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Bundgaard A, Borowiec BG, Lau GY. Are reactive oxygen species always bad? Lessons from hypoxic ectotherms. J Exp Biol 2024; 227:jeb246549. [PMID: 38533673 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.246549] [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] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
Abstract
Oxygen (O2) is required for aerobic energy metabolism but can produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are a wide variety of oxidant molecules with a range of biological functions from causing cell damage (oxidative distress) to cell signalling (oxidative eustress). The balance between the rate and amount of ROS generated and the capacity for scavenging systems to remove them is affected by several biological and environmental factors, including oxygen availability. Ectotherms, and in particular hypoxia-tolerant ectotherms, are hypothesized to avoid oxidative damage caused by hypoxia, although it is unclear whether this translates to an increase in ecological fitness. In this Review, we highlight the differences between oxidative distress and eustress, the current mechanistic understanding of the two and how they may affect ectothermic physiology. We discuss the evidence of occurrence of oxidative damage with hypoxia in ectotherms, and that ectotherms may avoid oxidative damage through (1) high levels of antioxidant and scavenging systems and/or (2) low(ering) levels of ROS generation. We argue that the disagreements in the literature as to how hypoxia affects antioxidant enzyme activity and the variable metabolism of ectotherms makes the latter strategy more amenable to ectotherm physiology. Finally, we argue that observed changes in ROS production and oxidative status with hypoxia may be a signalling mechanism and an adaptive strategy for ectotherms encountering hypoxia.
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- Amanda Bundgaard
- University of Cologne, CECAD, Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße 26, DE-50931 Köln, Germany
- Aarhus University, Department of Biology, CF Moellers Alle 3, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Biology, 75 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3C5
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- University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology, 6270 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z4
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Delorme NJ, Burritt DJ, Zamora LN, Welford MRV, South PM. Oxidative Damage and Antioxidants as Markers for the Selection of Emersion Hardening Treatments in Greenshell TM Mussel Juveniles ( Perna canaliculus). Antioxidants (Basel) 2024; 13:198. [PMID: 38397796 PMCID: PMC10886077 DOI: 10.3390/antiox13020198] [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: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Transport out of the water is one of the most challenging events for juvenile Perna canaliculus and can be a highly inefficient process, with many juveniles subsequently being lost following extended periods of emersion. Hardening techniques offer a possible method for reducing transport-related stress. In this study, different hardening treatments (short, long and intermittent sub-lethal emersion) were used to prepare ~1.2 mm P.canaliculus for transport (20 h) and subsequent reoxygenation stress during re-immersion (i.e., recovery). The oxidative stress responses, resettlement behaviour, respiration rates and survival of the mussels after transport and during recovery were all assessed. Short emersion (1 h) as a hardening treatment prior to transport did not cause major stress to the mussels, which maintained respiration at control levels, showed significantly stimulated antioxidant defences during recovery, showed greater resettlement behaviour and remained viable after 24 h of recovery. In comparison, the long and intermittent emersion treatments negatively impacted oxidative stress responses and affected the viability of the mussels after 24 h of recovery. This study showed that exposing juvenile P.canaliculus to a mild stress prior to transport may stimulate protective mechanisms, therefore eliciting a hardening response, but care must be taken to avoid overstressing the mussels. Improving the management of stress during the transport of juvenile mussels may be key to minimising mussel losses and increasing harvest production, and biomarkers associated with oxidative stress/antioxidant metabolism could be valuable tools to ensure emersion hardening does not overstress the mussels and reduce survival.
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- Natalí J. Delorme
- Cawthron Institute, Private Bag 2, Nelson 7042, New Zealand; (L.N.Z.); (M.R.V.W.); (P.M.S.)
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- Department of Botany, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Cawthron Institute, Private Bag 2, Nelson 7042, New Zealand; (L.N.Z.); (M.R.V.W.); (P.M.S.)
