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Sharma SS, Venter L, Frost EJ, Alfaro AC, Ragg NLC, Zamora LN. Behavioural and physiological responses of juvenile geoduck (Panopea zelandica) following acute thermal stress. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2024; 269:110892. [PMID: 37573964 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2023.110892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Climate extremes, such as heatwaves, are expected to become more intense and of longer duration in the near future. These climatic conditions may have a significant impact on the prospects of establishing a new aquaculture industry for the endemic New Zealand geoduck, Panopea zelandica. This study focused on characterising animal behaviour, haemocytes , and heat shock protein (HSP70 & HSP90) mRNA expression following exposure to elevated temperatures, such as those encountered during marine heatwaves around 20 °C and an extreme scenario of 25 °C, contrasted to an ambient temperature of 17 °C. After 24 h of heat challenge, P. zelandica were found to be significantly influenced by the thermal changes, as there were differences recorded in all the responses examined. With increasing temperatures, juvenile geoduck were observed to fully emerge from the sediment a behaviour that has not previously been quantified nor associated with stress in this species. The ability of P. zelandica juveniles to re-bury still warrants further investigation, as adults are unable to do so. Haemocyte analyses revealed an increase in the abundance of granulocytes, cellular aggregations, and size of these aggregations at the highest temperature exposure. Increased expression of the hsp70 gene in the haemolymph after exposure at 25 °C for 24 h was detected and attributed to attempts to mitigate protein denaturation caused by thermal stress. The inter-individual variability in the response of heat shock proteins recorded could aid in future selective breeding programs if it is reflected in net thermotolerance. P. zelandica shows great potential for growing in subtidal habitats around New Zealand, and this study highlights the importance of temperature considerations when selecting potential farm and reseeding locations.
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- Shaneel S Sharma
- Aquaculture Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Environmental Science, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Aquaculture Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Environmental Science, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Aquaculture Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Environmental Science, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Aquaculture Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Environmental Science, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Delorme NJ, Frost EJ, Sewell MA. Effect of acclimation on thermal limits and hsp70 gene expression of the New Zealand sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2020; 250:110806. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Monnens M, Frost EJ, Clark M, Sewell MA, Vanhove MPM, Artois T. Description and ecophysiology of a new species of Syndesmis Silliman, 1881 (Rhabdocoela: Umagillidae) from the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846) Mortensen, 1943 in New Zealand. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 2019; 10:71-82. [PMID: 31372337 PMCID: PMC6658996 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A new rhabdocoel of the genus Syndesmis Silliman, 1881 (Umagillidae) is described from the intestine of the New Zealand sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846) Mortensen, 1943a. This new species, Syndesmis kurakaikina n. sp., is morphologically distinct and can easily be recognised by its very long (±1 mm) stylet and its bright-red colour. In addition to providing a formal description, we present some observations on reproduction and life history of this new species. Fecundity is comparable to that of other umagillids and the rate of egg production and development increases with temperature. Hatching in this species is induced by intestinal fluids of its host. Relevant to global warming, we assessed the effect of temperature on survival, fecundity, and development. The tests indicate that Syndesmis kurakaikina n. sp. is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures (11-25 °C) and that its temperature optimum lies between 18.0 and 21.5 °C. Egg viability is, however, significantly compromised at the higher end of this temperature range, with expelled egg capsules often being deformed and showing increasingly lower rates of hatching. Given this, a rise in global temperature might increase the risk of Syndesmis kurakaikina n. sp. infecting new hosts and would possibly facilitate the spread of these endosymbionts.
