猪瘟病毒E2蛋白抗原表位的表达与免疫活性研究

以猪瘟病毒全长基因组质粒为模板,PCR扩增出E2囊膜糖蛋白上A/D抗原区B细胞表位878aa～938aa;PCR扩增片段连接到pET-32a( )载体构建pET-AD原核表达质粒,将阳性质粒转化到BL21大肠埃希菌中诱导表达,以Ni-NTA亲和柱纯化,纯化后的蛋白进行Western blot鉴定。结果表明,重组质粒pET-AD在BL21大肠埃希菌中可以高效表达,表达的蛋白质经纯化后仍然有反应原性。     

Therapeutic Intervention with Dietary Chitosan Nanoparticles Alleviates Fish Pathological and Molecular Systemic Inflammatory Responses against Infections

Marine bio-sourced chitosan nanoparticles (CSNP) are antimicrobial and immunomodulatory agents beneficial for fish medicine. Herein, dietary CSNP was investigated for the amelioration of the systemic inflammatory responses of an induced fish model. One hundred and forty-four rainbow trout were assigned to one pathogen-free and non-supplemented group (negative control), and three challenged groups: non-supplemented (positive control), CSNP-preventive, and CSNP-therapeutic. After a feeding experiment extended for 21 days, the organosomatic indices (OSI) and molecular aspects were assessed. After a challenge experiment extended for further 28 days, CSNP-therapeutic intervention was assessed on fish survival and systemic inflammatory responses on pathology, histo-morphology, and molecular aspects. With CSNP administration, OSI nonsignificantly decreased and the relative expression of targeted inflammatory-mediator genes was significantly increased. The CSNP-therapeutic fish showed an RPS of 80% as compared to the positive control group, and CSNP-therapeutic administration retained the highest gene expression augmentation up to 28 days after the challenge. Notably, the splenic reticulin fibers framework of the CSNP-therapeutic group retained the highest integrity among the groups during the infection. After recovery, reticulin fibers density in the CSNP-therapeutic samples was significantly higher than in the negative control group, which indicates high innate immunity. Thus, CSNP showed promising biotherapeutic features enhancing fish resistance against infections.     

口蹄疫病毒AF72株 3D聚合酶基因的克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

采用RT—PCR方法扩增口蹄疫病毒（FMDV）AF72株的3D聚合酶基因,并将其克隆至pGEM—Teasy载体,测序分析结果表明,AF72 3D聚合酶基因与GenBank中公布的其他4个参考序列均具有较高的同源性。将目的基因插入原核表达载体pET-30a（＋）中,构建了重组表达质粒pET-3D,鉴定后转化至大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中,经IPTG诱导,3D聚合酶基因在大肠杆菌中获得了正确表达,目的蛋白的分子量为46ku。Western blot检测结果显示,表达产物可以与抗A型FMDV阳性血清发生特异性反应,具有良好的反应原性。     

H5N1亚型禽流感病毒神经氨酸酶基因的表达及纯化

参考GenBank上发表的H5亚型禽流感病毒(AIV)神经氨酸酶(NA)基因序列设计引物,PCR扩增NA基因,再将其克隆到原核表达载体pET-32a中,用E.coli BL21(DE3)原核表达,SDS-PAGE和Western-blot对表达蛋白进行鉴定.Western-blot结果表明,表达产物具有免疫学活性,蛋白的分子量约为61 kDa,位于包涵体中.包涵体经变性、复性处理,表达蛋白能与H5亚型AIV阳性血清发生特异性反应,具有良好的抗原性.ELISA检测结果表明,用此纯化蛋白作为包被抗原检测H5N1亚型AIV神经氨酸酶抗体具有良好的灵敏性.     

嗜水气单胞菌感染翘嘴鳜头肾转录组分析

嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)是严重危害翘嘴鳜(Siniperca chuatsi)养殖生产的主要病原之一,为揭示嗜水气单胞菌感染翘嘴鳜后宿主基因表达水平的变化,筛选免疫相关基因,解析翘嘴鳜应答病原细菌感染的分子机制,本研究以病原嗜水气单胞菌感染翘嘴鳜,于感染24 h后,采集感染组与对照组翘嘴鳜头肾组织,采用Illumina Hiseq 2000进行了RNA-Seq分析,原始数据拼接后组装共获得53 040个单基因(unigene)。基因差异表达分析结果显示,感染组和未感染组翘嘴鳜存在526个差异表达基因,包括254个上调基因和272个下调基因,其中,免疫相关的显著上调的差异基因主要有炎症和免疫原性细胞因子白介素、补体系统、MHCⅠ型抗原提呈、溶菌酶、丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制因子、泛素蛋白连接酶等。GO富集分析发现,差异基因主要涉及免疫应答反应和炎症反应等,经KEGG富集分析显示,89个通路富集显著,免疫相关的代谢通路主要有内吞作用和吞噬体等。此外,实时荧光定量PCR验证结果表明,所选取7个差异表达免疫相关基因与RNA-seq结果具有相似的表达趋势。本研究为揭示翘嘴鳜对病原微生物感染的防御分子机制奠定了理论基础。     

