青蛤(Cyclina sinensis)IKK基因的克隆及其在鳗弧菌(Vibrio anguillarum)刺激下的表达分析

利用构建的青蛤(Cyclina sinensis)转录组文库,筛选到青蛤IKK基因的类似序列。经设计引物克隆比对后确认为CsIKK基因。利用生物信息学软件在线对该基因进行结构分析。采用PCR技术克隆基因,并使用实时荧光定量PCR技术克隆得到CsIKK基因在青蛤五个不同组织中的表达情况及在鳗弧菌(Vibrioanguillarum)的刺激下IKK基因在青蛤血淋巴中的时序性表达情况。综合结果得到, CsIKK基因序列开放阅读框长2298bp,编码765个氨基酸。IKK基因在青蛤的血淋巴、外套膜、闭壳肌、肝脏、性腺和鳃六个组织中均表达,在血淋巴中表达量最高。青蛤IKK基因在鳗弧菌胁迫下表达量在6h时达到最大值,与对照组相比差异极显著(P0.01),表明该基因所指导的蛋白是青蛤重要的免疫信号通路蛋白。     

基于线粒体COI和16S rRNA基因的中国沿海相手蟹系统发育研究

相手蟹科的诸多种类因其形态极其相似成为方蟹总科分类中疑问较多的一个类群。通过对中国沿海相手蟹线粒体COI和16S rRNA基因序列进行分子系统发育分析,结果表明14种相手蟹COI和16S rRNA基因序列之间差异分别为5.7%～14.5%和1.5%～12.1%,均达到了种间差异水平。构建的系统发育树显示,14种相手蟹分别为独立有效物种,但分属于拟相手蟹属和近相手蟹属的4种拟相手蟹和3种近相手蟹,没有分别形成2个独立的支系,而是混合聚成一大支系。而属于螳臂相手蟹属的无齿螳臂相手蟹则首先与属于中相手蟹属的中华中相手蟹聚成一支,再与红螯螳臂相手蟹聚为一大支,表现出与形态分类的不一致。错综复杂的分子系统关系预示着相手蟹类为多系起源,也表明它们之间的种间关系乃至于属间关系尚有诸多问题有待进一步厘定。     

九龙江口浮游植物群体对盐度胁迫的快速适应

Mixing of freshwater and seawater creates the well-known salinity gradients along the estuaries. In order to investigate how phytoplankton respond to the acute salinity changes, we exposed natural phytoplankton assemblies from the Jiulong River Estuary to differential saline field water while continuously monitoring their photosynthetic performances under both indoor-and outdoor-growth conditions. When the natural cell assemblies from salinity 30 field water were exposed to series low saline field water(salinity 25, 17, 13 and 7.5), the effective Photosystem II quantum yield(ΔF/F_m′) decreased sharply, e.g., to one-fifth of its initials after 5 min exposure to salinity 7.5 field water, and then increased fast during the following 40 min and almost completely recovered after 320 min. During such an exposure process, non-photochemical quenching(NPQ) sharply increased from 0 to 0.85 within 5 min, and then decreased to nearly 0 within the following 70 min. When these cells re-acclimated to salinity 7.5 field water were exposed to series high saline field water(salinity 13, 17, 25 and 30), a similar response pattern was observed, with the decreased ΔF/F_m′ accompanied with increased NPQ, and followed by the recovery-induced increase in ΔF/F_m′ and decrease in NPQ. A similar response pattern as ΔF/F_m′to the acute osmotic stress was also observed in the photosynthetic carbon fixation capacity according to radiocarbon(~(14)C) incorporation. Our results indicate that estuarine phytoplankton assemblies could rapidly recover from the acute osmotic stress, implying a potential cause for their frequent blooms in coastal-estuarine waters where despite drastically varying salinity, available nutrients are abundant due to the land-derived runoffs or mixing-caused relaxations from sediments.     

斑节对虾TSG101基因的克隆及表达分析

为探究肿瘤易感基因101(简称TSG101)对斑节对虾(Penaeusmonodon)的免疫应答作用,了解在细菌刺激下斑节对虾的机体发生的变化机制,本研究以哈维弧菌(Vibrioharveyi)和金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcusaureus)为实验组,以磷酸缓冲液(PBS)为对照组,通过荧光定量分析展开对斑节对虾对菌刺激的免疫应答作用。结果显示,斑节对虾的TSG101在各组织中均有表达,在肝胰腺中的表达量最高。在金黄色葡萄球菌刺激下,斑节对虾的TSG101在肝胰腺中的表达量与对照组相比呈极显著上调(P0.01),第12小时的TSG101 mRNA的表达量达到最大(为对照组的21.60倍);在鳃中的表达量与对照组相比呈极显著上调(P0.01),第6小时斑节对虾TSG101的表达量达到最大值(为对照组的3.64倍)。在注射哈维弧菌第9小时,肝胰腺中的PmTSG101 mRNA表达量极显著上调(P0.01)且达到最大(为对照组的2.50倍)。实验结果初步表明,斑节TSG101参与斑节对虾的先天免疫反应,在金黄色葡萄球菌和哈维弧菌的刺激的情况下,该基因RNA水平的表达情况发生明显变化。     

