The Distribution of Ferritins in Marine Copepods
Iron is an essential element for the functioning of cellular processes. Ferritins, the major intracellular iron storage proteins, convert the free Fe 2+ into the nontoxic Fe 3+ which can be stored and transported where needed. To date, little is known about the iron metabolism in copepods; however,...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:726db0d8abc04ae6aab2970af08fd6d3 2023-07-23T04:18:41+02:00 The Distribution of Ferritins in Marine Copepods Vittoria Roncalli Marco Uttieri Ylenia Carotenuto 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11061187 https://doaj.org/article/726db0d8abc04ae6aab2970af08fd6d3 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/6/1187 https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1312 doi:10.3390/jmse11061187 2077-1312 https://doaj.org/article/726db0d8abc04ae6aab2970af08fd6d3 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 11, Iss 1187, p 1187 (2023) zooplankton transcriptome gene discovery iron metabolism stress response diapause Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering VM1-989 Oceanography GC1-1581 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11061187 2023-07-02T00:37:59Z Iron is an essential element for the functioning of cellular processes. Ferritins, the major intracellular iron storage proteins, convert the free Fe 2+ into the nontoxic Fe 3+ which can be stored and transported where needed. To date, little is known about the iron metabolism in copepods; however, in these crustaceans, ferritins have been used as biomarkers of stress and diapause. A limiting factor of these studies has been the use of a single ferritin transcript as a biomarker. In this paper, we in silico mined the publicly available copepod transcriptomes to characterize the multiplicity of the ferritin transcripts in different orders and families. We also examined the expression of ferritin in three ecologically important copepods— Calanus finmarchicus , C. helgolandicus and Temora stylifera —during development and under stress conditions. A full-length transcript encoding ferritin heavy chain has been identified in all 27 mined transcriptomes, with 50% of the species possessing multiple transcripts. Ferritin expression increased in C. finmarchicus during the early–late development transition, and in T. stylifera females exposed to oxylipins at sea. Overall, our results suggest that copepod ferritins can be involved in iron storage, larval development and stress response, thus representing potential biomarker genes for ocean health status monitoring. Article in Journal/Newspaper Calanus finmarchicus Copepods Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11 6 1187 |
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Iron is an essential element for the functioning of cellular processes. Ferritins, the major intracellular iron storage proteins, convert the free Fe 2+ into the nontoxic Fe 3+ which can be stored and transported where needed. To date, little is known about the iron metabolism in copepods; however, in these crustaceans, ferritins have been used as biomarkers of stress and diapause. A limiting factor of these studies has been the use of a single ferritin transcript as a biomarker. In this paper, we in silico mined the publicly available copepod transcriptomes to characterize the multiplicity of the ferritin transcripts in different orders and families. We also examined the expression of ferritin in three ecologically important copepods— Calanus finmarchicus , C. helgolandicus and Temora stylifera —during development and under stress conditions. A full-length transcript encoding ferritin heavy chain has been identified in all 27 mined transcriptomes, with 50% of the species possessing multiple transcripts. Ferritin expression increased in C. finmarchicus during the early–late development transition, and in T. stylifera females exposed to oxylipins at sea. Overall, our results suggest that copepod ferritins can be involved in iron storage, larval development and stress response, thus representing potential biomarker genes for ocean health status monitoring. |
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Vittoria Roncalli Marco Uttieri Ylenia Carotenuto |
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The Distribution of Ferritins in Marine Copepods |
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The Distribution of Ferritins in Marine Copepods |
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The Distribution of Ferritins in Marine Copepods |
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The Distribution of Ferritins in Marine Copepods |
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The Distribution of Ferritins in Marine Copepods |
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