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Ye Y, Li S, Du X, Zhang L, Bao N, Li Y, Zhao Y. Effects of dietary 5-aminolevulinic acid on growth performance and nonspecific immunity of Litopenaeus vannamei, as determined by transcriptomic analysis. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2024; 151:109746. [PMID: 38964435 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
Abstract
5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is an endogenous non-protein amino acid that is frequently used in modern agriculture. This study set out to determine how dietary 5-ALA affected the nonspecific immunity and growth performance of Litopenaeus vannamei. The shrimp were supplemented with dietary 5-ALA at 0, 15, 30, 45, and 60 mg/kg for three months. Transcriptome data of the control group and the group supplemented with 45 mg/kg dietary 5-ALA were obtained using transcriptome sequencing. 592 DEGs were identified, of which 426 were up-regulated and 166 were down-regulated. The pathways and genes associated with growth performance and nonspecific immunity were confirmed using qRT-PCR. The highest survival rate, body length growth rate, and weight gain values were observed in shrimp fed diets containing 45 mg/kg 5-ALA. L. vannamei in this group had a significantly higher total hemocyte count, phagocytosis rate and respiratory burst value than those in the control group. High doses of dietary 5-ALA (45 mg/kg, 60 mg/kg) significantly increased the activities of catalase, superoxide dismutase, oxidized glutathione, glutathione-peroxidase, phenoloxidase, lysozyme, acid phosphatase, and alkaline phosphatase. At the transcriptional level, dietary 5-ALA significantly up-regulated the expression levels of antioxidant immune-related genes. The optimal concentration of 5-ALA supplementation was 39.43 mg/kg, as indicated by a broken line regression. Our study suggested that dietary 5-ALA positively impacts the growth and nonspecific immunity of L. vannamei, providing a novel theoretical basis for further research into 5-ALA as a dietary supplement.
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- Yucong Ye
- School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Beijing Challenge Bio-technology Co., Ltd, 100081, China
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- Beijing Challenge Bio-technology Co., Ltd, 100081, China
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- Fishery Machinery and Instrument Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China.
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Khan MT, Dalvin S, Nilsen F, Male R. Two apolipoproteins in salmon louse ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis), apolipoprotein 1 knock down reduces reproductive capacity. Biochem Biophys Rep 2021; 28:101156. [PMID: 34729423 PMCID: PMC8545670 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.101156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis is an ectoparasite of salmonid fish in the Northern Hemisphere, causing large economical losses in the aquaculture industry and represent a threat to wild populations of salmonids. Like other oviparous animals, it is likely that female lice use lipoproteins for lipid transport to maturing oocytes and other organs of the body. As an important component of lipoproteins, apolipoproteins play a vital role in the transport of lipids through biosynthesis of lipoproteins. Apolipoproteins have been studied in detail in different organisms, but no studies have been done in salmon lice. Two apolipoprotein encoding genes (LsLp1 and LsLp2) were identified in the salmon lice genome. Transcriptional analysis revealed both genes to be expressed at all stages from larvae to adult with some variation, LsLp1 generally higher than LsLp2 and both at their highest levels in adult stages of the louse. In adult female louse, the LsLp1 and LsLp2 transcripts were found in the sub-epidermal tissue and the intestine. RNA interference-mediated knockdown of LsLp1 and LsLp2 in female lice resulted in reduced expression of both transcripts. LsLp1 knockdown female lice produced significantly less offspring than control lice, while knockdown of LsLp2 in female lice caused no reduction in the number of offspring. These results suggest that LsLp1 has an important role in reproduction in female salmon lice. Salmon lice are ectoparasites and a major threat to aquaculture industry and wild salmon. Two apolipoproteins in salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). Expressed at all stages from larvae to adult, sub-epidermal tissue and the intestine . RNA interference-mediated knockdown of LsLp1 and LsLp2. LsLp1 knockdown female lice produced significantly less offspring than control lice.
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Key Words
- Apolipoproteins
- CP, clotting protein
- Crustacea
- DIG, Digoxigenin
- Ectoparasite
- Gene expression
- LDL, low density lipoprotein
- LLTP, large lipid transfer protein
- Lp, lipophorin
- Ls, Lepeophtheirus salmonis
- MTP, microsomal triglyceride transfer protein
- RNAi
- RNAi, RNA interference
- Reproduction
- Vit, vitellogenins
- apo B-100, apolipoprotein B-100
- apoCr, apolipocrustaceins
- apoLp-II/I, apolipophorin-II/I
- dLPs, large discoidal lipoproteins
- ef1α, elongation factor 1 alpha
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- Muhammad Tanveer Khan
- Sea Lice Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Sea Lice Research Centre, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Sea Lice Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Sea Lice Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Corresponding author. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7803, N-5020, Bergen, Norway.
