, P.O. Box 1870 Nordnes, NO-5817, Bergen, Norway.
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Chakravorty M, Nanda M, Bisht B, Sharma R, Kumar S, Mishra A, Vlaskin MS, Chauhan PK, Kumar V. Heavy metal tolerance in microalgae: Detoxification mechanisms and applications. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2023; 260:106555. [PMID: 37196506 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The proficiency of microalgae to resist heavy metals has potential to be beneficial in resolving various environmental challenges. Global situations such as the need for cost-effective and ecological ways of remediation of contaminated water and for the development of bioenergy sources could employ microalgae. In a medium with the presence of heavy metals, microalgae utilize different mechanisms to uptake the metal and further detoxify it. Biosorption and the next process of bioaccumulation are two such major steps and they also include the assistance of different transporters at different stages of heavy metal tolerance. This capability has also proved to be efficient in eradicating many heavy metals like Chromium, Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Mercury, Nickel and Cadmium from the environment they are present in. This indicates the possibility of the application of microalgae as a biological way of remediating contaminated water. Heavy metal resistance quality also allows various microalgal species to contribute in the generation of biofuels like biodiesel and biohydrogen. Many research works have also explored the capacity of microalgae in nanotechnology for the formation of nanoparticles due to its relevant characteristics. Various studies have also revealed that biochar deduced from microalgae or a combination of biochar and microalgae can have wide applications specially in deprivation of heavy metals from an environment. This review focuses on the strategies adopted by microalgae, various transporters involved in the process of tolerating heavy metals and the applications where microalgae can participate owing to its ability to resist metals.
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- Manami Chakravorty
- Department of Biotechnology, Dolphin (PG) Institute of Biomedical & Natural Sciences, Dehradun-248007, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Dolphin (PG) Institute of Biomedical & Natural Sciences, Dehradun-248007, India
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- Algal Research and Bioenergy Lab, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India
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- School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India
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- Algal Research and Bioenergy Lab, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India
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- Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 13/2 Izhorskaya St, Moscow 125412, Russian Federation
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- Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan 173229, HP, India
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- Algal Research and Bioenergy Lab, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248002, India; Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow 117198, Russian Federation.
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Tang F, Yue J, Tian J, Ge F, Li F, Liu Y, Deng S, Zhang D. Microbial induced phosphate precipitation accelerate lead mineralization to alleviate nucleotide metabolism inhibition and alter Penicillium oxalicum's adaptive cellular machinery. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 439:129675. [PMID: 35907285 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129675] [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: 06/12/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Microbial-induced phosphate (P) precipitation (MIPP) based on P-solubilizing microorganisms (PSM) is regarded as a promising approach to bioimmobilize environmental lead (Pb). Nevertheless, the underlying changes of Pb2+ biotoxicity in PSM during MIPP process were rarely discussed. The current study explored the Pb2+ immobilization and metabolic changes in PSM Penicillium oxalicum postexposure to Pb2+ and/or tricalcium phosphate (TCP). TCP addition significantly increased soluble P concentrations, accelerated extracellular Pb mineralization, and improved antioxidative enzyme activities in P. oxalicum during MIPP process. Secondary Pb2+ biomineralization products were measured as hydroxypyromorphite [Pb10(PO4)6(OH)2]. Using untargeted metabolomic and transcriptomics, we found that Pb2+ exposure stimulated the membrane integrity deterioration and nucleotide metabolism obstruction of P. oxalicum. Correspondingly, P. oxalicum could produce higher levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) to enhance the adaptive cellular machineries under Pb2+ stress. While the MIPP process improved extracellular Pb2+ mineralization, consequently alleviating the nucleotide metabolism inhibition and membrane deterioration. Multi-omics results suggested that GABA degradation pathway was stimulated for arginine biosynthesis and TCA cycle after Pb2+ mineralization. These results provided new biomolecular information underlying the Pb2+ exposure biotoxicities to microorganisms in MIPP before the application of this approach in environmental Pb2+ remediation.
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- Fei Tang
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China
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- Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Tsinghua-Suzhou), Suzhou, PR China
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- College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China; Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China.
