圆形碘泡虫和关桥碘泡虫孢子的光镜及扫描电镜观察

对寄生于鲫的圆形碘泡虫(Myxobolus rotundus Nemeczek,1911)及异育银鲫的关桥碘泡虫(M．guanqiaoensis Wu ＆Wang,1997)的成熟孢子进行光镜及扫描电镜观察。圆形碘泡虫主要寄生于鲫体表、头部、鳃、吻部及鳍条,形成许多大小不一的乳白色胞囊。关桥碘泡虫主要寄生于异育银鲫的肝脏,肝脏基本上被虫体所充满,肝脏组织被破坏。扫描电镜观察表明圆形碘泡虫成熟孢子表面光滑,缝脊直而明显,宽0．2μm,缝脊上下两侧对称。关桥碘泡虫成熟孢子表面皱褶,其程度不等,有的虫体一侧向内凹陷形成盆状,缝脊呈“S”形,宽0．5μm,缝脊上下两侧不对称,其中间有一不很明显凹陷的沟。     

葡萄碘泡虫、似葡萄碘泡虫和茄形碘泡虫的鉴别及系统发育

葡萄碘泡虫Myxobolus acinosus Nie & Li, 1973、似葡萄碘泡虫Myxobolus pseudoacinosus Guo, et al., 2018和茄形碘泡虫Myxobolus toyamai Kudo, 1917形态非常相似, 有着共同的宿主和相同的寄生部位, 是病原鉴定中容易混淆的种。文章基于形态学和18S rRNA基因信息对三者进行了鉴别和分子系统学研究。成熟孢子形态特征的比较分析显示, 三者形态存在显著差异。葡萄碘泡虫与似葡萄碘泡虫18S rDNA序列相似度为98.4—98.8%, 遗传距离为0.013—0.020; 葡萄碘泡虫与茄形碘泡虫18S rDNA序列相似度为96.1—97.2%, 遗传距离为0.038—0.042; 似葡萄碘泡虫和茄形碘泡虫18S rDNA序列相似度为96.4—97.6%, 遗传距离为0.033—0.040。18S rDNA序列比对显示, 葡萄碘泡虫含有15个关键变异位点, 可将该虫与似葡萄碘泡虫和茄形碘泡虫区分; 似葡萄碘泡虫含有5个关键变异位点, 可将该虫与葡萄碘泡虫和茄形碘泡虫区分; 茄形碘泡虫含有33个关键变异位点可将该虫与葡萄碘泡虫和似葡萄碘泡虫区分。18S rRNA二级结构V4区的E23-2构型可将葡萄碘泡虫与似葡萄碘泡虫和茄形碘泡虫区分, 而V7区的H43构型可将茄形碘泡虫与葡萄碘泡虫和似葡萄碘泡虫区分。以上表明, 三者无论在形态上还是在遗传上均具有独立物种的特征。系统发育分析显示, 葡萄碘泡虫、似葡萄碘泡虫和茄形碘泡虫为系统树中分化较晚的一支。     

