Species-specific in situ hybridization confirms arrested development of Henneguya ictaluri in hybrid catfish (Channel Catfish x Blue Catfish) under experimental conditions, with notes on mixed-species infections in clinical cases of proliferative gill disease from Mississippi catfish aquaculture

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Stilwell, Justin M. [1 ,2 ]
Camus, Alvin C. [1 ]
Woodyard, Ethan T. [2 ]
Ware, Cynthia [2 ,3 ]
Rosser, Thomas G. [4 ]
Gunn, Mackenzie A.
Lopez-Porras, Adrian [5 ]
Khoo, Lester H. [2 ,3 ]
Wise, David J. [5 ]
Griffin, Matt J. [2 ,3 ]
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[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Pathol, Athens, GA USA
[2] Mississippi State Univ, Dept Pathobiol & Populat Med, Mississippi State, MS 39759 USA
[3] Mississippi State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Thad Cochran Natl Warmwater Aquaculture Ctr, Aquat Res & Diagnost Lab, Stoneville, MS 38776 USA
[4] Mississippi State Univ, Dept Comparat Biomed Sci, Mississippi State, MS USA
[5] Mississippi State Univ, Mississippi Agr & Forestry Expt Stn, Thad Cochran Natl Warmwater Aquaculture Ctr, Stoneville, MS USA
关键词
catfish; Henneguya ictaluri; in situ hybridization; myxozoa; proliferative gill disease; RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCE; MYXOBOLUS-CEREBRALIS; N; SP; MYXOZOA; PUNCTATUS; ENTRY; MYXOSPOREA; RESISTANCE; STAGE; POND;
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10.1002/aah.10196
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S9 [水产、渔业];
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0908 ;
摘要
Objective: Proliferative gill disease (PGD) in Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus and hybrid catfish (Channel Catfish x Blue Catfish I. furcatus) is attributed to the myxozoan Henneguya ictaluri. Despite evidence of decreased H. ictaluri transmission and impaired parasite development in hybrid catfish, PGD still occurs in hybrid production systems. Previous metagenomic assessments of clinical PGD cases revealed numerous myxozoans within affected gill tissues in addition to H. ictaluri. The objective of this study was to investigate the development and pathologic contributions of H. ictaluri and other myxozoans in naturally and experimentally induced PGD.Methods: Henneguya species-specific in situ hybridization (ISH) assays were developed using RNAscope technology. Natural infections were sourced from diagnostic case submissions in 2019. Experimental challenges involved Channel Catfish and hybrid catfish exposed to pond water from an active PGD outbreak, and the fish were sampled at 1, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20 weeks postchallenge.Result: Nine unique ISH probes were designed, targeting a diagnostic variable region of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene of select myxozoan taxa identified in clinical PGD cases. Partial validation from pure H. ictaluri, H. adiposa, H. postexilis, and H. exilis infections illustrated species-specific labeling and no cross-reactivity between different myxozoan species or the catfish hosts. After experimental challenge, mature plasmodia of H. ictaluri and H. postexilis formed in Channel Catfish but were not observed in hybrids, suggesting impaired or delayed sporogenesis in the hybridized host. These investigations also confirmed the presence of mixed infections in clinical PGD cases.Conclusion: Although H. ictaluri appears to be the primary cause of PGD, presporogonic stages of other myxozoans were also present, which may contribute to disease pathology and exacerbate respiratory compromise by further altering normal gill morphology. This work provides molecular confirmation and more resolute developmental timelines of H. ictaluri and H. postexilis in Channel Catfish and supports previous research indicating impaired or precluded H. ictaluri sporogony in hybrid catfish.
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