Optimization of 2D-PAGE protocols for proteomic analysis of two nonaxenic toxin-producing freshwater cyanobacteria: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Raphidiopsis sp.

Plominsky, AM; Soto-Liebe, K; Vásquez M

Abstract

Aims: To optimize a protocol for the extraction and an in-depth analysis of the soluble protein fraction of two nonaxenic toxin-producing cyanobacteria Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (hepatotoxin-producing), and Raphidiopsis sp. (neurotoxin-producing), using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE). Methods and Results: The soluble protein fractions from strains of C. raciborskii and Raphidiosis sp. with different toxicity phenotypes were analysed by 2D-PAGE. Specific protocols were optimized specifically for each strain. Between 500 and 700 sharp protein spots were distinguished in a single 4-7 pH range 2D-PAGE for each cyanobacterium. Comparison of the protein maps of C. raciborskii CS-505 (a cylindrospermopsin-producing strain) and Raphidiopsis sp. D9 (saxitoxin-producing strain) against the nontoxic C. raciborskii strain CS-509 revealed many unique proteins in each protein map. We confirmed that the resolved proteins were cyanobacterial by identifying three randomly chosen protein spots from a Raphidiopsis sp. strain D9 2D-PAGE, using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) tandem mass spectrometry (MS). Conclusions: The 2D-PAGE conditions presented here provide a robust protocol for proteomic studies in two CYN- and STX-producing model organisms, C. raciborskii and Raphidiopsis sp. Significance and Impact of the Study: We present the first protocols for proteomic analyses of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Raphidiopsis sp. © 2009 The Society for Applied Microbiology.

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Título según WOS: Optimization of 2D-PAGE protocols for proteomic analysis of two nonaxenic toxin-producing freshwater cyanobacteria: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Raphidiopsis sp.
Título según SCOPUS: Optimization of 2D-PAGE protocols for proteomic analysis of two nonaxenic toxin-producing freshwater cyanobacteria: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Raphidiopsis sp.
Título de la Revista: LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volumen: 49
Número: 3
Editorial: Wiley
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 332
Página final: 337
Idioma: English
URL: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02665.x
DOI:

10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02665.x

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS