Effects ofdamand/orseqAMutations on the Fatty Acid and Phospholipid Membrane Composition ofSalmonella entericaSerovar Typhimurium

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amine Aloui ◽  
Mouadh Mihoub ◽  
Mohamed Marwan Sethom ◽  
Abdelwaheb Chatti ◽  
Moncef Feki ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Alexander Flegler ◽  
Vanessa Kombeitz ◽  
André Lipski

AbstractListeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen with the ability to grow at low temperatures down to − 0.4 °C. Maintaining cytoplasmic membrane fluidity by changing the lipid membrane composition is important during growth at low temperatures. In Listeria monocytogenes, the dominant adaptation effect is the fluidization of the membrane by shortening of fatty acid chain length. In some strains, however, an additional response is the increase in menaquinone content during growth at low temperatures. The increase of this neutral lipid leads to fluidization of the membrane and thus represents a mechanism that is complementary to the fatty acid-mediated modification of membrane fluidity. This study demonstrated that the reduction of menaquinone content for Listeria monocytogenes strains resulted in significantly lower resistance to temperature stress and lower growth rates compared to unaffected control cultures after growth at 6 °C. Menaquinone content was reduced by supplementation with aromatic amino acids, which led to a feedback inhibition of the menaquinone synthesis. Menaquinone-reduced Listeria monocytogenes strains showed reduced bacterial cell fitness. This confirmed the adaptive function of menaquinones for growth at low temperatures of this pathogen.


1988 ◽  
Vol 253 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Field ◽  
E A Ryan ◽  
A B Thomson ◽  
M T Clandinin

Control and diabetic rats were fed on semi-purified high-fat diets providing a polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acid ratio (P/S) of 1.0 or 0.25, to examine the effect of diet on the fatty acid composition of major phospholipids of the adipocyte plasma membrane. Feeding the high-P/S diet (P/S = 1.0) compared with the low-P/S diet (P/S = 0.25) increased the content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in membrane phospholipids in both control and diabetic animals. The diabetic state decreased the content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly arachidonic acid, in adipocyte membrane phospholipids. The decrease in arachidonic acid in membrane phospholipids of diabetic animals tended to be normalized to within the control values when high-P/S diets were given. For control animals, altered plasma-membrane composition was associated with change in insulin binding, suggesting that change in plasma-membrane composition may have physiological consequences for insulin-stimulated functions in the adipocyte.


2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinji Hama ◽  
Hideki Yamaji ◽  
Masaru Kaieda ◽  
Mitsuhiro Oda ◽  
Akihiko Kondo ◽  
...  

Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2890
Author(s):  
Silvia Cruz-Gil ◽  
Lara P. Fernández ◽  
Ruth Sánchez-Martínez ◽  
Marta Gómez de Cedrón ◽  
Ana Ramírez de Molina

Cancer cells commonly display metabolic fluctuations. Together with the Warburg effect and the increased glutaminolysis, alterations in lipid metabolism homeostasis have been recognized as a hallmark of cancer. Highly proliferative cancer cells upregulate de novo synthesis of fatty acids (FAs) which are required to support tumor progression by exerting multiple roles including structural cell membrane composition, regulators of the intracellular redox homeostasis, ATP synthesis, intracellular cell signaling molecules, and extracellular mediators of the tumor microenvironment. Epigenetic modifications have been shown to play a crucial role in human development, but also in the initiation and progression of complex diseases. The study of epigenetic processes could help to design new integral strategies for the prevention and treatment of metabolic disorders including cancer. Herein, we first describe the main altered intracellular fatty acid processes to support cancer initiation and progression. Next, we focus on the most important regulatory and non-coding RNAs (small noncoding RNA—sncRNAs—long non-coding RNAs—lncRNAs—and other regulatory RNAs) which may target the altered fatty acids pathway in cancer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1436
Author(s):  
Stephanie Serena Schäpe ◽  
Jannike Lea Krause ◽  
Rebecca Katharina Masanetz ◽  
Sarah Riesbeck ◽  
Robert Starke ◽  
...  

Bisphenol S (BPS) is an industrial chemical used in the process of polymerization of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins and thus can be found in various plastic products and thermal papers. The microbiota disrupting effect of BPS on the community structure of the microbiome has already been reported, but little is known on how BPS affects bacterial activity and function. To analyze these effects, we cultivated the simplified human intestinal microbiota (SIHUMIx) in bioreactors at a concentration of 45 µM BPS. By determining biomass, growth of SIHUMIx was followed but no differences during BPS exposure were observed. To validate if the membrane composition was affected, fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) profiles were compared. Changes in the individual membrane fatty acid composition could not been described; however, the saturation level of the membranes slightly increased during BPS exposure. By applying targeted metabolomics to quantify short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), it was shown that the activity of SIHUMIx was unaffected. Metaproteomics revealed temporal effect on the community structure and function, showing that BPS has minor effects on the structure or functionality of SIHUMIx.


2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Tabanelli ◽  
F. Patrignani ◽  
F. Gardini ◽  
G. Vinderola ◽  
J. Reinheimer ◽  
...  

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2221
Author(s):  
Luis Enrique Cortés-Hernández ◽  
Zahra Eslami-S ◽  
Bruno Costa-Silva ◽  
Catherine Alix-Panabières

In cancer, many analytes can be investigated through liquid biopsy. They play fundamental roles in the biological mechanisms underpinning the metastatic cascade and provide clinical information that can be monitored in real time during the natural course of cancer. Some of these analytes (circulating tumor cells and extracellular vesicles) share a key feature: the presence of a phospholipid membrane that includes proteins, lipids and possibly nucleic acids. Most cell-to-cell and cell-to-matrix interactions are modulated by the cell membrane composition. To understand cancer progression, it is essential to describe how proteins, lipids and nucleic acids in the membrane influence these interactions in cancer cells. Therefore, assessing such interactions and the phospholipid membrane composition in different liquid biopsy analytes might be important for future diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. In this review, we briefly describe some of the most important surface components of circulating tumor cells and extracellular vesicles as well as their interactions, putting an emphasis on how they are involved in the different steps of the metastatic cascade and how they can be exploited by the different liquid biopsy technologies.


Author(s):  
SJ Cañas-Duarte ◽  
MI Perez-Lopez ◽  
C Herrfurth ◽  
Lei Sun ◽  
LM Contreras ◽  
...  

SummaryIn spite of its medical importance, the genetic mechanisms of bacterial persistence, particularly spontaneous (type II) persistence, remain largely unknown. We use an integrative approach, combining mutant genome analysis, transcriptomics and lipid membrane composition analysis, to elucidate said mechanisms. In particular, we analyzed the genome of the high persistence mutant E. coli DS1 (hipQ), to identify candidate mutations responsible for the high persistence phenotype. Contrary to a recent study, we find no mutation in ydcI. We compared the expression of spontaneous persistent and growing cells using RNAseq, and find that the activation of stress response mechanisms is likely less important in spontaneous persistence than recent reports suggest. It also indicated that modifications in the cell membrane could play an important role. This hypothesis was then validated by the analysis of the fatty acid composition of persister cells of both types, which have markedly different saturation from growing cells and between each other. Taken together, our results indicate that changing membrane composition might be a key process in persistence.HighlightsRNAseq analysis of spontaneous persistence shows no evidence of stress responseIdentification of candidate SNPs for hipQ phenotype, excludes ydcIMembrane fatty acid composition is involved in both types of bacterial persistence


2004 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 904-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin J. J. Ronis ◽  
Soheila Korourian ◽  
Michelle Zipperman ◽  
Reza Hakkak ◽  
Thomas M. Badger

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