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Barcytė D, Pilátová J, Mojzeš P, Nedbalová L. The Arctic Cylindrocystis (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) Green Algae are Genetically and Morphologically Diverse and Exhibit Effective Accumulation of Polyphosphate. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2020; 56:217-232. [PMID: 31610035 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The green algal genus Cylindrocystis is widespread in various types of environments, including extreme habitats. However, very little is known about its diversity, especially in polar regions. In the present study, we isolated seven new Cylindrocystis-like strains from terrestrial and freshwater habitats in Svalbard (High Arctic). We aimed to compare the new isolates on a molecular (rbcL and 18S rDNA), morphological (light and confocal laser scanning microscopy), and cytological (Raman microscopy) basis. Our results demonstrated that the Arctic Cylindrocystis were not of a monophyletic origin and that the studied strains clustered within two clades (tentatively named the soil and freshwater/glacier clades) and four separate lineages. Morphological data (cell size, shape, and chloroplast morphology) supported the presence of several distinct taxa among the new isolates. Moreover, the results showed that the Arctic Cylindrocystis strains were closely related to strains originating from the temperate zone, indicating high ecological versatility and successful long-distance dispersal of the genus. Large amounts of inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) grains were detected within the chloroplasts of the cultured Arctic Cylindrocystis strains, suggesting effective luxury uptake of phosphorus. Additionally, various intracellular structures were identified using Raman microscopy and cytochemical and fluorescent staining. This study represents the first attempt to combine molecular, morphological, ecological, and biogeographical data for Arctic Cylindrocystis. Our novel cytological observations partially explain the success of Cylindrocystis-like microalgae in polar regions.
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- Dovilė Barcytė
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague 2, CZ-128 44, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 5, Prague 2, CZ-128 44, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, Prague 2, CZ-121 16, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague 2, CZ-128 44, Czech Republic
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Kokabi K, Gorelova O, Ismagulova T, Itkin M, Malitsky S, Boussiba S, Solovchenko A, Khozin-Goldberg I. Metabolomic foundation for differential responses of lipid metabolism to nitrogen and phosphorus deprivation in an arachidonic acid-producing green microalga. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 283:95-115. [PMID: 31128719 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The green oleaginous microalga Lobosphaera incisa accumulates storage lipids triacylglycerols (TAG) enriched in the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid arachidonic acid under nitrogen (N) deprivation. In contrast, under phosphorous (P) deprivation, the production of the monounsaturated oleic acid prevails. We compared physiological responses, ultrastructural, and metabolic consequences of L. incisa acclimation to N and P deficiency to provide novel insights into the key determinants of ARA accumulation. Differential responses to nutrient deprivation on growth performance, carbon-to-nitrogen stoichiometry, membrane lipid composition and TAG accumulation were demonstrated. Ultrastructural analyses suggested a dynamic role for vacuoles in sustaining cell homeostasis under conditions of different nutrient availability and their involvement in autophagy in L. incisa. Paralleling ARA-rich TAG accumulation in lipid droplets, N deprivation triggered intensive chloroplast dismantling and promoted catabolic processes. Metabolome analysis revealed depletion of amino acids and pyrimidines, and repression of numerous biosynthetic hubs to favour TAG biosynthesis under N deprivation. Under P deprivation, despite the relatively low growth penalties, the presence of the endogenous P reserves and the characteristic lipid remodelling, metabolic signatures of energy deficiency were revealed. Metabolome adjustments to P deprivation included depletion in ATP and phosphorylated nucleotides, increased levels of TCA-cycle intermediates and osmoprotectants. We conclude that characteristic cellular and metabolome adjustments tailor the adaptive responses of L. incisa to N and P deprivation modulating its LC-PUFA production.
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- Kamilya Kokabi
- Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The J. Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, 8499000, Israel
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, GSP-1, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, GSP-1, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- Metabolic Profiling Unit, Life Science Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Metabolic Profiling Unit, Life Science Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The J. Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, 8499000, Israel
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, GSP-1, Moscow, 119234, Russia; Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, 117198, Russia
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- Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, The French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The J. Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, 8499000, Israel.
