Distribution of palytoxin in coral reef organisms living in close proximity to an aggregation of Palythoa tuberculosa

Satoe Aratake; Yosuke Taira; Takuma Fujii; Michael C Roy; James D Reimer; Tomoko Yamazaki; Holger Jenke-Kodama

doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.12.004

Distribution of palytoxin in coral reef organisms living in close proximity to an aggregation of Palythoa tuberculosa

Toxicon. 2016 Mar 1:111:86-90. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.12.004. Epub 2016 Jan 2.

Authors

Satoe Aratake¹, Yosuke Taira¹, Takuma Fujii¹, Michael C Roy², James D Reimer³, Tomoko Yamazaki¹, Holger Jenke-Kodama⁴

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology and Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
² Imaging and Instrumental Analysis Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
³ Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 904-0213, Japan; Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 904-0213, Japan.
⁴ Microbiology and Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan. Electronic address: holger.jenke-kodama@oist.jp.

PMID: 26752673
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.12.004

Abstract

Palytoxin is a strong marine toxin that was first isolated from the zoantharian Palythoa toxica and later from other species of the genus Palythoa. How the toxin gets into the animal remains an unsolved question. To study the specificity of palytoxin distribution, the toxin content of Palythoa tuberculosa and other organisms living in close association on a coral reef in Okinawa were analysed by mass spectrometry. In contrast to earlier reports, palytoxin was only detected in P. tuberculosa colonies.

Keywords: Coral reef; LC–MS; Okinawa; Palythoa tuberculosa; Palytoxin; Toxin distribution.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acrylamides / chemistry*
Acrylamides / metabolism
Animals
Cnidaria / physiology*
Cnidarian Venoms
Coral Reefs*
Invertebrates / chemistry*
Seaweed / chemistry*

Substances

Acrylamides
Cnidarian Venoms
palytoxin