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Ziegler M, Anton A, Klein SG, Rädecker N, Geraldi NR, Schmidt-Roach S, Saderne V, Mumby PJ, Cziesielski MJ, Martin C, Frölicher TL, Pandolfi JM, Suggett DJ, Aranda M, Duarte CM, Voolstra CR. Integrating environmental variability to broaden the research on coral responses to future ocean conditions. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:5532-5546. [PMID: 34391212 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Our understanding of the response of reef-building corals to changes in their physical environment is largely based on laboratory experiments, analysis of long-term field data, and model projections. Experimental data provide unique insights into how organisms respond to variation of environmental drivers. However, an assessment of how well experimental conditions cover the breadth of environmental conditions and variability where corals live successfully is missing. Here, we compiled and analyzed a globally distributed dataset of in-situ seasonal and diurnal variability of key environmental drivers (temperature, pCO2 , and O2 ) critical for the growth and livelihood of reef-building corals. Using a meta-analysis approach, we compared the variability of environmental conditions assayed in coral experimental studies to current and projected conditions in their natural habitats. We found that annual temperature profiles projected for the end of the 21st century were characterized by distributional shifts in temperatures with warmer winters and longer warm periods in the summer, not just peak temperatures. Furthermore, short-term hourly fluctuations of temperature and pCO2 may regularly expose corals to conditions beyond the projected average increases for the end of the 21st century. Coral reef sites varied in the degree of coupling between temperature, pCO2 , and dissolved O2 , which warrants site-specific, differentiated experimental approaches depending on the local hydrography and influence of biological processes on the carbonate system and O2 availability. Our analysis highlights that a large portion of the natural environmental variability at short and long timescales is underexplored in experimental designs, which may provide a path to extend our understanding on the response of corals to global climate change.
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- Maren Ziegler
- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Global Change Research Group, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Esporles (Illes Balears), Spain
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld, Australia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Climate Change Cluster, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) and Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Del Prete S, Bua S, Alasmary FAS, AlOthman Z, Tambutté S, Zoccola D, Supuran CT, Capasso C. Comparison of the Sulfonamide Inhibition Profiles of the α-Carbonic Anhydrase Isoforms (SpiCA1, SpiCA2 and SpiCA3) Encoded by the Genome of the Scleractinian Coral Stylophora pistillata. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:E146. [PMID: 30832211 PMCID: PMC6471618 DOI: 10.3390/md17030146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The ubiquitous metalloenzymes carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) are responsible for the reversible hydration of CO₂ to bicarbonate (HCO₃-) and protons (H⁺). Bicarbonate may subsequently generate carbonate used in many functional activities by marine organisms. CAs play a crucial role in several physiological processes, e.g., respiration, inorganic carbon transport, intra and extra-cellular pH regulation, and bio-mineralization. Multiple transcript variants and protein isoforms exist in the organisms. Recently, 16 α-CA isoforms have been identified in the coral Stylophora pistillata. Here, we focalized the interest on three coral isoforms: SpiCA1 and SpiCA2, localized in the coral-calcifying cells; and SpiCA3, expressed in the cytoplasm of the coral cell layers. The three recombinant enzymes were heterologously expressed and investigated for their inhibition profiles with sulfonamides and sulfamates. The three coral CA isoforms differ significantly in their susceptibility to inhibition with sulfonamides. This study provides new insights into the coral physiology and the comprehension of molecular mechanisms involved in the bio-mineralization processes, since CAs interact with bicarbonate transporters, accelerating the trans-membrane bicarbonate movement and modulating the pH at both sides of the plasma membranes.
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- Sonia Del Prete
- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, National Research Council (CNR), Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 8 Quai Antoine 1, 98000 Monaco, Monaco.
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- Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 8 Quai Antoine 1, 98000 Monaco, Monaco.
