[Effects of allelochemical EMA isolated from Phragmites communis on algal cell membrane lipid and ultrastructure].
In order to reveal the antialgal mechanisms of allelochemicals, effects of the allelochemical eathyl-2-methyl acetoacetate (EMA) on cell membrane lipid and ultrastructure of Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Microcystis aeruginosa and Chlorella vulagaris were studied in this paper. The lipid fatty acids of the algal membrane were isolated following the Bligh and Dye method and quantified by gas chromatograph/mass spectrometry. The ultrastructure of algal cells was observed with TEM. The results showed that EMA increased the contents of linolenic acid and linolic acid with increment of 14%, while decreased the content of myristic acid and cetylic acid in C. pyrenoidosa, membrane. The content of unsaturated fatty acids C18:1 and C18:2 increased 12% and 10% in M. aeruginosa with the addition of EMA, while the content of saturated fatty acids C18:0 and C16:0 decreased. EMA showed no significant change in the fatty acid composition in C. vulagaris under the experiment condition. EMA broke off cell wall of C. pyrenoidosa and M. aeruginosa. EMA damaged the cell membrane and the inclusion of algal cell leaked out. Nuclear and mitochondrial structure was damaged with the addition of EMA. EMA showed no significant change in the ultrastructure of C. vulgaris.
Li
Feng-min
FM
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. lfm01@ouc.edu.cn
Hu
Hong-ying
HY
Chong
Yun-xiao
YX
Men
Yu-jie
YJ
Guo
Mei-ting
MT
D000090:Acetoacetates / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D006109:Poaceae / Q000737:chemistry*
D000090:Acetoacetates; D008563:Membrane Lipids; C005217:methyl acetoacetate