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Drinking water quality in areas impacted by oil activities in Ecuador: Associated health risks and social perception of human exposure |
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Demineralized waters; Domestic waters; Hydrocarbons; Metal(loid)s; Oil activities; Social risk perception; Benzene refining; Health; Health risks; Hydrocarbons; Petroleum refineries; Petroleum refining; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Potable water; Risk assessment; Risk perception; Toluene; Trace elements; Water quality; Water wells; Zinc; Arsenic concentration; Demineralized water; Domestic water; Information sources; Living conditions; Microbiological analysis; Natural backgrounds; Oil activities; Water distribution systems |
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The unregulated oil exploitation in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon Region (NEAR), mainly from 1964 to the 90's, led to toxic compounds largely released into the environment. A large majority of people living in the Amazon region have no access to drinking water distribution systems and collects water from rain, wells or small streams. The concentrations of major ions, trace elements, PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes) were analyzed in different water sources to evaluate the impacts of oil extraction and refining. Samples were taken from the NEAR and around the main refinery of the country (Esmeraldas Oil Refinery/State Oil Company of Ecuador) and were compared with domestic waters from the Southern region, not affected by petroleum activities. In most of the samples, microbiological analysis revealed a high level of coliforms representing significant health risks. All measured chemical compounds in waters were in line with national and international guidelines, except for manganese, zinc and aluminum. In several deep-water wells, close to oil camps, toluene concentrations were higher than the natural background while PAHs concentrations never exceeded individually 2 ng·L−1. Water ingestion represented 99% of the total exposure pathways for carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic elements (mainly zinc) in adults and children, while 20% to 49% of the Total Cancer Risk was caused by arsenic concentrations. The health index (HI) indicates acceptable chronic effects for domestic use according the US-EPA thresholds. Nevertheless, these limits do not consider the cocktail effects of metallic and organic compounds. Furthermore, they do not include the social determinants of human exposure, such as socio-economic living conditions or vulnerability. Most (72%) of interviewed families knew sanitary risks but a discrepancy was observed between knowledge and action: religious beliefs, cultural patterns, information sources, experience and emotions play an important role front to exposure. © 2019 |
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Jaouen, G.; Sagne, A.; Buyck, B.; Decock, C.; Louisanna, E.; Manzi, S.; Baraloto, C.; Roy, M.; Schimann, H. |
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Fungi of French Guiana gathered in a taxonomic, environmental and molecular dataset |
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In Amazonia, the knowledge about Fungi remains patchy and biased towards accessible sites. This is particularly the case in French Guiana where the existing collections have been confined to few coastal localities. Here, we aimed at filling the gaps of knowledge in undersampled areas of this region, particularly focusing on the Basidiomycota. From 2011, we comprehensively collected fruiting-bodies with a stratified and reproducible sampling scheme in 126 plots. Sites of sampling reflected the main forest habitats of French Guiana in terms of soil fertility and topography. The dataset of 5219 specimens gathers 245 genera belonging to 75 families, 642 specimens are barcoded. The dataset is not a checklist as only 27% of the specimens are identified at the species level but 96% are identified at the genus level. We found an extraordinary diversity distributed across forest habitats. The dataset is an unprecedented and original collection of Basidiomycota for the region, making specimens available for taxonomists and ecologists. The database is publicly available in the GBIF repository ( https://doi.org/10.15468/ymvlrp ). |
