中国水螅属一新种(螅形目,水螅科)

记述水螅科水螅属1新种：哈尔滨水螅Hydra harbinensis sp.nov.。本种与其它已报告的雌雄同体水螅有明显区别,只与美洲的海曼水螅较为相似,但也有不同,其与海曼水螅的区别为：生活于静水,能直立并可横向附着生活,实验室培养用储放的自来水可正常生活及生殖。粘刺丝囊小型。胚鞘的鞘膜表面有网格,每根圆锥形的棘刺发自每一网格中央,棘刺无结节,不分叉。精巢数目为2～6个,卵为4～6个。模式标本保存于哈尔滨师范大学生命与环境科学学院生物学系无脊椎动物研究室。     

五种水螅基因组DNA的RAPD多态性研究

利用RAPD技术对水螅科2属5种水螅进行了基因组DNA多态性研究.80个随机引物筛选出18个引物,共扩增出303个清晰稳定的DNA片段,分子量在0.3～3.0kb之间.以UPGMA聚类法构建树状图,阐明水螅属种的分类关系:大庆水螅Hydra daqingensis、北京水螅H.beijingensis和强壮水螅H.robusta 3种分成两组并聚在一起;不同属的漠河水螅H.mohensis和绿水螅Chlorohydra sp.聚为一支;由此2属5种水螅分为两个支系.     

水螅的快速繁殖方法

本文介绍了水草附着法,藻苔贴壁法和苔丝附着法。作者利用18—25℃的高水温,充足的水蚤,喂食后及时换水和藻类的光合作用等几个条件,将水螅人工地附着于水草、藻苔和着生绿藻的玻璃绳上,高速、省工、适时地繁殖水螅,十分成功。夏季室温(20—25℃左右)较高,水蚤较易得刭,又是教学使用水螅的旺季.利用水螅的出芽繁殖,几年来为几百所学校提供了数万条活水螅用于教学。冬季保留少数螅种喂水蚯蚓越冬,亚甲基蓝和(口了)啶黄水溶液可防冶水螅的车轮虫病。     

大乳头水螅在中国的首次发现

淡水水螅有效物种已记述36种。史新柏等(1987)对哈尔滨的强壮水螅Hydra robustaIto,1947作过报道;范学铭报道了中国水螅4个新种,即哈尔滨水螅Hydra harbinensisFan、漠河水螅Hydra mohensisFan,1999、大庆水螅Hydra daqin-gensisFan,2000和北京水螅Hydra beijingensisFan,2003,     

中国水螅属一新种(螅形目,水螅科)

记述采自北京地区水螅属1新种：北京水螅Hydra beijingensis sp．nov．。新种的主要鉴别特征是出现体部与柄的分化;钩刺丝囊内刺丝缠绕具有2种形态：大部分钩刺丝囊(占2／3左右)内顶端基部刺丝呈4～5圈横向弹簧状缠绕,而占所观察刺丝囊总数1／3左右的囊内刺丝为不规则缠绕和纵向缠绕。标本保存在哈尔滨师范大学生命与环境科学学院生物学系无脊椎动物研究室。     

水螅的摄食与生殖

水螅是一类只有散漫神经 (神经网 ) ,结构简单 ,在淡水中固着生活 ,体呈圆柱形的动物。在水螅的摄食和生殖等方面笔者观察到一些有趣的现象 (见本期封四彩色照片 ) ,现做简要介绍。1　摄食和消化水螅喜食水蚤、剑水蚤和小型的环节动物。水螅捕食没有数量选择。当游动的 1个或几个水蚤撞到水螅任一触手或几条触手时 ,触手上密布的具有捕食和防御功能的 4种刺丝囊同时放射刺丝 ,将其抓住、麻醉、杀死。同时受刺激的散漫神经引起水螅全身的收缩 ,触手和躯体已缩成一团 ,此时 ,如又一被捕获物撞到收缩的触手上 ,剩余的刺丝囊能够继续放射刺丝 ,…     

