Project description:Renibacterium salmoninarum is a Gram-positive, intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). To identify R. salmoninarum bacterin-responsive genes in Atlantic salmon, fish (n=6) were intraperitoneally injected with a high (5×107 cells/kg; High-Rs) dose of formalin-killed R. salmoninarum or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS control). Head kidney samples were collected at 24 h post-injection. Using 44K microarray analysis, transcriptome analysis was performed to identify differentially expressed probes in response to formalin-killed R. salmoninarum injection.
Project description:Renibacterium salmoninarum is a Gram-positive, intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). To identify Atlantic salmon genes responsive to R. salmoninarum pathogen, fish were intraperitoneally injected with R. salmoninarum (BKD) or sterile KDM-2 medium (control). Head kidney samples were collected at 13 days post-infection. Using 44K microarray analysis, transcriptome analysis was performed to identify differentially expressed probes in response to different levels of R. salmoninarum infection.
Project description:The myxozoan Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae is the causative agent of proliferative kidney disease (PKD) – a disease of salmonid fishes, notably of the commercially farmed rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Both wild and farmed salmonids are threatened by this virulent/deadly disease, which is often expressed by swollen kidneys. In order to understand the causes and consequences of the disease, we studied the immune response towards the parasite. To profile the influence of the disease on these cells, we produced a transcriptome of teleost RBCs in health and disease. Compared to erythrocytes originating from healthy fish, PKD fundamentally altered RBCs in their metabolism, adhesion, and response to inflammation.
