免疫细胞化学法测定鱼类淋巴囊肿病毒(LCDV)滴度

利用免疫细胞化学法测定鱼类淋巴囊肿病毒(LCDV)滴度.以牙鲆鳃细胞系(FG)作为感染细胞,将生长旺盛的FG细胞接种于48孔培养板中培养至形成细胞单层,用2倍连续稀释的LCDV粗提液分别接种FG细胞.固定各稀释度LCDV感染后的FG细胞,孵育抗牙鲆LCDV单克隆抗体,其后再运用生物素-亲合素反应系统,以碱性磷酸酶底物APRed试剂盒发色.倒置显微镜观察,被病毒感染的FG细胞的细胞质呈现红色,未被感染细胞的细胞质呈无色.记录各稀释度病毒感染的阳性细胞孔数,按Reed-Muench法计算组织细胞培养半数感染量(TCID0).结果显示,免疫细胞化学法测得LCDV在FG的滴度为1.77×210 TCID50/mL.该法可以用来有效测定LCDV滴度,且结果直观、准确性较好,灵敏度较高.     

应用单克隆抗体检测牙鲆血清中抗淋巴囊肿病毒的特异性抗体

应用杂交瘤单克隆抗体技术制备10株分泌抗牙鲆免疫球蛋白单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞。利用单抗2H4,通过间接酶联免疫法(ELISA)对牙鲆血清中抗淋巴囊肿病毒(LCDV)特异性抗体进行了检测。结果表明:无外观症状的牙鲆血清中特异性抗体水平很低(平均OD值为0.092),个别鱼体偏高,证明已感染LCDV,处于潜伏期;患淋巴囊肿病且症状显现的牙鲆血清中特异性抗体水平升高(平均OD值为0.165),患淋巴囊肿病后处于恢复期的牙鲆抗体水平最高(平均OD值为0.231);健康牙鲆接种LCDV灭活疫苗后,特异性抗体水平显著升高。     

应用单克隆抗体检测牙鲆血清中抗淋巴囊肿病毒

应用杂交瘤单克隆抗体技术制备10株分泌抗牙鲆免疫球蛋白单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞。利用单抗2H4，通过间接酶联免疫法（ELISA）对牙鲆血清中抗淋巴囊肿病毒（LCDV）特异性抗体进行了检测。结果表明：无外观症状的牙鲆血清中特异性抗体水平很低（平均OD值为0．092），个别鱼体偏高，证明已感染LCDV，处于潜伏期；患淋巴囊肿病且症状显现的牙鲆血清中特异性抗体水平升高（平均OD值为0．165），患淋巴囊肿病后处于恢复期的牙鲆抗体水平最高（平均OD值为0．231）；健康牙鲆接种LCDV灭活疫苗后，特异性抗体水平显著升高。．     

姬松茸提取物组分体外抗病毒感染活性的研究

为了探明姬松茸提取物的体外抗病毒感染活性及其作用方式,进而为水产养殖鱼类高效抗淋巴囊肿病毒(lymphocystis disease virus,LCDV)感染活性物质的开发和鲆蝶类淋巴囊肿病的防治奠定基础,利用热水浸提和酒精沉淀法得到了5种姬松茸提取物组分(E1～5),并利用MTT、细胞病变程度观察等方法研究了5种组分对LCDV感染体外培养大菱鲆鳍细胞(turbot fin cells,TF细胞)的影响作用.细胞毒性实验结果显示,5种组分对体外培养TF细胞均无毒性.细胞病变程度结果表明,本文所得5种姬松茸提取物组分尤其是E5组分具有显著的抗LCDV感染TF细胞的活性.不同方式感染的实验结果进一步显示,5种姬松茸提取物组分抗LCDV感染TF细胞的作用可能主要是通过直接灭活病毒和/或阻断病毒吸附细胞来实现的.     

淋巴囊肿病毒实时定量PCR检测方法的建立和应用

选取淋巴囊肿病毒(Lymphocystis disease virus,LCDV)主衣壳蛋白(MCP)基因保守序列,利用Primer Express2.0软件设计引物,通过优化反应条件,建立了SYBR GreenⅠ实时定量PCR的检测方法,并进行了敏感性、特异性分析.SYBR GreenⅠ实时定量PCR反应体系的最佳引物浓度为0.5 μmol/L,方法的检测限为30个病毒拷贝,扩增产物的Tm值为74.5 ℃.该方法对淋巴囊肿病毒有特异性,不能扩增流行性造血器官坏死病毒(EHNV)、虎纹蛙病毒(TFV)、蛙虹彩病毒(BIV)、新加坡石斑虹彩病毒(SGIV)、鳜鱼传染性脾肾坏死病毒(ISKNV)及真鲷虹彩病毒(RSIV).对12份发病牙鲆鱼样品进行检测,均感染淋巴囊肿病毒;20份无临床症状的牙鲆经检测不含淋巴囊肿病毒.建立的LCDV的SYBR GreenⅠ实时定量PCR方法,具有成本低、特异、灵敏、快速等优点,可用于淋巴囊肿病毒的早期诊断.     

