To quantify the response to selection, heritability and genetic correlations between weight and size ofLitopenaeus vannamei, the body weight (BW), total length (TL), body length (BL), first abdominal segment dep...To quantify the response to selection, heritability and genetic correlations between weight and size ofLitopenaeus vannamei, the body weight (BW), total length (TL), body length (BL), first abdominal segment depth (FASD), third abdominal segment depth (TASD), first abdominal segment width (FASW), and partial carapace length (PCL) of 5-month-old parents and of offspring were measured by calculating seven body measurings of offspring produced by a nested mating design. Seventeen half-sib families and 42 full-sib families ofL. vannamei were produced using artificial fertilization from 2-4 dams by each sire, and measured at around five months post-metamorphosis. The results show that heritabilities among various traits were high: 0.515±0.030 for body weight and 0.394±0.030 for total length. After one generation of selection, the selection response was 10.70% for offspring growth. In the 5th month, the realized heritability for weight was 0.296 for the offspring generation. Genetic correlations between body weight and body size were highly variable. The results indicate that external morphological parameters can be applied during breeder selection for enhancing the growth without sacrificing animals for determining the body size and breed ability; and selective breeding can be improved significantly, simultaneously with increased production.展开更多
Fortilin is a multifunctional protein implicated in many important cellular processes. Since injection of Pm-fortilin reduces shrimp mortality caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), there is potential application...Fortilin is a multifunctional protein implicated in many important cellular processes. Since injection of Pm-fortilin reduces shrimp mortality caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), there is potential application of fortilin in shrimp culture. In the present study, in order to improve trans-membrane transportation efficiency, the protein transduction domain of the transactivator of transcription (TAT) peptide was fused to fortilin. The Pichia pastoris yeast expression system, which is widely accepted in animal feeds, was used for production of recombinant fusion protein. Green fluorescence protein (GFP) was selected as a reporter because of its intrinsic visible fluorescence. The fortilin, TAT and GFP fusion protein were constructed. Their trans-membrane transportation efficiency and effects on immune response of shrimp were analyzed in vitro. Results showed that TAT peptide improved in vitro uptake of fortilin into the hemocytes and midgut of Litopenaeus vannamei. The phenoloxidase (PO) activity of hemocytes incubated with GFP-Fortilin or GFP-Fortilin-TAT was significantly increased compared with that in the control without expressed fortilin. The PO activity of hemocytes incubated with 200 μg mL-1 GFP-Fortilin-TAT was significantly higher than that in the group with the same concentration of GFP-Fortilin. Hemocytes incubated with GFP-Fortilin-TAT at all concentrations showed significantly higher nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity than those in the control or in the GFP-Fortilin treatment. The present in vitro study indicated that TAT fusion protein improved the immune effect of fortilin.展开更多
Acting as one of the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), C-type lectin is believed to mediate pathogen recognition and plays an important role in the clearance of pathogens as part of the innate immune system. In ...Acting as one of the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), C-type lectin is believed to mediate pathogen recognition and plays an important role in the clearance of pathogens as part of the innate immune system. In this work, a novel C-type lectin gene (named LvLecl) was cloned from the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, The ORF of LvLecl is 510 bp, encoding 169 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence contains a putative signal peptide of 19 amino acids at the N-terminal and a carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) at the C-terminal. LvLecl was mainly expressed in the hepatopancreas. Real-time PCR analysis indicated that the level of LvLecl transcripts significantly changed in the hepatopancreas after the shrimp were artificially challenged with LPS, Micrococcus lysodeikticus and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). RNAi-based silencing of LvLecl resulted in increases in mortality when the shrimp were challenged with WSSV, and the median lethal time was reduced compared with controls. Although there was no characteristic "EPN" (Glu-Pro-Ser) or "QPD" (Gin-Pro-Asp) motif, the recombinant LvLecl, expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), could also agglutinate M. lysodeikticus and Vibrio anguillarum. The agglutinating activities were calcium-dependent and could be inhibited by D-mannose, D-glucose, D-galactose and N-Acetyl-D-mannose. These results suggest that LvLecl might be involved in the immune response against WSSV and bacterial infections and contribute to non-self recognition as a pattern recognition receptor in the innate immune system of the shrimp L. vannamei.展开更多
Frontal analysis is frequently applied to measuring single or multi-component adsorption isotherms. In this work, the competitive adsorption isotherm data of two enantiomers of tryptophan were obtained by competitive ...Frontal analysis is frequently applied to measuring single or multi-component adsorption isotherms. In this work, the competitive adsorption isotherm data of two enantiomers of tryptophan were obtained by competitive frontal analysis. The stationary phase in the column was silica-immobilized bovine serum albumin (BSA) by the derivative method, and the mobile phase was a phosphate buffer. These isotherm data were fitted by the competitive Bilangmuir model. This model can account for the behavior of both tryptophan enantiomers and these profiles were found to fit the experimental band profiles (square error is 0.999 6). The parameters obtained were used in numerical calculations to predict the band profiles of the racemic mixtures of tryptophan. The equilibrium-dispersive model provides satisfactory prediction, with minor differences between the calculated and the experimental profiles.展开更多
An 8-week growth trial was conducted to determine dietary arginine requirement for juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) with an initial average body weight of 0.47 g reared in low-salinity wat...An 8-week growth trial was conducted to determine dietary arginine requirement for juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) with an initial average body weight of 0.47 g reared in low-salinity water (0.50-1.50 g L-1). Six isonitrogenous and isoenergetic semipurified diets (crude protein 360 g/kg and gross energy 19.70 kJ/g) were formulated with fish meal and wheat gluten as the intact protein source.展开更多
Avidin-liposome complex is a specific chiral selector used to separate the enantiomers of D,L-tryptophan,D,L-phenylthiohydantoin -serine(D,L-PTH-Ser),D,L-phenylthiohydantoin-threonine(D,L-PTH-Thr) and R,S-pioglita...Avidin-liposome complex is a specific chiral selector used to separate the enantiomers of D,L-tryptophan,D,L-phenylthiohydantoin -serine(D,L-PTH-Ser),D,L-phenylthiohydantoin-threonine(D,L-PTH-Thr) and R,S-pioglitazone hydrochloride in capillary electrochromatography(CEC).The avidin is immobilized on the phospholipids coated in the capillary.The liposome used for the phospholipid coating contains l,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-(Cap biotinyl)(sodium salt) (Biotinyl-cap-DPPE)(16:0) and different proportions of L-α-phosphatidylserine(PS) in Tris(hydroxymethyl) aminomethane (Tris) buffer at pH 7.4.A good resolution and reproducibility was obtained by coating the capillary with Biotinyl-cap-DPPE/PS (80:20,mol%) followed by immobilization of 1 mg/mL of avidin solution in N-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperazine-N'-(2-ethanesulfonic acid) (HEPES) buffer at pH 7.4.A comparative study of chiral separation efficiency with different capillary coating methods and preconditioning conditions was conducted.Finally,the electrochromatographic method was successfully used to separate enantiomers of pioglitazone hydrochloride.Therefore,coated CEC will be a promising tool for pharmaceutical enantiomers separation in new drug development.展开更多
基金Supported by National Higb Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (No. 2006AA10A406)the Key Laboratory of Marine Biology,Instihite of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. IaF201002)
文摘To quantify the response to selection, heritability and genetic correlations between weight and size ofLitopenaeus vannamei, the body weight (BW), total length (TL), body length (BL), first abdominal segment depth (FASD), third abdominal segment depth (TASD), first abdominal segment width (FASW), and partial carapace length (PCL) of 5-month-old parents and of offspring were measured by calculating seven body measurings of offspring produced by a nested mating design. Seventeen half-sib families and 42 full-sib families ofL. vannamei were produced using artificial fertilization from 2-4 dams by each sire, and measured at around five months post-metamorphosis. The results show that heritabilities among various traits were high: 0.515±0.030 for body weight and 0.394±0.030 for total length. After one generation of selection, the selection response was 10.70% for offspring growth. In the 5th month, the realized heritability for weight was 0.296 for the offspring generation. Genetic correlations between body weight and body size were highly variable. The results indicate that external morphological parameters can be applied during breeder selection for enhancing the growth without sacrificing animals for determining the body size and breed ability; and selective breeding can be improved significantly, simultaneously with increased production.