口服特异性卵黄抗体对凡纳滨对虾抗WSSV感染的免疫保护效果

为探讨特异性卵黄抗体对凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)抗白斑综合征病毒(white spot syndrome virus, WSSV)的免疫保护机制及效果,本研究以添加不同剂量WSSV卵黄抗体制剂(0、0.2%和0.5%)的饲料投喂凡纳滨对虾幼虾,免疫28 d后使用WSSV进行人工感染,测定感染对虾的肝胰腺免疫酶活力和免疫基因表达水平,以及感染后14 d内对虾的存活率。结果显示,WSSV感染3 d后,与未添加卵黄抗体制剂的对照组相比,0.2%免疫组对虾肝胰腺的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和酚氧化酶(PO)活力显著升高,酸性磷酸酶(ACP)和碱性磷酸酶(AKP)活力显著降低,热休克蛋白70基因(Hsp70)表达水平显著升高,凝集素基因(lectin)和β-1,3-葡聚糖结合蛋白–脂蛋白基因(β-GBP-HDL)表达水平显著降低;0.5%免疫组对虾肝胰腺的SOD活力显著升高,ACP和AKP活力显著降低,Hsp70基因表达水平显著升高,β-GBP-HDL基因表达水平显著降低。人工感染实验结果显示,WSSV感染14 d后,0.2%和0.5%免疫组对虾的存活率分别为48.89%和87.78%,均显著高于对照组(存活率为0),且0.5%免疫组对虾存活率显著高于0.2%免疫组。特异性卵黄抗体制剂能在一定程度上改变发病的进程,延迟对虾的发病和死亡时间,提高同期存活率。研究表明,口服特异性卵黄抗体制剂可以调节对虾肝胰腺免疫酶活力和免疫基因表达水平,显著提高凡纳滨对虾抗WSSV感染的能力。本研究为卵黄抗体抗WSSV感染机制的研究提供了参考,也为在生产上使用卵黄抗体防控WSSV感染提供了科学依据。     

缢蛏急性高温胁迫应答主要候选基因的表达特征分析

缢蛏(Sinonovacula constricta)为广温性贝类,自身存在特殊的防御机制以适应外界温度胁迫.为研究高温胁迫对缢蛏热应激相关基因表达的影响,利用实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)技术对转录组中筛选的3类11个高温应答候选基因,即分子伴侣类基因(HSP70、HSF1、GRP94、BAG3、PDIA6和C...     

Transcriptional search to identify and assess reference genes for expression analysis in Solanumlycopersicum under stress and hormone treatment conditions

Tomato(Solanum lycopersicum) is a model plant for research on fruit development and stress response, in which gene expression analysis is frequently conducted. Quantitative PCR(qPCR) is a widely used technique for gene expression analysis, and the selection of reference genes may affect the accuracy of results and even conclusions. Although there have been some frequently used reference genes in tomato, it has been shown that the expressions of some of these genes are not constant in different t...     

Versatile physiological functions of the Nudix hydrolase family in berry development and stress response in grapevine

Nudix hydrolases are widely distributed across all classes of organisms and provide the potential capacity to hydrolyze a wide range of organic pyrophosphates. Although Nudix hydrolases are involved in plant detoxification processes in response to abiotic and biotic stresses, the biological functions of Nudix hydrolases remain largely unclear in grapevine.In the present study, a total of 25 putative grapevine Nudix hydrolases(VvNUDXs) were identified by bioinformatics analysis and classified int...     

Correlation between intraventricular pressure and early phase proto-oncogene expression in volume overload rats

AIM: To investigate the effect of intraventricular pressure change by volume overload (VOL) on expression of proto-oncogene c-fos,c-jun,c-myc and egr-1. METHODS: Left ventricular systolic pressure(LVSP) and left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP) of rat with VOL induced by aortacaval fistula operation and rats of control group were measured at 30 min, 1, 4, 6, 12 and 48 h after the operation,these mRNAs at the foregoing time points were measured by slot bloting method and quantified with densitometry. RESULTS: Be compared with the control group, VOL rats LVSP decreased (P＜0.05) and declined most remarkably at 48 h,LVEDP elevated significantly at 30 min (P＜0.05), reached a maximal value at 12 h and the levels of control group at 48 h (P＞0.05) after the operation.The proto-oncogene expression signals were not detected in the control,negative controls and VOL rats at 30 min after the operation. The c-fos,c-jun and egr-1 mRNA signals appeared earlier,at 1 h, and c-myc mRNA increased later at 4 h.All reached peak value at 4 h and then declined gradually.The c-fos mRNA were not detected at 48 h. The c-myc,c-0jun and egr-1 mRNA persisted throught the entire observation period from 1 h to 48 h. CONCLUSIONS: During VOL early phase the overload have effect on expression of the proto-oncogene mRNA,c-fos,c-jun and egr-1 mRNA appear earlier, c-myc later,egr-1,c-jun and c-myc persist longer period, but the expressions do not strengthen with the ventricule wall load increase.This sequential induction pattern may reflect the time course regularity of the proto-oncogenes expression induced by VOL,and indicate the proto-oncogenes expression initiate while the heart load accumulate some extent and duration and the load magnitude may not play a critical role.