取食转Bt基因抗虫玉米后亚洲玉米螟幼虫中肠的组织病理变化

利用透射显微镜（TEM）观察亚洲玉米螟Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée)幼虫取食了表达Cry1Ab杀虫蛋白的转Bt基因玉米心叶组织后中肠的组织病理变化, 以探讨转Bt基因玉米对亚洲玉米螟的致病机理, 为其合理、安全和持续利用提供理论依据。结果表明：亚洲玉米螟取食Bt玉米后中肠细胞及其细胞器发生了明显的病变。取食Bt玉米12 h后中肠细胞开始病变, 首先微绒毛脱落、内质网开始肿胀, 24 h后内质网肿胀、增多, 杯状细胞杯腔增大, 48 h后微绒毛大量脱落, 细胞开始空泡化, 随着取食时间的增加, 细胞空泡化程度加剧, 在感染前期细胞间的病变程度差异较大。微绒毛脱落、内质网肿胀断裂是在多数取食Bt玉米的亚洲玉米螟中肠细胞发生的普遍病变。由此表明, 人工修饰的Cry1Ab基因导入到玉米染色体组中所表达的杀虫蛋白可使玉米螟幼虫中肠细胞发生病变, 最终导致其死亡。     

取食转Bt基因水稻对稻纵卷叶螟幼虫中肠的组织病理学效应

利用透射电镜观察了稻纵卷叶螟 Cnaphalocrocis medinalis（Guenée）幼虫取食转Bt基因水稻后中肠的组织病理变化。结果表明：稻纵卷叶螟幼虫取食转cry1Ab基因水稻后,中肠上皮细胞的线粒体先发生形态变化,随连续取食时间的延长线粒体出现凝聚、内嵴稀疏、空泡化等,在后期还呈凝聚态随突起脱落或沿杯腔边沿单一排列。内质网的变化也很明显,病变过程中伴随着粗糙内质网的肿胀、核糖体脱落,粗糙内质网增多等现象。细胞核的变化较小,在处理后期出现细胞核拉长、核仁聚集等变化。组织病变程度不一,有的细胞在病变早期就出现了空泡化。     

氟化物对家蚕耐氟和氟化物敏感品种幼虫中肠羧酸酯酶及全酯酶活性的影响

为了探讨氟化物在家蚕Bombyx mori体内的代谢途径, 以家蚕耐氟品种T6和氟化物敏感品种734为研究材料, 在5龄幼虫1-7 d内分别添食经50, 100, 200和400 mg/kg NaF溶液浸泡后的新鲜桑叶, 检测家蚕中肠羧酸酯酶（CarE）和全酯酶活性的变化。结果表明： 734添氟组的CarE活性是对照组的1.21~1.98倍, 而T6添氟组约是对照组的0.72~1.10倍。734和T6添氟组的全酯酶活性数值变化规律与其各自对照组相似, 且2品种之间的酶活性数值很相近。2品种在相同浓度下, 不同天数之间的全酯酶活性差异均显著（P＜0.05）。推测氟化物对敏感家蚕中肠CarE有促进作用, 对耐氟家蚕中肠CarE有抑制作用, 但是对全酯酶活性影响不大。     

A new enveloped helical virus from the blue crab,Callinectes sapidus

Quite different ultrastructural changes were observed in the columnar cell and the goblet cell of the silkworm midgut after administration of the crystalline toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis. Shortly after the ingestion of the toxin, the deep infoldings of the basal cell membrane of some columnar cells became very irregular in shape and the mitochondria near the basal region were transformed into a condensed form. A few goblet cells showed relatively high electron density in the cytoplasm. The earliest pathological changes were slight and located in a region lying between the first and second thirds of the midgut. With the passage of time, they spread anteriorly and posteriorly to include the entire anterior two thirds of the midgut and became more profound. The cytoplasm of columnar cells became very electron transparent. Most mitochondria were transformed into a condensed form and the endoplasmic reticulum assumed a vacuole-like configuration. The basal infoldings of the cell membrane almost disappeared. On the other hand, the cytoplasm of the goblet cells became very electron dense and granular. The clear basal infoldings of the cell membrane were enlarged making a striking contrast with the dense cytoplasm. However, the mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum did not show any pathological deformation.     

棉铃虫幼虫取食Vip3Aa蛋白后的中肠组织病理变化

为了进一步明确Vip3Aa的作用机制, 利用透射电镜观察了棉铃虫4龄幼虫取食含Vip3Aa蛋白饲料后中肠杯状细胞的病理变化, 并比较了其病变与取食含Cry1Ac饲料后棉铃虫组织病变的差异。取食含Vip3Aa饲料后, 棉铃虫幼虫的中肠杯状细胞逐渐发生病变, 主要表现为： 微绒毛肿胀、 脱落; 细胞核核膜界限不清晰, 染色质分布不均匀; 线粒体变形、 数量减少, 内脊不清晰; 内质网杂乱不规则、 数量减少。与取食Cry1Ac的棉铃虫相比, 取食Vip3Aa的棉铃虫中肠杯状细胞发生病变较为缓慢, 在取食12 h后才发现明显病变, 随着取食时间的增加病变越来越明显; 而取食Cry1Ac的棉铃虫2 h后中肠杯状细胞就出现明显病变。本研究可为Vip3Aa作为新毒素策略的重要蛋白在棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera综合防治中更好地发挥作用提供理论依据。     

嗜菌异小杆线虫侵染后暗黑鳃金龟和大黑鳃金龟幼虫脂肪体和中肠组织超微结构观察

【目的】探究昆虫病原线虫嗜菌异小杆线虫沧州品系 Heterorhabditis bacteriophora strain Cangzhou侵染对蛴螬脂肪体和中肠的影响,进一步明确其对蛴螬的致病机理。【方法】采用透射电镜技术,观察暗黑鳃金龟 Hololtrichia oblita (Faldermann)和大黑鳃金龟 H. parallela Motschulsky 2龄幼虫被嗜菌异小杆线虫沧州品系侵染后其脂肪体和中肠组织的病理变化。【结果】血腔注射感染期病原线虫嗜菌异小杆线虫沧州品系悬浮液24和48 h后,观察发现暗黑鳃金龟和大黑鳃金龟2龄幼虫脂肪体和中肠的组织结构均按时序逐渐发生变化,起初表现为脂肪球变形或变小,颜色变浅,脂肪体细胞和中肠细胞内质网、线粒体肿胀,中肠微绒毛变形脱落等现象,48 h后包裹脂肪球的膜结构破裂,脂肪体细胞和中肠细胞线粒体破裂,内质网数量减少,中肠微绒毛大量脱落,同时核内染色质大量解离,核膜破裂。【结论】经昆虫病原线虫嗜菌异小杆线虫沧州品系处理后,暗黑鳃金龟和大黑鳃金龟两种金龟甲2龄幼虫脂肪体和中肠细胞均出现明显的病理变化过程,这是嗜菌异小杆线虫高效致死蛴螬的原因之一。本研究可为昆虫病原线虫作为一种生物防治手段在蛴螬的综合防治中更好地发挥作用提供理论依据。     

中华硬蜱叮咬不同免疫力新西兰兔后中肠上皮组织的形态动态变化

通过光镜和电镜观察了中华硬蜱Ixodes sinensis叮咬初次和再次感染宿主新西兰兔后不同时间（叮咬后24 h、48 h、72 h以及第 5天、第8天）中肠上皮组织的形态学动态变化。结果显示： 中华硬蜱叮咬前中肠上皮主要由替代细胞和少量体积较大的消化细胞构成;替代细胞数量多、体积小、呈圆形、胞质染色浅 。中华硬蜱叮咬初次感染宿主后,消化细胞随叮咬时间延长而增多增大,微绒毛较密集,排列整齐,胞质内细胞器丰富,各单位膜结构清晰,并出现顶端小管、小泡、大量脂滴和高铁血红素颗粒;近基膜的细胞膜内褶形成发达的基底迷路系统。中华硬蜱叮咬再次感染宿主后,中肠可发生一系列明显的病理变化,中肠基膜出现变薄、松散和断裂现象,消化细胞破裂、空泡化,消化细胞数量减少;消化细胞微绒毛减少、变短、排列不整,线粒体肿大,体嵴减少、变短甚至髓样变,粗面内质网扩张,脂粒及高铁血红素颗粒减少,细胞膜吞饮、吞噬现象减弱,消化细胞内结构紊乱和破坏。该研究结果提示初次叮咬导致了宿主的免疫抗性,再次叮咬后蜱中肠是宿主免疫力的主要作用部位。     

Bacillus thuringiensis crystal toxin: Ultrastructural studies of its effect on silkworm midgut cells

Bacillus thuringiensis crystal toxin induced a cytoplasmic response in columnar cells within 1 min after ingestion although external symptoms were not exhibited by larvae until 15 min after ingestion. Microvilli became less consistently uniform in diameter; their organized internal microfilaments were disrupted and disappeared. The cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum were enlarged and denuded of ribosomes. By 5 min after ingestion, microvilli of some columnar cells disappeared entirely and gross ultrastructural changes were observed in other regions of the cells. Up to 5 min after ingestion there were few, if any, ultrastructural changes observed within goblet cells. Mitochondria in columnar cells were swollen but did not exhibit the condensed configuration reported by other workers. Both the buffer system used in the fixation medium and its osmolarity influenced the changes in the ultrastructure of midgut cells exposed to B. thuringiensis crystal toxin.     

