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Li T, Yin Y, Zhang K, Li Y, Kong X, Liu D, Luo Y, Zhang R, Zhang Z. Ecotoxicity effect of aspirin on the larvae of Musca domestica through retinol metabolism. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2024; 270:115845. [PMID: 38134638 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115845] [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: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Aspirin is a widely used multi-efficiency pharmaceutical, and its environmental residues are frequently detected. However, limited information is available on its effects on the development of the public health pest and saprophytic insect Musca domestica. In this study, it was demonstrated that aspirin inhibits the larval growth of house flies in a concentration-dependent manner. Microbiome analysis indicated that the composition of larval intestinal bacteria was influenced by aspirin but not greatly. The dominant bacterial genus in the aspirin group was still Klebsiella, as in the control group. Transcriptome sequencing and gene set enrichment analysis showed that retinol metabolism was activated after aspirin treatment. High performance liquid chromatography indicated that the content of retinol in larvae was decreased and that of retinoic acid was increased. The addition of β-carotene, a precursor substance of retinol, in feeding promotes larval development and alleviates the inhibitory effect caused by aspirin. In contrast, retinoic acid delayed the larval development of house flies as well as aspirin. Gene expression analysis after aspirin exposure demonstrated that genes involved in the transformation from retinol to retinoic acid were upregulated. Overall, aspirin exposure impairs larval development by activating retinol metabolism in house flies and can be utilized as an effective pesticide. This work uncovers the mechanism underlying the larval development inhibition induced by aspirin in terms of metabolism and genetics, and provides novel functional exploration of a traditional drug for pest management.
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- Ting Li
- School of Life Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian 271016, Shandong, China
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- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian 271016, Shandong, China
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- Hospital for Skin Diseases, Shandong First Medical University, China; Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China
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- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian 271016, Shandong, China
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- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian 271016, Shandong, China
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- School of Life Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian 271016, Shandong, China
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- School of Life Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian 271016, Shandong, China
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- School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian 271016, Shandong, China.
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- School of Life Science, Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Taian 271016, Shandong, China; Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261021, Shandong, China.
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Wingrove J, de Hoog E, Spencer GE. Disruptions in network plasticity precede deficits in memory following inhibition of retinoid signaling. J Neurophysiol 2023; 129:41-55. [PMID: 36448682 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00270.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Retinoic acid, the active metabolite of vitamin A, is important for vertebrate cognition and hippocampal plasticity, but few studies have examined its role in invertebrate learning and memory, and its actions in the invertebrate central nervous system are currently unknown. Using the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis, we examined operant conditioning of the respiratory behavior, controlled by a well-defined central pattern generator (CPG), and used citral to inhibit retinoic acid signaling. Both citral- and vehicle-treated animals showed normal learning, but citral-treated animals failed to exhibit long-term memory at 24 h. Cohorts of citral- or vehicle-treated animals were dissected into semi-intact preparations, either 1 h after training, or after the memory test 24 h later. Simultaneous electrophysiological recordings from the CPG pacemaker cell (right pedal dorsal 1; RPeD1) and an identified motorneuron (VI) were made while monitoring respiratory activity (pneumostome opening). Activity of the CPG pneumostome opener interneuron (input 3 interneuron; IP3) was also monitored indirectly. Vehicle-treated conditioned preparations showed significant changes in network parameters immediately after learning, such as reduced motorneuron bursting activity (from IP3 input), delayed pneumostome opening, and decoupling of coincident IP3 input within the network. However, citral-treated preparations failed to exhibit these network changes and more closely resembled naïve preparations. Importantly, these citral-induced differences were manifested immediately after training and before any overt changes in the behavioral response (memory impairment). These studies shed light on where and when retinoid signaling might affect a central pattern-generating network to promote memory formation during conditioning of a homeostatic behavior.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We provide novel evidence for how conditioning-induced changes in a CPG network are disrupted when retinoid signaling is inhibited. Inhibition of retinoic acid signaling prevents long-term memory formation following operant conditioning, but has no effect on learning. Simultaneous electrophysiological and behavioral analyses indicate network changes immediately following learning, but these changes are prevented with inhibition of retinoid signaling, before any overt changes in behavior. These data suggest sites for retinoid actions during memory formation.
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- Joel Wingrove
- Department Biological Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department Biological Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department Biological Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Jin Q, Huo C, Yang W, Jin K, Cai S, Zheng Y, Huang B, Wei L, Zhang M, Han Y, Zhang X, Liu Y, Wang X. Regulation of Tyrosinase Gene Expression by Retinoic Acid Pathway in the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:12840. [PMID: 36361629 PMCID: PMC9656583 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232112840] [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: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Retinoic acid (RA) plays important roles in various biological processes in animals. RA signaling is mediated by two types of nuclear receptors, namely retinoic acid receptor (RAR) and retinoid x receptor (RXR), which regulate gene expression by binding to retinoic acid response elements (RAREs) in the promoters of target genes. Here, we explored the effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on the Pacific oyster Crassostera gigas at the transcriptome level. A total of 586 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in C. gigas upon ATRA treatment, with 309 upregulated and 277 downregulated genes. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that ATRA affects the development, metabolism, reproduction, and immunity of C. gigas. Four tyrosinase genes, including Tyr-6 (LOC105331209), Tyr-9 (LOC105346503), Tyr-20 (LOC105330910), and Tyr-12 (LOC105320007), were upregulated by ATRA according to the transcriptome data and these results were verified by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis. In addition, increased expression of Tyr (a melanin-related TYR gene in C. gigas) and Tyr-2 were detected after ATRA treatment. The yeast one-hybrid assay revealed the DNA-binding activity of the RA receptors CgRAR and CgRXR, and the interaction of CgRAR with RARE present in the Tyr-2 promoter. These results provide evidence for the further studies on the role of ATRA and the mechanism of RA receptors in mollusks.
