四川彭州地区养殖虹鳟传染性造血器官坏死病病毒的分离、鉴定及病理学观察

近期,四川省成都彭州市某虹鳟养殖场暴发流行疾病,导致养殖虹鳟死亡率高达90%。现场采样观察发现患病鱼主要症状为背部发黑,鳔壁、腹膜严重出血,心包积液,空肠、空胃和显著肠炎。同时对病鱼进行细菌学与组织病理学检测,细菌学检查结果为阴性,病理学观察发现脾脏有典型凝固性坏死,肝脏组织广泛变性、坏死,肠道黏膜下层水肿,肠上皮充血及上皮细胞脱落坏死,脑膜和心外膜水肿。将病鱼的脾组织研磨过滤除菌后,腹腔注射60尾健康虹鳟,注射组均表现为急性死亡(累计死亡率达85%),试验鱼出现与自然发病鱼相同的症状而对照组无异常。取病鱼的脾脏组织研磨过滤后接种胖头鲤细胞(fathead minnow cell,FHM),细胞感染3 d后出现典型的细胞病变效应(CPE)。针对编码IHNV糖蛋白(Glycoprotein,G)基因进行逆转录-聚合酶链反应(RTPCR)检测显示,患病鱼、人工感染病鱼和病变细胞均为IHNV阳性,扩增序列与IHNV糖蛋白基因同源性为98.2%。对该病毒分离株的G基因进行系统发育分析,结果显示,该分离株与亚洲分离株聚为一簇,属于JRt基因型。     

一株虹鳟源传染性胰腺坏死病病毒的分离与鉴定

为明确引起四川石棉某养殖场饲养的虹鳟患病死亡的病原体,实验对自然发病虹鳟进行大体病变观察并对其病原体进行分离,通过人工感染实验及多重RT-PCR鉴定确定病原体WZ160509,并对病原体的主要结构蛋白VP2进行扩增分析,同时对病变组织进行组织病理学观察。结果显示,患病鱼主要临床症状表现为体表发黑,腹部膨大,挤压腹部可见肛门喷射淡黄色黏液便;剖检可见肝脏、肾脏苍白;肠道内无食物,内积黄色黏液。将患病虹鳟组织匀浆液无菌接种虹鳟鱼生殖腺细胞系(rainbow trout gonad cell line,RTG-2)细胞,盲传3代均出现典型的细胞病变。人工感染实验显示死亡率高达90%,并出现与自然患病鱼相同的症状。多重RT-PCR检测发现,自然发病鱼、人工感染鱼以及病变RTG-2细胞均为传染性胰腺坏死病病毒(infectious pancreatic necrosis virus,IPNV)阳性,其主要结构蛋白VP2基因与美国分离株基因组1型聚为一支,且同源性分析表明,WZ160509-VP2与IPNV-VP2(AY026345)的同源性最高,序列一致性为95.8%。组织病理学观察显示,患病鱼胰腺细胞空泡变性,坏死;肝细胞空泡变性,坏死;肾小球轻度炎症,毛细血管通透性增加,肾小囊腔内有红色絮状蛋白类物质渗出,肾小管上皮细胞空泡变性。研究表明,从该养殖场患病虹鳟中分离到的病毒为IPNV。     

虹鳟源嗜冷黄杆菌的分离鉴定及致病性

为确定患病虹鳟的病原,本实验从患病鱼溃烂肌肉中分离到2株细菌,分别命名为CH06和CH07,经回归感染证实分离菌株为导致此次虹鳟患病的病原菌,并进一步对其形态特征、理化特性、分子特征、血清型及耐药性进行分析。结果显示,CH06和CH07株在TYES琼脂平板上呈煎蛋状外观,产黄色素,氧化酶和过氧化氢酶呈阳性,能水解明胶和酪蛋白,不能水解淀粉,不能利用果糖、半乳糖和七叶苷等。16S rRNA比对结果显示,CH06和CH07株与嗜冷黄杆菌模式株NBRC 15942的同源性分别为99.35%和99.42%。综合菌株理化和分子特性确定CH06和CH07株为嗜冷黄杆菌。利用多重PCR方法鉴定CH06和CH07株的血清型均为1型(Fd型);多位点序列分型(MLST)分析表明,CH06和CH07株的基因型分别为ST-12和ST-78型,且均属于CCST10克隆型。人工感染结果显示,CH06和CH07株对虹鳟幼鱼具有较高致病性,其半致死浓度(LD_(50))分别为7.1×10~5和1.1×10~5 CFU/mL,攻毒剂量与临床病症出现时间呈反比,从人工感染实验鱼的肌肉、脾脏等组织中可重新分离到嗜冷黄杆菌。组织病理变化显示,病鱼肝细胞肿胀,空泡变性,部分肝细胞溶解坏死,细胞核溶解消失;脾脏充血、出血,淋巴细胞减少,红细胞和含铁血黄素增多;肌纤维间隙增宽、断裂、弯曲不齐,部分肌细胞肌浆溶解呈蜂窝状。CH06和CH07株对10种抗菌药物的耐药谱略有不同,均对氨苄西林和甲氧苄啶-磺胺甲噁唑敏感;CH06株对恩诺沙星、氟苯尼考等耐药,而CH07株对恩诺沙星和氟苯尼考中度敏感。本研究首次报道了我国虹鳟源嗜冷黄杆菌的分离鉴定及生物学特性,以期为虹鳟细菌性冷水病的防控提供科学依据。     

虹鳟源嗜冷黄杆菌的分离鉴定及致病性研究

为确定患病虹鳟的病原,本实验从患病鱼溃烂肌肉中分离到2株细菌,分别命名为CH06和CH07,经回归感染证实分离菌株为导致此次虹鳟患病的病原菌,并进一步对其形态特征、理化特性、分子特征、血清型及耐药性进行分析。结果显示,CH06和CH07株在TYES琼脂平板上呈煎蛋状外观,产黄色素,氧化酶和过氧化氢酶呈阳性,能水解明胶和酪蛋白,不能水解淀粉,不能利用果糖、半乳糖和七叶苷等。16S rRNA比对结果显示,CH06和CH07株与嗜冷黄杆菌模式株NBRC 15942的同源性分别为99.35%和99.42%。综合菌株理化和分子特性确定CH06和CH07株为嗜冷黄杆菌。利用多重PCR方法鉴定CH06和CH07株的血清型均为1型(Fd型);多位点序列分型(MLST)分析表明,CH06和CH07株的基因型分别为ST-12和ST-78型,且均属于CC-ST10克隆型。人工感染结果显示,CH06和CH07株对虹鳟幼鱼具有较高致病性,其半致死浓度(LD₅₀)分别为7.1×10⁵和1.1×10⁵ CFU/mL,攻毒剂量与临床病症出现时间呈反比,从人工感染实验鱼的肌肉、脾脏等组织中可重新分离到嗜冷黄杆菌。组织病理变化显示,病鱼肝细胞肿胀,空泡变性,部分肝细胞溶解坏死,细胞核溶解消失;脾脏充血、出血,淋巴细胞减少,红细胞和含铁血黄素增多;肌纤维间隙增宽、断裂、弯曲不齐,部分肌细胞肌浆溶解呈蜂窝状。CH06和CH07株对10种抗菌药物的耐药谱略有不同,均对氨苄西林和甲氧苄啶-磺胺甲噁唑敏感;CH06株对恩诺沙星、氟苯尼考等耐药,而CH07株对恩诺沙星和氟苯尼考中度敏感。本研究首次报道了我国虹鳟源嗜冷黄杆菌的分离鉴定及生物学特性,以期为虹鳟细菌性冷水病的防控提供科学依据。     

