title: Distribution of palytoxin in coral reef organisms living in close proximity to an aggregation of Palythoa tuberculosa.
abstract: Palytoxin is a strong marine toxin that was first isolated from the zoantharian Palythoa toxica and later from other species of the genus Palythoa. How the toxin gets into the animal remains an unsolved question. To study the specificity of palytoxin distribution, the toxin content of Palythoa tuberculosa and other organisms living in close association on a coral reef in Okinawa were analysed by mass spectrometry. In contrast to earlier reports, palytoxin was only detected in P. tuberculosa colonies.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aratake
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.affiliation: Imaging and Instrumental Analysis Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 904-0213, Japan; Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 904-0213, Japan.
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Reimer
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan. Electronic address: holger.jenke-kodama@oist.jp.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jenke-Kodama
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000502:physiology*; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms; D057894:Coral Reefs; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D012624:Seaweed / Q000737:chemistry*; D000095702:Polyether Toxins
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms; C010272:palytoxin; D000095702:Polyether Toxins
keywords: Coral reef; LC–MS; Okinawa; Palythoa tuberculosa; Palytoxin; Toxin distribution