鲤肠道寄生岳阳碘泡虫新种的形态特征及系统发育分析

在洞庭湖岳阳地区开展鱼类寄生虫调查中,发现一种寄生于鲤Cyprinus carpio L.肠道的黏孢子虫。该黏孢子虫的孢囊呈白色,椭圆形,大小为(1.0±0.2) mm (0.8—1.2 mm)。成熟孢子具有壳瓣,壳面观近似圆形,后端有4—6个“V”形褶皱;缝面观呈纺锤形,缝脊直而粗;孢质均匀,含有一个嗜碘泡;孢子长(9.8±0.6) μm (9.6—10.0 μm),孢子宽(8.2±0.3) μm (8.0—8.5μm),孢子厚(7.3±0.1) μm (7.0—7.5 μm);2个极囊梨形,位于孢子顶端,大小相等,呈“八”字形;极囊长(4.4±0.4) μm (3.8—5.1 μm),宽(2.7±0.2) μm (2.2—3.2 μm),极丝4—5圈。该黏孢子虫与肠膜碘泡虫、丑陋圆形碘泡形态特征非常相似,但其极囊/孢子小于1/2;与文献已报道的鲤肠道寄生北京碘泡虫和鲤肠碘泡虫相比较,其在孢子形态、孢子和极囊大小方面分别存在明显差异。基于该黏孢子虫18S rDNA基因序列(GenBank登录号KY203795)比对分析,该黏孢子虫与山东碘泡虫相似率最高,仅为96%。系统发育分析发现,该黏孢子虫与山东碘泡虫、倪李碘泡虫、住心碘泡虫、Myxobolus encephalicus、Sphaerospora molnari、多涅茨尾孢虫和Henneguya zikaweiensis聚为独立分支,和其他已报道的黏孢子虫亲缘关系较远。综合形态学和18S rDNA基因序列数据,文章报道的鲤肠道寄生黏孢子虫为碘泡虫属一新物种,将其命名为岳阳碘泡虫。     

洪湖碘泡虫的再描述及其近缘种的鉴别性研究

研究基于形态特征和18S rDNA序列相似度、遗传距离、变异位点、GC含量和系统发育比较分析,对采自河南龙湖的寄生于异育银鲫鳃部的一种黏孢子虫以及相似性极高且易混淆的黏孢子虫种类(洪湖碘泡 Myxobolus honghuensis Liu,et al. 2012、瓶囊碘泡虫Myxobolus ampullicapsulatus Zhao,et al. 2008、咽碘泡虫Myxobolus pharynae Lu,et al. 2012和吴李碘泡虫Myxobolus wulii (Wu Li,1986) 进行了系统的鉴别研究。研究结果显示: 河南龙湖异育银鲫鳃部所检获的黏孢子虫为洪湖碘泡虫,该种群对所寄生的异育银鲫未造成疾病症状; 咽碘泡虫与洪湖碘泡虫各种群在形态上极相似,两者间18S rDNA序列相似度为99%-100%,遗传距离为0-0.0013,GC含量均为44.31%,变异位点为2个,表明咽碘泡虫与洪湖碘泡虫应为同一物种。     

海城碘泡虫(黏体动物门，黏孢子纲)补充描述及基于18S rDNA系统发育分析

海城碘泡虫原始描述中形态数据较为简单,且存在多个宿主及寄生部位,其有效性有待确定。利用现行主流的黏孢子虫形态特征和基因标记系统分析相结合的分类学方法,对采自太湖棒花鱼鳃丝的海城碘泡虫进行了补充描述。该碘泡虫孢囊呈白色,圆形,大小为(0.6—1.1) mm。成熟孢子正面观近似椭圆形,上端稍尖,侧面观呈纺锤型,孢子长(10.8±0.7) μm (10.1—11.5 μm),孢子宽:(8.1±0.5) μm (7.5—9.0 μm),孢子厚:(5.7±0.4) μm (5.2—9.0 μm);两极囊呈梨形,大小存在细微差别,极囊顶端存在突起,大极囊长:(4.7±0.5) μm (4.8—6.7 μm),宽:(2.5±0.2) μm (3.2—4.3 μm),小极囊长:(4.4±0.2) μm (4.1—4.8 μm),宽:(2.2±0.1) μm (2.0—2.5 μm);极丝盘绕4—5圈。基于18S rDNA序列(GenBank登录号:KY965936)比对分析,该碘泡虫与放射孢子虫Hexactinomyxon type 2相似率最高,为97%。系统发育分析表明,该碘泡虫与Hexactinomyxon type 2、Hexactinomyxon type 1、Hexactinomyxon type SH-2006、Myxobolus pfeifferi、Myxobolus caudatus和Myxobolus squamae聚为独立分支,和其他已报道的黏孢子虫亲缘关系较远。研究在补充了海城碘泡虫形态学、基因标记序列信息基础上,推断了该虫生活史。     

