鲫鱼(Carassius auratus)slc7A8基因分子特征及表达分析

采用RT-PCR和RACE技术克隆鲫鱼slc7A8基因的全长cDNA序列,对基因序列用生物软件对基因进行生物信息分析,用Real-time PCR方法检测基因在组织中的mRNA表达丰度。结果表明,鲫鱼slc7A8cDNA全长为2709bp,包含195bp的5′UCR序列,921bp的3′UCR序列,1593bp开放阅读框,编码530个氨基酸序列;鲫鱼与斑马鱼基因同源性和编码氨基酸同源性分别为88.9%和95.5%,而与其他动物分别在70.1%-74.8%和80.6%-82.1%之间;预测编码蛋白的分子量为57719.84,等电点为4.8,对其结构预测显示该蛋白具有与哺乳动物十分相似的12个螺旋跨膜结构,跨膜区氨基酸高度保守,不同动物间的同源性都在92.2%以上;Real-time PCR检测鲫鱼组织中的mRNA表达丰度高低顺序为前肠、中肠、脑、后肠、肌肉、肾、鳃、心、肝脏。     

鳜鱼(Siniperca chuatsi)脂肪酸去饱和酶和延长酶基因全长cDNA序列的克隆与分析

利用RT-PCR和RACE方法克隆得到鳜鱼肝脏中控制高不饱和脂肪酸合成的脂肪酸去饱和酶(fatty acid desaturase,FAD)和脂肪酸延长酶(fatty acid elongase,ELO)基因的全长cDNA序列。FAD基因的全长cDNA序列1882bp,编码445个氨基酸,该蛋白序列含有FAD全部的特征结构区,包括3个组氨酸簇、2个跨膜区和1个细胞色素b5结构域,与其它鱼类FAD氨基酸序列的同源性为66.5%-90.1%,系统树分析显示其与欧洲鲈鱼和金头鲷等海水鱼类的亲缘关系最近。获得的ELO基因全长cDNA序列1401bp,编码294个氨基酸,该蛋白序列含有单一的氧化还原中心组氨酸簇、内质网停留信号和多个跨膜区等ELO特征结构,与其它几种鱼类ELO氨基酸序列的同源性为71.8%-86.7%,系统进化分析显示其与南方蓝鳍金枪鱼和金头鲷的亲缘关系较近。鳜鱼FAD和ELO基因全长cDNA序列的获得可为进一步研究其HUFA合成能力及调控机理奠定基础。     

泥蚶(Tegillarca granosa) cDNA 文库的构建及铁结合蛋白基因(Ferritin)序列分析

取正常泥蚶肌肉组织获得总RNA,纯化mRNA后,利用含SfiⅠ酶切位点的CDSⅢ引物逆转录合成cDNA第一链,通过LD—PCR合成cDNA双链,经胶回收除去短片段,与pDNR—LIB载体进行连接,电转化到大肠杆菌DH10B中,构建形成原始文库,进行滴度测试和重组率鉴定。结果表明原始文库的滴度为3．17×10^5cfu／ml,重组率为86．3％,插入片段多在500--2500bp间。随机挑选458个克隆测序,经分析获得94种已知基因及87种未知基因。其中包括铁结合蛋白（Ferritin）的全长cDNA序列。该基因序列全长895bp,5’-端非编码区为163bp,3’-非编码区为213bp,开放阅读框为519bp,编码172个氨基酸。推测其蛋白分子量和等电点分别为20kDa和4．89。氨基酸序列与皱纹盘鲍、太平洋牡蛎、血红扇头蜱、文昌鱼、中华蟾蜍、非洲爪蟾、小家鼠以及人等的同源性有62％-82％。比对结果表明,铁结合蛋白基因在动物进化中高度保守。     

