冰核细菌及冰核基因的应用研究进展

引起水由液态变为固态的物质称为冰核或成核剂。冰核种类繁多,目前已发现4属23种或变种的细菌、4属11种或变种的真菌和1种病毒,它们都具成冰活性。细菌冰核是一类蛋白质,也称冰蛋白,由细菌冰核基因编码。作为生物冰核领域的研究重点,冰核细菌的研究已涉及到促冻杀虫、防霜冻、植物病害等多个领域;同时冰核细菌已成功地应用于人工降雪、制冷和高敏检测等方面,具有广阔的应用前景。主要对冰核细菌的应用研究现状和发展进行综述。     

一种新型的报告基因—冰核基因

冰核基因 (ＩｃｅＮｕｃｌｅａｔｉｏｎＡｃｔｉｖｅｇｅｎｅ ,ＩＮＡｇｅｎｅ)是从冰核细菌中克隆的编码冰核蛋白的基因 ,它编码的冰核蛋白具有很强的冰核活性。当ｉｎａ基因与目的基因一起转入生物体后 ,可以通过冰核活性的测定来检测目的基因是否表达。冰核基因与通常的报告基因有着根本意义上的不同 ,它对信号的检测不是由于酶的催化反应 ,而是一种物理过程 (水的液 固状态的改变 )。ｉｎａ基因克服了其它报告基因的一些缺点 ,扩大了报告基因应用范围[1] 。现在 ,已经有很多研究植物 细菌相互作用的实验室应用ｉｎａ基因作为报告基因[4]…     

冰核活性基因及其作报告基因的应用研究进展

国内外已经克隆了8个冰核活性基因,可用作报告基因,主要应用在植物－微生物互作研究、营养元素利用研究、病原微生物高敏检测和各种用途的细菌细胞表面展示等领域。     

菌种保存方法对冰核细菌冰核活性的影响

本文测定了5种保存方法及3种保存温度,对4株代表3个属4个种(变种)的冰核细菌冰棱活性的影响。结果表明,不同保存方法对冰核细菌的存活力和冰核活性存在着不同程度的影响,保存温度越高,对冰核活性的影响越大,不同菌种对保存的敏感性不同。所适合的保存方法也不同。真空冷冻干燥和灭菌水于-20℃冷冻保存对各菌株的存活力和冰核活性的影响都较小,适用于一般冰棱细菌的长期保存。而10%甘油冷冻保存则不适用于冰核细菌的保存。     

细菌冰核基因的应用研究

细菌冰核基因的应用研究已成为生物冰核领域的研究热点,研究涉及细菌细胞表面展示、促冻杀虫、报告基因、病原微生物高敏检测、作物抗寒育种等多个领域,显示良好应用前景。通过对国外在该方面的研究现状的综述,和我们在冰核基因促冻杀虫研究方面重要进展的介绍,对今后我们拟开展的这一研究工作进行了展望。     

聚乙烯醇-海藻酸盐共固定化冰核活性细菌——黄单胞菌TS206的研究

冰核活性细菌固定化在食品冷冻浓缩中的应用具有重要意义,冰核活性和抗渗漏能力是衡量其性能的两个重要技术指标。研究采用PVA和海藻酸盐作为固定化载体,通过两者优良性能的互补而建立对冰核活性细菌Xanthomonas ampelina TS206的共固定化技术。结果表明,细胞投入量对冰核活性有较大影响,基础固定化条件对固定化技术指标的综合评分影响程度大小的顺序依次为：海藻酸钠浓度＞硼酸浓度＞PVA浓度＞CaCl2浓度,各因素的较优水平是：海藻酸钠浓度1%,硼酸浓度5%,PVA浓度8%,CaCl2浓度1.1%;研究还发现冰核活性与固定化凝胶珠的添加量正相关,与固化时间相关性较小,渗漏量受固定化凝胶珠的添加量和固化时间影响不显著。     

冰核细菌表达冰核蛋白特性的研究

选用１００２５Ａ和ＱＦ－９５－Ｆ１９两株分离自杨树的冰核活性细菌,探讨了两株菌不同生长阶段与它们冰核活性表达的特性。实验结果显示,冰核活性细菌在ＭＰＤＡ培养液中表达冰核蛋白的特性及活性与细菌浓度、菌龄以及培养的环境条件相关,两株菌在表达冰核活性时对培养基的营养组分没有表现出特殊的要求。同时还进一步阐明了不同生长温度冰核活性细菌对冰核蛋白表达的影响。     

冰核细菌表达冰核蛋白特性的研究*

选用１００２５Ａ和ＱＦ－９５－Ｆ１９两株分离自杨树的冰核活性细菌,探讨了两株菌不同生长阶段与它们冰核活性表达的特性。实验结果显示,冰核活性细菌在ＭＰＤＡ培养液中表达冰核蛋白的特性及活性与细菌浓度、菌龄以及培养的环境条件相关,两株菌在表达冰核活性时对培养基的营养组分没有表现出特殊的要求。同时还进一步阐明了不同生长温度冰核活性细菌对冰核蛋白表达的影响。     

