Limited heterogeneity between strains of Eimeria tenella isolated from Britain and Bangladesh

Single-oocyst-derived field strains of Eimeria tenella isolated from Rugby in the United Kingdom (E tenella R) and from Mymensingh and Dhaka in Bangladesh (E tenella M and D, respectively) and a laboratory strain (E tenella, Houghton, H) were compared by isoenzyme electrophoresis, reactivity with antisporozoite monoclonal antibodies and, for some pairs of strains, cross-protection in vivo. The three field strains conformed to one zymodeme with respect to six isoenzymes. For glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI) all field strains were characterised by GPI-9. A panel of six different monoclonal antibodies raised against sporozoites of E tenella H did not discriminate between strains by titration in an immunofluorescence assay against air-dried, acetone fixed sporozoites. In cross-protection experiments involving immunisation and challenge of young chickens, two immunisation schedules were used which, after homologous challenge, provided complete immunity either by the criterion of oocyst output, or by the criterion of weight gain (and more than 94 per cent protection by the criterion of oocyst output). While strain heterogeneity was minimal in the former situation, there was poor cross protection between some strains in the latter case. Under those conditions, heterologous challenge with E tenella M resulted in dysentery and in significantly (P less than 0.05) increased oocyst output and decreased weight gain. The results suggested that E tenella M was immunologically superior to E tenella R and H strains. The results show that a limited degree of immunogenic variability exists between these strains of E tenella and that, unless homologous strain immunity is complete by the criterion of oocyst output, challenge with heterologous strains may result in depressed weight gain.     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫杂交株对亲本株的免疫保护性研究

为探讨柔嫩艾美耳球虫杂交株对亲本株的免疫保护性,本研究用柔嫩艾美耳球虫(Eimeria tenella)杂交株及其亲本广州株、长春株、黑龙江株分别对AA肉鸡进行免疫和攻虫,通过OPG计数、粪便计分、盲肠病变计分、增重测定和保护率等指标评价免疫保护效果。结果表明E.tenella杂交株对其亲本广州株、长春株、黑龙江株的感染具有较强的免疫保护效果,保护率分别为83.9%、79.1%和81.2%;杂交株免疫肉鸡的盲肠病变计分和粪便计分显著低于广州株、长春株和黑龙江株(p0.05)。杂交株免疫后的肉鸡再用亲本株攻虫,采血进行CD4+T、CD8+T细胞检测,结果杂交株能引起两种T细胞数量增加,表明CD4+T、CD8+T细胞在球虫免疫中起着重要作用。     

三株柔嫩艾美球虫野外分离株的致病性分析

用每鸡4×104和8×104个孢子化卵囊的剂量感染黄羽肉雏,以临床症状、肉眼病变、平均增重、病变记分和死亡率为判定指标,对柔嫩艾美球虫EtCZ-1、EtCZ-2、EtCZ-3株的致病性进行了比较分析。结果显示:各虫株引起的临床症状和肠道肉眼病变基本相似,致病性随着感染剂量的增加而增强。各感染组的增重与对照组相比均有显著差异(P<0.50),相对增重率分别下降了74.4%～83.2%、68.7%～72.2%和70.6%～74.4%;感染后鸡出现血便的时间较一致,即第108小时开始排血便,在120h～144h达高峰;病变值和卵囊值均随着感染剂量的增加而增大;除EtCZ-1株高剂量组的存活率是90%以外,其余各组均为100%。显示3株球虫的致病性相似。     

Antigenic variation among strains of Eimeria maxima and E. tenella of the chicken.

