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Blasweiler A, Megens HJ, Goldman MRG, Tadmor-Levi R, Lighten J, Groenen MAM, Dirks RP, Jansen HJ, Spaink HP, David L, Boudinot P, Wiegertjes GF. Symmetric expression of ohnologs encoding conserved antiviral responses in tetraploid common carp suggest absence of subgenome dominance after whole genome duplication. Genomics 2023; 115:110723. [PMID: 37804957 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2023.110723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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Allopolyploids often experience subgenome dominance, with one subgenome showing higher levels of gene expression and greater gene retention. Here, we address the functionality of both subgenomes of allotetraploid common carp (Cyprinus carpio) by analysing a functional network of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) crucial in anti-viral immune defence. As an indicator of subgenome dominance we investigated retainment of a core set of ohnologous ISGs. To facilitate our functional genomic analysis a high quality genome was assembled (WagV4.0). Transcriptome data from an in vitro experiment mimicking a viral infection was used to infer ISG expression. Transcriptome analysis confirmed induction of 88 ISG ohnologs on both subgenomes. In both control and infected states, average expression of ISG ohnologs was comparable between the two subgenomes. Also, the highest expressing and most inducible gene copies of an ohnolog pair could be derived from either subgenome. We found no strong evidence of subgenome dominance for common carp.
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- A Blasweiler
- Aquaculture and Fisheries, Wageningen University, the Netherlands; Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
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- Aquaculture and Fisheries, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
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- Dept. of Animal Sciences, RH Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
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- Future Genomics Technologies B.V., the Netherlands
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- Future Genomics Technologies B.V., the Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Dept. of Animal Sciences, RH Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UVSQ, VIM, Jouy-en-Josas, 78350, France
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- Aquaculture and Fisheries, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
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Embregts CWE, Rigaudeau D, Tacchi L, Pijlman GP, Kampers L, Veselý T, Pokorová D, Boudinot P, Wiegertjes GF, Forlenza M. Vaccination of carp against SVCV with an oral DNA vaccine or an insect cells-based subunit vaccine. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2019; 85:66-77. [PMID: 29567136 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2018.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 03/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We recently reported on a successful vaccine for carp against SVCV based on the intramuscular injection of a DNA plasmid encoding the SVCV glycoprotein (SVCV-G). This shows that the intramuscular (i.m.) route of vaccination is suitable to trigger protective responses against SVCV, and that the SVCV G-protein is a suitable vaccine antigen. Yet, despite the general success of DNA vaccines, especially against fish rhabdoviruses, their practical implementation still faces legislative as well as consumer's acceptance concerns. Furthermore, the i.m. route of plasmid administration is not easily combined with most of the current vaccination regimes largely based on intraperitoneal or immersion vaccination. For this reason, in the current study we evaluated possible alternatives to a DNA-based i.m. injectable vaccine using the SVCV-G protein as the vaccine antigen. To this end, we tested two parallel approaches: the first based on the optimization of an alginate encapsulation method for oral delivery of DNA and protein antigens; the second based on the baculovirus recombinant expression of transmembrane SVCV-G protein in insect cells, administered as whole-cell subunit vaccine through the oral and injection route. In addition, in the case of the oral DNA vaccine, we also investigated the potential benefits of the mucosal adjuvants Escherichia coli lymphotoxin subunit B (LTB). Despite the use of various vaccine types, doses, regimes, and administration routes, no protection was observed, contrary to the full protection obtained with our reference i.m. DNA vaccine. The limited protection observed under the various conditions used in this study, the nature of the host, of the pathogen, the type of vaccine and encapsulation method, will therefore be discussed in details to provide an outlook for future vaccination strategies against SVCV.
