海湾扇贝个体间单向人工授精的分子生物学验证

Hybrid family of Argopecten irradians irradians was created by fertilization between two northern bay scallop individuals. Two families were analyzed in this study. The first family, P_a-P_b, is a pair mating between two scallops named P_a and P_b, while the second one crossed by individuals of Y₁ and P₀. Marker inheritance and segregation were studied in the 10 progenies of each family by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. 102 RAPD primers were first screened by parental animals of both families. Only the primers with polymorphisms between the two parental animals in each family were select ed for further analysis. In both families, parents and 10 progeny were nalyzed with selected primers. In family P_a-P_b, a total of 122 bands generated from 12 selected primers. 37 of them were polymorphic between two parents. The maternal P_a of this family had 17 molecular markers while paternal Pb had 20 markers. In Y₁-P₀，95 bands were produced by 10 selected primers. 32 bands were polymorphic between maternal Y₁ and paternal P₀, who had 17 and 15 molecular markers respectively. In both families, each progeny analyzed in this study had at least 8 maternal markers and 5 paternal markers. Based on segregation patterns at all markers analyzed, we concluded that none of the progeny analyzed were from self-fertilization, and oneway hybridization between two individuals was successful in both of the two bay scallop families.     

转Hu-IFN-α基因草鱼雌核发育F1的遗传配型分析

The Hu-IFN-α gene, which was transducted into downstream promoter of β-actin gene of common carp (Cyprinus carpio), was recombined by DNA recombination technology. These recombined genes were injected into 1-2 cell fertilized eggs of grass carp (Ctenophatyngodon idellus) by microinjection technology, we gained transgenetic fish by molecular detection methods. In order to analyse the genetic expression of tranHu-IFN-α gene gynogensis F₁, which male individualization were gained by raising methyltestosterone, molecular genetic marker technology was used. In our research, 30 random primers were picked out from 48 and were used into RAPD-PCR, the result indicated that 1 169 clear, steady and repeated DNA finger printing bands were achieved. On the basis of gentic distance matrix among tranHu-IFN-α gene gynogenesis F₁ group, the genetic relationship of gynogenesis F₁ were analysed by UPGMA, the results showed the genetic patterns are close between the 3# male gynogenesis F₁ and the the 23# female of gynogenesis F₁, 5# and 27#, 2# and 28#, 2# and 30#. The data indicated that these group could be served as parent of tranHu-IFN-α grass carp (Ctenophatyngodon idellus) pure line.     

Involvement of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Thyroxine Release in Three different forms of Teleost Fish: Barfin Founder, Masu Salmon and Goldfish

Effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) on thyroxine (T₄) release in vivo and in vitro were studied in barfin flounder Verasper moseri, masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou and goldfish Carassius auratus. Seabream GnRH (sbGnRH) at a dose of 200 ng/50 g body weight (BW) significantly increased plasma T₄ levels 1 h after the in vivo injection in the barfin flounder, but thereafter the levels normalized. Salmon GnRH (sGnRH) significantly increased plasma T₄ levels l h after the injection with a significant return to initial levels in male masu salmon and male goldfish. In contrast, sGnRH and cGnRH-II in barfin flounder, and cGnRH-II in male masu salmon and male goldfish were not effective in stimulating T₄ release. To clarify direct involvement of GnRH in T₄ release, dissected lower jaw including scattered thyroid follicles was incubated with sbGnRH (1 μg/well) in barfin flounder, and with two doses (0.1 and 1 μg/well) of sGnRH in masu salmon and goldfish in vitro. T₄ concentrations of control were stable during 24 h. Incubation of lower jaw with high dose (1 μg/well) of GnRH significantly (P<0.05) increased T₄ concentrations of incubation medium at 1 h in all experimental fishes. These results indicate that direct stimulation of T₄ secretion by GnRH occurs widely in teleost fish.     

