斧文蛤金属硫蛋白基因的克隆与表达分析

金属硫蛋白（Metallothionein,MT）是一类富含半胱氨酸的小分子蛋白质,参与机体重金属解毒、维持金属元素代谢平衡以及清除自由基等生理功能。为了解斧文蛤金属硫蛋白（Ml-MT）的分子生物学特征及其在重金属Cd2+胁迫下的响应机制,本文采用RACE技术从斧文蛤（Meretrix lamarckii）总RNA反转录产物中获得了636 bp的Ml-MT cDNA基因序列。该序列包含65 bp的5非编码区（UTR）和340 bp的3非编码区（UTR）以及231 bp的开放阅读框（ORF）,可编码76个氨基酸;其中半胱氨酸占27%,不含芳香族氨基酸,含16个MT所特有的Cys-Xn-Cys结构,预测的分子量约为7.704 kD,理论等电点7.138。MT氨基酸序列比对分析表明:斧文蛤金属硫蛋白（Ml-MT）与丽文蛤（Meretrix lusoria）的相似性高达88%,与文蛤（Meretrix meretrix）的同源性为87%。实时荧光定量（qRT-PCR）检测MT在斧文蛤5种组织中均有表达,但存在组织特异性,其中内脏团表达量最高,其次依次为鳃丝、闭壳肌、外套膜、斧足。在Cd2+（0.13 mg/L）胁迫0、6h、12h、24h、48h、72h和96h下,斧文蛤内脏团MT呈现出不同程度的上调表达,具体表现为高-低-高-低的波浪式变化,除6h以外,其他时间点均与对照组存在极显著差异（P0.01）。本研究表明:MT基因在维护机体正常生理功能及斧文蛤抵御重金属Cd2+胁迫过程中发挥着重要的分子调控作用。     

海洋酸化条件下Cd2+和Hg2+对斧文蛤幼贝急性毒性效应

为研究在海洋酸化条件下重金属污染物对滩涂贝类的影响,采用半静态急性毒性实验的研究方法,利用海洋酸化人工模拟系统,分析了不同酸化条件下(对照组pH 8.20、酸化组pH分别为7.80、7.60和7.40)Cd2+和Hg2+对斧文蛤(Meretrix lamarckii)幼贝急性毒性效应的影响。实验结果表明:在实验设定的海洋酸化范围内,单一的海洋酸化对斧文蛤幼贝的存活没有显著性影响,但海洋酸化显著增强了Cd2+和Hg2+的急性毒性。与对照组相比,酸化组Cd2+和Hg2+的毒性随着酸化程度的加剧而呈现出逐渐增强的趋势; Cd2+和Hg2+均在pH 7.40时对斧文蛤的毒性最强,其96h半致死(96h LC50)浓度分别为4.068 mg/L(Cd2+)和10.332 mg/L(Hg2+),明显低于pH 8.20、7.80和7.60时其对斧文蛤幼贝的96h LC50浓度(其值分别为Cd2+ 6.458、5.947、4.728 mg/L和Hg2+ 12.027、11.169、10.595 mg/L)。研究有助于丰富海洋酸化与重金属毒理作用在海洋贝类中的研究内容,为斧文蛤资源恢复和海洋环境保护提供科学依据。     

