草鱼β-防御素1的趋化活性及免疫佐剂效应研究

为了探究草鱼防御素的免疫调节作用, 研究通过Clustal Omega多序列比对和I-TASSER二级结构预测, 发现草鱼β-防御素1(Ctenopharyngodon idella β-defensin 1, CiBD1)是一类具有两亲性的富含半胱氨酸的小分子阳离子肽, 其结构在硬骨鱼类中高度保守; 通过构建pET-32a-CiBD1原核表达载体, IPTG诱导表达后经过Ni2+亲和层析法纯化和肠激酶酶切获得CiBD1重组蛋白, 通过CFU平板法验证了CiBD1的抑菌活性, 当蛋白浓度达到200 μg/mL时, 对革兰氏阴性菌(G+)及革兰氏阳性菌(G–)都具有显著的抑制活性; 趋化实验表明CiBD1在50 ng/mL时对草鱼原代白细胞趋化活性最佳; 通过个体实验探究了CiBD1重组蛋白对嗜水气单胞菌灭活疫苗的免疫佐剂效应, 发现添加 CiBD1佐剂组死亡率显著低于单独疫苗组, 且该组IgM和MHC Ⅱ转录水平及血清中补体3(C3)和溶菌酶含量都显著高于对照组。研究表明CiBD1重组蛋白在细菌抗感染免疫中发挥着重要作用, 在水产养殖中具有一定的应用前景。     

Molecular cloning and characterization of nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain-1 (NOD1) receptor in the Indian Major Carp, rohu (Labeo rohita), and analysis of its inductive expression and down-stream signalling molecules following ligands exposure and Gram-negative bacterial infections

Nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain-1 (NOD1) is a cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptor (PRR), and is a member of the NOD-like receptor (NLR) family. It senses a wide range of bacteria and viruses or their products, and plays a key role in inducing innate immunity. In this report, NOD1 gene was cloned and characterized in rohu (Labeo rohita), a fish species of highest commercial importance in the Indian subcontinent. The full-length rohu NOD1 (rNOD1) cDNA comprised of 3168 bp with a single open reading frame (ORF) of 2814 bp, encoding a polypeptide of 937 amino acids (aa) with an estimated molecular mass of 106.13 kDa. Structurally, it comprised of one caspase recruitment domain (CARD) at N-terminal, seven leucine rich repeat (LRR) regions at C-terminal and one NACHT domain in between N and C-terminals. Phylogenetically, rNOD1 was closely related to grass carp NOD1 (gcNOD1), and exhibited significant similarity (95.8%) and identity (91.0%) in their amino acids. Ontogenic expression analysis of rNOD1 and its associated down-stream signaling molecule RICK (receptor interacting serine–threonine kinase) by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) revealed their constitutive expression in all embryonic developmental stages. Basal expression analysis of rNOD1 showed its wide range of expression in all examined tissues, highest was in spleen and the lowest was in blood. Inductive expression of rNOD1 was observed following LPS and poly I:C exposure, and Aeromonas hydrophila, Edwardsiella tarda and Shigella flexneri infections. Expression of RICK in various organs was significantly enhanced by ligands exposure and bacterial infections, and was correlated with the inductive expression of rNOD1. Together, these findings highlighted the important role of NOD1 in fish in response to pathogenic invasion.     

Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of the complement component Bf/C2 gene in grass carp

The complement system is an integral part of the host immune system and plays an immunoregulatory role at the interface between the innate and acquired immune responses. Factor B (Bf) serves as the catalytic subunit of complement C3 convertase in the alternative pathway (AP), while in the classical pathway (CP), this function is subjected to C2. In this study, we cloned and characterized the two Bf/C2 genes of grass carp, gcBf/C2A and gcBf/C2B. The gcBf/C2A and gcBf/C2B cDNA sequences are 2259 and 3004 bp in length, and the open reading frames (ORFs) of gcBf/C2A and gcBf/C2B were found to encode peptides of 752 and 837 amino acids, respectively. The genes share 30.7% amino acid identity with each other and 32.4-38.3% and 31.4-33% with the Bf and C2 genes in humans and mice. GcBf/C2A and gcBf/C2B were expressed in a wide range of grass carp tissues, with the highest level of expression of both genes detected in the liver. After a challenge with Aeromonas hydrophila, gcBf/C2A was significantly upregulated, especially at 4 h after infection, and the significantly higher expression of gcBf/C2B (27.3-fold) was found in the head kidney at 24 h post-challenge. The expression of gcBf/C2A was quickly upregulated at 1 day post-hatching and peaked at 5 days post-hatching. The maximum expression of gcBf/C2B was found at 1 day post-hatching. In conclusion, our data enables a better understanding of the physiological function of the Bf/C2 complement genes in vertebrates.     

