PHOSPHOLIPID ESTER-LINKED FATTY-ACID PROFILE CHANGES DURING NUTRIENT DEPRIVATION OF VIBRIO-CHOLERAE - INCREASES IN THE TRANS CIS RATIO AND PROPORTIONS OF CYCLOPROPYL FATTY-ACIDS
PHOSPHOLIPID ESTER-LINKED FATTY-ACID PROFILE CHANGES DURING NUTRIENT DEPRIVATION OF VIBRIO-CHOLERAE - INCREASES IN THE TRANS CIS RATIO AND PROPORTIONS OF CYCLOPROPYL FATTY-ACIDS
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DOI:
10.1128/aem.52.4.794-801.1986
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发表时间:
1986-10-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
WHITE, DC
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作者:
GUCKERT, JB;HOOD, MA;WHITE, DC
The phospholipid ester-linked fatty acids of 0-day-, 7-day-, and 30-day-starved cultures of Vibrio cholerae were compared. Statistically significant trends were noted in the fatty acid profiles as the cells starved. The amount of the cis-monoenoic fatty acids declined (e.g., 16:1.omega.7c: 0 day, 39%; 7 day, 18%; 30 day, 11%). In contrast, the saturated fatty acids, the cyclopropyl derivatives of the cis-monoenoic fatty acids, and trans-monoenoic fatty acids increased during starvation. For instance, the amounts of 16:1.omega.7t were: 0 day, 1%; 7 day, 13%; 30 day, 17%; which increased the trans/cis ratio for 16:1.omega.7 from 0.02 (0 day) to 0.70 (7 day) to 1.56 (30 day). This may be due to the reported high turnover rates of cis-monoenoic fatty acids of membrane phospholipids and the availability of enzymes for the metabolism of these isomers. During starvation-induced phospholipid loss, the cis-monoenoic fatty acids would, therefore, be preferentially utilized. The ability to either synthesize trans-monoenoic acids (which are not easily metabolized by bacteria) or modify the more volatile cis-monoenoic acids to their cyclopropyl derivatives may be a survival mechanism which helps maintain a functional (although structurally altered) membrane during starvation-induced lipid utilization. In addition, a trans/cis fatty acid ratio significantly greater than that reported for most bacterial cultures and environmental samples (< 0.1)may be used as a starvation or stress lipid index. Such a ratio could help determine the nutritional status of ultramicrobacteria and other reported dormant cells in natural aquatic environments. These organisms may represent a direct source of trans-monoenoic fatty acid input into marine and estuarine sediments as distinct from cis-to-trans isomerization.