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Quantitative conversion of biomass in giant DNA virus infection. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5025. [PMID: 33658544 PMCID: PMC7930090 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83547-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Bioconversion of organic materials is the foundation of many applications in chemical engineering, microbiology and biochemistry. Herein, we introduce a new methodology to quantitatively determine conversion of biomass in viral infections while simultaneously imaging morphological changes of the host cell. As proof of concept, the viral replication of an unidentified giant DNA virus and the cellular response of an amoebal host are studied using soft X-ray microscopy, titration dilution measurements and thermal gravimetric analysis. We find that virions produced inside the cell are visible from 18 h post infection and their numbers increase gradually to a burst size of 280–660 virions. Due to the large size of the virion and its strong X-ray absorption contrast, we estimate that the burst size corresponds to a conversion of 6–12% of carbonaceous biomass from amoebal host to virus. The occurrence of virion production correlates with the appearance of a possible viral factory and morphological changes in the phagosomes and contractile vacuole complex of the amoeba, whereas the nucleus and nucleolus appear unaffected throughout most of the replication cycle.
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PATTERSON DJ. CONTRACTILE VACUOLES AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES: THEIR ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1980.tb00686.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- D. J. PATTERSON
- Department of Zoology. University of Bristol. Bristol BS8 1 UG, England
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Hauer G, Rogerson A, Anderson OR. Platyamoeba pseudovannellida n. sp., a naked amoeba with wide salt tolerance isolated from the Salton Sea, California. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2001; 48:663-9. [PMID: 11831775 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00206.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A new species of naked amoeba, Platyamoeba pseudovannellida n.sp., is described on the basis of light microscopic and fine structural features. The amoeba was isolated from the Salton Sea, California, from water at a salinity of ca. 44%. Locomotive amoebae occasionally had a spatulate outline and floating cells had radiating pseudopodia, sometimes with pointed tips. Both these features are reminiscent of the genus Vannella. However, the surface coat (glycocalyx) as revealed by TEM indicates that this is a species of Platyamoeba. Although salinity was not used as a diagnostic feature, this species was found to have remarkable tolerance to fluctuating salinity levels, even when changes were rapid. Amoebae survived over the range 0 per thousand to 150 per thousand salt and grew within the range 0 per thousand to 138 per thousand salt. The generation time of cells averaged 29 h and was not markedly affected by salt concentration. This is longer than expected for an amoeba of this size and suggests a high energetic cost of coping with salinity changes. The morphology of cells changed with increasing salinity: at 0 per thousand cells were flattened and active and at the other extreme (138 per thousand) amoebae were wrinkled and domed and cell movement was very slow. At the ultrastructural level, the cytoplasm of cells grown at high salinity (98 per thousand was considerably denser than that of cells reared at 0 per thousand.
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- G Hauer
- Oceanographic Center of Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida 33004, USA
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Cronkite DL, Diekman AB, Lewallen B, Phillips L. Aminotransferase and the production of alanine during hyperosmotic stress in Paramecium calkinsi. J Eukaryot Microbiol 1993; 40:796-800. [PMID: 8292998 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb04477.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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When Paramecium calkinsi encounter hyperosmotic stress, intracellular free alanine increases. In vivo assays indicate that the reaction catalyzed by alanine aminotransferase contributes to the build up of alanine in response to hyperosmotic shock. 14C-pyruvate is converted to 14C-alanine in cells grown axenically at 200 mosm. When shifted to 600 mosm, the rate of conversion of pyruvate to alanine increases, and conversion at either 200 or 600 mosm is blocked by 1 mM aminooxyacetic acid (AOA), an inhibitor of aminotransferase. Intracellular free alanine increase is partially inhibited by AOA, and AOA prevents cells living in fresh water from acclimating to higher salinities, an indication that the increase in intracellular alanine is physiologically significant.
