From 2007 to 2009, large-scale blooms of green algae (the so-called "green tides") occurred every summer in the Yellow Sea, China. In June 2008, huge amounts of floating green algae accumulated along the coast of Qingdao and led to mass mortality of cultured abalone and sea cucumber. However, the mechanism for the mass mortality of cultured animals remains undetermined. This study examined the toxic effects of Ulva (Enteromorpha) prolifera, the causative species of green tides in the Yellow Sea during the last three years. The acute toxicity of fresh culture medium and decomposing algal effluent of U. prolifera to the cultured abalone Haliotis discus hannai were tested. It was found that both fresh culture medium and decomposing algal effluent had toxic effects to abalone, and decomposing algal effluent was more toxic than fresh culture medium. The acute toxicity of decomposing algal effluent could be attributed to the ammonia and sulfide presented in the effluent, as well as the hypoxia caused by the decomposition process.
在前期研究克隆得到全长海带HSP70基因的基础上,为进一步研究藻类HSP70的生物学功能,将海带HSP70基因的开放阅读框区域克隆到表达载体pEASY-E2中,并转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)pLysS。将阳性重组子培养于含有AMP(100 U/mL)的LB培养基,IPTG诱导表达,SDS-PAGE电泳鉴定。经5 h诱导,其表达量达到平台期,继续培养HSP70表达量并不显著增高。5 mM IPTG诱导海带HSP70蛋白表达量高于1 mM IPTG诱导蛋白表达量。
