Molecular mechanisms of microbiome modulation by the eukaryotic secondary metabolite azelaic acid.

Autor: Shibl AA; Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates., Ochsenkühn MA; Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates., Mohamed AR; Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates., Isaac A; Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.; Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany., Coe LSY; Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates., Yun Y; Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates., Skrzypek G; West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia., Raina JB; Climate Change Cluster, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia., Seymour JR; Climate Change Cluster, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia., Afzal AJ; Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates., Amin SA; Biology Program, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.; Center for Genomics and Systems Biology (CGSB), New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.; Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences (ACCESS), New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: ELife [Elife] 2024 Jan 08; Vol. 12. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 08.
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.88525
Abstrakt: Photosynthetic eukaryotes, such as microalgae and plants, foster fundamentally important relationships with their microbiome based on the reciprocal exchange of chemical currencies. Among these, the dicarboxylate metabolite azelaic acid (Aze) appears to play an important, but heterogeneous, role in modulating these microbiomes, as it is used as a carbon source for some heterotrophs but is toxic to others. However, the ability of Aze to promote or inhibit growth, as well as its uptake and assimilation mechanisms into bacterial cells are mostly unknown. Here, we use transcriptomics, transcriptional factor coexpression networks, uptake experiments, and metabolomics to unravel the uptake, catabolism, and toxicity of Aze on two microalgal-associated bacteria, Phycobacter and Alteromonas , whose growth is promoted or inhibited by Aze, respectively. We identify the first putative Aze transporter in bacteria, a 'C 4 -TRAP transporter', and show that Aze is assimilated through fatty acid degradation, with further catabolism occurring through the glyoxylate and butanoate metabolism pathways when used as a carbon source. Phycobacter took up Aze at an initial uptake rate of 3.8×10 -9 nmol/cell/hr and utilized it as a carbon source in concentrations ranging from 10 μM to 1 mM, suggesting a broad range of acclimation to Aze availability. For growth-impeded bacteria, we infer that Aze inhibits the ribosome and/or protein synthesis and that a suite of efflux pumps is utilized to shuttle Aze outside the cytoplasm. We demonstrate that seawater amended with Aze becomes enriched in bacterial families that can catabolize Aze, which appears to be a different mechanism from that in soil, where modulation by the host plant is required. This study enhances our understanding of carbon cycling in the oceans and how microscale chemical interactions can structure marine microbial populations. In addition, our findings unravel the role of a key chemical currency in the modulation of eukaryote-microbiome interactions across diverse ecosystems.
Competing Interests: AS, MO, AM, AI, LC, YY, GS, JR, JS, AA, SA No competing interests declared
(© 2023, Shibl et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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