草鱼胶原凝集素基因的克隆及其功能分析

从草鱼Ctenopharyngodon idella肝肾cDNA文库中克隆得到胶原凝集素基因。草鱼胶原凝集素全长cDNA为1128bp,其中5′非编码区229bp,3′非翻译区104bp,最大开放阅读框为795bp,编码264个氨基酸。系统进化分析表明草鱼胶原凝集素与斑马鱼的亲缘关系最近。根据草鱼胶原凝集素序列特征,克隆了包含糖基识别域(CRD)的cDNA,并进行原核表达、纯化获得其重组蛋白PCRD。进行PCRD与6种细菌的凝集和糖抑制实验,结果表明半乳糖、葡萄糖、甘露糖和麦芽糖4种糖都会使PCRD与嗜水气单胞菌的凝集明显下降甚至极大地干扰凝集;麦芽糖使金黄色葡萄球菌的凝集明显下降,而肽聚糖和甘露糖会使凝集受到抑制;此外,PCRD的凝集反应不依赖Ca2+。     

草鱼出血病混合感染的嗜水气单胞菌的分离、鉴定与理化特性

从患出血病草鱼的肝脏病灶中分离筛选出2株致病菌。取病鱼样品组织过滤液接种CIK细胞、培养, 电镜下观察到细胞质中含有草鱼呼肠孤病毒样颗粒和包涵体, 病毒颗粒大小65 nm~ 70 nm, 包涵体0.46 μm~1.81 μm。人工回归感染实验显示分离的菌株及细胞毒悬液均能使草鱼致病死亡。对分离菌株进行细胞形态学、理化特性分析及药敏试验, 初步判定所分离的2株菌均为嗜水气单胞菌。进一步对菌株进行DNA分子鉴定, 结果显示2株菌的16S rRNA基因、促旋酶亚单位蛋白(gryB)基因均与GenBank上的嗜水     

Purification and characterization of alpha2-macroglobulin from grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idellus: cloning a segment of the corresponding gene

The plasma protein alpha2-macroglobulin (alpha2M) was purified by gel filtration and anion-exchange chromatography from grass carp plasma. The alpha2M consists of two different subunits of molecular weight 95 kDa and 80 kDa, respectively. The characteristics of grass carp alpha2M are similar to mammalian alpha2M, in that grass carp alpha2M exists in two forms: a fast-form and a slow-form. The former is complexed with protease. The sequence of grass carp alpha2M-conserved region and a region containing the bait region was determined by sequence analysis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The deduced amino acid sequence of the conserved region is similar to the alpha2M sequence of common carp, however, the bait region amino acid sequence is dramatically distinct from that of common carp. This may partially explain the differential ability of alpha2M of different species to inhibit different proteases. The alpha2M was able to inhibit Aeromonas hydrophila extracellular protease (AhECPase) and thus may play a role in resistance to infection by this pathogen.     

草鱼胰岛素样生长因子-Ⅰ基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

 为构建草鱼 (Ctenopharyngodonidellus )胰岛素样生长因子 Ⅰ (IGF Ⅰ )大肠杆菌表达质粒 ,对已克隆到的草鱼IGF Ⅰ基因进行改造 .改造后的基因去除了原cDNA的信号肽和E区序列 ,并在基因的两端分别加入起始密码子和终止密码子 .将改造后的编码草鱼IGF Ⅰ成熟肽基因亚克隆到pBV 2 2 0中 ,构建成表达质粒pBVgIGF7.转化大肠杆菌 (Escherichiacoli)进行表达 .SDS PAGE显示 ,含重组表达质粒的菌株经热诱导后表达出一约 7 5kD的特异蛋白 .表达量占菌体总蛋白的2 0 0 3% ,表达产物主要以包涵体形式存在 .重组蛋白经纯化和复性后 ,采用MTT法测定其对草鱼吻端成纤维细胞PSF和草鱼卵巢细胞CO的促增殖作用 .结果表明 ,所获得的重组草鱼IGF Ⅰ具有生物活性     

