Journal
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 233, Issue 5, Pages 2155-2167Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17917
Keywords
adaptation; high CO2; marine diatoms; phytoplankton; tradeoff
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41806141, 42076109]
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This study examined the long-term adaptive responses of phytoplankton to high CO2 conditions and found that it leads to a decrease in photosynthesis and respiration. The results also indicate that metabolism reduction plays an important role in the adaptive mechanisms of phytoplankton to climate change.
Phytoplankton are responsible for nearly half of global primary productivity and play crucial roles in the Earth's biogeochemical cycles. However, the long-term adaptive responses of phytoplankton to rising CO2 remains unknown. Here we examine the physiological and proteomics responses of a marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, following long-term (c. 900 generations) selection to high CO2 conditions. Our results show that this diatom responds to long-term high CO2 selection by downregulating proteins involved in energy production (Calvin cycle, tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycolysis, oxidative pentose phosphate pathway), with a subsequent decrease in photosynthesis and respiration. Nearly similar extents of downregulation of photosynthesis and respiration allow the high CO2-adapted populations to allocate the same fraction of carbon to growth, thereby maintaining their fitness during the long-term high CO2 selection. These results indicate an important role of metabolism reduction under high CO2 and shed new light on the adaptive mechanisms of phytoplankton in response to climate change.
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