Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons storage by Fusarium solani in intracellular lipid vesicles.
Accumulation and elimination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were studied in the fungus Fusarium solani. When the fungus was grown on a synthetic medium containing benzo[a]pyrene, hyphae of F. solani contained numerous lipid vesicles which could be stained by the lipid-specific dyes: Sudan III and Rhodamine B. The fluorescence produced by Rhodamine B and PAH benzo[a]pyrene were at the same locations in the fungal hyphae, indicating that F. solani stored PAH in pre-existing lipid vesicles. A passive temperature-independent process is involved in the benzo[a]pyrene uptake and storage. Sodium azide, a cytochrome c oxidation inhibitor, and the two cytoskeleton inhibitors colchicine and cytochalasin did not prevent the transport and accumulation of PAH in lipid vesicles of F. solani hyphae. F. solani degraded a large range of PAHs at different rates. PAH intracellular storage in lipid vesicles was not necessarily accompanied by degradation and was common to numerous other fungi.
Verdin
Anthony
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Laboratoire de Mycologie/Phytopathologie/Environnement, Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale, 17 avenue Blériot, BP 699, 62228 Calais Cedex, France.
Lounès-Hadj Sahraoui
Anissa
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Newsam
Ray
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Robinson
Gary
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Durand
Roger
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D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D003470:Culture Media; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000187:drug effects; D005670:Fusarium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D013696:Temperature
D001391:Azo Compounds; D003470:Culture Media; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D005947:Glucose; C033006:sudan III