淡色库蚊生殖滞育的神经内分泌调节

刚羽化的淡色库蚊(Culex pipiens pallens)去首后,其第I卵泡停滞在N期,不能进一步发育。 5天以上日龄滞育蚊去首后,第I卵泡约在去首后24小时即从N期开始发育。 组织切片发现,滞育蚊咽侧体(CA)体积小,形态瘦长,略呈圆锥形,胞核着色深,排列紧密,胞质少,似处于失活状态。 滞育蚊卵巢转种到发育蚊体内,其卵泡可以发育,而转种到滞育蚊体内则不能发育。类保幼激素(JHA,ZR515)及从发育蚊血淋巴液中提取的粗制保幼激素都能使滞育蚊的卵泡发育。     

光周期对三带喙库蚊发育期间体内核酸动态的影响

作者测试了长短光周期处理的三带喙库蚊Culex tritaeniornynchus(Giles)各虫态与滞育及解滞蚊体内RNA与DNA的变化.结果表明:幼虫与蛹核酸含量最高,成虫期变化比较稳定.短光周期可以降低该蚊发育期间核酸的合成作用.雌蚊卵形成期间DNA相对稳定,吸血后卵巢开始发育,RNA含量明显增加,36—48小时达到高峰,然后逐渐下降.10—15日龄的滞育蚊体内DNA比发育蚊低,解滞蚊RNA与DNA含量均比发育蚊为高.新蚊、发育、滞育与解滞蚊间DNA、RNA含量不同,DNA、RNA减少与增加可用作判断滞育发生与解除的一个生化指标.     

光周期对淡色库蚊滞育越冬影响的观察

本文观察了光周期对淡色库蚊Culex pipiens PallensCoq.滞育越冬的影响,发现短日照导致雌蚊滞育越冬:1.卵巢滞育;卵巢平均长0.75毫米,第一卵泡平均直径0.04毫米(长日照卵巢发育,平均长1.23毫米,第一卵泡平均直径0.09毫米)。2.胃紧缩;圆柱形,无皱壁,最大横径平均为0.41毫米(长日照胃发育,有皱壁,平均最大横径0.78毫米)。3.拒绝吸血;吸血率仅为1.18%,唯一吸血的雌蚊吸血量仅为正常的1/4(长日照吸血率在80%以上)。4.积聚脂肪;含有中量和大量的占80%左右,(长日照脂肪含量少,微和少量的占80%以上)。5.寿命长可越冬;45天后有63%存活,10°—3℃温度下,越冬3个月存活28%,4个月后尚有10%,(长日照45天的全部死亡)。 对淡色库蚊光周期敏感虫期的观察,发现1至2龄幼虫对光周期不起反应。4龄幼虫、蛹和成蚊同时处理反应完全。羽化当天的雌蚊开始用短日照处理,仍可导致部分雌蚊产生滞育。胃和卵巢已发育和吸血产卵后的雌蚊不能再受短日照影响而滞育。从而说明淡色库蚊滞育越冬者均为新蚊,因此杀灭秋天蚊幼制止越冬蚊的发生是可取的。 对淡色库蚊还进行了光周期临界时间的观察,发现上海地区日照缩短到寒露后,就有大量拒绝吸血的滞育蚊出现。因此上海地区晚秋杀灭末一代蚊幼防制越冬蚊发生的工作,应在10月上旬开始进行。     

越冬中华按蚊生理生态的研究

中华按蚊 Anopheles sinensis以成蚊越冬.在上海、无锡从11月至3月上旬当气温超过10℃时,于畜棚可诱捕到新饱血蚊.卵巢发育观察表明,71.5%为发育蚊,吸血蚊生殖营养协调.另外还捕到个别经产蚊(1.3%).采自户外草堆等处的越冬蚊人工喂血与卵巢发育观察表明,64%为滞育蚊,35%为静止的发育蚊.滞育蚊出现于11月份,持续2个月,到2月底及3月上旬滞育开始解除.本研究结果表明,中华按蚊在上海、无锡是以深滞育(3%)、浅滞育(41%)与静止(56%)的生理状态越冬.     

