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Chen Y, Zhang W, Chen X, Zhang T, Wei H, Huang J, Fan C, Cai M, Wang Y, Zhang Z. Identification, diversity, and evolution analysis of Commd gene family in Haliotis discus hannai and immune response to biotic and abiotic stresses. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 149:109533. [PMID: 38575039 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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The Commd (Copper Metabolism gene MURR1 Domain) family genes play crucial roles in various biological processes, including copper and sodium transport regulation, NF-κB activity, and cell cycle progression. Their function in Haliotis discus hannai, however, remains unclear. This study focused on identifying and analyzing the Commd genes in H. discus hannai, including their gene structure, phylogenetic relationships, expression profiles, sequence diversity, and alternative splicing. The results revealed significant homology between H. discus hannai's Commd genes and those of other mollusks. Both transcriptome quantitative analysis and qRT-PCR demonstrated the responsiveness of these genes to heat stress and Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection. Notably, alternative splicing analysis revealed that COMMD2, COMMD4, COMMD5, and COMMD7 produce multiple alternative splice variants. Furthermore, sequence diversity analysis uncovered numerous missense mutations, specifically 9 in COMMD5 and 14 in COMMD10. These findings contribute to expanding knowledge on the function and evolution of the Commd gene family and underscore the potential role of COMMD in the innate immune response of H. discus hannai. This research, therefore, offers a novel perspective on the molecular mechanisms underpinning the involvement of Commd genes in innate immunity, paving the way for further explorations in this field.
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- Yuping Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China; Fujian Engineering Research Center of Aquatic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China; Fujian Engineering Research Center of Aquatic Breeding and Healthy Aquaculture, Xiamen, 361021, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Crow RS, Shaw CG, Grayfer L, Smith LC. Recombinant SpTransformer proteins are functionally diverse for binding and phagocytosis by three subtypes of sea urchin phagocytes. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1372904. [PMID: 38742116 PMCID: PMC11089230 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1372904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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Introduction The California purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, relies solely on an innate immune system to combat the many pathogens in the marine environment. One aspect of their molecular defenses is the SpTransformer (SpTrf) gene family that is upregulated in response to immune challenge. The gene sequences are highly variable both within and among animals and likely encode thousands of SpTrf isoforms within the sea urchin population. The native SpTrf proteins bind foreign targets and augment phagocytosis of a marine Vibrio. A recombinant (r)SpTrf-E1-Ec protein produced by E. coli also binds Vibrio but does not augment phagocytosis. Methods To address the question of whether other rSpTrf isoforms function as opsonins and augment phagocytosis, six rSpTrf proteins were expressed in insect cells. Results The rSpTrf proteins are larger than expected, are glycosylated, and one dimerized irreversibly. Each rSpTrf protein cross-linked to inert magnetic beads (rSpTrf::beads) results in different levels of surface binding and phagocytosis by phagocytes. Initial analysis shows that significantly more rSpTrf::beads associate with cells compared to control BSA::beads. Binding specificity was verified by pre-incubating the rSpTrf::beads with antibodies, which reduces the association with phagocytes. The different rSpTrf::beads show significant differences for cell surface binding and phagocytosis by phagocytes. Furthermore, there are differences among the three distinct types of phagocytes that show specific vs. constitutive binding and phagocytosis. Conclusion These findings illustrate the complexity and effectiveness of the sea urchin innate immune system driven by the natSpTrf proteins and the phagocyte cell populations that act to neutralize a wide range of foreign pathogens.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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Fernández-Boo S, Machado A, Castro LFC, Azeredo R, Costas B. Unravelling the main immune repertoire of Paracentrotus lividus following Vibrio anguillarum bath challenge. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 147:109431. [PMID: 38346567 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Paracentrotus lividus is the most abundant echinoid species in the North East Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Although there is abundant genomic information of the species, there is no deep characterisation of the genes involved in the immune response. Here, a reference transcriptome of male and female coelomocytes was produced. The generated P. lividus transcriptome assembly has 203,511 transcripts, N50 transcript length of 1079 bp, and more than 90% estimated gene completeness in Eukaryota and Metazoa BUSCO databases, respectively. Differential gene expression analyses showed 54 and 55 up-regulated genes in P. lividus female and male coelomocyte tissues, respectively. These results suggest a similar immune gene repertoire between sexes. To examine the immune response, P. lividus was challenged with Vibrio anguillarum, one of the candidate pathogens for bald disease. Immune parameters were evaluated at cell and humoral levels, as well as the expression analysis of immune related genes at an early response stage. No differences were found at cellular and humoral levels with the exception of the increase of nitric oxide in perivisceral fluid of challenged animals. At the gene expression level, a total of 2721 genes were upregulated in challenged animals, 13.6 times higher expression than control group. Our analysis revealed that four major KEGG pathways were enriched in challenged animals: Autophagy (KEGG:04140), Endocytosis (KEGG:04144), Phagosome (KEGG:04145) and Protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum (KEGG:04141). Several toll-like receptors (TLR), scavenger receptors cysteine-rich (SRCR) or nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain like receptors (NLR) were identified as major family genes for pathogen recognition and immune defence. This study provides a valuable transcriptomic resource and unfolds the molecular basis of immune response to V. anguillarum exposure. Overall, our findings contribute to the conservation effort of the P. lividus populations, as well as its sustainable exploitation in an aquaculture context.
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- Sergio Fernández-Boo
- Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). Terminal de Cruzeiros Do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos S/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal.
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). Terminal de Cruzeiros Do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos S/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). Terminal de Cruzeiros Do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos S/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Do Porto, Rua Do Campo Alegre, S/n, Edifício FC4, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). Terminal de Cruzeiros Do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos S/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS-UP), Universidade Do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR). Terminal de Cruzeiros Do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos S/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS-UP), Universidade Do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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Matsubara S, Iguchi R, Ogasawara M, Nakamura H, Kataoka TR, Shiraishi A, Osugi T, Kawada T, Satake H. A Novel Hemocyte-Derived Peptide and Its Possible Roles in Immune Response of Ciona intestinalis Type A. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1979. [PMID: 38396656 PMCID: PMC10888236 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25041979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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A wide variety of bioactive peptides have been identified in the central nervous system and several peripheral tissues in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis type A (Ciona robusta). However, hemocyte endocrine peptides have yet to be explored. Here, we report a novel 14-amino-acid peptide, CiEMa, that is predominant in the granular hemocytes and unilocular refractile granulocytes of Ciona. RNA-seq and qRT-PCR revealed the high CiEma expression in the adult pharynx and stomach. Immunohistochemistry further revealed the highly concentrated CiEMa in the hemolymph of the pharynx and epithelial cells of the stomach, suggesting biological roles in the immune response. Notably, bacterial lipopolysaccharide stimulation of isolated hemocytes for 1-4 h resulted in 1.9- to 2.4-fold increased CiEMa secretion. Furthermore, CiEMa-stimulated pharynx exhibited mRNA upregulation of the growth factor (Fgf3/7/10/22), vanadium binding proteins (CiVanabin1 and CiVanabin3), and forkhead and homeobox transcription factors (Foxl2, Hox3, and Dbx) but not antimicrobial peptides (CrPap-a and CrMam-a) or immune-related genes (Tgfbtun3, Tnfa, and Il17-2). Collectively, these results suggest that CiEMa plays roles in signal transduction involving tissue development or repair in the immune response, rather than in the direct regulation of immune response genes. The present study identified a novel Ciona hemocyte peptide, CiEMa, which paves the way for research on the biological roles of hemocyte peptides in chordates.
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- Shin Matsubara
- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun 619-0284, Kyoto, Japan (H.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku 263-8522, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku 263-8522, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun 028-3695, Iwate, Japan (T.R.K.)
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- Department of Pathology, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun 028-3695, Iwate, Japan (T.R.K.)
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun 619-0284, Kyoto, Japan (H.S.)
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun 619-0284, Kyoto, Japan (H.S.)
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun 619-0284, Kyoto, Japan (H.S.)
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, 8-1-1 Seikadai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun 619-0284, Kyoto, Japan (H.S.)
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Peng Z, Zhang W, Fu H, Li Y, Zhang C, Li J, Chan J, Zhang L. Genome-Wide Comparative Analysis of SRCR Gene Superfamily in Invertebrates Reveals Massive and Independent Gene Expansions in the Sponge and Sea Urchin. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1515. [PMID: 38338794 PMCID: PMC10855680 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Without general adaptative immunity, invertebrates evolved a vast number of heterogeneous non-self recognition strategies. One of those well-known adaptations is the expansion of the immune receptor gene superfamily coding for scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain containing proteins (SRCR) in a few invertebrates. Here, we investigated the evolutionary history of the SRCR gene superfamily (SRCR-SF) across 29 metazoan species with an emphasis on invertebrates. We analyzed their domain architectures, genome locations and phylogenetic distribution. Our analysis shows extensive genome-wide duplications of the SRCR-SFs in Amphimedon queenslandica and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Further molecular evolution study reveals various patterns of conserved cysteines in the sponge and sea urchin SRCR-SFs, indicating independent and convergent evolution of SRCR-SF expansion during invertebrate evolution. In the case of the sponge SRCR-SFs, a novel motif with seven conserved cysteines was identified. Exon-intron structure analysis suggests the rapid evolution of SRCR-SFs during gene duplications in both the sponge and the sea urchin. Our findings across nine representative metazoans also underscore a heightened expression of SRCR-SFs in immune-related tissues, notably the digestive glands. This observation indicates the potential role of SRCR-SFs in reinforcing distinct immune functions in these invertebrates. Collectively, our results reveal that gene duplication, motif structure variation, and exon-intron divergence might lead to the convergent evolution of SRCR-SF expansions in the genomes of the sponge and sea urchin. Our study also suggests that the utilization of SRCR-SF receptor duplication may be a general and basal strategy to increase immune diversity and tissue specificity for the invertebrates.
