Cell-Death Metabolites from Var. Identified by Integrating Bioactivity-Based Fractionation and Non-Targeted Metabolomic Approaches

Overview

Journal Mar Drugs

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Biology
Pharmacology

Date 2024 Jul 26

PMID 39057429

Authors

Carlos Sanchez-Arcos

Mirko Mutalipassi

Valerio Zupo

Eric von Elert

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Abstract

Epiphytic diatoms growing in Mediterranean seagrass meadows, particularly those of the genus , are abundant and ecologically significant, even in naturally acidified environments. One intriguing aspect of some benthic diatoms is their production of an unidentified cell-death-promoting compound, which induces destruction of the androgenic gland in Leach, 1816, a shrimp exhibiting protandric hermaphroditism, principally under normal environmental pH levels. The consumption of spp. by this shrimp is vital for maintaining the stability of its natural populations. Although many attempts have been made to reveal the identity of the apoptotic compound, it is still unknown. In this study, we strategically integrated a bioactivity-based fractionation, a metabolomic approach, and two different experimental avenues to identify potential apoptotic metabolites from var. responsible for the sex reversal in . Our integrated analysis uncovered two potential candidate metabolites, one putatively identified as a lysophosphatidylglycerol (LPG) (16:1) and the other classified as a fatty acid ester. This is the first time LPG (16:1) has been reported in var. and associated with cell-death processes. These candidate metabolites mark substantial progress in elucidating the factors responsible for triggering the removal of the androgenic gland in the early post-larval phases of .

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