低温胁迫对鲤血液学和血清生化指标的影响

A total of 85 interspecific hybrid F₂ (Cyprinus carpiovar. wuyuanensis×Cyprinus pellegrini pellegrini) were cooled to specific temperatures and held at those temperatures over a maximum of 4 days in a waterrecycled and temperaturecontrolled aquarium inside. As a result, the blood homeostasis of experimental fish changed violently as acute temperature changed from 16 ℃ to 10 ℃ and 4 ℃ at a rate of 1 ℃·h^-1 according to the data we collected. Whole blood pH, also called extracellular pH (pHe) were very sensitive to temperature changes, where the re was a significant difference between 10 ℃ (7.41) and 16 ℃ (7.17) (P <0.01), compared to other values of hematology and serum chemistry. When the water temperature was continually decreased to an extreme temperature of 4℃, the content of Na⁺ of serum decreased remarkably in comparison with that of 10 ℃ and 16 ℃, which was 85.2 mmol·L^-1, 113.3 mmol·L^-1 and 118.7 mmol·L^-1, respectively. The values of hematology and serum chemistry also altered in gentle temperature changes of (10±2) ℃ and (4±2) ℃. Most values of serum chemistry and pH changed significantly, whereas the values of blood plasma changed slightly. pH was up slowly in 4 days at (10±2) ℃ and down slowly in 3 days at (4±2) ℃. A variety of values of serum chemistry changed remarkably both at (10±2) ℃ and (10±2) ℃, but the values of TP, TG and ALB only changed significantly at (4±2) ℃. These results distinguished at least two mechanisms involved in coldinduced stress in hybrid F₂. Coldinduced pH changes resulted in other values altered. What's more, pH correlated negatively with water temperature above 10 ℃, and the content of Na+. We also found that gentle te mperature changes will be physiologically compensated for on day one at (10±2) ℃ and on day 2 at (4±2) ℃ in hybrid F₂.     

Investigation into the possible role of androgens in the induction of hepatic vitellogenesis in the European eel:in vivo andin vitro studies

Changes in the levels of plasma vitellogenin (Vg), estradiol (E₂) and testosterone (T) were examined following gonadal development induced by carp gonadotropin treatment (cGTH) of freshwater female yellow and silver eels (Anguilla anguilla L.). The animals received injections of cGTH (250 μg kg⁻¹ body weight) or saline vehicle three times a week, for 6 to 8 weeks. No effect of vehicle was observed. Steroidogenic activity of the ovary was stimulated by cGTH treatment as shown by the increase in circulating steroid levels in both stages. However, the responses of T, E₂ and Vg differed according to the stage of development of eels. At the yellow stage, the initial steroid plasma levels were undetectable (< 0.01 ng ml⁻¹) before treatment and ovarian steroidogenic activity was slightly stimulated following cGTH treatment; steroid levels reached their highest values after 3 weeks and 6 weeks of treatment for E₂ (0.62 ± 0.13 ng ml⁻¹ and T (0.33 ± 0.30 ng ml⁻¹), respectively. The cGTH treatment slightly increased plasma Vg levels (0.2–0.7 μg ml⁻¹ during the experiment compared with the initial values of the group. At the silver stage, the initial steroid levels were detectable (0.7 ng ml⁻¹ for E₂ and 0.1 ng ml⁻¹ for T); cGTH treatment did not significantly increase plasma E₂ level which remained at initial levels. Nevertheless, plasma T levels dramatically increased from 0.1 to 3 ng ml⁻¹ and peaked after 1 or 2 weeks of cGTH treatment; a rapid increase in plasma Vg levels occurred, reaching its highest value at 5 mg ml⁻¹ after 3 weeks of treatment. Thus, the steroid kinetic profiles in relation to the appearance of Vg in the plasma following cGTH treatment was closely related to androgen levels and there was a strong vitellogenic response induced by chronic cGTH treatment. In order to test if androgens could be implicated in the vitellogenic response, we evaluated the potencies of various androgens (testosterone and 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol)in vivo andin vitro, associated with E₂ to induce the production of Vg.In vitro experiments showed that Vg synthesis was induced by high doses (10⁻⁶ to 10⁻⁵ M) of androgen in the eel. Tamoxifen totally inhibited the action of androgens suggesting that androgens were acting through binding to the E₂ receptor.In vivo, androgens given alone at 50 μg kg⁻¹ 3 times a week for 1 months had no significant effect on plasma Vg levels. In addition, E₂-androgen cotreatment showed that the presence of androgen did not modify the vitellogenic response induced by E₂.     