宽体沙鳅(Botia reevesae)β-肌动蛋白基因的cDNA克隆与表达分析

利用RT-PCR和快速扩增cDNA末端(rapid amplification of cDNA ends,RACE)技术首次克隆了宽体沙鳅(Botia reevesae)-肌动蛋白基因的cDNA全序列,该序列全长为1795bp,由长100bp的5非翻译区(untranslated region,UTR)、570bp的3非翻译区和1125bp的开放阅读框(open reading frame,ORF)组成,编码375个氨基酸。宽体沙鳅-actin氨基酸序列包含1个糖基化位点、9个N-豆寇酰化位点、3个actin信号位点等主要结构区域。PSI-BLAST比对表明,宽体沙鳅-actin氨基酸与真鲷、罗非鱼、虹鳟等鱼类同源性达99%。NJ法系统进化分析显示宽体沙鳅-actin首先与鲢聚在一起,然后与、尖头等鱼类聚在一起。荧光定量PCR检测-actin基因在宽体沙鳅脑、鳃、心脏、肝、胃等12个组织的表达无显著差异(P<0.05),具有良好的稳定性。     

大型多管水母的绿色荧光蛋白

采用PCR扩增和southern杂交筛选相结合的方法,从厦门水域的大型多管水母中分离到了新的绿色荧光蛋白基因gfpxm,并在大肠杆菌中进行了表达.gfpxmDNA序列编码区长为1042bp,包含3个外显子和两个内含子,cDNA编码区全长为717bp.gfpxmcDNA与已知野生型Aeqgfp 10cDNA长度一致,核苷酸同源性为81.9%,推导的氨基酸序列全长为238个氨基酸,与AeqGFP10的氨基酸同源性为83.6%.将gfpxm克隆至pTO-T7表达载体,GFPxm在大肠杆菌BL21中的表达量达菌体总蛋白的50%左右.荧光性质和强度分析结果表明,GFPxm蛋白的激发峰为476nm,发射峰为496nm,荧光量子产率为1. GFPxm蛋白的荧光很稳定,对热、碱性、变性剂和盐等有较强抗性.     

海湾扇贝(Argopecten irradians)金属硫蛋白基因的克隆与分析

金属硫蛋白是一种普遍存在于生物体内的低分子量、半胱氨酸含量丰富、易于被外界刺激诱导的金属结合蛋白。采用表达序列标签法,结合cDNA末端快速扩增技术,首次获得了海湾扇贝金属硫蛋白(AiMT)的全长cDNA序列。该序列全长787bp,5′UTR(UntranslatedRegion)为79bp,3′UTR为270bp,开放阅读框(OpenReadingFrame,ORF)长度为438bp,可编码145个氨基酸。在其编码的氨基酸序列中半胱氨酸含量丰富,甘氨酸含量也较高,芳香族氨基酸含量低,不含组氨酸,存在有无脊椎动物和软体动物金属硫蛋白的特征序列CKCXXX-CXCX,C-末端的氨基酸序列也符合软体动物金属硫蛋白标签序列C-x-C-x(3)-C-T-G-x(3)-C-x-C-x(3)-C-x-C-K。序列特征分析表明,该序列具备金属硫蛋白的典型特征,是金属硫蛋白家族的成员。     

半滑舌鳎的一种细胞凋亡抑制因子的克隆、鉴定与分析

克隆半滑舌鳎(Cynoglossus semilaevis)的1种细胞凋亡抑制因子survivin基因,并对其序列及表达模式进行分析.结果表明,该基因cDNA 序列全长704 bp(GenBank登录号为EU499314),包括86 bp5'非翻译区,444 bp开放阅读框以及含 poly(A)信号的174 bp的3'非翻译区,编码147个氨基酸.氨基酸序列同源性分析表明,半滑舌鳎survivin氨基酸序列与斑马鱼、非洲爪蟾、鸡、小鼠和人survivin氨基酸序列的同源性分别达到了63.3%,49.0%,43.7%,43.6%和41.5%.RT-PCR分析表明,survivin基因在半滑舌鳎成体雌鱼卵巢中大量表达,在雌鱼的肾脏中微量表达,在其它雌鱼的组织中无表达,在雄性的任何组织中均无表达.该基因在受精卵、多细胞和囊胚3个胚胎发育的早期阶段,大量表达,而随着胚胎发育的进程,survivin基因的表达逐渐减少,在孵化前尾芽期胚胎中只有微量表达,在孵化后5 d的仔鱼中,几乎检测不到survivin基因的表达.表明该基因可能参与卵子形成和胚胎的早期发育.     

