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Sulfonates: novel electron acceptors in anaerobic respiration 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Thomas J. Lie Thomas Pitta E. R. Leadbetter Walter Godchaux III. Jared R. Leadbetter 《Archives of microbiology》1996,166(3):204-210
The enrichment and isolation in pure culture of a bacterium, identified as a strain of Desulfovibrio, able to release and reduce the sulfur of isethionate (2-hydroxyethanesulfonate) and other sulfonates to support anaerobic
respiratory growth, is described. The sulfonate moiety was the source of sulfur that served as the terminal electron acceptor,
while the carbon skeleton of isethionate functioned as an accessory electron donor for the reduction of sulfite. Cysteate
(alanine-3-sulfonate) and sulfoacetaldehyde (acetaldehyde-2-sulfonate) could also be used for anaerobic respiration, but many
other sulfonates could not. A survey of known sulfate-reducing bacteria revealed that some, but not all, strains tested could
utilize the sulfur of some sulfonates as terminal electron acceptor. Isethionate-grown cells of Desulfovibrio strain IC1 reduced sulfonate-sulfur in preference to that of sulfate; however, sulfate-grown cells reduced sulfate-sulfur
in preference to that of sulfonate.
Received: 2 May 1996 / Accepted: 8 June 1996 相似文献
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Self-electrophoresis is not the mechanism for motility in swimming cyanobacteria. 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
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Swimming cyanobacteria do not have flagella. In principle, they could be propelled by streams of ions flowing from head to tail, i.e., by a self-electrophoretic mechanism. We have ruled out this possibility by showing that cells of a swimming Synechococcus species fail to drift in an external electric field. 相似文献
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Marta Sebastián Alastair F Smith José M González Helen F Fredricks Benjamin Van Mooy Michal Koblí?ek Joost Brandsma Grielof Koster Mireia Mestre Behzad Mostajir Paraskevi Pitta Anthony D Postle Pablo Sánchez Josep M Gasol David J Scanlan Yin Chen 《The ISME journal》2016,10(4):968-978
Upon phosphorus (P) deficiency, marine phytoplankton reduce their requirements for P by replacing membrane phospholipids with alternative non-phosphorus lipids. It was very recently demonstrated that a SAR11 isolate also shares this capability when phosphate starved in culture. Yet, the extent to which this process occurs in other marine heterotrophic bacteria and in the natural environment is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the substitution of membrane phospholipids for a variety of non-phosphorus lipids is a conserved response to P deficiency among phylogenetically diverse marine heterotrophic bacteria, including members of the Alphaproteobacteria and Flavobacteria. By deletion mutagenesis and complementation in the model marine bacterium Phaeobacter sp. MED193 and heterologous expression in recombinant Escherichia coli, we confirm the roles of a phospholipase C (PlcP) and a glycosyltransferase in lipid remodelling. Analyses of the Global Ocean Sampling and Tara Oceans metagenome data sets demonstrate that PlcP is particularly abundant in areas characterized by low phosphate concentrations. Furthermore, we show that lipid remodelling occurs seasonally and responds to changing nutrient conditions in natural microbial communities from the Mediterranean Sea. Together, our results point to the key role of lipid substitution as an adaptive strategy enabling heterotrophic bacteria to thrive in the vast P-depleted areas of the ocean. 相似文献
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Izabela Jardim Rodrigues Pitta Mariana de Andrea Vilas-Boas Hacker Ligia Rocha Andrade Clarissa Neves Spitz Robson Teixeira Vital Anna Maria Sales Sergio Luiz Gomes Antunes Euzenir Nunes Sarno Marcia Rodrigues Jardim 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2022,16(1)
IntroductionPure Neural Leprosy (PNL) is a rare clinical form of leprosy in which patients do not present with the classical skin lesions but have a high burden of the disability associated with the disease. Clinical characteristics and follow up of patients in PNL are still poorly described in the literature.ObjectiveThis paper aims to describe the clinical, electrophysiological and histopathological characteristics of PNL patients, as well as their evolution after multidrug therapy (MDT).MethodsFifty-two PNL patients were selected. Clinical, nerve conduction studies (NCS), histopathological and anti-PGL-1serology were evaluated. Patients were also assessed monthly during the MDT. At the end of the MDT, all of the patients had a new neurological examination and 44 were submitted to another NCS.ResultsParesthesia was the complaint most frequently reported by patients, and in the neurological examination the most common pattern observed was impairment in sensory and motor examination and a mononeuropathy multiplex. Painful nerve enlargement, a classical symptom of leprosy neuropathy, was observed in a minority of patients and in the motor NCS axonal injuries, alone or in combination with demyelinating features, were the most commonly observed. 