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Bai X, Liu Y, Wang H, Zhang H. Natural Products from the Marine Sponge Subgenus Reniera. Molecules 2021; 26:1097. [PMID: 33669688 PMCID: PMC7922958 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26041097] [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: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Marine sponges are one of the prolific producers of bioactive natural products with therapeutic potential. As an important subgenus of Haliclona, Reniera sponges are mainly distributed in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic area, and had been chemically investigated for over four decades. By an extensive literature search, this review first makes a comprehensive summary of all natural products from Reniera sponges and their endozoic microbes, as well as biological properties. Perspectives on strengthening the chemical study of Reniera sponges for new drug-lead discovery are provided in this work.
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- Xuelian Bai
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China;
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China; (Y.L.); (H.W.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China; (Y.L.); (H.W.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China; (Y.L.); (H.W.)
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Bennett H, Bell JJ, Davy SK, Webster NS, Francis DS. Elucidating the sponge stress response; lipids and fatty acids can facilitate survival under future climate scenarios. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2018; 24:3130-3144. [PMID: 29505691 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Revised: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Ocean warming (OW) and ocean acidification (OA) are threatening coral reef ecosystems, with a bleak future forecast for reef-building corals, which are already experiencing global declines in abundance. In contrast, many coral reef sponge species are able to tolerate climate change conditions projected for 2100. To increase our understanding of the mechanisms underpinning this tolerance, we explored the lipid and fatty acid (FA) composition of four sponge species with differing sensitivities to climate change, experimentally exposed to OW and OA levels predicted for 2100, under two CO2 Representative Concentration Pathways. Sponges with greater concentrations of storage lipid, phospholipids, sterols and elevated concentrations of n-3 and n-6 long-chain polyunsaturated FA (LC PUFA), were more resistant to OW. Such biochemical constituents likely contribute to the ability of these sponges to maintain membrane function and cell homeostasis in the face of environmental change. Our results suggest that n-3 and n-6 LC PUFA are important components of the sponge stress response potentially via chain elongation and the eicosanoid stress-signalling pathways. The capacity for sponges to compositionally alter their membrane lipids in response to stress was also explored using a number of specific homeoviscous adaptation (HVA) indicators. This revealed a potential mechanism via which additional CO2 could facilitate the resistance of phototrophic sponges to thermal stress through an increased synthesis of membrane-stabilizing sterols. Finally, OW induced an increase in FA unsaturation in phototrophic sponges but a decrease in heterotrophic species, providing support for a difference in the thermal response pathway between the sponge host and the associated photosymbionts. Here we have shown that sponge lipids and FA are likely to be an important component of the sponge stress response and may play a role in facilitating sponge survival under future climate conditions.
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- Holly Bennett
- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Gold DA, O'Reilly SS, Watson J, Degnan BM, Degnan SM, Krömer JO, Summons RE. Lipidomics of the sea sponge Amphimedon queenslandica and implication for biomarker geochemistry. GEOBIOLOGY 2017; 15:836-843. [PMID: 28851049 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Demosponges are a rich natural source of unusual lipids, some of which are of interest as geochemical biomarkers. Although demosponges are animals, they often host dense communities of microbial symbionts, and it is therefore unclear which lipids can be synthesized by the animal de novo, and which require input from the microbial community. To address this uncertainty, we analyzed the lipids of Amphimdeon queenslandica, the only demosponge with a published genome. We correlated the genetic and lipid repertoires of A. queenslandica to identify which biomarkers could potentially be synthesized and/or modified by the sponge. The fatty acid profile of A. queenslandica is dominated by an unusual Δ5,9 fatty acid (cis-5,9-hexacosadienoic acid)-similar to what has been found in other members of the Amphimdeon genus-while the sterol profile is dominated by C27 -C29 derivatives of cholesterol. Based on our analysis of the A. queenslandica genome, we predict that this sponge can synthesize sterols de novo, but it lacks critical genes necessary to synthesize basic saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. However, it does appear to have the genes necessary to modify simpler products into a more complex "algal-like" assemblage of unsaturated fatty acids. Ultimately, our results provide additional support for the poriferan affinity of 24-isopropylcholestanes in Neoproterozoic-age rocks (the "sponge biomarker" hypothesis) and suggest that some algal proxies in the geochemical record could also have animal contributions.