利用牙鲆鳃细胞系分离和培养淋巴囊肿病毒

本文利用牙鲆鳃细胞系进行了养殖牙鲆淋巴囊肿病毒的分离及培养 ,并通过电镜对培养细胞中淋巴囊肿病毒的形态及感染循环进行了初步研究。将病鱼的淋巴囊肿组织无菌滤液接种牙鲆细胞系 ,细胞出现了明显的细胞病变 ( Cytopathic effect,CPE)。电镜观察在培养细胞的胞质中有病毒的包涵体 ,胞质中散在 6角形、5角形或圆形的病毒粒子 ,大小为 10 0～ 140 nm之间。在感染细胞的线粒体中也存在大量的病毒颗粒。     

大菱鲆红体病虹彩病毒体外增殖条件的研究

探讨大菱鲆病毒疫苗的研制,以牙鲆鳃细胞(FG细胞)为增殖体系,利用细胞病变效应(CPE)为判断指标,对大菱鲆红体病虹彩病毒(Turbot reddish body iridovirus,TRBIV)的体外最适增殖条件等进行了研究。结果表明,病毒接种量、病毒吸附时间、细胞培养条件对TRBIV的体外增殖均有明显的影响,以0.2 mL病毒液接种FG细胞、吸附2 h、用含10%胎牛血清的MEM培养液于22℃培养时,病毒的增殖速度最快。研究还发现,病毒的收获时间和病毒液冻融次数对所得病毒的感染力均有显著影响,在最佳增殖条件下,病毒在FG细胞中增殖至第4天时进行收获,且只冻融1次,其感染活性最强,反复冻融后病毒的感染活性会显著降低。     

牙鲆淋巴囊肿病毒靶器官上病毒结合蛋白的鉴定

利用抗牙鲆淋巴囊肿病毒单克隆抗体的间接免疫荧光检测技术,在患淋巴囊肿病牙鲆的表皮、鳃、胃、肠及肾中发现淋巴囊肿病毒的感染,以此确定为病毒感染的主要靶器官。用NP-40细胞裂解液分别抽提靶器官的总蛋白,利用病毒铺覆蛋白印迹技术(VOPBA)对靶器官上淋巴囊肿病毒结合蛋白进行鉴定,结果显示在胃、肠及肾的组织蛋白中均有1个分子量为27.8 kDa的蛋白与淋巴囊肿病毒特异结合,在鳃和表皮的组织蛋白中分别存在分子量为37.6 kDa和56.0 kDa的蛋白与淋巴囊肿病毒特异结合。推测在淋巴囊肿病毒靶器官上的这3种病毒结合蛋白有可能是病毒的受体蛋白。     

牙鲆淋巴囊肿病自愈过程中细胞因子的表达研究

中国北方养殖牙鲆的淋巴囊肿病一般发生在水温较低的10～12月,之后随水温的升高肿瘤脱落、出现自愈现象.搞清自愈机理.是有效抑制和减少淋巴囊肿病的重要科学内容.本文研究了不同饲育水温下健康和患淋巴囊肿病牙鲆细胞因子的表达变化,仞步探讨了细胞因子在肿瘤自愈中的作用.通过模拟养殖中的水温变化,采用荧光定量PCR(re-al-time fluorescence quantitative PCR)技术.检测了14,18,22和26℃下牙鲆肝、脾、头肾组织中6种细胞因子(白细胞介素1β(1L-1β)、Mx蛋白(Mx)、肿瘤坏死因子(TNF)、肿瘤坏死因子受体(TNFR)、趋化因子(IL-8)和趋化因子受体(IL-8R))表达变化.结果表明.患病牙鲆肝、脾、头肾组织中的IL-8、IL-8R、Mx、IL-1β、TNF和TNFR-1表达量随温度升高而显著升高;健康牙鲆上述细胞因子的表达基本未出现随温度升高而显著上升的现象.本试验结果响应了养殖水温升高肿瘤脱落的现象,提示上述细胞因子在淋巴囊肿病自愈过程中可能发挥了抗病毒作用.     

