Integrated transcriptome and physiology analysis of <i>Microcystis aeruginosa</i> after exposure to copper sulfate -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2020,38(1):102-113

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	WANG Tao, HU Yadong, ZHU Ming, YIN Shaowu. Integrated transcriptome and physiology analysis of Microcystis aeruginosa after exposure to copper sulfate[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020, 38(1): 102-113

Integrated transcriptome and physiology analysis of Microcystis aeruginosa after exposure to copper sulfate

WANG Tao^1,2,4, HU Yadong¹, ZHU Ming^3,4, YIN Shaowu^1,2

1 College of Marine Science and Engineering, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China;
2 Co-Innovation Center for Marine Bio-Industry Technology of Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang 222005, China;
3 College of Marine Life and Mariculture, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China;
4 Nanjing Ocean-wisdom Biotech Company, Nanjing 211132, China

Abstract:

Copper sulfate (CuSO₄) is widely used in controlling the Microcystis aeruginosa blooms. Many studies reported the toxicity mechanisms of Cu²⁺ to M. aeruginosa at the physiological level, but little is known about a transcriptomic basis of these mechanisms. In the present study, M. aeruginosa was treated by 0.5 mg/L Cu²⁺ (half of the 96-h EC₅₀) for 72 h. The results show that Cu²⁺ content in M. aeruginosa increased after 72 h Cu²⁺ exposure, whereas the F_v/F_m chlorophyll fluorescence value and chlorophyll a content in M. aeruginosa sharply decreased. Reactive oxygen species concentration and activity of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase and peroxidase) were all increased. These physiological data confirmed toxicity of Cu²⁺ to M. aeruginosa. The RNA-seq analysis showed that 6 646 725 and 7 880 291 clean reads were obtained for the Cu-treated and control libraries, respectively. The 595 genes (252 downward trend and 343 upward trend) with the Gene Ontology (GO) annotations were divided into three main functional categories:cellular component, molecular function, and biological process. In the Cluster of Orthologous Groups (COG) annotation, 418 differentially expressed genes with 25 functional definitions were obtained. Among them, ‘replication, recombination and repair’, ‘energy production and conversion’, and ‘general function prediction only’ were the largest three groups of transcripts. In the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis, genes involved in photosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation were present at the highest percentages. In addition, the genes involved in photosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation were identified, and then confirmed using real-time PCR. This study reported the first transcriptome of M. aeruginosa. Photosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation were severely affected by Cu²⁺ toxicity, which may have contributed to cell death. These data provide the potential mechanism to explain the CuSO₄ effect on the harmful M. aeruginosa.

Key words: transcriptome|physiology|Microcystis aeruginosa|copper sulfate

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