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Kumar G, Ertl R, Bartholomew JL, El-Matbouli M. Transcriptome Analysis Elucidates the Key Responses of Bryozoan Fredericella sultana during the Development of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (Myxozoa). Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E5910. [PMID: 32824626 PMCID: PMC7460649 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21165910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Bryozoans are sessile, filter-feeding, and colony-building invertebrate organisms. Fredericella sultana is a well known primary host of the myxozoan parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae. There have been no attempts to identify the cellular responses induced in F. sultana during the T. bryosalmonae development. We therefore performed transcriptome analysis with the aim of identifying candidate genes and biological pathways of F. sultana involved in the response to T. bryosalmonae. A total of 1166 differentially up- and downregulated genes were identified in the infected F. sultana. Gene ontology of biological processes of upregulated genes pointed to the involvement of the innate immune response, establishment of protein localization, and ribosome biogenesis, while the downregulated genes were involved in mitotic spindle assembly, viral entry into the host cell, and response to nitric oxide. Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 signaling was identified as a top canonical pathway and MYCN as a top upstream regulator in the differentially expressed genes. Our study provides the first transcriptional profiling data on the F. sultana zooid's response to T. bryosalmonae. Pathways and upstream regulators help us to understand the complex interplay in the infected F. sultana. The results will facilitate the elucidation of innate immune mechanisms of bryozoan and will lay a foundation for further analyses on bryozoan-responsive candidate genes, which will be an important resource for the comparative analysis of gene expression in bryozoans.
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- Gokhlesh Kumar
- Clinical Division of Fish Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria;
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- VetCore Facility, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria;
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- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3804, USA;
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- Clinical Division of Fish Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria;
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Ciavatta ML, Lefranc F, Vieira LM, Kiss R, Carbone M, van Otterlo WAL, Lopanik NB, Waeschenbach A. The Phylum Bryozoa: From Biology to Biomedical Potential. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:E200. [PMID: 32283669 PMCID: PMC7230173 DOI: 10.3390/md18040200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Less than one percent of marine natural products characterized since 1963 have been obtained from the phylum Bryozoa which, therefore, still represents a huge reservoir for the discovery of bioactive metabolites with its ~6000 described species. The current review is designed to highlight how bryozoans use sophisticated chemical defenses against their numerous predators and competitors, and which can be harbored for medicinal uses. This review collates all currently available chemoecological data about bryozoans and lists potential applications/benefits for human health. The core of the current review relates to the potential of bryozoan metabolites in human diseases with particular attention to viral, brain, and parasitic diseases. It additionally weighs the pros and cons of total syntheses of some bryozoan metabolites versus the synthesis of non-natural analogues, and explores the hopes put into the development of biotechnological approaches to provide sustainable amounts of bryozoan metabolites without harming the natural environment.
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- Maria Letizia Ciavatta
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (ICB), Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; (M.L.C.); (M.C.)
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50670-901, Brazil;
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- Retired – formerly at the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS), 1000 Brussels, Belgium;
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (ICB), Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; (M.L.C.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
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- School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA;
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Yang XX, Wong YH, Zhang Y, Zhang G, Qian PY. Exploring the regulatory role of nitric oxide (NO) and the NO-p38MAPK/cGMP pathway in larval settlement of the bryozoan Bugula neritina. Biofouling 2018; 34:545-556. [PMID: 29842799 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2018.1470240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The bryozoan Bugula neritina is a cosmopolitan marine fouling species that causes major fouling problems in sub-tropical waters. Settlement of B. neritina larvae can be triggered without an obvious external cue. Here, the negative regulatory role of nitric oxide (NO) during larval settlement of B. neritina was demonstrated to be mediated by cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). Although the regulatory role of the NO-p38 MAPK signaling axis in larval settlement was not evident, inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) led to the deactivation of p38 MAPK. Exclusive localization of NO and NO signaling components in sensory-related organs of the larvae is consistent with its signal transduction function in metamorphosis. Overall, this study provides new insights into the regulatory roles of the NO-p38MAPK/cGMP pathway in B. neritina settlement.
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- Xiao-Xue Yang
- a Division of Life Science , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong SAR , PR China
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- a Division of Life Science , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong SAR , PR China
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- b Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Marine Algal Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen , PR China
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- a Division of Life Science , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong SAR , PR China
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- a Division of Life Science , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong SAR , PR China
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Covering: up to 2018 Symbiotic microbes interact with animals, often by producing natural products (specialized metabolites; secondary metabolites) that exert a biological role. A major goal is to determine which microbes produce biologically important compounds, a deceptively challenging task that often rests on correlative results, rather than hypothesis testing. Here, we examine the challenges and successes from the perspective of marine animal-bacterial mutualisms. These animals have historically provided a useful model because of their technical accessibility. By comparing biological systems, we suggest a common framework for establishing chemical interactions between animals and microbes.
