嗜热四膜虫接合生殖周期皮层骨架蛋白组分的比较

嗜热四膜虫（Tetrahymena thermophila）BF株BF1、BF5系细胞为材料,根据显微观察将其接合生殖周期分为四个特定的阶段,采用生化抽提和SDS－PAGE及扫描、数据统计,分析了营养期与接合生殖前期、中期、末期同类蛋白质组成。发现80KD、87KD和88KD仅在营养期和接合前期;90.5KD、85.5KD和66KD则存在于接合生殖的各时期。这些蛋白的缺失与出现,可能与小核的减数分裂、合子的形成及分裂、接合区的形成有着某种联系。     

细胞松弛素对嗜热四膜虫皮层细胞骨架蛋白的影响

测定了细胞松弛素B对嗜热四膜虫RF1株和BF5在生殖接合期的皮层骨架蛋白,尤其是在接合子接合膜形成和原核交换阶段影响甚大。作者发现VB处理后,与对照组相比较,皮层骨架蛋白146KD消失,27KD,43KD,47KD和174KD含量下降,32KD,41KD,51KD和54KD保持不变,结果显示,松弛素B对微纤毛蛋白27KD、43KD、47KD、146KD和174KD有影响。     

诱导嗜热四膜虫(Tetrahymena thermophila)细胞凋亡样变化的研究

本文以单细胞真核生物嗜热四膜虫(Te-trahymena thermophila)作为实验材料以抗肿瘤药物高三尖杉脂碱(Homoharringtonine,HHT)、糖皮质激素类药物地塞米松(9α-Fluo-ro-16α-methylprednisolone,Dex)和抗生素类药物放线菌素D(Actinomycin D)诱导嗜热四膜虫凋亡并研究其细胞凋亡过程的生物化学特性。结果表明抗肿瘤药物及抗生素类药物均不能明显地诱导嗜热四膜虫细胞凋亡。但糖皮质激素类药物在含一定量的Ca~(2 )、Mg~(2 )离子时能诱导嗜热四膜虫发生凋亡。作者认为诱导嗜热四膜虫凋亡过程可能与糖皮质激素类药物诱导鼠胸腺细胞凋亡的机制是类似的,嗜热四膜虫与胸腺细胞的凋亡过程可能同样被Ca~(2 )、Mg~(2 )离子依赖性的核酸内切酶的活化机制所控制着。     

嗜热四膜虫的着丝粒蛋白检查

目前国际上的着丝粒蛋白研究工作几乎全是以酵母和高等生物为材料进行的,为了从起源与进化的角度考察着丝粒蛋白。我们以人喉癌培养细胞ＨｅｐＩＩ作为对照材料,以两种ＡＣＡ血清和ＣＥＮＰ－Ｂ单抗,多抗以及ＣＨＯ动粒蛋白单抗为探针,用间接免疫荧光和免疫印迹技术对嗜热四膜虫作检查,免疫荧光结果表明,ＨｅｐＩＩ细胞的着丝粒抗原间期核中呈点状分布;与ＨｅｐＩＩ细胞的不同,嗜热四膜虫的着丝粒抗原在间期核中的分布不规则     