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- C W E Embregts
- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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- INRA, Infectiologie Expérimentale Rongeurs Poissons, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- INRA, Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
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Kolder ICRM, van der Plas-Duivesteijn SJ, Tan G, Wiegertjes GF, Forlenza M, Guler AT, Travin DY, Nakao M, Moritomo T, Irnazarow I, den Dunnen JT, Anvar SY, Jansen HJ, Dirks RP, Palmblad M, Lenhard B, Henkel CV, Spaink HP. A full-body transcriptome and proteome resource for the European common carp. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:701. [PMID: 27590662 PMCID: PMC5009708 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3038-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background The common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is the oldest, most domesticated and one of the most cultured fish species for food consumption. Besides its economic importance, the common carp is also highly suitable for comparative physiological and disease studies in combination with the animal model zebrafish (Danio rerio). They are genetically closely related but offer complementary benefits for fundamental research, with the large body mass of common carp presenting possibilities for obtaining sufficient cell material for advanced transcriptome and proteome studies. Results Here we have used 19 different tissues from an F1 hybrid strain of the common carp to perform transcriptome analyses using RNA-Seq. For a subset of the tissues we also have performed deep proteomic studies. As a reference, we updated the European common carp genome assembly using low coverage Pacific Biosciences sequencing to permit high-quality gene annotation. These annotated gene lists were linked to zebrafish homologs, enabling direct comparisons with published datasets. Using clustering, we have identified sets of genes that are potential selective markers for various types of tissues. In addition, we provide a script for a schematic anatomical viewer for visualizing organ-specific expression data. Conclusions The identified transcriptome and proteome data for carp tissues represent a useful resource for further translational studies of tissue-specific markers for this economically important fish species that can lead to new markers for organ development. The similarity to zebrafish expression patterns confirms the value of common carp as a resource for studying tissue-specific expression in cyprinid fish. The availability of the annotated gene set of common carp will enable further research with both applied and fundamental purposes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3038-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- I C R M Kolder
- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, CA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Computational Regulatory Genomics, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Cell Biology and Immunology group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, 6700, AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology and Immunology group, Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, 6700, AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300, RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, GSP-1, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Immunology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Kameino 1866, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture Unit, Gołysz Zaborze, Kalinowa 2, 43-520, Chybie, Poland
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- Leiden Genome Technology Center, Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Genome Technology Center, Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- ZF-screens B.V., J.H, Oortweg 19, 2333, CH, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- ZF-screens B.V., J.H, Oortweg 19, 2333, CH, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300, RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Computational Regulatory Genomics, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, Sylviusweg 72, 2300, RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Pietretti D, Vera-Jimenez NI, Hoole D, Wiegertjes GF. Oxidative burst and nitric oxide responses in carp macrophages induced by zymosan, MacroGard(®) and selective dectin-1 agonists suggest recognition by multiple pattern recognition receptors. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2013; 35:847-857. [PMID: 23831551 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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β-Glucans are glucose polymers that are found in the cell walls of plants, bacteria, certain fungi, mushrooms and the cell wall of baker's yeast. In mammals, myeloid cells express several receptors capable of recognizing β-glucans, with the C-type lectin receptor dectin-1 in conjunction with Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), considered key receptors for recognition of β-glucan. In our studies to determine the possible involvement of these receptors on carp macrophages a range of sources of β-glucans were utilized including particulate β-glucan preparations of baker's yeast such as zymosan, which is composed of insoluble β-glucan and mannan, and MacroGard(®), a β-glucan-based feed ingredient for farmed animals including several fish species. Both preparations were confirmed TLR2 ligands by measuring activation of HEK293 cells transfected with human TLR2 and CD14, co-transfected with a secreted embryonic alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) reporter gene. In addition, dectin-1-specific ligands in mammals i.e. zymosan treated to deplete the TLR-stimulating properties and curdlan, were monitored for their effects on carp macrophages by measuring reactive oxygen and nitrogen radicals production, as well as cytokine gene expression by real-time PCR. Results clearly show the ability of carp macrophages to strongly react to particulate β-glucans with an increase in the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen radicals and an increase in cytokine gene expression, in particular il-1β, il-6 and il-11. We identified carp il-6, that was previously unknown. In addition, carp macrophages are less, but not unresponsive to selective dectin-1 agonists, suggesting recognition of β-glucans by multiple pattern recognition receptors that could include TLR but also non-TLR receptors. Candidate receptors for recognition of β-glucans are discussed.
