Effects of high dose of vitamin A on reproduction and egg quality of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

ABSTRACT: The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary vitamin A on reproduction and egg quality in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus . Broodstock were fed experimental pellets containing two levels of vitamin A [11 × 10³ IU/100 g (control diet; CD), 337 × 10³ IU/100 g (experimental diet; ED)] for approximately 2 months before spawning and during the spawning period. Two groups of five females (average weight 1.4 kg) and 10 males (average weight 0.7 kg) were randomly allocated to two 30 m³ indoor tanks. Total egg production of the CD group was slightly higher than the ED group. Percentage of buoyant eggs and hatching rate of the ED group were significantly higher than the CD. In other egg quality parameters, such as percentage abnormal larvae and starvation tolerance of larvae, no notable difference was found between these two groups. At the end of the experiment, the skin color of broodstock in the ED group was darker than that of the CD group. Vitamin A content in eggs of the ED group was significantly higher than that of the CD group. However, the difference in vitamin A content in eggs between the ED and CD groups was much smaller than that in the liver of the females between the two groups. These results indicate that feeding broodstock a higher level of vitamin A increases the vitamin A content in eggs but does not affect egg quality in Japanese flounder because excess dietary vitamin A was stored mainly in the broodstocks' liver.     

Dietary vitamin A requirements of juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

A 70‐day feeding experiment was conducted to assess the dietary vitamin A (VA) requirements of juvenile Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). Six semi‐purified diets with VA supplementations of 0, 5000, 10 000, 15 000, 20 000 and 25 000 IU kg^?1 were fed twice a day to triplicate groups of 20 juveniles per tank with an initial weight of 1.59 ± 0.01 g (mean ± SE). Weight gain (WG) and specific growth rate (SGR) increased as dietary VA increased up to 10 000 IU kg^?1. Significantly lower WG and SGR were observed for the 0 IU kg^?1 treatment than for treatments of 5000, 10 000 and 15 000 IU kg^?1. Highest WG and SGR were observed in fish fed 10 000 IU kg^?1; slightly lower values were recorded in fish fed 15 000, 20 000 or 25 000 IU kg¹. No significant difference was observed in survival rate among treatments. Whole body total lipid was significantly higher in fish fed 0 and 5000 IU kg^?1 than for other levels. Reduced growth and small livers were observed as signs of VA deficiency in fish fed 0 IU kg^?1. Slightly reduced growth and pale fragile livers were observed as effects of VA excess in fish fed 25 000 IU kg^?1. Total retinol contents in liver and eyes increased with increasing levels of dietary VA. No retinol was detected in livers, and significantly lower total retinol content was observed in eyes, of fish fed 0 IU kg^?1. WG analysed by the broken line method indicated that an optimum dietary VA requirement of 9000 IU kg^?1.     

Effect of artemia nauplii enriched with vitamin A palmitate on hypermelanosis on the blind side in juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

ABSTRACT:   The effect of Artemia nauplii enriched with different level of vitamin A (VA) palmitate (1 µg = 1 IU) on the occurrence of hypermelanosis on the blind side of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus was determined. Artemia were enriched with 0, 1, 2, 5 or 10 mg VA palmitate/L (control group, and 1-, 2-, 5-, and 10-mg groups). The enriched Artemia were fed to the larvae from 27 to 31 days post hatching (dph) corresponding to the F–G stage. VA palmitate, retinol and retinoic acid (RA) contents of Artemia were correlatively elevated with increasing VA palmitate in the culture medium. RA was detected in Artemia enriched with 5 mg and 10 mg, and a significantly high frequency of hypermelanosis on the blind side was observed in these groups at 65 dph ( P  < 0.05). These results suggest that RA synthesized from VA palmitate in Artemia could induce hypermelanosis on blind side of flounder when Artemia are enriched with more than 5 mg VA palmitate/L.     