双氢青蒿素对嗜热四膜虫的毒性效应

以嗜热四膜虫(Tetrahymena thermophila)为试验对象, 双氢青蒿素(Dihydroartemisinin, DHA)以终浓度为0(对照组)、40、80、160和320 μmol/L 分别加入到嗜热四膜虫细胞培养液中, 探讨双氢青蒿素对嗜热四膜虫的毒性作用。采用 CCK-8 法检测嗜热四膜虫细胞增殖, 倒置显微镜和荧光显微镜观察细胞的形态结构及运动, 采用流式细胞术检测线粒体膜电位, 检测细胞内抗氧化还原酶活力和线粒体酶活力。结果表明, DHA显著抑制嗜热四膜虫增殖(P＜0.05), 在一定暴露时间内增殖活力和浓度呈负相关。双氢青蒿素作用嗜热四膜虫48h后各暴露组细胞皱缩变圆, 对照组细胞呈椭圆状。其中在160和320 μmol/L DHA暴露下, 嗜热四膜虫在培养基中的活动减弱, 细胞核出现固缩和浓染等特征, 线粒体膜电位显著下降(P＜0.05)。随着 DHA浓度增加, 细胞内超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)和谷胱甘肽硫转移酶(GST)活性先增强后下降。线粒体内琥珀酸脱氢酶(SDH)活性逐渐降低, 与对照组相比, 差异均有统计学意义(P＜0.05)。上述结果表明, 双氢青蒿素对嗜热四膜虫具有毒性作用, 抗氧化酶在一定程度上能抵抗双氢青蒿素暴露导致的氧化损伤。氧化应激和线粒体损伤可能是双氢青蒿素对嗜热四膜虫产生毒性效应的重要机制。     

嗜热四膜虫接合生殖后期皮层细胞骨架蛋白的研究

用秋水仙素和细胞松驰素B处理接合期的嗜热四膜虫,以观察其对接合生殖期,尤其是接合后期的嗜热四膜虫皮层细胞骨架蛋白的影响,用秋水仙素处理的试验组的皮层细胞骨架蛋白组分中34KD、37KD、46KD和57KD蛋白的含量有明显改变,而用细胞松驰素B处理的试验组中40KD和74KD蛋白的含量改变较大。根据相关文献,作者推测34KD、37KD、46KD、57KD蛋白是微管蛋白,而40KD和74KD可能是微丝蛋白。这些蛋白对嗜热四膜虫接合过程中的形态发生的重要作用有等进一步研究。     

用绿色荧光蛋白研究军团菌与寄主的相互关系

原生动物作为军团菌的天然寄主,在军团菌的生存、增殖、毒力和抗逆性等方面起着重要的作用。通过多次转化筛选,获得了一种高量表达绿色荧光蛋白基因gfpmut2的自发突变质粒。该质粒在嗜肺军团菌细胞内稳定复制和表达;转化了该质粒的嗜肺军团菌在自然光下即可发出明亮的绿色荧光。以转化菌饲喂嗜热四膜虫BF1株后,在荧光显微镜下能清楚观察到细菌在细胞内的形态变化、增殖和裂解宿主细胞的过程。为研究嗜肺军团菌与原生动物寄主的相互关系提供了一种简单而直观的方法。     

用绿色荧光蛋白研究军团菌与寄主的相互关系*

原生动物作为军团菌的天然寄主,在军团菌的生存、增殖、毒力和抗逆性等方面起着重要的作用。通过多次转化筛选,获得了一种高量表达绿色荧光蛋白基因gfpmut2的自发突变质粒。该质粒在嗜肺军团菌细胞内稳定复制和表达;转化了该质粒的嗜肺军团菌在自然光下即可发出明亮的绿色荧光。以转化菌饲喂嗜热四膜虫BF1株后,在荧光显微镜下能清楚观察到细菌在细胞内的形态变化、增殖和裂解宿主细胞的过程。为研究嗜肺军团菌与原生动物寄主的相互关系提供了一种简单而直观的方法。     

五株纤毛虫遗传关系的ISSR分析

采用ISSR分子标记技术,尝试对四种五株纤毛虫(褶累枝虫(Epistylis plicatilis)、绿草履虫(Paramecium bursaria)、多态喇叭虫(Stentor polymorphus)、嗜热四膜虫BF1株(Tetrahymena thermophilaBF1)和嗜热四膜虫BF5株(T.ther-mophilaBF5))进行遗传关系研究。用13个ISSR引物对五株纤毛虫进行扩增,六个ISSR引物获得多态片段。根据Nei s遗传距离矩阵构建了五株纤毛虫的遗传关系树状图。UPGMA,NJ聚类图表明:两株嗜热四膜虫最先聚在一起;其次是褶累枝虫和多态喇叭虫聚在一起,然后再与嗜热四膜虫聚在一起;咽膜亚纲的绿草履虫形成独立的一枝。结果显示:①缘毛亚纲纤毛虫可能是寡膜纲中较独特的一个类群,建议提升缘毛亚纲纤毛虫的分类地位;②缘毛亚纲褶累枝虫与膜口亚纲嗜热四膜虫的亲缘关系近于咽膜亚纲绿草履虫,在寡膜纲中绿草履虫处于原始地位;③五株纤毛虫基因组中均含有微卫星DNA序列:(GTG)4(、GACA)4(、AG)8(、CAA)6和(GAA)6。     

