Li+ effect on the cell wall of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as probed by FT-IR spectroscopy

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 724-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurelijus Zimkus ◽  
Audrius Misiūnas ◽  
Larisa Chaustova
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Cell Wall ◽  
Ir Spectroscopy ◽  
Absorption Band ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Wall Structure ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Ft Ir Spectroscopy

AbstractThe effect of Li+ ions as a transformation inducing agent on the yeast cell wall has been studied. Two Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, p63-DC5 with a native cell wall, and strain XCY42-30D(mnn1) which contains structural changes in the mannan-protein complex, were used. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy has been used for the characterization of the yeast strains and for determination of the effect of lithium cations on the cell wall. A comparison of the carbohydrate absorption band positions in the 970–1185 cm−1 range, of Na+ and Li+ treated yeast cells has been estimated. Absorption band positions of the cell wall carbohydrates of p63-DC5 were not influenced by the studied ions. On the contrary, the treatment of XCY42-30D(mnn1) cells with Li+ ions shifted glucan band positions, implying that the cell wall structure of strain XCY42-30D(mnn1) is more sensitive to Li+ ion treatment.

scholarly journals Membrane and lipid metabolism plays an important role in desiccation resistance in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qun Ren ◽  
Rebecca Brenner ◽  
Thomas C. Boothby ◽  
Zhaojie Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Desiccation Tolerance ◽  
Protein Function ◽  
Cellular Response ◽  
Lipid Droplets ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Membrane Integrity ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Desiccation Process

Abstract Background Anhydrobiotes, such as the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, are capable of surviving almost total loss of water. Desiccation tolerance requires an interplay of multiple events, including preserving the protein function and membrane integrity, preventing and mitigating oxidative stress, maintaining certain level of energy required for cellular activities in the desiccated state. Many of these crucial processes can be controlled and modulated at the level of organelle morphology and dynamics. However, little is understood about what organelle perturbations manifest in desiccation-sensitive cells as a consequence of drying or how this differs from organelle biology in desiccation-tolerant organisms undergoing anhydrobiosis. Results In this study, electron and optical microscopy was used to examine the dynamic changes of yeast cells during the desiccation process. Dramatic structural changes were observed during the desiccation process, including the diminishing of vacuoles, decrease of lipid droplets, decrease in mitochondrial cristae and increase of ER membrane, which is likely caused by ER stress and unfolded protein response. The survival rate was significantly decreased in mutants that are defective in lipid droplet biosynthesis, or cells treated with cerulenin, an inhibitor of fatty acid synthesis. Conclusion Our study suggests that the metabolism of lipid droplets and membrane may play an important role in yeast desiccation tolerance by providing cells with energy and possibly metabolic water. Additionally, the decrease in mitochondrial cristae coupled with a decrease in lipid droplets is indicative of a cellular response to reduce the production of reactive oxygen species.

scholarly journals Purification of profilin from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and analysis of profilin-deficient cells.

1990 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
B K Haarer ◽  
S H Lillie ◽  
A E Adams ◽  
V Magdolen ◽  
W Bandlow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Cell Wall ◽  
Actin Polymerization ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Predicted Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Ellipsoidal Shape ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

We have isolated profilin from yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and have microsequenced a portion of the protein to confirm its identity; the region microsequenced agrees with the predicted amino acid sequence from a profilin gene recently isolated from S. cerevisiae (Magdolen, V., U. Oechsner, G. Müller, and W. Bandlow. 1988. Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:5108-5115). Yeast profilin resembles profilins from other organisms in molecular mass and in the ability to bind to polyproline, retard the rate of actin polymerization, and inhibit hydrolysis of ATP by monomeric actin. Using strains that carry disruptions or deletions of the profilin gene, we have found that, under appropriate conditions, cells can survive without detectable profilin. Such cells grow slowly, are temperature sensitive, lose the normal ellipsoidal shape of yeast cells, often become multinucleate, and generally grow much larger than wild-type cells. In addition, these cells exhibit delocalized deposition of cell wall chitin and have dramatically altered actin distributions.