保幼激素调控昆虫生殖滞育的研究进展

滞育是昆虫响应不良环境信号后的一种发育停滞的状态,是昆虫的一种季节性适应策略。生殖滞育是发生在成虫期的一种生殖系统发育停滞的滞育类型。目前普遍认为,昆虫的生殖滞育受到体内多种激素的共同调控,而其最直接的原因是保幼激素的缺乏,但其具体调控机制尚不明确。本文主要从保幼激素调控昆虫生殖滞育的下游网络及生殖滞育昆虫中调控保幼激素的上游信号两方面进行综述,以期为探明保幼激素调控昆虫生殖滞育的作用机制提供参考。     

九香虫滞育期脂肪、糖类和蛋白质含量的变化规律

【目的】研究九香虫Aspongopus chinensis Dallas滞育期体内的脂肪、糖类(总糖、糖原、海藻糖)、蛋白质含量的变化,探索体内营养物质变化与九香虫滞育的关系。【方法】本研究利用索氏提取法、蒽酮比色法和BCA蛋白定量试剂盒分别测定了九香虫滞育期(10月-次年4月)和滞育解除后(次年5月)其体内的脂肪、糖类和蛋白质含量变化。【结果】九香虫滞育期脂肪含量随着时间推移逐渐降低,到滞育后期(4月)脂肪含量最低为19.51%,与滞育初期(10月)的40.55%相比存在显著性差异(P<0.05);糖类在滞育初期(10月)开始积累,直至11月后不断减少至4月,滞育解除后(5月)糖类的含量又显著增高(P<0.05);蛋白质含量从滞育初期(10月)开始缓慢增加,直至3月开始下降,滞育解除后蛋白质含量显著低于滞育期(P<0.05)。【结论】九香虫滞育期体内脂肪、糖类和蛋白都发生了不同程度的变化。脂肪含量降低,糖类的含量先升后降,蛋白质含量先增后减是九香虫滞育过程中主要的生理特征。     

小麦吸浆虫保幼激素酯酶和保幼激素环氧水解酶基因的克隆及在滞育和变态发育过程中的表达动态

【目的】保幼激素(juvenile hormone, JH)在小麦吸浆虫Sitodiplosis mosellana滞育诱导及滞育后静息状态的维持中发挥着重要作用。保幼激素酯酶(hormone esterase, JHE)和保幼激素环氧水解酶(juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase, JHEH)是调控JH滴度的重要降解酶。本研究旨在探讨JHE和JHEH在小麦吸浆虫滞育和变态发育中潜在功能。【方法】通过RT-PCR和RACE技术从小麦吸浆虫滞育前幼虫克隆JHE和JHEH全长cDNA序列;利用生物信息学软件分析其核苷酸及编码蛋白特性;采用qPCR技术分析其在小麦吸浆虫滞育不同时期(滞育前、滞育期、滞育后静息期和滞育后发育)3龄幼虫及1龄幼虫到成虫不同发育阶段(1-2龄幼虫、预蛹、初蛹、中蛹、后蛹、雌成虫和雄成虫)中的表达水平。【结果】克隆获得了cDNA全长分别为3 102和1 980 bp的小麦吸浆虫SmJHE和SmJHEH基因(GenBank登录号分别为MG876768和MG876769),其开放阅读框分别长1 740和1 371 bp,分别编码579和456个氨基酸,预测蛋白分子量分别为65.67和51.65 kD。SmJHE蛋白含有5个JHE家族特有的保守模块,SmJHEH含有催化三联体Asp228, Asp404和His431及组成阴氧离子洞的两个Tyr(Tyr299和Tyr374)和HGWP花样结构。序列比对和进化分析表明,SmJHE和SmJHEH均与双翅目(Diptera)长角亚目(Nematocera)昆虫同源蛋白氨基酸序列一致性较高,亲缘关系最近。不同滞育时期的表达模式表明,SmJHE和SmJHEH在滞育前期(1龄到滞育前的3龄幼虫早期)表达量变化不明显,进入滞育后表达量基本维持恒定,但均在滞育后静息阶段的当年12月至翌年1月最低。发育表达模式表明,幼虫恢复发育后SmJHE表达量逐渐升高,预蛹期达到最高,在雌成虫中的表达量显著低于雄成虫中的;SmJHEH表达量则在预蛹期最低,在雌成虫中最高。【结论】SmJHE和SmJHEH参与小麦吸浆虫滞育调控,其表达量的降低与滞育后静息阶段JH的累积有关;SmJHE在发育过程中表达量的升高可能参与幼虫到蛹的变态,表达量的降低可能与生殖发育有关。     

