The unicellular halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina had the ability to oxidize NADH and reduce Fe(CN)63-. The redox reactions were to some extent stimulated by slight hyperosmotic shock (2.0 mol/L → 2.6 mol/L NaCl), ...The unicellular halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina had the ability to oxidize NADH and reduce Fe(CN)63-. The redox reactions were to some extent stimulated by slight hyperosmotic shock (2.0 mol/L → 2.6 mol/L NaCl), butmarkably inhibited by abrupt hyperosmotic shock (2.0mol/L → 3.5 mol/L NaCl) and hypoosmotic shock (2.0mol/L → 1.0 mol/L NaCl; 2.0 mol/L→0.67 mol/L NaCl).With the adaptation of algal cells to osmotic shock by accumulating or degrading intracellular glycerol, the plasmalemma redox activities were also restored. The O2 uptake stimulated by NADH could be promoted by FA and SHAM. Hypoosmotic shock increases the basal respiration rate of alga cells, but weakened the stimulating effects of NADH, FA and SHAM on O2 uptake. On the other hand, hyperosmotic shock reduced the basal respiration rate, but relatively enhanced the above effects of NADH, FA and SHAM. H+ extrusion of alga cells was inhibited by NADH and stimulated by Fe(CN)63- Vanadate and DES could inhibit H+ efflux, but had little effect in the presence of NADH and Fe(CN)63-. Both hyperand hypoosmotic shock stimulated H+ extrusion. This effect could be totally inhibited by vanadate and DES, but almost unaffected by 8-hydroxyquinoline. It was suggested that H+-ATPase probably played a more important role in H+ extrusion and osmoregulation under the conditions of osmotic shock.展开更多
Membrane tension plays a significant role in many cellular processes including cell adhesion, migration and spreading. Despite the importance of membrane tension, it remains difficult to measure in vivo. Recently, the...Membrane tension plays a significant role in many cellular processes including cell adhesion, migration and spreading. Despite the importance of membrane tension, it remains difficult to measure in vivo. Recently, the development of non-invasive fluorescent probes have made great progress, especially excitedstate deplanarization in molecular rotors has been applied to image membrane tension in living cells.Nevertheless, an intrinsic limitation of such kind of probe is that they depend on the lipid packing, and how the lipid packing responds to the membrane tension change remains unclear. Therefore, in this work,we used a polarity-sensitive membrane probe to investigate the possible response mechanism of lipid packing to the change of membrane tension that was regulated by osmotic shocks. The results showed that an increase in membrane tension could stretch the lipids apart with large displacements, and this change was not homogeneous on the whole membrane, instead, increase of membrane tension induced phase separation.展开更多
文摘The unicellular halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina had the ability to oxidize NADH and reduce Fe(CN)63-. The redox reactions were to some extent stimulated by slight hyperosmotic shock (2.0 mol/L → 2.6 mol/L NaCl), butmarkably inhibited by abrupt hyperosmotic shock (2.0mol/L → 3.5 mol/L NaCl) and hypoosmotic shock (2.0mol/L → 1.0 mol/L NaCl; 2.0 mol/L→0.67 mol/L NaCl).With the adaptation of algal cells to osmotic shock by accumulating or degrading intracellular glycerol, the plasmalemma redox activities were also restored. The O2 uptake stimulated by NADH could be promoted by FA and SHAM. Hypoosmotic shock increases the basal respiration rate of alga cells, but weakened the stimulating effects of NADH, FA and SHAM on O2 uptake. On the other hand, hyperosmotic shock reduced the basal respiration rate, but relatively enhanced the above effects of NADH, FA and SHAM. H+ extrusion of alga cells was inhibited by NADH and stimulated by Fe(CN)63- Vanadate and DES could inhibit H+ efflux, but had little effect in the presence of NADH and Fe(CN)63-. Both hyperand hypoosmotic shock stimulated H+ extrusion. This effect could be totally inhibited by vanadate and DES, but almost unaffected by 8-hydroxyquinoline. It was suggested that H+-ATPase probably played a more important role in H+ extrusion and osmoregulation under the conditions of osmotic shock.
基金financially supported by Research and Development Program in Key Areas of Guangdong Province,China (No.2019B020209009)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos. 21727814, 22034005, 81872829)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2020M680502)。
文摘Membrane tension plays a significant role in many cellular processes including cell adhesion, migration and spreading. Despite the importance of membrane tension, it remains difficult to measure in vivo. Recently, the development of non-invasive fluorescent probes have made great progress, especially excitedstate deplanarization in molecular rotors has been applied to image membrane tension in living cells.Nevertheless, an intrinsic limitation of such kind of probe is that they depend on the lipid packing, and how the lipid packing responds to the membrane tension change remains unclear. Therefore, in this work,we used a polarity-sensitive membrane probe to investigate the possible response mechanism of lipid packing to the change of membrane tension that was regulated by osmotic shocks. The results showed that an increase in membrane tension could stretch the lipids apart with large displacements, and this change was not homogeneous on the whole membrane, instead, increase of membrane tension induced phase separation.