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Moudříková Š, Sadowsky A, Metzger S, Nedbal L, Mettler-Altmann T, Mojzeš P. Quantification of Polyphosphate in Microalgae by Raman Microscopy and by a Reference Enzymatic Assay. Anal Chem 2017; 89:12006-12013. [PMID: 29099580 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Polyphosphates have occurred in living cells early in evolution and microalgae contain these important polymers in their cells. Progress in research of polyphosphate metabolism of these ecologically as well as biotechnologically important microorganisms is hampered by the lack of rapid quantification methods. Experiments with the green alga Chlorella vulgaris presented here compared polyphosphate extraction in water, methanol-chloroform, and phenol-chloroform followed by polyphosphate purification by binding to silica columns or ethanol precipitation. The phenol-chloroform extraction of C. vulgaris followed by ethanol precipitation of polyphosphate was shown to be superior to the other tested method variants. Recovery test of added polyphosphate standard to algal biomass showed that the method is accurate. Using this biochemical assay as a validated reference, we show that 2-dimensional, confocal Raman microscopy can serve as a linear proxy for polyphosphate in C. vulgaris with R2 up to 0.956. With this, polyphosphate quantification can be shortened by use of Raman microscopy from days to hours and, additionally, information about intracellular distribution of polyphosphate and heterogeneity among individual cells in algal culture can be obtained. This offers new insights into the dynamics and role of these polymers crucial for phosphorus uptake and storage. This analytical capability is of particular practical importance because algae aid phosphorus sequestration from wastewater and the thus enriched biomass may serve as organic fertilizer. Both these applications have a strong potential in a future sustainable, circular bioeconomy.
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- Šárka Moudříková
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences/Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich , Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, D-52428 Jülich, Germany.,Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University , Ke Karlovu 5, CZ-12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- CEPLAS Plant Metabolism and Metabolomics Laboratory, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- CEPLAS Plant Metabolism and Metabolomics Laboratory, Botanical Institute, University of Cologne , Zülpicher Str. 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University , Ke Karlovu 5, CZ-12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- CEPLAS Plant Metabolism and Metabolomics Laboratory, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf , Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences/Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich , Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, D-52428 Jülich, Germany.,Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University , Ke Karlovu 5, CZ-12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Shebanova A, Ismagulova T, Solovchenko A, Baulina O, Lobakova E, Ivanova A, Moiseenko A, Shaitan K, Polshakov V, Nedbal L, Gorelova O. Versatility of the green microalga cell vacuole function as revealed by analytical transmission electron microscopy. PROTOPLASMA 2017; 254:1323-1340. [PMID: 27677801 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-016-1024-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Vacuole is a multifunctional compartment central to a large number of functions (storage, catabolism, maintenance of the cell homeostasis) in oxygenic phototrophs including microalgae. Still, microalgal cell vacuole is much less studied than that of higher plants although knowledge of the vacuolar structure and function is essential for understanding physiology of nutrition and stress tolerance of microalgae. Here, we combined the advanced analytical and conventional transmission electron microscopy methods to obtain semi-quantitative, spatially resolved at the subcellular level information on elemental composition of the cell vacuoles in several free-living and symbiotic chlorophytes. We obtained a detailed record of the changes in cell and vacuolar ultrastructure in response to environmental stimuli under diverse conditions. We suggested that the vacuolar inclusions could be divided into responsible for storage of phosphorus (mainly in form of polyphosphate) and those accommodating non-protein nitrogen (presumably polyamine) reserves, respectively.The ultrastructural findings, together with the data on elemental composition of different cell compartments, allowed us to speculate on the role of the vacuolar membrane in the biosynthesis and sequestration of polyphosphate. We also describe the ultrastructural evidence of possible involvement of the tonoplast in the membrane lipid turnover and exchange of energy and metabolites between chloroplasts and mitochondria. These processes might play a significant role in acclimation in different stresses including nitrogen starvation and extremely high level of CO2 and might also be of importance for microalgal biotechnology. Advantages and limitations of application of analytical electron microscopy to biosamples such as microalgal cells are discussed.
