Antiviral active peptide from oyster

An active peptide against herpes virus was isolated from the enzymic hydrolysate of oyster （Crassostrea gigas） and purified with the definite direction hydrolysis technique in the order of alcalase and bromelin. The hydrolysate was fractioned into four ranges of molecular weight （〉10 kDa, 10-5 kDa, 5-1 kDa and 〈1 kDa） using ultrafiltration membranes and dialysis. The fraction of 10-5 kDa was purified using consecutive chromatographic methods including DEAE Sephadex A-25 column, Sephadex G-25 column, and high performance liquid chromatogram （HPLC） by activity-guided isolation. The antiviral effect of the obtained peptide on herpetic virus was investigated in Vero cells by observing cytopathic effect （CPE）. The result shows that the peptide has high inhibitory activity on herpetic virus.     

Inheritance mode of microsatellite loci and their use for kinship analysis in the Pacific oyster （Crassostrea gigas）

Five full-sib families of the Pacific oyster （Crassostrea gigas） larvae were used to study the mode of inheritance at eight microsatellite loci, and the feasibility of these markers for kinship estimate was also examined. All eight microsatellite loci were compatible with Mendelian inheritance. Neither evidence of sex-linked barriers to transmission nor evidence of major barriers to fertilization between gametes from the parents was shown. Three of the eight loci showed the presence of null alleles in four families, demonstrating the need to conduct comprehensive species-specific inheritance studies for microsatellite loci used in population genetic studies. Although the null allele heterozygotes were considered as homozygotes in the calculation of genetic distance, offspring from five full-sib families were unambiguously discriminated in the neighbor-joining dendrogram. This result indicates that the microsatellite markers may be capable of discriminating between related and unrelated oyster larvae in the absence of pedigree information, and is applicable to the investigation of the effective number of parents contributing to the hatchery population of the Pacific oyster.     

香港牡蛎二倍体及三倍体幼虫生物学特征比较

为了评估香港牡蛎二倍体及三倍体幼虫生物学特征,于2013~2015年,在湛江和北海两地比较了二倍体及三倍体幼虫生长、存活及变态差异,计算了三倍体优势率,评估了倍性与环境效应互作对其表型性状的影响。结果表明:三倍体D形幼虫显著大于二倍体幼虫,之后,伴随着个体增长,生长优势逐渐增大,15日龄时的三倍体优势率为8.9%~9.1%。三倍体幼虫存活力与二倍体相当,未出现大量致死现象。三倍体变态规格显著大于二倍体,其优势率为5.1%~5.3%;三倍体变态时间显著低于二倍体,但其变态率与二倍体相当,不存在显著差异(p>0.05)。经过双因子分析模型的方差分析检测,发现倍性和环境效应都会对香港牡蛎幼虫生长产生显著影响(p<0.001),环境是影响幼虫存活率及变态的主要因子(p<0.05)。     

福建牡蛎17β-HSD基因的克隆及生殖周期表达

17β-羟基类固醇脱氢酶(17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase,17β-HSD)能够还原17-酮类固醇或者氧化17β-羟基类固醇,可以催化雄烯二醇和睾酮、雌酮和雌二醇、雄烯二酮和二氢睾酮之间的相互转化。本实验基于分子克隆的方法获得了福建牡蛎(Crassostrea angulata)类固醇激素合成相关酶基因17β-HSD的全长序列(全长1149bp),可编码307个氨基酸。通过实时定量PCR(qRT-PCR)技术研究了该基因在福建牡蛎中的时空表达特征,该基因在牡蛎大多数组织中(性腺、闭壳肌、外套膜、鳃和内脏团)均有表达,其中在性腺中表达量最高(p<0.05),且在生殖周期的排放期出现较高的表达量。原位杂交结果显示该基因在卵巢滤泡细胞中表达。讨论了其在牡蛎性类固醇激素合成过程中的作用,为阐明牡蛎具有内源性类固醇激素的合成能力奠定基础,为进一步研究牡蛎生殖内分泌机理提供参考。     