The immunogenicity and cross-protection of Eimeria maxima or E. tenella in chickens against their homologous and heterologous strains were evaluated in two experiments. The immunizing strain of E. tenella protected against itself and partially against heterologous strains. The North Carolina (NC) strains of E. tenella were more virulent than the Delmarva (DMV) strains. Growth of the unimmunized groups was depressed 66% and 32% for the NC and DMV strains, respectively. Growth of the immunized-challenged groups (DMV and NC) was depressed by 13%. The DMV E. maxima strains were more virulent than the NC strains. Growth of the unimmunized challenged groups was depressed by 47% (DMV) and 13% (NC). Results demonstrated that there are antigenic variations among strains of two species of chicken coccidia.     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫serpin基因克隆与生物信息学分析

根据GenBank发表的Eimeria tenella serpin(Etserpin)基因设计1对引物,从孢子化卵囊总RNA中用RT-PCR方法扩增Etserpin基因,克隆后测序,应用生物信息学分析预测其核苷酸及其编码蛋白的结构与功能.结果表明,Etserpin开放阅读框为1 248 bp,编码一分泌蛋白,N端具有1个28 aa的信号肽,有1个跨膜区域,有2个糖基化位点和21个磷酸化位点,88,89,98～101,208～212,283～287,302～304区段是其可能的B细胞表位;同源性比对与进化树的分析表明其为抑制性serpin蛋白,结构保守,与F.acervulina、T.gondii和N.caninumm亲缘关系较近.二级结构以α螺旋和随机卷曲为主,具有类似于serpin家族蛋白的三级结构.     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫rhomboid抗原基因在卡介苗中的克隆与表达

以含柔嫩艾美耳球虫rhomboid基因的重组质粒为模板,应用PCR方法扩增该基因完整开放阅读框,克隆至pMD18-T载体中.分别用限制性内切酶Pst I/Cla I和Pvu II/Cla I进行双酶切,将rhomboid目的基因克隆到大肠杆菌-分支杆菌穿梭表达载体pMV261和整合表达载体pMV361中,获得重组质粒pRho-261和pRho-361.将重组质粒电穿孔转化卡介苗,经热诱导后对其表达产物进行SDS-PAGE和western blot分析.结果表明成功构建了两个重组质粒,其表达产物与柔嫩艾美耳球虫阳性血清具有免疫反应性,为重组卡介苗在鸡球虫病防治方面的研究奠定了基础.     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫子孢子高表达新基因的克隆、表达及分析

为克隆和研究柔嫩艾美耳球虫(E.tenella)新基因,本研究在所获得的ESTs序列的基础上,应用RACE技术克隆获得了1个在子孢子阶段高表达新基因的全长cDNA序列(GU553107),命名为ZB7-C11,该基因全长1439bp,ORF为525bp,编码174个氨基酸,预测表达蛋白的分子量约为18.7ku。Real-timePCR对E.tenella不同发育阶段(未孢子化卵囊、孢子化卵囊、子孢子和裂殖子)表达量进行分析显示,该基因在子孢子阶段的表达高于其它阶段。另外,将ZB7-C11克隆于pGEX-4T中构建重组质粒pGEX-4T-C11,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中,经IPTG诱导表达6h后其表达量最高,并且重组蛋白分子量约44.7ku大部分以可溶性存在。Westernblot分析显示该重组蛋白可被抗E.tenella的多克隆抗血清识别,表明该蛋白具有较好的反应原性。该结果为进一步研究该基因的生物学功能奠定了基础。     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫病毒的鉴定