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
- Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
- Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gori 1/12, 119234, GSP-1 Moscow, Russia.
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Faculty of fundamental medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences / Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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Jiménez J, Bru S, Ribeiro MPC, Clotet J. Polyphosphate: popping up from oblivion. Curr Genet 2016; 63:15-18. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-016-0611-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bru S, Martínez-Laínez JM, Hernández-Ortega S, Quandt E, Torres-Torronteras J, Martí R, Canadell D, Ariño J, Sharma S, Jiménez J, Clotet J. Polyphosphate is involved in cell cycle progression and genomic stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Microbiol 2016; 101:367-80. [PMID: 27072996 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Polyphosphate (polyP) is a linear chain of up to hundreds of inorganic phosphate residues that is necessary for many physiological functions in all living organisms. In some bacteria, polyP supplies material to molecules such as DNA, thus playing an important role in biosynthetic processes in prokaryotes. In the present study, we set out to gain further insight into the role of polyP in eukaryotic cells. We observed that polyP amounts are cyclically regulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and those mutants that cannot synthesise (vtc4Δ) or hydrolyse polyP (ppn1Δ, ppx1Δ) present impaired cell cycle progression. Further analysis revealed that polyP mutants show delayed nucleotide production and increased genomic instability. Based on these findings, we concluded that polyP not only maintains intracellular phosphate concentrations in response to fluctuations in extracellular phosphate levels, but also muffles internal cyclic phosphate fluctuations, such as those produced by the sudden demand of phosphate to synthetize deoxynucleotides just before and during DNA duplication. We propose that the presence of polyP in eukaryotic cells is required for the timely and accurate duplication of DNA.
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- Samuel Bru
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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New insights into roles of acidocalcisomes and contractile vacuole complex in osmoregulation in protists. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 305:69-113. [PMID: 23890380 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-407695-2.00002-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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While free-living protists are usually subjected to hyposmotic environments, parasitic protists are also in contact with hyperosmotic habitats. Recent work in one of these parasites, Trypanosoma cruzi, has revealed that its contractile vacuole complex, which usually collects and expels excess water as a mechanism of regulatory volume decrease after hyposmotic stress, has also a role in cell shrinking when the cells are submitted to hyperosmotic stress. Trypanosomes also have an acidic calcium store rich in polyphosphate (polyP), named the acidocalcisome, which is involved in their response to osmotic stress. Here, we review newly emerging insights on the role of acidocalcisomes and the contractile vacuole complex in the cellular response to hyposmotic and hyperosmotic stresses. We also review the current state of knowledge on the composition of these organelles and their other roles in calcium homeostasis and protein trafficking.