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- D Pietretti
- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Vera-Jimenez NI, Pietretti D, Wiegertjes GF, Nielsen ME. Comparative study of β-glucan induced respiratory burst measured by nitroblue tetrazolium assay and real-time luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence assay in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Fish Shellfish Immunol 2013; 34:1216-1222. [PMID: 23454430 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Revised: 12/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The respiratory burst is an important feature of the immune system. The increase in cellular oxygen uptake that marks the initiation of the respiratory burst is followed by the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide which plays a role in the clearance of pathogens and tissue regeneration processes. Therefore, the respiratory burst and associated ROS constitute important indicators of fish health status. This paper compares two methods for quantitation of ROS produced during the respiratory burst in common carp: the widely used, single-point measurement based on the intracellular reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) and a real-time luminol-enhanced assay based on the detection of native chemiluminescence. Both assays allowed for detection of dose-dependent changes in magnitude of the respiratory burst response induced by β-glucans in head kidney cells of carp. However, whereas the NBT assay was shown to detect the production of only superoxide anions, the real-time luminol-enhanced assay could detect the production of both superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide. Only the chemiluminescence assay could reliably record the production of ROS on a real-time scale at frequent and continual time intervals for time course experiments, providing more detailed information on the respiratory burst response. The real-time chemiluminescence assay was used to measure respiratory burst activity in macrophage and neutrophilic granulocyte-enriched head kidney cell fractions and total head kidney cell suspensions and proved to be a fast, reliable, automated multiwell microplate assay to quantitate fish health status modulated by β-glucans.
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- N I Vera-Jimenez
- DTU Food, National Food Institute, Division for Industrial Food Technology, Biological Quality Research Group, Søltofts Plads, Building 221, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Piazzon MC, Wiegertjes GF, Leiro J, Lamas J. Turbot resistance to Philasterides dicentrarchi is more dependent on humoral than on cellular immune responses. Fish Shellfish Immunol 2011; 30:1339-1347. [PMID: 21420498 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 02/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Philasterides dicentrarchi is a ciliate that causes high mortalities in cultured turbot, Psetta maxima (L.). This pathogen displays high phagocytic activity and after entering the body it multiplies and feeds on host cells and tissue components. In previous studies, we found that complement, activated through the classical pathway, is a potent killer of P. dicentrarchi. Here, we compared the killing activity of turbot leucocytes and humoral factors against two virulent isolates of P. dicentrarchi, in order to determine the importance of leucocytes in the defence against this pathogen. Components of P. dicentrarchi (ciliary and membrane) stimulated turbot leucocytes, and increased the respiratory burst, degranulation and the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. We tested the susceptibility of ciliates to reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, by incubating them with different oxidative systems (H(2)O(2), Fe/ascorbate, which induces lipid peroxidation, an O(2)(-) donor (XOD/HX), an NO donor (SNAP) and an ONOO(-) donor (SIN-1)), for 24h. Both isolates were susceptible to high concentrations of H(2)O(2,) Fe/ascorbate, XOD/HX, and SIN-1 but were resistant to incubation with SNAP. Leucocytes became strongly activated when they were in contact with or were phagocytosed by the ciliate. Incubation of P. dicentrarchi with a combination of fresh serum and specific antibodies killed most of the ciliates, but the addition of leucocytes to ciliate cultures did not increase the toxicity to the ciliates. On the contrary, the number of ciliates increased when leucocytes were added to the culture because the ciliates fed on them. Despite being activated, leucocytes did not produce sufficiently high concentrations of toxic substances to kill the parasite. The most virulent isolate was that which induced greatest activation of leucocytes but was least susceptible to complement. We concluded that humoral factors such as complement (activated through the classical pathway) are critical for fish defence against P. dicentrarchi and that cellular responses appear to play a minor role, if any, in defence against this ciliate.
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- M C Piazzon
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Biología Celular, Edificio CIBUS, Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Roberts ML, Lewis JW, Wiegertjes GF, Hoole D. Interaction between the blood fluke,Sanguinicola inermisand humoral components of the immune response of carp,Cyprinus carpio. Parasitology 2005; 131:261-71. [PMID: 16145943 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182005007651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The effect ofSanguinicola inermison serum antibody and complement activity inCyprinus carpiowas assessed using an ELISA and haemolytic assays. Possible immune evasion strategies were assessed using immunodetection of host proteins on the surface of the parasite. Carp acclimatized to 20 or 25 °C were infected by exposure to 500 cercariae or injected intraperitoneally with 150 cercariae, and serum monitored over a 63-day period. In cercariae-injected carp, irrespective of time and temperature, a significant increase occurred in complement activity being greatest at 25 °C. In addition, fish exposed to the cercariae ofS. inermisand maintained at 20 °C the level of complement activity was significantly higher after 5 weeks compared to controls. At 20 °C intraperitoneal injections of parasites increased serum antibody levels which peaked after 7 days. In contrast, at 25 °C, antibody levels were maintained over 63 days. Exposure of fish to infection did not appear to stimulate antibody production. Immunofluorescence studies revealed ‘host-like’ molecules on the surface of the cercarial body exposed to carp serum and adult flukes obtained directly from the fish or cultured for 24 h in L15 medium. The possible role of ‘host-like’ molecules in immune evasion is discussed and the response at different temperatures is related to infection dynamics.
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- M L Roberts
- Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Huxley Building, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
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Bienek DR, Plouffe DA, Wiegertjes GF, Belosevic M. Immunization of goldfish with excretory/secretory molecules of Trypanosoma danilewskyi confers protection against infection. Dev Comp Immunol 2002; 26:649-657. [PMID: 12074929 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(02)00018-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Trypanosoma danilewskyi is a protozoan that lives in blood and other tissues of fish. In the aquaculture industry, economic losses may be substantial, since the prevalence of infection may approach 100% and the parasite may cause significant mortality in farmed carp. Most of the surviving fish acquire resistance after elimination of the primary infection. In this study, we examined whether protection against infection could be induced in naïve goldfish immunized with excretory-secretory (ES) products of the parasite. The ES extracts were administered in conjunction with Freund's complete or incomplete adjuvant (FCA and FIA, respectively). Parameters used to assess the efficacy of immunization after challenge infection, included prevalence of infection, abundance of parasites, and presence of parasite-specific antibodies. Intraperitoneal inoculation of ES products in FCA conferred protection against T. danilewskyi infection (P<0.05). Administration of ES products (with or without FIA) conferred insignificant levels of protection. In an attempt to identify the immunogenic ES molecules, we assessed whether anti-parasite antibodies present in the serum collected from experimentally infected fish or rabbits immunized with ES recognized parasite ES antigens. An immunoblot using rabbit anti-parasite antibody revealed a recognition profile of molecules (two antigens of approximately 102-104 and 70-72kDa) similar to that of immune goldfish serum. While the antigens that confer protection need further molecular characterization, our results suggest that the administration of ES products may allow for the design of control strategies for T. danilewskyi.
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- D R Bienek
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW-405 Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E9
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Trypanoplasma borreli and Trypanosoma carassii are kinetoplastid parasites infecting cyprinid fish. We investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in immune modulation during T. borreli and T. carassii infection of carp. Phagocytic cells from different organs produced NO and serum nitrate levels increased, demonstrating that T. borreli activates NO production in vivo. In contrast, T. carassii did not induce NO production in vivo and inhibited LPS-induced NO production in vitro. Production of NO was detrimental to the host as T. borreli-infected carp treated with the inducible NO synthase inhibitor aminoguanidine had a higher survival than infected control carp. This detrimental effect can be explained (in part) by the toxicity of NO to cells in vitro as NO inhibited the proliferative response of blood and spleen leukocytes. Head-kidney phagocytes were resistant to the immunosuppressive effects of NO in vitro. The NO-inducing activity of T. borreli may be an adaptation developed to ensure survival and immune evasion in the fish host. Apparently, T. carassii has adopted another strategy by deactivating specific functions of phagocytes. Both strategies may ensure long-term survival of the parasite.