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- Qianqian Jin
- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Changdao Enhancement and Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Yantai 265800, China
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- Changdao Enhancement and Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Yantai 265800, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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Lesoway MP, Henry JQ. Retinoids promote penis development in sequentially hermaphroditic snails. Dev Biol 2021; 478:122-132. [PMID: 34224682 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.06.013] [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: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sexual systems are surprisingly diverse, considering the ubiquity of sexual reproduction. Sequential hermaphroditism, the ability of an individual to change sex, has emerged multiple times independently across the animal kingdom. In molluscs, repeated shifts between ancestrally separate sexes and hermaphroditism are generally found at the level of family and above, suggesting recruitment of deeply conserved mechanisms. Despite this, molecular mechanisms of sexual development are poorly known. In molluscs with separate sexes, endocrine disrupting toxins bind the retinoid X receptor (RXR), activating ectopic male development in females, suggesting the retinoid pathway as a candidate controlling sexual transitions in sequential hermaphrodites. We therefore tested the role of retinoic acid signaling in sequentially hermaphroditic Crepidula snails, which develop first into males, then change sex, maturing into females. We show that retinoid agonists induce precocious penis growth in juveniles and superimposition of male development in females. Combining RXR antagonists with retinoid agonists significantly reduces penis length in induced juveniles, while similar treatments using retinoic acid receptor (RAR) antagonists increase penis length. Transcripts of both receptors are expressed in the induced penis. Our findings therefore show that retinoid signaling can initiate molluscan male genital development, and regulate penis length. Further, we show that retinoids induce ectopic male development in multiple Crepidula species. Species-specific influence of conspecific induction of sexual transitions correlates with responsiveness to retinoids. We propose that retinoid signaling plays a conserved role in molluscan male development, and that shifts in the timing of retinoid signaling may have been important for the origins of sequential hermaphroditism within molluscs.
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- Maryna P Lesoway
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University of Illinois, 601 S Goodwin Avenue Urbana, IL, USA, 61801.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology University of Illinois, 601 S Goodwin Avenue Urbana, IL, USA, 61801
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Jin K, Jin Q, Cai Z, Huang B, Wei L, Zhang M, Guo W, Liu Y, Wang X. Molecular Characterization of Retinoic Acid Receptor CgRAR in Pacific Oyster ( Crassostrea gigas). Front Physiol 2021; 12:666842. [PMID: 33897474 PMCID: PMC8060629 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.666842] [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: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Retinoic acid (RA) signaling pathways mediated by RA receptors (RARs) are essential for many physiological processes such as organ development, regeneration, and differentiation in animals. Recent studies reveal that RARs identified in several mollusks, including Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, have a different function mechanism compared with that in chordates. In this report, we identified the molecular characteristics of CgRAR to further explore the mechanism of RAR in mollusks. RT-qPCR analysis shows that CgRAR has a higher expression level in the hemocytes and gonads, indicating that CgRAR may play roles in the processes of development and metabolism. The mRNA expression level of both CgRAR and CgRXR was analyzed by RT-qPCR after injection with RA. The elevated expression of CgRAR and CgRXR was detected upon all-trans-RA (ATRA) exposure. Finally, according to the results of Yeast Two-Hybrid assay and co-immunoprecipitation analysis, CgRAR and CgRXR can interact with each other through the C-terminal region. Taken together, our results suggest that CgRAR shows a higher expression level in gonads and hemocytes. ATRA exposure up-regulates the expression of CgRAR and CgRXR. Besides, CgRAR can interact with CgRXR to form a heterodimer complex.
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- Kaidi Jin
- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Changdao Enhancement and Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Changdao, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Center for Mollusc Study and Development, Marine Biology Institute of Shandong Province, Qingdao, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- School of Agriculture, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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Miglioli A, Canesi L, Gomes IDL, Schubert M, Dumollard R. Nuclear Receptors and Development of Marine Invertebrates. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12010083. [PMID: 33440651 PMCID: PMC7827873 DOI: 10.3390/genes12010083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Nuclear Receptors (NRs) are a superfamily of transcription factors specific to metazoans that have the unique ability to directly translate the message of a signaling molecule into a transcriptional response. In vertebrates, NRs are pivotal players in countless processes of both embryonic and adult physiology, with embryonic development being one of the most dynamic periods of NR activity. Accumulating evidence suggests that NR signaling is also a major regulator of development in marine invertebrates, although ligands and transactivation dynamics are not necessarily conserved with respect to vertebrates. The explosion of genome sequencing projects and the interpretation of the resulting data in a phylogenetic context allowed significant progress toward an understanding of NR superfamily evolution, both in terms of molecular activities and developmental functions. In this context, marine invertebrates have been crucial for characterizing the ancestral states of NR-ligand interactions, further strengthening the importance of these organisms in the field of evolutionary developmental biology.
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- Angelica Miglioli
- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer (LBDV), Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France; (A.M.); (I.D.L.G.); (M.S.)
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università degli Studi di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università degli Studi di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy;
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- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer (LBDV), Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France; (A.M.); (I.D.L.G.); (M.S.)
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- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer (LBDV), Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France; (A.M.); (I.D.L.G.); (M.S.)
