期刊
MOLECULES
卷 27, 期 18, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27185840
关键词
magnetic nanoparticle; biological effect; industrial fungus; cell wall disruption; Aspergillus niger
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [3217010793]
- Tianjin Synthetic Biotechnology Innovation Capacity Improvement Project [TSBICIPKJGG-006]
- Natural Foundation of Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region [2021BEG02002]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
This study revealed the size-dependent effect of magnetic nanoparticles on fungal sporulation, which was associated with cell wall disruption induced by the nanoparticles.
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are becoming important DNA nanocarriers for genetic engineering of industrial fungi. However, the biological effect of MNPs on industrial fungi remains unknown. In this study, we prepared three kinds of magnetic nanoparticles with different sizes (i.e., 10 nm, 20 nm, and 200 nm) to investigate their impact on the growth and sporulation of the important industrial fungus Aspergillus niger. Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis and Zeta potential analysis revealed that the three kinds of MNPs, including MNP10, MNP20 and MNP200, had uniform size distribution, regular Fe3O4 X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns and similar Zeta potentials. Interestingly, although the three kinds of MNPs did not obviously inhibit growth of the fungus, the MNP20 at 500 mg/L strongly attenuated sporulation, leading to a remarkable decrease in spore numbers on culturing plates. Further investigation showed that MNP20 at the high concentration led to drastic chitin accumulation in the cell wall, indicating cell wall disruption of the MNP20-treated fungal cells. Moreover, the MNPs did not cause unusual iron dissolution and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, and the addition of ferrous ion, ferric ion or the reactive oxygen species scavenger N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) had no impact on the sporulation of the fungus, suggesting that both iron dissolution and ROS accumulation did not contribute to attenuated sporulation by MNP20. This study revealed the size-dependent effect of MNPs on fungal sporulation, which was associated with MNP-induced cell wall disruption.
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