Background: Nacre, the iridescent material found in pearls and shells of molluscs, is formed through an extraordinary process of matrix-assisted biomineralization. Despite recent advances, many aspects of the biominerali...
Pearl oyster Pinctada martensii is cultured for production of pearl in China. It needs to implant a mantle graft cut from a donor oyster and a seed nucleus into the gonad of the host oyster to produce a pearl. Pearl sac ...
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENTHao, Ruijuan Du, Xiaodong Yang, Chuangye Deng, Yuewen Zheng, Zhe Wang, Qingheng 出版年:2019
Similar to other marine bivalves, Pint-matt furata martensii presents unsynchronized growth, which is one of the problems farmers currently face. However, the underlying mechanisms have not been studied. In the present s...
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGYYang, Chuangye Du, Xiaodong Hao, Ruijuan Wang, Qingheng Deng, Yuewen Sun, Ruijiao 出版年:2019
Postoperative care is a critical step of pearl culture that ultimately determines culture success. To determine the effect of dietary vitamin D3 (VD3) levels on immunity and antioxidant capacity of pearl oyster Pinctada ...
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short-nucleotide RNA molecules that function as negative regulators of gene expression in various organisms. However, miRNAs of Pinctada martensii have not been reported yet. P. martensii is one of...
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCEZhao, Liqiang Shirai, Kotaro Tanaka, Kentaro Milano, Stefania Higuchi, Tomihiko Murakami-Sugihara, Naoko Walliser, Eric O. Yang, Feng Deng, Yuewen Schoene, Bernd R. 出版年:2020
Ocean acidification can negatively impact marine bivalves, especially their shell mineralization processes. Consequently, whether marine bivalves can rapidly acclimate and eventually adapt in an acidifying ocean is now i...
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGYYang, Chuangye Hao, Ruijuan Deng, Yuewen Liao, Yongshan Wang, Qingheng Sun, Ruijiao Jiao, Yu Du, Xiaodong 出版年:2017
In this study, we formulated five diets, namely, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5, with Chlorella sp. powder, Spirulina platensis powder, yeast powder, soybean meal and corn gluten, respectively, as major protein sources. A feeding...
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENTYang, Chuangye Hao, Ruijuan Du, Xiaodong Wang, Qingheng Deng, Yuewen Sun, Ruijiao 出版年:2019
Land-based culturing can avoid the effects of environmental pollution and natural disasters, thus ensuring food safety for shellfish. However, food availability, in this case, is limited. To achieve the optimum balance o...
AQUACULTUREHao, Ruijuan Wang, Ziman Yang, Chuangye Deng, Yuewen Zheng, Zhe Wang, Qingheng Du, Xiaodong 出版年:2018
Similar to other marine bivalves, Pinctada maxima shows unsynchronized growth, but the underlying metabolic mechanisms have not been studied. In this study, gold-lipped pearl oyster P. maxima from cultured stocks were se...
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENTMkuye, Robert Gong, Shunlian Zhao, Liqiang Masanja, Fortunatus Ndandala, Charles Bubelwa, Edna Yang, Chuangye Deng, Yuewen 出版年:2022
This review aims to explore the effects of microplastics and their corresponding additives on the physiological performances of marine bivalves together with their related genes. We identified gaps based on studies that ...
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGYWang, Qingheng Liu, Ya Zheng, Zhe Deng, Yuewen Jiao, Yu Du, Xiaodong 出版年:2018
The pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii is a warm-water shellfish that is sensitive to cold environments. To investigate its potential adaptation to low-temperature stress, the selected line (SL) and based population ...
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCEMasanja, Fortunatus Yang, Ke Xu, Yang He, Guixiang Liu, Xiaolong Xu, Xin Jiang, Xiaoyan Xin, Luo Mkuye, Robert Deng, Yuewen Zhao, Liqiang 出版年:2023
As the global ocean continues to experience the consequences of an increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves, the trend is expected to persist into the 21st century, with a projected tripling of heat waves by...
