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. 2022 Nov;307(Pt 4):136036.
doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136036. Epub 2022 Aug 22.

Impact of melatonin on the hydrogen peroxide treatment efficacy in Microcystis aeruginosa: Cell growth, oxidative stress response, and gene transcription

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Impact of melatonin on the hydrogen peroxide treatment efficacy in Microcystis aeruginosa: Cell growth, oxidative stress response, and gene transcription

Giridhar Babu Anam et al. Chemosphere. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine how melatonin (MLT), a growth regulator, affects Microcystis aeruginosa cell behaviour and how MLT exposed cells respond to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) treatment. MLT promotes the growth, chl-a content, Fv/Fm values, and microcystins (MCs) production of M. aeruginosa at low concentrations of 1-2.5 μmol/L but suppresses the growth at high concentrations (5-10 μmol/L). The cellular and genetic responses of MLT pre-treated cells to H2O2 treatment were examined further. Further research found that the cells pre-treated with MLT were susceptible to a range of growth-promoting, inhibiting and lethal effects when exposed to higher levels of H2O2. A dose-dependent pattern was observed under conditions of 0.05-0.2 mmol/L H2O2 with 0.5-2.5 μmol/L MLT concentrations to different degrees. High doses of H2O2 (0.2 and 0.3 mmol/L) typically lead to cell lysis and release of MCs in 5.0 and 10 μmol/L MLT pre-treated cells. A decrease in SOD/CAT activities and an increase in MDA levels validated the growth reduction. Furthermore, higher cell lysis and release of intracellular MCs were observed when H2O2 was increased for 5-10 μmol/L MLT pre-treated cells. This led to a higher accumulation of extracellular MCs. The results provide insight into how MLT influences H2O2 damage and assist in identifying situations where H2O2 treatment of cyanobacterial blooms is most appropriate.

Keywords: Harmful algal bloom; Hydrogen peroxide; Melatonin; Microcystis aeruginosa; Toxin release.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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