RAN1基因过表达抑制嗜热四膜虫大核无丝分裂

Ran GTPase通过RanGTP/RanGDP循环的形式,参与调控多种细胞增殖方式：包括有丝分裂和减数分裂.敲减RAN1基因可导致嗜热四膜虫大核内微管组装紊乱,从而抑制大核无丝分裂.为进一步分析Ran1在无丝分裂中的功能,本研究将野生型Ran1以及模拟GTP（Ran1Q70L）和GDP（Ran1T25N）锁定形式的Ran1突变体在嗜热四膜虫中过量表达,均导致四膜虫细胞增殖速率下降,并引起大核无丝分裂异常,且这种核异常细胞比率与Ran1过表达量呈正相关.免疫荧光定位结果显示,过表达的HA-Ran1在整个细胞中弥散分布,破坏了正常的Ran1分布形式;而过表达的HA-Ran1Q70L明显集中在大核核膜和胞质中,HA-Ran1T25N则主要定位在大核和小核内,分别与Ran1GTP/Ran1GDP循环的辅助调节因子定位模式一致.以上结果表明,过表达Ran1及其突变体可能影响嗜热四膜虫细胞中正常的Ran1GTP/Ran1GDP循环,进而导致大核无 丝分裂异常.     

四膜虫细胞的核骨架及类中间纤维

采用非树脂包埋去包埋剂超薄切片结合选择性生抽提方法显示,原生动物四膜虫细胞大核具有发达的核骨架纤维网络,核周是一层完整的核纤层结构,在四膜虫细胞小核中,亦存在核骨架和核纤层。四膜虫细胞皮层中存在水下溶性纤维网架,其中含有类中间纤维蛋白组分,４９ＫＤ蛋白。     

Bioenergetic Investigation of Action of Lithium to <Emphasis Type="Italic">Tetrahymena thermophila</Emphasis> bF5 by Microcalorimetry

Microcalorimetry was employed to investigate the action of Li(I) to aquatic ecosystem from the point view of bioenergetics. Tetrahymena thermophila BF5 was chosen as the model organism. The power-time curves of T. thermophila BF5 growth metabolism in the absence and presence of Li(I) were obtained. The corresponding thermokinetic parameters were derived. The generation time was calculated as 592.3 min, which was consistent with the biomass values. Low concentration of Li(I) (1-20 mmol l-1) stimulated the growth of T. thermophila BF5, whereas the inhibition effect was observed in high concentration (30-100 mmol l-1). The value of IC50 was 52.8 mmol l-1. In the concentration range of 30-100 mmol l-1, the growth rate constants (k) and the maximum heat out power (P max) decrease with the concentration of Li(I), whereas the heat output (Q) increases slightly compared to the control. Other than the classic mechanism of inositol-phosphate cycle, the involvement of mitochondria mechanism was discussed and suggested.     

四膜虫S1株——上海四膜虫,新种

四膜虫S1是一株自接型四膜虫,根据形态特征应属梨形四膜虫复合种。本种除克隆内接合外,和其它十二种四膜虫均不接合。本种的异柠檬酸脱氢酶,四唑氧化酶,谷氨酸脱氢酶和乙酸酯酶的同功酶谱和其它十二种四膜虫相比,差异明显。此外,金亦石等(1987)所提供的S1和其它十种四膜虫的rDNA分子的四种限制性内切酶图谱也说明,S1株与除T.australis以外的其它九种的酶切图谱是显著不同的。据此,作者认为本种应是梨形四膜虫复合种中一新种,并定名为上海四膜虫。     

An evaluation of Hsp90 as a mediator of cortical patterning in Tetrahymena

This study asks two questions: 1) whether Hsp90 is involved in the regulation of cortical patterning in Tetrahymena, and 2) if it is, whether specific defects in this regulation can be attributed to functional insufficiency of the Hsp90 molecule. To address question 1, we compared the effects of a specific inhibitor of Hsp90, geldanamycin, on population growth and on development of the oral apparatus in two Tetrahymena species, T. pyriformis and T. thermophila. We observed that geldanamycin inhibits population growth in both species at very low concentrations, and that it has far more severe effects on oral patterning in T. pyriformis than in T. thermophila. These effects are parallel to those of high temperature in the same two species, and provide a tentative affirmative answer to the first question. To address question 2, we ascertained the base sequence of the genes that encode the Hsp90 molecules which are induced at high temperatures in both Tetrahymena species, as well as corresponding sequences in Paramecium tetraurelia. Extensive comparative analyses of the deduced amino acid sequences of the Hsp90 molecules of the two Tetrahymena species indicate that on the basis of what we currently know about Hsp90 both proteins are equally likely to be functional. Phylogenetic analyses of Hsp90 amino acid sequences indicate that the two Tetrahymena Hsp90 molecules have undergone a similar number of amino acid substitutions from their most recent common ancestor, with none of these corresponding to any known functionally critical region of the molecule. Thus there is no evidence that the Hsp90 molecule of T. pyriformis is functionally impaired; the flaw in the control of cortical patterning is more likely to be caused by defects in mechanism(s) that mediate the response to Hsp90, as would be expected from the "Hsp90 capacitor" model of Rutherford and Lindquist.     

绿色荧光蛋白表达载体pXS75－GFP的构建及在嗜热四膜虫中的应用

为获得能够用于构建嗜热四膜虫蛋白定位的载体,该研究将GFP基因与镉（Cd2＋）诱导的四膜虫金属硫蛋白基因（MTTl）启动子序列和终止子序列融合,获得表达载体pXS75-GFP。通过同源重组和抗性筛选,pXS75-GFP载体携带的目的基因整合入四膜虫MTTl位点,在cd2＋诱导下实现GFP融合蛋白的可控表达。将α－tubulin基因ATUl克隆JN－pXS75－GFP中,重组质粒pXS75－GFP－ATUl通过基因枪转化入四膜虫细胞,在巴龙霉素筛选下获得稳定的α-tubulin－GFP过表达细胞株。激光共聚焦显微镜观察α－tubulin．GFP的定位,结果显示,α－tubulin—GFP融合蛋白在四膜虫细胞中表达并分布于皮层上,表明pXS75．GFP载体可用于嗜热四膜虫功能蛋白的定位分析。     

Porphyrin Rings and Phospholipids: Stimulators of Cloning Efficiency in Certain Species of Tetrahymena

ABSTRACT. Species of Tetrahymena , including T. vorax, T. thermophila, T. pyriformis , and T. pigmentosa , were tested for cloning efficiency in proteose peptone and in synthetic nutrient media to which were added hemin, protoporphyrin IX, chlorophyllin, or asolectin, an impure mixture of phospholipids. All species could be cloned with high efficiency in the crude media. In unsupplemented synthetic medium the cloning efficiencies were 0–10%, around 50%, around 50%, and 90–100% for T. thermophila, T. vorax, T. pyriformis , and T. pigmentosa , respectively. The first three were all stimulated to 90–100% by addition of the porphyrin or phospholipid compounds mentioned above. Uroporphyrin III and coproporphyrin I and III had no effect. We suggest that cells unable to form clones suffer from a lack of cellular energy. This situation may be alleviated by our additions: certain porphyrin rings may be built into cytochromes and phospholipids may be used as fuel. Thus, the synthetic media used so far for these ciliates have not been optimal.