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Lipid composition in response to temperature changes in blue mussels Mytilus edulis L. from the White Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2015

N.N. Fokina ,
T.R. Ruokolainen ,
I.N. Bakhmet  and
N.N. Nemova
N.N. Fokina*
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of RAS, 185910 Pushkinskaja st., 11. Petrozavodsk, Russia
T.R. Ruokolainen
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of RAS, 185910 Pushkinskaja st., 11. Petrozavodsk, Russia
I.N. Bakhmet
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of RAS, 185910 Pushkinskaja st., 11. Petrozavodsk, Russia
N.N. Nemova
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of RAS, 185910 Pushkinskaja st., 11. Petrozavodsk, Russia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: N.N. Fokina, Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of RAS, 185910 Pushkinskaja st., 11. Petrozavodsk, Russia email: fokinann@gmail.com
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Abstract

Alterations of membrane lipid composition (cholesterol, phospholipids and their fatty acids) in response to various temperature changes were studied in blue mussels Mytilus edulis L. from the White Sea. Lipid composition changes after acute temperature stress, especially a temperature drop, included a significant reduction of the membrane phospholipid content directly (1 h) after return to the initial temperature, which was presumably a consequence of a non-specific stress reaction in the mussels. A longer recovery period (24 h) as well as long-term temperature acclimation (14 days) induced changes in gill fatty acid composition (for instance, a rise in phospholipid unsaturated fatty acids under low temperature impact), indicating ‘homeoviscous adaptation’ to maintain the membranes in response to temperature fluctuations. Moreover, the gill cholesterol level in mussels varied especially at long-term temperature exposure.

Keywords

lipidsfatty acidsmusselsacutelong-termtemperatureadaptation
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 95 , Issue 8 , December 2015 , pp. 1629 - 1634
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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