A study of molecular mechanisms of coral-algae symbiosis

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21710199
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: 基礎ゲノム科学
• Research Institution: 沖縄科学技術大学院大学 (2011); Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (2009-2010)
• Principal Investigator: SHINZATO Chuya 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, マリンゲノミックスユニット, 研究員 (70524726)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: サンゴ / 褐虫藻 / 共生 / 白化現象 / 遺伝子発現応答

Research Abstract

This study aims to reveal the molecular mechanisms of coral-algae symbiosis using next-generation sequencing technologies. I designed cDNA oligo microarrays based on assembled transcriptome and genome data from a coral, Acropora digitifera. Using these microarrays, transcriptome changes under stress conditions were analyzed. In addition, I surveyed the genes possibly involved in stress-response in the coral genome data.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The repertoire of chemical defense genes in the coral (2012)
  • Author(s): Shinzato C, Hamada M, Shoguchi E, Kawashima T, Satoh N
  • Journal Title: Acropora digitifera genome Zoological Science Volume: (In press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Fluorescent Protein Candidate Genes in the Coral Acropora digitifera Genome (2012)
  • Author(s): Shinzato C, Shoguchi E, Tanaka M, Satoh N
  • Journal Title: Zoological Science Volume: 29 Pages: 260-264
  • URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2108/zsj.29.260
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change (2011)
  • Author(s): Shinzato C, Shoguchi E, Kawashima T, Hamada M, Hisata K, Tanaka M, Fujie M, Fujiwara M, Koyanagi R, Ikuta T, Fujiyama A, Miller DJ, Satoh N
  • Journal Title: Nature Volume: 476 Pages: 320-323
  • DOI: DOI:10.1038/nature10249.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Identification of fast-evolving genes in the scleractinian coral Acropora using comparative EST analysis (2011)
  • Author(s): Iguchi A, Shinzato C, Foret S, Miller DJ
  • Journal Title: PLos ONE Volume: 6(6) Pages: e20140
  • DOI: DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0020140
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Genome sequencing of the coral Acropora digitifera (2011)
  • Author(s): Shinzato C
  • Organizer: Workshop on Marine Evolutionary and Environmental Genomics
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-05
• [Presentation] コユビミドリイシの全ゲノム解読とサンゴの環境変動への応答の理解 (2011)
  • Author(s): 新里宙也、佐藤矩行
  • Organizer: 共同利用研究集会「バイオミネラリゼーションと石灰化-遺伝子から地球環境まで-」
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学大気海洋研究所
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-18
• [Presentation] コユビミドリイシ・ゲノムの解読 (2011)
  • Author(s): 新里宙也
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄県那覇市
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-05
• [Presentation] Genome sequencing of the coral Acropora digitifera (2011)
  • Author(s): Shinzato C
  • Organizer: The International Workshop"Searching for Eve : basal metazoans and the evolution of multicellular complexity"
  • Place of Presentation: Tutzing, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-12
• [Presentation] Genome sequencing of the coral Acropora digitifera (2011)
  • Author(s): Shinzato C
  • Organizer: ARC CoE Boden Conference-Genome Biology of Corals and their Relatives
  • Place of Presentation: Townsville, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-07
• [Presentation] コユビミドリイシのマイクロアレイの開発 (2010)
  • Author(s): 新里宙也
  • Organizer: 日本サンゴ礁学会
  • Place of Presentation: つくばカピオ
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-02
• [Presentation] 造礁サンゴ、コユビミドリイシ(Acropora digitifera)のゲノム解読 (2010)
  • Author(s): 新里宙也
  • Organizer: 日本動物学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-23
• [Presentation] The coral Acropora digitifera genome project (2009)
  • Author(s): Shinzato C
  • Organizer: International Workshop : The evolution of multicellularity
  • Place of Presentation: Tutzing, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-14
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.irp.oist.jp/satoh/index.php