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Nøkling-Eide K, Aachmann FL, Tøndervik A, Arlov Ø, Sletta H. In-process epimerisation of alginates from Saccharina latissima, Alaria esculenta and Laminaria hyperborea. Carbohydr Polym 2024; 325:121557. [PMID: 38008481 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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Alginates are valued in many industries, due to their versatile properties. These polysaccharides originate from brown algae (Phaeophyceae) and some bacteria of the Azotobacter and Pseudomonas genera, consisting of 1 → 4 linked β-d-mannuronic acid (M), and its C5-epimer α-l-guluronic acid (G). Several applications rely on a high G-content, which confers good gelling properties. Because of its high natural G-content (FG = 0.60-0.75), the alginate from Laminaria hyperborea (LH) has sustained a thriving industry in Norway. Alginates from other sources can be upgraded with mannuronan C-5 epimerases that convert M to G, and this has been demonstrated in many studies, but not applied in the seaweed industry. The present study demonstrates epimerisation directly in the process of alginate extraction from cultivated Saccharina latissima (SL) and Alaria esculenta (AE), and the lamina of LH. Unlike conventional epimerisation, which comprises multiple steps, this in-process protocol can decrease the time and costs necessary for alginate upgrading. In-process epimerisation with AlgE1 enzyme enhanced G-content and hydrogel strength in all examined species, with the greatest effect on SL (FG from 0.44 to 0.76, hydrogel Young's modulus from 22 to 34 kPa). As proof of concept, an upscaled in-process epimerisation of alginate from fresh SL was successfully demonstrated.
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- Katharina Nøkling-Eide
- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3 B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway; Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 6/8, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 6/8, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3 B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3 B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3 B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
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Pritchard MF, Powell LC, Adams JYM, Menzies G, Khan S, Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Aarstad O, Skjåk-Bræk G, McKenna S, Buurma NJ, Farnell DJJ, Rye PD, Hill KE, Thomas DW. Structure-Activity Relationships of Low Molecular Weight Alginate Oligosaccharide Therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1366. [PMID: 37759766 PMCID: PMC10527064 DOI: 10.3390/biom13091366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Low molecular weight alginate oligosaccharides have been shown to exhibit anti-microbial activity against a range of multi-drug resistant bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Previous studies suggested that the disruption of calcium (Ca2+)-DNA binding within bacterial biofilms and dysregulation of quorum sensing (QS) were key factors in these observed effects. To further investigate the contribution of Ca2+ binding, G-block (OligoG) and M-block alginate oligosaccharides (OligoM) with comparable average size DPn 19 but contrasting Ca2+ binding properties were prepared. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy demonstrated prolonged binding of alginate oligosaccharides to the pseudomonal cell membrane even after hydrodynamic shear treatment. Molecular dynamics simulations and isothermal titration calorimetry revealed that OligoG exhibited stronger interactions with bacterial LPS than OligoM, although this difference was not mirrored by differential reductions in bacterial growth. While confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that both agents demonstrated similar dose-dependent reductions in biofilm formation, OligoG exhibited a stronger QS inhibitory effect and increased potentiation of the antibiotic azithromycin in minimum inhibitory concentration and biofilm assays. This study demonstrates that the anti-microbial effects of alginate oligosaccharides are not purely influenced by Ca2+-dependent processes but also by electrostatic interactions that are common to both G-block and M-block structures.
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- Manon F. Pritchard
- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
- Microbiology and Infectious Disease Group, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK;
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- Department of Bioprocess Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway; (A.T.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Bioprocess Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway; (A.T.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (O.A.); (G.S.-B.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (O.A.); (G.S.-B.)
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK;
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- AlgiPharma AS, Industriveien 33, N-1337 Sandvika, Norway;
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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- Advanced Therapies Group, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK; (L.C.P.); (J.Y.M.A.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (D.J.J.F.); (K.E.H.); (D.W.T.)
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Schulz S, Sletta H, Fløgstad Degnes K, Krysenko S, Williams A, Olsen SM, Vernstad K, Mitulski A, Wohlleben W. Optimization of FK-506 production in Streptomyces tsukubaensis by modulation of Crp-mediated regulation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:2871-2886. [PMID: 36949330 PMCID: PMC10033298 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12473-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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FK-506 is a potent immunosuppressive macrocyclic polyketide with growing pharmaceutical interest, produced by Streptomyces tsukubaensis. However, due to low levels synthesized by the wild-type strain, biotechnological production of FK-506 is rather limited. Optimization strategies to enhance the productivity of S. tsukubaensis by means of genetic engineering have been established. In this work primarily global regulatory aspects with respect to the FK-506 biosynthesis have been investigated with the focus on the global Crp (cAMP receptor protein) regulator. In expression analyses and protein-DNA interaction studies, the role of Crp during FK-506 biosynthesis was elucidated. Overexpression of Crp resulted in two-fold enhancement of FK-506 production in S. tsukubaensis under laboratory conditions. Further optimizations using fermentors proved that the strategy described in this study can be transferred to industrial scale, presenting a new approach for biotechnological FK-506 production. KEY POINTS: • The role of the global Crp (cAMP receptor protein) regulator for FK-506 biosynthesis in S. tsukubaensis was demonstrated • Crp overexpression in S. tsukubaensis was applied as an optimization strategy to enhance FK-506 and FK-520 production resulting in two-fold yield increase.
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- Susann Schulz
- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- Novartis AG, Stein, Switzerland
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence 'Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections', University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- Valent BioSciences, 1910 Innovation Wy Suite 100, Libertyville, IL, 60048, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Sem Sælands veg 2a, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence 'Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections', University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
- Cluster of Excellence 'Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections', University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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Madsen M, Prestel A, Madland E, Westh P, Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Peters GHJ, Aachmann FL, Kragelund BB, Svensson B. Molecular insights into alginate β-lactoglobulin A multivalencies-The foundation for their amorphous aggregates and coacervation. Protein Sci 2023; 32:e4556. [PMID: 36571497 PMCID: PMC9847093 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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For improved control of biomaterial property design, a better understanding of complex coacervation involving anionic polysaccharides and proteins is needed. Here, we address the initial steps in condensate formation of β-lactoglobulin A (β-LgA) with nine defined alginate oligosaccharides (AOSs) and describe their multivalent interactions in structural detail. Binding of AOSs containing four, five, or six uronic acid residues (UARs), either all mannuronate (M), all guluronate (G), or alternating M and G embodying the block structural components of alginates, was characterized by isothermal titration calorimetry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), and molecular docking. β-LgA was highly multivalent exhibiting binding stoichiometries decreasing from five to two AOSs with increasing degree of polymerization (DP) and similar affinities in the mid micromolar range. The different AOS binding sites on β-LgA were identified by NMR chemical shift perturbation analyses and showed diverse compositions of charged, polar and hydrophobic residues. Distinct sites for the shorter AOSs merged to accommodate longer AOSs. The AOSs bound dynamically to β-LgA, as concluded from saturation transfer difference and 1 H-ligand-targeted NMR analyses. Molecular docking using Glide within the Schrödinger suite 2016-1 revealed the orientation of AOSs to only vary slightly at the preferred β-LgA binding site resulting in similar XP glide scores. The multivalency coupled with highly dynamic AOS binding with lack of confined conformations in the β-LgA complexes may help explain the first steps toward disordered β-LgA alginate coacervate structures.
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- Mikkel Madsen
- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and BiomedicineTechnical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagen NDenmark
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology and Food ScienceNTNU Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheimNorway
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- Interfacial Enzymology, Department of Biotechnology and BiomedicineTechnical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF IndustryTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF IndustryTrondheimNorway
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- Biophysical and Biomedicinal Chemistry, Department of ChemistryTechnical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology and Food ScienceNTNU Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheimNorway
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagen NDenmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and BiomedicineTechnical University of DenmarkKgs. LyngbyDenmark
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García-Calvo L, Rodríguez-Castro R, Ullán RV, Albillos SM, Fernández-Aguado M, Vicente CM, Degnes KF, Sletta H, Barreiro C. Penicillium chrysogenum as a fungal factory for feruloyl esterases. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:691-717. [PMID: 36595038 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12335-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Plant biomass is a promising substrate for biorefinery, as well as a source of bioactive compounds, platform chemicals, and precursors with multiple industrial applications. These applications depend on the hydrolysis of its recalcitrant structure. However, the effective biological degradation of plant cell walls requires several enzymatic groups acting synergistically, and novel enzymes are needed in order to achieve profitable industrial hydrolysis processes. In the present work, a feruloyl esterase (FAE) activity screening of Penicillium spp. strains revealed a promising candidate (Penicillium rubens Wisconsin 54-1255; previously Penicillium chrysogenum), where two FAE-ORFs were identified and subsequently overexpressed. Enzyme extracts were analyzed, confirming the presence of FAE activity in the respective gene products (PrFaeA and PrFaeB). PrFaeB-enriched enzyme extracts were used to determine the FAE activity optima (pH 5.0 and 50-55 °C) and perform proteome analysis by means of MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry. The studies were completed with the determination of other lignocellulolytic activities, an untargeted metabolite analysis, and upscaled FAE production in stirred tank reactors. The findings described in this work present P. rubens as a promising lignocellulolytic enzyme producer. KEY POINTS: • Two Penicillium rubens ORFs were first confirmed to have feruloyl esterase activity. • Overexpression of the ORFs produced a novel P. rubens strain with improved activity. • The first in-depth proteomic study of a P. rubens lignocellulolytic extract is shown.