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONSJiao, Yu Wang, Huan Du, Xiaodong Zhao, Xiaoxia Wang, Qingheng Huang, Ronglian Deng, Yuewen 出版年:2012
Dermatopontin (DPT) is identified as a major component of the shell matrix protein. However, its exact function in the shell formation remains obscure. In this study, we described the characteristic and function of DPT g...
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENTZhao, Ligiang Liu, Baozhan An, Wei Deng, Yuewen Lu, Yanan Liu, Bingxin Wang, Li Cong, Yuting Sun, Xin 出版年:2019
Marine biofouling by the swiftly spreading invasive mussel (Musculista senhousia) has caused serious ecological and economic consequences in the global coastal waters. However, the fate of this highly invasive fouling sp...
Natural disasters and environmental pollution are the main problems for traditional offshore culture. Pearl oyster culture through industrial farming can prevent these difficulties, but food availability is limited. In t...
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENTHe, Guixiang Zou, Jie Liu, Xiaolong Liang, Feilong Liang, Jian Yang, Ke Masanja, Fortunatus Xu, Yang Zheng, Zhe Deng, Yuewen Zhao, Liqiang 出版年:2022
bivalves and ecosystems they sustain. Intertidal clams inhabit the most physiologically challenging habitats in coastal areas and live already near their thermal tolerance limits. However, whether and to what extent atmo...
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGYJiao, Yu Yang, Shuai Cao, Yanfei Zheng, Zhe Deng, Yuewen Wang, Qingheng Huang, Ronglian Du, Xiaodong 出版年:2019
The immune response after allograft or xenograft transplantation in the pearl oyster is a major factor that cause its nucleus rejection and death. To determine the mechanism underlying the immune response after allograft...
REVIEWS IN AQUACULTUREAdzigbli, Linda Hao, Ruijuan Jiao, Yu Deng, Yuewen Du, Xiaodong Wang, Qingheng Huang, Ronglian 出版年:2020
Pearl oysters are found in the marine ecosystem. Due to their frequent exposure to microbial pathogens and environmental perturbations, they have developed a multifaceted innate immune system with differentially expresse...
Larval metamorphosis, the planktonic larvae transited into benthic juveniles, is a short important phase for mollusks. However, information about the mechanism of its larval settlement and metamorphosis of Pinctada fucat...
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGYChen, Jinhui Xiao, Shu Deng, Yuewen Du, Xiaodong Ye, Ziniu 出版年:2011
Microsomal glutathione S-transferase (MGST) functions in cellular defense against xenobiotics and provides protection against the action of lipid hydroperoxides produced as a consequence of oxidative stress. In this stud...
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENTXu, Yang Wang, Ziman Zhang, Yuehuan Liang, Jian He, Guixiang Liu, Xiaolong Zheng, Zhe Deng, Yuewen Zhao, Liqiang 出版年:2022
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are weather-timescale extreme events in the oceans and can have devastating effects on marine bivalves and ecosystems they support, with considerable socio-economic consequences. Yet, the extent t...
Tyrosinase is a key rate-limiting enzyme in melanin synthesis. In this study, a new tyrosinase gene (Tyr) was identified from Pteria penguin and its effect on melanin synthesis was deliberated by RNA interference (RNAi)....
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGYHe, Chengzhang Hao, Ruijuan Deng, Yuewen Yang, Chuangye Du, Xiaodong 出版年:2020
The pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii, produces high-quality pearls. During pearl production, excess immune and inflammatory response after transplantation will lead to nucleus rejection, pearl sac formation failur...
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRYDeng, Yuewen Lei, Qiannan Tian, Qunli Xie, Shaohe Du, Xiaodong Li, Junhui Wang, Liqun Xiong, Yuanxin 出版年:2014
We analyzed the mantle transcriptome of pearl oyster Pinctada maxima and developed EST-SSR markers using Illumina HiSeq 2000 paired-end sequencing technology. A total of 49,500,748 raw reads were generated. De novo assem...