The phosphatidylinositol(PI)signaling system,a central regulator of eukaryotic metabolism,is widely found in eukaryotes for regulating a variety of cell activities.Most of the genes in the PI signaling system were fou...The phosphatidylinositol(PI)signaling system,a central regulator of eukaryotic metabolism,is widely found in eukaryotes for regulating a variety of cell activities.Most of the genes in the PI signaling system were found conserved in Pyropia yezoensis.In this experiment,wortmannin was used as an inhibitor to inhibit the activity of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase(PI3K),an important regulator of the PI signaling system.After wortmannin treatment,the mitotic division of P.yezoensis was signifi cantly inhibited in a dose-dependent manner,and the mitotic division percentage was reduced by 68.1%and 91.9%in the 5-and 10-μmol/L groups,respectively.When thalli were treated with wortmannin,the levels of reactive oxygen species(ROS)were signifi cantly decreased.Furthermore,the expression level of PI3K was inhibited and the expression levels of downstream genes regulated by PI3K was signifi cantly changed.In the PI3K-AGC signaling pathway,the expression levels of Serine/threonine protein kinase(AGC)and cyclindependent kinases A(CDKA)were downregulated,while WEE1 kinase gene(WEE1)was upregulated.Three nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate(NADPH)oxidase genes were downregulated after wortmannin treatment.These results indicate that the PI signaling system plays an important role in the regulation of cell activity in P.yezoensis.It was speculated that the growth and development of P.yezoensis might be regulated by P.yezoensis PI3K,which promoted the expression of the AGC gene and further regulates the expression of downstream WEE1 and CDKA genes to advance mitotic division,and also promoted the expression level of NADPH oxidase that regulates ROS homeostasis.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2018YFD0900106,2020YFD0901101)the Marine S&T Fund of Shandong Province for Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(Qingdao)(No.2018SDKJ0302-4)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.202064006)the MOA Modern Agricultural Talents Support ProjectSpecial Project of Central Government Guiding Local Science and Technology Development(No.7033204020)。
文摘The phosphatidylinositol(PI)signaling system,a central regulator of eukaryotic metabolism,is widely found in eukaryotes for regulating a variety of cell activities.Most of the genes in the PI signaling system were found conserved in Pyropia yezoensis.In this experiment,wortmannin was used as an inhibitor to inhibit the activity of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase(PI3K),an important regulator of the PI signaling system.After wortmannin treatment,the mitotic division of P.yezoensis was signifi cantly inhibited in a dose-dependent manner,and the mitotic division percentage was reduced by 68.1%and 91.9%in the 5-and 10-μmol/L groups,respectively.When thalli were treated with wortmannin,the levels of reactive oxygen species(ROS)were signifi cantly decreased.Furthermore,the expression level of PI3K was inhibited and the expression levels of downstream genes regulated by PI3K was signifi cantly changed.In the PI3K-AGC signaling pathway,the expression levels of Serine/threonine protein kinase(AGC)and cyclindependent kinases A(CDKA)were downregulated,while WEE1 kinase gene(WEE1)was upregulated.Three nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate(NADPH)oxidase genes were downregulated after wortmannin treatment.These results indicate that the PI signaling system plays an important role in the regulation of cell activity in P.yezoensis.It was speculated that the growth and development of P.yezoensis might be regulated by P.yezoensis PI3K,which promoted the expression of the AGC gene and further regulates the expression of downstream WEE1 and CDKA genes to advance mitotic division,and also promoted the expression level of NADPH oxidase that regulates ROS homeostasis.