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- D A Gold
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department for Solar Materials, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Maffo T, Melong R, Nganteng DND, Wafo P, Ali MS, Ngadjui BT. Neomacrodione: a new degraded diterpenoid from the roots of Neoboutonia macrocalyx Beng (Euphorbiaceae). Nat Prod Res 2017; 32:85-90. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2017.1335729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Timoleon Maffo
- Faculty of Science, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Yaounde I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Yaounde I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Yaounde I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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Salvador JAR, Carvalho JFS, Neves MAC, Silvestre SM, Leitão AJ, Silva MMC, Sá e Melo ML. Anticancer steroids: linking natural and semi-synthetic compounds. Nat Prod Rep 2013; 30:324-74. [PMID: 23151898 DOI: 10.1039/c2np20082a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Steroids, a widespread class of natural organic compounds occurring in animals, plants and fungi, have shown great therapeutic value for a broad array of pathologies. The present overview is focused on the anticancer activity of steroids, which is very representative of a rich structural molecular diversity and ability to interact with various biological targets and pathways. This review encompasses the most relevant discoveries on steroid anticancer drugs and leads through the last decade and comprises 668 references.
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- Jorge A R Salvador
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Polo das Ciências da Saúde, 3000-508, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Núñez-Pons L, Carbone M, Paris D, Melck D, Ríos P, Cristobo J, Castelluccio F, Gavagnin M, Avila C. Chemo-ecological studies on hexactinellid sponges from the Southern Ocean. Naturwissenschaften 2012; 99:353-68. [PMID: 22430814 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0907-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Hexactinellids (glass sponges) are an understudied class with syncytial organization and poor procariotic associations, thought to lack defensive secondary metabolites. Poriferans, though, are outstanding sources of bioactive compounds; nonetheless, a growing suspicion suggests that many of these chemicals could be symbiont-derived. In Polar latitudes, sponges are readily invaded by diatoms, which could provide natural products. Hexactinellids are typical of deep waters; but in Antarctica, they dominate the upper shelf providing shelter and food supply to many opportunistic mesograzers and macroinvertebrates, which exert strong ecological pressures on them. Aiming to examine the incidence of defensive activities of hexactinellids against consumption, feeding experiments were conducted using their lipophilic fractions. Antarctic hexactinellid and demosponge extracts were tested against the asteroid Odontaster validus and the amphipod Cheirimedon femoratus as putative sympatric, omnivorous consumers. Hexactinellids yielded greater unpalatable activities towards the amphipod, while no apparent allocation of lipophilic defenses was noted. After chemical analyses on the lipophilic fractions from these Antarctic glass sponges, quite similar profiles were revealed, and no peculiar secondary metabolites, comparable to those characterizing other poriferans, were found. Instead, the lipidic compounds 5α(H)-cholestan-3-one and two glycoceramides were isolated for their particular outspread presence in our samples. The isolated compounds were further assessed in asteroid feeding assays, and their occurrence was evaluated for chemotaxonomical purposes in all the Antarctic samples as well as in glass sponges from other latitudes by NMR and MS. Characteristic sphingolipids are proposed as chemical markers in Hexactinellida, with possible contributions to the classification of this unsettled class.
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- Laura Núñez-Pons
- Departament de Biologia Animal (Invertebrats), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
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Garson MJ, Zimmermann MP, Hoberg M, Larsen RM, Battershill CN, Murphy PT. Isolation of brominated long-chain fatty acids from the phospholipids of the tropical marine sponge Amphimedon terpenensis. Lipids 1993; 28:1011-4. [PMID: 8277824 DOI: 10.1007/bf02537123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Preliminary investigation of the phospholipid fatty acid composition of the tropical marine sponge Amphimedon terpenensis by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry revealed the presence of some novel brominated fatty acids. Two new brominated fatty acids, (5E, 9Z)-6-bromo-5,9-tetracosadienoic acid (2a) and (5E, 9Z)-6-bromo-5,9-pentacosadienoic acid (3a) were subsequently isolated from a chloroform/methanol (3:1, vol/vol) extract of the sponge and characterized as their methyl esters 2b and 3b. The known brominated fatty acid (5E, 9Z)-6-bromo-5,9-hexacosadienoic acid (4a) was also isolated. The new fatty acid methyl esters were confirmed as brominated delta 5,9 acid derivatives by chemical ionization mass spectrometry. The position of the bromine substituent was determined to be C-6 by nuclear magnetic resonance techniques while the stereochemistry of the two double bonds was deduced by nuclear Overhauser enhancement difference spectroscopy. The biosynthetic implications of the co-occurrence of the three brominated acids are discussed.
