Antibody specificities in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., against the fish pathogens Vibrio salmonicida and Vibrio anguillarum

Abstract. Specificities of polyclonal salmon antisera made against the fish pathogens Vibrio salmonicida and Vibrio anguillarum were studied. Using ELISA and Western blot techniques, antisera made against V. salmonicida or V. anguillarum serovar 1 demonstrated high responses against the homologous bacterium or its isolated LPS. In contrast, antisera obtained after immunization with V. anguillarum serovar 2 displayed low antibody titres against homologous antigens. Elcctrophoretic transfer of SDS-PAGE separated V. salmonicida LPS antigen to nitrocellulose strips and subsequent immunostaining with salmon antisera revealed a strong reaction exclusively in the low molecular weight region (<14kD). On the other hand, immunoblots of V. anguillarum LPS preparations using salmon immunesera raised against this species showed a heterogenous staining pattern ranging from high to medium LPS-size. In addition, most of the salmon antisera made against V. anguillarum serovar 2 also reacted with a low molecular weight LPS antigen band.     

Isolation and characterization of a surface layer antigen from Vibrio salmonicida

Abstract. A cell surface product (VS-P1) of Vibrio salmonicida has been purified from culture supernatant by a combination of extensive dialysis, filtration and centrifugation, as well as by salt precipitation and hydrophobic chromatography. SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the monomeric form of the antigen is a single polypeptide with an apparent molecular weight of 40000. Size exclusion HPLC of purified VS-P1 as well as VS-Pl-containing fish serum revealed, however, oligomeric forms in the range from 300000 to more than 700000 daltons. The antigen contained 6% carbohydrate and several isolectric forms were distinguishable when analysed on an analytical isoelectric focusing electrophoresis system. A 'sandwich' ELISA, utilizing polyclonal antibodies, was developed for screening sera from both healthy and moribund Atlantic salmon for the presence of the VS-P1 antigen.     

Monoclonal antibodies against Vibrio salmonicida: the causative agent of coldwater vibriosis ('Hitra disease') in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

Abstract. Monoclonal antibodies (Mab) directed against Vibrio salmonicida were produced and partially characterized. The bacterium is the causative agent of 'Hitra disease' or cotdwater vibriosis (CV) and differs from all other Vibrio bacteria tested so far with respect to a unique surface antigen (VS-P1). Thirteen hybridoma clones produced antibodies which exclusively reacted with this antigen in ELISA. The remaining four clones reacted against undefined determinants and were partly cross-reactive to V. anguiilarum, V. ordalii and V. fischeri . Fifteen Mab were of IgG1/kappa and two of the IgG3/kappa isotypes. Eleven of the IgG1 plus the two IgG3 Mab reacted with the VS-P1 molecule.     

Immunochemical analyses of Vibrio anguillarum strains isolated from cod, Gadus morhua L., suffering from vibriosis

Abstract. Vibrio anguillarum isolates were sampled from cod fry showing clinical signs of vibriosis at different cod farms along the western coast of Norway. Except for one isolate, all were shown to cause mortality in laboratory challenge experiments. Using biochemical analysis and specific rabbit antisera (O1–O5), all the pathogenic isolates were classified as typical V. anguillarum serotype O2. SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis of both whole bacterial cells and purified lipopolysaccharides (LPS) showed that the LPS structures were heterogeneous. ELISA analyses using adsorbed antisera identified the presence of two different subgroups within serogroup O2, which correspond with O2a/O2α and O2b/O2β described previously.     

Specific immunoglobulins in serum from Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., immunized with Vibrio salmonicida and infectious pancreatic necrosis virus

Abstract. Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., responded to intraperitoneal injection of formalin killed Vibrio salmonicida or live infectious pancreatic necrosis virus ( ipnv ) by producing specific antibodies. The antibody titre varied significantly within the group tested. Western blot analysis demonstrated that high-titre antisera recognized two major bacterial antigens with molecular weights of 12–15 kD and 22–27 kD. In addition, a few narrow bands with higher molecular weights were observed. An antiserum raised against IPNV recognised two major antigens corresponding to the structural proteins of the virus. E lisa and Western blot analysis showed that the immune serum raised against Vibrio salmonicida reacted slightly with Vibrio anguillarum , whereas no reaction to Yersinia ruckeri or Aeromonas salmonicida was detected. Indirect elisa and an elisa competition assay revealed that the immune serum raised against the N1 serotype was specific for this serotype of ipnv . The results demonstrate that Atlantic salmon has a humoral immune system capable of producing antibodies which discriminate between related bacterial antigens and between different serotypes of a virus.     