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- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, National Research Council (CNR), Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
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Jiang L, Guo YJ, Zhang F, Zhang YY, McCook LJ, Yuan XC, Lei XM, Zhou GW, Guo ML, Cai L, Lian JS, Qian PY, Huang H. Diurnally Fluctuating pCO 2 Modifies the Physiological Responses of Coral Recruits Under Ocean Acidification. Front Physiol 2019; 9:1952. [PMID: 30692940 PMCID: PMC6340097 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Diurnal pCO2 fluctuations have the potential to modulate the biological impact of ocean acidification (OA) on reef calcifiers, yet little is known about the physiological and biochemical responses of scleractinian corals to fluctuating carbonate chemistry under OA. Here, we exposed newly settled Pocillopora damicornis for 7 days to ambient pCO2, steady and elevated pCO2 (stable OA) and diurnally fluctuating pCO2 under future OA scenario (fluctuating OA). We measured the photo-physiology, growth (lateral growth, budding and calcification), oxidative stress and activities of carbonic anhydrase (CA), Ca-ATPase and Mg-ATPase. Results showed that while OA enhanced the photochemical performance of in hospite symbionts, it also increased catalase activity and lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, both OA treatments altered the activities of host and symbiont CA, suggesting functional changes in the uptake of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) for photosynthesis and calcification. Most importantly, only the fluctuating OA treatment resulted in a slight drop in calcification with concurrent up-regulation of Ca-ATPase and Mg-ATPase, implying increased energy expenditure on calcification. Consequently, asexual budding rates decreased by 50% under fluctuating OA. These results suggest that diel pCO2 oscillations could modify the physiological responses and potentially alter the energy budget of coral recruits under future OA, and that fluctuating OA is more energetically expensive for the maintenance of coral recruits than stable OA.
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- Lei Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Hainan Tropical Marine Biology Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Hainan Tropical Marine Biology Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Hainan Tropical Marine Biology Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute and Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute and Department of Ocean Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Hainan Tropical Marine Biology Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
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Understanding cold bias: Variable response of skeletal Sr/Ca to seawater pCO2 in acclimated massive Porites corals. Sci Rep 2016; 6:26888. [PMID: 27241795 PMCID: PMC4886260 DOI: 10.1038/srep26888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Coral skeletal Sr/Ca is a palaeothermometer commonly used to produce high resolution seasonal sea surface temperature (SST) records and to investigate the amplitude and frequency of ENSO and interdecadal climate events. The proxy relationship is typically calibrated by matching seasonal SST and skeletal Sr/Ca maxima and minima in modern corals. Applying these calibrations to fossil corals assumes that the temperature sensitivity of skeletal Sr/Ca is conserved, despite substantial changes in seawater carbonate chemistry between the modern and glacial ocean. We present Sr/Ca analyses of 3 genotypes of massive Porites spp. corals (the genus most commonly used for palaeoclimate reconstruction), cultured under seawater pCO2 reflecting modern, future (year 2100) and last glacial maximum (LGM) conditions. Skeletal Sr/Ca is indistinguishable between duplicate colonies of the same genotype cultured under the same conditions, but varies significantly in response to seawater pCO2 in two genotypes of Porites lutea, whilst Porites murrayensis is unaffected. Within P. lutea, the response is not systematic: skeletal Sr/Ca increases significantly (by 2–4%) at high seawater pCO2 relative to modern in both genotypes, and also increases significantly (by 4%) at low seawater pCO2 in one genotype. This magnitude of variation equates to errors in reconstructed SST of up to −5 °C.
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Holcomb M, Tambutté E, Allemand D, Tambutté S. Light enhanced calcification in Stylophora pistillata: effects of glucose, glycerol and oxygen. PeerJ 2014; 2:e375. [PMID: 24883242 PMCID: PMC4034610 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Zooxanthellate corals have long been known to calcify faster in the light than in the dark, however the mechanism underlying this process has been uncertain. Here we tested the effects of oxygen under controlled pCO2 conditions and fixed carbon sources on calcification in zooxanthellate and bleached microcolonies of the branching coral Stylophora pistillata. In zooxanthellate microcolonies, oxygen increased dark calcification rates to levels comparable to those measured in the light. However in bleached microcolonies oxygen alone did not enhance calcification, but when combined with a fixed carbon source (glucose or glycerol), calcification increased. Respiration rates increased in response to oxygen with greater increases when oxygen is combined with fixed carbon. ATP content was largely unaffected by treatments, with the exception of glycerol which decreased ATP levels.
