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Is geographical variation driving the transcriptomic responses to multiple stressors in the kelp Saccharina latissima?

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BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
卷 19, 期 1, 页码 -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2124-0

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Gene expression; Brown algae; Temperature stress; Salinity stress; Geographical variation; RNA-seq

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  1. German Research Foundation within the ERA-Net Cofund BiodivERsA 3 program MARFOR [ANR-16-EBI3-0005-01]
  2. MARES Joint Doctoral Programme on Marine Ecosystem Health & Conservation through Erasmus Mundus [MARES_14_09]
  3. Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven, Germany)

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Background Kelps (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) are brown macroalgae of utmost ecological, and increasingly economic, importance on temperate to polar rocky shores. Omics approaches in brown algae are still scarce and knowledge of their acclimation mechanisms to the changing conditions experienced in coastal environments can benefit from the application of RNA-sequencing. Despite evidence of ecotypic differentiation, transcriptomic responses from distinct geographical locations have, to our knowledge, never been studied in the sugar kelp Saccharina latissima so far. Results In this study we investigated gene expression responses using RNA-sequencing of S. latissima from environments with contrasting temperature and salinity conditions - Roscoff, in temperate eastern Atlantic, and Spitsbergen in the Arctic. Juvenile sporophytes derived from uniparental stock cultures from both locations were pre-cultivated at 8 degrees C and S-A 30. Sporophytes acclimated to 0 degrees C, 8 degrees C and 15 degrees C were exposed to a low salinity treatment (S-A 20) for 24 h. Hyposalinity had a greater impact at the transcriptomic level than the temperature alone, and its effects were modulated by temperature. Namely, photosynthesis and pigment synthesis were extensively repressed by low salinity at low temperatures. Although some responses were shared among sporophytes from the different sites, marked differences were revealed by principal component analysis, differential expression and GO enrichment. The interaction between low temperature and low salinity drove the largest changes in gene expression in sporophytes from Roscoff while specimens from Spitsbergen required more metabolic adjustment at higher temperatures. Moreover, genes related to cell wall adjustment were differentially expressed between Spitsbergen and Roscoff control samples. Conclusions Our study reveals interactive effects of temperature and salinity on transcriptomic profiles in S. latissima. Moreover, our data suggest that under identical culture conditions sporophytes from different locations diverge in their transcriptomic responses. This is probably connected to variations in temperature and salinity in their respective environment of origin. The current transcriptomic results support the plastic response pattern in sugar kelp which is a species with several reported ecotypes. Our data provide the baseline for a better understanding of the underlying processes of physiological plasticity and may help in the future to identify strains adapted to specific environments and its genetic control.

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