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Marine Drugs, Volume 17, Issue 10

2019 October - 55 articles

Cover Story: A growing body of evidence suggest that C1q-domain-containing (C1qDC) proteins are involved in the recognition of microbe-associated molecular patterns in bivalve mollusks. These highly abundant secretory proteins act as lectin-like molecules and may trigger the activation of the proto-complement system. In this paper, we investigated the evolutionary mechanisms behind the massive lineage-specific gene family expansion that characterizes bivalves, whose genomes encode several hundred different C1qDc proteins. Our analyses revealed that the overwhelming majority of the 476 oyster C1qDC encoded by the genome of the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica are found in dense clusters of tandemly duplicated paralogs, suggesting that unequal crossing over events have played a primary role in the molecular diversification of these important pattern recognition receptors. View this paper.
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Articles (55)

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,846 Views
20 Pages

Research Progress in the Biosynthetic Mechanisms of Marine Polyether Toxins

  • Xiukun Wan,
  • Ge Yao,
  • Yanli Liu,
  • Jisheng Chen and
  • Hui Jiang

22 October 2019

Marine polyether toxins, mainly produced by marine dinoflagellates, are novel, complex, and diverse natural products with extensive toxicological and pharmacological effects. Owing to their harmful effects during outbreaks of marine red tides, as wel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,087 Views
20 Pages

Biological Effects of the Azaspiracid-Producing Dinoflagellate Azadinium dexteroporum in Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Mediterranean Sea

  • Maria Elisa Giuliani,
  • Stefano Accoroni,
  • Marica Mezzelani,
  • Francesca Lugarini,
  • Simone Bacchiocchi,
  • Melania Siracusa,
  • Tamara Tavoloni,
  • Arianna Piersanti,
  • Cecilia Totti and
  • Stefania Gorbi
  • + 3 authors

22 October 2019

Azaspiracids (AZAs) are marine biotoxins including a variety of analogues. Recently, novel AZAs produced by the Mediterranean dinoflagellate Azadinium dexteroporum were discovered (AZA-54, AZA-55, 3-epi-AZA-7, AZA-56, AZA-57 and AZA-58) and their bio...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,108 Views
11 Pages

20 October 2019

Marine-sourced actinomycete genus Streptomyces continues to be an important source of new natural products. Here we report the complete genome sequence of deep-sea-derived Streptomyces olivaceus SCSIO T05, harboring 37 putative biosynthetic gene clus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,830 Views
16 Pages

The Marine Catenovulum agarivorans MNH15 and Dextranase: Removing Dental Plaque

  • Xiaohua Lai,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Xueqin Liu,
  • Tian Deng,
  • Yanli Feng,
  • Xiaopeng Tian,
  • Mingsheng Lyu and
  • Shujun Wang

18 October 2019

Dextranase, a hydrolase that specifically hydrolyzes α-1,6-glucosidic bonds, has been used in the pharmaceutical, food, and biotechnology industries. In this study, the strain of Catenovulum agarivorans MNH15 was screened from marine samples. W...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,234 Views
21 Pages

Selective Inhibition of Liver Cancer Cells Using Venom Peptide

  • Prachi Anand,
  • Petr Filipenko,
  • Jeannette Huaman,
  • Michael Lyudmer,
  • Marouf Hossain,
  • Carolina Santamaria,
  • Kelly Huang,
  • Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi and
  • Mandë Holford

17 October 2019

Increasingly cancer is being viewed as a channelopathy because the passage of ions via ion channels and transporters mediate the regulation of tumor cell survival, death, and motility. As a result, a potential targeted therapy for cancer is to use ve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,263 Views
15 Pages

Antiamoebic Activities of Indolocarbazole Metabolites Isolated from Streptomyces sanyensis Cultures

  • Luis Cartuche,
  • María Reyes-Batlle,
  • Ines Sifaoui,
  • Iñigo Arberas-Jiménez,
  • José E. Piñero,
  • José J. Fernández,
  • Jacob Lorenzo-Morales and
  • Ana R. Díaz-Marrero

17 October 2019

Indolocarbazoles are a family of natural alkaloids characterized by their potent protein kinase and topoisomerase I inhibitory activity. Among them, staurosporine (1) has exhibited promising inhibitory activity against parasites. Based on new insight...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
6,803 Views
14 Pages

Physicochemical and Biological Properties of Gelatin Extracted from Marine Snail Rapana venosa

  • Alexandra Gaspar-Pintiliescu,
  • Laura Mihaela Stefan,
  • Elena Daniela Anton,
  • Daniela Berger,
  • Cristian Matei,
  • Ticuta Negreanu-Pirjol and
  • Lucia Moldovan

17 October 2019

In this study, we aimed to obtain gelatin from the marine snail Rapana venosa using acidic and enzymatic extraction methods and to characterize these natural products for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. Marine gelatins presented protein val...

  • Review
  • Open Access
97 Citations
14,437 Views
35 Pages

Sargassum Seaweed as a Source of Anti-Inflammatory Substances and the Potential Insight of the Tropical Species: A Review

  • Saraswati,
  • Puspo Edi Giriwono,
  • Diah Iskandriati,
  • Chin Ping Tan and
  • Nuri Andarwulan

17 October 2019

Sargassum is recognized both empirically and scientifically as a potential anti-inflammatory agent. Inflammation is an important response in the body that helps to overcome various challenges to body homeostasis such as microbial infections, tissue s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
6,009 Views
23 Pages

Fucoidan-Rich Substances from Ecklonia cava Improve Trimethyltin-Induced Cognitive Dysfunction via Down-Regulation of Amyloid β Production/Tau Hyperphosphorylation

  • Seon Kyeong Park,
  • Jin Yong Kang,
  • Jong Min Kim,
  • Seul Ki Yoo,
  • Hye Ju Han,
  • Dong Hwa Chung,
  • Dae-Ok Kim,
  • Gun-Hee Kim and
  • Ho Jin Heo

17 October 2019

Ecklonia cava (E. cava) was investigated to compare the effect of polyphenol and fucoidan extract and mixture (polyphenol:fucoidan = 4:6) on cognitive function. The ameliorating effect of E. cava was evaluated using the Y-maze, passive avoidance and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,355 Views
14 Pages

Bioactive Diketopiperazines and Nucleoside Derivatives from a Sponge-Derived Streptomyces Species

  • Lamiaa A. Shaala,
  • Diaa T. A. Youssef,
  • Jihan M. Badr,
  • Steve M. Harakeh and
  • Grégory Genta-Jouve

16 October 2019

Fractionation and purification of the ethyl acetate extract of the culture of a sponge-derived actinomycete, Streptomyces species Call-36, resulted in the isolation and identification of a new diketopiperazine, actinozine A (1), cyclo(2-OH-d-Pro-l-Le...

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