Integration of the nuclease protection assay with sandwich hybridization (NPA-SH) for sensitive detection of Heterocapsa triquetra

Microalgae are photosynthetic microorganisms that function as primary producers in aquatic ecosystems. Some species of microalgae undergo rapid growth and cause harmful blooms in marine ecosystems. Heterocapsa triquetra is one of the most common bloom-forming species in estuarine and coastal waters worldwide. Although this species does not produce toxins, unlike some other Heterocapsa species, the high density of its blooms can cause significant ecological damage. We developed a H. triquetra species-specific nuclease protection assay sandwich hybridization(NPA-SH) probe that targets the large subunit of ribosomal RNA(LSU r RNA). We tested probe specificity and sensitivity with five other dinoflagellates that also cause red tides. Our assay detected H.triquetra at a concentration of 1.5×104 cells/m L, more sensitive than required for a red-tide guidance warning by the Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries in 2015(3.0×104 cells/m L). We also used the NPA-SH assay to monitor H. triquetra in the Tongyeong region of the southern sea area of Korea during 2014. This method could detect H.triquetra cells within 3 h. Our assay is useful for monitoring H. triquetra under field conditions.     

Detection of Prorocentrum donghaiense using sandwich hybridization integrated with nuclease protection assay

Prorocentrum donghaiense is an important harmful algae bloom (HAB) causing creature in China’s seas, and the conventional visual detection can not cope with long-term monitoring and high-throughput sampling projects. An assay for P. donghaiense with sandwich hybridization integrated with nuclease protection assay (NPA-SH) was established. Tests with mixed samples and spiked field ones confirmed its good specificity and sensitivity. The cell number of P. donghaiense correlated well with the optical density, ...     

用双特异探针技术定性定量分析微型原甲藻

针对微型原甲藻核糖体大亚基和小亚基RNA分别设计了大亚基探针(LSU probe)和小亚基探针(SSU probe),发展了对微型原甲藻进行定性和定量分析的双特异探针技术.分析数据表明针对微型原甲藻核糖体大亚基RNA的LSU probe能够特异地将微型原甲藻和其他7种微藻分开,而且检测信号的强弱在一定的范围内与细胞数呈线性关系;由于针对微型原甲藻核糖体小亚基的SSU probe探针由于与具齿原甲藻存在核酸序列一致性,该探针与具齿原甲藻有严重的交叉反应,但未发现与海洋原甲藻和其他藻的交叉反应.另外,研究还优化了破碎微型原甲藻细胞所需的超声时间以及获得探针的特异性所需的S1酶反应温度.本研究为实现对微型原甲藻海水样品的快速准确监测奠定了基础.     

夜光藻高效培养方法建立及其有性繁殖发生机制的初步研究

夜光藻(Noctilucascintillans)是典型的赤潮生物,在世界多个海域形成过大面积赤潮,对海洋生态系统构成一定的威胁。夜光藻赤潮的发生不仅受外界环境因子的影响,其有性繁殖的方式在赤潮发生过程中也起着重要作用。本研究从连云港海域分离获得一株夜光藻,利用自行设计的饵料藻投喂装置,以天然海水为培养基,在温度20～25℃范围内实现了夜光藻的室内长期培养,并观察记录了夜光藻配子发生全过程。研究结果表明,夜光藻不同生长阶段培养体系中配子母细胞与营养细胞密度变化趋势基本一致,显示夜光藻的有性繁殖发生与种群丰度存在一定的相关性,但它们之间的因果关系还有待进一步探讨。本研究结果加深了对夜光藻有性繁殖的认识,有助于阐明其种群增长模式,并深入理解其赤潮暴发机制。     

