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Pacific oysters, Crassostrea(Magallana) gigas,are the most commonly cultured invertebrate species globally. Recent years have seen outbreaks of summer mortality across the globe, mainly caused by viral and bacterial pathogens such as OsHV-1 µvar and Vibriospp. Despite isolated outbreaks in southern England, the UK has remained largely free from these pathogens. A summer mortality event in Scotland was investigated after Vibriospp.were implicated. We identified two key Vibriospecies (V. aestuarianusand V. splendidus) but complete absence of OsHV-1. There was a high prevalence of V. aestuarianusamong moribund and dead oysters, along with an increase in V. aestuarianusdetected in the water column and sediment. In accordance with strains associated with oyster mortalities elsewhere in Scotland and mainland Europe, V. aestuarianusfrom this site belongs to Lineage A. Whilst V. splendidus,could be cultured from most infected tissue samples, V. aestuarianuscould not be cultured from from frozen tissue , only from unfrozen infected tissue. In vivoinfection experiments with V. aestuarianusresulted in significantly higher mortalities than with V. splendidusand were exacerbated by increased temperature. These findings suggest that mortalities are caused by V. aestuarianus, which may have been intensified by handling stress and rising temperatures.

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Several lines of evidence link macrophage activation and inflammation with (monoaminergic) nervous systems in the etiology of depression. IFN treatment is associated with depressive symptoms, whereas anti‐TNFα therapies elicit positive mood. This study describes the actions of 2 monoaminergic antidepressants (escitalopram, nortriptyline) and 3 anti‐inflammatory drugs (indomethacin, prednisolone, and anti‐TNFα antibody) on the response of human monocyte‐derived macrophages (MDMs) from 6 individuals to LPS or IFN‐α. Expression profiling revealed robust changes in the MDM transcriptome (3294 genes at P < 0.001) following LPS challenge, whereas a more limited subset of genes (499) responded to IFNα. Contrary to published reports, administered at nontoxic doses, neither monoaminergic antidepressant significantly modulated the transcriptional response to either inflammatory challenge. Each anti‐inflammatory drug had a distinct impact on the expression of inflammatory cytokines and on the profile of inducible gene expression—notably on the regulation of enzymes involved in metabolism of tryptophan. Inter alia, the effect of anti‐TNFα antibody confirmed a predicted autocrine stimulatory loop in human macrophages. The transcriptional changes were predictive of tryptophan availability and kynurenine synthesis, as analyzed by targeted metabolomic studies on cellular supernatants. We suggest that inflammatory processes in the brain or periphery could impact on depression by altering the availability of tryptophan for serotonin synthesis and/or by increasing production of neurotoxic kynurenine.

Environmental concerns are spurring the development of clean transportation alternatives. Most popular are full electric and hybrid electric motor vehicles, which use stacks of lithium-ion battery cells as the electric […]

Design Note 298 Introduction Many power operational amplifiers offer a built-in current limit where the limit is fixed or programmable through an external resistor. This offers the most basic measure […]

Introduction Many power operational amplifiers offer a built-in current limit where the limit is fixed or programmable through an external resistor. This offers the most basic measure of protection for [...]

Southern New Jersey is usually defined as the area below Route 195, which runs across the state from Trenton to Spring Lake. But for developers, that area is comprised of [...]

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