草鱼IRE1-like基因的克隆、组织表达及其对微囊藻毒素-LR的响应

为了研究内质网应激相关基因需肌醇酶1(Inositol-requiring enzyme 1, IRE1-like)的结构和生物学功能及其在草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella)响应微囊藻毒素-LR(MC-LR)中的作用, 研究根据草鱼转录组测序结果得到该基因家族成员IRE1-like的EST序列, 采用RACE技术获得了草鱼IRE1-like基因的cDNA全长序列(登录号: MG797683)。该基因序列全长3595 bp, 包括3093 bp开放阅读框, 编码1030个氨基酸, 分子量为116.24 kD, 理论等电点为6.26, 具有跨膜结构和信号肽。草鱼IRE1-like基因包含Luminal (39—307 aa)、STKc (569—834 aa)和RNase (837—915 aa)三个结构域。同源性和系统进化树结果表明草鱼IRE1-like基因与斑马鱼IRE1-α基因亲缘关系最近。荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)检测结果表明, 草鱼IRE1-like基因在肝脏组织中的表达量最高, 在肌肉、脾脏、鳃和心脏等其他8种不同组织中也均有表达。不同剂量MC-LR诱导草鱼24h和96h后, 25 μg MC-LR/kg BW和100 μg MC-LR/kg BW剂量组中草鱼肝脏IRE1-like基因表达水平分别在24h和96h显著上升(P<0.05)。以上结果初步说明了草鱼IRE1-like基因可能在MC-LR诱导草鱼内质网应激中起着重要的作用, 为进一步研究草鱼IRE1-like基因的功能奠定了基础。     

枯草芽孢杆菌对草鱼肝脏脂质代谢的调节作用

为研究益生枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)对草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella)肝脏脂质代谢及抗氧化功能的影响, 实验设置对照组(Con组)、Aeromonas hydrophila组(Ah组)、Aeromonas hydrophila+Bacillus subtilis组(Ah+Bs组)、Bacillus subtilis+Aeromonas hydrophila组(Bs+Ah组), 三个实验组均腹腔注射1×105 CFU/fish嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila), 枯草芽孢杆菌饲料含菌量为1×107 CFU/g, 实验周期为56d, 并于第28和第56天取样。结果表明, 与Ah组相比, 投喂枯草芽孢杆菌饲料后, (1)体增重率、特定生长率显著增加(P<0.05); (2) 28d时肝脏油红O染色脂滴面积及脂肪含量显著下降(P<0.05); (3)调节血脂代谢及缓解肝脏损伤: 血清胆固醇、甘油三酯、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇含量升高, 谷草转氨酶和谷丙转氨酶活性显著降低(P<0.05); (4)调节脂质代谢: 28d时乙酰辅酶A羧化酶的表达水平下调, 脂蛋白脂酶及脂肪甘油三酯脂肪酶的表达水平上调; (5)增强肝脏抗氧化能力、减少脂质过氧化的发生: 肝脏超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶、谷胱甘肽、总抗氧化能力提高; 丙二醛及过氧化氢含量降低。综上, 在饲料中添加益生枯草芽孢杆菌可以增强草鱼的抗氧化能力, 缓解机体因嗜水气单胞菌感染造成的肝脏损伤, 调节肝脏脂质代谢功能, 减少脂质在肝脏中的积累, 并促进草鱼的生长。     

