大黄鱼UBXN1基因鉴定及其过表达后的转录组分析

为探究UBXN1在大黄鱼抗盾纤毛虫感染中的作用及其可能涉及的免疫信号通路,本实验采用RT-PCR鉴定了大黄鱼UBXN1基因,并利用在线软件对其序列特征进行生物信息学分析; 采用实时荧光定量 PCR(qPCR)探究UBXN1在多个组织的表达情况,及盾纤毛虫感染下的表达变化;免疫荧光分析UBXN1的亚细胞定位;转录组筛选UBXN1过表达后的差异表达基因。结果显示：UBXN1基因cDNA全长为915 bp,编码304 个氨基酸。蛋白序列同源比对和结构预测表明UBXN1是一个进化保守的蛋白,包含UBA和UBX结构域。qPCR分析表明UBXN1呈组成型分布表达,脑中表达量最高,其次是肝脏、心脏和肾脏,在肌肉中表达量最低;盾纤毛虫感染大黄鱼,UBXN1在脾脏、脑、肝脏和肾脏表达量早期显著升高,后期逐步恢复至正常水平。亚细胞定位分析表明,UBXN1在大黄鱼肾脏细胞质和细胞核均有表达。在293T细胞过表达UBXN1,转录组分析筛选到12个上调基因,4个下调基因,其中RPL41/RPL39/XIST/RNA45SN4表达量显著增加,而ATP8/ND4L表达量显著减少。这些研究结果表明UBXN1在大黄鱼抗寄生虫免疫应答中发挥重要作用, 并为进一步深入研究UBXN1的免疫调控信号通路奠定基础, 这是目前在鱼类首次报道UBXN1。     

Antigenic differences of the scuticociliate Miamiensis avidus from Japan

In Japan and Korea, outbreaks of scuticociliatosis have frequently occurred in Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus . Morphological observations and small subunit rRNA gene sequences have shown that the causative agent of scuticociliatosis in the flounder is Miamiensis avidus (syn. Philasterides dicentrarchi ). In this study, we elucidated the antigenic differences between six Japanese M. avidus isolates as an initial step toward developing an effective vaccine against the disease. Four Japanese flounder isolates (IyoI, Nakajima, JF05To and Mie0301 isolates), one spotted knifejaw, Oplegnathus punctatus, isolate (SK05Kyo), and one ridged-eye flounder, Pleuronichthys cornutus , isolate (RF05To) were subjected to serological analysis. Antisera against IyoI, SK05Kyo, Nakajima and Mie0301 isolates were raised in rabbits and used for immobilization assays and Western blotting. Immobilization assays showed that the six isolates could be divided into three groups, tentatively designated serotype I for IyoI, JF05To, RF05To, SK05Kyo, serotype II for Nakajima and serotype III for Mie0301. Western blotting results supported these three serotypes, with marked similarities in the banding profiles of IyoI, JF05To, RF05To and SK05Kyo isolates, which were distinct from the Nakajima and Mie0301 isolates. Three isolates, IyoI, Nakajima and Mie0301 that were selected as representatives of each serotype, were highly pathogenic to Japanese flounder by experimental infection. Based on these findings, we propose that there are at least three M. avidus serotypes in Japan.