不同藻类对成熟前文蛤的生长及其生化成分的影响

为了找到适于文蛤(Meretrix meretrix)暂养、育肥的藻类,通过实验观察了不同藻类对成熟前文蛤生长的影响.实验共分为5组,分别单独投喂4种单胞藻,包括海水小球藻(CMorella vulgaris)(A组)、球等边金藻(Isochrysis golbana)(B组)、青岛大扁藻(Platymonas halgolandica)(C组)和牟氏角毛藻(Chaetoceros müelleri)(D组),及混合投喂海水小球藻、球等边金藻与牟氏角毛藻(E组).结果表明,单胞藻无论是单独投喂还是混合投喂,对成熟前文蛤的壳长和体重增长没有显著影响(P>0.05),其常规生化成分如蛋白质、脂肪、总糖及各种脂肪酸含量在某些实验组之间存在显著性差异(P<0.05).E组蛋白质含量(63.57%)最低,与其他组之间存在显著性差异;E组脂肪含量(8.17%)除低于D组(8.64%)外,高于其他3组,但与其他组间无显著性差异;E组总糖含量(7.08%)除低于C组(7.62%)外,高于其他3组,与其他组之间存在显著性差异(P<0.05).亚油酸(C18:2)、亚麻酸(C18:3)和花生四烯酸(C20:4)均为C组最高,含量分别为2.06%、2.28%和6.50%,与其他组之间存在显著性差异.EPA以D组为最高(8.51%),DHA以B组为最高(10.33%).     

Identification and characterization of the pathogenic effect of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus-related bacterium isolated from clam Meretrix meretrix with mass mortality

A mass mortality of clam, Meretrix meretrix, occurred in Jiangsu Province of China in the late September of 2007. Of the isolates obtained from the diseased clams, MM21 had the strongest virulence to the clam in the virulence test, with a LD50 value of ∼6 × 10⁶ CFU ml⁻¹. MM21 was identified as Vibrio parahaemolyticus by the VITEK 2 Compact system and 16S rDNA sequencing. Detection of virulence-associated genes by PCR indicated that MM21 was positive for toxR and tlh, and negative for tdh. Compared with control group, histiocytes from MM21-infected clams displayed a variety of cytopathological changes by transmission electron microscopy examination, which included increased lipid droplets in hepatocytes, deposition of granules in the mantle, excessive secretion in the gill. The results of our study suggested that MM21 may have been an etiological element in the mass mortalities of hard clam (M. meretrix) in Jiangsu Province of China in 2007.     

海水盐度、温度对文蛤稚贝生长及存活的影响

在实验室条件下,研究了不同盐度（19个梯度）、温度（17个梯度）对文蛤稚贝生长和存活的影响.结果表明：文蛤稚贝的适宜生存盐度在6.5～39.5,最适生存盐度在9.0～31.0,适宜生长盐度在7.3～38.7,最适生长盐度在15.0～23.0;其适宜生存温度在4.0 ℃～36.1 ℃,适宜生长温度在7.0 ℃～35.4 ℃,较适宜生长温度在17 ℃～33.5 ℃,最适生长温度在24 ℃～27 ℃.文蛤稚贝对高温度、低盐度有较强的适应性.     

引起文蛤暴发性死亡病原菌的分离和鉴定

本文从江苏吕泗文蛤养殖区发病文蛤和养殖水体中分离到5株优势菌(病蛤中分离到3株优势菌, 养殖水体中分离到2株优势菌), 人工感染实验结果显示, 菌株WG1702能引起供试文蛤发病, 死亡率为100%, 且发病症状与原发病症状相同, 提示该菌是引起文蛤大面积死亡的主要致病菌, 对其形态、生理生化特征、分类地位及致病性进行了初步研究, 菌株WG1702为革兰氏阴性菌, 直杆状, 生理生化指标为：赖氨酸脱羧酶、鸟氨酸脱羧酶、硝酸盐还原、甘露糖、氧化酶、甲基红阳性, 精氨酸脱羧酶、精氨酸双水解酶、水杨素、V.P阴性。为确定该致病菌的分类学地位, 进行了16S rRNA分子鉴定, PCR扩增获得了大小约1.5 kb的16S rRNA部分基因片段, 对其序列进行了测定, 并进行同源性分析和系统进化树构建。结果表明, 该菌株与哈氏弧菌(DQ146937)同源性最高, 为97.4%, 结合形态、生理生化鉴定结果, 最后鉴定菌株WG1702为哈氏弧菌(Vibrio.harveyi)。     

