Metaproteomic and biochemistry hydrocarbons and heavy metals-contaminated soils / Metaproteomica e bioquimica de solos contaminados por hidrocarbonetos e metais pesados

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2008

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Hydrocarbons, heavy metals and agricultural defensives are high risk pollutants to human health. These pollutants are constantly introduced into the environment as a result of petrochemical, industrial, agricultural activities and our modern life style, requiring remediation processes that are used to their complete elimination. Bioremediation is a process carried out by living organisms which has great potential for the recuperation of contaminated environments, but the lack of information about the factors that regulate growth and metabolism of microbial communities in polluted environments limits its implementation. Soil biochemistry techniques and metaproteomics analyses can assess the microbial activity and identify the physiological changes resulting from exposure to toxic agents. The objective of this study was to determine biochemical parameters such as: respiration, microbial biomass, qCO2 and activities of specific enzymes involved in major biogeochemical cycles, as well as the identification of metaproteomics profiles of contaminated soil. In general hydrocarbons affected all the biochemical parameters evaluated, and the presence of heavy metals caused an increase in these parameters. A protocol for direct extraction of soil proteins that allowed the separation of more than 1600 spots settled in 2D PAGE gels was developed. The metaproteomics profiles revealed, qualitatively and quantitatively, that proteins were expressed differently due to the presence of these contaminants. Metaproteomics analyses of different exposed soils showed proteins expressed in common, involved in the response to environmental stress, such as: chaperones, elongation factors, EF Tu, superoxide dismutases, ABC transport protein superfamily, alkyl hydroperoxide redutases, peptidyl prolil cis isomerases, as well as the other specific of the metabolism. These results show that metaproteomics is a robust tool that can assist in the understanding of complex microbial communities, revealing the dynamic of the population opposed to changes in the ecosystem. Based on the international literature this is the first "in situ" metaproteomic study of contaminated soils

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solos contaminados metaproteomica ambiental metaproteomic metaproteomica biomonitoring contaminated soils biomarcadores environmental protemics biomarkers biomonitoramento

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