高体鳑鲏(Rhodeus ocellatus(kner))的形态变异及地理分化研究

采用鱼类形态度量学和框架度量学相结合的方法 ,对不同地区的高体的形态进行了测量 ,并对其 19个比例性状进行了主成分分析 .结果表明 :分布于各区域的高体不具有地理分隔特征 ,可视为一个种 .其形态差异主要表现在与游泳、摄食有关的眼径、吻和尾柄长度上 .这些形态差异的产生主要是其对环境的长期适应的结果 .

In vivo growth-inhibition of S 180 tumor by mixture of 5-Fu and low molecular lambda-carrageenan from Chondrus ocellatus

POLYSACCHARIDES; ANTICOAGULANT; SURVIVAL

Differential regulation of Sciaenops ocellatus viperin expression by intracellular and extracellular bacterial pathogens

Viperin is an antiviral protein that has been found to exist in diverse vertebrate organisms and is involved in innate immunity against the infection of a wide range of viruses. However, it is largely unclear as to the potential role played by viperin in bacterial infection. In this study, we identified the red drum Sciaenops ocellatus viperin gene (SoVip) and analyzed its expression in relation to bacterial challenge. The complete gene of SoVip is 2570 bp in length and contains six exons and five introns. The open reading frame of SoVip is 1065 bp, which is flanked by a 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of 34 bp and a 3'-UTR of 350 bp. The deduced amino acid sequence of SoVip shares extensive identities with the viperins of several fish species and possesses the conserved domain of the radical S-adenosylmethionine superfamily proteins. Expressional analysis showed that constitutive expression of SoVip was relatively high in blood, muscle, brain, spleen, and liver, and low in kidney, gill, and heart. Experimental challenges with poly(I:C) and bacterial pathogens indicated that SoVip expression in liver was significantly upregulated by poly(I:C) and the fish pathogen Edwardsiella tarda but down-regulated by the fish pathogens Listonella anguillarum and Streptococcus iniae. Similar differential induction patterns were also observed at cellular level with primary hepatocytes challenged with E. tarda, L anguillarum, and S. iniae. Infection study showed that all three bacterial pathogens could attach to cultured primary hepatocytes but only E. tarda was able to invade into and survive in hepatocytes. Together these results indicate that SoVip is involved in host immune response during bacterial infection and is differentially regulated at transcription level by different bacterial pathogens. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Identification and molecular analysis of a stress-inducible Hsp70 from Sciaenops ocellatus

Hsp70 proteins are a family of molecular chaperones that are involved in many aspects of protein homeostasis. In this study, an Hsp70 homologue (SoHsp70) was identified from red drum Sciaenops ocellatus and analyzed at molecular level. The open reading frame of SoHsp70 is 1920 bp and intronless, with a 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of 399 bp and a 3'-UTR of 241 bp. The deduced amino acid sequence of SoHsp70 shares 84-92% overall identities with the Hsp70s of a number of fish species. In silico analysis identified in SoHsp70 three conserved Hsp70 domains involved in nucleotide and substrate binding. The coding sequence of SoHsp70 was subcloned into Escherichia coli, from which recombinant SoHsp70 was purified and, upon ATPase assay, found to exhibit apparent ATPase activity. Expressional analysis showed that constitutive expression of SoHsp70 was detectable in heart, liver, spleen, kidney, brain, blood, and gill. Experimental challenges with poly(I:C) and bacterial pathogens of Gram-positive and Gram-negative nature induced SoHsp70 expression in kidney to different levels. Stress-responsive analysis of SoHsp70 expression in primary cultures of red drum hepatocytes showed that acute heat shock treatment elicited a rapid induction of SoHsp70 expression which appeared after 10 min and 30 min of treatment. Exposure of hepatocytes separately to iron, copper, mercury, and hydrogen peroxide significantly unregulated SoHsp70 expression in time-dependent manners. Vaccination of red drum with a Streptococcus iniae bacterin was also found to induce SoHsp70 expression. Furthermore, recombinant SoHsp70 enhanced the immunoprotective effect of a subunit vaccine. Taken together, these results suggest that SoHsp70 is a stress-inducible protein that is likely to play a role in immunity and in coping with environmental and biological stresses. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Effects of temperature and irradiance on early development of Chondrus ocellatus Holm (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta)

