石楠拟盘多毛孢毒素产生条件初探

石楠拟盘多毛孢是引起草莓根腐病的优势病原菌之一, 本实验在明确该病菌毒素是主要致病物质的基础上, 利用叶圆片法对该菌的产毒条件进行了初步探讨, 结果表明, 除光照影响不明显外, pH值、温度、振荡及培养时间等对此菌产生毒素均有显著影响, 其最适产毒条件为：培养基初始pH值为自然pH值(约为6.2)、温度为25°C、黑暗、静置培养5 d~7 d。此外, 实验还发现该菌产生的粗毒素对玉米、黑麦和绿豆种子萌发、根或芽的延伸生长都有明显的抑制作用。     

百日草链格孢菌粗毒素的生产、提取及稳定性的研究

百日草链格孢菌是从世界性恶性杂草苍耳罹病植株上分离得到的植物病原真菌,研究表明该菌对紫茎泽兰有致病作用,可产生致病的次生代谢产物--毒素。本文对该菌的次生代谢产毒能力情况进行了研究。对培养基条件进行了筛选,确定了有利于该菌产毒的温度为25℃、pH值为6.5、培养时间为9～12天、足够的黑暗以及溶氧、转速等培养条件。利用大规模发酵与发酵产物后提取工艺获取粗毒素并通过分析贮存时间、温度、光照对粗毒素稳定性的影响表明具有开发天然微生物源除草剂的潜力。     

辣椒炭疽病菌毒素

辣椒炭疽病菌(辣椒刺盘孢Colletotrichum capsici)在25—28℃的Czapek-Dox培养液中振荡培养时分泌出毒素,这种毒素能引起辣椒叶片形成坏死斑,类似于病原菌侵染形成的症状。辣椒叶煎汁培养液和Czapek-Dox培养液适于C.capsici的生长和产毒,生长适宜温度和范围分别为25℃和pH6—7,在25—28℃,pH6—7的条件下培养滤液毒性最强;光线和通气条件可促进C.capsici的生长和产毒;培养14天的培养滤液毒性最强。培养滤液经丙酮沉淀及离子交换树脂柱和Sephadex G-50柱层析将毒素纯化。实验结果表明该毒素为多聚糖类物质。生物检测结果表明:培养滤液和C.capsici毒素溶液能抑制辣椒、绿豆、豌豆、豇豆种子胚根生长;并能使辣椒幼苗发生萎蔫,这一作用与辣椒品种抗性有关。     

不同胁迫条件下产志贺毒素大肠杆菌生长及产毒能力异质性分析

【目的】本文旨在探究产志贺毒素大肠杆菌(Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, STEC)在不同胁迫条件下的生长情况以及产毒状况的变化,为STEC菌株在胁迫压力下应激机制研究提供基础数据参考。【方法】选取3株STEC菌株分别在不同pH值、不同盐浓度、不同温度下进行适应性传代培养,使用一级生长模型Gompertz模型分析其在胁迫环境下的生长异质性;通过Vero细胞毒性实验分析胁迫条件下菌株的产毒状况。【结果】除了pH 5.0条件下的ST462菌株,在pH5.0和9.0、较高盐浓度1.5%NaCl和2.5%NaCl以及低温10℃胁迫条件下STEC菌株都表现出最大比生长速率(μmax)降低、迟缓期(λ)延长,差异显著(P<0.01);不同胁迫条件下提取的STEC菌株毒素侵染细胞后测得的细胞存活率均低于对照最适条件,而pH 5.0条件下相反。【结论】STEC菌株在碱性、较高浓度盐以及低温环境胁迫压力下响应应激机制,生长虽受到抑制,但其所产毒素对Vero细胞造成的损伤加重,毒性增强。本研究通过胁迫环境下生长和产毒状况的异质性分析,将有助于全面了解ST...     

鸡舍环境中tri5基因阳性镰孢菌的分离及其产毒特性

【目的】探讨利用tri5-PCR鉴定产毒镰孢菌的可行性以及tri5阳性菌株的产毒特性和产毒条件。评估鸡舍空气和固体基质中镰孢菌分离株中产单端孢霉烯族毒素潜力的发生率。【方法】利用编码单端孢霉烯族毒素合成酶的起始基因(tri5基因)对139株镰孢菌分离株进行PCR检测,并对tri5阳性菌株进行产毒培养,通过免疫亲和柱-高效液相色谱方法来检测培养产物中的T-2毒素和HT-2毒素含量。【结果】共筛选到42株tri5阳性菌株,其中分离自鸡舍空气中的10株tri5阳性菌株经产毒培养后7株菌株产生T-2毒素(1.36-5 ng/mL)或HT-2毒素(6.1-17.1 ng/mL)。在5℃-20℃间隔24 h变温、光照与黑暗间隔24 h交替、前期振荡后期静止的培养条件下培养9 d镰孢菌的产毒量最高;镰孢菌的产毒量与温度和时间显著相关,而与菌丝体干重无显著相关性。【结论】与传统鉴定产毒镰孢菌的方法比较,tri5-PCR更适用于快速、准确地检测大量鸡舍环境样本中的产毒镰孢菌。本研究为养殖环境的产毒镰孢菌的危害预警和控制提供技术支撑和理论依据。     

