The Metabolic Redox Regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Pseudomonas putida</named-content> Tunes Its Evolvability toward Novel Xenobiotic Substrates

ABSTRACT During evolution of biodegradation pathways for xenobiotic compounds involving Rieske nonheme iron oxygenases, the transition toward novel substrates is frequently associated with faulty reactions. Such events release reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are endowed with high mutagenic pote...

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Autores principales: Özlem Akkaya, Danilo R. Pérez-Pantoja, Belén Calles, Pablo I. Nikel, Víctor de Lorenzo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ba27da848d0c482c805c9b9b5bacf3492021-11-15T16:00:14ZThe Metabolic Redox Regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Pseudomonas putida</named-content> Tunes Its Evolvability toward Novel Xenobiotic Substrates10.1128/mBio.01512-182150-7511https://doaj.org/article/ba27da848d0c482c805c9b9b5bacf3492018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01512-18https://doaj.org/toc/2150-7511ABSTRACT During evolution of biodegradation pathways for xenobiotic compounds involving Rieske nonheme iron oxygenases, the transition toward novel substrates is frequently associated with faulty reactions. Such events release reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are endowed with high mutagenic potential. In this study, we evaluated how the operation of the background metabolic network by an environmental bacterium may either foster or curtail the still-evolving pathway for 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) catabolism. To this end, the genetically tractable strain Pseudomonas putida EM173 was implanted with the whole genetic complement necessary for the complete biodegradation of 2,4-DNT (recruited from the environmental isolate Burkholderia sp. R34). By using reporter technology and direct measurements of ROS formation, we observed that the engineered P. putida strain experienced oxidative stress when catabolizing the nitroaromatic substrate. However, the formation of ROS was neither translated into significant activation of the SOS response to DNA damage nor did it result in a mutagenic regime (unlike what has been observed in Burkholderia sp. R34, the original host of the pathway). To inspect whether the tolerance of P. putida to oxidative challenges could be traced to its characteristic reductive redox regime, we artificially altered the NAD(P)H pool by means of a water-forming, NADH-specific oxidase. Under the resulting low-NAD(P)H status, catabolism of 2,4-DNT triggered a conspicuous mutagenic and genomic diversification scenario. These results indicate that the background biochemical network of environmental bacteria ultimately determines the evolvability of metabolic pathways. Moreover, the data explain the efficacy of some bacteria (e.g., pseudomonads) to host and evolve with new catabolic routes. IMPORTANCE Some environmental bacteria evolve with new capacities for the aerobic biodegradation of chemical pollutants by adapting preexisting redox reactions to novel compounds. The process typically starts by cooption of enzymes from an available route to act on the chemical structure of the substrate-to-be. The critical bottleneck is generally the first biochemical step, and most of the selective pressure operates on reshaping the initial reaction. The interim uncoupling of the novel substrate to preexisting Rieske nonheme iron oxygenases usually results in formation of highly mutagenic ROS. In this work, we demonstrate that the background metabolic regime of the bacterium that hosts an evolving catabolic pathway (e.g., biodegradation of the xenobiotic 2,4-DNT) determines whether the cells either adopt a genetic diversification regime or a robust ROS-tolerant status. Furthermore, our results offer new perspectives to the rational design of efficient whole-cell biocatalysts, which are pursued in contemporary metabolic engineering.Özlem AkkayaDanilo R. Pérez-PantojaBelén CallesPablo I. NikelVíctor de LorenzoAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleNADPH oxidasesPseudomonas putidareactive oxygen speciesbiodegradationdinitrotolueneevolutionMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmBio, Vol 9, Iss 4 (2018)
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topic NADPH oxidases
Pseudomonas putida
reactive oxygen species
biodegradation
dinitrotoluene
evolution
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle NADPH oxidases
Pseudomonas putida
reactive oxygen species
biodegradation
dinitrotoluene
evolution
Microbiology
QR1-502
Özlem Akkaya
