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- Title
The specific inhibition of glycerol synthesis and the phosphorylation of a putative Mitogen‐Activated Protein Kinase give insight into the mechanism of osmotic sensing in a dinoflagellate symbiont.
- Authors
Suescún‐Bolívar, Luis P.; Thomé, Patricia E.
- Abstract
Signaling pathways are fundamental for the establishment and maintenance of diverse symbioses. The symbiosis of cnidarians and dinoflagellate algae is the foundation for the ecological success of coral reefs, involving the transfer of photosynthetic products from the symbiont to host. However, signal transduction pathways for this symbiosis remain uncharacterized. Cultured and natural cnidarian symbionts can produce glycerol, one of the main translocated photosynthates. Here, we investigate whether a signal transduction pathway may be involved in inducing glycerol synthesis in cultured symbionts under an osmotic stress model. We evaluated the effect of specific inhibitors of the main transduction pathways, p38, JNK, and ERK 1/2 in Brevolium minutum, the symbiont of the Aiptasia model system. We found that glycerol production and the specific activity of the enzyme Gpdh were selectively inhibited by a p38 Mitogen‐Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) inhibitor. Additionally, the phosphorylation of a putative p38‐like protein was rapidly detected. Finally, we studied the presence of each of the components of the p38 MAPK pathway in silico in genomes and transcriptomes reported up to date for different symbiont types. We propose a model for the arrangement of this pathway in the family of dinoflagellate symbionts known as Symbiodiniaceae.
- Subjects
MITOGEN-activated protein kinases; BIOLOGICAL fitness; CELLULAR signal transduction; CORAL reefs &; islands; PHOSPHORYLATION
- Publication
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2022, Vol 69, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1066-5234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jeu.12883