几种因子对草鱼饼形碘泡虫离体孢子影响的试验

本文阐述了温度，酸碱度，紫外线及超波对草鱼饼形碘泡虫离体孢子的试验结果。     

我国淡水鱼类粘孢子虫的支序分类学研究

本研究选取15个主要特征对我国淡水鱼类23属粘孢子虫的支序分类进行了分析.结果表明,根据这15个特征构建的经典分支系统树与现有分类系统较为一致;而许多被分子系统学证明有争议的特征,如尾孢虫的尾突,孢子和极囊的形状等在研究粘孢子虫的系谱发育中仍然有着重要作用,剔除了上述特征的分支系统树与经典的分支系统树相比,存在许多缺陷.嗜碘泡是区分粘体虫和碘泡虫的主要特征,然而剔除嗜碘泡特征的分支系统树与经典的分支系统树区别不大,因此,我们建议在这一方面和国际学术界统一起来,即不再把嗜碘泡作为区分碘泡虫和粘体虫的主要特征.     

洪湖碘泡虫SYBR Green Ⅰ实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立及其应用

洪湖碘泡虫(Myxobolus honghuensis)引起的鲫“喉孢子虫病”严重危害我国异育银鲫养殖。病原丰度是决定病害发生的最重要因素之一, 因此建立洪湖碘泡虫的定量检测方法, 不仅可用于异育银鲫“喉孢子虫病”的早期诊断, 也可应用于养殖系统中洪湖碘泡虫的定量监测, 为该病的暴发风险预警及防控措施的效果评价提供技术手段。研究根据洪湖碘泡虫的ITS基因序列, 设计合成一对特异性引物HHF/R, 建立了洪湖碘泡虫的SYBR Green Ⅰ实时荧光定量PCR方法, 并对该方法的特异性、灵敏性、重复性及应用性进行了验证。结果显示, 该方法能特异性检测出洪湖碘泡虫, 而与多涅茨尾孢虫、倪李碘泡虫、普洛宁碘泡虫、吴李碘泡虫之间无交叉反应; 最低检测限为3.02×101copies/μL, 灵敏性较常规PCR高出1000倍; 组内和组间重复性试验的变异系数均小于2%。应用该方法可定量检出洪湖碘泡虫全生活史阶段, 包括鱼体内移行发育的前孢子阶段及养殖系统环境, 如池塘水样及底泥样品中分布的洪湖碘泡虫。因此, 所建立的洪湖碘泡虫SYBR Green Ⅰ实时荧光定量PCR方法特异性好、灵敏度高、重复性稳定, 可应用于异育银鲫全养殖阶段洪湖碘泡虫的定性、定量监测。     

圆形碘孢虫单链抗体库的筛选与阳性克隆特征分析

噬菌体抗体库已成为单克隆抗体生成的重要技术之一。本文通过用圆形碘孢虫相关抗原对已构建的鼠源免疫噬菌体展示单链组合抗体文库进行生物淘选,并对几株相对亲和力较高的阳性单克隆序列特征、相对亲和力及热稳定性等进行了分析。ELISA、间接免疫荧光及免疫印迹等进行特征鉴定。结果表明,噬菌体抗体库技术对于分离抗圆形碘孢虫不同表位抗原是可行的,将为粘体动物的抗原物质及分布、寄生虫一宿主相互关系等研究提供丰富的抗体来源。     