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- M J Garson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Terpenes in sponge cell membranes: Cell separation and membrane fractionation studies with the tropical marine spongeAmphimedon sp. Lipids 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02536153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dai MC, Chiche HB, Düzgüneş N, Ayanoglu E, Djerassi C. Phospholipid studies of marine organisms: 26. Interactions of some marine sterols with 1-stearoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine (SOPC) in model membranes. Chem Phys Lipids 1991; 59:245-53. [PMID: 1804568 DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(91)90024-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The thermotropic behavior of multilamellar vesicles (MLV) composed of different mole fractions of various marine sterols and 1-stearoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine (SOPC) was examined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and was compared to pure SOPC as well as their mixtures with cholesterol. The marine sterols investigated were capable of interacting with the phospholipid bilayers. Upon addition of marine sterols, the apparent transition temperature (Tm) of SOPC decreased significantly. Desmosterol (cholesta-5,24-dien-3 beta-ol) had the least interaction with SOPC, as reflected by the larger delta H values of its mixtures with the phospholipid. Fucosterol (24-ethylcholesta-5,24(28)-dien-3 beta-ol) showed a non-linear trend as the mole percent of the sterol increased. Mixtures of sutinasterol (24R-24-ethyl-26,26-dimethylcholesta-7,25(27)-dien-3 beta-ol) with SOPC had similar enthalpy values to cholesterol. The shape of the SOPC/marine sterol endotherm and their delta H values were not identical when liposomes prepared by dialysis were compared to MLV.
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- M C Dai
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, CA 94305
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Ayanoglu E, Chiche BH, Beatty M, Djerassi C, Düzgüneş N. Cholesterol interactions with tetracosenoic acid phospholipids in model cell membranes: role of the double-bond position. Biochemistry 1990; 29:3466-71. [PMID: 2354147 DOI: 10.1021/bi00466a007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The synthesis and thermotropic properties of 1,2-di-(9Z)-9-tetracosenoylphosphatidylcholine [delta 9-PC(24:1,24:1), 1], 1,2-di-(5Z)-5-tetracosenoylphosphatidylcholine [delta 5-PC(24:1,24:1), 2], and 1,2-di-(15Z)-15- tetracosenoylphosphatidylcholine [delta 15-PC(24:1,24:1), 3] are reported. Liposomes prepared from these phospholipids differ from those of the natural sponge phospholipids, 1,2-di-(5Z,9Z)-5,9-hexacosadienoylphosphatidylcholine (4a) and the corresponding ethanolamine (4b), both of which virtually exclude cholesterol from their bilayers. The behavior of 1 and 2 is similar to that of 1,2-di-(6Z,9Z)-6,9-hexacosadienoylphosphatidylcholine (5), which exhibits a partial molecular interaction with cholesterol. In the case of 3, cholesterol appears to interact with the saturated acyl chain regions of this phospholipid in a manner similar to that of its interaction with DPPC acyl chains. This study delineates the effect of the double-bond location in long fatty acyl chains of phospholipids on their interactions with cholesterol.
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- E Ayanoglu
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, California 94305
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Rovlrosa J, De La Luz Vásquez M, San-martín A. Chemotaxonomic considerations in relation to sponges of the genera Reniera and Haliclona. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(90)90034-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zimmerman MP, Thomas FC, Thompson JE, Djerassi C, Streiner H, Evans E, Murphy PT. The distribution of lipids and sterols in cell types from the marine sponge Pseudaxinyssa sp. Lipids 1989; 24:210-6. [PMID: 2761353 DOI: 10.1007/bf02535236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The sponge Pseudaxinyssa sp., unique in sterol and fatty acid composition, was cellularly dissected into fractions enriched in each of the major cell types present in the sponge: microbial symbionts (cyanobacteria), small sponge cells (pinacocytes and choanocytes), and large sponge cells (archeocytes and cyanophytes). Three phototrophic microbial symbionts were also isolated from the cell fractions and grown in culture. An unsymmetrical distribution of fatty acids and sterols was observed for the sponge cells: small cells contained larger quantities of long chain fatty acids (greater than C24) and smaller quantities of sterols than were present in the larger sponge cells. Moreover, the rare sterols 24-isopropylcholesterol predominated in the smaller sponge cells, whereas its 22-dehydro analog predominated in the larger sponge cells. Long chain fatty acids and sterols were not detected in the cultured microbial symbionts. This constitutes the first report of lipid variability according to cell type for this most primitive group of Metazoa.