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- Maho Morita
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 84112.
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β-Branching is an expansion upon canonical polyketide synthase extension that allows for the installation of diverse chemical moieties in several natural products. Several of these moieties are unique among natural products, including the two vinyl methylesters found in the core structure of bryostatins. This family of molecules is derived from an obligate bacterial symbiont of a sessile marine bryozoan, Bugula neritina. Within this family, bryostatin 1 has been investigated as an anticancer, neuroprotective, and immunomodulatory compound. We have turned to the biosynthetic gene cluster within the bacterial symbiont to investigate the biosynthesis of bryostatins. Recent sequencing efforts resulted in the annotation of two missing genes: bryT and bryU. Using novel chemoenzymatic techniques, we have validated these as the missing enoyl-CoA hydratase and donor acyl carrier protein, essential components of the β-branching cassette of the bryostatin pathway. Together, this cassette installs the vinyl methylester moieties essential to the activity of bryostatins.
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- Samuel T Slocum
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Life Sciences Institute, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Life Sciences Institute, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Life Sciences Institute, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Life Sciences Institute, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Life Sciences Institute, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
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Tian XR, Gao YQ, Tian XL, Li J, Tang HF, Li YS, Lin HW, Ma ZQ. New Cytotoxic Secondary Metabolites from Marine Bryozoan Cryptosula pallasiana. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:md15040120. [PMID: 28406457 PMCID: PMC5408266 DOI: 10.3390/md15040120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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A new sterol, (23R)-methoxycholest-5,24-dien-3β-ol (1), two new ceramides, (2S,3R,4E,8E)-2-(tetradecanoylamino)-4,8-octadecadien-l,3-diol (6) and (2S,3R,2′R,4E,8E)-2-(tetradecanoylamino)-4,8-octadecadien-l,3,2′-triol (7), together with three known sterols (2–4), a lactone (5) and two ceramides (8,9), were isolated from the marine bryozoan Cryptosula pallasiana, collected at Huang Island of China. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analyses, chemical methods and quantum electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Among the isolated compounds, sterol 1 possessed a rare side chain with a methoxy group at C-23, and a double bond between C-24 and C-25. Ceramides 6 and 7 possessed 14 carbons in their long-chain fatty acid base (FAB), which were different from the normal ceramides with 16 carbons in the FAB. Moreover, compounds 5 and 8 were isolated for the first time from marine bryozoans. Compounds 1–9 were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against human tumor cell lines HL-60, Hep-G2 and SGC-7901. The results showed that lactone 5 appears to have strong cytotoxicity against the test tumor cell lines, with IC50 values from 4.12 μM to 7.32 μM, and sterol 1 displayed moderate cytotoxicity with IC50 values between 12.34 μM and 18.37 μM, while ceramides 6–9 showed weak cytotoxicity with IC50 ranging from 21.13 μM to 58.15 μM.
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- Xiang-Rong Tian
- Research & Development Center of Biorational Pesticide, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- Research & Development Center of Biorational Pesticide, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- Research & Development Center of Biorational Pesticide, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Renji Hospital, Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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- Research & Development Center of Biorational Pesticide, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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Serova KM, Vishnyakov AE, Zaitseva OV, Ostrovsky AN. Distribution of serotonin and FMRF-amide in the nervous system of different zooidal types of cheilostome bryozoa: A case study of Arctonula arctica. Dokl Biol Sci 2016; 471:288-290. [PMID: 28058604 DOI: 10.1134/s0012496616060107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In the White Sea bryozoans Arctonula arctica, the structure of the nervous system and distribution of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and FMRF-amide were studied for the first time using immunohistochemical methods and confocal scanning microscopy. The neurotransmitters studied have been actively involved into the integrative processes, gut functioning, and regulation of motion activity. In avicularia, 5-HT and FMRF-amide receptors are capable of performing the same functions, except for participation in the gut functioning, because they have no digestive system.
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- K M Serova
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Li HX, Orihuela B, Zhu M, Rittschof D. Recyclable plastics as substrata for settlement and growth of bryozoans Bugula neritina and barnacles Amphibalanus amphitrite. Environ Pollut 2016; 218:973-980. [PMID: 27569057 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plastics are common and pervasive anthropogenic debris in marine environments. Floating plastics provide opportunities to alter the abundance, distribution and invasion potential of sessile organisms that colonize them. We selected plastics from seven recycle categories and quantified settlement of (i) bryozoans Bugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758) in the lab and in the field, and of (ii) barnacles Amphibalanus (= Balanus) amphitrite (Darwin, 1854) in the field. In the laboratory we cultured barnacles on the plastics for 8 weeks and quantified growth, mortality, and breaking strength of the side plates. In the field all recyclable plastics were settlement substrata for bryozoans and barnacles. Settlement depended on the type of plastic. Fewer barnacles settled on plastic surfaces compared to glass. In the lab and in the field, bryozoan settlement was higher on plastics than on glass. In static laboratory rearing, barnacles growing on plastics were initially significantly smaller than on glass. This suggested juvenile barnacles were adversely impacted by materials leaching from the plastics. Barnacle mortality was not significantly different between plastic and glass surfaces, but breaking strength of side plates of barnacles on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polycarbonate (PC) were significantly lower than breakage strength on glass. Plastics impact marine ecosystems directly by providing new surfaces for colonization with fouling organisms and by contaminants shown previously to leach out of plastics and impact biological processes.