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- Laura García-Calvo
- INBIOTEC (Instituto de Biotecnología de León), Avda. Real 1 - Parque Científico de León, 24006, León, Spain
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- INBIOTEC (Instituto de Biotecnología de León), Avda. Real 1 - Parque Científico de León, 24006, León, Spain
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- INBIOTEC (Instituto de Biotecnología de León), Avda. Real 1 - Parque Científico de León, 24006, León, Spain.
- mAbxience, Upstream Production, Parque Tecnológico de León, Julia Morros, S/N, Armunia, 24009, León, Spain.
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- Área de Bioquímica Y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Biotecnología Y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Burgos, 09001, Burgos, Spain
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- INBIOTEC (Instituto de Biotecnología de León), Avda. Real 1 - Parque Científico de León, 24006, León, Spain
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- INBIOTEC (Instituto de Biotecnología de León), Avda. Real 1 - Parque Científico de León, 24006, León, Spain
- TBI, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, 31077, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands Vei 3 B, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands Vei 3 B, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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- Área de Bioquímica Y Biología Molecular, Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana, 24007, León, Spain.
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Josefsen KD, Nordborg A, Le SB, Olsen SM, Sletta H. Bioconversion of Phytosterols into Androstenedione by Mycolicibacterium. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2704:245-267. [PMID: 37642849 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3385-4_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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The chapter describes the bioconversion of phytosterols into androstenedione (AD) by Mycolicibacterium spp. in shake flasks and fermenters, as well as LC-MS-based methods for analysis of phytosterols and steroid products. Phytosterols are derived as by-products of vegetable oil refining and manufacture of wood pulp. They contain the same four-ring nucleus as steroids and may be converted to high-value steroids by removing the sidechain at C17 and minor changes at other sites in the ring structure. Many bacteria, including Mycolicibacterium spp., can degrade phytosterols. Mutants of Mycolicibacterium spp. unable of ring cleavage can, when growing on phytosterols, accumulate the steroid intermediates androstenedione (AD) and androstadienedione (ADD). The practical challenge with microbial conversion of phytosterols to steroids is that both the substrate and the product are virtually insoluble in water. In addition, some steroids, notably ADD, may be toxic for the cells. Two main strategies have been employed to overcome this challenge: the use of two-phase systems and the addition of chemically modified cyclodextrins. The latter method is used here. Defined cultivation and bioconversion media for both shake flask and fermenter are given, as well as hints how to minimize the practical problems due to the water-insoluble phytosterol. Sampling, sample extraction, and quantification of substrates and products using LC-MS analysis are described.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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Le SB, Nordborg A, Josefsen KD, Olsen SM, Sletta H. Cultivation of Mycolicibacterium spp. Mutants in Miniaturized and High-Throughput Format to Characterize Their Growth, Phytosterol Conversion Ability, and Resistance to the Steroid Products. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2704:185-200. [PMID: 37642845 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3385-4_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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This chapter describes methods for cultivation and characterization of the growth of Mycolicibacterium spp. mutants in a microbioreactor system in the presence of steroids and/or phytosterols followed by high-throughput mass spectrometry analysis to describe their ability to convert phytosterols into the target steroid androstenedione (AD). We focus on Mycolicibacterium neoaurum NRRL B-3805 ΔkstD which can convert phytosterol into androstenedione (AD) as one of its major steroid products, and mutants thereof with increased tolerance towards this end-product. By using BioLector 48-well plates with optodes at the bottom of each well, bacterial growth can be monitored online despite the turbidity of the growth medium resulting from non-dissolved phytosterol and steroid particles. To cope with the large number of samples that accumulate during growth experiments in microbioreactors and similar formats (e.g., microtiter plates), protocols for extraction and subsequent RapidFire-MS analysis are presented. This reduces the analysis time per sample to 10 s from 10 min required for regular LC-MS analysis.
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- Simone Balzer Le
- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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Birgersson PS, Oftebro M, Strand WI, Aarstad OA, Sætrom GI, Sletta H, Arlov Ø, Aachmann FL. Sequential extraction and fractionation of four polysaccharides from cultivated brown algae Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Haslene‐Hox H, Nærdal GK, Mørch Y, Hageskal G, Tøndervik A, Turøy AV, Johnsen H, Klinkenberg G, Sletta H. High-throughput assay for effect screening of amphotericin B and bioactive components on filamentous Candida albicans. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 133:3113-3125. [PMID: 35947058 PMCID: PMC9804330 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to develop a high-throughput robotic microtiter plate-based screening assay for Candida albicans, optimizing growth conditions to replicate the filamentous biofilm growth found in vivo, and subsequently, to demonstrate the assay by evaluating the effect of nutritional drinks alone and in combination with the antifungal amphotericin B (AmB). METHODS AND RESULTS Candida albicans cultured in a defined growth medium showed filamentous growth in microcolonies, mimicking the morphology of oral mucosal disease (oral candidiasis). Addition of nutrient drinks containing fruit juices, fish oil and whey protein to the medium resulted in changed morphology and promoted growth as free yeast cells and with weak biofilm structures. Minimum inhibitory concentration of AmB on the biofilms was 0.25 μg ml-1 , and this was eightfold reduced (0.0038 μg ml-1 ) in the presence of the nutritional drinks. CONCLUSIONS The established assay demonstrated applicability for screening of antifungal and anti-biofilm effects of bioactive substances on C. albicans biofilm with clinically relevant morphology. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Candida albicans is the causative agent of the majority of fungal infections globally. The filamentous morphology of C. albicans and the ability to form biofilm are traits known to increase virulence and resistance towards antifungals. This study describes the development of a plate-based in vitro screening method mimicking the filamentous morphology of C. albicans found in vivo. The assay established can thus facilitate efficient antifungal drug discovery and development.
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- Hanne Haslene‐Hox
- Department of Biotechnology and NanomedicineSINTEF ASTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biotechnology and NanomedicineSINTEF ASTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biotechnology and NanomedicineSINTEF ASTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biotechnology and NanomedicineSINTEF ASTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biotechnology and NanomedicineSINTEF ASTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biotechnology and NanomedicineSINTEF ASTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biotechnology and NanomedicineSINTEF ASTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biotechnology and NanomedicineSINTEF ASTrondheimNorway
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Tøndervik A, Aune R, Degelmann A, Piontek M, Ertesvåg H, Skjåk-Bræk G, Sletta H. Strain Construction and Process Development for Efficient Recombinant Production of Mannuronan C-5 Epimerases in Hansenula polymorpha. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:837891. [PMID: 35734252 PMCID: PMC9208277 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.837891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Alginates are linear polysaccharides produced by brown algae and some bacteria and are composed of β-D-mannuronic acid (M) and α-L-guluronic acid (G). Alginate has numerous present and potential future applications within industrial, medical and pharmaceutical areas and G rich alginates are traditionally most valuable and frequently used due to their gelling and viscosifying properties. Mannuronan C-5 epimerases are enzymes converting M to G at the polymer level during the biosynthesis of alginate. The Azotobacter vinelandii epimerases AlgE1-AlgE7 share a common structure, containing one or two catalytic A-modules (A), and one to seven regulatory R-modules (R). Despite the structural similarity of the epimerases, they create different M-G patterns in the alginate; AlgE4 (AR) creates strictly alternating MG structures whereas AlgE1 (ARRRAR) and AlgE6 (ARRR) create predominantly G-blocks. These enzymes are therefore promising tools for producing in vitro tailor-made alginates. Efficient in vitro epimerization of alginates requires availability of recombinantly produced alginate epimerases, and for this purpose the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha is an attractive host organism. The present study investigates whether H. polymorpha is a suitable expression system for future large-scale production of AlgE1, AlgE4, and AlgE6. H. polymorpha expression strains were constructed using synthetic genes with reduced repetitive sequences as well as optimized codon usage. High cell density cultivations revealed that the largest epimerases AlgE1 (147 kDa) and AlgE6 (90 kDa) are subject to proteolytic degradation by proteases secreted by the yeast cells. However, degradation could be controlled to a large extent either by co-expression of chaperones or by adjusting cultivation conditions. The smaller AlgE4 (58 kDa) was stable under all tested conditions. The results obtained thus point toward a future potential for using H. polymorpha in industrial production of mannuronan C-5 epimerases for in vitro tailoring of alginates.
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- Anne Tøndervik
- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Trondheim, Norway
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Matica MA, Aachmann FL, Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Ostafe V. "Preparation, physico-chemical characterization and antibacterial properties of chitosan and chitosan–nisin membranes ". Studia UBB Chemia 2022. [DOI: 10.24193/subbchem.2022.1.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Birgen C, Degnes KF, Markussen S, Wentzel A, Sletta H. Butanol production from lignocellulosic sugars by Clostridium beijerinckii in microbioreactors. Biotechnol Biofuels 2021; 14:34. [PMID: 33516261 PMCID: PMC7846990 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-01886-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Butanol (n-butanol) has been gaining attention as a renewable energy carrier and an alternative biofuel with superior properties to the most widely used ethanol. We performed 48 anaerobic fermentations simultaneously with glucose and xylose as representative lignocellulosic sugars by Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 in BioLector® microbioreactors to understand the effect of different sugar mixtures on fermentation and to demonstrate the applicability of the micro-cultivation system for high-throughput anaerobic cultivation studies. We then compared the results to those of similar cultures in serum flasks to provide insight into different setups and measurement methods. RESULTS ANOVA results showed that the glucose-to-xylose ratio affects both growth and production due to Carbon Catabolite Repression. The study demonstrated successful use of BioLector® system for the first time for screening several media and sugar compositions under anaerobic conditions by using online monitoring of cell mass and pH in real-time and at unprecedented time-resolution. Fermentation products possibly interfered with dissolved oxygen (DO) measurements, which require a careful interpretation of DO monitoring results. CONCLUSIONS The statistical approach to evaluate the microbioreactor setup, and information obtained in this study will support further research in bioreactor and bioprocess design, which are very important aspects of industrial fermentations of lignocellulosic biomass.
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- Cansu Birgen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU, 7491, Trondheim, Norway.
- Department of Thermal Energy, SINTEF Energy Research, 7034, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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Tøndervik A, Aarstad OA, Aune R, Maleki S, Rye PD, Dessen A, Skjåk-Bræk G, Sletta H. Exploiting Mannuronan C-5 Epimerases in Commercial Alginate Production. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:E565. [PMID: 33218095 PMCID: PMC7698916 DOI: 10.3390/md18110565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Alginates are one of the major polysaccharide constituents of marine brown algae in commercial manufacturing. However, the content and composition of alginates differ according to the distinct parts of these macroalgae and have a direct impact on the concentration of guluronate and subsequent commercial value of the final product. The Azotobacter vinelandii mannuronan C-5 epimerases AlgE1 and AlgE4 were used to determine their potential value in tailoring the production of high guluronate low-molecular-weight alginates from two sources of high mannuronic acid alginates, the naturally occurring harvested brown algae (Ascophyllum nodosum, Durvillea potatorum, Laminaria hyperborea and Lessonia nigrescens) and a pure mannuronic acid alginate derived from fermented production of the mutant strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 10,525. The mannuronan C-5 epimerases used in this study increased the content of guluronate from 32% up to 81% in both the harvested seaweed and bacterial fermented alginate sources. The guluronate-rich alginate oligomers subsequently derived from these two different sources showed structural identity as determined by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD) and size-exclusion chromatography with online multi-angle static laser light scattering (SEC-MALS). Functional identity was determined by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assays with selected bacteria and antibiotics using the previously documented low-molecular-weight guluronate enriched alginate OligoG CF-5/20 as a comparator. The alginates produced using either source showed similar antibiotic potentiation effects to the drug candidate OligoG CF-5/20 currently in development as a mucolytic and anti-biofilm agent. These findings clearly illustrate the value of using epimerases to provide an alternative production route for novel low-molecular-weight alginates.
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- Anne Tøndervik
- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3B, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway; (R.A.); (S.M.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (O.A.A.); (G.S.-B.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3B, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway; (R.A.); (S.M.); (H.S.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3B, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway; (R.A.); (S.M.); (H.S.)
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- AlgiPharma AS, Industriveien 33, N-1337 Sandvika, Norway; (P.D.R.); (A.D.)
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- AlgiPharma AS, Industriveien 33, N-1337 Sandvika, Norway; (P.D.R.); (A.D.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (O.A.A.); (G.S.-B.)
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- Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, Richard Birkelands vei 3B, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway; (R.A.); (S.M.); (H.S.)
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Stanisci A, Tøndervik A, Gaardløs M, Lervik A, Skjåk-Bræk G, Sletta H, Aachmann FL. Identification of a Pivotal Residue for Determining the Block Structure-Forming Properties of Alginate C-5 Epimerases. ACS Omega 2020; 5:4352-4361. [PMID: 32149266 PMCID: PMC7057702 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Alginate is a linear copolymer composed of 1→4 linked β-d-mannuronic acid (M) and its epimer α-l-guluronic acid (G). The polysaccharide is first produced as homopolymeric mannuronan and subsequently, at the polymer level, C-5 epimerases convert M residues to G residues. The bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii encodes a family of seven secreted and calcium ion-dependent mannuronan C-5 epimerases (AlgE1-AlgE7). These epimerases consist of two types of structural modules: the A-modules, which contain the catalytic site, and the R-modules, which influence activity through substrate and calcium binding. In this study, we rationally designed new hybrid mannuronan C-5 epimerases constituting the A-module from AlgE6 and the R-module from AlgE4. This led to a better understanding of the molecular mechanism determining differences in MG- and GG-block-forming properties of the enzymes. A long loop with either tyrosine or phenylalanine extruding from the β-helix of the enzyme proved essential in defining the final alginate block structure, probably by affecting substrate binding. Normal mode analysis of the A-module from AlgE6 supports the results.
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- Annalucia Stanisci
- Department
of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Biopolymer
Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Sem Sælands vei 6/8, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF
Industry, Richard Birkelands
veg 3 B, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Biopolymer
Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Sem Sælands vei 6/8, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Chemistry, NTNU Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Biopolymer
Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Sem Sælands vei 6/8, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF
Industry, Richard Birkelands
veg 3 B, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department
of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norwegian Biopolymer
Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Sem Sælands vei 6/8, NO 7491 Trondheim, Norway
- E-mail: . Phone: +4773593317. Fax: +4773591283
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Mærk M, Jakobsen ØM, Sletta H, Klinkenberg G, Tøndervik A, Ellingsen TE, Valla S, Ertesvåg H. Identification of Regulatory Genes and Metabolic Processes Important for Alginate Biosynthesis in Azotobacter vinelandii by Screening of a Transposon Insertion Mutant Library. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 7:475. [PMID: 32010681 PMCID: PMC6979010 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Azotobacter vinelandii produces the biopolymer alginate, which has a wide range of industrial and pharmaceutical applications. A random transposon insertion mutant library was constructed from A. vinelandii ATCC12518Tc in order to identify genes and pathways affecting alginate biosynthesis, and about 4,000 mutant strains were screened for altered alginate production. One mutant, containing a mucA disruption, displayed an elevated alginate production level, and several mutants with decreased or abolished alginate production were identified. The regulatory proteins AlgW and AmrZ seem to be required for alginate production in A. vinelandii, similarly to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. An algB mutation did however not affect alginate yield in A. vinelandii although its P. aeruginosa homolog is needed for full alginate production. Inactivation of the fructose phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system protein FruA resulted in a mutant that did not produce alginate when cultivated in media containing various carbon sources, indicating that this system could have a role in regulation of alginate biosynthesis. Furthermore, impaired or abolished alginate production was observed for strains with disruptions of genes involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis/recycling and biosynthesis of purines, isoprenoids, TCA cycle intermediates, and various vitamins, suggesting that sufficient access to some of these compounds is important for alginate production. This hypothesis was verified by showing that addition of thiamine, succinate or a mixture of lysine, methionine and diaminopimelate increases alginate yield in the non-mutagenized strain. These results might be used in development of optimized alginate production media or in genetic engineering of A. vinelandii strains for alginate bioproduction.
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- Mali Mærk
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Matica MA, Aachmann FL, Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Ostafe V. Chitosan as a Wound Dressing Starting Material: Antimicrobial Properties and Mode of Action. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E5889. [PMID: 31771245 PMCID: PMC6928789 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20235889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fighting bacterial resistance is one of the concerns in modern days, as antibiotics remain the main resource of bacterial control. Data shows that for every antibiotic developed, there is a microorganism that becomes resistant to it. Natural polymers, as the source of antibacterial agents, offer a new way to fight bacterial infection. The advantage over conventional synthetic antibiotics is that natural antimicrobial agents are biocompatible, non-toxic, and inexpensive. Chitosan is one of the natural polymers that represent a very promising source for the development of antimicrobial agents. In addition, chitosan is biodegradable, non-toxic, and most importantly, promotes wound healing, features that makes it suitable as a starting material for wound dressings. This paper reviews the antimicrobial properties of chitosan and describes the mechanisms of action toward microbial cells as well as the interactions with mammalian cells in terms of wound healing process. Finally, the applications of chitosan as a wound-dressing material are discussed along with the current status of chitosan-based wound dressings existing on the market.
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- Mariana Adina Matica
- Advanced Environmental Research Laboratories, Department of Biology—Chemistry, West University of Timisoara, Oituz 4, 300086 Timisoara, Romania;
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 6/8, 7491 Trondheim, Norway;
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- SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Richard Birkelands veg 3 B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway; (A.T.); (H.S.)