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- Cawthron Institute, Private Bag 2, Nelson 7042, New Zealand; (L.N.Z.); (M.R.V.W.); (P.M.S.)
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- Cawthron Institute, Private Bag 2, Nelson 7042, New Zealand; (L.N.Z.); (M.R.V.W.); (P.M.S.)
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Zhang Q, Chen J, Wang W, Lin J, Guo J. Genome-wide investigation of the TGF-β superfamily in scallops. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:24. [PMID: 38166626 PMCID: PMC10763453 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09942-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily genes can regulate various processes, especially in embryogenesis, adult development, and homeostasis. To understand the evolution and divergence patterns of the TGF-β superfamily in scallops, genome-wide data from the Bay scallop (Argopecten irradians), the Zhikong scallop (Chlamys farreri) and the Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) were systematically analysed using bioinformatics methods. RESULTS Twelve members of the TGF-β superfamily were identified for each scallop. The phylogenetic tree showed that these genes were grouped into 11 clusters, including BMPs, ADMP, NODAL, GDF, activin/inhibin and AMH. The number of exons and the conserved motif showed some differences between different clusters, while genes in the same cluster exhibited high similarity. Selective pressure analysis revealed that the TGF-β superfamily in scallops was evolutionarily conserved. The spatiotemporal expression profiles suggested that different TGF-β members have distinct functions. Several BMP-like and NODAL-like genes were highly expressed in early developmental stages, patterning the embryonic body plan. GDF8/11-like genes showed high expression in striated muscle and smooth muscle, suggesting that these genes may play a critical role in regulating muscle growth. Further analysis revealed a possible duplication of AMH, which played a key role in gonadal growth/maturation in scallops. In addition, this study found that several genes were involved in heat and hypoxia stress in scallops, providing new insights into the function of the TGF-β superfamily. CONCLUSION Characteristics of the TGF-β superfamily in scallops were identified, including sequence structure, phylogenetic relationships, and selection pressure. The expression profiles of these genes in different tissues, at different developmental stages and under different stresses were investigated. Generally, the current study lays a foundation for further study of their pleiotropic biological functions in scallops.
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- Qian Zhang
- Institute of Oceanography, College of Geography and Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
- Fujian Key Laboratory on Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Institute of Oceanography, College of Geography and Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
- Fujian Key Laboratory on Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
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- Institute of Oceanography, College of Geography and Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
- Fujian Key Laboratory on Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Marine Bioaffiliationersity, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
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- Institute of Oceanography, College of Geography and Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Institute of Oceanography, College of Geography and Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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Yang C, Wu H, Chen J, Liao Y, Mkuye R, Deng Y, Du X. Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals the response of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii) to long-term hypoxia. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 191:106133. [PMID: 37586225 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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The frequency at which organisms are exposed to hypoxic conditions in aquatic environments is increasing due to coastal eutrophication and global warming. To reveal the effects of long-term hypoxic stress on metabolic changes of pearl oyster, commonly known as Pinctada (Pinctada fucata martensii), the present study performed the integrated analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics to investigate the global changes of genes and metabolites following 25 days hypoxia challenge. Transcriptome analysis detected 1108 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the control group and the hypoxia group. The gene ontology (GO) analysis of DEGs revealed that they are significantly enriched in functions such as "microtubule-based process", "histone (H3-K4, H3-K27, and H4-K20) trimethylation", "histone H4 acetylation", "kinesin complex", and "ATPase activity", and KEGG pathway functions, such as "DNA replication", "Apoptosis", and "MAPK signaling pathways". Metabolome analysis identified 68 significantly different metabolites from all identified metabolites, and associated with 25 metabolic pathways between the control and hypoxia groups. These pathways included aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis, arginine and proline metabolism, and phenylalanine metabolism. Our integrated analysis suggested that pearl oysters were subject to oxidative stress, apoptosis, immune inhibition, and neuronal excitability reduction under long-term hypoxic conditions. We also found a remarkable depression in a variety of biological functions under long-term hypoxia, including metabolic rates, biomineralization activities, and the repression of reorganization of the cytoskeleton and cell metabolism. These findings provide a basis for elucidating the mechanisms used by marine bivalves to cope with long-term hypoxic stress.
