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Toxicon


Title:Mode of action of membrane-disruptive lytic compounds from the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense
Author(s):Ma H; Krock B; Tillmann U; Bickmeyer U; Graeve M; Cembella A;
Address:"Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany"
Journal Title:Toxicon
Year:2011
Volume:20110630
Issue:3
Page Number:247 - 258
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.06.004
ISSN/ISBN:1879-3150 (Electronic) 0041-0101 (Linking)
Abstract:"Certain allelochemicals of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense cause lysis of a broad spectrum of target protist cells but the lytic mechanism is poorly defined. We first hypothesized that membrane sterols serve as molecular targets of these lytic compounds, and that differences in sterol composition among donor and target cells may cause insensitivity of Alexandrium and sensitivity of targets to lytic compounds. We investigated Ca(2+) influx after application of lytic fractions to a model cell line PC12 derived from a pheochromocytoma of the rat adrenal medulla to establish how the lytic compounds affect ion flux associated with lysis of target membranes. The lytic compounds increased permeability of the cell membrane for Ca(2+) ions even during blockade of Ca(2+) channels with cadmium. Results of a liposome assay suggested that the lytic compounds did not lyse such target membranes non-specifically by means of detergent-like activity. Analysis of sterol composition of isolates of A. tamarense and of five target protistan species showed that both lytic and non-lytic A. tamarense strains contain cholesterol and dinosterol as major sterols, whereas none of the other tested species contain dinosterol. Adding sterols and phosphatidylcholine to a lysis bioassay with the cryptophyte Rhodomonas salina for evaluation of competitive binding indicated that the lytic compounds possessed apparent high affinity for free sterols and phosphatidylcholine. Lysis of protistan target cells was dose-dependently reduced by adding various sterols or phosphatidylcholine. For three tested sterols, the lytic compounds showed highest affinity towards cholesterol followed by ergosterol and brassicasterol. Cholesterol comprised a higher percentage of total sterols in plasma membrane fractions of A. tamarense than in corresponding whole cell fractions. We conclude therefore that although the molecular targets of the lytic compounds are likely to involve sterol components of membranes, A. tamarense must have a complex self-protective mechanism that still needs to be addressed"
Keywords:Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism Animals Calcium/metabolism Cell Membrane/*drug effects Dinoflagellida/chemistry/*pathogenicity Liposomes/metabolism Marine Toxins/*toxicity PC12 Cells Pheromones/*toxicity Rats Sterols/analysis;
Notes:"MedlineMa, Haiyan Krock, Bernd Tillmann, Urban Bickmeyer, Ulf Graeve, Martin Cembella, Allan eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2011/07/12 Toxicon. 2011 Sep 1; 58(3):247-58. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.06.004. Epub 2011 Jun 30"

 
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