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Molecular Responses to High Hydrostatic Pressure in Eukaryotes: Genetic Insights from Studies on Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10121305. [PMID: 34943220 PMCID: PMC8698847 DOI: 10.3390/biology10121305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Simple Summary High hydrostatic pressure generally has an adverse effect on the biological systems of organisms inhabiting lands or shallow sea regions. Deep-sea piezophiles that prefer high hydrostatic pressure for growth have garnered considerable scientific attention. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of their adaptation to high pressure remains unclear owing to the challenges of culturing and manipulating the genome of piezophiles. Humans also experience high hydrostatic pressure during exercise. A long-term stay in space can cause muscle weakness in astronauts. Thus, the human body indubitably senses mechanical stresses such as hydrostatic pressure and gravity. Nonetheless, the mechanisms underlying biological responses to high pressures are not clearly understood. This review summarizes the occurrence and significance of high-pressure effects in eukaryotic cells and how the cell responds to increasing pressure by particularly focusing on the physiology of S. cerevisiae at the molecular level. Abstract High hydrostatic pressure is common mechanical stress in nature and is also experienced by the human body. Organisms in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench are habitually exposed to pressures up to 110 MPa. Human joints are intermittently exposed to hydrostatic pressures of 3–10 MPa. Pressures less than 50 MPa do not deform or kill the cells. However, high pressure can have various effects on the cell’s biological processes. Although Saccharomyces cerevisiae is not a deep-sea piezophile, it can be used to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying the cell’s responses to high pressures by applying basic knowledge of the effects of pressure on industrial processes involving microorganisms. We have explored the genes associated with the growth of S. cerevisiae under high pressure by employing functional genomic strategies and transcriptomics analysis and indicated a strong association between high-pressure signaling and the cell’s response to nutrient availability. This review summarizes the occurrence and significance of high-pressure effects on complex metabolic and genetic networks in eukaryotic cells and how the cell responds to increasing pressure by particularly focusing on the physiology of S. cerevisiae at the molecular level. Mechanosensation in humans has also been discussed.
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Shigematsu T, Kaneko Y, Ikezaki M, Kataoka C, Nomura K, Nakano A, Aii J, Aoki T, Kuribayashi T, Kaneoke M, Hori S, Iguchi A. Genomic and Metabolomic Analyses of a Piezosensitive Mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Application for Generation of Piezosensitive Niigata- Sake Yeast Strains. Foods 2021; 10:foods10102247. [PMID: 34681296 PMCID: PMC8534807 DOI: 10.3390/foods10102247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A sparkling-type draft cloudy sake (Japanese rice wine), AWANAMA, was recently developed using high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) treatment as a non-thermal pasteurization method. This prototype sake has a high potential market value, since it retains the fresh taste and flavor similar to draft sake while avoiding over-fermentation. From an economic point of view, a lower pressure level for HHP pasteurization is still required. In this study, we carried out a genome analysis of a pressure-sensitive (piezosensitive) mutant strain, a924E1, which was generated by UV mutagenesis from a laboratory haploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain, KA31a. This mutant strain had a deletion of the COX1 gene region in the mitochondrial DNA and had deficient aerobic respiration and mitochondrial functions. A metabolomic analysis revealed restricted flux in the TCA cycle of the strain. The results enabled us to use aerobic respiration deficiency as an indicator for screening a piezosensitive mutant. Thus, we generated piezosensitive mutants from a Niigata-sake yeast strain, S9arg, which produces high levels of ethyl caproate but does not produce urea and is consequently suitable for brewing a high-quality sake. The resultant piezosensitive mutants showed brewing characteristics similar to the S9arg strain. This study provides a screening method for generating a piezosensitive yeast mutant as well as insight on a new way of applying HHP pasteurization.
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- Toru Shigematsu
- Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan; (Y.K.); (C.K.); (K.N.); (A.N.); (J.A.); (S.H.); (A.I.)
