Programmed cell death in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa induced by allelopathic effect of submerged macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum in co-culture system

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• 作者：Yan He ; Qiao-Hong Zhou ; Bi-Yun Liu ; Long Cheng ; Yun Tian…
• 关键词：Microcystis aeruginosa ; Myriophyllum spicatum ; Allelopathic effect ; ROS/NO ; Caspase ; 3 ; like activity ; Programmed cell death
• 刊名：Journal of Applied Phycology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：28
• 期：5
• 页码：2805-2814
• 全文大小：920 KB
• 刊物主题：Plant Sciences; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Plant Physiology; Ecology;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-5176
• 卷排序：28

文摘

This investigation demonstrates that programmed cell death (PCD) in a cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa, resulting from allelopathic stress induced by a submerged macrophyte, Myriophyllum spicatum, in a co-culture system. The hallmarks of PCD, caspase-3-like protease activity, DNA fragmentation, and destruction of cell ultrastructure, as well as intracellular PCD signaling radicals, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and nitric oxide (NO), were measured in M. aeruginosa cells co-cultured with M. spicatum for 7 days. The results showed a dose–response relationship between M. spicatum biomass and M. aeruginosa mortality. A caspase-3-like protease was activated and elevated from day 3. Thylakoid disintegration, cytoplasmic vacuolation, and fuzzy nuclear zone were observed by transmission electron microscopy, and distinct DNA fragmentation was detected in M. aeruginosa cells at a M. spicatum biomass of 6.0 g fresh weight (FW) L−1 during the 7 days. Allelochemicals of total phenolic compounds (TPCs) were determined in co-culture water, and the concentration increased with increasing of M. spicatum biomass and co-culture time. Compared with the level of ROS production in the control group, a significant overproduction of ROS was detected in M. aeruginosa cells in the treatment group, and this was positively correlated with TPC concentration. Furthermore, the level of intracellular NO increased with the percent mortality of M. aeruginosa. The results indicated that a PCD pathway was induced in the cyanobacterium M. aeruginosa when co-cultured with the submerged macrophyte M. spicatum.