In vivo effects of 17-β-estradiol on plasma immunoglobulin levels and leukocyte density in zebrafish Danio rerio

Estradiol, or 17-β-estradiol (E₂), the most potent naturally occurring estrogen, is involved in the hormone-immune system interaction in both mammals and fish. However, in vivo studies are largely limited, and little is known about whether E₂ exerts similar effects on both female and male zebrafish (Danio rerio). Here, we show exposure of both sexes of D. rerio to 20 nmol/L E₂ resulted in a significant increase in Vg1 expression, but caused little damage to the hepatocytes, suggesting that this is the optimum E₂ concentration. Also, exposure to 20 nmol/L E₂ for 20 days caused a marked increase in plasma IgM levels, but had little influence on the peripheral leukocyte density, providing the first evidence of a hormone-immune system interaction in this species.     

In vivo effects of 17-β-estradiol on plasma immunoglobulin levels and leukocyte density in zebrafish Danio rerio

Estradiol, or 17-β-estradiol (E2), the most potent naturally occurring estrogen, is involved in the hormone-immune system interaction in both mammals and fish. However, in vivo studies are largely limited, and little is known about whether E2 exerts similar effects on both female and male zebrafish (Danio rerio). Here, we show exposure of both sexes of D. rerio to 20 nmol/L E2 resulted in a significant increase in Vg1 expression, but caused little damage to the hepatocytes, suggesting that this is the optimum E2 concentration. Also, exposure to 20 nmol/L E2 for 20 days caused a marked increase in plasma IgM levels, but had little influence on the peripheral leukocyte density, providing the first evidence of a hormone-immune system interaction in this species.     

青岛裙带菜孢子体野生种群遗传多样性的AFLP分析

采用优化的基因组总DNA提取方法,按照经典的AFLP分析路线,对30株青岛近海野生裙带菜(Undaria pinnatifida)孢子体种群内遗传多样性进行了AFLP分析.利用1对引物扩增出38条清晰可重复的带,其中32条呈现多态性,多态位点比例为84.21%,根据引物扩增的指纹图谱,计算出的种群内部平均观测等位基因数(Na)为1.8421、平均有效等位基因数(Ne)为1.375 4、平均基因多样性指数,即Nei's基因多样性指数(H)为0.235 1,Shannon's 多样性信息指数(I)为0.368 4.该种群内遗传距离的分布范围从0.026 7～0.804 4,结果显示,野生种群内个体间各项遗传指数水平均较高,种群内遗传变异丰富.聚类分析表明,在遗传距离为0.21的阈值处,30个个体划分为2大类群,推测青岛野生裙带菜进化上在遗传距离为0.21时发生第一次分化.