A First Insight Into the Heat-Induced Changes in Proteomic Profiles of the Coral Symbiotic Bacterium Endozoicomonas montiporae

Endozoicomonas , a core bacterial group in corals, may also be a coral symbiont. Endozoicomonas communities often decrease rapidly in corals under heat stress. However, how the bacteria respond to changes in temperature and coral host during heat stress is unknown. Here, we employed the cultivable,...

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Published in:Frontiers in Marine Science 2022-02, Vol.9
Main Authors: Chan, Ya-Fan, Chen, Chia-Yu, Lu, Chih-Ying, Tu, Yung-Chi, Tandon, Kshitij, Shikina, Shinya, Tang, Sen-Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algae
Antioxidants
Bacteria
coral lysate
coral symbiont
Corals
Design
differentially expressed proteins
Dominant species
Endozoicomonas
Endozoicomonas montiporae
Experiments
Heat
Heat shock
Heat shock proteins
heat stress
Heat tolerance
Hemodialysis
High temperature
Microbiota
Molecular modelling
Physiology
Proteins
Proteomes
Proteomics
Pyruvate synthase
Pyruvic acid
Symbionts
Temperature
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Summary:Endozoicomonas , a core bacterial group in corals, may also be a coral symbiont. Endozoicomonas communities often decrease rapidly in corals under heat stress. However, how the bacteria respond to changes in temperature and coral host during heat stress is unknown. Here, we employed the cultivable, dominant species E. montiporae as a working organism to explore how Endozoicomonas responds to heat stress. We designed two experiments to clarify the extent to which E. montiporae is influenced by temperature and coral host. We detected differentially expressed protein (DEP) profiles in this bacterium at 31 and 33°C compared to 25°C by tandem mass tags-based quantitative proteome analysis. Fifty DEPs, including many heat shock proteins, were detected when the temperature changed. The expression of antioxidant defense proteins and key pyruvate synthase proteins decreased, suggesting that E. montiporae were in a physiology of stress at 33°C. Furthermore, some proteins were differentially expressed because of the heat-stress-treated coral lysate specifically, suggesting that not only heat but also heat-induced host factors can affect the protein expression of the bacterium. This study provides an in-depth analysis of how the molecular mechanisms of Endozoicomonas are affected by heat stress and coral host.
ISSN:2296-7745
2296-7745
DOI:10.3389/fmars.2022.808132