传染性造血器官坏死病毒新疆株的分离与鉴定

在新疆维吾尔自治区某养殖场取患病虹鳟Oncorhynchus mykiss组织样本,进行传染性造血器官坏死病毒(Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus,IHNV)分离鉴定、电镜观察、回归感染及遗传进化分析研究。细胞培养结果显示:患病虹鳟组织样本能够感染鲤Cyprinus carpio上皮细胞(carp epithelial cell,EPC)产生典型细胞病变(cytopathic effect,CPE),收集病毒悬液命名为XJ-13。滴度测定实验表明:该病毒为10~(6.15)TCID_(50)/m L。回归感染实验表明:该分离株在浓度为10~5PFU/尾的剂量使体质量5g的虹鳟死亡率达87.5%。通过透射电镜观察发现患病虹鳟组织悬液感染的EPC细胞内存在大量的子弹状病毒粒子,PCR鉴定结果表明该病毒为IHNV。XJ-13的糖蛋白氨基酸序列的聚类分析结果显示,该病毒株与我国IHNV-Sn1203株具有最高的同源性(99%),与美国参考株WRAC的同源性为94.6%。结果表明:IHNV XJ-13是造成该养殖场虹鳟大量死亡的病原。     

黄颡鱼腹水病的组织病理研究

本文应用组织病理学的方法,对患有腹水病的黄颡鱼(Pseudobagrus fulviddco)的各器官进行观察.结果表明各器官主要组织病理学变化有:鳃小片上皮细胞肿胀、增生、肥大,并有脱落、变性、坏死现象;肾小管上皮细胞出现肿胀,局部肾小管崩解坏死;肾小球结构模糊不清、松散,呈空泡样,部分区域肾小球的血管球肿胀、肾小球坏死;肾间质中可见局灶性坏死,局部区域可见颗粒管型和黑素-巨噬细胞沉着.肝细胞发生明显的水泡变性,部分病鱼肝组织可见局灶性坏死和血管充血.肠胃上皮细胞排列紊乱,并有脱落、变性、坏死现象.脾组织中毛细血管扩张、充血,严重区域破裂出血,形成血斑,部分病鱼脾组织可见弥散性坏死灶.     

重组虹鳟IFN-γ2的原核表达及抗IHNV活性分析

为获得虹鳟IFN-γ2(rt IFN-γ2)抗传染性造血器官坏死病毒(IHNV)活性的相关数据,实验根据NCBI已发表序列设计引物,提取经植物血凝素刺激后的虹鳟头肾细胞总RNA,采用RT-PCR方法扩增471 bp的该基因完整开放阅读框。将该基因重组至原核表达载体p ET32a中,并转化大肠杆菌Rosetta,进行诱导表达,SDS-PAGE结果显示,目的蛋白以包涵体形式表达,大小约为38.4 ku。重组蛋白经复性、纯化后在CHSE-214细胞上进行抗IHNV活性分析,结果显示,rt IFN-γ2在CHSE-214细胞上抗IHNV活性为6.63×106U/mg。Real-time PCR结果显示,rt IFN-γ2免疫后,虹鳟头肾、脾、肝中IRF-1、IRF-2、IFN-I、IFN-γ和Mx表达水平均显著提高,总体而言免疫后2天机体抗病毒状态弱于免疫后1天。攻毒保护实验结果显示,免疫后1天进行IHNV攻击时,鱼死亡率为40%,而免疫后2天进行IHNV攻击时,鱼死亡率达到80%。研究表明,原核表达系统制备的重组虹鳟IFN-γ2不仅具有体外抗IHNV活性,更能激发虹鳟的抗病毒状态,从而为虹鳟抵抗IHNV感染提供一定的保护力。     