牙鲆胚胎程序化冷冻保存研究

以牙鲆胚胎为材料,对胚胎程序化冷冻保存的主要环节进行了探讨,以优化牙鲆胚胎的程序化超低温冷冻保存法。单一抗冻剂的毒性试验表明甲醇(Methanol)、1,2-丙二醇(PG)的毒性低于其他抗冻剂的毒性。混合抗冻剂的毒性试验表明,20%~25%PM抗冻剂的毒性很低,经其平衡处理的胚胎,冷冻至-30℃,成活率可达80%以上。植冰前采用2℃/min的降温速率,从植冰后到入液氮前温度采用8℃/min的降温速率效果较好。入液氮前温度的筛选实验表明,入液氮前的温度以-45℃较好。利用20%PM和22%PMP,采取优化的降温程序冷冻保存尾芽期的牙鲆胚胎,分别获得5枚和7枚复活胚胎,并全部孵化出膜。     

Energy budget of the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel) larvae fed HUFA-enriched and non-enriched Artemia nauplii

The energy budget of the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel) larvae fed enriched (EA) and non‐enriched (NEA) Artemia nauplii was determined by equating energy intake (EI) with the summation of energy channelled to faeces (F), metabolism (M), excretion (U) and growth (G). Larvae (21 days post hatching, 2.2 mg mean wet wt) were reared in six 80‐L circular tanks with three replicates of 160 larvae per tank and fed EA and NEA for 20 days. EI was calculated from the energy content of consumed nauplii, M from the summation of energy for routine, feeding and active metabolisms, U from ammonia excretion and G from energy gained based on weight gain, while F was the difference between EI and the total of other components. The heat increment of larvae was calculated from the difference of O₂ consumption at post‐prandial and routine conditions. Except for G and F, variables were correlated to the dry body weight (W) of larvae in a power function: Y=aW^b. Coefficients a and b were estimated by regression after a logarithmic transformation of the raw data. Overall, growth and survival rates of the larvae fed EA were higher than those fed NEA. For a larval flounder growing from 2 to 20 mg wet wt, the ingested energy was partitioned as follows: 22.8% to faecal loss, 38.3% to metabolism, 1.5% to urinary loss and 37.4% to growth for the EA group, whereas 35.4% to faecal loss, 28.4% to metabolism, 1.3% to urinary loss and 34.9% to growth for the NEA group. Gross conversion and assimilation efficiencies were higher, but the net conversion efficiency was lower in EA‐fed larvae than NEA‐fed larvae. This study suggests that the higher growth and survival rates of the EA‐fed group compared with the NEA‐fed group were attributed to their higher intake of essential fatty acids, higher metabolism and lower energy loss of faeces.     

野生与人工养殖褐牙鲆亲鱼微量元素组成的差异比较

分析了野生与人工养殖褐牙鲆亲鱼肝脏、背肌及卵中硒、铁、锰、铜、铬、镉和铅等微量元素的含量。结果表明,野生褐牙鲆亲鱼肝脏中硒、铁含量均显著高于养殖亲鱼(P<0.05),铜含量则显著低于养殖亲鱼(P<0.05),其他各元素间均未见显著差异(P>0.05);野生褐牙鲆亲鱼背肌中除硒和锰的含量显著高于养殖亲鱼外(P<0.05),其他各元素含量均基本保持恒定(P>0.05);野生褐牙鲆亲鱼卵中硒、铁和锰的含量均显著高于养殖亲鱼(P<0.05),其中硒的含量约为养殖亲鱼的1.7倍,铁的含量约为养殖亲鱼的2.0倍,而锰含量则为养殖亲鱼的2.8倍。养殖褐牙鲆亲鱼卵中镉含量与野生亲鱼相比高出78%(P<0.05)。两种亲鱼卵中铜、镉、铅3种重金属含量均未见显著差异(P>0.05)。     

指状拟舟虫诱导牙鲆抗血清免疫球蛋白分析

对引起牙鲆体表溃烂的原纤毛虫－指状舟虫诱导牙鲆免疫反应产生的免疫球蛋白ＩｇＭ进行分析,结果表明,病原纤毛虫免疫注射牙鲆 ,可诱导牙鲆发生特异性免疫反应,产生抗体型上鲆抗指状拟舟虫血清的凝集试验,发现纤毛虫停止游动并发虫体聚集;抗血清经与标准分子量和鼠ＩｇＭ单克隆抗体以及对照血清的ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳比较分析证明,牙鲆抗指状拟舟虫血清免疫球蛋白ＩｇＭ重链分子量为７１０００,轻链分子量为２３０００;Ｉ     