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Acidocalcisomes are acidic organelles containing calcium and a high concentration of phosphorus in the form of pyrophosphate (PP(i)) and polyphosphate (poly P). Organelles with these characteristics have been found from bacteria to human cells implying an early appearance and persistence over evolutionary time or their appearance by convergent evolution. Acidification of the organelles is driven by the presence of vacuolar proton pumps, one of which, the vacuolar proton pyrophosphatase, is absent in animals, where it is substituted by a vacuolar proton ATPase. A number of other pumps, antiporters, and channels have been described in acidocalcisomes of different species and are responsible for their internal content. Enzymes involved in the synthesis and degradation of PP(i) and poly P are present within the organelle. Acidocalcisomes function as storage sites for cations and phosphorus, and participate in PP(i) and poly P metabolism, calcium homeostasis, maintenance of intracellular pH, and osmoregulation. Experiments in which the acidocalcisome Ca(2+)-ATPase of different parasites were downregulated or eliminated, or acidocalcisome Ca(2+) was depleted revealed the importance of this store in Ca(2+) signaling needed for host invasion and virulence. Acidocalcisomes interact with other organelles in a number of organisms suggesting their association with the endosomal/lysosomal pathway, and are considered part of the lysosome-related group of organelles.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION Poly P (inorganic polyphosphate) is a polymer formed by P(i) residues linked by high-energy phosphoanhydride bonds. The presence of poly P in bacteria, fungi, algae and protists has been widely recognized, but the distribution of poly P in more complex eukaryotes has been poorly studied. Poly P accumulates, together with calcium, in acidic vesicles or acidocalcisomes in a number of organisms and possesses a diverse array of functions, including roles in stress response, blood clotting, inflammation, calcification, cell proliferation and apoptosis. RESULTS We report here that a considerable amount of phosphorus in the yolk of chicken eggs is in the form of poly P. DAPI (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) staining showed that poly P is localized mainly in electron-dense vesicles located inside larger vacuoles (compound organelles) that are randomly distributed in the yolk. These internal vesicles were shown to contain calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, chlorine, iron and zinc, as detected by X-ray microanalysis and elemental mapping. These vesicles stain with the acidophilic dye Acridine Orange. The presence of poly P in organellar fractions of the egg yolk was evident in agarose gels stained with Toluidine Blue and DAPI. Of the total phosphate (Pi) of yolk organelles, 16% is present in the form of poly P. Total poly P content was not altered during the first 4 days of embryogenesis, but poly P chain length decreased after 1 day of development. CONCLUSIONS The results of the present study identify a novel organelle in chicken egg yolk comprising acidic vesicles with a morphology, physiology and composition similar to those of acidocalcisomes, within larger acidic vacuoles. The elemental composition of these acidocalcisomes is proportionally similar to the elemental composition of the yolk, suggesting that most of these elements are located in these organelles, which might be an important storage compartment in eggs.
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Fang J, Ruiz FA, Docampo M, Luo S, Rodrigues JCF, Motta LS, Rohloff P, Docampo R. Overexpression of a Zn2+-sensitive soluble exopolyphosphatase from Trypanosoma cruzi depletes polyphosphate and affects osmoregulation. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:32501-10. [PMID: 17827150 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704841200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We report the cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of the Trypanosoma cruzi exopolyphosphatase (TcPPX). The product of this gene (TcPPX), has 383 amino acids and a molecular mass of 43.1 kDa. TcPPX differs from most exopolyphosphatases in its preference for short-chain polyphosphate (poly P). Heterologous expression of TcPPX in Escherichia coli produced a functional enzyme that had a neutral optimum pH and was dramatically inhibited by low concentrations of Zn2+, high concentrations of basic amino acids (lysine and arginine), and heparin. TcPPX is a processive enzyme and does not hydrolyze ATP, pyrophosphate, or p-nitrophenyl phosphate, although it hydrolyzes guanosine 5'-tetraphosphate very efficiently. Overexpression of TcPPX resulted in a dramatic decrease in total short-chain poly P and partial decrease in long-chain poly P. This was accompanied by a delayed regulatory volume decrease after hyposmotic stress. These results support the role of poly P in T. cruzi osmoregulation.