条斑紫菜杂交重组品系(A-18)的筛选与特性分析

为筛选出藻体生长快且颜色与野生型色泽相近的条斑紫菜新品系,本研究从条斑紫菜绿色突变体和红色突变体种内杂交产生的后代中,分离出了优良品系A-18。日龄60 d时的叶状体平均长度、长宽比和单株湿质量,A-18品系分别为84.95 cm、49.46和0.52 g,分别是条斑紫菜野生型品系（WT）的3.12、7.01和1.36倍。日龄60 d时叶状体的叶绿素a和总藻胆蛋白含量,A-18品系分别为8.37和53.81 mg/g,均与WT品系较接近。日龄60 d时的叶状体平均厚度,A-18品系仅为20.22 μm,比WT品系降低了29%。另外,A-18品系的壳孢子放散总量为916.01万个/贝壳,是WT品系的1.55倍。综上所述,A-18品系具有生长快、长宽比值大、藻体薄、壳孢子放散量大等优良特性,且藻体颜色与野生型色泽相近,有望在生产中运用。     

原位杂交结合半薄切片对石鳖贝壳发育相关细胞的观察研究

多板纲软体动物(石鳖)生有8片重复排列的贝壳,与其他类群如腹足类、双壳类等有显著的区别,这些差异蕴含着重要的发育和演化意义。前期研究发现,红条毛肤石鳖(Acanthochitona rubrolineata)幼虫贝壳发育组织的细胞排列欠规则,在普通显微镜下不易识别单个细胞结构。本研究首先利用整装原位杂交手段鉴定出一些参与贝壳发育的细胞群体,发现表达engrailed的细胞分布于贝壳发育区中央区域的突起部位(脊)和边缘区域,其中脊区域的表达呈条纹状,边缘区域的表达则与贝壳发育区的外周吻合,但是对这些细胞的形态和排列模式等细节无法开展深入观察。接下来对石鳖幼虫进行了半薄切片,发现可以识别出壳板发育区细胞及脊细胞的大致轮廓和分布模式,但分辨率仍然受限。为了进一步提升分辨能力,结合了整装原位杂交实验及半薄切片技术,对表达engrailed基因的贝壳发育相关细胞开展了观察研究。结果显示,对整装原位杂交后的幼虫进行半薄切片,组织细胞结构保持完整,细胞轮廓清晰,能够清楚区分engrailed阳性细胞。观察表明,这些细胞具有较高的核质比,总体呈V形排列,且贝壳发育区中央部位与边缘部位的engraile...     

中国近海大黄鱼和日本带鱼群体数量变动及其资源保护措施探讨

作者根据长期调查研究,分析了大黄鱼(Larimichthys crocea)和日本带鱼(Trichiurus japonicus)群体数量变动的因果关系,并提出了加强我国海洋渔业资源科学监管的建议:(1)正确划分大黄鱼和带鱼地理种群及其产卵群体,为资源繁殖保护提供参考依据;(2)修订若干《渔业法》条款,重新审定《官井洋大黄鱼繁殖保护区管理规定》;(3)充分合理开发利用闽东渔场近海岛屿周边海域,并且采用抗风浪升降式圆柱形深水养殖网箱养殖大黄鱼;建立内湾性官井洋大黄鱼海洋牧场渔业基地,并新建中国著名舟山渔场大黄鱼繁殖保护区;(4)继续加强大黄鱼原种场建设,大力开展大黄鱼良种选育研究,每年提供大批量野生大黄鱼人工培育的原种子一代幼鱼进行增殖放流;(5)巩固和扩大伏季休渔效果,全年禁止违法而严重损害带鱼幼鱼资源的各种张网作业;(6)以法治渔,加快制定符合于我国实情的海洋渔业科学监管的有效措施.     