- Graduate School of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-250-25-5144
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- Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan; (Y.K.); (C.K.); (K.N.); (A.N.); (J.A.); (S.H.); (A.I.)
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- Graduate School of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan;
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- Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan; (Y.K.); (C.K.); (K.N.); (A.N.); (J.A.); (S.H.); (A.I.)
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- Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan; (Y.K.); (C.K.); (K.N.); (A.N.); (J.A.); (S.H.); (A.I.)
- Department of Applied Bioscience, College of Bioscience and Chemistry, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, 7-1 Ohgigaoka, Nonoichi 921-8501, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan; (Y.K.); (C.K.); (K.N.); (A.N.); (J.A.); (S.H.); (A.I.)
- Graduate School of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan;
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- Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan; (Y.K.); (C.K.); (K.N.); (A.N.); (J.A.); (S.H.); (A.I.)
- Graduate School of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan;
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- Niigata Prefectural Sake Research Institute, 2-5932-133 Suidocho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8121, Japan; (T.A.); (T.K.); (M.K.)
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- Niigata Prefectural Sake Research Institute, 2-5932-133 Suidocho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8121, Japan; (T.A.); (T.K.); (M.K.)
- Food Industry Department, Niigata Agro-Food University, 2416 Hiranedai, Tainai 959-2702, Japan
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- Niigata Prefectural Sake Research Institute, 2-5932-133 Suidocho, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8121, Japan; (T.A.); (T.K.); (M.K.)
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- Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan; (Y.K.); (C.K.); (K.N.); (A.N.); (J.A.); (S.H.); (A.I.)
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- Faculty of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan; (Y.K.); (C.K.); (K.N.); (A.N.); (J.A.); (S.H.); (A.I.)
- Graduate School of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima, Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan;
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Moura RD, Carvalho LM, Spagnol BAA, Carneiro T, Tosi Costa AC, Quadros ODF, Ventura JA, de Biasi RS, Fernandes AAR, Fernandes PMB. Difference between the cell wall roughnesses of mothers and daughters of Saccharomyces cerevisiae subjected to high pressure stress. Micron 2021; 147:103091. [PMID: 34090132 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2021.103091] [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: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) stress generates cellular responses similar to those to other stresses that yeasts endure in fermentation tanks. Structural and spatial compaction of molecules, as well as weakening and stretching of plasma membranes and cell walls, are often observed and have a significant influence on the fermentative process. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) yields accurate data on the morphological characteristics of yeast cell walls, providing important insights for the development of more productive yeast strains. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall assessment using AFM in the intermittent contact reading mode using a silicon cantilever, before and after application of a pressure of 100 MPa for 30 min, demonstrated that mother and daughter cells have different responses. Daughter cells were more sensitive to the effects of HHP, presenting lower average Ra (arithmetic roughness), Rz (ten-point average roughness), and Rq (root-mean-square roughness) after exposure to high pressure. Better adaptation to stress in mother cells leads to higher cell wall resistance and, therefore, to better protection.
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- Raissa D Moura
- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil; Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, Vitória, ES, 29050-790, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, 29040-090, Brazil.