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- Zhangjie Peng
- College of Life Sciences, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China; (Z.P.); (H.F.); (Y.L.); (C.Z.)
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center of Deep-Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
- College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China; (Z.P.); (H.F.); (Y.L.); (C.Z.)
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center of Deep-Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China; (Z.P.); (H.F.); (Y.L.); (C.Z.)
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center of Deep-Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China; (Z.P.); (H.F.); (Y.L.); (C.Z.)
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center of Deep-Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China; (Z.P.); (H.F.); (Y.L.); (C.Z.)
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center of Deep-Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center of Deep-Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
- College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
- Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center of Deep-Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
- Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Center of Deep-Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
- College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China
- Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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Drozdov A, Lebedev E, Adonin L. Comparative Analysis of Bivalve and Sea Urchin Genetics and Development: Investigating the Dichotomy in Bilateria. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17163. [PMID: 38138992 PMCID: PMC10742642 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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This comprehensive review presents a comparative analysis of early embryogenesis in Protostomia and Deuterostomia, the first of which exhibit a mosaic pattern of development, where cells are fated deterministically, while Deuterostomia display a regulatory pattern of development, where the fate of cells is indeterminate. Despite these fundamental differences, there are common transcriptional mechanisms that underline their evolutionary linkages, particularly in the field of functional genomics. By elucidating both conserved and unique regulatory strategies, this review provides essential insights into the comparative embryology and developmental dynamics of these groups. The objective of this review is to clarify the shared and distinctive characteristics of transcriptional regulatory mechanisms. This will contribute to the extensive areas of functional genomics, evolutionary biology and developmental biology, and possibly lay the foundation for future research and discussion on this seminal topic.
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- Anatoliy Drozdov
- Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041 Vladivostok, Russia
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- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, 625003 Tyumen, Russia;
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- Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, 625003 Tyumen, Russia;
- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, 119121 Moscow, Russia
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Liu F, Liu A, Ye H. Identification of Crustacean Female Sex Hormone Receptor Involved in Sexual Differentiation of a Hermaphroditic Shrimp. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1456. [PMID: 37892140 PMCID: PMC10604874 DOI: 10.3390/biom13101456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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The neurohormone crustacean female sex hormone (CFSH) contains a highly conserved interleukin-17 (IL-17) domain in the mature peptide. Although CFSH has been demonstrated to stimulate female sexual differentiation in crustaceans, its receptors (CFSHR) have been poorly reported. The present study identified an IL-17 receptor (named Lvit-IL-17R), a candidate of CFSHR, from the protandric simultaneous hermaphroditic (PSH) shrimp Lysmata vittata through GST pulldown assays and RNAi experiments. Lvit-IL-17R is a transmembrane protein with an SEFIR (similar expression as the fibroblast growth factor and IL-17R) domain, as determined through sequence analysis. A GST pulldown experiment confirmed the interactions between the type I CFSHs (CFSH1a and CFSH1b) and Lvit-IL-17R. Meanwhile, the RNAi results revealed that Lvit-IL-17R displays similar functions to type I CFSHs in regulating sexual differentiation and gonad development. In brief, Lvit-IL-17R is a potential receptor for type I CFSHs aimed at regulating the sexual differentiation of the PSH species. This study helps shed new light on the mechanism of sexual differentiation among crustaceans.
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- Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China; (F.L.); (A.L.)
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Sun S, Hu K, Wang L, Liu M, Zhang Y, Dong N, Wu Q. Spatial position is a key determinant of N-glycan functionality of the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain of human hepsin. FEBS J 2023; 290:3966-3982. [PMID: 36802168 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) domain is a key constituent in diverse proteins. N-glycosylation is important in protein expression and function. In the SRCR domain of different proteins, N-glycosylation sites and functionality vary substantially. In this study, we examined the importance of N-glycosylation site positions in the SRCR domain of hepsin, a type II transmembrane serine protease involved in many pathophysiological processes. We analysed hepsin mutants with alternative N-glycosylation sites in the SRCR and protease domains using three-dimensional modelling, site-directed mutagenesis, HepG2 cell expression, immunostaining, and western blotting. We found that the N-glycan function in the SRCR domain in promoting hepsin expression and activation on the cell surface cannot be replaced by alternatively created N-glycans in the protease domain. Within the SRCR domain, the presence of an N-glycan in a confined surface area was essential for calnexin-assisted protein folding, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) exiting, and zymogen activation of hepsin on the cell surface. Hepsin mutants with alternative N-glycosylation sites on the opposite side of the SRCR domain were trapped by ER chaperones, resulting in the activation of the unfolded protein response in HepG2 cells. These results indicate that the spatial N-glycan positioning in the SRCR domain is a key determinant in the interaction with calnexin and subsequent cell surface expression of hepsin. These findings may help to understand the conservation and functionality of N-glycosylation sites in the SRCR domains of different proteins.
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- Shijin Sun
- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Prevention, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Liu F, Huang L, Liu A, Jiang Q, Huang H, Ye H. Identification of a Putative CFSH Receptor Inhibiting IAG Expression in Crabs. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12240. [PMID: 37569617 PMCID: PMC10418988 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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The crustacean female sex hormone (CFSH) is a neurohormone peculiar to crustaceans that plays a vital role in sexual differentiation. This includes the preservation and establishment of secondary female sexual traits, as well as the inhibition of insulin-like androgenic gland factor (IAG) expression in the androgenic gland (AG). There have been no reports of CFSH receptors in crustaceans up to this point. In this study, we identified a candidate CFSH receptor from the mud crab Scylla paramamosain (named Sp-SEFIR) via protein interaction experiments and biological function experiments. Results of GST pull-down assays indicated that Sp-SEFIR could combine with Sp-CFSH. Findings of in vitro and in vivo interference investigations exhibited that knockdown of Sp-SEFIR could significantly induce Sp-IAG and Sp-STAT expression in the AG. In brief, Sp-SEFIR is a potential CFSH receptor in S. paramamosain, and Sp-CFSH controls Sp-IAG production through the CFSH-SEFIR-STAT-IAG axis.
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- Fang Liu
- Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China; (F.L.); (A.L.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (L.H.); (Q.J.); (H.H.)
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- Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China; (F.L.); (A.L.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (L.H.); (Q.J.); (H.H.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (L.H.); (Q.J.); (H.H.)
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- Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China; (F.L.); (A.L.)
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Zou Y, Xu X, Xiao X, Wang Y, Yang H, Zhang Z. Genome-wide identification and characterization of Toll-like receptors (TLR) genes in Haliotis discus hannai, H. rufescens, and H. laevigata. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 137:108728. [PMID: 37011737 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play essential roles in the innate immune system and have been extensively studied in mollusks. In this study, through a genome-wide search, TLR genes were identified as 29 in Haliotis discus hannai, 33 in H. rufescens, and 16 in H. laevigata. Domain analysis indicated that these TLR genes contain leucine-rich repeat (LRR) and Toll/IL-1 receptor (TIR) domains and exons ranging from 1 to 5. Polymorphism analysis showed that the TLRs in abalones did not have high diversities with 143 SNPs and no Indel in H. discus hannai, 92 SNPs and 3 Indels together with 6 missense mutations in H. rufescens, and no SNP or Indel in H. laevigata. The expression of 8 TLR genes in H. discus hannai was confirmed in the hepatopancreas, gill, hemolymph, gonads, intestine, muscle, and mantle. The expression of five TLR genes (out of 8) in gills (p < 0.05), three in hepatopancreas (p < 0.05), and three in hemolymph (p < 0.05) was upregulated separately in response to the infection caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The findings in this study would contribute to a better understanding of the molecular immune mechanism of H. discus hannai against stimulation by V. parahaemolyticus and provide a basis for the study of TLRs in abalones.
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- Yuelian Zou
- College of Marine Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Marine Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- College of Fisheries, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL, 32615, USA
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- College of Marine Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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Taylor E, Wynen H, Heyland A. Thyroid hormone membrane receptor binding and transcriptional regulation in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1195733. [PMID: 37305042 PMCID: PMC10250714 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1195733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Thyroid hormones (THs) are small amino acid derived signaling molecules with broad physiological and developmental functions in animals. Specifically, their function in metamorphic development, ion regulation, angiogenesis and many others have been studied in detail in mammals and some other vertebrates. Despite extensive reports showing pharmacological responses of invertebrate species to THs, little is known about TH signaling mechanisms outside of vertebrates. Previous work in sea urchins suggests that non-genomic mechanisms are activated by TH ligands. Here we show that several THs bind to sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) cell membrane extracts and are displaced by ligands of RGD-binding integrins. A transcriptional analysis across sea urchin developmental stages shows activation of genomic and non-genomic pathways in response to TH exposure, suggesting that both pathways are activated by THs in sea urchin embryos and larvae. We also provide evidence associating TH regulation of gene expression with TH response elements in the genome. In ontogeny, we found more differentially expressed genes in older larvae compared to gastrula stages. In contrast to gastrula stages, the acceleration of skeletogenesis by thyroxine in older larvae is not fully inhibited by competitive ligands or inhibitors of the integrin membrane receptor pathway, suggesting that THs likely activate multiple pathways. Our data confirms a signaling function of THs in sea urchin development and suggests that both genomic and non-genomic mechanisms play a role, with genomic signaling being more prominent during later stages of larval development.