FT-IR spectroscopy as a tool for identification of apoptosis-induced structural changes in A549 cells treated with PM 701

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1/2/3/4/5) ◽  
pp. 396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gehan Abdel Raouf Ahmed ◽  
Faten Abdul Rahman Khorshid ◽  
Taha Abdullah Kumosani
Keyword(s):  
Ir Spectroscopy ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
A549 Cells ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Ft Ir Spectroscopy

scholarly journals Criteria for standartization of probiotic components in functional food products

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-466
Author(s):  
Andrey Sukhikh ◽  
Andrey Sukhikh ◽  
Yuliya Zakharova ◽  
Yuliya Zakharova ◽  
Arseniy Yuzhalin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Cell Wall ◽  
Ir Spectroscopy ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Gel Permeation Chromatography ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Chemical Study ◽  
Bacterial Cells ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Ft Ir Spectroscopy

The increasing volume of consumption of probiotics and functional food products requires determination of standardized criteria for cultures and their exometabolites used in functional products manufacturing. The study was aimed at developing criteria for the estimation and standardization of exometabolites and the colony-forming ability of probiotic strains for functional food production. The work included such microbiological and physicochemical methods as GC-MS, GPC, UV, and FT-IR-spectroscopy. Based on the results of the study, the comparative analysis of the microbiological properties of probiotic Bifidobacterium strains was provided, the fatty acid composition of the cell wall was described, and the physical and chemical study of the exopolymers produced by them was carried out. According to the data of FT-IR- spectroscopy, the characteristic features of the components of the cell wall of Bifidobacterium strains were established. Bifidobacteria form the unique composition of organophosphorus structures of lipoteichoic acids, which determines the adhesive ability of strains. The authors studied the molecular weight distribution of the samples of exometabolites isolated from the nutrient medium after the cultivation of bifidobacteria, under conditions of gel-permeation chromatography. The spectral (UV, FT-IR) characteristics of the produced metabolites and their chromatographic fractions were compared. The fatty acids of the Bifidobacterium cell membrane were analyzed using the GC/MS method. The fatty acids were extracted from bacterial cells with different hydrophobicity with a mixture of chloroform and hexane. It has been established that the hydrophobicity is determined by different contents of unsaturated and branched fatty acids in the bacterial membrane. Hydrophobic bifidobacteria are the only that contain the isopentadecane (isoC15:0) and methyl-tetradecanoic (13Me-C14:0) acids. With the mean hydrophobicity, a high content of the isopalmitic (isoC16:0) and stearic (C18:0) acids was established. Low-hydrophobic strains are characterized by a low content of monounsaturated fatty acids.

FT-IR AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF xAg2O · (100 - x)[B2O3 · As2O3] GLASS SYSTEM

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 51-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. BAIDOC ◽  
I. ARDELEAN
Keyword(s):  
Ir Spectroscopy ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Spectroscopic Studies ◽  
Glass System ◽  
Structural Units ◽  
Raman Spectroscopic ◽  
Ir And Raman Spectroscopies ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Ir And Raman ◽  
Ft Ir Spectroscopy

Structural analysis of x Ag 2 O · (100-x)[ B 2 O 3 · As 2 O 3] glass system, with 0 ≤ x ≤ 10 mol%, was performed by means of FT-IR and Raman spectroscopies. The purpose of this work is to investigate the structural changes that appear in the B 2 O 3 · As 2 O 3 glass matrix with the addition and increase of silver ion content. Boroxol rings, pyro-, ortho-, di-, tri-, tetra- and penta-borate groups, structural units characteristic to As 2 O 3 were found in the structure of the studied glasses. FT-IR spectroscopy measurements show that BO 3 units are the main structural units of the glass system. The presence of structural units characteristic to Ag 2 O were not directly evidenced by FT-IR spectroscopy. The Raman analysis leads to similar conclusions as the FT-IR measurements.

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