家蚕BmRpt4基因在翅膀发育中的功能研究

【目的】研究分析编码蛋白酶体调控复合物亚基基因BmRpt4(Regulatoryparticletriple-A ATPase4,BGIBMGA010794)在家蚕翅膀发育过程中的功能。【方法】利用CRISPR/Cas9基因组编辑技术,将BmRpt4的gRNAs和Cas9mRNA直接注射到家蚕胚胎中,观察G0代家蚕个体雏翅率,并分析雏翅个体中BmRpt4基因突变情况。【结果】经统计,对照组G0代家蚕个体均表现为正常翅,而实验组注射BmRpt4的gRNAs和Cas9 mRNA后,G0代约66.7%家蚕个体表现出小翅表型。在分子水平上对小翅表型个体进行检测,发现BmRpt4基因在两个gRNA及其之间位置均有不同长度片段的缺失或者插入,说明在这些突变个体中BmRpt4基因被不同程度的敲除,从而其功能缺失,导致出现小翅表型。【结论】该研究结果表明编码蛋白酶体调控亚基的BmRpt4基因在家蚕翅膀发育中具有重要作用,为蛋白酶体在生物组织器官发育中调控作用研究提供重要实验依据。     

一种新的家蚕体形突变体——短体蚕（Sq）的遗传分析与基因定位

作为重要经济昆虫和鳞翅目昆虫模式的家蚕Bombyx mori,其突变体是生理学、遗传学、功能基因组学等研究的宝贵资源。作者在家蚕资源保存和遗传分析中发现一种新的体形突变体——短体蚕（Squab,Sq）,其特征是：杂合体（Sq /+）成活,蚕体长只有正常型的约4/5,腹中部略肥大,胸部稍狭小;纯合体（Sq / Sq）胚胎期致死。遗传分析结果表明该突变为显性遗传。通过与各染色体标记基因进行连锁分析,发现突变基因Sq在家蚕第14染色体上;通过与同一染色体上的标记基因青熟油蚕基因（oa）、不洁蚕基因（Di）进行三点测验,将Sq定位在家蚕连锁图谱第14连锁群的34.6 cM位点,表示为Sq（14-34.6）。本研究结果为深入研究和利用该突变体奠定了重要基础。     

整联蛋白在家蚕翅发育中的作用研究

昆虫翅在昆虫生命活动中起着十分重要的作用,将昆虫的活动范围从平面扩大到立体,使其在躲避敌害、觅食和繁衍等方面增强了竞争优势。对家蚕翅突变表型的研究能够分析翅发育过程中基因调控的分子机制。本研究以家蚕泡状翅突变体w13为材料,分析了整联蛋白在翅原基中的表达和分布。qRT-PCR结果显示,整联蛋白基因家族在野生型和w13突变型翅原基中有着显著的差异表达。对其中差异表达的整联蛋白基因Bmintegrinβ3进行克隆、原核表达并制备了多克隆抗体。免疫组化分析结果显示,整联蛋白Bm INTEGRINβ3在w13突变型翅原基中的表达量极低。在c108野生型中Bm INTEGRINβ3呈微丝状,将翅的背腹侧表皮联系在一起,但在w13突变型中未检测到该蛋白。推测Bm INTEGRINβ3的下降或缺失可能是导致翅背腹表皮间的维系不紧密并形成泡状翅的原因之一。本研究为解释整联蛋白在昆虫翅发育中的功能作用提供了线索。     

家蚕对马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒的敏感性

用虫体克隆技术,对马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒湖南株（DpCPV-HN）进行了分离纯化,鉴定为质型多角体病毒1型。以家蚕春蕾×镇珠杂种F₁代及自交的F₂代4或5日龄幼虫进行毒力测定,以纯化的家蚕质型多角体病毒对F₁代幼虫的毒力测定为对照。结果表明：家蚕品种春蕾×镇珠对家蚕质型多角体病毒敏感,马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒湖南株能引起其感染发病;马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒湖南株感染家蚕品种春蕾×镇珠F₁代幼虫和F₂代幼虫28天后的半致死剂量（LD₅₀）分别为885个和18个CPB(质多角体),前者为后者的49倍。马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒湖南株感染后的家蚕,其结茧率、化蛹率、羽化率、全茧量、茧层量和单蛾产卵数均有所下降,全茧量、茧层量、茧层率和单蛾产卵数与病毒感染剂量之间无显著关联。     