Chondrus is a type of commercially produced red seaweed that widely used for food and carrageen extraction. Although the natural life history of the alga had been well understood, the factors influencing development of the tetraspore and carpospore remain poorly understood. In the perspective of seedling resources, the regulation of early development is crucial for the seedling nursing; therefore, it is necessary to understand the physiological influences during its early development. In this study, we studied the effects of temperature and irradiance on the early development of Chondrus ocellatus Holm under laboratory conditions. The released tetraspores and carpospores were cultivated at different temperatures (10-28 degrees C) and irradiances ( 10, 60 mu mol photons m(-2)s(-1)) with a photoperiod of 12L:12D. The results indicate that both tetraspores and carpospores are tolerant to temperatures of 10-25 degrees C, and have the highest relative growth rate at 20 degrees C. Irradiance variances influenced the growth of the discoid crusts, and the influence was more significant with increasing temperature; 60 mu mol photons m(-2)s(-1) was more suitable than 10 mu mol photons m(-2)s(-1). The optimum temperature and irradiance for the development of seedlings was 20 degrees C and 60 mu mol photons m(-2)s(-1), respectively.

Identification and analysis of a Sciaenops ocellatus ISG15 homologue that is involved in host immune defense against bacterial infection

ISG15 is an interferon-stimulated gene that encodes a ubiquitin-like protein. ISG15 homologues have been identified in a number of fish species, some of which are known to be regulated at expression level by virus infection and lipopolysacchande (LPS) treatment However, the relationship between ISG15 and live bacterial infection has not been investigated in piscine models. In this study, an ISG15 homologue, SoISG15, was identified from red drum Scraeriops ocellaws and analyzed at expression and functional levels The open reading frame ofSolSG15 is 477 base pairs (bp) and mtronless, with a 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of 91 bp and a 3'-UTR of 415 bp The deduced amino acid sequence of S0ISG15 shares 60-67% overall identities with the ISG15 of several fish species. S0ISG15 possesses two conserved ubiquinn-like domains and the canonical ubiquitin conjugation motif, LRGG, at the C-terminus. Expressional analysis showed that constitutive expression of SolSG15 was highest in blood and lowest in kidney Experimental challenges with LPS and bacterial pathogens induced significant S0ISG15 expression in the kidney but not in the liver Similar differential induction was also observed at cellular level with primary hepatocytes and head kidney (HK) lymphocytes. Poly(' C), however, effected drastic induction of S0ISG15 expression in kidney and liver at both tissue and cellular levels. Immunoblot analysis showed that S0ISG15 was secreted by cultured HK lymphocytes into the extracellular milieu. Recombinant S0ISG15 expressed in and purified from Eschenclua colt was able to enhance the respiratory burst activity, acid phosphatase activity, and bactericidal activity of HK macrophages. Taken together, the results of this study indicated that SoISG 15 possesses apparent immunological property and is likely to be involved in host immune defense against bacterial infection. (C)2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.

In vivo antitumor and immunomodulation activities of different molecular weight Lambda-Carrageenans from Chondrus ocellatus

lambda-Carrageenan is a sulfated galactan isolated from some red algae and have been reported to have many kinds of biological activities. lambda-Carrageenan from Chondrus ocellatus, an important economic alga in China and many other parts of the world, was degraded by microwave, and obtained five products that have different molecular weight: 650, 240, 140, 15, 9.3 kDa. Analytical results confirmed that microwave degradation might not change the chemical components and structure of polysaccharides under certain condition. In this study, tumor-inhibiting activities, weight of immune organ, nature killer cells activity, lymphocyte proliferation ratio and pathological slice of spleen and tumor cells from the control group and lambda-carrageenan-treated mice of transplanted S 180 and H22 tumor were investigated. The results indicated that the five lambda-carrageenan samples all showed antitumor and immunomodulation activities in different degree. Molecular weight of polysaccharides had notable effect on the activities. In addition, their antitumor and immunomodulation have some relevance and the five lambda-carrageenans probably inhibited tumor by means of activating the immunocompetence of the body. Among all the experiment results, samples with the highest activities are PC4 and PC5 whose molecular weight are 15 and 9.3 kDa. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Community structure of small fishes in a shallow macrophytic lake (Niushan Lake) along the middle reach of the Yangtze River, China