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- Jianmin Fang
- Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Paul D. Coverdell Biomedical and Health Sciences Center, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Paz Y, Shimoni E, Weiss M, Pick U. Effects of iron deficiency on iron binding and internalization into acidic vacuoles in Dunaliella salina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 144:1407-15. [PMID: 17513481 PMCID: PMC1914149 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.100644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Uptake of iron in the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina is mediated by a transferrin-like protein (TTf), which binds and internalizes Fe(3+) ions. Recently, we found that iron deficiency induces a large enhancement of iron binding, which is associated with accumulation of three other plasma membrane proteins that associate with TTf. In this study, we characterized the kinetic properties of iron binding and internalization and identified the site of iron internalization. Iron deficiency induces a 4-fold increase in Fe binding, but only 50% enhancement in the rate of iron uptake and also increases the affinity for iron and bicarbonate, a coligand for iron binding. These results indicate that iron deprivation leads to accumulation and modification of iron-binding sites. Iron uptake in iron-sufficient cells is preceded by an apparent time lag, resulting from prebound iron, which can be eliminated by unloading iron-binding sites. Iron is tightly bound to surface-exposed sites and hardly exchanges with medium iron. All bound iron is subsequently internalized. Accumulation of iron inhibits further iron binding and internalization. The vacuolar inhibitor bafilomycin inhibits iron uptake and internalization. Internalized iron was localized by electron microscopy within vacuolar structures that were identified as acidic vacuoles. Iron internalization is accompanied by endocytosis of surface proteins into these acidic vacuoles. A novel kinetic mechanism for iron uptake is proposed, which includes two pools of bound/compartmentalized iron separated by a rate-limiting internalization stage. The major parameter that is modulated by iron deficiency is the iron-binding capacity. We propose that excessive iron binding in iron-deficient cells serves as a temporary reservoir for iron that is subsequently internalized. This mechanism is particularly suitable for organisms that are exposed to large fluctuations in iron availability.
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- Yakov Paz
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Docampo R, de Souza W, Miranda K, Rohloff P, Moreno SNJ. Acidocalcisomes - conserved from bacteria to man. Nat Rev Microbiol 2005; 3:251-61. [PMID: 15738951 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 314] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Recent work has shown that acidocalcisomes, which are electron-dense acidic organelles rich in calcium and polyphosphate, are the only organelles that have been conserved during evolution from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. Acidocalcisomes were first described in trypanosomatids and have been characterized in most detail in these species. Acidocalcisomes have been linked with several functions, including storage of cations and phosphorus, polyphosphate metabolism, calcium homeostasis, maintenance of intracellular pH homeostasis and osmoregulation. Here, we review acidocalcisome ultrastructure, composition and function in different trypanosomatids and other organisms.
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- Roberto Docampo
- Department of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical and Global Emerging Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
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Ruiz FA, Rodrigues CO, Docampo R. Rapid Changes in Polyphosphate Content within Acidocalcisomes in Response to Cell Growth, Differentiation, and Environmental Stress inTrypanosoma cruzi. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:26114-21. [PMID: 11371561 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102402200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) has been identified and measured in different stages of Trypanosoma cruzi. Millimolar levels (in terms of P(i) residues) in chains of less than 50 residues long, and micromolar levels in chains of about 700--800 residues long, were found in different stages of T. cruzi. Analysis of purified T. cruzi acidocalcisomes indicated that polyPs were preferentially located in these organelles. This was confirmed by visualization of polyPs in the acidocalcisomes using 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole. A rapid increase (within 2--4 h) in the levels of short and long chain polyPs was detected during trypomastigote to amastigote differentiation and during the lag phase of growth of epimastigotes (within 12--24 h). Levels rapidly decreased after the epimastigotes resumed growth. Short and long chain polyP levels rapidly decreased upon exposure of epimastigotes to hypo-osmotic or alkaline stresses, whereas levels increased after hyperosmotic stress. Ca(2+) release from acidocalcisomes by a combination of ionophores (ionomycin and nigericin) was associated with the hydrolysis of short and long chain polyPs. In agreement with these results, acidocalcisomes were shown to contain polyphosphate kinase and exopolyphosphatase activities. Together, these results suggest a critical role for these organelles in the adaptation of the parasite to environmental changes.
