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Diferenciace heterocyst
Martin Tichý
Martin Tichý
Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Třeboň
Institute of Physical Biology, University of South Bohemia, Nové
Hrady
Czech Republic
Слайд 2Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 je Nostoc
heterocysty nejsou cysty
Слайд 4Paradox of developmental biology
How is it that a single cell
gives rise to a multicellular organism composed of 100s of
different cell types – yet all the cell types have the same genes?
Слайд 5Patterning can involve the interpretation of positional information.
Слайд 6Figure 21-63. Two strategies for using signal concentration gradients to
specify a fine-grained pattern of cells in different states. In
(A) there is only one signal gradient, and cells select their states by responding accurately to small changes of signal concentration. In (B) the initial signal gradient controls establishment of a small number of more local signals, which control establishment of other still more narrowly local signals, and so on. Because there are multiple local signals, the cells do not have to respond very precisely to any single signal in order to create the correct spatial array of cell states. Case B corresponds more closely to the strategy of the real embryo.
Слайд 8Figure 21-65. The formation of ftz and eve stripes in
the Drosophila blastoderm. Genes ftz and eve are both pair-rule
genes. Their expression patterns (shown in brown for ftz and in gray for eve) are at first blurred but rapidly resolve into sharply defined stripes. (From P.A. Lawrence, The Making of a Fly. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1992.)
Слайд 10The Course of Development
Time
Events in time and space . .
.
Complicated
Слайд 11The Course of Development
Time
Complicated
Really
Слайд 12Matveyev and Elhai (unpublished)
N2
Cyanobacteria
Anabaena grown without fixed nitrogen
Слайд 13Paradox of developmental biology
How is it that a single cell
gives rise to a multicellular organism composed of 100s of
different cell types – yet all the cell types have the same genes?
How Cyanobacteria Count to 10
Robert Haselkorn
Jak každá desátá buňka ví že má být heterocystou
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N2 + 8H+ + 8e- + 16ATP -->
2NH3 +
H2 + 16ADP + 16Pi
Note: Very expensive
Reason why N2
fixation by heterotrophic microbes is probably low
Key enzyme: nitrogenase (nif)
Ancient enzyme: highly conserved in very diverse microbes, from archaea to cyanobacteria
Biochemistry of N2 fixation
Слайд 16What is another problem with nitrogenase?
Nitrogenase is killed dead by
O2
Protects nitrogenase (N2 fixing enzyme) from O2
Outside sources of O2
O2
produced by cyanobacteria
Слайд 17Ne všechny sinice schopné fixovat dusík tvoří heterocysty
Слайд 21How does Trichodesmium (and single cell cyano’s) fix N2 without
heterocysts?
Partial answer: doesn’t fix N2 and do photosynthesis at the
same time
See Berman-Frank et al. Science (2001) 294: 1534-1537.
Слайд 221. Site of N2 fixation in many cyanobacteria.
2. Specialized
thick wall cells in chain of cyanobacterial vegetative cells
3. No
PS II of photosynthesis --> no O2 evolution
4. No carbon fixation
5. Respiration
What are heterocysts?
Слайд 23The heterocyst achieves a near anoxic state by at least
three means.
First, photosystem II, the O2-producing end of the
photosynthetic electron
transport chain, is dismantled during heterocyst differentiation, so that
the heterocyst need contend only against O2 produced by neighboring
vegetative cells and that dissolved in the environment. Second, heterocysts are
invested with a specialized envelope that limits the influx of gases.
Two layers within the envelope have been implicated in O2 protection:
an inner layer composed of a hydroxylated glycolipid and an outer layer
of polysaccharide. Neither layer is found in vegetative cells. Third, much of the O2
that overcomes these barriers is consumed by the high oxidase activity associated
with heterocysts.
Слайд 25Excitation was at 510 to 560 nm (green), exciting phycoerythrin,
and emission was greater than 600 nm. Heterocysts have negligible
fluorescence, while vegetative cells have intense combined fluorescence from phycobiliproteins and chlorophyll a. Bar, 10 µm.
