Abstract
The marine red alga Pyropia haitanensis (Protoflorideophyceae, Bangiaceae) has a nonvascular and multicellular structure and emerged earlier in evolution than other cultivatable red algae. It has been reported that lipid mediators from both the eicosanoid and octadecanoid pathways are involved in the innate immunity of other marine algae. But the defense strategies of P. haitanensis are not clearly understood. Here, we investigated the lipid defense of P. haitanensis elicited by agaro-oligosaccharides. The results indicate that the resistance of P. haitanensis was elicited and hydrogen peroxide was released by agaro-oligosaccharides. In P. haitanensis, C20 fatty acids are the essential fatty acids. Phospholipase A2 was activated, and the free fatty acids decreased 3 h after treatment with agaro-oligosaccharides. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analyses revealed that the contents of volatile organic compounds increased after treatment for 3 h, which indicated that these free fatty acids were metabolized to volatile organic compounds. In conclusion, the lipid metabolic defense pathway of P. haitanensis was mainly via the C20 metabolism pathway. The C20 fatty acid was rapidly metabolized to volatile organic compounds, but not oxidized to oxylipins in response to agaro-oligosaccharides.
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This work was supported by the Excellent papers Engagement Fund of Ningbo University (PY20100001), grants from National Science Foundation of Ningbo and Zhejiang (2010A610028; Y5100066), Ningbo Marine Algae Biotechnology Team (2011B81007), K.C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University, and Program for Changjiang Scholars.
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Wang, X., Chen, H., Chen, J. et al. Response of Pyropia haitanensis to agaro-oligosaccharides evidenced mainly by the activation of the eicosanoid pathway. J Appl Phycol 25, 1895–1902 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0009-4
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