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- F A Ruiz
- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA
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Giordano M. Interactions between C and N metabolism in Dunaliella salina cells cultured at elevated CO2 and high N concentrations. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 158:577-581. [DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Gerendás J, Ratcliffe RG. Intracellular pH regulation in maize root tips exposed to ammonium at high external pH. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2000; 51:207-219. [PMID: 10938827 DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/51.343.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ammonium-induced changes in the cytoplasmic and vacuolar pH values of excised maize (Zea mays L.) root tips, measured by in vivo 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, were correlated with the ammonium content of the tissue, determined by 14N NMR. Calculations based on these measurements indicated that the pH changes observed during exposure to 10 mM ammonium for 1 h at pH 9.0, and in the recovery following the removal of the external ammonium supply, were largely determined by the influx and efflux of the weak base NH3. Carboxylate synthesis, detected by both in vivo 13C NMR and the incorporation of [14C]bicarbonate, was stimulated by the ammonium-induced alkalinization of the root tips, but the contribution that this proton-generating process made to pH regulation during and after the ammonium treatment was quantitatively insignificant. Similarly, ammonium assimilation, which was shown to occur via the proton-generating glutamine synthetase/glutamate synthase pathway using in vivo 15N NMR, was also quantitatively insignificant in comparison with the large changes in ammonium content that occurred during the ammonium treatment and subsequent recovery. The results are discussed in relation to several recent studies in which ammonium was used to perturb intracellular pH values, and it is argued (i) that a new method for probing the subcellular compartmentation of amino acids, based on an ammonium-induced alkalinization of the cytoplasm may be difficult to implement in dense heterogeneous tissues; and (ii) that observations on the apparently proton-consuming effect of ammonium assimilation in rice root hairs may actually reflect unusually rapid assimilation.
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- J Gerendás
- Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, University of Kiel, Germany.
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Giordano M, Bowes G. Gas Exchange and C Allocation in Dunaliella salina Cells in Response to the N Source and CO2 Concentration Used for Growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 115:1049-1056. [PMID: 12223857 PMCID: PMC158568 DOI: 10.1104/pp.115.3.1049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina was cultured on 10 mM NH4+ or NO3- with air CO2 or 5% (v/v) CO2. Cells grown on NH4+ rather than NO3- were up to 17% larger in volume but had similar division rates. The photosynthetic K0.5 of dissolved inorganic C per cell was reduced, but the light- and CO2-saturated photosynthesis, dark respiration, and light-independent fixation rates were increased. The cells exhibited 2- to 5-fold greater activities of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and carboxykinase, and carbonic anhydrase and more soluble and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase protein. Chlorophyll and [beta]-carotene also increased by 30 to 70%. However, starch and glycerol decreased, indicating that C was reallocated from carbohydrates into protein and pigments by growth on NH4+. Algae cultured on air-CO2 rather than a high CO2 concentration were 44% smaller with 55 to 67% lower cell division rates and thus appeared C-limited, despite the operation of a CO2-concentrating mechanism. Cells cultured on air-CO2 had less protein and starch and 28% more glycerol, but the pigment content was unchanged. In only one growth regime was the cell glycerol concentration sufficient to maintain osmotic equilibrium with the external medium, indicating that an additional osmoticum was required. It appears that the N source, as well as the growth [CO2], substantially modifies photosynthetic and growth characteristics, light-independent C metabolism, and C-allocation patterns of D. salina cells.
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- M. Giordano
- Facolta di Scienze, Universita di Ancona, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy (M.G.)
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Post AF. Ammonia enhanced dark respiration inChlorella vulgarisis related to collapse of a transmembrane pH gradient. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1993. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06480.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Katz A, Pick U, Avron M. Modulation of Na/H Antiporter Activity by Extreme pH and Salt in the Halotolerant Alga Dunaliella salina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1992; 100:1224-9. [PMID: 16653109 PMCID: PMC1075770 DOI: 10.1104/pp.100.3.1224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The effect of different growth conditions on the activity of the Na(+)/H(+) antiporter in Dunaliella salina has been investigated. Adaptation of D. salina cells to ammonia at alkaline pH or to high NaCl concentrations is associated with a pronounced increase in the plasma membrane Na(+)/H(+) exchange activity. The enhanced activity is manifested both in vivo, by stimulation of Na(+) influx into intact cells in response to internal acidification, and in vitro, by a larger (22)Na accumulation in plasma membrane vesicles in response to an induced pH gradient. Kinetic analysis shows that the stimulation does not result from a change of the K(m) for Na(+) but from an increase in the V(max). In contrast, adaptation of cells to a high LiCl concentration (0.8 m) depresses the activity of the Na(+)/H(+) antiporter. Adaptation to ammonia is also associated with a large increase of three polypeptide bands in purified plasma membrane preparations, indicating that they may compose the antiporter polypeptides. These results suggest that adaptation to ammonia or to high salinity induces overproduction of the plasma membrane Na(+)/H(+) antiporter in Dunaliella.
