Immunoadjuvant effects of bacterial genomic DNA and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides on avian influenza virus subtype H5N1 inactivated oil emulsion vaccine in chicken

This study investigated the immunoadjuvant effects of three types of bacterial genomic DNA and CpG oligonucleotides (CpG ODN) on the avian influenza virus (AIV) subtype H5N1 inactivated oil emulsion vaccine under two immunization strategies. The genomic DNA extracted from Escherichia coli O₂, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus faecalis FQ68, and synthetic CpG ODN were used as adjuvants, and their effects on the AIV oil emulsion vaccine were examined in chickens. The results indicated that when administered separately from the vaccine, adjuvants induced lower haemagglutination inhibition (HI) titres and serum IgG titres but resulted in higher concentrations of IFN-γ and IL-10. In contrast, when combined with the oil emulsion vaccine prior to inoculation, CpG ODN induced higher HI, IgG titres and IFN-γ concentration but resulted in lower IL-10 concentration. These data suggest that, depending on the immunization approaches, adjuvants may exert distinct immune effects in chickens receiving AIV H5N1 oil emulsion vaccine: the prior incorporation of CpG ODN into the vaccine may augment both the humoral and Th1 type immune responses, while separate inoculation of adjuvants has not shown better adjuvanticity.     

猪圆环病毒复制与转录模式研究进展

猪圆环病毒(PCV)是一种单股、环状DNA病毒,有两种血清型,其中PCV-2是引起断奶仔猪多系统衰竭综合征的重要病原,给世界养猪业造成了巨大的经济损失.文章主要从PCV-1和PCV-2的基因组结构、复制起始区的结构与功能、复制相关蛋白的结构与功能、转录图谱、各转录物的剪接方式及主要转录物的转录效率等方面进行了综述,同时也对二者的复制与转录模式的异同点进行了比较.这些结果对PCV-1和PCV-2毒力差异的分子机制研究具有一定的借鉴意义,同时可为抗PCV药物的研发提供一定的理论依据.     

Selecting the hologenome to breed for an improved feed efficiency in pigs—A novel selection index

Most traits in animal breeding, including feed efficiency traits in pigs, are affected by many genes with small effect and have a moderately high heritability between 0.1 and 0.5, which enables efficient selection. Since the microbiota composition in the gastrointestinal tract is also partly heritable and was shown to have a substantial effect on feed efficiency, the host genes affect the phenotype not only directly by altering metabolic pathways, but also indirectly by changing the microbiota composition. The effect of the microbiota composition on the breeding value of an animal is the conditional expectation of its breeding value, given the vector with microbiota frequencies, that is The breeding value of an animal can therefore be decomposed into a heritable contribution that arises from an altered microbiota composition and a heritable contribution that arises from altered metabolic pathways within the animal, so Instead of selecting for breeding value , an index comprising the two components and with appropriate weights, that is , can be used. The present study shows how this breeding strategy can be applied in pig genomic selection breeding scheme for two feed efficiency traits and daily gain.     

适用于转录组测序的大白菜小孢子总RNA提取方法筛选

为了找到适用于转录组测序要求的大白菜小孢子总RNA 提取方法，以出胚率较高的吉红82 为试材，以热激诱导处理后的小孢子为研究对象，比较分析了TRIzol 法、改良CTAB 法及超纯试剂盒法3 种方法的RNA 提取效果。结果表明：TRIzol法（磨样）和改良CTAB 法提取的RNA 浓度较高，但完整性较差；超纯RNA 提取试剂盒法提取的RNA 质量最高，且完整性好，能够满足转录组测序的要求。     

Analysis on Differential Expression Genes in Porcine Aortic Vascular Endothelial Cells Induced by Apolipoprotein C Ⅲ