白纹伊蚊卵滞育的实验观察

对两个地理品系的白纹伊蚊卵期滞育的实验观察表明:白纹伊蚊宜兴品系(约北纬31°N)不仅亲代受短光照作用后可诱导卵期发生滞育,而且卵期仍具有光照敏感性;海南岛品系(约北纬18°N)中,光期变化不能诱导卵期滞育.宜兴品系卵滞育率随亲代光期缩短而增高的现象只发生在一定范围内(约L:D=9:15到L:D=15:9).卵滞育还受卵期低温、干燥以及孵化时水中溶解氧的影响.卵进入深度滞育是多种环境因素作用的结果.     

棉铃虫发育历期的地理变异

为探明棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera Hübner不同地理种群发育历期及其地理变异,通过对棉铃虫不同地理种群在不同温度和光周期下幼虫和蛹发育历期的研究,本论文系统比较了来自中国的4个地理种群,广东广州(23.08°N,113.14°E)、江西永修(29.04°N,115.82°E)、山东泰安(36.15°N,116.59°E)、辽宁喀佐(41.34°N,120.27°E)在20℃、22℃、25℃和28℃恒温下的幼虫、非滞育蛹和滞育蛹发育历期及其与栖息地纬度的关系。结果表明,棉铃虫幼虫发育历期随栖息地纬度的升高而缩短,在25℃下,与地理纬度存在明显的负相关关系,其它温度下呈不显著的负相关关系,雌雄幼虫发育历期相似,差异不显著;在20℃下,蛹历期(包括滞育蛹和非滞育蛹)与栖息地纬度呈显著负相关,其它温度下的蛹历期与栖息地纬度呈正相关,雄蛹历期均要略长于雌蛹历期,但差异不显著。棉铃虫幼虫和蛹发育历期随着纬度的变化呈现一种渐变的趋势,存在地理变异;北方种群的幼虫发育历期较南方种群的短;适温(22℃-28℃)范围内,北方种群的非滞育蛹发育历期比南方种群的更长些;不同地理种群间滞育蛹的历期亦存在较大的差别。这些结果进一步揭示了即使在同一种类昆虫中,不同实验条件,其各个虫态发育历期的地理变异也可能不同。     

葱蝇非滞育、夏滞育和冬滞育蛹体内抗氧化酶活性的比较分析（英文）

【目的】通过测定并比较分析抗氧化酶活性及谷胱甘肽氧化还原状态,探讨葱蝇Delia antiqua非滞育、夏滞育和冬滞育蛹体内抗氧化系统的差异。【方法】取葱蝇非滞育、夏滞育和冬滞育蛹,分别测定铜锌超氧化物歧化酶(Cu/Zn-SOD)、锰超氧化物歧化酶(Mn SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPx)和谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)活性及还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)和氧化性还原型谷胱甘肽(GSSG)含量及GSH/GSSG比随发育时间的变化;并对各抗氧化因子进行了典型判别分析。【结果】5种抗氧化酶的活性在整个蛹期是动态变化的。与非滞育蛹和夏滞育蛹相比,处于滞育前期的冬滞育蛹具有较高的Cu/Zn-SOD酶活性,但处于夏滞育及冬滞育的维持期和滞育后期的滞育蛹体内Cu/Zn-SOD酶活性则明显低于同一发育时期的非滞育蛹。在整个蛹期,非滞育蛹体内Mn SOD酶活性显著高于夏滞育和冬滞育蛹,而在夏滞育和冬滞育蛹之间则无明显差异。比较两种酶活性则发现同一发育时期的Mn SOD平均酶活性明显高于Cu/Zn-SOD酶活性。在头外翻之前,滞育蛹体内CAT酶活性高于非滞育蛹,但处于滞育维持期和后期的蛹体内CAT酶活性则低于非滞育蛹。无论在非滞育蛹还是滞育蛹中,GPx和GR酶活性变化基本上呈相反的趋势。典型判别分析进一步表明葱蝇蛹体内的抗氧化系统具有发育时期和滞育类型特异性。【结论】非滞育蛹与夏滞育和冬滞育蛹体内的氧化还原状态存在明显差异。滞育前期和滞育后期的蛹体内较高的抗氧化酶活性和较低的GSH/GSSG比提示氧化状态的变化与高的呼吸速率及发育过程密切相关。     

