Chemical factors induce aggregative multicellularity in a close unicellular relative of animals.
Chemical factors induce aggregative multicellularity in a close unicellular relative of animals.
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2216668120
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发表时间:
2023-05-02
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Gerdt, Joseph P.
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作者:
Ros-Rocher, Nuria;Kidner, Ria Q.;Gerdt, Catherine;Davidson, W. Sean;Ruiz-Trillo, Inaki;Gerdt, Joseph P.
Whether the first multicellular animals utilized chemical cues to regulate cellular aggregation remains poorly studied. We discovered that aggregation of a unicellular close animal relative is induced by chemical cues, as observed in some animals and other unicellular species. This discovery expands the prevalence of chemically regulated multicellularity in unicellular animal relatives, which suggests that this trait may have been common in the close unicellular ancestors of animals. Our findings also yield a biochemical tool to further dissect the stages of aggregation in an emerging unicellular model and determine the extent of their homology to aggregation mechanisms in animals. Regulated cellular aggregation is an essential process for development and healing in many animal tissues. In some animals and a few distantly related unicellular species, cellular aggregation is regulated by diffusible chemical cues. However, it is unclear whether regulated cellular aggregation was part of the life cycles of the first multicellular animals and/or their unicellular ancestors. To fill this gap, we investigated the triggers of cellular aggregation in one of animals’ closest unicellular living relatives—the filasterean Capsaspora owczarzaki. We discovered that Capsaspora aggregation is induced by chemical cues, as observed in some of the earliest branching animals and other unicellular species. Specifically, we found that calcium ions and lipids present in lipoproteins function together to induce aggregation of viable Capsaspora cells. We also found that this multicellular stage is reversible as depletion of the cues triggers disaggregation, which can be overcome upon reinduction. Our finding demonstrates that chemically regulated aggregation is important across diverse members of the holozoan clade. Therefore, this phenotype was plausibly integral to the life cycles of the unicellular ancestors of animals.
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影响因子:
19
作者:
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通讯作者:
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作者:
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DOI:
10.1111/jeu.12691
发表时间:
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期刊:
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology
影响因子:
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影响因子:
2.5
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影响因子:
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作者:
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