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Effects of temperature up-shift and UV-A radiation on fatty acids content and expression of desaturase genes in cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa: stress tolerance and acclimation responses

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Temperature up-shift and UV-A radiation effects on growth, lipid damage, fatty acid (FA) composition and expression of desaturase genes desA and desB were investigated in the cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa. Although UV-A damaging effect has been well documented, reports on the interactive effects of UV radiation exposure and warming on cyanobacteria are scarce. Temperature and UV-A doses were selected based on the physiological responses previously obtained by studies with the same M. aeruginosa strain used in this study. Cells pre-grown at 26 °C were incubated at the same temperature or 29 °C and exposed to UV-A + PAR and only PAR for 9 days. Growth rate was significantly affected by UV-A radiation independently of the temperature throughout the experiment. High temperature produced lipid damage significantly higher throughout the experiment, decreasing at day 9 as compared to 26 °C. In addition, the cells grown at 29 °C under UV-A displayed a decrease in polyunsaturated FA (PUFA) levels, with ω3 PUFA being mostly affected at the end of exposure. Previously, we reported that UV-A-induced lipid damage affects differentially ω3 and ω6 PUFAs. We report that UV-A radiation leads to an upregulation of desA, possibly due to lipid damage. In addition, the temperature up-shift upregulates desA and desB regardless of the radiation. The lack of lipid damage for UV-A on ω3 could explain the lack of transcription induction of desB. The significant ω6 decrease at 26 °C in cells exposed to UV-A could be due to the lack of upregulation of desA.

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The research leading to results presented in this publication was carried out with infrastructure funded by EMBRC Belgium—FWO project GOH3817N. The FA analyses were supported by Special Research Fund of Ghent University (BOF-UGent). We acknowledge Dr. Bruno Vlaeminck (UGent) for FA analyses. We especially thanks to both anonymous reviewers and the editor for comments and suggestions. Partial support was received from International Atomic Energy Agency, Project RLA 7026.

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European Marine Biological Resource Centre Belgium, GOH3817N, Marleen De Troch, Universiteit Gent, BOF-UGent, Marleen De Troch, Federal Agency of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, RLA 7026, Marcelo Hernando.

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de la Rosa, F., Pezzoni, M., De Troch, M. et al. Effects of temperature up-shift and UV-A radiation on fatty acids content and expression of desaturase genes in cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa: stress tolerance and acclimation responses. Photochem Photobiol Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-024-00584-9

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