Danilo R. Pérez-Pantoja
Belén Calles
Pablo I. Nikel
Víctor de Lorenzo
The Metabolic Redox Regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Pseudomonas putida</named-content> Tunes Its Evolvability toward Novel Xenobiotic Substrates
description ABSTRACT During evolution of biodegradation pathways for xenobiotic compounds involving Rieske nonheme iron oxygenases, the transition toward novel substrates is frequently associated with faulty reactions. Such events release reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are endowed with high mutagenic potential. In this study, we evaluated how the operation of the background metabolic network by an environmental bacterium may either foster or curtail the still-evolving pathway for 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) catabolism. To this end, the genetically tractable strain Pseudomonas putida EM173 was implanted with the whole genetic complement necessary for the complete biodegradation of 2,4-DNT (recruited from the environmental isolate Burkholderia sp. R34). By using reporter technology and direct measurements of ROS formation, we observed that the engineered P. putida strain experienced oxidative stress when catabolizing the nitroaromatic substrate. However, the formation of ROS was neither translated into significant activation of the SOS response to DNA damage nor did it result in a mutagenic regime (unlike what has been observed in Burkholderia sp. R34, the original host of the pathway). To inspect whether the tolerance of P. putida to oxidative challenges could be traced to its characteristic reductive redox regime, we artificially altered the NAD(P)H pool by means of a water-forming, NADH-specific oxidase. Under the resulting low-NAD(P)H status, catabolism of 2,4-DNT triggered a conspicuous mutagenic and genomic diversification scenario. These results indicate that the background biochemical network of environmental bacteria ultimately determines the evolvability of metabolic pathways. Moreover, the data explain the efficacy of some bacteria (e.g., pseudomonads) to host and evolve with new catabolic routes. IMPORTANCE Some environmental bacteria evolve with new capacities for the aerobic biodegradation of chemical pollutants by adapting preexisting redox reactions to novel compounds. The process typically starts by cooption of enzymes from an available route to act on the chemical structure of the substrate-to-be. The critical bottleneck is generally the first biochemical step, and most of the selective pressure operates on reshaping the initial reaction. The interim uncoupling of the novel substrate to preexisting Rieske nonheme iron oxygenases usually results in formation of highly mutagenic ROS. In this work, we demonstrate that the background metabolic regime of the bacterium that hosts an evolving catabolic pathway (e.g., biodegradation of the xenobiotic 2,4-DNT) determines whether the cells either adopt a genetic diversification regime or a robust ROS-tolerant status. Furthermore, our results offer new perspectives to the rational design of efficient whole-cell biocatalysts, which are pursued in contemporary metabolic engineering.
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author Özlem Akkaya
Danilo R. Pérez-Pantoja
Belén Calles
Pablo I. Nikel
Víctor de Lorenzo
author_facet Özlem Akkaya
Danilo R. Pérez-Pantoja
Belén Calles
Pablo I. Nikel
Víctor de Lorenzo
author_sort Özlem Akkaya
title The Metabolic Redox Regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Pseudomonas putida</named-content> Tunes Its Evolvability toward Novel Xenobiotic Substrates
title_short The Metabolic Redox Regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Pseudomonas putida</named-content> Tunes Its Evolvability toward Novel Xenobiotic Substrates
title_full The Metabolic Redox Regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Pseudomonas putida</named-content> Tunes Its Evolvability toward Novel Xenobiotic Substrates
title_fullStr The Metabolic Redox Regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Pseudomonas putida</named-content> Tunes Its Evolvability toward Novel Xenobiotic Substrates
title_full_unstemmed The Metabolic Redox Regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Pseudomonas putida</named-content> Tunes Its Evolvability toward Novel Xenobiotic Substrates
title_sort metabolic redox regime of <named-content content-type="genus-species">pseudomonas putida</named-content> tunes its evolvability toward novel xenobiotic substrates
publisher American Society for Microbiology
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/ba27da848d0c482c805c9b9b5bacf349
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