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- M P Zimmerman
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, California 94305
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Gillan FT, Stoilov IL, Thompson JE, Hogg RW, Wilkinson CR, Djerassi C. Fatty acids as biological markers for bacterial symbionts in sponges. Lipids 1988; 23:1139-45. [PMID: 2906395 DOI: 10.1007/bf02535280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Analyses of fatty acids with carbon numbers between C12 and C22 are reported for five Great Barrier Reef sponges. These analyses indicate that phototrophic cyanobacterial symbionts (blue-green algae) present in three of the sponges are chemically distinct, whereas the other two sponges do not contain cyanobacterial symbionts. All the sponges contain other, nonphototrophic bacteria. The fatty acid analyses indicate that the non-phototrophic bacterial populations present in the different sponges are distinct in both their chemical compositions and their abundances. Nonphototrophic bacteria are estimated to account for between 60 and 350 micrograms/g (extractable fatty acids:tissue wet weight), whereas cyanobacteria account for between 10 and 910 micrograms/g. One sponge (Pseudaxinyssa sp.) contains a relatively large amount of the isoprenoid acid, 4, 8, 12-trimethyltridecanoic acid; this acid is presumed to be derived from phytol, a degradation product of chlorophyll. This sponge also contains relatively large amounts of the nonmethylene interrupted fatty acid, octadeca-5,9-dienoic acid. Analyses of interior and cyanobacteria-rich surface tissues of this sponge indicate that these two acids are probably not associated with the symbiotic cyanobacteria.
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- F T Gillan
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville M.C., Queensland
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Lawson MP, Thompson JE, Djerassi C. Localization of long-chain fatty acids and unconventional sterols in spherulous cells of a marine sponge. Lipids 1988; 23:1037-48. [PMID: 3237003 DOI: 10.1007/bf02535649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The first direct evidence is provided for the presence of unconventional lipids in a particular subcellular membrane system of a sponge. Spherulous cells were isolated from the variety of cell types present in the marine sponge Aplysina fistularis by density gradient centrifugation. Spherulous cell plasma membrane was subsequently isolated by cell rupture followed by differential centrifugation and sucrose, or Percoll, density gradient ultracentrifugation. Plasma membrane isolates were identified and assessed for purity using [3H]concanavalin A plasma membrane marker, sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and ratios of protein, sterol and phosphate. Plasma membrane isolates could not be assessed for purity by traditional enzymatic means. Spherulous cell plasma membrane was found to contain unusual lipids, including long-chain (C24-C30) fatty acids (16.8-27.2%) and unconventional 26-alkylated sterols (66.4-72.6%), in addition to more conventional fatty acids and sterols. Spherulous cell intracellular membranes were also found to contain long-chain fatty acids and unconventional sterols, although the relative importance of these unusual lipids apparently varies between intracellular membranes, with some containing approximately 50% long-chain acids.
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- M P Lawson
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, CA 94305
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Lawson MP, Thompson JE, Djerassi C. Cell membrane localization of long chain C24-C30 fatty acids in two marine demosponges. Lipids 1988; 23:741-9. [PMID: 3185105 DOI: 10.1007/bf02536215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Subcellular fractionation by differential centrifugation was performed on two previously unstudied marine sponges (Reniera sp. and Pseudaxinyssa sp.) that represent both major subclasses of the Demospongiae. Long chain fatty acids (LCFA) with 24-30 carbon units were found as major constituents of cell membrane isolates of both sponges. Most LCFA were polyunsaturated and were constituents of the phospholipids, which are typical membrane lipids, and in particular the amino-phospholipids. The LCFA composition of phospholipids from whole sponge tissue was shown to provide a reliable indication of the LCFA composition of cell membrane phospholipids in the sponges studied. An unusual triply branched C16 isoprenoid fatty acid, 4,8,12-trimethyltridecanoic acid, also was identified as a cell membrane acid in the sponge Pseudaxinyssa sp.
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- M P Lawson
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, CA 94305
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