{"title":"24-Epibrassinolide promoted growth and organic compounds accumulation in Dunaliella parva by enhancing photosynthesis","authors":"Shiyu Liang, Lihua Li, Mengxiang Ling, Lingru Ruan, Limei Huang, Changhua Shang","doi":"10.1016/j.algal.2024.103753","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As a commonly used type of the sixth class of phytohormones brassinosteroids (BRs), 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) plays the important roles in plant growth and development. <em>Dunaliella parva</em> (<em>D. parva</em>) is an important lipid-producing microalga, and its growth and accumulation of organic compounds need to be further improved for higher application value. However, the effects of EBL on <em>D. parva</em> are still unclear now. In this study, <em>D. parva</em> was treated with different concentrations of 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) to evaluate its influence. Cell density of 0.5 mg/L EBL treated group was 1.28-fold of control at 18 d. The contents of chlorophyll, carotenoid, carbohydrate, starch, protein of 0.5 mg/L EBL treated group were 1.31-, 1.18-, 1.49-, 1.35-, and 1.54-fold of control. The highest mRNA levels of <em>rbcS</em>, <em>rbcL</em>, <em>RuPE</em>, <em>PRK</em>, <em>TPI</em>, <em>FBPA</em>, <em>FBPase</em>, <em>SBPase</em>, <em>DpME</em>, <em>CA</em> in EBL treated group were 1.94-, 2.43-, 2.14-, 1.76-, 1.97-, 2.21-, 1.48-, 1.96-, 2.06-, and 1.89-fold of control. The highest enzymatic activities of ME, CA and RuBisCO in EBL-treated group were 1.27-, 1.23-, and 1.37-fold of control. Lipid content of 0.4 mg/L EBL treated group was 1.44-fold of control. This study demonstrated the great potential of EBL to obtain higher biomass and organic compounds accumulation. Our study indicates that EBL treatment is valuable for the subsequent commercial production of biofuel and other high-value metabolites using microalgal biomass as raw material.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7855,"journal":{"name":"Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 103753"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211926424003655","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
As a commonly used type of the sixth class of phytohormones brassinosteroids (BRs), 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) plays the important roles in plant growth and development. Dunaliella parva (D. parva) is an important lipid-producing microalga, and its growth and accumulation of organic compounds need to be further improved for higher application value. However, the effects of EBL on D. parva are still unclear now. In this study, D. parva was treated with different concentrations of 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) to evaluate its influence. Cell density of 0.5 mg/L EBL treated group was 1.28-fold of control at 18 d. The contents of chlorophyll, carotenoid, carbohydrate, starch, protein of 0.5 mg/L EBL treated group were 1.31-, 1.18-, 1.49-, 1.35-, and 1.54-fold of control. The highest mRNA levels of rbcS, rbcL, RuPE, PRK, TPI, FBPA, FBPase, SBPase, DpME, CA in EBL treated group were 1.94-, 2.43-, 2.14-, 1.76-, 1.97-, 2.21-, 1.48-, 1.96-, 2.06-, and 1.89-fold of control. The highest enzymatic activities of ME, CA and RuBisCO in EBL-treated group were 1.27-, 1.23-, and 1.37-fold of control. Lipid content of 0.4 mg/L EBL treated group was 1.44-fold of control. This study demonstrated the great potential of EBL to obtain higher biomass and organic compounds accumulation. Our study indicates that EBL treatment is valuable for the subsequent commercial production of biofuel and other high-value metabolites using microalgal biomass as raw material.
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Algal Research is an international phycology journal covering all areas of emerging technologies in algae biology, biomass production, cultivation, harvesting, extraction, bioproducts, biorefinery, engineering, and econometrics. Algae is defined to include cyanobacteria, microalgae, and protists and symbionts of interest in biotechnology. The journal publishes original research and reviews for the following scope: algal biology, including but not exclusive to: phylogeny, biodiversity, molecular traits, metabolic regulation, and genetic engineering, algal cultivation, e.g. phototrophic systems, heterotrophic systems, and mixotrophic systems, algal harvesting and extraction systems, biotechnology to convert algal biomass and components into biofuels and bioproducts, e.g., nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, animal feed, plastics, etc. algal products and their economic assessment