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Bertucci A, Moya A, Tambutté S, Allemand D, Supuran CT, Zoccola D. Carbonic anhydrases in anthozoan corals—A review. Bioorg Med Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hilton JD, Brady AK, Spaho SA, Vize PD. Photoreception and signal transduction in corals: proteomic and behavioral evidence for cytoplasmic calcium as a mediator of light responsivity. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2012; 223:291-299. [PMID: 23264475 DOI: 10.1086/bblv223n3p291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Little is known about how corals sense and respond to light. In this report the proteome of coral is explored using 2D protein electrophoresis in two species, Montastraea cavernosa and Acropora millepora. Multiple protein species have major shifts in abundance in both species when sampled in daylight compared to corals sampled late in the night. These changes were observed both in larvae lacking zooxanthellae and in adult tissue containing zooxanthellae, including both Pacific and Caribbean corals. When larvae kept in the dark were treated with either thapsigargin or ionomycin, compounds that raise the level of cytoplasmic calcium, the night pattern of proteins shifted to the day pattern. This implies that photoreceptors responding to light elevate calcium levels and that calcium acts as the second messenger relaying light responses in corals. Corals spawn at night, and spawning can be delayed by exposure to light or pushed forward by early artificial sunsets. In a series of behavioral experiments, treatment of corals with ionomycin or thapsigargin was found to delay broadcast spawning in M. franksi, demonstrating that pharmacologically altering cytoplasmic calcium levels generates the same response as light exposure. Together these results show that the photo-responsive cells of corals detect and respond to light by altering cytoplasmic calcium levels, similarly to the transduction pathways in complex invertebrate eyes. The primacy of cytoplasmic calcium levels in light responsivity has broad implications for coral reproduction, including predicting how different species spawn at different times after sunset and how reproductive isolation is achieved during coral speciation.
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- J Daniel Hilton
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Shirai K, Sowa K, Watanabe T, Sano Y, Nakamura T, Clode P. Visualization of sub-daily skeletal growth patterns in massive Porites corals grown in Sr-enriched seawater. J Struct Biol 2012; 180:47-56. [PMID: 22683766 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We performed high resolution marking experiments using seawater with elevated Sr concentration to investigate the timing and ultrastructure of skeletal deposition by massive Porites australiensis corals. Corals were cultured in seawater enriched with Sr during day-time only, night-time only or for one full-day. Cross sections of skeletal material were prepared and the Sr incorporated into the newly deposited skeleton analyzed by electron probe microanalysis. These regions of Sr incorporation were then correlated with skeletal ultrastructure. Massive Porites coral skeletons are composed of two types of microstructural elements - the "centers of calcification" and the surrounding fibrous structural region. Within the fibrous structural region, alternative patterns of etch-sensitive growth lines and an etch-resistant fibrous layer were observed. In the full-day samples, high-Sr bands extended across both growth lines and fibrous layers. In day-time samples, high-Sr regions corresponded to the fibrous layer, while in the night-time samples high-Sr regions were associated with an outermost growth line. These distinct growth patterns suggest a daily growth pattern associated with the fibrous region of massive P. australiensis corals, where a pair of narrow growth lines and a larger fibrous layer is seen as a daily growth region.