Erwinia herbicola冰核活性蛋白的分离、电泳分析鉴定

对Erwinia herbicola(A25)菌株的冰核活性蛋白的分离纯化及电泳进行研究。主要方法①按双温培养的方法,获得了较高的生物量积累和强冰核活性的诱导表达。②实验采用渗透压冲击法破碎细菌细胞,破碎率达98．67％。③通过差速离心法获取不同冰核活性蛋白组分,测定各组分的冰核活性和SDS－PAGE电泳图谱分析。建立了冰核活性因子的高冰核活性与离心力之间的关系;利用SDS－PAGE还建立了具冰核活性蛋白的分子量的大小与冰核活性蛋白组分之间的关系。证实了具高冰核活性蛋白质最小结构单位约为26．0kD。     

冰核细菌生物学特性及其诱发植物霜冻机理与防霜应用

就国内外有关冰核细菌生物学特性及其诱发植物霜冻机理与防霜应用的研究进展作以概述。阐述了冰核细菌种类、分布、影响冰核活性的成冰因素,冰核活性等级划分、冰核细菌保存方法以及冰核细菌诱发植物霜冻机理;简介了冰核细菌分子生物学研究进展;药剂和生防菌能够防除植物上冰核细菌减轻或控制霜冻危害,并已取得成效,是防御植物霜冻的一条新途径。     

Phosphatidylinositol, a phospholipid of ice-nucleating bacteria.

The nature of the phospholipids of the various bacteria that have ice nucleation activity in supercooled water has been determined. The seven bacteria studied included Pseudomonas syringae, Erwinia herbicola, three Escherichia coli K-12 strains that are phenotypically Ice+ because they contain plasmids with different amounts of either P. syringae or E. herbicola cloned DNA, and two E. coli K-12 strains without cloned ice gene DNA. All five Ice+ bacterial strains contained small amounts (0.1 to 1.0% of the total phospholipids) of phosphatidylinositol (PI), a phospholipid not previously detected in E. coli, Pseudomonas, or Erwinia species. The Ice- E. coli strains also contained trace level of PI that amounted to 2 to 30% of the level found in the Ice+ E. coli strains. Extracts of Ice+ strains contained low but measurable activities of PI synthase, while the activities in Ice- strains amounted to only 8 to 12% or less of that found in extracts of Ice+ bacteria. The functioning of the ice gene apparently increased both the PI synthase activity and the PI content of Ice+ strains from low endogenous levels. The relative ice nucleation activity at -4 degrees C or above (class A nucleation activity) of all Ice+ strains was found to be proportional to their PI content. The addition of myo-inositol (5 x 10(-4) M) to synthetic culture media increased the class A nucleation activity of both Ice+ E. coli strains and P. syringae up to sevenfold but had no stimulating effect on ice nucleation at lower temperatures (class B and class C nucleation activities). If these cells after fusion with PI vesicles were incubated with an energy source, the class A nucleation activity increased 70-fold over that present before fusion. These results indicate that PI plays an important role in ice nucleation at warm temperatures and is a likely precursor or component of the class A structure.     

The role of ice nucleation active bacteria in supercooling of citrus tissues

The frost sensitivity of Citrus sinensis in relation to the presence of biogenic ice nuclei was studied. In commercially managed citrus groves the ice nucleation active (INA) bacterium Pseudomonas syringae reached 6 × 10⁴ colony forming units (CFU) leaf⁻¹, a population sufficiently high to catalyze ice formation. However, a transient loss of bacterial nucleation activity was noticeable at subzero field temperatures, followed by resumption as temperatures rose. This loss was apparently due to a temporary transition of INA to ice nucleation inactive (INI) bacteria. Field application of Bordeaux mixture, copper hydroxide, streptomycin, and 2-hydroxypropylmethanethiolsulfonate (HPMTS), resulted in reduction of INA bacterial populations to detectability (≤ 10² CFU leaf⁻¹) limits. However, the corresponding reduction in ice nucleation events in treated samples as compared to controls at nucleation temperature ≥−3°C was not as dramatic. It ranged from approximately 7% in samples treated with the bactericide HPMTS, to 35% in samples treated with chemicals possessing combined bactericidal - fungicidal action (coppers). Since a quantitative relationship exists between ice nucleation events on individual leaves and the INA bacterial populations harbored by these leaves, these results suggest the co-existence of a bacterial and a proteinaceous, yet non-bacterial ice nucleating source in citrus, both active at ≥−3°C.     

