脂多糖、苯酚、硫酸铜对红笛鲷非特异性细胞毒性细胞受体基因表达的影响

应用Real-time PCR技术,研究脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide,LPS)、苯酚、硫酸铜刺激红笛鲷(Lutjanussanguineus)后非特异性细胞毒性细胞受体(NCCRP-1)基因在不同组织里的表达差异。结果发现,LPS刺激红笛鲷24 h后NCCRP-1在红笛鲷头肾、脾脏、胸腺、肝脏、心脏、脑、肌肉和肠组织中均有表达,其中头肾表达量最高,脾脏次之,然后依次是肝脏、脑、肌肉、胸腺和肠,心脏表达量最少。LPS、苯酚和CuSO4刺激红笛鲷后,随着刺激时间的增长,NCCRP-1表达量在各组织达到峰值的时间不同。以头肾为模式组织,RT-PCR的结果显示,红笛鲷NCCRP-1在LPS、苯酚和CuSO4的刺激下的表达模式相似,随着时间的增加NCCRP-1表达量逐渐增加,分别在24、9、12 h处达到最高,达到对照组的52、30、24倍左右,之后表达量开始下降。免疫组织化学表明,NCCRP-1只在头肾、脾脏和胸腺的特定细胞中表达。     

Construction and characterization of a fosmid library for pathogenic bacterium <Emphasis Type="Italic">Vibrio anguillarum</Emphasis>

Vibrio anguillarum is a common bacterial pathogen in fish.However,little is known about its pathogenic mechanism,in part,because the entire genome has not been completely sequenced.We constructed a fosmid library for V.anguillarum containing 960 clones with an average insert size of 37.7 kb and 8.6-fold genome coverage.We characterized the library by end-sequencing 50 randomly selected clones.This generated 93 sequences with a total length of 57 485 bp covering 1.4% of the whole genome.Of these sequences,58...     

盐度变化对携带白斑综合症病毒(WSSV)的凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)的影响

研究盐度渐变和突变对WSSV在凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)体内增殖的影响。结果表明,盐度由起始盐度(23±1)往高盐度(32±1)和低盐度(14±1)突变在整个实验中对凡纳滨对虾的累积死亡率和对虾体内病毒增殖的影响显著(P0.05),先感染WSSV实验,高盐度、起始盐度、低盐度累积死亡率分别为(61.1±10.7)%、(48.9±1.9)%、(63.3±12.0)%,病毒含量分别为6.0×107、3.7×106、5.3×107 copy/g;后感染WSSV实验,分别为(75.6±3.8)%、(52.2±13.4)%、(63.3±3.3)%;病毒含量分别为5.7×107、2.3×106、2.8×107 copy/g。盐度渐变实验各组至24h对虾死亡率低于18.9%,48h出现死亡高峰,72—96h存在显著差异(P0.05),先感染WSSV实验,高盐度、起始盐度、低盐度最大死亡率分别为(75.6±5.1)%、(38.9±5.1)%、(69.3±6.9)%,病毒含量分别为7.6×107、5.3×106、2.4×106copy/g;后感染WSSV实验分别为(46.7±10)%、(45.6±18.9)%、(74.4±13.9)%;病毒含量分别为5.1×106、4.8×105、1.0×107 copy/g。因此盐度变化会影响对虾的抗病能力,可造成对虾体内WSSV快速增殖;对携带WSSV对虾,盐度变化会大大提高WSSV从潜伏感染转为急性感染的可能,盐度是引起WSSV从潜伏感染转为急性感染的关键影响因子之一。     

广西茅尾海牡蛎天然种苗种类鉴定和群体组成的初步分析

了解广西茅尾海牡蛎种质资源现状,有助于提高牡蛎采苗效果。通过在茅尾海采集常见5种牡蛎成体,并在牡蛎不同繁殖高峰期分别采集牡蛎D型幼虫DⅠ、DⅡ,在不同附着期分别采集牡蛎幼苗MⅠ、MⅡ、MⅢ,采用多重PCR技术对牡蛎成体、稚贝及幼虫进行种类鉴定。香港巨牡蛎(Crassostrea hongkongensis)在茅尾海牡蛎稚贝和幼虫高峰期均属于优势种;稚贝中香港巨牡蛎、有明巨牡蛎(Crassostrea ariakensis)和熊本牡蛎(Crassostrea sikamea)3个种类的平均比例分别为88.3%、6.7%和5.0%,香港巨牡蛎与熊本牡蛎、有名巨牡蛎相比差异显著(P0.05),熊本牡蛎与有明巨牡蛎差异不显著(P0.05)。香港巨牡蛎是茅尾海牡蛎优势种,7月12日之前投放采苗器可采集到数量多、种类单一的香港巨牡蛎。7月12日之后投放采苗器,附着的稚贝中有明巨牡蛎和熊本牡蛎比例增加,影响采苗效果及养殖生产。     

应用新一代测序技术测定大室别藻苔虫线粒体基因组全序列

线粒体基因组的获得传统上通常是采取长PCR结合鸟枪法或步移法测序。近年来新一代测序技术蓬勃发展,以454,Solexa和SOLiD测序平台为代表。应用新一代高通量测序技术(Solexa)并结合巢式PCR扩增,完成了大室别藻苔虫(Membranipora grandicella)的线粒体基因组全序列。大室别藻苔虫线粒体基因组是目前国际上获得的第一条苔藓动物软壁亚目线粒体基因组全序列,基因组全长为15861 bp,比已完成的4种苔藓动物线粒体基因组略大。大室别藻苔虫线粒体基因组包含13个蛋白质编码基因、2个核糖体RNA基因和20个转运RNA基因。通过与已测得的苔藓动物进行比较,发现目前已完成的5个苔藓动物线粒体基因组的基因排列顺序显著不同。苔藓动物线粒体基因组基因排列的比较,今后可能会成为探讨该类群系统演化关系的重要信息来源。     

Retrieval of Atmospheric Horizontal Visibility by Statistical Regression from NOAA/AVHRR Satellite Data

Based on the atmospheric horizontal visibility data from forty-seven observational stations along the eastern coast of China near the Taiwan Strait and simultaneous NOAA/AVHRR multichannel satellite data during January 2001 to December 2002, the spectral characters associated with visibility were investigated. Successful retrieval of visibility from multichannel NOAA/AVHRR data was performed using the principal component regression （PCR） method. A sample of retrieved visibility distribution was discussed with a sea fog process. The correlation coefficient between the observed and retrieved visibility was about 0.82, which is far higher than the 99.9% confidence level by statistical test. The rate of successful retrieval is 94.98% of the 458 cases during 2001 2002. The error distribution showed that high visibilities were usually under-estimated and low visibilities were over-estimated and the relative error between the observed and retrieved visibilities was about 21.4%.     

Induction of zona radiata and vitellogenin genes in estradiol and nonylphenol exposed male sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus)

Several genes normally induced by estradiol (E₂) in female fish, those for vitellogenins (VTGs) and zona radiata proteins (ZRPs), are also inducible in males exposed to estrogenic chemicals. Male sheepshead minnows (SHM) were exposed to both E₂ and para-nonylphenol (NP), at several doses and times to determine a dose-response. Quantitative real time PCR was used to measure mRNA for VTG1, VTG2, ZRP2 and ZRP3. Both E₂ and NP elicited a dose-response increase in all of the mRNAs tested. Exposure to both chemicals resulted in VTG2 expression at about a 10-fold lower level than VTG1, and ZRP2 expression at a lower level than ZRP3.