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- Chuangye Yang
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Guangdong Science and Innovation Center for Pearl Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Pearl Breeding and Processing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Science and Innovation Center for Pearl Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Pearl Breeding and Processing Engineering Technology Research Centre of Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Zhanjiang, 524088, China; Guangdong Marine Ecology Early Warning and Monitoring Laboratory, Zhanjiang, 524088, China.
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- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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Falfushynska H, Sokolova IM. Intermittent hypoxia differentially affects metabolic and oxidative stress responses in two species of cyprinid fish. Biol Open 2023; 12:bio060069. [PMID: 37670684 PMCID: PMC10537972 DOI: 10.1242/bio.060069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
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Oxygen fluctuations are common in freshwater habitats and aquaculture and can impact ecologically and economically important species of fish like cyprinids. To gain insight into the physiological responses to oxygen fluctuations in two common cyprinid species, we evaluated the impact of short-term intermittent hypoxia on oxidative stress and metabolic parameters (including levels of prooxidants and oxidative lesions, antioxidants, mitochondrial enzyme activities, mitochondrial swelling, markers of apoptosis, autophagy and cytotoxicity) in silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and gibel carp Carassius gibelio. During hypoxia, gibel carp showed higher baseline levels of antioxidants and less pronounced changes in oxidative and metabolic biomarkers in the tissues than silver carp. Reoxygenation led to a strong shift in metabolic and redox-related parameters and tissue damage, indicating high cost of post-hypoxic recovery in both species. Species-specific differences were more strongly associated with oxidative stress status, whereas metabolic indices and nitrosative stress parameters were more relevant to the response to hypoxia-reoxygenation. Overall, regulation of energy metabolism appears more critical than the regulation of antioxidants in the response to oxygen deprivation in the studied species. Further research is needed to establish whether prioritizing metabolic over redox regulation during hypoxia-reoxygenation stress is common in freshwater cyprinids.
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- Halina Falfushynska
- Department of Marine Biology, Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock 18059, Germany
- Department of Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Anhalt University for Applied Sciences, Köthen 06366, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock 18059, Germany
- Department of Maritime Systems, Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock, Rostock 18059, Germany
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Steffen JBM, Sokolov EP, Bock C, Sokolova IM. Combined effects of salinity and intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species efflux in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. J Exp Biol 2023; 226:jeb246164. [PMID: 37470191 PMCID: PMC10445735 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.246164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Coastal environments commonly experience fluctuations in salinity and hypoxia-reoxygenation (H/R) stress that can negatively affect mitochondrial functions of marine organisms. Although intertidal bivalves are adapted to these conditions, the mechanisms that sustain mitochondrial integrity and function are not well understood. We determined the rates of respiration and reactive oxygen species (ROS) efflux in the mitochondria of oysters, Crassostrea gigas, acclimated to high (33 psu) or low (15 psu) salinity, and exposed to either normoxic conditions (control; 21% O2) or short-term hypoxia (24 h at <0.01% O2) and subsequent reoxygenation (1.5 h at 21% O2). Further, we exposed isolated mitochondria to anoxia in vitro to assess their ability to recover from acute (∼10 min) oxygen deficiency (<0.01% O2). Our results showed that mitochondria of oysters acclimated to high or low salinity did not show severe damage and dysfunction during H/R stress, consistent with the hypoxia tolerance of C. gigas. However, acclimation to low salinity led to improved mitochondrial performance and plasticity, indicating that 15 psu might be closer to the metabolic optimum of C. gigas than 33 psu. Thus, acclimation to low salinity increased mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation rate and coupling efficiency and stimulated mitochondrial respiration after acute H/R stress. However, elevated ROS efflux in the mitochondria of low-salinity-acclimated oysters after acute H/R stress indicates a possible trade-off of higher respiration. The high plasticity and stress tolerance of C. gigas mitochondria may contribute to the success of this invasive species and facilitate its further expansion into brackish regions such as the Baltic Sea.