Cellular localization and proposed function of midgut trehalase in the silkworm larva, Bombyx mori

A sorbitol density gradient analysis with the aid of several marker enzymes demonstrated that midgut trehalase of the silkworm larvae. Bombyx mori, was localized in the microsomal membranes, but not in mitochondria, lysosomes and microvilli at the apical surface. Electron microscopic examination showed that trehalase-enriched membrane fraction consisted of heterogeneous mixtures of membrane vesicles derived from the endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane parts other than the microvillus membrane. The enzyme-histochemical stains of trehalase activity on the midgut section could be detected only at the basal surface of the epithelium against haemocoel. Such a specific localization was further confirmed by immunohistochemistry with the peroxidase-conjugated antibody technique. Thus, it is concluded that midgut trehalase of silkworm larvae is situated on the plasma membrane at the basal surface of the epithelium. An intact preparation of midgut incubated in vitro in the medium containing [(14)C]trehalose could hydrolyse trehalose into glucose and take it up into the cell, although some glucose was liberated into the medium when incubated for extended periods. These results suggest that midgut trehalase plays a physiological role in utilization of haemolymph trehalose not in nutrient absorption.     

斑蝥素对粘虫和小菜蛾幼虫中肠组织的影响

粘虫 Mythimna separata (Walker) 和小菜蛾Plutella xylostella L.的幼虫经斑蝥素处理后,中肠组织发生明显的病变。粘虫幼虫中肠柱状细胞微绒毛脱落,杯状细胞变大,质膜消失;线粒体不规则肿胀,内嵴排列紊乱、溶解、断裂;粗面内质网扩张明显,核糖体脱落;细胞核肿胀,染色质浓缩,偏移。小菜蛾幼虫中肠组织病变更为明显。表明斑蝥素主要作用于中肠的膜系统,为进一步探讨其毒理机制提供了理论依据。     

取食Cry2Ab蛋白后棉铃虫幼虫中肠组织的病理变化

为了明确Cry2Ab杀虫蛋白的作用机制, 利用透射电镜观察了棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)3龄末幼虫取食含Cry2Ab蛋白（8 μg/g）饲料后中肠的组织病理变化, 并与分别取食含Cry1Ac蛋白（0.97 μg/g）饲料和正常饲料的棉铃虫进行了比较。结果表明： 棉铃 虫取食Cry2Ab蛋白后中肠细胞及其细胞器均发生了明显的病变, 主要表现为： 中肠杯状细胞的杯腔肿胀或拉长, 部分柱状细胞被杯状细 胞挤压出来, 微绒毛脱落, 细胞核皱缩, 质膜和核膜不清晰, 染色质凝聚, 线粒体拉伸变形, 内质网肿胀断裂; 并且随着取食时间 的延长病变越来越明显。与取食Cry1Ac蛋白的棉铃虫相比, Cry2Ab引起棉铃虫中肠组织发生病变的速度较慢。本研究可为Cry2Ab作为转基 因棉花的重要杀虫蛋白在将来更好地发挥作用提供理论依据。     

