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Pathogenicity of microsporidian infecting masu salmon from Lake Biwa

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K05733
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 40030:Aquatic bioproduction science-related
Research InstitutionOkayama University of Science

Principal Investigator

Yokoyama Hiroshi  岡山理科大学, 獣医学部, 教授 (70261956)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 柳田 哲矢  山口大学, 共同獣医学部, 准教授 (40431837)
白樫 正  近畿大学, 水産研究所, 准教授 (70565936)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords寄生虫 / 微胞子虫 / サケマス類 / 病害性 / 生活環 / マス類 / 琵琶湖 / リアルタイムPCR
Outline of Research at the Start

琵琶湖産マス類に寄生する微胞子虫類は、スジエビとマス類を交互に宿主とする二宿主性生活環をもつと疑われる。本研究では、①微細構造観察と遺伝子解析により微胞子虫の属種を決定②スジエビとマス類を用いた双方向感染実験により生活環を解明③スジエビを様々な魚種に経口投与して魚種間における病害性の違いを明確化④琵琶湖における本微胞子虫の感染動態を解明し、在来魚や有害外来魚の個体群に影響を与える可能性を考察する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, the microsporidian which causes the newly found microsporidiosis in salmonids from Lake Biwa was described as Inodosporus fujiokai n. sp., based on the molecular and ultrastructural analyses. The genetic and ultrastructural data of the developmental stages in common prawn from Lake Biwa were also characterized. The artificial transmissions of I. fujiokai from common prawn to fishes were established, showing that there was a significant difference in susceptibility among salmonid fishes, Also, it demonstrated that I. fuijiokai could infect to the other taxonomically different fishes such as cyprinids. Further, real-time PCR technique (q-PCR) for I. fujiokai was developed, clarifying the intra-piscine time-course development and some light infections in Centrarchidae such as largemouth bass. Histopathological study suggested that rainbow trout died of myocarditis, however, the possible cause of death in the other fishes remained to be clarified.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来、魚類寄生性微胞子虫類で魚類以外の宿主が介在する例は皆無であったが、他の動物群に寄生する微胞子虫では、蚊と水生ミジンコ類を交互に寄生する種類が記載されている。魚類寄生種でも魚類だけでの人為感染が成功しない例が数多くあるのみならず、エビ類寄生種と魚類寄生種のリボソームDNAの塩基配列が同一である種類も報告されている。本研究により、魚類と甲殻類を交互に宿主とする微胞子虫の生活環が解明されれば、他の魚類寄生種についても同様の生活環をもつことが示唆され、寄生虫学的な意義があるのみならず、感染メカニズムが解明され感染防除法が確立されることで、魚病学的さらに社会的な意義があることは明白である。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2023 2021

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Pathology of a Microsporidian <i>Inodosporus fujiokai</i> in Two <i>Onchorynchus</i> spp.2023

    • Author(s)
      Michitaka Yamamoto, kazuhiro Sugahara, Nanami Asai, Tetsuya Yanagida, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Sho Shirakashi
    • Journal Title

      Fish Pathology

      Volume: 58 Issue: 2 Pages: 60-70

    • DOI

      10.3147/jsfp.58.60

    • ISSN
      0388-788X, 1881-7335
    • Year and Date
      2023-06-15
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Molecular and morphological description of a novel microsporidian Inodosporus fujiokai n. sp. infecting both salmonid fish and freshwater prawns2023

    • Author(s)
      Yanagida, T., Asai, N., Yamamoto, M., Sugahara, K., Fujiwara, T., Shirakashi, S., & Yokoyama, H.
    • Journal Title

      Parasitology

      Volume: 150 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.1017/s003118202200141x

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A New Microsporidian Disease of Rainbow Trout <i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i> Farmed in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, and Possible Involvement of Common Prawn <i>Palaemon paucidens</i> for Transmission of the Pathogen2021

    • Author(s)
      M. Yamamoto, S. Shirakashi, N. Asai, T. Yanagida, K. Sugahara and H. Yokoyama
    • Journal Title

      Fish Pathology

      Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Pages: 130-139

    • DOI

      10.3147/jsfp.56.130

    • NAID

      130008101899

    • ISSN
      0388-788X, 1881-7335
    • Year and Date
      2021-09-15
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] アマゴ魚体内における微胞子虫Inodosporus fujiokaiの挙動について2023

    • Author(s)
      米加田 徹、秋元 勇毅、安東 秀容、横山 博、菅原和宏、山本充孝、木南竜平、白樫 正、柳田哲矢
    • Organizer
      令和6年度日本魚病学会春季大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 微胞子虫 Inodosporus fujiokai の魚種別感受性の比較による養殖魚のリスク評価2023

    • Author(s)
      菅原和宏・山本充孝・金理求・木南竜平・白樫正・ 柳田哲矢・米加田徹・横山 博
    • Organizer
      令和5年度日本魚病学会春季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 養殖ニジマスと天然スジエビから得られた微胞子虫の分類学的検討と生活環の解明2021

    • Author(s)
      柳田哲矢・山本充孝・浅井七望・白樫 正・菅原和宏・横山 博
    • Organizer
      第90回日本寄生虫学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ニジマスの筋肉微胞子虫症(感染源の特定と病害性)2021

    • Author(s)
      浅井七望・白樫 正・山本充孝・柳田哲矢・横山 博
    • Organizer
      令和3年度日本魚病学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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