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Anaerobe ; 29: 59-67, 2014 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24309213

RESUMO

Biogas production from energy crops and biodegradable waste is one of the major sources for renewable energies in Germany. Within a biogas plant (BGP) a complex microbial community converts biomass to biogas. Unfortunately, disturbances of the biogas process occur occasionally and cause economic losses of varying extent. Besides technical failures the microbial community itself is commonly assumed as a reason for process instability. To improve the performance and efficiency of BGP, a deeper knowledge of the composition and the metabolic state of the microbial community is required and biomarkers for monitoring of process deviations or even the prediction of process failures have to be identified. Previous work based on 2D-electrophoresis demonstrated that the analysis of the metaproteome is well suited to provide insights into the apparent metabolism of the microbial communities. Using SDS-PAGE with subsequent mass spectrometry, stable protein patterns were evaluated for a number of anaerobic digesters. Furthermore, it was shown that severe changes in process parameters such as acidification resulted in significant modifications of the metaproteome. Monitoring of changing protein patterns derived from anaerobic digesters, however, is still a challenge due to the high complexity of the metaproteome. In this study, different combinations of separation techniques to reduce the complexity of proteomic BGP samples were compared with respect to the subsequent identification of proteins by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS): (i) 1D: proteins were tryptically digested and the resulting peptides were separated by reversed phase chromatography prior to MS/MS. (ii) 2D: proteins were separated by GeLC-MS/MS according to proteins molecular weights before tryptic digestion, (iii) 3D: proteins were separated by gel-free fractionation using isoelectric focusing (IEF) conducted before GeLC-MS/MS. For this study, a comparison of two anaerobic digesters operated at mesophilic and at thermophilic conditions was conducted. The addition of further separation dimensions before protein identification increased the number of identified proteins. On the other hand additional fractionation steps increased the experimental work load and the time required for LC-MS/MS measurement. The high resolution of the 3D-approach enabled the detection of approximately 750 to 1650 proteins covering the main pathways of hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis and methanogenesis. Methanosarcinales dominated in the mesophilic BGP, whereas Methanomicrobiales were highly abundant in the thermophilic BGP. Pathway analysis confirmed the taxonomic results and revealed that the acetoclastic methanogenesis occurred preferentially at mesophilic conditions, whereas exclusively hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis was detected in thermophilic BGP. However, for the identification of process biomarkers by comprehensive screening of BGP it will be indispensable to find a balance between the experimental efforts and analytical resolution.


Assuntos
Proteínas Arqueais/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas Fúngicas/isolamento & purificação , Metano/biossíntese , Methanomicrobiales/metabolismo , Methanosarcinales/metabolismo , Proteoma/análise , Biocombustíveis , Reatores Biológicos , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida/métodos , Focalização Isoelétrica/métodos , Metagenoma , Methanomicrobiales/química , Methanomicrobiales/genética , Methanosarcinales/química , Methanosarcinales/genética , Consórcios Microbianos/fisiologia , Plantas/metabolismo , Proteólise , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Temperatura , Resíduos
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J Toxicol Clin Toxicol ; 30(2): 269-83, 1992.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1588676

RESUMO

A fatal case of strychnine intoxication is reported. The patient expired despite early aggressive management and prevention of metabolic complications. Serial blood levels are reported. In contrast to a previous report describing first order elimination kinetics, our data suggest that strychnine follows Michaelis-Menton elimination kinetics. The case illustrates the rapid, dramatic course of severe strychnine ingestions. A review of the toxicokinetics, mechanism of action and treatment of strychnine intoxication follows.


Assuntos
Estricnina/intoxicação , Autopsia , Tronco Encefálico/efeitos dos fármacos , Tronco Encefálico/patologia , Córtex Cerebral/efeitos dos fármacos , Córtex Cerebral/patologia , Diazepam/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Intoxicação/mortalidade , Intoxicação/terapia , Estricnina/sangue , Estricnina/farmacocinética
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