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Chen T, Ren C, Wong NK, Yan A, Sun C, Fan D, Luo P, Jiang X, Zhang L, Ruan Y, Li J, Wu X, Huo D, Huang J, Li X, Wu F, E Z, Cheng C, Zhang X, Wang Y, Hu C. The Holothuria leucospilota genome elucidates sacrificial organ expulsion and bioadhesive trap enriched with amyloid-patterned proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2213512120. [PMID: 37036994 PMCID: PMC10120082 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2213512120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023] Open
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Some tropical sea cucumbers of the family Holothuriidae can efficiently repel or even fatally ensnare predators by sacrificially ejecting a bioadhesive matrix termed the Cuvierian organ (CO), so named by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier who first described it in 1831. Still, the precise mechanisms for how adhesiveness genetically arose in CO and how sea cucumbers perceive and transduce danger signals for CO expulsion during defense have remained unclear. Here, we report the first high-quality, chromosome-level genome assembly of Holothuria leucospilota, an ecologically significant sea cucumber with prototypical CO. The H. leucospilota genome reveals characteristic long-repeat signatures in CO-specific outer-layer proteins, analogous to fibrous proteins of disparate species origins, including spider spidroin and silkworm fibroin. Intriguingly, several CO-specific proteins occur with amyloid-like patterns featuring extensive intramolecular cross-β structures readily stainable by amyloid indicator dyes. Distinct proteins within the CO connective tissue and outer surface cooperate to give the expelled matrix its apparent tenacity and adhesiveness, respectively. Genomic evidence offers further hints that H. leucospilota directly transduces predator-induced mechanical pressure onto the CO surface through mediation by transient receptor potential channels, which culminates in acetylcholine-triggered CO expulsion in part or in entirety. Evolutionarily, innovative events in two distinct regions of the H. leucospilota genome have apparently spurred CO's differentiation from the respiratory tree to a lethal defensive organ against predators.
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- Ting Chen
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou511458, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou511458, China
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- Clinical Pharmacology Section, Department of Pharmacology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou515041, China
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- School of Medicine, Foshan University, Foshan528225, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
- Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou510275, China
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- EasyATGC Limited Liability Company, Shenzhen518081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou511458, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou511458, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou511458, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- School of Medicine, Foshan University, Foshan528225, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Guangxi Academy of Marine Sciences, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning530007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou511458, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou510301, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Guangxi Academy of Marine Sciences, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning530007, China
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Smith LC, Crow RS, Franchi N, Schrankel CS. The echinoid complement system inferred from genome sequence searches. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 140:104584. [PMID: 36343741 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2022.104584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The vertebrate complement cascade is an essential host protection system that functions at the intersection of adaptive and innate immunity. However, it was originally assumed that complement was present only in vertebrates because it was activated by antibodies and functioned with adaptive immunity. Subsequently, the identification of the key component, SpC3, in sea urchins plus a wide range of other invertebrates significantly expanded the concepts of how complement functions. Because there are few reports on the echinoid complement system, an alternative approach to identify complement components in echinoderms is to search the deduced proteins encoded in the genomes. This approach identified known and putative members of the lectin and alternative activation pathways, but members of the terminal pathway are absent. Several types of complement receptors are encoded in the genomes. Complement regulatory proteins composed of complement control protein (CCP) modules are identified that may control the activation pathways and the convertases. Other regulatory proteins without CCP modules are also identified, however regulators of the terminal pathway are absent. The expansion of genes encoding proteins with Macpf domains is noteworthy because this domain is a signature of perforin and proteins in the terminal pathway. The results suggest that the major functions of the echinoid complement system are detection of foreign targets by the proteins that initiate the activation pathways resulting in opsonization by SpC3b fragments to augment phagocytosis and destruction of the foreign targets by the immune cells.
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- L Courtney Smith
- Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Murano C, Nonnis S, Scalvini FG, Maffioli E, Corsi I, Tedeschi G, Palumbo A. Response to microplastic exposure: An exploration into the sea urchin immune cell proteome. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 320:121062. [PMID: 36641070 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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It is now known that the Mediterranean Sea currently is one of the major hotspot for microplastics (MPs; < 5 mm) pollution and that the risks will be even more pronounced in the coming years. Thus, the in-depth study of the mechanisms underlying the MPs toxicity in key Mediterranean organisms, subjected to high anthropic pressures, has become a categorical imperative to pursue. Here, we explore for the first time the sea urchins immune cells profile combined to their proteome upon in vivo exposure (72 h) to different concentrations of polystyrene-microbeads (micro-PS) starting from relevant environmental concentrations (10, 50, 103, 104 MP/L). Every 24 h, immunological parameters were monitored. After 72 h, the abundance of MPs was examined in various organs and coelomocytes were collected for proteomic analysis based on a shotgun label free proteomic approach. While sea urchins treated with the lowest concentration tested (10 and 50 micro-PS/L) did not show the presence of micro-PS in any tissue, in the specimens exposed to the highest concentration (103 and 104 micro-PS) there was an internalisation of 9.75 ± 2.75 and 113.75 ± 34.5 MP/g, respectively. Proteomic analyses revealed that MPs exposure altered coelomocytes protein profile not only compared to the control group but also among the different micro-PS concentrations and these variations are micro-PS concentration dependent. The proteins exclusively expressed in the coelomocytes of specimens exposed to MPs are mainly metabolite interconversion enzymes, involved in cellular processes, indicating a severe alteration of the cellular metabolic pathways. Overall, these findings provide new insights on the mode of action of MPs in the sea urchin immune cells both at the molecular and cellular level.
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- Carola Murano
- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (DIVAS), Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy; CRC "Innovation for Well-being and Environment" (I-WE), Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (DIVAS), Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (DIVAS), Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (DIVAS), Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy; CRC "Innovation for Well-being and Environment" (I-WE), Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy.
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Barela Hudgell MA, Smith LC. The complex set of internal repeats in SpTransformer protein sequences result in multiple but limited alternative alignments. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1000177. [PMID: 36330505 PMCID: PMC9623053 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1000177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The SpTransformer (SpTrf) gene family encodes a set of proteins that function in the sea urchin immune system. The gene sequences have a series of internal repeats in a mosaic pattern that is characteristic of this family. This mosaic pattern necessitates the insertion of large gaps, which has made alignments of the deduced protein sequences computationally difficult such that only manual alignments have been reported previously. Because manual alignments are time consuming for evaluating newly available SpTrf sequences, computational approaches were evaluated for the sequences reported previously. Furthermore, because two different manual alignments of the SpTrf sequences are feasible because of the multiple internal repeats, it is not known whether additional alternative alignments can be identified using different approaches. The bioinformatic program, PRANK, was used because it was designed to align sequences with large gaps and indels. The results from PRANK show that the alignments of the internal repeats are similar to those done manually, suggesting multiple feasible alignments for some regions. GUIDANCE based analysis of the alignments identified regions that were excellent and other regions that failed to align. This suggests that computational approaches have limits for aligning the SpTrf sequences that include multiple repeats and that require inserted gaps. Furthermore, it is unlikely that alternative alignments for the full-length SpTrf sequences will be identified.
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Zhang Y, Wang X, Han F, Gao T. Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization and Expression Analysis of Toll-like Receptors in Marbled Rockfish ( Sebastiscus marmoratus). Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:11357. [PMID: 36232658 PMCID: PMC9569901 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Toll-like receptor (TLR) is a cluster of type I transmembrane proteins that plays a role in innate immunity. Based on the marbled rockfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus) genome database, this study used bioinformatics methods to identify and analyze its TLR gene family members. The results showed that there were 11 TLR gene family members in Sebastiscus marmoratus (SmaTLR), which could be divided into five different subfamilies. The number of amino acids encoded by the Smatlr genes ranged from 637 to 1206. The physicochemical properties of the encoded proteins of different members were also computed. The results of protein structure prediction, phylogenetic relation, and motif analysis showed that the structure and function of the SmaTLRs were relatively conserved. Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed the expression patterns of SmaTLRs in the gill, liver, spleen, head kidney, kidney, and intestine. SmaTLRs were widely detected in the tested tissues, and they tended to be expressed higher in immune-related tissues. After polyriboinosinic polyribocytidylic acid (poly(I:C)) challenge, SmaTLR14, SmaTLR3, SmaTLR5S, SmaTLR7, and SmaTLR22 were significantly upregulated in the spleen or liver. The results of this study will help to understand the status of TLR gene family members of marbled rockfish and provide a basis for further study of the functional analysis of this gene family.
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- Yuan Zhang
- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316002, China
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- Fisheries College, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Fishery College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
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Wound repair in sea urchin larvae involves pigment cells and blastocoelar cells. Dev Biol 2022; 491:56-65. [PMID: 36067837 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sea urchin larvae spend weeks to months feeding on plankton prior to metamorphosis. When handled in the laboratory they are easily injured, suggesting that in the plankton they are injured with some frequency. Fortunately, larval wounds are repaired through an efficient wound response with mesenchymal pigment cells and blastocoelar cells assisting as the epithelium closes. An injury to the epithelium leads to an immediate calcium transient that rapidly spreads around the entire larva and is necessary for activating pigment cell migration toward the wound. If calcium transport is blocked, the pigment cells fail to activate and remain in place. When activated, pigment cells initiate directed migration to the wound site from distances of at least 85 μm. Upon arrival at the wound site they participate in an innate immune response. Blastocoelar cells are recruited to the injury site as well, though the calcium transient is unnecessary for activating these cells. At the wound site, blastocoelar cells participate in several functions including remodeling the skeleton if it protrudes through the epithelium.
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Wessel GM, Kiyomoto M, Reitzel AM, Carrier TJ. Pigmentation biosynthesis influences the microbiome in sea urchins. Proc Biol Sci 2022; 289:20221088. [PMID: 35975446 PMCID: PMC9382222 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Organisms living on the seafloor are subject to encrustations by a wide variety of animals, plants and microbes. Sea urchins, however, thwart this covering. Despite having a sophisticated immune system, there is no clear molecular mechanism that allows sea urchins to remain free of epibiotic microorganisms. Here, we test the hypothesis that pigmentation biosynthesis in sea urchin spines influences their interactions with microbes in vivo using CRISPR/Cas9. We report three primary findings. First, the microbiome of sea urchin spines is species-specific and much of this community is lost in captivity. Second, different colour morphs associate with bacterial communities that are similar in taxonomic composition, diversity and evenness. Lastly, loss of the pigmentation biosynthesis genes polyketide synthase and flavin-dependent monooxygenase induces a shift in which bacterial taxa colonize sea urchin spines. Therefore, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that host pigmentation biosynthesis can, but may not always, influence the microbiome in sea urchin spines.
