The changes that protoanemonin, an antimicrobial agent of natural origin, brought about in the alga Euglena gracilis were studied with light and electron microscopy and with flow cytometry. The compound proved lethal for the alga at a dose of 5x10(-5)m. At the sublethal dose of 3.5x10(-5)m it caused: marked inhibition of growth; increase in the average cell volume; inhibition of cytokinesis and induction of coenocytic organisms; loss of the flagellum and stigma. Most nuclei were arrested in the G2/M phase of the cellular cycle. The chloroplasts were still well organized, but there was a conspicuous decrease in carotenoids and chlorophylls a and bwith a corresponding increase in pheophytins. The multifarious alterations seen in Euglena are discussed on the basis of a possible interaction between this lactone and several enzymatic systems.

Protoanemonin-induced cytotoxic effects in Euglena gracilis / D., MARES; A., BONORA; M., RUBINI; ROMAGNOLI, Carlo. - In: CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 1065-6995. - STAMPA. - 21:(1997), pp. 397-404.

Protoanemonin-induced cytotoxic effects in Euglena gracilis

ROMAGNOLI, Carlo
1997

Abstract

The changes that protoanemonin, an antimicrobial agent of natural origin, brought about in the alga Euglena gracilis were studied with light and electron microscopy and with flow cytometry. The compound proved lethal for the alga at a dose of 5x10(-5)m. At the sublethal dose of 3.5x10(-5)m it caused: marked inhibition of growth; increase in the average cell volume; inhibition of cytokinesis and induction of coenocytic organisms; loss of the flagellum and stigma. Most nuclei were arrested in the G2/M phase of the cellular cycle. The chloroplasts were still well organized, but there was a conspicuous decrease in carotenoids and chlorophylls a and bwith a corresponding increase in pheophytins. The multifarious alterations seen in Euglena are discussed on the basis of a possible interaction between this lactone and several enzymatic systems.
1997
21
397
404
Protoanemonin-induced cytotoxic effects in Euglena gracilis / D., MARES; A., BONORA; M., RUBINI; ROMAGNOLI, Carlo. - In: CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 1065-6995. - STAMPA. - 21:(1997), pp. 397-404.
D., MARES; A., BONORA; M., RUBINI; ROMAGNOLI, Carlo
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