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- Kotaro Shirai
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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MOYA A, HUISMAN L, BALL EE, HAYWARD DC, GRASSO LC, CHUA CM, WOO HN, GATTUSO JP, FORÊT S, MILLER DJ. Whole Transcriptome Analysis of the CoralAcropora milleporaReveals Complex Responses to CO2-driven Acidification during the Initiation of Calcification. Mol Ecol 2012; 21:2440-54. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05554.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bertucci A, Tambutté S, Supuran CT, Allemand D, Zoccola D. A new coral carbonic anhydrase in Stylophora pistillata. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2011; 13:992-1002. [PMID: 21318259 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-011-9363-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Scleractinian corals are of particular interest due to their ability to establish an intracellular mutualistic symbiosis with phototrophic dinoflagellates and to deposit high rates of calcium carbonate in their skeleton. Carbonic anhydrases have been shown to play a crucial role in both processes. In this study, we report the molecular cloning and characterization of a novel α-CA in the coral Stylophora pistillata. This enzyme shares homologies with the human isoform CA II and is referred to as STPCA-2. STPCA-2 is 35.2 kDa and possesses all key amino acids for catalytic activity. With a ratio between catalytic and Michaelis constants (k(cat)/K(m)) of 8.3.10(7) M(-1) s(-1) is considered as highly active. Owing to its intracellular localisation in the oral endoderm and in the aboral tissue, we propose that STPCA-2 is involved in pH regulation and/or inorganic carbon delivery to symbiont and calcification.
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- Anthony Bertucci
- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Avenue Saint Martin, 98000, Monaco, Monaco
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Bertucci A, Innocenti A, Scozzafava A, Tambutté S, Zoccola D, Supuran CT. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Inhibition studies with anions and sulfonamides of a new cytosolic enzyme from the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:710-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.11.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2010] [Revised: 11/25/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Bertucci A, Zoccola D, Tambutté S, Vullo D, Supuran CT. Carbonic anhydrase activators. The first activation study of a coral secretory isoform with amino acids and amines. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:2300-2303. [PMID: 20176489 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2009] [Revised: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The activity of the coral Stylophora pystillata secretory carbonic anhydrase STPCA has been tested in presence of amino acids and amines. All the investigated compounds showed a positive, activating effect on k(cat) and have been separated in weak (K(A) in the range of 21-126 microM), medium (10.1-19 microM) and strong enzyme activators (K(A) of 0.18-3.21 microM). D-DOPA was found to be the best coral enzyme activator, with an activation constant K(A) of 0.18 microM. This enhancement of STPCA activity, as well as previous enzyme inhibition results, might now be tested on living organisms to better understand the role played by these enzymes in the coral calcification processes.
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- Anthony Bertucci
- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Avenue Saint-Martin, MC 98000, Principality of Monaco, Monaco
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- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Avenue Saint-Martin, MC 98000, Principality of Monaco, Monaco
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- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Avenue Saint-Martin, MC 98000, Principality of Monaco, Monaco
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- University of Florence, Dipartimento di Chimica 2, Via della Lastruccia, 3, Rm. 188, Polo Scientifico, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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- University of Florence, Dipartimento di Chimica 2, Via della Lastruccia, 3, Rm. 188, Polo Scientifico, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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Bertucci A, Innocenti A, Zoccola D, Scozzafava A, Tambutté S, Supuran CT. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Inhibition studies of a coral secretory isoform by sulfonamides. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:5054-8. [PMID: 19520577 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.05.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2009] [Revised: 05/18/2009] [Accepted: 05/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The inhibition of a newly cloned coral carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) has been investigated with a series of sulfonamides, including some clinically used derivatives (acetazolamide, methazolamide, ethoxzolamide, dichlorophenamide, dorzolamide, brinzolamide, benzolamide, and sulpiride, or indisulam, a compound in clinical development as antitumor drug), as well as the sulfamate antiepileptic topiramate. Some simple amino-/hydrazine-/hydroxy-substituted aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides have also been included in the study. All types of activity have been detected, with low potency inhibitors (K(I)s in the range of 163-770nM), or with medium potency inhibitors (K(I)s in the range of 75.1-105nM), whereas ethoxzolamide, several clinically used sulfonamides and heterocyclic compounds showed stronger potency, with K(I)s in the range of 16-48.2nM. These inhibitors may be useful to better understand the physiological role of the Stylophora pistillata CA (STPCA) in corals and its involvement in biomineralisation in this era of global warming.