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- SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Richard Birkelands veg 3 B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway; (A.T.); (H.S.)
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- Advanced Environmental Research Laboratories, Department of Biology—Chemistry, West University of Timisoara, Oituz 4, 300086 Timisoara, Romania;
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Jensen MS, Klinkenberg G, Bissaro B, Chylenski P, Vaaje-Kolstad G, Kvitvang HF, Nærdal GK, Sletta H, Forsberg Z, Eijsink VGH. Engineering chitinolytic activity into a cellulose-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase provides insights into substrate specificity. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:19349-19364. [PMID: 31656228 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) catalyze oxidative cleavage of recalcitrant polysaccharides such as cellulose and chitin and play an important role in the enzymatic degradation of biomass. Although it is clear that these monocopper enzymes have extended substrate-binding surfaces for interacting with their fibrous substrates, the structural determinants of LPMO substrate specificity remain largely unknown. To gain additional insight into substrate specificity in LPMOs, here we generated a mutant library of a cellulose-active family AA10 LPMO from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) (ScLPMO10C, also known as CelS2) having multiple substitutions at five positions on the substrate-binding surface that we identified by sequence comparisons. Screening of this library using a newly-developed MS-based high-throughput assay helped identify multiple enzyme variants that contained four substitutions and exhibited significant chitinolytic activity and a concomitant decrease in cellulolytic activity. The chitin-active variants became more rapidly inactivated during catalysis than a natural chitin-active AA10 LPMO, an observation likely indicative of suboptimal substrate binding leading to autocatalytic oxidative damage of these variants. These results reveal several structural determinants of LPMO substrate specificity and underpin the notion that productive substrate binding by these enzymes is complex, depending on a multitude of amino acids located on the substrate-binding surface.
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- Marianne Slang Jensen
- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, NMBU-Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
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- SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, NMBU-Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, NMBU-Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, NMBU-Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
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- SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, NMBU-Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, NMBU-Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
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Aarstad OA, Stanisci A, Sætrom GI, Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Aachmann FL, Skjåk-Bræk G. Biosynthesis and Function of Long Guluronic Acid-Blocks in Alginate Produced by Azotobacter vinelandii. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:1613-1622. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Olav Andreas Aarstad
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Richard Birkelands vei 3B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
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- SINTEF Industry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Richard Birkelands vei 3B, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Stanisci A, Aarstad OA, Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Dypås LB, Skjåk-Bræk G, Aachmann FL. Overall size of mannuronan C5-Epimerases influences their ability to epimerize modified alginates and alginate gels. Carbohydr Polym 2018; 180:256-263. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.09.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sulheim E, Iversen TG, To Nakstad V, Klinkenberg G, Sletta H, Schmid R, Hatletveit AR, Wågbø AM, Sundan A, Skotland T, Sandvig K, Mørch Ý. Cytotoxicity of Poly(Alkyl Cyanoacrylate) Nanoparticles. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18112454. [PMID: 29156588 PMCID: PMC5713421 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18112454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Although nanotoxicology has become a large research field, assessment of cytotoxicity is often reduced to analysis of one cell line only. Cytotoxicity of nanoparticles is complex and should, preferentially, be evaluated in several cell lines with different methods and on multiple nanoparticle batches. Here we report the toxicity of poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) nanoparticles in 12 different cell lines after synthesizing and analyzing 19 different nanoparticle batches and report that large variations were obtained when using different cell lines or various toxicity assays. Surprisingly, we found that nanoparticles with intermediate degradation rates were less toxic than particles that were degraded faster or more slowly in a cell-free system. The toxicity did not vary significantly with either the three different combinations of polyethylene glycol surfactants or with particle size (range 100–200 nm). No acute pro- or anti-inflammatory activity on cells in whole blood was observed.
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- Einar Sulheim
- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 2A, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.
- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-The Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0379 Oslo, Norway.
- Center for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0379 Oslo, Norway.
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- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 2A, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 2A, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 2A, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 2A, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 2A, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 8905 MH, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-The Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0379 Oslo, Norway.
- Center for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0379 Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital-The Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0379 Oslo, Norway.
- Center for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0379 Oslo, Norway.
- Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
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- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 2A, 7034 Trondheim, Norway.
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Ertesvåg H, Sletta H, Senneset M, Sun YQ, Klinkenberg G, Konradsen TA, Ellingsen TE, Valla S. Identification of genes affecting alginate biosynthesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens by screening a transposon insertion library. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:11. [PMID: 28049432 PMCID: PMC5210274 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3467-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Polysaccharides often are necessary components of bacterial biofilms and capsules. Production of these biopolymers constitutes a drain on key components in the central carbon metabolism, but so far little is known concerning if and how the cells divide their resources between cell growth and production of exopolysaccharides. Alginate is an industrially important linear polysaccharide synthesized from fructose 6-phosphate by several bacterial species. The aim of this study was to identify genes that are necessary for obtaining a normal level of alginate production in alginate-producing Pseudomonas fluorescens. Results Polysaccharide biosynthesis is costly, since it utilizes nucleotide sugars and sequesters carbon. Consequently, transcription of the genes necessary for polysaccharide biosynthesis is usually tightly regulated. In this study we used an engineered P. fluorescens SBW25 derivative where all genes encoding the proteins needed for biosynthesis of alginate from fructose 6-phosphate and export of the polymer are expressed from inducible Pm promoters. In this way we would avoid identification of genes merely involved in regulating the expression of the alginate biosynthetic genes. The engineered strain was subjected to random transposon mutagenesis and a library of about 11500 mutants was screened for strains with altered alginate production. Identified inactivated genes were mainly found to encode proteins involved in metabolic pathways related to uptake and utilization of carbon, nitrogen and phosphor sources, biosynthesis of purine and tryptophan and peptidoglycan recycling. Conclusions The majority of the identified mutants resulted in diminished alginate biosynthesis while cell yield in most cases were less affected. In some cases, however, a higher final cell yield were measured. The data indicate that when the supplies of fructose 6-phosphate or GTP are diminished, less alginate is produced. This should be taken into account when bacterial strains are designed for industrial polysaccharide production. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3467-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Helga Ertesvåg
- Department of Biotechnology, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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The chapter describes the bioconversion of phytosterols to androstenedione (AD) with Mycobacterium spp. in shake flasks and fermenters, as well as LC-MS based methods for analysis of phytosterols and steroid products.Phytosterols are derived as a by-product of vegetable oil refining and of manufacture of wood pulp. Phytosterols contain the same four-ring nucleus as steroids, and may be converted to high-value steroids by removing the side chain at C17 and minor changes at other sites in the ring structure.Many bacteria, including Mycobacterium spp., are able to degrade phytosterols. Mutants of Mycobacterium spp. unable of ring cleavage can, when growing on phytosterols, accumulate the steroid intermediates androstenedione (AD) and/or androstadienedione (ADD).The practical challenge with microbial conversion of phytosterols to steroids is that both the substrate and the product are virtually insoluble in water. In addition, some steroids, notably ADD, may be toxic to cells.Two main strategies have been employed to overcome this challenge: the use of two-phase systems, and the addition of chemically modified cyclodextrins. The latter method is used here.Defined cultivation and bioconversion media for both shake flask and fermenter are given, as well as suggestions to minimize the practical problems caused by the water-insoluble phytosterol. Sampling, sample extraction, and quantification of substrates and products using LC-MS analysis are described.
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- Kjell D Josefsen
- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Richard Birkelands vei 3 B, 7034, Trondheim, Norway.
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- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Richard Birkelands vei 3 B, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Richard Birkelands vei 3 B, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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Sekurova ON, Pérez-Victoria I, Martín J, Degnes KF, Sletta H, Reyes F, Zotchev SB. New Deferoxamine Glycoconjugates Produced upon Overexpression of Pathway-Specific Regulatory Gene in the Marine Sponge-Derived Streptomyces albus PVA94-07. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21091131. [PMID: 27618884 PMCID: PMC6273380 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21091131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Activation of silent biosynthetic gene clusters in Streptomyces bacteria via overexpression of cluster-specific regulatory genes is a promising strategy for the discovery of novel bioactive secondary metabolites. This approach was used in an attempt to activate a cryptic gene cluster in a marine sponge-derived Streptomyces albus PVA94-07 presumably governing the biosynthesis of peptide-based secondary metabolites. While no new peptide-based metabolites were detected in the recombinant strain, it was shown to produce at least four new analogues of deferoxamine with additional acyl and sugar moieties, for which chemical structures were fully elucidated. Biological activity tests of two of the new deferoxamine analogues revealed weak activity against Escherichia coli. The gene knockout experiment in the gene cluster targeted for activation, as well as overexpression of certain genes from this cluster did not have an effect on the production of these compounds by the strain overexpressing the regulator. It seems plausible that the production of such compounds is a response to stress imposed by the production of an as-yet unidentified metabolite specified by the cryptic cluster.
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- Olga N Sekurova
- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain.
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- Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway.
