Seasonal variations of gene expression biomarkers in Mytilus galloprovincialis cultured populations: Temperature, oxidative stress and reproductive cycle as major modulators

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JARQUE ORTIZ Sergio PRATS Eva OLIVARES Alba CASADO Marta RAMON Montserrat PINA Benjamin

Rok publikování 2014
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Science of the Total Environment
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

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www http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969714012431
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.064
Obor Znečištění a kontrola vody
Klíčová slova Mytilus galloprovincialis; qRT-PCR; Seasonal variations; Gene expression; Biomonitoring
Popis The blue mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis has been used as monitoring organism in many biomonitoring programs because of its broad distribution in South European sea waters and its physiological characteristics. Different pollution-stress biomarkers, including gene expression biomarkers, have been developed to determine its physiological response to the presence of different pollutants. However, the existing information about basal expression profiles is very limited, as very few biomarker-based studies were designed to reflect the natural seasonal variations. In the present study, we analyzed the natural expression patterns of several genes commonly used in biomonitoring, namely ferritin, metallothionein, cytochrome P450, glutathione S-transferase, heat shock protein and the kinase responsive to stress KRS, during an annual life cycle. Analysis of mantle-gonad samples of cultured populations of M. galloprovincialis from the Delta del Ebro (North East Spain) showed natural seasonal variability of these biomarkers, pointing to temperature and oxidative stress as major abiotic modulators. In turn, the reproductive cycle, a process that can be tracked by VCLM7 expression, and known to be influenced by temperature, seems to be the major biotic factor involved in seasonality. Our results illustrate the influence of environmental factors in the physiology of mussels through their annual cycle, a crucial information for the correct interpretation of responses under stress conditions. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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