Protective Effect of Sucrose and Sodium Chloride for Lactococcus lactis during Sublethal and Lethal High-Pressure Treatments
Sucrose
0303 health sciences
Membrane Fluidity
Temperature
Membrane Transport Proteins
Buffers
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Sodium Chloride
6. Clean water
Lactococcus lactis
Kinetics
03 medical and health sciences
Bacterial Proteins
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Hydrostatic Pressure
DOI:
10.1128/aem.70.4.2013-2020.2004
Publication Date:
2004-04-05T18:18:06Z
AUTHORS (4)
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
The bactericidal effect of hydrostatic pressure is reduced when bacteria are suspended in media with high osmolarity. To elucidate mechanisms responsible for the baroprotective effect of ionic and nonionic solutes,
Lactococcus lactis
was treated with pressures ranging from 200 to 600 MPa in a low-osmolarity buffer or with buffer containing 0.5 M sucrose or 4 M NaCl. Pressure-treated cells were characterized in order to determine viability, the transmembrane difference in pH (ΔpH), and multiple-drug-resistance (MDR) transport activity. Furthermore, pressure effects on the intracellular pH and the fluidity of the membrane were determined during pressure treatment. In the presence of external sucrose and NaCl, high intracellular levels of sucrose and lactose, respectively, were accumulated by
L. lactis
; 4 M NaCl and, to a lesser extent, 0.5 M sucrose provided protection against pressure-induced cell death. The transmembrane ΔpH was reversibly dissipated during pressure treatment in any buffer system. Sucrose but not NaCl prevented the irreversible inactivation of enzymes involved in pH homeostasis and MDR transport activity. In the presence 0.5 M sucrose or 4 M NaCl, the fluidity of the cytoplasmic membrane was maintained even at low temperatures and high pressure. These results indicate that disaccharides protect microorganisms against pressure-induced inactivation of vital cellular components. The protective effect of ionic solutes relies on the intracellular accumulation of compatible solutes as a response to the osmotic stress. Thus, ionic solutes provide only asymmetric protection, and baroprotection with ionic solutes requires higher concentrations of the osmolytes than of disaccharides.
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