FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Manganese Benefits Heat-Stressed Corals at the Cellular Level BT AF Montalbetti, Enrico Biscéré, Tom Ferrier-Pagès, Christine Houlbrèque, Fanny Orlandi, Ivan Forcella, Matilde Galli, Paolo Vai, Marina Seveso, Davide AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:4;4:3;5:5;6:5;7:1,2;8:5;9:1,2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:; C1 Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano – Bicocca, Milan, Italy Marine Research and High Education Center (MaRHE Center), Magoodhoo, Maldives ENTROPIE, IRD, Université de la Réunion, CNRS, IFREMER, Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, France Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM), Equipe Ecophysiologie Corallienne, Monaco, Monaco Department of Biotechnologies and Biosciences, University of Milano – Bicocca, Milan, Italy C2 UNIV MILAN, ITALY MARHE CENTER, MALDIVES IRD, FRANCE CTR SCI MONACO, MONACO UNIV MILAN, ITALY UM ENTROPIE IN WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 5.247 TC 11 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00705/81678/86191.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00705/81678/86192.docx LA English DT Article DE ;metal enrichment;manganese;iron;thermal stress;Stylophora pistillata;coral bleaching;bleaching mitigation AB The intensity and frequency of coral bleaching events have increased worldwide especially due to thermal stress and seawater pollution. Although it has been observed that metal concentration in seawater can affect the coral’s ability to adopt cellular defensive mechanisms to counteract bleaching, more investigations are needed to better understand the role of metals in coral physiology. In this study, we analyzed the individual and combined effects of prolonged heat stress and manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe) enrichments at the cellular level on the coral Stylophora pistillata. Thermal stress caused an up-regulation in the expression of the host Heat shock proteins (Hsps) 60 and 70, which showed a parallel pattern of modulation in all treatments, as well as an increase of lipid peroxidation (LPO) in the holobiont. Fe enrichment did not induce any change in Hsp expression or in the oxidative status of the corals both at the ambient temperature of 26°C or at increased temperature, suggesting that Fe didn’t seem to play a role in mitigating the cellular damages and the coral bleaching. Mn or MnFe enrichment at 26°C seemed to increase the oxidative stress in zooxanthellae, since high LPO and glutathione reductase (GR) levels were recorded, but it did not cause any effect on polyp Hsp expression, probably due to the antioxidant action of GR. With the temperature increase, Mn enrichments prevented any increase in Hsp levels and caused a significant decrease of LPO and GR activity, strengthening a previous hypothesis suggesting that Mn could mitigate the negative cellular effects produced by the thermal stress. PY 2021 PD JUL SO Frontiers In Marine Science SN 2296-7745 PU Frontiers Media SA VL 8 UT 000669507900001 DI 10.3389/fmars.2021.681119 ID 81678 ER EF