罗氏沼虾胚胎发育的研究：I.胚胎外部结构形态发生

罗氏沼虾的胚胎发育过程可准确地分为卵裂期、囊胚期、原肠期、前无节幼体期、后无节幼体期、前Ｓａｏ状幼体期和Ｓａｏ状幼体期七个时期。在２８℃水温条件下,胚胎发育的全过程约需４８０小时。     

罗氏沼虾胚胎发育的研究:Ⅰ.胚胎外部结构形态发生

罗氏沼虾的胚胎发育过程可准确地分为卵裂期、囊胚期、原肠期、前无节幼体期、后无节幼体期、前状幼体期和状幼体期七个时期。在２８℃水温条件下,胚胎发育的全过程约需４８０小时。     

粗糙沼虾卵巢发育的组织学

利用组织切片技术,对粗糙沼虾的卵子发生和卵巢发育周期进行了组织学研究。根据细胞的大小、细胞核和核仁的大小形态及卵黄积累等情况,将卵子发生划分为4个时期,卵原细胞、卵黄合成期的卵母细胞、成熟前期和成熟期。卵黄合成期的卵母细胞又可细划分为3个时期。粗糙沼虾卵巢发育具有一定的规律性。根据卵巢的大小和颜色及每种雌性生殖细胞在卵巢中所占的比例,将卵巢发育划分为7个时期。并通过卵巢发育规律的探讨,对粗糙沼虾的人工养殖提出了合理的建议。     

红螯光壳螯虾胚胎及仔虾发育过程中卵黄磷蛋白的ELISA检测

建立了间接竞争酶联免疫吸附反应(ELISA)方法,对红螯光壳螯虾(Cherax quadricarinatus)胚胎及仔虾发育过程中的卵黄磷蛋白含量及其亚基组分进行了研究。该方法对卵黄磷蛋白具有良好的特异性,有效检测范围为31.25~250 ng/ml。结果表明,在发育初期胚胎先降解分子量比卵黄磷蛋白大的蛋白;亚基中,分子量较大和较小的亚基都先被消耗;胚胎内卵黄磷蛋白含量总体上呈下降趋势,其中在卵裂囊胚阶段后略有上升(3.19%),至后无节幼体期卵黄磷蛋白含量达最高(4.67%),之后不断下降,到仔虾离开母体独立生活时,含量只剩下卵裂期的1/4。     

马氏沼虾蚤状幼体发育特征及其与罗氏沼虾幼体的形态差异

马氏沼虾(Macrobrachium malcolmsonii)的幼体从孵化到变态为幼虾要经过多次蜕皮,每次蜕皮均伴随形态及附肢特征的改变。采用显微观测摄像法对马氏沼虾Z1-Z12各期幼体样本30尾进行了观察,测量结果表明Z2与Z1在复眼上存在较大差异,Z3与Z2、Z4与Z5的主要分期特征均位于尾节上,Z6的腹部出现腹足萌芽,Z7与Z8的形态差异在于第一触角内鞭和外鞭的附肢变化,判别Z9-Z12的主要分期依据为步足、腹足和额角形态。因此通过观察Z1-Z12幼体第1触角上的内鞭和外鞭,第2触角上的触角鞭和触角片,头胸甲上的额角、背刺、复眼和第1、2对步足,腹部的附肢、尾节和尾扇等形态变化,及测定各期幼体附肢的分节数和刚毛数等可量性状上的差异,可为马氏沼虾蚤状幼体分期提供生物学依据;此外还对马氏沼虾与罗氏沼虾幼体的形态差异进行了比较,通过测定幼体触角鞭的分节数量,为两种沼虾幼体之间的鉴别提供参考数据。       

不同种群罗氏沼虾幼体对急速升温的耐受力*

实验选取了江苏、上海和广东3个养殖种群和1个越南野生种群的罗氏沼虾幼体进行急速升温实验,对其耐受力进行比较,测定不同种群罗氏沼虾的环境适应力。实验结果表明,广东种群和越南种群的罗氏沼虾幼体对高温的耐受力明显高于上海种群和江苏种群。     

