• The first report of serological characteristics of HFMD associated enteroviruses in Shanghai after the COVID-19 epidemic. • The seroprevalence of protective NtAbs against Coxsackieviruses was low within the susceptible population of HFMD. • The presence of a silent outbreak and circulation of CVA4 was confirmed among elderly individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Commd (Copper Metabolism gene MURR1 Domain) family genes play crucial roles in various biological processes, including copper and sodium transport regulation, NF-κB activity, and cell cycle progression. Their function in Haliotis discus hannai, however, remains unclear. This study focused on identifying and analyzing the Commd genes in H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarotenoids, known to enhance survival, heat tolerance, and bacterial resistance, play an essential role in the nutrition of economically important aquatic animals. This study specifically examined their impact as feed additives on the abalone . We prepared 13 compound feeds with varying levels of astaxanthin, zeaxanthin, and -carotene, and administered them to both common-footed and orange-footed .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn aquatic ecosystems, the interaction between heavy metals and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) plays a pivotal role in modifying the bioavailability of these metals. This study, employing a toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic model, delves into the interactive effects of humic acid (HA), a significant component of DOC, on the bioaccumulation and toxicity of copper (Cu) in the estuarine economic bivalve . Utilizing the stable isotope Cu as a tracer, we evaluated Cu uptake in under varied DOC concentrations in a controlled laboratory setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFish skin is the first barrier against external invasion, and also an important interface for communication between males and females during reproduction. Nonetheless, sexual dimorphism in the physiology of fish skins is still poorly understood. Herein, transcriptomes of skin were comparatively analysed between males and females in spinyhead croaker, Collichthys lucidus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSox genes encode transcription factors with a high-mobility group (HMG) box, playing critical roles in the initiation and maintenance of a variety of developmental processes, such as sex determination and differentiation. In the present study, we identified 26 Sox genes in the genome of spinyhead croaker Collichthys lucidus (Richardson, 1844) with homology-based analysis of the HMG box. The transcriptome-based expression profiles revealed that the expression of the Sox gene in gonads began to differ between sexes when the body length was 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCollichthys lucidus (C. lucidus) is a commercially important marine fish species distributed in coastal regions of East Asia with the XXXX/XXY multiple sex chromosome system. The karyotype for female C.
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April 2018
In this study, three nanos gene subtypes (Lcnanos1, Lcnanos2 and Lcnanos3) from Larimichthys crocea, were cloned and characterized. We determined the spatio-temporal expression patterns of each subtype in tissues as well as the cellular localization of mRNA in embryos. Results showed that deduced Nanos proteins have two main homology domains: N-terminal CCR4/NOT1 deadenylase interaction domain and highly conserved carboxy-terminal region bearing two conserved CCHC zinc-finger motifs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOctamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4) is a crucial pluripotent transcription factor in controlling pluripotency of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), formation of primordial germ cells (PGCs), early embryonic development, and gonadal germ cells. To understand the roles of Oct4 in the large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) (Lc-Oct4), the full-length cDNA of Oct4 was cloned and analyzed. Lc-Oct4 includes a 104-bp 5' untranslated region (UTR), a 567-bp 3' UTR and a 1431-bp coding region encoding a protein of 476 amino acids (aa) with a predicted molecular mass (Mm) of 52.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs one of transcription factors and pluripotency factors, Klf4 plays a crucial role in regulation of cellular processes. In this article, we characterized Klf4 of large yellow croaker (Lc-Klf4), which encodes a 452-amino acid protein (Lc-Klf4) with three highly conserved C2H2 zinc fingers. Lc-Klf4 shares high conservative functions in teleosts with the closest relationship with Stegastes partitus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, a full-length HSP70 cDNA from Paphia undulata was cloned using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) coupled with rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The full-length cDNA is 2,351 bp, consisting of a 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of 83 bp, a 3'-UTR of 315 bp, and an open reading frame (ORF) of 1,953 bp. This cDNA encodes 650 amino acids with an estimated molecular weight of 71.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFish Shellfish Immunol
February 2011
The Rac proteins are members of the Rho family of small G proteins and are implicated in the regulation of several pathways, including those leading to cytoskeleton reorganization, gene expression, cell proliferation, cell adhesion and cell migration and survival. In this investigation, a Rac gene (named as LycRac gene) was obtained from the large yellow croaker and it was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. Subsequently the specific antibody was raised using the purified fusion protein (GST-LycRac).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF1-[(4-Aminophenyl)ethyl]-4-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]piperazine (PAPP) is a 5-HT(1A) agonist and was reported to display high affinity for serotonin (5-HT) receptor from the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus . The present investigation explored the possibility of using PAPP as a lead compound of new insecticides with novel mode of action. On the basis of the PAPP scaffold, a series of 1-arylmethyl-4-[(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]piperazine derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for biological activities against the armyworm Pseudaletia separata (Walker).
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February 2009
Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) is an adaptor protein involved in the interleukin-1 receptor and Toll-like receptor-induced activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). In this report, the full-length cDNA of MyD88 was cloned from the large yellow croaker, Pseudosciaena crocea. It was of 1574 bp, including a 5'-terminal untranslated region (UTR) of 89 bp, a 3'-terminal UTR of 621bp and an open reading frame (ORF) of 864 bp encoding a polypeptide of 287 amino acids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFToll-like receptors (TLRs) are the archetypal pattern-recognition receptors in sensing foreign pathogens. In this report, two alternative splicing isoforms of TLR9 (named PcTLR9A and PcTLR9B) cDNA were cloned from the large yellow croaker, Pseudosciaena crocea. The full-length cDNA of PcTLR9A was of 3637bp, including a 5'-terminal untranslated region (UTR) of 111bp, 3'-terminal UTR of 355bp and an open reading frame (ORF) of 3171bp encoding a polypeptide of 1056 amino acids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of {[1-(arylmethyl)piperidin-4-yl]oxy}-(trifluoromethyl)-pyridine derivatives were designed and synthesized on the basis of the ketanserin (1) framework, a prototypic mammalian 5-HT(2A) receptor antagonist, and the structure-activity relationship (SAR) was also discussed. The result of the bioassay showed that most of the title compounds inhibited the insect growth and exhibited moderate-to-good growth regulating activity against the armyworm Pseudaletia separata Walker. Furthermore, the SAR study revealed that, when the determinant feature, interacting with mammalian 5-HT(2A) receptor, was preserved, a simplified ArCH(2) group greatly contributed to insect growth inhibitory activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe large yellow croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea) is an economically important marine fish in China. Inheritance of 22 heterozygous microsatellite loci was examined in normal crossed diploid families and meio-gynogenetic families in P. crocea.
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