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- A Katz
- Department of Biochemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Pick U, Weiss M. Polyphosphate Hydrolysis within Acidic Vacuoles in Response to Amine-Induced Alkaline Stress in the Halotolerant Alga Dunaliella salina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 97:1234-40. [PMID: 16668514 PMCID: PMC1081147 DOI: 10.1104/pp.97.3.1234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The location and mobilization of polyphosphates in response to an amine-induced alkaline stress were studied in the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina. The following observations suggest that polyphosphates accumulate in acidic vacuoles: (a) Accumulation of large amounts of polyphosphates is manifested as intravacuolar dense osmiophilic bodies in electron micrographs. (b) Uptake of amines into the vacuoles induces massive hydrolysis of polyphosphates, demonstrated by in vivo(31)P-nuclear magnetic resonance, and by analysis of hydrolytic products on thin layer chromatograms. The analysis indicates that: (a) Polyphosphate hydrolysis is kinetically correlated with amine accumulation and with the recovery of cytoplasmic pH. (b) The major hydrolytic product is tripolyphosphate. (c) The peak position of the tripolyphosphate terminal phosphate in nuclear magnetic resonance spectra is progressively shifted as the cells recover, indicating that the pH inside the vacuoles increases while the pH in the cytoplasm decreases. (d) In lysed cell preparations, in which vacuoles become exposed to the external pH, mild alkalinization in the absence of amines induces polyphosphate hydrolysis to tripolyphosphates. It is suggested that amine accumulation within vacuoles activates a specific phosphatase, which hydrolyzes long-chain polyphosphates to tripolyphosphates. The hydrolysis increases the capacity of the vacuoles to sequester amines from the cytoplasm probably by releasing protons required to buffer the amine, and leads to recovery of cytoplasmic pH. Thus, polyphosphate hydrolysis provides a high-capacity buffering system that sustains amine compartmentation into vacuoles and protects cytoplasmic pH.
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- U Pick
- Department of Biochemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Weiss M, Bental M, Pick U. Hydrolysis of polyphosphates and permeability changes in response to osmotic shocks in cells of the halotolerant alga dunaliella. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 97:1241-8. [PMID: 16668515 PMCID: PMC1081148 DOI: 10.1104/pp.97.3.1241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The effects of osmotic shocks on polyphosphates and on the vacuolar fluorescent indicator atebrin have been investigated to test whether acidic vacuoles in the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina have a role in osmoregulation. Upshocks and downshocks induce different patterns of polyphosphate hydrolysis. Upshocks induce rapid formation of new components, tentatively identified as 5 or 6 linear polyphosphates, formed only after upshocks with NaCl and not with glycerol, indicative of compartmentation of Na(+) into the vacuoles. Conversely, downshocks induce a slower transient accumulation of tripolyphosphates, indicating activation of a different hydrolytic process within the vacuoles. Osmotic shocks do not lead to release of atebrin from acidic vacuoles, indicating that they do not induce a major intravacuolar alkalinization. However, osmotic shocks induce transient permeability changes measured by amine-induced atebrin release from vacuoles. Hypoosmotic shocks transiently increase the permeability (up to 20-fold), whereas hyperosmotic shocks induce a rapid drop in permeability. Electron micrographs of osmotically shocked cells also reveal transient changes in the surface and internal organelles of D. salina cells. It is suggested that hyperosmotic and hypoosmotic shocks induce different changes within acidic vacuoles and in the organization and/or composition of the plasma membrane in Dunaliella.
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- M Weiss
- Department of Biochemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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