Response of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas to hypoxia exposure under experimental conditions.

• Published in: FEBS Journal
• Main Authors: David, Elise, Tanguy, Arnaud, Pichavant, Karine, Moraga, Dario
• Other Authors: Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Adaptation et diversité en milieu marin (AD2M), Station biologique de Roscoff Roscoff (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Optimisation des régulations physiologiques (ORPHY (EA 4324)), Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest)-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Brest (UBO)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: MESH: Animals; MESH: Anoxia; MESH: Gene Expression Regulation; MESH: HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; MESH: Metallothionein; MESH: Ostreidae; MESH: Pacific Ocean; [SDV.MHEP.PHY]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Tissues and Organs [q-bio.TO]; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-00750438; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04960.x

International audience The molecular response to hypoxia stress in aquatic invertebrates remains relatively unknown. In this study, we investigated the response of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas to hypoxia under experimental conditions and focused on the analysis of the differential expression patterns of specific genes associated with hypoxia response. A suppression subtractive hybridization method was used to identify specific hypoxia up- and downregulated genes, in gills, mantle and digestive gland, after 7-10 days and 24 days of exposure. This method revealed 616 different sequences corresponding to 12 major physiological functions. The expression of eight potentially regulated genes was analysed by RT-PCR in different tissues at different sampling times over the time course of hypoxia. These genes are implicated in different physiological pathways such as respiration (carbonic anhydrase), carbohydrate metabolism (glycogen phosphorylase), lipid metabolism (delta-9 desaturase), oxidative metabolism and the immune system (glutathione peroxidase), protein regulation (BTF3, transcription factor), nucleic acid regulation (myc homologue), metal sequestration (putative metallothionein) and stress response (heat shock protein 70). Stress proteins (metallothioneins and heat shock proteins) were also quantified. This study contributes to the characterization of many potential genetic markers that could be used in future environmental monitoring, and could lead to explore new mechanisms of stress tolerance in marine mollusc species.