Antifreeze Water-Rich Dormant Cysts of the Terrestrial Ciliate Colpoda cucullus Nag-1 at −65 ℃: Possible Involvement of Ultra-Antifreeze Polysaccharides
| Autor: | Futoshi Suizu, Yuya Hasegawa, Rikiya Nakamura, Tatsuomi Matsuoka, Yoichiro Sogame, Mikihiko Arikawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Protozoologica. 59:141-147 |
| ISSN: | 1689-0027 0065-1583 |
| DOI: | 10.4467/16890027ap.20.011.13266 |
| Popis: | We found that the water-rich (osmolality below 0.052 Osm/l) wet resting cysts of the soil ciliate Colpoda cucullus Nag-1 were tolerant to extremely low temperature (−65℃). When cell fluid obtained from the resting cysts was cooled at −65℃, small particles of ice crystals did not grow into large ice crystals. At −65℃, the cysts shrank due to an outflow of water, because a vapor pressure difference was produced between the cell interior and freezing surrounding medium. The osmolality of these shrunk cells was estimated 0.55 Osm/l, and the freezing point depression of the shrunk cell fluid was estimated to be 1.02℃. Hence, the antifreeze ability of wet cysts at −65℃can not be explained by freezing point depression due to elevation of cytoplasmic osmolality. The cytoplasm of resting cysts was vividly stained red with periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and stained purple with toluidine blue. On the other hand, the excystment-induced cysts were not stained with PAS, and exhibited a loss of the antifreeze activity. PAS staining of SDSPAGE gel obtained from encysting Colpoda cells showed that a large amount of PAS-positive macromolecules accumulated as the encystment stage progressed. These results suggest that antifreeze polysaccharides may be involved in the antifreeze activity of C. cucullus Nag-1 dormant forms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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