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Coscinolactams A and B: new nitrogen-containing sesterterpenoids from the marine sponge Coscinoderma mathewsi exerting anti-inflammatory properties
2009
Abstract Investigation of the marine sponge Coscinoderma mathewsi led to the isolation of two novel nitrogen-containing cheilanthane sesterterpenoids, coscinolactams A and B, together with known suvanine. The structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic measurements including NOE experiments to deduce the stereochemistry. The natural compounds, as well as a semisynthetic derivative, showed moderate anti-inflammatory activity measured as their capability to inhibit PGE2 and NO production. The suvanine aldehyde derivative 4 inhibited inducible nitric oxide protein expression with an IC50 value of 7.3 μM.
Physiological advantages of dwarfing in surviving extinctions in high-CO2 oceans
2015
Excessive CO 2 in the present-day ocean-atmosphere system is causing ocean acidification, and is likely to cause a severe biodiversity decline in the future, mirroring effects in many past mass extinctions. Fossil records demonstrate that organisms surviving such events were often smaller than those before, a phenomenon called the Lilliput effect. Here, we show that two gastropod species adapted to acidified seawater at shallow-water CO 2 seeps were smaller than those found in normal pH conditions and had higher mass-specific energy consumption but significantly lower whole-animal metabolic energy demand. These physiological changes allowed the animals to maintain calcification and to parti…
Impact des invertébrés sur les fonctions des sols et leurs applications dans les systèmes sol-plante
2017
EABIOMEAGROSUP; De par leur structure tridimensionnelle, leur large gamme de porosité, la diversité de leurs caractéristiques physicochimiques et des conditions microclimatiques, les sols abritent un nombre considérable, parfois inestimable d'organismes. Au sein des agroécosystèmes, les enjeux sont de comprendre les relations entre la plante cultivée et son environnement biophysique incluant les interactions biologiques et les effets de la biodiversité des organismes des sols. L’impact de la faune du sol sur la production primaire peut être vu au travers de leur effet sur les fonctions de (i) recyclage des nutriments, (ii) entretien de la stabilité/structure du sol, (iii) contrôle des bioag…