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- J P J Saeij
- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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Saeij JP, Stet RJ, Groeneveld A, Verburg-van Kemenade LB, van Muiswinkel WB, Wiegertjes GF. Molecular and functional characterization of a fish inducible-type nitric oxide synthase. Immunogenetics 2000; 51:339-46. [PMID: 10803847 DOI: 10.1007/s002510050628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Using an oligonucleotide primer based on a partial goldfish inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) sequence, a complete carp iNOS cDNA was isolated from an activated carp phagocyte cDNA library. Nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequence analysis indicate that carp iNOS encodes a 1,127-amino acid protein with 57% sequence identity to human iNOS. Like mammalian NOSs, carp iNOS protein contains putative binding sites for heme, tetrahydrobiopterin, calmodulin, flavine mononucleotide, flavine adenine dinucleotide, and NADPH. Phylogenetic analysis, using neighbor joining, showed that the carp iNOS protein clustered together with the other vertebrate iNOS proteins. Inducibility of carp iNOS was confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction after stimulation of carp phagocytes with lipopolysaccharide or the protozoan blood flagellate Trypanoplasma borreli. These stimulators produced high amounts of nitric oxide that were toxic for T. borreli in vitro. The nuclear transcription factor NF-kappaB was shown to play a role in the induction of iNOS transcription.
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- J P Saeij
- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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The mouse Lsh/Ity/Bcg locus regulates natural resistance to intracellular pathogens, and the Nramp1 gene was isolated as its candidate. Nramp is part of a small family of at least two genes, Nramp1 and Nramp2. In the present study, a full-length cDNA for carp NRAMP has been isolated and characterized. Nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequence analysis indicate that the carp NRAMP encodes a 548 amino acid membrane protein with 12 putative transmembrane domains, two N-linked glycosylation sites, and an evolutionarily conserved consensus transport motif. The peptide sequence identity among carp and human NRAMP2 is 78%, and 65% with human NRAMP1. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction revealed that carp NRAMP is ubiquitously expressed. Phylogenetic analysis, using neighbor-joining, showed that the carp NRAMP protein clustered together with mammalian NRAMP2 proteins.
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- J P Saeij
- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University, P.O. Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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The first teleostean MHC sequences were described for carp. Subsequent studies in a number of cyprinid fishes showed that the class I sequences of these fishes are of particular interest. Two distinct lineages (Cyca-Z and Cyca-U) are found in the common and ginbuna crucian carp, but only the U lineage is present in zebrafish and other non-cyprinid species. The presence of the Z lineage is hypothesised to be the result of an allotetraploidisation event. Both phylogenetic analyses and amino acid sequence comparisons suggest that Cyca-Z sequences are non-classical class I sequences, probably similar to CD1. The comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of these sequences revealed different phylogenetic histories of the exons encoding the extracellular domains. The MHC genes were studied in laboratory and natural models. The natural model addressed the evolution of MHC genes in a Barbus species flock. Sequence analysis of class I and class II supported the species designation of the morphotypes present in the lake, and as a consequence the trans-species hypothesis of MHC polymorphism. The laboratory model involves the generation of gynogenetic clones, which can be divergently selected for traits such as high and low antibody response. The role of MHC molecules can be investigated further by producing a panel of isogenic lines.
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- R J Stet
- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands.
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van Muiswinkel WB, Wiegertjes GF. Immune responses after injection vaccination of fish. Dev Biol Stand 1997; 90:55-7. [PMID: 9270834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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During the last 20 years considerable progress has been made in describing and understanding the immune system of fish. Fish are the phylogenetically oldest vertebrate group with an immune system showing clear similarities to the defence systems of mammals and birds. Both innate immunity (non-specific responses) and acquired immunity (specific responses) are important for the defence against invading pathogens. Antigen injection will evoke humoral and cellular responses, which show the expected characteristics of specificity and memory. Variability in the results can be caused by external factors such as antigen dose, temperature and handling stress. Moreover, the genetic background of the fish may also play a role. The use of standardised inbred fish lines is recommended for the optimal development and evaluation of vaccines and vaccination procedures.