一种虹彩病毒感染大菱鲆的病理学研究

对我国虹彩病毒感染的大菱鲆Scophthalmus maximus进行的组织病理和超微病理学研究发现,该病典型的病理学特点是在病鱼的脾脏、肾脏、肠、肝脏、鳃、心脏和皮肤等器官组织内出现嗜碱性的肿大细胞。病毒感染导致患病大菱鲆多个器官组织发生了不同程度的病理变化,其中以脾脏组织的病理变化最为显著,表现为造血组织的严重坏死。此外,肾脏造血组织发生坏死、肠固有膜和黏膜下层出血和水肿、肝细胞水样变性、心肌局灶性坏死以及皮肤真皮层出血并伴有水肿和炎性渗出也是该病常见的组织病理学变化。超微病理研究表明,肿大细胞内有虹彩病毒粒子存在。病毒分布于受感染细胞的胞质、组织间隙以及血管腔内。受感染细胞出现线粒体和内质网等细胞器肿胀、崩解等细胞病理变化。研究认为,病毒感染造成皮下组织血管损伤出血,是虹彩病毒感染的大菱鲆发生＂红体病＂的原因所在。虹彩病毒感染所致的机体严重贫血是患病大菱鲆死亡的主要原因,而主要器官组织的病变使得病鱼器官功能衰竭则可加速鱼的死亡。     

一株鲈鲤源鲤春病毒血症病毒的分离鉴定及其病理观察

2016年4月,四川某鲈鲤(Percocypris pingi)养殖场流行一种以鳃、鱼鳔和内脏器官出血为临床特征的传染病。组织病理学观察发现,患病鲈鲤全身多组织器官均发生明显的病理损伤,尤其是肝、脾、肾、鳃和肠表现为明显的出血、变性、坏死以及炎症细胞浸润。取病鱼组织匀浆滤液接种鲤上皮瘤细胞(epithelioma papulosum cyprini, EPC),盲传3代出现典型的细胞病变(cytopathic effects, CPE)。将自然发病鱼组织匀浆滤液和细胞培养病毒液分别接种健康鲈鲤,实验鱼出现与自然发病鱼相同的症状,死亡率分别为60%和50%,而对照组未见异常。对经分离毒株ZLP160415感染出现CPE的EPC细胞制备超薄切片进行电镜观察,发现病毒呈弹状,长90～150 nm,宽40～60 nm;对自然发病鱼、人工感染发病鱼内脏组织和细胞培养病毒液进行鲤春病毒血症病毒(springviremiaofcarpvirus,SVCV)的RT-PCR检测,均扩增出目的条带。基于SVCV糖蛋白基因进行系统发育分析,结果显示分离毒株(ZLP160415)属于Ia型。结合本次疾病的流行病学与病理损伤特点、病毒分离鉴定、人工感染试验结果和透射电镜检查,确定此次流行病的病原为SVCV。     

嗜水气单胞菌引致的金钱鱼细菌性疾病

为了分离鉴定实验室养殖的金钱鱼暴发性疾病的病原,利用传统病原分离的方法,从病鱼肝脏分离得到一株G–短杆菌(Ah201416),对其进行电镜观察和生理生化鉴定,对病鱼组织进行病理切片分析,并根据科赫法则,用分离株对健康金钱鱼进行人工感染。结果显示,该菌株电镜下观察细菌大小为0.8~1.0μm×1.0~2.0μm(宽×长),无芽孢和荚膜,生理生化特性与嗜水气单胞菌基本一致;16S r RNA序列(登录号:KR006248)与Gen Bank中嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila,Ah ATCC7966)的16S r RNA基因序列的同源性高达99%,系统进化树与Ah聚为一支。病理切片分析发现,发病金钱鱼与正常金钱鱼相比,鳃小片细胞不同程度地脱落,伴有白细胞浸润;肠绒毛结构消失,肌肉层疏松明显;肾脏中肾小管细胞脱落,管腔中有坏死细胞,并出现不同程度的颗粒变性;肝脏细胞形态不规则,伴有血细胞浸润等病理损伤。人工感染实验表明,其对健康金钱鱼96h的半数致死剂量(LD50)为7.35×107 CFU/m L。研究表明,发病金钱鱼中分离的Ah201416菌株为嗜水气单胞菌,丰富了金钱鱼细菌性病原的研究,此结果为金钱鱼细菌性疾病的防治和养殖业的健康发展提供了重要的理论依据。     

