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    Aspects of silver tolerance in bacteria: infrared spectral changes and epigenetic clues
    (Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh, 2018) Gurbanov, Rafig; Özek, Nihal S.; Tuncer, Sinem; Severcan, Feride; Gözen, Ayşe G.
    In this study, the molecular profile changes leading to the adaptation of bacteria to survive and grow at inhibitory silver concentration were explored. The profile obtained through infrared (IR)-based measurements indicated extensive changes in all biomolecular components, which were supported by chemometric techniques. The changes in biomolecular profile were prominent, including nucleic acids. The changes in nucleic acid region (1350-950 cm(-1)) were encountered as a clue for conformational change in DNA. Further analysis of DNA by IR spectroscopy revealed changes in the backbone and sugar conformations. Moreover, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay-based measurements of DNA methylation levels were performed to see if epigenetic mechanisms are in operation during bacterial adaptation to this environmental challenge. The results indicated a notable demethylation in Escherichia coli and methylation in Staphylococcus aureus likely to be associated with their elaborate adaptation process to sustain survival and growth.
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    Methylation, sugar puckering and Z-form status of DNA from a heavy metal-acclimated freshwater Gordonia sp.
    (Elsevier Science Sa, 2019) Gurbanov, Rafig; Tuncer, Sinem; Mingu, Sara; Severcan, Feride; Gözen, Ayşe Gül
    Heavy metal acclimation of bacteria is of particular interest in many aspects. It could add to our understanding of adaptation strategies applied by bacteria, as well as help us in devising ways to use such adaptive bacteria for bioremediation. In this study, we have explored the changes in the DNA of an aquatic Gordonia sp. acclimated to silver, cadmium, and lead. We have measured the changes in the DNA extracted from the acclimated bacteria by using ATR-FTIR coupled with unsupervised and supervised pattern recognition algorithms. Although whole-cell FTIR studies do reveal nucleic acid changes, the special care should be taken when considering marker nucleic acid bands in such spectra, as various other cell or tissue constituents also yield IR bands in the same region. An FTIR study on isolated DNA can be used to avoid this problem. The IR spectral profiles of the DNA molecules revealed significant changes in the backbone and sugar conformations of upon acclimation. We then further analyzed the DNA's global cytosine-methylation patterns of the heavy metal-acclimated bacteria. We aimed to find out whether epigenetic mechanisms operate in bacteria for survival and growth in inhibitory heavy metal concentrations or not. We found hypermethylation in Cd acclimation but hypomethylation for both Pb and Ag in Gordonia sp. Our results imply that changes in the conformational and methylation states of DNA seem to let bacteria to thrive in otherwise inhibitory conditions and mark the involvement of epigenetic modulation in acclimation processes.