辣椒疫毒致病毒素

辣椒疫霉（PhytophthoracapsiciLeonian）在培养液中振荡培养时可分泌毒素,这种毒素能引起辣椒叶片形成水渍状褐腐斑,类似病原菌侵染后形成的症状。Plich’s和V8C培养液适于P.capsici的生长和产毒;生长适宜温度和pH范围分别为20～30℃与pH6～7,在25～30℃、pH5～8的条件下培养滤液毒性最强;培养15天产毒达到最高值。滤液先后经85％硫酸铰沉淀、DE52、CM32和SephadexG－75柱层析将毒素纯化。经鉴定该纯毒素为39．8kD酸性糖蛋白,并对80℃以上高温或蛋白酶敏感,而β-D-葡萄糖苷酶处理不影响其毒性,蛋白亚基为毒素的活性中心。毒素处理寄主叶片引致病理性坏死,这一作用与辣椒品种抗病性有关。     

辣椒疫霉致病毒素

辣椒疫霉(Phytophthora capsici Leonian)在培养液中振荡培养时可分泌毒素,这种毒素能引起辣椒叶片形成水渍状褐腐斑,类似病原菌侵染后形成的症状。Hich’s和V₈培养液适于P capsici的生长和产毒;生长适宜温度和pH范围分别为20～30℃与pH6～7,在25～30℃、pH5～8的条件下培养滤液毒性最强;培养15天产毒达到最高值。滤液先后经85％硫酸铵沉淀、DE52、CM32和SephadexG-75柱层析将毒索纯化。经鉴定该纯毒索为39．8kD酸性糖蛋白。并对80℃以上高温或蛋白酶敏感,而β-D-葡萄糖苷酶处理不影响其毒性,蛋白亚基为毒紊的活性中心。毒素处理寄主叶片引致病理性坏死,这一作用与辣椒品种抗病性有关。     

温度、盐度、光照对海洋卡盾藻生长和产毒的影响

在正交试验条件下,分析了盐度、温度、光照强度对海洋卡盾藻生长和产毒的影响.结果表明：在盐度22、33、45和温度20 ℃、25 ℃、30 ℃以及光照强度2000、3000、4500 lx条件下,三因素对海洋卡盾藻生长的影响均不显著,盐度是影响海洋卡盾藻产毒的主要因子;盐度45、温度30 ℃、光照2000 lx下海洋卡盾藻的比生长速率最大,盐度22、温度20 ℃、光照4500 lx下海洋卡盾藻的产毒能力最强;低盐条件不利于海洋卡盾藻的生长,但有利于溶血毒素的合成;当海洋卡盾藻生长受到限制时,其溶血毒素合成增多.     

pH值对香蕉枯萎病菌4号生理小种生长的影响

【背景】香蕉枯萎病菌4号生理小种(镰刀菌)是香蕉产业的致命威胁。已有研究表明土壤pH值越高,香蕉枯萎病发病率越低,但是现有pH值对镰刀菌影响的研究大都是用强酸强碱调节pH值,pH值没有缓冲体系保护,而且尚未检测试验终点时介质的pH值。此外,关于pH值对香蕉枯萎病菌4号生理小种(Foc4)影响的研究尚不系统,难以用于指导生产实践。【目的】为系统地了解土壤酸碱度对Foc4生长的影响。【方法】在pH 3.0-11.0之间设定9个pH值梯度,模拟酸性到碱性土壤pH值条件,于室内培养条件下系统研究pH值对Foc4生长、产孢、孢子萌发的影响及其生长过程对环境pH值的影响。【结果】弱酸性至中性环境(pH 5.0-7.0)最适宜于香蕉枯萎病菌的生长、产孢和孢子萌发。弱碱性处理(pH8.0和pH9.0)孢子平均萌发率较弱酸性环境处理(pH5.0和pH6.0)下降了73.1%。与pH 6.0酸性处理相比,pH 8.0和pH 9.0处理的产孢量分别下降了52.3%和68.1%。【结论】香蕉枯萎病菌Foc4生长和萌发过程会产酸,但是在缓冲体系液体培养基中,除了pH 9.0和pH10.0处理终点培养液pH值分别下降了0.34和0.27个单位外,其它处理起始和终点的pH值无差异。说明在缓冲体系液体培养基中的研究结果可以反映环境pH值对Foc4生长和萌发的影响。在作物可以生长的pH值范围内(pH5.0-9.0),碱性和微碱性条件(pH8.0-9.0)能明显抑制Foc4生长、产孢和孢子萌发。     