A médium s dusíkem
B médium bez dusíku
Слайд 26Anabaena filament growing on nitrate
removal
of nitrate
18
hours
Heterocysts only when needed
Слайд 27Anabaena
heterocyst cells
vegetative cells
Слайд 29Anabaena model
Heterocyst spacing relatively constant
Heterocyst cells
produce compound
Vegetative cells
divide
differentiate
consume compound
diffuse compound
Слайд 30First, they assumed that any cell is competent to differentiate
at the moment when nitrogen is removed from the environment
and that the choice of cells that initiate differentiation is random. Second, they postulated the existence of a diffusible inhibitor made by heterocysts and differentiating cells and consumed by nondifferentiating cells, as predicted by experimental data.
Слайд 31Anabaena – continuous model
axiom: Fh(smax,cmax) Fv(smax,cmax) Fh(smax,cmax)
F(sl,cl) < Fv(s,c) >
F(sr,cr):
if s < smax & c > cmin
solve dc/dt = D.(cl+cr-2c)-µ.c
ds/dt
= r . s
if s = smax & c > cmin
produce Fv(k . smax,c)Fv((1-k) . smax,c)
if c = cmin
produce Fh(s,c)
Fh(s,c):
solve ds/dt = rs . (smax-s)
dc/dt = rc . (cmax-c)
Слайд 33Case of the Hidden Heterocyst
Matveyev and Elhai (unpublished)
N2
NH3
O2
Слайд 34Case of the Hidden Heterocyst
Strategy to find heterocyst differentiation genes
1.
Use transposon mutagenesis
Слайд 35Case of the Hidden Heterocyst
Strategy to find heterocyst differentiation genes
Nostoc
genome
Transposon
1. Use transposon mutagenesis
to find a mutant defective in heterocyst
differentiation
Слайд 36Case of the Hidden Heterocyst
Strategy to find heterocyst differentiation genes
Nostoc
genome
2. Sequence out from transposon
AAGCTTGACCAAAAAGTTAAAACACTGACGGCAAATAATCAATGACTATCAGACAGAGAATCATCGTGCTGTCAGTAAAACCTCTGATTTCGATCTTTACCATAATTGTTATGTTGTAATGACTAACCAGACTATCTTTTACAGAGCTTCTGGTTAACACTTGTCTAATTAGACATTGATAATGTTTGTGGGGGTTGGTCATCAGGAATGGTAAATAGCAATTACCCTTCAGACTTTCCTATGAGACGCTCCGCCAACGAGCAGTGTCTCTTAAAGAACGTTATGAGCGCTCAGTTAACTTCAGAAATTCACGGCGGAAATCCATAGTTATTATTACTTATGACTAAAACAAAATTACTATGGCGGCTTGTTTAATATAGATTCTGTGTTCTGAGAAATGACTTTTAAAGTCCCACTAACTTTTTTCTCATCTATTGCTATATTTCGACTTTAAAACTTATAGTAGATGGCTTAATTCTCAAATAACAAACTCATTTTTAGTAGATATTTCATGCAAACTGAGGTTTTTAGTGATATTTTCCCCTTATTGAGTACAGCCACTCCACAAACCTTAGAATGGCTACTCAATATTGCAATTGATCATGAATATCCCACTGGTAGAGCAGTTTTAATGGAAGATGCCTGGGGTAATGCAGTTTATTTCGTTGTATCTGGATGGGTAAAAGTTCGGCGCACCTGTGGA
1. Use transposon mutagenesis
to find a
mutant defective in heterocyst differentiation
Слайд 37Case of the Hidden Heterocyst
Strategy to find heterocyst differentiation genes
Nostoc
genome
2. Sequence out from transposon
AAGCTTGACCAAAAAGTTAAAACACTGACGGCAAATAATCAATGACTATCAGACAGAGAATCATCGTGCTGTCAGTAAAACCTCTGATTTCGATCTTTACCATAATTGTTATGTTGTAATGACTAACCAGACTATCTTTTACAGAGCTTCTGGTTAACACTTGTCTAATTAGACATTGATAATGTTTGTGGGGGTTGGTCATCAGGAATGGTAAATAGCAATTACCCTTCAGACTTTCCTATGAGACGCTCCGCCAACGAGCAGTGTCTCTTAAAGAACGTTATGAGCGCTCAGTTAACTTCAGAAATTCACGGCGGAAATCCATAGTTATTATTACTTATGACTAAAACAAAATTACTATGGCGGCTTGTTTAATATAGATTCTGTGTTCTGAGAAATGACTTTTAAAGTCCCACTAACTTTTTTCTCATCTATTGCTATATTTCGACTTTAAAACTTATAGTAGATGGCTTAATTCTCAAATAACAAACTCATTTTTAGTAGATATTTCATGCAAACTGAGGTTTTTAGTGATATTTTCCCCTTATTGAGTACAGCCACTCCACAAACCTTAGAATGGCTACTCAATATTGCAATTGATCATGAATATCCCACTGGTAGAGCAGTTTTAATGGAAGATGCCTGGGGTAATGCAGTTTATTTCGTTGTATCTGGATGGGTAAAAGTTCGGCGCACCTGTGGA
1. Use transposon mutagenesis
to find a
mutant defective in heterocyst differentiation
3. Find gene boundaries
4. Identify gene
Do it
Слайд 38HetR
mutant - unable to make heterocysts
The spatially patterned differentiation of
heterocysts in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena requires a functional hetR
gene
low level of transcript when Anabaena is grown with combined nitrogen
induction begins within 2 h following nitrogen deprivation
by 3.5 h, induction is localized to spaced foci
by 6 h, 20-fold increase within spatially separated cells
positive autoregulation
Слайд 40HetR
Genes
needed for differentiation
Master
regulator
Differentiation in cyanobacteria
Integration of signals through
HetR
Position in filament
Position in cell cycle
Nitrogen deprivation
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NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNATGNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTACNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
hetR gene
How might hetR be controlled?
5’-GTANNNTACNNNNNNNNNNTANNNTNNNNNNNNNN
3’-CATNNNATGNNNNNNNNNNATNNNANNNNNNNNNN
Presence of fixed nitrogen
No HetR protein
Transcription
Absence of fixed nitrogen
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNATGNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTACNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
hetR gene
5’-GTANNNTACNNNNNNNNNNTANNNTNNNNNNNNNN
3’-CATNNNATGNNNNNNNNNNATNNNANNNNNNNNNN
RNA Polymerase
Absence of fixed nitrogen
How might hetR be controlled?
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNATGNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTACNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
hetR gene
5’-GTANNNTACNNNNNNNNNNTANNNTNNNNNNNNNN
3’-CATNNNATGNNNNNNNNNNATNNNANNNNNNNNNN
RNA Polymerase
Absence of fixed nitrogen
How might hetR be controlled?
HetR protein
Transcription
Слайд 44The key result of this experiment is that all of
the upstream controls of HetR expression can be bypassed; expression
of HetR alone suffices to turn on the differentiation pathway.
HetR overexpression
Слайд 46PatS
overexpression of patS completely blocks heterocyst development
patS encode a 17-
or 13-amino-acid peptide, is crucial for the formation and maintenance
of the normal heterocyst pattern
Слайд 47Wild-type filaments (A) grown in BG-11 medium and (B) after
the nitrogen step-down in BG-110 to induce heterocysts (arrowheads) are
shown. (C) Overexpression of patS prevented heterocyst formation in BG-110, and (D) deletion of patS resulted in supernumerary heterocysts with an abnormal pattern in BG-110. Differential interference contrast micrographs were taken before (A) and 24 hours after (B through D) heterocyst induction.
patS controls heterocyst development in Anabaena PCC 7120
Слайд 48The exogenous addition of a pentapeptide corresponding to the last
five COOH-terminal residues of PatS also inhibited heterocyst differentiation, indicating
that a processed form of PatS may be a diffusible inhibitory signal regulating development.
R G S G R
Слайд 49Přesně jako v modelu
z roku 1975
The inhibition of neighboring cells by select differentiating cells (lateral inhibition) is an important mechanism of pattern formation in eukaryotic organisms.
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Because it takes ~20 hours for heterocysts to mature and
begin supplying fixed nitrogen to the filament, a specialized early
inhibitory signal is required to allow only a fraction of starving cells to terminally differentiate.
The first cells to differentiate increase the production of PatS to inhibit neighboring cells from forming heterocysts. PatS-producing cells must themselves be refractory to the PatS signal.
Слайд 51+ Nostoc punctiforme
Anthoceros punctatus.
Слайд 54Další události nezbytné k aktivaci nif genů