Proteomics as a Potential Tool to Study the Effects of Climate Change in Aquatic Organisms

Aquatic ecosystems are critical components of the global environment and provide a variety of resources for human population, including food, water for drinking and irrigation, recreational opportunities, and habitat for economically important fisheries. Such environmental stressors is projected to alter fundamental ecological processes, geographic distribution of aquatic species, reproductive and immunological performance of species etc. Proteomics is a recent field in molecular biology that involves the study of all proteins present in a cell or tissue or whole organism. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) is one of the most widely used techniques to obtain data on protein expression levels under various conditions. Protein separation using liquid chromatography and electrophoresis has shown tremendous progress to enable resolution and identification of digested peptides of a proteome. Any stimulus that impairs the normal performance or affects the homeostasis of an animal can be called as stressors.