Inhibition of multidrug resistance transporters in the diatom Thalassiosira rotula facilitates dye staining


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Cells are protected by multidrug resistance transporters, which remove potentially harmful chemicals entering the cells from the environment or originating endogenously from the cellular metabolism. Multidrug resistance transporters have not been investigated so far in marine eukaryotic algae like diatoms. We investigated the uptake of a calcium-sensitive dye, Fura 2 acetoxymethylester (AM), by the marine diatom Thalassiosira rotula in the presence and absence of substances known to inhibit multidrug resistance transporters (ATP-binding cassette transporters, ABC). Three inhibitors known to block transporters in living organisms were tested in the marine diatom T. rotula. We applied verapamil, which blocks multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein (MDR1), probenecid as an inhibitor of organic anion transport and the specific inhibitor of multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP), MK571, obtaining positive results with the highly specific MK571. This leads to the assumption that the cells of T. rotula possess MRP transporters. Marine diatom cells can now be loaded by incubation with a calcium-sensitive dye, which facilitates measurements of cellular calcium signals without using methods risking injury of the cell membrane. This opens an avenue for investigation on diatom calcium signalling and perhaps how they process environmental signals. © 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.



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DOI https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2007.10.012

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Scherer, C. , Wiltshire, K. and Bickmeyer, U. (2008): Inhibition of multidrug resistance transporters in the diatom Thalassiosira rotula facilitates dye staining , Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 46 (1), pp. 100-103 . doi: https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2007.10.012


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