创伤弧菌、溶藻弧菌外膜蛋白特性的比较研究

对用Sarkosyl法分离的创伤孤菌、溶藻弧菌、副溶血弧菌、鳗弧菌的外膜蛋白进行了初步的比较分析.这4种弧菌外膜蛋白的SDS-PAGE和Western blotting的图谱有相似性亦有差异.SDS-PAGE显示,4种弧菌中除副溶血弧菌外均能分离到47、38 ku的外膜蛋白;创伤弧菌和溶藻弧菌存在4种共同的外膜蛋白,大...     

Evidence for lack of antigenic competition among various combinations of Vibrio anguillarum, Yersinia ruckeri, Aeromonas salmonicida and Renibacterium salmoninarum bacterins when administered to salmonid fishes

Abstract. Bacterins of Vibrio anguillarum, Yersinia ruckeri, Aeromonas Salmonicida , and Renibacterum salmoninarum were administered alone and in combination to salmonid fishes and the level of protective immunity compared. With each pathogen, the protection obtained with monovalent with A. salmonicida bacterin alone conferred some protection against challenges with Type II V. anguillarum and Y. ruckeri. Also, the combination of A. salmonicida and R. salmoninarum bacterins appeared to potentiate the protection conferred against A. salmonicida. The potential of multivalent vaccines for protecting fish from several diseases appears to be real.     

Surface-exposed expression of Edwardsiella tarda EseB in live attenuated Vibrio anguillarum based on novel surface display systems

Live, attenuated Vibrio anguillarum strains can serve as vectors for the delivery of heterologous antigens for development of multivalent recombinant vaccines. Based on the outer membrane anchoring elements of V. anguillarum , we have previously constructed several efficient surface display systems Lpp-Omporf1, Lpp-OmpU, Lpp-Omp26La, Wza-Omporf1, Wza-OmpU and Wza-Omp26La. In this study, with these constructed surface display systems, a putative antigen protein EseB from pathogenic Edwardsiella tarda was successfully expressed on the surface of an attenuated V. anguillarum strain to get multivalent vaccine candidates. Further immune protection evaluation in zebra fish ( Danio rerio ) demonstrated that the V. anguillarum EseB-display strain AV/pW-26La-B could trigger full protection against V. anguillarum infection and early protection against E. tarda infection in the immunized fish. These results suggest that surface display of heterologous protective antigens in attenuated V. anguillarum could be used as a tool to develop potential V. anguillarum vector vaccine.     

In situ adherence of Vibrio spp. to cryosections of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., tissue.

Pathogenic and presumed non-pathogenic bacteria isolated from fish were tested for their adhesion to cryosections from different mucosal surfaces of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. Adhered bacteria were detected by immunohistochemistry. Mucus was stained and fixed with Alcian blue after incubation of bacteria. The majority of the bacteria tested, i.e. Vibrio anguillarum serotype O1 , Vibrio salmonicida , Vibrio viscosus, Flexibacter maritimus and 'gut vibrios', i.e. Vibrio iliopiscarius and intestinal isolates of V. salmonicida , all adhered to mucus on all salmon epithelial surfaces tested, including sections from the foregut, hindgut, pyloric caeca, gills and skin. In contrast, V. anguillarum serotype O2, including both serotypes O2a and O2b, did not adhere to mucus, but did adhere to all other components of the tissues. As a positive control for adhesion of bacteria on cryosections, Escherichia coli was bound to piglet ileal mucosal lining, and as a negative control for adhesion, Staphylococcus aureus was found not to bind to any of the tissues tested. The present study shows that adhesion to mucus was not restricted to pathogenic bacteria, and furthermore, that not all pathogenic bacteria studied adhered to mucus. Hence, on the basis of these findings, the present authors suggest that V. anguillarum O2 may have an invasion strategy which does not involve adhesion to mucus, and thus, differs from the other pathogenic bacteria in the present study, which all bound to salmon mucus.     