湛江沿海五种石斑鱼线粒体DNA的RFLP分析

In this paper, genetic diversity of intraspecies, and genetic relationship of interspecies in Epinephelus spp. (E. merra, E. fario, E. awoara, E. akaara and E. septemfasciatus) were assessed by using mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms (mtDNA RFLPs).The samples were collected from the coastal area of Zhanjiang,Guangdong province. MtDNA was extracted from the fresh liver tissue by applying a difference centrifugation procedures. Using 17 restriction enzymes with 5-or 6-bp recognition sites, the purified mtDNA was cleaved by single enzymes. These enzymes included BamH Ⅰ，Bgl Ⅰ，Bgl Ⅱ，Dra Ⅰ，EcoR Ⅰ，EcoR Ⅴ，Hind Ⅲ，Kpn Ⅰ，Mlu Ⅰ，Pst Ⅰ，Pvu Ⅱ，Sal Ⅰ，Sca Ⅰ，Sma Ⅰ，Sty Ⅰ，Xba Ⅰ and Xho Ⅰ. The phylogenetic analysis was done using the Neighbor joining(NJ) method and Unweighted pairgroup method with arithmetic mean(UPGMA) method. Genetic diversity indices such as haplotype diversity (h), average genetic distance between haplotypes (P) and nucleotide diversity (π) were calculated using Nei and Li's segment method to quantify the genetic diversity within species. There were 8, 5, 8, 5 and 2 haplotypes detected within E. merra, E. fario, E.awoara, E.akaara and E. septemfasciatus, respectively. The haplotype diversity (h) was 0.8943, 0.6186, 0.9242, 0.6927 and 0.1820,respectively. The average genetic distance between haplotypes (P) was 0.62%±0.31%, 0.64%±0.37%, 1.12%±0.55%,0.72%±0.42% and 0.45%, respectively. And the nucleotide diversity (π) was 0.22%, 0.13%, 0.46%, 0.17% and 0.04%, respectively. The wild groupers in the Zhanjiang Coastal Area exhibited a relative higher level of genetic diversity. The net genetic distance between species (P_net) was 0.0694（E. merra - E. fario）,0.1337（E. merra - E. awoara）,0.1090 E. merra -E. akaara）, 0.1286（E. merra - E. septemfasciatus）,0.1590（E. fario -E. awoara）,0.0825（E. fario -E. akaara）,0.1153（E. fario - E. septemfasciatus）,0.1131 E. awoara - E. akaara）,0.0724（E. awoara -E. septemfasciatus） and 0.1336（E. akaara - E. septemfasciatus）. Both NJ and UPGMA methods yielded an identical phylogenetic tree for the five species. The E. merra and E. fario first clustered together, then joined with E. akaara, and finally clustered with E. awoara and E. septemfasciatus.     

彭泽鲫的分子遗传分析及其与方正银鲫A系的比较

Genetic homogeneity between Pengze crucian carp and strain A of silver crucian carp was studied by using transferrin,isozyme and RAPD markers.The studied individuals of Pengze crucian carp showed transferring patterns were the same of silver crucian carp A strain while distinct from those of other crucian carp populations.As far as isozyme is concerned,the MDH,LDH and EST are all of the same with only slight differences in SOD between them.The RPAD patterns clearly indicated high homogeneity among 16 individuals (6 sampled from individuals of two years old and the others aged one) from crucian carp of Pengze and 5 individuals from strain A of silver crucain carp.Nearly indentical banding patterns were observed among all individuals.Average genetic distance within all the individuals is only 0.011,suggesting crucian carp of Pengze might possess indentical genetic background with strain A of silver crucian carp.     

