Laboratory study reveals cellular and transcriptomic neuroadaptations to oxygen shifts in Mediterranean mussels, highlighting mechanisms driving invertebrate environmental resilience.
Key Points
To characterize the cellular, transcriptomic, and microRNA-mediated regulatory mechanisms that allow the nervous system of Mytilus galloprovincialis to adapt to fluctuating oxygen levels.
Performed histochemical analysis of individual ganglia in Mediterranean mussels exposed to hypoxia and reoxygenation cycles.
Conducted transcriptomic and miRNomic sequencing on pedal ganglia tissue to identify adaptive gene networks and microRNA expression profiles.
Catecholaminergic, peptidergic, and serotonergic neurons within the pedal ganglia demonstrated homeostatic plasticity in response to oxygen fluctuations.