%0 Journal Article %T Biochemical Characterization of H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress in E.coli | Insight Medical Publishing %A Himadri Gourav Behuria %A Santosh Kumar Sahu %J Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biochemistry %D 2018 %R 10.21767/2576-1412.100026 %X H2O2-induced toxicity led to remodeling of phospholipid (PL) in E. coli (DH5¦Á) grown in LB medium at 25¡ãC. A dose-dependent enhancement in conjugated diene content of total cellular lipid extract was observed when E. coli (DH5¦Á) was grown in LB containing 1 to 10 mM H2O2. Elevated conjugated diene content was accompanied by a dose-dependent augmentation of cardiolipin (CL) by two fold with 20% depletion in sum total of phosphatidyl ethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidyl glycerol (PG) [(PE+PG)] content without altering total PL content. A 75% depletion of catalase activity and a dose-dependent variation in cellular free iron content were the oxidative-stress regulatory mechanism in E. coli (DH5¦Á) in response to elevated level of extrinsic H2O2. These findings suggest that E. coli responds to H2O2-induced toxicity by regulating cellular-free iron content and by modulating cellular PL composition. As CL is known to be augmentated in multiple stress conditions, we hypothesize that H2O2-induced augmentation in CL content of E. coli (DH5 ¦Á) is a regulatory mechanism to survive oxidative stress. Our findings revel that exogenous H2O2 induces a lipid-mediated oxidative stress regulatory mechanism in E. coli. %U http://www.imedpub.com/articles/biochemical-characterization-of-h2o2induced-oxidative-stress-in-ecoli.php?aid=23466