Role of juvenile hormone and allatotropin on nutrient allocation, ovarian development and survivorship in mosquitoes

Teneral reserves are utilized to initiate previtellogenic ovarian development in mosquitoes. Females having emerged with low teneral reserves have reduced juvenile hormone (JH) synthesis and previtellogenic development. We investigated what role JH, allatotropin (AT) and other head-factors play in the regulation of previtellogenic ovarian development and adult survivorship. Factors from the head are essential for corpora allata (CA) activation and reproductive maturation. We have shown that decapitation of females within 9-12h after adult ecdysis prevented normal development of the previtellogenic follicles; however maximum previtellogenic ovarian development could be induced in decapitated females by topically applying a JH analog. When females were decapitated 12 or more hours after emergence nutritional resources had been committed to ovarian development and survivorship was significantly reduced. To study if allatotropin levels correlated with teneral reserves, we measured AT titers in the heads of two adult phenotypes (large and small females) generated by raising larvae under different nutritional diets. In large mosquitoes AT levels increased to a maximum of 45 fmol in day 4; in contrast, the levels of allatotropin in the heads of small mosquitoes remained below 9 fmol during the 7 days evaluated. These results suggest that only when nutrients are appropriate, factors released from the brain induce the CA to synthesize enough JH to activate reproductive maturation.     

Control of follicular epithelium development and vitelline envelope formation in the mosquito; role of juvenile hormone and 20-hydroxyecdysone

Using microsurgical manipulations, hormone applications, and transmission electron microscopy we have investigated the regulation of differentiation of the follicular epithelium and formation of the vitelline envelope (VE) in primary follicles in the ovary of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. During the first 3 days after eclosion, the primary follicle grows, and cells of the follicular epithelium differentiate, their content of mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi complexes increases significantly. Growth and differentiation of the follicular epithelium appear to be under the control of juvenile hormone (JH), because they are blocked by removal of corpora allata in newly closed adult females and can be restored by either implantation of corpora allata or application of JH III. In insects, including mosquitoes, VE is the first layer of the eggshell to be deposited. It is formed from the secretory products of the follicle cells and its deposition coincides with yolk accumulation by developing oocytes. Only follicle cells adjacent to the oocyte deposit VE. In decapitated females, given a blood meal by enema and injected with picogram doses of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-HE), follicle cells synthesize the VE precursors and deposit morphologically normal VE, in contrast to saline injected controls which deposit no VE. We conclude that 20-HE, as well as factors originating from the blood meal and the oocyte, are required for the normal formation of VE in the mosquito follicles.     

Juvenile hormone regulation of structural changes and DNA synthesis in the follicular epithelium of Leucophaea maderae

Juvenile hormone (JH I) stimulates specific morphological and biochemical changes in the follicular epithelium surrounding the terminal oöcytes in Leucophaea maderae. These include extracellular and intracellular structural changes, increased rates of follicle cell DNA synthesis, and elevated follicle cell DNA concentrations.Using females decapitated 24 hr after ecdysis, we have shown that JH I injections stimulate the following structural changes in the follicular epithelium: the appearance of channels between adjacent follicle cells and of spaces between the follicular epithelium and the maturing oöcyte; an increase in follicle cell size; the development of an extensive rough endoplasmic reticulum system; and an enlarged nucleus within each follicle cell. No increase in the number of follicle cells surrounding the developing terminal follicles is found in 7-day JH I-treated females, although the terminal follicles are almost twice as long as those in untreated females.In addition, we have demonstrated that JH stimulates the following biochemical events in the ovary: a 3.5 fold increase in thymidine incorporation into follicle cell DNA, with no subsequent transfer of such DNA to the developing oöcyte, and a 1.4 fold increase in ovarian DNA in 7-day JH-treated females. These data indicated that JH stimulates follicle cell DNA synthesis. The absence of any corresponding division of follicle cells suggests that JH I may induce polyploidy in follicle cells.Extended exposure of decapitated females to JH I does not result in complete ovarian maturation. Although fat bodies in the treated insects continue to display an increasing rate of vitellogenin synthesis, DNA synthesis in the terminal follicles declines rapidly after day 9, and the terminal follicles ultimately degenerate.     

