PMID- 29939985 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181211 LR - 20191210 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 6 DP - 2018 TI - Inactivation of Pichia rhodanensis in relation to membrane and intracellular compounds due to microchip pulsed electric field (MPEF) treatment. PG - e0198467 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0198467 [doi] LID - e0198467 AB - The effect of microchip pulsed electric field (MPEF) treatment on lethal and sublethal injury of Pichia rhodanensis (P. rhodanensis) were employed under 100-500 V for 20-100 pulses and the underlying mechanism of MPEF treatment was investigated as well. A 6.48 log10 reduction of P. rhodanensis was achieved at 500V for 80 pulse. The fluorescent staining with Propidium Iodide (PI) verified that the rate of sublethal injury cells maximum up to 27.2% under 200 V. MPEF can cause the damage of cell morphology and ultrastructure, meanwhile causing a decrease in cellular enzymes, antioxidant enzyme activity and cell membrane fluidity. The leakage of intracellular compounds (protein, nucleic acid, K+, Mg2+) and Ca2+-ATPase gradually increased as the growth of voltage, especially the proportion of protein in the supernatants increased from 2.0% to 26.4%. Flow cytometry analysis showed that MPEF has significant effect on membrane potential, but no obvious influence on non-specific esterase. MPEF can cause the changing of the secondary structure of protein, at the same time, double helix structure of DNA became loose and unwinding. These results provide a theoretical guidance for the widespread using of MPEF technology in the application of a non-thermal processing technique for food. FAU - Zhu, Ning AU - Zhu N AD - Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. FAU - Yu, Ning AU - Yu N AD - Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhu, Yue AU - Zhu Y AD - Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. FAU - Wei, Yulong AU - Wei Y AD - Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhang, Haiping AU - Zhang H AD - Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. FAU - Sun, Ai-Dong AU - Sun AD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8854-8887 AD - Department of Food Science and Engineering, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180625 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (DNA, Fungal) RN - 0 (Fungal Proteins) RN - EC 7.2.2.10 (Calcium-Transporting ATPases) SB - IM MH - Calcium-Transporting ATPases MH - Cell Membrane/chemistry/*ultrastructure MH - DNA, Fungal/*chemistry MH - Electric Stimulation MH - Electricity MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Food Preservation/*instrumentation/methods MH - Fungal Proteins/*chemistry MH - Membrane Potentials MH - Microarray Analysis MH - Molecular Conformation MH - Pichia/physiology/*ultrastructure MH - Protein Structure, Secondary PMC - PMC6016922 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2018/06/26 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:00 PMCR- 2018/06/25 CRDT- 2018/06/26 06:00 PHST- 2017/11/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/06/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-17-39480 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0198467 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2018 Jun 25;13(6):e0198467. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198467. eCollection 2018.