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Roué M, Smith KF, Sibat M, Viallon J, Henry K, Ung A, Biessy L, Hess P, Darius HT, Chinain M. Assessment of Ciguatera and Other Phycotoxin-Related Risks in Anaho Bay (Nuku Hiva Island, French Polynesia): Molecular, Toxicological, and Chemical Analyses of Passive Samplers. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12050321. [PMID: 32413988 PMCID: PMC7291316 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12050321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Ciguatera poisoning is a foodborne illness caused by the consumption of seafood contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs) produced by dinoflagellates from the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. The suitability of Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin Tracking (SPATT) technology for the monitoring of dissolved CTXs in the marine environment has recently been demonstrated. To refine the use of this passive monitoring tool in ciguateric areas, the effects of deployment time and sampler format on the adsorption of CTXs by HP20 resin were assessed in Anaho Bay (Nuku Hiva Island, French Polynesia), a well-known ciguatera hotspot. Toxicity data assessed by means of the mouse neuroblastoma cell-based assay (CBA-N2a) showed that a 24 h deployment of 2.5 g of resin allowed concentrating quantifiable amounts of CTXs on SPATT samplers. The CTX levels varied with increasing deployment time, resin load, and surface area. In addition to CTXs, okadaic acid (OA) and dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX1) were also detected in SPATT extracts using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), consistent with the presence of Gambierdiscus and Prorocentrum species in the environment, as assessed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and high-throughput sequencing (HTS) metabarcoding analyses conducted on passive window screen (WS) artificial substrate samples. Although these preliminary findings await further confirmation in follow-up studies, they highlight the usefulness of SPATT samplers in the routine surveillance of CP risk on a temporal scale, and the monitoring of other phycotoxin-related risks in ciguatera-prone areas.
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- Mélanie Roué
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 241 EIO, 98702 Faa’a, Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Institut Louis Malardé, UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (K.H.); (A.U.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +689-40-416-413
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- Cawthron Institute, Nelson 7042, New Zealand; (K.F.S.); (L.B.)
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- Institut Louis Malardé, UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (K.H.); (A.U.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
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- Institut Louis Malardé, UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (K.H.); (A.U.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
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- Institut Louis Malardé, UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (K.H.); (A.U.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
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- Cawthron Institute, Nelson 7042, New Zealand; (K.F.S.); (L.B.)
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- Ifremer, DYNECO, 44000 Nantes, France; (M.S.); (P.H.)
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- Institut Louis Malardé, UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (K.H.); (A.U.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
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- Institut Louis Malardé, UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (K.H.); (A.U.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
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Lee SM, Kim NH, Jeong EJ, Rho JR. Cytotoxic 4-Hydroxyprorocentrolide and Prorocentrolide C from Cultured Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima Induce Human Cancer Cell Death through Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12050304. [PMID: 32392799 PMCID: PMC7290926 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12050304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Prorocentrolide and its analogs, the novel naturally derived antitumor agents, have recently been identified in the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima. In the current study, the underlying inhibitory mechanisms of 4-hydroxyprorocentrolide (1) and prorocentrolide C (2) on the proliferation of human carcinoma cells were determined. 1 and 2 arrested the cell cycle at the S phase in A549 cells and G2/M phase in HT-29 cells, leading to apoptotic cell death, as determined using fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis with Annexin V/PI double staining. Apoptosis induced by these compounds was associated with alterations in the expression of cell cycle-regulating proteins (cyclin D1, cyclin E1, CDK2, and CDK4), as well as alterations in the levels of apoptosis-related proteins (PPAR, Bcl-2, Bcl-xl, and survivin). These findings provide new insights into the antitumor mechanisms of 4-hydroxyprorocentrolide and prorocentrolide C and a basis for future investigations assessing prorocentrolide analogs as prospective therapeutic drugs.
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- Seon Min Lee
- Gyeongnam Department of Environment & Toxicology, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 17 Jegok-gil, Munsan-eup 52834, Korea; (S.M.L.); (N.-H.K.)
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- Gyeongnam Department of Environment & Toxicology, Korea Institute of Toxicology, 17 Jegok-gil, Munsan-eup 52834, Korea; (S.M.L.); (N.-H.K.)
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- Department of Agronomy and Medicinal Plant Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju 52725, Korea
- Correspondence: (E.J.J.); (J.-R.R.); Tel.: +82-55 751 3224 (E.J.J.); +82-63 469 4606 (J.-R.R.)
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- Department of Oceanography, Kunsan National University, Gunsan 54150, Korea
- Correspondence: (E.J.J.); (J.-R.R.); Tel.: +82-55 751 3224 (E.J.J.); +82-63 469 4606 (J.-R.R.)
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Estevez P, Sibat M, Leão-Martins JM, Tudó A, Rambla-Alegre M, Aligizaki K, Diogène J, Gago-Martinez A, Hess P. Use of Mass Spectrometry to Determine the Diversity of Toxins Produced by Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa Species from Balearic Islands and Crete (Mediterranean Sea) and the Canary Islands (Northeast Atlantic). Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:E305. [PMID: 32392808 PMCID: PMC7291038 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12050305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Over the last decade, knowledge has significantly increased on the taxonomic identity and distribution of dinoflagellates of the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. Additionally, a number of hitherto unknown bioactive metabolites have been described, while the role of these compounds in ciguatera poisoning (CP) remains to be clarified. Ciguatoxins and maitotoxins are very toxic compounds produced by these dinoflagellates and have been described since the 1980s. Ciguatoxins are generally described as the main contributors to this food intoxication. Recent reports of CP in temperate waters of the Canary Islands (Spain) and the Madeira archipelago (Portugal) triggered the need for isolation and cultivation of dinoflagellates from these areas, and their taxonomic and toxicological characterization. Maitotoxins, and specifically maitotoxin-4, has been described as one of the most toxic compounds produced by these dinoflagellates (e.g., G. excentricus) in the Canary Islands. Thus, characterization of toxin profiles of Gambierdiscus species from adjacent regions appears critical. The combination of liquid chromatography coupled to either low- or high-resolution mass spectrometry allowed for characterization of several strains of Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa from the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands. Maitotoxin-3, two analogues tentatively identified as gambieric acid C and D, a putative gambierone analogue and a putative gambieroxide were detected in all G. australes strains from Menorca and Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) while only maitotoxin-3 was present in an F. paulensis strain of the same region. An unidentified Gambierdiscus species (Gambierdiscus sp.2) from Crete (Greece) showed a different toxin profile, detecting both maitotoxin-3 and gambierone, while the availability of a G. excentricus strain from the Canary Islands (Spain) confirmed the presence of maitotoxin-4 in this species. Overall, this study shows that toxin profiles not only appear to be species-specific but probably also specific to larger geographic regions.
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- Pablo Estevez
- Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO), Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Campus Universitario de Vigo, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain; (P.E.); (J.M.L.-M.)
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- Laboratoire Phycotoxines, Ifremer, Rue de l’Île d’Yeu 44311 Nantes, France;
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- Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO), Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Campus Universitario de Vigo, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain; (P.E.); (J.M.L.-M.)
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- Marine and Continental Waters programme, Ctra. Poble Nou, km. 5.5, IRTA, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, 43540 Tarragona, Spain; (A.T.); (M.R.-A.)
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- Marine and Continental Waters programme, Ctra. Poble Nou, km. 5.5, IRTA, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, 43540 Tarragona, Spain; (A.T.); (M.R.-A.)
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- Laboratory Unit on Harmful Marine Microalgae, Biology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;
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- Marine and Continental Waters programme, Ctra. Poble Nou, km. 5.5, IRTA, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, 43540 Tarragona, Spain; (A.T.); (M.R.-A.)
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- Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO), Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Campus Universitario de Vigo, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain; (P.E.); (J.M.L.-M.)
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- Laboratoire Phycotoxines, Ifremer, Rue de l’Île d’Yeu 44311 Nantes, France;
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Su Y, Zhang K, Zhou Z, Wang J, Yang X, Tang J, Li H, Lin S. Microplastic exposure represses the growth of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate Cladocopium goreaui in culture through affecting its apoptosis and metabolism. Chemosphere 2020; 244:125485. [PMID: 31809929 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Microplastics are widespread emerging marine pollutants that have been found in the coral reef ecosystem. In the present study, using Cladocopium goreaui as a symbiont representative, we investigated cytological, physiological, and molecular responses of a Symbiodiniaceae species to weeklong microplastic exposure (Polystyrene, diameter 1.0 μm, 9.0 × 109 particles L-1). The density and size of algal cells decreased significantly at 7 d and 6-7 d of microplastic exposure, respectively. Chlorophyll a content increased significantly at 7 d of exposure, whereas Fv/Fm did not change significantly during the entire exposure period. We observed significant increases in superoxide dismutase activity and caspase3 activation level, significant decrease in glutathione S-transferase activity, but no change in catalase activity during the whole exposure period. Transcriptomic analysis revealed 191 significantly upregulated and 71 significantly downregulated genes at 7 d after microplastic exposure. Fifteen GO terms were overrepresented for these significantly upregulated genes, which were grouped into four categories including transmembrane ion transport, substrate-specific transmembrane transporter activity, calcium ion binding, and calcium-dependent cysteine-type endopeptidase activity. Thirteen of the significantly upregulated genes encode metal ion transporter and ammonium transporter, and five light-harvesting protein genes were among the significantly downregulated genes. These results demonstrate that microplastics can act as an exogenous stressor, suppress detoxification activity, nutrient uptake, and photosynthesis, elevate oxidative stress, and raise the apoptosis level through upregulating ion transport and apoptotic enzymes to repress the growth of C. goreaui. These effects have implications in negative impacts of microplastics on coral-Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis that involves C. goreaui.
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- Yilu Su
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China; Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China; Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, USA.
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Dou M, Jiao YH, Zheng JW, Zhang G, Li HY, Liu JS, Yang WD. De novo transcriptome analysis of the mussel Perna viridis after exposure to the toxic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 192:110265. [PMID: 32045784 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Diarrheic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins are produced by harmful microalgae and accumulate in bivalve mollusks, causing various toxicity. These toxic effects appear to abate with increasing DSP concentration and longer exposure time, however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To explore the underlying molecular mechanisms, de novo transcriptome analysis of the digestive gland of Perna viridis was performed after Prorocentrum lima exposure. RNA-seq analysis showed that 1886 and 237 genes were up- and down-regulated, respectively after 6 h exposure to P. lima, while 265 genes were up-regulated and 217 genes were down-regulated after 96 h compared to the control. These differentially expressed genes mainly involved in Nrf2 signing pathways, immune stress, apoptosis and cytoskeleton, etc. Combined with qPCR results, we speculated that the mussel P. viridis might mainly rely on glutathione S-transferase (GST) and ABC transporters to counteract DSP toxins during short-term exposure. However, longer exposure of P. lima could activate the Nrf2 signaling pathway and inhibitors of apoptosis protein (IAP), which in turn reduced the damage of DSP toxins to the mussel. DSP toxins could induce cytoskeleton destabilization and had some negative impact on the immune system of bivalves. Collectively, our findings uncovered the crucial molecular mechanisms and the regulatory metabolic nodes that underpin the defense mechanism of bivalves against DSP toxins and also advanced our current understanding of bivalve defense mechanisms.
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- Min Dou
- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Protein Research of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, China.