芹菜斑枯病菌生物学特性研究

以沈阳地区芹菜斑枯病菌的纯培养菌株为试材,通过对菌丝生长、孢子萌发的营养及环境条件的多因子试验,明确了芹菜斑枯病菌菌丝生长以在CDAMS—VI培养基上最好,其次是CSA、CCSA和PDA,菌丝生长及产孢对碳源、氮源种类有明显的选择性。菌丝生长的最适pH值为4～5,最适温度为21℃,致死温度为39℃（处理40min）,光照明显抑制菌丝生长。病菌分生孢子在水和芹菜汁中不能萌发,在水琼脂上萌发最好;孢子萌发的适宜pH值为4．6～6．6,适温为17—25℃,致死温度为42℃（处理20min）,RH100％最适宜孢子萌发。光照和变温处理可促进分生孢子器的形成,病菌在PDA上从孢子萌发到分生孢子器形成并释放出分生孢子需要16～18d。     

Molecular Composition of the 16S Toxin Produced by a Clostridium botulinum Type D Strain, 1873

The 16S toxin was purified from a Clostridium botulinum type D strain 1873 (D-1873). Furthermore, the entire nucleotide sequences of the genes coding for the 16S toxin were determined. It became clear that the purified D-1873 16S toxin consists of neurotoxin, nontoxic nonhemagglutinin (NTNH), and hemagglutinin (HA), and that HA consists of four subcomponents, HA1, HA2, HA3a, and HA3b, the same as type D strain CB16 (D-CB16) 16S toxin. The nucleotide sequences of the nontoxic components of these two strains were also found to be identical except for several bases. However, the culture supernatant and the purified 16S toxin of D-1873 showed little HA activity, unlike D-CB16, though the fractions successively eluted after the D-1873 16S toxin peak from an SP-Toyopearl 650S column showed a low level of HA activity. The main difference between D-1873 and D-CB16 HA molecules was the mobility of the HA1 on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Therefore it was presumed that the loss of HA activity of D-1873 16S toxin might be caused by the differences of processing HA after the translation.     

Reconstitution of active recombinant Shiga toxin (Stx)1 from recombinant Stx1-A and Stx1-B subunits independently produced by E. coli clones

Escherichia coli clones expressing recombinant Shiga toxin (Stx)1-A and recombinant Stx1-B subunits, were established. Culture supernatants of these clones were examined for inhibitory activity on in vitro protein synthesis using luciferase as a reporter enzyme. Culture supernatant of the clone expressing Stx1-A, but not Stx1-B, showed the inhibitory activity. Neither recombinant Stx1-A nor Stx1-B showed Vero cell cytotoxicity. For reconstitution of biologically active toxin, the culture supernatants of the Stx1-A clone and the Stx1-B clone were mixed. The reconstituted recombinant Stx1 showed both Vero cell cytotoxicity and inhibition of in vitro protein synthesis.     

Purification and some properties of Clostridium botulinum type AB toxin

Abstract The progenitor toxin of Clostridium botulinum type AB was purified; both large-sized (L) and medium-sized (M) toxins were found. The toxicity of M toxin increased by about 10-fold upon trypsinization; the increase was due mostly to type B toxin and a little to type A toxin. M toxin appeared to consist of one molecule each of toxic and nontoxic components. The activated toxic component was made up of four fragments, A-H- and L-chains and B-H- and L-chains. AB toxin may be a mixture of A and B toxins.     

Peptide Toxins in Sea Anemones: Structural and Functional Aspects

Sea anemones are a rich source of two classes of peptide toxins, sodium channel toxins and potassium channel toxins, which have been or will be useful tools for studying the structure and function of specific ion channels. Most of the known sodium channel toxins delay channel inactivation by binding to the receptor site 3 and most of the known potassium channel toxins selectively inhibit Kv1 channels. The following peptide toxins are functionally unique among the known sodium or potassium channel toxins: APETx2, which inhibits acid-sensing ion channels in sensory neurons; BDS-I and II, which show selectivity for Kv3.4 channels and APETx1, which inhibits human ether-a-go-go-related gene potassium channels. In addition, structurally novel peptide toxins, such as an epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like toxin (gigantoxin I), have also been isolated from some sea anemones although their functions remain to be clarified.     

