R. Gastineau, F. Prasetiya, Charlotte Falaise, Bruno Cognie, Priscilla Decottignies, M. Morançais, V. Méléder, N. Davidovich, F. Turcotte, R. Tremblay, Pamela Pasetto, J. Dittmer, J. Bardeau, Jean-Bernard Pouvreau, J. Mouget
{"title":"Marennine-Like Pigments: Blue Diatom or Green Oyster Cult?","authors":"R. Gastineau, F. Prasetiya, Charlotte Falaise, Bruno Cognie, Priscilla Decottignies, M. Morançais, V. Méléder, N. Davidovich, F. Turcotte, R. Tremblay, Pamela Pasetto, J. Dittmer, J. Bardeau, Jean-Bernard Pouvreau, J. Mouget","doi":"10.1002/9783527801718.CH16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527801718.CH16","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333390,"journal":{"name":"Blue Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126535901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Suryanarayan, I. Neish, S. Nori, Nelson Vadassery
{"title":"Cultivation and Conversion of Tropical Red Seaweed into Food and Feed Ingredients, Agricultural Biostimulants, Renewable Chemicals, and Biofuel","authors":"S. Suryanarayan, I. Neish, S. Nori, Nelson Vadassery","doi":"10.1002/9783527801718.CH8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527801718.CH8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333390,"journal":{"name":"Blue Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132812952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marine Polysaccharides and Their Importance for Human Health","authors":"P. Laurienzo","doi":"10.1002/9783527801718.CH15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527801718.CH15","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333390,"journal":{"name":"Blue Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134440205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of Marine Compounds to Treat Ischemic Diseases","authors":"C. Boisson‐Vidal","doi":"10.1002/9783527801718.CH9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527801718.CH9","url":null,"abstract":"Te marine reservoir, with its massive biodiversity, likely harbors numerous human drug candidates. Polysaccharides of various marine origins have shown to be good alternatives to mammalian polysaccharides. One well-known example is heparin, a sulfated polysaccharide used in the prevention of thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Te oldest use of marine polysaccharides concerns those produced by algae. Tese products form the basis for an economically important and expanding global industry. Tis chapter provides a historical background to the discovery of the therapeutic potential of these marine compounds, together with their medical and biotechnological applications. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive disorder due to atherosclerosis (narrowing of the peripheral arteries, especially in the legs). Arterial flow is reduced or discontinuous, causing oxygen deprivation in the underlying tissues and possible tissue necrosis. Te primary aim of medical therapy is to increase arterial flow in the affected limb in order to relieve pain, heal trophic lesions, and avoid amputation. Anticoagulant, antithrombotic, and antiplatelet agents are used to reduce the risk of thrombus formation. Novel treatments such as therapeutic angiogenesis (promotion of new blood vessel growth) are in the development phase, with promising preclinical data. Fucoidan is a polysulfated L-fucose endowed with biological activities closely related to its chemical composition (especially the distribution of sulfate groups along its polyfucose backbone) and to its molecular weight. Fucoidans are highly soluble in water, nontoxic, and non-immunogenic. Details are provided below on its production and characterization and on the main chemical characteristics that influence their biological activities. Fucoidan exhibits venous and arterial antithrombotic properties in animal models. In animal experiments, fucoidan promoted the formation of new blood vessels, thereby preventing necrosis of ischemic tissue. It also recruits stem cells from bone marrow, further accelerating tissue healing. Te cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying fucoidan’s effects on angiogenesis are then addressed, beginning with a brief overview of blood vessel formation. Recent advances have been \u0000made in understanding how the interactions between these polyfucoses and adult stem cells contribute to new blood vessel formation after ischemic injury, notably via carbohydrates located mainly in the basement membrane and cell surface.","PeriodicalId":333390,"journal":{"name":"Blue Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121622394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phytoplankton Glycerolipids: Challenging but Promising Prospects from Biomedicine to Green Chemistry and Biofuels","authors":"Josselin Lupette, E. Maréchal","doi":"10.1002/9783527801718.CH6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527801718.CH6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333390,"journal":{"name":"Blue Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120817881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guanidinium Toxins: Natural Biogenic Origin, Chemistry, Biosynthesis, and Biotechnological Applications","authors":"L. Durán-Riveroll, A. Cembella, J. Correa-Basurto","doi":"10.1002/9783527801718.CH11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527801718.CH11","url":null,"abstract":"Neurotoxins belonging to the group of saxitoxin (STX) and tetrodotoxin (TTX) analogs are guanidinium alkaloids that share a common high affinity and ion flux blockage capacity for voltage-gated sodium ion channels (Nav. \u0000Members of the STX group, also known as paralytic shellfish toxins (PST), are produced among three genera of marine dinoflagellate and several genera of phylogenetically distant and primarily freshwater filamentous cyanobacteria. The origin of the biosynthetic genes in dinoflagellates remains controversial and may represent single or multiple horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events from progenitor eubacteria and/or cyanobacteria. The TTXs occur primarily among marine puffer fish and a host of terrestrial amphibians. The biosynthetic \u0000pathway has not been completely elucidated and the origin of tetrodotoxicity,including the syndrome puffer fish poisoning (PFP) in human seafood consumers,remains somewhat enigmatic. Although symbiotic bacteria are most often invoked as the source of TTX in macrofauna, endogenous biosynthesis independent of bacteria cannot be excluded. Integration of knowledge on the biogenic origins, linked to heterogeneity of the biogeographical and phylogenetic distribution of these respective toxin groups, provides the basis for rational inferences and reasonable speculation about the functional role in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Recent identification of the biosynthetic genes for STX analogs in both cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates has yielded insights into biosynthetic mechanisms of toxin heterogeneity among strains and the evolutionary origins of their respective elements of the toxin gene clusters. Although it is not fully understood how or why these molecules are \u0000produced in nature, development of improved detection methods will make possible the discovery of new sources and analogs. Once genetic mechanisms for toxin biosynthesis are fully incorporated with modeling of receptor binding interactions and the structural–functional affinities of the ion channels, this will facilitate further biotechnological exploitation of these exquisite bioactive compounds and point the way toward future development of pharmaceuticals and therapeutic applications.","PeriodicalId":333390,"journal":{"name":"Blue Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129702273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chitin of Poriferan Origin as a Unique Biological Material","authors":"H. Ehrlich","doi":"10.1002/9783527801718.CH26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527801718.CH26","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333390,"journal":{"name":"Blue Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122298128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Fluorescent and Bioluminescent Proteins Have Changed Modern Science","authors":"M. Zimmer","doi":"10.1002/9783527801718.CH24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527801718.CH24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":333390,"journal":{"name":"Blue Biotechnology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130659270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}