东海原甲藻抗体的制备及酶联免疫检测方法的建立

通过制备针对东海原甲藻细胞破碎物的多克隆和单克隆抗体,建立了基于双抗体酶联免疫分析定量检测东海原甲藻(Prorocentrum donghaiense)的检测方法。利用该方法对单一藻种、混合藻种和现场样品中的东海原甲藻进行检测的结果与镜检结果相一致,最低检测限度为1×103 cells/m L。该方法的建立对中国近海赤潮暴发的实时监控具有重要意义。     

针胞藻海洋卡盾藻(Chattonella marina)和硅藻中肋骨条藻(Skeletonema costatum)藻际细菌的分离、鉴定及影响研究

对实验室培养的两株海洋微藻海洋卡盾藻和中肋骨条藻的可培养细菌进行了分离鉴定,分别在海洋卡盾藻和硅藻中肋骨条藻不同生长时期分离得到48株和34株可培养细菌,去除重复序列后得到12株不同的菌株。这些菌株分属α-变形杆菌纲、γ-变形杆菌纲、拟杆菌和放线菌。α-变形杆菌纲在两种藻的藻际环境中占据优势,其中红杆菌科是最为常见的科,中肋骨条藻的藻际细菌比海洋卡盾藻更为多样化。海洋卡盾藻生长后期细菌密度大幅度上升,可能导致了藻细胞的衰亡。中肋骨条藻相关细菌中有一株对旋链角毛藻的生长具有明显抑制作用,而大部分海洋卡盾藻相关细菌对角毛藻的生长具有抑制作用。本研究结果说明海洋卡盾藻的藻际细菌也许对其与硅藻的种间竞争中具有一定作用。     

基于现场调查和MODIS卫星遥感下东海原甲藻主导的混合甲藻赤潮生消规律研究

浙江省南部沿海地区是赤潮灾害事件频发的海区之一.本研究通过现场调查以及利用搭载在极地轨道环境遥感卫星Aqua上的中等分辨率成像光谱仪(Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro Radiometer,MODIS)传感器数据,研究了2016年5月浙江南部洞头和南麂列岛附近海域东海原甲藻(Pro...     

糖原含量与糖原磷酸化酶基因(GPH)和己糖激酶基因(HK)的表达在福建牡蛎生殖周期中的相关性分析

Glycogen, a polymer of glucose, is an important means of storing energy. It is degraded by glycogen phosphorylase (GPH) and hexokinase (HK), glycogen phosphorylase, and hexokinase cDNAs (Ca-GPH andCa-H...     

粤西沿海一次赤潮事件的三维观测

From November 24 to 26, 2014, a red tide event occurred in the offshore water off the Hailing Island located at the western Guangdong coast. The red tide appeared as pink strips distributed within 3 km in the offshore water and extended for about 10 km along the shoreline. During the flood tide, the pink seawater rushed to the beach with breaking waves, forming foam strips on the beach. Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Coastal Ocean Variation and Disaster Prediction Technologies, Guangdong Ocean University, emergently responded to the event and organized three-dimensional observations from the air, onboard and on beach. The preliminary analyses of the cruise data and water samples indicate that the event was induced by nontoxic Noctiluca scintillans, of which the concentration reaches as high as 4 200 cells/L near the surface and 2 600 cells/L at the bottom.     

2012年三沙湾米氏凯伦藻赤潮的生态特征及成因分析

为了理清米氏凯伦藻赤潮形成与环境因素的关系,掌握其发生、发展规律,本文分析了2012年春末夏初三沙湾海域米氏凯伦藻赤潮期间的气象、水文和营养盐情况,并结合室内模拟培养实验,探讨了米氏凯伦藻赤潮形成与各环境因素的相关性。结果显示米氏凯伦藻赤潮通常发生在温度为20.5~25.0℃和盐度为24.3~32.3的海域,其细胞生长的最适温度和最适盐度分别为:22.0~25.0℃和26.0~30.0;Pearson相关性分析显示,米氏凯伦藻细胞密度与叶绿素a、无机磷、化学需氧量呈极显著正相关,与透明度、氨氮呈显著负相关;另外,米氏凯伦藻对磷酸盐的需求较低,其赤潮的形成可能主要受水体中氨氮的影响。基于现场调查和模拟实验结果,综合分析认为稳定的水文和气象条件、发生前期降雨输入的无机氮,以及由于持续阴雨导致的较低光照条件是此次米氏凯伦藻赤潮形成和维持的重要条件。     

大黄鱼cGAS-like基因isofrom X1的克隆鉴定及在感染刺激隐核虫后的表达变化

cGAS(cyclic GMP-AMP synthase)基因是近几年来新发现的先天免疫中一个新型的信号分子。作者基于大黄鱼(Larimichthys crocea)基因组信息,用cDNA末端快速扩增(RACE)技术在鳃组织中克隆鉴定了cGAS基因cDNA全长序列:包含1个231 bp的5′端-非翻译区(5′-UTR)、207 bp的3′-UTR和1 488 bp的开放阅读框(ORF),命名为Lc-cGAS-like X1。该基因编码1个由495个氨基酸残基组成的多肽,预测的分子量(Mw)大小为56.57kDa,理论等电点(pI)为9.45;序列分析表明其预测的蛋白无信号肽,第115～431位氨基酸序列为Mab-21功能域,第470～492位氨基酸序列为跨膜结构域。基因组全长3 153 bp,包含8个外显子和7个内含子,所有内含子的剪切特点都符合GT-AG规则。同源比对结果显示:Lc-cGAS-likeX1与鱼类cGAS的相似性大于66%,与高等脊椎动物的相似性较低。系统进化分析表明Lc-cGAS-like X1与鱼类cGAS聚成一支。荧光定量PCR(qPCR)检测显示Lc-cGAS基因(X1/X2两种剪切体)在大黄鱼9种组织中均有表达,其中在鳃中的表达量最高;刺激隐核虫感染后,大黄鱼免疫器官头肾中Lc-cGASmRNA分别在刺激隐核虫幼虫感染阶段和滋养体脱落阶段出现了极显著上调(P0.01);解毒器官肝脏中分别在滋养体脱落阶段和细菌感染阶段出现极显著上调变化(P0.01)。本研究结果暗示大黄鱼cGAS基因参与了大黄鱼感染刺激隐核虫的免疫防御过程,为进一步了解鱼类cGAS基因的多样化功能提供参考。     

Nursery areas of red mullet (Mullus barbatus), hake (Merluccius merluccius) and deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in the Eastern-Central Mediterranean Sea

The spatial pattern of the nursery areas of red mullet (Mullus barbatus), hake (Merluccius merluccius) (Linnaeus, 1758) and deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) (Lucas, 1846) was studied in the South Adriatic and North Ionian Seas (Eastern-Central Mediterranean) applying geostatistical techniques and data from time series trawl surveys conducted in the area. The analysed variables were: R (number of recruits/km²) and R/Tot (fraction of recruits on the total sampled population). The structural analysis showed a spatial pattern of both variables characterized by continuity on a small scale. Predictions of nursery area localization with probability of finding recruits at different threshold values were obtained through median indicator kriging. For the red mullet the nurseries were mainly identified in the South Adriatic Sea off the Gargano peninsula and between Molfetta and Monopoli within 50 m in depth. The main concentration of hake juveniles was found to be between 100 and 200 m in depth along the Gargano peninsula and between Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca, where a nursery of deep-water rose shrimp was also detected. An overlapping depth, between 100 and 200 m, was identified for hake and deep-water rose shrimp nurseries. Protection of these areas through limitations of fishing pressure is discussed.     

虾夷扇贝养殖群体及其子代的遗传多样性分析

虾夷扇贝(Patinopecten (Mizuhopecten) yessoensis)于1982年从日本引进,在中国已经成为一个很重要的产业.本研究利用微卫星标记,对獐子岛海域2个养殖群体虾夷扇贝(大耗岛、褡裢岛),1个日本野生群体遗传多样性进行了评估,并对2个养殖群体的群体内繁育和群体间杂交后代进行了遗传和生长检测.结果表明:养殖群体与日本野生群体相比,其遗传多样性没有显著降低,养殖群体遗传多样性较高,养殖状况暂时良好.TL群体和DH群体遗传距离很近, DH、TL群体和RB群体的遗传距离远大于 TL群体和 DH群体间的遗传距离.说明2个养殖虾夷扇贝群体遗传分化较小.分别对4个子代群体的壳长、壳高在幼苗培育第1、5、10、15、20、100、190天进行测量,结果表明生长性状差异不显著.4个子代群体的遗传多样性差异也不显著,说明养殖群体的遗传背景不清楚,种质资源混交较严重.本研究结果反映了我国虾夷扇贝种质资源评估状况,并为虾夷扇贝的健康养殖提供基础数据.     