牙鲆消化道发育的组织学观察

牙鲆（Paralichthys olivaceus）肉质鲜美、营养价值高,是我国重要的海水养殖鱼类之一,同时,牙鲆二次变态显著,是研究硬骨鱼类变态发育很好的模式生物。在其变态过程前后,外型上最大的变化是其右眼的移位,内部器官如脑颅骨、骨骼肌等都发生结构和功能上的改变,而消化道的发育和分化,特别是其胃在变态前后有显著的变化。消化系统的发育关系到饵料的选择,与仔鱼成活率有直接关系,有较为重要的研究价值。[第一段]     

Cytological studies on induced meiogynogenesis in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck et Schlegel)

The cytological process of induced gynogenetic development and subsequent chromosome duplication by a cold shock treatment was observed in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck et Schlegel). Mature eggs were at the metaphase of the second meiosis when inseminated with ultraviolet (UV)-irradiated sperm of red sea bream Pagrus major . After the beginning of cold shock treatment, the previously visible spindle became invisible, probably due to the side effect caused by cold shock treatment. The chromosomes at the centre of the metaphase plate were condensed. This condition continued during the duration of the cold shock treatment and several minutes after it. The release of the second polar body was blocked and it developed into a female-like pronucleus. Then, it fused with the female pronucleus to generate a diploid zygotic nucleus, and the egg exhibited the first mitosis. Consequently, the haploid female chromosome set of the egg was doubled by the inhibition of the second polar body release. There was a significant delay in developmental time in the gynogenetic eggs when compared with that in the normal eggs. From the time of insemination to early cleavage, the UV-irradiated heterospecific sperm nucleus remained condensed.     

牙鲆抗鳗弧菌病家系筛选及其分析

2007年以从养殖牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)中筛选出的抗病选育群体、从日本引进的日本群体以及从黄海捕捞的野生群体为基础,进行各种组合方式的交配,建立了63个牙鲆家系;2008年又建立了30个家系。对2007年培育的59个家系和2008年培育的30个家系进行了鳗弧菌(Vibrio anguillarum)感染实验,结果表明,不同家系间的抗病力存在极显著的差异(P0.01)。从2007年培育的59个家系中筛选出4个抗病家系,鳗弧菌感染后存活率达到50%以上;2008年的30个家系中5个家系抗病力较强,鳗弧菌感染后的存活率达到60%以上。2008年培育的30个家系其4月龄和6月龄的感染后存活率的相关系数为0.403(P0.05),表明不同生长时期的感染结果具有一致性。230d的体长和体质量与对鳗弧菌的抗病力存在显著的相关关系(P0.05),皮尔森相关系数分别为0.282和0.237。研究发现,日本群体与抗病选育群体的杂交后代抗病性能表现优异,可以通过日本群体与中国群体间的杂交进行遗传改良,达到培育出高产、抗病牙鲆新品种的目的。     

牙鲆免疫相关组织特征及抗体阳性细胞的免疫组化定位

应用抗牙鲆免疫球蛋白单克隆抗体(2D8、1H1)对牙鲆外周血系统、肾、脾、肝、胰、肠道组织中抗体阳性细胞进行了定位观察,并对其组织学特征进行了描述。两株单抗均能在外周血滴片和组织切片中成功地检测到抗体阳性细胞。外周血系统中的抗体阳性细胞主要为淋巴细胞,没有发现抗体阳性的巨噬细胞;牙鲆头肾中没有肾单位,肾小管、肾小球等主要存在于后肾中,脾脏和肾脏都含有巨噬细胞、粒细胞、淋巴细胞等免疫相关细胞,抗体阳性细胞存在方式也极为相似,成簇或单独分布于黑色素巨噬细胞中心和血管周围;牙鲆的胰组织镶嵌在肝上,形成肝胰脏,也参与免疫应答,抗体阳性细胞单个存在,分布于肝组织中,胰组织中没有发现抗体阳性细胞;肠道抗体阳性细胞主要存在于固有层中,有成簇存在现象,在上皮层也可见到单个存在的抗体阳性细胞。     

