Mediterranean Jellyfish Venoms: A Review on Scyphomedusae

Mariottini, Gian Luigi; Pane, Luigi

doi:10.3390/md8041122

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“…Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775) is a venomous scyphomedousa, whose native range includes the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific Ocean (Mariottini and Pane, 2010). The first record of C. andromeda in the Mediterranean was obtained from Cyprus (Maas, 1903).…”

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New Mediterranean Marine biodiversity records (June 2013)

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This paper concerns records of species that have extended their distribution in the Mediterranean Sea. The finding of the rare brackish angiosperm Althenia filiformis in the island of Cyprus is interesting since its insertion in the Red Data Book of the Flora of Cyprus is suggested. The following species enriched the flora or fauna lists of the relevant countries: the red alga Sebdenia dichotoma (Greece), the hydrachnid mite Pontarachna adriatica (Slovenia), and the thalassinid Gebiacantha talismani (Turkey). Several alien species were recorded in new Mediterranean localities. The record of the burrowing goby Trypauchen vagina in the North Levantine Sea (Turkish coast), suggests the start of spreading of this Lessepsian immigrant in the Mediterranean Sea. The findings of the following species indicate the extension of their occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea: the foraminifer Amphistegina lobifera (island of Zakynthos, Greece), the medusa Cassiopea andromeda (Syria), the copepod Centropages furcatus (Aegean Sea), the decapod shrimp Melicertus hathor (island of Kastellorizo, Greece), the crab Menoethius monoceros (Gulf of Tunis), the barnacles Balanus trigonus, Megabalanus tintinnabulum, Megabalanus coccopoma and the bivalves Chama asperella, Cucurbitula cymbium (Saronikos Gulf, Greece).

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“…These have included several investigations of jellyfish constituents and toxins, some of which have important biomedical and pharmacological properties (e.g., Ovchinnikova et al 2006;Yu et al 2006;Masuda et al 2007;Ohta et al 2009;Balamurugan et al 2010;Mariottini and Pane 2010;Zhuang et al 2010;Morishige et al 2011;Zhuang et al 2012a, b;Kawabata et al 2013;Leone et al 2015). Research on some groups of jellyfish has led to a better understanding of ocular evolution (Nilsson et al 2005), as well as two Nobel Prizes: one in 1913 for the discovery of anaphylaxis, and another in 2008 for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP).…”

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Jellyfish fisheries in the Americas: origin, state of the art, and perspectives on new fishing grounds

Brotz

Schiariti

López‐Martínez³

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Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Jellyfish (primarily scyphomedusae) fisheries have a long history in Asia, where jellyfish have been caught and processed as food for centuries. More recently, jellyfish fisheries have expanded to the Western Hemisphere, often driven by demand from Asian buyers and collapses of more traditional local fish stocks. Jellyfish fisheries have been attempted in numerous countries in North, Central, and South America, with varying degrees of success. Here, we chronicle the arrival of jellyfish fisheries in the Americas and summarize relevant information on jellyfish fishing, processing, and management. Processing technology for edible jellyfish has not advanced, and presents major concerns for environmental and human health. The development of alternative processing technologies would help to eliminate these concerns and may open up new opportunities for markets and species. We also examine the biodiversity of jellyfish species that are targeted for fisheries in the Americas. Establishment of new jellyfish fisheries appears possible, but requires a specific combination of factors including high 123Rev Fish Biol Fisheries DOI 10.1007/s11160-016-9445-y abundances of particular species, processing knowledge dictated by the target market, and either inexpensive labor or industrialized processing facilities. More often than not, these factors are not altogether evaluated prior to attempting a new jellyfish fishery. As such, jellyfish fisheries are currently expanding much more rapidly than research on the subject, thereby putting ecosystems and stakeholders' livelihoods at risk.

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“…The "blooms" of this jellyfish have implications for human health and relapses on economic activities including tourism and fishing. The nematocyst toxins cause various reactions in humans that range from local lesions, vesicles and redness to severe and dangerous complications such as cardio-and neurotoxic effects and Guillain-Barré syndrome (Burnett et al 1986;Pang & Schwartz 1993;Tibbals 2006;Mariottini & Pane 2010).…”

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Haemolytic activity and characterization of nematocyst venom fromPelagia noctiluca(Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

Trapani

Parrino

Parisi

et al. 2013

Italian Journal of Zoology

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We investigated the haemolytic capacity of the crude venom extracted from isolated nematocysts of Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa), and evidenced the proteic fractions responsible for this activity. The nematocyst venom was used at various concentrations to evaluate the haemolytic activity and the lysosomal membrane stability of red blood cells of two teleostean species treated with the extract. The nematocyst extract was assayed against erythrocytes of the two teleostean species living in different environments, Carassius auratus as a common freshwater species, and Liza aurata as a representative of seawater species. Experiments on the haemolytic activity of P. noctiluca in the presence of lipid components of erythrocyte membranes showed that sphyngomyelin strongly inhibited this activity. The crude venom was analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis SDS-PAGE and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to detect the proteic composition, and it was found that the active haemolytic components of this venom are distributed in at least four protein fractions. The results of our experiments indicated that Pelagia noctiluca venom induces haemolysis and lysosomal membrane destabilisation in both species and that Carassius auratus was more susceptible to jellyfish venom than was Liza aurata. No significant differences in glutathione (GSH) levels were observed between control and treatments; consequently the toxins do not cause the oxidative stress but likely recognize specific targets (i.e. sphyngomyelin) in the plasmatic membrane of red blood cells.

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Mediterranean Jellyfish Venoms: A Review on Scyphomedusae

Cited by 143 publications

References 126 publications

New Mediterranean Marine biodiversity records (June 2013)

New Mediterranean Marine biodiversity records (June 2013)

Jellyfish fisheries in the Americas: origin, state of the art, and perspectives on new fishing grounds

Haemolytic activity and characterization of nematocyst venom fromPelagia noctiluca(Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

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