title: Effects of the piezo-tolerance of cultured deep-sea eel cells on survival rates, cell proliferation, and cytoskeletal structures.
abstract: We investigated the pressure tolerance of deep-sea eel (Simenchelys parasiticus; habitat depth, 366-2,630 m) cells, conger eel (Conger myriaster) cells, and mouse 3T3-L1 cells. Although there were no living mouse 3T3-L1 and conger eel cells after 130 MPa (0.1 MPa = 1 bar) hydrostatic pressurization for 20 min, all deep-sea eel cells remained alive after being subjected to pressures up to 150 MPa for 20 min. Pressurization at 40 MPa for 20 min induced disruption of actin and tubulin filaments with profound cell-shape changes in the mouse and conger eel cells. In the deep-sea eel cells, microtubules and some actin filaments were disrupted after being subjected to hydrostatic pressure of 100 MPa and greater for 20 min. Conger eel cells were sensitive to pressure and did not grow at 10 MPa. Mouse 3T3-L1 cells grew faster under pressure of 5 MPa than at atmospheric pressure and stopped growing at 18 MPa. Deep-sea eel cells were capable of growth in pressures up to 25 MPa and stopped growing at 30 MPa. Deep-sea eel cells required 4 h at 20 MPa to finish the M phase, which was approximately fourfold the time required under atmospheric conditions.
authors.affiliation: Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan. skoyama@jamstec.go.jp
authors.forename: Sumihiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: Masuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aizawa
mesh_terms: D041721:3T3-L1 Cells; D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton; D000199:Actins / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002455:Cell Division; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003470:Culture Media; D046508:Culture Techniques; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D004524:Eels / Q000378:metabolism*; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008870:Microtubules / Q000737:chemistry; D008938:Mitosis; D008957:Models, Genetic; D011312:Pressure; D013045:Species Specificity; D015996:Survival Rate; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014404:Tubulin / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D003470:Culture Media; D014404:Tubulin