88% of the patients did not present any leprosy reaction during MDT. There was no statistically significant difference between the neurological examinations, nor the NCS pattern, performed before and after the MDT.DiscussionThe classical hallmarks of leprosy neuropathy are not always present in PNL making the diagnosis even more challenging. Nerve biopsy is an important tool for PNL diagnosis as it may guide therapeutic decisions. This paper highlights unique characteristics of PNL in the spectrum of leprosy in an attempt to facilitate the diagnosis and management of these patients. 相似文献
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Panagiotis D. Dimitriou Nafsika Papageorgiou Christos Arvanitidis Georgia Assimakopoulou Kalliopi Pagou Konstantia N. Papadopoulou Alexandra Pavlidou Paraskevi Pitta Sofia Reizopoulou Nomiki Simboura Ioannis Karakassis 《PloS one》2015,10(10)
A large data set from the Eastern Mediterranean was analyzed to explore the relationship between seawater column variables and benthic community status. Our results showed a strong quantitative link between the seawater column variables (Chlorophyll a and Eutrophication Index) and various indicators describing benthic diversity and community composition. The percentage of benthic opportunistic species increased significantly in the stations with high trophic status of the seawater column and so did the strength of the coupling between values of seawater column and benthic indicators. The Eutrophication Index threshold level of 0.85, separating the “Bad and Poor” from “Moderate to High” conditions could serve as an acceptable critical value above which there is a readily observable change in benthic community composition. 相似文献
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Júlia D. Moreira Luisa Knorr Marcelo Ganzella Ana Paula Thomazi Carolina G. de Souza Débora G. de Souza Carolina F. Pitta Tadeu Mello e Souza Susana Wofchuk Elaine Elisabetsky Lúcia Vinadé Marcos L.S. Perry Diogo O. Souza 《Neurochemistry international》2010,56(6-7):753-759
Essential omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3) are crucial to brain development and function, being relevant for behavioral performance. In the present study we examined the influence of dietary ω3 in the development of the glutamatergic system and on behavior parameters in rats. Female rats received isocaloric diets, either with ω3 (ω3 group) or a ω3 deficient diet (D group). In ontogeny experiments of their litters, hippocampal immunocontent of ionotropic NMDA and AMPA glutamatergic receptors subunits (NR2 A\B and GluR1, respectively) and the alpha isoform of the calcium-calmodulin protein kinase type II (αCaMKII) were evaluated. Additionally, hippocampal [3H]glutamate binding and uptake were assessed. Behavioral performance was evaluated when the litters were adult (60 days old), through the open-field, plus-maze, inhibitory avoidance and flinch-jump tasks. The D group showed decreased immunocontent of all proteins analyzed at 02 days of life (P2) in comparison with the ω3 group, although the difference disappeared at 21 days of life (except for αCaMKII, which content normalized at 60 days old). The same pattern was found for [3H]glutamate binding, whereas [3H]glutamate uptake was not affected. The D group also showed memory deficits in the inhibitory avoidance, increased in the exploratory pattern in open-field, and anxiety-like behavior in plus-maze. Taken together, our results suggest that dietary ω3 content is relevant for glutamatergic system development and for behavioral performance in adulthood. The putative correlation among the neurochemical and behavioral alterations caused by dietary ω3 deficiency is discussed. 相似文献
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Boaz G. Oliveira Maria C. A. Lima Ivan R. Pitta Suely L. Galdino Marcelo Z. Hernandes 《Journal of molecular modeling》2010,16(1):119-127
A theoretical study is presented with the aim to investigate the molecular properties of intermolecular complexes formed by
the monomeric units of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) or polyethyleneglycol (PEG) polymers and a set of four imidazolidine (hydantoine)
derivatives. The substitution of the carbonyl groups for thiocarbonyl in the hydantoin scaffold was taken into account when
analyzing the effect of the hydrogen bonds on imidazolidine derivatives. B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) calculations and topological integrations
derived from the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) were applied with the purpose of examining the N–H⋯O hydrogen