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- Heng-Xiang Li
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA
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- Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA
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- Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA
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- Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
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Lagos ME, White CR, Marshall DJ. Biofilm history and oxygen availability interact to affect habitat selection in a marine invertebrate. Biofouling 2016; 32:645-655. [PMID: 27169475 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2016.1178725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In marine systems, oxygen availability varies at small temporal and spatial scales, such that current oxygen levels may not reflect conditions of the past. Different studies have shown that marine invertebrate larvae can select settlement sites based on local oxygen levels and oxygenation history of the biofilm, but no study has examined the interaction of both. The influence of normoxic and hypoxic water and oxygenation history of biofilms on pre-settlement behavior and settlement of the bryozoan Bugula neritina was tested. Larvae used cues in a hierarchical way: the oxygen levels in the water prime larvae to respond, the response to different biofilms is contingent on oxygen levels in the water. When oxygen levels varied throughout biofilm formation, larvae responded differently depending on the history of the biofilm. It appears that B. neritina larvae integrate cues about current and historical oxygen levels to select the appropriate microhabitat and maximize their fitness.
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- Marcelo E Lagos
- a School of Biological Sciences , The University of Queensland , St Lucia , Australia
- b School of Biological Sciences/Centre for Geometric Biology , Monash University , Clayton , Australia
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- a School of Biological Sciences , The University of Queensland , St Lucia , Australia
- b School of Biological Sciences/Centre for Geometric Biology , Monash University , Clayton , Australia
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- b School of Biological Sciences/Centre for Geometric Biology , Monash University , Clayton , Australia
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Kutyumov VA, Maltseva AL, Kotenko N, Ostrovsky AN. [FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION IN BRYOZOAN COLONY: A PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS]. Tsitologiia 2016; 58:60-66. [PMID: 27220253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Bryozoans are typical modular organisms. They consist of repetitive structural units, the zooids. Bryozoan colonies grow by zooidal budding, with the distribution pattern of the budding loci underlying the diversity of colony forms. Budding is usually restricted to the zooids at the periphery of the colony, which form a "growing edge" or local terminal growth zones. Non-budding parts of the colony can be functionally subdivided, too. In many species colonies consists of regular, often repetitive zones of feeding and non-feeding modules, associated with a periodical degeneration and regeneration of the polypide, retractile tentacle crown with a gut and the accompanying musculature. So, there is functional differentiation in bryozoan colonies but its mechanisms are unknown. Presumably, budding and/or polypide recycling in different colony parts are induced or inhibited by certain determinants of functional specialization. An effective tool of their identification is the comparison of proteomes of functionally different zones. Here we report the results of proteomic analysis of three bryozoan species from the White Sea, which have a different colony form: Flustrellidra hispida, Terminoflustra membranaceotruncata and Securiflustra securifrons. Using differential two-dimensional electrophoresis (2D-DIGE), we compared proteomes of the growing edge and the zones consisting of feeding and non-feeding zooids in these species. We estimated the overall proteome variability, revealed proteins whose relative abundance gradually changed along the proximal-distal colony axis and suggested that they might be involved in the functional differentiation of the colony.
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Figuerola B, Sala-Comorera L, Angulo-Preckler C, Vázquez J, Jesús Montes M, García-Aljaro C, Mercadé E, Blanch AR, Avila C. Antimicrobial activity of Antarctic bryozoans: an ecological perspective with potential for clinical applications. Mar Environ Res 2014; 101:52-59. [PMID: 25232675 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The antimicrobial activity of Antarctic bryozoans and the ecological functions of the chemical compounds involved remain largely unknown. To determine the significant ecological and applied antimicrobial effects, 16 ether and 16 butanol extracts obtained from 13 different bryozoan species were tested against six Antarctic (including Psychrobacter luti, Shewanella livingstonensis and 4 new isolated strains) and two bacterial strains from culture collections (Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus). Results from the bioassays reveal that all ether extracts exhibited antimicrobial activity against some bacteria. Only one butanol extract produced inhibition, indicating that antimicrobial compounds are mainly lipophilic. Ether extracts of the genus Camptoplites inhibited the majority of bacterial strains, thus indicating a broad-spectrum of antimicrobial activity. Moreover, most ether extracts presented activities against bacterial strains from culture collections, suggesting the potential use of these extracts as antimicrobial drugs against pathogenic bacteria.
