This study investigated the biomass production process from the laboratory to the pilot scale in order to use the nutrient-rich biomass of the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii as live feed for white-leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) at larval stages (zoeal, mysis, and postlarval) and in commercial production in hatcheries in Vietnam. Our results showed that T. weissflogii was successfully cultured in 1–2 L Erlenmeyer flasks, 0.2–3.5 m3 composite tanks, and 6.5 m3 tubular photobioreactors, with the highest cell density of 1.6 × 106 cells mL?1 reached after 6 days of culture. Under optimal culture conditions, the protein, lipid, and carbohydrate contents in this algal biomass were 13.2%, 20.0%, and 10.0% of dry cell weight, respectively. The fatty acid composition contains high amount of palmitic acid (C16:0, 43.11% of total fatty acid), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω-3), approximated 16.5% of total fatty acid. In a 50 L larval rearing tank, at the optimal stocking density of 125 nauplii L?1, the survival percentage (75.55%), the total body length (from 5.376 ± 0.007 to 10.860 ± 0.030 mm), and weight (at from PL1 to PL12 stages) (from 0.145 ± 0.002 to 1.158 ± 0.005 g) of the white-leg shrimp larvae reached the highest values but the metamorphosis time (234 h) was shortest compared with the other stocking densities. Further, adding living T. weissflogii biomass to the diet of white-leg shrimp larvae at the nauplii 6 stage led to an increase in the body length, weight, and survival percentage of white-leg shrimp larvae of 21.17%, 35.7%, and 33% higher compared with those of larvae fed the control diet (without the addition of T. weissflogii), respectively. At the same time, the metamorphosis time of larvae (from Z1 to PL1) decreased by 4 h compared to the control group. In intensive ponds (area of 6400 m2 pond?1), using seed stocks at the postlarvae 12 stage that had been fed T. weissflogii, the final weight, yield, and survival percentage of the shrimp were increased by 7.3%, 14.2%, and 16.3%, respectively, compared with those of the control group. There were no statistically significant differences in the protein and carbohydrate contents in the shrimp flesh among the experimental and control group (p > 0.05). The lipid, omega-3, omega-6, and omega-9 fatty acid contents of shrimp flesh in experiment formula (per 100 g shrimp) were 1.21 g, 72.9 mg, 114 mg, and 86.1 mg, 11%, 29%, 21.6%, and 17.7% higher than that those in control, respectively. The obtained results show the great potential of using T. weissflogii as live feed on white-leg shrimp farms in Vietnam.
It has been cited in the literature on hollow fiber systems that pressure gradients persist, and the transmembrane flux of the hollow fiber system is dependent on the pattern of the pressure gradients. The pattern can be used to its advantage in immobilized enzyme systems. However, with immobilized living cell systems, the pressure gradients lead to a nonuniform environment within the hollow fiber cartridge and not necessarily favorable results. This article provides pertinent pressure-drop data on hollow fiber cartridges which are in flow configurations typical of immobilized cell culture work. The results illuminate operational problems that may arise in the culture of either anchorage dependent or independent cells. Possible solutions with crossflow systems are suggested. 相似文献
Bioprospecting is the exploration of biodiversity for new resources of social and commercial value. It is carried out by a wide range of established industries such as pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and agriculture as well as a wide range of comparatively new ones such as aquaculture, bioremediation, biomining, biomimetic engineering and nanotechnology. The benefits of bioprospecting have emerged from such a wide range of organisms and environments worldwide that it is not possible to predict what species or habitats will be critical to society, or industry, in the future. The benefits include an unexpected variety of products that include chemicals, genes, metabolic pathways, structures, materials and behaviours. These may provide physical blueprints or inspiration for new designs. Criticism aimed at bioprospecting has been addressed, in part, by international treaties and legal agreements aimed at stopping biopiracy and many activities are now funded by agencies that require capacity-building and economic benefits in host countries. Thus, much contemporary bioprospecting has multiple goals, including the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable management of natural resources and economic development. Ecologists are involved in three vital ways: first, applying ecological principles to the discovery of new resources. In this context, natural history becomes a vast economic database. Second, carrying out field studies, most of them demographic, to help regulate the harvest of wild species. Third, emphasizing the profound importance of millions of mostly microscopic species to the global economy. 相似文献
