Regenerative Astaxanthin Extraction from a Single Microalgal (Haematococcus pluvialis) Cell Using a Gold Nano-Scalpel

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• 作者：Ramasamy Praveenkumar ; Raekeun Gwak ; Mijeong Kang ; Tae Soup Shim ; Soojeong Cho ; Jiye Lee ; You-Kwan Oh ; Kyubock Lee ; Bongsoo Kim
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 14, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：40
• 页码：22702-22708
• 全文大小：409K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Milking of microalgae, the process of reusing the biomass for continuous production of target compounds, can strikingly overcome the time and cost constraints associated with biorefinery. This process can significantly improve production efficiency of highly valuable chemicals, for example, astaxanthin (AXT) from Haematococcus pluvialis. Detailed understanding of the biological process of cell survival and AXT reaccumulation after extraction would be of great help for successful milking. Here we report extraction of AXT from a single cell of H. pluvialis through incision of the cell wall by a gold nanoscalpel (Au-NS), which allows single-cell analysis of wound healing and reaccumulation of AXT. Interestingly, upon the Au-NS incision, the cell could reaccumulate AXT at a rate two times faster than the control cells. Efficient extraction as well as minimal cellular damage, keeping cells alive, could be achieved with the optimized shape and dimensions of Au-NS: a well-defined sharp tip, thickness under 300 nm, and 1鈥? 渭m of width. The demonstration of regenerative extraction of AXT at a single cell level hints toward the potential of a milking process for continuous recovery of target compounds from microalgae while keeping the cells alive.