| Literature DB >> 25199885 |
Anke Schwarzenberger1, Thomas Sadler, Susanne Motameny, Kamel Ben-Khalifa, Peter Frommolt, Janine Altmüller, Kathryn Konrad, Eric von Elert.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cyanobacteria constitute a serious threat to freshwater ecosystems by producing toxic secondary metabolites, e.g. microcystins. These microcystins have been shown to harm livestock, pets and humans and to affect ecosystem service and functioning. Cyanobacterial blooms are increasing worldwide in intensity and frequency due to eutrophication and global warming. However, Daphnia, the main grazer of planktonic algae and cyanobacteria, has been shown to be able to suppress bloom-forming cyanobacteria and to adapt to cyanobacteria that produce microcystins. Since Daphnia's genome was published only recently, it is now possible to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms of microcystin tolerance of Daphnia.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25199885 PMCID: PMC4168211 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-776
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMC Genomics ISSN: 1471-2164 Impact factor: 3.969
Figure 1Venn diagrams of all DE genes (CM: 1178 genes; CW: 1651; MW: 1060) and genes that could be assigned to gene IDs from the wfleabase (dappu ID; CM: 182 genes; CW: 308; MW: 130) of the three comparisons. CW: all DE genes in the comparison between D. magna grown on 100% C. klinobasis and D. magna grown on 10% wild-type M. aeruginosa PCC7806. CM: all DE genes in the comparison between D. magna grown on 100% C. klinobasis and D. magna grown on 10% mutant M. aeruginosa PCC7806. MW: all DE genes in the comparison between D. magna grown on 10% wild-type M. aeruginosa PCC7806 and D. magna grown on 10% wild-type M. aeruginosa PCC7806. Overlapping planes share DE genes; i.e. these DE genes appear in more than one comparison. The unequal diameters of the circles in the Venn diagrams result from different numbers of DE genes.
Gene names, accession numbers from wfleabase.org (for and ) and primer sequences used in qPCR analyses
| Gene |
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| Primer forward (5′-3′) | Primer reverse (5′-3′) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| transporter of the ABC superfamily | DappuDraft_99518 | m8AUGep24bs03373g21t1_ext | TCTCGGGTGGTGAAAGGAAA | ATGCCTGGACGATGTTCTGA |
| multidrug/pheromone exporter | DappuDraft_127589 | m8AUGapi5_contig28666g180t1 | CGCCATACCAATGTTCGCTT | CTGCCTGCCCAATCATTTGT |
| permease of the major facilitator superfamily | DappuDraft_303762 | m8AUGep24bs00868g315t1_ext | CGGTTCGACTATAACGCTGC | TTCTTTGCCAGGCTTGACAC |
Figure 2Juvenile somatic growth rates of four clones of from two different populations with (T1 and T2; tolerant population) or without (S1 and S2; sensitive population) naturally occurring cyanobacteria. D. magna were either grown on 100% Chlamydomonas klinobasis or on 90% C. klinobasis and 10% of either the wild-type strain of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 or its microcystin-free mutant. Different letters indicate significant difference between treatments for each clone separately (Tukey HSD after one-way ANOVA; p < 0.05).
Figure 3Relative gene expression of three transporter genes (A: a transporter of the ABC superfamily, B: a multidrug/pheromone exporter, and C: a permease of the major facilitator superfamily) of four clones from two different populations with (T1 and T2; tolerant population) or without (S1 and S2; sensitive population) naturally occurring cyanobacteria. D. magna were grown on 100% C. klinobasis with either control liposomes or with liposomes supplemented with microcystin LR. Asterisks indicate significant differences (p < 0.05; t-test) in gene expression in relation to gene expression on control liposomes (set to one; horizontal line).