Carotenoids As a Protection Mechanism Against Oxidative Stress in

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Journal Antioxidants (Basel)

Date 2020 Nov 3

PMID 33137984

Citations 20

Authors

Micaela Giani

Rosa Maria Martinez-Espinosa

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Abstract

Haloarchaea are extremophilic microorganisms that in their natural ecosystem encounter several sources of oxidative stress. They have developed different strategies to cope with these harsh environmental conditions, among which bacterioruberin production is a very notable strategy. Bacterioruberin (BR) is a C carotenoid synthesized in response to different types of stress. Previous works demonstrated that it shows interesting antioxidant properties with potential applications in biotechnology. In this study, strain R-4 was exposed to different concentrations of the oxidant compound HO to evaluate the effect on carotenoid production focusing the attention on the synthesis of bacterioruberin. was able to grow in the presence of HO from 1 mM to 25 mM. Cells produced between 16% and 78% (w/v) more carotenoids under the induced oxidative stress compared to control cultures. HPLC-MS analysis detected BR as the major identified carotenoid and confirmed the gradual increase of BR content as higher concentrations of hydrogen peroxide were added to the medium. These results shed some light on the biological role of bacterioruberin in haloarchaea, provide interesting information about the increase of the cellular pigmentation under oxidative stress conditions and will allow the optimization of the production of this pigment at large scale using these microbes as biofactories.

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