转录因子ZnF-706在鳞翅目昆虫中的进化格局及在家蚕中的功能

【目的】探讨家蚕Bombyx mori的潜在驯化基因——转录因子ZnF-706在鳞翅目(Lepidoptera)昆虫进化过程及家蚕驯化过程中的分子进化格局;并基于CRISPR/Cas9家蚕基因组编辑平台,探讨ZnF-706基因在家蚕中的功能。【方法】首先分析了家蚕ZnF-706序列特征,并利用已发表芯片数据调研该基因在家蚕幼虫组织中的表达格局;利用Phylogenetic Analysis byMaximum Likelihood (PAML)分支检验方法,分析该基因在鳞翅目不同类群中的分子进化格局。基于已发表的家蚕-野桑蚕Bombyx mandarina群体基因组多态性数据,对ZnF-706进行基因区域人工选择信号分析;对ZnF-706基因上游2 kb的调控区域进行单核苷酸多态性位点频率检测,发掘在家蚕群体中固定下来的突变位点;针对突变位点所在区域进行转录因子结合活性预测。利用CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术敲除ZnF-706基因,获得纯和突变体;以野生型家蚕为对照,检测突变体的茧重及蛹重变化。【结果】家蚕ZnF-706的编码蛋白具有典型的锌指蛋白结构域。ZnF-706在家蚕5龄第3天幼虫各组织中广泛表达,尤其表皮、脂肪体和生殖腺中有很高的表达量;该基因在鳞翅目、蚕蛾总科(Bombycoidea)及天蚕Antherea yamamai 3个分支中均呈现快速进化信号,在家蚕中有强烈的人工选择信号。该基因所在基因组区域的家蚕-野桑蚕种群分歧度参数Fst明显升高,家蚕群体中的群体多样性π明显降低,表明它位于一个选择扫荡区域内;该基因在家蚕-野桑蚕中的9个SNP位点存在于上游调控区,并位于转录因子结合活性区域内。该基因的纯合家蚕突变体ΔZn F-706生存力减弱,并且茧重以及蛹重与野生型家蚕相比都显著降低。但与黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster中不同的是,家蚕中该基因的突变并不致死。【结论】ZnF-706可能在鳞翅目尤其是泌丝昆虫中进化,并在家蚕驯化过程中受到选择压力,提示其对于特征性状茧丝的变异可能发挥作用。该基因可能通过对丝蛋白基因的直接调控,或通过影响家蚕的生长发育而间接地影响茧丝性状。本研究不仅为探究家养动物人工选择机制提供了来自昆虫类材料的独有证据,也为后续深入开展家蚕重要经济性状的转录调控研究提供线索。     

新的水稻谷蛋白α—1亚基缺失突变体

从水稻受精卵MNU处理后代中获得4个谷蛋白α－1亚基缺失突变品系。SDS－PAGE和IEF分析表明这些突变体在共同缺失1条pI6.82多肽的同时,或形成新的多肽,或其他多肽表现量增加,这些突变体是由结构基因控制的,IEF分析同时显示2条多肽pI6.82和pI8.58源自同一条谷蛋白前驱体。这4个突变体对于改良水稻谷蛋白品质、研究谷蛋白生物合成遗传调控机制以及揭示谷蛋白基因功能是不可多得的研究材料。     