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Schepaschenko, D.; Chave, J.; Phillips, O.L.; Lewis, S.L.; Davies, S.J.; Réjou-Méchain, M.; Sist, P.; Scipal, K.; Perger, C.; Herault, B.; Labrière, N.; Hofhansl, F.; Affum-Baffoe, K.; Aleinikov, A.; Alonso, A.; Amani, C.; Araujo-Murakami, A.; Armston, J.; Arroyo, L.; Ascarrunz, N.; Azevedo, C.; Baker, T.; Bałazy, R.; Bedeau, C.; Berry, N.; Bilous, A.M.; Bilous, S.Y.; Bissiengou, P.; Blanc, L.; Bobkova, K.S.; Braslavskaya, T.; Brienen, R.; Burslem, D.F.R.P.; Condit, R.; Cuni-Sanchez, A.; Danilina, D.; Del Castillo Torres, D.; Derroire, G.; Descroix, L.; Sotta, E.D.; d'Oliveira, M.V.N.; Dresel, C.; Erwin, T.; Evdokimenko, M.D.; Falck, J.; Feldpausch, T.R.; Foli, E.G.; Foster, R.; Fritz, S.; Garcia-Abril, A.D.; Gornov, A.; Gornova, M.; Gothard-Bassébé, E.; Gourlet-Fleury, S.; Guedes, M.; Hamer, K.C.; Susanty, F.H.; Higuchi, N.; Coronado, E.N.H.; Hubau, W.; Hubbell, S.; Ilstedt, U.; Ivanov, V.V.; Kanashiro, M.; Karlsson, A.; Karminov, V.N.; Killeen, T.; Koffi, J.-C.K.; Konovalova, M.; Kraxner, F.; Krejza, J.; Krisnawati, H.; Krivobokov, L.V.; Kuznetsov, M.A.; Lakyda, I.; Lakyda, P.I.; Licona, J.C.; Lucas, R.M.; Lukina, N.; Lussetti, D.; Malhi, Y.; Manzanera, J.A.; Marimon, B.; Junior, B.H.M.; Martinez, R.V.; Martynenko, O.V.; Matsala, M.; Matyashuk, R.K.; Mazzei, L.; Memiaghe, H.; Mendoza, C.; Mendoza, A.M.; Moroziuk, O.V.; Mukhortova, L.; Musa, S.; Nazimova, D.I.; Okuda, T.; Oliveira, L.C.; Ontikov, P.V.; Osipov, A.F.; Pietsch, S.; Playfair, M.; Poulsen, J.; Radchenko, V.G.; Rodney, K.; Rozak, A.H.; Ruschel, A.; Rutishauser, E.; See, L.; Shchepashchenko, M.; Shevchenko, N.; Shvidenko, A.; Silveira, M.; Singh, J.; Sonké, B.; Souza, C.; Stereńczak, K.; Stonozhenko, L.; Sullivan, M.J.P.; Szatniewska, J.; Taedoumg, H.; Ter Steege, H.; Tikhonova, E.; Toledo, M.; Trefilova, O.V.; Valbuena, R.; Gamarra, L.V.; Vasiliev, S.; Vedrova, E.F.; Verhovets, S.V.; Vidal, E.; Vladimirova, N.A.; Vleminckx, J.; Vos, V.A.; Vozmitel, F.K.; Wanek, W.; West, T.A.P.; Woell, H.; Woods, J.T.; Wortel, V.; Yamada, T.; Nur Hajar, Z.S.; Zo-Bi, I.C. |
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The Forest Observation System, building a global reference dataset for remote sensing of forest biomass |
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Forest biomass is an essential indicator for monitoring the Earth's ecosystems and climate. It is a critical input to greenhouse gas accounting, estimation of carbon losses and forest degradation, assessment of renewable energy potential, and for developing climate change mitigation policies such as REDD+, among others. Wall-to-wall mapping of aboveground biomass (AGB) is now possible with satellite remote sensing (RS). However, RS methods require extant, up-to-date, reliable, representative and comparable in situ data for calibration and validation. Here, we present the Forest Observation System (FOS) initiative, an international cooperation to establish and maintain a global in situ forest biomass database. AGB and canopy height estimates with their associated uncertainties are derived at a 0.25 ha scale from field measurements made in permanent research plots across the world's forests. All plot estimates are geolocated and have a size that allows for direct comparison with many RS measurements. The FOS offers the potential to improve the accuracy of RS-based biomass products while developing new synergies between the RS and ground-based ecosystem research communities. |
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Optimizing environmental DNA sampling effort for fish inventories in tropical streams and rivers |