Appearance of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus in Rainbow Trout,Oncorhynchus mykiss,During Seawater Adaptation

About 7% mortality occurred in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, during seawater adaptation at a marine farm in the South Sea of Korea during the winter of 2014. Most diseased fish showed petechial hemorrhaging of gills and internal fat with enlarged spleen. Although no parasites or bacteria were isolated from the diseased fish, all tissue filtrates produced cytopathic effects (CPEs) in fathead minnow and Chinook salmon embryo‐214 cells. The cell culture supernatant showing CPE contained specific 1527‐bp fragment for the infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) glycoprotein gene by polymerase chain reaction. Their nucleotide sequences shared 98.1–98.2% identities with IHNV RtUi02 isolated from rainbow trout in Korea. This isolate (RtGoH14) was closely related to Korean IHNV isolates of genogroup JRt rather than to those of North American and European genogroups. These results suggest that this IHNV isolate might have been introduced to rainbow trout farm (land‐based culture system) in Korea. This is the first report of IHNV infection in rainbow trout during seawater adaptation in Korea.     

First evidence of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in the Netherlands

In spring 2008, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) was detected for the first time in the Netherlands. The virus was isolated from rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), from a put‐and‐take fishery with angling ponds. IHNV is the causative agent of a serious fish disease, infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN). From 2008 to 2011, we diagnosed eight IHNV infections in rainbow trout originating from six put‐and‐take fisheries (symptomatic and asymptomatic fish), and four IHNV infections from three rainbow trout farms (of which two were co‐infected by infectious pancreatic necrosis virus, IPNV), at water temperatures between 5 and 15 °C. At least one farm delivered trout to four of these eight IHNV‐positive farms. Mortalities related to IHNV were mostly <40%, but increased to nearly 100% in case of IHNV and IPNV co‐infection. Subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed that these 12 isolates clustered into two different monophyletic groups within the European IHNV genogroup E. One of these two groups indicates a virus‐introduction event by a German trout import, whereas the second group indicates that IHNV was already (several years) in the Netherlands before its discovery in 2008.     

Quantitative expression (Walbaum) of immunological factors in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), after infection with either Flavobacterium psychrophilum, Aeromonas salmonicida, or infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus

To further enhance our understanding of immunological gene expression in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, after infection with naturally occurring pathogens, a series of probes and primers were developed for the quantification of immune factors. Separate groups of specific-pathogen-free rainbow trout were infected with either Flavobacterium psychrophilum, Aeromonas salmonicida or infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV). Three different concentrations of each pathogen were used and samples from infected and mock-infected fish were taken at either 1 or 5 days after infection. Ten fish were sampled at each time point for individual sections of liver, spleen and head kidney. Organ specimens from five of the fish were used to re-isolate and quantify the pathogen at the time the samples were taken. Total RNA was extracted from the organs of the remaining five animals. Using real-time polymerase chain reaction with fluorescent-labelled probes, the RNA from these organs was examined for the level of expression of the following immunological factors; an interferon related protein (MX-1), interleukin-8 (IL-8), the cytotoxic T-cell marker CD-8 and complement factor C3 (C3). They were also measured for the level of beta-actin, which was used as a standardization control for cellular RNA expression. Infection with IHNV produced the greatest change in expression level for all the immunological related factors examined in this study. IHNV elicited the best dose response profile, which was typically seen at 5-days post-infection for MX-1, C3, IL-8 and CD-8. Infection with A. salmonicida and F. psychrophilum showed elevated, but variable expression levels for several of the genes tested.     

