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- Title
Increasing copper alters cellular elemental composition (Mo and P) of marine diatom.
- Authors
Wang, Deli; Xia, Weiwei; Kumar, K. Suresh; Gao, Kunshan
- Abstract
The elemental composition (surface adsorbed and internalized fraction of Cu, Mo and P) in marine phytoplankton was first examined in cultures of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum which were exposed to various levels of Cu concentrations ranging from 0.25 to 16 μmol/L with equivalent free [Cu2+] concentrations of 0.4-26 nmol/L. We observed an acceleration of algal growth rates (20-40%) with increasing ambient Cu levels, as well as slightly increased levels of internalized Cu in cells (2-13 × 10−18 mol/cell) although cellular Cu mostly accumulated onto the cell surface (>50% of the total: intracellular + surface adsorbed). In particular, we documented for the first time that the elemental composition (Mo and P) in algal cells varies dynamically in response to increased Cu levels: (1) Cellular P, predominantly in the intracellular compartment (>95%), shows with a net consumption as indicated by a gradual decrease with increasing [Cu2+] (120→50 × 10−15 mol P/cell) probably due to the fact that P, a backbone bioelement, is largely required in forming biological compartments such as cell membranes; and (2) cellular Mo, predominantly encountered in the intracellular compartment, showed up to tenfold increase in concentration in the cultures exposed to Cu, with a peak accumulation of 1.1 × 10−18 mol Mo/cell occurring in the culture exposed to [Cu2+] at 3.7 nmol/L. Such a net cellular Mo accumulation suggests that Mo might be specifically required in biological processes, probably playing a counteracting role against Cu.
- Subjects
DIATOMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; MARINE organisms; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of copper; ALGAL growth; CELL membranes
- Publication
Ecology & Evolution (20457758), 2017, Vol 7, Issue 10, p3362
- ISSN
2045-7758
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ece3.2890