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- Gary M. Wessel
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Tateyama Marine Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Center, Ochanomizu University, Tateyama, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
- Zoological Institute, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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Oulhen N, Byrne M, Duffin P, Gomez-Chiarri M, Hewson I, Hodin J, Konar B, Lipp EK, Miner BG, Newton AL, Schiebelhut LM, Smolowitz R, Wahltinez SJ, Wessel GM, Work TM, Zaki HA, Wares JP. A Review of Asteroid Biology in the Context of Sea Star Wasting: Possible Causes and Consequences. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2022; 243:50-75. [PMID: 36108034 PMCID: PMC10642522 DOI: 10.1086/719928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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AbstractSea star wasting-marked in a variety of sea star species as varying degrees of skin lesions followed by disintegration-recently caused one of the largest marine die-offs ever recorded on the west coast of North America, killing billions of sea stars. Despite the important ramifications this mortality had for coastal benthic ecosystems, such as increased abundance of prey, little is known about the causes of the disease or the mechanisms of its progression. Although there have been studies indicating a range of causal mechanisms, including viruses and environmental effects, the broad spatial and depth range of affected populations leaves many questions remaining about either infectious or non-infectious mechanisms. Wasting appears to start with degradation of mutable connective tissue in the body wall, leading to disintegration of the epidermis. Here, we briefly review basic sea star biology in the context of sea star wasting and present our current knowledge and hypotheses related to the symptoms, the microbiome, the viruses, and the associated environmental stressors. We also highlight throughout the article knowledge gaps and the data needed to better understand sea star wasting mechanistically, its causes, and potential management.
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- Nathalie Oulhen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
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- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington
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- College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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- Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, California
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- Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island
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- Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- US Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Honolulu Field Station, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
- Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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The evolution of neurosensation provides opportunities and constraints for phenotypic plasticity. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11883. [PMID: 35831328 PMCID: PMC9279360 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15583-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Phenotypic plasticity is widely regarded as important for enabling species resilience to environmental change and for species evolution. However, insight into the complex mechanisms by which phenotypic plasticity evolves in nature is limited by our ability to reconstruct evolutionary histories of plasticity. By using part of the molecular mechanism, we were able to trace the evolution of pre-feeding phenotypic plasticity across the class Echinoidea and identify the origin of plasticity at the base of the regular urchins. The neurosensory foundation for plasticity was ancestral within the echinoids. However, coincident development of the plastic trait and the neurosensory system was not achieved until the regular urchins, likely due to pleiotropic effects and linkages between the two colocalized systems. Plasticity continues to evolve within the urchins with numerous instances of losses associated with loss of sensory abilities and neurons, consistent with a cost of maintaining these capabilities. Thus, evidence was found for the neurosensory system providing opportunities and constraints to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity.
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Immunity and lifespan: answering long-standing questions with comparative genomics. Trends Genet 2022; 38:650-661. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2022.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Divergences of the RLR Gene Families across Lophotrochozoans: Domain Grafting, Exon-Intron Structure, Expression, and Positive Selection. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073415. [PMID: 35408776 PMCID: PMC8998645 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Invertebrates do not possess adaptive immunity but have evolved a variety of unique repertoires of innate immune sensors. In this study, we explored the immune diversity and specificity of invertebrates based on the lophotrochozoan RLRs, a major component in antiviral immune recognition. By annotating RLRs in the genomes of 58 representative species across metazoan evolution, we explored the gene expansion of RLRs in Lophotrochozoa. Of note, the N-terminal domains of lophotrochozoan RLRs showed the most striking diversity which evolved independently by domain grafting. Exon–intron structures were revealed to be prevalent in the domain grafting of lophotrochozoan RLRs based on an analysis of sibling paralogs and orthologs. In more than half of the cases, the mechanism of ‘exonization/pseudoexonization’ led to the generation of non-canonical N-terminal domains. Transcriptomic studies revealed that many non-canonical RLRs display immune-related expression patterns. Two of these RLRs showed obvious evidence of positive selection, which may be the result of host defense selection pressure. Overall, our study suggests that the complex and unique domain arrangement of lophotrochozoan RLRs might result from domain grafting, exon–intron divergence, expression diversification, and positive selection, which may have led to functionally distinct lophotrochozoan RLRs.
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Auguste M, Melillo D, Corteggio A, Marino R, Canesi L, Pinsino A, Italiani P, Boraschi D. Methodological Approaches To Assess Innate Immunity and Innate Memory in Marine Invertebrates and Humans. FRONTIERS IN TOXICOLOGY 2022; 4:842469. [PMID: 35295223 PMCID: PMC8915809 DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2022.842469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Assessing the impact of drugs and contaminants on immune responses requires methodological approaches able to represent real-life conditions and predict long-term effects. Innate immunity/inflammation is the evolutionarily most widespread and conserved defensive mechanism in living organisms, and therefore we will focus here on immunotoxicological methods that specifically target such processes. By exploiting the conserved mechanisms of innate immunity, we have examined the most representative immunotoxicity methodological approaches across living species, to identify common features and human proxy models/assays. Three marine invertebrate organisms are examined in comparison with humans, i.e., bivalve molluscs, tunicates and sea urchins. In vivo and in vitro approaches are compared, highlighting common mechanisms and species-specific endpoints, to be applied in predictive human and environmental immunotoxicity assessment. Emphasis is given to the 3R principle of Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research and to the application of the ARRIVE guidelines on reporting animal research, in order to strengthen the quality and usability of immunotoxicology research data.
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- Manon Auguste
- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Napoli, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology (IFT), CNR, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Napoli, Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
- *Correspondence: Paola Italiani, ; Diana Boraschi,
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Napoli, Italy
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), Shenzhen, China
- *Correspondence: Paola Italiani, ; Diana Boraschi,
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Pinsino A, Di Bernardo M. Immunosafe(r)-by-design nanoparticles: Molecular targets and cell signaling pathways in a next-generation model proxy for humans. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2022; 130:325-350. [PMID: 35534111 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2022.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nanotechnology research covers a wide field of studies pointing to design and shape complex matter in a scale between 1 and 100nm, with unique size-depending properties and applications. The value and potential of engineered nanoparticles in human diagnostics and therapies essentially relay on their safety and biocompatibility. Entering a cell, in fact, these particles take complex interactions with the surrounding biological environment, dramatically changing their own identity. The formation of a custom-made protein corona is the first signal of their interplay with the cell defensive mechanisms, and a major issue in their application in medicine. Preliminary in-depth studies in model organisms have been developed to assess immunological safety and competence in facing the host immune system and its defensive response. New affordable animal models are emerging in pilot nano-response and safety studies. Sea urchins, benthic marine Echinoderms, have a wide and very efficient immune system working with innate defense mechanisms and are widely used in immune studies. Nano-safety studies have been showing that the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus displays an excellent sensing system and high defensive capability, joined to the availability of easily accessible immune cells. As in mammals, nanoparticle recognition and interaction activate specific signaling pathways, metabolic rewiring and homeostasis maintenance. In this chapter, we point to the value of planning new research and developing nano-immune studies using an easy nonmammalian next-generation model, able to unravel new specific response mechanisms to nanoparticles.
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- Annalisa Pinsino
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale (IFT), Palermo, Italy; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Palermo, Italy.
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Palermo, Italy
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Larvae of sea urchins have a population of conspicuous pigmented cells embedded in the outer surface epithelium. Pigment cells are a distinct mesodermal lineage that gives rise to a key component of the larval immune system. During cleavage, signaling from adjacent cells influences a small crescent of cells to initiate a network of genetic interactions that prepare the cells for morphogenesis and specializes them as immunocytes. The cells become active during gastrulation, detach from the epithelium, migrate through the blastocoel, and insert into the ectoderm where they complete their differentiation. Studies of pigment cell development have helped establish how cellular signaling controls networks of genetic interactions that bring about morphogenesis and differentiation. This review summarizes studies of pigment cell development and concludes that pigment cells are an excellent experimental model. Pigment cells provide several opportunities to further test and refine our understanding of the molecular basis of cellular development.
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- Robert D Burke
- Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
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Prigot-Maurice C, Beltran-Bech S, Braquart-Varnier C. Why and how do protective symbionts impact immune priming with pathogens in invertebrates? DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 126:104245. [PMID: 34453995 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2021.104245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Growing evidence demonstrates that invertebrates display adaptive-like immune abilities, commonly known as "immune priming". Immune priming is a process by which a host improves its immune defences following an initial pathogenic exposure, leading to better protection after a subsequent infection with the same - or different - pathogens. Nevertheless, beneficial symbionts can enhance similar immune priming processes in hosts, such as when they face repeated infections with pathogens. This "symbiotic immune priming" protects the host against pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, or eukaryotic parasites. In this review, we explore the extent to which protective symbionts interfere and impact immune priming against pathogens from both a mechanical (proximal) and an evolutionary (ultimate) point of view. We highlight that the immune priming of invertebrates is the cornerstone of the tripartite interaction of hosts/symbionts/pathogens. The main shared mechanism of immune priming (induced by symbionts or pathogens) is the sustained immune response at the beginning of host-microbial interactions. However, the evolutionary outcome of immune priming leads to a specific discrimination, which provides enhanced tolerance or resistance depending on the type of microbe. Based on several studies testing immune priming against pathogens in the presence or absence of protective symbionts, we observed that both types of immune priming could overlap and affect each other inside the same hosts. As protective symbionts could be an evolutionary force that influences immune priming, they may help us to better understand the heterogeneity of pathogenic immune priming across invertebrate populations and species.
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- Cybèle Prigot-Maurice
- Université de Poitiers - UFR Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées, Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions - UMR CNRS 7267, Bâtiment B8-B35, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, F, 86073, POITIERS Cedex 9, France.