冰核细菌(Erwinia ananas 110)冰核基因克隆和序列分析

从作者自行分离的冰核细菌（Erwinia ananas110)中克隆到我国第1个细菌冰核基因,并完成其序列测定和分析,所克隆基因编码区全长3921bp,编码1306aa,氨基酸序列明显分为3个区即N-端（161aa),C-端（41aa)的单一序列区和中部的高度重复序列R区（1104aa)。以16氨基酸为重复单元的R区占整个编码序列的84.5%。序列分析表明我们所克隆的基因为一个新冰核基因,将其命名为iceA。该基因已在GenBank上登录,登录号为：AF387802。     

Factors affecting ice nucleation in plant tissues

Factors affecting the ice nucleation temperature of plants and plant tissues were examined. The mass of a sample had a marked effect on ice nucleation temperature. Small tissue samples supercooled to −10°C and were not accurate predictors of the nucleation temperature of intact plants in either laboratory or field experiments. This effect was not unique to plant tissues and was observed in autoclaved and control soil samples. Ice nucleation temperatures of bean, corn, cotton, and soybean seedlings were influenced by the length of subzero exposure, presence of ice nucleation active bacteria, and leaf surface wetness. The number of factors influencing ice nucleation temperature suggested that predicting the freezing behavior of plants in the field will be complex.     

丝裂霉素C对Erwinia herbicola表达及运转冰核活性蛋白方式的影响

利用添加丝裂霉素C(MMC)于不同培养基中,并在不同培养条件下对草生欧文氏菌10025A(E．herbicola 10025A)诱导培养,首次证实该菌表达冰核活性蛋白的活性及运转分泌冰核活性蛋白方式是不同。研究结果显示,MMC的加入可以提高细菌培养物的冰核活性,该现象可以解释为MMC对E．herbicola的作用能够激活细胞SOS应急系统的反应,诱导细胞合成部分参与修复DNA损伤的酶和蛋白因子,达到对E．herbicola诱导表达冰核蛋白通过高尔基体形成小液泡,向膜外分泌的方式,同时对E．herbicola细胞分裂后的形态也发生明显的影响。这对研究细胞在恶劣环境的生存机制以及获取该条件下的蛋白具有重要的意义,对低温生物的研究也将产生积极地影响。     

Ice-nucleating bacteria from the guts of two sub-antarctic beetles, hydromedion sparsutum and perimylops antarcticus (Perimylopidae)

The site of ice nucleation in the freeze-tolerant, sub-Antarctic beetle Hydromedion sparsutum has been investigated. Ice+ bacteria, active at above -2.0 degrees C, were isolated from the guts of beetles and identified as a fluorescent Pseudomonas species. Other possible sites of nucleation, including the hemolymph, were examined but had a lower activity. Ice+ bacteria were isolated from mixed populations, isolated from the guts of adult beetles, and grown on nutrient agar plates and in nutrient broth. Nucleation activity of the broth culture peaked after only 2 days although the number of live cells continued to increase until day 6. These cultures were used to determine the maximum nucleation activity of a bacterial suspension in sterile distilled water (-3.4 degrees C) and the dilution factor required to cause a 50% reduction in activity (10(4)). The original bacterial suspension had an absorbance of 0.5 measured at 660 nm and contained 6 x 10(11) bacteria per milliliter. From this it is estimated that only 1 in 10(6) bacteria possessed the highest levels of ice-nucleating activity. Other insect species, including Perimylops antarcticus, which are found in habitats similar to that of H. sparsutum, were examined for the presence of ice+ bacteria. All contained ice-nucleating bacteria in their guts but with a lower level of activity than in H. sparsutum. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.     

Localization of ice nucleation activity and the iceC gene product in Pseudomonas syringae and Escherichia coli

Ice nucleation activity and the iceC gene product were quantified in different subcellular fractions of the Pseudomonas syringae source strain and in Escherichia coli containing the cloned iceC gene to determine the activity of this protein in different subcellular locations. Ice nuclei were nearly completely retained during isolation of cell envelopes but exhibited a decrease in the temperature at which they were expressed. Ice nucleation activity was found in Triton X-100 insoluble membrane fragments as well as in slowly sedimenting and high-density membrane fragments. Nearly all ice nucleation activity was associated with the outer membrane because the partitioning of 3-ketodeoxyoctonate (a lipopolysaccharide component) and ice nuclei in cell fractions were similar to and opposite that of NADH oxidase (a cytoplasmic membrane component). The iceC gene product had an apparent mass of 150,000 Da based on migration in SDS-polyacrylamide gels. This protein was not found in soluble cell components. Nearly all of the iceC gene product, which occurred in low abundance, was associated with the outer membrane of both P. syringae and E. coli. Therefore, the iceC gene product is located at and is maximally active in or on the outer membrane of cells of the source strain and heterologous strains.