Growth inhibition of the salmon pathogen Vibrio ordalii by a siderophore produced by Vibrio anguillarum strain VL4355

Abstract. Thirty strains of V. anguillarum were tested for the production of inhibitory substances against closely-related bacteria using the deferred antagonism test. Only one strain, Vibrio anguillarum VL4355, inhibited strains of V. ordalii and this effect was blocked by the addition of iron salts to the culture medium. Siderophore production was investigated for this strain. Results from bioassays suggested that strain VL4355 produced a siderophore related to anguibactin, the plasmid-encoded phenolate siderophore produced by V. anguillarum strain 775. However, when plasmid DNA was compared for strains 775 and VL4355 the Bam HI-generated restriction profiles were different, although hybridization experiments indicated some homology. Using the chrome-azurol sulphate assay to measure siderophore production, strain VL4355 yielded significantly higher values than other V. anguillarum strains. Amberlite XAD-2 was used to produce concentrated siderophore preparations from strains VL4355 and 775. Both preparations were inhibitory to the growth of strains of V. ordalii , but not V. anguillarum , as were solutions of the iron chelator ethylenediamine-di(o-hydroxyphenylacetic acid). The difference in sensitivity to iron-limiting conditions for V. ordalii and V. anguillarum , coupled with the inability of V. ordalii to utilize ferric-anguibactin, could reflect different mechanisms of iron uptake for these two organisms.     

Attachment of Vibrio pathogens to cells of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)

Abstract. The attachment of Vibrio pathogens to cells of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), was studied by use of species-specific monoclonal antibodies and indirect FITC- immunofluorescence microscopy. Vibrio anguillarum, V. ordalii and V. parahaemolyticus attached to cultured cells of rainbow trout gonads, various tissues of cryostat sections of whole fish, and smears of gills, intestine, buccal mucosa and skin. The attachment was inhibited by prior incubation of bacteria with monoclonal antibodies at titres of 1:32, or less. Other Vibrio pathogens used in this study did not attach to any trout cells. The research provides approaches to study the mechanisms of bacterial attachment in the onset of Vibrio infections.     

The use of API 20E for the identification of Vibrio anguillarum and V. ordalii

Abstract. Sixty-eight strains of Vibrio anguillarum , five of V. ordalii and the type strains of V. alginolyticus, V. carchariae, V. damsela and V. parahaemolyticus were compared using the API 20E gallery. Within the V. anguillarum strains, distinct groups could be separated mainly on the basis of their reaction on indole production and the fermentation of amygdalin and arabinose. Vibrio ordalii , the former V. anguillarum biotype 2, could easily be separated from V. anguillarum and from the other fish pathogenic Vibrio spp.     

不同类型抗菌素对致病性鳗弧菌外膜蛋白表达的影响

摘要：对已分离的1株致病性鳗弧菌W1外膜蛋白图谱进行SDS-PAGE分析，并与8株不同血清型的鳗弧菌外膜蛋白进行比较。结果表明，鳗弧菌W1主要外膜蛋白分别为24kD，38kD，42kD和47kD，主要外膜蛋白图谱与鳗弧菌O1血清型标准菌株VIB1相似。抗生素药敏试验表明该菌对氨苄青霉素、强力霉素、磺胺嘧啶等14种常用药物产生了抗性，只对新生霉素、呋喃妥因、利福平、新霉素等9种药物敏感。研究不同浓度的氨苄青霉素、强力霉素、磺胺嘧啶和庆大霉素对鳗弧菌外膜蛋白表达的影响。结果表明，氨苄青霉素、强力霉素和磺胺嘧啶明显地抑制鳗弧菌42kD的主要外膜蛋白的表达，随着抗菌素浓度的增加，该外膜蛋白的表达量逐渐减少甚至消失，而庆大霉素浓度的变化对其表达没有明显影响。对该42kD主要外膜蛋白进行N末端分析表明，其N末端序列为EAPTAINS，与已发表的细菌其他外膜蛋白序列没有同源性。     

Vaccination experiments and studies of the humoral immune responses in cod, Gadus morhua L., to four strains of monoclonal-defined Vibrio anguillarum

Abstract. Vibrio anguillarum isolated from diseased cod, Gadus morhua L., were serotyped by use of a panel of monoclonal antibodies. Four serotypes could be distinguished, having different lipopolysaccharide determinants. These phenotypic differences were also reflected in the genetic map, as revealed by fingerprinting of bacterial DNA. Antisera were raised in cod after immunization with the V. anguillarum serotypes, and Western blot techniques demonstrated production of specific antibodies mainly to LPS-antigens. The immune system in cod discriminates to a eertain degree between the four serotypes as shown by crossreactions of the immune sera in elisa . Moreover, it was also shown that natural antibodies to bacterial antigens are present in non-immune sera, but these specificities are non-LPS in nature. As a consequence of the heterogeneity of the V. anguillarum strains, vaccination experiments were performed under laboratory conditions to compare the effectiveness of bacterins based on either single vaccines or polyvaccines. The results from these experiments were promising since challenge with one strain demonstrated 100% protection both in fish vaccinated with the homologous serotype as well as a mixture of all the four serotypes.     

3株水产动物病原弧菌主要分泌性蛋白的鉴定及其分泌性序列的分析

从3株水产动物病原菌鳗弧菌MN、鳗弧菌3101、费氏弧菌培养液中分别获取了分泌性蛋白,进行SDS-PAGE,对表达量较高的5条蛋白区带进行MALDI-TOF/TOF质谱鉴定表明,它们分别是鳗弧菌MN金属蛋白酶(empA-MN)、鳗弧菌3101金属蛋白酶(empA-3101)、锌金属蛋白酶(zincempA)、费氏弧菌VFMJ11_1094蛋白(VFMJ11_1094)和费氏弧菌ES114的外膜蛋白(OMP).根据所鉴定的序列设计引物,分别从鳗弧菌MN、鳗弧菌3101和费氏弧菌中扩增出相应基因,克隆后测定emp-MN、empA-3101、zinc empA、VFMJ11-1094和OMP相应基因的序列,经在线软件SignaIP 3.0分析,确定emp-MN、empA-3101、zinc empA、VFMJ11-1094和OMP均存在不同的分泌性信号肽序列angMN-35、ang3101-35、ang3101-25、vf-38和vf-23,通过在线软件PSORT分析表明,所有信号肽均定位在细胞的周质空间或细胞外膜上.     

Enhancement of non-specific disease resistance in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., by a glucan from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell walls

Abstract. An insoluble polysaccharide from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae , called M-Glucan, has been shown to enhance the non-specific disease resistance of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., when injected intraperitoneally. M-Glucan consists only of glucose units which presumably are linked through β -1,3 and β -1,6 linkages. Enhanced resistance was demonstrated against Yersinia ruckeri , the causal agent of enteric redmouth disease, against Vibrio anguillarum , the causal agent of classical vibriosis and against Vibrio salmonicida , which causes cold water vibriosis or 'Hitra-disease' in salmon. At a dose of 2mg M-Glucan per fish (20g mean weight), maximal resistance developed in the fish 3 weeks after injection. Injection of different glucan doses and challenge one week later with Vibrio anguillarum , showed that 50-200μg glucan per fish resulted in the highest level of resistance. The level of resistance in Atlantic salmon obtained with M-Glucan was strikingly higher than that obtained with another glucan which was prepared from Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a different procedure.     

病原性鳗弧菌(Vibrio anguillarum)双重PCR与LAMP检测方法的建立

本研究检测了分离自发病大菱鲆、半滑舌鳎及鲤鱼的22株病原鳗弧菌(Vibrio anguillarum)毒力相关基因的携带情况,并建立了病原鳗弧菌的分子生物学检测方法。以PCR方法检测8个毒力相关基因的分布,结果显示,22株病原鳗弧菌均可扩增出6个基因(empA、vah1、vah4、flaA、rtxA和tonB)目的条带,未扩增出virA和angM基因;针对vah4和rtxA设计引物进行双重PCR扩增,同一PCR反应体系可扩增出两条目的条带,灵敏度为2.4×103 CFU/ml,对照菌无任何扩增条带;以vah4设计引物进行LAMP扩增,病原鳗弧菌可扩增出阶梯状条带,呈现阳性反应,6株对照菌无阶梯状扩增条带且呈现阴性反应,LAMP扩增灵敏度为2.4×101 CFU/ml。LAMP检测灵敏度是双重PCR的100倍,LAMP技术与PCR比较,操作简便、快速、灵敏度高且不需昂贵仪器,LAMP检测鳗弧菌的方法更适合于养殖生产实际应用。     