靶向毒素DT-VEGF的构建、表达与活性分析

肿瘤的快速生长依赖于新生血管的形成。血管内皮生长因子（VEGF）是血管发生和形成过程中的主要介质,其特异性受体在正常组织和肿瘤组织的表达率存在数个数量级的差异,因此可以将毒素分子转运至增生的肿瘤上皮组织中抑制肿瘤血管增生,从而抑制肿瘤的生长。将白喉毒素的前389个氨基酸基因片段与VEGF165通过一短肽相连构建为融合蛋白基因,在大肠杆菌中表达,获得纯化蛋白。实验证实该融合蛋白对血管内皮细胞有特异性杀伤作用,并研究了其对鸡胚尿囊膜新生血管的抑制作用。     

Purification and properties of soluble cytoplasmic toxin from the mosquito pathogen Bacillus sphaericus strain 1593

Soluble cytoplasmic toxin from broken Bacillus sphaericus 1593 sporulating cells was partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion exchange, and gel filtration chromatography. Purification was monitored by electrophoresis. The toxin remained active after incubation in the presence of several enzymes and in buffers from pH 6 to 10, but was destroyed by Pronase and subtilisin, and by heating to 80°C for 30 min. Results indicate that the B. sphaericus 1593 cytoplasm contains a single proteinaceous toxin with a molecular weight of 100,000 daltons.     

植物病原真菌毒素的研究现状

近几年来,关于寄主专化性毒素(Host-Specific Toxin,HST)的作用机制及分子生物学方面的研究有了新进展;在14种寄主专化性毒素中,以Alternaria属的病原菌产生的专化性毒素的研究更为深入。非寄主专化性毒素(Non-Host-Specific Toxin,NHST)的研究着重在毒素产生的条件、生物活性测定、抗性鉴定以及检测被感染植物体的毒素含量等。本文综述了一些能产生专化性毒素和非专化性毒素的植物病原真菌,有链格孢(Alternaria)、镰孢(Fusarium)、尾孢(Cercospora)、轮枝孢(Verticillium)、梨孢(Pyricularia)、疫霉(Phytophthora)、长蠕孢(Helminthosporium)、黑团孢(Periconia)和核盘菌(sclerotinia)等属的病原菌。从所发表的文献表明真菌毒素在植物病害发展中起着重要作用。     

Fluorescence studies of thermal stability of staphylococcal exfoliative toxins A and B

Abstract The quantum yields of intrinsic fluorescence of staphylococcal exfoliative toxins ETA and ETB were determined after excitation at 295 nm and 275 nm respectively. The variations in the intrinsic fluorescence and degree of fluorescence polarization showed conformational modifications of ETA around 57–59°C and of ETB around 52–54°C. Above these transition temperatures, ETB precipitated out and its biological activity was lost, whereas ETA showed almost no precipitation and no change in its biological activity, despite the structural changes in the molecule.     

Modelling paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) transfer and accumulation in populations of two planktonic grazers

A model was developed in this paper in order to study and compare the paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) transfer and accumulation of two different potential PST vectors in the planktonic community, the heterotrophic dinoflagellate in its red form Noctiluca scintillans and the copepod Acartia clausi. Different factors that influence the toxin transfer such as toxin synthesis, grazing on toxic and non-toxic food and population size of PST producers and vectors were considered in the model. Moreover, a laboratory experiment was conducted in order to calculate the detoxification rates of Noctiluca fed on Alexandrium catenella. According to the model results, the two grazers showed a significant difference mainly in the timing of the PST accumulation. Noctiluca exhibited a rapid response to the grazing of Alexandrium with high initial toxin accumulation, followed by a reduction to zero concentration of toxins in a period of almost two days. In contrast, Acartia showed a considerable delay in comparison to Noctiluca to accumulate the same amount of toxin in the population. This delay is linked to the slower reproduction rates that characterize the copepod. The range of the initial values used for the sensitivity analysis of the model is representative of the coastal environment of a Galician ria (embayment located at the NW of Iberian Peninsula), where the two grazers and Alexandrium may co-exist. The model for Acartia showed less sensitivity to these key parameters probably due to the time delay in accumulation of significant amount of toxins. Both grazers showed a rapid (50 h) reduction of ingested toxin, suggesting inefficiency to transfer toxins through predation in the food web.