鸡白痢沙门氏菌鸡胚感染模型建立方法的筛选

为筛选出理想的鸡白痢沙门氏菌宿主感染模型的建立方法,本研究通过选择不同接种方式配合不同菌液浓度接种不同胚龄鸡胚建立感染模型,将90枚SPF鸡胚随机分成9组,每组10枚,分别为A、B、C、D、E、F、G、H、I组,A组为空白对照组,其余各组为模型组,模型组分别以气室接种、蛋壳接触接种的方式对不同胚龄（11和14胚龄）SPF鸡胚接种不同浓度（1×10³、3×10³、9×10³、3×10⁵、9×10⁵ CFU/mL）的鸡白痢沙门氏菌C79-3菌株。每天观察情况直至出雏,待雏鸡孵出后按组分笼饲养,每隔12 h观察1次,连续观察7 d,观察各组雏鸡的临床症状、死亡情况,观察期结束对死亡和存活雏鸡进行剖检、组织病理学检查及鸡白痢沙门氏菌的分离鉴定。结果显示,各模型组均有雏鸡出现明显的鸡白痢病症状并死亡,相较于其他模型组,以11胚龄蛋壳接触感染方式接种9×10⁵ CFU/mL的C79-3菌液的F组和14胚龄气室感染方式接种3×10³ CFU/mL C79-3菌液0.1 mL的H组,鸡胚出壳率较高,可分别达到80%和90%,出壳雏鸡呈现明显鸡白痢病特征,剖检可见肝脏出血、盲肠膨大、卵黄囊吸收不良;组织病理切片可观察到肝脏、盲肠、心脏各有不同程度的损伤,发病率分别100%和88.8%,并且鸡白痢沙门氏菌阳性检出率分别达70%和90%。本研究结果表明,以11胚龄蛋壳接触感染方式接种0.1 mL 9×10⁵ CFU/mL的C79-3菌液和14胚龄以气室感染方式接种0.1 mL 3×10³ CFU/mL的C79-3菌液的两种方法均可用于建立稳定的鸡白痢沙门氏菌宿主感染模型。     

Current knowledge about the processes of luteolysis and maternal recognition of pregnancy in camelids

Camelids have many unique reproductive features that considerably differ from those of other domestic species. Females are induced ovulators with subsequent development of a corpus luteum (CL) with a short lifespan. Plasma progesterone concentration starts to increase on day 4, peaks on day 8–9 and, in non-pregnant animals, basal concentration is reached around day 10–11 post-induction of ovulation. Luteolytic pulses of prostaglandin F_2α (PGF_2α) are firstly detected on day 7 or 8 (approximately on day 5–6 after ovulation), with maximal luteolytic peaks observed between days 9 and 11 post-mating, in coincidence with a high endometrial expression of cyclooxygenase 2, a limiting enzyme in prostaglandins synthesis. Unlike other species, oxytocin seems not to be involved in the luteolytic process in these species. The CL is the main source of progesterone secretion, and its function is required to support pregnancy. Despite constant research efforts, aspects of reproduction and maternal recognition of pregnancy in camelids remain not fully understood. A transient decrease and subsequent recovery in plasma progesterone concentration are observed after day 9 post-mating in pregnant animals in association with a pulsatile release of PGF_2α and a transitory decrease in CL vascularization. Thus, embryo recognition should occur between days 8 and 12 post-mating. In camels, conceptus tissues exhibit aromatizing activity with the capacity to synthesize large amounts of oestradiol. Similarly, llama blastocysts secrete oestradiol-17β during the preimplantation stage, with a higher production during the elongation period. An increase in the endometrial expression of oestrogen receptor α is also observed on day 12 post-mating. All these evidences suggest that oestrogen could be the signal released by the embryo at the time of its recognition in camelids. Besides, nearly 98% of pregnancies are carried out in the left horn. A decrease in the endometrial expression of mucin 1 and 16 genes has been reported, suggesting that these changes are crucial for successful embryo implantation; however, no differences have been observed between horns. Thus, maternal recognition of pregnancy in camelids is a particularly complex process that must occur in a concise time to allow the rescue of the CL and embryo survival.     

