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Exogenous trehalose application promotes survival by alleviating oxidative stress and affecting transcriptome in ethanol-stressed Wickerhamomyces anomalus

Yinfeng Li, Guilan Jiang, Hua Long, Yifa Liao, Mingzheng Huang, Zhihai Yu, Shuang Cheng, Ying Wang, Xiaozhu Liu

British Food Journal

ISSN: 0007-070X

Article publication date: 19 May 2023

Issue publication date: 10 October 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

Increased ethanol accumulation during ethanol fermentation generates stress in yeast cells, which finally reduces the fermentation performance and efficiency. Trehalose, a potential stress protectant, has been reported to regulate the response of yeast to diverse environmental stresses. This study aimed to explore how exogenous trehalose application affects the survival, transcriptome and antioxidant enzymes of Wickerhamomyces anomalus grown under ethanol stress conditions.

Design/methodology/approach

Exogenous trehalose was applied to the growth condition of W. anomalus, and optical densitometric method was used to detect contents of intracellular trehalose and MDA and activities of CAT and SOD. The survival was evaluated using spot analysis. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified through transcriptomics analysis.

Findings

The results showed that ethanol stress induced the accumulation of intracellular trehalose, with further exogenous trehalose application improving the survival and alleviating oxidative stress in ethanol-stressed W. anomalus. Transcriptomic results showed that trehalose has pleiotropic regulating effects on ethanol-stressed W. anomalus since most DEGs annotated to energy metabolism, amino acid metabolism, translation, folding, sorting and transport were affected post trehalose addition. Therefore, it is found that trehalose protected W. anomalus against ethanol stress, and these findings provide interesting insights into the mechanistic role of trehalose in improving ethanol stress tolerance of W. anomalus.

Originality/value

(1) Protective effect of exogenous trehalose addition on the survival of ethanol-stressed W. anomalus was proved. (2) Exogenous trehalose addition could partly alleviate oxidative stress induced by ethanol stress and affect transcriptome in W. anomalus.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32160557) and Henan Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbial Resources and Fermentation Technology (HIMFT20210101).

Citation

Li, Y., Jiang, G., Long, H., Liao, Y., Huang, M., Yu, Z., Cheng, S., Wang, Y. and Liu, X. (2023), "Exogenous trehalose application promotes survival by alleviating oxidative stress and affecting transcriptome in ethanol-stressed Wickerhamomyces anomalus", British Food Journal, Vol. 125 No. 10, pp. 3506-3520. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-01-2023-0061

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