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Journal Article
Scytonemin Plays a Potential Role in Stabilizing the Exopolysaccharidic Matrix in Terrestrial Cyanobacteria
2017
Overview
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic oxygen-evolving prokaryotes that are distributed in diverse habitats. They synthesize the ultraviolet (UV)-screening pigments, scytonemin (SCY) and mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), located in the exopolysaccharide (EPS) matrix. Multiple roles for both pigments have gradually been recognized, such as sunscreen ability, antioxidant activity, and heat dissipation from absorbed UV radiation. In this study, a filamentous terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme was used to evaluate the potential stabilizing role of SCY on the EPS matrix. SCY (~3.7 %) was partially removed from N. flagelliforme filaments by rinsing with 100 % acetone for 5 s. The physiological damage to cells resulting from this treatment, in terms of photosystem II activity parameter Fv/Fm, was repaired after culturing the sample for 40 h. The physiologically recovered sample was further desiccated by natural or rapid drying and then allowed to recovery for 24 h. Compared with the normal sample, a relatively slower Fv/Fm recovery was observed in the SCY-partially removed sample, suggesting that the decreased SCY concentration in the EPS matrix caused cells to suffer further damage upon desiccation. In addition, the SCYpartially removed sample could allow the release of MAAs (~25 %) from the EPS matrix, while the normal sample did not. Therefore, damage caused by drying of the former resulted from at least the reduction of structural stability of the EPS matrix as well as the loss of partial antioxidant compounds. Considering that an approximately 4 % loss of SCY led to this significant effect, the structurally stabilizing potential of SCY on the EPS matrix is crucial for terrestrial cyanobacteria survival in complex environments.
Publisher
Springer Science + Business Media,Springer US,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Cyanobacteria - radiation effects
/ Damage
/ Drying
/ Ecology
/ Geoecology/Natural Processes
/ habitats
/ heat
/ Mycosporine-like amino acids
/ Nostoc
/ NOTES AND SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
/ Photosystem II Protein Complex - metabolism
/ Photosystem II Protein Complex - radiation effects
/ Pigments
/ Pigments, Biological - pharmacology
/ Pigments, Biological - physiology
/ Polysaccharides, Bacterial - metabolism
/ Polysaccharides, Bacterial - radiation effects
/ Recovery
/ Sunscreening Agents - pharmacology