Modulation of calcium uptake in cadmium-pretreated tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) larvae

Tilapia larvae were exposed to 0 (control), 50 (50-Cd) or 100 (100-Cd) μg l^-1 cadmium for 4 days and then transferred to cadmium-free fresh water for 3 days of detoxification. Total length and weight, calcium influx and total body calcium and cadmium content were examined at various times during detoxification. All the groups grew normally with regards to total length and body weight. Within the first 12h of detoxification the 50- and 100-Cd exposed groups released cadmium at the similar rate of about 24 ng mg^-1 h^-1 (or 140 ng larva^-1 h^-1). Later, however, this rate declined to only 4–16% of the initial level. Calcium influx in the control group showed a 10–26% increase during the detoxification period. Calcium influx in the 50-Cd group increased by about 280% and reached it peak at 12h. Calcium influx in the 100-Cd group increased by 440% and did not peak until 24h after transfer. After peaking, the influxes in both 50- and 100-Cd groups declined to the level of control at the end of the experiment. Calcium contents in 50- and 100-Cd groups increased more rapidly than that in control group within first 24h of the detoxification period. However the rate of increase in calcium content in three groups was the same after 24h. The changes in calcium influx appeared to be correlated with those in calcium content, and these suggested that tilapia larvae regulate the mechanism of calcium balance to compensate for the reduced calcium level in the body. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

细角螺的繁殖生态条件及繁殖习性

Hemifusus ternatanus(Gmelin), a gastropoda living in the deep water areas of undertide,as well as a delicious seafood, was distributed mainly in Chinese southeast seas and Japanese seas near the coast. In this experiment Hemifusus ternatanus' breeding ecological conditions and its propagation habit were studied in order to provide an experimental foundation for the artificial breeding. The brood stocks of test animals collected from the waters in Taiwan Strait, and then were examinated their growing temperature， salinity, feeding and propagation habit in the laboratory. The re sults showed that the growing temperature for Hemifusus ternatanus ranges from 16 ℃ to 32 ℃, with an optimum temperature between 20 ℃ to 28 ℃ and between 23 ℃ and 28 ℃ for breeding. The optimum growth salinity was 18.3-32.3 though it much adapts to salinity from 13 to 35. They prefer to feed on bivalves particularly those with thin shells and byssusless. Hemifusus ternatanus is dioecious and fertilization finishes inside the body. It was called as egg vesicle procreation that the whole stages of embryo growth were developed within egg vesicle. Larva forms as soon as it leaves egg vesicle, which is called direct occurrence type. The larva became the juvenile after metamorphosis during 20-25 days development. It was first to obtained 233 juveniles with shell height 32-45 mm by an artificial breeding method.     

The bioactivity of gonadotropin releasing hormones and its regulation in the gilthead seabream,Sparus aurata: in vivo andin vitro studies

Thein vivo andin vitro potency of native and modified forms of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) to release gonadotropin (GtH) was studied inSparus aurata and correlated with their relative susceptibility to degradation by cytosolic-bound enzymes of the pituitary, kidney, and liver. Salmon (s) GnRH and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) are equipotent whereas analogs of these peptides ((D-Arg⁶-Pro⁹NET)-sGnRH, (D-Ala⁶-Pro⁹NET)-LHRH, (D-Trp⁶)-LHRH) are superactive in inducingin vivo GtH release (at 10 μg/kg body weight). In anin vitro superfusion system of pituitary fragments all analogs are equipotent to the native peptides (at 10⁻¹⁰ to 2.5 × 10⁻⁷M). sGnRH and LHRH are rapidly degraded by cytosolic peptidases of the pituitary, liver, and kidney. The preferred site of cleavage is the Tyr⁵-Gly⁶ bond. Substitution of the position 6 glycine by D-amino acids renders the 5–6 bond resistant to degradation and shifts the main site of cleavage to the Pro⁹-Gly¹⁰NH₂ bond. Substitution at position 6 (as above) and at position 10 with Pro⁹NET results in analogs that are resistant to degradation. We propose that enzymatic cleavage terminates GnRH bioactivityin vivo and thus increased resistance to degradation is a major determinant of GnRH analog superactivity.