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Ara AM, Shakil Bin Kashem M, van Grondelle R, Wahadoszamen M. Stark fluorescence spectroscopy on peridinin-chlorophyll-protein complex of dinoflagellate, Amphidinium carterae. Photosynth Res 2020; 143:233-239. [PMID: 31768715 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-019-00688-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Because of their peculiar but intriguing photophysical properties, peridinin-chlorophyll-protein complexes (PCPs), the peripheral light-harvesting antenna complexes of photosynthetic dinoflagellates have been unique targets of multidimensional theoretical and experimental investigations over the last few decades. The major light-harvesting chlorophyll a (Chl a) pigments of PCP are hypothesized to be spectroscopically heterogeneous. To study the spectral heterogeneity in terms of electrostatic parameters, we, in this study, implemented Stark fluorescence spectroscopy on PCP isolated from the dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae. The comprehensive theoretical modeling of the Stark fluorescence spectrum with the help of the conventional Liptay formalism revealed the simultaneous presence of three emission bands in the fluorescence spectrum of PCP recorded upon excitation of peridinin. The three emission bands are found to possess different sets of electrostatic parameters with essentially increasing magnitude of charge-transfer character from the blue to redder ones. The different magnitudes of electrostatic parameters give good support to the earlier proposition that the spectral heterogeneity in PCP results from emissive Chl a clusters anchored at a different sites and domains within the protein network.
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- Anjue Mane Ara
- Biophysics of Photosynthesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Physics, Jagannath University, Dhaka, 1100, Bangladesh
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- Biophysics of Photosynthesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Biophysics of Photosynthesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
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Rossignoli AE, Tudó A, Bravo I, Díaz PA, Diogène J, Riobó P. Toxicity Characterisation of Gambierdiscus Species from the Canary Islands. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:toxins12020134. [PMID: 32098095 PMCID: PMC7076799 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12020134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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In the last decade, several outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) have been reported in the Canary Islands (central northeast Atlantic Ocean), confirming ciguatera as an emerging alimentary risk in this region. Five Gambierdiscus species, G. australes, G. excentricus, G. silvae, G. carolinianus and G. caribaeus, have been detected in macrophytes from this area and are known to produce the ciguatoxins (CTXs) that cause CFP. A characterization of the toxicity of these species is the first step in identifying locations in the Canary Islands at risk of CFP. Therefore, in this study the toxicity of 63 strains of these five Gambierdiscus species were analysed using the erythrocyte lysis assay to evaluate their maitotoxin (MTX) content. In addition, 20 of the strains were also analysed in a neuroblastoma Neuro-2a (N2a) cytotoxicity assay to determine their CTX-like toxicity. The results allowed the different species to be grouped according to their ratios of CTX-like and MTX-like toxicity. MTX-like toxicity was especially high in G. excentricus and G. australes but much lower in the other species and lowest in G. silvae. CTX-like toxicity was highest in G. excentricus, which produced the toxin in amounts ranging between 128.2 ± 25.68 and 510.6 ± 134.2 fg CTX1B equivalents (eq) cell−1 (mean ± SD). In the other species, CTX concentrations were as follows: G. carolinianus (100.84 ± 18.05 fg CTX1B eq cell−1), G. australes (31.1 ± 0.56 to 107.16 ± 21.88 fg CTX1B eq cell−1), G. silvae (12.19 ± 0.62 to 76.79 ± 4.97 fg CTX1B eq cell−1) and G. caribaeus (<LOD to 90.37 ± 15.89 fg CTX1B eq cell−1). Unlike the similar CTX-like toxicity of G. australes and G. silvae strains from different locations, G. excentricus and G. caribaeus differed considerably according to the origin of the strain. These differences emphasise the importance of species identification to assess the regional risk of CFP.
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- Araceli E. Rossignoli
- Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Ocenográfico de Vigo, Subida a Radiofaro 50, 36390 Vigo, Spain;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-986492111; Fax: +34-986498626
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- IRTA, Ctra. Poble Nou, km. 5.5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain; (A.T.); (J.D.)
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- Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Ocenográfico de Vigo, Subida a Radiofaro 50, 36390 Vigo, Spain;
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- Centro i~mar & CeBiB, Universidad de Los Lagos, Casilla 557, Puerto Montt, Chile;
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- IRTA, Ctra. Poble Nou, km. 5.5, 43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain; (A.T.); (J.D.)
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- Department of Photobiology and Toxinology of Phytoplankton, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, CSIC, Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain;
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Akbar MA, Mohd Yusof NY, Tahir NI, Ahmad A, Usup G, Sahrani FK, Bunawan H. Biosynthesis of Saxitoxin in Marine Dinoflagellates: An Omics Perspective. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:md18020103. [PMID: 32033403 PMCID: PMC7073992 DOI: 10.3390/md18020103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Saxitoxin is an alkaloid neurotoxin originally isolated from the clam Saxidomus giganteus in 1957. This group of neurotoxins is produced by several species of freshwater cyanobacteria and marine dinoflagellates. The saxitoxin biosynthesis pathway was described for the first time in the 1980s and, since then, it was studied in more than seven cyanobacterial genera, comprising 26 genes that form a cluster ranging from 25.7 kb to 35 kb in sequence length. Due to the complexity of the genomic landscape, saxitoxin biosynthesis in dinoflagellates remains unknown. In order to reveal and understand the dynamics of the activity in such impressive unicellular organisms with a complex genome, a strategy that can carefully engage them in a systems view is necessary. Advances in omics technology (the collective tools of biological sciences) facilitated high-throughput studies of the genome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome of dinoflagellates. The omics approach was utilized to address saxitoxin-producing dinoflagellates in response to environmental stresses to improve understanding of dinoflagellates gene–environment interactions. Therefore, in this review, the progress in understanding dinoflagellate saxitoxin biosynthesis using an omics approach is emphasized. Further potential applications of metabolomics and genomics to unravel novel insights into saxitoxin biosynthesis in dinoflagellates are also reviewed.
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- Muhamad Afiq Akbar
- School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia;
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- Department of Earth Science and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia; (N.Y.M.Y.); (F.K.S.)
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- Malaysian Palm Oil Board, No 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, Kajang 43000, Selangor, Malaysia;
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- University College Sabah Foundation, Jalan Sanzac, Kota Kinabalu 88100, Sabah, Malaysia; (A.A.); (G.U.)
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- University College Sabah Foundation, Jalan Sanzac, Kota Kinabalu 88100, Sabah, Malaysia; (A.A.); (G.U.)
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- Department of Earth Science and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia; (N.Y.M.Y.); (F.K.S.)
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- Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +60-389-214-546
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Pechkovskaya SA, Knyazev NA, Matantseva OV, Emelyanov AK, Telesh IV, Skarlato SO, Filatova NA. Dur3 and nrt2 genes in the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum: Transcriptional responses to available nitrogen sources. Chemosphere 2020; 241:125083. [PMID: 31683425 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The increasing inflow of nitrogen (N) substrates into marine nearshore ecosystems induces proliferation of harmful algal blooms (HABs) of dinoflagellates, such as potentially toxic invasive species Prorocentrum minimum. In this study, we estimated the influence of NO3-, NH4+ and urea on transcription levels and urea transporter dur3 and nitrate transporter nrt2 genes expression in these dinoflagellates. We identified dur3 and nrt2 genes sequences in unannotated transcriptomes of P. minimum and other dinoflagellates presented in MMETSP database. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these genes of dinoflagellates clustered to the distinct clade demonstrating evolutionary relationship with the other known dur3 and nrt2 genes of microalgae. The evaluation of expression levels of dur3 and nrt2 genes by RT-qPCR revealed their sensitivity to input of the studied N sources. Dur3 expression levels were downregulated after the supplementation of additional N sources and were 1.7-2.6-fold lower than in the nitrate-grown culture. Nrt2 expression levels decreased 1.9-fold in the presence of NH4+. We estimated total RNA and DNA synthesis rates by the analysis of incorporation of 3H-thymidine and 3H-uridine in batch and continuous cultures. Addition of N compounds did not affect the DNA synthesis rates. Transcription levels increased up to 12.5-fold after the N supplementation in urea-limited treatments. Investigation of various nitrogen sources as biomarkers of dinoflagellate proliferation due to their differentiated impact on expression of dur3 and nrt2 genes and transcription rates in P. minimum cells allowed concluding about high potential of the studied parameters for future modeling of HABs under global N pollution.
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- S A Pechkovskaya
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; St. Petersburg Academic University of Nanotechnology Research and Education Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Pavlov First State Medical University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Xun X, Cheng J, Wang J, Li Y, Li X, Li M, Lou J, Kong Y, Bao Z, Hu X. Solute carriers in scallop genome: Gene expansion and expression regulation after exposure to toxic dinoflagellate. Chemosphere 2020; 241:124968. [PMID: 31606578 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The solute carriers (SLCs) are membrane proteins that transport many endogenous and exogenous substances such as xenobiotic toxins. Bivalve mollusks, mainly feeding on microalgae, show marked capacity to accumulate paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), the most common and hazardous marine biotoxins produced by dinoflagellates. Exploring the SLCs related to PST accumulation in bivalve could benefit our understanding about the mechanisms of PST bioavailability in bivalve and the adaptations of these species. Herein, we provided the first systematic analysis of SLC genes in mollusks, which identified 673 SLCs (PySLCs, 48 subfamilies) in Yesso scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis), 510 (48 subfamilies) in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), and 350 (47 subfamilies) in gastropod owl limpet (Lottia gigantea). Significant expansion of subfamilies SLC5, SLC6, SLC16, and SLC23 in scallop, and SLC46 subfamily in both scallop and oyster were revealed. Different PySLC members were highly expressed in the developmental stages and adult tissues, and hepatopancreas harboured more specifically expressed PySLCs than other tissues/organs. After feeding the scallops with PST-producing dinoflagellate, 131 PySLCs were regulated and more than half of them were from the expanded subfamilies. The trend of expression fold change in regulated PySLCs was consistent with that of PST changes in hepatopancreas, implying the possible involvement of these PySLCs in PST transport and homeostasis. In addition, the PySLCs from the expanded subfamily were revealed to be under positive selection, which might be related to lineage-specific adaptation to the marine environments with algae derived biotoxins.
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- Xiaogang Xun
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ministry of Education), Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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Bednarz VN, Grover R, Ferrier-Pagès C. Elevated ammonium delays the impairment of the coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis during labile carbon pollution. Aquat Toxicol 2020; 218:105360. [PMID: 31765943 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.105360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Labile dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a major pollutant in coastal marine environments affected by anthropogenic impacts, and may significantly contribute to coral bleaching and subsequent mortality on coastal reefs. DOC can cause bleaching indirectly through the rapid proliferation of copiotrophic and pathogenic bacteria. Here we demonstrate that labile DOC compounds can also impair the coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis by directly affecting coral physiology on both the host and algal symbiont level. In a controlled aquarium experiment, we monitored over several weeks key physiological parameters of the tropical coral Stylophora pistillata exposed to ambient and elevated labile DOC levels (0.1 and 1.0 mM) in combination with low and high nitrogen (i.e. ammonium) conditions (0.2 and 4.0 μM). At the symbiont level, DOC exposure under low ammonium availability decreased the photosynthetic efficiency accompanied by ∼75 % Chl a and ∼50 % symbiont cell reduction. The photosynthetic functioning of the symbionts recovered once the DOC enrichment ceased indicating a reversible shift between autotrophic and heterotrophic metabolism. At the host level, the assimilation of exogenous DOC sustained the tissue carbon reserves, but induced a depletion of the nitrogen reserves, indicated by ∼35 % decreased protein levels. This suggests an imbalanced exogenous carbon to nitrogen supply with nitrogen potentially limiting host metabolism on the long-term. We also demonstrate that increased ammonium availability delayed DOC-induced bleaching likely by keeping symbionts in a photosynthetically competent state, which is crucial for symbiosis maintenance and coral survival. Overall, the present study provides further insights into how coastal pollution can de-stabilize the coral-algal symbiosis and cause coral bleaching. Therefore, reducing coastal pollution and sustaining ecological integrity are critical to strengthen the resilience of coral reefs facing climate change.
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- Vanessa N Bednarz
- Marine Department, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 8 Quai Antoine Ier, MC-98000, Monaco.