水稻两性生殖细胞的N-甲基-N-亚硝基脲诱变方法

N-甲基-N-亚硝基脲(MNU)被用于水稻(Oryza sativa)受精卵的诱变。通过水稻辽盐6号成熟生殖器官的MNU体内同步处理及后代群体筛查, 确立了水稻两性生殖细胞的MNU诱变方法。与辽盐6号受精卵的MNU处理相比, 各组条件下两性生殖细胞的MNU处理明显使M₁群体生长发育的指标降低及M₁-M₂群体中突变性状的发生率升高。两性生殖细胞在含有1.5 mmol∙L ^-1 MNU和10 mmol∙L ^-1 PO₄ ^3-的缓冲液(pH4.8)中处理60分钟, 突变性状发生率是基于受精卵MNU处理的3倍。进一步筛查M₃群体, 获得了包含新型植株和籽粒突变体的纯合突变体系列。研究结果表明, 水稻两性生殖细胞的MNU诱变可显著提高广谱诱变效率。该技术的应用可为水稻的未知功能基因鉴定和育种所需的各种突变体规模化开发提供高效的技术支撑。     

水稻两性生殖细胞的N-甲基-N-亚硝基脲诱变方法

N-甲基-N-亚硝基脲(MNU)被用于水稻(Oryza sativa)受精卵的诱变。通过水稻辽盐6号成熟生殖器官的MNU体内同步处理及后代群体筛查, 确立了水稻两性生殖细胞的MNU诱变方法。与辽盐6号受精卵的MNU处理相比, 各组条件下两性生殖细胞的MNU处理明显使M₁群体生长发育的指标降低及M₁-M₂群体中突变性状的发生率升高。两性生殖细胞在含有1.5 mmol?L ^-1 MNU和10 mmol?L ^-1 PO₄ ^3-的缓冲液(pH4.8)中处理60分钟, 突变性状发生率是基于受精卵MNU处理的3倍。进一步筛查M₃群体, 获得了包含新型植株和籽粒突变体的纯合突变体系列。研究结果表明, 水稻两性生殖细胞的MNU诱变可显著提高广谱诱变效率。该技术的应用可为水稻的未知功能基因鉴定和育种所需的各种突变体规模化开发提供高效的技术支撑。     

激光对家蚕诱变效应的探讨

激光应用于生物学的研究,国内外都取得 了一定进展。Zkzolot^[8]用红宝石激光器照射雄 性果蝇幼虫产生了突变。中山大学^[3]用CO₂激 光器处理植物花药,引起大量染色体畸变。安 徽农学院^[5]用钦玻璃激光器照射蚕卵,获得一 雌一雄的突变体,进而育成新原种。华南农学 院^[2]用显离子激光照射蓖麻蚕蛹,诱发蛾翅突 变,并育成优良新品种。但也有经照射后未发 现突变的>,对此有必要从实践和理论上作进 一步探讨。我们采用特定位点法,以家蚕形质 性状为标志,研究了激光对家蚕诱变的效应,并 进行了染色体观察,现将结果报告如下.     

农药对家蚕(Bombyx mori L.)的亚致死效应研究进展

明确农药对家蚕的影响对综合评价农药的生态效应与合理使用农药具有理论和实践意义.从生长发育、经济性状和食物利用方面综述了农药对家蚕的亚致死效应;从生理代谢、组织器官亚显微结构和培养细胞方面介绍了亚致死效应产生的机制,并结合杀虫剂对其它鳞翅目昆虫亚致死影响方面的研究结果对其进行了讨论,提出了今后加强研究的重点.总的来说,亚致死剂量农药的胁迫可使家蚕幼虫眠性不齐,眠蚕体重和蛹重减轻,发育历期延长,严重者结茧(上蔟)时间推迟,且吐丝营茧功能失常,最终导致蚕茧质量下降.桑叶上残留的农药在一定程度上还会对家蚕的取食行为以及食物摄入后的消化吸收产生影响.农药对家蚕亚致死效应产生的机制目前主要有3个:家蚕体内正常生理水平和代谢平衡受到扰动、家蚕的一些重要组织器官如中肠和后丝腺等微形态结构受到损伤和家蚕卵巢细胞出现凋亡现象.农药对家蚕的亚致死效应因农药种类、试验剂量和家蚕受药时间而异,产生的机理也十分复杂.今后应着重开展新农药对家蚕亚致死效应研究,特别是对生化和分子机制方面的研究以及农药复合污染对家蚕影响的研究.     

Lack of Chemically Induced Mutation in Repair-Deficient Mutants of Yeast

Two genes, rad6 and rad9, that confer radiation sensitivity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae also greatly reduce the frequency of chemically-induced reversions of a tester mutant cyc1-131, which is a chain initiation mutant in the structural gene determining iso-1-cytochrome c. Mutations induced by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS), diethyl sulfate (DES), methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), dimethyl sulfate (DMS), nitroquinoline oxide (NQO), nitrosoguanidine (NTG), nitrogen mustard (HN2), beta-propiolactone, and tritiated uridine, as well as mutations induced by ultraviolet light (UV) and ionizing radiation were greatly diminished in strains homozygous for either the rad6 or rad9 gene. Nitrous acid and nitrosoimidazolidone (NIL), on the other hand, were highly mutagenic in these repair-deficient mutants, and at low doses, these mutagens acted with about the same efficiency as in the normal RAD strain. At high doses of either nitrous acid or NIL, however, reversion frequencies were significantly reduced in the two rad mutants compared to normal strains. Although both rad mutants are immutable to about the same extent, the rad9 strains tend to be less sensitive to the lethal effect of chemical mutagens than rad6 strains. It is concluded that yeast requires a functional repair system for mutation induction by chemical agents.     

Induction of specific-locus and dominant lethal mutations in male mice by 1-methyl-1-nitrosourea (MNU)

1-Methyl-1-nitrosourea (MNU) induced specific-locus mutations in mice in all spermatogenic stages except spermatozoa. After intraperitoneal injection of 70 mg/kg body weight of MNU a high yield of specific-locus mutations was observed in spermatids (21.8 × 10⁻⁵ mutations per locus per gamete). The highest mutational yield was induced in differentiating spermatogonia. In 1954 offspring we observed 5 specific-locus mutants (44.8 × 10⁻ mutations per locus per gamete). In addition, 2 mosaics were recovered, which gave a combined mutation rate of 62.7 × 10⁻⁵. In A_s spermatogonia the mutation rate was 3.9 × 10⁻⁵. The same dose of 70 mg/kg of MNU induced dominant lethal mutations 5–48 days post treatment, mainly due to post-implantation loss in spermatids and spermatocytes. It is interesting to compare the induction pattern of mutations by MNU with methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) and ethylnitrosourea (ENU). Based on the different spermatogenic response of the induction of specific-locus mutations we can characterize the 4 mutagens in the following way: EMS = MMS ≠ MNU ≠ ENU.     

Evaluation of the database on mutant frequencies and DNA sequence alterations of vermilion mutations induced in germ cells of Drosophila shows the importance of a neutral mutation detection system

The vermilion gene in Drosophila has extensively been used for the molecular analysis of mutations induced by chemicals in germ cells in vivo. The gene is located on the X-chromosome and is a useful target for the study of mutagenesis since all types of mutations are generated. We have critically evaluated this system with respect to sensitivity for mutation induction and selectivity for different types of mutations, using a database of more than 600 vermilion mutants induced in postmeiotic male germ cells by 18 mutagens. From most of these mutants the mutation has been analysed. These data showed 336 base substitutions, 96 intra-locus DNA rearrangements and 78 multi-locus deletions (MLD). Mutants containing a MLD were either heterozygous sterile or homozygous and hemizygous lethal. The distribution of both basepair (bp) changes and intra-locus rearrangements over the coding region of the vermilion gene was uniform with no preferences concerning 5' or 3' regions, certain exons, splice sites, specific amino acid changes or nonsense mutations. Possible hotspots for base substitutions seem to be related to the type of DNA damage rather than to the vermilion system. Gene mutations other than bp changes were examined on sequence characteristics flanking the deletion breakpoints. Induction frequencies of vermilion mosaic mutants were, in general, higher than those of vermilion complete mutants, suggesting that persistent lesions are the main contributors to the molecular spectra. Comparison of induction frequencies of vermilion mutants and sex-linked recessive lethal (SLRL) mutants for the 18 mutagens showed that the sensitivity of the vermilion gene against a mutagenic insult is representative for genes located on the X-chromosome. The effect of nucleotide excision repair (NER) on the formation of SLRL mutants correlated with an increase of transversions in the vermilion spectra under NER deficient conditions. Furthermore, the clastogenic potency of the mutagens, i.e., the efficiency to induce chromosomal-losses vs. SLRL forward mutations, shows a positive correlation with the percentage of DNA deletions in the molecular spectra of vermilion mutants.     

Comparison of the genetic effects of equimolar doses of ENU and MNU: while the chemicals differ dramatically in their mutagenicity in stem-cell spermatogonia, both elicit very high mutation rates in differentiating spermatogonia

Mutagenic, reproductive, and toxicity effects of two closely related chemicals, ethylnitrosourea (ENU) and methylnitrosourea (MNU), were compared at equimolar and near-equimolar doses in the mouse specific-locus test in a screen of all stages of spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis. In stem-cell spermatogonia (SG), ENU is more than an order of magnitude more mutagenic than MNU. During post-SG stages, both chemicals exhibit high peaks in mutation yield when differentiating spermatogonia (DG) and preleptotene spermatocytes are exposed. The mutation frequency induced by 75mgMNU/kg during this peak interval is, to date, the highest induced by any single-exposure mutagenic treatment - chemical or radiation - that allows survival of the exposed animal and its germ cells, producing an estimated 10 new mutations per genome. There is thus a vast difference between stem cell and differentiating spermatogonia in their sensitivity to MNU, but little difference between these stages in their sensitivity to ENU. During stages following meiotic metaphase, the highest mutation yield is obtained from exposed spermatids, but for both chemicals, that yield is less than one-quarter that obtained from the peak interval. Large-lesion (LL) mutations were induced only in spermatids. Although only a few of the remaining mutations were analyzed molecularly, there is considerable evidence from recent molecular characterizations of the marker genes and their flanking chromosomal regions that most, if not all, mutations induced during the peak-sensitive period did not involve lesions outside the marked loci. Both ENU and MNU treatments of post-SG stages yielded significant numbers of mutants that were recovered as mosaics, with the proportion being higher for ENU than for MNU. Comparing the chemicals for the endpoints studied and additional ones (e.g., chromosome aberrations, toxicity to germ cells and to animals, teratogenicity) revealed that while MNU is generally more effective, the opposite is true when the target cells are SG.     

Spontaneous and induced chromosomal aberrations and gene mutations in human lymphoblasts: mitomycin C, methylnitrosourea, and ethylnitrosourea

The concentration-dependent mutagenic, clastogenic, and cytocidal activities of mitomycin C (MC), methylnitrosourea (MNU), and ethylnitrosourea (ENU) were measured in the human lymphoblast cell line TK6. For treatments resulting in fewer than 2 lethal hits, MNU, ENU, and MC gave rise to apparently linear dose-response curves for gene mutations (hgprt and tk genes) as well as for chromosomal aberrations. The numbers of induced mutants at the tk and hgprt loci were similar between the two loci for each compound. However, the ratio of mutagenic activity relative to the clastogenic activity (aberrations/cell) was lowest for mitomycin C, intermediate for methylnitrosourea, and highest for ethylnitrosourea. These results confirm in human cells the general observation that the processes of mutagenesis and clastogenesis are nonidentical: compounds vary independently in their mutagenic and clastogenic potentials.     

Interaction between mobile DNA-element-induced lethal mutations and chemical mutagens in the hybrid dysgenic system of Drosophila melanogaster

Using the sex-linked recessive lethal mutation screen, a synergistic interaction is observed for mutations induced by chemical mutagens (ethyl methanesulfonate and dimethylnitrosamine) and the transposable DNA-element system of hybrid dysgenesis in spermatogonial cells of Drosophila melanogaster. Although the mechanism of this interaction is unknown, these results suggest that some chemical mutagens may induce transpositions, hybrid dysgenic cells may be more sensitive to chemically induced genetic damage, or hybrid dysgenesis may inhibit the efficiency of repair of chemically induced lesions.     

Isolation and characteristics of new mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with increased spontaneous mutability]

To isolate some new genes controlling the process of spontaneous mutagenesis, a collection of 16 yeast strains with enhanced rate of spontaneous canavanine resistant mutations was obtained. Genetical analysis allowed to define that the mutator phenotype of these strains is due to a single nuclear mutation. Such mutations were called hsm (high spontaneous mutagenesis). Recombinational test showed that 5 mutants under study carried 5 nonallelic mutations. It was revealed that the mutation hsm3-1 is a nonspecific mutator elevating the rate of both spontaneous canavanine resistant mutations and the frequency of reversions in mutations lys1-1 and his1-7. Genetical analysis revealed that mutation hsm3-1 is recessive. The study of cross sensitivity of mutator strains to physical and chemical mutagens demonstrated that 12 of 16 hsm mutants were resistant to the lethal action of UV, gamma rays and methylmethanesulfonate, and 4 mutants were only sensitive to these factors. Possible nature of hsm mutations is discussed.     

Induced mutation spectra at the upp locus in Salmonella typhimurium: response of the target gene in the FU assay to mechanistically different mutagens

A novel forward mutation assay has been developed in Salmonella typhimurium based on resistance to 5-fluorouracil (FU). The mutational target in the FU assay was determined to be the uracil phosphoribosyl transferase (upp) gene. To validate the upp gene as a suitable target for monitoring a variety of induced mutations, the mutational specificity was determined for five mechanistically different mutagens. The mutagens included a polycyclic hydrocarbon (benzo[a]pyrene, B[a]P), SN1 and SN2 alkylating agents (N-nitroso-N-methylurea, MNU, and methyl methanesulfonate, MMS, respectively), a frameshift mutagen (ICR-191), and an oxidative-damaging agent (hydrogen peroxide, H2O2). Induced mutation frequencies were measured in the presence and absence of the plasmid pKM101 (strain FU100 and FU1535, respectively). pKM101 renders FU100 more susceptible to induced mutation by providing error-prone replicative bypass of DNA adducts. B[a]P, MMS, and H2O2 failed to induce the mutant frequency in FU1535, demonstrating the dependence of pKM101 on induced mutations with these agents. ICR-191 and MNU were not dependent on pKM101, and did significantly induce mutations in FU1535. In contrast to FU1535, all agents significantly induced mutations in FU100. Approximately 60 independent mutants were sequenced for each agent that significantly induced the mutant frequency above background. The resulting mutational spectra illustrated predictable molecular fingerprints based on known mutagenic mechanisms for each agent. The predominant mutations observed were G:C to T:A transversions for B[a]P, A:T to T:A and G:C to T:A transversions for MMS, G:C to T:A transversions and A:T frameshifts for H2O2, G:C frameshifts for ICR-191, and G:C to A:T transitions for MNU. It can be concluded that the upp gene in the FU assay is a sensitive and suitable target to monitor a variety of induced mutations in Salmonella.     

TILLING技术在功能基因组学中的应用

TILLING(定向诱导基因组局部突变)技术是近年发展起来的一种高通量筛选化学诱变的点突变的技术,它利用专一识别点突变的核酸酶结合PCR来检测单核苷酸多态性(SNP)。TILLING技术起源于植物基因组研究,逐渐扩展到动物及人类功能基因组学的研究中。无论是筛选突变体还是研究特定基因的重要性,TILLING都具有高通量、自动化的优势。随着此项技术应用范围的扩展,从诱变剂和内切酶的选择到具体的操作方式,以及结果的识别和统计方法,都有了不少改进。在其他相关学科不断发展的大环境下,TILLING技术也在不断发展,其在功能基因组学研究中的作用也会更显著。     

Harvesting the potential of induced biological diversity

For most of the past century, chemical and physical mutagens have been used in plant genetic research to introduce novel genetic variation. In crop improvement, more than 2000 plant varieties that contain induced mutations have been released for cultivation having faced none of the regulatory restrictions imposed on genetically modified material. In plant science, mutational approaches have found extensive use in forward genetics and for enhancer and suppressor screens - particularly in model organisms where positional cloning is easily achieved. However, new approaches that combine mutagenesis with novel and sensitive methods to detect induced DNA sequence variation are establishing a new niche for mutagenesis in the expanding area of (crop) plant functional genomics and providing a bridge that links discovery in models to application in crops.