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- Blanca Figuerola
- Department of Animal Biology (Invertebrates) and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Animal Biology (Invertebrates) and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Animal Biology (Invertebrates) and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Health Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Health Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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- Department of Animal Biology (Invertebrates) and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Tian XR, Tang HF, Feng JT, Li YS, Lin HW, Fan XP, Zhang X. Neritinaceramides A-E, new ceramides from the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina inhabiting South China Sea and their cytotoxicity. Mar Drugs 2014; 12:1987-2003. [PMID: 24699114 PMCID: PMC4012440 DOI: 10.3390/md12041987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Revised: 03/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Five new ceramides, neritinaceramides A (1), B (2), C (3), D (4) and E (5), together with six known ceramides (6–11), two known alkyl glycerylethers (12 and 13) and a known nucleoside (14), were isolated from marine bryozoan Bugula neritina, which inhabits the South China Sea. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated as (2S,3R,3′S,4E,8E,10E)-2-(hexadecanoylamino)-4,8,10-octadecatriene-l,3,3′-triol (1), (2S,3R,2′R,4E,8E,10E)-2-(hexadecanoylamino)-4,8,10-octadecatriene-l,3,2′-triol (2), (2S,3R,2′R,4E,8E,10E)-2-(octadecanoylamino)-4,8,10-octadecatriene-l,3,2′-triol (3), (2S,3R,3′S,4E,8E)-2-(hexadecanoylamino)-4,8-octadecadiene-l,3,3′-triol (4) and (2S,3R,3′S,4E)-2-(hexadecanoylamino)-4-octadecene-l,3,3′-triol (5) on the basis of extensive spectral analysis and chemical evidences. The characteristic C-3′S hydroxyl group in the fatty acid moiety in compounds 1, 4 and 5, was a novel structural feature of ceramides. The rare 4E,8E,10E-triene structure in the sphingoid base of compounds 1–3, was found from marine bryozoans for the first time. The new ceramides 1–5 were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against HepG2, NCI-H460 and SGC7901 tumor cell lines, and all of them exhibited selective cytotoxicity against HepG2 and SGC7901 cells with a range of IC50 values from 47.3 μM to 58.1 μM. These chemical and cytotoxic studies on the new neritinaceramides A–E (1–5) added to the chemical diversity of B. neritina and expanded our knowledge of the chemical modifications and biological activity of ceramides.
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- Xiang-Rong Tian
- Research & Development Center of Biorational Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- Institute of Materia Medica, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Research & Development Center of Biorational Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Renji Hospital, Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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- Research & Development Center of Biorational Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- Research & Development Center of Biorational Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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Mutualism, a beneficial relationship between two species, often requires intimate interaction between the host and symbiont to establish and maintain the partnership. The colonial marine bryozoan Bugula neritina harbors an as yet uncultured endosymbiont, "Candidatus Endobugula sertula," throughout its life stages. The bacterial symbiont is the putative source of bioactive complex polyketide metabolites, the bryostatins, which chemically defend B. neritina larvae from predation. Despite the presence of "Ca. Endobugula sertula" in all life stages of the host, deterrent bryostatins appear to be concentrated in reproductive portions of the host colony, suggesting an interaction between the two partners to coordinate production and distribution of the metabolites within the colony. In this study, we identified host genes that were differentially expressed in control colonies and in colonies cured of the symbiont. Genes that code for products similar to glycosyl hydrolase family 9 and family 20 proteins, actin, and a Rho-GDP dissociation inhibitor were significantly downregulated (more than twice) in antibiotic-cured non-reproductive zooids compared to control symbiotic ones. Differential expression of these genes leads us to hypothesize that the host B. neritina may regulate the distribution of the symbiont within the colony via mechanisms of biofilm degradation and actin rearrangement, and consequently, influences bryostatin localization to bestow symbiont-associated protection to larvae developing in the reproductive zooids.
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- Meril Mathew
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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Zhang YF, Kitano Y, Nogata Y, Zhang Y, Qian PY. The mode of action of isocyanide in three aquatic organisms, Balanus amphitrite, Bugula neritina and Danio rerio. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45442. [PMID: 23029013 PMCID: PMC3445549 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Isocyanide is a potential antifouling compound in marine environments. In this study, we investigated its mode of action in three aquatic organisms. Two of them, the bryozoan Bugula neritina and the barnacle Balanus amphitrite, are major marine fouling invertebrates, and the other organism is the non-target species zebrafish Danio rerio. In the swimming larvae of B. neritina, isocyanide did not affect the total attachment rate (≤50 µg ml(-1)), but it did change the attachment site by increasing the percentage of attachment on the bottom of the container rather than on the wall or air-water inter-surface. Isocyanide binds several proteins in B. neritina as identified via SDS-PAGE-LC-MS/MS: 1) a 30 kD protein band containing two proteins similar to voltage dependent anion channels (VDAC), which control the direct coupling of the mitochondrial matrix to the energy maintenance of the cytosol and the release of apoptogenic factors from mitochondria of mammalian cells; and 2) an unknown 39 kD protein. In B. amphitrite cyprids, the isocyanide binding protein were 1) a protein similar to NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase, which is the "entry enzyme" of oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria; and 2) cytochrome P450. In Danio rerio embryos, isocyanide caused "wavy" notochords, hydrocephalus, pericardial edema, poor blood circulation, and defects in pigmentation and hematopoiesis, which phenocopied copper deficiency. This is the first report on isocyanide binding proteins in fouling organisms, as well as the first description of its phenotype and potential toxicology in zebrafish.