粗糙沼虾精巢发育的组织学

利用光镜技术,对粗糙沼虾精巢发育进行了研究,根据精子发生过程中每种生殖细胞所占的比例和发生的次序,并结合精巢的形态特征,把精巢发育过程分为五个时期,即精原细胞期,精母细胞期,精细胞期,成熟精子期及退化期,精原细胞期,精巢小,透明乳白色,生精小管内的生殖细胞以精原细胞为主;精母细胞期;精巢体积增大,半透明乳白色,主要由处于初级精母细胞的次级精母细胞阶段的生殖细胞组成;精细胞期,精巢体积继续增大,颜色加深,生精小管内的生殖细胞以精细胞为主;成熟精子期,精巢体积可达最大,紫红色,生精小管内充满着成熟的精子,退化期;精巢体积减小,半透明乳白色,生精小管内的成熟精子几乎排空。     

红螯蟹虾胚胎发育的研究：Ⅱ，消化系统的发生

应用组织切片技术,研究了红螯螯虾胚胎发育过程中消化系统的发生,红螯螯虾的消化系统由前肠,中肠和后肠3部分组成,前肠和后肠由外胚层形成,而中肠源自原肠期由胚胎表面向囊胚内迁移的中内胚层细胞团,前无节幼体期前肠开始发生,至后无节幼体期先后形成口道,食道和胃等结构,中肠起始于后无节幼体期的次级卵黄锥,包括管状中肠和1对囊状消化腺－中肠腺;后肠端部是无节幼体期形成的肛道,肛道不断向胚胎前端延伸逐渐形成后肠。     

红螯螯虾胚胎发育的研究:Ⅱ.消化系统的发生

应用组织切片技术 ,研究了红螯螯虾胚胎发育过程中消化系统的发生。红螯螯虾的消化系统由前肠、中肠和后肠 3部分组成 ,前肠和后肠由外胚层形成 ,而中肠源自原肠期由胚胎表面向囊胚内迁移的中内胚层细胞团。前无节幼体期前肠开始发生 ,至后无节幼体期先后形成口道、食道和胃等结构 ;中肠起始于后无节幼体期的次级卵黄锥 ,包括管状中肠和 1对囊状消化腺 -中肠腺 ;后肠端部是前无节幼体期形成的肛道 ,肛道不断向胚胎前端延伸逐渐形成后肠     

日本沼虾三群体线粒体16S rRNA基因片段序列的差异与系统进化

通过对日本沼虾(Macrobrachium nipponense)3个群体线粒体DNA 16S rRNA基因片段进行扩增和测定,得到长度为495bp的片段,其碱基A、T、G和C的平均含量分别为28.6%、36.1%、22.7%和12.5%,AT含量明显高于GC含量。通过对日本沼虾16SrRNA基因片段遗传特征的研究发现其种内变异很小,在3个群体中只有5个位点发生转换。另外,利用其454bp的同源序列,以中国明对虾(Fenneropenaeus chinensis)为外群探讨了沼虾属日本沼虾、罗氏沼虾(M.rosenbergii)等8种沼虾的系统进化关系。用MEGA3.1软件中的NJ法构建的分子进化树,日本沼虾3个群体先聚在一起后与海南沼虾聚在一起;另外,罗氏沼虾与马氏沼虾、短腕沼虾与贪食沼虾亲缘关系较近先聚在一起,然后再与大臂沼虾和等齿沼虾聚在一起,最后才与外群中国明对虾聚在一起。     

Two Acidic Proteins Associated with Brain Development in Chick Embryo

The developmental changes in protein composition of the chick optic tectum were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Staining with Coomassie Brilliant Blue R revealed 54 major proteins, eight of which remarkably changed their abundance during development: Four of these proteins (S8, S14, S30, and S54) increased and two of them (S7 and S37) decreased in the course of the brain development. The other two proteins (S5 and S6) appeared at specific embryonic stages and were not detected in the adult. The abundance of S5 protein was highest at day 7, and that of S6 protein at days 9-18. The two proteins were present in other regions of the embryonic brain but were not detected in the embryonic liver. The proteins were purified from the soluble fraction of embryonic chick brains by pH 5.5 precipitation, DEAE-Sepharose column chromatography, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular weights of S5 and S6 proteins were 95,000 and 100,000, respectively, and their isoelectric points were about 4.5. They were compared by peptide mapping using V8 protease and found to share 11 common peptides out of 17 distinct ones. This indicates a strong degree of structural homology between these two proteins.     