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- D L Cronkite
- Biology Department, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49422-9000
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Cronkite DL, Pierce SK. Free amino acids and cell volume regulation in the euryhaline ciliate Paramecium calkinsi. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1989; 251:275-84. [PMID: 2769205 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402510303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Paramecium calkinsi was isolated from a tidal marsh in which the salinity fluctuated widely on a daily basis. In the laboratory, this ciliate survived for days in sea water ranging in osmotic strength from 10 to 2,000 mOsm and divided in nutritive media of 1,000 mOsm or less. When transferred from 750 to 250 mOsm, cells swelled but regained 78% of the original volume within 60 min and the original volume within 1 day. Cells acclimated to 250 mOsm and transferred to 750 mOsm shrank, regained 40% of the original volume in 60 min, and regained little more volume during the next 24 hr. Free amino acids (FAA), principally proline and alanine, are osmolytes in P. calkinsi. In cells that have been acclimated for more than 1 month, Pro is undetectable at 10 mOsm but at 250 mOsm is present in substantial amounts and is still higher at 750 mOsm. Ala is found in cells at all three salinities and increases dramatically with increasing salinity. A complex pattern of amino acid changes occurs during the 4 hr following a transfer from 250 to 750 mOsm, resulting in a marked increase in Ala but no change in Pro. Thus the metabolic changes that lead to the increased FAA levels of acclimated cells are apparently long-term and complex. After transfer of cells from 750 to 250 mOsm there is a rapid and selective loss of Pro and Ala from the cells to the medium.
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- D L Cronkite
- Biology Department, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423
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Sinard JH, Pollard TD. Microinjection into Acanthamoeba castellanii of monoclonal antibodies to myosin-II slows but does not stop cell locomotion. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1989; 12:42-52. [PMID: 2523248 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970120106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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To study the in vivo role of myosin-II in Acanthamoeba castellanii, motile cells were microinjected with monoclonal antibodies raised against the myosin-II heavy chain. All injected cells underwent a transient shock response. It was found that although injection of buffer alone or of an endogenous Acanthamoeba protein decreased the motility of injected cells from 7 microns/min to approximately 3 microns/min, injection of monoclonal antibodies specific for myosin-II decreased motility further to approximately 0.8 micron/min. This effect was seen whether or not the monoclonal antibody to myosin-II inhibited the actomyosin-II MgATPase activity in vitro. Levels of antibody far in excess of endogenous myosin-II concentrations could not completely block amoeboid movement. The morphology of moving antimyosin-II-injected cells was unusual, suggesting a greater defect in the ability to retract the trailing edge of the cell rather than to extend the leading edge. Endosomes frequently disappeared from injected cells, and although buffer-injected cells rapidly recovered visible endosomes (50% recovery at 5 min), endosomes were not seen in antimyosin-II-injected cells until, on the average, approximately 50 min after injection. Injection of a nonspecific antibody or of a nonspecific exogenous protein (ovalbumin) also decreased the mobility of the injected cells beyond that of buffer-injected cells (to approximately 1 micron/min). These cells tended to recover endosomes more rapidly (approximately 25 min) than cells injected with antimyosin-II monoclonal antibodies. The inability of antibodies to myosin-II to inhibit completely any of the movements studied suggests that although myosin-II probably plays a role in these motilities, the cell either routinely uses or can draw upon another cytoplasmic motor to maintain locomotion, organelle movement, contractile vacuole activity, and endocytosis.
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- J H Sinard
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
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In the present study we have shown that glycoproteins are present in the plasma membrane of Acanthamoeba castellanii by utilizing different radioactive labeling techniques. Plasma membrane proteins in the amoeba were iodinated by 125I-lactoperoxidase labeling and the solubilized radiolabeled glycoproteins were separated by lectin-Sepharose affinity chromatography followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The periodate/NaB3H4 and galactose oxidase/NaB3H4 labeling techniques were used for labeling of surface carbohydrates in the amoeba. Several surface-labeled glycoproteins were observed in addition to a diffusely labeled region with Mr of 55,000-75,000 seen on electrophoresis, which could represent glycolipids. The presence of glycoproteins in the plasma membrane of Acanthamoeba castellanii was confirmed by metabolic labeling with [35S]methionine followed by lectin-Sepharose affinity chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
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Lock R, Ãhman L, Dahlgren C. Phagocytic recognition mechanisms in human granulocytes andAcanthamoeba castellaniiusing type 1 fimbriatedEscherichia colias phagocytic prey. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1987. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Poulin R, Larochelle J, Hellebust JA. The regulation of amino acid metabolism during hyperosmotic stress inAcanthamoeba castellanii. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402430303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Poulin R, Larochelle J, Nadeau P. Polyamines in Acanthamoeba castellanii: presence of an unusually high, osmotically sensitive pool of 1,3-diaminopropane. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1984; 122:388-93. [PMID: 6743339 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(84)90487-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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High (15-25 mM) concentrations of 1,3-diaminopropane, a normally minor derivative of polyamine metabolism, have been observed in vegetative cells of Acanthamoeba castellanii. Trace amounts of a putative polyamine, which chromatographically behaved like norspermidine, were also found. The size of the intracellular pool of 1,3-diaminopropane was inversely related to the ambient osmolality and to the free amino acid levels during osmotic shock experiments. Due to its high concentration in A. castellanii, this diamine may be operative in ionic regulation during environmental stress. 1,3-diaminopropane may substitute for putrescine, a common diamine which was undetectable in A. castellanii.
