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Title:		Early perturbation in mitochondria redox homeostasis in response to environmental stress predicts cell fate in diatoms
Author(s):		van Creveld SG; Rosenwasser S; Schatz D; Koren I; Vardi A;
Address:		"Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel"
Journal Title:		ISME J
Year:		2015
Volume:		20140801
Issue:		2
Page Number:		385 - 395
DOI:		10.1038/ismej.2014.136
ISSN/ISBN:		1751-7370 (Electronic) 1751-7362 (Print) 1751-7362 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Diatoms are ubiquitous marine photosynthetic eukaryotes that are responsible for about 20% of global photosynthesis. Nevertheless, little is known about the redox-based mechanisms that mediate diatom sensing and acclimation to environmental stress. Here we used a redox-sensitive green fluorescent protein sensor targeted to various subcellular organelles in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, to map the spatial and temporal oxidation patterns in response to environmental stresses. Specific organelle oxidation patterns were found in response to various stress conditions such as oxidative stress, nutrient limitation and exposure to diatom-derived infochemicals. We found a strong correlation between the mitochondrial glutathione (GSH) redox potential (EGSH) and subsequent induction of cell death in response to the diatom-derived unsaturated aldehyde 2E,4E/Z-decadienal (DD), and a volatile halocarbon (BrCN) that mediate trophic-level interactions in marine diatoms. Induction of cell death in response to DD was mediated by oxidation of mitochondrial EGSH and was reversible by application of GSH only within a narrow time frame. We found that cell fate can be accurately predicted by a distinct life-death threshold of mitochondrial EGSH (-335 mV). We propose that compartmentalized redox-based signaling can integrate the input of diverse environmental cues and will determine cell fate decisions as part of algal acclimation to stress conditions"
Keywords:		"Acclimatization Cell Death Diatoms/*metabolism Glutathione/metabolism Homeostasis Mitochondria/*metabolism Oxidation-Reduction Oxidative Stress Photosynthesis/physiology Signal Transduction *Stress, Physiological;"
Notes:		"Medlinevan Creveld, Shiri Graff Rosenwasser, Shilo Schatz, Daniella Koren, Ilan Vardi, Assaf eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2014/08/02 ISME J. 2015 Feb; 9(2):385-95. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.136. Epub 2014 Aug 1"