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Alcántara-Martínez N, Figueroa-Martínez F, Rivera-Cabrera F, Volke-Sepúlveda T. An unexpected guest: a green microalga associated with the arsenic-tolerant shrub Acacia farnesiana. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 98:6565283. [PMID: 35394028 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The best-known plant endophytes include mainly fungi and bacteria, but there are also a few records of microalgae growing endophytically in vascular land plants, some of which belong to the genus Coccomyxa. In this study, we isolated a single-celled photosynthetic microorganism from the arsenic-tolerant shrub Acacia farnesiana, thus we hypothesized that it is an endophytic arsenic-tolerant microalga. The microorganism was identified as belonging to the genus Coccomyxa, and the observation of algal cells within the root tissues strongly suggests its endophytic nature. The alga's tolerance to arsenate (AsV) and its influence on the fitness of A. farnesiana in the presence of AsV were evaluated. Coccomyxa sp. can tolerate up to 2000 µM of AsV for periods shorter than 10 days, however, AsV-tolerance decreased significantly in longer exposure periods. The association with the microalga increased the pigment content in aboveground tissues of A. farnesiana seedlings exposed to AsV for 50 days, without changes in plant growth or arsenic accumulation. This work describes the association, probably endophytic, between an angiosperm and a microalga, confirming the ability of the genus Coccomyxa to form associations with land plants and broadening the known variety of plant endophytes.
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- Nemi Alcántara-Martínez
- Department of Compared Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, Mexico City, MEXICO
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- CONACyT Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa 09340, Mexico City. MEXICO
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- Department of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa 09340, Mexico City. MEXICO
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- CONACyT Research Fellow, Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa 09340, Mexico City. MEXICO
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Plewniak F, Crognale S, Bruneel O, Sismeiro O, Coppée JY, Rossetti S, Bertin P. Metatranscriptomic outlook on green and brown food webs in acid mine drainage. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2021; 13:606-615. [PMID: 33973709 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Acid mine drainages (AMDs), metal-rich acidic effluents generated by mining activities, are colonized by prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms widely distributed among different phyla. We compared metatranscriptomic data from two sampling stations in the Carnoulès AMD and from a third station in the nearby Amous River, focussing on processes involved in primary production and litter decomposition. A synergistic relationship between the green and brown food webs was favoured in the AMD sediments by the low carbon content and the availability of mineral nutrients: primary production of organic matter would benefit C-limited decomposers whose activity of organic matter mineralization would in turn profit primary producers. This balance could be locally disturbed by heterogeneous factors such as an input of plant debris from the riparian vegetation, strongly boosting the growth of Tremellales which would then outcompete primary producers. In the unpolluted Amous River on the contrary, the competition for limited mineral nutrients was dominated by the green food web, fish and bacterivorous protists having a positive effect on phytoplankton. These results suggest that in addition to direct effects of low pH and metal contamination, trophic conditions like carbon or mineral nutrient limitations also have a strong impact on assembly and activities of AMDs' microbial communities.
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- Frédéric Plewniak
- Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie, UMR7156, CNRS - University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy
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- HydroSciences Montpellier, University of Montpellier - CNRS - IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Transcriptome and Epigenome Platform, Biomics Pole, Paris, France
- Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram Positif, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Transcriptome and Epigenome Platform, Biomics Pole, Paris, France
- Biologie des ARN des Pathogènes Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy
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- Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie, UMR7156, CNRS - University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Tripathi S, Poluri KM. Heavy metal detoxification mechanisms by microalgae: Insights from transcriptomics analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 285:117443. [PMID: 34090077 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution in ecosystem is a global threat. The associated toxicity and carcinogenic nature of heavy metals/metalloids such as mercury, cadmium, lead, and arsenic are imposing a severe risk to both ecological diversity and human lives. Harnessing the adaptive feature of microalgae for remediating toxic heavy metal has reached a milestone in past few decades. Transcriptomics analyses have provided mechanistic insights to map the dynamics of cellular events under heavy metal stress, thus deciphering the strategic responses of microalgae. Here, the present review comprehensively addresses the elicited molecular responses of microalgae to detoxify the heavy metal stress. The review highlights the intricate role of biochemical components and signaling networks mediating stress responsive transitions of microalgae at physiological level. Furthermore, the differential gene expression signifying the transporters involved in uptake, distribution/sequestration, and efflux of heavy metal has also been reviewed. In a nutshell, this study provided a comprehensive understanding of the molecular mechanisms adopted by microalgae at transcriptome level to nullify the oxidative stress while detoxifying the heavy metals.