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- Marine Department, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 8 Quai Antoine Ier, MC-98000, Monaco
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Casabianca S, Capellacci S, Penna A, Cangiotti M, Fattori A, Corsi I, Ottaviani MF, Carloni R. Physical interactions between marine phytoplankton and PET plastics in seawater. Chemosphere 2020; 238:124560. [PMID: 31437632 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Plastics are the most abundant marine debris globally dispersed in the oceans and its production is rising with documented negative impacts in marine ecosystems. However, the chemical-physical and biological interactions occurring between plastic and planktonic communities of different types of microorganisms are poorly understood. In these respects, it is of paramount importance to understand, on a molecular level on the surface, what happens to plastic fragments when dispersed in the ocean and directly interacting with phytoplankton assemblages. This study presents a computer-aided analysis of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of selected spin probes able to enter the phyoplanktonic cell interface and interact with the plastic surface. Two different marine phytoplankton species were analyzed, such as the diatom Skeletonema marinoi and dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum, in absence and presence of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fragments in synthetic seawater (ASPM), in order to in-situ characterize the interactions occurring between the microalgal cells and plastic surfaces. The analysis was performed at increasing incubation times. The cellular growth and adhesion rates of microalgae in batch culture medium and on the plastic fragments were also evaluated. The data agreed with the EPR results, which showed a significant difference in terms of surface properties between the diatom and dinoflagellate species. Low-polar interactions of lipid aggregates with the plastic surface sites were mainly responsible for the cell-plastic adhesion by S. marinoi, which is exponentially growing on the plastic surface over the incubation time.
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- Silvia Casabianca
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy; Conisma, Consorzio di Scienze Interuniversitario sul Mare, Piazzale Flaminio 6, 00136, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy; Conisma, Consorzio di Scienze Interuniversitario sul Mare, Piazzale Flaminio 6, 00136, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy; Conisma, Consorzio di Scienze Interuniversitario sul Mare, Piazzale Flaminio 6, 00136, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino, PU, Italy.
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Yi X, Zhang K, Liu R, Giesy JP, Li Z, Li W, Zhan J, Liu L, Gong Y. Transcriptomic responses of Artemia salina exposed to an environmentally relevant dose of Alexandrium minutum cells or Gonyautoxin2/3. Chemosphere 2020; 238:124661. [PMID: 31472350 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Toxicities of the marine algae Alexandrium minutum and its excreted gonyautoxins (GTXs) to the marine crustacean Artemia salina were investigated. Mortality was observed for neither larvae nor adult A. salina exposed to A. minutum at a density of 5000 cells/mL or 0.5 μM GTX2/3. After exposure, the full transcriptome of adult A. salina was assembled and functionally annotated. A total of 599,286 transcripts were obtained, which were clustered into 515,196 unigenes. Results of the transcriptional effect level index revealed that direct exposure to the toxic algae A. minutum caused greater alterations in the transcriptome than did exposure to the extracellular product GTX2/3. Mechanisms of effects were different between exposure of A. salina to A. minutum cells or GTX2/3. Exposure to A. minutum modulated formation of the ribonucleoprotein complex and metabolism of amino acids and lipids in A. salina. Exposure to GTX2/3 exposure inhibited expression of genes related to metabolism of chitin, which might result in disruption of molting process or disturbed sheath morphogenesis. Overall, effects on transcription observed in this study represent the first report based on application of next generation sequencing techniques to investigate the transcriptomic response of A. salina exposed to an environmentally realistic level of A. minutum or GTX2/3.
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- Xianliang Yi
- School of Food and Environment, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin City, Liaoning, China
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- School of Food and Environment, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin City, Liaoning, China
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- National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian City, Liaoning, China.
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, S7N 5B4, Saskatchewan, Canada; Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, S7N 5B4, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States
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- School of Food and Environment, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin City, Liaoning, China
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- School of Food and Environment, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin City, Liaoning, China
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- School of Food and Environment, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin City, Liaoning, China
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- School of Food and Environment, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin City, Liaoning, China
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- School of Food and Environment, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin City, Liaoning, China; Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, S7N 5B4, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Tilstra A, El-Khaled YC, Roth F, Rädecker N, Pogoreutz C, Voolstra CR, Wild C. Denitrification Aligns with N 2 Fixation in Red Sea Corals. Sci Rep 2019; 9:19460. [PMID: 31857601 PMCID: PMC6923481 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55408-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Denitrification may potentially alleviate excess nitrogen (N) availability in coral holobionts to maintain a favourable N to phosphorous ratio in the coral tissue. However, little is known about the abundance and activity of denitrifiers in the coral holobiont. The present study used the nirS marker gene as a proxy for denitrification potential along with measurements of denitrification rates in a comparative coral taxonomic framework from the Red Sea: Acropora hemprichii, Millepora dichotoma, and Pleuractis granulosa. Relative nirS gene copy numbers associated with the tissues of these common corals were assessed and compared with denitrification rates on the holobiont level. In addition, dinitrogen (N2) fixation rates, Symbiodiniaceae cell density, and oxygen evolution were assessed to provide an environmental context for denitrification. We found that relative abundances of the nirS gene were 16- and 17-fold higher in A. hemprichii compared to M. dichotoma and P. granulosa, respectively. In concordance, highest denitrification rates were measured in A. hemprichii, followed by M. dichotoma and P. granulosa. Denitrification rates were positively correlated with N2 fixation rates and Symbiodiniaceae cell densities. Our results suggest that denitrification may counterbalance the N input from N2 fixation in the coral holobiont, and we hypothesize that these processes may be limited by photosynthates released by the Symbiodiniaceae.
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- Arjen Tilstra
- Marine Ecology Department, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, 28359, Germany.
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- Marine Ecology Department, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, 78464, Germany
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- Marine Ecology Department, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, 28359, Germany
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Longo S, Sibat M, Viallon J, Darius HT, Hess P, Chinain M. Intraspecific Variability in the Toxin Production and Toxin Profiles of In Vitro Cultures of Gambierdiscus polynesiensis (Dinophyceae) from French Polynesia. Toxins (Basel) 2019; 11:toxins11120735. [PMID: 31861242 PMCID: PMC6950660 DOI: 10.3390/toxins11120735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ciguatera poisoning (CP) is a foodborne disease caused by the consumption of seafood contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs) produced by dinoflagellates in the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa. The toxin production and toxin profiles were explored in four clones of G. polynesiensis originating from different islands in French Polynesia with contrasted CP risk: RIK7 (Mangareva, Gambier), NHA4 (Nuku Hiva, Marquesas), RAI-1 (Raivavae, Australes), and RG92 (Rangiroa, Tuamotu). Productions of CTXs, maitotoxins (MTXs), and gambierone group analogs were examined at exponential and stationary growth phases using the neuroblastoma cell-based assay and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. While none of the strains was found to produce known MTX compounds, all strains showed high overall P-CTX production ranging from 1.1 ± 0.1 to 4.6 ± 0.7 pg cell−1. In total, nine P-CTX analogs were detected, depending on strain and growth phase. The production of gambierone, as well as 44-methylgamberione, was also confirmed in G. polynesiensis. This study highlighted: (i) intraspecific variations in toxin production and profiles between clones from distinct geographic origins and (ii) the noticeable increase in toxin production of both CTXs, in particular CTX4A/B, and gambierone group analogs from the exponential to the stationary phase.
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- Sébastien Longo
- Laboratoire de recherche sur les Biotoxines Marines Institut Louis Malardé-UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete-Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
- Correspondence:
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- Laboratoire Phycotoxines, IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, 44311 Nantes, France; (M.S.); (P.H.)
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- Laboratoire de recherche sur les Biotoxines Marines Institut Louis Malardé-UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete-Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
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- Laboratoire de recherche sur les Biotoxines Marines Institut Louis Malardé-UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete-Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
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- Laboratoire Phycotoxines, IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, 44311 Nantes, France; (M.S.); (P.H.)
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- Laboratoire de recherche sur les Biotoxines Marines Institut Louis Malardé-UMR 241 EIO, 98713 Papeete-Tahiti, French Polynesia; (J.V.); (H.T.D.); (M.C.)
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Niu Z, Xu W, Na J, Lv Z, Zhang Y. How long-term exposure of environmentally relevant antibiotics may stimulate the growth of Prorocentrum lima: A probable positive factor for red tides. Environ Pollut 2019; 255:113149. [PMID: 31522007 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Antibiotics have been widely detected in the ocean and have various impacts on the environment, while knowledge of their chronic influence on phytoplankton, especially red tide algae, is still limited. Dinoflagellates and green algae are common phytoplankton in marine ecosystems. The former is the main red tide algae, and the latter is an important primary producer. We investigated the long-term responses of two representative algae, Prorocentrum lima and Chlorella sp., to two common antibiotics (sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and norfloxacin (NFX)) at environmentally relevant levels (10 and 100 ng/L) during simulated natural conditions. The cell density and activities of three antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD)) were analyzed. The results showed that the influence of each antibiotic on Chlorella sp. was not significant (p > 0.05) during the first 10 days, but the influence of the antibiotics later began to show significant inhibition (p < 0.05) compared with the control group, especially during mixed exposure. P. lima was not inhibited, but its cell density increased. SMX had a superior stimulation effect on P. lima. The three enzymes activities of P. lima increased, and the antioxidant mechanism was not seriously impacted. However, for Chlorella sp., the activity of SOD increased while the activities of CAT and POD decreased, suggesting that this algae's antioxidant system was unbalanced due to oxidative stress. Based on our results, the growth of P. lima was different from green algae Chlorella sp. as well as other inhibited marine algae (such as diatom, golden algae) studied in previous studies. Therefore, as a typical pollutant in the ocean, antibiotics may play a positive role in the bloom of dinoflagellate red tides.
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- Zhiguang Niu
- School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Technology for Complex Trans-Media Pollution, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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Lawson CA, Possell M, Seymour JR, Raina JB, Suggett DJ. Coral endosymbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) emit species-specific volatilomes that shift when exposed to thermal stress. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17395. [PMID: 31758008 PMCID: PMC6874547 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53552-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) influence organism fitness by promoting stress resistance and regulating trophic interactions. Studies examining BVOC emissions have predominantly focussed on terrestrial ecosystems and atmospheric chemistry - surprisingly, highly productive marine ecosystems remain largely overlooked. Here we examined the volatilome (total BVOCs) of the microalgal endosymbionts of reef invertebrates, Symbiodiniaceae. We used GC-MS to characterise five species (Symbiodinium linucheae, Breviolum psygmophilum, Durusdinium trenchii, Effrenium voratum, Fugacium kawagutii) under steady-state growth. A diverse range of 32 BVOCs were detected (from 12 in D. trenchii to 27 in S. linucheae) with halogenated hydrocarbons, alkanes and esters the most common chemical functional groups. A thermal stress experiment on thermally-sensitive Cladocopium goreaui and thermally-tolerant D. trenchii significantly affected the volatilomes of both species. More BVOCs were detected in D. trenchii following thermal stress (32 °C), while fewer BVOCs were recorded in stressed C. goreaui. The onset of stress caused dramatic increases of dimethyl-disulfide (98.52%) in C. goreaui and nonanoic acid (99.85%) in D. trenchii. This first volatilome analysis of Symbiodiniaceae reveals that both species-specificity and environmental factors govern the composition of BVOC emissions among the Symbiodiniaceae, which potentially have, as yet unexplored, physiological and ecological importance in shaping coral reef community functioning.