Nutrient limitation results in juvenile hormone-mediated resorption of previtellogenic ovarian follicles in mosquitoes

Juvenile hormone (JH) is a central hormonal regulator of previtellogenic development in female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. JH levels are low at eclosion and increase during the first day after adult emergence. This initial rise in JH is essential for female reproductive maturation. After previtellogenic maturation is complete, the mosquito enters a ‘state-of-arrest’ during which JH synthesis continues at a slower pace and further ovary development is repressed until a blood meal is taken. By examining the relationships between juvenile hormone, follicular resorption and nutrition in A. aegypti, we were able to define a critical role of JH during the previtellogenic resting stage. The rate of follicular resorption in resting stage mosquitoes is dependent on nutritional quality. Feeding water alone caused the rate of follicular resorption to reach over 20% by day 7 after emergence. Conversely, feeding a 20% sucrose solution caused resorption to remain below 5% during the entire experimental period. Mosquitoes fed 3% sucrose show rates of resorption intermediate between water and 20% sucrose and only reached 10% by day 7 after emergence. Follicular resorption is related to JH levels. Ligated abdomens separated from a source of JH (the corpora allata) showed an increase in resorption comparable to similarly aged starved mosquitoes (16%). Resorption in ligated abdomens was reduced to 6% by application of methoprene. The application of methoprene was also sufficient to prevent resorption in intact mosquitoes starved for 48 h (14% starved vs. 4% starved with methoprene). Additionally, active caspases were localized to resorbing follicles indicating that an apoptotic cell-death mechanism is responsible for follicular resorption during the previtellogenic resting stage. Taken together, these results indicate that JH mediates reproductive trade-offs in resting stage mosquitoes in response to nutrition.     

INDUCTION OF OVARIAN DEVELOPMENT IN AUTOGENOUS AEDES ATROPALPUS BY JUVENILE HORMONE AND 20-HYDROXYECDYSONE

Aedes atropalpus is an autogenous mosquito characterized by a first gonadotropic cycle which results in approximately 200 mature oocytes without a bloodmeal. Ovarian development is completely inhibited if these animals are decapitated or ligated between the thorax and abdomen shortly after adult emergence. Injection of 4.8 ng of 20-hydro- xyecdysone into decapitated females 12 h after eclosion restores ovarian development in all females so treated. However, the same amount of 20-hydroxyecdysone injected into isolated abdomens obtained shortly after adult emergence had no discernible effect on vitellogenesis. In contrast, all abdomens which received 0.5 ng of topically applied JH I followed by the injection of 4.8 ng 20-hydroxyecdysone produced mature oocytes. Isolated abdomens were also capable of oocyte maturation when treated with excess amounts of JH alone; JH I was the most effective followed by JH II and then JH III.

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis of vitellin extracted from the ovaries of hormonally-treated animals did not reveal any qualitative differences compared to intact normal controls. However, less yolk protein was present in the former. This was verified by counting the number and measuring the size of ovarian follicles in individual females.     

