Estimation of genetic parameters for disease‐resistance traits in Cynoglossus semilaevis (Günther, 1873)

The objective of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for three traits based on 28 Cynoglossus semilaevis families approximately 6 months of age (at least 5 cm total length), including trait_1 (survival of 26 families, 3434 individuals in total subjected to challenge tests with Edwardsiella tarda), trait_2 (survival of 20 families, 2016 individuals in total subjected to challenge tests with Vibrio anguillarum) and trait_3 (survival of 27 families, 9340 individuals tagged at circa 180 days of age and reared in indoor ponds for circa another 5 months). The result showed that there were large differences in the survival of the families after challenge (11.11–65.31% for E. tarda and 9.18–70.54% for V. anguillarum). Additionally, the survival of families reared in indoor ponds was also different, varying from 21.00% to 73.67%. Heritabilities of the three traits varied from 0.14 to 0.26, as estimated by the linear model (LM) and the threshold model (TM). The trait_1 heritabilities (0.26 and 0.19 estimated by LM and TM) were higher than those of the others (0.20 and 0.23 estimated by LM, 0.14 and 0.19 estimated by TM). The estimates of heritabilities using LM were consistently higher than those of TM in this study. There were significant medium genetic correlations of 0.44 and 0.42 between trait_1 and trait_2 obtained from LM and TM (P < 0.05). However, very low and non‐significant genetic correlations of trait_1 and trait_3 (?0.10 for LM, ?0.05 for TM), as well as those of trait_2 and trait_3 (0.05 for LM, 0.04 for TM) were obtained. Therefore, indirect selection for trait_1 and trait_2 was effective, but almost ineffectual for trait_1 and trait_3 as well as trait_2 and trait_3. Otherwise, there was no significant difference in the predictive abilities of LM and TM. Two families resistant to both Edwardsiella tarda and Vibrio anguillarum were selected plus one family resistant to both Vibrio anguillarum and naturally infected by unknown pathogens through family selection. As there was very low and non‐significant genetic correlation of trait_3 and trait_1 as well as trait_2, superior strains are anticipated with the ability to resist two or more kinds of diseases, through the crossing of families selected for the three traits described above. The results support the hypothesis that genetic variation exists for disease survival, which could be used to design a breeding program for selecting strains of Cynoglossus semilaevis with high disease resistance.     

偶联羟化反应和辅酶再生体系产9α-羟基雄甾-4-烯-3,17-二酮

9α-羟基雄甾-4-烯-3,17-二酮(9-OH-AD)是一种重要的甾体药物中间体,可以用来制备β-甾酮,地塞米松和其他类固醇化合物。3-甾酮9α-羟基化酶(KSH)是由两个亚基即末端氧化亚基(KshA)和铁氧还蛋白还原亚基(KshB)构成的。在本研究中,人工合成了来源于分枝杆菌Mycobacterium sp.Strain VKM Ac-1817D的kshA和kshB基因,通过优化表达载体促进了KshA和KshB在E.coli BL21(DE3)中的可溶性表达,并探究了催化体系中KSH还原亚基和氧化亚基的最适添加比例。此外,KSH转化雄甾-4-烯-3,17-二酮(AD)为9-OH-AD的过程中需要辅酶NADH。本研究构建了羟基化反应与利用葡萄糖脱氢酶(GDH)的NADH辅酶再生反应的偶联体系。为了进一步提高转化效率,本研究进行了转化条件的优化,并采取了分批补料的策略,最终9-OH-AD产量为4.78 g/L,转化率为96.7%。此种酶介导的转化生产9-OH-AD的方法为甾体药物生产提供了一种环境友好和经济实用型的新策略。