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- Yi-Fan Zhang
- KAUST Global Collaborative Research Program, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Abiko Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Chiba, Japan
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- KAUST Global Collaborative Research Program, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- KAUST Global Collaborative Research Program, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Wong YH, Wang H, Ravasi T, Qian PY. Involvement of Wnt signaling pathways in the metamorphosis of the bryozoan Bugula neritina. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33323. [PMID: 22448242 PMCID: PMC3308966 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In this study, we analyzed the metamorphosis of the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina. We observed the morphogenesis of the ancestrula. We defined three distinct pre-ancestrula stages based on the anatomy of the developing polypide and the overall morphology of pre-ancestrula. We then used an annotation based enrichment analysis tool to analyze the B. neritina transcriptome and identified over-representation of genes related to Wnt signaling pathways, suggesting its involvement in metamorphosis. Finally, we studied the temporal-spatial gene expression studies of several Wnt pathway genes. We found that one of the Wnt ligand, BnWnt10, was expressed spatially opposite to the Wnt antagonist BnsFRP within the blastemas, which is the presumptive polypide. Down-stream components of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway were exclusively expressed in the blastemas. Bnβcatenin and BnFz5/8 were exclusively expressed in the blastemas throughout the metamorphosis. Based on the genes expression patterns, we propose that BnWnt10 and BnsFRP may relate to the patterning of the polypide, in which the two genes served as positional signals and contributed to the polarization of the blastemas. Another Wnt ligand, BnWnt6, was expressed in the apical part of the pre-ancestrula epidermis. Overall, our findings suggest that the Wnt signaling pathway may be important to the pattern formation of polypide and the development of epidermis.
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- Yue Him Wong
- KAUST Global Collaborative Research Program, Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- KAUST Global Collaborative Research Program, Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Computational Bioscience Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Global Collaborative Research Program, Division of Life Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Echevarria M, Naar JP, Tomas C, Pawlik JR. Effects of Karenia brevis on clearance rates and bioaccumulation of brevetoxins in benthic suspension feeding invertebrates. Aquat Toxicol 2012; 106-107:85-94. [PMID: 22115907 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2011] [Revised: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Blooms of the toxic alga Karenia brevis occur along coastlines where sessile suspension feeding invertebrates are common components of benthic communities. We studied the effects of K. brevis on four benthic suspension feeding invertebrates common to the coast of the SE United States: the sponge Haliclona tubifera, the bryozoan Bugula neritina, the bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria, and the tunicate Styela plicata. In controlled laboratory experiments, we determined the rate at which K. brevis was cleared from the seawater by these invertebrates, the effect of K. brevis on clearance rates of a non-toxic phytoplankton species, Rhodomonas sp., and the extent to which brevetoxins bioaccumulated in tissues of invertebrates using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). All four invertebrate species cleared significant quantities of K. brevis from seawater, with mean clearance rates ranging from 2.27 to 6.71 L g h⁻¹ for H. tubifera and S. plicata, respectively. In the presence of K. brevis, clearance rates of Rhodomonas sp. by B. neritina and S. plicata were depressed by 75% and 69%, respectively, while clearance rates by H. tubifera and M. mercenaria were unaffected. Negative effects of K. brevis were impermanent; after a recovery period of 13 h, B. neritina and S. plicata regained normal clearance rates. All four invertebrates accumulated high concentrations of brevetoxin after a 4h exposure to K. brevis, but when animals were transferred to filtered seawater for 15 h after exposure, brevetoxin concentrations in the tissues of H. tubifera and B. neritina decreased by ∼80%, while there was no change in toxin concentration in the tissues of S. plicata and M. mercenaria. High cell concentrations of K. brevis may cause a suppression of clearance rates in benthic suspension feeding invertebrates, resulting in a positive feedback for bloom formation. Also, high concentrations of toxin may accumulate in the tissues of benthic suspension feeding invertebrates that may be transferred to higher-level consumers.
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- Michael Echevarria
- Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409, USA.
