Application of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawater

A toxicity biosensor Acinetobacter baylyi Tox2 was constructed with the host strain A. baylyi ADP1 harboring a new and medium-copy-number plasmid pWH1274_lux, and was applied to detect the cytotoxicity of heavy metal contaminated seawater. The gene cassette luxCDABE was controlled by constitutively...

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Главные авторы: Cui, Z, Luan, X, Jiang, H, Li, Q, Xu, G, Sun, C, Zheng, L, Song, Y, Davison, P, Huang, W
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Elsevier 2018
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author Cui, Z
Luan, X
Jiang, H
Li, Q
Xu, G
Sun, C
Zheng, L
Song, Y
Davison, P
Huang, W
author_facet Cui, Z
Luan, X
Jiang, H
Li, Q
Xu, G
Sun, C
Zheng, L
Song, Y
Davison, P
Huang, W
author_sort Cui, Z
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description A toxicity biosensor Acinetobacter baylyi Tox2 was constructed with the host strain A. baylyi ADP1 harboring a new and medium-copy-number plasmid pWH1274_lux, and was applied to detect the cytotoxicity of heavy metal contaminated seawater. The gene cassette luxCDABE was controlled by constitutively expressed promoter Ptet on pWH1274_lux and the bioluminescence intensity of the biosensor reduces in proportional to the concentrations of toxic compounds. A. baylyi Tox2 exhibits tolerance to salinity, hence it is applicable to seawater samples. A. baylyi Tox2 and Mugilogobius chulae were exposed to different concentrations of heavy metals (Hg2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, and Cd2+) in artificial seawater for performance comparison and Pearson correlation analysis showed a significant correlation (p < 0.01) between A. baylyi Tox2 toxicity detection and the fish (M. chulae) exposure test. This suggests that the performance of A. baylyi Tox2 is comparable to the conventional fish toxicity test in terms of cytotoxicity detection of heavy metal contaminated seawater. Furthermore, A. baylyi Tox2 was used to evaluate cytotoxicity of field-collected seawater samples. The results indicate that there was a significant correlation between the luminescence inhibition ratio (IR) of A. baylyi Tox2 and heavy metal concentrations detected by ICP-MS in the samples. Two seawater samples, which contained a high concentration of total heavy metals, exhibited stronger cytotoxicity than the samples containing low concentrations of heavy metals. In conclusion, A. baylyi Tox2 can be used as an alternative tool to aquatic animals for the evaluation of the cytotoxicity of heavy metal contamination in the marine environment.
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spelling oxford-uuid:1a5bdbe1-903b-44e4-a96c-80a686d3e68e2022-03-26T10:54:20ZApplication of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawaterJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1a5bdbe1-903b-44e4-a96c-80a686d3e68eEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2018Cui, ZLuan, XJiang, HLi, QXu, GSun, CZheng, LSong, YDavison, PHuang, WA toxicity biosensor Acinetobacter baylyi Tox2 was constructed with the host strain A. baylyi ADP1 harboring a new and medium-copy-number plasmid pWH1274_lux, and was applied to detect the cytotoxicity of heavy metal contaminated seawater. The gene cassette luxCDABE was controlled by constitutively expressed promoter Ptet on pWH1274_lux and the bioluminescence intensity of the biosensor reduces in proportional to the concentrations of toxic compounds. A. baylyi Tox2 exhibits tolerance to salinity, hence it is applicable to seawater samples. A. baylyi Tox2 and Mugilogobius chulae were exposed to different concentrations of heavy metals (Hg2+, Zn2+, Cu2+, and Cd2+) in artificial seawater for performance comparison and Pearson correlation analysis showed a significant correlation (p < 0.01) between A. baylyi Tox2 toxicity detection and the fish (M. chulae) exposure test. This suggests that the performance of A. baylyi Tox2 is comparable to the conventional fish toxicity test in terms of cytotoxicity detection of heavy metal contaminated seawater. Furthermore, A. baylyi Tox2 was used to evaluate cytotoxicity of field-collected seawater samples. The results indicate that there was a significant correlation between the luminescence inhibition ratio (IR) of A. baylyi Tox2 and heavy metal concentrations detected by ICP-MS in the samples. Two seawater samples, which contained a high concentration of total heavy metals, exhibited stronger cytotoxicity than the samples containing low concentrations of heavy metals. In conclusion, A. baylyi Tox2 can be used as an alternative tool to aquatic animals for the evaluation of the cytotoxicity of heavy metal contamination in the marine environment.
spellingShingle Cui, Z
Luan, X
Jiang, H
Li, Q
Xu, G
Sun, C
Zheng, L
Song, Y
Davison, P
Huang, W
Application of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawater
title Application of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawater
title_full Application of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawater
title_fullStr Application of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawater
title_full_unstemmed Application of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawater
title_short Application of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawater
title_sort application of a bacterial whole cell biosensor for the rapid detection of cytotoxicity in heavy metal contaminated seawater
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