Anhydrobiosis: an unsolved problem

Crowe, John H.

doi:10.1111/pce.12304

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“…The next 150 years after van Leeuwenhoek's observation saw a vigorous debate between zoologists and philosophers who disputed each other findings-or beliefs-as to whether some organisms are able to survive desiccation and resurrect upon rehydration. This debate was fierce and is well documented in the literature (see references in Keilin 1959;Crowe 1971;Tunnacliffe and Lapinski 2003). Perhaps, the first scientist to experimentally establish that life can exist in the dry state was Spallanzani who confirmed in 1776 that rotifers are desiccation tolerant following slow drying and can revive after 4 years in dry storage (quoted by Leopold 1986;Tunnacliffe and Lapinski 2003).…”

Section: A Brief History Of Desiccation Tolerancementioning

confidence: 94%

“…Using biochemical and biophysical approaches, these authors posited the role of polyols as a means to replace water molecules in the dry state (Crowe 1971;Crowe et al 1992). In animals, yeasts and some resurrection plants (Fernandez et al 2010), this was attributed to the disaccharide trehalose.…”

Section: A Brief History Of Desiccation Tolerancementioning

confidence: 97%

“…Although the dry state brings extraordinary stability to anhydrobiotes, their longevity varies from a few hours to millennia (Crowe 1971;Priestley 1986). The importance of this ''time'' factor is discussed here by Walters (2015) who argues that discrete categories of seed storage stability in the dry state can be explained through structural and molecular mobility responses to drying within cells.…”

Section: Moving From ''Anhydrobiology'' To ''Desiccation Biology''mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the animal kingdom, desiccation tolerance commonly occurs in three phyla: nematodes (e.g., Aphelenchus avena and the dauer stage of the genetic model species Caenorhabditis elegans; Erkut et al 2013), rotifers (Tunnacliffe and Lapinski 2003) and tardigrades (Wełnicz et al 2011). It is also present in juvenile stages of two additional phyla: the encysted embryo stage of some crustaceans, including the brine shrimp Artemia sp (Crowe 1971;Clegg 2001) and the larvae of a non-biting midge, Polypedilum vanderplanki (Gusev et al 2010(Gusev et al , 2014.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Introduction to desiccation biology: from old borders to new frontiers

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2015

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A special issue reviews the recent progress made in our understanding of desiccation tolerance across various plant and animal kingdoms. It has been known for a long time that seeds can survive near absolute protoplasmic dehydration through air drying and complete germination upon rehydration because of their desiccation tolerance. This property is present both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes across all life kingdoms. These dry organisms suspend their metabolism when dry, are extremely tolerant to acute environmental stresses and are relatively stable during long periods of desiccation. Studies aiming at understanding the mechanisms of survival in the dry state have emerged during the past 40 years, moving from in vitro to genomic models and comparative genomics, and from a view that tolerance is an all-or-nothing phenomenon to a quantitative trait. With the prospect of global climate change, understanding the mechanisms of desiccation tolerance appears to be a promising avenue as a prelude to engineering crops for improved drought tolerance. Understanding desiccation is also useful for seed banks that rely on dehydration tolerance to preserve plant genetic resources in the form of these propagules. Articles in this special issue explore the recent progress in our understanding of desiccation tolerance, including the evolutionary mechanisms that have been adopted across various plant (algae, lichens, seeds, resurrection plants) and animal model systems (Caenorhabditis elegans, brine shrimp). We propose that the term desiccation biology defines the discipline dedicated to understand the desiccation tolerance in living organisms as well as the limits and time constraints thereof.

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Introduction to desiccation biology: from old borders to new frontiers

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“…[1,2]), many functional aspects are still unresolved [3]. There is, however, widespread consensus that sugars and Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins can be major contributors to cell stability in the dry state, even in cells that naturally do not contain LEA proteins [4].…”

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confidence: 99%