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- Université de Poitiers - UFR Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées, Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions - UMR CNRS 7267, Bâtiment B8-B35, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, F, 86073, POITIERS Cedex 9, France
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- Université de Poitiers - UFR Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées, Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions - UMR CNRS 7267, Bâtiment B8-B35, 5 rue Albert Turpin, TSA 51106, F, 86073, POITIERS Cedex 9, France
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Huang Y, Zhang L, Huang S, Wang G. Full-length transcriptome sequencing of Heliocidaris crassispina using PacBio single-molecule real-time sequencing. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 120:507-514. [PMID: 34920131 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2021.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The lack of high-throughput sequencing data makes the research progress of Heliocidaris crassispina slow. Therefore, we used PacBio single-molecule real-time sequencing to generate the first full-length transcriptome. Here, 31,181 isoforms were obtained, with an average length of 2383.20 and a N50 length of 2732 bp. Meanwhile, 764 alternative splicing (AS) events, 5098 long-noncoding RNAs (LncRNAs), 6978 simple sequence repeats (SSRs), and 950 hypothetical transcript factors (TFs) were identified. Moreover, five key innate immune pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), including toll-like receptor (TLR), NACHT domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR), scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR), peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRP), and gram-negative binding proteins (GNBP), were searched in the transcriptome. In addition, 37 isoforms enriched in KEGG and GO immune systems were also detected. The study provid abundant data support for the current research on H. crassispina.
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- Yongyu Huang
- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China.
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A unique NLRC4 receptor from echinoderms mediates Vibrio phagocytosis via rearrangement of the cytoskeleton and polymerization of F-actin. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1010145. [PMID: 34898657 PMCID: PMC8699970 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Many members of the nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain (NACHT)- and leucine-rich-repeat-containing protein (NLR) family play crucial roles in pathogen recognition and innate immune response regulation. In our previous work, a unique and Vibrio splendidus-inducible NLRC4 receptor comprising Ig and NACHT domains was identified from the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus, and this receptor lacked the CARD and LRR domains that are typical of common cytoplasmic NLRs. To better understand the functional role of AjNLRC4, we confirmed that AjNLRC4 was a bona fide membrane PRR with two transmembrane structures. AjNLRC4 was able to directly bind microbes and polysaccharides via its extracellular Ig domain and agglutinate a variety of microbes in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Knockdown of AjNLRC4 by RNA interference and blockade of AjNLRC4 by antibodies in coelomocytes both could significantly inhibit the phagocytic activity and elimination of V. splendidus. Conversely, overexpression of AjNLRC4 enhanced the phagocytic activity of V. splendidus, and this effect could be specifically blocked by treatment with the actin-mediated endocytosis inhibitor cytochalasin D but not other endocytosis inhibitors. Moreover, AjNLRC4-mediated phagocytic activity was dependent on the interaction between the intracellular domain of AjNLRC4 and the β-actin protein and further regulated the Arp2/3 complex to mediate the rearrangement of the cytoskeleton and the polymerization of F-actin. V. splendidus was found to be colocalized with lysosomes in coelomocytes, and the bacterial quantities were increased after injection of chloroquine, a lysosome inhibitor. Collectively, these results suggested that AjNLRC4 served as a novel membrane PRR in mediating coelomocyte phagocytosis and further clearing intracellular Vibrio through the AjNLRC4-β-actin-Arp2/3 complex-lysosome pathway. Vibrio splendidus is ubiquitously present in marine environments and in or on many aquaculture species and is considered to be an important opportunistic pathogen that has caused serious economic losses to the aquaculture industry worldwide. Phagocytosis is the first step of pathogen clearance and is triggered by specific interactions between host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) from invasive bacteria. However, the mechanism that underlies receptor-mediated V. splendidus phagocytosis is poorly understood. In this study, an atypical AjNLRC4 receptor without LRR and CARD domains was found to serve as the membrane receptor for V. splendidus, not the common cytoplasmic NLRs. The Ig domain of AjNLRC4 is replaced with a conventional LRR domain to bind V. splendidus, and the intracellular domain of AjNLRC4 specifically interacts with β-actin to mediate V. splendidus endocytosis in an actin-dependent manner. Endocytic V. splendidus is ultimately degraded in phagolysosomes. Our findings will contribute to the development of novel strategies for treating V. splendidus infection by modulating the actin-dependent endocytosis pathway.
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Chan J, Wang L, Li L, Mu K, Bushek D, Xu Y, Guo X, Zhang G, Zhang L. Transcriptomic Response to Perkinsus marinus in Two Crassostrea Oysters Reveals Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Parasite Interactions. Front Genet 2021; 12:795706. [PMID: 34925467 PMCID: PMC8678459 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.795706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Infectious disease outbreaks are causing widespread declines of marine invertebrates including corals, sea stars, shrimps, and molluscs. Dermo is a lethal infectious disease of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica caused by the protist Perkinsus marinus. The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is resistant to Dermo due to differences in the host-parasite interaction that is not well understood. We compared transcriptomic responses to P. marinus challenge in the two oysters at early and late infection stages. Dynamic and orchestrated regulation of large sets of innate immune response genes were observed in both species with remarkably similar patterns for most orthologs, although responses in C. virginica were stronger, suggesting strong or over-reacting immune response could be a cause of host mortality. Between the two species, several key immune response gene families differed in their expansion, sequence variation and/or transcriptional response to P. marinus, reflecting evolutionary divergence in host-parasite interaction. Of note, significant upregulation of inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs) was observed in resistant C. gigas but not in susceptible C. virginica, suggesting upregulation of IAPs is an active defense mechanism, not a passive response orchestrated by P. marinus. Compared with C. gigas, C. virginica exhibited greater expansion of toll-like receptors (TLRs) and positive selection in P. marinus responsive TLRs. The C1q domain containing proteins (C1qDCs) with the galactose-binding lectin domain that is involved in P. marinus recognition, were only present and significantly upregulated in C. virginica. These results point to previously undescribed differences in host defense genes between the two oyster species that may account for the difference in susceptibility, providing an expanded portrait of the evolutionary dynamics of host-parasite interaction in lophotrochozoans that lack adaptive immunity. Our findings suggest that C. virginica and P. marinus have a history of coevolution and the recent outbreaks may be due to increased virulence of the parasite.
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- Jiulin Chan
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology and Center of Deep Sea Research, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology and Center of Deep Sea Research, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Marine Science, Beijing, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology and Center of Deep Sea Research, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Marine Science, Beijing, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology and Center of Deep Sea Research, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Marine Science, Beijing, China
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- Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Port Norris, NJ, United States
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology and Center of Deep Sea Research, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Port Norris, NJ, United States
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology and Center of Deep Sea Research, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Marine Science, Beijing, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology and Center of Deep Sea Research, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Marine Science, Beijing, China
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Paganos P, Voronov D, Musser JM, Arendt D, Arnone MI. Single-cell RNA sequencing of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus larva reveals the blueprint of major cell types and nervous system of a non-chordate deuterostome. eLife 2021; 10:70416. [PMID: 34821556 PMCID: PMC8683087 DOI: 10.7554/elife.70416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Identifying the molecular fingerprint of organismal cell types is key for understanding their function and evolution. Here, we use single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to survey the cell types of the sea urchin early pluteus larva, representing an important developmental transition from non-feeding to feeding larva. We identify 21 distinct cell clusters, representing cells of the digestive, skeletal, immune, and nervous systems. Further subclustering of these reveal a highly detailed portrait of cell diversity across the larva, including the identification of neuronal cell types. We then validate important gene regulatory networks driving sea urchin development and reveal new domains of activity within the larval body. Focusing on neurons that co-express Pdx-1 and Brn1/2/4, we identify an unprecedented number of genes shared by this population of neurons in sea urchin and vertebrate endocrine pancreatic cells. Using differential expression results from Pdx-1 knockdown experiments, we show that Pdx1 is necessary for the acquisition of the neuronal identity of these cells. We hypothesize that a network similar to the one orchestrated by Pdx1 in the sea urchin neurons was active in an ancestral cell type and then inherited by neuronal and pancreatic developmental lineages in sea urchins and vertebrates.