鸡球虫病是由艾美耳属（Eimeria）的一种单细胞寄生性原虫引起的严重危害养禽业发展的重要疾病之一,遍及世界各地。感染鸡的艾美耳属球虫中,国外已报道在巨型艾美耳球虫（E.maxima）,堆型艾美耳球虫（E.acervu-lina）,毒害艾美耳球虫（E.necatrix）和布氏艾美耳球虫（E.brunetti）中发现了病毒粒子或病毒RNA。但是作为危害最严重的柔嫩艾美耳球虫是否有病毒感染,国内外迄今尚无报道。本研究首次在柔嫩艾美耳球虫中发现病毒并对其进行了鉴定。通过核酸分析、RNA依赖的RNA聚合酶（RDRP）活性和电镜形态观察对病毒进行鉴定。核酸酶的敏感性试验结果表明在柔嫩艾美耳球虫总核酸电泳图谱上观察到的大小分别为1.4、2.4和3.6kb的3条病毒带均不能被DNA酶（100mg/L）降解,但可被RNA酶（1.0mg/L）降解,表明这些核酸为RNA。另外,这些核酸不能被高盐浓度（0.3mol/L NaCl）RNase A（10mg/L）降解,但可被低盐浓度（0.015mol/L NaCl）RNase A（10mg/L）降解,并且采用α-32P标记的UTP掺入法测得该病毒样核酸具有RNA依赖RNA聚合酶（RDRP）活性,表明这些核酸为双链RNA（dsRNA）。利用蔗糖梯度离心和透射电镜技术对柔嫩艾美耳球虫病毒进行了分离和鉴定。电镜负染观察到柔嫩艾美耳球虫病毒粒子外观呈球形,二十面体,无囊膜,直径38nm。     

柔嫩艾美球虫（Eimeria tenella）体外细胞培养

试验比较了玻璃珠层析法,ＤＥＡＥ纤维素层析法,Ｇ３漏斗过滤法３种提纯柔嫩艾美球虫（Ｅｉｍｅｒｉａｔｅｎｅｌｌａ）子孢子的方法,柱高８ｃｍ,直径２００μｍ的玻璃株柱用ｐＨ８．０的Ｒｉｎｇｅｒ’ｓ缓冲液作洗脱提纯子孢子,回收率为６４．１％,子孢子洗脱高峰期集中,且易于无菌操作,柱高５ｃｍ的ＤＥＡＥ纤维素柱用ｐＨ８．０的甘氨酸缓冲液作洗脱液,提纯子孢子回收率为６３．２％,但严格无菌操作困难,Ｇ３漏斗法易     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫交叉抗药性试验

以雏鸡为试验对象,以抗球虫指数(ACI)为判断指标,检测5 mg/kg马杜霉素,70 mg/kg盐霉素,1 mg/kg 地克珠利对抗盐霉素株、抗地克珠利株和实验室保存的敏感株的控制效果。结果表明,马杜霉素对3 个虫株都有很好的抑杀效果,地克珠利也可有效地控制抗盐霉素株,同时,盐霉素也可有效地控制抗地克珠利株,说明盐霉素和地克珠利2种药物之间没有交叉抗药性。     

Characterization of the antibody response in birds following infection with wild-type and attenuated strains of Eimeria tenella and Eimeria necatrix

Live vaccines containing attenuated parasite strains are increasingly used to control chicken coccidiosis. In this paper antibody responses elicited by infections with wild-type and attenuated strains of Eimeria tenella and Eimeria necatrix were characterized by immunoblotting and ELISA with homologous and heterologous antisera. Few differences between antisera from birds infected with wild and attenuated strains of E. tenella were evident in immunoblots conducted with merozoite antigen preparations from both E. tenella strains, however the reactivity of sera raised in birds infected with the wild-type strain was noticeably more intense. In ELISAs conducted with merozoite antigen preparations, antisera from birds infected with the wild-type strains of E. tenella and E. necatrix consistently produced a significantly higher (P<0.05) antibody response than antisera from birds infected with the attenuated strains. Likewise, avidity ELISAs conducted with the E. tenella strains demonstrated that antibodies in birds infected with the wild-type strain were of significantly higher avidity (P<0.05) than antibodies in birds infected with the attenuated strain. The differences in the antibody responses are probably due to changes in the attenuated strain as a result of selection for precocious development and the less severe tissue damage and inflammation of the intestine resulting from infection with the attenuated strain.     

Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase gene of genotype VII Newcastle disease virus strains isolated in Japan

Recently, genotype VII of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) has become the most prevalent NDV genotype in Asia. Here the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) gene of genotype VII NDV strains isolated in Japan was analyzed. Notably, point amino acid substitutions in the HN protein at position 347, which is located on the major linear epitope of the HN protein, were found in two strains. However, by a hemagglutination inhibition assay, major antigenic differences did not exist between the studied strains. Additionally, chickens vaccinated with the B1 strain did not exhibit clinical effects after challenge with variants possessing the substitution at position 347 (E to K), whereas all unvaccinated chickens subjected to this challenge died within 5 days.     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫扬州分离株对8种抗球虫药的抗药性

将柔嫩艾美耳球虫(Eimeria tenella)扬州分离株感染14日龄苏禽黄羽肉鸡,设立8个用药组、1个感染不用药对照组和1个不感染不用药对照组,以相对卵囊产量、病变记分减少率、最适抗球虫百分数和抗球虫指数为指标对该虫株对盐霉素、马杜拉霉素、球痢灵、氯羟吡啶、氨丙啉、尼卡巴嗪、甲基三嗪酮、地克珠利等8种常用抗球虫药的抗药性进行了综合评定,分析了该地区球虫的抗药性及对策。结果表明,该虫株对甲基三嗪酮敏感,对氨丙啉具有中度抗药性,对盐霉素、马杜拉霉素、球痢灵、氯羟吡啶、尼卡巴嗪、地克珠利等其他6种药物具有完全抗药性。提示目前在扬州地区甲基三嗪酮抗球虫疗效最好,氨丙琳效果稍差,应合理使用,盐霉素等其他6种药物应慎用、减少或暂停使用。     

13株柔嫩艾美耳球虫分离株对地克珠利及盐霉素耐药情况分析

为了解不同地区球虫对地克珠利(DIC)与盐霉素(SAL)的耐药情况,收集了来自江苏、山东、福建、安徽、河南地区共13个鸡场的球虫样本,对其进行了DIC与SAL的耐药性分析.试验时对每个虫株分别设药物防治组、感染不用药组和空白对照组,以抗球虫指数、病变记分减少率、相对卵囊产量、最适抗球虫活性百分率为指标进行综合评定.结果...     

鸡柔嫩艾美耳球虫ZJ株TA4基因的克隆及原核表达

本试验对E．tenella ZJ株的TA4基因进行了克隆和表达。根据已报道的柔嫩艾美尔球虫TA4基因序列设计引物,以孢子化卵囊总RNA为模板,用RT—PCR的方法扩增得到一特异片段,将扩增产物克隆至pMD18-T,转化DH5-α感受态,经酶切鉴定获得阳性重组质粒并对其进行测序。测序结果与参考序列比较,核苷酸同源性为99．1％。然后将重组质粒和表达载体pGEX-4T2分别以EcoR I、Xho I酶切后构建重组表达载体pGEX—TA4,并将其转化入大肠杆菌BL21中,提取质粒经酶切和PCR鉴定正确后,用IPTG诱导表达。表达产物经SDS—PAGE和Western blot检测显示,TA4基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达;融合蛋白的分子量约为43ku,以包涵体形式存在;诱导6h的蛋白表达量可达到35.9％,采用抗GST抗体进行Western blot,成功检测到了该特异性条带。     

Biotin-labeled proteins of Eimeria tenella sporozoite

To identify surface proteins of eimerian sporozoite, Eimeria tenella sporozoites were labeled with biotin-LC-hydrazide, and analyzed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) and Western blotting. More than 200 sporozoite proteins were recognized with silver staining after 2D-PAGE. Among them, 7 biotin-labeled proteins were detected as surface molecules after Western blotting and reaction with horseradish peroxidase conjugated streptavidin. Their molecular masses ranged from 23 to 117 kilo daltons and their isoelectric points from 4.3 to 6.3. It appears that the biotin-labeling technique can be used to analyze of surface proteins of eimerian parasites.