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- Jennifer B. M. Steffen
- Department of Marine Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Research, Leibniz Science Campus Phosphorus Research Rostock, 18119 Warnemünde, Germany
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- Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Department of Maritime Systems, Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Martínez M, González-Aravena M, Held C, Abele D. A molecular perspective on the invasibility of the southern ocean benthos: The impact of hypoxia and temperature on gene expression in South American and Antarctic Aequiyoldia bivalves. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1083240. [PMID: 36895632 PMCID: PMC9989211 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1083240] [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: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
Abstract
When an organism makes a long-distance transition to a new habitat, the associated environmental change is often marked and requires physiological plasticity of larvae, juveniles, or other migrant stages. Exposing shallow-water marine bivalves (Aequiyoldia cf. eightsii) from southern South America (SSA) and the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) to changes in temperature and oxygen availability, we investigated changes in gene expression in a simulated colonization experiment of the shores of a new continent after crossing of the Drake Passage, and in a warming scenario in the WAP. Bivalves from SSA were cooled from 7°C (in situ) to 4°C and 2°C (future warmed WAP conditions), WAP bivalves were warmed from 1.5°C (current summer in situ) to 4°C (warmed WAP), gene expression patterns in response to thermal stress by itself and in combination with hypoxia were measured after 10 days. Our results confirm that molecular plasticity may play a vital role for local adaptation. Hypoxia had a greater effect on the transcriptome than temperature alone. The effect was further amplified when hypoxia and temperature acted as combined stressors. The WAP bivalves showed a remarkable ability to cope with short-term exposure to hypoxia by switching to a metabolic rate depression strategy and activating the alternative oxidation pathway, whilst the SSA population showed no comparable response. In SSA, the high prevalence of apoptosis-related differentially expressed genes especially under combined higher temperatures and hypoxia indicated that the SSA Aequiyoldia are operating near their physiological limits already. While the effect of temperature per se may not represent the single most effective barrier to Antarctic colonization by South American bivalves, the current distribution patterns as well as their resilience to future conditions can be better understood by looking at the synergistic effects of temperature in conjunction with short-term exposure to hypoxia.
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- Mariano Martínez
- Funktionelle Ökologie, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Funktionelle Ökologie, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Funktionelle Ökologie, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
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Zhang H, Yao G, He M. Transcriptome analysis of gene expression profiling from the deep sea in situ to the laboratory for the cold seep mussel Gigantidas haimaensis. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:828. [DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-09064-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The deep-sea mussel Gigantidas haimaensis is a representative species from the Haima cold seep ecosystem in the South China Sea that establishes endosymbiosis with chemotrophic bacteria. During long-term evolution, G. haimaensis has adapted well to the local environment of cold seeps. Until now, adaptive mechanisms responding to environmental stresses have remained poorly understood.
Results
In this study, transcriptomic analysis was performed for muscle tissue of G. haimaensis in the in situ environment (MH) and laboratory environment for 0 h (M0), 3 h (M3) and 9 h (M9), and 187,368 transcript sequences and 22,924 annotated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were generated. Based on Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis, these DEGs were enriched with a broad spectrum of biological processes and pathways, including those associated with antioxidants, apoptosis, chaperones, immunity and metabolism. Among these significantly enriched pathways, protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum and metabolism were the most affected metabolic pathways. These results may imply that G. haimaensis struggles to support the life response to environmental change by changing gene expression profiles.
Conclusion
The present study provides a better understanding of the biological responses and survival strategies of the mussel G. haimaensis from deep sea in situ to the laboratory environment.