This study describes the current status of the small fish community in Niushan Lake in China, and examines the spatial and seasonal variations of the community in relation to key environmental factors. Based on macrophyte cover conditions, the lake was divided into three major habitat types: (1) Potamogeton maackianus habitat, (2) Potamogeton maackianus and Myriophyllum spicatum habitat, and (3) uncovered or less-covered habitat. Fish were sampled quantitatively in the three habitat types by block nets seasonally from September 2002 to August 2003. A total of 10 469 individuals from 27 fish species were caught, among which 20 species were considered as small fishes. Rhodeus ocellatus, Paracheilognathus imberbis, Pseudorasbora parva, Micropercops swinhonis and Cultrichthys erythropterus were recognized as dominant small fishes according to their abundance and occurrence. It was noted that (1) small fishes predominated the total number of fish species in the lake, which reflected to some degree the size diminution phenomenon of fish resources; (2) many small fishes had plant detritus as their food item, which was consistent with the abundance of macrophyte detritus in the lake and implied the importance of detritus in supporting small fish secondary production. Canonical correspondence analysis suggested that the spatial distributions of most small fishes were associated with complex macrophyte cover conditions. Macrophyte biomass was positively correlated with species richness, diversity index and the catch per unit of effort (CPUE) of the fish community. Water depth had no significant effects on species diversity and distribution of the small fishes. Correspondence analysis revealed a higher occurrence of the small fishes and higher abundance of individuals in summer and autumn. Seasonal length-frequency distributions of several species indicated that more larval and juvenile individuals appeared in spring and summer. This study provides some baseline information which will be essential to long-term monitoring of small fish communities in the Yangtze lakes.

Phylogeography of the Northern Atlantic species Chondrus crispus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) inferred from nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences

Eighteen isolates of the red algae Chondrus crispus were collected from Northern Atlantic sites, together with C. ocellatus, C. yendoi and C. pinnulatus from the North Pacific. The nuclear rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) was sequenced and compared, spanning both the ITS regions and the 5.8S rRNA gene. Percentage of nucleotide variation for C. crispus ranged from 0.3% to 4.0%. Phylogenetic analyses were performed using maximum parsimony (MP), neighbor-joining (NJ) and minimum evolution methods. They showed that two main clades existed within the C. crispus samples examined and that suggested C. crispus had a single Atlantic origin. The clustering however did not follow the geographic origin. We hypothesized that the current distribution of C. crispus populations might be a result of three main factors: temperature boundaries, paleoclimate and paleoceanography. ITS data exhibited abundant molecular information not only for phylogeographical investigation but also for systematics studies.

Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) analysis of genetic variation of Chondrus crispus populations from North Atlantic

ISSR analysis was used to investigate genetic variations of 184 haploid and diploid samples from nine North Atlantic Chondrus crispus Stackhouse populations and one outgroup Yellow Sea Chondrus ocellatus Holmes population. Twenty-two of 50 primers were selected and 163 loci were scored for genetic diversity analysis. Genetic diversity varied among populations, percentage of polymorphic bands (PPB) ranged from 27.0 to 55.8%, H(Nei's genetic diversity) ranged from 0.11 to 0.20 and I(Shannon's information index) ranged from 0.16 to 0.30. Estimators PPB, H and I had similar values in intra-population genetic diversity, regardless of calculation methods. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) apportioned inter-population and intra-population variations for C crispus, showing more genetic variance (56.5%) occurred in intra-population, and 43.5% variation among nine populations. The Mantel test suggested that genetic differentiation between nine C. crispus populations was closely related with geographic distances (R = 0.78, P = 0.002). Results suggest that, on larger distance scale (ca. > 1000 km), ISSR analysis is useful for determining genetic differentiations of C crispus populations including morphologically inseparable haploid and diploid individuals. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