基于线粒体COⅠ和16S rRNA基因序列比较分析东海带鱼群体遗传多样性

测定了东海带鱼(Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus)三个群体(命名为A: 122°32′E 29°55′N、B: 123°30′E 26°75N; C: 124°24′E 27°26′N)72个个体的线粒体DNA16S rRNA和COⅠ基因序列,通过单基因序列和联合序列分析, 研究了东海带鱼群体的遗传变异情况。分别得到1130 bp的COⅠ基因序列片段和554 bp的16S rRNA序列片段, 其中COⅠ基因片段的T、C、A、G含量分别为29.0%、28.9%、24.4%和17.7%; 16S rRNA基因片段的T、C、A、G含量分别为22.7%、27.6%、28.0%和21.7%。基于线粒体16S rRNA、COⅠ和16S+COⅠ基因序列分析, 72个个体中分别确定43个, 8个和49个单倍型, 存在单倍型共享现象。群体的单倍型多样性指数为0.9766—0.9992, 显示了群体内的单倍型较为丰富。3个群体间各序列平均核苷酸差异数(K)在5.111—9.024和0.0045—0.0076, 核苷酸多样性指数(π)为0.0048—0.0084, 显示不同带鱼群体遗传多态性丰富。使用邻接法构建的分子进化树揭示同一群体内大部分个体聚在一起。分析结果表明, 群体A遗传背景比群体B、群体C较为丰富, 群体内部个体差异大于群体间差异, 群体间基因交流频率较高, 遗传分化不明显, 初步判定东海带鱼3个群体的遗传多样性偏低。     

水螅的刺细胞及其功能

腔肠动物具有其他动物所没有的特殊的刺细胞(cnidocyst),因而旧称刺胞动物(Cnidaria)。刺细胞来源于未分化的间细胞,发育过程很复杂(图1见封二,下同)。成熟的刺细胞一般呈椭圆形,端部的一侧具一小针状的刺针(cnidocil),细胞核位于细胞的基部。刺细胞中含有一囊状的细胞器称刺丝囊(nematocyst)(图2)。在腔肠动物中已识别出的刺丝囊有20余种。Weill(1923)研究了     

水螅的畸形触手及其形成原因

正常水螅(Hydra)的触手没有分枝,但在2触手合并过程中有暂时的分枝现象。对于多分枝或呈环形的畸形触手以及引起畸形的原因,目前尚未见报道。笔者于1990年10月观察到1个畸形触手的水螅,为探明其产生原因,进行了一些实验,现将结果报道如下。(一)材料和方法实验用水螅均采自安徽     

水螅觸手數目之觀察

水螅(Hydra oligactus Pallus)之觸手數目,在天然環境中,可以有自十個至五個之差異。早期之研究皆以為觸手數目之决定皆由于水螅之大小及年齡。但實際觀察中有二點,顯示觸手數目似與水螅之大小無關:(1)此二者之間之相關係數極低,(2)水螅在生長條件最優時,可以增加其體積之大小,而觸手之數目不增多。但在某種環境下,水螅之觸手確能增加。此種環境之一即為華氏五十五度左右之温度。在該情形下,出芽生殖率降低,而觸手可以長出。此一情形,在自然間,即為晚晚春及早秋之温度。故水螅經年後,可以增加觸手之數目,亦可謂,觸手數目舆水螅之年齡有關。觸手增多無一定之規則。平常皆增加一至二觸手。但有時亦可增加一圈觸手(四個至五個)。水螅觸手數目正常或係六個,最少為三個,最多為十二個。但此二情形之水螅曾不能存在長久。三個觸手之水螅不久即長出第四個觸手,十二個觸手之水螅則不久即縱裂為二個水螅。     

Variation in green hydra. A description of three cloned strains of Hydra viridissima Pallas 1766 (Gnidaria: Hydrozoa) isolated from a single site

Three different strains of green hydra were isolated in successive years from a single site in the River Frome, Bristol, England. The strains resembled each other in important taxonomic characters, and were identified as Hydra viridissima by their possession of smooth-walled single-chambered embryothecas, but were smaller, possessed smaller nematocysts and produced fewer eggs per individual than the Western European holotype. It is possible that English green hydra represent a geographical subspecies.
The three strains could be distinguished from each other by differences in rates of bud production and in characters associated with their symbiotic algae. These differences are considered varietal, and it is suggested that H. viridissima is a polytypic species. The possible origins of these variations and their significance is discussed.     