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- Marlies Monnens
- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Agoralaan Gebouw D, B-3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Agoralaan Gebouw D, B-3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37, Brno, Czech Republic.,Laboratory of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Genomics, University of Leuven, Charles Debériotstraat 32, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.,Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, P.O.Box 17, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology, Agoralaan Gebouw D, B-3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Baker DW, Hudson ME, Frost EJ, Sewell MA. Repeated measurement of Mo 2 in small aquatic organisms: a manual intermittent flow respirometer using off-the-shelf components. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2018; 124:741-749. [PMID: 29212670 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00771.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Measurement of rates of oxygen consumption ( Mo2) in small aquatic embryos or larvae (<1 mm) in response to altered environmental conditions has traditionally been challenging. Here, using modifications of a commercially available fluorescent optode flow-through cell (FTC; PreSens FTC-PSt3) and routine laboratory supplies (syringes, stopcocks, tubing), we have constructed a manual intermittent flow respirometer (MIFR) that allows measurement of Mo2 in small numbers of individuals when sequentially exposed to different environmental conditions (e.g., changes in seawater pH) through a gravity-driven media replacement perfusion system. We first show that the FTC can be used in "static" mode while incubating small numbers of embryos/larvae contained within the planar oxygen sensor (POS) chamber with Nitex filters. We then demonstrate the use of the MIFR by exposing larval echinoderms ( Fellaster zelandiae, Evechinus chloroticus, and Centrostephanus rodgersii) to seawater equilibrated with elevated CO2 and measured Mo2 during acute and chronic exposure to hypercapnia. This MIFR method will allow investigators to address questions regarding the respiratory physiology of small aquatic animals, such as the thresholds for metabolic depression in embryonic and larval forms. NEW & NOTEWORTHY A manual intermittent flow respirometer (MIFR), allowing media exchange in a flow-through cell containing small aquatic organisms, permits repeated measurement of Mo2 of individuals not only in a single medium (e.g., technical replication), but also in different media (here, high CO2-equilibrated seawater), enabling measurement of acute physiological responses to changed conditions. This versatile technique has wide-ranging implications for the study of the Mo2 response of aquatic organisms in the face of climate change.
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- Daniel W Baker
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland , Auckland , New Zealand
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Wilkinson CJ, Frost EJ, Staunton J, Leadlay PF. Chain initiation on the soraphen-producing modular polyketide synthase from Sorangium cellulosum. Chem Biol 2001; 8:1197-208. [PMID: 11755398 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(01)00087-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Polyketides are structurally diverse natural products with a wide range of useful activities. Bacterial modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) catalyse the production of non-aromatic polyketides using a different set of enzymes for each successive cycle of chain extension. The choice of starter unit is governed by the substrate specificity of a distinct loading module. The unusual loading module of the soraphen modular PKS, from the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum, specifies a benzoic acid starter unit. Attempts to design functional hybrid PKSs using this loading module provide a stringent test of our understanding of PKS structure and function, since the order of the domains in the loading and first extension module is non-canonical in the soraphen PKS, and the producing strain is not an actinomycete. RESULTS We have constructed bimodular PKSs based on DEBS1-TE, a derivative of the erythromycin PKS that contains only extension modules 1 and 2 and a thioesterase (TE) domain, by substituting one or more domains from the soraphen PKS. A hybrid PKS containing the soraphen acyltransferase domain AT1b instead of extension acyltransferase domain AT1 produced triketide lactones lacking a methyl group at C-4, as expected if AT1b catalyses the addition of malonyl-CoA during the first extension cycle on the soraphen PKS. Substitution of the DEBS1-TE loading module AT domain by the soraphen AT1a domain led to the production of 5-phenyl-substituted triketide lactone, as well as the normal products of DEBS1-TE. This 5-phenyl triketide lactone was also the product of a hybrid PKS containing the entire soraphen PKS loading module as well as part of its first extension module. Phenyl-substituted lactone was only produced when measures were simultaneously taken to increase the intracellular supply of benzoyl-CoA in the host strain of Saccharopolyspora erythraea. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that the ability to recruit a benzoate starter unit can be conferred on a modular PKS by the transfer either of a single AT domain, or of multiple domains to produce a chimaeric first extension module, from the soraphen PKS. However, benzoyl-CoA needs to be provided within the cell as a specific precursor. The data also support the respective roles previously assigned to the adjacent AT domains of the soraphen loading/first extension module. Construction of such hybrid actinomycete-myxobacterial enzymes should significantly extend the synthetic repertoire of modular PKSs.
