Whole-body regeneration in sponges: diversity, fine mechanisms, and future prospects

A Ereskovsky, IE Borisenko, FV Bolshakov, AI Lavrov - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
While virtually all animals show certain abilities for regeneration after an injury, these
abilities vary greatly among metazoans. Porifera (Sponges) is basal metazoans …

The compact genome of the sponge Oopsacas minuta (Hexactinellida) is lacking key metazoan core genes

S Santini, Q Schenkelaars, C Jourda, M Duchesne… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Explaining the emergence of the hallmarks of bilaterians is a central focus of
evolutionary developmental biology—evodevo—and evolutionary genomics. For this …

The sponge Oscarella lobularis (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha) as a suitable biomonitor of metallic contamination in Mediterranean coastal ecosystems

K de Pao Mendonca, B Angeletti, A Dufour… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The biomonitoring of metallic contamination in marine ecosystems is often focused on
animal species of commercial interest and in lesser extent on non-model marine …

Evolution of mechanisms controlling epithelial morphogenesis across animals: new insights from dissociation-reaggregation experiments in the sponge Oscarella …

A Vernale, MM Prünster, F Marchianò, H Debost… - BMC Ecology and …, 2021 - Springer
Background The ancestral presence of epithelia in Metazoa is no longer debated. Porifera
seem to be one of the best candidates to be the sister group to all other Metazoa. This …

Transfection of sponge cells and intracellular localization of cancer-related MYC, RRAS2, and DRG1 proteins

K Dominko, A Talajić, M Radić, NŠ Vidaček… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
The determination of the protein's intracellular localization is essential for understanding its
biological function. Protein localization studies are mainly performed on primary and …

Hyper-accumulation of vanadium in animals: Two sponges compete with urochordates

K de Pao Mendonca, P Chaurand, A Campos… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Vanadium (V) concentrations in organisms are usually very low. To date, among animals,
only some urochordate and annelid species contain very high levels of V in their tissues. A …

The homoscleromorph sponge, Oscarella lobularis

E Renard, C Rocher, A Ereskovsky… - Handbook of Marine …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The last 20 years have shown a growing interest in developing non-conventional models for
evo-devo purposes. In particular, the study of non-bilaterian metazoans offers the invaluable …

Staining and tracking methods for studying sponge cell dynamics

C Borchiellini, SM Degnan, E Le Goff, C Rocher… - … Biology of the Sea …, 2021 - Springer
To better understand the origin of animal cell types, body plans, and other morphological
features, further biological knowledge and understanding are needed from non-bilaterian …

Physiology of reproduction in Porifera

E Lanna, A Riesgo, V Koutsouveli… - Frontiers in Invertebrate …, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Sponges (Porifera) are one of the most ancient animals present on the planet. They are
aquatic, filter-feeding sessile metazoans that rely on asexual and sexual reproduction …

In Situ Hybridization Techniques in the Homoscleromorph Sponge Oscarella lobularis

L Fierro-Constaín, C Rocher, F Marschal… - … Biology of the Sea …, 2021 - Springer
The Porifera are one of the best candidates as the sister group to all other metazoans.
Studies on this phylum are therefore expected to shed light on the origin and early evolution …