Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 92-103.doi: 10.11978/2022250CSTR: 32234.14.2022250

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Transcriptomic analysis of fatty acid metabolism in the Thalassiosira pseudonana under low salinity stress

SUN Wenjie1,2(), LI Jiamin1,2, WANG Hualong3, MI Tiezhu1,2,4(), ZHEN Yu1,2,4   

  1. 1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
    3. College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
    4. Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
  • Received:2022-12-01 Revised:2023-01-12 Online:2023-09-10 Published:2023-02-22
  • Supported by:
    Qingdao National Laboratory of Marine Science and Technology(2021QNLM040001); National Natural Science Foundation of China(41976133)

Abstract:

The expression of fatty acid metabolism-related genes of Thalassiosira pseudonana under different salinities and different growth stages was analyzed by transcriptomic sequencing in this study. A total of 40 coding genes that are related to the fatty acid metabolisms were retrieved from this study with distinct expression levels at different salinity concentrations. The results showed that the expression levels of genes related to fatty acid biosynthesis and elongation (such as ACC1, armB) in T. pseudonana cells were significantly higher at the second and fourth days compared to those at the first day across the salinity gradients, while the expression levels of genes related to fatty acid degradation (such as ACADM, ECI1) did not change significantly. The expression of genes related to fatty acid biosynthesis and elongation in the experimental group were differentially expressed compared to the control group (for example, the expression levels of KASⅠ, ACAA2 and other genes, which play an important role, increased significantly, but a few of them decreased or changed slightly), although the fatty acid degradation related genes were significantly increased in the experimental group. This study improves our understanding of the survival and adaptation strategies of diatoms in the offshore euryhaline environments, and supports the exploration of outbreak and vanishment of harmful algal blooms.

Key words: Thalassiosira pseudonana, fatty acid metabolism, RNA-seq, salinity stress