斜带石斑鱼胰蛋白酶原和淀粉酶全长cDNA的克隆与序列分析

采用RT-PCR及RACE法从斜带石斑鱼Epinephelus coioides肝胰脏克隆得到胰蛋白酶原(trypsinogen,TRY)与淀粉酶(amylase,AMY)基因cDNA全序列.斜带石斑鱼肝胰脏TRY基因cDNA全长911 bp,其中5非翻译区(5'-UTR)为55bp,3'-UTR为127bp,开放阅读框(ORF)为729bp,编码242个氨基酸,包含所有丝氨酸蛋白酶中共有的高度保守的催化活性中心.序列一致性分析发现,斜带石斑鱼与牙鲆Paralichthys olivaceus、金头鲷Sparus aurata、鳎Solea senegalensis、石鲽Pleuronectes bicoloratus的TRY序列相似性高达86.8%-89.70%,与人Homo sapiens小鼠Mus musculus、斑马鱼Danio rerio的TRY相似性较低为59.9%-64.5%.斜带石斑鱼AMY基因cDNA全长1657bp,其中5'-UTR为41bp,3'-UTR为77 bp,ORF为1539bp,编码512个氨基酸,包含与哺乳动物α-AMY二级结构相似的8个α旋和8个β折叠.序列一致性分析发现,斜带石斑鱼与澳洲肺鱼Neoceratodus forsteri、美洲拟鲽Limanda americanus、大西洋鲑Salmo salar、斑马鱼AMY基因序列相似性高达82.4%-91.8%,与人、小鼠、鸡G.Gallus的AMY基因相似性较低为70.1%-72.3%.斜带石斑鱼TRY和AMY基因cDNA全序列的成功克隆为进一步研究其表达调控机理及研发有效提高其表达水平的饲料添加剂奠定基础.     

Microbial Biomass and Organic Nutrients in the Deep-Sea Sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin

In order to assess the impact of deep-sea mining on the in situ benthic life, we measured the microbial standing stock and concentration of organic nutrients in the deep-sea sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin in the Indian pioneer area. Sediments were collected using box core and grab samples during September 1996. The total bacterial numbers ranged from 10 10 -10 11 cells per g -1 dry weight sediment. There was a marginal decrease in the number of bacteria from surface to 30 cm depth, though the subsurface section registered a higher number than did the surface. The highest numbers were encountered at depths of 4-8 cm. The retrievable number of bacteria were two orders less in comparison with the direct total counts of bacteria. An almost homogeneous distribution of bacteria, total organic carbon, living biomass, and lipids throughout the depth of cores indicates active microbial and benthic processes in the deep sea sediments. On the other hand, a uniform distribution of total counts of bacteria, carbohydrates, and total organic carbon in all the cores indicates their stable nature and suggests that they can serve as useful parameters for long-term monitoring of the area after the benthic disturbance. Further studies on temporal variability in this region would not only verify the observed norms of distribution of these variables but would also help to understand restabilization processes after the simulated benthic disturbance.     