Induction of apoptosis by Meretrix lusoria through reactive oxygen species production, glutathione depletion, and caspase activation in human leukemia cells

Apoptosis-induced directed fractionation and purification was used to identify the bioactive components of hard clams (HC), Meretrix lusoria. Two stereoisomers of epidioxysterol were previously identified as the active compounds in the ethyl acetate fraction (HC-EA). The molecular mechanism of HC-EA-induced apoptosis was also investigated in this study. Dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential, release of mitochondrial cytochrome c into cytosol, and subsequent induction of pro-caspase-9 and -3 processing preceded apoptosis in HL-60 cells, confirmed by DNA fragmentation, chromatin condensation, changes in the cell membrane and the appearance of a sub-G1 DNA peak. Furthermore, treatment with HC-EA caused a rapid loss of intracellular glutathione content and stimulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Antioxidants such as catalase, N-acetylcysteine, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, and superoxide dismutase, but not allopurinol and diphenylene iodonium, significantly inhibited HC-EA-induced cell death. Apoptosis was completely prevented by a pan-caspase inhibitor, z-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethyl ketone (z-VAD-FMK). The induction of apoptosis by M. lusoria may prove to be a pivotal mechanism for its cancer chemopreventive action.     

超声波提取文蛤中氨基酸的工艺

采用正交试验法探讨超声波提取文蛤中氨基酸的最佳工艺条件,用高效液相色谱法测验提取液中氨基酸各组分的含量,用原子吸收光谱法测微量元素及重金属。结果表明:提取的最佳工艺条件是料剂比200g·L-1,60℃,中等强度的超声波处理10min。与未处理比较,氨基酸总量提高,蛋白质含量微增,铜、铅、铬含量增多,铁、汞含量降低,锰含量不变。     

Isolation and characterization of a virulent Vibrio sp. bacterium from clams (Meretrix meretrix) with mass mortality

MM5 was a bacterial strain isolated from moribund clam (Meretrix meretrix) collected from a farm with mass mortality outbreak. Primary genotypic and phenotypic identification including 16S rDNA sequence analysis, multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of four housekeeping genes (gapA, ftsZ, mreB and topA) and biochemical tests suggested that strain MM5 was a Vibrio species closest to but different from Vibrio furnissii. Our previous study indicated that MM5 could induce a high mortality of M. meretrix (Yue et al., 2010). Quantitative challenge test was performed in this study to further evaluate the pathogenic potential of MM5, which showed that at 84 h post-inoculation, the cumulative mortalities of the MM5-injected group were significantly higher than those of control groups (P < 0.05). Cytopathological and histopathological features of the clam infected by MM5 were carried out by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining, respectively. Cytopathologically, foci of MM5 were found in hepatocytes of the clam infected by MM5. In addition, cytopathological lesion was detected in foot of infected clam. Histopathologically, MM5 was detected in different tissues of infected clam, including hepatopancreas, mantle and gill. Challenge test combined with pathological features indicated that MM5 was virulent to M. meretrix.     

红壳色文蛤F1代养殖群体多样性分析

运用形态学标记和分子标记对江苏省文蛤良种场红壳色文蛤F1代养殖群体(父母本为江苏野生红壳色群体)进行遗传多样性分析。用文蛤壳长、壳宽、壳高和体重4个可量性状进行形态学数据的聚类分析,显示可量性状变异系数在38.48%-82.95%。运用7个引物微卫星基因座的多态性进行了养殖群体F1代的分子标记评估,结果表明,7个微卫星基因位点的平均等位基因数3.857 1,平均有效等位基因数2.583 0,平均观察杂合度0.565 3,平均期望杂合度0.565 3,Shannon指数平均数1.050 1,多态信息含量平均数0.522 5。综合形态学数据和分子标记的研究结果表明,红壳色文蛤江苏养殖群体F1代的遗传多样性处于中度偏高水平,具有较高的遗传改良潜力。