Giovanna Romano (Author), Mariana Almeida (Author), Ana Varela Coelho (Author), Adele Cutignano (Author), Luís Moreira Gonçalves (Author), Espen Hansen (Author), Denis Khnykin (Author), Tali Mass (Author), Andreja Ramšak (Author), Miguel Rocha S. (Author), Tiago Henriques da Silva (Author), Michela Sugni (Author), Loriano Ballarin (Author), Anne-Marie Geneviere (Author)

Abstract

Aquatic invertebrates are a major source of biomaterials and bioactive natural products that can find applications as pharmaceutics, nutraceutics, cosmetics, antibiotics, antifouling products and biomaterials. Symbiotic microorganisms are often the real producers of many secondary metabolites initially isolated from marine invertebrates; however, a certain number of them are actually synthesized by the macro-organisms. In this review, we analysed the literature of the years 2010–2019 on natural products (bioactive molecules and biomaterials) from the main phyla of marine invertebrates explored so far, including sponges, cnidarians, molluscs, echinoderms and ascidians, and present relevant examples of natural products of interest to public and private stakeholders. We also describe omics tools that have been more relevant in identifying and understanding mechanisms and processes underlying the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in marine invertebrates. Since there is increasing attention on finding new solutions for a sustainable large-scale supply of bioactive compounds, we propose that a possible improvement in the biodiscovery pipeline might also come from the study and utilization of aquatic invertebrate stem cells.

Keywords

marine natural products;marine biomaterials;marine invertebrates;bioactivity;stem cells;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
Organization: NIB - National Institute of Biology
UDC: 556:557
COBISS: 103233539 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1660-3397
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: morske naravne spojine;morski biomateriali;morski nevretenčarji;bioaktivnost;matične celice;
Source comment: Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Članek št. 219; Soavtorji: Mariana Almeida, Ana Varela Coelho,Adele Cutignano, Luis G Gonçalves, Espen Hansen, Denis Khnykin, Tali Mass, Andreja Ramšak, Miguel S. Rocha,Tiago H. Silva, Michela Sugni, Loriano Ballarin, Anne-Marie Genevière; Opis vira z dne 4. 4. 2022;
Pages: str. 1-45
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ20
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ4
Chronology: 2022
DOI: 10.3390/md20040219
ID: 24669919