鱼类淋巴囊肿病毒靶器官的组织病理研究

探讨病毒传播途径,运用组织病理学技术,对患淋巴囊肿病毒病的牙鲆和鲈鱼的组织进行显微观察,并对病毒感染的靶器官进行了研究。结果表明,在牙鲆体表皮下结缔组织中,当大量成纤维细胞膨大、变圆,大小为10~18μm时,细胞膜外未出现囊壁,少数细胞的细胞质中观察到嗜碱性物质;18~20μm的膨大细胞在细胞膜外出现囊壁,细胞质内出现嗜碱性物质;>20μm的细胞具有了淋巴囊肿细胞的典型特征。另外,在牙鲆鳃、肠上皮下结缔组织和粘膜下层中,脾、头肾边缘组织和表面系膜、肝表面系膜,以及鲈鱼的鳃等部位均观察到淋巴囊肿细胞,并在牙鲆和鲈鱼脾内观察到膨大细胞。因此,淋巴囊肿病毒的靶器官主要是鱼体表皮下结缔组织,其次是鳃、体腔膜、肠、脾和头肾。鱼体表皮下结缔组织是淋巴囊肿病毒病的检测、检疫和早期诊断的最佳样品。     

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今天与尊谋面的《海洋科学》已非昨日那个二十年如一日的双月刊,而是崭新的月刊了。这在国内海洋科技期刊,尤其是排名在500家“中国自然科学核心期刊”里的海洋期刊中,恐怕暂时也算鲜见。促动我们下决心实施这一举措的,固然是历史潮流的涌动,是为了祖国海洋科研创新事业的进步所致,但大部分原因还在于自身生长的需要,遵循适正道者而生存的自然法则吧。这是实话实说,为了勿需再向读者诸君做更多的表白,以求能博得看者多多少少的理解和支持。不管是少部分的原因还是大部分的缘由,我们最终的目的是要把刊物办好,而不是将这个月刊办…     

Granting quasi-property rights to aquaculturists to achieve sustainable aquaculture in China

The quality of the aquaculturists’ rights over their farms plays a vital role in achieving sustainable aquaculture industry. In effect, ownership over natural resources in the light of private law is not established because it is not tradable in China. But the users’ rights over the natural resources have already been recognized under the current Chinese laws. This paper introduces concept of property rights, describes and analyzes the aquaculturists’ rights over the farms under the current Chinese laws. Because of flow of water, agricultural nature, and so-called State ownership over the natural resources, fish farms present a complicated property rights problem in China. Some flaws in the aquaculturists’ rights are identified under the existing laws. To protect the interests of farmers and to pursue sustainable aquaculture, quasi-property rights should be granted to fish farmers.     

Ionospheric response to Kuril undersea earthquakes according to GPS satellite data

The effects that the two Kuril undersea earthquakes of November 15, 2006, and January 13, 2007, had on the ionosphere are considered on the basis of the results of measurements of variations in the ionosphere’s total electron content obtained from the network of Russian GPS stations. Owing to a favorable location of the stations, the ionosphere’s response to these earthquakes is studied in the vicinity of and far (up to distances on the order of 1000 km) from their epicenters. It is found that the apparent velocity of propagation of ionospheric disturbances (1–3 km/s) significantly exceeds the velocity of propagation of tsunami waves caused by earthquakes; this fact can be used in forecasting tsunamis. It is shown that, in parallel with the known type of ionospheric response to earthquakes in the form of an N-wave, there is also its response in the form of an inverted N-wave in the vicinity of and far from their epicenters. The causes of occurrence of the response in the form of an inverted N-wave are interpreted.     

Is feeding behaviour related to glass eel propensity to migrate?

Several studies have shown that eel diadromy is facultative and that migratory divergences may appear during glass eel estuarine migration. The origin of the differences in migratory behaviour among glass eels remains unclear but initial evidence supports the role of individual energetic and thyroidal status. Even if starvation is usually associated with glass eel migration, feeding does seem to occur in some glass eels. The aim of the present study was to investigate feeding behaviour and glass eel growth in relation to the propensity to migrate. Feeding rate and weight gain were higher in fish having a high propensity to migrate (M⁺ fish) than in fish having a low propensity to migrate (M⁻ fish) in fed glass eels, whereas no clear difference in the variation in body weight was observed among unfed fish (controls). M⁻ fish initially had lower percent dry weight than M⁺ fish, which suggests a link between appetite, propensity to migrate, and energy content. We discuss the role played by endocrine signals on these processes. In fish, thyroid hormones contribute to the control of growth and development. In addition, they play a role in flatfish and leptocephalus metamorphosis and appear to be involved in smolt and glass eel migratory behaviour. As such, they represent a good candidate which would promote the propensity to migrate as well as digestive system development. Their role in the hormonal control of food intake however remains vague.     

