title: Effects of impurities in biodiesel-derived glycerol on growth and expression of heavy metal ion homeostasis genes and gene products in Pseudomonas putida LS46.
abstract: Biodiesel production-derived waste glycerol (WG) was previously investigated as potential carbon source for medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) production by Pseudomonas putida LS46. In this study, we evaluated the effect of impurities in the WG on P. putida LS46 physiology during exponential growth and corresponding changes in transcription and protein expression profiles compared with cells grown on pure, reagent grade glycerol. High concentration of metal ions, such as Na(+), and numbers of heavy metals ion, such as copper, ion, zinc, were detected in biodiesel-derived WG. Omics analysis from the corresponding cultures suggested altered expression of genes involved in transport and metabolism of ammonia and heavy metal ions. Expression of three groups of heavy metal homeostasis genes was significantly changed (mostly upregulated) in WG cultures and included the following: copper-responded cluster 1 and 2 genes, primarily containing cusABC; two copies of copAB and heavy metal translocating P-type ATPase; Fur-regulated, TonB-dependent siderophore receptor; and several cobalt/zinc/cadmium transporters. Expression of these genes suggests regulation of intracellular concentrations of heavy metals during growth on biodiesel-derived glycerol. Finally, a number of genes involved in adapting to, or metabolizing free fatty acids and other nonheavy metal contaminants, such as Na(+), were also upregulated in P. putida LS46 grown on biodiesel-derived glycerol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Jilagamazhi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Parveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Vic
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Spicer
authors.forename: Oleg V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Krokhin
authors.forename: Xiangli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fristensky
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: Nazim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cicek
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sparling
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Levin
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000378:metabolism; D056804:Biofuels; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000378:metabolism*; D054813:Polyhydroxyalkanoates / Q000378:metabolism*; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005227:Fatty Acids; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D054813:Polyhydroxyalkanoates; D020543:Proteome; D000641:Ammonia; D005990:Glycerol