Immunological and genomic studies on interation between kuruma shrimp Immune and biodefense and microbial pathogens

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23248029
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: General fisheries
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Hirono Ikuo 東京海洋大学, その他部局等, 教授 (00270926)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KONDO Hidehiro 東京海洋大学, 学術研究院, 准教授 (20314635) ; ITOI Shiro 日本大学, 生物資源科学部, 准教授 (30385992)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: クルマエビ / WSSV / RNA干渉 / マイクロアレイ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We found that c-type lysozyme and penaeidin like peptide are necessary for normal living of shrimp. In contrast, shrimp can sruvive without i-type lysozyme and crustin in normal environmental condition. We succeeded to develop a kuruma shrimp microarray with about 10,000 unique sequences. We revealed that 2 of WSSV homologues WSSV-H1 and -H2 in shrimp genome have some roles for WSSV infection or replication in shrimp.

Free Research Field

魚介類分子免疫学