长牡蛎和紫贻贝对浒苔微观繁殖体生物控制的可行性研究

近年来我国绿潮灾害频发,滤食性贝类对浒苔的生物防控是潜在的防控策略之一。本研究基于实验室内可控实验,探究了长牡蛎(Crassostreagigas)和紫贻贝(Mytilusedulis)对浒苔微观繁殖体的滤食作用,并在江苏如东紫菜养殖区进行了长牡蛎和紫贻贝离底式平挂养殖试验。室内滤除实验结果表明,牡蛎和贻贝均可有效截留浒苔微观繁殖体,平均截留速率分别为6892和1589ind/(ind·h),部分被截留的颗粒失去萌发活性,有效滤除速率为3980和574ind/(ind·h)。现场养殖实验结果表明,长牡蛎和紫贻贝可在紫菜养殖区生长存活,每天约能滤除水体中63.7万个浒苔微观繁殖体。研究证实了两种贝类对微观繁殖体的有效滤除能力及江苏浅滩进行牡蛎和贻贝养殖的可行性。养殖方式的进一步的优化改进,以及研究江苏浅滩其他滩涂贝类对浒苔的防控潜力,还需进一步深入开展。     

盐度胁迫对香港牡蛎部分生化指标的影响

为探究盐度胁迫下香港牡蛎(Crassostrea hongkongensis)生化指标的变化规律,了解盐度适应过程中牡蛎的代谢机制,本研究以盐度0、8、16、32、40为胁迫盐度,以正常海水(盐度24)为对照,开展香港牡蛎对盐度胁迫的响应研究。结果显示,各实验盐度组糖原含量在盐度胁迫0～8 h内下降,且盐度胁迫幅度越大糖原含量降幅越大,胁迫8 h后则无明显的变化规律。腺苷酸激活的蛋白激酶(AMPK)、组蛋白/蛋白去乙酰化酶(SIRT1)和Na~+/K~+-ATP酶活力的变化规律相似:在0～8 h内,各实验组酶活力均急剧下降(SIRT1上升);8～48 h内,酶活力上升;48～120 h内,酶活力逐渐趋于平稳状态,总体表现为盐度越高,酶活力越强,并与胁迫前有明显差异,且盐度胁迫幅度越高,差异越明显。总抗氧化能力(T-AOC)总体表现出高盐胁迫下随时间的增加而升高,低盐胁迫下随时间的增加而降低,且盐度胁迫幅度越大,T-AOC活力的变化幅度越大。实验结果初步表明,香港牡蛎糖原含量与渗透压调节存在一定的关系,AMPK、SIRT1、Na~+/K~+-ATP酶活力及T-AOC均与渗透压调节密切相关,且在高盐胁迫下随时间的增加而升高,低盐胁迫下随时间的增加而降低。     

双酚A暴露对不同黑色素含量长牡蛎的影响研究

长牡蛎的壳色有很多种,其中壳色较深个体(黑壳)比较浅个体(白壳)的外套膜中含有更多的黑色素。本研究采用高效液相色谱-质谱法(HPLC-MS/MS)测定天然海水中白壳与黑壳长牡蛎外套膜双酚A (BPA)含量,发现黑壳长牡蛎外套膜中的BPA含量较白壳长牡蛎低(P0.05)。由于黑色素合成过程中的关键——酶酪氨酸酶是一种酚氧化酶,可以通过对氧化酚类或芳胺类等多种底物的氧化起催化作用,推测其在BPA等酚类毒物的降解中也发挥重要作用。为了进一步研究不同黑色素含量牡蛎对BPA降解能力和对BPA损伤抵抗能力的差异,本实验进行了浓度为1 mg/L,1.5 mg/L和2 mg/L的BPA亚慢性暴露实验:通过对暴露后长牡蛎外套膜组织中BPA含量分析发现,白壳与黑壳长牡蛎外套膜中BPA含量均随着暴露浓度的升高而升高,且3种浓度BPA亚慢性暴露后,黑壳长牡蛎外套膜BPA含量均低于白壳长牡蛎,但是差异不显著(P0.05)。采用3种浓度BPA亚慢性暴露后,黑壳长牡蛎外套膜组织中活性氧(ROS)荧光值均显著低于白壳长牡蛎(P0.01)。通过对外套膜组织学观察发现,2 mg/L的高浓度BPA暴露使白壳长牡蛎外套膜组织发生了明显的病理变化,黑壳长牡蛎外套膜未发生明显的病理变化。可见,黑壳长牡蛎对BPA暴露可能具有更强的抵抗能力。     

