Farag, Mohamed A., Saied, Doaa B., Afifi, Sherif M., Kunzmann, Andreas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9500-4332, Wessjohann, Ludger A., Westphal, Hildegard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7324-6122, Kühnhold, Holger and Stuhr, Marleen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9155-9464 (2024) Metabolic responses of sea anemone and jellyfish to temperature and UV bleaching: Insights into stress adaptation using LCMS-based metabolomics, molecular networking and chemometrics. Journal of Advanced Research . DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2024.10.007.

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Abstract

Introduction
Climate change poses various threats to marine life, particularly in shallow tropical waters. Objective: The impact of increased temperature and ultraviolet (UV) exposure on two photosymbiotic cnidarians, a common bubble-tip anemone and an upside-down jellyfish, was investigated.

Methods
To illustrate the response of aquatic organisms, the metabolomes of unstressed Entacmaea quadricolor and Cassiopea andromeda were compared for detailed metabolite profiling. UHPLC-MS coupled with chemometrics and GNPS molecular networking was employed for sample classification and identification of markers unique to stress responses in each organism.

Results
Several compounds with bioactive functions, including peptides and terpenoids, were reported for the first time in both organisms, viz. cyclic tetraglutamate, campestriene, and ceramide aminoethyl phosphonate (CEAP d18:2/16:0). Both anemone and jellyfish were subjected to either elevated UV-B light intensity up to 6.6 KJ m−2 or increased temperatures (28 °C, 30 °C, 32 °C, and 34 °C) over 4 days. Phospholipids, steroids, and ceramides emerged as chief markers of both types of stress, as revealed by the multivariate data analysis. Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC 16:0), LPC (18:0/0:0), and echinoclasterol sulfate appeared as markers in both UV and thermal stress models of the anemone, whereas methyl/propyl cholestane-hexa-ol were discriminatory in the UV stress model only. In the case of jellyfish, nonpolar glycosyl ceramide GlcCer (d14:1/28:6) served as a marker for UV stress, whereas polar peptides were elevated in the thermal stress model. Interestingly, both models of jellyfish share a phospholipid, lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE 20:4), as a distinctive marker for stress, reported to be associated indirectly with the activity of innate immune response within other photosymbiotic Cnidaria such as corals and appears to be a fundamental stress response in marine organisms.

Conclusion
This study presents several bioinformatic tools for the first time in two cnidarian organisms to provide not only a broader coverage of their metabolome but also broader insights into cnidarian bleaching in response to different stressors, i.e., heat and UV light, by comparing their effects in anemone versus jellyfish.

Document Type:	Article
Programme Area:	PA4
Research affiliation:	Biogeochemistry and Geology > Geoecology & Carbonate Sedimentology Ecology > Experimental Aquaculture
Refereed:	Yes
Open Access Journal?:	Yes
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2024.10.007
ISSN:	20901232
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2024 13:36
Last Modified:	23 Oct 2024 13:36
URI:	http://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/5491

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