Alternative Oxidase Activity Reduces Stress in Vibrio fischeri Cells Exposed to Nitric Oxide

Journal of Bacteriology
Anne K Dunn

Abstract

Alternative oxidase (Aox) is a non-energy-conserving respiratory oxidase found in certain eukaryotes and bacteria, whose role in physiology is not entirely clear. Using the genetically tractable bacterium Vibrio fischeri as a model organism, I have identified a role for Aox to reduce levels of stress in cells exposed to oxygen and nitric oxide (NO). In V. fischeri lacking the NO-detoxifying enzyme flavohemoglobin (Hmp), deletion of aox in cells grown in the presence of oxygen and NO results in alterations to the transcriptome that include increases in transcripts mapping to stress-related genes. Using fluorescence-based reporters, I identified corresponding increases in intracellular reactive oxygen species and decreases in membrane integrity in cells lacking aox Under these growth conditions, activity of Aox is linked to a decrease in NADH levels, indicating coupling of Aox activity with NADH dehydrogenase activity. Taken together, these results suggest that Aox functions to indirectly limit production of ferrous iron and damaging hydroxyl radicals, effectively reducing cellular stress during NO exposure.IMPORTANCE Unlike typical respiratory oxidases, alternative oxidase (Aox) does not directly contribute to energy conservatio...Continue Reading

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