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Ekwudo MN, Malek MC, Anderson CE, Yampolsky LY. The interplay between prior selection, mild intermittent exposure, and acute severe exposure in phenotypic and transcriptional response to hypoxia. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9319. [PMID: 36248677 PMCID: PMC9548574 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Hypoxia has profound and diverse effects on aerobic organisms, disrupting oxidative phosphorylation and activating several protective pathways. Predictions have been made that exposure to mild intermittent hypoxia may be protective against more severe exposure and may extend lifespan. Here we report the lifespan effects of chronic, mild, intermittent hypoxia, and short‐term survival in acute severe hypoxia in four clones of Daphnia magna originating from either permanent or intermittent habitats. We test the hypothesis that acclimation to chronic mild intermittent hypoxia can extend lifespan through activation of antioxidant and stress‐tolerance pathways and increase survival in acute severe hypoxia through activation of oxygen transport and storage proteins and adjustment to carbohydrate metabolism. Unexpectedly, we show that chronic hypoxia extended the lifespan in the two clones originating from intermittent habitats but had the opposite effect in the two clones from permanent habitats, which also showed lower tolerance to acute hypoxia. Exposure to chronic hypoxia did not protect against acute hypoxia; to the contrary, Daphnia from the chronic hypoxia treatment had lower acute hypoxia tolerance than normoxic controls. Few transcripts changed their abundance in response to the chronic hypoxia treatment in any of the clones. After 12 h of acute hypoxia treatment, the transcriptional response was more pronounced, with numerous protein‐coding genes with functionality in oxygen transport, mitochondrial and respiratory metabolism, and gluconeogenesis, showing upregulation. While clones from intermittent habitats showed somewhat stronger differential expression in response to acute hypoxia than those from permanent habitats, contrary to predictions, there were no significant hypoxia‐by‐habitat of origin or chronic‐by‐acute treatment interactions. GO enrichment analysis revealed a possible hypoxia tolerance role by accelerating the molting cycle and regulating neuron survival through upregulation of cuticular proteins and neurotrophins, respectively.
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- Millicent N. Ekwudo
- Department of Biological SciencesEast Tennessee State UniversityJohnson CityTennesseeUSA,Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesEast Tennessee State UniversityJohnson CityTennesseeUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesEast Tennessee State UniversityJohnson CityTennesseeUSA,Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Notre DameNotre DameIndianaUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesEast Tennessee State UniversityJohnson CityTennesseeUSA
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Corporeau C, Petton S, Vilaça R, Delisle L, Quéré C, Le Roy V, Dubreuil C, Lacas-Gervais S, Guitton Y, Artigaud S, Bernay B, Pichereau V, Huvet A, Petton B, Pernet F, Fleury E, Madec S, Brigaudeau C, Brenner C, Mazure NM. Harsh intertidal environment enhances metabolism and immunity in oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 180:105709. [PMID: 35988349 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105709] [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: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas is established in the marine intertidal zone, experiencing rapid and highly dynamic environmental changes throughout the tidal cycle. Depending on the bathymetry, oysters face oxygen deprivation, lack of nutrients, and high changes in temperature during alternation of the cycles of emersion/immersion. Here we showed that intertidal oysters at a bathymetry level of 3 and 5 m delayed by ten days the onset of mortality associated with Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome (POMS) as compared to subtidal oysters. Intertidal oysters presented a lower growth but similar energetic reserves to subtidal oysters but induced proteomic changes indicative of a boost in metabolism, inflammation, and innate immunity that may have improved their resistance during infection with the Ostreid herpes virus. Our work highlights that intertidal harsh environmental conditions modify host-pathogen interaction and improve oyster health. This study opens new perspectives on oyster farming for mitigation strategies based on tidal height.
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- Charlotte Corporeau
- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France.