牙鲆体质量与形态性状的异速生长分析

为分析牙鲆（Paralichthys olivaceus）体质量与形态性状之间异速生长的遗传规律,通过人工受精的方法建立牙鲆19个全同胞家系,测量了牙鲆不同日龄的体质量和形态性状。采用逐步回归方法建立最优联合异速生长模型,将此模型镶嵌到体质量动物模型的每个遗传和环境效应中,进一步分析对多个形态性状异速生长遗传规律。静态异速生长分析表明：体质量与全长之间存在最大异速生长指数（1.415 5）,表现为正异速生长,剩余形态性状与体质量之间的异速生长指数为0.061 5~0.718 0,皆表现为负异速生长。全长与尾柄高之间异速生长指数的正遗传相关最大（0.907 8）;全长与尾柄长之间的负遗传相关最大（0.946 8）。不同模型通过统计标准比较,确定模型Ⅰ为进行牙鲆动态异速生长分析的最优随机回归模型。     

甲氧苄氨嘧啶在牙鲆体内的药代动力学研究

健康牙鲆口服剂量为100 mg/kg的甲氧苄氨嘧啶后,利用高效液相色谱测定药物在牙鲆肌肉、血液、肾脏、肝脏质量浓度变化,并通过3P87药动学软件分析数据。试验结果表明,甲氧苄氨嘧啶在肌肉、血液、肾脏、肝脏4种组织中均符合一级吸收二室开放模型,其在上述4种组织中的达峰时间(tmax)分别为18.72、12.942、3.13 h和19.49 h;达峰质量浓度分别为13.80、18.23、32.79、27.40μg/ml;消除半衰期分别为23.64、21.471、6.72 h和15.99 h。口服甲氧苄氨嘧啶,在牙鲆体内吸收与消除较慢,血药浓度高,维持时间长。     

牙鲆微卫星标记的筛选及群体多态性分析

以牙鲆（Paralichthys olivaceus Temminck et Schlegel）为材料，基因组DNA经Sau3A Ⅰ进行部分酶切后，选取400～1200bp大小的片段连接到经BamH Ⅰ酶切的pUC19质粒中，连接产物转化大肠杆菌DH5a，构建牙鲆酶切片段基因组文库。采用菌落杂交的方法，以（AC）10、（AG）10为探针从文库中筛选阳性克隆16个，共得到20个微卫星序列，其中完全型13个，不完全型5个，复合型2个。对其中18个进行引物设计，有11对引物扩增出目的片段，其中8对引物在群体中具有扩增多态性。在威海野生牙鲆30个个体中，各座位上得到的等位基因数为4～19个，观测杂合度（Ho）为0．4138～0．9655。其中有3对引物扩增的等位基因数超过17个，表现出高度多态性。本研究旨为进一步的牙鲆遗传多样性分析、家系分析及遗传图谱的构建等提供基础依据。     

牙鲆血清免疫球蛋白的分离纯化及部分特性分析

运用Sephacryl S-200凝胶层析和HiTrap rProtein ASepharose亲和层析2种方法对牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)血清免疫球蛋白进行分离纯化,结果表明,牙鲆免疫球蛋白分布于33%~50%的硫酸铵饱和溶液中,其中45%的分离效果最好。凝胶层析和亲和层析样品均出现2个蛋白峰,用还原SDS-PAGE检测确定牙鲆免疫球蛋白存在于第2个蛋白峰中。牙鲆免疫球蛋白重链分子量约为75.4 kD,轻链分子量约为29.9 kD和28.2 kD,推测牙鲆血清免疫球蛋白的分子量为836 kD。制备了兔抗牙鲆免疫球蛋白多克隆抗体,免疫双扩散法检测多克隆抗体效价为1∶32,免疫斑点法检测多克隆抗体效价至少为1∶1 600。运用免疫印迹法(Western-bloting)检测了兔抗牙鲆免疫球蛋白多克隆抗体的特异性,实验证明该抗体与牙鲆全血清中免疫球蛋白重链、轻链反应均成阳性。     

舟山褐牙鲆（Paralichthys olivaceus）仔鱼摄食和生长的研究

试验研究了褐牙鲆Paralichthys olivaceus仔鱼的摄食和生长。结果表明,仔鱼初次开口摄食时间在6日龄（16～18℃）,初次摄食率为30％,8日龄饥饿仔鱼最大初次摄食率为65％,孵出后第9天达到不可逆点（PNR）,混合营养期为3d左右。初次摄食强度和初次摄食率开始时较低,在卵黄囊耗尽时达最高,然后下降。随着饥饿时间的延长,仔鱼出现“负增长”,孵化第11天存活率仅为10％,12日龄全部死亡。     

Fast development of genetically uniform strains by gynogenesis in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

