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. 2020 Jun 30;18(7):342. doi: 10.3390/md18070342

Table 1.

Species, oxylipins or diatom diets, concentrations tested and morphological and molecular effects (highlighting the most representative results) reported in the literature on sea urchins during 2010–2020. Abbreviations: DD, 2E,4E-decadienal; HD, 2E,4E-heptadienal; OD, 2E,4E-octadienal; OT, 2E,4E,7Z-octatrienal; 5-HEPE, 5-hydroxy-6E,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z-eicosapentaenoic acid; 9-HEPE, 9-hydroxy-5Z,7E,11Z,14Z,17Z-eicosapentaenoic acid; 11-HEPE, 11-hydroxy-5Z,8Z,12E,14Z,17Z-eicosapentaenoic acid; 15-HEPE, 15-hydroxy-5Z,8Z,11Z,13E,17Z-eicosapentaenoic acid.

Species Oxylipins (μM)/Diatom Morphological Effects Molecular Effects Reference
P. lividus DD, HD, OD and OT (0.658–32) Cleavage inhibition; Malformed plutei with decadienal Not detected [64]
P. lividus DD (0.002–0.03) Increase of endogenous NO levels and consequently apoptosis induction Upregulation of hsp70 and caspase-8; downregulation of NOS [65]
P. lividus DD (0.001–0.0023) Differentially expressed genes with dose dependent effect Upregulation of hsp70, hsp56, hsp60, hat, BP10, 14-3-3ε, p38 MAPK, GS and MTase; downregulation of sox9, uni, SM30, Nec and SM50 [66]
P. lividus DD (0.5–2.5), HD (1.0–6.0) and OD (2.0–9.0) Dose-dependent malformations of sea urchin plutei Upregulation of hsp70, hat; downregulation of SM50, Wnt6, MT4 and MT6 [67]
S. droebachiensis E. acutus C. socialis, S. marinoi, C. furcellatus, A. longicornis, T. gravida and P. glacialis (20 and 50 μg/L) Blocks of first mitotic division after 4 hpf with S. marinoi Not detected [68]
E. mathaei DD (0.4–1.2), HD (0.5–1.5) and OD (0.6–1.7) Dose-dependent malformations of sea urchin plutei Not detected [69]
P. lividus 5-, 9-, 11-, 15-HEPE (100), DD (3.3), HD (9.0) and OD (11.0) Impairment at blastula and pluteus stage with PUAs and HEPEs Activation of caspase-8 and caspase-3/7 [70]
P. lividus DD (1.0–2.3), HD (2.0–6.0) and OD (2.5–8.0) Not detected Upregulation of MTase and p38 MAPK; downregulation of MT6, CAT Alix and SM50 [71]
P. lividus 5- and 15-HEPE (6–30) Dose-dependent malformations of sea urchin plutei Upregulation of hsp70, hsp56, 14-3-3ε, Blimp and MT5; downregulation of HIF1A and SM50 [72]
P. lividus DD (1.6), HD (3.0) and OD (4.5) Not detected Upregulation of Jun and Foxo [73]
P. lividus Mixture of 5-, 9-, 11-, 15-HEPEs (1.0–7.0) Synergic effect of HEPEs Downregulation of MTase, p38 MAPK and Alix [74]
P. lividus N. shiloi (1.8) and C. closterium (1.6) Malformed plutei Upregulation of Blimp, hsp70, hsp60, GS, cytb, 14-3-3ε, Nec, p19, jun, Blimp, Wnt6, nodal, FoxG, Foxo, OneCut, MT, CAT, MDR1; downregulation of MTase, p53, HIF1A, SM30, BMP5/7, uni, FOXA, GFI1, δ-2-catenin, VEGF and MT8 [75]
P. lividus Mixture of DD (0.5), HD (1.0) and OD (1.5) Synergic effect of PUAs Downregulation of cytb, caspase-8, Alix, δ-2-catenin, tcf4, GFI1, OneCut, TAK1 and MT7 [76]
P. lividus C. scutellum (1.5) and Diploneis sp. (1.6) Malformed plutei with Diploneis sp. Upregulation of p53, GS, Alix, Wnt5, NF-kB, ERCC3, p16, MT, CAT and MDR1; downregulation of δ-2-catenin, hsp70, hsp60, tcf4 and MT8 [77]
P. lividus Mixture of PUAs (DD 0.3, HD 0.7 and OD 1) and HEPEs (1.6) Higher morphological effects than those detected with individual oxylipins and PUAs/HEPEs mixtures Upregulation of ADMP2, Delta, Goosecoid, KIF19, jun and CAT; downregulation of ARF1, GS, HIF1A and sox9 [78]