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- Caitlin A Lawson
- Climate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Tian-Tian L, Ping H, Jia-Xing L, Zhi-Xin K, Ye-Hui T. Utilization of different dissolved organic phosphorus sources by Symbiodinium voratum in vitro. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2019; 95:fiz150. [PMID: 31580458 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiz150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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This study examines the physiological responses of the Symbiodiniumvoratum (clade E) to two types of phosphates having different chemical bonds-phosphoesters (C-O-P bonds) and phosphonates (C-P bonds) to explore Symbiodinium cell growth and the molecular perspective of the P utilization process. Alkaline phosphatase (AP), PhnX, PhoA and PhoX expression was profiled for different P conditions using the RT-qPCR method. In a sterile system, Symbiodinium could decompose phosphoesters, such as ATP and glucose 6-phosphate (G-6-P), into dissolved inorganic P (DIP) to supplement inorganic phosphorus but could not directly use phosphoesters for growth. The growth rate and photosynthetic efficiency of zooxanthellae in phosphoester-containing media did not significantly differ from those in the DIP group but were significantly inhibited in medium containing phosphonates such as N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine (glyphosate) and 2-aminoethylphosphonic acid (2-AEP), as well as in DIP-poor medium. The phosphonate group DIP concentration did not change remarkably, indicating that phosphonates can neither be directly used by zooxanthellae nor decomposed into DIP. Our RT-qPCR results support our views that the phosphoesters (C-O-P) had been hydrolyzed outside the cell before being absorbed into the Symbiodinium cell, and implies that PhnX, PhoA and PhoX are perhaps responsible for transporting DIP from medium into cells and for storage of DIP.
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- Liu Tian-Tian
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), Guangzhou, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), China
- Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISEE, CAS)
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), Guangzhou, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), China
- Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISEE, CAS)
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), Guangzhou, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), China
- Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISEE, CAS)
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (LMB), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology (LAMB), Guangzhou, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), China
- Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISEE, CAS)
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Meunier V, Bonnet S, Pernice M, Benavides M, Lorrain A, Grosso O, Lambert C, Houlbrèque F. Bleaching forces coral's heterotrophy on diazotrophs and Synechococcus. ISME J 2019; 13:2882-2886. [PMID: 31249389 PMCID: PMC6794269 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0456-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Coral reefs are threatened by global warming, which disrupts the symbiosis between corals and their photosynthetic symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae), leading to mass coral bleaching. Planktonic diazotrophs or dinitrogen (N2)-fixing prokaryotes are abundant in coral lagoon waters and could be an alternative nutrient source for corals. Here we incubated untreated and bleached coral colonies of Stylophora pistillata with a 15N2-pre-labelled natural plankton assemblage containing diazotrophs. 15N2 assimilation rates in Symbiodiniaceae cells and tissues of bleached corals were 5- and 30-fold higher, respectively, than those measured in untreated corals, demonstrating that corals incorporate more nitrogen derived from planktonic diazotrophs under bleaching conditions. Bleached corals also preferentially fed on Synechococcus, nitrogen-rich picophytoplanktonic cells, instead of Prochlorococcus and picoeukaryotes, which have a lower cellular nitrogen content. By providing an alternative source of bioavailable nitrogen, both the incorporation of nitrogen derived from planktonic diazotrophs and the ingestion of Synechococcus may have profound consequences for coral bleaching recovery, especially for the many coral reef ecosystems characterized by high abundance and activity of planktonic diazotrophs.
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- Valentine Meunier
- Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL, ENTROPIE (UMR9220), IRD, 98848, Nouméa cedex, New Caledonia.
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- Aix Marseille University, Université́ de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Faculty of Science, Climate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Aix Marseille University, Université́ de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, F-29280, Plouzané, France
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- Aix Marseille University, Université́ de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL, ENTROPIE (UMR9220), IRD, 98848, Nouméa cedex, New Caledonia
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Hu B, Li M, Yu X, Xun X, Lu W, Li X, Li Y, Lou J, Wang S, Zhang L, Cheng J, Hu X, Bao Z. Diverse expression regulation of Hsp70 genes in scallops after exposure to toxic Alexandrium dinoflagellates. Chemosphere 2019; 234:62-69. [PMID: 31203042 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Heat shock proteins 70KD (Hsp70s) are highly conserved molecular chaperones with essential roles against biotic and abiotic stressors. Marine bivalves inhabit highly complex environments and could accumulate paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), the well-noted neurotoxins generated during harmful algal blooms. Here, we systematically analyzed Hsp70 genes (CfHsp70s) in Zhikong scallop (Chlamys farreri), an important aquaculture mollusk in China. Sixty-five CfHsp70s from eight sub-families were identified, and 47 of these genes showed expansion in the Hspa12 sub-family. After exposure to different PST-producing dinoflagellates, Alexandrium minutum and Alexandrium catenella, diverse CfHsp70s regulation presented in scallop hepatopancreas, mainly accumulating incoming PSTs, and kidneys, transforming PSTs into higher toxic analogs. All the up-regulated CfHsp70s were from CfHsp70B2, CfHspa12, and CfHspa5 sub-families. CfHsp70B2 sub-family was mainly induced in the hepatopancreas, and CfHspa12 sub-family was highly induced in the kidneys. CfHsp70s up-regulation under two dinoflagellates exposure was stronger in the kidneys (log2FC: 19.5 and 18.6) than that in hepatopancreas (log2FC: 4.3 and 6.1). Exposure to different Alexandrium species had varying effects, that in hepatopancreas, CfHsp70B2s were chronically induced only after A. catenella exposure, whereas in kidney, CfHspa12s were more acutely induced after exposure of A. minutum than A. caenella. Moreover, in Yesso scallops (Patinopecten yessoensis), only Hspa12s were up-regulated in hepatopancreas after A. catenella exposure, and all the Hsp70B2s were down-regulated. These organ-, toxin-, and species-dependent Hsp70 regulation suggested the functional diversity of duplicated Hsp70s in response to the stress by PST-producing algae. Our findings provide insights into the evolution and functional characteristics of Hsp70s in scallops.
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- Boyang Hu
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China; Marine Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao, 266237, China
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Ki JS, Ebenezer V, Lim WA. Yellow clay modulates carbohydrate and glutathione responses in the harmful dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides and leads to sedimentation. Eur J Protistol 2019; 71:125642. [PMID: 31654920 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2019.125642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The marine dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides is a harmful algal bloom (HAB) species that severely impacts the environment and causes huge economic losses. Yellow clay (YC), considered to be a non-toxic and naturally-occurring material, represents an important step towards the direct control of HABs. In the present study, we evaluated the physiological and biochemical effects of YC on C. polykrikoides after exposures of up to 72 h. We observed little physiological changes in growth rate, chlorophyll a, lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzymatic activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase, and activity of alkaline phosphatase after exposure to YC. Interestingly, YC significantly increased total carbohydrate and glutathione levels, affecting the physiology of the cells. These results indicate that total carbohydrate content may play an important role in cell-clay aggregation and it could be the main underlying mechanism that mitigates HAB cells via sedimentation.
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- Jang-Seu Ki
- Department of Biotechnology, Sangmyung University, Seoul 03016, South Korea.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sangmyung University, Seoul 03016, South Korea
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- Ocean Climate and Ecology Research Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, South Korea
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Wan X, Yao G, Liu Y, Chen J, Jiang H. Research Progress in the Biosynthetic Mechanisms of Marine Polyether Toxins. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:E594. [PMID: 31652489 PMCID: PMC6835853 DOI: 10.3390/md17100594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Marine polyether toxins, mainly produced by marine dinoflagellates, are novel, complex, and diverse natural products with extensive toxicological and pharmacological effects. Owing to their harmful effects during outbreaks of marine red tides, as well as their potential value for the development of new drugs, marine polyether toxins have been extensively studied, in terms of toxicology, pharmacology, detection, and analysis, structural identification, as well as their biosynthetic mechanisms. Although the biosynthetic mechanisms of marine polyether toxins are still unclear, certain progress has been made. In this review, research progress and current knowledge on the biosynthetic mechanisms of polyether toxins are summarized, including the mechanisms of carbon skeleton deletion, pendant alkylation, and polyether ring formation, along with providing a summary of mined biosynthesis-related genes. Finally, future research directions and applications of marine polyether toxins are discussed.
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- Xiukun Wan
- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China.
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Verma A, Kazandjian A, Sarowar C, Harwood DT, Murray JS, Pargmann I, Hoppenrath M, Murray SA. Morphology and Phylogenetics of Benthic Prorocentrum Species (Dinophyceae) from Tropical Northwestern Australia. Toxins (Basel) 2019; 11:toxins11100571. [PMID: 31574958 PMCID: PMC6833055 DOI: 10.3390/toxins11100571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Approximately 70 species of Prorocentrum are known, of which around 30 species are associated with benthic habitats. Some produce okadaic acid (OA), dinophysistoxin (DTX) and their derivatives, which are involved in diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. In this study, we isolated and characterized Prorocentrum concavum and P. malayense from Broome in north Western Australia using light and scanning electron microscopy as well as molecular sequences of large subunit regions of ribosomal DNA, marking the first record of these species from Australian waters. The morphology of the motile cells of P. malayense was similar to P. concavum in the light microscopy, but differed by the smooth thecal surface, the pore pattern and the production of mucous stalk-like structures and a hyaline sheath around the non-motile cells. P. malayense could also be differentiated from other closely related species, P. leve and P. foraminosum, despite the similarity in thecal surface and pore pattern, by its platelet formula and morphologies. We tested the production of OA and DTXs from both species, but found that they did not produce detectable levels of these toxins in the given culturing conditions. This study aids in establishing more effective monitoring of potential harmful algal taxa in Australian waters for aquaculture and recreational purposes.
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- Arjun Verma
- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
- Laboratorio de Sistemática Molecular, Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas 89000, Venezuela.
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- Seafood Safety Research Programme, Cawthron Institute, Nelson 7010, New Zealand.
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- Seafood Safety Research Programme, Cawthron Institute, Nelson 7010, New Zealand.
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- Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, D-26129 Oldenburg; Germany.
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- Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, D-26129 Oldenburg; Germany.
- Senckenberg am Meer, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), D-26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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Abreu AC, Molina-Miras A, Aguilera-Sáez LM, López-Rosales L, Cerón-García MDC, Sánchez-Mirón A, Olmo-García L, Carrasco-Pancorbo A, García-Camacho F, Molina-Grima E, Fernández I. Production of Amphidinols and Other Bioproducts of Interest by the Marine Microalga Amphidinium carterae Unraveled by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics Approach Coupled to Multivariate Data Analysis. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:9667-9682. [PMID: 31415166 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study assessed the feasibility of an NMR metabolomics approach coupled to multivariate data analysis to monitor the naturally present or stresses-elicited metabolites from a long-term (>170 days) culture of the dinoflagellate marine microalgae Amphidinium carterae grown in a fiberglass paddlewheel-driven raceway photobioreactor. Metabolic contents, in particular, in two members of the amphidinol family, amphidinol A and its 7-sulfate derivative amphidinol B (referred as APDs), and other compounds of interest (fatty acids, carotenoids, oxylipins, etc.) were evaluated by altering concentration levels of the f/2 medium nutrients and daily mean irradiance. Operating with a 24 h sinusoidal light cycle allowed a 3-fold increase in APD production, which was also detected by an increase in hemolytic activity of the methanolic extract of A. carterae biomass. The presence of APDs was consistent with the antitumoral activity measured in the methanolic extracts of the biomass. Increased daily irradiance was accompanied by a general decrease in pigments and an increase in SFAs (saturated fatty acids), MUFAs (monounsaturated fatty acids), and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), while increased nutrient availability lead to an increase in sugar, amino acid, and PUFA ω-3 contents and pigments and a decrease in SFAs and MUFAs. NMR-based metabolomics is shown to be a fast and suitable method to accompany the production of APD and bioactive compounds without the need of tedious isolation methods and bioassays. The two APD compounds were chemically identified by spectroscopic NMR and spectrometric ESI-IT MS (electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry) and ESI-TOF MS (ESI time-of-flight mass spectrometry) methods.
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- Ana Cristina Abreu
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL , University of Almería , Ctra. Sacramento, s/n , 04120 Almería , Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL , University of Almería , 04120 Almería , Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL , University of Almería , Ctra. Sacramento, s/n , 04120 Almería , Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL , University of Almería , 04120 Almería , Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL , University of Almería , 04120 Almería , Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences , University of Granada , Ave. Fuentenueva s/n , 18071 Granada , Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences , University of Granada , Ave. Fuentenueva s/n , 18071 Granada , Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL , University of Almería , 04120 Almería , Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL , University of Almería , 04120 Almería , Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Research Centre CIAIMBITAL , University of Almería , Ctra. Sacramento, s/n , 04120 Almería , Spain
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Chetouhi C, Laabir M, Masseret E, Jean N. In silico prediction of the secretome from the invasive neurotoxic marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella. Environ Microbiol Rep 2019; 11:571-580. [PMID: 31091000 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Alexandrium catenella, a marine dinoflagellate responsible for harmful algal blooms (HABs), proliferates with greater frequency, distribution and intensity, in disturbed marine coastal ecosystems. The proteins secreted into seawater may play a crucial role in maintaining this dinoflagellate in these ecosystems, but this possibility has never been investigated before. In this study, the A. catenella secretome was predicted from its transcriptome by combining several bioinformatics tools. Our results predict a secretome of 2 779 proteins, among which 79% contain less than 500 amino acids, suggesting that most secreted proteins are short in length. The predicted secretome includes 963 proteins (35%) with Pfam domains: 773 proteins with one Pfam domain and 190 proteins with two or more Pfam domains. Their functional annotation showed that they are mainly involved in (i) proteolysis, (ii) stress responses and (iii) primary metabolism. In addition, 47% of the secreted proteins appear to be enzymes, primarily peptidases, known to be biologically active in the extracellular medium during stress responses. Finally, this study provides a wealth of candidates of proteins secreted by A. catenella, which may interact with the marine environment and help this dinoflagellate develop in various environmental conditions.
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- Cherif Chetouhi
- Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Equipe Microbiologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, UM 110 CNRS/IRD Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CS 60584, 83 041 Toulon Cedex 9, France
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- Marbec, University of Montpellier, IRD, Ifremer, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Marbec, University of Montpellier, IRD, Ifremer, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Equipe Microbiologie Environnementale et Biotechnologie, UM 110 CNRS/IRD Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CS 60584, 83 041 Toulon Cedex 9, France
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Wei XM, Lu MY, Duan GF, Li HY, Liu JS, Yang WD. Responses of CYP450 in the mussel Perna viridis after short-term exposure to the DSP toxins-producing dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2019; 176:178-185. [PMID: 30927639 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.03.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins are key shellfish toxins that cause diarrhea, vomiting and even tumor. Interestingly, bivalves such as Perna viridis have been reported to exhibit some resistances to alleviate toxic effects of DSP toxins in a species-specific manner. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms underlying the resistance phenomenon to DSP toxins, particularly the mechanistic role of CYP450 is scant despite its crucial role in detoxification. Here, we exposed P. viridis to Prorocentrum lima and examined the expression pattern of the CYP450 and our comprehensive analyses revealed that P. lima exposure resulted in unique expression pattern of key CYP450 genes in bivalves. Exposure to P. lima (2 × 105 cells/L) dramatically orchestrated the relative expression of CYP450 genes. CYP2D14-like mRNA was significantly down-regulated at 6 h in gill, but up-regulated at 2 h in digestive gland compared with control counterparts (p < 0.05), while CYP3A4 mRNA was increased at 12 h in gill. After exposure to P. lima at 2 × 106 cells/L, the expression of CYP3A4 mRNA was significantly increased in digestive gland at 2 h and 12 h, while CYP2D14-like was up-regulated at 6 h. Besides, CYP3L3 and CYP2C8 also exhibited differential expression. These data suggested that CYP3A4, CYP2D14-like, and even CYP3L3 and CYP2C8 might be involved in DSP toxins metabolism. Besides, provision of ketoconazole resulted in significant decrement of CYP3A4 in digestive gland at 2 h and 12 h, while the OA content significantly decreased at 2 h and 6 h compared to control group without ketoconazole. These findings indicated that ketoconazole could depress CYP3A4 activity in bivalves thereby altering the metabolic activities of DSP toxins in bivalves, and also provided novel insights into the mechanistic role of CYP3A4 on DSP toxins metabolism in bivalves.
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- Xiao-Meng Wei
- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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Ishii Y, Maruyama S, Takahashi H, Aihara Y, Yamaguchi T, Yamaguchi K, Shigenobu S, Kawata M, Ueno N, Minagawa J. Global Shifts in Gene Expression Profiles Accompanied with Environmental Changes in Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Endosymbiosis. G3 (Bethesda) 2019; 9:2337-2347. [PMID: 31097480 PMCID: PMC6643889 DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.201012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Stable endosymbiotic relationships between cnidarian animals and dinoflagellate algae are vital for sustaining coral reef ecosystems. Recent studies have shown that elevated seawater temperatures can cause the collapse of their endosymbiosis, known as 'bleaching', and result in mass mortality. However, the molecular interplay between temperature responses and symbiotic states still remains unclear. To identify candidate genes relevant to the symbiotic stability, we performed transcriptomic analyses under multiple conditions using the symbiotic and apo-symbiotic (symbiont free) Exaiptasia diaphana, an emerging model sea anemone. Gene expression patterns showed that large parts of differentially expressed genes in response to heat stress were specific to the symbiotic state, suggesting that the host sea anemone could react to environmental changes in a symbiotic state-dependent manner. Comparative analysis of expression profiles under multiple conditions highlighted candidate genes potentially important in the symbiotic state transition under heat-induced bleaching. Many of these genes were functionally associated with carbohydrate and protein metabolisms in lysosomes. Symbiont algal genes differentially expressed in hospite encode proteins related to heat shock response, calcium signaling, organellar protein transport, and sugar metabolism. Our data suggest that heat stress alters gene expression in both the hosts and symbionts. In particular, heat stress may affect the lysosome-mediated degradation and transportation of substrates such as carbohydrates through the symbiosome (phagosome-derived organelle harboring symbiont) membrane, which potentially might attenuate the stability of symbiosis and lead to bleaching-associated symbiotic state transition.
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- Yuu Ishii
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Division of Morphogenesis, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Photobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of Morphogenesis, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Functional Genomics Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Functional Genomics Facility, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
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- Division of Morphogenesis, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- Division of Environmental Photobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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López-Rodríguez M, Cerón-García MC, López-Rosales L, González-López CV, Molina-Miras A, Ramírez-González A, Sánchez-Mirón A, García-Camacho F, Molina-Grima E. Assessment of multi-step processes for an integral use of the biomass of the marine microalga Amphidinium carterae. Bioresour Technol 2019; 282:370-377. [PMID: 30884456 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sustainable dinoflagellate microalgae-based bioprocess designed to produce secondary metabolites (SMs) with interesting bioactivities are attracting increasing attention. However, dinoflagellates also produce other valuable bioproducts (e.g polyunsaturated fatty acids, carotenoids, etc.) that could be recovered and should therefore be taken into account in the bioprocess. In this study, biomass of the marine dinoflagellate microalga Amphidinium carterae was used to assess and optimise three different methods in order to obtain three families of high-value biochemical compounds present in the biomass. The existing processes encompassed a multi-step extraction process for carotenoids, fatty acids and APDs individually and are optimized for the integral valorization of raw A. carterae biomass, with SMs being the primary target compounds. Total process recovery yields were 97% for carotenoids, 80% for total fatty acids and 100% for an extract rich in APDs (not purified).
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- M López-Rodríguez
- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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Long M, Holland A, Planquette H, González Santana D, Whitby H, Soudant P, Sarthou G, Hégaret H, Jolley DF. Effects of copper on the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum and its allelochemical potency. Aquat Toxicol 2019; 210:251-261. [PMID: 30878793 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum produces toxic compounds, including paralytic shellfish toxins, but also some unknown extracellular toxins. Although copper (Cu) is an essential element, it can impair microalgal physiology and increase their toxic potency. This study investigated the effect of different concentrations of dissolved Cu (7 nM, 79 nM and 164 nM) on A. minutum allelochemical potency, here defined as negative effects of a protist on competing protists through the release of chemicals. This was studied in relation to its physiology. The effects of Cu were assessed on A. minutum growth, reactive oxygen species level, photosynthesis proxies, lipid metabolism, exudation of dissolved organic compounds, allelochemical potency and on the associate free bacterial community of A. minutum. Only the highest Cu exposure (164 nM) inhibited and delayed the growth of A. minutum, and only in this treatment did the allelochemical potency significantly increase, when the dissolved Cu concentration was still toxic. Within the first 7 days of the high Cu treatment, the physiology of A. minutum was severely impaired with decreased growth and photosynthesis, and increased stress responses and free bacterial density per algal cell. After 15 days, A. minutum partially recovered from Cu stress as highlighted by the growth rate, reactive oxygen species level and photosystem II yields. This recovery could be attributed to the apparent decrease in background dissolved Cu concentration to a non-toxic level, suggesting that the release of exudates may have partially decreased the bioavailable Cu fraction. Overall, A. minutum appeared quite tolerant to Cu, and this work suggests that the modifications in the physiology and in the exudates help the algae to cope with Cu exposure. Moreover, this study shows the complex interplay between abiotic and biotic factors that can influence the dynamic of A. minutum blooms. Modulation in allelochemical potency of A. minutum by Cu may have ecological implications with an increased competitiveness of this species in environments contaminated with Cu.
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- Marc Long
- School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia; Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER -Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France.
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- La Trobe University, School of Life Science, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems, Albury/Wodonga Campus, VIC, Australia
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER -Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER -Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER -Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER -Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER -Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), UMR 6539 CNRS UBO IRD IFREMER -Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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Peltomaa E, Hällfors H, Taipale SJ. Comparison of Diatoms and Dinoflagellates from Different Habitats as Sources of PUFAs. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:md17040233. [PMID: 31010188 PMCID: PMC6521115 DOI: 10.3390/md17040233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent studies have clearly shown the importance of omega-3 (ω-3) and omega-6 (ω-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) for human and animal health. The long-chain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5ω-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6ω-3) are especially recognized for their nutritional value, and ability to alleviate many diseases in humans. So far, fish oil has been the main human source of EPA and DHA, but alternative sources are needed to satisfy the growing need for them. Therefore, we compared a fatty acid profile and content of 10 diatoms and seven dinoflagellates originating from marine, brackish and freshwater habitats. These two phytoplankton groups were chosen since they are excellent producers of EPA and DHA in aquatic food webs. Multivariate analysis revealed that, whereas the phytoplankton group (46%) explained most of the differences in the fatty acid profiles, habitat (31%) together with phytoplankton group (24%) explained differences in the fatty acid contents. In both diatoms and dinoflagellates, the total fatty acid concentrations and the ω-3 and ω-6 PUFAs were markedly higher in freshwater than in brackish or marine strains. Our results show that, even though the fatty acid profiles are genetically ordered, the fatty acid contents may vary greatly by habitat and affect the ω-3 and ω-6 availability in food webs.
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- Elina Peltomaa
- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Niemenkatu 73, FI-15140 Lahti, Finland.
- Institute of Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Yliopistonkatu 3, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Environment Institute, Marine Research Centre, Marine Ecological Research Laboratory, Agnes Sjöbergin katu 2, FI-00790 Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35 (YA), 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Zhang Y, Wang J, Tan L. Characterization of allelochemicals of the diatom Chaetoceros curvisetus and the effects on the growth of Skeletonema costatum. Sci Total Environ 2019; 660:269-276. [PMID: 30640095 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Allelopathy has been regarded as chemical weapons for marine phytoplankton that enhanced competition ability in stressful conditions, especially during blooms. In a previous study, Chaetoceros curvisetus achieved growth advantage to Skeletonema costatum by producing allelochemicals. However, C. curvisetus allelochemicals have never been isolated and characterized until now. In this study the extraction and purification conditions were systematically optimized and C. curvisetus filtrate extracts were used to assess bioactive effects on the growth of S. costatum. The preliminary results showed that filtrates of C. curvisetus in exponential phase extracted under a temperature lower than 50°C could ensure a stronger activity of allelochemicals. Ethyl acetate extraction showed significant allelopathic effect and the wavelength of characteristic absorption was 255-260nm. Then C. curvisetus allelochemicals were isolated by Si-SPE, Sephadex-25 columns and C18 column and identified by HPLC-electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ESI TOFMS). It was found that the molecular weight of C. curvisetus allelochemicals was 314 and the allelochemical was supposed to be 2- ((2-cyanophenyl) amino)-2-oxoethyl,3-cyclohexyl propanoate.
