Trade-offs of lipid remodeling in a marine predator-prey interaction in response to phosphorus limitation.
Trade-offs of lipid remodeling in a marine predator-prey interaction in response to phosphorus limitation.
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海洋捕食者-猎物相互作用中脂质重构对磷限制的权衡。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2203057119
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发表时间:
2022-09-06
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Chen, Yin
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作者:
Guillonneau, Richard;Murphy, Andrew R. J.;Teng, Zhao-Jie;Wang, Peng;Zhang, Yu-Zhong;Scanlan, David J.;Chen, Yin
Microbial growth is often limited by key nutrients like phosphorus (P) across the global ocean. A major response to P limitation is the replacement of membrane phospholipids with non-P lipids to reduce their cellular P quota. However, the biological “costs” of lipid remodeling are largely unknown. Here, we uncover a predator–prey interaction trade-off whereby a lipid-remodeled bacterial prey cell becomes more susceptible to digestion by a protozoan predator facilitating its rapid growth. Thus, we highlight a complex interplay between adaptation to the abiotic environment and consequences for biotic interactions (grazing), which may have important implications for the stability and structuring of microbial communities and the performance of the marine food web. Phosphorus (P) is a key nutrient limiting bacterial growth and primary production in the oceans. Unsurprisingly, marine microbes have evolved sophisticated strategies to adapt to P limitation, one of which involves the remodeling of membrane lipids by replacing phospholipids with non-P-containing surrogate lipids. This strategy is adopted by both cosmopolitan marine phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria and serves to reduce the cellular P quota. However, little, if anything, is known of the biological consequences of lipid remodeling. Here, using the marine bacterium Phaeobacter sp. MED193 and the ciliate Uronema marinum as a model, we sought to assess the effect of remodeling on bacteria–protist interactions. We discovered an important trade-off between either escape from ingestion or resistance to digestion. Thus, Phaeobacter grown under P-replete conditions was readily ingested by Uronema, but not easily digested, supporting only limited predator growth. In contrast, following membrane lipid remodeling in response to P depletion, Phaeobacter was less likely to be captured by Uronema, thanks to the reduced expression of mannosylated glycoconjugates. However, once ingested, membrane-remodeled cells were unable to prevent phagosome acidification, became more susceptible to digestion, and, as such, allowed rapid growth of the ciliate predator. This trade-off between adapting to a P-limited environment and susceptibility to protist grazing suggests the more efficient removal of low-P prey that potentially has important implications for the functioning of the marine microbial food web in terms of trophic energy transfer and nutrient export efficiency.
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Friman VP;Ghoul M;Molin S;Johansen HK;Buckling A
通讯作者:
Buckling A
影响因子:
1.4
作者:
Hahn, MW;Lünsdorf, H;Janke, L
通讯作者:
Janke, L
影响因子:
28.3
作者:
Dadon-Pilosof, Ayelet;Conley, Keats R.;Yahel, Gitai
通讯作者:
Yahel, Gitai
影响因子:
4.5
作者:
Guillonneau R;Baraquet C;Molmeret M
通讯作者:
Molmeret M
DOI:
10.1590/s1517-838220090001000014
发表时间:
2009-01
期刊:
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]
影响因子:
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作者:
Martel CM
通讯作者:
Martel CM