Production of proteinase during experimental infection of Ostrea edulis L. larvae with Vibrio alginolyticus NCMB 1339 and the antigenic relationship between proteinases produced by marine vibrios pathogenic for fish and shellfish

Abstract. Seven marine Vibrio strains pathogenic for fish or shellfish (including strains of Vibrio alginolyticus, V. anguillarum, V. tubiashi and V. ordalii ) were categorized into three groups on the basis of their extracellular proteinases. Antiserum raised against purified Vibrio alginolyticus NCMB 1339 proteinase neutralized the enzymes produced by all seven Vibrio strains and, on immunodiffusion, the V. alginolyticus proteinase gave a reaction of partial antigenic identity with the other Vibrio strains. In experimental infections of Ostrea edulis larvae with V. alginolyticus , the production of proteinase was demonstrated by immunofluorescence with fluorescein-labelled anti-serum. The toxicity of purified proteinase to larval O. edulis was significantly reduced by preincubation with antiserum but, when larvae were challenged with V. alginolyticus culture supernate containing a similar proteinase concentration, preincubation with antiserum had no protective effect.     

二氟沙星对3种海洋弧菌的抗菌后效应研究

采用试管二倍稀释法测定二氟沙星对鳗弧菌W-1、副溶血弧菌1614和溶藻弧菌1833的最小抑菌浓度(MIC);采用菌落计数法测定二氟沙星对鳗弧菌、副溶血弧菌和溶藻弧菌的抗菌后效应(PAE)。结果显示,二氟沙星在1×MIC、2×MIC和4×MIC浓度时,对鳗弧菌W-1、副溶血弧菌1614和溶藻弧菌1833的PAE分别为:0·64、1·09和2·16h;0·74、1·73和2·64;0·54、1·08和2·05h。二氟沙星对这3种弧菌具有明显的抗菌后效应,并且随着二氟沙星浓度的增加,抗菌后效应的时间也明显延长。     

鱼肠道弧菌胶体金快速检测试纸研制

鱼肠道弧菌(Vibrio ichthyoenteri)可引起多种养殖鱼类发病死亡, 给鱼类养殖业带来严重经济损失。为解决养殖过程中鱼肠道弧菌的现场快速检测问题, 本研究研制了鱼肠道弧菌胶体金快速检测试纸。通过制备兔抗鱼肠道弧菌多克隆抗体, 间接ELISA分析发现其与鱼肠道弧菌的外膜蛋白、鞭毛蛋白、胞外产物及全菌破碎蛋白发生阳性免疫反应, 与副溶血弧菌(Vibrio parahaemolyticus)、鳗弧菌(Vibrio anguillarum)、溶藻弧菌(Vibrio alginolyticus)、哈维氏弧菌(Vibrio harveyi)的4种抗原蛋白发生程度不等的免疫交叉反应。制备胶体金标记鱼肠道弧菌抗体, 确定了鱼肠道弧菌4种抗原蛋白的划线浓度, 以4种抗原蛋白作为4条检测线, 羊抗兔IgG作为质控线, 基于竞争法免疫层析技术研制出鱼肠道弧菌快速检测试纸。对鱼肠道弧菌、副溶血弧菌、鳗弧菌、溶藻弧菌和哈维氏弧菌的检测结果显示, 该试纸可以准确鉴别出鱼肠道弧菌, 并能判别其他病原菌的交叉反应。该试纸对鱼肠道弧菌的最低检测限为5×10⁵ CFU/mL, 检测耗时为10 min。对患病牙鲆组织的检测结果显示, 该试纸与ELISA结果一致, 表明具有较好的检测准确性。本研究为水产养殖现场的鱼肠道弧菌快速、准确检测提供了有力工具。