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Lopanik NB, Shields JA, Buchholz TJ, Rath CM, Hothersall J, Haygood MG, Håkansson K, Thomas CM, Sherman DH. In vivo and in vitro trans-acylation by BryP, the putative bryostatin pathway acyltransferase derived from an uncultured marine symbiont. Chem Biol 2008; 15:1175-86. [PMID: 19022178 PMCID: PMC2861360 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2008] [Revised: 09/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/24/2008] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The putative modular polyketide synthase (PKS) that prescribes biosynthesis of the bryostatin natural products from the uncultured bacterial symbiont of the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina possesses a discrete open reading frame (ORF) (bryP) that encodes a protein containing tandem acyltransferase (AT) domains upstream of the PKS ORFs. BryP is hypothesized to catalyze in trans acylation of the PKS modules for polyketide chain elongation. To verify conservation of function, bryP was introduced into AT-deletion mutant strains of a heterologous host containing a PKS cluster with similar architecture, and polyketide production was partially rescued. Biochemical characterization demonstrated that BryP catalyzes selective malonyl-CoA acylation of native and heterologous acyl carrier proteins and complete PKS modules in vitro. The results support the hypothesis that BryP loads malonyl-CoA onto Bry PKS modules, and provide the first biochemical evidence of the functionality of the bry cluster.
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- Nicole B. Lopanik
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
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This Highlight covers the chemical ecology of bryozoans, primarily the ecological functions of bryozoan natural products. The Highlight is arranged taxonomically, according to the bryozoan Treatise classification (P. Bock, Bryozoa Homepage, 2006, http://bryozoa.net).
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- Jasmine H Sharp
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
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Elia AC, Galarini R, Martin Dörr AJ, Taticchi MI. Heavy metal contamination and antioxidant response of a freshwater bryozoan (Lophopus crystallinus Pall., Phylactolaemata). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2007; 66:188-94. [PMID: 16469378 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2005.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Revised: 11/26/2005] [Accepted: 12/08/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Monthly variations of total glutathione, glutathione-S-transferases, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glyoxalase I, glyoxalase II, and catalase were studied in Lophopus crystallinus, a freshwater bryozoan, collected from Lake Piediluco. Specimens were sampled during the vegetative period from November to April for two different cycles: cycle I from 1996 to 1997 and cycle II from 1999 to 2000. Simultaneously, analyses of heavy metal content such as lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel, copper, iron, and zinc were determined in the samples of L. crystallinus. Specimens of cycle II displayed highest chromium and iron accumulation and elevated levels of biochemical parameters. Total glutathione content, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase activities, were related with the highest metal concentrations in L. crystallinus from Lake Piediluco.
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- Antonia Concetta Elia
- Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e Ambientale, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.
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Manning TJ, Rhodes E, Land M, Parkman R, Sumner B, Lam TT, Marshall AG, Phillips D. Impact of environmental conditions on the marine natural product bryostatin 1. Nat Prod Res 2006; 20:611-28. [PMID: 16835096 DOI: 10.1080/14786410500462645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Marine Natural Products (MNPs), such as bryostatin 1, are exposed to a range of physical and chemical conditions through the life cycle of the host organism. These include exposure to sunlight, oxidizing and reducing agents, cation binding, and adsorption to reactive metal oxide surfaces. Using Fourier Transform-Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR), Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-MS), UV/Vis absorbance spectroscopy, and molecular modeling, we studied the impact of UV light, TiO2, I2, and reaction with FeCl3 on the structure of bryostatin 1. Our results demonstrate that natural conditions transform bryostatin to a number of structures, including one with a molar mass of 806 Da, which we have previously identified in the sediment collected from the Gulf of Mexico. To date, at least 20 different structures of bryostatin have been reported in the literature. This work suggests that these variations may be products of the chemical environment in which the bryozoa Bugula neritina resides and are not the result of genetic variations within Bugula.
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- Thomas J Manning
- Chemistry Department, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, USA.
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Kawamata M, Kon-ya K, Miki W. 5,6-Dichloro-1-methylgramine, a non-toxic antifoulant derived from a marine natural product. Prog Mol Subcell Biol 2006; 42:125-39. [PMID: 16805441 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-30016-3_5] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The laboratory culture of the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite has made it possible to supply cypris larvae for antifouling assays all year round. The settlement of cyprids obtained from cultured B. amphitrite was indistinguishable from cyprids reared from field-collected barnacles. In laboratory cyprid settlement assays of extracts from marine sessile organisms, antifouling activity was expressed as the 99% inhibitory concentration (IC99), and toxicity as the 30% lethal concentration (LC30). The lipophilic extract of the marine bryozoan, Zoobotryon pellucidum, which showed promising antifouling activity, yielded 2,5,6-tribromo-1-methylgramine (TBG) by bioassay-guided isolation. The inhibitory activity of TBG was 6 times as strong as that of bis-(n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO), while its toxicity to cypris larvae was one-tenth that of TBTO. A structure-activity relationship study with 155 indole derivatives led to the discovery of the non-toxic antifoulant candidates 5,6-dichlorogramine, 5-chloro-2-methylgramine, and 5,6-dichrolo-1-methylgramine (DCMG), the latter being selected as the antifouling paint ingredient for performance evaluation tests (panel tests) following the results of a preliminary safety tests. A silicone-based antifouling paint containing 5-10% of DCMG was prepared and tested in the field; the painted surfaces remained almost barnacle-free for 1.5 years similar to silicone coatings such as Biox. Since the leaching rate of DCMG from the paint surface could be controlled by the addition of an acrylic acid-styrene copolymer (ASP), the life of the antifouling performance is expected to be improved. Thus, an extremely non-toxic silicone-based antifouling paint containing DCMG is under development.