中国绿水螅分子系统发生地位的初步探讨

目的:初步探讨中国绿水螅(Hydra sinensis)分子系统发生地位以及水螅属内部各类群系统发生关系。方法:采用酚-氯仿法提取中国绿水螅总DNA,扩增线粒体COI和16S r RNA基因片段并进行DNA序列测定,再利用Clustal及MEGA等生物信息学分析软件进行系统发生分析。结果:在本研究重建的所有系统发生树中,中国绿水螅始终与绿水螅Hydra viridissima的不同种群一起构成绿水螅单系群。同时,棕色水螅群的单系性被基于COI基因的NJ树以及基于16S r RNA基因的NJ树和ML树支持,唯独基于COI基因的ML树不支持棕色水螅群的单系发生。在基于COI基因的ML树中纤弱水螅族在系统树的基部独立为一支系,而绿水螅群和其他棕色水螅群水螅一起组成另一支系,提示纤弱水螅族水螅的系统发生地位值得进一步探讨。值得注意的是,根据本文的结果,棕色水螅群内3族的划分仍然有一定疑问。基于COI基因的NJ树和ML树支持普通水螅族、寡水螅族和纤弱水螅族各自族内的单系发生,但16S r RNA基因的NJ树和ML树中仅普通水螅族水螅聚为单系群,而寡水螅族和纤弱水螅族水螅各自并非单系发生。结论:把水螅属划分为绿水螅群及棕色水螅群有一定的合理性,但棕色水螅群内寡水螅族、普通水螅族和纤弱水螅族3族的划分还有待商榷。     

光周期对中国水螅种群增长、无性出芽生殖及抗氧化酶活力的影响

单细胞真核绿藻在中国水螅(Hydra sinensis)内胚层皮肌细胞中共生是有较高科研价值的特殊生物学现象。水螅宿主细胞为共生藻提供CO2、氮源及矿物质,而共生藻通过光合作用可能为宿主提供碳水化合物等有机物营养,因此水螅与共生藻间代谢流是以共生藻光合作用为中心,但基于代谢流二者间的互作机制目前尚未阐明。水螅通过营养积累进行出芽生殖,从母体脱落的芽体数量间接反映水螅营养积累的相对量。而光暴露时长能影响共生绿藻光合作用,如果共生藻的确能向水螅细胞转移光合作用产物,那光暴露时长应该能间接影响水螅的营养积累、从而进一步影响水螅无性出芽生殖。为证实该假说,本研究应用种群累积培养法,观察了光周期对中国水螅种群增长、无性出芽生殖及抗氧化酶(SOD和CAT)活力的影响。结果显示,光周期对中国水螅种群增长具有明显的影响。培养15 d后,所有实验组水螅的种群密度均为正增长,其中8L∶16D(在一个24h周期内光暴露8 h、黑暗16 h)实验组种群密度最大、而0L∶24D(持续黑暗)实验组种群密度最小。另外,随着光暴露时长的增加,中国水螅SOD及CAT活力整体均呈下降趋势。结果表明,从光周期对中国水螅无性出芽生殖及两种抗氧化酶活力的影响来看,中国水螅对光周期的生理学响应较为敏感,这个现象可能源于共生绿藻能通过向宿主细胞转移光合作用产物的方式为水螅提供营养补充。     

