title: Response of the bioluminescent bioreporter Pseudomonas fluorescens HK44 to analogs of naphthalene and salicylic acid.
abstract: Pseudomonasfluorescens HK44 is a lux-based bioluminescent bioreporter capable of selective luminescence in the presence of naphthalene and/or salicylic acid intermediate of its metabolism. We attempted to induce bioluminescence (BL) in this strain with 72 compounds, viz. substituted naphthalenes, naphthalene-like compounds (e.g., quinoline), substituted salicylic acids, salicylic acid-like compounds (e.g., 2-anthranilic acid), oligocyclic aromates, and intermediates of naphthalene metabolism to better discriminate response specificity. From them, 42 induced BL significantly lower as compared to naphthalene, three (viz. isoquinoline, o-cresol, and salicylamide) induced BL significantly greater than naphthalene, and 27 yielded no bioluminescent response whatsoever. Strain HK44 is therefore not prone to extensive false-positive signaling and can serve as a fairly specific indicator organism for naphthalene bioavailability. At elevated concentrations, 41 compounds inhibited BL. Thus, the inclusion of constitutive bioreporter controls as indicators of sample toxicity is vital to successful biosensing application.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 165 02 Prague, Czechia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trögl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kuncová
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kubicová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parík
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hálová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demnerová
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ripp
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sayler
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D049449:Luminescence; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D009281:Naphthalenes; C031721:naphthalene; D008156:Luciferases; D020156:Salicylic Acid