PHA granules help bacterial cells to preserve cell integrity when exposed to sudden osmotic imbalances

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<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871678418305119?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871678418305119?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2018.10.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.nbt.2018.10.005</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

PHA granules help bacterial cells to preserve cell integrity when exposed to sudden osmotic imbalances

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters which accumulate as intracellular granules in numerous prokaryotes and mainly serve as storage materials, beyond this primary function, PHA also enhance the robustness of bacteria against various stress factors. We have observed that the presence of PHA in bacterial cells substantially enhances their ability to maintain cell integrity when suddenly exposed to osmotic imbalances. In the case of the non-halophilic bacterium Cupriavidus necator, the presence of PHA decreased plasmolysis-induced cytoplasmic membrane damage during osmotic up-shock, which subsequently enabled the cells to withstand subsequent osmotic downshock. In contrast, sudden induction of osmotic up-and subsequent down-shock resulted in massive hypotonic lysis of non-PHA containing cells as determined by Transmission Electron Microscopy and Thermogravimetrical Analysis. Furthermore, a protective effect of PHA against hypotonic lysis was also observed in the case of the halophilic bacterium Halomonas halophila, here, challenged PHA-rich cells were capable of retaining cell integrity more effectively than their PHA-poor counterparts. Hence, it appears that the fact that PHA granules, as an added value to their primary storage function, protect halophiles from the harmful effect of osmotic down-shock might explain why PHA accumulation is such a common feature among halophilic prokaryotes. The results of this study, apart from their fundamental importance, are also of practical biotechnological significance: because PHA-rich bacterial cells are resistant to osmotic imbalances, they could be utilized in in-situ bioremediation technologies or during enrichment of mixed microbial consortia in PHA producers under conditions of fluctuating salinity.

Název v anglickém jazyce

PHA granules help bacterial cells to preserve cell integrity when exposed to sudden osmotic imbalances

Popis výsledku anglicky

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters which accumulate as intracellular granules in numerous prokaryotes and mainly serve as storage materials, beyond this primary function, PHA also enhance the robustness of bacteria against various stress factors. We have observed that the presence of PHA in bacterial cells substantially enhances their ability to maintain cell integrity when suddenly exposed to osmotic imbalances. In the case of the non-halophilic bacterium Cupriavidus necator, the presence of PHA decreased plasmolysis-induced cytoplasmic membrane damage during osmotic up-shock, which subsequently enabled the cells to withstand subsequent osmotic downshock. In contrast, sudden induction of osmotic up-and subsequent down-shock resulted in massive hypotonic lysis of non-PHA containing cells as determined by Transmission Electron Microscopy and Thermogravimetrical Analysis. Furthermore, a protective effect of PHA against hypotonic lysis was also observed in the case of the halophilic bacterium Halomonas halophila, here, challenged PHA-rich cells were capable of retaining cell integrity more effectively than their PHA-poor counterparts. Hence, it appears that the fact that PHA granules, as an added value to their primary storage function, protect halophiles from the harmful effect of osmotic down-shock might explain why PHA accumulation is such a common feature among halophilic prokaryotes. The results of this study, apart from their fundamental importance, are also of practical biotechnological significance: because PHA-rich bacterial cells are resistant to osmotic imbalances, they could be utilized in in-situ bioremediation technologies or during enrichment of mixed microbial consortia in PHA producers under conditions of fluctuating salinity.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10603 - Genetics and heredity (medical genetics to be 3)

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

New Biotechnology

ISSN

1871-6784

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

49

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

MAR 25 2019

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

129-136

Kód UT WoS článku

000454542600017

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85056350852