长牡蛎(Crassostrea gigas)17个EST-SNP标记的开发

利用长牡蛎已有的EST序列数据库,筛选得到候选SNP位点共计1140个。根据候选SNP位点共设计引物82组,通过片段长度差异等位基因特异性PCR(fragment length discrepant allele specific PCR,FLDAS-PCR)的分型方法,在一野生群体中进行检测和验证,结果共有17个SNP候选位点显示多态性。研究结果表明,通过基于EST数据库的SNP开发,可以有效弥补某些海洋生物因基因组学滞后影响SNP标记开发的现状。     

长牡蛎贝壳损伤后的再固着能力初探

牡蛎是重要的养殖贝类,营固着生活,能聚集形成牡蛎礁,在海洋生态系统中发挥着重要作用。本研究以成体长牡蛎为研究对象,将牡蛎从附着基上剥离下来,去掉其左壳腹缘端的表面鳞片并打磨平整,露出棱柱层,将其紧密粘合于水泥砖、橡胶片、磨砂玻璃三种固着基表面,背缘端用水泥固定,观察并记录牡蛎贝壳的修复及再固着情况。结果发现：左壳损伤后,在贝壳边缘会生长出新的透明壳膜,此时壳膜虽然会紧靠固着基表面生长,但却不能再次固着;将牡蛎从固着基上剥离下来,在三种固着基表面均未发现有“附着斑”形成。因此,为了进一步研究左壳损伤后贝壳修复的分子机制以及不能再次固着的原因,对长牡蛎左壳损伤后的外套膜转录组进行了分析,发现在损伤后的第1 d、第5 d、第9 d、第13 d、第17 d和第21 d,左侧外套膜中差异上调表达的基因显著富集在TGF-β等信号通路,而下调表达的基因显著富集在对温度以及对非生物刺激反应相关通路。通过基因表达数据,还发现壳损伤后Cgfmp、CgTyr、EGF-P1等与黏附相关的基因呈下调表达,这可能是导致成体长牡蛎无法再次固着的原因。长牡蛎贝壳损伤后再固着能力的研究,为贝类生物矿化、附着等机制的研究...     

The effect of PCBs on glycogen reserves in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica

Recent declines in Chesapeake Bay oyster populations have been attributed to disease, and reduced water quality from pollution. The stress associated with pollutant exposure may reduce energy available for growth and reproduction. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are lipophilic contaminants that may potentially affect mobilization of lipid reserves, increasing reliance on glycogen stores, which could otherwise be utilized to supply energy for gametogenesis. Thus, PCBs may indirectly affect glycogen stores in oysters in a deleterious manner. To test for this effect, reproductively inactive oysters were exposed to PCBs by feeding individuals 0.7 g of algal paste containing 0, 0.35, or 3.5 μg PCBs daily for 8 weeks. Additionally, a group of oysters was exposed to PCBs (0, 0.35, and 3.5 μg) plus 0.3 g of non-toxic artificial sediment to examine interactive effects of sediment particles and PCBs. Adductor muscle, mantle, and gonadal tissues were analyzed for glycogen content. Results suggest that glycogen content is reduced in the adductor muscle with increasing PCB exposure, but there are no effects of PCBs in the mantle and gonadal tissues.