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Ling F, Essock-Burns T, McFall-Ngai M, Katija K, Nawroth JC, Kanso E. Flow Physics Explains Morphological Diversity of Ciliated Organs. bioRxiv 2024:2023.02.12.528181. [PMID: 38168341 PMCID: PMC10760039 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.12.528181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Organs that pump fluids by the coordinated beat of motile cilia through the lumen are integral to animal physiology. Such organs include the human airways, brain ventricles, and reproductive tracts. Although cilia organization and duct morphology vary drastically in the animal kingdom, ducts are typically classified as either carpet or flame designs. The reason behind this dichotomy and how duct design relates to fluid pumping remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that two structural parameters -- lumen diameter and cilia-to-lumen ratio -- organize the observed duct diversity into a continuous spectrum that connects carpets to flames across all animal phyla. Using a unified fluid model, we show that carpet and flame designs maximize flow rate and pressure generation, respectively. We propose that convergence of ciliated organ designs follows functional constraints rather than phylogenetic distance, along with universal design rules for ciliary pumps.
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Essock-Burns T, Lawhorn S, Wu L, McClosky S, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai MJ. Maturation state of colonization sites promotes symbiotic resiliency in the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri partnership. Microbiome 2023; 11:68. [PMID: 37004104 PMCID: PMC10064550 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01509-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many animals and plants acquire their coevolved symbiotic partners shortly post-embryonic development. Thus, during embryogenesis, cellular features must be developed that will promote both symbiont colonization of the appropriate tissues, as well as persistence at those sites. While variation in the degree of maturation occurs in newborn tissues, little is unknown about how this variation influences the establishment and persistence of host-microbe associations. RESULTS The binary symbiosis model, the squid-vibrio (Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri) system, offers a way to study how an environmental gram-negative bacterium establishes a beneficial, persistent, extracellular colonization of an animal host. Here, we show that bacterial symbionts occupy six different colonization sites in the light-emitting organ of the host that have both distinct morphologies and responses to antibiotic treatment. Vibrio fischeri was most resilient to antibiotic disturbance when contained within the smallest and least mature colonization sites. We show that this variability in crypt development at the time of hatching allows the immature sites to act as a symbiont reservoir that has the potential to reseed the more mature sites in the host organ when they have been cleared by antibiotic treatment. This strategy may produce an ecologically significant resiliency to the association. CONCLUSIONS The data presented here provide evidence that the evolution of the squid-vibrio association has been selected for a nascent organ with a range of host tissue maturity at the onset of symbiosis. The resulting variation in physical and chemical environments results in a spectrum of host-symbiont interactions, notably, variation in susceptibility to environmental disturbance. This "insurance policy" provides resiliency to the symbiosis during the critical period of its early development. While differences in tissue maturity at birth have been documented in other animals, such as along the infant gut tract of mammals, the impact of this variation on host-microbiome interactions has not been studied. Because a wide variety of symbiosis characters are highly conserved over animal evolution, studies of the squid-vibrio association have the promise of providing insights into basic strategies that ensure successful bacterial passage between hosts in horizontally transmitted symbioses. Video Abstract.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tara Essock-Burns
- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
- Present address: Carnegie Institution for Science, Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
- Present address: Department of Fundamental Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
- Present address: Carnegie Institution for Science, Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
- Present address: Carnegie Institution for Science, Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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Bennett BD, Essock-Burns T, Ruby EG. HbtR, a Heterofunctional Homolog of the Virulence Regulator TcpP, Facilitates the Transition between Symbiotic and Planktonic Lifestyles in Vibrio fischeri. mBio 2020; 11:e01624-20. [PMID: 32873761 PMCID: PMC7468203 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01624-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri forms a mutually beneficial symbiosis with the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, in which the bacteria, housed inside a specialized light organ, produce light used by the squid in its nocturnal activities. Upon hatching, E. scolopes juveniles acquire V. fischeri from the seawater through a complex process that requires, among other factors, chemotaxis by the bacteria along a gradient of N-acetylated sugars into the crypts of the light organ, the niche in which the bacteria reside. Once inside the light organ, V. fischeri transitions into a symbiotic, sessile state in which the quorum-signaling regulator LitR induces luminescence. In this work we show that expression of litR and luminescence are repressed by a homolog of the Vibrio cholerae virulence factor TcpP, which we have named HbtR. Further, we demonstrate that LitR represses genes involved in motility and chemotaxis into the light organ and activates genes required for exopolysaccharide production.IMPORTANCE TcpP homologs are widespread throughout the Vibrio genus; however, the only protein in this family described thus far is a V. cholerae virulence regulator. Here, we show that HbtR, the TcpP homolog in V. fischeri, has both a biological role and regulatory pathway completely unlike those in V. cholerae Through its repression of the quorum-signaling regulator LitR, HbtR affects the expression of genes important for colonization of the E. scolopes light organ. While LitR becomes activated within the crypts and upregulates luminescence and exopolysaccharide genes and downregulates chemotaxis and motility genes, it appears that HbtR, upon expulsion of V. fischeri cells into seawater, reverses this process to aid the switch from a symbiotic to a planktonic state. The possible importance of HbtR to the survival of V. fischeri outside its animal host may have broader implications for the ways in which bacteria transition between often vastly different environmental niches.
