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ArticleScientific reports2020

Stressor-induced ecdysis and thecate cyst formation in the armoured dinoflagellates Prorocentrum cordatum.

Olga Matantseva, Mariia Berdieva, Vera Kalinina, Ilya Pozdnyakov, Sofia Pechkovskaya, Sergei Skarlato

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Olga MatantsevaLaboratory of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia. matantseva@incras.ru.
Mariia BerdievaLaboratory of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Vera KalininaLaboratory of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Ilya PozdnyakovLaboratory of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Sofia PechkovskayaLaboratory of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Sergei SkarlatoLaboratory of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms, Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ecdysis, the process of extensive cell covering rearrangement, represents a remarkable physiological trait of dinoflagellates. It is involved in the regulation of the population and bloom dynamics of these microorganisms, since it is required for the formation of their thin-walled cysts. This study presents laboratory data on ecdysis in Prorocentrum cordatum, a harmful dinoflagellate species of high environmental significance. We studied external stressors triggering this process and changes in the cell ultrastructure accompanying it. Our experiments showed that mass ecdysis and formation of cysts in P. cordatum could be induced by centrifugation, temperature decrease, changes in salinity, and treatment by 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile, whereas temperature increase, changes in pH and treatment by tetracycline did not have this effect. Obtained cysts of P. cordatum did not contain the pellicular layer and were formed in the end of the first stage of this process, i.e. removal of the plasma membrane and the outer amphiesmal vesicle membrane, whereas its second stage, removal of theca, represented excystment. Based on our findings, we conclude that such cysts can be attributed to thecate cysts and suggest P. cordatum as a promising model organism for the investigation of cellular and molecular aspects of ecdysis in dinoflagellates.

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DinoflagellidaMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMoltingStress, Physiological

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