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Paniagua-Martínez I, Ramírez-Martínez A, Serment-Moreno V, Rodrigues S, Ozuna C. Non-thermal Technologies as Alternative Methods for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Inactivation in Liquid Media: a Review. FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11947-018-2066-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Exploring the stability limits of actin and its suprastructures. Biophys J 2016; 107:2982-2992. [PMID: 25517163 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Revised: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Actin is the main component of the microfilament system in eukaryotic cells and can be found in distinct morphological states. Global (G)-actin is able to assemble into highly organized, supramolecular cellular structures known as filamentous (F)-actin and bundled (B)-actin. To evaluate the structure and stability of G-, F-, and B-actin over a wide range of temperatures and pressures, we used Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in combination with differential scanning and pressure perturbation calorimetry, small-angle x-ray scattering, laser confocal scanning microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Our analysis was designed to provide new (to our knowledge) insights into the stabilizing forces of actin self-assembly and to reveal the stability of the actin polymorphs, including in conditions encountered in extreme environments. In addition, we sought to explain the limited pressure stability of actin self-assembly observed in vivo. G-actin is not only the least temperature-stable but also the least pressure-stable actin species. Under abyssal conditions, where temperatures as low as 1-4°C and pressures up to 1 kbar are reached, G-actin is hardly stable. However, the supramolecular assemblies of actin are stable enough to withstand the extreme conditions usually encountered on Earth. Beyond ∼3-4 kbar, filamentous structures disassemble, and beyond ∼4 kbar, complete dissociation of F-actin structures is observed. Between ∼1 and 2 kbar, some disordering of actin assemblies commences, in agreement with in vivo observations. The limited pressure stability of the monomeric building block seems to be responsible for the suppression of actin assembly in the kbar pressure range.
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Microbiological Aspects of High-Pressure Processing of Food: Inactivation of Microbial Vegetative Cells and Spores. HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING OF FOOD 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3234-4_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Abe F. Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Microbial Cell Membranes: Structural and Functional Perspectives. Subcell Biochem 2015; 72:371-381. [PMID: 26174391 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9918-8_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Biological processes associated with dynamic structural features of membranes are highly sensitive to changes in hydrostatic pressure and temperature. Marine organisms potentially experience a broad range of pressure and temperature fluctuations. Hence, they have specialized cell membranes to perform membrane protein functions under various environmental conditions. Although the effects of high pressure on artificial lipid bilayers have been investigated in detail, little is known about how high pressure affects the structure of natural cell membranes and how organisms cope with pressure alterations. This review focused on the recent advances in research on the effects of high pressure on microbial membranes, particularly on the use of time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurement to determine membrane dynamics in deep-sea piezophiles.
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- Fumiyoshi Abe
- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, 252-5258, Japan,
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Tabanelli G, Patrignani F, Gardini F, Vinderola G, Reinheimer J, Grazia L, Lanciotti R. Effect of a sublethal high-pressure homogenization treatment on the fatty acid membrane composition of probiotic lactobacilli. Lett Appl Microbiol 2013; 58:109-17. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.12164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Revised: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- G. Tabanelli
- Inter-Departmental Centre of Industrial Agri-Food Research (CIRI Agroalimentare); Cesena Italy
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- Department of Agri-Food Science and Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Bologna Italy
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- Inter-Departmental Centre of Industrial Agri-Food Research (CIRI Agroalimentare); Cesena Italy
- Department of Agri-Food Science and Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Bologna Italy
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- Instituto de Lactología Industrial (INLAIN, UNL-CONICET); Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Santa Fe Argentina
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- Instituto de Lactología Industrial (INLAIN, UNL-CONICET); Facultad de Ingeniería Química; Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Santa Fe Argentina
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- Inter-Departmental Centre of Industrial Agri-Food Research (CIRI Agroalimentare); Cesena Italy
- Department of Agri-Food Science and Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Bologna Italy
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- Inter-Departmental Centre of Industrial Agri-Food Research (CIRI Agroalimentare); Cesena Italy
- Department of Agri-Food Science and Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Bologna Italy
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Picard A, Daniel I, Montagnac G, Oger P. In situ monitoring by quantitative Raman spectroscopy of alcoholic fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae under high pressure. Extremophiles 2006; 11:445-52. [PMID: 17186315 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-006-0054-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2006] [Accepted: 11/24/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We monitored alcoholic fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a function of high hydrostatic pressure. Ethanol production from 0.15 M glucose was measured by Raman spectroscopy in situ in a diamond-anvil cell. At 10 MPa, fermentation proceeds three times faster than at ambient pressure and the fermentation yield is enhanced by 5% after 24 h. Above 20 MPa, the reaction kinetics slows down with increasing pressure. The pressure above which no more ethanol is produced is calculated to be 87 +/- 7 MPa. These results indicate that the activity of one or several enzymes of the glycolytic pathway is enhanced at low pressure up to 10 MPa. At higher pressures, they become progressively repressed, and they are completely inhibited above 87 MPa. Although fermentation was predicted to stop at ca. 50 MPa, due to the loss of activity of phosphofructokinase, the present study demonstrates that there is still an activity of ca. 30% of that measured at ambient pressure at 65 MPa. This study also validates the use of Raman spectroscopy for monitoring the metabolism of living microorganisms.
