Transcriptomic response of Mytilus coruscus mantle to acute sea water acidification and shell damage.

ABSTRACT: Mytilus coruscus is an economically important marine calcifier living in the Yangtze River estuary sea area, where seasonal fluctuations in natural pH occur owing to freshwater input, resulting in a rapid reduction in seawater pH. In addition, Mytilus constantly suffers from shell fracture or injury in the natural environment, and the shell repair mechanisms in mussels have evolved to counteract shell injury. Therefore, we utilized shell-complete and shell-damaged Mytilus coruscus in this study and performed transcriptomic analysis of the mantle to investigate whether the expression of mantle-specific genes can be induced by acute seawater acidification and how the mantle responds to acute acidification during the shell repair process. We found that acute acidification

SUBMITTER: Liao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10639161 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature