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IMPACT OF MODELED MICROGRAVITY ON THE BENEFICIAL SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN THE HAWAIIAN BOBTAIL SQUID, EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES, AND ITS BIOLUMINESCENT PARTNER, VIBRIO FISCHERI By ALEXANDREA A. DUSCHER A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2019 © 2019 Alexandrea A. Duscher To my family and friends for their continuous love and support, to the incredible mentors that have helped guide me along the way, and to my partner for continuously encouraging me throughout it all. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There are many individuals who have inspired and guided me along the way. Specifically, I would like to thank my mentor, Dr. Jamie Foster, for her support and advice throughout my journey. I would also like to thank Dr. Foster for providing me with my first research experience after my undergraduate studies and for guiding me towards pursuing a PhD. I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Joseph Larkin III, Dr. Peter Kima, and my external committee member Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul. I would also like to thank the staff at the Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, specifically Jonathan Orsini for his willingness to assist me with whatever questions I had. I would like to thank the individuals at the Space Life Sciences Lab for their insight and friendship throughout my time working there. In addition, I would like to thank all of the previous and current lab members that have been a tremendous support through some of the best of toughest times, specifically I would like to thank Dr. Dyanna Louyakis, Dr. Jennifer Mobberley, Dr. Giorgio Casaburi, Joany Babilonia, and my fellow squid mate Maddie Vroom. I cannot thank my family, friends, and partner enough for their unending support throughout this journey, I will forever be grateful for your encouragement. I would also like to thank my funding sources, who without this dissertation would not be possible. I would like to give a special thank you to all of those that supported our crowdsourcing campaign to raise money for my research. The generosity of such individuals has taught me more about expanding science into the community and gives me hope for science funding in the future. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................. 4 LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................ 8 LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................... 9 LIST OF OBJECTS ....................................................................................................... 12 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................... 13 ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... 14 CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................... 16 Impact of Microgravity on Microbial Physiology ...................................................... 17 Impact of Microgravity on Beneficial Microorganisms ....................................... 19 Importance of the Global Bacterial Regulator Protein, Hfq, in Response to Microgravity ................................................................................................... 20 Impact of Microgravity on Animal Immunological Response ................................... 22 The Model System: The Mutualistic Symbiosis Between the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid and its Bioluminescent Bacterium ............................................................. 24 Advantages of Using the Squid-Vibrio System for Microgravity Study ............. 26 Modeling Microgravity Conditions ..................................................................... 27 2 TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILING OF THE MUTUALISTIC BACTERIUM VIBRIO FISCHERI AND A HFQ MUTANT UNDER MODELED MICROGRAVITY .................................................................................................... 31 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 31 Methods .................................................................................................................. 35 Bacterial Strains and Growth Conditions .......................................................... 35 RNA Extraction, cDNA Synthesis, and Sequencing ......................................... 36 Bioinformatic Analysis ...................................................................................... 37 Real-Time Quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) ......................................................... 37 Results .................................................................................................................... 38 Overview of Transcriptome Analysis of V. fischeri Cultivars Under Gravity and LSMMG Conditions ................................................................................ 38 LSMMG-specific Changes in V. fischeri Transcriptome.................................... 40 Differential Gene Expression Changes in ∆hfq Mutant Under Both Gravity and LSMMG Conditions During Exponential Phase ...................................... 41 Differential Gene Expression Changes in ∆hfq Mutant Under Both Gravity and LSMMG Conditions During Stationary Phase ........................................ 42 5 Discussion .............................................................................................................. 44 3 THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES IN RESPONSE TO ITS BENEFICIAL BACTERIA ........................................................................................ 57 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 57 Materials and Methods............................................................................................ 62 Identification of Innate Immune and NFκB Specific Related Genes ................. 62 Transcriptome Expression Analysis Across Tissues and Symbiotic State ....... 64 Results and Discussion........................................................................................... 64 General Remarks ............................................................................................. 64 Pattern Recognition Receptors ......................................................................... 66 Peptidoglycan recognition proteins ............................................................ 66 Toll-like receptor ........................................................................................ 69 Galectins .................................................................................................... 71 Effector Enzymes ............................................................................................. 72 Hemocyanin ............................................................................................... 73 Chitotriosidase and chitinase ..................................................................... 75 Superoxide dismutase ............................................................................... 77 Signaling ........................................................................................................... 79 Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 .............................................. 79 Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4................................................. 81 Tumor necrosis factor receptor associated factor ...................................... 82 Transforming growth factor beta-activated kinase 1 and TAK1-binding proteins ................................................................................................... 85 IκB kinases ................................................................................................. 87 Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells subunits ... 88 NF-kappa-B pathway inhibitors .................................................................. 90 Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 93 4 TARGETED GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE HOST IMMUNE SYSTEM IN A BENEFICIAL SYMBIOSIS UNDER MODELED MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS ....................................................................................................... 111 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 111 Materials and Methods.......................................................................................... 115 General Procedures ....................................................................................... 115 Modeled Microgravity Treatments .................................................................. 115 RNAseq Data Analysis ................................................................................... 116 NanoString Target Gene Probe Design .......................................................... 116 RNA Extraction and Gene Expression ........................................................... 116 NanoString Data Analysis ............................................................................... 117 Results .................................................................................................................