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Centre Commun de Microscopie Appliquée, CCMA, Nice, France
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- Laboratoire d'étude des Résidus et Contaminants dans les Aliments, Oniris, INRA, F-44307, Nantes, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Plateforme Proteogen, SFR ICORE 4206, Univ. Caen Basse-Normandie, 14000, Caen, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IRD, Équipe soutenue par la fondation ARC, UMR 6539, LEMAR, F, 29280, Plouzané, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut Gustave Roussy, Aspects métaboliques et systémiques de l'oncogénèse pour de nouvelles approches Thérapeutiques, 94805, Villejuif, France
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- Inserm U1065, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire, 151 route St Antoine de Ginestière, 06204, Nice, France
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Steffen JBM, Haider F, Sokolov EP, Bock C, Sokolova IM. Mitochondrial capacity and reactive oxygen species production during hypoxia and reoxygenation in the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica. J Exp Biol 2021; 224:272605. [PMID: 34697625 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243082] [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: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Oxygen fluctuations are common in marine waters, and hypoxia-reoxygenation (H-R) stress can negatively affect mitochondrial metabolism. The long-lived ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, is known for its hypoxia tolerance associated with metabolic rate depression, yet the mechanisms that sustain mitochondrial function during oxygen fluctuations are not well understood. We used top-down metabolic control analysis (MCA) to determine aerobic capacity and control over oxygen flux in the mitochondria of quahogs exposed to short-term hypoxia (24 h <0.01% O2) and subsequent reoxygenation (1.5 h 21% O2) compared with normoxic control animals (21% O2). We demonstrated that flux capacity of the substrate oxidation and proton leak subsystems were not affected by hypoxia, while the capacity of the phosphorylation subsystem was enhanced during hypoxia associated with a depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane. Reoxygenation decreased the oxygen flux capacity of all three mitochondrial subsystems. Control over oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) respiration was mostly exerted by substrate oxidation regardless of H-R stress, whereas control by the proton leak subsystem of LEAK respiration increased during hypoxia and returned to normoxic levels during reoxygenation. During hypoxia, reactive oxygen species (ROS) efflux was elevated in the LEAK state, whereas it was suppressed in the OXPHOS state. Mitochondrial ROS efflux returned to normoxic control levels during reoxygenation. Thus, mitochondria of A. islandica appear robust to hypoxia by maintaining stable substrate oxidation and upregulating phosphorylation capacity, but remain sensitive to reoxygenation. This mitochondrial phenotype might reflect adaptation of A. islandica to environments with unpredictable oxygen fluctuations and its behavioural preference for low oxygen levels.
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- Jennifer B M Steffen
- Department of Marine Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Research, Leibniz Science Campus Phosphorus Research Rostock, Warnemünde, 18119 Rostock, Germany
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- Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany.,Department of Maritime Systems, Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Emersion and Relative Humidity Modulate Stress Response and Recovery Dynamics in Juvenile Mussels ( Perna canaliculus). Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11090580. [PMID: 34564395 PMCID: PMC8468153 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11090580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The early stages of intertidal mussels, including the green-lipped mussel, Perna canaliculus, face both direct and indirect environmental threats. Stressors may influence physiological status and, ultimately, survival. An understanding of the nature of stress experienced is critical to inform conservation and aquaculture efforts. Here, we investigated oxidative stress dynamics in juvenile P. canaliculus in relation to emersion duration (1–20 h) and relative humidity (RH, 29–98%) by quantifying oxidative damage (protein carbonyls, lipid hydroperoxides, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine) and enzymatic antioxidants (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and reductase). Mussels held in low RH during emersion experienced severe water loss (>70%), high mortality (>80%) and increased oxidative damage (35–45% increase compared to control conditions), while mussels held at high RH were not impacted, even after 20 h of air exposure. Following re-immersion, reoxygenation stress resulted in further increases in damage markers in mussels that had experienced dryer emersion conditions; protective action of antioxidants increased steadily during the 10 h re-immersion period, apparently supporting a reduction in damage markers after 1–5 h of immersion. Clearly, conditions during emersion, as well as duration, substantially influence physiological performance and recovery of juvenile mussels. Successful recruitment to intertidal beds or survival in commercial aquaculture operations may be mediated by the nature of emersion stress experienced by these vulnerable juveniles.