贝藻混养生态系统模拟实验研究

2013年4~6月,在室内采用实验生态学的方法进行了海湾扇贝(Argopecten irradias)和孔石莼(Ulva pertusavar)4种配比模式的混养实验。各实验组扇贝密度均为48只/m3,孔石莼密度分别为55、121、255和338g/m3。每周采样测定水体中营养盐(NH4-N、NO3-N、NO2-N、PO4-P)的含量及养殖生物的生长情况。扇贝与孔石莼的混养实验结果表明,在养殖系统中引入孔石莼可以改善养殖环境,扇贝和孔石莼的适宜混合比例为1︰1(贝肉湿质量:藻类湿质量)能取得较好的生态效应。     

中国东海和南海4个真虾(甲壳动物亚门:十足目:真虾下目)新记录种

采集自中国东海和南海的4个真虾物种,经研究发现为中国海域的新记录物种,即凯氏鞭腕虾（Lysmata kempi Chace,1997）,利普克鞭腕虾（Lysmata lipkei Okuno&Fiedler,2010）;透明近绿虾（Chlorocurtis jactans（Nobili,1904））和黑斑活额虾（Rhynchocinetes conspiciocellus Okuno&Takeda,1992）。本文描述了这四个物种的形态特征,编制了检索表,并对其分类地位进行了讨论。     

牙鲆dmrt1 基因的克隆及其与P450arom 基因的组织表达分析

通过基因组步移和3’RACE获得了牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)dmrt1的cDNA全序列,该基因开放阅读框全长909bp,其编码的蛋白具有高度保守的DM结构域,5’UTR区含有性别相关转录因子Sox9和Sox5的结合位点。牙鲆dmrt1基因只在牙鲆的性腺中表达,且在精巢中的表达明显高于卵巢,表明牙鲆的dmrt1可能是一种性别相关基因。同时,对牙鲆的另一性别相关基因P450arom在成体各组织的表达分析结果表明,该基因除在牙鲆的性腺中有表达外,在肾脏、脾脏、鳃和脑等其他组织中也有不同程度的表达。牙鲆P450arom基因在性腺中的表达也存在两性差异,其表达模式与dmrt1的正好相反,在卵巢中的表达量明显高于精巢。     

Development and validation of a TaqManTM fluorescent quantitative real-time PCR assay for the rapid detection of Edwardsiella tarda

Edwardsiella tarda is one of the most important emerging pathogens in the global aquaculture industries. As such, an accurate diagnosis and quantitative analytical methods are urgently needed for this bacterium. In this study, primers and a TaqMan probe specific to the conservative sequences of the 16S rRNA gene of E. tarda were designed. The concentration of primers and TaqMan probe were optimized to 200 nmol/L and 120 nmol/L, respectively. The detection sensitivity of the FQ-PCR assay was determined to be as low as five copies of the target sequence per reaction using the pGEM-16S rDNA recombinant plasmid as a template, which was 100 times more sensitive than conventional PCR. A standard curve by plotting the threshold cycle values （y） against the common logarithmic copies （log₁0 n_c as x; n_c is copy number） of pGEM-16S rDNA was generated. The results of intra-and inter-assay variability tests demonstrate that the established FQ-PCR method was highly reproducible. The assay was specific for E. tarda as it showed that there was no cross-reactivity to eight additional bacterial pathogen strains in aquaculture. Thus, the FQ-PCR assay has the potential for diagnostic purposes and for other applications, especially for the rapid detection and quantification of low-grade E. tarda infections.