Never, Ever Make an Enemy… Out of an Anemone: Transcriptomic Comparison of Clownfish Hosting Sea Anemone Venoms

dc.contributor.authorDelgado, Alonso
dc.contributor.authorBenedict, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorMacrander, Jason
dc.contributor.authorDaly, Marymegan
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-24T04:54:09Z
dc.date.available2023-03-24T04:54:09Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractSea anemones are predatory marine invertebrates and have diverse venom arsenals. Venom is integral to their biology, and is used in competition, defense, and feeding. Three lineages of sea anemones are known to have independently evolved symbiotic relationships with clownfish, however the evolutionary impact of this relationship on the venom composition of the host is still unknown. Here, we investigate the potential of this symbiotic relationship to shape the venom profiles of the sea anemones that host clownfish. We use transcriptomic data to identify differences and similarities in venom profiles of six sea anemone species, representing the three known clades of clownfish-hosting sea anemones. We recovered 1121 transcripts matching verified toxins across all species, and show that hemolytic and hemorrhagic toxins are consistently the most dominant and diverse toxins across all species examined. These results are consistent with the known biology of sea anemones, provide foundational data on venom diversity of these species, and allow for a review of existing hierarchical structures in venomic studies. © 2022 by the authors.
dc.identifier.citationDelgado, A., Benedict, C., Macrander, J., & Daly, M. (2022). Never, Ever Make an Enemy… Out of an Anemone: Transcriptomic Comparison of Clownfish Hosting Sea Anemone Venoms. Marine drugs, 20(12), 730. https://doi.org/10.3390/md20120730
dc.identifier.issn16603397
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11416/1004
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMarine Drugs
dc.subject.lcshAnemonefishes
dc.subject.lcshEvolution (Biology)
dc.subject.lcshCnidaria
dc.subject.lcshSea anemones
dc.subject.lcshSymbiosis
dc.titleNever, Ever Make an Enemy… Out of an Anemone: Transcriptomic Comparison of Clownfish Hosting Sea Anemone Venoms
dc.typeArticle

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