A hybrid efficient method to downscale wave climate to coastal areas

Long-term time series of sea state parameters are required in different coastal engineering applications. In order to obtain wave data at shallow water and due to the scarcity of instrumental data, ocean wave reanalysis databases ought to be downscaled to increase the spatial resolution and simulate the wave transformation process. In this paper, a hybrid downscaling methodology to transfer wave climate to coastal areas has been developed combining a numerical wave model (dynamical downscaling) with mathematical tools (statistical downscaling). A maximum dissimilarity selection algorithm (MDA) is applied in order to obtain a representative subset of sea states in deep water areas. The reduced number of selected cases spans the marine climate variability, guaranteeing that all possible sea states are represented and capturing even the extreme events. These sea states are propagated using a state-of-the-art wave propagation model. The time series of the propagated sea state parameters at a particular location are reconstructed using a non-linear interpolation technique based on radial basis functions (RBFs), providing excellent results in a high dimensional space with scattered data as occurs in the cases selected with MDA. The numerical validation of the results confirms the ability of the developed methodology to reconstruct sea state time series in shallow water at a particular location and to estimate different spatial wave climate parameters with a considerable reduction in the computational effort.     

Tolerance and hormesis--increased resistance to copper in hydroids linked to hormesis

Cultured clones of the colonial hydroid Laomedeaflexuosa have been used over some years as an experimental model to study the dynamics of growth control [J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK (1981a) 61, 35; Aquatic Toxicology (1981b) 1, 227; Journal of Applied Toxicology (2000a) 20, 93]. Exposure to toxic agents has been an essential element of the approach, providing the stimulus to elicit adaptive control system responses. While the work has provided interpretations of physiological interest, it has also given insights to some toxicological phenomena. It is proposed that hormesis, as a stimulation of growth due to exposure to low concentrations of copper (1-10 microg l(-1)), is due to increases in the preferred rate of the growth control mechanism. This increases the capacity to counteract inhibition and confers intolerance to the inhibitor, while overcorrections to low concentrations cause hormesis.     

Array technology as a tool to monitor exposure of fish to xenoestrogens

A variety of anthropogenic chemicals are capable of binding to the estrogen receptor of vertebrate species. Binding of these compounds can interfere with homeostasis by disrupting normal gene expression patterns. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of applying array technology as a monitoring tool for detecting the presence and distribution of estrogenic compounds in coastal habitats using sheepshead minnows as our model. cDNA clones that were isolated from differential display, including vitellogenin alpha and beta, vitelline envelope protein (ZP2), and transferrin, among others, were spotted on the macroarray. The results of these experiments demonstrate a characteristic expression pattern of estrogen responsive genes in sheepshead minnows exposed to 17 beta-estradiol (E2).     

Artificial neural network to translate offshore satellite wave data to coastal locations

Owing to the spatial averaging involved in satellite sensing, use of observations so collected is often restricted to offshore regions. This paper discusses a technique to obtain significant wave heights at a specified coastal site from their values gathered by a satellite at deeper offshore locations. The technique is based on the approach of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) of Radial Basis Function (RBF) and Feed-forward Back-propagation (FFBP) type. The satellite-sensed data of significant wave height; average wave period and the wind speed were given as input to the network in order to obtain significant wave heights at a coastal site situated along the west coast of India. Qualitative as well as quantitative comparison of the network output with target observations showed usefulness of the selected networks in such an application vis-à-vis simpler techniques like statistical regression. The basic FFBP network predicted the higher waves more correctly although such a network was less attractive from the point of overall accuracy. Unlike satellite observations collection of buoy data is costly and hence, it is generally resorted to fewer locations and for a smaller period of time. As shown in this study the network can be trained with samples of buoy data and can be further used for routine wave forecasting at coastal locations based on more permanent flow of satellite observations.     

Molecular approach to determine contributions of the protist community to particle flux

The importance of key taxonomic groups of eukaryotic phytoplankton as contributors to downward particle flux was evaluated near the European time-series station (ESTOC) in the eastern subtropical North Atlantic in March 2005. For the first time, molecular (cloning and sequencing) techniques were used to compare plankton communities from various depths in the euphotic zone with clone libraries from surface-tethered particle traps. Analyses of 18S rDNA clone libraries revealed compositional differences between the phytoplankton assemblages in the photic zone and those retrieved from shallow particle traps below, suggesting that not all phytoplankton contribute equally to particle flux. Contrary to expectations, our study also showed that it is not diatoms, despite their high abundance in the water column, but rather small phytoplankton taxa that dominated sequences recovered from trap material. We provide here first observational evidence that large taxa with mineral tests may not necessarily contribute more to export production than do smaller taxa even if the former are abundant in the water column.