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a promising tool to estimate aquatic biodiversity. It is based on the capture of DNA from a water sample. The sampled water volume, a crucial aspect for efficient species detection, has been empirically variable (ranging from few centiliters to tens of liters). This results in a high variability of sampling effort across studies, making comparisons difficult and raising uncertainties about the completeness of eDNA inventories. Our aim was to determine the sampling effort (filtered water volume) needed to get optimal inventories of fish assemblages in species-rich tropical streams and rivers using eDNA. Ten DNA replicates were collected in six Guianese sites (3 streams and 3 rivers), resulting in sampling efforts ranging from 17 to 340 liters of water. We show that sampling 34 liters of water detected more than 64% of the expected fish fauna and permitted to distinguish the fauna between sites and between ecosystem types (stream versus rivers). Above 68 liters, the number of detected species per site increased slightly, with a detection rate higher than 71%. Increasing sampling effort up to 340 liters provided little additional information, testifying that filtering 34 to 68 liters is sufficient to inventory most of the fauna in highly diverse tropical aquatic ecosystems. © 2019, The Author(s). |
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Fu, T.; Houel, E.; Amusant, N.; Touboul, D.; Genta-Jouve, G.; Della-Negra, S.; Fisher, G.L.; Brunelle, A.; Duplais, C. |
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Biosynthetic investigation of γ-lactones in Sextonia rubra wood using in situ TOF-SIMS MS/MS imaging to localize and characterize biosynthetic intermediates |
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Molecular analysis by parallel tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) imaging contributes to the in situ characterization of biosynthetic intermediates which is crucial for deciphering the metabolic pathways in living organisms. We report the first use of TOF-SIMS MS/MS imaging for the cellular localization and characterization of biosynthetic intermediates of bioactive γ-lactones rubrynolide and rubrenolide in the Amazonian tree Sextonia rubra (Lauraceae). Five γ-lactones, including previously reported rubrynolide and rubrenolide, were isolated using a conventional approach and their structural characterization and localization at a lateral resolution of ~400 nm was later achieved using TOF-SIMS MS/MS imaging analysis. 2D/3D MS imaging at subcellular level reveals that putative biosynthetic γ-lactones intermediates are localized in the same cell types (ray parenchyma cells and oil cells) as rubrynolide and rubrenolide. Consequently, a revised metabolic pathway of rubrynolide was proposed, which involves the reaction between 2-hydroxysuccinic acid and 3-oxotetradecanoic acid, contrary to previous studies suggesting a single polyketide precursor. Our results provide insights into plant metabolite production in wood tissues and, overall, demonstrate that combining high spatial resolution TOF-SIMS imaging and MS/MS structural characterization offers new opportunities for studying molecular and cellular biochemistry in plants. © 2019, The Author(s). |
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Rodrigues, A.M.S.; Eparvier, V.; Odonne, G.; Amusant, N.; Stien, D.; Houël, E. |
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The antifungal potential of (Z)-ligustilide and the protective effect of eugenol demonstrated by a chemometric approach |