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中桩周土强度弱化研究

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中,桩周土体受到强烈扰动而发生强度弱化,掌握桩周土体强度弱化规律对于准确预测打桩过程、保证工程安全具有重要意义。为研究土体强度弱化规律,开展了环剪试验模拟打桩对桩周土体的扰动,测试土体强度随剪切速率的变化规律,建立了描述土体强度弱化规律的拟合公式,引入到打桩分析软件中。研究结果表明：土体的强度折减程度不仅与土体本身的性质有关还受到土体的埋深和剪切速率的影响,埋深越深土体强度折减程度越低,剪切速率越高土体强度折减越高,在打桩分析中可采用这里推荐的线性折减方法来模拟不同深度处土体强度的折减规律。     

Geoacoustic Inversion via Genetic Algorithm and Its Application to Manganese Sediment Identification

An acoustic inversion method using a wide-band signal and two near field receivers is proposed and applied to multiple layered seabed models including a manganese sediment. The inversion problem can be formulated into a probabilistic model comprised of signals, a forward model, and additive noise. The forward model simulates wide-band signals, such as chirp signals, and is chosen to be the source-waveletconvolution plane wave modeling method. The wavelet matching technique, using weighted least-squares fitting, estimates the sediment sound-speed and thickness on which determination of the possible numerical ranges for a priori uniform distribution is based. The genetic algorithm is applied to a global optimization problem to find a maximum a posteriori solution for determined a priori search space. Here the object function is defined by an L 2 norm of the difference between measured and modeled signals. Not only the marginal pdf but also its statistics are calculated by numerical evaluation of integrals using the samples selected during importance sampling process of the genetic algorithm.     

A Review of Some Environmental Issues Affecting Marine Mining

This article reviews information recently available from existing marine and coastal mining for responses to environmental issues affecting marine mining at different depths. It is particularly but not exclusively concerned with those issues affecting seabed biodiversity impact and recovery. Much information has been gathered in the past 10 years from shallow mining operations for construction aggregate, diamonds, and gold, from coastal mines discharging tailings to shallow and deep water, and from experimental deep mining tests. The responses to issues identified are summarized in a series of eight tables intended to facilitate site-specific consideration. Since impacts can spread widely in the surface mixing layer SML, and can affect the biologically productive euphotic zone, the main issues considered arise from the depth of mining relative to the SML of the sea. Where mining is below the SML, the issue is whether it is environmentally better to bring the extraction products to the surface vessel for processing (and waste discharge), or to process the extraction products as much as possible on the seabed. Responses to the issues need to be sitespecific, and dependent on adequate preoperational environmental impact and recovery prediction. For deep tailings disposal from a surface vessel, there are four important environmental unknowns: (1) the possible growth of "marine snow" (bacterial flocs) utilizing the enormous quantities of fine tailings particles (hundreds or thousands of metric tons per day) as nuclei for growth, (2) the possibility that local keystone plankton and nekton species may migrate diurnally down to and beyond the depth of deep discharge and hence be subjected to tailings impact at depth, (3) the burrow-up capability of deep benthos and their ability to survive high rates of tailings deposition, and (4) the pattern and rate of dispersion of a tailings density current through the deep water column from discharge point to seabed. Actions to obtain relevant information in general and site-specifically are suggested.     

Increased Particle Fluxes at the INDEX Site Attributable to Simulated Benthic Disturbance

Particle fluxes were measured 7 m above the sea bottom during the predisturbance, disturbance, and postdisturbance periods by using time series sediment traps attached to seven deep-sea moorings deployed in the INDEX experiment site in the Central Indian Basin. The predisturbance particle fluxes varied between 22.3 to 55.1 mg m -2 day -1 . Increased and variable particle fluxes were recorded by the sediment traps during the disturbance period. The increase observed was 0.5 to 4 times more than the background predisturbance fluxes. The increases in particle fluxes (~4 times) recorded by the sediment trap located in the southwestern direction (DMS-1) were the greatest, which could be the result of preferential movement of resuspended particles generated during the deep-sea benthic disturbance along the general current direction prevailing in this area during the experimental period. Also, the traps located closer to the disturbance area recorded greater fluxes than did the traps far away, across the Deep Sea Sediment Resuspension System path. This variability in recorded particle fluxes by the traps around the disturbance area clearly indicates that physical characteristics such as grain size and density of the resuspended particles produced during the disturbance had an important effect on particle movement. The postdisturbance measurements during ~5 days showed a reduction in particle fluxes of ~50%, indicating rapid particle settlement.     