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- Periklis Paganos
- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Naples, Italy
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Naples, Italy
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Naples, Italy
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Barela Hudgell MA, Smith LC. Sequence Diversity, Locus Structure, and Evolutionary History of the SpTransformer Genes in the Sea Urchin Genome. Front Immunol 2021; 12:744783. [PMID: 34867968 PMCID: PMC8634487 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.744783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The generation of large immune gene families is often driven by evolutionary pressure exerted on host genomes by their pathogens, which has been described as the immunological arms race. The SpTransformer (SpTrf) gene family from the California purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, is upregulated upon immune challenge and encodes the SpTrf proteins that interact with pathogens during an immune response. Native SpTrf proteins bind both bacteria and yeast, and augment phagocytosis of a marine Vibrio, while a recombinant SpTrf protein (rSpTrf-E1) binds a subset of pathogens and a range of pathogen associated molecular patterns. In the sequenced sea urchin genome, there are four SpTrf gene clusters for a total of 17 genes. Here, we report an in-depth analysis of these genes to understand the sequence complexities of this family, its genomic structure, and to derive a putative evolutionary history for the formation of the gene clusters. We report a detailed characterization of gene structure including the intron type and UTRs with conserved transcriptional start sites, the start codon and multiple stop codons, and locations of polyadenylation signals. Phylogenetic and percent mismatch analyses of the genes and the intergenic regions allowed us to predict the last common ancestral SpTrf gene and a theoretical evolutionary history of the gene family. The appearance of the gene clusters from the theoretical ancestral gene may have been driven by multiple duplication and deletion events of regions containing SpTrf genes. Duplications and ectopic insertion events, indels, and point mutations in the exons likely resulted in the extant genes and family structure. This theoretical evolutionary history is consistent with the involvement of these genes in the arms race in responses to pathogens and suggests that the diversification of these genes and their encoded proteins have been selected for based on the survival benefits of pathogen binding and host protection.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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Echinochrome A Treatment Alleviates Atopic Dermatitis-like Skin Lesions in NC/Nga Mice via IL-4 and IL-13 Suppression. Mar Drugs 2021; 19:md19110622. [PMID: 34822493 PMCID: PMC8625509 DOI: 10.3390/md19110622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease in which skin barrier dysfunction leads to dryness, pruritus, and erythematous lesions. AD is triggered by immune imbalance and oxidative stress. Echinochrome A (Ech A), a natural pigment isolated from sea urchins, exerts antioxidant and beneficial effects in various inflammatory disease models. In the present study, we tested whether Ech A treatment alleviated AD-like skin lesions. We examined the anti-inflammatory effect of Ech A on 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB)-induced AD-like lesions in an NC/Nga mouse model. AD-like skin symptoms were induced by treatment with 1% DNCB for 1 week and 0.4% DNCB for 5 weeks in NC/Nga mice. The results showed that Ech A alleviated AD clinical symptoms, such as edema, erythema, and dryness. Treatment with Ech A induced the recovery of epidermis skin lesions as observed histologically. Tewameter® and Corneometer® measurements indicated that Ech A treatment reduced transepidermal water loss and improved stratum corneum hydration, respectively. Ech A treatment also inhibited inflammatory-response-induced mast cell infiltration in AD-like skin lesions and suppressed the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interferon-γ, interleukin-4, and interleukin-13. Collectively, these results suggest that Ech A may be beneficial for treating AD owing to its anti-inflammatory effects.
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Lažetić V, Troemel ER. Conservation lost: host-pathogen battles drive diversification and expansion of gene families. FEBS J 2021; 288:5289-5299. [PMID: 33190369 PMCID: PMC10901648 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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One of the strongest drivers in evolution is the struggle to survive a host-pathogen battle. This pressure selects for diversity among the factors directly involved in this battle, including virulence factors deployed by pathogens, their corresponding host targets, and host immune factors. A logical outcome of this diversification is that over time, the sequence of many immune factors will not be evolutionarily conserved across a broad range of species. Thus, while universal sequence conservation is often hailed as the hallmark of the importance of a particular gene, the immune system does not necessarily play by these rules when defending against co-evolving pathogens. This loss of sequence conservation is in contrast to many signaling pathways in development and basic cell biology that are not targeted by pathogens. In addition to diversification, another consequence of host-pathogen battles can be an amplification in gene number, thus leading to large gene families that have sequence relatively specific to a particular strain, species, or clade. Here we highlight this general theme across a variety of pathogen virulence factors and host immune factors. We summarize the wide range and number across species of these expanded, lineage-specific host-pathogen factors including ubiquitin ligases, nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors, GTPases, and proteins without obvious biochemical function but that nonetheless play key roles in immunity.
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- Vladimir Lažetić
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Tan M, Redmond AK, Dooley H, Nozu R, Sato K, Kuraku S, Koren S, Phillippy AM, Dove ADM, Read T. The whale shark genome reveals patterns of vertebrate gene family evolution. eLife 2021; 10:e65394. [PMID: 34409936 PMCID: PMC8455134 DOI: 10.7554/elife.65394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) are fundamental for understanding vertebrate evolution, yet their genomes are understudied. We report long-read sequencing of the whale shark genome to generate the best gapless chondrichthyan genome assembly yet with higher contig contiguity than all other cartilaginous fish genomes, and studied vertebrate genomic evolution of ancestral gene families, immunity, and gigantism. We found a major increase in gene families at the origin of gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) independent of their genome duplication. We studied vertebrate pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs), which are key in initiating innate immune defense, and found diverse patterns of gene family evolution, demonstrating that adaptive immunity in gnathostomes did not fully displace germline-encoded PRR innovation. We also discovered a new toll-like receptor (TLR29) and three NOD1 copies in the whale shark. We found chondrichthyan and giant vertebrate genomes had decreased substitution rates compared to other vertebrates, but gene family expansion rates varied among vertebrate giants, suggesting substitution and expansion rates of gene families are decoupled in vertebrate genomes. Finally, we found gene families that shifted in expansion rate in vertebrate giants were enriched for human cancer-related genes, consistent with gigantism requiring adaptations to suppress cancer.
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- Milton Tan
- Illinois Natural History Survey at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaignUnited States
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Marine & Environmental TechnologyBaltimoreUnited States
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- Okinawa Churashima Research Center, Okinawa Churashima FoundationOkinawaJapan
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- Okinawa Churashima Research Center, Okinawa Churashima FoundationOkinawaJapan
- Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, MotobuOkinawaJapan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), RIKENKobeJapan
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of MedicineAtlantaUnited States
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Beatman TR, Buckley KM, Cary GA, Hinman VF, Ettensohn CA. A nomenclature for echinoderm genes. DATABASE-THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DATABASES AND CURATION 2021; 2021:6350312. [PMID: 34386815 PMCID: PMC8361234 DOI: 10.1093/database/baab052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Echinoderm embryos and larvae are prominent experimental model systems for studying developmental mechanisms. High-quality, assembled, annotated genome sequences are now available for several echinoderm species, including representatives from most classes. The increased availability of these data necessitates the development of a nomenclature that assigns universally interpretable gene symbols to echinoderm genes to facilitate cross-species comparisons of gene functions, both within echinoderms and across other phyla. This paper describes the implementation of an improved set of echinoderm gene nomenclature guidelines that both communicates meaningful orthology information in protein-coding gene symbols and names and establishes continuity with nomenclatures developed for major vertebrate model organisms, including humans. Differences between the echinoderm gene nomenclature guidelines and vertebrate guidelines are examined and explained. This nomenclature incorporates novel solutions to allow for several types of orthologous relationships, including the single echinoderm genes with multiple vertebrate co-orthologs that result from whole-genome-duplication events. The current version of the Echinoderm Gene Nomenclature Guidelines can be found at https://www.echinobase.org/gene/static/geneNomenclature.jsp Database URL https://www.echinobase.org/
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- Thomas R Beatman
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.,Echinobase, #646 Mellon Institute, 4400 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, 101 Rouse Life Sciences, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.,Echinobase, #646 Mellon Institute, 4400 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.,Echinobase, #646 Mellon Institute, 4400 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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The Diverse Transformer (Trf) Protein Family in the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus Acts through a Collaboration between Cellular and Humoral Immune Effector Arms. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22136639. [PMID: 34206148 PMCID: PMC8268236 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Sea urchins are long-living marine invertebrates with a complex innate immune system, which includes expanded families of immune receptors. A central immune gene family in sea urchins encodes the Transformer (Trf) proteins. The Trf family has been studied mainly in the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Here, we explore this protein family in the Mediterranean Sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. The PlTrf genes and predicted proteins are highly diverse and show a typical Trf size range and structure. Coelomocytes and cell-free coelomic fluid from P. lividus contain different PlTrf protein repertoires with a shared subset, that bind specifically to E. coli. Using FACS, we identified five different P. lividus coelomocyte sub-populations with cell surface PlTrf protein expression. The relative abundance of the PlTrf-positive cells increases sharply following immune challenge with E. coli, but not following challenge with LPS or the sea urchin pathogen, Vibrio penaeicida. Phagocytosis of E. coli by P. lividus phagocytes is mediated through the cell-free coelomic fluid and is inhibited by blocking PlTrf activity with anti-SpTrf antibodies. Together, our results suggest a collaboration between cellular and humoral PlTrf-mediated effector arms in the P. lividus specific immune response to pathogens.
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Geng M, Hua Y, Liu Y, Quan J, Hu X, Su P, Li Y, Liu X, Li Q, Zhu T. Evolutionary history and functional characterization of Lj-TICAM-a and Lj-TICAM-b formed via lineage-specific tandem duplication in lamprey (Lampetra japonica). Genomics 2021; 113:2756-2768. [PMID: 34147633 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Toll/interleukin-1 receptor domain-containing adaptor molecule (TICAM) genes respond to infections. We identified TICAM-a and TICAM-b in Lampetra japonica and investigated their evolutionary history and potential function via comparative genomics and molecular evolution analyses. They are arranged in tandem and evolved from a multi-exon to a single-exon structure. Lj-TICAM-a and Lj-TICAM-b might be the ancestral gene of the vertebrate TICAM genes. Lj-TICAM-b arose via a lamprey-specific tandem duplication event. Both genes are expressed in many tissues during an immune response, and exhibit different responses to peptidoglycan, indicating their functional divergence. Simultaneous overexpression of both proteins activated nuclear factor κB expression and co-immunoprecipitation assays indicated that they might form a complex for signal transduction. However, unlike in mammals, the TICAM-dependent signaling pathway in lamprey might rely on TRAF3 rather than on TRAF6. These results suggest that both Lj-TICAM-a and Lj-TICAM-b play a role in host defenses.
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- Ming Geng
- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116081, China.
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Murano C, Donnarumma V, Corsi I, Casotti R, Palumbo A. Impact of Microbial Colonization of Polystyrene Microbeads on the Toxicological Responses in the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:7990-8000. [PMID: 34018718 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (P. lividus) was exposed to either virgin or biofilm-covered polystyrene microbeads (micro-PS, 45 μm) in order to test the effect of microbial colonization on the uptake, biodistribution, and immune response. The biofilm was dominated by bacteria, as detected by scanning electron microscopy and 16S rRNA sequencing. A higher internalization rate of colonized micro-PS inside sea urchins compared to virgin ones was detected, suggesting a role of the plastisphere in the interaction. Colonized and virgin micro-PS showed the same biodistribution pattern by accumulating mainly in the digestive system with higher levels and faster egestion rates for the colonized. However, a significant increase of catalase and total antioxidant activity was observed only in the digestive system of colonized micro-PS-exposed individuals. Colonized micro-PS also induced a significant decrease in the number of coelomocytes with a significant increase in vibratile cells, compared to control and virgin micro-PS-exposed animals. Moreover, a general time-dependent increase in the red/white amoebocytes ratio and reactive oxygen species and a decrease in nitrogen ones were observed upon exposure to both colonized and virgin micro-PS. Overall, micro-PS colonization clearly affected the uptake and toxicological responses of the Mediterranean sea urchin P. lividus in comparison to virgin micro-PS.
