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Advanced Mass Spectrometry in the Chemistry and Biology of Bioactive Marine Natural Products

A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2021) | Viewed by 4360

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Maria Chiara Monti

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Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples 'Federico II', Via Tommaso De Amicis 95, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: proteomics; functional proteomics; metabolomics; analytical chemistry; small-molecules/proteins interactions; marine-inspired compounds
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Prof. Dr. Raffaele Riccio

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Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, Fisciano, Italy
Interests: chemistry of bioactive natural products from marine and terrestrial sources; approaches to the stereochemical determination of organic molecules by NMR and computational methods; target identification of bioactive natural products and investigation of ligand–receptor interactions by NMR and MS techniques, combined with computational tools
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

At present, mass spectrometry (MS) technology is continuing to improve dramatically, and MS advanced strategies are becoming easily available in the majority of laboratories. The basic characteristics behind these advancements are MS resolution, quantitative accuracy, and improving data processing skills. Mainly in the field of bioactive marine natural products (MNP), MS progress helps to discover accurate chemical structures’ determination together with MNP quantitative evaluation in complex raw mixtures; in addition, biological events induced by MNP can be traced by comprehensively measuring the various changes in biomolecular dynamics thanks to omics-based strategies. Thus, as the Guest Editors, we would like to invite scientists to publish their developments in the field of bioactive marine natural products achieved by innovative MS-based techniques both from a chemical and a biological viewpoint.

Prof. Maria Chiara Monti
Prof. Raffaele Riccio
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Keywords

  • Mass spectrometry
  • Proteomics
  • Metabolomics
  • Structure identification
  • Bioanalysis
  • Ligand–receptor interactions

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A Metabolomics Exploration of the Sexual Phase in the Marine Diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata
by Federica Fiorini, Camilla Borgonuovo, Maria Immacolata Ferrante and Mark Brönstrup
Mar. Drugs 2020, 18(6), 313; https://doi.org/10.3390/md18060313 - 14 Jun 2020
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Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata is a planktonic marine diatom with a diplontic life cycle comprising a short sexual phase, during which gametes are produced following the encounter of two diploid cells of opposite mating type (MT). Gene expression studies have highlighted the presence of substantial [...] Read more.
Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata is a planktonic marine diatom with a diplontic life cycle comprising a short sexual phase, during which gametes are produced following the encounter of two diploid cells of opposite mating type (MT). Gene expression studies have highlighted the presence of substantial changes occurring at the onset of sexual reproduction. Herein, we have hypothesized that the amount and nature of cellular metabolites varies along the mating process. To capture the metabolome of Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata at different harvesting times in an unbiased manner, we undertook an untargeted metabolomics approach based on liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Using three different extraction steps, the method revealed pronounced differences in the metabolic profiles between control cells in the vegetative phase (MT+ and MT−) and mixed strains of opposite MTs (cross) undergoing sexual reproduction. Of the 2408 high-quality features obtained, 70 known metabolites could be identified based on in-house libraries and online databases; additional 46 features could be classified by molecular networking of tandem mass spectra. The reduction of phytol detected in the cross can be linked to the general downregulation of photosynthesis during sexual reproduction observed elsewhere. Moreover, the role of highly regulated compounds such as 7-dehydrodesmosterol, whose changes in abundance were the highest in the experiment, oleamide, ectoine, or trigonelline is discussed. Full article
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