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- M Kawamata
- Hydraulic and Bio Engineering Research Section, Civil Engineering Research Institute, Technology Center, Taisei Corporation, 344-1, Nase-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 245-0051, Japan
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Dogger Bank itch is an allergic contact dermatitis to the (2-hydroxyethyl) dimethylsulphoxonium ion, a metabolite produced by the marine Bryozoan Alcyonidium diaphanum. The condition may become disabling in affected individuals, who are chiefly fishermen and dock labourers. It involves regions of skin directly exposed to sea water and areas where water may course. As A. diaphanum is common in the coastal waters of Britain, Ireland and neighbouring mainland Europe, it is important for dermatologists to be aware of Dogger Bank itch. Data published in 1966 suggested that 7% of trawler-men at the UK port of Lowestoft had the condition. The current epidemiology is unknown, but the disease still occurs despite shrinkage of the fishing industry, and the condition is not confined to North Sea trawler-men as had been thought previously. It has been reported in trawler-men from Le Havre and shell fishermen from Cornwall, and we report it here in a fisherman using fixed nets in the eastern English Channel.
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- O N Pathmanaban
- St. John's Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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Sala F, Mulet J, Reddy KP, Bernal JA, Wikman P, Valor LM, Peters L, König GM, Criado M, Sala S. Potentiation of human alpha4beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptors by a Flustra foliacea metabolite. Neurosci Lett 2005; 373:144-9. [PMID: 15567570 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2004] [Revised: 09/15/2004] [Accepted: 10/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effects of various Flustra foliacea metabolites on different types of human neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) expressed in Xenopus oocytes were investigated. Whereas most of the compounds tested had a small blocking effect, one of them, deformylflustrabromine, selectively increased the current obtained in alpha4beta2 receptors when co-applied with acetylcholine (ACh). The current increase was reversible and concentration-dependent. This potentiating effect was still present at saturating concentrations of acetylcholine, and no changes in single-channel conductance or reversal potential were observed, thus suggesting a modification in the gating of alpha4beta2 receptors. Dwell time analysis of single channel records indicates that the mechanism of action of deformylflustrabromine could be both an increase of the opening rate constant and a decrease of the closing rate constant on alpha4beta2 receptors. Thus, deformylflustrabromine may constitute an excellent starting point for the future development of related agents able to potentiate human neuronal nicotinic receptor function.
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- Francisco Sala
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Apdo, Correos 18, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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The marine bryozoan metabolites caulibugulone A-E were prepared from a readily available isoquinoline dione. These natural products were found to be potent and selective inhibitors of the dual specificity phosphatase Cdc25B.
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- Peter Wipf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
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Large-scale, renewable supplies of chemical constituents derived from marine invertebrates have limited development of potential new natural product drugs. This paper describes the development of two in-sea aquaculture systems designed and engineered for production of large quantities of biomass for two species of marine invertebrates desired for their natural product chemical constituents. The two invertebrates and their products were: (1) the cosmopolitan, arborescent bryozoan Bugula neritina (Phylum Bryozoa) for its anticancer chemical constituent bryostatin 1; and (2) Ecteinascidia turbinate (Phylum Tunicata) the source of anticancer ecteinascidin 743. For the third invertebrate Phylum Porifera, and its representative sponge Acanthella cavernosa (desired for its anti-parasitic and anti-infective kalihinols) in-sea systems were not developed in favor of controlled environment tank aquaculture systems. For the bryozoan and tunicate, projected economics for commercial-scale in-sea production proved cost effective. This was in contrast to the controlled environment sponge culture tank system, which did not prove to be economical due to inherent slow growth and low natural product yields of the sponge in culture. A non-destructive method for "milking" natural product chemicals from sponges was tested and is described.
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- Dominick Mendola
- CalBioMarine Technologies, Inc., 1001 Capri Road, Encinitas, CA 92024, USA.
