Aquaculture is notably vulnerable to diseases, with Edwardsiella tarda causing significant mortality across various commercially important fish species in both freshwater and marine environments. In the aquaculture industry, sustainable disease control hinges on the effective development of vaccines. Oral vaccines present an appealing approach to immunization in fish due to their ease of antigen administration, reduced stress compared to non-oral delivery methods, and their potential applicability to both small and large finfish species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Streptococcus parauberis is responsible for the development of streptococcosis in marine fish. The aim of the current study was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of aquatic Strep. parauberis strains, thus establishing laboratory-specific epidemiological cut-off (COWT) values to distinguish wild-type (WT) and nonwild-type (NWT) strains.
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February 2023
The incidence and mortality rates of lung cancer are high worldwide, where non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for more than 85% of lung cancer cases. Recent non-small cell lung cancer research has been focused on analyzing patient prognosis after surgery and identifying mechanisms in connection with clinical cohort and ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing data, including single-cell ribonucleic acid (scRNA) sequencing data. This paper investigates statistical techniques and artificial intelligence (AI) based non-small cell lung cancer transcriptome data analysis methods divided into target and analysis technology groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRed sea bream iridoviral disease (RSIVD) causes serious economic losses in the aquaculture industry. In this paper, we evaluated RSIV kinetics in rock bream under various rearing water temperatures and different RSIV inoculation concentrations. High viral copy numbers (approximately 10-10 RSIV genome copies/L/g) were observed during the period of active fish mortality after RSIV infection at all concentrations in the tanks (25 °C and 20 °C).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInterleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) is transcribed by monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells in response to activation of toll-like receptors (TLRs) by pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) or cytokine signalling and causes a rapid inflammatory response to infection. IL-8, also known as chemokine C-X-C motif ligand (CXCL)-8, is regulated by IL-1β and affects the chemotaxis of macrophages and neutrophils upon pathogen infection. In healthy red sea bream, rsbIL-1β is most highly distributed in the liver, and rsbIL-8 is most highly distributed in the head kidney.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeptin is an evolutionarily conserved family of GTP-binding proteins. Septins are known to be involved in a variety of cellular processes, including cell division, chromosome separation, cell polarity, motility, membrane dynamics, exocytosis, apoptosis, phagocytosis, DNA damage responses, and other immune responses. In this study, the sequences of the septin gene family of starry flounder were obtained using NGS sequencing, and the integrity of the sequences was verified through cloning and sequencing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant-derived feed additives provide cost effective and environmentally friendly alternatives to antibiotics for improving fish performance in aquaculture. An 8-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary ginger residue from juice extraction (GRJE) on juvenile black rockfish () growth performance, antioxidant enzyme activities, and resistance to Streptococcus iniae infection. Juvenile rockfish ( = 450; initial weight = 2.
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November 2021
Galectin () is a member of a family of β-galactoside-binding lectin. The members of this family play important roles in the recognition of carbohydrate ligands and in various other biological processes. In this study, we identified the gene encoding in () and analyzed its expression in various tissues after pathogen challenge.
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December 2020
The membrane attack complex/perforin (MACPF) superfamily consists of multifunctional proteins that form pores on the membrane surface of microorganisms to induce their death and have various immune-related functions. PFN2 is a perforin-like protein with an MACPF domain, and humans with deficient PFN2 levels have increased susceptibility to bacterial infection, which can lead to fatal consequences for some patients. Therefore, in this study, we confirmed the antimicrobial function of PFN2 in starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus).
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September 2020
The consumption of fish and shellfish worldwide is steadily increasing, and tuna is a particularly valuable fish species. However, infection caused by spp. is causing problems in many fish including the Pacific bluefin tuna (), and there is much controversy about the association of these infections with foodborne disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecular factors in innate immunity and are believed to play a key role in invertebrate host defence. We identified theromacin (TM) from an Asian polychaeta, Perinereis linea, using de novo RNA-seq analysis. TM, a typical AMP of invertebrates, is a cysteine-rich AMP with five disulfide bonds consisting of ten cysteine residues.
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October 2020
Prosaposin (PSAP) is a precursor of saposin (SAP), which is present in lysosomal and secreted proteins. PSAP is a member of the SAP-like protein families, which comprise multifunctional proteins. In particular, their antimicrobial activity has been reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are known to play a role as a first line of defence against microbial invasion. Liver Expressed Antimicrobial Peptides-2 (LEAP-2) is one of the AMPs. LEAP-2 includes four highly conserved cysteine residues and belongs to a cysteine-rich peptides group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCXCL10 plays an important role in angiogenesis and inhibits the differentiation of endothelial cells into capillaries. It also plays an important role in the generation and transmission of effector T cell responses and the recruitment of T cells to inflammatory sites. In this article, we constructed cDNAs to identify and analyse the CXCL10 domain, and performed multiple alignments and a phylogenetic analysis to determine homology with other animals.
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October 2019
Cathepsin Z (CTSZ) is a lysosomal cysteine protease that is known to be involved in the maintenance of homeostasis and the biological mechanisms of immune cells. In this study, we have confirmed the tissue specific expression of the cathepsin Z (PmCTSZ) gene in Pagrus major, and confirmed its biological function after producing recombinant protein using Escherichia coli (E. coli).
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October 2019
Atypical chemokine receptor 4 (ACKR4) is regulated by cytokines, binds chemokines and regulates the chemokine gradient. We verified the cDNA sequence by confirming ACKR4 from red sea bream (PmACKR4) by next generation sequencing (NGS) and analysed the molecular characteristics and gene expression profile. In the analysis using the predicted amino acid sequence of PmACKR4, a highly conserved G protein-coupled receptor 1 region and two cysteine residues were identified and included in the ACKR4 teleost cluster in the phylogenetic analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeptidoglycan recognition protein 2 (PGRP2) is a Zn-dependent peptidase that plays important roles in binding to microbial components of the cell membrane, inducing phagocytosis and antimicrobial activity. Rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus) PGRP2 (RbPGRP2) was identified in the intestine by next generation sequencing (NGS) analysis. The open reading frame (ORF) the RbPGRP2 cDNA (470 amino acid residues) contains a peptidoglycan recognition protein domain (residues 300 to 446).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeptidoglycan recognition proteins are members of the family of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), that play important roles in the recognition of peptidoglycan and various biological processes. In this study, we have characterized peptidoglycan recognition protein-SC2 (PGRP-SC2) in rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus) (RbPGRP-SC2) and analysed its expression in various tissues after pathogen challenge. A sequence alignment revealed that the residues essential to zinc binding of the deduced protein were highly conserved among all the organisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSiglec-3/CD33 is a myeloid-specific inhibitory receptor that is expressed on cells of the immune system, where it is believed to play a regulatory role, modulating the inflammatory and immune responses. We characterized CD33 (RbCD33) in rock bream which is a transmembrane protein with two IG-like domains and a cytoplasmic tail. It has a deduced amino acid sequence of 390 residues and has tyrosine-based signaling motifs in the cytoplasmic tail.
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