淡水鱼类粘孢子虫的18S rDNA分子系统学研究

利用两个通用引物myxoF(5‘-CGCGGTAATTCCAGCTCCAGTAG-3‘)和myxoR(5-ACCAGGTAAGTTTTCCGTGTTGA-3’)成功扩增出圆形碘泡虫、全圆碘泡虫、武汉单极虫、微山尾孢虫和库班碘泡虫5种粘孢子虫的部分18S rDNA序列,其GenBank登录号为：AY165179-AY165183。并结合GenBank其他13个相关序列构建了18个物种的分子系统树。结果表明,碘泡虫,尾孢虫和单极虫较Tetracapsula bryozoides和“PKX”分化晚,它们形成了2个聚类：T．wuhanensis-T.hovorkai-M.rotundatus-M.rotundus-M.bidullatus-M.pellicides-M.pendula-H.salminicola聚类和H.exilis-H.ictaluri-M.spinacurvatura-M.osburni-H.lesteri-H.weishanensis-M.kubanicum的聚类;同一属内,采自国内的种类并没有因为地域关系而形成独立的分支,而是与国外的种类交叉在一起,这意味着粘孢子虫种类之间的地域差别并不大;碘泡虫和尾孢虫在进化上都不是单系的,而且分子数据难以将这两个属的种类分开,因此尾孢虫的尾突可能并不是有效的分类依据,而是和碘泡虫的壳片突起同源的一种附属结构。     

Development, Characterization, and Use of Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies against the Myxosporean, Ceratomyxa shasta

Both monoclonal and polyclonal antisera were produced against Ceratomyxa shasta. Ascites containing trophozoites of the parasite was collected from infected fish and used as antigen for immunization of mice. The resulting monoclonal antibodies reacted specifically with trophozoite and sporoblast stages but did not react with C. shasta spores by either indirect fluorescent antibody techniques or in Western blots. This indicates that some C. shasta antigens are specific to certain life stages of the parasite. Polyclonal antiserum was produced in a rabbit by injecting a spore protein electro-eluted from an SDS-polyacrylamide gel. This antiserum reacted with both trophozoites and spores by indirect fluorescent antibody techniques and in Western blots. All antisera were tested for cross-reactivity to trout white blood cells, a contaminant of the ascites, and to other myxosporea. Two monoclonal antibodies reacted with white blood cells and myxosporea of the genera Sphaerospora and Myxobilatus. One hybridoma produced antibodies of high specificity for C. shasta pre-spore stages. This is the first report of a monoclonal antibody produced against a myxosporean parasite.     

Humoral immune response of carp Cyprinus carpio to Myxobolus artus (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae) infection

The circulating antibody which reacted with sonicated spores of Myxobolus artus was detected in some naturally infected carp. However, some other fish had no detectable sign of infection, though they had the antibody. When carp were injected either with intact or sonicated spores, the antibody was not produced, while fish injected either with developing stages (presporogonic and sporoblast stages) of the parasite or sonicated spores with bovine serum albumin elicited the antibody production. The results of the injection experiments suggest that (1) developing stages have antigenicity to carp, and (2) spores have lost the antigenicity; sonicated spores are haptens, with which the antibody can react. In an indirect fluorescent antibody technique, sera positive for the antigen reacted with developing stages of the parasite, but not with the spore.
The mechanism of the host immune response against M. artus is discussed in relation to a previous observation that the parasite sometimes underwent abnormal development, in which host encapsulation was imperfect or even lacking, probably leading to degeneration of pseudocysts before the completion of spore formation. It is plausible that the antibody was produced when pseudocysts which showed abnormal growth ruptured during their developing stages, resulting in exposure of the young parasite to the host immune system.     

Detection of Myxobolus rotundus (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in skin mucus of crucian carp Carassius auratus auratus using a monoclonal antibody

Diagnosis of myxosporean Myxobolus rotundus infection was conducted by examining skin mucus from the infected crucian carp Carassius auratus auratus with a monoclonal antibody, MAb 2D12, raised previously against the parasite. A positive reaction was observed in skin mucus collected from infected fish, and spores and pre-spore stages of the parasite were identified by the MAb 2D12. It was also demonstrated that M. rotundus infection can be successfully detected by a simple method, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and that skin mucus collected from infected fish skin had a significantly higher optical density (OD) value than that from uninfected fish.     

