炭疽杆菌检测方法的研究现状与展望

炭疽是严重威胁人类健康的烈性传染病,其病原体为炭疽芽孢杆菌。炭疽芽孢杆菌在我国公布的《人间传染的病原微生物名录》中被列为第二类病原微生物(高致病性病原微生物),其芽孢可作为生物战剂和生物恐怖的原材料,因此,发展灵敏、高效的炭疽杆菌检测方法十分重要和紧迫。按检测的靶标分类,针对炭疽杆菌的检测方法主要有四大类:针对炭疽杆菌芽孢的检测方法,针对细菌繁殖体的检测方法,针对炭疽杆菌基因的检测方法和针对炭疽毒素蛋白的检测方法。其中,针对炭疽杆菌芽孢和细菌繁殖体的检测已经有比较成熟的方法,但其在特异性以及临床的实用性方面难以令人满意;针对炭疽杆菌基因的检测技术在特异性和灵敏度上有较大的提高,但在临床诊断等方面还有欠缺;而针对炭疽毒素蛋白的检测技术的发展,使得直接对炭疽杆菌的主要致病因子的检测成为可能,这对于临床诊断以及流行病学研究具有重要意义。本文对当前炭疽杆菌检测方法的最新进展做了简要的归纳,关注了不同检测方法的适用范围和检测能力,并展望了相关领域的发展趋势,希望能为从事炭疽杆菌检测方法研究的同行提供参考和帮助。     

培养条件对凝结芽孢杆菌芽孢形成的影响

目的:提高凝结芽孢杆菌芽孢形成率及芽孢数量,为凝结芽孢杆菌芽孢制剂的产业化生产提供理论依据.方法:在摇瓶、15L自动发酵罐中考察了碳源、氮源、无机盐、微量元素Mn2+、pH、温度、接种量、溶氧水平对凝结芽孢杆菌液体培养形成芽孢的影响.结果:芽孢形成的最适培养基组成为:麸皮20g/L,酵母膏5g/L,豆粕粉10g/L,NaCl 5g/L,K2HPO4 3g/L,MnSO4.3g/L;最适培养条件为:初始pH7.0,接种后最适起始芽孢浓度为106CFU/mL,培养温度为40℃,180r/min摇瓶培养,250mL三角瓶中最适装液体积为15mL.在15L自动发酵罐中扩大培养,控制溶氧在30%以上,培养20h,芽孢数量可达5.8×109CFU/mL,芽孢率达96.7%.结论:试验获得的最佳培养条件可进一步应用于生产.     

多重PCR技术检测微生物肥料中巨大芽孢杆菌和蜡样群芽孢杆菌的研究与应用

巨大芽孢杆菌是微生物肥料生产中的常用菌种, 与之形态上相似的蜡样群芽孢杆菌(蜡样芽孢杆菌、苏云金芽孢杆菌、蕈状芽孢杆菌)则是产品中常见的污染菌, 传统方法区分两者费时费力, 有必要建立检测这两类芽孢杆菌的PCR方法。本文利用已登录的spoOA基因序列分别设计和筛选了上述两个种(群)的特异引物, 并建立了多重PCR检测技术。使用该方法对巨大芽孢杆菌、蜡样群芽孢杆菌和其他芽孢菌共3属13种24株标准菌株的基因组DNA进行扩增, 以检验其特异性。结果显示, 巨大芽孢杆菌、蜡样群芽孢杆菌基因组DNA分别产生大小不同的唯一产物, 其他芽孢杆菌均为阴性。该多重PCR检测方法的灵敏度经测定为105 CFU/mL。同时对10株待测菌株和8个微生物肥料产品进行检测, 其鉴定结果与常规鉴定结果一致。以上结果表明, 本文建立的多重PCR方法具有较高的特异性和灵敏度, 可快速、准确鉴定巨大芽孢杆菌和蜡样群芽孢杆菌, 在微生物肥料检测方面有良好的实用前景。     

地衣芽孢杆菌对凡纳滨对虾Toll和HSP70基因表达的影响

目的 分析地衣芽孢杆菌对凡纳滨对虾Toll和HSP70基因表达的影响.方法 根据芽孢杆菌的使用量设置测试1组(LDG,用菌量2.0×103 CFU/mL),测试2组(HDG,用菌量1.0 × 104 CFU/mL)及未使用芽孢杆菌的对照组(CG),每7d施菌1次,实验持续24 d.每6d取样对虾肌肉和肝胰腺检测Toll基因和HSP70基因的mRNA相对表达量.结果 对虾肝胰腺Toll基因mRNA表达量在LDG组和HDG组分别较CG组提高了410.05％和78.31％,但在肌肉中CG组的表达量则分别较LDG组和HDG组提高了31.81％和8.43％.可见,芽孢杆菌在一定程度上可提高Toll基因mRNA在对虾肝胰腺的表达,但对其在肌肉中的表达则呈一定的限制作用.在肝胰腺HSP70基因的mRNA表达量,HDG组显著高于CG组和LDG组(P＜0.05),CG组和LDG组的差异无统计学意义(P＞0.05);在肌肉中LDG组和HDG组的HSP70基因mRNA表达分别较CG组提高了26.07％和26.46％,但实验组的组间差异无统计学意义(P＞0.05).结论 在水体中施用芽孢杆菌104 CFU/mL和2.0×103 CFU/mL可分别提高对虾肝胰腺和肌肉HSP70基因的mRNA表达量.     