强壮水螅的特征及其与寡水螅的种间差别问题

一种广泛分布于黑龙江省的大型具柄水螅被暂定为强壮水螅Hydra robusta(IT(?) 1947)。这一中国品系与IT(?)(1947)在日本报告的新种主要特征相同,包括具有精巢乳头。只是精巢乳头不稳定。在实验室条件下第一次有性生殖时每个雄体都发生精巢乳头,但第二次有性生殖时,同一群的后代可全部失去精巢乳头。这是介于强壮水螅与寡水螅Hydra oligactis Pallas(1766)之间的中间性状。从而导致作者做出结论,认为过去其他学者所主张的,以精巢乳头的有无做为鉴别特征来区分强壮水螅和寡水螅是不可靠的。因此,本文又检验了此种水螅的体细胞染色体,证明2n=30,其中第二对染色体上有明显近中位置的次缢痕,最小染色体的长度为最大染色体长度的二分之一以上。这些可做为此种水蝗的鉴别特征。对Niiyama(1944)和Datta(1970)在寡水螅上所做的染色体研究也做了比较及讨论。     

Identification and characterization of the epithelial polarity receptor ”Frizzled” in Hydra vulgaris

The Wnt signaling pathway plays an important role in the specification of cell patterning during development in many species. Here we report the isolation and characterization of a putative Wnt receptor, Frizzled, in Hydra vulgaris. Analysis of the amino acid sequence of Frizzled in hydra reveals that this receptor contains many strong sequence similarities to other known Frizzled receptors. Hydra divergence is estimated to have occurred about one billion years ago; thus comparison of the Frizzled sequence of hydra with that of other species is likely to provide important information on the structure and function of those highly conserved regions. Northern and Southern blotting reveal that the Frizzled receptor in hydra has a 2.34-kb message size, and that it is encoded by a single gene. In situ hybridization using hydra frizzled as a probe reveals that the receptor message is restricted to the endoderm in adult hydra. This distribution supports the hypothesis that the Frizzled receptor is functioning in a pathway that controls cell differentiation in hydra. Received: 24 September 1999 / Accepted: 7 December 1999     

Characterisation of two types of head activator receptor on hydra cells

A head activator (HA) analogue is described which even at high concentrations does not lose its biological activity. By cross-linking two HA molecules over a C8 spacer, the conformation was sufficiently altered, such that self-inactivation of HA by dimerisation was prevented. In addition, the introduction of a tyrosine instead of phenylalanine in one of the two HA molecules allowed radioactive labelling with iodine. This HA bipeptide was used to investigate the effect of HA at different concentrations and as ligand for HA receptor characterisation. We found that low concentrations (0.1-10 pM) sufficed to stimulate interstitial cell mitosis, and that higher concentrations (10-1000 pM) were required for the determination of interstitial cells to nerve cells. Binding of the radioactive HA ligand to living hydra and to purified membrane fractions was saturable and specific. Binding was compatible with HA analogues with a stable monomeric conformation, but less well with dimerising HA and HA analogues. Scatchard and kinetic analyses revealed the presence of at least two types of binding site in the membrane fraction, one with a 'lower' affinity (Kd = 10(-9) M) and one with a 100-fold higher affinity (Kd = 10(-11) M). Autoradiography showed that interstitial cells were differentially labelled, suggesting that the number or types of HA receptors may vary depending on cell cycle status. A mutant of hydra with a multiheaded morphology contained 6-20-times more HA receptors per mg protein than other hydra species or mutants.     

