Laboratory of Ecology of Pathogenic Bactreia, Gamaleya National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology, 123098 Moscow, Russia.
Laboratory for Biotechnological Research «3D Bioprinting Solutions», 115409 Moscow, Russia.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Feb 6;23(3):1837. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031837.
Changes in bacterial physiology caused by the combined action of the magnetic force and microgravity were studied in grown using a specially developed device aboard the International Space Station. The morphology and metabolism of grown under spaceflight (SF) or combined spaceflight and magnetic force (SF + MF) conditions were compared with ground cultivated bacteria grown under standard (control) or magnetic force (MF) conditions. SF, SF + MF, and MF conditions provided the up-regulation of Ag43 auto-transporter and cell auto-aggregation. The magnetic force caused visible clustering of non-sedimenting bacteria that formed matrix-containing aggregates under SF + MF and MF conditions. Cell auto-aggregation was accompanied by up-regulation of glyoxylate shunt enzymes and Vitamin B12 transporter BtuB. Under SF and SF + MF but not MF conditions nutrition and oxygen limitations were manifested by the down-regulation of glycolysis and TCA enzymes and the up-regulation of methylglyoxal bypass. Bacteria grown under combined SF + MF conditions demonstrated superior up-regulation of enzymes of the methylglyoxal bypass and down-regulation of glycolysis and TCA enzymes compared to SF conditions, suggesting that the magnetic force strengthened the effects of microgravity on the bacterial metabolism. This strengthening appeared to be due to magnetic force-dependent bacterial clustering within a small volume that reinforced the effects of the microgravity-driven absence of convectional flows.
研究了在国际空间站上使用专门开发的设备培养的细菌,其生理学变化是由磁力和微重力的共同作用引起的。将在太空飞行(SF)或联合太空飞行和磁力(SF + MF)条件下生长的与在标准(对照)或磁力(MF)条件下生长的地面培养细菌的形态和代谢进行了比较。SF、SF + MF 和 MF 条件上调了 Ag43 自动转运蛋白和细胞自动聚集。磁力导致非沉降细菌可见聚集,在 SF + MF 和 MF 条件下形成含有基质的聚集体。细胞自动聚集伴随着乙醛酸支路酶和维生素 B12 转运蛋白 BtuB 的上调。在 SF 和 SF + MF 条件下,但在 MF 条件下,营养和氧气限制表现为糖酵解和 TCA 酶的下调以及甲基乙二醛旁路的上调。与 SF 条件相比,在联合 SF + MF 条件下生长的细菌表现出甲基乙二醛旁路的酶的更高上调和糖酵解和 TCA 酶的下调,表明磁力增强了微重力对细菌代谢的影响。这种增强似乎是由于磁力依赖性的细菌在小体积内聚集,从而增强了由微重力驱动的无对流的影响。