球孢白僵菌Hog1 MAPK同源基因BbHog1的克隆及特征分析

根据几种丝状真菌Hog1 MAPK的保守氨基酸序列设计简并引物,从昆虫病原真菌球孢白僵菌中扩增出MAPK同源基因的部分片段,然后利用YADE法延伸该片段的上、下游邻接序列,获得MAPK编码基因的全长序列,命名为BbHog1。序列分析表明,该基因编码358个氨基酸的多肽,推测分子量为40.99kDa,等电点为5.49。BbHog1含有MAPK保守的蛋白激酶激活域(TGY),序列与粗糙脉孢霉os-2(AF297032)、烟曲霉OSM1(XM_747571)、隐球酵母HOG1(AF243531)和酿酒酵母Hog1(Z73285)等Hog1 MAPK高度同源,相似性分别为94%、89%、83%和80%。系统聚类结果表明,BbHog1与酵母Hog1 MAPK同源。Southern杂交表明,BbHog1在球孢白僵菌基因组中以单拷贝形式存在。Northern分析表明,BbHog1在高渗、亚高温和营养胁迫等条件下的表达明显升高。由此推测,BbHog1基因可能与球孢白僵菌对逆境胁迫的适应性调节密切相关。     

球孢白僵菌Hog1 MAPK同源基因BbHog1的克隆及特征分析

根据几种丝状真菌Hog1 MAPK的保守氨基酸序列设计简并引物,从昆虫病原真菌球孢白僵菌中扩增出MAPK同源基因的部分片段,然后利用YADE法延伸该片段的上、下游邻接序列,获得MAPK编码基因的全长序列,命名为BbHog1。序列分析表明,该基因编码358个氨基酸的多肽,推测分子量为40.99kDa,等电点为5.49。BbHog1含有MAPK保守的蛋白激酶激活域(TGY),序列与粗糙脉孢霉os-2(AF297032)、烟曲霉OSM1(XM_747571)、隐球酵母HOG1(AF243531)和酿酒酵母Hog1(Z73285)等Hog1 MAPK高度同源,相似性分别为94%、89%、83%和80%。系统聚类结果表明,BbHog1与酵母Hog1 MAPK同源。Southern杂交表明,BbHog1在球孢白僵菌基因组中以单拷贝形式存在。Northern分析表明,BbHog1在高渗、亚高温和营养胁迫等条件下的表达明显升高。由此推测,BbHog1基因可能与球孢白僵菌对逆境胁迫的适应性调节密切相关。     

球孢白僵菌FUS3/KSS1类MAPK同源基因(BbMPK1)的克隆及特征分析

根据几种丝状真菌FUS3/KSS1类MAPK的保守序列设计简并引物,从昆虫病原真菌球孢白僵菌中扩增出MAPK基因的部分片段,进而利用YADE法延伸该片段的上、下游邻接序列,获得MAPK基因的全长序列,命名为BbMPK1。用3′RACE扩增出BbMPK1的全长cDNA序列,该序列含有一个1071bp的ORF,编码356个氨基酸的多肽,推测分子量为41.2kDa,等电点为6.61。BbMPK1含有11个MAPK共有的蛋白激酶区域和1个MAPK激酶作用的磷酸化位点区域(TEY),其氨基酸序列与丝状真菌的TMKA、PMK1、CMK1、FMK1和BMP1等MAPK高度同源。系统聚类结果表明,BbMPK1属于酵母FUS3/KSS1类MAPK。Southern杂交表明,BbMPK1在球孢白僵菌基因组中以单拷贝形式存在。RT-PCR分析表明BbMPK1在分生孢子休眠阶段、萌发阶段和菌丝生长时期均表达。研究结果为阐明酵母FUS3/KSS1类MAPK同源基因在球孢白僵菌中的作用奠定了基础。     

球孢白僵菌FUS3／KSS1类MAPK同源基（BbMPK1）的克隆及特征分析

根据几种丝状真菌FUS3／KSS1类MAPK的保守序列设计简并引物,从昆虫病原真菌球孢白僵菌中扩增出MAPK基因的部分片段,进而利用YADE法延伸该片段的上、下游邻接序列,获得MAPK基因的全长序列,命名为BbMPK1。用3’RACE扩增出BbMPK1的全长cDNA序列,该序列含有一个1071bp的ORF,编码356个氨基酸的多肽,推测分子量为41．2kDa,等电点为6．61。BbMPK1含有11个MAPK共有的蛋白激酶区域和1个MAPK激酶作用的磷酸化位点区域(TEY),其氨基酸序列与丝状真菌的TMKA、PMK1、CMK1、FMK1和BMP1等MAPK高度同源。系统聚类结果表明,BbMPK1属于酵母FUS3／KSS1类MAPK。Southern杂交表明,BbMPK1在球孢白僵菌基因组中以单拷贝形式存在。RT-PCR分析表明BbMPK1在分生孢子休眠阶段、萌发阶段和菌丝生长时期均表达。研究结果为阐明酵母FUS3／KSS1类MAPK同源基因在球孢白僵菌中的作用奠定了基础。     

羊草DHN3基因的克隆及其逆境响应的表达分析

该研究从羊草（Leymus chinensis）中克隆得到1个脱水素（Dehydrin,DHN）编码基因LcDHN3。通过序列分析表明,LcDHN3开放阅读框为501 bp,编码167个氨基酸,分子量为17.01 kD,理论等电点为8.05,为亲水性蛋白。LcDHN3蛋白具有脱水素的保守结构域,含有1个Y 片段、1个S 片段和2个K 片段,属于YSK2型脱水素。亚细胞定位预测LcDHN3蛋白定位在细胞质和细胞核。同源比对分析显示,LcDHN3与大麦（Hordeum vulgare）等6种植物的DHNs整体相似性为84.27%。进化分析显示,LcDHN3和大麦的DHN亲缘关系最近。荧光定量PCR结果显示,LcDHN3基因的表达受干旱、冷、热、NaCl、高pH和机械损伤胁迫诱导,同时受植物激素ABA和JA的诱导。研究表明,LcDHN3参与了羊草响应逆境胁迫的信号途径。     

球孢白僵菌羧基转运蛋白基因BbJEN1及其上游序列的克隆与分析

在分析一株球孢白僵菌TDNA插入突变体T12的Tagging序列的基础上,根据与其具有高度同源性的一条金龟子绿僵菌EST序列（编号为AJ273226）设计简并引物,用YADE法从球孢白僵菌中扩增出该EST的同源序列及其延伸序列。序列分析表明,该片段与粗糙脉孢霉的羧基转运蛋白JEN1具有高度同源性,由此确定该序列为球孢白僵菌羧基转运蛋白JEN1基因的部分序列。然后利用YADE法延伸扩增该序列的上、下游序列,获得球孢白僵菌羧基转运蛋白JEN1的全长DNA序列,命名为GBbJEN1。利用3′RACE扩增出球孢白僵菌羧基转运蛋白JEN1的cDNA序列,命名为BbJEN1。BbJEN1全长1656bp,编码514个氨基酸的蛋白。推测蛋白分子量为55975.37Da,等电点9.32。氨基酸序列与金龟子绿僵菌、粗糙脉孢霉和酿酒酵母羧基转运蛋白JEN1的同源性分别为77%、66%和30%。序列分析表明,GBbJEN1含有2个内含子。Southern杂交表明,GBbJEN1基因在球孢白僵菌基因组中为单拷贝。利用RTPCR法对BbJEN1的表达特性进行了分析,结果发现BbJEN1基因的转录受蟑螂壳、蝉蜕等昆虫体壁的诱导,受葡萄糖的抑制。进一步利用YADE法获得了长为977bp的GBbJEN1上游序列,其中含有可能的葡萄糖抑制调控序列和压力反应元件。     

中国南瓜CmNPR1基因的克隆和表达分析

从实验室前期对中国南瓜雌花败育转录组测序结果推测,CmNPR1基因可能在南瓜花发育过程中发挥重要功能。该研究以中国南瓜自交系‘3 1’为试验材料,采用同源克隆方法获得中国南瓜CmNPR1基因CDS序列,通过生物信息学、基因表达以及亚细胞定位分析对该基因进行初步研究, 为进一步研究CmNPR1基因在南瓜花发育中的功能和作用机制奠定基础。结果表明：(1)中国南瓜CmNPR1基因CDS全长1 442 bp,编码480个氨基酸;蛋白序列包含有一个BTB/POZ和一个锚蛋白重复序列(Ank)保守结构域;该蛋白无信号肽和跨膜结构;多序列比对分析结果显示,CmNPR1氨基酸序列与美洲南瓜的亲缘关系最近,为96.05%,其次是印度南瓜,为95.63%。(2)CmNPR1基因在所取样品中花纵径0.5 cm时期表达量最高,且在花不同结构中柱头的表达量最高。(3)通过拟南芥原生质体亚细胞定位分析发现,该蛋白定位于细胞质和细胞核。     

青稞NBS LRR类基因HvtRGA的克隆与条纹病胁迫表达分析

为探索青稞(Hordeum vulgare L. var. nudum)NBS LRR类基因在青稞抗条纹病中的分子作用机制,该研究以抗条纹病青稞品种‘昆仑14号’和感病品种‘Z1141’为材料,从叶片中克隆了HvtRGA 基因。HvtRGA基因长3 544 bp,包含一个3 306 bp开放阅读框,编码1 101个氨基酸。序列测序后比对发现,‘昆仑14号’与‘Z1141’的碱基序列相似性为99.89%,‘Z1141’的碱基在1196和1945位置处由G替换成A,但氨基酸序列相似性为100%。蛋白质序列分析表明,HvtRGA为亲水性的不稳定酸性蛋白,具有NB ARC保守结构域和5个LRR结构域,属于 NBS LRR 家族。HvtRGA蛋白与大麦的rgaS 9217、rgaS 226编码的NBS LRR氨基酸序列相似性分别为96.55%和88.72%。进化树分析表明,青稞与小麦族的大麦、硬粒小麦和二穗短柄草NBS LRR聚为一个分支,且与大麦 rgaS 9217编码的蛋白亲缘关系最近,其次是大麦rgaS 226编码的蛋白,而与狗尾草和栗的亲缘关系最远。qRT PCR结果表明,条纹病胁迫下,抗病品种和感病品种的HvtRGA基因的表达量极显著升高,且抗病品种‘昆仑14号’感病后基因表达量显著高于感病品种‘Z1141’。研究推测,HvtRGA 基因在青稞抗条纹病的调控过程中可能发挥着重要作用。     

球孢白僵菌降解昆虫体壁蛋白酶基因 CDEP-1的克隆与序列分析

构建了球孢白僵菌不同诱导时间的混合cDNA文库。根据丝氨酸类蛋白酶的保守区域设计引物,以构建cDNA文库同样的mRNA为模板,采用RT-PCR法得到长度为594bp的片段BbP。序列测定表明BbP是球孢白僵菌类枯草杆菌蛋白酶Prl的一部分,以BbP为探针,从上述cDNA文库筛选得到长度为1557bp的克隆CDEP-1。CDEP-1含有一个1134bp的开放阅读框（ORF）,编码377个氨基酸,分子量为38616、PI=8.302的蛋白酶前体。CEDP-1的核苷酸序列与蛋白酶K、金龟子绿僵菌Prl、球孢白僵菌Prl的同源性分别为：57.9%、54.7%、83.3%。根据cDNA序列扩增到CDEP-1的基因组序列,分析表明其中含有3个内含子。Southern杂交表明CDEP-1在球孢白僵菌是单拷贝。     

球孢白僵菌丝氨酸蛋白酶基因CDEP-1在毕赤酵母中的表达

我们从球孢白僵菌中克隆了丝氨酸蛋白酶Pr1类基因CDEP-1。为明确CDEP-1的功能、评价其在害虫生物防治中的潜力,需要大量制备具有生物活性的CDEP-1编码蛋白。由于大肠杆菌系统表达真核基因存在产物复性困难的问题,本文利用毕赤酵母系统来表达CDEP-1。结果表明,CDEP-1可在毕赤酵母中高效的分泌表达,而且产物活性高,甲醇诱导48h后上清液中的酶活即可达到38,266U/L。诱导表达的上清液经浓缩后进行凝胶过滤层析,得到了CDEP-1的初纯品,蛋白质含量为50mg/L。将纯化的蛋白酶CDEP-1免疫家兔,制备了CDEP-1的抗血清。Westernblotting分析表明,制备的抗血清可特异性地检测CDEP-1。     

Inoculation of coffee plants with the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales)

The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana was established in coffee seedlings after fungal spore suspensions were applied as foliar sprays, stem injections, or soil drenches. Direct injection yielded the highest post-inoculation recovery of endophytic B. bassiana. Establishment, based on percent recovery of B. bassiana, decreased as time post-inoculation increased in all treatments. Several other endophytes were isolated from the seedlings and could have negatively influenced establishment of B. bassiana. The recovery of B. bassiana from sites distant from the point of inoculation indicates that the fungus has the potential to move throughout the plant.     

The size and ratio of homologous sequence to non-homologous sequence in gene disruption cassette influences the gene targeting efficiency in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Beauveria bassiana</Emphasis>

Targeted gene replacement via homologous recombination (HR) is a conventional approach for the analysis of gene function. However, this event is rare in Beauveria bassiana, which hampers efficient functional analysis in this widely used entomopathogenic fungus. To improve homologous recombination frequency in B. bassiana, we investigated the effect of the ratio of homologous sequence to non-homologous sequence (HS/NHS) in gene disruption cassette upon the HR frequency by two gene loci BbNtl and BbThi, using the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase as a negative selectable marker against ectopic transformants. Our data revealed that an increase of the ratio of HS/NHS achieved by either extending homologous sequence or decreasing non-homologous sequence could improve HR frequency in B. bassiana. We determined empirically that (1) at least 700 bp of homology to both sides of a target gene was needed to get a reasonable number of disruptants, e.g., 6.7‰ to 13.3‰ in B. bassiana. (2) When the ratio of HS/NHS was above 0.8, an acceptable HR frequency could be achieved for gene replacement in B. bassiana, while when the ratio was below 0.3, few gene disrupted mutants were obtained.     

Isolation of the transposable element hupfer from the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana by insertion mutagenesis of the nitrate reductase structural gene

A transposable element has been isolated from the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana by trapping it in the nitrate reductase structural gene, which has been cloned from this species. The element had inserted in the first exon of the nia gene and appeared to have duplicated the sequence TA at the site of insertion. It was 3336 bp long with 30-bp imperfect, inverted, terminal repeats. The element, called hupfer, contained an open reading frame encoding a 321-amino acid protein similar to the IS630- or mariner-Tc1-like transposases, and a residual sequence of about 2 kb which was not significantly similar to any published sequence. There are fewer than five copies of this transposable element present per genome in the fungus. Received: 12 February 1997 / Accepted: 2 May 1997     

Cloning and expression of a gene encoding gallerimycin, a cysteine-rich antifungal peptide, from eri-silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini

A cDNA clone encoding gallerimycin was isolated from larval fat body of immunized Samia cynthia ricini and named as Scr-gallerimycin. In naive larvae, no gene expression was detected, but strongly induced in fat body and hemocytes following immune challenge with bacteria or entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. Strong expression of the gene was also induced by injection of peptidoglycan and zymosan, but very weakly by non-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus oryzae. Analysis of the sequence upstream from the cDNA shows the presence of motifs homologous to binding sites for NF-κB, C/EBP and CRE-BP1.     

Response of the Wasp Cephalonomia tarsalis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) to Beauveria bassiana (Hyphomycetes: Moniliales) as Free Conidia or Infection in Its Host, the Sawtoothed Grain Beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Coleoptera: Silvanidae)

Cephalonomia tarsalis, an ectoparasitoid, and Beauveria bassiana, an entomopathogenic fungus, are potential biological control agents for the sawtoothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis. Several experiments were conducted to determine whether the two beneficial organisms are compatible. Wasps exhibited little avoidance behavior toward the fungus. Adult wasps oviposited on B. bassiana-infected larvae up to within 1 day of the host's death and the appearance of red fungal pigment. Wasp larvae are susceptible to the fungus and die within 1 day of oviposition on host larvae with mycosis. A 3-h exposure of adult wasps to 100 mg of B. bassiana/kg of wheat resulted in 52.7% mortality. Nevertheless, the wasps entered into grain containing B. bassiana conidia as freely as they entered into conidia-free grain. The mean prevalence of B. bassiana in 46 samples of pooled wheat representing 276 locations was 7.5 colony-forming units/g of wheat. Natural C. tarsalis exposure to B. bassiana in untreated stored wheat is likely to be below lethal quantities, and the introduction of the fungus in insecticidal quantities would have a negative impact on C. tarsalis populations.     

二种交配型球孢白僵菌对亚洲玉米螟的生态控制作用

利用生物种间互做关系抑制农业害虫的暴发是生物防治的重要手段。为探讨二种交配型内共生球孢白僵菌与玉米之间的互惠关系及其形成的共生体在亚洲玉米螟控制中的生态效应,以玉米为宿主植物,以球孢白僵菌孢子悬浮液进行灌根,在温室内构建了二种交配型(MAT1-1-1型,B5;MAT1-2-1型,B2)球孢白僵菌-玉米共生体,并研究了共生体对玉米的生长、对亚洲玉米螟的产卵选择和幼虫发育及其对球孢白僵菌生物学特性的影响。结果显示:通过叶片离体培养、ITS基因和交配型基因MAT检测,均能检测到白僵菌的内生定殖;MAT1-2-1型B2菌株定殖检出率高,MAT1-1-1型B5菌株在混合型接种中定殖有优势。回收后的球孢白僵菌菌落直径和毒力无显著性变化,但其产孢量都显著提高其中回收B5处理组来源菌株的产孢量提高最显著。接种过球孢白僵菌的玉米植株地上部生长速度、生物量和地下根系生物量均优于对照组,其中根系干重明显增加,而地上植株干重也相对增加。MAT1-1-1型菌株B5对共生体玉米植株地上高度促生长贡献明显;MAT1-2-1型菌株B2对共生体玉米植株地下干重增加贡献明显。总体上球孢白僵菌内生定殖对玉米地下根系生物量影响大于对地上植株生物量的影响。在产卵选择性试验中,各处理组亚洲玉米螟的产卵量显著少于对照组。共生体对亚洲玉米螟产卵具有明显的趋避作用,MAT1-2-1型菌株B2对产卵的趋避作用明显,而MAT1-2-1型菌株B5的趋避作用较弱。在人工接种幼虫的试验中,处理组回收的亚洲玉米螟幼虫存活率均显著低于对照组,其中,B5组回收幼虫的存活率最低,仅为38.33%;处理组的化蛹率与对照组差异不显著,但B5组的回收幼虫化蛹率显著低于B2组和对照组,仅为34.77%,这说明MAT1-1-1型B5菌株对玉米螟幼虫发育抑制最明显。上述结果表明,不同交配型球孢白僵菌内生定殖效率有差异,在经过内生定殖后在产孢量方面有显著性提高,两个交配型菌株在联合应用时具有协同增效作用;两个交配型菌株均能够通过内生定殖与玉米形成共生体并促进玉米植株的生长,这显示球孢白僵菌和玉米之间已经建立具有互惠关系的共生体。这种共生体通过趋避亚洲玉米螟产卵、抑制幼虫存活和降低化蛹率等方面的潜力虽然不一样,但都有助于对亚洲玉米螟的可持续生态防治,也证明了共生体的建成有效提高了玉米的生态适应性,为利用球孢白僵菌内共生性实施亚洲玉米螟防控提供了新思路。     

Cloning of Beauveria bassiana Chitinase Gene Bbchit1 and Its Application To Improve Fungal Strain Virulence

Entomopathogenic fungi can produce a series of chitinases, some of which act synergistically with proteases to degrade insect cuticle. However, chitinase involvement in insect fungus pathogenesis has not been fully characterized. In this paper, an endochitinase, Bbchit1, was purified to homogeneity from liquid cultures of Beauveria bassiana grown in a medium containing colloidal chitin. Bbchit1 had a molecular mass of about 33 kDa and pI of 5.4. Based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence, the chitinase gene, Bbchit1, and its upstream regulatory sequence were cloned. Bbchit1 was intronless, and there was a single copy in B. bassiana. Its regulatory sequence contained putative CreA/Crel carbon catabolic repressor binding domains, which was consistent with glucose suppression of Bbchit1. At the amino acid level, Bbchit1 showed significant similarity to a Streptomyces avermitilis putative endochitinase, a Streptomyces coelicolor putative chitinase, and Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase Chit36Y. However, Bbchit1 had very low levels of identity to other chitinase genes previously isolated from entomopathogenic fungi, indicating that Bbchit1 was a novel chitinase gene from an insect-pathogenic fungus. A gpd-Bbchit1 construct, in which Bbchit1 was driven by the Aspergiullus nidulans constitutive promoter, was transformed into the genome of B. bassiana, and three transformants that overproduced Bbchit1 were obtained. Insect bioassays revealed that overproduction of Bbchit1 enhanced the virulence of B. bassiana for aphids, as indicated by significantly lower 50% lethal concentrations and 50% lethal times of the transformants compared to the values for the wild-type strain.