额尔齐斯河流域不同来源哲罗鲑形态及COⅠ基因比较研究

为对哲罗鲑(Hucho)的引种放流和土著物种的保护提供科学依据, 研究采集了数尾来源于天然水域的哲罗鲑(Hucho BHB和Hucho BEJ), 与引进的哲罗鲑(Hucho HLJ)一起进行了形态特点观察描述, 同时对COⅠ基因扩增测序并从GenBank下载哲罗鲑属COⅠ基因构建系统发育树、计算遗传距离进行分子生物学比较研究。结果显示, Hucho BEJ和Hucho HLJ形态特点相一致, Hucho BHB与其他两种来源的哲罗鲑在体色、斑点大小等均有差异。基于COⅠ基因的系统发育树显示几种不同来源的哲罗鲑均与太门哲罗鲑(H. taimen)聚为一个大的分枝, 但在这个分枝下, Hucho BEJ和Hucho HLJ与俄罗斯阿穆尔河(中国称黑龙江)的哲罗鲑聚为一枝, 而Hucho BHB单独形成一支。基于COⅠ基因的遗传矩阵显示, Hucho BEJ和Hucho HLJ与俄罗斯阿穆尔河的哲罗鲑遗传距离较近(0—0.0044), 而Hucho BHB与Hucho BEJ、Hucho HLJ及俄罗斯阿穆尔河的哲罗鲑遗传距离较远(0.0057—0.0082)。这说明Hucho BHB在形态和基因序列上与Hucho HLJ及俄罗斯阿穆尔河的哲罗鲑具有较大差异, 可能是不同的生态地理类型, Hucho BEJ和Hucho HLJ在形态和基因序列上基本一致, 我们推测Hucho BEJ是放流或养殖场逃逸的哲罗鲑。     

The head and the foot inhibitor from hydra are not dowex artefacts

Summary In a recent publication in this journal (Berking 1983) it was claimed (1) that the head inhibitor we isolated from hydra is a Dowex artefact, (2) that a separate foot inhibitor does not exist in hydra and (3) that the only inhibitor that has so far been isolated from hydra is one which inhibits head and foot regeneration equally well. These statements are incorrect and require a response. In the following, I would like to summarise our evidence that the inhibitors isolated from hydra, including Berking's inhibitor, have different specificities for head and foot regeneration. In addition, I would like to show that none of our substances are Dowex artefacts.     

水螅异常极性体轴的形成及矫正进程的观察

目的:如何建立和维持体轴是一个基本的发育生物学问题,而淡水水螅是适合进行形态发生和个体发育调控机制研究的重要模式生物。本文观察了大乳头水螅异常极性体轴的形成及矫正进程,初步探讨水螅极性体轴的维持和调控机制。方法:先切取水螅的整个头部,再获得带二根触手的口区组织。通过ABTS细胞化学染色法检测水螅基盘分子标志物过氧化物酶的表达,判别水螅基盘组织(水螅足区的末端)是否形成。结果:从40块口区组织再生得到的水螅个体中有1例极性体轴发育异常的个体,其身体两端均发育成头区,且两端的头区均具有捕食能力。随后水螅其中一端头区的触手逐渐萎缩、退化,最终该端头区转化成具有吸附能力的基盘组织。结论:水螅组织的再生涉及极性体轴的重建,而一些特殊因素可能造成临时性的水螅极性体轴调控紊乱。本研究表明水螅具备自我矫正异常极性体轴的能力。另外,本研究结果显示水螅触手可以萎缩直至退化,该现象涉及的细胞学过程可能是非常复杂的,有可能涉及到触手细胞的凋亡转化过程,也可能是触手的高度分化细胞仍然具备去分化能力、去分化后再转移到身体其他地方,其具体机制值得进一步探究。     

Taxonomy of the European Hydra (Gnidaria: Hydrozoa): a re-examination of its history with emphasis on the species H. vulgaris Pallas, H. attenuata Pallas and H. circumcincta Schulze

The name Hydra attenuata Pallas is currently applied to the wrong animal. The common brown polyp, which is widely called H. attenuata, was described by Pallas (1766) as Hydra vulgaris. The name H. attenuata Pallas originally referred to an uncommon pale polyp, currently known as H. circumcincta Schulze. The history of this confusion is analysed here. The taxonomy of hydra was in disarray during the 18th and 19th centuries, and was clarified in 1917 with the monograph of Schulze. But Schulze misapplied the name for the common hydra, H. vulgaris, to an unusual form and thus was led to assign the name of a rare hydra, H. attenuata, to the common type. Schulze redescribed the rare, pale hydra that Pallas had named H. attenuata as H. circumcincta. The correct name of the common European brown, stalkless hydra is thus H. vulgaris Pallas, 1766. The name H. attenuata has priority for the uncommon pale hydra, but because of disuse of this application of the name, the pale hydra should be recognized by the current, generally accepted binominal H. circumcincta Schulze, 1914.