Project description:Understanding natural defence mechanisms against parasites can be a valuable tool for the development of innovative therapies. In this study, we investigated the interplay between the gill mucus metabolome and microbiome of Chaetodon lunulatus, a butterflyfish known to avoid gill monogeneans whilst living amongst closely related parasitized species. In an attempt to identify metabolites and OTUs potentially involved in parasite defence mechanisms, we studied the metabolome (LC-MS/MS) and microbiome of several sympatric butterflyfish species, including the only non-parasitized species C. lunulatus. After observing significant differences between the metabolome and microbiome of parasitized versus non-parasitized fish (PCoA, ANOSIM), we obtained the discriminant metabolites and OTUs using a supervised analysis. Some of the most important discriminant metabolites were identified as peptides, and three new β-subunit haemoblogin-derived peptides from C. lunulatus (CLHbβ-1, CLHbβ-2 and CLHbβ-3) were purified, characterised and synthesised. We also identified specific bacterial families and OTUs typical from low-oxygen habitats in C. lunulatus gill mucus. By using a correlation network between the two datasets, we found a Fusobacteriaceae strain exclusively present in C. lunulatus highly correlated to the peptides. Finally, we discuss the possible involvement of these peptides and Fusobacteriaceae in monogenean avoidance by this fish species.
2020-11-25 | PXD018867 | Pride
Project description:Monogenean diversity assessed by a metabarcoding approach
Project description:Ectoparasitic flatworms from the family Diplozoidae (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) represent serious hematophagous fish pathogens. Information related to the biochemical and molecular nature of the physiological processes is rather sporadic, as well as the knowledge of the molecules produced by monogeneans and their role in host-parasite interaction. Therefore, we performed a complex secretomic analysis of monogenean representative Eudiplozoon nipponicum for the purpose to identify functionally important protein molecules involved in these host-parasite interactions.
2021-04-17 | PXD017293 | Pride
Project description:Signatures of convergence in Neotropical cichlid fish
Project description:Environmental DNA analysis shows high potential as a tool for estimating of intraspecific genetic diversity in a wild fish population
Project description:Transcriptome profile analyses of head kidney in roach (Rutilus rutilus), common bream (Abramis brama) and their hybrids: does infection by monogenean parasites in freshwater fish reveal differences in fish vigour among parental species and their hybrids?