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- A Picard
- Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, UMR 5570 CNRS-ENSL-UCBL, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon Cedex 07, France.
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Kawarai T, Arai S, Furukawa S, Ogihara H, Yamasaki M. High-hydrostatic-pressure treatment impairs actin cables and budding in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biosci Bioeng 2006; 101:515-8. [PMID: 16935255 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.101.515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Accepted: 03/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We previously reported that the postgrowth of Escherichia coli K-12 after high-hydrostatic-pressure treatment (HPT) as moderate as 75 MPa for 30 min at 37 degrees C induced the formation of elongated cells due to an HPT-induced disorder in FtsZ ring formation, which is essential for cell division. Because an FtsZ ring is known as a bacterial cytoskeleton, we examined the effect of HPT on a eukaryotic cytoskeleton, such as actin cables (long bundles of actin filaments), of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We found that actin cables disappeared after HPT (100 MPa) and were not reorganized until 3.5 h of growth after HPT. As long as actin cables disappeared, budding did not start. We also demonstrated that the in vitro polymerization of actin monomers was highly sensitive to HPT.
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- Taketo Kawarai
- Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan
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HUPPERTZ THOM, SMIDDY MARYA, UPADHYAY VIVEKK, KELLY ALANL. High-pressure-induced changes in bovine milk: a review. INT J DAIRY TECHNOL 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0307.2006.00246.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Iwahashi H, Odani M, Ishidou E, Kitagawa E. Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to high hydrostatic pressure causing growth inhibition. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:2847-52. [PMID: 15876434 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.03.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2005] [Revised: 03/23/2005] [Accepted: 03/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Genome-wide mRNA expression profiles of Saccharomyces cerevisiae growing under hydrostatic pressure were characterized. We selected a hydrostatic pressure of 30 MPa at 25 degrees C because yeast cells were able to grow under these conditions, while cell size and complexity were increased after decompression. Functional characterization of pressure-induced genes suggests that genes involved in protein metabolism and membrane metabolism were induced. The response to 30 MPa was significantly different from that observed under lethal conditions because protein degradation was not activated under 30 MPa pressure. Strongly induced genes those that contribute to membrane metabolism and which are also induced by detergents, oils, and membrane stabilizers.
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- Hitoshi Iwahashi
- Human Stress Signal Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Aertsen A, Van Houdt R, Vanoirbeek K, Michiels CW. An SOS response induced by high pressure in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:6133-41. [PMID: 15342583 PMCID: PMC515162 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.18.6133-6141.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although pressure is an important environmental parameter in microbial niches such as the deep sea and is furthermore used in food preservation to inactivate microorganisms, the fundamental understanding of its effects on bacteria remains fragmentary. Our group recently initiated differential fluorescence induction screening to search for pressure-induced Escherichia coli promoters and has already reported induction of the heat shock regulon. Here the screening was continued, and we report for the first time that pressure induces a bona fide SOS response in E. coli, characterized by the RecA and LexA-dependent expression of uvrA, recA, and sulA. Moreover, it was shown that pressure is capable of triggering lambda prophage induction in E. coli lysogens. The remnant lambdoid e14 element, however, could not be induced by pressure, as opposed to UV irradiation, indicating subtle differences between the pressure-induced and the classical SOS response. Furthermore, the pressure-induced SOS response seems not to be initiated by DNA damage, since DeltarecA and lexA1 (Ind-) mutants, which are intrinsically hypersensitive to DNA damage, were not sensitized or were only very slightly sensitized for pressure-mediated killing and since pressure treatment was not found to be mutagenic. In light of these findings, the current knowledge of pressure-mediated effects on bacteria is discussed.