小麦品种无性系变异改良技术研究

针对晋阳345和晋麦73两个定型品种存在抗寒性较差的缺点,对其幼胚愈伤组织进行了4种处理:1、愈伤组织在MD培养基上继代2～3次;2、愈伤组织在紫外灯下约10cm照射2h;3、愈伤组织在低温2℃和常温25℃下交替培养30d;4、愈伤组织在紫外灯下照射2h后,再在低温2℃和常温25℃下交替培养30d。结果表明,4个处理后代R2主要农艺性状的变异率差异显著,且紫外灯照射幼胚愈伤组织的变异率比低温2℃和常温25℃交替处理幼胚愈伤组织高,其后代各种农艺性状的变异范围较大,变异率较高。但后者有利于改良抗寒性较差的定型小麦品种。     

基于多信息融合的疫苗制备中鸡蛋胚体分拣系统

采用多信息融合方法研究疫苗制备中鸡蛋胚体状态的识别与分拣技术。在研究不同状态鸡蛋胚体图像特征、温度衰减和透光度变化情况的基础上,得出活胚图像中血管多、粗且呈放射状,弱胚图像中血管少、细且断裂,死胚图像内部均匀无血管,污染胚图像内部有明显黑块特征;鸡蛋胚体从37.8℃的孵化箱中取出置于25℃室温环境,活胚、弱胚、污染胚、死胚的温度衰减速度依次增大;活胚的透光度随孵化时间增加而逐渐降低,其他胚体透光度变化相对较小。将图像、温度、透光度信息特征融合,建立BP神经网络信息融合模型对鸡蛋胚体状态进行识别。最后,从37.8℃孵化箱中抽取80枚孵化6 d的鸡蛋胚体放置于室温10 min后,采集图像、温度和透光度信息,进行试验验证。结果表明多信息融合系统的识别准确率为96.25%,比单用图像、温度和透光度传感器进行识别的准确率分别提高了6.25%、13.75%和8.75%。     

陆地棉×亚洲棉胚胎在培养条件下的发育研究

离体培养陆地棉与亚洲棉杂种胚珠,并以陆地棉自交为对照。观察结果表明,杂种胚胎表现出明显的生长优势,能顺利地通过胚胎发育的各个时期而达成熟胚。其原因是,胚乳游离核迅速解体,珠心组织也随之解体,而不形成胚乳细胞并使胚囊腔迅速扩展,使杂种胚有足够的营养源,并提供了足够的生长空间。自交胚胎的生育速度远不及杂种胚,发育受抑,尤其是球形胚到心形胚的时期较长。     

利用分离的奶牛X精子冷冻精液生产体内性控胚胎试验

采用常规精液和分离的X精子冷冻精液对115头超数排卵的青年和经产荷斯坦母牛人工输精生产体内性控胚胎。结果表明,利用2支和3支性控精液给超排青年母牛输精,头均分别获得6.8枚±4.8枚和6.3枚±3.2枚可用胚胎,与常规精液的超排效果(7.2枚±5.2枚)无明显差异;利用2支和3支性控精液给超排经产母牛输精,头均可用胚胎分别为7.5枚±4.5枚和8.6枚±5.6枚,与常规精液的超排效果(6.1枚±3.2枚)相比,分别增加23%(P>0.05)和41%(P>0.05),无显著差异,但解冻后性控精子会明显影响经产母牛的受精率;对用性控精液输精生产的12枚抽样胚胎采用LAMP法进行性别鉴定并移植,结果获得了91.7%的雌性率和36.4%的受胎率。结果提示,X精子的分离过程会在一定程度上影响受精率,用分离的X精子冷冻精液对超排母牛进行人工授精生产体内性控胚胎是可行的。     

利用无性系变异改良定型小麦品种的研究

针对晋阳345和晋麦73两个定型品种存在抗寒性较差的缺点,对其幼胚愈伤组织进行了4种处理。结果表明,4种处理后代R2主要农艺性状的变异率差异显著,且紫外灯照射幼胚愈伤组织比低温2℃和常温25℃交替处理幼胚愈伤组织的变异率高,其后代各种农艺性状的变异范围较大,变异率较高。但后者有利于改良抗寒性较差的定型小麦品种。     

Embryo-mediated genome editing for accelerated genetic improvement of livestock

Selecting beneficial DNA variants is the main goal of animal breeding. However, this process is inherently inefficient because each animal only carries a fraction of all desirable variants. Genome editing technology with its ability to directly introduce beneficial sequence variants offers new opportunities to modernize animal breeding by overcoming this biological limitation and accelerating genetic gains. To realize rapid genetic gain, precise edits need to be introduced into genomically-selected embryos, which minimizes the genetic lag. However, embryo-mediated precision editing by homology-directed repair (HDR) mechanisms is currently an inefficient process that often produces mosaic embryos and greatly limits the numbers of available edited embryos. This review provides a summary of genome editing in bovine embryos and proposes an embryo-mediated accelerated breeding scheme that overcomes the present efficiency limitations of HDR editing in bovine embryos. It integrates embryo-based genomic selection with precise multi-editing and uses embryonic cloning with elite edited blastomeres or embryonic pluripotent stem cells to resolve mosaicism, enable multiplex editing and multiply rare elite genotypes. Such a breeding strategy would enable a more targeted, accelerated approach for livestock improvement that allows stacking of beneficial variants, even including novel traits from outside the breeding population, in the most recent elite genetic background, essentially within a single generation.