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- Fundación MEDINA, Centro de Excelencia en Investigación de Medicamentos Innovadores en Andalucía, 18016 Armilla, Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Stockinger LW, Eide KB, Dybvik AI, Sletta H, Vårum KM, Eijsink VG, Tøndervik A, Sørlie M. The effect of the carbohydrate binding module on substrate degradation by the human chitotriosidase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics 2015; 1854:1494-501. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lien SK, Niedenführ S, Sletta H, Nöh K, Bruheim P. Fluxome study of Pseudomonas fluorescens reveals major reorganisation of carbon flux through central metabolic pathways in response to inactivation of the anti-sigma factor MucA. BMC Syst Biol 2015; 9:6. [PMID: 25889900 PMCID: PMC4351692 DOI: 10.1186/s12918-015-0148-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Background The bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens switches to an alginate-producing phenotype when the pleiotropic anti-sigma factor MucA is inactivated. The inactivation is accompanied by an increased biomass yield on carbon sources when grown under nitrogen-limited chemostat conditions. A previous metabolome study showed significant changes in the intracellular metabolite concentrations, especially of the nucleotides, in mucA deletion mutants compared to the wild-type. In this study, the P. fluorescens SBW25 wild-type and an alginate non-producing mucA- ΔalgC double-knockout mutant are investigated through model-based 13C-metabolic flux analysis (13C-MFA) to explore the physiological consequences of MucA inactivation at the metabolic flux level. Intracellular metabolite extracts from three carbon labelling experiments using fructose as the sole carbon source are analysed for 13C-label incorporation in primary metabolites by gas and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Results From mass isotopomer distribution datasets, absolute intracellular metabolic reaction rates for the wild type and the mutant are determined, revealing extensive reorganisation of carbon flux through central metabolic pathways in response to MucA inactivation. The carbon flux through the Entner-Doudoroff pathway was reduced in the mucA- ΔalgC mutant, while flux through the pentose phosphate pathway was increased. Our findings also indicated flexibility of the anaplerotic reactions through down-regulation of the pyruvate shunt in the mucA- ΔalgC mutant and up-regulation of the glyoxylate shunt. Conclusions Absolute metabolic fluxes and metabolite levels give detailed, integrated insight into the physiology of this industrially, medically and agriculturally important bacterial species and suggest that the most efficient way of using a mucA- mutant as a cell factory for alginate production would be to use non-growing conditions and nitrogen deprivation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12918-015-0148-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Stina K Lien
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 6/8, N-7491, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425, Jülich, Germany.
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- Department of Bioprocess technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 2a, N-7465, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425, Jülich, Germany.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 6/8, N-7491, Trondheim, Norway.
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Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Klinkenberg G, Emanuel C, Powell LC, Pritchard MF, Khan S, Craine KM, Onsøyen E, Rye PD, Wright C, Thomas DW, Hill KE. Alginate oligosaccharides inhibit fungal cell growth and potentiate the activity of antifungals against Candida and Aspergillus spp. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112518. [PMID: 25409186 PMCID: PMC4237368 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The oligosaccharide OligoG, an alginate derived from seaweed, has been shown to have anti-bacterial and anti-biofilm properties and potentiates the activity of selected antibiotics against multi-drug resistant bacteria. The ability of OligoG to perturb fungal growth and potentiate conventional antifungal agents was evaluated using a range of pathogenic fungal strains. Candida (n = 11) and Aspergillus (n = 3) spp. were tested using germ tube assays, LIVE/DEAD staining, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and high-throughput minimum inhibition concentration assays (MICs). In general, the strains tested showed a significant dose-dependent reduction in cell growth at ≥6% OligoG as measured by optical density (OD600; P<0.05). OligoG (>0.5%) also showed a significant inhibitory effect on hyphal growth in germ tube assays, although strain-dependent variations in efficacy were observed (P<0.05). SEM and AFM both showed that OligoG (≥2%) markedly disrupted fungal biofilm formation, both alone, and in combination with fluconazole. Cell surface roughness was also significantly increased by the combination treatment (P<0.001). High-throughput robotic MIC screening demonstrated the potentiating effects of OligoG (2, 6, 10%) with nystatin, amphotericin B, fluconazole, miconazole, voriconazole or terbinafine with the test strains. Potentiating effects were observed for the Aspergillus strains with all six antifungal agents, with an up to 16-fold (nystatin) reduction in MIC. Similarly, all the Candida spp. showed potentiation with nystatin (up to 16-fold) and fluconazole (up to 8-fold). These findings demonstrate the antifungal properties of OligoG and suggest a potential role in the management of fungal infections and possible reduction of antifungal toxicity.
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- Anne Tøndervik
- Department of Bioprocess Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Bioprocess Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Bioprocess Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Advanced Therapies Group, Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, United Kingdom
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- Advanced Therapies Group, Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, United Kingdom
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- Advanced Therapies Group, Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, United Kingdom
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- Advanced Therapies Group, Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, United Kingdom
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- Advanced Therapies Group, Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, United Kingdom
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- AlgiPharma AS, Industriveien 33, N-1337 Sandvika, Norway
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- AlgiPharma AS, Industriveien 33, N-1337 Sandvika, Norway
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- Centre for NanoHealth, Systems and Process Engineering Centre, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, United Kingdom
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- Advanced Therapies Group, Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, United Kingdom
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- Advanced Therapies Group, Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, Cardiff University School of Dentistry, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, United Kingdom
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Sletta H, Degnes KF, Herfindal L, Klinkenberg G, Fjærvik E, Zahlsen K, Brunsvik A, Nygaard G, Aachmann FL, Ellingsen TE, Døskeland SO, Zotchev SB. Anti-microbial and cytotoxic 1,6-dihydroxyphenazine-5,10-dioxide (iodinin) produced by Streptosporangium sp. DSM 45942 isolated from the fjord sediment. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 98:603-10. [PMID: 24158735 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5320-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Revised: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Phenazine natural products/compounds possess a range of biological activities, including anti-microbial and cytotoxic, making them valuable starting materials for drug development in several therapeutic areas. These compounds are biosynthesized almost exclusively by eubacteria of both terrestrial and marine origins from erythrose 4-phosphate and phosphoenol pyruvate via the shikimate pathway. In this paper, we report isolation of actinomycete bacteria from marine sediment collected in the Trondheimfjord, Norway. Screening of the isolates for biological activity produced several "hits", one of which was followed up by identification and purification of the active compound from the actinomycete bacterium Streptosporangium sp. The purified compound, identified as 1,6-dihydroxyphenazine-5,10-dioxide (iodinin), was subjected to extended tests for biological activity against bacteria, fungi and mammalian cells. In these tests, the iodinin demonstrated high anti-microbial and cytotoxic activity, and was particularly potent against leukaemia cell lines. This is the first report on the isolation of iodinin from a marine-derived Streptosporangium.
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- Håvard Sletta
- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Sem Sælands vei 2a, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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Tøndervik A, Klinkenberg G, Aachmann FL, Svanem BIG, Ertesvåg H, Ellingsen TE, Valla S, Skjåk-Bræk G, Sletta H. Mannuronan C-5 Epimerases Suited for Tailoring of Specific Alginate Structures Obtained by High-Throughput Screening of an Epimerase Mutant Library. Biomacromolecules 2013; 14:2657-66. [DOI: 10.1021/bm4005194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Anne Tøndervik
- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491
Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491
Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491
Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491
Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491
Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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Borgos SEF, Bordel S, Sletta H, Ertesvåg H, Jakobsen Ø, Bruheim P, Ellingsen TE, Nielsen J, Valla S. Mapping global effects of the anti-sigma factor MucA in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 through genome-scale metabolic modeling. BMC Syst Biol 2013; 7:19. [PMID: 23497367 PMCID: PMC3641028 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-7-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Background Alginate is an industrially important polysaccharide, currently produced commercially by harvesting of marine brown sea-weeds. The polymer is also synthesized as an exo-polysaccharide by bacteria belonging to the genera Pseudomonas and Azotobacter, and these organisms may represent an alternative alginate source in the future. The current work describes an attempt to rationally develop a biological system tuned for very high levels of alginate production, based on a fundamental understanding of the system through metabolic modeling supported by transcriptomics studies and carefully controlled fermentations. Results Alginate biosynthesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens was studied in a genomics perspective, using an alginate over-producing strain carrying a mutation in the anti-sigma factor gene mucA. Cells were cultivated in chemostats under nitrogen limitation on fructose or glycerol as carbon sources, and cell mass, growth rate, sugar uptake, alginate and CO2 production were monitored. In addition a genome scale metabolic model was constructed and samples were collected for transcriptome analyses. The analyses show that polymer production operates in a close to optimal way with respect to stoichiometric utilization of the carbon source and that the cells increase the uptake of carbon source to compensate for the additional needs following from alginate synthesis. The transcriptome studies show that in the presence of the mucA mutation, the alg operon is upregulated together with genes involved in energy generation, genes on both sides of the succinate node of the TCA cycle and genes encoding ribosomal and other translation-related proteins. Strains expressing a functional MucA protein (no alginate production) synthesize cellular biomass in an inefficient way, apparently due to a cycle that involves oxidation of NADPH without ATP production. The results of this study indicate that the most efficient way of using a mucA mutant as a cell factory for alginate production would be to use non-growing conditions and nitrogen deprivation. Conclusions The insights gained in this study should be very useful for a future efficient production of microbial alginates.
