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β-glucan has been shown to increase immunity and survival in various juvenile and adult fish both in freshwater and marine aquaculture species as well as in marine fish larvae. However, information about the trans-generational immune-enhancing effects of β-glucan remains rather limited. Here we clearly show that dietary intake of β-glucan enhanced the levels of C3, Bf and lysozyme in the serum of turbot as well as in their eggs released. We also show that yeast glucan induced a significant increase in lysozyme activity in both the serum and eggs. Moreover, the embryos derived from yeast glucan-treated turbot were more resistant to bacterial challenge than control embryos. By contrast, the administration of yeast glucan on female turbots had little influence on the egg development and embryonic development. Collectively, these data indicate that yeast glucan can be safely used to promote the non-specific trans-generational immunity in offspring of turbot.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1401211) to S. C. Zhang and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.201822020) to H. L. We also thank Dr. Qinghua Liu in the Institute of Oceanology for her technical help in handling the fish.
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Jiang, C., Wang, P., Liu, S. et al. Administration of Yeast Glucan on Immunity of Offspring in Turbot Scophthalmus maximus: A Trans-Generational Immune-Enhancing Effect. J. Ocean Univ. China 18, 997–1003 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-019-3767-z
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