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- Yiwen Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, 238 Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, China; Dalian University of Technology, School of Food and Environment, Dagong Road, Panjin 124221, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, 238 Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, 238 Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, China
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John U, Lu Y, Wohlrab S, Groth M, Janouškovec J, Kohli GS, Mark FC, Bickmeyer U, Farhat S, Felder M, Frickenhaus S, Guillou L, Keeling PJ, Moustafa A, Porcel BM, Valentin K, Glöckner G. An aerobic eukaryotic parasite with functional mitochondria that likely lacks a mitochondrial genome. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaav1110. [PMID: 31032404 PMCID: PMC6482013 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav1110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Dinoflagellates are microbial eukaryotes that have exceptionally large nuclear genomes; however, their organelle genomes are small and fragmented and contain fewer genes than those of other eukaryotes. The genus Amoebophrya (Syndiniales) comprises endoparasites with high genetic diversity that can infect other dinoflagellates, such as those forming harmful algal blooms (e.g., Alexandrium). We sequenced the genome (~100 Mb) of Amoebophrya ceratii to investigate the early evolution of genomic characters in dinoflagellates. The A. ceratii genome encodes almost all essential biosynthetic pathways for self-sustaining cellular metabolism, suggesting a limited dependency on its host. Although dinoflagellates are thought to have descended from a photosynthetic ancestor, A. ceratii appears to have completely lost its plastid and nearly all genes of plastid origin. Functional mitochondria persist in all life stages of A. ceratii, but we found no evidence for the presence of a mitochondrial genome. Instead, all mitochondrial proteins appear to be lost or encoded in the A. ceratii nucleus.
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- Uwe John
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB), Oldenburg, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB), Oldenburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut de biologie François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057 Evry, France
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11, Jena, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Hochschule Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- CNRS, UMR 7144, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Place Georges Teissier, CS90074, 29688 Roscoff cedex, France
- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6, UMR 7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, CS90074, 29688 Roscoff cedex, France
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- Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology Graduate Program, American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut de biologie François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057 Evry, France
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Castrec J, Hégaret H, Alunno-Bruscia M, Picard M, Soudant P, Petton B, Boulais M, Suquet M, Quéau I, Ratiskol D, Foulon V, Le Goïc N, Fabioux C. The dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum affects development of the oyster Crassostrea gigas, through parental or direct exposure. Environ Pollut 2019; 246:827-836. [PMID: 30623839 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.11.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Harmful algal blooms are a threat to aquatic organisms and coastal ecosystems. Among harmful species, the widespread distributed genus Alexandrium is of global importance. This genus is well-known for the synthesis of paralytic shellfish toxins which are toxic for humans through the consumption of contaminated shellfish. While the effects of Alexandrium species upon the physiology of bivalves are now well documented, consequences on reproduction remain poorly studied. In France, Alexandrium minutum blooms have been recurrent for the last decades, generally appearing during the reproduction season of most bivalves including the oyster Crassostrea gigas. These blooms could not only affect gametogenesis but also spawning, larval development or juvenile recruitment. This study assesses the effect of toxic A. minutum blooms on C. gigas reproduction. Adult oysters were experimentally exposed to A. minutum, at environmentally realistic concentrations (102 to 103 cells mL-1) for two months during their gametogenesis and a control group, not exposed to A. minutum was fed with a non-toxic dinoflagellate. To determine both consequences to next generation and direct effects of A. minutum exposure on larvae, the embryo-larval development of subsequent offspring was conducted with and without A. minutum exposure at 102 cells mL-1. Effects at each stage of the reproduction were investigated on ecophysiological parameters, cellular responses, and offspring development. Broodstock exposed to A. minutum produced spermatozoa with decreased motility and larvae of smaller size which showed higher mortalities during settlement. Embryo-larval exposure to A. minutum significantly reduced growth and settlement of larvae compared to non-exposed offspring. This detrimental consequence on larval growth was stronger in larvae derived from control parents compared to offspring from exposed parents. This study provides evidence that A. minutum blooms, whether they occur during gametogenesis, spawning or larval development, can either affect gamete quality and/or larval development of C. gigas, thus potentially impacting oyster recruitment.
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- Justine Castrec
- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, CS 10070, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, CS 10070, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France; University of North Carolina Wilmington, Center for Marine Science, 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC, 28409, USA
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- Ifremer, LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, CS 10070, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, CS 10070, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, CS 10070, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280, Plouzané, France.
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López-Rosales L, Sánchez-Mirón A, Contreras-Gómez A, García-Camacho F, Battaglia F, Zhao L, Molina-Grima E. Characterization of bubble column photobioreactors for shear-sensitive microalgae culture. Bioresour Technol 2019; 275:1-9. [PMID: 30572257 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The shear-sensitive marine algal dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum was grown in a cylindrical bubble column photobioreactor with an internal diameter of 0.044 m. Initial liquid height varied from 0.5 to 1.75 m, superficial gas velocities from 0.0014 to 0.0057 ms-1, and nozzle diameter from 1 to 2.5 mm. Computational fluid dynamics was used to characterize the flow hydrodynamics and energy dissipation rates. Experimental gas holdup and volumetric mass transfer coefficient strongly depended on the liquid height and correlated well with the Froude number. Energy dissipation near the head space (EDtop) was one order of magnitude higher than the average energy dissipation in the whole reactor (EDwhole), and the value in the sparger zone (EDspar) was one order of magnitude higher than EDtop. Cultures of K. veneficum were limited by CO2 transfer at low EDwhole and severely stressed above a critical value of EDwhole.
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain; Research Center in Agrifood Biotechnology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain; Research Center in Agrifood Biotechnology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain; Research Center in Agrifood Biotechnology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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Sun D, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Cheng KW, Chen F. Light induces carotenoids accumulation in a heterotrophic docosahexaenoic acid producing microalga, Crypthecodinium sp. SUN. Bioresour Technol 2019; 276:177-182. [PMID: 30623873 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 12/22/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In the present study, the effect of various light conditions on carotenoid accumulation in a novel heterotrophic microalga, Crypthecodinium sp. SUN was investigated. The results showed that C. sp. SUN mainly produced γ-carotene and β-carotene. The total carotenoid content could reach to 12.8 mg g-1 dry weight under high light intensity (100 μmol m-2 s-1), which was >100-fold higher than that under dark condition. Besides, along with the light intensity increased, the ROS level in vivo was decreased at 48 h and 72 h. Further study showed that, light could efficiently promote the gene expression of PSY and LCYb, which explain the molecular mechanisms of carotenoids accumulation under light conditions. Meanwhile, slightly inhibited fatty acids accumulation could promote the carotenoids yield. The present work proposed that C. sp. SUN could be a potential carotenoid producer, and provided valuable insight for carotenoids biosynthesis.
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- Dongzhe Sun
- Institute for Food & Bioresource Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Nutrition & Health Research Institute, COFCO, Beijing 102209, China
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- Institute for Food & Bioresource Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; BIC-ESAT, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- BIC-ESAT, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute for Food & Bioresource Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; BIC-ESAT, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Institute for Food & Bioresource Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; BIC-ESAT, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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Chen JE, Barbrook AC, Cui G, Howe CJ, Aranda M. The genetic intractability of Symbiodinium microadriaticum to standard algal transformation methods. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211936. [PMID: 30779749 PMCID: PMC6380556 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Modern transformation and genome editing techniques have shown great success across a broad variety of organisms. However, no study of successfully applied genome editing has been reported in a dinoflagellate despite the first genetic transformation of Symbiodinium being published about 20 years ago. Using an array of different available transformation techniques, we attempted to transform Symbiodinium microadriaticum (CCMP2467), a dinoflagellate symbiont of reef-building corals, with the view to performing subsequent CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome editing. Plasmid vectors designed for nuclear transformation containing the chloramphenicol resistance gene under the control of the CaMV p35S promoter as well as several putative endogenous promoters were used to test a variety of transformation techniques including biolistics, electroporation and agitation with silicon carbide whiskers. Chloroplast-targeted transformation was attempted using an engineered Symbiodinium chloroplast minicircle encoding a modified PsbA protein expected to confer atrazine resistance. We report that we have been unable to confer chloramphenicol or atrazine resistance on Symbiodinium microadriaticum strain CCMP2467.
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- Jit Ern Chen
- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
- Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Chakraborty S, Pančić M, Andersen KH, Kiørboe T. The cost of toxin production in phytoplankton: the case of PST producing dinoflagellates. ISME J 2019; 13:64-75. [PMID: 30108304 PMCID: PMC6298997 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0250-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Many species of phytoplankton produce toxins that may provide protection from grazing. In that case one would expect toxin production to be costly; else all species would evolve toxicity. However, experiments have consistently failed to show any costs. Here, we show that costs of toxin production are environment dependent but can be high. We develop a fitness optimization model to estimate rate, costs, and benefits of toxin production, using PST (paralytic shellfish toxin) producing dinoflagellates as an example. Costs include energy and material (nitrogen) costs estimated from well-established biochemistry of PSTs, and benefits are estimated from relationship between toxin content and grazing mortality. The model reproduces all known features of PST production: inducibility in the presence of grazer cues, low toxicity of nitrogen-starved cells, but high toxicity of P-limited and light-limited cells. The model predicts negligible reduction in cell division rate in nitrogen replete cells, consistent with observations, but >20% reduction when nitrogen is limiting and abundance of grazers high. Such situation is characteristic of coastal and oceanic waters during summer when blooms of toxic algae typically develop. The investment in defense is warranted, since the net growth rate is always higher in defended than in undefended cells.
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- Subhendu Chakraborty
- Centre for Ocean Life, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Kgs.2800, Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Centre for Ocean Life, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Kgs.2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Centre for Ocean Life, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Kgs.2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Centre for Ocean Life, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, Kgs.2800, Lyngby, Denmark
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Sun C, Zhang G, Zheng H, Liu N, Shi M, Luo X, Chen L, Li F, Hu S. Fate of four phthalate esters with presence of Karenia brevis: Uptake and biodegradation. Aquat Toxicol 2019; 206:81-90. [PMID: 30468977 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 11/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Phthalate esters (PAEs), one class of the most frequently detected endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in marine environment, have aroused wide public concerns because of their carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, and mutagenicity. However, the environmental fate of PAEs in the occurrence of harmful algal blooms remains unclear. In this research, four PAEs with different alkyl chains, i.e., dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), diallyl phthalate (DAP), and dipropyl phtalate (DPrP) were selected as models to investigate toxicity, uptake, and degradation of PAEs in seawater grown with K. brevis, one of the common harmful red tide species. The 96-h median effective concentration (96h-EC50) values followed the order of DMP (over 0.257 mmol L-1) > DEP (0.178 mmol L-1) > DAP (0.136 mmol L-1) > DPrP (0.095 mmol L-1), and the bio-concentration factors (BCFs) were positively correlated to the alkyl chain length. These results indicate that the toxicity of PAEs and their accumulation in K. brevis increased with increasing alkyl chains, due to the higher lipophicity of the longer chain PAEs. With growth of K. brevis for 96 h, the content of DMP, DEP, DAP, and DPrP decreased by 93.3%, 68.2%, 57.4% and 46.7%, respectively, mainly attributed to their biodegradation by K. brevis, accounting for 87.1%, 61%, 46%, 40% of their initial contents, respectively. It was noticed that abiotic degradation had little contribution to the total reduction of PAEs in the algal cultivation systems. Moreover, five metabolites were detected in the K. brevis when exposed to DEP including dimethyl phthalate (DMP), monoethyl phthalate (MEP), mono-methyl phthalate (MMP), phthalic acid (PA), and protocatechuic acid (PrA). While when exposed with to DPrP, one additional intermediate compound diethyl phthalate (DEP) was detected in the cells of K. brevis in addition to the five metabolites mentioned above. These results confirm that the main biodegradation pathways of DEP and DPrP by K. brevis included de-esterification, demethylation or transesterification. These findings will provide valuable evidences for predicting the environmental fate and assessing potential risk of PAEs in the occurrence of harmful algal blooms in marine environment.
