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Simple Method for Preparation of Nanostructurally Organized Spines of Sand Dollar Scaphechinus mirabilis (Agassiz, 1863)

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Unique skeletal formations of marine invertebrates, including representatives of Echinodermata, have the unique potential to serve as templates for bio-inspired materials chemistry, biomimetics, and materials science. The sand dollar Scaphechinus mirabilis (Agassiz, 1983) is widely distributed in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean from southern Japan to the Aleutian Islands. This animal is the main source of naphtochinone-based substances. These compounds have recently drawn medical attention for their use as cardiological and ophthalmological drugs. Unfortunately, after extraction of the naphtochinones, the residual skeletons and spines of the sand dollars were usually discarded. Here, we report the first method for the preparation of nanostructurally organized spines of S. mirabilis, using a simple enzymatic and hydrogen peroxide-based treatment. Application of this method opens the way for development of non-wasteful environmentally clean technology of sand dollars as well-known industrial marine invertebrates.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by Erasmus Mundus External Co-operation program of the Europen Union 2009, by the DAAD (Grant Ref-325; A/08/72558), and by RMES (AVCP Grant No.8066). We thank Dr. S. V. Tomshich for the photograph of the living sand dollar, Ms. T. Yu. Gorpenchenko, Ms. P. Lutze and Ms. O. Trommer for technical help with light microscope and SEM images.

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  1. Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Dresden University of Technology, Bergstr. 66, 01069, Dresden, Germany

    Herman Ehrlich

  2. Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch Russian Academy of the Sciences, 159 Prospect 100-letia Vladivostoka, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    Yury N. Elkin, Alexandr A. Artoukov & Valentin A. Stonik

  3. Far East Institute of Geology, Far East Branch Russian Academy of the Sciences, 159 Prospect 100-letia Vladivostoka, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    Peter P. Safronov

  4. Institute of Chemistry and Applied Ecology, Far Eastern National University, 8 Sukhanova st., Vladivostok, 690650, Russia

    Vasily V. Bazhenov

  5. Center “Bioengineering” RAS, 7/1 Prospect 60-letia Oktiabria, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    Denis V. Kurek & Valery P. Varlamov

  6. Institute of Materials Science, Dresden University of Technology, Budapester Str. 27, 01062, Dresden, Germany

    René Born

  7. University Hospital “Carl-Gustav Carus”, Fetcherstr. 84, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Heike Meissner & Gert Richter

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Ehrlich, H., Elkin, Y.N., Artoukov, A.A. et al. Simple Method for Preparation of Nanostructurally Organized Spines of Sand Dollar Scaphechinus mirabilis (Agassiz, 1863). Mar Biotechnol 13, 402–410 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-010-9310-2

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