The Influence of Symbiosis on the Proteome of the Exaiptasia Endosymbiont Breviolum minutum.

ABSTRACT: The cellular mechanisms responsible for the regulation of nutrient exchange, immune response, and symbiont population growth in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis are poorly resolved. Here, we employed liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to elucidate proteomic changes associated with symbiosis in Breviolum minutum, a native symbiont of the sea anemone Exaiptasia diaphana ('Aiptasia'). We manipulated nutrients available to the algae in culture and to the holobiont in hospite (i.e., in symbiosis) and then monitored the impacts of our treatments on host-endosymbiont interactions. Both the symbiotic and nutritional states had significant impacts on the B. minutum proteome. B. minutum in hospite showed an increased abundance of proteins involved in pho

SUBMITTER: Mashini AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9967746 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature