Abstract
Perkinsus marinus is one of two important protozoan parasites of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. The other is Haplosporidium nelsoni. Lipids extracted from 7-d-old in vitro cultured P. marinus meronts, incubated with fluorescent-labeled phosphatidylcholine (FL PC) and nonincubated P. marinus meronts, were analyzed by a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system equipped with a diol phase column, in combination with thin-layer chromatography coupled with a flameionization detector (TLC/FID), and high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC). Various polar and neutral lipid classes were separated by HPLC using a two-gradient solvent system. Five polar lipid classes—phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), cardiolipin (CL), sphingomyelin (SM), and phosphatidylserine (PS)—were identified from P. marinus extracts. Four neutral lipid classes—triacylglycerol (TAG), steryl ester (SE), cholesterol (CHO), and fatty alcohol—were distinguished. TLC/FID analysis of meront lipids showed that the weight percentages of PC, PE, CL, SM, PS/PI, TAG, SE, and CHO were 21, 10.7, 4, 2.3, 4.3, 48.7, 7.8, and 1.2%, respectively. HPLC and HPTLC analyses revealed the presence of two SM and PS isomers in P. marinus extracts. Perkinsus marinus effectively incorporated FL PC acquired from the medium and metabolized it to various components (i.e., free fatty acid, monoacylglycerol, diacylglycerol, TAG, PE, and CL). Uptake and interconversion of FL PC in P. marinus meronts increased with time. After 48 h the total uptake of fluorescence (FL) was 28.9% of the FL PC added to the medium, and 43% of the incorporated FL resided in TAG.
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Abbreviations
- Bodipy:
-
4,4-difluoro-5,7-dimethyl-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene
- CER:
-
ceramide
- CHE:
-
cholesteryl ester
- CHO:
-
cholesterol
- CL:
-
cardiolipin
- DAG:
-
diacylglycerol
- FA:
-
fatty acid
- FAME:
-
fatty acid methyl ester
- FFA:
-
free fatty acids
- FH:
-
fatty alcohol
- FL:
-
fluorescent-labeled
- FTM:
-
fluid thioglycollate medium
- HPLC:
-
high-performance liquid chromatography
- HPTLC:
-
high-performance thin-layer chromatography
- LPC:
-
lysophosphatidylcholine
- MAG:
-
monoacylglycerol
- PC:
-
phosphatidylcholine
- PE:
-
phosphatidylethanolamine
- PG:
-
phosphatidylglycerol
- PI:
-
phosphatidylinositol
- PS:
-
phosphatidylserine
- SE:
-
steryl ester
- SM:
-
sphingomyelin
- TAG:
-
triacylglycerol
- TLC-FID:
-
thin-layer chromatography coupled with a flame-ionization detector
- UV:
-
ultraviolet
- YRW:
-
York river water
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Soudant, P., Chu, FL.E. & Marty, Y. Lipid class composition of the protozoan Perkinsus marinus, an oyster parasite, and its metabolism of a fluorescent phosphatidylcholine analog. Lipids 35, 1387–1396 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-000-0656-1
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