白藜芦醇抑制嗜水气单胞菌毒力作用研究

为探索白藜芦醇(Resveratrol, Res)在水产动物细菌病防控中的应用价值, 实验以淡水养殖中重要的细菌病原嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)为研究对象, 通过设置药物浓度梯度, 检测其对嗜水气单胞菌生长、生物膜形成和溶血活性的抑制作用, 和对毒力及群感调控系统相关基因表达的影响; 同时通过人工感染异育银鲫(Carassius auratus gibelio)试验检测其对鱼体保护作用和对鱼体炎症相关因子基因表达的影响。结果显示: 白藜芦醇对嗜水气单胞菌的最小抑菌浓度(MIC)>1024 μg/mL; 浓度低于64 μg/mL时, 对菌株生长影响不显著; 浓度≥32 μg/mL时, 对病原菌株生物膜形成和溶血活性具有显著抑制作用(P<0.05), 且随剂量增加而增强。荧光定量RT-PCR结果分析发现白藜芦醇能引起嗜水气单胞菌群感调控系统中luxR和luxS基因分别显著上调和下调表达; 外膜蛋白基因omp表达显著下降。人工感染试验发现攻毒前两小时腹腔注射25、50和100 mg/kg白藜芦醇处理组的异育银鲫死亡率显著下降, 鱼体炎症相关的肿瘤坏死因子(TNF-α)和Ⅱ型干扰素(IFN-γ)的mRNA表达量也显著下降。研究表明药用植物大黄、虎杖等所含白藜芦醇成分能有效抑制嗜水气单胞菌毒力, 降低鱼体炎症反应的功效; 腹腔注射25—100 mg/kg白藜芦醇对感染病原菌的异育银鲫有一定保护作用。     

黄连须和小檗碱对草鱼非特异性免疫系统的影响及对嗜水气单胞菌感染的抵抗作用

为了评估黄连须(FRC)和小檗碱(BBR)对草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella)的非特异性免疫及对抵抗嗜水气单胞菌感染的影响, 鱼喂食含1.00%、0.50%、0.25%, 0.10%, 0.00%的FRC和0.05%BBR的饲料28d。喂养28d后, 鱼注射嗜水气单胞菌, 记录感染14d后的存活率。检测NBT活性、血清溶菌酶活性、吞噬活性和补体C3水平来评价药物对草鱼的免疫反应。结果表明, 与模型组相比, 喂养饲料含有FRC和BBR的各组提高NBT活性、血清溶菌酶活性、吞噬活性和草鱼补体C3水平。喂食0.50%FRC组感染细菌后的存活率最高, 与模型组比较增加44%。FRC和BBR的体外抗菌活性采用最小抑菌浓度的方法进行了研究, 并显示出较强的抑制作用。结果表明, FRC和BBR可以用作免疫刺激剂以提高草鱼非特异性免疫和对嗜水气单胞菌引起疾病的抵抗。       

草鱼和鲤杂交的细胞学研究—鱼类远缘杂交核质不同步现象

以草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idellus)为母本、鲤(Cyprinus carpio)为父本进行人工杂交,杂种胚胎发育至孵化期全部死亡;同时获得了少数雌核发育草鱼和雄核发育的鲤。分析比较了草鲤杂种胚胎染色体变化及胚胎发育情况。发现杂种胚胎染色体数目变化较大,一般在24—73之间,绝大部分细胞染色体在发育过程中不断丢失而出现非整倍体;极少数细胞在受精后雌性原核和雄性原核不结合而引起雌核发育和雄核发育;草鱼和鲤胚胎发育时序有较大差别;因此细胞分裂不能同步。可能是杂种胚胎染色体不断丢失的主要原因。     

草鱼两个细胞因子信号抑制因子3基因序列及表达分析

细胞因子信号抑制因子3 (SOCS3)是一类调节免疫反应的蛋白, 为研究其在草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella)中的功能, 文章克隆了草鱼SOCS3b基因, 分析了SOCS3s基因在成鱼组织中的表达情况。序列分析结果显示, 草鱼SOCS3b基因全长2126 bp, 编码216个氨基酸。qRT-PCR结果显示, 草鱼SOCS3a和SOCS3b在成鱼11个组织中均有表达, 但表达略有差异。注射嗜水气单胞菌(Aerononas hydrophila)后, 草鱼SOCS3a和SOCS3b在肝、脾、肠、肾中的表达均有明显上升。以上结果表明SOCS3s基因在草鱼的组织生长调控中发挥着重要的作用, 且SOCS3s可以调节细菌诱导的免疫应答。研究将为后续草鱼SOCS3s基因的功能研究提供参考依据。     