转Btc-ry1 Ah基因玉米花粉对龟纹瓢虫解毒酶和中肠蛋白酶活性的影响

研究了取食转Bt-cry1Ah基因玉米花粉对龟纹瓢虫Propylaea japonica（Thunberg）体内解毒酶和中肠蛋白酶活性的影响。利用饲喂结合比色方法,比较龟纹瓢虫取食转Bt-cry1Ah基因玉米花粉和非转基因玉米花粉后体内α-乙酸萘酯酶、乙酰胆碱酯酶、谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶、中肠总蛋白酶、类胰蛋白酶和类胰凝乳蛋白酶的酶活性。结果发现：在解毒酶方面,取食Bt玉米花粉的龟纹瓢虫4龄幼虫和蛹的α-乙酸萘酯酶活性显著低于取食非Bt玉米花粉的龟纹瓢虫（对照组）,取食Bt玉米花粉的龟纹瓢虫的乙酰胆碱酯酶和谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶活性在各个发育时期与对照相比均无显著差异。在中肠蛋白酶方面,与对照组相比,取食Bt玉米花粉的龟纹瓢虫的总蛋白酶和强碱性类胰蛋白酶活性在各个发育时期均无显著差异;但取食Bt玉米花粉的龟纹瓢虫的弱碱性类胰凝蛋白酶和类胰凝乳蛋白酶活性在蛹期显著低于取食非Bt玉米花粉的龟纹瓢虫。由此可见,龟纹瓢虫取食含有Cry1Ah杀虫蛋白的玉米花粉后,体内代谢解毒酶和中肠蛋白酶与Cry1Ah杀虫蛋白相互作用,可能会引起某些酶活性的变化。因此,转cry1Ah基因玉米花粉对龟纹瓢虫的潜在影响还需要进一步的研究。     

Histopathological effects of Bacillus thuringiensis on the midgut of tobacco hornworm larvae (Manduca sexta): Low doses compared with fasting

The cytology and ultrastructure of the midgut cells of Manduca sexta larvae are described for untreated controls, larvae which fed on a spore preparation of Bacillus thuringiensis, and larvae which were fasted for either 24 or 48 hr. New observations on the ultrastructure of midgut cells in Manduca larvae included the finding of specialized Golgi vesicles in anteriormost columnar cells and of regular arrays of expanded rough endoplasmic reticulum in goblet cells of the posterior midgut region. The present observations reveal that the columnar cells of the midgut responded cytologically in the same way to fasting as they did to exposure to the toxic spores of B. thuringiensis. The goblet cells, however, appeared unaffected by fasting but became swollen in response to feeding of B. thuringiensis spore preparation.     

Scanning electron microscopy of the disruption of tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, midgut by Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin

The ingestion of Bacillus thuringiensis crystal endotoxin by Manduca sexta causes the destruction of both goblet and columnar cells of the midgut. One hour after ingestion, the microvilli show pathological effects. Nearly complete destruction of the goblet and columnar cells has taken place after 4 hr exposure to the toxin.     

Biphasic perimicrovillar membrane production following feeding by previously starved Dysdercus peruvianus (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

The development of perimicrovillar membranes (PMM) from midgut cells of starved and fed Dysdercus peruvianus was studied by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and assays for specific enzymatic markers of the perimicrovillar membranes (alpha-glucosidase), perimicrovillar space (aminopeptidase) and microvillar membranes (beta-glucosidase). High activities of these enzymes were observed 6h post-feeding and significant production of membranes was observed at 30 h post-feeding. In the gut cells of starved insects, the rough endoplasmic reticulum was organized in concentric bundles, with a greater number of mitochondria in the cellular apex. The presence of electron dense double-membrane vesicles and the production of PMM were not observed in this condition. Thirty hours post-feeding, a disorganization of the rough endoplasmic reticulum was observed, and it was possible to see double-membrane vesicles close to the cell apex. The membrane system formation was evident with a significant development of PMM in the midgut lumen. The luminal surface of the midgut during starvation and up to 48 h post-feeding was monitored using SEM. It was demonstrated that in the starved condition, the PMM was virtually absent from gut cells, except at the base of the microvilli. At 6h post-feeding, the microvilli were already completely covered with PMM, but with a maximum of PMM formation seen at 30 h post-feeding. Signals of PMM degradation were observed 48 h after pulse feeding.     

Morphological and enzymatic analysis of the midgut of Anopheles darlingi during blood digestion

The midgut of adult female Anopheles darlingi is comprised of narrow anterior and dilated posterior regions, with a single layered epithelium composed by cuboidal digestive cells. Densely packed apical microvilli and an intricate basal labyrinth characterize each cell pole. Before blood feeding, apical cytoplasm contains numerous round granules and whorled profiles of rough endoplasmic reticulum. Engorgement causes a great distension of midgut. This provokes the flattening of digestive cells and their nuclei. Simultaneously, apical granules disappear, the whorls of endoplasmic reticulum disassemble and 3h post bloodmeal (PBM), nucleoli enlarge manyfold. An intense absorptive process takes place during the first 24 h PBM, with the formation of large glycogen inclusions, which persist after the end of the digestive process. Endoproteases activities are induced after bloodmeal and attain their maximum values between 10 and 36 h PBM. At least two different aminopeptidases seem to participate in the digestive process, with their maximum activity values at 36 and 48 h PBM, respectively. Coarse electrondense aggregates, possibly debris from digested erythrocytes, begin to appear on the luminal face of the peritrophic membrane from 18 h PBM and persist during all the digestive process, and are excreted at its end. We suggest that these aggregates could contain some kind of insoluble form of haem, in order of neutralize its toxicity.     