中国南北方近岸海域中微塑料附生真核生物群落结构特征分析

海洋微塑料污染已经成为全球性环境问题。由于其粒径小,比表面积大,易被海洋生物附着形成生物膜。本研究应用Illumina MiSeq高通量测序技术分析了微塑料附生生物膜中的真核生物多样性及其与海域位置,暴露时间和塑料类型的相关性关系。通过对样品基因组的18S rRNA的V4区测序,共获得1 299条OTUs,涵盖了66门、126纲、196目、222科和294属的真核生物。生物多样性分析结果表明,微塑料附生生物膜中包含海洋浮游植物、真菌、原生动物、后生动物及脊椎动物等多种真核生物。海域位置、暴露时间是影响真核生物群落结构的主要因素,且随着暴露时间延长,附生的进化水平较高的真核生物所占比例升高。不同塑料类型对于真核生物的附着现象未表现出选择性。研究结果表明,微塑料可以成为海洋中真核生物的新型栖息地,微塑料附生真核生物多样性的研究有助于加深微塑料对于海洋环境可能造成的生态影响的认识。     

微卫星筛选及其在对虾遗传学研究中的应用

Litt等[1]1989年在心肌肌动蛋白的基因内扩增了一种2核苷酸重复并创造了"微卫"(microsatellite)这个名词.后来,Edward等[2]称微卫星为简单重复序列(simple sequence repeat,SSR).现在人们一般把微卫星定义为1～6 bp 基元组成的重复序列.     

Phylogenetic analysis of Pectinidae(Bivalvia) based on the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region

The ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region is a useful genomic region for understanding evolutionary and genetic relationships. In the current study, the molecular phylogenetic analysis of Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) was performed using the nucleotide sequences of the nuclear ITS region in nine species of this family. The sequences were obtained from the scallop species Argopecten irradians, Mizuhopecten yessoensis, Amusium pleuronectes and Mimachlamys nobilis, and compared with the published sequences of Aequipecten opercularis, Chlamys farreri, C. distorta, M. varia, Pecten maximus, and an outgroup species Perna viridis. The molecular phylogenetic tree was constructed by the neighbor-joining and maximum parsimony methods. Phylogenetic analysis based on ITS1, ITS2, or their combination always yielded trees of similar topology. The results support the morphological classifications of bivalve and are nearly consistent with classification of two subfamilies (Chlamydinae and Pectininae) formulated by Waller. However, A. irradians, together with A. opercularis made up of genera Amusium, evidences that they may belong to the subfamily Pectinidae. The data are incompatible with the conclusion of Waller who placed them in Chlamydinae by morphological characteristics. These results provide new insights into the evolutionary relationships among scallop species and contribute to the improvement of existing classification systems.     

Cloning and phylogenetic analysis of a fatty acid elongase gene from Nannochloropsis oculata CS179

Nannochloropsis oculata CS179, a unicellular marine microalga, is rich in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs). Elongase and desaturase play a key role in the biosynthesis of PUFAs. A new elongase gene, which encodes 322 amino acids, was identified via RT-PCR and 5′ and 3′ RACE. The sequence of the elongase gene was blast-searched in the NCBI GenBank and showed a similarity to those of the cryptosporidium. But the NJ-tree revealed that the N. oculata CS179 elongase clustered with those of the microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Ostreococcus tauri and Thalassiosira pseudonana.     

凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)病原副溶血弧菌(Vibrio parahaemolyticus)的表型及分子特征

采用常规的形态及生理生化特性检验及分子生物学等方法,对引起凡纳滨对虾幼虾发生毁灭性死亡的病原菌进行了致病性、表型生物学及分子生物学的系统研究。结果表明,分离菌为弧菌属(Vibrio Pacini 1954)的副溶血弧菌(Vibrio parahaemolyticus),对凡纳滨对虾、中国对虾及日本对虾仔虾均有强致病性。分离鉴定的4株副溶血弧菌具有淀粉酶、明胶酶、卵磷脂酶活性,但不具有蛋白酶、脂肪酶活性,KP溶血均呈阴性,且均具有K抗原;代表菌株(JGB080708-1株)的16S rRNA基因序列(长度为1456bp,GenBank登录号为GQ205448)和gyrB基因序列(长度为1195bp,GenBank登录号为GQ205453)与副溶血弧菌的两种基因序列相似性均可达98%以上。病原菌的耐药性检测结果显示,对供试49种抗菌药物中的林可霉素等6种药物耐药。     

泥鳅(Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)病原霍乱弧菌(Vibrio cholerae)的表型与分子鉴定

从江苏连云港某养殖场养殖死亡的泥鳅肝脏、血液及腹水中分离出大量优势生长的细菌,人工感染试验证明其对泥鳅具有很强的致病性。采用表观分类学及分子生物学方法,对分离菌进行了形态特征、理化特性、胞外酶活性及溶血活性等生物学性状检验;用PCR方法同时扩增其16SrRNA和gyrB基因,分析了16SrRNA和gyrB两种基因序列的同源性,并构建了系统发生树,通过基因序列分析,比较了两种基因在相似细菌的检测和鉴定能力;基于16SrRNA和gyrB基因的系统发育学分析表明分离菌(LD081008B-1)所扩增的16SrRNA和gyrB基因序列均与GenBank数据库中霍乱弧菌具有较高的相似性,且gyrB基因用于细菌种间鉴定更具优越性;16SrRNA基因序列长度为1446bp(GenBank登录号:GQ205447),gyrB基因序列长度为1207bp(GenBank登录号:GQ205452);根据分离菌的表型特征及分子特征,判定病原菌为弧菌属(VibrioPacini1854)的霍乱弧菌(Vibriocholerae)。胞外酶活性及溶血活性检测表明分离菌均具有蛋白酶、卵磷脂酶、淀粉酶、明胶酶及DNA酶活性,在含7%家兔脱纤血...