家蝇卵巢摄取卵黄蛋白的机理

在家蝇Musca domestica viaina 的卵黄发生过程中,卵母细胞摄取卵黄原蛋白与滤泡开放是相关的。观察不同发育时期的家蝇滤泡结果表明,在摄取活动最旺盛的时期也就是卵黄发生的顶盛时期,其滤泡开放程度最大,而在卵黄发生前期和后期基本上没有摄取活动,此时的滤泡上皮细胞间不开放。卵巢体外培养的激素处理表明,JH可以促进滤泡开放。家蝇卵巢微粒体制备物的Na⁺-K⁺ATP酶活力在卵巢发育过程中存在着动态变化。羽化后24小时时有一定的酶活性,随着卵黄发生的进行,酶活力逐渐增加,到羽化48小时时酶活力最高,然后又开始下降,到羽化72小时时已经很小。羽化32小时的家蝇点滴或注躬 JH之后,测得的卵巢微粒体制备物的Na⁺-K⁺ATP酶活力比正常羽化36小时的高,羽化44小时的家蝇点滴和注射JH之后,测得酶活力比正常羽化48小时的低。羽化36小时和48小时的家蝇卵巢微粒体制备物与JH共同作用后,其Na⁺-K⁺ATP酶的活力分别增加2.95倍和3.50倍,羽化48小时的家蝇卵巢在含有JH的培养液中培养启,其匀浆液的酶活性为对照组的1.26倍。 由此我们可以推测在家蝇的卵黄发生过程中,JH通过促进滤泡开放和增加卵巢微粒体制备物Na⁺-K⁺ATP酶的活力,从而调控卵母细胞对卵黄蛋白的摄取。     

登革Ⅱ型病毒经白纹伊蚊滞育卵的传递

采用C6/36细胞培养分离病毒的方法检测感染登革Ⅱ型病毒的白纹伊蚊Aedes albopictus滞育卵孵化的F₁代蚊虫感染率,从第一个生殖营养周期子代蚊虫中未分离到病毒,第二与第三生殖营养周期子代蚊虫最低感染率没有显著性差异（χ²=0.01,P＞0.0 5）,感染子代的批阳性率为9.1%,最低感染率为1∶330;间接免疫荧光检测结果表明感染登革Ⅱ型病毒的白纹伊蚊滞育卵孵化的子代成蚊能通过叮咬将登革病毒传播给敏感乳鼠。这些研究结果表明登革病毒能在媒介滞育卵内存活并传至子代,子代蚊虫能通过叮咬敏感宿主水平传播病毒。     

Hemolymph juvenile hormone titers in pupal and adult stages of southwestern corn borer [Diatraea grandiosella (pyralidae)] and relationship with egg development

Juvenile hormones I, II and III were monitored in hemolymph of pupal and adult stages of various ages of Diatraea grandiosella females. JH III was the predominant homologue followed by JH II, and JH I was rarely detectable. At day 5 after pupation, no JH was detectable. JH titers increased from 7.5days after pupation to a peak of 24.8ngml(-1) JH II and 26ngml(-1) JH III at adult emergence and then declined to low levels by 24h after emergence. Ovarian development in D. grandiosella parallels changes in hemolymph JH titers, but the role of JH in vitellogenesis is unclear since the time of vitellogenesis initiation has yet to be determined. No apparent vitellogenin deposition was observed in eggs 5days after pupation. Some oocytes were partially vitellogenic by 7.5days after pupation and oocytes continued to grow afterwards, but no oocytes were chorionated during the pupal stage. Chorionated oocytes were observed in 24-h-old female moths. Juvenile hormone is essential for chorion formation in this species, because decapitated pupae treated with 10&mgr;g JH III in corn oil developed chorionated oocytes while decapitated pupae treated with corn oil did not.     

Diapause phenomena in non-diapausing last instar larvae,pupae, and pharate adults of the Colorado beetle

From the first day of the last (fourth) larval instar no trace of juvenile hormone (JH) can be detected in the haemolymph by Galleria bioassay. Three specific diapause proteins, which are also found in diapausing adults, appear in the haemolymph. These proteins disappear towards the end of the pupal stage. Study of the ultrastructure of the fat body revealed the formation from lysosomes of proteinaceous bodies which are also characteristic for adult diapause. The behaviour of last instar larvae and pupae resembles that of prediapausing and diapausing adults respectively. Injection of synthetic JH delays the appearance of the diapause proteins in the haemolymph and of proteinaceous bodies in the fat body for 2 to 3 days. The absence of JH seems to trigger off these diapause phenomena.