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- Cuizhu Sun
- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China.
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China.
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China
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Vacarizas J, Benico G, Austero N, Azanza R. Taxonomy and toxin production of Gambierdiscus carpenteri (Dinophyceae) in a tropical marine ecosystem: The first record from the Philippines. Mar Pollut Bull 2018; 137:430-443. [PMID: 30503452 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Morphological and phylogenetic analysis showed that the Gambierdiscus isolate from Bolinao, Philippines belongs to the species of G. carpenteri. It was morphologically more similar to the Merimbula strain than the subtropical Florida Keys strain. Growth and toxin production were also investigated at varying levels of temperature, salinity, and irradiance. Gambierdiscus are known to grow favorably in a low light environment. However, this study showed high growth rates of G. carpenteri even at high irradiance levels. Generally, cells produced more toxins at lower treatment levels. Highest cellular toxin content recorded was 7.48 ± 0.49 pg Pbtx eq/cell at culture conditions of 25 °C, 100 μmol photons m-2 s-1, and salinity of 26. Growth rate and toxin production data suggest that cells produced more toxins during the slowest growth at certain range of treatments. This information gives insight into how changes in environmental conditions may affect toxin production and growth of G. carpenteri.
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- Joshua Vacarizas
- Harmful Algal Bloom Laboratory, The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; Verde Island Passage Center for Oceanographic Research and Aquatic Life Sciences, Batangas State University, Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines.
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- Harmful Algal Bloom Laboratory, The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Harmful Algal Bloom Laboratory, The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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- Harmful Algal Bloom Laboratory, The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
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Vale P. Impact of light quality and space weather in Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae) cultures. Life Sci Space Res (Amst) 2018; 19:1-12. [PMID: 30482275 DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The chain-forming dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella was grown with LED or fluorescent light. With LED light, the pool of mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) with strong antioxidant properties, such as mycosporine-glycine and palythene, was reduced in comparison to fluorescent light. The conjugated MAAs M-320 and M-335/360 presented similar stability to light and oxidation than their respective more sensitive moiety: mycosporine-glycine and palythene, respectively. A. catenella was exposed to extracellular hydrogen peroxide under LED or fluorescent light. It triggered an increase in chain formation at a final concentration of 98 and 196 µM, typical of an inverted U-shaped hormetic response, and reduced cell survival above 294 µM. LED light, minimizing UV-stress photoprotection, was chosen to render cells more susceptible to space weather. Cultures were exposed to 490 µM H2O2 multiple times between November 2017 and February 2018, close to the minimum of solar cycle 24. Cell survival was dependent on temperature, geomagnetic activity, solar X-rays and neutron flux. Geomagnetic activity originated an inverted U-shaped survival curve and X-ray flux a J-shaped survival curve, this second type of hormetic response being more rarely found. The percentage of cells in chains increased moderately with temperature, and more significantly with solar X-ray flux. Chain formation reduced along culture growth, but these observations were dependent on the occurring X-ray flux.
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- Paulo Vale
- The Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute, I.P. (IPMA, IP), Sea and Marine Resources Department (DMRM), R. Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho, 6, Lisbon 1495-006, Portugal.
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Liu L, Wang F, Yang J, Li X, Cui J, Liu J, Shi M, Wang K, Chen L, Zhang W. Nitrogen Feeding Strategies and Metabolomic Analysis To Alleviate High-Nitrogen Inhibition on Docosahexaenoic Acid Production in Crypthecodinium cohnii. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:10640-10650. [PMID: 30226986 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b03634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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It is well-known that high-nitrogen content inhibits cell growth and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) biosynthesis in heterotrophic microalgae Crypthecodinium cohnii. In this study, two nitrogen feeding strategies, pulse-feeding and continuous-feeding, were evaluated to alleviate high-nitrogen inhibition effects on C. cohnii. The results showed that continuous-feeding with a medium solution containing 50% ( w/v) yeast extract at 2.1 mL/h during 12-96 h was the optimal nitrogen feeding strategy for the fermentation process, when glucose concentration was maintained at 15-27 g/L during the same period. With the optimized strategy, 71.2 g/L of dry cell weight and DHA productivity of 57.1 mg/L/h were achieved. In addition, metabolomic analysis was applied to determine the metabolic changes during different nitrogen feeding conditions, and the changes in amino acids, polysaccharides, purines, and pentose phosphate pathway were observed, providing valuable metabolite-level information for exploring the mechanism of the high-nitrogen inhibition effect and further improving DHA productivity in C. cohnii.
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- Liangsen Liu
- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- SynBio Research Platform , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 , PR China
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- Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , P.R. China
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- Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- SynBio Research Platform , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 , PR China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- SynBio Research Platform , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 , PR China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- SynBio Research Platform , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 , PR China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- SynBio Research Platform , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 , PR China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- SynBio Research Platform , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 , PR China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- SynBio Research Platform , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 , PR China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education) , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- SynBio Research Platform , Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 , PR China
- Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300072 , P.R. China
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Rolton A, Vignier J, Volety A, Shumway S, Bricelj VM, Soudant P. Impacts of exposure to the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis on reproduction of the northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria. Aquat Toxicol 2018; 202:153-162. [PMID: 30031906 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The Gulf of Mexico, including the southwest Florida coast, USA, experience recurrent blooms of the brevetoxin (PbTx)-producing dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis. Northern quahogs (hard clams) Mercenaria mercenaria, are an important commercial species in this region. This study examined the effects of field and laboratory exposure of adult clams to K. brevis during their reproductive period, and effects on their subsequently produced offspring. Ripe adult clams were collected from a site which had been exposed to an eight-month natural bloom of K. brevis and an unaffected reference site. Ripe adult clams were also exposed to bloom concentrations of K. brevis for 10 days in the laboratory. Clams exposed to K. brevis accumulated PbTx at concentrations of 1508 (field exposure), 1444 (1000 cells mL-1 laboratory treatment) and 5229 ng g-1 PbTx-3 eq (5000 cells mL-1 laboratory treatment). Field-exposed clams showed histopathological effects: a significantly higher prevalence of mucus in the stomach/ intestine (23.3%), edema in gill tissues (30%) and presence of the cestode parasite, Tylocephalum spp. in whole tissue (40%), compared to non-exposed clams (0, 3.3 and 6.7% respectively). These clams also showed reduced gonadal allocation (23% gonadal area) and a higher prevalence of clams of undetermined sex (20%) compared to those sampled from the non-exposed site (43% and 0%, respectively). It is hypothesized that less energy may be channeled into reproduction as more is allocated for homeostasis or tissue repair. The fertilization success of gametes obtained from both field and laboratory-exposed adults was significantly lower in clams that had been exposed to K. brevis and development of these offspring was negatively affected at Days 1 and 4 post-fertilization (in field- and laboratory-exposed clams at the higher K. brevis concentration and in laboratory-exposed clams at the higher K. brevis concentration, respectively). Negative effects may be due to toxin accumulation in the gametes of field-exposed clams (244 ± 50 ng PbTx g-1 and 470 ± 82 ng g-1 wet weight in oocytes and sperm, respectively). Adverse effects in M. mercenaria are compared to those previously reported in oysters, Crassostrea virginica, under similar conditions of exposure. This study provides further evidence of the impacts of K. brevis and its associated toxins on the adults and offspring of exposed shellfish. Site-selection for the collection of broodstock and aquaculture grow-out efforts should therefore consider the local occurrence of K. brevis blooms.
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- Anne Rolton
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale-IUEM, LEMAR CNRS UMR 6539, Place Nicolas Copernic, Technopôle Brest Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, France; Florida Gulf Coast University, College of Arts and Sciences, 10501 FGCU Blvd South, Fort Myers, FL 33965, United States.
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale-IUEM, LEMAR CNRS UMR 6539, Place Nicolas Copernic, Technopôle Brest Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, France; Florida Gulf Coast University, College of Arts and Sciences, 10501 FGCU Blvd South, Fort Myers, FL 33965, United States
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- Florida Gulf Coast University, College of Arts and Sciences, 10501 FGCU Blvd South, Fort Myers, FL 33965, United States; University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340, United States
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- Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 6959 Miller Avenue, Port Norris, NJ 08349, United States
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale-IUEM, LEMAR CNRS UMR 6539, Place Nicolas Copernic, Technopôle Brest Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, France.
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Liu S, Yu Z, Song X, Cao X. Physiological and photosynthetic responses of Karenia mikimotoi to the modified clay mitigation method. Mar Pollut Bull 2018; 133:491-499. [PMID: 30041342 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Modified clay (MC) removed harmful algae Karenia mikimotoi effectively, and significantly inhibited residual algae growth. Hydrogen peroxides (H2O2) and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents of K. mikimotoi increased significantly after treatment, indicating that MC induced oxidative stress. Moreover, H2O2 content was significantly correlated with cell density, indicating that increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) were likely responsible for the growth inhibition. Further investigation showed that MC caused damage to photosynthesis of residual algae, indicated by decreased maximal photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm) and performance index (PIABS). The density of reaction center (RC) decreased, indicating that MC induced partially inactivated RCs, then caused residual activated RCs to be over-excited. The electron transport chain was also blocked, indicated by increased WK and VJ, and decreased Sm. These effects of photosystem II (PSII) were supposed to be the main contributors to ROS over-accumulation during photosynthesis. Overall, treatment with MC is an appropriate method for controlling K. mikimotoi blooms.
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- Shuya Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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Guan W, Si R, Li X, Cai J, Chen S. Interactive effect of nitrogen source and high CO 2 concentration on the growth of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense and its toxicity to zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Mar Pollut Bull 2018; 133:626-635. [PMID: 30041358 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The effects and interactive effects of different nitrogen (N) sources (ammonium, nitrate, and urea) and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations were investigated on Alexandrium tamarense, a harmful marine dinoflagellate, by measuring its growth (μ), extracellular carbonic anhydrase (CA), and its toxicity to zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo. The μ and CA were influenced more strongly by CO2 concentrations rather than by N sources; significant effects of CO2 on μ and CA were observed under low CO2 concentration (LC) conditions compared to high CO2 concentration (HC) conditions. The ammonium and nitrate media under LC conditions had the maximum μ and CA, which was inhibited under HC conditions. The embryotoxic effects were influenced more strongly by the N sources than by CO2 concentrations, thus excluding the lower deformation in urea under HC conditions. Moreover, the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione S-transferase (GST), and catalase (CAT) were detected in normal (untreated) zebrafish embryos, and among them, the level of SOD was the highest. In summary, this study provides a clear insight for understanding the effects and interactive effects of N sources and CO2 concentrations on the growth and toxicity of harmful dinoflagellates.
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- Wanchun Guan
- Department of Marine Biotechnology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China.