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- Abram Aertsen
- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, K.U.Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 22, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Bauer B, Hartmann M, Sommer K, Knorr D. Optical in situ analysis of starch granules under high pressure with a high pressure cell. INNOV FOOD SCI EMERG 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2004.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Aertsen A, Vanoirbeek K, De Spiegeleer P, Sermon J, Hauben K, Farewell A, Nyström T, Michiels CW. Heat shock protein-mediated resistance to high hydrostatic pressure in Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:2660-6. [PMID: 15128516 PMCID: PMC404417 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.5.2660-2666.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A random library of Escherichia coli MG1655 genomic fragments fused to a promoterless green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene was constructed and screened by differential fluorescence induction for promoters that are induced after exposure to a sublethal high hydrostatic pressure stress. This screening yielded three promoters of genes belonging to the heat shock regulon (dnaK, lon, clpPX), suggesting a role for heat shock proteins in protection against, and/or repair of, damage caused by high pressure. Several further observations provide additional support for this hypothesis: (i). the expression of rpoH, encoding the heat shock-specific sigma factor sigma(32), was also induced by high pressure; (ii). heat shock rendered E. coli significantly more resistant to subsequent high-pressure inactivation, and this heat shock-induced pressure resistance followed the same time course as the induction of heat shock genes; (iii). basal expression levels of GFP from heat shock promoters, and expression of several heat shock proteins as determined by two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of proteins extracted from pulse-labeled cells, was increased in three previously isolated pressure-resistant mutants of E. coli compared to wild-type levels.
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- Abram Aertsen
- Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Mentré P, Hui Bon Hoa G. Effects of high hydrostatic pressures on living cells: a consequence of the properties of macromolecules and macromolecule-associated water. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2001; 201:1-84. [PMID: 11057830 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)01001-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Sixty percent of the Earth's biomass is found in the sea, at depths greater than 1000 m, i.e., at hydrostatic pressures higher than 100 atm. Still more surprising is the fact that living cells can reversibly withstand pressure shifts of 1000 atm. One explanation lies in the properties of cellular water. Water forms a very thin film around macromolecules, with a heterogeneous structure that is an image of the heterogeneity of the macromolecular surface. The density of water in contact with macromolecules reflects the physical properties of their different domains. Therefore, any macromolecular shape variations involving the reorganization of water and concomitant density changes are sensitive to pressure (Le Chatelier's principle). Most of the pressure-induced changes to macromolecules are reversible up to 2000 atm. Both the effects of pressure shifts on living cells and the characteristics of pressure-adapted species are opening new perspectives on fundamental problems such as regulation and adaptation.
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- P Mentré
- Station INRA 806, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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Smelt JP, Hellemons JC, Patterson M. Effects of High Pressure on Vegetative Microorganisms. FOOD ENGINEERING SERIES 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0723-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Radel S, McLoughlin AJ, Gherardini L, Doblhoff-Dier O, Benes E. Viability of yeast cells in well controlled propagating and standing ultrasonic plane waves. ULTRASONICS 2000; 38:633-7. [PMID: 10829741 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-624x(99)00211-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Recent studies have shown that there is no loss of cell viability when the cells are subjected to ultrasonic standing wave fields in acoustic cell retention systems. These systems are characterised by waves that spatially vary in pressure amplitude in the direction of sound propagation. In this work an anechoic 'one-dimensional' sonication chamber has been developed that produces propagating waves, which differ from standing waves in that the pressure amplitude remains constant as the wave travels in a medium with negligible attenuation. The viability of yeast cell suspensions as a function of treatment time was investigated during exposure to both standing and propagating wave fields with frequencies slightly above 2 MHz. The influence of 12% (vol/vol) of ethanol in water on the spatial arrangement of the cells in suspension was also studied. Changes in yeast cell morphology caused by the different types of suspension media and the ultrasonic treatment were examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The agglomeration of yeast cells within the pressure nodal planes appears to minimise damaging effects due to ultrasonic fields.