Effects of chromium on the immune system

The performance of integral membrane antigens (IMAs) of Mycobacterium habana TMC 5135 in detecting antimycobacterial antibodies in serum and body fluids of patients mainly of extrapulmonary tuberculosis was evaluated. The IMAs were recovered from the detergent phase during Triton X-114 treatment of the plasma membrane of M. habana. Antimycobacterial antibodies were detected by ELISA using IMAs in serum and body fluids of 42 patients and 62 control subjects. As authentic adjunct Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens were also detected (by ELISA) in body fluids and circulating immune complexes using anti-M. tuberculosis H37Ra antibodies. Anti-M. habana IMA antibody detection increased the positivity rate from 26.% (11/42) and 10% (4/42) obtained by culture and smear microscopy, respectively, to 86% (36/42). M. tuberculosis antigens were also found in 29 out of 36 anti-M. habana IMA antibody-positive cases. Interestingly, all 11 culture-positive cases were also positive for anti-M. habana IMA antibodies. The mean antigen titres in 23 cases, positive for antigens in body fluids, were 2.34 times higher in those who were also positive for anti-IMA antibodies in serum than in those negative for these antibodies. M. habana IMAs may be promising non-tubercular candidate antigens in ELISA-based serodiagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with substantial sensitivity, specificity and safety.     

Comparative studies of antigens of erythrocytic and exoerythrocytic merozoites of Plasmodium lophurae: characterization of a surface glycoprotein from exoerythrocytic merozoites

Rabbits were immunized with merozoite-enriched preparations of erythrocytic and exoerythrocytic Plasmodium lophurae. The antisera were used to compare antigens of the two types of merozoites. The indirect immunofluorescent antibody test showed the presence of common antigens. The growth of exoerythrocytic parasites was inhibited by the homologous antiserum and to a lesser extent by the antiserum prepared against erythrocytic forms. Cultures of exoerythrocytic parasites as well as their normal host cells were labeled metabolically with 35S-methionine, tritiated proline and glucosamine. Nonidet P-40 extracts of labeled merozoite-enriched preparations, infected cells, and normal cells were immunoprecipitated with the two types of antisera and the immunoprecipitates were analyzed on polyacrylamide gels. The results showed that erythrocytic and exoerythrocytic merozoites have several common proteins. A major difference was a glycoprotein with an approximate molecular weight of 110,000 daltons. This glycoprotein was associated with the surface of exoerythrocytic merozoites and was not recognized by antibodies prepared against erythrocytic forms.     

Plasmodium vivax: exoerythrocytic schizonts recognized by monoclonal antibodies against blood-stage schizonts

Exoerythrocytic parasites of Plasmodium vivax grown in human hepatoma cells in vitro were probed with monoclonal antibodies raised against other stages of P. vivax. Monoclonal antibodies specific for four independent antigens on blood-stage merozoites all reacted with exoerythrocytic schizonts and merozoites by immunostaining. The characteristic staining pattern of each monoclonal antibody was similar on both blood- and exoerythrocytic-stage parasites and appeared only in mature schizont segmenters. In contrast, a monoclonal antibody specific for the caveolar-vesicle complex of the infected host cell membrane and a second monoclonal antibody reacting with an unknown internal antigen did not appear to react with exoerythrocytic parasites. We confirm prior reports that monoclonal antibodies against the sporozoite immunodominant repeat antigen react with all exoerythrocytic-stage parasites, but note that as the exoerythrocytic parasite matures the immunostaining is concentrated in plaques reminiscent of germinal centers and apparently distinct from mature merozoites. These results indicate that mature merozoites from either exoerythrocytic or blood-stage parasites are antigenically very similar, but that stage-specific antigens may be found in specialized structures present only in a specific host cell type.     

