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Measurement of Total Phosphorus and Polyphosphate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

莱茵衣藻中总磷和多磷酸盐的测定

YY Yujie Yang *
SR Suna Ren *
XJ Xianqing Jia
HZ Houqing Zeng
LW Long Wang
YZ Yiyong Zhu
KY Keke Yi

 (*contributed equally to this work) 发布: 2023年06月05日第13卷第11期 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4692 浏览次数: 1766

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Abstract

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for plants. Green algae usually store excess P as polyphosphate (polyP) in the vacuoles. PolyP, a linear chain of three to hundreds of phosphate residues linked by phosphoanhydride bonds, is important for cell growth. Based on the previous method of polyP purification with silica gel columns (Werner et al., 2005; Canadell et al., 2016) in yeast cells, we developed a protocol to purify and determine the total P and polyP in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by a quick, simplified, and quantitative method. We use hydrochloric acid or nitric acid to digest polyP or total P in dried cells and analyze P content using the malachite green colorimetric method. This method may be applied to other microalgae.

Keywords: Green algae (绿藻) search Chlamydomonas (衣藻) search Polyphosphate (多磷酸盐) search Total phosphorus (总磷) search Vacuolar phosphate (液泡磷酸盐) search Plant nutrient (植物营养素) search

Background

As an essential nutrient, phosphorus is required for the constitution of cellular components such as nucleic acids, phospholipids, and ATP. P is also required for the regulation of protein phosphorylation in plants. P is stored as inorganic phosphate (Pi) in the vacuoles of land plants and as inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) in chlorophyte algae. PolyP is a linear chain composed of several phosphate residues that are linked together by phosphoanhydride bonds. PolyP is an important metabolite and a signaling molecule acting as an energy source, a regulator of gene expression, a channel-forming component, and a storage form of Pi found in green plants (Wang et al., 2021).

Since the polyP is a mixture with different chain lengths, few analytical methods are currently available for polyP quantitation. In order to determine the content of polyP, it usually has to be degraded into Pi first, and then its content can be estimated by measuring the amount of Pi released. Two experimental methods are widely used for quantitatively estimating the amount of polyP in vitro (Aschar-Sobbi et al., 2008). The first one is based on the hydrolysis of polyP by hydrochloric acid and subsequent measurement of the Pi released. The second one is based on the activity of two enzymes, exopolyphosphatase and polyphosphate kinase, which can digest and convert the polyP into Pi for measurement. However, the expression and purification of these enzymes are complicated and time consuming (Christ et al., 2020).

Here, we describe an updated protocol for quantitative measurement of the polyP content in algae. We use silica gel columns to purify polyP and then convert it into Pi through digestion by hydrochloric acid. Although this method is not very accurate, because some short-chain-length polyP could not be completely extracted by the silica gel columns, it is economical and convenient. This protocol is relatively simple and time saving, leading to a fast determination of the polyP in Chlamydomonas, and should be considered suitable for polyP determination in other microalgae.

Materials and reagents

  1. Centrifuge tubes (1.5, 2, 15, and 50 mL) (Sangon Biotech)

  2. Sterile culture flasks (50 and 250 mL) (Sangon Biotech)

  3. Pipettes (10, 20 and 200 μL, 1 and 5 mL) (Eppendorf)

  4. 96-well ELISA plate (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: F605031)

  5. Petri dishes (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: F611003)

  6. 47 mm filter paper sheets (Whatman, catalog number: 1822047)

  7. Spin Columns CA2 from TIANgel Midi Purification kit (TIANGEN, catalog number: DP209)

  8. Hydrochloric acid (HCl)

  9. Nitric acid (HNO3)

  10. 98% sulfuric acid (H2SO4)

  11. Tris (C4H11NO3) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A100826)

  12. Glacial acetic acid (CH3COOH) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A501931)

  13. Ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A501569)

  14. Magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (MgSO4·7H2O) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A610329)

  15. Calcium chloride dihydrate (CaCl2·2H2O) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A610050)

  16. Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate (K2HPO4) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A610447)

  17. Potassium phosphate monobasic (KH2PO4) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A600445)

  18. EDTA disodium salt (C10H14N2O8Na2·2H2O) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A100105)

  19. Zinc sulfate heptahydrate (ZnSO4·7H2O) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A602906)

  20. Iron(II) sulfate heptahydrate (FeSO4·7H2O) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A600461)

  21. Boric acid (H3BO3) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A100588)

  22. Manganese (II) chloride tetrahydrate (MnCl2·4H2O) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A500331)

  23. Cobalt chloride hexahydrate (CoCl2·6H2O) (Sigma-Aldrich: catalog number: 255599)

  24. Copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate (CuSO4·5H2O) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A600063)

  25. Ethanol absolute (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A500737)

  26. Neutral red (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A600895)

  27. 1 M Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A610283)

  28. Sodium iodide (NaI) (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A610283)

  29. Ammonium heptamolybdate tetrahydrate [(NH4)6Mo7O24·4H2O] (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A600067)

  30. Malachite green oxalate salt (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: A620330)

  31. TAP medium (see Recipes)

  32. 40× TAP salt mixture (see Recipes)

  33. Phosphate solution (50 μg/mL) (see Recipes)

  34. Hutner's trace elements (see Recipes)

  35. TAP solid medium (see Recipes)

  36. 1 M sulfuric acid (H2SO4) (see Recipes)

  37. 2 M NaOH (see Recipes)

  38. 70% ethanol (see Recipes)

  39. 0.1% neutral red solution (w/v) (see Recipes)

  40. 1 M Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) supplemented to 6% (v/v) with 0.1% neutral red solution (w/v) (see Recipes)

  41. 6 M NaI (see Recipes)

  42. Wash buffer (see Recipes)

  43. 2 M hydrochloric acid (HCl) (see Recipes)

  44. Phosphate (Pi) solution (10 μg/mL) (see Recipes)

  45. 28 mM ammonium heptamolybdate in 2.1 M H2SO4 (see Recipes)

  46. 0.76 mM malachite green in 0.35% polyvinyl alcohol (see Recipes)

Equipment

  1. Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu, model: UVmini-1240)

  2. Centrifuge (Thermo Scientific, catalog number: 75002411)

  3. Hitachi Himac CT15RE tabletop high-speed microcentrifuge

  4. Hitachi CR21N high-speed refrigerated centrifuge

  5. Vortex (IKA, model: IKA MS 3 basic)

  6. Thermal cycler (Thermo Scientific, catalog number: 4484073）

  7. Microplate reader (Tecan, model: Infinite® F50 microplate reader)

  8. Vacuum pump (JinTeng, model: GM-0.5B)

  9. Analytical balance (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: G001142)

  10. Air dry oven (Sangon Biotech, catalog number: G003409)

  11. Clean bench (AIRTECH, catalog number: SW-CJ-2F)

  12. Fume hood (ALPHA, VAV controller)

  13. Nikon Digital Camera D7200

Software

  1. Microsoft Excel (Microsoft, Inc.)

  2. Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft, Inc.)

  3. Prism GraphPad (Dotmatic, Inc.)

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© 2023 The Author(s); This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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Yang, Y., Ren, S., Jia, X., Zeng, H., Wang, L., Zhu, Y. and Yi, K. (2023). Measurement of Total Phosphorus and Polyphosphate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Bio-protocol 13(11): e4692. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4692.

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