Osteoporosis is a result of the disruption of bone homeostasis that is carried out by bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-degrading osteoclasts. The most common treatment of osteoporosis is N-containing bisphosphonates, a class of non-hydrolyzable pyrophosphate analogs. They have strong affinity to Ca(2+) of hydroxyapatite with high specificity and can only be liberated from the bone in an acidic environment. These properties bestow them unique pharmacokinetic features including specific and strong retention at bone resorption surface, uptaken specifically by osteoclasts, quick excretion of non-retained free bisphosphonates, long half-life, and recyclability. Such properties underlie the drugs' high efficacy, minor side effects, and intermittent dosing regimens. Further studies show that bisphosphonates inhibit farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase, a critical enzyme required for synthesis of isoprenyl and geranylgeranyl, and inhibit prenylation and geranylgeranylation of small G-proteins such as Rac and Rho. This leads to defective actin ring formation at the sealed zone, a subcellular structure essential for bone resorption, and a decrease in bone resorption. Bisphosphonates are also used to treat Paget's disease of bone, osteolytic bone metastases, and hypercalcemia. Moreover, these properties also make N-BPs a good candidate as a bone-seeking agent. Here we update our understanding of this remarkable class of anti-resorption drugs. 相似文献
Studies have indicated that the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonist 6‐methyl‐2‐(phenylethynyl)‐pyridine (MPEP) decreases ethanol self‐administration, and the same receptor type was also suggested to be involved in the mechanism of action of the anti‐craving substance acamprosate. Our previous research suggested that glycine receptors (GlyRs) in the nucleus accumbens (nAc) play a major part in mediating the dopamine‐elevating properties of ethanol and are highly involved in the ethanol intake‐reducing effect of acamprosate. The aim of this study was to examine if modulation of nAc dopamine via mGluR5 antagonism or GlyR agonism is a linked or separated phenomena. The extracellular levels of dopamine as well as of the GlyR ligands, glycine, taurine and β‐alanine were measured in the nAc by means of microdialysis after local perfusion of MPEP (100 or 500 µM) with or without pre‐treatment with strychnine. MPEP increased dopamine levels, an effect that was blocked by pre‐treatment with strychnine. In addition, the higher MPEP concentration increased glycine output, whereas no alterations of taurine or β‐alanine were observed. These results indicate a relationship between the glutamatergic and glycinergic transmitter systems in regulating dopamine output, possibly via alteration of extracellular glycine levels. Taken together with our previous data demonstrating the importance of accumbal GlyRs both in ethanol‐induced elevation of nAc dopamine and in ethanol consumption, it is plausible that the effects of MPEP treatment, on dopamine output and on ethanol intake, may be mediated via interaction with the same neuronal circuitry that previously has been demonstrated for ethanol, taurine and acamprosate. 相似文献
The non‐structural protein 4B (NS4B) of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein comprising two consecutive amphipathic α‐helical domains (AH1 and AH2). Its self‐oligomerization via the AH2 domain is required for the formation of the membranous web that is necessary for viral replication. Previously, we reported that the host‐encoded ER‐associated reticulon 3 (RTN3) protein is involved in the formation of the replication‐associated membranes of (+)RNA enteroviruses during viral replication. In this study, we demonstrated that the second transmembrane region of RTN3 competed for, and bound to, the AH2 domain of NS4B, thus abolishing NS4B self‐interaction and leading to the downregulation of viral replication. This interaction was mediated by two crucial residues, lysine 52 and tyrosine 63, of AH2, and was regulated by the AH1 domain. The silencing of RTN3 in Huh7 and AVA5 cells harbouring an HCV replicon enhanced the replication of HCV, which was counteracted by the overexpression of recombinant RTN3. The synthesis of viral RNA was also increased in siRNA‐transfected human primary hepatocytes infected with HCV derived from cell culture. Our results demonstrated that RTN3 acted as a restriction factor to limit the replication of HCV. 相似文献