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- Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer (LBDV), Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France; (A.M.); (I.D.L.G.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence:
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Fonseca ESS, Hiromori Y, Kaite Y, Ruivo R, Franco JN, Nakanishi T, Santos MM, Castro LFC. An Orthologue of the Retinoic Acid Receptor (RAR) Is Present in the Ecdysozoa Phylum Priapulida. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10120985. [PMID: 31795452 PMCID: PMC6947571 DOI: 10.3390/genes10120985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Signalling molecules and their cognate receptors are central components of the Metazoa endocrine system. Defining their presence or absence in extant animal lineages is critical to accurately devise evolutionary patterns, physiological shifts and the impact of endocrine disrupting chemicals. Here, we address the evolution of retinoic acid (RA) signalling in the Priapulida worm, Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816, an Ecdysozoa. RA signalling has been shown to be central to chordate endocrine homeostasis, participating in multiple developmental and physiological processes. Priapulids, with their slow rate of molecular evolution and phylogenetic position, represent a key taxon to investigate the early phases of Ecdysozoa evolution. By exploring a draft genome assembly, we show, by means of phylogenetics and functional assays, that an orthologue of the nuclear receptor retinoic acid receptor (RAR) subfamily, a central mediator of RA signalling, is present in Ecdysozoa, contrary to previous perception. We further demonstrate that the Priapulida RAR displays low-affinity for retinoids (similar to annelids), and is not responsive to common endocrine disruptors acting via RAR. Our findings provide a timeline for RA signalling evolution in the Bilateria and give support to the hypothesis that the increase in RA affinity towards RAR is a late acquisition in the evolution of the Metazoa.
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- Elza S. S. Fonseca
- CIIMAR/CIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U.Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (E.S.S.F.); (R.R.); (J.N.F.)
- FCUP—Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, U.Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; (Y.H.); (Y.K.)
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka 513-8670, Japan
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- Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; (Y.H.); (Y.K.)
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- CIIMAR/CIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U.Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (E.S.S.F.); (R.R.); (J.N.F.)
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- CIIMAR/CIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U.Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (E.S.S.F.); (R.R.); (J.N.F.)
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- Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; (Y.H.); (Y.K.)
- Correspondence: (T.N.); (M.M.S.); (L.F.C.C.)
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- CIIMAR/CIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U.Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (E.S.S.F.); (R.R.); (J.N.F.)
- FCUP—Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, U.Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
- Correspondence: (T.N.); (M.M.S.); (L.F.C.C.)
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- CIIMAR/CIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, U.Porto, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; (E.S.S.F.); (R.R.); (J.N.F.)
- FCUP—Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, U.Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
- Correspondence: (T.N.); (M.M.S.); (L.F.C.C.)
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Johnson A, de Hoog E, Tolentino M, Nasser T, Spencer GE. Pharmacological evidence for the role of RAR in axon guidance and embryonic development of a protostome species. Genesis 2019; 57:e23301. [PMID: 31038837 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Retinoic acid (RA), the active metabolite of vitamin A, functions through nuclear receptors, one of which is the retinoic acid receptor (RAR). Though the RAR is essential for various aspects of vertebrate development, little is known about the role of RAR in nonchordate invertebrates. Here, we examined the potential role of an invertebrate RAR in mediating chemotropic effects of retinoic acid. The RAR of the protostome Lymnaea stagnalis is present in the growth cones of regenerating cultured motorneurons, and a synthetic RAR agonist (EC23), was able to mimic the effects of retinoic acid in inducing growth cone turning. We also examined the ability of the natural retinoids, all-trans RA and 9-cis RA, as well as the synthetic RAR agonists, to disrupt embryonic development in Lymnaea. Developmental defects included delays in embryo hatching, arrested eye, and shell development, as well as more severe abnormalities such as halted development. Developmental defects induced by some (but not all) synthetic RAR agonists were found to mimic those induced by addition of high concentrations of the natural retinoid isomers. These pharmacological data support a possible physiological role for the RAR in axon guidance and embryonic development of an invertebrate protostome species.
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- Alysha Johnson
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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André A, Ruivo R, Fonseca E, Froufe E, Castro LFC, Santos MM. The retinoic acid receptor (RAR) in molluscs: Function, evolution and endocrine disruption insights. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2019; 208:80-89. [PMID: 30639747 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Retinoid acid receptor (RAR)-dependent signalling pathways are essential for the regulation and maintenance of essential biological functions and are recognized targets of disruptive anthropogenic compounds. Recent studies put forward the inability of mollusc RARs to bind and respond to the canonical vertebrate ligand, retinoic acid: a feature that seems to have been lost during evolution. Yet, these studies were carried out in a limited number of molluscs. Therefore, using an in vitro transactivation assay, the present work aimed to characterize phylogenetically relevant mollusc RARs, as monomers or as functional units with RXR, not only in the presence of vertebrate bone fine ligands but also known endocrine disruptors, described to modulate retinoid-dependent pathways. In general, none of the tested mollusc RARs were able to activate reporter gene transcription when exposed to retinoic acid isomers, suggesting that the ability to respond to retinoic acid was lost across molluscs. Similarly, the analysed mollusc RAR were unresponsive towards organochloride pesticides. In contrast, transcriptional repressions were observed with the RAR/RXR unit upon exposure to retinoids or RXR-specific ligands. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutations further corroborate the obtained results and suggest that the repressive behaviour, observed with mollusc and human RAR/RXR heterodimers, is possibly mediated by ligand biding to RXR.
