ECOHAB: Van Dolah_F- Karenia brevis Cell Cycle Analysis for Determination of In Situ Growth Rates (NCEI Accession 0000538)
The reported growth rates of Karenia brevis vary from 0.2 to 0.5 divisions per day, both in laboratory and field populations observed. This growth rate alone is not sufficiently high to account for its dominance in the water column. However, careful studies have not been carried out to determine if the documented slow growth rate of K. brevis persists throughout bloom development, or if different rates of growth might characterize bloom initiation, growth, maintenance, and termination phases. For example, it is conceivable that an "explosive" growth stage occurs early during bloom initiation/growth stages that serves to boost the population size, which has not been previously documented. Like most autotrophic dinoflagellates studied, cell division in K. brevis blooms is phased to the diel cycle. Diel phasing of cell division imposes a maximum potential growth rate of 1 division per day in dinoflagellates. The occurrence of an "explosive growth stage" would require the release of K. brevis cells from mechanisms which regulate this circadian rhythm. To address this question, diel phasing of the cell cycle of K. brevis was first documented in laboratory isolates of K. brevis. In situ diel studies were then carried out on naturally occurring blooms of K. brevis during the R/V Pelican cruise (1996) and during ECOHAB process cruises carried out during years 1-5 of ECOHAB Florida (1997-2001). Cell cycle distribution of K. brevis cells and correlation of cell cycle events with vertical migration was determined by sampling at multiple depths (minimum of surface and bottom, depending on depth). For shipboard field studies, whole water samples of K. brevis (1-2 L) were collected every 2 or 3 h throughout a diel cycle, fixed in glutaraldehyde and stored in the dark. Further processing of samples was carried out in the laboratory following completion of the cruise. The flow cytometry method method of Van Dolah and Leighfield was used (1999. J. Phycology 35:1404-1411). Glutaraldehyde-fixed whole water samples were filtered through a 100 micrometer nitex screen to remove large phytoplankton/zooplankton/debris, then filtered by gravity flow through a 10 micrometer nylon screen to collect K. brevis cells. Cells were collected from the screen by rinsing with 2% glutaraldehyde into a 50 ml polypropylene centrifuge tube, then centrifuged at 1000 x g. The cell pellet was then treated with 2 ml of 20 degrees C methanol overnight to remove pigments. Methanol extracted cells were collected by centrifugation (500xg for 3 min) and resuspended in phosphate buffered saline + 0.5% Tween 20 containing 10 micrograms. mL-1 propidium iodide (PI, Sigma, St. Louis, MO) and 10 mg/ml Rnase (Sigma, St. Louis, MO). DNA analysis was carried out on an Epics MXL4 flow cytometer (Coulter, Miami, FL) using a 5 W argon laser with a 488 nm excitation wavelength and 635 nm emission wavelength. Cell aggregates were eliminated by gating all histograms within the linear range using a peak-area cytogram for PI fluorescence. Cell cycle distribution was analyzed using Multicycle software (Phoenix Flow Systems, San Diego, CA).
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- Cite as: Steely, Teresa; Florida Marine Research Institute (2001). ECOHAB: Van Dolah_F- Karenia brevis Cell Cycle Analysis for Determination of In Situ Growth Rates (NCEI Accession 0000538). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000538. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 1996-09-01 to 1999-09-29 |
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Supplemental Information | ECOHAB (ECology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms) is a scientific program designed to increase understanding of the fundamental processes underlying the impacts and population dynamics of HABs. This program addresses the many factors at organismal, population, community, and ecosystem levels that determine how HAB species respond to, and potentially alter their environment, the manner in which HAB species affect food-web and community interactions. The program is based on the results of a workshop co-sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) and currently receives funding from several federal partners including NOAA, NSF, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). |
Purpose | The research conducted in this portion of the Florida ECOHAB Program will provide insight into which the role of endogenous cellular rhythms in regulating the accumulation growth phase of K. brevis blooms decline by conducting cell cycle studies. This work entails both both laboratory and field experiments. Laboratory studies will be carried out to identify cell cycle regulatory mechanisms in K. brevis, using western blotting to identify cyclins and cyclin dependent kinases in K. brevis, and to determine their relative levels of expression in actively growing versus stationary phase K. brevis populations. In addition we will characterize their expression during the course of the circadian day, as it correlates with cell cycle phase. In situ labeling of K. brevis cells with fluorescently labeled antibodies to cyclins will assist in discerning whether cyclin expression might be suitable for use as a biomarker of actively dividing blooms in the field. Field studies will use flow cytometry to determine in situ growth rates of blooms of K. brevis during the yearly ECOHAB process cruises in order to establish a multiyear record of growth rates in early and late bloom stages. |
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