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Zeng X, Lyu L, Zhao D, Zhong J, Feng Y, Wan H, Li C, Zhang Z, Wang Y. dLp/HDL-BGBP and MTP Cloning and Expression Profiles During Embryonic Development in the Mud Crab Scylla paramamosain. Front Physiol 2021; 12:717751. [PMID: 34489734 PMCID: PMC8416765 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.717751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Lipids are the main energy source for embryonic development in oviparous animals. Prior to the utilization and catabolism, lipids are primarily transported from the yolk sac to embryonic tissues. In the present study, cDNA encoding a circulatory large lipid transfer protein (LLTP) superfamily member, the precursor of large discoidal lipoprotein (dLp) and high-density lipoprotein/β-1,3-glucan-binding protein (HDL-BGBP), named dLp/HDL-BGBP of 14,787 bp in length, was cloned from the mud crab Scylla paramamosain. dLp/HDL-BGBP was predicted to encode a 4,831 amino acids (aa) protein that was the precursor of dLp and HDL-BGBP, which were both detected in hemolymph by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. For the intracellular LLTP, three microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) cDNAs of 2,905, 2,897, and 3,088 bp in length were cloned from the mud crab and were predicted to encode MTP-A of 881 aa, MTP-B of 889 aa, and MTP-C of 919 aa, respectively, which were different merely in the N-terminal region and shared an identical sequence of 866 aa. During embryonic development, the expression level of dLp/HDL-BGBP consecutively increased from the early appendage formation stage to the eye pigment-formation stage, which indicated that HDL-BGBP is probably the scaffolding protein for yolk lipid. For the MTP gene, MTP-C accounted for ~70% of MTP mRNA from the blastocyst stage to the nauplius stage, as well as the pre-hatching stage; MTP-C and MTP-A expression levels were comparable from the early appendage formation stage to the late eye pigment-formation stage; MTP-A was extremely low in blastocyst and gastrula stages; MTP-B was expressed at a relatively low-level throughout embryo development. The variations in the expression profiles among MTP transcripts suggested that MTP might play roles in the lipid droplet maturation and lipoprotein assembly during embryonic development.
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- Xianyuan Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China.,School of Life Sciences, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Student Affairs, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, College of Animal Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Healthy Mariculture for the East China Sea, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Fisheries College, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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Lipoproteins mediate the transport of apolar lipids in the hydrophilic environment of physiological fluids such as the vertebrate blood and the arthropod hemolymph. In this overview, we will focus on the hemolymph lipoproteins in Crustacea that have received most attention during the last years: the high density lipoprotein/β-glucan binding proteins (HDL-BGBPs), the vitellogenins (VGs), the clotting proteins (CPs) and the more recently discovered large discoidal lipoproteins (dLPs). VGs are female specific lipoproteins which supply both proteins and lipids as storage material for the oocyte for later use by the developing embryo. Unusual within the invertebrates, the crustacean yolk proteins-formerly designated VGs-are more related to the ApoB type lipoproteins of vertebrates and are now termed apolipocrustaceins. The CPs on the other hand, which are present in both sexes, are related to the (sex specific) VGs of insects and vertebrates. CPs serve in hemostasis and wound closure but also as storage proteins in the oocyte. The HDL-BGBPs are the main lipid transporters, but are also involved in immune defense. Most crustacean lipoproteins belong to the family of the large lipid transfer proteins (LLTPs) such as the intracellular microsomal triglyceride transfer protein, the VGs, CPs and the dLPs. In contrast, the HDL-BGBPs do not belong to the LLTPs and their relationship with other lipoproteins is unknown. However, they originate from a common precursor with the dLPs, whose functions are as yet unknown. The majority of lipoprotein studies have focused on decapod crustaceans, especially shrimps, due to their economic importance. However, we will present evidence that the HDL-BGBPs are restricted to the decapod crustaceans which raises the question as to the main lipid transporting proteins of the other crustacean groups. The diversity of crustaceans lipoproteins thus appears to be more complex than reflected by the present state of knowledge.
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- Ulrich Hoeger
- Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099, Mainz, Germany.
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- MAX F. PERUTZ LABORATORIES, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030, Vienna, Austria
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Schenk S, Schmidt J, Hoeger U, Decker H. Lipoprotein-induced phenoloxidase-activity in tarantula hemocyanin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2015; 1854:939-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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