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- W B van Muiswinkel
- Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences (WIAS), Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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The study of the genetic regulation of infectious disease resistance depends on the availability of inbred lines or selection lines of the species under investigation. The small numbers of such lines of fish has limited the strategy in teleosts to studies of associations between disease and immune/health traits. Attempts to correlate genetic differences in immune responsiveness with survival after experimental challenge with pathogenic bacteria have failed to define immune parameters that can substantially aid selection for genetic resistance to infectious diseases. Advantages and disadvantages of selection strategies as illustrated by mouse and chicken models are discussed. In this study we summarize the present situation in fish as well as our attempts to develop gynogenetic lines of carp for immunogenetic research.
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Affiliation(s)
- G F Wiegertjes
- Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences (WIAS), Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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Wiegertjes GF, Bongers AB, Voorthuis P, Zandieh Doulabi B, Groeneveld A, Van Muiswinkel WB, Stet RJ. Characterization of isogenic carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) lines with a genetically determined high or low antibody production. Anim Genet 1996; 27:313-9. [PMID: 8930071 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1996.tb00975.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Antibody production to dinitrophenyl-keyhole limpet haemocyanin (DNP-KLH) served as the immune parameter to divergently select carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) to produce high- and low-responder F1 hybrid lines. Antibody production to trinitrophenyl-lipopolysaccharide (TNP-LPS) and to DNP-KLH were similar in magnitude. By contrast, some high-responder lines were low responders to DNP-human serum albumin, and vice versa. Low-responder carp were relatively susceptible to infection with the parasite Trypanoplasma borreli. This suggested that at least one gene with a major influence on resistance differed between the two homozygous parents (69, 85) used to generate the high- and low-responder homozygous families, respectively. The isogenic lines showed no within-line variation in DNA fingerprints, but differed with respect to their MhcCyca-DAB genes.
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Affiliation(s)
- G F Wiegertjes
- Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Verburg-van Kemenade BM, Daly JG, Groeneveld A, Wiegertjes GF. Multiple regulation of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) macrophages and neutrophilic granulocytes by serum factors: influence of infection with atypical Aeromonas salmonicida. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1996; 51:189-200. [PMID: 8797288 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2427(95)05506-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Normal carp serum contains inhibitory and stimulatory factors for macrophage and neutrophilic granulocyte respiratory burst activity. As stimulatory factors were only effective in combination with phorbol myristate actetate (PMA) activation, it is concluded that they are probably linked to protein kinase C activation. Both the stimulatory and inhibitory factors are heat stable. Macrophage- and neutrophilic granulocyte-enriched cell fractions from the pronephros of carp had high respiratory burst- and high bactericidal in vitro responses to virulent atypical Aeromonas salmonicida bacteria. Serum factors were inhibitory for the A. salmonicida induced respiratory burst activity. No change in inhibitory or stimulatory serum factors could be observed during a 12-day challenge experiment with A. salmonicida, or during a rechallenge of survivors from a previous sub-lethal infection. The sensitivity of macrophages and neutrophilic granulocytes to stimulation of respiratory burst activity by PMA was not significantly altered. Culture supernatants from PHA pre-treated lymphocytes stimulated the respiratory burst activity of macrophages and neutrophilic granulocytes suggesting that serum factors may partially be lymphocyte derived.
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- B M Verburg-van Kemenade
- Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands.