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Mankind is on the verge of a postantibiotic era. New concepts are needed in our battle to attenuate infectious diseases around the world and broad spectrum plant-inspired synergistic pharmaceutical preparations should find their place in the global fight against pathogenic microorganisms. To progress towards the discovery of potent antifungal agents against human pathologies, we embarked upon developing chemometric approach coupled with statistical design to unravel the origin of the anticandidal potential of a set of 66 essential oils (EOs). EOs were analyzed by GC-MS and tested against Candida albicans and C. parapsilosis (Minimal Inhibitory Concentration, MIC). An Orthogonal Partial Least Square (OPLS) analysis allowed us to identify six molecules presumably responsible for the anticandidal activity of the oils: (Z)-ligustilide, eugenol, eugenyl acetate, citral, thymol, and β-citronellol. These compounds were combined following a full factorial experimental design approach in order to optimize the anticandidal activity and selectivity index (SI = IC50(MRC5 cells)/MIC) through reconstituted mixtures. (Z)-Ligustilide and citral were the most active compounds, while (Z)-ligustilide and eugenol were the two main factors that most contributed to the increase of the SI. These two terpenes can, therefore, be used to construct bioinspired synergistic anticandidal mixtures. © 2019, The Author(s). |
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Ter Steege, H.; Henkel, T.W.; Helal, N.; Marimon, B.S.; Marimon-Junior, B.H.; Huth, A.; Groeneveld, J.; Sabatier, D.; Coelho, L.S.; Filho, D.A.L.; Salomão, R.P.; Amaral, I.L.; Matos, F.D.A.; Castilho, C.V.; Phillips, O.L.; Guevara, J.E.; Carim, M.J.V.; Cárdenas López, D.; Magnusson, W.E.; Wittmann, F.; Irume, M.V.; Martins, M.P.; Guimarães, J.R.D.S.; Molino, J.-F.; Bánki, O.S.; Piedade, M.T.F.; Pitman, N.C.A.; Mendoza, A.M.; Ramos, J.F.; Luize, B.G.; Moraes de Leão Novo, E.M.; Núñez Vargas, P.; Silva, T.S.F.; Venticinque, E.M.; Manzatto, A.G.; Reis, N.F.C.; Terborgh, J.; Casula, K.R.; Honorio Coronado, E.N.; Montero, J.C.; Feldpausch, T.R.; Duque, A.; Costa, F.R.C.; Arboleda, N.C.; Schöngart, J.; Killeen, T.J.; Vasquez, R.; Mostacedo, B.; Demarchi, L.O.; Assis, R.L.; Baraloto, C.; Engel, J.; Petronelli, P.; Castellanos, H.; de Medeiros, M.B.; Quaresma, A.; Simon, M.F.; Andrade, A.; Camargo, J.L.; Laurance, S.G.W.; Laurance, W.F.; Rincón, L.M.; Schietti, J.; Sousa, T.R.; de Sousa Farias, E.; Lopes, M.A.; Magalhães, J.L.L.; Mendonça Nascimento, H.E.; Lima de Queiroz, H.; Aymard C, G.A.; Brienen, R.; Revilla, J.D.C.; Vieira, I.C.G.; Cintra, B.B.L.; Stevenson, P.R.; Feitosa, Y.O.; Duivenvoorden, J.F.; Mogollón, H.F.; Araujo-Murakami, A.; Ferreira, L.V.; Lozada, J.R.; Comiskey, J.A.; de Toledo, J.J.; Damasco, G.; Dávila, N.; Draper, F.; García-Villacorta, R.; Lopes, A.; Vicentini, A.; Alonso, A.; Dallmeier, F.; Gomes, V.H.F.; Lloyd, J.; Neill, D.; de Aguiar, D.P.P.; Arroyo, L.; Carvalho, F.A.; de Souza, F.C.; do Amaral, D.D.; Feeley, K.J.; Gribel, R.; Pansonato, M.P.; Barlow, J.; Berenguer, E.; Ferreira, J.; Fine, P.V.A.; Guedes, M.C.; Jimenez, E.M.; Licona, J.C.; Peñuela Mora, M.C.; Villa, B.; Cerón, C.; Maas, P.; Silveira, M.; Stropp, J.; Thomas, R.; Baker, T.R.; Daly, D.; Dexter, K.G.; Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I.; Milliken, W.; Pennington, T.; Ríos Paredes, M.; Fuentes, A.; Klitgaard, B.; Pena, J.L.M.; Peres, C.A.; Silman, M.R.; Tello, J.S.; Chave, J.; Cornejo Valverde, F.; Di Fiore, A.; Hilário, R.R.; Phillips, J.F.; Rivas-Torres, G.; van Andel, T.R.; von Hildebrand, P.; Noronha, J.C.; Barbosa, E.M.; Barbosa, F.R.; de Matos Bonates, L.C.; Carpanedo, R.S.; Dávila Doza, H.P.; Fonty, É.; GómeZárate Z, R.; Gonzales, T.; Gallardo Gonzales, G.P.; Hoffman, B.; Junqueira, A.B.; Malhi, Y.; Miranda, I.P.A.; Pinto, L.F.M.; Prieto, A.; Rodrigues, D.J.; Rudas, A.; Ruschel, A.R.; Silva, N.; Vela, C.I.A.; Vos, V.A.; Zent, E.L.; Zent, S.; Weiss Albuquerque, B.; Cano, A.; Carrero Márquez, Y.A.; Correa, D.F.; Costa, J.B.P.; Flores, B.M.; Galbraith, D.; Holmgren, M.; Kalamandeen, M.; Nascimento, M.T.; Oliveira, A.A.; Ramirez-Angulo, H.; Rocha, M.; Scudeller, V.V.; Sierra, R.; Tirado, M.; Umaña Medina, M.N.; van der Heijden, G.; Vilanova Torre, E.; Vriesendorp, C.; Wang, O.; Young, K.R.; Ahuite Reategui, M.A.; Baider, C.; Balslev, H.; Cárdenas, S.; Casas, L.F.; Farfan-Rios, W.; Ferreira, C.; Linares-Palomino, R.; Mendoza, C.; Mesones, I.; Torres-Lezama, A.; Giraldo, L.E.U.; Villarroel, D.; Zagt, R.; Alexiades, M.N.; de Oliveira, E.A.; Garcia-Cabrera, K.; Hernandez, L.; Palacios Cuenca, W.; Pansini, S.; Pauletto, D.; Ramirez Arevalo, F.; Sampaio, A.F.; Sandoval, E.H.V.; Valenzuela Gamarra, L.; Levesley, A.; Pickavance, G.; Melgaço, K. |
