Plasma Membrane Sterols Are Essential for Sensing Osmotic Changes in the Halotolerant Alga Dunaliella.
AUTOR(ES)
Zelazny, A. M.
RESUMO
The halotolerant alga Dunaliella responds to hyperosmotic stress by synthesis of massive amounts of glycerol. The trigger for this osmotic response is the change in cell volume, but the mechanism that senses volume changes is not known. Preincubation of Dunaliella salina with tridemorph, a specific inhibitor of sterol biosynthesis, inhibits glycerol synthesis and volume recovery. The inhibition is associated with suppression of [14C]bicarbonate incorporation into sterols and is correlated with pronounced depletion of plasma membrane sterols. Incubation of sterol-depleted cells with cholesterol hemisuccinate restores the capacity for volume regulation in response to hyperosmotic stress. Tridemorph as well as lovastatin also inhibit volume changes that are induced by high light in Dunaliella bardawil, a species that responds to high light intensity by synthesis of large amounts of [beta]-carotene. These volume changes result from accumulation of glycerol and are associated with de novo synthesis of sterols. The major plasma membrane sterol in D. salina and the high-light-induced sterol in D. bardawil co-migrate with ergosterol on thin-layer chromatography and on reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. These results suggest that the osmosensory mechanism in Dunaliella resides in the plasma membrane, and that sterols have an important role in sensing osmotic changes.
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