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Karim N, Yang Y, Salemi M, Phinney BS, Durbin-Johnson BP, Rocke DM, Rice RH. Human Keratinocyte Responses to Woodsmoke Chemicals. Chem Res Toxicol 2024; 37:675-684. [PMID: 38598786 PMCID: PMC11110105 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
Abstract
Air pollution consists of complex mixtures of chemicals with serious deleterious health effects from acute and chronic exposure. To help understand the mechanisms by which adverse effects occur, the present work examines the responses of cultured human epidermal keratinocytes to specific chemicals commonly found in woodsmoke. Our earlier findings with liquid smoke flavoring (aqueous extract of charred wood) revealed that such extracts stimulated the expression of genes associated with oxidative stress and proinflammatory response, activated the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, thereby inducing cytochrome P4501A1 activity, and induced cross-linked envelope formation, a lethal event ordinarily occurring during terminal differentiation. The present results showed that furfural produced transcriptional responses resembling those of liquid smoke, cyclohexanedione activated the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, and several chemicals induced envelope formation. Of these, syringol permeabilized the cells to the egress of lactate dehydrogenase at a concentration close to that yielding envelope formation, while furfural induced envelope formation without permeabilization detectable in this way. Furfural (but not syringol) stimulated the incorporation of amines into cell proteins in extracts in the absence of transglutaminase activity. Nevertheless, both chemicals substantially increased the amount of cellular protein incorporated into envelopes and greatly altered the envelope protein profile. Moreover, the proportion of keratin in the envelopes was dramatically increased. These findings are consistent with the chemically induced protein cross-linking in the cells. Elucidating mechanisms by which this phenomenon occurs may help understand how smoke chemicals interact with proteins to elicit cellular responses, interpret bioassays of complex pollutant mixtures, and suggest additional sensitive ways to monitor exposures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Noreen Karim
- Department
of Environmental Toxicology, University
of California Davis, Davis, California 95616-8588, United States
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- Department
of Environmental Toxicology, University
of California Davis, Davis, California 95616-8588, United States
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- Proteomics
Core Facility, University of California
Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Proteomics
Core Facility, University of California
Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Division
of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, Clinical and
Translational Science Center Biostatistics Core, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Division
of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, Clinical and
Translational Science Center Biostatistics Core, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department
of Environmental Toxicology, University
of California Davis, Davis, California 95616-8588, United States
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Zeng W, Shan X, Liu L, Zhou J. Efficient 1,3-dihydroxyacetone biosynthesis in Gluconobacter oxydans using metabolic engineering and a fed-batch strategy. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2022; 9:121. [PMID: 38647819 PMCID: PMC10992570 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-022-00610-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
1,3-Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) is a commercially important chemical and widely used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food industries as it prevents excessive water evaporation, and provides anti-ultraviolet radiation protection and antioxidant activity. Currently, the industrial production of DHA is based on a biotechnological synthetic route using Gluconobacter oxydans. However, achieving higher production requires more improvements in the synthetic process. In this study, we compared DHA synthesis levels in five industrial wild-type Gluconobacter strains, after which the G. oxydans WSH-003 strain was selected. Then, 16 dehydrogenase genes, unrelated to DHA synthesis, were individually knocked out, with one strain significantly enhancing DHA production, reaching 89.49 g L-1 and 42.27% higher than the wild-type strain. By optimizing the culture media, including seed culture and fermentation media, DHA production was further enhanced. Finally, using an established fed-batch fermentation system, DHA production reached 198.81 g L-1 in a 5 L bioreactor, with a glycerol conversion rate of 82.84%.
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Affiliation(s)
- Weizhu Zeng
- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education On Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Provisional Research Center of Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education On Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Provisional Research Center of Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
- School of Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
- Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education On Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
- Jiangsu Provisional Research Center of Food Synthetic Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
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