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- Ana André
- CIMAR/CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Avenida General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal; ICBAS - Institute of biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Avenida General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Avenida General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Avenida General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Avenida General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Avenida General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.
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de Hoog E, Lukewich MK, Spencer GE. Retinoic acid inhibits neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels. Cell Calcium 2018; 72:51-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Urushitani H, Katsu Y, Kagechika H, Sousa ACA, Barroso CM, Ohta Y, Shiraishi H, Iguchi T, Horiguchi T. Characterization and comparison of transcriptional activities of the retinoid X receptors by various organotin compounds in three prosobranch gastropods; Thais clavigera, Nucella lapillus and Babylonia japonica. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2018; 199:103-115. [PMID: 29621670 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.03.029] [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: 12/25/2017] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Two cDNAs of RXR were isolated, for the first time, from the ivory shell, Babylonia japonica, and the transcriptional activities were tested in vitro to compare with other gastropod (Thais clavigera and Nucella lapillus) RXR isoforms. The transcriptional activities of all of these RXR isoforms were significantly induced by mammalian RXR agonist, 9-cis retinoic acid (9cRA). The transcriptional activity of T. clavigera RXR-1 was also examined by using 9cRA and 16 organotin compounds, and significant ligand-dependent transactivations were observed by 9cRA and 5 organotins (tributyltin (TBT), tetrabutyltin (TeBT), tripropyltin (TPrT), tricyclohexyltin (TcHT) and triphenyltin (TPhT)). These 5 organotins also induced significant transcriptional activities in N. lapillus and B. japonica RXR isoforms. These 4 organotins, except for TeBT, have been reported to promote the development of imposex after a month of a single injection each, using female T. clavigera. To investigate the function of gastropod RXR isoforms, the effects of mammalian specific pan-agonist, PA024, and pan-antagonist, HX531, were examined, and significant induction of transcriptional activity by PA024 was demonstrated in these gastropod RXR isoforms. The additions of HX531 significantly suppressed the transcriptional activities of these gastropod RXR isoforms by 9cRA and 5 organotins. Using the mammalian two retinoic acid response elements, the transcriptional activities by 2 agonists, 9cRA and PA024, were different among the RXR isoforms of each gastropod species. With retinoid X response element (RXRE), transcriptional activities of TcRXR-1, BjRXR-1, and NlRXRa were significantly higher than those of TcRXR-2, BjRXR-2, and NlRXRb. Transcriptional activities of TcRXR-2, BjRXR-2, and NlRXRb, however, were significantly higher than those of TcRXR-1, BjRXR-1, and NlRXRa with thyroid hormone response element, TREpal. Thus, induction of imposex in prosobranch gastropods is strongly suggested to be triggered by 9cRA and certain organotins, such as TBT and TPhT through the activation of RXRs. These gastropod RXRs might control the different gene transcription by forming homo- or heterodimer complex with their own isoforms. These findings will contribute to our understanding of the fundamentals of the endocrine system in molluscs, particularly on RXR signaling pathway.
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- Hiroshi Urushitani
- Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
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- Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- School of Biomedical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- CNRS LabEx DRIIHM, CNRS - INEE - ECCOREV (Unité FR3098), 13545, Aix en Provence, France; CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506, Covilhã, Portugal; CICECO, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Experimental Animals, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan
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- Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0027, Japan
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- Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan.
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Handberg-Thorsager M, Gutierrez-Mazariegos J, Arold ST, Kumar Nadendla E, Bertucci PY, Germain P, Tomançak P, Pierzchalski K, Jones JW, Albalat R, Kane MA, Bourguet W, Laudet V, Arendt D, Schubert M. The ancestral retinoic acid receptor was a low-affinity sensor triggering neuronal differentiation. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaao1261. [PMID: 29492455 PMCID: PMC5821490 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao1261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Retinoic acid (RA) is an important intercellular signaling molecule in vertebrate development, with a well-established role in the regulation of hox genes during hindbrain patterning and in neurogenesis. However, the evolutionary origin of the RA signaling pathway remains elusive. To elucidate the evolution of the RA signaling system, we characterized RA metabolism and signaling in the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii, a powerful model for evolution, development, and neurobiology. Binding assays and crystal structure analyses show that the annelid retinoic acid receptor (RAR) binds RA and activates transcription just as vertebrate RARs, yet with a different ligand-binding pocket and lower binding affinity, suggesting a permissive rather than instructive role of RA signaling. RAR knockdown and RA treatment of swimming annelid larvae further reveal that the RA signal is locally received in the medial neuroectoderm, where it controls neurogenesis and axon outgrowth, whereas the spatial colinear hox gene expression in the neuroectoderm remains unaffected. These findings suggest that one early role of the new RAR in bilaterian evolution was to control the spatially restricted onset of motor and interneuron differentiation in the developing ventral nerve cord and to indicate that the regulation of hox-controlled anterior-posterior patterning arose only at the base of the chordates, concomitant with a high-affinity RAR needed for the interpretation of a complex RA gradient.