角叉菜四分孢子和果孢子早期发育的研究

角叉菜（Chondrus）是一种重要的经济红藻，广泛应用于食品行业及卡拉胶的提取工业。从种苗繁育的角度看，对角叉菜早期发育的研究意义重大。自然环境下角叉菜的生活史循环已得到阐释，但对其四分孢子及果孢子在室内条件下的早期发育过程还远远了解不够，因此有必要对其早期发育的具体特征和影响因素进行详细的分析研究。 本研究以青岛海域常见的角叉菜（Chondrus ocellatus Holm）作为实验材料，分析了实验室培养条件下温度及光强两个环境因子对其四分孢子和果孢子早期生长发育的影响，同时对整个发育过程进行了观察与记录。研究结果表明角叉菜两种孢子的早期生长发育过程基本一致，从孢子附着后萌发到长出幼苗，整个过程经历三个发育阶段：分裂期、盘状体期和直立幼苗形成期。另外，在早期发育过程中观察到多个盘状体融合的现象，这种融合使得孢子幼苗对基质的附着更加稳固，有利于其生存。通过设定6个温度梯度（10℃、15℃、20℃、22℃、25℃、28℃）及2个不同光照强度（10、60 μmol photos m-2s-1）条件，确立了角叉菜果孢子及四分孢子最适培养温度为20℃，而最适光照强度为60 μmol photos m-2s-1。角叉菜四分孢子和果孢子的早期生长发育均显示出较宽的温度耐受范围（10-25℃），但在28℃的高温条件下，两种孢子均会逐渐褪色死亡。分别采用单因素方差分析和独立样本t检验两种统计学方法分析温度和光强的影响，发现温度、光强的变化对角叉菜盘状体生长均有显著性影响。高光照可促进两种孢子的生长与发育，而低温（10℃）则会抑制孢子的的生长与发育。

红藻无性繁殖系的诱导及其发育机制的初步研

以红藻中的角叉菜（Chondrus ocellatus）、龙须菜（Gracilaria lemaneiformis）、真江蓠(Gracilaria asiatica)和海膜（Halymenia sinensis）为材料，观察了红藻幼苗的早期发育，通过组织培养构建无性繁殖系，并初步探讨了红藻无性繁殖系的发育及分化机理，为海藻无性繁殖系的获得提供理论基础和依据。 在室内进行了角叉菜的四分孢子和果孢子的细胞培养，并观察其早期发育过程。结果表明，四分孢子和果孢子的早期发育是相似的，可主要分为三个阶段：早期分裂阶段、盘状体阶段和直立体形成阶段。 切段组织培养表明，红藻无性繁殖系的获得主要通过两种途径：一种为切段组织经过培养可直接形成再生植株；另一种为切段组织经培养脱分化，诱导出愈伤组织或类愈伤组织，愈伤组织或类愈伤组织再分化，形成盘状体，盘状体继续发育即可形成再生植株。 通过切段组织培养，获得了龙须菜和真江蓠再生植株。在PES培养液中，添加6－BA（0.25 mg/L）对龙须菜切段组织再生新枝的诱导有促进作用，诱导率可高达84.4％，高浓度的IAA或6－BA（4 mg/L）对切段组织有损伤作用。实验证明伤口大小对切段组织再生新枝有影响，且伤口太大对再生新枝的形成不利。龙须菜的切段组织培养过程中表现出极性。 通过组织培养，诱导出海膜类愈伤组织—丝状体。添加植物生长调节类物质（IAA 和 6-BA）对海膜丝状体的诱导无促进作用。海膜切片在消毒海水中培养即可获得丝状体。海膜丝状体的外植体来源主要有两个：一是健康的藻体； 另一是盘状体，其丝状体的诱导率分别为80％ 和90％。筛选出了丝状体适宜的生长条件：13－23℃，10－15 μE•m−2• s−1，12h：12h（Light: Dark），其中18℃为最佳生长温度。高的光照强度（50 μE•m−2•s−1）对丝状体产生损伤作用。 红藻无性繁殖系的发育途径，根据其获得途径也有两种情况。经过切段组织培养直接获得的无性繁殖系，是切段切口处已分化的细胞表现其全能性，恢复分裂能力，再生新枝，切段表现出极性。极性的上端产生新枝，下端形成固着器，成为一个完整的植株。经过愈伤组织和类愈伤组织获得的无性繁殖系，是切口处已分化的细胞表现其全能性，经脱分化形成愈伤组织和类愈伤组织，附着在基质上后，再分化形成盘状体，按照孢子的早期发育途径，形成直立体幼苗。 通过SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分析，对龙须菜正常藻体及无性繁殖系发育过程中蛋白的表达进行检测，检测出表达差异的蛋白质，推测这两个蛋白可能与龙须菜切段组织再生有关，其中30 KD的蛋白仅在再生新枝中表达，150 KD和125 KD的蛋白仅在正常生长的龙须菜和龙须菜切段的极性下端中表达。 根据高等植物中与萌芽、分生组织以及愈伤组织发育相关的基因序列保守区设计了五对特异引物，通过PCR和RT-PCR扩增检测及DNA测序分析，对红藻无性繁殖系早期发育相关的基因序列，进行了初步分析。