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Amorim K, Piontkivska H, Zettler ML, Sokolov E, Hinzke T, Nair AM, Sokolova IM. Transcriptional response of key metabolic and stress response genes of a nuculanid bivalve, Lembulus bicuspidatus from an oxygen minimum zone exposed to hypoxia-reoxygenation. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 256:110617. [PMID: 34004351 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Benthic animals inhabiting the edges of marine oxygen minimum zones (OMZ) are exposed to unpredictable large fluctuations of oxygen levels. Sessile organisms including bivalves must depend on physiological adaptations to withstand these conditions. However, as habitats are rather inaccessible, physiological adaptations of the OMZ margin inhabitants to oxygen fluctuations are not well understood. We therefore investigated the transcriptional responses of selected key genes involved in energy metabolism and stress protection in a dominant benthic species of the northern edge of the Namibian OMZ, the nuculanid clam Lembulus bicuspidatus,. We exposed clams to normoxia (~5.8 ml O2 l-1), severe hypoxia (36 h at ~0.01 ml O2 l-1) and post-hypoxic recovery (24 h of normoxia following 36 h of severe hypoxia). Using newly identified gene sequences, we determined the transcriptional responses to hypoxia and reoxygenation of the mitochondrial aerobic energy metabolism (pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 complex, cytochrome c oxidase, citrate synthase, and adenine nucleotide translocator), anaerobic glycolysis (hexokinase (HK), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), phosphofructokinase, and aldolase), mitochondrial antioxidants (glutaredoxin, peroxiredoxin, and uncoupling protein UCP2) and stress protection mechanisms (a molecular chaperone HSP70 and a mitochondrial quality control protein MIEAP) in the gills and the labial palps of L. bicuspidatus. Exposure to severe hypoxia transcriptionally stimulated anaerobic glycolysis (including HK and PEPCK), antioxidant protection (UCP2), and quality control mechanisms (HSP70 and MIEAP) in the gills of L. bicuspidatus. Unlike UCP2, mRNA levels of the thiol-dependent mitochondrial antioxidants were not affected by hypoxia-reoxygenation stress. Transcript levels of marker genes for aerobic energy metabolism were not responsive to oxygen fluctuations in L. bicuspidatus. Our findings highlight the probable importance of anaerobic succinate production (via PEPCK) and mitochondrial and proteome quality control mechanisms in responses to oxygen fluctuations of the OMZ bivalve L.bicuspidatus. The reaction of L.bicuspidatus to oxygen fluctuations implies parallels to that of other hypoxia-tolerant bivalves, such as intertidal species.
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- Katherine Amorim
- Department of Biological Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA; Brain Health Research Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Leibniz ScienceCampus Phosphorus Research Rostock, Warnemünde, Germany
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- Institute of Marine Biotechnology e.V., 17489 Greifswald, Germany; Department of Microbial Physiology and Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Department of Maritime Systems, Interdisciplinary Faculty, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
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Yusseppone M, Noya Abad T, Risoli M, Sabatini S, Ríos de Molina M, Lomovasky B. Biochemical adaptations of the stout razor clam ( Tagelus plebeius) to changes in oxygen availability: resilience in a changing world? CAN J ZOOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2020-0115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Climate change is producing sea level rise and deoxygenation of the ocean, altering estuaries and coastal areas. Changes in oxygen availability are expected to have consequences on the physiological fitness of intertidal species. In this work we analyze the coping response of the intertidal stout razor clam (Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786)) to extreme environmental changes in oxygen concentration. Their biochemical responses to normoxia, hypoxia, and hyperoxia transition at different intertidal level (low–high) were measured through an in situ transplant experiment. The high intertidal level negatively affected the analyzed traits of the T. plebeius populations. The differences in reactive oxygen species production, total oxyradical scavenger capacities, and catalase activity also suggested more stressful conditions at the high level where long-term hypoxia periods occur. Both hypoxia and re-oxygenation provoked re-adjustments in the antioxidant responses and higher lipid oxidative damage (normoxia < hypoxia < re-oxygenation). The observed responses in transplanted clams at the opposite intertidal level suggested the potential acclimation of T. plebeius to cope with new environmental conditions. These findings are discussed within a global changing context where both increasing deoxygenation conditions and sea level rise are predicted to be exacerbated in the area driven by climate change.