Co‐infection of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus and Flavobacterium psychrophilum

Co‐infection of rainbow trout with infections haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) and Flavobacterium psychrophilum is known to occur, and it has been speculated that a combined infection can result in dramatic losses. Both pathogens can persist in fish in an asymptomatic carrier state, but the impact of co‐infection has not been well characterized or documented. In this study, it was hypothesized that fish co‐infected with F. psychrophilum and IHNV would exhibit greater mortality than fish infected with either pathogen alone. To test this, juvenile rainbow trout were co‐infected with low doses of either IHNV or F. psychrophilum, and at 2 days post‐initial challenge, they were given a low dose of the reciprocal pathogen. This combined infection caused high mortality (76.2%–100%), while mortality from a single pathogen infection with the same respective dose was low (5%–20%). The onset of mortality was earlier in the co‐infected group (3–4 days) when compared with fish infected with F. psychrophilum alone (6 days) or IHNV (5 days), confirming the synergistic interaction between both pathogens. Co‐infection led to a significant increase in the number of F. psychrophilum colony‐forming units and IHNV plaque‐forming units within tissues. This finding confirms that when present together in co‐infected fish, both pathogens are more efficiently recovered from tissues. Furthermore, pathogen genes were significantly increased in co‐infected groups, which parallel the findings of increased systemic pathogen load. Extensive tissue necrosis and abundant pathogen present intracellularly and extracellularly in haematopoietic tissue. This was pronounced in co‐infected fish and likely contributed to the exacerbated clinical signs and higher mortality. This study provides novel insight into host–pathogen interactions related to co‐infection by aquatic bacterial and viral pathogens and supports our hypothesis. Such findings confirm that mortality in fish exposed to both pathogens is greatly elevated compared to a single pathogen infection.     

Comparative sensitivity of carp, Cyprinus carpio L. and rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, to Renibacterium salmoninarum

Abstract. The pathogenicity of Renibacterium salmoninarum to carp, Cyprinus carpio L., and rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, was investigated. All carp injected with 4·8 × 10⁸ cells/fish, or 4·8 × 10⁷ cells/fish survived for 38 days. R. salmoninarum was isolated from all moribund fish, but not from the kidney of surviving fish, although R. salmoninarum antigen was detected in several of these fish by the dot blot assay. On the other hand, mortality in rainbow trout was 95% in the fish injected with 4·8 × 10⁸ cells/fish, and 15% in those which received 4·8 × 10⁷ cells/fish. R. salmoninarum antigen was detected by the dot blot assay in all surviving rainbow trout. The number of R. salmoninarum cells was immediately decreased by carp or rainbow trout serum, and the serum bactericidal activity of carp was higher than that of rainbow trout. Carp blood leucocytes had higher phagocytic activity than those of rainbow trout.     

传染性造血器官坏死病毒微型基因组表达干扰素对病毒的抑制效应

为构建传染性造血器官坏死病毒(IHNV HLJ-09)微型基因组并表达虹鳟IFN,采用RT-PCR扩增IHNV HLJ-09株的N、P、L、G和NV蛋白基因并亚克隆入真核表达载体pCI中,构建辅助质粒pCI-N、pCI-P、pCI-L、pCI-G和pCI-NV;将扩增获得的IHNV基因组两末端序列、增强型绿色荧光蛋白(EGFP)报告基因、虹鳟I型干扰素(IFN)基因克隆到真核表达载体pCI中构建出表达EGFP的IHNV微型基因组pCI-LFGT和表达IFN的IHNV微型基因组pCI-LFIT;将pCI-LFIT质粒转染已接种IHNV HLJ-09毒株的EPC细胞,实时荧光定量PCR法测定细胞中IHNV G基因RNA。结果显示:构建的微型基因组不论与辅助病毒还是与5个辅助质粒共转染,外源基因均能正确表达;pCI-LFIT质粒转染已接种病毒的EPC细胞组与对照组相比其中的病毒核酸显著减少。