Effects of metal contamination on the gene expression profile of two benthic species: Cerastoderma edule and Ruditapes philippinarum
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ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionRed Sea Research Center (RSRC)
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2017-08-14Online Publication Date
2017-08-14Print Publication Date
2017-12Permanent link to this record
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This study aimed to identify new biomarkers for metal exposure in two bivalve species. Suppressive Subtractive Hybridization (SSH) was employed to evaluate the transcriptomic response of Cerastoderma edule and Ruditapes philippinarum to metal pollution. Protein synthesis and catalytic activity were the most affected metabolic processes in C. edule and R. philippinarum, respectively. Also, different genes responded to the effect of contamination in each species. The different response observed in both species reinforces the importance of including more than one bioindicator species in risk assessment studies. These results provide the basis for new studies, which are necessary for further validation of the use of the identified genes as molecular biomarkers for metal exposure.Citation
Rodrigues R, Lourenço J, Pereira P, Carvalho S, Mendo S (2017) Effects of metal contamination on the gene expression profile of two benthic species: Cerastoderma edule and Ruditapes philippinarum. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.08.014.Sponsors
This work was funded by the “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia” (FCT; Government of Portugal) through the Research Project PTDC/AAC-AMB/121037/2010 [co-financed by FCT/MCTES in its national budget component (PIDDAC) through the Investigation Fellowship (BI/CESAM/PTDC/AAC-AMB/121037/2010), by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through COMPETE—Thematic Factors of Competitiveness Operational Program (POFC)], and the Post-doctoral fellowships SFRH/BPD/69563/2010 and SFRH/BPD/92554/2013.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Marine Pollution BulletinPubMed ID
28811037Additional Links
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X17306847http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X17306847
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10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.08.014
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