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- Sven E F Borgos
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, N 7491, Norway
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Wentzel A, Bruheim P, Øverby A, Jakobsen ØM, Sletta H, Omara WAM, Hodgson DA, Ellingsen TE. Optimized submerged batch fermentation strategy for systems scale studies of metabolic switching in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). BMC Syst Biol 2012; 6:59. [PMID: 22676814 PMCID: PMC3431225 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-6-59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Systems biology approaches to study metabolic switching in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) depend on cultivation conditions ensuring high reproducibility and distinct phases of culture growth and secondary metabolite production. In addition, biomass concentrations must be sufficiently high to allow for extensive time-series sampling before occurrence of a given nutrient depletion for transition triggering. The present study describes for the first time the development of a dedicated optimized submerged batch fermentation strategy as the basis for highly time-resolved systems biology studies of metabolic switching in S. coelicolor A3(2). RESULTS By a step-wise approach, cultivation conditions and two fully defined cultivation media were developed and evaluated using strain M145 of S. coelicolor A3(2), providing a high degree of cultivation reproducibility and enabling reliable studies of the effect of phosphate depletion and L-glutamate depletion on the metabolic transition to antibiotic production phase. Interestingly, both of the two carbon sources provided, D-glucose and L-glutamate, were found to be necessary in order to maintain high growth rates and prevent secondary metabolite production before nutrient depletion. Comparative analysis of batch cultivations with (i) both L-glutamate and D-glucose in excess, (ii) L-glutamate depletion and D-glucose in excess, (iii) L-glutamate as the sole source of carbon and (iv) D-glucose as the sole source of carbon, reveal a complex interplay of the two carbon sources in the bacterium's central carbon metabolism. CONCLUSIONS The present study presents for the first time a dedicated cultivation strategy fulfilling the requirements for systems biology studies of metabolic switching in S. coelicolor A3(2). Key results from labelling and cultivation experiments on either or both of the two carbon sources provided indicate that in the presence of D-glucose, L-glutamate was the preferred carbon source, while D-glucose alone appeared incapable of maintaining culture growth, likely due to a metabolic bottleneck at the oxidation of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA.
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- Alexander Wentzel
- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, 7465, Trondheim, Norway
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Stenvik J, Sletta H, Grimstad Ø, Pukstad B, Ryan L, Aune R, Strand W, Tøndervik A, Helge Torp S, Skjåk-Braek G, Espevik T. Alginates induce differentiation and expression of CXCR7 and CXCL12/SDF-1 in human keratinocytes-The role of calcium. J Biomed Mater Res A 2012; 100:2803-12. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Revised: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Correa E, Sletta H, Ellis DI, Hoel S, Ertesvåg H, Ellingsen TE, Valla S, Goodacre R. Rapid reagentless quantification of alginate biosynthesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens bacteria mutants using FT-IR spectroscopy coupled to multivariate partial least squares regression. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 403:2591-9. [PMID: 22585056 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6068-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2011] [Revised: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Alginate is an important medical and commercial product and currently is isolated from seaweeds. Certain microorganisms also produce alginate and these polymers have the potential to replace seaweed alginates in some applications, mainly because such production will allow much better and more reproducible control of critical qualitative polymer properties. The research conducted here presents the development of a new approach to this problem by analysing a transposon insertion mutant library constructed in an alginate-producing derivative of the Pseudomonas fluorescens strain SBW25. The procedure is based on the non-destructive and reagent-free method of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy which is used to generate a complex biochemical infrared fingerprint of the medium after bacterial growth. First, we investigate the potential differences caused by the growth media fructose and glycerol on the bacterial phenotype and alginate synthesis in 193 selected P. fluorescens mutants and show that clear phenotypic differences are observed in the infrared fingerprints. In order to quantify the level of the alginate we also report the construction and interpretation of multivariate partial least squares regression models which were able to quantify alginate levels successfully with typical normalized root-mean-square error in predictions of only approximately 14%. We have demonstrated that this high-throughput approach can be implemented in alginate screens and we believe that this FT-IR spectroscopic methodology, when combined with the most appropriate chemometrics, could easily be modified for the quantification of other valuable microbial products and play a valuable screening role for synthetic biology.
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- Elon Correa
- School of Chemistry, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Aarstad OA, Tøndervik A, Sletta H, Skjåk-Bræk G. Alginate Sequencing: An Analysis of Block Distribution in Alginates Using Specific Alginate Degrading Enzymes. Biomacromolecules 2011; 13:106-16. [DOI: 10.1021/bm2013026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Olav Andreas Aarstad
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU
Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU
Sem Sælands vei 6-8, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Klinkenberg G, Sletta H, Fjærvik E, Zahlsen K, Bruheim P. Two-dimensional LC-MS fractioning and cross-matching of mass spectrometric data for rational identification of bioactive compounds in crude extracts. J Sep Sci 2011; 34:3359-63. [PMID: 22086770 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201100468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Bioprospecting aims at the identification of biological compounds with novel properties. Identification of such compounds in crude complex biological extracts is a comprehensive challenge. As a large number of extracts must be screened for successful identification of one potential promising lead, rational screening strategies must be developed. Here we report on a novel two stage rational LC-MS strategy of extracts already pre-screened and proven to contain bioactive compound(s). All extracts are initially fractionated using one and the same LC condition with parallel mass spectrometric detection. Fractions containing bioactive compound(s) are then subjected to a second fractional stage using two different chromatographic conditions. Mass detection is also included at this stage, and a cross-matching algorithm for comparison of processed mass chromatograms from the two dimensions was developed. The algorithm reports only masses present in bioactive fractions in both dimensions and enable therefore an efficient identification of potential masses that causes the bioactivity. This mass list can be used to search in natural compound database(s) for a rapid evaluation if the mass belongs to an already identified compound or if it is a potentially new one. This strategy enables thorough screening of several hundred crude extracts in one week on one single instrument.
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- Geir Klinkenberg
- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Trondheim, Norway
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Sletta H, Klinkenberg G, Winnberg A, Kvitvang HFN, Nilsen MB, Krokan HE, Otterlei M, Bruheim P. A new high resolution screening method for study of phenotype stress responses of Saccharomyces cerevisae mutants. J Microbiol Methods 2011; 87:363-7. [PMID: 22008504 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Revised: 10/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A high resolution high throughput screening method has been developed for stress response phenotyping of the global Saccharomyces cerevisiae knock out mutant collection. Stress causing agent is added at three concentrations to individual mutant cultures growing in early exponentially phase in 384-well microplates, and the dynamic effect of stress agent exposure is measured by following subsequent growth profiles of individual mutants with a resolution of three optical density measurements per hour. Software was written for calculation of sensitivity coefficients and efficient visual inspection of the growth and inhibition curves. Three DNA damage response causing agents were chosen to explore the feasibility of the new screening method: methyl methanesulphonate, 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin. They were tested in three biological replicas on a 1400 mutant large sub-library of the homozygote diploid S. cerevisiae gene knock out collection. The sub-library consisted of only mutants with a human ortholog to the inactivated gene. Almost 400 mutants were found more sensitive to one or more of the agents. Forty-nine mutants were sensitive to all three agents. One of the mutants, ERK5, sensitive to all three agents was chosen for follow-up human cell experiments to verify that such yeast screens can be used as hypothesis generator for human cell studies. Similar to yeast, HeLa cells became more sensitive against all three DNA damaging agents when co-treated with the ERK5 inhibitor BIX21088, thus supporting the result from the yeast phenotype screen.
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- Håvard Sletta
- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Trondheim, Norway.
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Tøndervik A, Klinkenberg G, Aarstad OA, Drabløs F, Ertesvåg H, Ellingsen TE, Skjåk-Bræk G, Valla S, Sletta H. Isolation of mutant alginate lyases with cleavage specificity for di-guluronic acid linkages. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:35284-92. [PMID: 20826807 PMCID: PMC2975152 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.162800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 09/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alginates are commercially valuable and complex polysaccharides composed of varying amounts and distribution patterns of 1-4-linked β-D-mannuronic acid (M) and α-L-guluronic acid (G). This structural variability strongly affects polymer physicochemical properties and thereby both commercial applications and biological functions. One promising approach to alginate fine structure elucidation involves the use of alginate lyases, which degrade the polysaccharide by cleaving the glycosidic linkages through a β-elimination reaction. For such studies one would ideally like to have different lyases, each of which cleaves only one of the four possible linkages in alginates: G-G, G-M, M-G, and M-M. So far no lyase specific for only G-G linkages has been described, and here we report the construction of such an enzyme by mutating the gene encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae lyase AlyA (a polysaccharide lyase family 7 lyase), which cleaves both G-G and G-M linkages. After error-prone PCR mutagenesis and high throughput screening of ∼7000 lyase mutants, enzyme variants with a strongly improved G-G specificity were identified. Furthermore, in the absence of Ca(2+), one of these lyases (AlyA5) was found to display no detectable activity against G-M linkages. G-G linkages were cleaved with ∼10% of the optimal activity under the same conditions. The substitutions conferring altered specificity to the mutant enzymes are located in conserved regions in the polysaccharide lyase family 7 alginate lyases. Structure-function analyses by comparison with the known three-dimensional structure of Sphingomonas sp. A1 lyase A1-II' suggests that the improved G-G specificity might be caused by increased affinity for nonproductive binding of the alternating G-M structure.