嗜水气单胞菌外膜蛋白W 基因的表达及其免疫原性分析

从患暴发性败血病的草鱼病灶处分离鉴定了嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)Wp3菌株。以其基因组DNA为模板扩增外膜蛋白W基因(OmpW),该基因全长为865 bp,开放式阅读框(ORF)为615 bp,与标准株ATCC7966的OmpW基因的同源性为99.8%。根据ORF序列设计引物扩增OmpW成熟肽编码序列并将其插入到表达载体pQE30中,转化大肠杆菌,经诱导可表达分子量为24.7 kD的带His标签的融合外膜蛋白His-W。用此融合蛋白免疫草鱼,所得草鱼血清经ELISA分析显示呈现阳性反应,说明重组蛋白能诱导产生抗体。采用实时荧光定量PCR分析草鱼头肾组织IgM基因表达水平的变化,结果显示免疫组IgM的表达量均明显高于空白组,其中低浓度免疫组(2μg/g)与空白对照组的差异显著(P<0.05),说明融合蛋白可使草鱼产生良好的免疫应答并上调抗体基因表达、产生高效抗体。保护性实验显示,不同免疫剂量均可使免疫组获得较高保护率(57%?86%)。结果显示,重组嗜水气单胞菌外膜蛋白W可作为草鱼嗜水气单胞菌基因工程亚单位疫苗。     

草鱼CD8α和CD207的表达及抗细菌免疫的功能研究

为探讨树突状细胞(Dendritic cells, DCs)表面重要的表型分子CD8α和CD207在草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella) DCs抗细菌免疫应答中的作用,实验从草鱼DCs的cDNA中扩增CD8α和CD207胞外区,构建重组表达质粒pET-32a-CD8α/CD207,并转化到感受态细胞Transetta (DE3),表达纯化后制备CD8α和CD207多克隆抗体。利用qPCR、Western Blot及流式细胞术揭示草鱼CD8α和CD207在抗细菌免疫过程中发挥的功能。结果显示,制备的草鱼CD8α和CD207多克隆抗体既可以识别原核表达的重组蛋白,也能识别鱼体内和培养细胞的内源性蛋白。从功能上看,灭活嗜水气单胞菌处理草鱼DCs后,在24h内, CD8α和CD207的表达量均有显著上调(P<0.05);且CD8α和CD207分子在草鱼DCs呈递抗原刺激混合淋巴细胞增殖这一过程中发挥重要作用。因此,草鱼DCs表现出与哺乳动物相似的保守免疫表型和功能,研究结果为阐明草鱼DCs介导的适应性免疫调节机制奠定基础。     

草鱼的一种急性细菌性传染病病原的分离鉴定及致病性研究

草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idellus)的细菌性疾病是草鱼人工养殖过程中经常出现的疾病。文章对河南一草鱼养殖场2009年8月出现的暴发性细菌性传染病进行了研究。该渔场饲养的草鱼成鱼和鱼苗出现了体表溃烂、局部出血, 肠系膜充血、出血, 腹腔积水等症状, 并大量死亡。从濒死草鱼的内脏中分离到3株细菌, 经形态学、生理生化特性及16S rDNA序列分析, 鉴定为霍乱弧菌(Vibrio cholerae)、嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)和柱状黄杆菌(Flavobacterium columnare)。其中, 从患病鱼苗体内分离到霍乱弧菌; 从成鱼分离到嗜水气单胞菌和柱状黄杆菌。回归试验证明3株细菌均能使草鱼致死, 其中霍乱弧菌和嗜水气单胞菌对草鱼的半数致死量(LD50)分别是0.15104 cfu/g和0.96103 cfu/g。从草鱼中分离到致病性霍乱弧菌是首次报道。药敏试验表明, 在所试的17种抗生素中, 霍乱弧菌仅对利福平、左旋氧氟沙星、链霉素、奥复星、庆大霉素等5种抗生素敏感; 嗜水气单胞菌仅对菌必治、奥复星、庆大霉素等3种抗生素敏感; 而柱状黄杆菌则对其中的氨苄青霉素、利福平、左旋氧氟沙星等10种抗生素均敏感。