The piRNA response to BmNPV infection in the silkworm fat body and midgut

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a DNA virus that causes huge losses to the silkworm industry but the piRNA responses during BmNPV infection in the silkworm remain uninvestigated. Here, silkworm piRNA profiles of uninfected and BmNPV-infected fat body and midgut were determined by high-through sequencing in the early stages of BmNPV infection. A total of 2675 and 3396 genome-derived piRNAs were identified from fat body and midgut, respectively. These genome-derived piRNAs mainly originated from unannotated instead of transposon regions in the silkworm genome. In total, 572 piRNAs were associated with 280 putative target genes in fat body and 805 piRNAs with 380 target genes in midgut. Compared to uninfected tissues, 322 and 129 piRNAs were significantly upregulated in BmNPV-infected fat body and midgut, respectively. In addition, 276 and 117 piRNAs were significantly downregulated. Moreover, differentially expressed (DE) piRNAs during BmNPV infection differed significantly between fat body and midgut. Putative DE piRNA–targeted genes were associated with “response to stimulus” and “environmental information processing” in fat body after infection with BmNPV, which may indicate an active piRNA response to BmNPV infection in fat body. This study may lay the foundation for future research of the potential roles of the piRNA pathway and specific piRNAs in BmNPV pathogenesis.     

杀虫药剂和植物次生性物质对棉铃虫羧酸酯酶的诱导作用

棉铃虫Helzcoverpa armigera中肠羧酸酯酶(CarEs)比活力随幼虫发育阶段呈有规律的变化。5日龄以前CarEs比活力增长比较缓慢,5日龄以后Cares比活力快速增长,8日龄开始CarEs比活力下降,直到预蛹期,CarEs比活力又开始上升。用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分离到的9条同功酶带中,E2、E4、E5、E6、E7和E9对β-乙酸萘酯(β-NA)的水解活性高于对a—乙酸萘酯(a-NA),E1、E3、和E8对上述两种底物的水解活性正好相反,对a-NA活性高于对β-NA。低剂量的对硫磷、马拉硫磷、倍硫磷、增效磷(SVl)、灭多威和溴氰菊酯对棉铃虫中肠CarEs比活力和对底物的亲和力具有明显的影响。药剂处理后48 h,Cares的比活力明显降低,对底物的亲和力则与药剂的种类有关。马拉硫磷处理后48h,在观察到的6条主要同功酶带中,E3的活性明显降低,其次是E6、E2和E1;而E5的活性则明显升高,斟的活性也有所升高。用含0.01%的芸香苷、2-十三烷酮和槲皮素的人工饲料饲养棉铃虫经2代或7代后,CarEs比活力均明显升高。     

Action of carbendazim on the development of Nosema bombycis Naegeli in silkworm Bombyx mori L.

Abstract:  Carbendazim, a benzimidazole compound is effective in curing pebrine disease in silkworm, Bombyx mori , caused by Nosema bombycis , if treatment is given within 48 h post-infection or before the parasite establishes itself in the host tissue. Ultrastructural evidence of the action of carbendazim showed an adverse effect of the drug on both merogonic and sporogonic stages of the parasite in the midgut and silk gland of the silkworm. The drug caused elongation, vacuolation and depletion of cytoplasmic contents of the meront, sporont, sporoblast and spore stages of N. bombycis .     

苦皮藤素V对东方粘虫中肠细胞及其消化酶活性的影响

苦皮藤素V是从杀虫植物苦皮藤Celastrus angulatus Max.根皮中分离的一种对昆虫具有毒杀活性的新化合物。该文通过电镜观察和生化分析研究了其对东方粘虫Mythimnaseparata(walker)幼虫中肠组织及中肠主要消化酶活性的影响。电镜观察发现,中毒试虫的中肠细胞及其细胞器发生明显病变：柱状细胞顶膜微绒毛零乱、减少;线粒体肿胀,出现空白亮区,双层膜不完整;细胞质密度降低,细胞器排列紊乱;内质网池扩张,囊泡化,粗面内质网减少;杯状细胞杯腔变大,微绒毛减少。消化酶活性测定结果表明,中毒试虫中肠的蛋白酶、淀粉酶及脂肪酶的活性和正常虫相比,无显著变化。因此认为,苦皮藤素V主要作用于中肠细胞的质膜及其内膜系统。