The aim of this study was to investigate the differential expression genes induced by ApoCⅢ,and study the function of ApoCⅢ.Porcine aortic vascular endothelial cells were successfully isolated using enzyme digestion,and then screened the differential expression genes induced by ApoCⅢ using the Solexa high-throughput sequencing technology.The results showed 647 differential expression genes,including 390 up-regulated genes and 257 down-regulated genes.The qRT-PCR results verified that the gene expression results from Solexa sequencing data were reliable.GO and Pathway analysis showed that the function of differential expression genes were related to immune response,cell apoptosis and death.These findings suggested that ApoCⅢ affected the physiological function of porcine aortic endothelial cells by the molecular pathways of inflammation,cell adhesion and apoptosis,which provided a theoretical basis for further understanding the molecular mechanisms of atherosclerosis caused by ApoCⅢ.     

Ace and ace-like genes of invasive redlegged earth mite: copy number variation,target-site mutations,and their associations with organophosphate insensitivity

Background

Invasive Australian populations of redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor (Tucker), are evolving increasing organophosphate resistance. In addition to the canonical ace gene, the target gene of organophosphates, the H. destructor genome contains many radiated ace-like genes that vary in copy number and amino acid sequence. In this work, we characterise copy number and target-site mutation variation at the canonical ace and ace-like genes and test for potential associations with organophosphate insensitivity. This was achieved through comparisons of whole-genome pool-seq data from alive and dead mites following organophosphate exposure.

Results

A combination of increased copy number and target-site mutations at the canonical ace was associated with organophosphate insensitivity in H. destructor. Resistant populations were segregating for G119S, A201S, F331Y at the canonical ace. A subset of populations also had copy numbers of canonical ace > 2, which potentially helps overexpress proteins carrying these target-site mutations. Haplotypes possessing different copy numbers and target-site mutations of the canonical ace gene may be under selection across H. destructor populations. We also detected some evidence that increases in copy number of radiated ace-like genes are associated with organophosphate insensitivity, which might suggest potential roles in sequestration or breakdown of organophosphates.

Conclusion

Different combinations of target-site mutations and (or) copy number variation in the canonical ace and ace-like genes may provide non-convergent ways for H. destructor to respond to organophosphate selection. However, these changes may only play a partial role in organophosphate insensitivity, which appears to have a polygenic architecture. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.     

高通量测序解析冰鲜刀鲚细菌群落变化特征

为了研究养殖刀鲚冰鲜保存过程中细菌群落组成及变化情况,采用Illumina Miseq高通量测序方法对冰鲜条件不同贮藏时间（0、3、6、9、12、15、18 d）刀鲚肌肉样本细菌的16S rRNA基因的2个高变区（V3—V4）进行测序,比较其细菌多样性及门、属水平的细菌相对丰度,并进行主成分分析、Heatmap分析以及特定腐败菌分析。结果显示,7组样品细菌分布于40门787属,冰鲜条件下刀鲚肌肉的优势致腐败菌属为假单胞菌、微杆菌属和气单胞菌属。主成分分析显示,刀鲚腐败前后的微生物结构存在差异。Heatmap图分析显示新鲜样本的细菌丰度最大。3组冰鲜贮藏6 d前的样品群落结构较相似。贮藏12 d时常见致腐菌（微杆菌属、假单胞菌属、气单胞菌属）占比显著提高,其细菌的多样性及丰富度最低。随着冰鲜保存时间的延长,刀鲚肌肉的细菌菌落结构产生了动态变化。冰鲜保存6～9 d后刀鲚肌肉的细菌菌落结构变化较大,研究结果可以为预测冰鲜刀鲚货架期提供参考。     