The Japanese flounder is a major species in both aquaculture and research. Inbred strains of Japanese flounder were developed efficiently in our laboratory by meiotic and mitotic gynogenetic reproduction techniques. To determine the induction efficiency of gynogenesis and the rate at which full homozygosity is produced, six meiotic gynogenetic females (G1–G6) that had experienced meiotic gynogenesis once and three common females (C1–C3) were selected for production of mitotic gynogenesis in our experiments. Of the nine adult females, all six gynogenetic fish successfully produced viable offspring. However, only one of the three common fish did. Using microsatellite markers, we estimated the homozygosity of gynogenetic fish induced by mitotic gynogenesis. We found that the homozygosity of seven lines (C1, G1–G6) increased quickly, individually from 43%, 72%, 69%, 71%, 78%, 69% and 58% to 100%, 100%, 100%, 90%, 100%, 100% and 90% offspring complete homozygosity. Under mitotic gynogenesis, individuals with higher homozygosity had a higher induction rate. The G4 line showed the highest induction rate, achieving 44.59% convert hatching rate and 29.28% convert normality rate. We conclude that meiotic gynogenesis may be a feasible method to produce DH genetic material in Japanese flounder.     

牙鲆家系4 个选育性状的测定与分析

为了研究牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)不同选育性状之间的相关性,2009年建立了38个牙鲆实验家系和1个养殖场对照组。选取其中33个家系和对照组进行鳗弧菌感染实验并对存活个体进行荧光标记后混合养殖在2个水泥池中,其中一个混养池在平均400日龄时暴发了淋巴囊肿病(Lymphocystis Disease,LD),LD发病率为62.4%,包括16个家系和对照组。从这些家系中筛选出4个发病率低于40.0%的抗病家系(F0939,F09104,F0915,F0908)。另外,在4~5月龄时,从每个家系中平均选取100尾鱼进行荧光标记后混合养殖,580日龄时测定这些家系的养殖存活率和体重,平均养殖存活率为32.0%,将7个养殖存活率高于55.0%的家系定义为高养殖存活率家系(F0908,F0975,F0990,F09125,F0927,F09119,F0905)。对牙鲆LD的抗病个体和易感个体的体重和全长进行卡方检验,发现抗病个体的体重和全长均显著高于易感个体(P0.01),同时分析牙鲆各个家系的LD发病率与发病时的体重和全长的相关性,结果显示牙鲆各个家系LD发病率与发病时体重和全长均呈强负相关(r–0.6)。对牙鲆家系鳗弧菌感染存活率、LD发病率、580日龄的养殖存活率和体重这4个性状两两之间进行相关性分析,发现LD发病率与580日龄的体重呈强负相关(r=–0.790);鳗弧菌感染存活率与养殖存活率之间为弱正相关(r=0.371);其他性状两两之间不存在显著相关性(–0.092≤r≤0.185)。本研究共筛选到了4个牙鲆LD抗病家系和7个高养殖存活率家系,并揭示了4个牙鲆选育性状之间的相关性,为培育速生多抗的牙鲆新品种提供了遗传材料和理论依据。     

Interactive effects of dietary cholesterol and protein sources on growth performance and cholesterol metabolism of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

A feeding trial was conducted to compare the effects of supplemental cholesterol in fish meal (FM), fish protein concentrate (FPC), soy protein isolate (SPI) and soy protein concentrate (SPC)‐based diets on growth performance and plasma lipoprotein levels of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). Eight isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets including FM, FPC, SPI or SPC as sole protein source with or without supplementation with 10 g cholesterol kg^?1 diet were fed to juvenile fish for 8 weeks. Dietary cholesterol supplementation significantly increased the feed intake and specific growth rate in fish fed SPI‐based diets, but decreased those in fish fed FPC‐based diets. In addition, cholesterol supplementation significantly increased the level of cholesterol and ratio of low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol to high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol in plasma of fish fed fish protein‐based diets, whereas no effects were observed in fish fed soy protein‐based diets. The hepatic lipid content of fish fed FPC‐, SPI‐ or SPC‐based diets were significantly increased by supplemental cholesterol, but no influence was observed in fish fed FM‐based diets. These results suggested that dietary protein source modify the growth‐stimulating action of cholesterol; cholesterol supplementation may increase the arteriosclerotic lesion in fish fed fish protein‐based diets and the incidence of fatty liver in fish fed soy protein‐based diets.