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- Mette Handberg-Thorsager
- Developmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Zoology Team, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Center for Computational Bioscience Research, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Inserm, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 29 Rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Developmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Inserm, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 29 Rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 20 North Pine Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 20 North Pine Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 20 North Pine Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Inserm, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 29 Rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Developmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany
- Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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Vogeler S, Galloway TS, Isupov M, Bean TP. Cloning retinoid and peroxisome proliferator-activated nuclear receptors of the Pacific oyster and in silico binding to environmental chemicals. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0176024. [PMID: 28426724 PMCID: PMC5398557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Disruption of nuclear receptors, a transcription factor superfamily regulating gene expression in animals, is one proposed mechanism through which pollution causes effects in aquatic invertebrates. Environmental pollutants have the ability to interfere with the receptor's functions through direct binding and inducing incorrect signals. Limited knowledge of invertebrate endocrinology and molecular regulatory mechanisms, however, impede the understanding of endocrine disruptive effects in many aquatic invertebrate species. Here, we isolated three nuclear receptors of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas: two isoforms of the retinoid X receptor, CgRXR-1 and CgRXR-2, a retinoic acid receptor ortholog CgRAR, and a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ortholog CgPPAR. Computer modelling of the receptors based on 3D crystal structures of human proteins was used to predict each receptor's ability to bind to different ligands in silico. CgRXR showed high potential to bind and be activated by 9-cis retinoic acid and the organotin tributyltin (TBT). Computer modelling of CgRAR revealed six residues in the ligand binding domain, which prevent the successful interaction with natural and synthetic retinoid ligands. This supports an existing theory of loss of retinoid binding in molluscan RARs. Modelling of CgPPAR was less reliable due to high discrepancies in sequence to its human ortholog. Yet, there are suggestions of binding to TBT, but not to rosiglitazone. The effect of potential receptor ligands on early oyster development was assessed after 24h of chemical exposure. TBT oxide (0.2μg/l), all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) (0.06 mg/L) and perfluorooctanoic acid (20 mg/L) showed high effects on development (>74% abnormal developed D-shelled larvae), while rosiglitazone (40 mg/L) showed no effect. The results are discussed in relation to a putative direct (TBT) disruption effect on nuclear receptors. The inability of direct binding of ATRA to CgRAR suggests either a disruptive effect through a pathway excluding nuclear receptors or an indirect interaction. Our findings provide valuable information on potential mechanisms of molluscan nuclear receptors and the effects of environmental pollution on aquatic invertebrates.
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- Susanne Vogeler
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Cefas Weymouth Laboratory, Weymouth, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Cefas Weymouth Laboratory, Weymouth, United Kingdom
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Carvalho JE, Theodosiou M, Chen J, Chevret P, Alvarez S, De Lera AR, Laudet V, Croce JC, Schubert M. Lineage-specific duplication of amphioxus retinoic acid degrading enzymes (CYP26) resulted in sub-functionalization of patterning and homeostatic roles. BMC Evol Biol 2017; 17:24. [PMID: 28103795 PMCID: PMC5247814 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0863-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During embryogenesis, tight regulation of retinoic acid (RA) availability is fundamental for normal development. In parallel to RA synthesis, a negative feedback loop controlled by RA catabolizing enzymes of the cytochrome P450 subfamily 26 (CYP26) is crucial. In vertebrates, the functions of the three CYP26 enzymes (CYP26A1, CYP26B1, and CYP26C1) have been well characterized. By contrast, outside vertebrates, little is known about CYP26 complements and their biological roles. In an effort to characterize the evolutionary diversification of RA catabolism, we studied the CYP26 genes of the cephalochordate amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), a basal chordate with a vertebrate-like genome that has not undergone the massive, large-scale duplications of vertebrates. RESULTS In the present study, we found that amphioxus also possess three CYP26 genes (CYP26-1, CYP26-2, and CYP26-3) that are clustered in the genome and originated by lineage-specific duplication. The amphioxus CYP26 cluster thus represents a useful model to assess adaptive evolutionary changes of the RA signaling system following gene duplication. The characterization of amphioxus CYP26 expression, function, and regulation by RA signaling demonstrated that, despite the independent origins of CYP26 duplicates in amphioxus and vertebrates, they convergently assume two main roles during development: RA-dependent patterning and protection against fluctuations of RA levels. Our analysis suggested that in amphioxus RA-dependent patterning is sustained by CYP26-2, while RA homeostasis is mediated by CYP26-1 and CYP26-3. Furthermore, comparisons of the regulatory regions of CYP26 genes of different bilaterian animals indicated that a CYP26-driven negative feedback system was present in the last common ancestor of deuterostomes, but not in that of bilaterians. CONCLUSIONS Altogether, this work reveals the evolutionary origins of the RA-dependent regulation of CYP26 genes and highlights convergent functions for CYP26 enzymes that originated by independent duplication events, hence establishing a novel selective mechanism for the genomic retention of gene duplicates.
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- João E Carvalho
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon, Cedex 07, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon, Cedex 07, France.,Present Address: Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Huchenghuan Road 999, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, 43 Boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Departamento de Química Organica, Facultad de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Organica, Facultad de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Molecular Zoology Team, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon, Cedex 07, France.,Present Address: Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, UMR CNRS 7232, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, 1 avenue du Fontaulé, 66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 181 Chemin du Lazaret, 06230, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
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New Insights Into the Roles of Retinoic Acid Signaling in Nervous System Development and the Establishment of Neurotransmitter Systems. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 330:1-84. [PMID: 28215529 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Secreted chiefly from the underlying mesoderm, the morphogen retinoic acid (RA) is well known to contribute to the specification, patterning, and differentiation of neural progenitors in the developing vertebrate nervous system. Furthermore, RA influences the subtype identity and neurotransmitter phenotype of subsets of maturing neurons, although relatively little is known about how these functions are mediated. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the roles played by RA signaling during the formation of the central and peripheral nervous systems of vertebrates and highlights its effects on the differentiation of several neurotransmitter systems. In addition, the evolutionary history of the RA signaling system is discussed, revealing both conserved properties and alternate modes of RA action. It is proposed that comparative approaches should be employed systematically to expand our knowledge of the context-dependent cellular mechanisms controlled by the multifunctional signaling molecule RA.