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- Shweta Tripathi
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India; Centre for Transportation Systems, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Fais G, Malavasi V, Scano P, Soru S, Caboni P, Cao G. Metabolomics and lipid profile analysis of Coccomyxa melkonianii SCCA 048. Extremophiles 2021; 25:357-368. [PMID: 34057605 PMCID: PMC8254698 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-021-01234-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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With an unsupervised GC-MS metabolomics approach, polar metabolite changes of the microalgae Coccomyxa melkonianii SCCA 048 grown under standard conditions for seven weeks were studied. C. melkonianii was sampled at the Rio Irvi River, in the mining site of Montevecchio-Ingurtosu (Sardinia, Italy), which is severely contaminated by heavy metals and shows high concentrations of sulfates. The partial-least-square (PLS) analysis of the GC-MS data indicated that growth of C. melkonianii was characterized by an increase of the levels of threonic acid, myo-inositol, malic acid, and fumaric acid. Furthermore, at the sixth week of exponential phase the lipid fingerprint of C. melkonianii was studied by LC-QTOF-MS. C. melkonianii lipid extract characterized through an iterative MS/MS analysis showed the following percent levels: 61.34 ± 0.60% for triacylglycerols (TAG); 11.55 ± 0.09% for diacylglyceryltrimethyl homoserines (DGTS), 11.34 ± 0.10% for sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols (SQDG) and, 5.29 ± 0.04% for lysodiacylglyceryltrimethyl homoserines (LDGTS). Noteworthy, we were able to annotate different fatty acid ester of hydroxyl fatty acid, such as FAHFA (18:1_20:3), FAHFA (18:2_20:4), FAHFA (18:0_20:2), and FAHFA (18:1_18:0), with relevant biological activity. These approaches can be useful to study the biochemistry of this extremophile algae in the view of its potential exploitation in the phycoremediation of polluted mining areas.
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- Giacomo Fais
- Interdepartmental Centre of Environmental Science and Engineering (CINSA), University of Cagliari, via San Giorgio 12, 09124, Cagliari, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Centre of Environmental Science and Engineering (CINSA), University of Cagliari, via San Giorgio 12, 09124, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09124, Cagliari, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Centre of Environmental Science and Engineering (CINSA), University of Cagliari, via San Giorgio 12, 09124, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09124, Cagliari, Italy.
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- Interdepartmental Centre of Environmental Science and Engineering (CINSA), University of Cagliari, via San Giorgio 12, 09124, Cagliari, Italy.,Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cagliari, piazza d'Armi, 09123, Cagliari, Italy
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Ayala-Muñoz D, Burgos WD, Sánchez-España J, Couradeau E, Falagán C, Macalady JL. Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Study of Microbial Metal Resistance in an Acidic Pit Lake. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8091350. [PMID: 32899650 PMCID: PMC7563247 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8091350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cueva de la Mora (CM) is an acidic, meromictic pit lake in the Iberian Pyrite Belt characterized by extremely high metal(loid) concentrations and strong gradients in oxygen, metal, and nutrient concentrations. We hypothesized that geochemical variations with depth would result in differences in community composition and in metal resistance strategies among active microbial populations. We also hypothesized that metal resistance gene (MRG) expression would correlate with toxicity levels for dissolved metal species in the lake. Water samples were collected in the upper oxic layer, chemocline, and deep anoxic layer of the lake for shotgun metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing. Metagenomic analyses revealed dramatic differences in the composition of the microbial communities with depth, consistent with changing geochemistry. Based on relative abundance of taxa identified in each metagenome, Eukaryotes (predominantly Coccomyxa) dominated the upper layer, while Archaea (predominantly Thermoplasmatales) dominated the deep layer, and a combination of Bacteria and Eukaryotes were abundant at the chemocline. We compared metal resistance across communities using a curated list of protein-coding MRGs with KEGG Orthology identifiers (KOs) and found that there were broad differences in the metal resistance strategies (e.g., intracellular metal accumulation) expressed by Eukaryotes, Bacteria, and Archaea. Although normalized abundances of MRG and MRG expression were generally higher in the deep layer, expression of metal-specific genes was not strongly related to variations in specific metal concentrations, especially for Cu and As. We also compared MRG potential and expression in metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) from the deep layer, where metal concentrations are highest. Consistent with previous work showing differences in metal resistance mechanisms even at the strain level, MRG expression patterns varied strongly among MAG populations from the same depth. Some MAG populations expressed very few MRG known to date, suggesting that novel metal resistance strategies remain to be discovered in uncultivated acidophiles.