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- Anthony Bertucci
- Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Avenue Saint-Martin, MC-98000 Principality of Monaco, Monaco
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Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: inhibition studies of a coral secretory isoform with inorganic anions. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 19:650-3. [PMID: 19121582 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.12.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2008] [Revised: 12/11/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The inhibition of a coral carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) has been investigated with a series of inorganic anions such as halogenides, pseudohalogenides, bicarbonate, carbonate, nitrate, nitrite, hydrogen sulfide, bisulfite, perchlorate, sulfate. The full-length scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata CA, STPCA, has a significant catalytic activity for the physiological reaction of CO(2) hydration to bicarbonate, similarly to the ubiquitous human isoforms hCA I (cytosolic) and hCA VI (secreted). The best STPCA anion inhibitors were bromide, iodide, carbonate, and sulfamate, with inhibition constants of 9.0-10.0 microM.
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Moya A, Tambutté S, Bertucci A, Tambutté E, Lotto S, Vullo D, Supuran CT, Allemand D, Zoccola D. Carbonic Anhydrase in the Scleractinian Coral Stylophora pistillata. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:25475-25484. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804726200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Herfort L, Thake B, Taubner I. BICARBONATE STIMULATION OF CALCIFICATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN TWO HERMATYPIC CORALS(1). JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2008; 44:91-98. [PMID: 27041045 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00445.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A wide range of bicarbonate concentrations was used to monitor the kinetics of bicarbonate (HCO3 (-) ) use in both photosynthesis and calcification in two reef-building corals, Porites porites and Acropora sp. Experiments carried out close to the P. porites collection site in Barbados showed that additions of NaHCO3 to synthetic seawater proportionally increased the calcification rate of this coral until the concentration exceeded three times that of seawater (6 mM). Photosynthetic rates were also stimulated by HCO3 (-) addition, but these became saturated at a lower concentration (4 mM). Similar experiments on aquarium-acclimated colonies of Indo-Pacific Acropora sp. showed that calcification and photosynthesis in this coral were enhanced to an even greater extent than P. porites, with calcification continuing to increase above 8 mM HCO3 (-) , and photosynthesis saturating at 6 mM. Calcification rates of Acropora sp. were also monitored in the dark, and, although these were lower than in the light for a given HCO3 (-) concentration, they still increased dramatically with HCO3 (-) addition, showing that calcification in this coral is light stimulated but not light dependent.
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- Lydie Herfort
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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Marshall AT, Clode PL, Russell R, Prince K, Stern R. Electron and ion microprobe analysis of calcium distribution and transport in coral tissues. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 210:2453-63. [PMID: 17601949 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.003343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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It is shown by x-ray microanalysis that a gradient of total intracellular Ca concentration exists from the outer oral ectoderm to the inner skeletogenic calicoblastic ectoderm in the coral Galaxea fascicularis. This suggests an increase in intracellular Ca stores in relation to calcification. Furthermore, Ca concentration in the fluid-filled space of the extrathecal coelenteron is approximately twice as high as in the surrounding seawater and higher than in the mucus-containing seawater layer on the exterior of the oral ectoderm. This is indicative of active Ca2+ transport across the oral epithelium. Polyps were incubated in artificial seawater in which all (40)Ca was replaced by (44)Ca. Imaging Ca2+ transport across the epithelia by secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) using (44)Ca as a tracer showed that Ca2+ rapidly entered the cells of the oral epithelium and that (44)Ca reached higher concentrations in the mesogloea and extrathecal coelenteron than in the external seawater layer. Very little Ca2+ was exchanged in the mucocytes, cnidocytes or zooxanthellae. These observations again suggest that Ca2+ transport is active and transcellular and also indicate a hitherto unsuspected role in Ca2+ transport for the mesogloea.
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- Alan T Marshall
- Analytical Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VI 3086, Australia.
