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Malagoli D, Franchi N, Sacchi S. The Eco-Immunological Relevance of the Anti-Oxidant Response in Invasive Molluscs. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:1266. [PMID: 37371996 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12061266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are volatile and short-lived molecules playing important roles in several physiological functions, including immunity and physiological adaptation to unsuitable environmental conditions. In an eco-immunological view, the energetic costs associated with an advantageous metabolic apparatus able to cope with wide changes in environmental parameters, e.g., temperature range, water salinity or drought, could be further balanced by the advantages that this apparatus may also represent in other situations, e.g., during the immune response. This review provides an overview of molluscs included in the IUCN list of the worst invasive species, highlighting how their relevant capacity to manage ROS production during physiologically challenging situations can also be advantageously employed during the immune response. Current evidence suggests that a relevant capacity to buffer ROS action and their damaging consequences is advantageous in the face of both environmental and immunological challenges, and this may represent a trait for potential invasiveness. This should be considered in order to obtain or update information when investigating the potential of the invasiveness of emerging alien species, and also in view of ongoing climate changes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Davide Malagoli
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Catteau A, Le Guernic A, Palos Ladeiro M, Dedourge-Geffard O, Bonnard M, Bonnard I, Delahaut L, Bado-Nilles A, Porcher JM, Lopes C, Geffard O, Geffard A. Integrative biomarker response - Threshold (IBR-T): Refinement of IBRv2 to consider the reference and threshold values of biomarkers. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 341:118049. [PMID: 37182402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The Integrated Biomarker Response (IBR) is one of the most used index in biomonitoring, especially the IBRv2 integrating a reference condition. However, some limitations remain for its routine and large-scale use. The IBRv2 is proportional to the total number of biomarkers, is dependent on the nature of biomarkers and considers all biomarkers modulations, even small and biologically non-significant. In addition, IBRv2 relies on reference values but the references are often different between each study, making it difficult to compare results between studies and/or campaigns. To overcome these limitations, the present work proposed a new index called IBR-T ("Integrated Biomarker Response - Threshold") which considers the threshold values of biomarkers by limiting the calculation of the IBR value to biomarkers with significant modulations. The IBRv2 and the IBR-T were calculated and compared on four datasets from active biomonitoring campaigns using Dreissena polymorpha, a bivalve widely used in freshwater biomonitoring studies. The comparison between indices has demonstrated that the IBR-T presents a better correlation (0.907 < r2 < 0.998) with the percentage of biomarkers significantly modulated than the IBRv2 (0.002 < r2 < 0.759). The IBRv2 could not be equal to 0 (0.915 < intercept <1.694) because the value was dependent on the total number of biomarkers, whereas the IBR-T reached 0 when no biomarker was significantly modulated, which appears more biologically relevant. The final ranking of sites was different between the two index and the IBR-T ranking tends to be more ecologically relevant that the IBRv2 ranking. This IBR-T have shown an undeniable interest for biomonitoring and could be used by environmental managers to simplify the interpretation of large datasets, directly interpret the contamination status of the site, use it to decision-making, and finally to easily communicate the results of biomonitoring studies to the general public.
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- Audrey Catteau
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de La Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France.
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de La Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France.
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de La Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de La Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de La Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de La Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de La Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Institut National de L'Environnement et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des Milieux Aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de L'Environnement et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des Milieux Aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive UMR 5558, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- INRAE, UR RiverLy, Laboratoire D'écotoxicologie, F-69625, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Campus Moulin de La Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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Baettig CG, Zirngibl M, Smith KF, Lear G, Tremblay LA. Comparison between droplet digital PCR and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR methods to measure ecotoxicology biomarkers. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 190:114829. [PMID: 36958116 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is currently the gold-standard technique for detecting and quantifying messenger RNA. However, without proper validation, the method may produce artefactual and non-reproducible cycle threshold values generating poor-quality data. The newer droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) method allows for the absolute quantification of targeted nucleic acids providing more sensitive and accurate measurements without requiring external standards. This study compared these two PCR-based methods to measure the expression of well-documented genes used in ecotoxicology studies. We exposed Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) to copper and analyzed gene expression in gills and digestive glands using RT-qPCR and ddPCR assays. A step-by-step methodology to optimize and compare the two technologies is described. After ten-fold serial complementary DNA dilution, both RT-qPCR and ddPCR exhibited comparable linearity and efficiency and produced statistically similar results. We conclude that ddPCR is a suitable method to assess gene expression in an ecotoxicological context. However, RT-qPCR has a shorter processing time and remains more cost-effective.