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- Anne Tøndervik
- From the Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway and
- the Departments of Biotechnology and
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- From the Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway and
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- Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- From the Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway and
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- From the Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway and
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Jørgensen H, Degnes KF, Sletta H, Fjærvik E, Dikiy A, Herfindal L, Bruheim P, Klinkenberg G, Bredholt H, Nygård G, Døskeland SO, Ellingsen TE, Zotchev SB. Biosynthesis of Macrolactam BE-14106 Involves Two Distinct PKS Systems and Amino Acid Processing Enzymes for Generation of the Aminoacyl Starter Unit. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 16:1109-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2009.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Revised: 09/15/2009] [Accepted: 09/18/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Preobrazhenskaya MN, Olsufyeva EN, Solovieva SE, Tevyashova AN, Reznikova MI, Luzikov YN, Terekhova LP, Trenin AS, Galatenko OA, Treshalin ID, Mirchink EP, Bukhman VM, Sletta H, Zotchev SB. Chemical modification and biological evaluation of new semisynthetic derivatives of 28,29-Didehydronystatin A1 (S44HP), a genetically engineered antifungal polyene macrolide antibiotic. J Med Chem 2009; 52:189-96. [PMID: 19055412 DOI: 10.1021/jm800695k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Twenty-three new derivatives of the heptaene nystatin analogue 28,29-didehydronystatin A(1) (1) (S44HP) were obtained by chemical modification of C16 carboxyl and amino groups of mycosamine. These derivatives comprised 15 carboxamides, 4 N-alkyl derivatives, 3 N-derivatives containing additional N-linked monosaccharide or disaccharide moiety (products of Amadori rearrangement), and 1 N-aminoacyl derivative. The derivatives have been tested in vitro against yeasts Candida albicans, Cryptococcus humicolus, and filamentous fungi (molds) Aspergillus niger and Fusarum oxysporum, as well as for hemolytic activity against human erythrocytes. Structure-activity relationships for the compounds obtained are discussed. The most active and least hemolytic derivative 3-(N,N-dimethylamino)propylamide of S44HP (6) was tested for acute toxicity and antifungal activity in animal model. Whereas amphotericin B and S44HP were active in vivo at doses close to the maximal tolerated dose, 6 was considerably less toxic and more active compared to these two antibiotics.
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Brautaset T, Sletta H, Nedal A, Borgos SEF, Degnes KF, Bakke I, Volokhan O, Sekurova ON, Treshalin ID, Mirchink EP, Dikiy A, Ellingsen TE, Zotchev SB. Improved antifungal polyene macrolides via engineering of the nystatin biosynthetic genes in Streptomyces noursei. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 15:1198-206. [PMID: 19022180 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2008] [Revised: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 08/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Seven polyene macrolides with alterations in the polyol region and exocyclic carboxy group were obtained via genetic engineering of the nystatin biosynthesis genes in Streptomyces noursei. In vitro analyses of the compounds for antifungal and hemolytic activities indicated that combinations of several mutations caused additive improvements in their activity-toxicity properties. The two best analogs selected on the basis of in vitro data were tested for acute toxicity and antifungal activity in a mouse model. Both analogs were shown to be effective against disseminated candidosis, while being considerably less toxic than amphotericin B. To our knowledge, this is the first report on polyene macrolides with improved in vivo pharmacological properties obtained by genetic engineering. These results indicate that the engineered nystatin analogs can be further developed into antifungal drugs for human use.
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- Trygve Brautaset
- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway
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Steigedal M, Sletta H, Moreno S, Mærk M, Christensen BE, Bjerkan T, Ellingsen TE, Espìn G, Ertesvåg H, Valla S. The Azotobacter vinelandii AlgE mannuronan C-5-epimerase family is essential for the in vivo control of alginate monomer composition and for functional cyst formation. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:1760-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01597.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nedal A, Sletta H, Brautaset T, Borgos SEF, Sekurova ON, Ellingsen TE, Zotchev SB. Analysis of the mycosamine biosynthesis and attachment genes in the nystatin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:7400-7. [PMID: 17905880 PMCID: PMC2168226 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01122-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The polyene macrolide antibiotic nystatin produced by Streptomyces noursei contains a deoxyaminosugar mycosamine moiety attached to the C-19 carbon of the macrolactone ring through the beta-glycosidic bond. The nystatin biosynthetic gene cluster contains three genes, nysDI, nysDII, and nysDIII, encoding enzymes with presumed roles in mycosamine biosynthesis and attachment as glycosyltransferase, aminotransferase, and GDP-mannose dehydratase, respectively. In the present study, the functions of these three genes were analyzed. The recombinant NysDIII protein was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified, and its in vitro GDP-mannose dehydratase activity was demonstrated. The nysDI and nysDII genes were inactivated individually in S. noursei, and analyses of the resulting mutants showed that both genes produced nystatinolide and 10-deoxynystatinolide as major products. Expression of the nysDI and nysDII genes in trans in the respective mutants partially restored nystatin biosynthesis in both cases, supporting the predicted roles of these two genes in mycosamine biosynthesis and attachment. Both antifungal and hemolytic activities of the purified nystatinolides were shown to be strongly reduced compared to those of nystatin, confirming the importance of the mycosamine moiety for the biological activity of nystatin.
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- Aina Nedal
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Sletta H, Tøndervik A, Hakvåg S, Aune TEV, Nedal A, Aune R, Evensen G, Valla S, Ellingsen TE, Brautaset T. The presence of N-terminal secretion signal sequences leads to strong stimulation of the total expression levels of three tested medically important proteins during high-cell-density cultivations of Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 73:906-12. [PMID: 17142370 PMCID: PMC1800768 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01804-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Genetic optimizations to achieve high-level production of three different proteins of medical importance for humans, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interferon alpha 2b (IFN-alpha2b), and single-chain antibody variable fragment (scFv-phOx), were investigated during high-cell-density cultivations of Escherichia coli. All three proteins were poorly expressed when put under control of the strong Pm/xylS promoter/regulator system, but high volumetric yields of GM-CSF and scFv-phOx (up to 1.7 and 2.3 g/liter, respectively) were achieved when the respective genes were fused to a translocation signal sequence. The choice of signal sequence, pelB, ompA, or synthetic signal sequence CSP, displayed a high and specific impact on the total expression levels for these two proteins. Data obtained by quantitative PCR confirmed relatively high in vivo transcript levels without using a fused signal sequence, suggesting that the signal sequences mainly stimulate translation. IFN-alpha2b expression remained poor even when fused to a signal sequence, and an alternative IFN-alpha2b coding sequence that was optimized for effective expression in Escherichia coli was therefore synthesized. The total expression level of this optimized gene remained low, while high-level production (0.6 g/liter) was achieved when the gene was fused to a signal sequence. Together, our results demonstrate a critical role of signal sequences for achieving industrial level expression of three human proteins in E. coli under the conditions tested, and this effect has to our knowledge not previously been systematically investigated.
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- H Sletta
- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF, Sem Selands vei 2, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
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Volokhan O, Sletta H, Ellingsen TE, Zotchev SB. Characterization of the P450 monooxygenase NysL, responsible for C-10 hydroxylation during biosynthesis of the polyene macrolide antibiotic nystatin in Streptomyces noursei. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:2514-9. [PMID: 16597951 PMCID: PMC1449010 DOI: 10.1128/aem.72.4.2514-2519.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The nysL gene, encoding a putative P450 monooxygenase, was identified in the nystatin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces noursei. Although it has been proposed that NysL is responsible for hydroxylation of the nystatin precursor, experimental evidence for this activity was lacking. The nysL gene was inactivated in S. noursei by gene replacement, and the resulting mutant was shown to produce 10-deoxynystatin. Purification and an in vitro activity assay for 10-deoxynystatin demonstrated its antifungal activity being equal to that of nystatin. The NysL protein was expressed heterologously in Escherichia coli as a His-tagged protein and used in an enzyme assay with 10-deoxynystatin as a substrate. The results obtained clearly demonstrated that NysL is a hydroxylase responsible for the post-polyketide synthase modification of 10-deoxynystatin at position C-10. Kinetic studies with the purified recombinant enzyme allowed determination of K(m) and k(cat) and revealed no inhibition of recombinant NysL by either the substrate or the product. These studies open the possibility for in vitro evolution of NysL aimed at changing its specificity, thereby providing new opportunities for engineered biosynthesis of novel nystatin analogues hydroxylated at alternative positions of the macrolactone ring.