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Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests |
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Tropical forests are known for their high diversity. Yet, forest patches do occur in the tropics where a single tree species is dominant. Such “monodominant” forests are known from all of the main tropical regions. For Amazonia, we sampled the occurrence of monodominance in a massive, basin-wide database of forest-inventory plots from the Amazon Tree Diversity Network (ATDN). Utilizing a simple defining metric of at least half of the trees over 10cm diameter belonging to one species, we found only a few occurrences of monodominance in Amazonia, and the phenomenon was not significantly linked to previously hypothesized life history traits such wood density, seed mass, ectomycorrhizal associations, or Rhizobium nodulation. In our analysis, coppicing (the formation of sprouts at the base of the tree or on roots) was the only trait significantly linked to monodominance. While at specific locales coppicing or ectomycorrhizal associations may confer a considerable advantage to a tree species and lead to its monodominance, very few species have these traits. Mining of the ATDN dataset suggests that monodominance is quite rare in Amazonia, and may be linked primarily to edaphic factors. |
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Aubry-Kientz, M.; Rossi, V.; Cornu, G.; Wagner, F.; Herault, B. |
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Temperature rising would slow down tropical forest dynamic in the Guiana Shield |
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Scientific Reports |
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article; biomass; climate change; controlled study; diagnostic test accuracy study; driver; human; joint; mortality rate; precipitation; prediction; sensitivity analysis; simulation; statistics; tree growth; tropical rain forest; water stress |
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Increasing evidence shows that the functioning of the tropical forest biome is intimately related to the climate variability with some variables such as annual precipitation, temperature or seasonal water stress identified as key drivers of ecosystem dynamics. How tropical tree communities will respond to the future climate change is hard to predict primarily because several demographic processes act together to shape the forest ecosystem general behavior. To overcome this limitation, we used a joint individual-based model to simulate, over the next century, a tropical forest community experiencing the climate change expected in the Guiana Shield. The model is climate dependent: temperature, precipitation and water stress are used as predictors of the joint growth and mortality rates. We ran simulations for the next century using predictions of the IPCC 5AR, building three different climate scenarios (optimistic RCP2.6, intermediate, pessimistic RCP8.5) and a control (current climate). The basal area, above-ground fresh biomass, quadratic diameter, tree growth and mortality rates were then computed as summary statistics to characterize the resulting forest ecosystem. Whatever the scenario, all ecosystem process and structure variables exhibited decreasing values as compared to the control. A sensitivity analysis identified the temperature as the strongest climate driver of this behavior, highlighting a possible temperature-driven drop of 40% in average forest growth. This conclusion is alarming, as temperature rises have been consensually predicted by all climate scenarios of the IPCC 5AR. Our study highlights the potential slow-down danger that tropical forests will face in the Guiana Shield during the next century. © 2019, The Author(s). |
