Research articles
ScienceAsia 46 (2020): 344-352 |doi:
10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2020.039
A colorimetric-based bioreporter for rapid genotoxicity
monitoring using Escherichia coli
Naruemon Chumjaia,b, Alisa S. Vangnaib,c,*
ABSTRACT: Environmental contamination of genotoxic agents has been a concern due to their ability to cause cellular
DNA damages or cancer. In this work, the bioreporter PrecAlacZ was constructed based on Escherichia coli by fusing a
promoter of a DNA damage response gene (recA) to a β-galactosidase reporter gene (lacZ), which is called E. coli-recA bioreporter (EREC). For a reliable measurement, a level of the genotoxicity was normalized by bacterial cell respiration. Well-known genotoxic agents including sodium azide, 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide and benzene were individually exposed to EREC in comparison with Ames test and commercial SOS-Chromotest™. The EREC was able to detect the genotoxic
levels of all tested genotoxic agents, i.e. at 5, 31 and 1563 mg/L for sodium azide, 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide and benzene, respectively, while the other two tests were unable to detect the genotoxicity of benzene even at lethal concentrations. A practical platform of genotoxic level detection was further developed based on EREC as freeze-dried cells on a microtiter plate. The freeze-dried EREC, kept at −20 °C for three months, was able to maintain cell survival of more than 97% and genotoxic sensitivity comparable to that of the freshly prepared cells. The freeze-dried EREC was also able to detect the genotoxicity of representative environmental-polluted pesticides including Chlorpyrifos, Profenofos and Cypermethrin
at 25, 100 and 100 mg/L, respectively, and at the maximum residue limits permitted in agriculture commodity of pesticide mixtures thereof. In conclusion, the EREC can be further applied as a high-throughput genotoxicity screening
of environmental pollutants either as individuals or combinations thereof.
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| a |
International Program in Hazardous Substance and Environmental Management, Graduate School,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand |
| b |
Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (HSM), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
10330 Thailand |
| c |
Biocatalyst and Environmental Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of
Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330 Thailand |
* Corresponding author, E-mail: alisa.v@chula.ac.th
Received 9 Mar 2020, Accepted 21 Apr 2020
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