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- Brittany D Bennett
- Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Christensen DG, Marsden AE, Hodge-Hanson K, Essock-Burns T, Visick KL. LapG mediates biofilm dispersal in Vibrio fischeri by controlling maintenance of the VCBS-containing adhesin LapV. Mol Microbiol 2020; 114:742-761. [PMID: 32654271 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Efficient symbiotic colonization of the squid Euprymna scolopes by the bacterium Vibrio fischeri depends on bacterial biofilm formation on the surface of the squid's light organ. Subsequently, the bacteria disperse from the biofilm via an unknown mechanism and enter through pores to reach the interior colonization sites. Here, we identify a homolog of Pseudomonas fluorescens LapG as a dispersal factor that promotes cleavage of a biofilm-promoting adhesin, LapV. Overproduction of LapG inhibited biofilm formation and, unlike the wild-type parent, a ΔlapG mutant formed biofilms in vitro. Although V. fischeri encodes two putative large adhesins, LapI (near lapG on chromosome II) and LapV (on chromosome I), only the latter contributed to biofilm formation. Consistent with the Pseudomonas Lap system model, our data support a role for the predicted c-di-GMP-binding protein LapD in inhibiting LapG-dependent dispersal. Furthermore, we identified a phosphodiesterase, PdeV, whose loss promotes biofilm formation similar to that of the ΔlapG mutant and dependent on both LapD and LapV. Finally, we found a minor defect for a ΔlapD mutant in initiating squid colonization, indicating a role for the Lap system in a relevant environmental niche. Together, these data reveal new factors and provide important insights into biofilm dispersal by V. fischeri.
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- David G Christensen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
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- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA
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So CR, Scancella JM, Fears KP, Essock-Burns T, Haynes SE, Leary DH, Diana Z, Wang C, North S, Oh CS, Wang Z, Orihuela B, Rittschof D, Spillmann CM, Wahl KJ. Oxidase Activity of the Barnacle Adhesive Interface Involves Peroxide-Dependent Catechol Oxidase and Lysyl Oxidase Enzymes. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:11493-11505. [PMID: 28273414 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b01185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Oxidases are found to play a growing role in providing functional chemistry to marine adhesives for the permanent attachment of macrofouling organisms. Here, we demonstrate active peroxidase and lysyl oxidase enzymes in the adhesive layer of adult Amphibalanus amphitrite barnacles through live staining, proteomic analysis, and competitive enzyme assays on isolated cement. A novel full-length peroxinectin (AaPxt-1) secreted by barnacles is largely responsible for oxidizing phenolic chemistries; AaPxt-1 is driven by native hydrogen peroxide in the adhesive and oxidizes phenolic substrates typically preferred by phenoloxidases (POX) such as laccase and tyrosinase. A major cement protein component AaCP43 is found to contain ketone/aldehyde modifications via 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) derivatization, also called Brady's reagent, of cement proteins and immunoblotting with an anti-DNPH antibody. Our work outlines the landscape of molt-related oxidative pathways exposed to barnacle cement proteins, where ketone- and aldehyde-forming oxidases use peroxide intermediates to modify major cement components such as AaCP43.
