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Editorial: Endocrine regulation and physiological adaptation of stress response...
Li, Yiming; Li, Yi-Feng; Campinho, Marco António; Fuentes, JuanOrganismal growth is a complex, genetically regulated process that integrates various physiological signaling pathways, where endocrine regulation is pivotal. In fully developed animals, endocrine regulation plays a central role in maintaining homeostasis and adapting to changing environmental and biological conditions. In aquatic organisms, environmental stressors such as environmental temperature, hypoxia, sa...
The mussel larvae microbiome changes in response to a temperature rise
Zhu, You-Ting; Liang, Xiao; Liu, Tian-Tian; Power, Deborah Mary; Li, Yi-Feng; Yang, Jin-LongOcean warming caused by global climate change influences the function, diversity, and community dynamics of commensal microorganisms, including the hemolymph and the gut microbiota in mussels. However, the microbiota in hard-shelled mussel (Mytilus coruscus) larvae and the effect of temperature on the microbial community structure have yet to be studied. Herein, we investigated the core microbiota of M. coruscu...
Ioxynil and diethylstilbestrol impair cardiac performance and shell growth in t...
Li, Yi-Feng; Lin, Yue-Tong; Wang, Yu-Qing; Ni, Ji-Yue; Power, DeborahThe herbicide ioxynil (IOX) and the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) are environmentally relevant contaminants that act as endocrine disruptors (EDCs) and have recently been shown to be cardiovascular disruptors in vertebrates. Mussels, Mytilus coruscus, were exposed to low doses of IOX (0.37, 0.037 and 0.0037 mg/ L) and DES (0.27, 0.027 and 0.0027 mg/L) via the water and the effect monitored by gene...
Stage-specific transcriptomes of the Mussel Mytilus coruscus reveals the develo...
Wang, Yu-Qing; Liu, Qi; Zhou, Yan; Chen, Lizhi; Yang, Yue-Ming; Shi, Xue; Power, Deborah; Li, Yi-FengMany marine invertebrate larvae undergo complex morphological and physiological changes during the planktonic—benthic transition (a.k.a. metamorphosis). In this study, transcriptome analysis of different developmental stages was used to uncover the molecular mechanisms underpinning larval settlement and metamorphosis of the mussel, <i>Mytilus coruscus</i>. Analysis of highly upregulated differentially expressed...
Ioxynil and diethylstilbestrol increase the risks of cardiovascular and thyroid...
Li, Yi-Feng; Rodrigues, Joana; Campinho, Marco AntónioEndocrine disruption results from exposure to chemicals that alter the function of the endocrine system in animals. Chronic 60 days of exposure to a low dose (0.1 mu M) of ioxynil (IOX) or diethylstilbestrol (DES) via food was used to determine the effects of these chemicals on the physiology of the heart and thyroid follicles in juvenile zebrafish. Immunofluorescence analysis and subsequent 3D morphometric ana...
Thyroid hormone receptor: a new player in epinephrine-induced larval metamorpho...
Li, Yi-Feng; Cheng, Yu-Lan; Chen, Ke; Cheng, Zhi-Yang; Zhu, Xin; Cardoso, João; Liang, Xiao; Zhu, You-Ting; Power, Deborah; Yang, Jin-LongMany marine invertebrate larvae undergo a dramatic morphological and physiological transition from a planktonic larva to a benthic juvenile. The mechanisms of this metamorphosis in bivalves are mainly unknown. The recent identification in bivalves of a thyroid hormone receptor (TR) gene raises the possibility that as occurs in vertebrate metamorphosis, TRs regulate this developmental process. An evolutionary st...
Ioxynil and diethylstilbestrol disrupt vascular and heart development in zebrafish
Li, Yi-Feng; Canario, Adelino; Power, Deborah; Campinho, Marco AntónioEndocrine disruption is one of the consequences of industrialization and chemicals released into the environment have a profound impact on organisms. Waterborne micromolar concentrations of ioxynil (IOX) and diethylstilbestrol (DES) in fish affect the development of the heart, vasculature and thyroid gland.
Complete genome of a marine bacterium Vibrio chagasii ECSMB14107 with the abili...
Liang, Xiao; Wang, Jin-Song; Liu, Yu-Zhu; Peng, Li-Hua; Li, Yi-Feng; Batista, Frederico; Power, Deborah; Gui, Lang; Yang, Jin-LongVibrio strains are pervasive in the aquatic environment and may form pathogenic and symbiotic relationships with the host. Vibrio chagasii ECSMB14107 was isolated from natural biofilms and is used as a model to elucidate the role of Vibrio in hard-shelled mussel (Mytilus coruscus) settlement, health and disease. The genome of the Vibrio strain ECSMB14107, comprised of two circular chromosomes that together enco...
Two toll-like receptors identified in the mantle of Mytilus coruscus are abunda...
Li, Yi-Feng; Liu, Yu-Zhu; Chen, Yan-Wen; Chen, Ke; Batista, Frederico; Cardoso, João CR; Chen, Yu-Ru; Peng, Li-Hua; Zhang, Ya; Zhu, You-TingToll-like receptors (TLRs) are a large family of pattern recognition receptors (PREs) that play a critical role in innate immunity. TLRs are activated when they recognize microbial associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) of bacteria, viruses, or fungus. In the present study, two TLRs were isolated from the mantle of the hard-shelled mussel (Mytilus coruscus) and designated McTLR2 and McTLR3 based on their sequenc...
Elevated seawater temperatures decrease microbial diversity in the gut of mytil...
Li, Yi-Feng; Yang, Na; Liang, Xiao; Yoshida, Asami; Osatomi, Kiyoshi; Power, Deborah; Batista, Frederico; Yang, Jin-LongThe gut microbial community is critical for the host immune system, and in recent years, it has been extensively studied in vertebrates using 'omic' technologies. In contrast, knowledge about how the interactions between water temperature and diet affect the gut microbiota of marine invertebrates that do not thermoregulate is much less studied. In the present study, the effect of elevated seawater temperature a...