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Carpenter S, Rothwell CM, Wright ML, de Hoog E, Walker S, Hudson E, Spencer GE. Extending the duration of long-term memories: Interactions between environmental darkness and retinoid signaling. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2016; 136:34-46. [PMID: 27646787 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Retinoid signaling plays an important role in hippocampal-dependent vertebrate memories. However, we have previously demonstrated that retinoids are also involved in the formation of long-term implicit memory following operant conditioning of the invertebrate mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis. Furthermore, we have discovered an interaction between environmental light/dark conditions and retinoid signaling and the ability of both to convert intermediate-term memory into long-term memory. In this study, we extend these findings to show that retinoid receptor agonists and environmental darkness can both also extend the duration of long-term memory. Interestingly, exposure to constant environmental darkness significantly increased the expression of retinoid receptors in the adult central nervous system, as well as induced specific changes in a key neuron mediating the conditioned behaviour. These studies not only shed more light on how retinoids influence memory formation, but also further link environmental light conditions to the retinoid signaling pathway.
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- Sevanne Carpenter
- Dept. Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock's Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Dept. Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock's Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Dept. Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock's Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Dept. Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock's Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Dept. Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock's Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Dept. Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock's Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Dept. Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock's Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada.
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Vogeler S, Bean TP, Lyons BP, Galloway TS. Dynamics of nuclear receptor gene expression during Pacific oyster development. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2016; 16:33. [PMID: 27680968 PMCID: PMC5041327 DOI: 10.1186/s12861-016-0129-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nuclear receptors are a highly conserved set of ligand binding transcription factors, with essential roles regulating aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate biology alike. Current understanding of nuclear receptor regulated gene expression in invertebrates remains sparse, limiting our ability to elucidate gene function and the conservation of developmental processes across phyla. Here, we studied nuclear receptor expression in the early life stages of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, to identify at which specific key stages nuclear receptors are expressed RESULTS: We used quantitative RT-PCR to determine the expression profiles of 34 nuclear receptors, revealing three developmental key stages, during which nuclear receptor expression is dynamically regulated: embryogenesis, mid development from gastrulation to trochophore larva, and late larval development prior to metamorphosis. Clustering of nuclear receptor expression patterns demonstrated that transcriptional regulation was not directly related to gene phylogeny, suggesting closely related genes may have distinct functions. Expression of gene homologs of vertebrate retinoid receptors suggests participation in organogenesis and shell-formation, as they are highly expressed at the gastrulation and trochophore larval initial shell formation stages. The ecdysone receptor homolog showed high expression just before larval settlement, suggesting a potential role in metamorphosis. CONCLUSION Throughout early oyster development nuclear receptors exhibited highly dynamic expression profiles, which were not confined by gene phylogeny. These results provide fundamental information on the presence of nuclear receptors during key developmental stages, which aids elucidation of their function in the developmental process. This understanding is essential as ligand sensing nuclear receptors can be disrupted by xenobiotics, a mode of action through which anthropogenic environmental pollutants have been found to mediate effects.
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- Susanne Vogeler
- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD UK
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Cefas Weymouth Laboratory, Barrack Road, Weymouth, DT4 8UB UK
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- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Cefas Weymouth Laboratory, Barrack Road, Weymouth, DT4 8UB UK
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- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Cefas Weymouth Laboratory, Barrack Road, Weymouth, DT4 8UB UK
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD UK
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Ip JCH, Leung PTY, Ho KKY, Qiu JW, Leung KMY. De novo transcriptome assembly of the marine gastropod Reishia clavigera for supporting toxic mechanism studies. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2016; 178:39-48. [PMID: 27450239 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The intertidal whelk Reishia clavigera is commonly used as a biomonitor of chemical contamination in the marine environment along Western Pacific region, and as a model for mechanistic studies of organotin-mediated imposex development. However, limited genomic resources of R. clavigera have restricted its role for the investigation of molecular mechanisms of such endocrine disruptions. This study, therefore, aimed to establish tissue-specific transcriptomes of the digestive gland, gonad, head ganglia, penis and the remaining body part of the male and female R. clavigera. By combining the results, a global transcriptome was obtained. A total of 578,134,720 high-quality filtered reads were obtained using Illumina sequencing. The R. clavigera transcriptome comprised of 38,466 transcripts and 32,798 unigenes with predicted open reading frames. The average length of transcripts was 1,709bp with N50 of 2,236bp. Based on sequence similarity searches against public databases, 28,657 transcripts and 24,403 unigenes had at least one BLAST hit. There were 17,530 transcripts and 14,897 unigenes annotated with at least one Gene Ontology (GO) term. Moreover, 5,776 transcripts and 5,137 unigenes were associated with 333 Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways. The numbers of unigenes were similar among the five target tissues and between sexes, but tissue-specific expression profiles were revealed by multivariate analyses. Based on the functional annotation, putative steroid hormone-associated unigenes were identified. In particular, we highlighted the presence of steroid hormone receptor homologues that could be the targets for mechanistic studies of the organotin-mediated imposex development in marine gastropods. This newly generated transcriptome assembly of R. clavigera provides a valuable molecular resource for ecotoxicological and environmental genomic studies.