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- Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University Marine Laboratory , Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, United States
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- Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University Marine Laboratory , Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, United States
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Essock-Burns T, Gohad NV, Orihuela B, Mount AS, Spillmann CM, Wahl KJ, Rittschof D. Barnacle biology before, during and after settlement and metamorphosis: a study of the interface. J Exp Biol 2016; 220:194-207. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.145094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mobile barnacle cypris larvae settle and metamorphose, transitioning to sessile juveniles with morphology and growth similar to adults. Because biofilms exist on immersed surfaces on which they attach, barnacles must interact with bacteria during initial attachment and subsequent growth. The objective of this study was to characterize the developing interface of the barnacle and substratum during this key developmental transition to inform potential mechanisms that promote attachment. The interface was characterized using confocal microscopy and fluorescent dyes to identify morphological and chemical changes in the interface and the status of bacteria present as a function of barnacle developmental stage. Staining revealed patchy material containing proteins and nucleic acids, reactive oxygen species amidst developing cuticle, and changes in bacteria viability at the developing interface. We found that as barnacles metamorphose from the cyprid to juvenile stage, proteinaceous materials with the appearance of coagulated liquid were released into and remained at the interface. The patchy material was associated with cuticle expansion and separation during later stages of metamorphosis, and spanned the entire vertical interface in the gap between the juvenile base and the substratum. It stained positive for proteins, including phosphoprotein, as well as nucleic acids. Regions of the developing cuticle and the patchy material itself stained for reactive oxygen species. Bacteria were absent until the cyprid was firmly attached, but populations died as barnacle development progressed. The oxidative environment may contribute to the cytotoxicity observed for bacteria and has potential for oxidative crosslinking of cuticle and proteinaceous materials at the interface.
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- Tara Essock-Burns
- Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii, 41 Ahui St Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
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- Okeanos Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, 132 Long Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
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- Duke University Marine Laboratory, Marine Science and Conservation, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, USA
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- Duke University Marine Laboratory, Marine Science and Conservation, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, USA
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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- Duke University Marine Laboratory, Marine Science and Conservation, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, USA
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Wang Z, Leary DH, Liu J, Settlage RE, Fears KP, North SH, Mostaghim A, Essock-Burns T, Haynes SE, Wahl KJ, Spillmann CM. Molt-dependent transcriptomic analysis of cement proteins in the barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:859. [PMID: 26496984 PMCID: PMC4619306 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2076-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A complete understanding of barnacle adhesion remains elusive as the process occurs within and beneath the confines of a rigid calcified shell. Barnacle cement is mainly proteinaceous and several individual proteins have been identified in the hardened cement at the barnacle-substrate interface. Little is known about the molt- and tissue-specific expression of cement protein genes but could offer valuable insight into the complex multi-step processes of barnacle growth and adhesion. METHODS The main body and sub-mantle tissue of the barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite (basionym Balanus amphitrite) were collected in pre- and post-molt stages. RNA-seq technology was used to analyze the transcriptome for differential gene expression at these two stages and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used to analyze the protein content of barnacle secretions. RESULTS We report on the transcriptomic analysis of barnacle cement gland tissue in pre- and post-molt growth stages and proteomic investigation of barnacle secretions. While no significant difference was found in the expression of cement proteins genes at pre- and post-molting stages, expression levels were highly elevated in the sub-mantle tissue (where the cement glands are located) compared to the main barnacle body. We report the discovery of a novel 114kD cement protein, which is identified in material secreted onto various surfaces by adult barnacles and with the encoding gene highly expressed in the sub-mantle tissue. Further differential gene expression analysis of the sub-mantle tissue samples reveals a limited number of genes highly expressed in pre-molt samples with a range of functions including cuticular development, biominerialization, and proteolytic activity. CONCLUSIONS The expression of cement protein genes appears to remain constant through the molt cycle and is largely confined to the sub-mantle tissue. Our results reveal a novel and potentially prominent protein to the mix of cement-related components in A. amphitrite. Despite the lack of a complete genome, sample collection allowed for extended transcriptomic analysis of pre- and post-molt barnacle samples and identified a number of highly-expressed genes. Our results highlight the complexities of this sessile marine organism as it grows via molt cycles and increases the area over which it exhibits robust adhesion to its substrate.
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- Zheng Wang
- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA.
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- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, 1015 Life Science Circle, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
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- Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA. .,Present address: Eastern Virginia Medical School, 700 West Olney Road, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA.
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- Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA. .,Present address: Duke University Marine Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd. Beaufort, North Carolina, 28516, USA.
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- Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA. .,Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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- Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA.
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- Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA.
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