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Lipid accumulation during the establishment of kleptoplasty in Elysia chlorotica.
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- Inorganic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in cellular compartments of a benthic kleptoplastic foraminifer.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Kleptoplasty does not promote major shifts in the lipidome of macroalgal chloroplasts sequestered by the sacoglossan sea slug Elysia viridis.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Kleptoplast photosynthesis is nutritionally relevant in the sea slug Elysia viridis.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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- Photosynthate accumulation in solar-powered sea slugs - starving slugs survive due to accumulated starch reserves.Frontiers in zoology · 2017Article
- Comparison of sister species identifies factors underpinning plastid compatibility in green sea slugs.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2015Article
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Abstract
The establishment of kleptoplasty (retention of "stolen plastids") in the digestive tissue of the sacoglossan Elysia chlorotica Gould was investigated using transmission electron microscopy. Cellular processes occurring during the initial exposure to plastids were observed in laboratory raised animals ranging from 1-14 days post metamorphosis (dpm). These observations revealed an abundance of lipid droplets (LDs) correlating to plastid abundance. Starvation of animals resulted in LD and plastid decay in animals <5 dpm that had not yet achieved permanent kleptoplasty. Animals allowed to feed on algal prey (Vaucheria litorea C. Agardh) for 7 d or greater retained stable plastids resistant to cellular breakdown. Lipid analysis of algal and animal samples supports that these accumulating LDs may be of plastid origin, as the often algal-derived 20∶5 eicosapentaenoic acid was found in high abundance in the animal tissue. Subsequent culturing of animals in dark conditions revealed a reduced ability to establish permanent kleptoplasty in the absence of photosynthetic processes, coupled with increased mortality. Together, these data support an important role of photosynthetic lipid production in establishing and stabilizing this unique animal kleptoplasty.
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