基金supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (No. 201103034)
文摘Fortilin is a multifunctional protein implicated in many important cellular processes. Since injection of Pm-fortilin reduces shrimp mortality caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), there is potential application of fortilin in shrimp culture. In the present study, in order to improve trans-membrane transportation efficiency, the protein transduction domain of the transactivator of transcription (TAT) peptide was fused to fortilin. The Pichia pastoris yeast expression system, which is widely accepted in animal feeds, was used for production of recombinant fusion protein. Green fluorescence protein (GFP) was selected as a reporter because of its intrinsic visible fluorescence. The fortilin, TAT and GFP fusion protein were constructed. Their trans-membrane transportation efficiency and effects on immune response of shrimp were analyzed in vitro. Results showed that TAT peptide improved in vitro uptake of fortilin into the hemocytes and midgut of Litopenaeus vannamei. The phenoloxidase (PO) activity of hemocytes incubated with GFP-Fortilin or GFP-Fortilin-TAT was significantly increased compared with that in the control without expressed fortilin. The PO activity of hemocytes incubated with 200 μg mL-1 GFP-Fortilin-TAT was significantly higher than that in the group with the same concentration of GFP-Fortilin. Hemocytes incubated with GFP-Fortilin-TAT at all concentrations showed significantly higher nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity than those in the control or in the GFP-Fortilin treatment. The present in vitro study indicated that TAT fusion protein improved the immune effect of fortilin.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2006CB101804)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30972245)Public Industry (Agriculture) Specific Research Program (No. 200803012)
文摘Acting as one of the pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), C-type lectin is believed to mediate pathogen recognition and plays an important role in the clearance of pathogens as part of the innate immune system. In this work, a novel C-type lectin gene (named LvLecl) was cloned from the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei, The ORF of LvLecl is 510 bp, encoding 169 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence contains a putative signal peptide of 19 amino acids at the N-terminal and a carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) at the C-terminal. LvLecl was mainly expressed in the hepatopancreas. Real-time PCR analysis indicated that the level of LvLecl transcripts significantly changed in the hepatopancreas after the shrimp were artificially challenged with LPS, Micrococcus lysodeikticus and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). RNAi-based silencing of LvLecl resulted in increases in mortality when the shrimp were challenged with WSSV, and the median lethal time was reduced compared with controls. Although there was no characteristic "EPN" (Glu-Pro-Ser) or "QPD" (Gin-Pro-Asp) motif, the recombinant LvLecl, expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), could also agglutinate M. lysodeikticus and Vibrio anguillarum. The agglutinating activities were calcium-dependent and could be inhibited by D-mannose, D-glucose, D-galactose and N-Acetyl-D-mannose. These results suggest that LvLecl might be involved in the immune response against WSSV and bacterial infections and contribute to non-self recognition as a pattern recognition receptor in the innate immune system of the shrimp L. vannamei.
文摘Frontal analysis is frequently applied to measuring single or multi-component adsorption isotherms. In this work, the competitive adsorption isotherm data of two enantiomers of tryptophan were obtained by competitive frontal analysis. The stationary phase in the column was silica-immobilized bovine serum albumin (BSA) by the derivative method, and the mobile phase was a phosphate buffer. These isotherm data were fitted by the competitive Bilangmuir model. This model can account for the behavior of both tryptophan enantiomers and these profiles were found to fit the experimental band profiles (square error is 0.999 6). The parameters obtained were used in numerical calculations to predict the band profiles of the racemic mixtures of tryptophan. The equilibrium-dispersive model provides satisfactory prediction, with minor differences between the calculated and the experimental profiles.
文摘An 8-week growth trial was conducted to determine dietary arginine requirement for juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) with an initial average body weight of 0.47 g reared in low-salinity water (0.50-1.50 g L-1). Six isonitrogenous and isoenergetic semipurified diets (crude protein 360 g/kg and gross energy 19.70 kJ/g) were formulated with fish meal and wheat gluten as the intact protein source.
文摘Avidin-liposome complex is a specific chiral selector used to separate the enantiomers of D,L-tryptophan,D,L-phenylthiohydantoin -serine(D,L-PTH-Ser),D,L-phenylthiohydantoin-threonine(D,L-PTH-Thr) and R,S-pioglitazone hydrochloride in capillary electrochromatography(CEC).The avidin is immobilized on the phospholipids coated in the capillary.The liposome used for the phospholipid coating contains l,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-(Cap biotinyl)(sodium salt) (Biotinyl-cap-DPPE)(16:0) and different proportions of L-α-phosphatidylserine(PS) in Tris(hydroxymethyl) aminomethane (Tris) buffer at pH 7.4.A good resolution and reproducibility was obtained by coating the capillary with Biotinyl-cap-DPPE/PS (80:20,mol%) followed by immobilization of 1 mg/mL of avidin solution in N-(2-hydroxyethyl) piperazine-N'-(2-ethanesulfonic acid) (HEPES) buffer at pH 7.4.A comparative study of chiral separation efficiency with different capillary coating methods and preconditioning conditions was conducted.Finally,the electrochromatographic method was successfully used to separate enantiomers of pioglitazone hydrochloride.Therefore,coated CEC will be a promising tool for pharmaceutical enantiomers separation in new drug development.