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Burton RF. The composition of animal cells: solutes contributing to osmotic pressure and charge balance. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1983; 76:663-71. [PMID: 6362972 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(83)90375-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The cytoplasmic solutes of vertebrates and invertebrates, other than Na, K and Cl, are surveyed in relation to their influence on ionic regulation through osmolality and charge balance. The most abundant include MgATP, phosphagens, amino acids, various other nitrogen and phosphorus compounds and sometimes anaerobic end products and antifreeze agents. Differences in muscle osmolality, e.g. between marine and non-marine animals, affect mainly nitrogenous solutes of no net charge, such as certain amino acids, taurine, betaine, trimethylamine oxide and urea. The high osmolality of axoplasm in marine invertebrates is due more to anions such as aspartate, glutamate and isethionate.
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Deslauriers R, Jarrell HC, Byrd RA, Smith IC. Observation by 13C NMR of metabolites in differentiating amoeba. Trehalose storage in encysted Acanthamoeba castellanii. FEBS Lett 1980; 118:185-90. [PMID: 7418869 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(80)80215-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Strange KB, Crowe JH. Acclimation to successive short term salinity changes by the bivalveModiolus demissus. II. Nitrogen metabolism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1979. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402100205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Isomaa B, Paatero G, Lönnqvist C. Interactions of surface-active alkyltrimethylammonium salts with the plasma membrane of Acanthamoeba castellanii. ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA ET TOXICOLOGICA 1979; 44:208-15. [PMID: 433611 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1979.tb02319.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The interactions of three surface-active alkyltrimethylammonium salts (C12-C16) with the plasma membrane of Acanthamoeba castellanii were studied. The surfactants caused a release of K+ from the cells at premicellar concentrations. The lytic effectiveness of the surfactants increased with an increase in the length of the alkyl chain with about an order of magnitude for every two carbon atoms added to the alkyl chain. Binding studies with the C16 homologue revealed that at a concentration corresponding to 50% release of K+ there were about 1.9 x10(10) molecules bound per cell. At prelytic concentrations the surfactants stimulated phagocytosis and pinocytosis. The mode of action of the surfactants on the plasma membrane of Acanthamoeba castellanii is discussed and it is hypothesized that the stimulation of endocytosis is due to a "fluidizing" effect of the surfactants on the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane.
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Larochelle J, Gagnon A. Osmoregulation in Acanthamoeba castellanii—III. Relations between dry weight, water, and inorganic ions, and control of the ionic levels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1978. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(78)90317-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dolphin WD. Effect of glucose on glycine requirement of Acanthamoeba castellanii. THE JOURNAL OF PROTOZOOLOGY 1976; 23:455-7. [PMID: 972355 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1976.tb03812.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Acanthamoeba castellanii grows in a minimal medium (AMLIV) containing only arginine, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, and valine as sole nitrogen sources, other than vitamins, when glucose is the carbon source. With acetate as the carbon source, glycine must be added to AMLIV. Doubling time in AMLIV varies according to the ratio of amino acids concentrations. Several combinations yield Td values of approximately 70 hr.
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Larochelle J, Gagnon A. Osmoregulation in Acanthamoeba castellanii—II. Variations of the concentrations of some intracellular ions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1976. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9629(76)80111-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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