Uptake of iodide was studied in the marine microalga Isochrysis sp. (isol. Haines, T.ISO) during short-term incubations with radioactive iodide ((125) I(-) ). Typical inhibitors of the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) did not inhibit iodide uptake, suggesting that iodide is not taken up through this transport protein, as is the case in most vertebrate animals. Oxidation of iodide was found to be an essential step for its uptake by T.ISO and it seemed likely that hypoiodous acid (HOI) was the form of iodine taken up. Uptake of iodide was inhibited by the addition of thiourea and of other reducing agents, like L-ascorbic acid, L-glutathione and L-cysteine and increased after the addition of oxidized forms of the transition metals Fe and Mn. The simultaneous addition of both hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) and a known iodide-oxidizing myeloperoxidase (MPO) significantly increased iodine uptake, but the addition of H2 O2 or MPO separately, had no effect on uptake. This confirms the observation that iodide is oxidized prior to uptake, but it puts into doubt the involvement of H2 O2 excretion and membrane-bound or extracellular haloperoxidase activity of T.ISO. The increase of iodide uptake by T.ISO upon Fe(III) addition suggests the nonenzymatic oxidation of iodide by Fe(III) in a redox reaction and subsequent influx of HOI. This is the first report on the mechanism of iodide uptake in a marine microalga.
Iodine metabolism is essential for the antioxidant defense of marine algae and in the biogeochemical cycle of iodine. Moreover, some microalgae can synthetize thyroid hormone-like compounds that are essential to sustain food webs. However, knowledge regarding iodine-related molecular processes in microalgae is still scarce. In this study, a de novo transcriptome of Tisochrysis lutea cultured under high iodide concentrations (5 mM) was assembled using both long and short reads. A database termed IsochrysisDB was established to host all genomic information. Gene expression analyses during microalgal growth showed that most of the antioxidant-(aryl, ccp, perox, sod1, sod2, sod3, apx3, ahp1) and iodide-specific deiodinase (dio) genes increased their mRNA abundance progressively until the stationary phase to cope with oxidative stress. Moreover, the increase of dio mRNA abundance in aging cultures indicated that this enzyme was also involved in senescence. Cell treatments with iodide modified the expression of perox whereas treatments with iodate changed the transcript levels of gpx1 and ccp. To test the dependence of perox on iodide, microalgae cells were treated with hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) either in presence or absence of iodide observing that several genes related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) deactivation (perox, gpx1, apx2, apx3, ahp1, ahp2, sod1, sod3, and aryl) were transcriptionally activated although with some temporal differences. However, only the expression of perox was dependent on iodide levels indicating this enzyme, acquired by horizontal gene transfer (HGT), could act as a haloperoxidase. All these data indicate that T. lutea activates coordinately the expression of antioxidant genes to cope with oxidative stress. The identification of a phase-regulated deiodinase and a novel haloperoxidase provide new clues about the origin and evolution of thyroid signaling and the antioxidant role of iodine in the marine environment.
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