Determination of In Situ Sediment Shear Strength from Advanced Piston Corer Pullout Forces

The advanced piston corer (APC) has been used by the Ocean Drilling Program since 1985 for recovering soft sediments from the ocean floor. The pullout force measured on extracting the core barrel from the sediment is shown to correlate with the average shear strength of the sediment core measured in the ship's laboratory. A simple rule of thumb is derived relating the shear strength of the sediment to the pullout force. Multiple APC holes at individual sites allow the consistency of the pullout measurements to be assessed. The effects of different operational procedures during APC coring are also explored. Although generally applicable, the correlation between pullout force and laboratory measurements of shear strength breaks down for some APC holes, possibly because of the disturbance of some sediment types during the APC coring process. A better understanding of the physical process of APC coring, and its effect on the properties of the sediment both inside and immediately outside the core barrel, would indicate what confidence can be put on the measurement of pullout force as a way of evaluating the in situ shear strength of deep sea sediments.     

Phylogenetic diversity and phenotypic characterization of cultivable bacterioplankton isolated from polar oceans

A set of 27 marine planktonic bacteria isolated from the polar regions was characterized by 16S rDNA sequencing and physiological and biochemical testing. More than half of these bacteria were positive for caseinase, gelatinase and 13-glucosidase, and could utilize glucose, maltose or malic acid as carbon source for cell growth. Twelve isolates expressed nitrate reduction activities. Except for one antarctic isolate BSwlO175 belonging to Actinobacteria phylum, these isolates were classified as γ-Proteobacteria, suggesting that γ-Proteobacteria dominated in cultivable marine bacterioplankton at both poles. Genus Pseudoalteromonas was the predominant group in the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea, and genus ShewaneUa dominated in cultivable bacterioplankton in the Prydz Bay. With sequence similarities above 97%, genus Psychrobacter was found at both poles. These 27 isolates were psychrotolerant, and significant 16S rDNA sequence similarities were found not only between arctic and antarctic marine bacteria （ 〉 99% ）, but also between polar marine bacteria and bacteria from other aquatic environments （ ≥ 98.8% ）, including temperate ocean, deep sea, pond and lake, suggesting that in the polar oceans less temperature-sensitive bacteria may be cosmopolitan and have a bipolar, even global, distribution at the species level.     

Deep-Sea Sediment Compression Curves: Some Controlling Factors, Spurious Overconsolidation, Predictions, and Geophysical Reproduction

Oedometer tests have been carried out on 70 undisturbed surficial clays (at approximately 250 mm below the mudline), mostly collected by free-fall corers from sites widely scattered throughout the deep-sea North Atlantic. Acoustic measurements were also made, initially on contiguous samples and ultimately on the same sample using a geophysically instrumented oedometer which also collected electrical resistivity data. Apart from those quiescent areas below the carbonate compensation depth, such as north of the West Indies where very fine clays exist, most of the samples are silty clays whose geotechnical-geophysical properties are dependent on the type of clay minerals present (and their ability to take in moisture), the sand-size fraction, and the quantity of carbonate present. Thus the pure clays have high compressibilities which decrease on the addition of coarse particles, while the converse is true for the acoustic parameters, these increasing with the sand fraction. Using the notion of the intrinsic compression line for all samples, and comparison to it of the measured compression curves, it is clear that, contrary to some previously held ideas, most deep-sea clays are normally consolidated; the addition of carbonate has the effect of creating an open, stronger sediment skeleton. Interestingly, where information is available, the variation with depth of a sample's acoustic velocity follows the void ratio pressure relationship of the compression curve. This allows the construction of an in-situ sediment compression curve using the in-situ geophysical observations.