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- Jack C H Ip
- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
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Gesto M, Ruivo R, Páscoa I, André A, Castro LFC, Santos MM. Retinoid level dynamics during gonad recycling in the limpet Patella vulgata. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2016; 225:142-148. [PMID: 26597622 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Germ cell commitment and meiosis initiation are among the multitude of physiological roles of retinoic acid (RA) in vertebrates. Acting via receptor-mediated transcription, RA induces the expression of meiotic factors, triggering meiosis. Contrasting with vertebrates, invertebrate RA metabolism is scarcely understood. Still, some physiological processes appear to be conserved. Here we set to evaluate the role of retinoids in the gonad maturation process of the marine gastropod Patella vulgata. We found that retinoid concentration in gonadal tissue, namely RA, varies between breeding and resting specimens, with maxima attained in the latter. Additionally, we isolated and quantified the expression of both the retinoic acid receptor (RAR) and the retinoid X receptor (RXR) in gonads. In view of the stability of retinoid receptor expression, we suggest that the balance of RA levels operates through the enzymatic control of synthetic and catabolic processes. Overall, the reported data are supportive for a developmental role of RA during gonadal maturation in P. vulgata, which should be addressed in other protostome lineages.
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- M Gesto
- CIMAR/CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Laboratorio de Fisioloxía Animal, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; ICBAS - Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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Kaur S, Jobling S, Jones CS, Noble LR, Routledge EJ, Lockyer AE. The nuclear receptors of Biomphalaria glabrata and Lottia gigantea: implications for developing new model organisms. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0121259. [PMID: 25849443 PMCID: PMC4388693 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Nuclear receptors (NRs) are transcription regulators involved in an array of diverse physiological functions including key roles in endocrine and metabolic function. The aim of this study was to identify nuclear receptors in the fully sequenced genome of the gastropod snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni and compare these to known vertebrate NRs, with a view to assessing the snail's potential as a invertebrate model organism for endocrine function, both as a prospective new test organism and to elucidate the fundamental genetic and mechanistic causes of disease. For comparative purposes, the genome of a second gastropod, the owl limpet, Lottia gigantea was also investigated for nuclear receptors. Thirty-nine and thirty-three putative NRs were identified from the B. glabrata and L. gigantea genomes respectively, based on the presence of a conserved DNA-binding domain and/or ligand-binding domain. Nuclear receptor transcript expression was confirmed and sequences were subjected to a comparative phylogenetic analysis, which demonstrated that these molluscs have representatives of all the major NR subfamilies (1-6). Many of the identified NRs are conserved between vertebrates and invertebrates, however differences exist, most notably, the absence of receptors of Group 3C, which includes some of the vertebrate endocrine hormone targets. The mollusc genomes also contain NR homologues that are present in insects and nematodes but not in vertebrates, such as Group 1J (HR48/DAF12/HR96). The identification of many shared receptors between humans and molluscs indicates the potential for molluscs as model organisms; however the absence of several steroid hormone receptors indicates snail endocrine systems are fundamentally different.
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- Satwant Kaur
- Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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Janesick A, Wu SC, Blumberg B. Retinoic acid signaling and neuronal differentiation. Cell Mol Life Sci 2015; 72:1559-76. [PMID: 25558812 PMCID: PMC11113123 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1815-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The identification of neurological symptoms caused by vitamin A deficiency pointed to a critical, early developmental role of vitamin A and its metabolite, retinoic acid (RA). The ability of RA to induce post-mitotic, neural phenotypes in various stem cells, in vitro, served as early evidence that RA is involved in the switch between proliferation and differentiation. In vivo studies have expanded this "opposing signal" model, and the number of primary neurons an embryo develops is now known to depend critically on the levels and spatial distribution of RA. The proneural and neurogenic transcription factors that control the exit of neural progenitors from the cell cycle and allow primary neurons to develop are partly elucidated, but the downstream effectors of RA receptor (RAR) signaling (many of which are putative cell cycle regulators) remain largely unidentified. The molecular mechanisms underlying RA-induced primary neurogenesis in anamniote embryos are starting to be revealed; however, these data have been not been extended to amniote embryos. There is growing evidence that bona fide RARs are found in some mollusks and other invertebrates, but little is known about their necessity or functions in neurogenesis. One normal function of RA is to regulate the cell cycle to halt proliferation, and loss of RA signaling is associated with dedifferentiation and the development of cancer. Identifying the genes and pathways that mediate cell cycle exit downstream of RA will be critical for our understanding of how to target tumor differentiation. Overall, elucidating the molecular details of RAR-regulated neurogenesis will be decisive for developing and understanding neural proliferation-differentiation switches throughout development.
