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TOXICON
卷 92, 期 -, 页码 179-185出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.10.014
关键词
Anatoxin-a; Homoanatoxin-a; Dihydroanatoxin-a; Dihydrohomoanatoxin-a; Phormidium autumnale
资金
- New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment Cumulative Effects programme [CO1X0803]
- VUW [80837]
- Environment Bay of Plenty
- Hawke's Bay Regional Council
- Horizons Regional Council
- Environment Canterbury
- Environment Southland
- Victoria University of Wellington
Anatoxins are powerful neuromuscular blocking agents produced by some cyanobacteria. Consumption of anatoxin-producing cyanobacterial mats or the water containing them has been linked to numerous animal poisonings and fatalities worldwide. Despite this health risk, there is a poor understanding of the environmental factors regulating anatoxin production. Non-axenic Phormidium autumnale strain CAWBG557 produces anatoxin-a (ATX), homoanatoxin-a (HTX) and their dihydrogen-derivatives dihydroanatoxin-a (dhATX) and dihydrohomoanatoxin-a (dhHTX). The effects of varying nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations on the production of these four variants were examined in batch mono-cultures. The anatoxin quota (anatoxin per cell) of all four variants increased up to four fold in the initial growth phase (days 0-9) coinciding with the spread of filaments across the culture vessel during substrate attachment. Dihydroanatoxin-a and dhHTX, accounted for over 60% of the total anatoxin quota in each nitrogen and phosphorus treatment. This suggests they are being internally synthesised and not just derived following cell lysis and environmental degradation. The four anatoxin variants differed in their response to varying nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations. Notably, dhATX quota significantly decreased (P <= 0.03) when nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations were elevated (nitrogen = 21 mg L-1; phosphorus = 3 mg L-1), while HTX quota increased when the phosphorus concentrations were reduced (ca. < 0.08 mg L-1). This is of concern as HTX has a high toxicity and anatoxin producing P. autumnale blooms in New Zealand usually occur in rivers with low water column dissolved reactive phosphorus. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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