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ArticleMarine drugs2015

γ-Lindane Increases Microcystin Synthesis in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806.

Laura Ceballos-Laita, Laura Calvo-Begueria, Jessica Lahoz, María-Teresa Bes, María F Fillat, María-Luisa Peleato

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Article in Marine drugs, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Current research scenario for biological effect of exogenous factors on microcystin synthesis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022
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  6. Relationship between Photosynthetic Capacity and Microcystin Production in ToxicInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura Ceballos-LaitaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, and the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. laura_ceballos1@hotmail.com.
Laura Calvo-BegueriaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, and the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. laucalvobegueria@gmail.com.
Jessica LahozLaboratorio de Calidad de las Aguas, Confederación Hidrografica del Ebro, Plaza Canal Imperial, n° 9, 50004 Zaragoza, Spain. kekika1983@hotmail.com.
María-Teresa BesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, and the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. tbes@unizar.es.
María F FillatDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, and the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. fillat@unizar.es.
María-Luisa PeleatoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, and the Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. mpeleato@unizar.es.
Universidad de Zaragoza · ESConfederación de Empresarios de Zaragoza · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HCH factories, and the waste dumpsites associated to its production, have become a global environmental concern, and their runoff could pollute ground and surface waters with high levels of the pollutant. In this study, the influence of lindane (γ-HCH) on microcystin production has been investigated in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806. This toxic cyanobacterium is highly tolerant to γ-lindane (20 mg/L), and produces more toxin (microcystin) in the presence of the pollutant. Microcystis degrades γ-lindane and presence of γ-lindane induces genes involved in its own degradation (nirA). RT-PCRsq has been used to monitor changes in levels of transcripts encoded by the mcy operon (mcyD, mcyH and mcyJ), responsible for the microcystin synthesis machinery, as well as other genes involved in its transcriptional regulation, such as ntcA and fur family members. The presence of lindane in the culture media induces mcyD expression, as well as ntcA gene transcription, while other genes, such as mcyH, (putative ABC transporter), are downregulated. The amount of microcystin found in the cells and the culture media is higher when M. aeruginosa is treated with γ-lindane than in control cells. The results suggest that in a lindane polluted environment, Microcystis toxic strains may enhance their microcystin synthesis.

Indexed as

Dose-Response Relationship, DrugGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHexachlorocyclohexaneMicrocystinsMicrocystisHexachlorocyclohexaneMicrocystinslindanemicrocystinMicrocystis

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PMID26404326
PMCPMC4584347
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