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Flatfishes colonised freshwater environments by acquisition of various DHA biosynthetic pathways.


ABSTRACT: The colonisation of freshwater environments by marine fishes has historically been considered a result of adaptation to low osmolality. However, most marine fishes cannot synthesise the physiologically indispensable fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), due to incomplete DHA biosynthetic pathways, which must be adapted to survive in freshwater environments where DHA is poor relative to marine environments. By analysing DHA biosynthetic pathways of one marine and three freshwater-dependent species from the flatfish family Achiridae, we revealed that functions of fatty acid metabolising enzymes have uniquely and independently evolved by multi-functionalisation or neofunctionalisation in each freshwater species, such that every functional combination of the enzymes has converged to generate complete and functional DHA biosynthetic pathways. Our results demonstrate the elaborate patchwork of fatty acid metabolism and the importance of acquiring DHA biosynthetic function in order for fish to cross the nutritional barrier at the mouth of rivers and colonise freshwater environments.

SUBMITTER: Matsushita Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501227 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Flatfishes colonised freshwater environments by acquisition of various DHA biosynthetic pathways.

Matsushita Yoshiyuki Y   Miyoshi Kaho K   Kabeya Naoki N   Sanada Shuwa S   Yazawa Ryosuke R   Haga Yutaka Y   Satoh Shuichi S   Yamamoto Yoji Y   Strüssmann Carlos Augusto CA   Luckenbach John Adam JA   Yoshizaki Goro G  

Communications biology 20200918 1


The colonisation of freshwater environments by marine fishes has historically been considered a result of adaptation to low osmolality. However, most marine fishes cannot synthesise the physiologically indispensable fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), due to incomplete DHA biosynthetic pathways, which must be adapted to survive in freshwater environments where DHA is poor relative to marine environments. By analysing DHA biosynthetic pathways of one marine and three freshwater-dependent spec  ...[more]

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