bond strengths formed between the amide group of the hydantoine ring and the oxygen atoms of PVP and PEG polymers. The effects
caused by the N–H⋯O interaction fit the typical evidence for hydrogen bonds, which includes a variation in the stretch frequencies
of the N–H bonds. These frequencies were identified as being vibrational red-shifts because their values decreased. Although
the values of such calculated interaction energies are between 12 and 33 kJ mol−1, secondary intermolecular interactions were also identified. One of these secondary interactions is formed through the interaction
of the benzyl hydrogen atoms with the oxygen atoms of the PVP and PEG structures. As such, we have analyzed the stretch frequencies
on the C–H bonds of the benzyl groups, and blue-shifts were identified on these bonds. In this sense, the intermolecular systems
formed by hydantoine derivatives and PVP/PEG monomers were characterized as a mix of red-shifting and blue-shifting hydrogen-bonded
complexes. 相似文献
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Janaína A Couto Karina LA Saraiva Cleiton D Barros Daniel P Udrisar Christina A Peixoto Juliany SB César Vieira Maria C Lima Suely L Galdino Ivan R Pitta Maria I Wanderley 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2010,8(1):13
Background
The present study was designed to examine the effect of chronic treatment with rosiglitazone - thiazolidinedione used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus for its insulin sensitizing effects - on the Leydig cell steroidogenic capacity and expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) and cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) in normal adult rats. 相似文献9.
Guedes FL de Oliveira BG Hernandes MZ De Simone CA Veiga FJ de Lima Mdo C Pitta IR Galdino SL Neto PJ 《AAPS PharmSciTech》2011,12(1):401-410
Solid dispersions have been used as a strategy to improve the solubility, dissolution rate, and bioavailability of poor water-soluble
drugs. The increase of the dissolution rate presented by (5Z)-3-(4-chloro-benzyl)-5-(4-nitro-benzylidene)-imidazolidine-2,4-dione (LPSF/FZ4) from the solid dispersions is related to
the existence of intermolecular interactions of hydrogen bond type (>N–H...O<) between the amide group (>N–H) of the LPSF/FZ4 and the ether group (–O–) of the polyethyleneglycol polymer, or the carbonyl
(C=O) of the polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer (PVP). The intensity of these interactions is directly reflected in the morphology
acquired by LPSF/FZ4 in these systems, where a new solid phase, in the form of amorphous aggregates of irregular size, was
identified through scanning electron microscopy and confirmed in the characterizations achieved using X-ray diffraction and
thermal analysis of DSC. The solid dispersions with the polymer PVP, in higher concentrations, were revealed to be the best
option to be used in the formulations of LPSF/FZ4 in both theoretical and experimental studies. 相似文献
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Cleiton Diniz Barros Angélica Amorim Amato Tiago Bento de Oliveira Karime Bicas Rocha Iannini Anekécia Lauro da Silva Teresinha Gonçalves da Silva Elisa Soares Leite Marcelo Zaldini Hernandes Maria do Carmo Alves de Lima Suely Lins Galdino Francisco de Assis Rocha Neves Ivan da Rocha Pitta 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry》2010,18(11):3805-3811
Eight new 5-arylidene-3-benzyl-thiazolidine-2,4-diones with halide groups on their benzyl rings were synthesized and assayed in vivo to investigate their anti-inflammatory activities. These compounds showed considerable biological efficacy when compared to rosiglitazone, a potent and well-known agonist of PPARγ, which was used as a reference drug. This suggests that the substituted 5-arylidene and 3-benzylidene groups play important roles in the anti-inflammatory properties of this class of compounds. Docking studies with these compounds indicated that they exhibit specific interactions with key residues located in the site of the PPARγ structure, which corroborates the hypothesis that these molecules are potential ligands of PPARγ. In addition, competition binding assays showed that four of these compounds bound directly to the ligand-binding domain of PPARγ, with reduced affinity when compared to rosiglitazone. An important trend was observed between the docking scores and the anti-inflammatory activities of this set of molecules. The analysis of the docking results, which takes into account the hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions between the ligands and the target, explained why the 3-(2-bromo-benzyl)-5-(4-methanesulfonyl-benzylidene)-thiazolidine-2,4-dione compound had the best activity and the best docking score. Almost all of the stronger hydrophilic interactions occurred between the substituted 5-arylidene group of this compound and the residues of the binding site. 相似文献