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Peters L, König GM, Wright AD, Pukall R, Stackebrandt E, Eberl L, Riedel K. Secondary metabolites of Flustra foliacea and their influence on bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:3469-75. [PMID: 12788752 PMCID: PMC161538 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.6.3469-3475.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The North Sea bryozoan Flustra foliacea was investigated to determine its secondary metabolite content. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of a dichloromethane extract of the bryozoan enabled 11 compounds to be identified. Preparative high-performance liquid chromatography of the extract resulted in the isolation of 10 brominated alkaloids (compounds 1 to 10) and one diterpene (compound 11). All of these compounds were tested to determine their activities in agar diffusion assays against bacteria derived from marine and terrestrial environments. Compounds 1, 3 to 7, 10, and 11 exhibited significant activities against one or more marine bacterial strains originally isolated from F. foliacea but only weak activities against all of the terrestrial bacteria. By using the biosensors Pseudomonas putida(pKR-C12), P. putida(pAS-C8), and Escherichia coli(pSB403) the antagonistic effect on N-acyl-homoserine lactone-dependent quorum-sensing systems was investigated. Compounds 8 and 10 caused reductions in the signal intensities in these bioassays ranging from 50 to 20% at a concentration of 20 micro g/ml.
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- Lars Peters
- Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Proksch P, Edrada RA, Ebel R. Drugs from the seas - current status and microbiological implications. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2002; 59:125-34. [PMID: 12111137 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-002-1006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2002] [Revised: 03/12/2002] [Accepted: 03/13/2002] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The oceans are the source of a large group of structurally unique natural products that are mainly accumulated in invertebrates such as sponges, tunicates, bryozoans, and molluscs. Several of these compounds (especially the tunicate metabolite ET-743) show pronounced pharmacological activities and are interesting candidates for new drugs primarily in the area of cancer treatment. Other compounds are currently being developed as an analgesic (ziconotide from the mollusc Conus magus) or to treat inflammation. Numerous natural products from marine invertebrates show striking structural similarities to known metabolites of microbial origin, suggesting that microorganisms (bacteria, microalgae) are at least involved in their biosynthesis or are in fact the true sources of these respective metabolites. This assumption is corroborated by several studies on natural products from sponges that proved these compounds to be localized in symbiotic bacteria or cyanobacteria. Recently, molecular methods have successfully been applied to study the microbial diversity in marine sponges and to gain evidence for an involvement of bacteria in the biosynthesis of the bryostatins in the bryozoan Bugula neritina.
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- P Proksch
- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, Geb. 26.23, Germany.
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Bryostatins are a class of antineoplastic compounds isolated from the bryozoans Bugula neritina. A wide range of scientific research is currently underway, studying different aspects of the bryostatins. In this review we try to summarize the latest findings, including all the topics involved, from marine biology to medicinal chemistry.
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- R Mutter
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
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Whitfield FB, Drew M, Helidoniotis F, Svoronos D. Distribution of bromophenols in species of marine polychaetes and bryozoans from eastern Australia and the role of such animals in the flavor of edible ocean fish and prawns (shrimp). J Agric Food Chem 1999; 47:4756-4762. [PMID: 10552886 DOI: 10.1021/jf9904719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Sixteen species (44 samples) of marine polychaetes and 10 species (14 samples) of bryozoans from eastern Australia were analyzed by GC/MS for the key seafood flavor components 2- and 4-bromophenol, 2, 4- and 2,6-dibromophenol, and 2,4,6-tribromophenol. All five bromophenols were found in 91% of polychaetes and 64% of bryozoans. The remaining samples all contained at least three bromophenols. 2,4, 6-Tribromophenol was found in all polychaetes and bryozoans and, with few exceptions, was present in the highest concentrations. The total bromophenol content determined on a wet-weight basis varied widely between species: for polychaetes, from 58 ng/g for Australonuphis teres to 8.3 million ng/g for Barantolla lepte, and for bryozoans, from 36 ng/g for Cladostephus spongiosus to 1668 ng/g for Amathia wilsoni. Species of polychaetes with the highest concentrations of bromophenols were all collected from muddy environments. The possible effects that dietary polychaetes and bryozoans have on the ocean-, brine-, or iodine-like flavors of certain seafoods are discussed.
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- F B Whitfield
- Food Science Australia, a joint venture of CSIRO and Afisc, P.O. Box 52, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia.
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Abstract
Secondary metabolites from marine bryozoans are reviewed. Two ctenosome bryozoans are dealt with, one, Alcyonidium gelatinosum containing a sulfoxonium ion acting as hapten in an allergic contact dermatitis and the other, Zoobotryon verticillatum yielding bromogramines. Five cheilostome bryozoans have given rise to the isolation of unique secondary natural products. Bugula neritina is the source of the antineoplastic bryostatins and Bugula purple while Flustra foliacea have yielded an array of bromoindole alkaloids and a brominated quinoline. Chartella papyracea also have bromoindole alkaloids while Sessibugula translucens have ecological active bipyrroles. A biological active xanthine derivative has been reported from Phidolopora pacifica. The structure and chemistry of these compounds are discussed as are their origin, function and biological activity.
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