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Wiegertjes GF, Stet RJ, van Muiswinkel WB. Investigations into the ubiquitous nature of high or low immune responsiveness after divergent selection for antibody production in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1995; 48:355-66. [PMID: 8578693 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2427(95)05429-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This paper reports on the selection of individual carp with a high or low antibody response, in combination with reproduction by gynogenesis, in order to develop well-characterised inbred carp lines consisting of practically unlimited numbers of carp with the same genotype. Two homozygous progenies, previously characterised as having a high or low immune response to dinitrophenyl keyhole limpet haemocyanin (DNP-KLH), were immunised with either a T-dependent (DNP-human serum albumin (DNP-HSA)) or T-independent (trinitrophenyl lipopolysaccharide (TNP-LPS)) hapten-carrier complex. In comparison with the antibody response after DNP-KLH immunisation, the response to DNP-HSA was observed to be highly variable and did not differ between the divergently selected progenies. This suggests that the divergent selection for antibody production to DNP-KLH has been carrier-specific. Immunisation with T-independent TNP-LPS induced a very rapid response which differed between the high and low responders, and likely measured changes in the DNP-specific precursor pool of B cells caused by the selection. A number of selected individuals with a high immune response to DNP-KLH were infected with Trypanoplasma borreli, a haemoflagellate parasite of carp, to examine a possible relationship between the increase in immune responsiveness and disease resistance, but no change could be detected. However, individual homozygous carp were able to escape inbreeding depression and survive the infection. Such carp would be likely candidates for gynogenetic reproduction to obtain viable inbred carp lines.
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- G F Wiegertjes
- Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands
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Wiegertjes GF, Groeneveld A, van Muiswinkel WB. Genetic variation in susceptibility to Trypanoplasma borreli infection in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1995; 47:153-61. [PMID: 8533293 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2427(94)05396-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Gynogenetic reproduction of homozygous females, or crossbreeding two homozygous animals, results in fish lines without genetic variation. Hybrid crosses are expected to express a more stable development than homozygous lines, the latter may have an important value for gaining insight into genetic components of host resistance to parasite infection. We examined the antibody response of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) to infection with Trypanoplasma borreli. Outbred carp responded with a production of specific antibodies, but highly susceptible isogenic hybrid carp did not. This suggests an apparent relationship between susceptibility and the lack of specific antibody production. This relation was partially confirmed by the passive transfer of immunity with immune plasma. In addition, two isogenic homozygous carp lines were highly susceptible to the trypanoplasm (100% mortality), in contrast with outbred carp, the majority of which survived infection. None of the carp in either homozygous carp line produced an antibody response to parasite-unrelated antigen (DNP-KLH). This suggests that the low antibody response was not entirely due to a poor state of health, but that these carp have a genetically predetermined low antibody response.
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- G F Wiegertjes
- Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands
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A base population (n = 101) of carp, consisting of a single hybrid cross, was immunized with the hapten-carrier complex DNP-KLH, to perform a divergent selection for antibody response. Measurement of the DNP-specific antibody response at 12 and 21 days postimmunization, allowed the classification of a low number of individual carp as early/high (10%) or late/low (13%) responders. Three individuals defined as early/high and three defined as late/low responding, were gynogenetically reproduced to obtain corresponding homozygous progenies within one generation only. Upon immunization with DNP-KLH, the antibody response was found to be significantly higher in the early/high responder homozygous offspring. Although the homozygosity of the offspring apparently caused a (s)lower antibody response (compared with the base population), the differences between the high and low responder offspring to indicate a genetic influence on the antibody response. The realized heritability (h2) for antibody production was estimated at 0.37 +/- 0.36. The present study provides the basis for a divergent selection of homozygous inbred carp lines with a genetically controlled difference in antibody response. These inbred lines will allow us to investigate relationship(s) between immune responsiveness and resistance to infectious diseases in fish.
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- G F Wiegertjes
- Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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The complement status of hybrid, laboratory raised carp was determined by an in vitro approach of the alternate complement activity (ACH50) and total haemolytic activity (CH50), and by measurement of serum C3 levels. The lysis of target sheep red blood cells (RBC) in the haemolytic assay for CH50 activity depended, amongst others, on the haemolysin concentration in the assay. Rocket electrophoresis showed a mean serum C3 concentration of 0.95 mg ml-1. The variation for both ACH50 and CH50 haemolytic activity was approximately 30%. The degree of genetic determination of the parameters was investigated by estimation of their repeatabilities, which were relatively high for CH50 (0.71) and ACH50 activity (0.72), but lower for C3 levels (0.54). Correlations between ACH50 values and C3 levels were significant, but moderate (0.54-0.58).
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Affiliation(s)
- G F Wiegertjes
- Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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