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- C J Wilkinson
- Cambridge Centre for Molecular Recognition and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
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Weissman KJ, Bycroft M, Cutter AL, Hanefeld U, Frost EJ, Timoney MC, Harris R, Handa S, Roddis M, Staunton J, Leadlay PF. Evaluating precursor-directed biosynthesis towards novel erythromycins through in vitro studies on a bimodular polyketide synthase. Chem Biol 1998; 5:743-54. [PMID: 9862800 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(98)90666-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) catalyse the biosynthesis of complex polyketides using a different set of enzymes for each successive cycle of chain extension. Directed biosynthesis starting from synthetic diketides is a potentially valuable route to novel polyketides. We have used a purified bimodular derivative of the erythromycin-producing polyketide synthase (DEBS 1-TE) to study chain extension starting from a variety of diketide analogues and, in some cases, from the alternative acyl-CoA thioester substrates. RESULTS Chain initiation in vitro by DEBS 1-TE module 2 using a synthetic diketide analogue as a substrate was tolerant of significant structural variation in the starter unit of the synthetic diketide, but other changes completely abolished activity. Interestingly, a racemic beta-keto diketide was found to be reduced in situ on the PKS and utilised in place of its more complex hydroxy analogue as a substrate for chain extension. The presence of a diketide analogue strongly inhibited chain initiation via the loading module. Significantly higher concentrations of diketide N-acetylcysteamine analogues than their corresponding acyl-CoA thioesters are required to achieve comparable yields of triketide lactones. CONCLUSIONS Although a broad range of variation in the starter residue is acceptable, the substrate specificity of module 2 of a typical modular PKS in vitro is relatively intolerant of changes at C-2 and C-3. This will restrict the usefulness of approaches to synthesise novel erythromycins using synthetic diketides in vivo. The use of synthetic beta-keto diketides in vivo deserves to be explored.
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- K J Weissman
- Cambridge Centre for Molecular Recognition Department of Organic Chemistry University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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Hurley JS, Frost EJ, Trinkaus KM, Buatti MC, Emmett KE. Relationship of compliance with hormone replacement therapy to short-term healthcare utilization in a managed care population. Am J Manag Care 1998; 4:1691-8. [PMID: 10339101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify healthcare utilization characteristics that distinguish female members of a managed care organization (MCO) who remained compliant with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) from those who had poor compliance during an 18-month period and to estimate the cost of HRT to an MCO. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective cohort design in a population of continuously enrolled female members of an MCO. METHODS All female members of the Lovelace Health Plan 40 years of age or older who began HRT between January 1, 1993, and June 30, 1994 (n = 1158). Compliance was determined by calculating an estrogen medication possession ratio based on pharmacy fills over 18 months. "High compliers" (n = 427) were defined as those purchasing at least 80% of their recommended days supply, and "low compliers" (n = 269) as those purchasing less than 20%. Healthcare encounters and costs of high and low compliers were compared. RESULTS High compliers were younger (P < 0.01), more likely to be non-Hispanic white than Hispanic (P < 0.0001), and had higher costs for obstetric/gynecologic care (P < 0.0001) and non-HRT prescriptions (P < 0.0001). Low compliers had higher point estimates of costs and encounters for all other categories of care, but differences were statistically significant only for emergency department visits (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The added cost of HRT did not result in higher total healthcare utilization and costs, as women who complied well with therapy had decreased utilization and costs in other categories of care. Differences in subcategories of healthcare utilization suggest that level of HRT compliance reflects differences in how women access healthcare.
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- J S Hurley
- Southwest Center for Managed Care Research, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA.
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