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  • Proteome dataset of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) skin-scales exposed to fluoxetine and estradiol
    Publication . L, Anjos; PI Pinto, PPinto; Santos, Soraia; Estêvão, M. Dulce; Santa, Cátia; Manadas, Bruno; Canario, A.V.M.; Power, Deborah
    Contamination of aquatic ecosystems with anthropogenic pollutants, including pharmaceutical drugs, is a major concern worldwide. Aquatic organisms such as fish are particularly at risk of exposure to pollutants. The surface of fish is the first point of contact with pollutants, but few studies have considered the impact of pollutants on the skin-scale barrier. The present proteome data are the basis of the findings discussed in the associated research article "Proteomics of sea bass skin-scales exposed to the emerging pollutant fluoxetine compared to estradiol" [1]. Juvenile sea bass were exposed by intraperitoneal injections to: a) the antidepressant fluoxetine (FLX), a widely prescribed psychotropic drug and an emerging pollutant; b) the natural estrogen 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and c) the vehicle, coconut oil (control). The scale proteome of fish exposed to these compounds for 5 days was analysed using quantitative label-free proteomics technology SWATH-MS (sequential windowed data-independent a cquisition of the total high-resolution-mass spectra). The proteome data generated was submitted to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository with the dataset identifier PXD020983. LC-MS data from pooled protein extracts from the scales of all experimental groups was acquired using information-dependent acquisition (IDA) and 1,254 proteins were identified by searching against the sea bass genome database. 715 proteins were quantified by SWATH acquisition, and 213 proteins had modified levels (p < 0.05) between the E2- or FLX-exposed fish compared to the control. The main biological processes and KEGG pathways affected by E2 or FLX treatments were identified using Cytoscape/ClueGO enrichment analyses. (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
  • Insights into core molecular changes associated with metamorphosis in gilthead seabream larvae across diverse hatcheries
    Publication . NAJAFPOUR, BABAK; Santos, Soraia; Manchado, Manuel; Vidal, Aurora; Tsipourlianos, Andreas; Canario, Adelino; Moutou, Katerina A.; Power, Deborah Mary
    Early development is a critical period in fish aquaculture and is influenced by biotic and abiotic factors (e.g., temperature, feed) that can vary significantly between hatcheries, making it difficult to identify core factors determining quality. Many of the existing larval transcriptome studies are small-scale and occur under specific rearing conditions that do not mirror the diversity of larviculture practices at an industrial level. In the present transcriptome study, gilthead seabream at the larval to juvenile transition (metamorphosis) from several hatcheries in Europe (Greece, Italy, and France) were analysed in a large-scale RNA-seq study. The aim was to uncover the most significant molecular modifications occurring during metamorphosis, irrespective of differences in biotic or abiotic factors, to address knowledge gaps associated with critical early developmental stages under industrial hatchery conditions. Commonly modified gene transcripts between larval stages were identified based on the clustering of gene expression profiles of 25 gilthead seabream libraries from different hatcheries in a PCA analysis. When larvae at flexion were compared to larvae at mid-metamorphosis, 2243 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, and when larvae at early to mid-metamorphosis were compared to mid to late-metamorphosis, 2299 DEGs were identified. Comparative analysis across the developmental stages of gilthead seabream revealed genes of importance for the metamorphic transition and adaptation to rearing conditions, including genes related to the nervous system at flexion (24 days post hatch), enteroendocrine cell differentiation, and lipid homeostasis at early to mid-metamorphosis (46 dph), and enrichment of genes indicative of immune competence at mid to late-metamorphosis (51-54 dph). The differential expression of some endocrine-associated genes, dio1, dio2, cldn1, ing4, Pou3f4, and fgf22, highlights their importance in metamorphosis. Meta-analysis of the transcriptomes from two species, the gilthead seabream and Senegalese sole, that have differing symmetry and ecology uncovered common molecular expression patterns that underlie larvae maturation during metamorphosis, and we propose that these represent core gene markers of metamorphosis in these two fish species.