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ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad046
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cryptobiosis; osmobiosis; osmotic stress; RNA sequencing; tardigrade; transcriptomics; tun
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To survive in harsh environments, tardigrades have the ability to enter a quiescent state called cryptobiosis, specifically osmobiosis induced by rising osmolyte concentrations. The study shows that tardigrades can easily survive extreme changes in external osmolality and undergo tun formation. Transcriptional profiling reveals a modest shift in gene expression, with certain transcripts related to protein homeostasis and neurohormonal signaling showing upregulation or downregulation.
To thrive in harsh environments, tardigrades have evolved the ability to enter the quiescent state of cryptobiosis, often characterized by transition into a so-called 'tun'. Here, we investigate osmobiosis, a substate of cryptobiosis induced by rising osmolyte concentrations. We follow the behaviour and morphology of Ramazzottius varieornatus during transfer from freshwater conditions into 3 Osmol/kg sucrose solution. The tardigrades easily survive the extreme change in external osmolality. During gradual exposure, they initiate tun formation at 0.2 Osmol/kg, with most specimens fully contracted into a tun at 0.5 Osmol/kg. The first transcriptomic profiling of osmobiotic tuns in comparison to active tardigrades reveals a modest shift, with 16% of the 3322 differentially expressed transcripts having a |log(2) fold change| > 1. A gene ontology enrichment analysis shows enrichment within protein homeostasis and neurohormonal signalling, with a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme and neurotransmitter receptor transcripts being down- and upregulated, respectively. A putative Hsp70 is upregulated, whereas transcripts related to eutardigrade-specific proteins, antioxidant defence and DNA repair show minor fold changes. Among putative membrane transporters, a monocarboxylate and two amino acid transporters are downregulated. Our findings are in agreement with previous studies in Ramazzottius indicating that cryptobiosis and tun formation involve no change or modest change in transcription.
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