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- Carola Murano
- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples 80121, Italy
- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli, 4, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples 80121, Italy
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- Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, Via Mattioli, 4, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples 80121, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples 80121, Italy
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Swartzwelter BJ, Mayall C, Alijagic A, Barbero F, Ferrari E, Hernadi S, Michelini S, Navarro Pacheco NI, Prinelli A, Swart E, Auguste M. Cross-Species Comparisons of Nanoparticle Interactions with Innate Immune Systems: A Methodological Review. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:1528. [PMID: 34207693 PMCID: PMC8230276 DOI: 10.3390/nano11061528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Many components of the innate immune system are evolutionarily conserved and shared across many living organisms, from plants and invertebrates to humans. Therefore, these shared features can allow the comparative study of potentially dangerous substances, such as engineered nanoparticles (NPs). However, differences of methodology and procedure between diverse species and models make comparison of innate immune responses to NPs between organisms difficult in many cases. To this aim, this review provides an overview of suitable methods and assays that can be used to measure NP immune interactions across species in a multidisciplinary approach. The first part of this review describes the main innate immune defense characteristics of the selected models that can be associated to NPs exposure. In the second part, the different modes of exposure to NPs across models (considering isolated cells or whole organisms) and the main endpoints measured are discussed. In this synergistic perspective, we provide an overview of the current state of important cross-disciplinary immunological models to study NP-immune interactions and identify future research needs. As such, this paper could be used as a methodological reference point for future nano-immunosafety studies.
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Liubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, 90146 Palermo, Italy;
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- Institut Català de Nanosciència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology–ZMBP Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK;
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- Department of Biosciences, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria;
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK;
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- Department of Earth Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genova, 16126 Genova, Italy
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Liberti A, Natarajan O, Atkinson CGF, Sordino P, Dishaw LJ. Reflections on the Use of an Invertebrate Chordate Model System for Studies of Gut Microbial Immune Interactions. Front Immunol 2021; 12:642687. [PMID: 33717199 PMCID: PMC7947342 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.642687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The functional ecology of the gastrointestinal tract impacts host physiology, and its dysregulation is at the center of various diseases. The immune system, and specifically innate immunity, plays a fundamental role in modulating the interface of host and microbes in the gut. While humans remain a primary focus of research in this field, the use of diverse model systems help inform us of the fundamental principles legislating homeostasis in the gut. Invertebrates, which lack vertebrate-style adaptive immunity, can help define conserved features of innate immunity that shape the gut ecosystem. In this context, we previously proposed the use of a marine invertebrate, the protochordate Ciona robusta, as a novel tractable model system for studies of host-microbiome interactions. Significant progress, reviewed herein, has been made to fulfill that vision. We examine and review discoveries from Ciona that include roles for a secreted immune effector interacting with elements of the microbiota, as well as chitin-rich mucus lining the gut epithelium, the gut-associated microbiome of adults, and the establishment of a large catalog of cultured isolates with which juveniles can be colonized. Also discussed is the establishment of methods to rear the animals germ-free, an essential technology for dissecting the symbiotic interactions at play. As the foundation is now set to extend these studies into the future, broadening our comprehension of how host effectors shape the ecology of these microbial communities in ways that establish and maintain homeostasis will require full utilization of "multi-omics" approaches to merge computational sciences, modeling, and experimental biology in hypothesis-driven investigations.
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- Assunta Liberti
- Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms (BEOM), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Morsani College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
- Division of Molecular Genetics, Children’s Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
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- Division of Molecular Genetics, Children’s Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms (BEOM), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Morsani College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
- Division of Molecular Genetics, Children’s Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
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Adonin L, Drozdov A, Barlev NA. Sea Urchin as a Universal Model for Studies of Gene Networks. Front Genet 2021; 11:627259. [PMID: 33552139 PMCID: PMC7854572 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.627259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus has been used for over 150 years as a model organism in developmental biology. Using this model species, scientists have been able to describe, in detail, the mechanisms of cell cycle control and cell adhesion, fertilization, calcium signaling, cell differentiation, and death. Massive parallel sequencing of the sea urchin genome enabled the deciphering of the main components of gene regulatory networks during the activation of embryonic signaling pathways. This knowledge helped to extrapolate aberrations in somatic cells that may lead to diseases, including cancer in humans. Furthermore, since many, if not all, developmental signaling pathways were shown to be controlled by non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), the sea urchin organism represents an attractive experimental model. In this review, we discuss the main discoveries in the genetics, genomics, and transcriptomics of sea urchins during embryogenesis with the main focus on the role of ncRNAs. This information may be useful for comparative studies between different organisms, and may help identify new regulatory networks controlled by ncRNAs.
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- Leonid Adonin
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.,Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Biology (X-BIO), Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia.,Orekhovich Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia
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- Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia.,Orekhovich Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia.,Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Chakraborty J, Ghosh P. Advancement of research on plant NLRs evolution, biochemical activity, structural association, and engineering. PLANTA 2020; 252:101. [PMID: 33180185 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03512-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this review, we have included evolution of plant intracellular immune receptors, oligomeric complex formation, enzymatic action, engineering, and mechanisms of immune inspection for appropriate defense outcomes. NLR (Nucleotide binding oligomerization domain containing leucine-rich repeat) proteins are the intracellular immune receptors that recognize pathogen-derived virulence factors to confer effector-triggered immunity (ETI). Activation of plant defense by the NLRs are often conveyed through N-terminal Toll-like/ IL-1 receptor (TIR) or non-TIR (coiled-coils or CC) domains. Homodimerization or self-association property of CC/ TIR domains of plant NLRs contribute to their auto-activity and induction of in planta ectopic cell death. High resolution crystal structures of Arabidopsis thaliana RPS4TIR, L6TIR, SNC1TIR, RPP1TIR and Muscadinia rotundifolia RPV1TIR showed that interaction is mediated through one or two distinct interfaces i.e., αA and αE helices comprise AE interface and αD and αE helices were found to form DE interface. By contrast, conserved helical regions were determined for CC domains of plant NLRs. Evolutionary history of NLRs diversification has shown that paired forms were originated from NLR singletons. Plant TIRs executed NAD+ hydrolysis activity for cell death promotion. Plant NLRs were found to form large oligomeric complexes as observed in animal inflammasomes. We have also discussed different protein engineering methods includes domain shuffling, and decoy modification that increase effector recognition spectrum of plant NLRs. In summary, our review highlights structural basis of perception of the virulence factors by NLRs or NLR pairs to design novel classes of plant immune receptors.
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- Department of Botany, Narajole Raj College, Narajole, Paschim Medinipur, 721211, West Bengal, India
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Milito A, Murano C, Castellano I, Romano G, Palumbo A. Antioxidant and immune response of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus to different re-suspension patterns of highly polluted marine sediments. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 160:104978. [PMID: 32291250 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Marine pollution due to disused industrial activities is a major threat to ecosystems and human health, for example through the effects of re-suspension of toxic substances that are present in contaminated sediments. Here, we examined the effects of different re-suspension patterns of polluted sediments from the site of national interest Bagnoli-Coroglio, on the immune system of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. An indoor experiment was set up exposing sea urchins for 34 days to such sediments and evaluating the effects of two patterns of water turbulence, mimicking natural storms at sea. One group of animals experienced an "aggregated" pattern of turbulence, consisting in two events, each lasting 2 days, separated by only 3 calm days, while a second group experienced two events of turbulence separated by 17 calm days (spaced pattern). At different times from the beginning of the experiment, coelomic fluid was collected from the animals and immune cells were examined for cell count and morphology, oxidative stress variables, and expression of genes involved in metal detoxification, stress response and inflammation. Our results highlighted that the aggregated pattern of turbulence was more noxious for sea urchins. Indeed, their immune system was altered, over the exposure time, as indicated by the increase of red amoebocytes number. Moreover, despite of an increase of the antioxidant power, animals from this group displayed a very significant ROS over-production at the end of the experiment. Conversely, animals in the spaced condition activated a different immune response, mainly having phagocytes as actors, and were able to partially recover from the received stress at the end of the experiment. No changes in the expression of genes related to antioxidant and anti-inflammatory responses were observed in both groups. By contrast, a down-regulation of various metallothioneins (4, 6, 7 and 8) in the group subjected to aggregated pattern was observed, while metallothionein 8 was up-regulated in the animals from the group exposed to the spaced pattern of turbulence. This work provides the first evidence of how sea urchins can respond to different re-suspension patterns of polluted sediments by modulating their immune system functions. The present data are relevant in relation to the possible environmental restoration of the study site, whose priorities include the assessment of the effects of marine pollution on local organisms, among which P. lividus represents a key benthic species.
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- Alfonsina Milito
- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy; Department of Physical, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy.