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- M.S. Yusseppone
- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rodríguez Peña 4046 Nivel 1, CC 1260 (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Ciencias Naturales, Ambientales y Antropológicas (CCNAA), Universidad Maimónides, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Hidalgo 775, C1405BCK, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rodríguez Peña 4046 Nivel 1, CC 1260 (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica (IQUIBICEN), Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Pabellón II, Intendente Guiraldes 2160, C1428EHA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica (IQUIBICEN), Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Pabellón II, Intendente Guiraldes 2160, C1428EHA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Rodríguez Peña 4046 Nivel 1, CC 1260 (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Vogeler S, Carboni S, Li X, Joyce A. Phylogenetic analysis of the caspase family in bivalves: implications for programmed cell death, immune response and development. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:80. [PMID: 33494703 PMCID: PMC7836458 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07380-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Apoptosis is an important process for an organism's innate immune system to respond to pathogens, while also allowing for cell differentiation and other essential life functions. Caspases are one of the key protease enzymes involved in the apoptotic process, however there is currently a very limited understanding of bivalve caspase diversity and function. RESULTS In this work, we investigated the presence of caspase homologues using a combination of bioinformatics and phylogenetic analyses. We blasted the Crassostrea gigas genome for caspase homologues and identified 35 potential homologues in the addition to the already cloned 23 bivalve caspases. As such, we present information about the phylogenetic relationship of all identified bivalve caspases in relation to their homology to well-established vertebrate and invertebrate caspases. Our results reveal unexpected novelty and complexity in the bivalve caspase family. Notably, we were unable to identify direct homologues to the initiator caspase-9, a key-caspase in the vertebrate apoptotic pathway, inflammatory caspases (caspase-1, - 4 or - 5) or executioner caspases-3, - 6, - 7. We also explored the fact that bivalves appear to possess several unique homologues to the initiator caspase groups - 2 and - 8. Large expansions of caspase-3 like homologues (caspase-3A-C), caspase-3/7 group and caspase-3/7-like homologues were also identified, suggesting unusual roles of caspases with direct implications for our understanding of immune response in relation to common bivalve diseases. Furthermore, we assessed the gene expression of two initiator (Cg2A, Cg8B) and four executioner caspases (Cg3A, Cg3B, Cg3C, Cg3/7) in C. gigas late-larval development and during metamorphosis, indicating that caspase expression varies across the different developmental stages. CONCLUSION Our analysis provides the first overview of caspases across different bivalve species with essential new insights into caspase diversity, knowledge that can be used for further investigations into immune response to pathogens or regulation of developmental processes.
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- Susanne Vogeler
- Department of Marine Science, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottbergsgata 22 B, 41319, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4LA, UK
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- South Australia Research and Development Institute Aquatic Sciences Centre, 2 Hamra Ave, West Beach, SA, 5024, Australia
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- Department of Marine Science, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottbergsgata 22 B, 41319, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Effects of hypoxia and reoxygenation on intermediary metabolite homeostasis of marine bivalves Mytilus edulis and Crassostrea gigas. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2020; 242:110657. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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