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deBoer ML, Krupp DA, Weis VM. Two atypical carbonic anhydrase homologs from the planula larva of the scleractinian coral Fungia scutaria. THE BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN 2006; 211:18-30. [PMID: 16946238 DOI: 10.2307/4134574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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In cnidarians, the enzyme carbonic anhydrase (CA) is important to inorganic carbon (Ci) flux in processes including calcification and dinoflagellate symbiont photosynthesis. Although CA is known to function in Ci delivery to symbionts in adults with mature symbioses, it is not known when CA becomes active in this capacity during the onset of symbiosis in developing hosts. We identified two CA cDNA sequences from the planula larvae of the Hawaiian scleractinian coral Fungia scutaria. Expression of these larval CAs did not differ between infected and uninfected larvae or vary over the course of infection. Bioinformatic analyses of the two homologs showed that the sequences are unusually short and are missing some residues that support active site structure in other CAs. This is the first description of a short form of CA. Phylogenetic analyses of the larval CAs grouped them with membrane-bound homologs from vertebrates. Studies in other calcifying cnidarians have identified membrane-associated CAs as functioning in calcification, and therefore the two larval CAs could play a role in the onset of calcification during metamorphosis. A longer CA isoform was amplified from adult F. scutaria cDNA but not from larvae, suggesting that the longer form is not expressed in larvae. The longer form grouped with cytosolic CAs including a symbiotic anemone homolog implicated in Ci delivery to dinoflagellate symbionts. The apparent absence of this "symbiosis" CA in larvae suggests that the Ci supply mechanism is not active during the initial onset of the association.
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- Melissa L deBoer
- Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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Nakamura T, Yamasaki H. Requirement of water-flow for sustainable growth of Pocilloporid corals during high temperature periods. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2005; 50:1115-20. [PMID: 16038946 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Reef-building corals are threatened worldwide by mass-scale coral bleaching episodes that are pronounced in high sea surface temperature (SST) conditions. Although water-flow has been suggested to be a mitigating factor for bleaching, long-term effects of flow-mediated bleaching suppression are as yet not fully understood. In order to investigate flow effects, we monitored the corals Pocillopora damicornis and Stylophora pistillata grown for 20 months in experimental outdoor flumes with the flow rates of 20 cms(-1) (flow) and <3 cms(-1) (still). Although bleaching was observed under high SST conditions, both species showed a shorter period or entirely no visible bleaching under the flow conditions. Better colony growth was found in the flow conditions whereas significant growth suppression and higher mortality were observed in still conditions. We conclude that water-flow is an essential environmental factor for the corals P. damicornis and S. pistillata, especially under high SST conditions.
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- T Nakamura
- Center of Molecular Biosciences (COMB), University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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Clode PL, Marshall AT. Calcium localisation by X-ray microanalysis and fluorescence microscopy in larvae of zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate corals. Tissue Cell 2004; 36:379-90. [PMID: 15533453 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2004.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2002] [Revised: 04/27/2004] [Accepted: 06/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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X-ray microanalysis and fluorescence microscopy (Calcium Orangetrade mark) was used to determine the distribution of intracellular calcium (I(Ca)), in the form of total and ionic calcium respectively, in planulae and settled larvae of a zooxanthellate coral. The distribution of total calcium only was determined in larvae of an azooxanthellate coral. In azooxanthellate planulae and settled larvae, total I(Ca) concentration in the oral ectoderm was high and similar to that in seawater (SW). Calcium concentration did not vary (P > 0.05) between planulae and settled larvae. However, settled larvae accumulated large amounts of calcium in gastrodermal lipid-containing cells. In contrast, zooxanthellate planulae possessed significantly (P < 0.01) lower concentrations of total I(Ca) within ectodermal cells in comparison to settled larvae. In addition, in settled zooxanthellate larvae total calcium concentration in the mesogloea and coelenteron was significantly (P < 0.05) higher than in the oral ectodermal and gastrodermal cells, respectively. Total I(Ca) concentrations in the oral ectoderm of settled larvae were also significantly (P < 0.01) lower than that of the calicoblastic ectoderm. In zooxanthellate settled larvae, ionic I(Ca) levels in the aboral epithelium surrounding rapidly growing septa were high. These levels increased significantly (P < 0.05) within the tissue surrounding growing septa after incubation in high-calcium SW.
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- Peta L Clode
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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