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Lv Z, Qiu L, Wang W, Liu Z, Liu Q, Wang L, Song L. The Members of the Highly Diverse Crassostrea gigas Integrin Family Cooperate for the Generation of Various Immune Responses. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1420. [PMID: 32793197 PMCID: PMC7390872 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Studies on invertebrate immune receptors can provide insights into characteristics specific to innate immune system. Here, eight α and three β integrins are identified from an invertebrate, the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, and their possible immune functions are studied. Oyster α/β integrins exhibit a higher degree of sequence and structural variability than the members from Homo sapiens and Drosophila melanogaster. The analysis reveals that oyster RGD- and laminin-binding receptor homologs are present in the phylogenetic tree of α integrins, but the other six oyster α integrins mainly form a species-specific branch; meanwhile, oyster β integrins are clustered with insect β integrins but distinct from a member from the mollusk Biomphalaria glabrata. Although phylogenetically lacking the important α integrin branches of LDV-binding, PS3-type, and αI-containing integrins, oyster integrins can bind to most ECM ligands, including RGDCP, LDVCP, GFOGERCP, and laminin protein in a distinct binding pattern. Besides, oyster integrins are distributed in different hemocyte subpopulations, while only specific integrins are selectively involved in hemocyte phagocytosis, migration, and encapsulation, and some of them participate in more than one immune response in a sophisticated pattern. Especially, oyster β integrins are arranged in the core to mediate complex immune responses, unlike the counterparts in humans that mainly depend on αI-containing integrins to incite immune reactions. This study represents the first comprehensive attempt to reveal the structural and evolutionary features of the integrin family and their involvement in cellular immune responses in the non-model invertebrate C. gigas and sheds light on the characteristics specific to the innate immune system in the integrin family.
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- Zhao Lv
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Immunology, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Immunology and Disease Control, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Immunology, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Immunology and Disease Control, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.,Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Immunology, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Immunology and Disease Control, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China
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- Laboratory of Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.,Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Immunology, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.,Liaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Immunology and Disease Control, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China
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Dierking K, Pita L. Receptors Mediating Host-Microbiota Communication in the Metaorganism: The Invertebrate Perspective. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1251. [PMID: 32612612 PMCID: PMC7308585 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Multicellular organisms live in close association with a plethora of microorganism, which have a profound effect on multiple host functions. As such, the microbiota and its host form an intimate functional entity, termed the metaorganism or holobiont. But how does the metaorganism communicate? Which receptors recognize microbial signals, mediate the effect of the microbiota on host physiology or regulate microbiota composition and homeostasis? In this review we provide an overview on the function of different receptor classes in animal host-microbiota communication. We put a special focus on invertebrate hosts, including both traditional invertebrate models such as Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans and “non-model” invertebrates in microbiota research. Finally, we highlight the potential of invertebrate systems in studying mechanism of host-microbiota interactions.
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- Katja Dierking
- Department of Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- RD3 Marine Symbioses, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
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Alijagic A, Gaglio D, Napodano E, Russo R, Costa C, Benada O, Kofroňová O, Pinsino A. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles temporarily influence the sea urchin immunological state suppressing inflammatory-relate gene transcription and boosting antioxidant metabolic activity. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 384:121389. [PMID: 31639584 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs) are revolutionizing biomedicine due to their potential application as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. However, the TiO2NP immune-compatibility remains an open issue, even for ethical reasons. In this work, we investigated the immunomodulatory effects of TiO2NPs in an emergent proxy to human non-mammalian model for in vitro basic and translational immunology: the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. To highlight on the new insights into the evolutionarily conserved intracellular signaling and metabolism pathways involved in immune-TiO2NP recognition/interaction we applied a wide-ranging approach, including electron microscopy, biochemistry, transcriptomics and metabolomics. Findings highlight that TiO2NPs interact with immune cells suppressing the expression of genes encoding for proteins involved in immune response and apoptosis (e.g. NF-κB, FGFR2, JUN, MAPK14, FAS, VEGFR, Casp8), and boosting the immune cell antioxidant metabolic activity (e.g. pentose phosphate, cysteine-methionine, glycine-serine metabolism pathways). TiO2NP uptake was circumscribed to phagosomes/phagolysosomes, depicting harmless vesicular internalization. Our findings underlined that under TiO2NP-exposure sea urchin innate immune system is able to control inflammatory signaling, excite antioxidant metabolic activity and acquire immunological tolerance, providing a new level of understanding of the TiO2NP immune-compatibility that could be useful for the development in Nano medicines.
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- Andi Alijagic
- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- SYSBIO.IT, Centre of Systems Biology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare (IBFM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Segrate, Milano, Italy
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- SYSBIO.IT, Centre of Systems Biology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Microbiology of The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Microbiology of The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica (IRIB), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Palermo, Italy.
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Dimos BA, Butler CC, Ricci CA, MacKnight NJ, Mydlarz LD. Responding to Threats Both Foreign and Domestic: NOD-Like Receptors in Corals. Integr Comp Biol 2020; 59:819-829. [PMID: 31236558 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icz111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Historically mechanisms with which basal animals such as reef-building corals use to respond to changing and increasingly stressful environments have remained elusive. However, the increasing availability of genomic and transcriptomic data from these organisms has provided fundamental insights into the biology of these critically important ecosystem engineers. Notably, insights into cnidarians gained in the post-genomics age have revealed a surprisingly complex immune system which bears a surprising level of similarity with the vertebrate innate immune system. This system has been critically linked to how corals respond to the two most prominent threats on a global scale, emerging coral diseases and increasing water temperature, which are recognized cellularly as either foreign or domestic threats, respectively. These threats can arise from pathogenic microbes or internal cellular dysfunction, underscoring the need to further understand mechanisms corals use to sense and respond to threats to their cellular integrity. In this investigation and meta-analysis, we utilize resources only recently available in the post-genomic era to identify and characterize members of an underexplored class of molecules known as NOD-like receptors in the endangered Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata. We then leverage these data to identify pathways possibly mediated by NLRs in both O. faveolata and the ecologically important branching coral Acropora digitifera. Overall, we find support that this class of proteins may provide a mechanistic link to how reef-building corals respond to threats both foreign and domestic.
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- Bradford A Dimos
- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
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Tang X, Huang B, Lin S, Wang W, Zhang G, Li L. Functional relationship between CgMyD88-1 and CgMyD88-2 in the Pacific oyster. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 96:138-140. [PMID: 31676429 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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MyD88 is a universal adapter protein for the Toll-like receptor/interleukin-1 receptor (TLR/IL-1R) signaling pathway. Since invertebrates are believed to lack MyD88-independent pathways, MyD88 appears more critical in oyster TLR signaling pathway. In the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), two complete paralogues, named as CgMyD88-1 and CgMyD88-2, have been identified. In the current study, we indicated that CgMyD88-1 and CgMyD88-2 might act synergistically to increase the efficiency of immune signaling by activating NF-κB transcription factor. However, we found that upon stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid [poly (I:C)], CgMyD88-1 and CgMyD88-2 show differences in their response: CgMyD88-1 accumulated as large spots in the cytoplasm, while CgMyD88-2 assembled in the cytoplasm and in the membrane. Our results support the theory that expansion of these immune genes is associated with functional diversity.
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- Xueying Tang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, Fujian, 363000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China.
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Majzoub K, Wrensch F, Baumert TF. The Innate Antiviral Response in Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective from Flagellates to Humans. Viruses 2019; 11:v11080758. [PMID: 31426357 PMCID: PMC6723221 DOI: 10.3390/v11080758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Animal cells have evolved dedicated molecular systems for sensing and delivering a coordinated response to viral threats. Our understanding of these pathways is almost entirely defined by studies in humans or model organisms like mice, fruit flies and worms. However, new genomic and functional data from organisms such as sponges, anemones and mollusks are helping redefine our understanding of these immune systems and their evolution. In this review, we will discuss our current knowledge of the innate immune pathways involved in sensing, signaling and inducing genes to counter viral infections in vertebrate animals. We will then focus on some central conserved players of this response including Toll-like receptors (TLRs), RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs) and cGAS-STING, attempting to put their evolution into perspective. To conclude, we will reflect on the arms race that exists between viruses and their animal hosts, illustrated by the dynamic evolution and diversification of innate immune pathways. These concepts are not only important to understand virus-host interactions in general but may also be relevant for the development of novel curative approaches against human disease.
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- Karim Majzoub
- Inserm, U1110, Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies Virales et Hépatiques, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Inserm, U1110, Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies Virales et Hépatiques, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Inserm, U1110, Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies Virales et Hépatiques, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire, Pôle Hépato-digestif, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
- Institut Universitaire de France, 75231 Paris, France.
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Xu K, Zhang Z, Xu Z, Tang Z, Liu L, Lu Z, Qi P. A novel invertebrate toll-like receptor is involved in TLR mediated signal pathway of thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 97:11-19. [PMID: 30904427 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the most well studied pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that play a crucial role in both innate and adaptive immunity in animals. In the present study, a novel toll-like receptor (McTLRj) was identified and characterised in thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus. McTLRj possessed a signal peptide, a transmembrane domain, leucine-rich repeats and an intracellular Toll/interleukin-1 receptor domain that were conserved in typical TLRs. McTLRj transcripts were constitutively expressed in all of the examined tissues with high expression level in immune-related tissues, and significantly induced in haemocytes upon live Vibrio alginolyticus, lipopolysaccharide, polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid and peptidoglycans challenge. The overexpression of the McTLRj TLR fragment in Drosophila S2 cells could induce the expression of Drosophila attacin A, drosomycin, cecropin A, and metchnikowin expression. The expression of McTLRj was obviously repressed by dsRNA-mediated RNA interference, and downstream TLR pathway factors, such as MyD88a, IRAK4, and TRAF6 were significantly repressed in McTLRj-silenced mussels upon LPS challenge. These results collectively indicated that McTLRj is a TLR family member that may play a potential PRR role in TLR-mediated signalling pathway. This research contributed to the clarification of innate immune response in molluscs.
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- Kaida Xu
- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fisheries Resources of Zhejiang Province, Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Fishery Resources for Key Fishing Grounds, Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fishery Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316021, China
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- General Station of Plant Protection, Hubei Province, Hubei, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fisheries Resources of Zhejiang Province, Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Fishery Resources for Key Fishing Grounds, Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fishery Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Utilization of Technology Research for Fisheries Resources of Zhejiang Province, Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Fishery Resources for Key Fishing Grounds, Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fishery Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316021, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhejiang, Zhoushan, 316004, China.
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