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- Amanda Janesick
- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, 2011 Biological Sciences 3, University of California, Irvine, 92697-2300 USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, 2011 Biological Sciences 3, University of California, Irvine, 92697-2300 USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, 2011 Biological Sciences 3, University of California, Irvine, 92697-2300 USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA
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Carter CJ, Rand C, Mohammad I, Lepp A, Vesprini N, Wiebe O, Carlone R, Spencer GE. Expression of a retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-like protein in the embryonic and adult nervous system of a protostome species. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2014; 324:51-67. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Brock University; Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Brock University; Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Brock University; Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Brock University; Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Brock University; Ontario Canada
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Gutierrez-Mazariegos J, Schubert M, Laudet V. Evolution of retinoic acid receptors and retinoic acid signaling. Subcell Biochem 2014; 70:55-73. [PMID: 24962881 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9050-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA) is a vitamin A-derived morphogen controlling important developmental processes in vertebrates, and more generally in chordates, including axial patterning and tissue formation and differentiation. In the embryo, endogenous RA levels are controlled by RA synthesizing and degrading enzymes and the RA signal is transduced by two retinoid receptors: the retinoic acid receptor (RAR) and the retinoid X receptor (RXR). Both RAR and RXR are members of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors and mainly act as heterodimers to activate the transcription of target genes in the presence of their ligand, all-trans RA. This signaling pathway was long thought to be a chordate innovation, however, recent findings of gene homologs involved in RA signaling in the genomes of a wide variety of non-chordate animals, including ambulacrarians (sea urchins and acorn worms) and lophotrochozoans (annelids and mollusks), challenged this traditional view and suggested that the RA signaling pathway might have a more ancient evolutionary origin than previously thought. In this chapter, we discuss the evolutionary history of the RA signaling pathway, and more particularly of the RARs, which might have experienced independent gene losses and duplications in different animal lineages. In sum, the available data reveal novel insights into the origin of the RA signaling pathway as well as into the evolutionary history of the RARs.
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- Juliana Gutierrez-Mazariegos
- Molecular Zoology Team, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, INRA, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364, Lyon Cedex 07, France,
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André A, Ruivo R, Gesto M, Castro LFC, Santos MM. Retinoid metabolism in invertebrates: when evolution meets endocrine disruption. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2014; 208:134-45. [PMID: 25132059 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 07/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Recent genomic and biochemical evidence in invertebrate species pushes back the origin of the retinoid metabolic and signaling modules to the last common ancestor of all bilaterians. However, the evolution of retinoid pathways are far from fully understood. In the majority of non-chordate invertebrate lineages, the ongoing functional characterization of retinoid-related genes (metabolism and signaling pathways), as well as the characterization of the endogenous retinoid content (precursors and active retinoids), is still incomplete. Despite limited, the available data supports the presence of biologically active retinoid pathways in invertebrates. Yet, the mechanisms controlling the spatial and temporal distribution of retinoids as well as their physiological significance share similarities and differences with vertebrates. For instance, retinol storage in the form of retinyl esters, a key feature for the maintenance of retinoid homeostatic balance in vertebrates, was only recently demonstrated in some mollusk species, suggesting that such ability is older than previously anticipated. In contrast, the enzymatic repertoire involved in this process is probably unlike that of vertebrates. The suggested ancestry of active retinoid pathways implies that many more metazoan species might be potential targets for endocrine disrupting chemicals. Here, we review the current knowledge about the occurrence and functionality of retinoid metabolic and signaling pathways in invertebrate lineages, paying special attention to the evolutionary origin of retinoid storage mechanisms. Additionally, we summarize existing information on the endocrine disruption of invertebrate retinoid modules by environmental chemicals. Research priorities in the field are highlighted.
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- A André
- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; ICBAS - Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal.
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- Laboratorio de Fisioloxía Animal, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; FCUP - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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Gutierrez-Mazariegos J, Nadendla EK, Lima D, Pierzchalski K, Jones JW, Kane M, Nishikawa JI, Hiromori Y, Nakanishi T, Santos MM, Castro LFC, Bourguet W, Schubert M, Laudet V. A mollusk retinoic acid receptor (RAR) ortholog sheds light on the evolution of ligand binding. Endocrinology 2014; 155:4275-86. [PMID: 25116705 PMCID: PMC4197984 DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nuclear receptors are transcription factors that regulate networks of target genes in response to small molecules. There is a strong bias in our knowledge of these receptors because they were mainly characterized in classical model organisms, mostly vertebrates. Therefore, the evolutionary origins of specific ligand-receptor couples still remain elusive. Here we present the identification and characterization of a retinoic acid receptor (RAR) from the mollusk Nucella lapillus (NlRAR). We show that this receptor specifically binds to DNA response elements organized in direct repeats as a heterodimer with retinoid X receptor. Surprisingly, we also find that NlRAR does not bind all-trans retinoic acid or any other retinoid we tested. Furthermore, NlRAR is unable to activate the transcription of reporter genes in response to stimulation by retinoids and to recruit coactivators in the presence of these compounds. Three-dimensional modeling of the ligand-binding domain of NlRAR reveals an overall structure that is similar to vertebrate RARs. However, in the ligand-binding pocket (LBP) of the mollusk receptor, the alteration of several residues interacting with the ligand has apparently led to an overall decrease in the strength of the interaction with the ligand. Accordingly, mutations of NlRAR at key positions within the LBP generate receptors that are responsive to retinoids. Altogether our data suggest that, in mollusks, RAR has lost its affinity for all-trans retinoic acid, highlighting the evolutionary plasticity of its LBP. When put in an evolutionary context, our results reveal new structural and functional features of nuclear receptors validated by millions of years of evolution that were impossible to reveal in model organisms.
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- Juliana Gutierrez-Mazariegos
- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
| | - Miguel M. Santos
- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
| | - L. Filipe C. Castro
- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
| | - William Bourguet
- Molecular Zoology Team (J.G.-M., V.L.), Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5242, Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1054 (E.K.N., W.B.), Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5048, Universités Montpellier 1 and 2, 34967 Montpellier, France; CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics (E.K.N.), University of Madras, 600-005 Chennai, India; Centre of Marine and Environmental Research/Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (D.L., M.M.S., L.F.C.C.), FCUP–Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (K.P., J.W.J., M.K.), School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201; Laboratory of Health Sciences (J.-I.N.), School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8179, Japan; Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology (Y.H., T.N.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan; and Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7009, Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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