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- Olga Volokhan
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Borgos SEF, Tsan P, Sletta H, Ellingsen TE, Lancelin JM, Zotchev SB. Probing the structure-function relationship of polyene macrolides: engineered biosynthesis of soluble nystatin analogues. J Med Chem 2006; 49:2431-9. [PMID: 16610786 DOI: 10.1021/jm050895w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although polyene macrolides are efficient antifungal agents with fungicidal mode of action, their use in medical practice is problematic due to their low solubility and significant human toxicity. In an attempt to address the solubility problem, we have obtained two analogues of nystatin with hydroxy groups at positions C31 and C33 through manipulation of the nystatin polyketide synthase in the producing organism Streptomyces noursei. Structures of the analogues were confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and their solubility was found to be more than 2000 times higher than that of nystatin. However, both analogues were shown to have lost antifungal activity, implying that the integrity of the hydrophobic polyene region of the nystatin molecule is crucial for the fungicidal action. NMR data and computer modeling performed for the new analogues suggested conformational changes together with a significantly increased structural disorder, which may account for both increased solubility and the loss of activity.
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- Sven E F Borgos
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Sletta H, Borgos SEF, Bruheim P, Sekurova ON, Grasdalen H, Aune R, Ellingsen TE, Zotchev SB. Nystatin biosynthesis and transport: nysH and nysG genes encoding a putative ABC transporter system in Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455 are required for efficient conversion of 10-deoxynystatin to nystatin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 49:4576-83. [PMID: 16251298 PMCID: PMC1280151 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.11.4576-4583.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The genes nysH and nysG, encoding putative ABC-type transporter proteins, are located at the flank of the nystatin biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455. To assess the possible roles of these genes in nystatin biosynthesis, they were inactivated by gene replacements leading to in-frame deletions. Metabolite profile analysis of the nysH and nysG deletion mutants revealed that both of them synthesized nystatin at a reduced level and produced considerable amounts of a putative nystatin analogue. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance structural analyses of the latter metabolite confirmed its identity as 10-deoxynystatin, a nystatin precursor lacking a hydroxyl group at C-10. Washing experiments demonstrated that both nystatin and 10-deoxynystatin are transported out of cells, suggesting the existence of an alternative efflux system(s) for the transport of nystatin-related metabolites. This notion was further corroborated in experiments with the ATPase inhibitor sodium o-vanadate, which affected the production of nystatin and 10-deoxynystatin in the wild-type strain and transporter mutants in a different manner. The data obtained in this study suggest that the efflux of nystatin-related polyene macrolides occurs through several transporters and that the NysH-NysG efflux system provides conditions favorable for C-10 hydroxylation.
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- Håvard Sletta
- Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway
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Borgos SEF, Sletta H, Fjaervik E, Brautaset T, Ellingsen TE, Gulliksen OM, Zotchev SB. Effect of glucose limitation and specific mutations in the module 5 enoyl reductase domains in the nystatin and amphotericin polyketide synthases on polyene macrolide biosynthesis. Arch Microbiol 2006; 185:165-71. [PMID: 16416127 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0083-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2005] [Revised: 11/30/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Enoyl reductase (ER) domains in module 5 of nystatin and amphotericin polyketide synthase (PKS) are responsible for reduction of the C28-C29 unsaturated bond on the nascent polyketide chain during biosynthesis of both macrolides, resulting in production of tetraenes nystatin A(1) and amphotericin A, respectively. Data obtained in fermentations under glucose limitation conditions demonstrated that the efficiency of the ER5 domain can be influenced by carbon source availability in the amphotericin producer Streptomyces nodosus, but not in the nystatin producer Streptomyces noursei. Two S. noursei ER5 domain mutants were constructed, GG5073SP and S5016N, both producing the heptaene nystatin analogue S44HP with unsaturated C28-C29 bond. While the GG5073SP mutant, with altered ER5 NADPH binding site, produced S44HP exclusively, the S5016N mutant synthesized a mixture of nystatin and S44HP. Comparative studies on the S5016N S. noursei mutant and S. nodosus, both producing mixtures of tetraenes and heptaenes, revealed that the ratio between these two types of metabolites was significantly more affected by glucose limitation in S. nodosus. These data suggest that mutation S5016N in NysC "locks" the ER5 domain in a state of intermediate activity which, in contrast to the ER5 domain in the amphotericin PKS, is not significantly influenced by physiological conditions.
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- Sven E F Borgos
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Bakkevig K, Sletta H, Gimmestad M, Aune R, Ertesvåg H, Degnes K, Christensen BE, Ellingsen TE, Valla S. Role of the Pseudomonas fluorescens alginate lyase (AlgL) in clearing the periplasm of alginates not exported to the extracellular environment. J Bacteriol 2006; 187:8375-84. [PMID: 16321942 PMCID: PMC1317005 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.24.8375-8384.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Alginate is an industrially widely used polysaccharide produced by brown seaweeds and as an exopolysaccharide by bacteria belonging to the genera Pseudomonas and Azotobacter. The polymer is composed of the two sugar monomers mannuronic acid and guluronic acid (G), and in all these bacteria the genes encoding 12 of the proteins essential for synthesis of the polymer are clustered in the genome. Interestingly, 1 of the 12 proteins is an alginate lyase (AlgL), which is able to degrade the polymer down to short oligouronides. The reason why this lyase is associated with the biosynthetic complex is not clear, but in this paper we show that the complete lack of AlgL activity in Pseudomonas fluorescens in the presence of high levels of alginate synthesis is toxic to the cells. This toxicity increased with the level of alginate synthesis. Furthermore, alginate synthesis became reduced in the absence of AlgL, and the polymers contained much less G residues than in the wild-type polymer. To explain these results and other data previously reported in the literature, we propose that the main biological function of AlgL is to degrade alginates that fail to become exported out of the cell and thereby become stranded in the periplasmic space. At high levels of alginate synthesis in the absence of AlgL, such stranded polymers may accumulate in the periplasm to such an extent that the integrity of the cell is lost, leading to the observed toxic effects.
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- Karianne Bakkevig
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Volokhan O, Sletta H, Sekurova ON, Ellingsen TE, Zotchev SB. An unexpected role for the putative 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase-encoding gene nysF in the regulation of nystatin biosynthesis in Streptomyces noursei ATCC 11455. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 249:57-64. [PMID: 15990252 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.05.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2005] [Revised: 05/31/2005] [Accepted: 05/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The nysF gene encoding a putative 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) is located at the 5' border of the nystatin biosynthesis gene cluster in Streptomyces noursei. PPTases carry out post-translational modification of the acyl carrier protein domains on the polyketide synthases (PKS) required for their full functionality, and hence NysF was assumed to be involved in similar modification of the nystatin PKS. At the same time, DNA sequence analysis of the genomic region adjacent to the nysF gene revealed a gene cluster for a putative lantibiotic biosynthesis. This finding created some uncertainty regarding which gene cluster nysF functionally belongs to. To resolve this ambiguity, nysF was inactivated by both insertion of a kanamycin (Km) resistance marker into its coding region, and by in-frame deletion. Surprisingly, the nystatin production in both the nysF::Km(R) and DeltanysF mutants increased by ca. 60% compared to the wild-type, suggesting a negative role of nysF in the nystatin biosynthesis. The expression of xylE reporter gene under control of different promoters from the nystatin gene cluster in the DeltanysF mutant was studied. The data obtained clearly show enhanced expression of xylE from the promoters of several structural and regulatory genes in the DeltanysF mutant, implying that NysF negatively regulates the nystatin biosynthesis.
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- Olga Volokhan
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Sletta H, Nedal A, Aune TEV, Hellebust H, Hakvåg S, Aune R, Ellingsen TE, Valla S, Brautaset T. Broad-host-range plasmid pJB658 can be used for industrial-level production of a secreted host-toxic single-chain antibody fragment in Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 70:7033-9. [PMID: 15574897 PMCID: PMC535149 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.12.7033-7039.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
In industrial scale recombinant protein production it is often of interest to be able to translocate the product to reduce downstream costs, and heterologous proteins may require the oxidative environment outside of the cytoplasm for correct folding. High-level expression combined with translocation to the periplasm is often toxic to the host, and expression systems that can be used to fine-tune the production levels are therefore important. We previously constructed vector pJB658, which harbors the broad-host-range RK2 minireplicon and the inducible Pm/xylS promoter system, and we here explore the potential of this unique system to manipulate the expression and translocation of a host-toxic single-chain antibody variable fragment with affinity for hapten 2-phenyloxazol-5-one (phOx) (scFv-phOx). Fine-tuning of scFv-phOx levels was achieved by varying the concentrations of inducers and the vector copy number and also different signal sequences. Our data show that periplasmic accumulation of scFv-phOx leads to cell lysis, and we demonstrate the importance of controlled and high expression rates to achieve high product yields. By optimizing such parameters we show that soluble scFv-phOx could be produced to a high volumetric yield (1.2 g/liter) in high-cell-density cultures of Escherichia coli.
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Affiliation(s)
- H Sletta
- SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, SINTEF, Norway
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