ABSTRACT: Identification of single nucleotide polymorphism markers associated with bacterial cold water disease resistance and spleen size in rainbow trout
Project description:The objective of this study was to identify and quantify proteomic profiles of spleen of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Specific pathogen free rainbow trout (mean length 15 ± 1 cm) were maintained in recirculating de-chlorinated water at 19±1 °C. Prior to the experiment, fish were distributed between 9 aquaria, 18 fish per aquarium. The test groups were infected by immersion of Yersinia ruckeri strains: CSF007-82 (biotype 1) and 7959-11 (biotype 2). The control group was immersed similar with sterile broth medium. There were 3 aquaria per each group (CSF007-82-infected, 7959-11-infected and control). Nine fish from infected and control fish groups were anaesthetized with MS-222 at 3, 9 and 28 days post exposure and sampled aseptically. Each spleen was washed three times with sterile phosphate-buffered saline containing a cocktail of mammalian protease inhibitors. Spleen samples were snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at –80 °C.
Project description:A rapid decline in temperature poses a major challenge for poikilothermic fish. The gene expression of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss having undergone such a cold shock (0 °C) and a control (5 °C) were compared in a microarray-based study.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of rainbow trout liver cells comparing liver cells from small fish with liver cells from large fish at two time periods.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of rainbow trout muscle cells comparing muscle cells from small fish with muscle cells from large fish at two time periods.
Project description:Stress represents a major factor negatively affecting fish welfare in aquaculture. The objective of the present study was to identify and evaluate informative indicators for the welfare of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss exposed to (A) a critical water temperature of 27 °C and (B) acute crowding of 100 kg/m3 combined with water temperature of 27 °C. In order to make an approximate assessment of the overall condition, we determined health index, spleen-somatic index and haematocrit and recorded the blood concentrations of haemoglobin, cortisol and glucose of rainbow trout under challenging versus control conditions. Moreover, we analysed the transcriptomic profiles of the spleen of the two stress-treatment and the reference groups to identify gene sets, which are specific for temperature stress alone or combined temperature and crowding stress.
Project description:The aim of this sequencing experiment was to make available tissue expression panels for selected fish species for comparative expression studies between the species. Tissue samples were collected for zebrafish (Danio rerio), medaka (Oryzias latipes), and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Tissue types included liver, skin, muscle, heart, gut, gill, eye, brain for all three species, with additionally pyloric caeca, kidney, head kidney, and spleen for rainbow trout. Only liver samples were taken in replicate of four or three for rainbow trout. All fish were raised under standard rearing conditions for the species. Total RNA was extracted from the tissue samples and paired‐end sequencing of sample libraries was completed on an Illumina HiSeq 2500 with 125‐bp reads. Processed count tables per species as raw counts, FPKM, or TPM, were generated from read alignment to the Ensembl genomes of the respective species using STAR and gene level counting using RSEM and Ensembl gene annotation.
Project description:Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is highly sensitive to high-temperature stress as an important economic cold-water fish. While previous research has concentrated on the transcriptomic to acute heat stress in rainbow trout, there remains a gap in knowledge regarding the overarching regulatory mechanisms at the translation level. In our research, we utilized a combination of transcriptomic and translatomic analyses to investigate the intricate molecular response mechanisms in the liver of rainbow trout when subjected to heat stress. Through comprehensive multi-omics analysis, we revealed the dynamic translational pattern of rainbow trout liver under heat stress for the first time. Comparative analysis of ribosome analysis data with RNA-seq data showed that the fold changes of gene expression at the transcriptional level were highly correlated (R2 = 0.83) with those at the translational level globally. In total, 2,203 genes exhibited significant alterations exclusively within the translational level. However, the limited overlap in response genes between transcription and translation under heat stress suggests that these two processes may independently modulate the cellular response to thermal challenges. Significant changes in the translation efficiency of 809 genes were observed under heat stress. Further analysis indicated that the translation efficiency of genes were strongly influenced by sequence characteristics such as GC content, coding sequence length and NMFE. Moreover, 3,468 putative uORFs were identified in 2,676 genes, which potentially modulating translation efficiency of mORFs. These findings provide a novel perspective for understanding the physiological adaptations of rainbow trout in response to changes in ambient temperature.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of rainbow trout liver and muscle cells comparing small fish with large fish within a population of neomale offspring.