芽孢杆菌dhs-330-021菌粉的制备及稳定性研究

目的:利用喷雾干燥工艺制备芽孢杆菌dhs-330-021菌粉,并研究菌粉的活性及稳定性。方法:以脱脂乳、海藻糖、β-环糊精和谷氨酸钠为保护剂,采用喷雾干燥(条件为:进口温度100℃,出口温度50～60℃,进样速度2～4mL/min)制备芽孢杆菌菌粉,以喷干存活率和菌粉活菌数为指标,选择最佳制备条件。结果:获得喷干保护剂配方为脱脂乳10.0%、海藻糖6.0%、β-环糊精13.0%、谷氨酸钠15.0%,喷干存活率为65.9%,菌粉活菌数为1.38×109CFU/g,存放180 d后菌粉活菌数为1.03×10~9CFU/g。结论:喷雾干燥工艺可以用于芽孢杆菌dhs-330-021菌粉的制备,获得的菌粉稳定性较好。     

应用实时荧光PCR检测致病性蜡样芽孢杆菌

目的:利用SYBRGreenⅠ染料能与双链DNA结合发出荧光的特点,建立一种用来检测致病性蜡样芽孢杆菌(B.cereus)的实时PCR方法。方法:对致病性蜡样芽孢杆菌致病相关基因cereolysinAB基因序列进行分析,设计1对特异引物,通过对SYBRGreenⅠ实时PCR反应条件的优化,实现对致病性蜡样芽孢杆菌的检测。结果:该方法具有较强的灵敏性及特异性,能够对致病性蜡样芽孢杆菌进行有效检测,其最低检出限可达8CFU/mL。结论:利用该技术检测蜡样芽孢杆菌,较常规的生化检测方法具有省时省力的特点,且灵敏性较高,具有实际应用价值。     

炭疽杆菌毒素的可能的解毒药--多价抑制剂

ＮａｔｕｒｅＢｉｏｔｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｙ 2 0 0 1年 19卷 10期 95 8～ 96 1页报道 :炭疽毒素是由炭疽杆菌 (Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓａｎｔｈｒａｃｉｓ)产生的。在临床上 ,炭疽病是罕见的 ,但目前由于在生物战争和恐怖行为中有可能使用炭疽杆菌 ,因而引起科学家对炭疽病的日益增加的关注。如所周知 ,炭疽杆菌毒素是由保护抗原 (ＰＡ) ,即单一的受体结合部分 ,以及两种酶促部分 ,即水肿因子(ＥＦ)和致死因子 (ＬＦ) ,共同组成的。这 3种蛋白作为无毒的单体从炭疽杆菌体内释出后 ,就扩散到哺乳动物细胞表面的受体 ,并组配成为有毒的可结合于宿主细…     

禽类饲用芽孢杆菌的筛选及固体发酵条件优化

筛选得到3株适用作为禽类饲料添加剂的枯草芽孢杆菌,分别命名为B395、B605和BM1。该3株菌株均能够在42℃正常生长,能抑制大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌,且能耐受0.3%胆盐,能产生淀粉酶、蛋白酶、纤维素酶。通过饲喂试验,观察到菌剂组可明显促进肉鸡生长,有效降低料肉比。选取B395作为试验菌株,以培养后活菌数为指标,得到其最佳固体发酵条件为麦麸∶稻糠为3∶2、葡萄糖0.5%、尿素2%、KH2PO40.5%,含水量45%、接种量5%、温度37℃、培养时间3d。按上述培养条件,对B395进行培养,摇瓶式发酵可使活菌数可达到(1.3±0.1)×1010CFU/g,浅盘式发酵可使活菌数达到(1.3-1.4)×1010CFU/g;并对B605和BM1进行培养,得到活菌数均超过109CFU/g。     

地衣芽孢杆菌原生质体电转化方法的研究

为了解决地衣芽孢杆菌(Bacillus licheniformis)工业菌株难以转化的问题,将原生质体制备、电穿孔和原生质体再生技术相结合,建立了一种地衣芽孢杆菌原生质体电击转化方法。在对菌体生长状态、溶菌酶作用时间、电转电压、渗透压保护剂等条件进行优化后,试验了将不同类型的表达载体,即游离型质粒p GJ103(3.3kb)和整合型质粒p AX01(9.3kb),分别转入两株地衣芽孢杆菌工业生产菌株B.licheniformis CICC 10181和B.licheniformis CICC 20204中。实验结果显示,对数生长期后期的菌体酶解40min后制备的地衣芽孢杆菌原生质体得率为96%,再生率达25%以上。原生质体与质粒DNA在最适电压0.6k V/mm下电击转化,并以0.5mol/L山梨醇或甘露醇作为渗透压保护剂进行再生培养后,最终游离型质粒的转化率可达0.88×102~1.1×102CFU/μg p GJ103,整合型质粒的转化率达到0.45×102~0.52×102CFU/μg p AX01。该方法为地衣芽孢杆菌野生工业菌株的遗传改造提供了一种新的、高效的转化手段。     

环介导等温扩增技术在快速检测炭疽芽胞杆菌中的应用

本文旨在建立适合国境口岸现场应用的生物恐怖防控快速检测方法,从而保障口岸安全.针对生物恐怖炭疽芽胞杆菌,选择目标菌种特异性基因片段,设计引物,运用环介导等温扩增(LAMP)技术建立一套简便、高效的检测方法,并模拟生物恐怖炭疽芽胞杆菌可能存在的基质条件,评价LAMP技术在快速筛查中的适用性.结果显示,LAMP技术排查生物恐怖炭疽芽胞杆菌简便、快速、特异,检测灵敏度为102～103 CFU/ml;且能有效检出在偏酸、偏碱及黏稠基质中的炭疽芽胞杆菌.而高盐环境对该反应影响较大,有必要采用能有效去除盐分的核酸抽提方法.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.