Linking extreme seasonality and gene expression in Arctic marine protists.

Autor: Wutkowska M; Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway. magda.wutkowska@gmail.com.; Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. magda.wutkowska@gmail.com.; Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czechia. magda.wutkowska@gmail.com., Vader A; Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway., Logares R; Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain., Pelletier E; Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France.; CNRS Research Federation for the Study of Global Ocean Systems Ecology and Evolution, FR2022/Tara Oceans GOSEE, Paris, France., Gabrielsen TM; Department of Arctic Biology, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway.; Department of Natural Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2023 Sep 05; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 14627. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 05.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41204-3
Abstrakt: At high latitudes, strong seasonal differences in light availability affect marine organisms and regulate the timing of ecosystem processes. Marine protists are key players in Arctic aquatic ecosystems, yet little is known about their ecological roles over yearly cycles. This is especially true for the dark polar night period, which up until recently was assumed to be devoid of biological activity. A 12 million transcripts catalogue was built from 0.45 to 10 μm protist assemblages sampled over 13 months in a time series station in an Arctic fjord in Svalbard. Community gene expression was correlated with seasonality, with light as the main driving factor. Transcript diversity and evenness were higher during polar night compared to polar day. Light-dependent functions had higher relative expression during polar day, except phototransduction. 64% of the most expressed genes could not be functionally annotated, yet up to 78% were identified in Arctic samples from Tara Oceans, suggesting that Arctic marine assemblages are distinct from those from other oceans. Our study increases understanding of the links between extreme seasonality and biological processes in pico- and nanoplanktonic protists. Our results set the ground for future monitoring studies investigating the seasonal impact of climate change on the communities of microbial eukaryotes in the High Arctic.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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