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- Diana Ayala-Muñoz
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Sackett Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Sackett Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
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- Geochemistry and Sustainable Mining Unit, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Calera 1, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain;
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, 450 ASI, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
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- Environment & Sustainability Institute and Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK;
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- Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 211 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA;
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Kumar G, Shekh A, Jakhu S, Sharma Y, Kapoor R, Sharma TR. Bioengineering of Microalgae: Recent Advances, Perspectives, and Regulatory Challenges for Industrial Application. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:914. [PMID: 33014997 PMCID: PMC7494788 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Microalgae, due to their complex metabolic capacity, are being continuously explored for nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and other industrially important bioactives. However, suboptimal yield and productivity of the bioactive of interest in local and robust wild-type strains are of perennial concerns for their industrial applications. To overcome such limitations, strain improvement through genetic engineering could play a decisive role. Though the advanced tools for genetic engineering have emerged at a greater pace, they still remain underused for microalgae as compared to other microorganisms. Pertaining to this, we reviewed the progress made so far in the development of molecular tools and techniques, and their deployment for microalgae strain improvement through genetic engineering. The recent availability of genome sequences and other omics datasets form diverse microalgae species have remarkable potential to guide strategic momentum in microalgae strain improvement program. This review focuses on the recent and significant improvements in the omics resources, mutant libraries, and high throughput screening methodologies helpful to augment research in the model and non-model microalgae. Authors have also summarized the case studies on genetically engineered microalgae and highlight the opportunities and challenges that are emerging from the current progress in the application of genome-editing to facilitate microalgal strain improvement. Toward the end, the regulatory and biosafety issues in the use of genetically engineered microalgae in commercial applications are described.
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- Gulshan Kumar
- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, India
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- Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, India
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, India
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, India
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, India
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- Division of Crop Science, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India
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Gauthier L, Tison-Rosebery J, Morin S, Mazzella N. Metabolome response to anthropogenic contamination on microalgae: a review. Metabolomics 2019; 16:8. [PMID: 31863210 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-019-1628-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microalgae play a key role in ecosystems and are widely used in ecological status assessment. Research focusing on such organisms is then well developed and essential. Anyway, approaches for a better comprehension of their metabolome's response towards anthropogenic stressors are only emerging. AIM OF REVIEW This review presents the biochemical responses of various microalgae species towards several contaminants including metals and chemicals as pesticides or industrial compounds. We aim to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of analytical approaches deciphering anthropogenic contaminants impact on microalgae metabolome dynamics, in order to bring out relevant biochemical markers that could be used for risk assessment. KEY SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS OF REVIEW Studies to date on ecotoxicological metabolomics on microalgae are highly heterogeneous in both analytical techniques and resulting metabolite identification. There is a real need for studies using complementary approaches to determine biomarkers usable for ecological risk assessment.
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- Léa Gauthier
- IRSTEA, UR EABX, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612, Cestas Cedex, France.
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- IRSTEA, UR EABX, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612, Cestas Cedex, France
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- IRSTEA, UR EABX, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612, Cestas Cedex, France
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Řezanka T, Nedbalová L, Barcytė D, Vítová M, Sigler K. Arsenolipids in the green alga Coccomyxa (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2019; 164:243-251. [PMID: 31128818 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Revised: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Lipid-like compounds containing a dimethylarsinoyl group, i.e. Me2As(O)-, have been identified by liquid chromatography/inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LC/ICP-MS) and non-aqueous reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (positive and/or negative high-resolution tandem electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (NARP-HPLC/HR-ESI+(-)-MS/MS) from three strains of green algae of the genus Coccomyxa (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). The algae were cultivated in a medium containing 10 g arsenic/L, i.e. 133.5 mmol/L of Na2HAsO4.7H2O. After extraction by methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE), total lipids were analyzed by ICP-MS or ESI-MS without any further separation or fractionation. A total of 39 molecular species of arsenic triacylglycerols (AsTAG), 15 arsenic phosphatidylcholines (AsPC), 8 arsenic phosphatidylethanolamines (AsPE), 6 arsenic phosphatidylinositols (AsPI), 2 arsenic phosphatidylglycerols (AsPG) and 5 unknown lipids (probably ceramides) were identified. The structures of all molecular species were confirmed by tandem MS. Dry matter of the individual strains contained different amounts of total arsenolipids, i.e. C. elongata CCALA 427 (0.32 mg/g), C. onubensis (1.48 mg/g), C. elongata S3 (2.13 mg/g). On the other hand, there were only slight differences between strains in the relative abundances of individual molecular species. Possible biosynthesis of long-chain lipids with the end group Me2As(O) has also been suggested.