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- S Radel
- Department of Industrial Microbiology, University College Dublin, Ireland.
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There has been a renewal of interest in the survival strategies employed by deep-sea, high-pressure-adapted (piezophilic) microorganisms as well as in the effects of high pressure on mesophilic, 1-atmosphere-pressure-adapted microorganisms. This is partly the result of a greater appreciation of the adaptations of microorganisms to life in extreme environments and partly the result of the development of new techniques for examining physiological and molecular processes as a function of pressure.
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- F Abe
- DEEPSTAR Group, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
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Sato M, Hasegawa K, Shimada S, Osumi M. Effects of pressure stress on the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe cold-sensitive mutant nda3. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1999; 176:31-8. [PMID: 10418128 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13638.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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To investigate the influence of pressure stress on the cell cycle of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, we used a cold-sensitive nda3-KM311 mutant which arrests cell division at a step similar to the mitotic prophase, proposed by Hiraoka and colleagues (Cell 39 (1984) 349-358), under the restrictive temperature, 20 degrees C. The nda3-KM311 cells were first aerobically grown at 30 degrees C, transferred to 20 degrees C for 4 h and shifted to a permissive temperature of 36 degrees C for 15 min. The cells were treated with 100-200 MPa pressure and studied by electron and fluorescence microscopy. At 100 MPa, the nuclear membrane was damaged and the matrix of mitochondria had an electron-dense area. At 150 MPa, the nuclear membrane was broken over broad areas; numerous small vacuoles had fused into large pieces. Actin patches were concentrated in the central region and actin rings were seen in the 20 degrees C-grown cells. Even at 100 MPa, specific actin distribution was lost. Although at 100 MPa, long and fine actin cables were seen all over the cells, large actin patches and the actin rings remained in the center of the cell. They changed into thick and short cables at 150 MPa and above 200 MPa they decomposed but the actin ring was visible even with faint fluorescence. Immunoelectron microscopic observation confirmed this phenomenon.
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- M Sato
- Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Graduate School of Science, Japan Women's University, Tokyo, Japan
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Kawata Y, Fujii Z, Sakumura T, Kitano M, Suzuki N, Matsuzaki M. High pressure conditions promote the proliferation of rat cultured mesangial cells in vitro. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1401:195-202. [PMID: 9531975 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(97)00112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Glomerular capillary pressure is involved in the development of chronic renal failure and has at least two effects on mesangial cells: transmembrane hydrostatic pressure and stretch. To clarify whether pure hydrostatic pressure itself affects the proliferation of cultured rat mesangial cells, we compared the cell number under atmospheric pressure condition with high pressure condition. At 24 and 48 h with 0.5% serum, cell number was significantly higher under high pressure condition than under atmospheric pressure condition. At 48 h, cell number under high pressure condition was increased in a pressure-dependent manner. Furthermore, flow cytometric assay indicated that pressure-load could promote DNA synthesis rate at S phase and enhance G1/S progression induced by low concentration of serum (0.5%). These results suggest that pure hydrostatic pressure itself can promote the proliferation of cultured rat mesangial cells by advancing cell cycle progression in vitro.
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- Y Kawata
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Morphological effects of pressure stress on yeasts. HIGH PRESSURE BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGH PRESSURE BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0921-0423(06)80008-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Changes in microfilaments and microtubules of yeasts induced by pressure stress. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0921-0423(06)80015-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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