Cytotoxicity Associated with Trichloroethylene Oxidation in Burkholderia cepacia G4

AUTOR(ES)

Yeager, Chris M.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The effects of trichloroethylene (TCE) oxidation on toluene 2-monooxygenase activity, general respiratory activity, and cell culturability were examined in the toluene-oxidizing bacterium Burkholderia cepacia G4. Nonspecific damage outpaced inactivation of toluene 2-monooxygenase in B. cepacia G4 cells. Cells that had degraded approximately 0.5 μmol of TCE (mg of cells−1) lost 95% of their acetate-dependent O2 uptake activity (a measure of general respiratory activity), yet toluene-dependent O2 uptake activity decreased only 35%. Cell culturability also decreased upon TCE oxidation; however, the extent of loss varied greatly (up to 3 orders of magnitude) with the method of assessment. Addition of catalase or sodium pyruvate to the surfaces of agar plates increased enumeration of TCE-injured cells by as much as 100-fold, indicating that the TCE-injured cells were ultrasensitive to oxidative stress. Cell suspensions that had oxidized TCE recovered the ability to grow in liquid minimal medium containing lactate or phenol, but recovery was delayed substantially when TCE degradation approached 0.5 μmol (mg of cells−1) or 66% of the cells' transformation capacity for TCE at the cell density utilized. Furthermore, among B. cepacia G4 cells isolated on Luria-Bertani agar plates from cultures that had degraded approximately 0.5 μmol of TCE (mg of cells−1), up to 90% were Tol− variants, no longer capable of TCE degradation. These results indicate that a toxicity threshold for TCE oxidation exists in B. cepacia G4 and that once a cell suspension has exceeded this toxicity threshold, the likelihood of reestablishing an active, TCE-degrading biomass from the cells will decrease significantly.

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