1. Osmoregulation, bioenergetics and oxidative stress in coastal marine invertebrates: raising the questions for future research
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Jehan-Hervé Lignot, Georgina A. Rivera-Ingraham, MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (UMR MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Aquatic Organisms ,Salinity ,Bioenergetics ,Physiology ,Acclimatization ,Free radicals ,Mitochondrion ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,Antioxidants ,cell-volume regulation ,Osmoregulation ,oxygen species production ,reactive oxygen ,Ecology ,Hyper-/iso-osmoregulators ,Hyper-/hypo-osmoregulator ,Mitochondria ,copepod tigriopus-brevicornis ,Cellular respiration ,[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,Context (language use) ,Osmoconformer ,Aquatic Science ,Biology ,Osmoconformers ,03 medical and health sciences ,[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems ,different salinity levels ,medicine ,Animals ,14. Life underwater ,Molecular Biology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Ecosystem ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Marine invertebrates ,Invertebrates ,callinectes-sapidus ,free amino-acids ,Oxidative Stress ,030104 developmental biology ,crab chasmagnathus-granulata ,13. Climate action ,Hypometabolism ,Insect Science ,clibanarius-vittatus bosc ,Animal Science and Zoology ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Energy Metabolism ,Oxidative stress ,metabolic depression - Abstract
Osmoregulation is by no means an energetically cheap process, and its costs have been extensively quantified in terms of respiration and aerobic metabolism. Common products of mitochondrial activity are reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, which may cause oxidative stress by degrading key cell components, while playing essential roles in cell homeostasis. Given the delicate equilibrium between pro- and antioxidants in fueling acclimation responses, the need for a thorough understanding of the relationship between salinity-induced oxidative stress and osmoregulation arises as an important issue, especially in the context of global changes and anthropogenic impacts on coastal habitats. This is especially urgent for intertidal/estuarine organisms, which may be subject to drastic salinity and habitat changes, leading to redox imbalance. How do osmoregulation strategies determine energy expenditure, and how do these processes affect organisms in terms of oxidative stress? What mechanisms are used to cope with salinity-induced oxidative stress? This Commentary aims to highlight the main gaps in our knowledge, covering all levels of organization. From an energy-redox perspective, we discuss the link between environmental salinity changes and physiological responses at different levels of biological organization. Future studies should seek to provide a detailed understanding of the relationship between osmoregulatory strategies and redox metabolism, thereby informing conservation physiologists and allowing them to tackle the new challenges imposed by global climate change.
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- 2017