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Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB), Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire |
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Vleminckx, J.; Schimann, H.; Decaëns, T.; Fichaux, M.; Vedel, V.; Jaouen, G.; Roy, M.; Lapied, E.; Engel, J.; Dourdain, A.; Petronelli, P.; Orivel, J.; Baraloto, C. |
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Coordinated community structure among trees, fungi and invertebrate groups in Amazonian rainforests |
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Little is known regarding how trophic interactions shape community assembly in tropical forests. Here we assess multi-taxonomic community assembly rules using a rare standardized coordinated inventory comprising exhaustive surveys of five highly-diverse taxonomic groups exerting key ecological functions: trees, fungi, earthworms, ants and spiders. We sampled 36 1.9-ha plots from four remote locations in French Guiana including precise soil measurements, and we tested whether species turnover was coordinated among groups across geographic and edaphic gradients. All species group pairs exhibited significant compositional associations that were independent from soil conditions. For some of the pairs, associations were also partly explained by soil properties, especially soil phosphorus availability. Our study provides evidence for coordinated turnover among taxonomic groups beyond simple relationships with environmental factors, thereby refining our understanding regarding the nature of interactions occurring among these ecologically important groups. © 2019, The Author(s). |
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CIRAD, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane, Campus agronomique, BP 316, Kourou Cedex, 97379, France |
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Barassé, V.; Touchard, A.; Téné, N.; Tindo, M.; Kenne, M.; Klopp, C.; Dejean, A.; Bonnafé, E.; Treilhou, M. |
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The peptide venom composition of the fierce stinging ant tetraponera aethiops (formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) |
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In the mutualisms involving certain pseudomyrmicine ants and different myrmecophytes (i.e., plants sheltering colonies of specialized “plant-ant” species in hollow structures), the ant venom contributes to the host plant biotic defenses by inducing the rapid paralysis of defoliating insects and causing intense pain to browsing mammals. Using integrated transcriptomic and proteomic approaches, we identified the venom peptidome of the plant-ant Tetraponera aethiops (Pseudomyrmecinae). The transcriptomic analysis of its venom glands revealed that 40% of the expressed contigs encoded only seven peptide precursors related to the ant venom peptides from the A-superfamily. Among the 12 peptide masses detected by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), nine mature peptide sequences were characterized and confirmed through proteomic analysis. These venom peptides, called pseudomyrmecitoxins (PSDTX), share amino acid sequence identities with myrmeciitoxins known for their dual offensive and defensive functions on both insects and mammals. Furthermore, we demonstrated through reduction/alkylation of the crude venom that four PSDTXs were homo- and heterodimeric. Thus, we provide the first insights into the defensive venom composition of the ant genus Tetraponera indicative of a streamlined peptidome. |
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CNRS, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, Cirad, INRA, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Kourou, 97310, France |
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