Guide for Carotenoid Identification in Biological Samples

Vélez, Sol Maiam Rivera

doi:10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00756

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“…These compounds play multiple physiological roles in plants, animals and microbes and have numerous biotechnological applications (Boronat and Rodríguez‐Concepción, ; Islam et al ., ). For example, squalene, an intermediate in cholesterol synthesis (Do et al ., ), carotenoids which are responsible for red and yellow pigments in plants and microbes (Rivera Vélez, ), phytol the building block of chlorophyll (Mach, ), or the polyisoprenoid rubber, are examples of well‐known isoprenoids. There are many industrial applications, and isoprenoids can also be used in liquid fuels.…”

Section: Fermentation Of Sugars To Alka(e)nes: State Of the Artmentioning

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Microbial alkane production for jet fuel industry: motivation, state of the art and perspectives

Jiménez-Díaz

Caballero

Pérez-Hernández

et al. 2016

Microbial Biotechnology

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SummaryBio‐jet fuel has attracted a lot of interest in recent years and has become a focus for aircraft and engine manufacturers, oil companies, governments and researchers. Given the global concern about environmental issues and the instability of oil market, bio‐jet fuel has been identified as a promising way to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation industry, while also promoting energy security. Although a number of bio‐jet fuel sources have been approved for manufacture, their commercialization and entry into the market is still a far way away. In this review, we provide an overview of the drivers for intensified research into bio‐jet fuel technologies, the type of chemical compounds found in bio‐jet fuel preparations and the current state of related pre‐commercial technologies. The biosynthesis of hydrocarbons is one of the most promising approaches for bio‐jet fuel production, and thus we provide a detailed analysis of recent advances in the microbial biosynthesis of hydrocarbons (with a focus on alkanes). Finally, we explore the latest developments and their implications for the future of research into bio‐jet fuel technologies.

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Section: Fermentation Of Sugars To Alka(e)nes: State Of the Artmentioning

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Microbial alkane production for jet fuel industry: motivation, state of the art and perspectives

Jiménez-Díaz

Caballero

Pérez-Hernández

et al. 2016

Microbial Biotechnology

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“…Beta-carotene itself comprises the largest share in the biotechnological market. The estimated costs of production of natural astaxanthin is around US$700/kg when using microalgae as the raw material, or US$250/kg when using fungi 16,17 as the biological source.…”

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“…There is a consumer’s tendency to avoid foods containing synthetic pigments which have led food industries to replace them by natural ones. However, new less-toxic synthetic pigments are being developed leading to innovative perspectives 17 . In this sense, microorganisms are now considered as natural sources of biomolecules with potential biotechnological applications in industry using eco-friendly processes.…”

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Carotenoids from UV-resistant Antarctic Microbacterium sp. LEMMJ01

Reis-Mansur

Cardoso-Rurr

Silva

et al. 2019

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The Microbacterium sp. LEMMJ01 isolated from Antarctic soil does not belong to any of the nearest species identified in the RDP database. Under UV radiation (A, B and C wavebands) the survival fractions of Microbacterium sp. cells were much higher compared with wild-type E . coli K12A15. Especially remarkable for an Antarctic bacterium, an expressive resistance against high UV-B doses was observed. The increased survival of DNA repair-proficient E . coli grown overnight added of 0.1 mg/ml or 1 mg/ml of the whole pigment extract produced by Microbacterium sp. revealed that part of the resistance of Microbacterium sp. against UV-B radiation seems to be connected with photoprotection by its pigments. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that UV-A and UV-B ensued membrane alterations only in E . coli . The APCI-MS fingerprints revealed the diagnostic ions for neurosporene (m/z 580, 566, 522, 538, and 524) synergism for the first time in this bacterium by HPLC-MS/MS analysis. Carotenoids also were devoid of phototoxicity and cytotoxicity effects in mouse cells and in human keratinocytes and fibroblasts.

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“…The pigment was characterized by biophysical and mass spectrometric techniques according to Velez [42].…”

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In Vitro Anticancer Activity of Staphyloxanthin Pigment Extracted from Staphylococcus gallinarum KX912244, a Gut Microbe of Bombyx mori

Barretto

Vootla

2018

Indian J Microbiol

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The present study reports the in vitro biological nature of the pigment produced by KX912244, isolated as the gut microflora bacterium of the insect. The purified pigment was characterized as Staphyloxanthin based on bio-physical characterization techniques like Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, high performance liquid chromatography, Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H NMR), Liquid chromatography-Mass spectroscopy and Gas chromatography-Mass spectroscopy. The Staphyloxanthin pigment presented considerable biological properties including in vitro antimicrobial activity against pathogens , and ; in vitro antioxidant activity by % DPPH free radical scavenging activity showing IC value of 54.22 µg/mL; DNA damage protection activity against reactive oxygen species and anticancer activity evaluated by cytotoxicity assay against 4 different cancer cell lines like the Dalton's lymphoma ascites with IC value 6.20 ± 0.02 µg/mL, Ehrlich ascites carcinoma having IC value 6.48 ± 0.15 µg/mL, Adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cells (A549 Lung carcinoma) bearing IC value 7.23 ± 0.11 µg/mL and Mus mucus skin melanoma (B16F10) showing IC value 6.58 ± 0.38 µg/mL and less cytotoxicity towards non-cancerous human fibroblast cell lines (NIH3T3) with IC value of 52.24 µg/mL. The present study results suggest that Staphyloxanthin acts as a potential therapeutic agent especially due to its anticancer property.

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Guide for Carotenoid Identification in Biological Samples

Cited by 20 publications

References 105 publications

Microbial alkane production for jet fuel industry: motivation, state of the art and perspectives

Microbial alkane production for jet fuel industry: motivation, state of the art and perspectives

Carotenoids from UV-resistant Antarctic Microbacterium sp. LEMMJ01

In Vitro Anticancer Activity of Staphyloxanthin Pigment Extracted from Staphylococcus gallinarum KX912244, a Gut Microbe of Bombyx mori

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