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China; The Affiliated Kangning Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China
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- Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325005, China
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325035, China; Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325005, China
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Poulin RX, Hogan S, Poulson-Ellestad KL, Brown E, Fernández FM, Kubanek J. Karenia brevis allelopathy compromises the lipidome, membrane integrity, and photosynthesis of competitors. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9572. [PMID: 29934632 PMCID: PMC6015087 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27845-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The formation, propagation, and maintenance of harmful algal blooms are of interest due to their negative effects on marine life and human health. Some bloom-forming algae utilize allelopathy, the release of compounds that inhibit competitors, to exclude other species dependent on a common pool of limiting resources. Allelopathy is hypothesized to affect bloom dynamics and is well established in the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. K. brevis typically suppresses competitor growth rather than being acutely toxic to other algae. When we investigated the effects of allelopathy on two competitors, Asterionellopsis glacialis and Thalassiosira pseudonana, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS)-based metabolomics, we found that the lipidomes of both species were significantly altered. However, A. glacialis maintained a more robust metabolism in response to K. brevis allelopathy whereas T. pseudonana exhibited significant alterations in lipid synthesis, cell membrane integrity, and photosynthesis. Membrane-associated lipids were significantly suppressed for T. pseudonana exposed to allelopathy such that membranes of living cells became permeable. K. brevis allelopathy appears to target lipid biosynthesis affecting multiple physiological pathways suggesting that exuded compounds have the ability to significantly alter competitor physiology, giving K. brevis an edge over sensitive species.
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- Remington X Poulin
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Dr, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
- Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Dr, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Dr, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
- Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences, Roosevelt University, 430S Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60605, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Dr, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
- Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Dr, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
- Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
- Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901 Atlantic Dr, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Dr, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
- Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
- Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
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Wang B, Yao M, Zhou J, Tan S, Jin H, Zhang F, Mak YL, Wu J, Lai Chan L, Cai Z. Growth and Toxin Production of Gambierdiscus spp. Can Be Regulated by Quorum-Sensing Bacteria. Toxins (Basel) 2018; 10:toxins10070257. [PMID: 29932442 PMCID: PMC6071102 DOI: 10.3390/toxins10070257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Gambierdiscus spp. are the major culprit responsible for global ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP). At present, the effects of microbiological factors on algal proliferation and toxin production are poorly understood. To evaluate the regulatory roles of quorum-sensing (QS) bacteria in the physiology of Gambierdiscus, co-culture experiments with screened QS strains were conducted in this study. Except for the growth-inhibiting effect from the strain Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus, the algal host generally displayed much higher growth potential and toxin production ability with the existence of QS strains. In addition, Bacillus anthracis particularly exhibited a broad-spectrum growth enhancement effect on various Gambierdiscus types, as well as a remarkable influence on algal toxicity. The variations of algal physiological status, including growth rate, chlorophyll content, and responsive behaviors, are potential reasons for the observed positive or negative affection. This study suggests that QS bacteria regulate the algal growth and toxin production. Based on the evidence, we further speculate that QS bacteria may contribute to the site-specific distribution of CFP risk through regulating the algal host biomass and toxicity.
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- Bo Wang
- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Center for Microalgal Biotechnology and Biofuels, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Shenzhen Public Platform of Screening & Application of Marine Microbial Resources, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity, Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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- State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity, Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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- State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity, Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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- State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity, Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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- Shenzhen Public Platform of Screening & Application of Marine Microbial Resources, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Castrec J, Soudant P, Payton L, Tran D, Miner P, Lambert C, Le Goïc N, Huvet A, Quillien V, Boullot F, Amzil Z, Hégaret H, Fabioux C. Bioactive extracellular compounds produced by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum are highly detrimental for oysters. Aquat Toxicol 2018; 199:188-198. [PMID: 29653309 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Blooms of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp., known as producers of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), are regularly detected on the French coastline. PSTs accumulate into harvested shellfish species, such as the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, and can cause strong disorders to consumers at high doses. The impacts of Alexandrium minutum on C. gigas have often been attributed to its production of PSTs without testing separately the effects of the bioactive extracellular compounds (BECs) with allelopathic, hemolytic, cytotoxic or ichthyotoxic properties, which can also be produced by these algae. The BECs, still uncharacterized, are excreted within the environment thereby impacting not only phytoplankton, zooplankton but also marine invertebrates and fishes, without implicating any PST. The aim of this work was to compare the effects of three strains of A. minutum producing either only PSTs, only BECs, or both PSTs and BECs, on the oyster C. gigas. Behavioral and physiological responses of oysters exposed during 4 days were monitored and showed contrasted behavioral and physiological responses in oysters supposedly depending on produced bioactive substances. The non-PST extracellular-compound-producing strain primarily strongly modified valve-activity behavior of C. gigas and induced hemocyte mobilization within the gills, whereas the PST-producing strain caused inflammatory responses within the digestive gland and disrupted the daily biological rhythm of valve activity behavior. BECs may therefore have a significant harmful effect on the gills, which is one of the first organ in contact with the extracellular substances released in the water by A. minutum. Conversely, the PSTs impact the digestive gland, where they are released and mainly accumulated, after degradation of algal cells during digestion process of bivalves. This study provides a better understanding of the toxicity of A. minutum on oyster and highlights the significant role of BECs in this toxicity calling for further chemical characterization of these substances.
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- J Castrec
- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France.
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33120 Arcachon, France
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- CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33120 Arcachon, France
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- Ifremer, LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne, CS 10070, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Laboratoire Phycotoxines, BP 21105, F-44311 Nantes, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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- LEMAR UMR 6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/Ifremer, IUEM, rue Dumont d'Urville, 29280 Plouzané, France
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Sorek M, Schnytzer Y, Waldman Ben-Asher H, Caspi VC, Chen CS, Miller DJ, Levy O. Setting the pace: host rhythmic behaviour and gene expression patterns in the facultatively symbiotic cnidarian Aiptasia are determined largely by Symbiodinium. Microbiome 2018; 6:83. [PMID: 29739445 PMCID: PMC5941691 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0465-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND All organisms employ biological clocks to anticipate physical changes in the environment; however, the integration of biological clocks in symbiotic systems has received limited attention. In corals, the interpretation of rhythmic behaviours is complicated by the daily oscillations in tissue oxygen tension resulting from the photosynthetic and respiratory activities of the associated algal endosymbiont Symbiodinium. In order to better understand the integration of biological clocks in cnidarian hosts of Symbiodinium, daily rhythms of behaviour and gene expression were studied in symbiotic and aposymbiotic morphs of the sea-anemone Aiptasia diaphana. RESULTS The results showed that whereas circatidal (approx. 12-h) cycles of activity and gene expression predominated in aposymbiotic morphs, circadian (approx. 24-h) patterns were the more common in symbiotic morphs, where the expression of a significant number of genes shifted from a 12- to 24-h rhythm. The behavioural experiments on symbiotic A. diaphana displayed diel (24-h) rhythmicity in body and tentacle contraction under the light/dark cycles, whereas aposymbiotic morphs showed approximately 12-h (circatidal) rhythmicity. Reinfection experiments represent an important step in understanding the hierarchy of endogenous clocks in symbiotic associations, where the aposymbiotic Aiptasia morphs returned to a 24-h behavioural rhythm after repopulation with algae. CONCLUSION Whilst some modification of host metabolism is to be expected, the extent to which the presence of the algae modified host endogenous behavioural and transcriptional rhythms implies that it is the symbionts that influence the pace. Our results clearly demonstrate the importance of the endosymbiotic algae in determining the timing and the duration of the extension and contraction of the body and tentacles and temporal gene expression.
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- Michal Sorek
- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung Taiwan, Republic of China
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811 Australia
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- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Achlatis M, Pernice M, Green K, Guagliardo P, Kilburn MR, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Dove S. Single-cell measurement of ammonium and bicarbonate uptake within a photosymbiotic bioeroding sponge. ISME J 2018; 12:1308-1318. [PMID: 29386628 PMCID: PMC5932049 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-017-0044-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Some of the most aggressive coral-excavating sponges host intracellular dinoflagellates from the genus Symbiodinium, which are hypothesized to provide the sponges with autotrophic energy that powers bioerosion. Investigations of the contribution of Symbiodinium to host metabolism and particularly inorganic nutrient recycling are complicated, however, by the presence of alternative prokaryotic candidates for this role. Here, novel methods are used to study nutrient assimilation and transfer within and between the outer-layer cells of the Indopacific bioeroding sponge Cliona orientalis. Combining stable isotope labelling, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS), we visualize and measure metabolic activity at the individual cell level, tracking the fate of 15N-ammonium and 13C-bicarbonate within the intact holobiont. We found strong uptake of both inorganic sources (especially 13C-bicarbonate) by Symbiodinium cells. Labelled organic nutrients were translocated from Symbiodinium to the Symbiodinium-hosting sponge cells within 6 h, and occasionally to other sponge cells within 3 days. By contrast, prokaryotic symbionts were not observed to participate in inorganic nutrient assimilation in the outer layers of the sponge. Our findings strongly support the metabolic interaction between the sponge and dinoflagellates, shedding light on the ecological advantages and adaptive capacity of photosymbiotic bioeroding sponges in oligotrophic marine habitats.
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- Michelle Achlatis
- School of Biological Sciences, Coral Reef Ecosystems Laboratory, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
- Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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- Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Coral Reef Ecosystems Laboratory, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Coral Reef Ecosystems Laboratory, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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Soto Cárdenas C, Gerea M, Queimaliños C, Ribeiro Guevara S, Diéguez MC. Inorganic mercury (Hg 2+) accumulation in autotrophic and mixotrophic planktonic protists: Implications for Hg trophodynamics in ultraoligotrophic Andean Patagonian lakes. Chemosphere 2018; 199:223-231. [PMID: 29438950 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Microbial assemblages are typical of deep ultraoligotrophic Andean Patagonian lakes and comprise picoplankton and protists (phytoflagellates and mixotrophic ciliates), having a central role in the C cycle, primary production and in the incorporation of dissolved inorganic mercury (Hg2+) into lake food webs. In this study we evaluated the mechanisms of Hg2+ incorporation in hetero- and autotrophic bacteria, in the autotrophic dinoflagellate (Gymnodinium paradoxum) and in two mixotrophic ciliates (Stentor araucanus and Ophrydium naumanni) dominating the planktonic microbial assemblage. The radioisotope 197Hg was used to trace the Hg2+ incorporation in microbiota. Hg uptake was analyzed as a function of cell abundance (BCF: bioconcentration factor), cell surface (SCF: surface concentration factor) and cell volume (VCF: volume concentration factor). Overall, the results obtained showed that these organisms incorporate substantial amounts of dissolved Hg2+ passively (adsorption) and actively (bacteria consumption or attachment), displaying different Hg internalization and therefore, varying potential for Hg transfer. Surface area and quality, and surface:volume ratio (S:V) control the passive uptake in all the organisms. Active incorporation depends on bacteria consumption in the mixotrophic ciliates, or on bacteria association to surface in the autotrophic dinoflagellate. Hg bioaccumulated by pelagic protists can be transferred to higher trophic levels through plankton and fish feeding, regenerated to the dissolved phase by excretion, and/or transferred to the sediments by particle sinking. In ultraoligotrophic Andean Patagonian lakes, picoplankton and planktonic protists are key components of lake food webs, linking the pelagic and benthic Hg pathways, and thereby playing a central role in Hg trophodynamics.
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- Carolina Soto Cárdenas
- Grupo de Ecología de Sistemas Acuáticos a Escala de Paisaje, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA, UNComahue-CONICET), Quintral 1250, 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.
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- Grupo de Ecología de Sistemas Acuáticos a Escala de Paisaje, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA, UNComahue-CONICET), Quintral 1250, 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Grupo de Ecología de Sistemas Acuáticos a Escala de Paisaje, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA, UNComahue-CONICET), Quintral 1250, 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Análisis por Activación Neutrónica, Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA, Av. Bustillo Km 9.5, 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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- Grupo de Ecología de Sistemas Acuáticos a Escala de Paisaje, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA, UNComahue-CONICET), Quintral 1250, 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
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