冀北水稻田土壤细菌群落结构和多样性研究

为探讨冀北水稻田土壤细菌群落结构和多样性,以承德地区水稻主产区（河北隆化,河北滦平）稻田土壤为试验材料,采用高通量测序技术,对水稻大田土壤细菌群落结构和多样性进行研究。结果表明：不同地区水稻田土壤微生物多样性存在差异,其中样本ZYY.CKD9中微生物多样性最高且有益菌较多,主要有硫杆菌属（Thiobacillus）、拟衣藻属（Dechloromonas）和地杆菌属（Geobacter）;但也存在共有细菌菌群,如Kaistobacter、溶杆菌属（Lysobacter）、乳酸杆菌属（Lactobacillus）、Candidatus_Solibacter、硫杆菌属（Thiobacillus）、红长命菌属（Rubrivivax）、拟衣藻属（Dechloromonas）、Anaeromyxobacter、硝化螺旋菌属（Nitrospira）等;PCA分析结果显示,土壤细菌群落结构空间相关性不明显。这为冀北水稻田土壤修复、病害防治及功能菌肥开发,促进水稻高产栽培提供依据。     

大白菜黄心性状相关标记的开发与应用

当前国内针对大白菜黄心性状的筛选研究尚有缺乏,试验论据不足,本试验立足分子标记研究,验证及筛选大白菜的黄心性状,分析准确性分子标记,为大白菜黄心性状的筛选研究奠定基础。试验采用纯合白心早熟早抽自交系‘127-4’（P1）和黄心晚抽自交系‘11-2’（P2）为试验主体材料,以‘127-4’为父本,以‘11-2’为母本,两者杂交获得F₁代后,继续使F₁代自交获得了‘264’（F₂）群体。利用所得到的白心大白菜和黄心大白菜植株通过BSA-seq法对大白菜全基因组进行重测序,以此设计并筛选鉴定引物,最后筛选出标记为“9-13”（F：5''- CCGAAGCCCAGATTAGGAG-3'';R：5''-CCATGCCTACGAATGATAT -3''）。得到的该分子标记可在黄心大白菜育种材料中扩展出200bp的特异条带,经验证,该标记区分白心大白菜与黄心大白菜单株的符合度可达到75%以上。目前利用该标记已经准确筛选出30多份黄心大白菜种质资源,大白菜的菜心性状得到了特定把控,也为准确筛选提供了依据。     

6 个不同品种荔枝果肉内生细菌群落多样性的高通量测序分析

【目的】内生菌在植物生长发育中发挥重要作用,分析不同品种荔枝果肉内生细菌群落结构及多样性,挖掘和利用潜在荔枝内生菌种资源,为进一步研究荔枝与内生菌互作关系提供参考依据。【方法】以 6 个不同品种荔枝的果肉组织为材料,PCR 扩增 16S rDNA 的 V3~V4 区,利用 MiSeq 高通量测序技术分析果肉组织内生细菌在门、科、属和种分类水平上的群落组成及优势菌群,结合 Alpha 多样性分析评估内生细菌群落多样性。【结果】对 6 个品种荔枝果肉内生细菌 16S rDNA 的 V3~V4 区进行扩增,共获得 2 139 086 条序列,其平均长度为 376 bp。不同品种荔枝果肉内生细菌群落在相对丰度和多样性上无显著差异。在门分类水平,变形菌门为主要优势细菌门类,其次为放线菌门。在科、属和种分类水平上,不同品种荔枝内生菌群落结构相似,但相对丰度占比不同。差异菌群分析结果显示,假单胞菌属（Pseudomonas）、果胶杆菌属（Pectobacterium）、苍白杆菌属（Ochrobactrum）和迪基氏菌属（Dickeya) 在优良品种‘鹅蛋荔’‘糯米糍’和‘观音绿’中显著富集,根瘤菌属（Bradyrhizobium）和变形菌属（Snodgrassella）只在‘鹅蛋荔’中富集。根据菌群相对丰度进行聚类分析,‘观音绿’‘糯米糍’和‘鹅蛋荔’的相似性更高。Alpha 多样性分析结果表明,6 种荔枝果肉内生菌群仅在丰度和多样性上存在差异,但未达到显著水平。【结论】该研究首次分析了 6 个不同品种荔枝果肉内生细菌的群落结构,并在优良荔枝品种中发现特有的微 生物类群富集现象,可为后续提升荔枝品质、开发利用内生菌提供理论依据和重要参考。