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- Camille G Baettig
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
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Gendre H, Ben Cheikh Y, Le Foll F, Geffard A, Palos Ladeiro M. Comparative immune responses of blue mussel and zebra mussel haemocytes to simultaneous chemical and bacterial exposure. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 135:108654. [PMID: 36868539 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Biomonitoring at the scale of the aquatic continuum and based on biomarkers, requires various representative species and a knowledge of their sensitivity to contaminants. Mussel immunomarkers are established tools for evaluating immunotoxic stress, but little is known about the consequences of an immune activation by local microorganisms on their response to pollution. This study aims to compare the sensitivity of cellular immunomarkers in two mussel species from different environments, the marine mussel Mytilus edulis (blue mussel) and the freshwater mussel Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel), to chemical stressors combined with bacterial challenge. Haemocytes were exposed ex vivo to the contaminants (bisphenol A, caffeine, copper chloride, oestradiol, ionomycin) for 4 h. The chemical exposures were coupled with simultaneous bacterial challenges (Vibrio splendidus and Pseudomonas fluorescens) to trigger activation of the immune response. Cellular mortality, phagocytosis efficiency and phagocytosis avidity were then measured by flow cytometry. The two mussel species had different basal levels since D. polymorpha showed higher cell mortality than M. edulis (23.9 ± 11% and 5.5 ± 3% dead cells respectively), and lower phagocytosis efficiency (52.6 ± 12% and 62.2 ± 9%), but similar phagocytosis avidity (17.4 ± 5 and 13.4 ± 4 internalised beads). Both bacterial strains led to an increase in cellular mortality (+8.4% dead cells in D. polymorpha, +4.9% in M. edulis), as well an activation of phagocytosis (+9.2% of efficient cells in D. polymorpha, +6.2% efficient cells and +3 internalised beads per cell in M. edulis). All chemicals triggered an increase in haemocyte mortality and/or phagocytotic modulations, except for bisphenol A. The two species differed in the amplitude of their response. The addition of a bacterial challenge significantly altered cell responses to chemicals with synergetic and antagonistic variations compared to a single exposure, depending on the compound used and the mussel species. This work highlights the species-specific sensitivity of mussel immunomarkers to contaminants, with or without bacterial challenge, and the necessity of considering the presence of in natura non-pathogenic microorganisms for future in situ applications of immunomarkers.
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- Héloïse Gendre
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université Le Havre Normandie, INERIS, SEBIO, UMR-I 02, Reims, France; Université Le Havre Normandie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, INERIS, SEBIO, UMR-I 02, Le Havre, France
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- Université Le Havre Normandie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, INERIS, SEBIO, UMR-I 02, Le Havre, France
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- Université Le Havre Normandie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, INERIS, SEBIO, UMR-I 02, Le Havre, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université Le Havre Normandie, INERIS, SEBIO, UMR-I 02, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université Le Havre Normandie, INERIS, SEBIO, UMR-I 02, Reims, France.
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Mombach DM, da Fontoura Gomes TMF, Loreto ELS. Stress does not induce a general transcription of transposable elements in Drosophila. Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:9033-9040. [PMID: 35980533 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07839-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Transposable elements, also known as "jumping genes," have the ability to hop within the host genome. Nonetheless, this capacity is kept in check by the host cell defense systems to avoid unbridled TE mobilization. Different types of stressors can activate TEs in Drosophila, suggesting that TEs may play an adaptive role in the stress response, especially in generating genetic variability for adaptive evolution. TE activation by stressors may also lead to the notion, usually found in the literature, that any form of stress could activate all or the majority of TEs. In this review, we define what stress is. We then present and discuss RNA sequencing results from several studies demonstrating that stress does not trigger TE transcription broadly in Drosophila. An explanation for the LTR order of TEs being the most overexpressed is also proposed.
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- Daniela Moreira Mombach
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, 97105900, Brazil.
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