圆形碘泡虫孢子发生的超微结构研究

寄生于鲫的圆形碘泡虫的孢子发生过程中,最早可认识阶段的营养体是一个单核原初细胞,原初细胞通过分裂直接在细胞内产生生殖细胞,形成一个细胞包围另一个细胞的状态,在以后的过程中,包围细胞不再分裂,生殖细胞进行一系列的分裂,形成双孢子型泛孢子母细胞.生殖细胞分化成10个细胞,形成二个产孢子单元,每个产孢子单元由5个细胞组成,两个壳瓣原细胞位于两边包围着两个极囊原细胞和一个双核孢子质细胞,最后形成两个孢子.       

Trypanosoma cruzi specific antibody response in immunized C3H(He) mice during infection

C3H(He) mice previously immunized with live culture derived Corpus Christi strain T. cruzi are significantly protected (up to 100% survival) against challenge by Brazil strain blood trypanosomes. The antibody response, directed against the Brazil strain or the Corpus Christi strain, in these mice has been observed by comparing sera from mice immunized only, infected only, or immunized and infected. The anti- T. cruzi titers determined by both direct agglutination (DA) and indirect fluorescence (IFA) were routinely found to be highest for immunized and infected mice with immunized mice and infected mice following in decreasing order. The use of mercaptoethanol treatment of sera (DA) and isotope specific second antibody (IFA) showed that IgG is the major parasite specific immunoglobulin response through infection. Evidence of cross-reacting antigens on the two parasite strains was found. By both DA and IFA, 11 of 18 anti-Brazil strain monoclonal antibodies were found to react (IFA titers of 320 or greater) with both parasite strains. No evidence of localization of cross-reacting antigens (using mouse antisera) or antigenic determinants (using monoclonal antibodies) was found in that uniform fluorescence over the parasite was observed in all IFA tests.     

Immunological Detection of Cytoskeletal Proteins In the Exoerythrocytic Stages of Malaria By Fluorescence and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

ABSTRACT. Using monospecific antibodies, the presence and distribution of tubulin, actin, myosin, intermediate filaments, and lamins were examined in the exoerythrocytic liver schizont of Plasmodium berghei by conventional indirect fluorescent antibody methods and confocal laser scanning microscopy. the binding reactivity of the antibodies to parasite proteins was determined by Western blot analysis. the localisation of all antibodies in control host hepatocytes followed expected distributions in both uninfected and infected hepatocytes; by contrast, reactivity to the exoerythrocytic schizont was variable. the parasite reacted positively with selected anti-tubulin, -actin, and -myosin antibodies in both fluorescence and Western blot analysis. Anti-lamin antibodies were positive by confocal indirect fluorescent antibody labelling, but no labelling was detected with anti-intermediate filament antibody. Within the technical limits of resolution of the methods as applied to asynchronous parasite infections, not one of the antibodies reacting positively with the parasite by the indirect fluorescent antibody technique could be shown to identify unequivocally the classic architectural features associated with their respective target organelles, i.e. microtubules, stress-fibres or the nuclear envelope.     

Monoclonal antibody technology: applications in veterinary science

Monoclonal antibodies have revolutionised the study of animals and their diseases. The author looks at the detection of antigen in samples using a range of techniques from indirect fluorescence, through in-situ hybridization to enzyme linked immunosorbent assays. Examples are given of how Salmonella species, mastitis antigens, viral antigens, chlamydial organisms and E. coli toxins can be detected using specific monoclonal antibodies. The recognition of antigen in tissues by monoclonal antibodies is also discussed using as examples; the vitamin biotin, the chicken anemia virus, the growth promoter clenbuterol and the bovine lymphokine, gamma interferon. The ability of monoclonal antibodies to measure specific antibody is also discussed, with particular reference to chicken anemia agent. The review concludes with a discussion of the ability of monoclonal antibody based ELISAs to discriminate between pigs naturally infected with Aujeszky's disease and those vaccinated against the condition.