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- Tomáš Řezanka
- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Cell Cycles of Algae, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech, Třeboň, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Horiyama S, Hatai M, Ichikawa A, Yoshikawa N, Nakamura K, Kunitomo M. Detoxification Mechanism of α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds in Cigarette Smoke Observed in Sheep Erythrocytes. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2018; 66:721-726. [PMID: 29962455 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c18-00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Highly reactive α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, such as acrolein (ACR), crotonaldehyde (CA) and methyl vinyl ketone (MVK), are environmental pollutants present in high concentrations in cigarette smoke. We have previously found that these carbonyl compounds in cigarette smoke extract (CSE) react with intracellular glutathione (GSH) to produce the corresponding GSH-ACR, GSH-CA and GSH-MVK adducts via Michael addition reaction. These adducts are then further reduced to the corresponding alcohol forms by intracellular aldo-keto reductases in highly metastatic mouse melanoma (B16-BL6) cells and then excreted into the extracellular fluid. This time, we conducted a similar study using sheep erythrocytes and found analogous changes in the sheep erythrocytes after exposure to CSE as those with B16-BL6 cells. This indicates similarity of the detoxification pathways of the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in sheep blood cells and B16-BL6 cells. Also, we found that the GSH-MVK adduct was reduced by aldose reductase in a cell-free solution to generate its alcohol form, and its reduction reaction was completely suppressed by pretreatment with epalrestat, an aldose reductase inhibitor, a member of the aldo-keto reductase family. In the presence of sheep blood cells, however, reduction of the GSH-MVK adduct was partially inhibited by epalrestat. This revealed that some member of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily other than aldose reductase is involved in reduction of the GSH-MVK adduct in sheep blood. These results suggest that blood cells, mainly erythrocytes are involved in reducing the inhalation toxicity of cigarette smoke via an aldo-keto reductase pathway other than that of aldose reductase.
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- Shizuyo Horiyama
- Mukogawa Women's University, Institute for Bioscience.,School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- Mukogawa Women's University, Institute for Bioscience.,School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- Mukogawa Women's University, Institute for Bioscience.,School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University
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Arsène-Ploetze F, Chiboub O, Lièvremont D, Farasin J, Freel KC, Fouteau S, Barbe V. Adaptation in toxic environments: comparative genomics of loci carrying antibiotic resistance genes derived from acid mine drainage waters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:1470-1483. [PMID: 29090447 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0535-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Several studies have suggested the existence of a close relationship between antibiotic-resistant phenotypes and resistance to other toxic compounds such as heavy metals, which involve co-resistance or cross-resistance mechanisms. A metagenomic library was previously constructed in Escherichia coli with DNA extracted from the bacterial community inhabiting an acid mine drainage (AMD) site highly contaminated with heavy metals. Here, we conducted a search for genes involved in antibiotic resistance using this previously constructed library. In particular, resistance to antibiotics was observed among five clones carrying four different loci originating from CARN5 and CARN2, two genomes reconstructed from the metagenomic data. Among the three CARN2 loci, two carry genes homologous to those previously proposed to be involved in antibiotic resistance. The third CARN2 locus carries a gene encoding a membrane transporter with an unknown function and was found to confer bacterial resistance to rifampicin, gentamycin, and kanamycin. The genome of Thiomonas delicata DSM 16361 and Thiomonas sp. X19 were sequenced in this study. Homologs of genes carried on these three CARN2 loci were found in these genomes, two of these loci were found in genomic islands. Together, these findings confirm that AMD environments contaminated with several toxic metals also constitute habitats for bacteria that function as reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes.
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- Florence Arsène-Ploetze
- Laboratoire Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie, UMR7156, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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- Laboratoire Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie, UMR7156, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie, UMR7156, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, UMR7177 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie, UMR7156, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique et Microbiologie, UMR7156, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire pour l'Etude des Génomes, (LBioMEG), CEA/DRF/IBFJ/Genoscope, Evry, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire pour l'Etude des Génomes, (LBioMEG), CEA/DRF/IBFJ/Genoscope, Evry, France
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Acidophilic green algal genome provides insights into adaptation to an acidic environment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E8304-E8313. [PMID: 28893987 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707072114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Some microalgae are adapted to extremely acidic environments in which toxic metals are present at high levels. However, little is known about how acidophilic algae evolved from their respective neutrophilic ancestors by adapting to particular acidic environments. To gain insights into this issue, we determined the draft genome sequence of the acidophilic green alga Chlamydomonas eustigma and performed comparative genome and transcriptome analyses between Ceustigma and its neutrophilic relative Chlamydomonas reinhardtii The results revealed the following features in Ceustigma that probably contributed to the adaptation to an acidic environment. Genes encoding heat-shock proteins and plasma membrane H+-ATPase are highly expressed in Ceustigma This species has also lost fermentation pathways that acidify the cytosol and has acquired an energy shuttle and buffering system and arsenic detoxification genes through horizontal gene transfer. Moreover, the arsenic detoxification genes have been multiplied in the genome. These features have also been found in other acidophilic green and red algae, suggesting the existence of common mechanisms in the adaptation to acidic environments.
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