Changes in late embryogenesis abundant proteins and a small heat shock protein during storage of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seeds

Beech seed physiology, including the effect of stress proteins like late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) and small heat shock proteins (sHSP) on viability during storage, is not fully understood. Four lots of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seeds have been stored for 1, 4, 6 and 8 years at −10 °C and 8–9% moisture content (MC). Under these conditions, the germination capacity ranges from 81.5% to 100% in the youngest seeds. However, the seeds decrease in vigour with prolonged time of storage. Dehydrins and dehydrin-like proteins were identified both in cotyledons and embryonic axes of the dry stored seeds. In general, decreased contents of LEA proteins as well as reduced content of total soluble protein were detected during prolonged storage. The contents of soluble proteins in embryonic axes and nearly all detected dehydrins and dehydrin-like proteins were correlated with germination capacity. Moreover a sHSP with molecular mass of approximately 22 kDa was identified. The largest content of this protein was observed in the oldest seeds, especially in embryonic axes. The proteins identified may play a protective role during water deficit and storage.     

Changes in protein pattern during different developmental stages of somatic embryos in chickpea

Mature embryonic axes were used for chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) regeneration via somatic embryogenesis. Qualitative and quantitative estimation of protein profile during somatic embryogenesis by SDS-PAGE and densitometric analysis showed differential expression of various storage proteins at different stages of somatic embryo development, which was compared with the profile of developing seeds. Total protein content in somatic embryos of chickpea increased from globular stage [2.9 μg mg⁻¹(f.m.)] to cotyledonary stage [4.8 μg mg⁻¹(f.m.)] and then started decreasing during onset of maturation and germination [up to 1.5 μg mg⁻¹(f.m.)]. Differential expression of seed storage proteins, late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins and proteins related with stress response were documented at different stages of somatic embryogenesis. Germinating somatic embryos showed degradation products of several seed storage proteins and the appearance of new polypeptides (76.8, 67.6, 49.9 and 34.2 kDa), which were absent during differentiation of somatic embryos. A low molecular mass (17.7 kDa) polypeptide was uniformly present during all stages of somatic embryogenesis and it may belong to a group of stress-related proteins. This study describes the expression of true seed storage proteins like legumin, vicilin, convicilin and their subunits at different stages of somatic embryogenesis, which may serve as excellent markers for embryogenic pathway of regeneration in chickpea.     

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic relationships of a protein with potential oxygen-binding capabilities in the grasshopper embryo. A hemocyanin in insects?

Arthropodan hemocyanins, prophenoloxidases (PPOs), and insect hexamerins form a superfamily of hemolymph proteins that we propose to call the AHPH superfamily. The evolutionary and functional relationships of these proteins are illuminated by a new embryonic hemolymph protein (EHP) that is expressed during early stages of development in the grasshopper embryo. EHP is a 78-kDa soluble protein present initially in the yolk sac content, and later in the embryonic hemolymph. Protein purification and peptide sequencing were used to identify an embryonic cDNA clone coding for EHP. In situ hybridization identifies hemocytes as EHP-expressing cells. As deduced from the cDNA clone, EHP is a secreted protein with two potential glycosylation sites. Sequence analysis defines EHP as a member of the AHPH superfamily. Phylogenetic analyses with all the currently available AHPH proteins, including EHP, were performed to ascertain the evolutionary history of this protein superfamily. We used both the entire protein sequence and each of the three domains present in the AHPH proteins. The phylogenies inferred for each of the domains suggest a mosaic evolution of these protein modules. Phylogenetic and multivariate analyses consistently group EHP with crustacean hemocyanins and, less closely, with insect hexamerins, relative to cheliceratan hemocyanins and PPOs. The grasshopper protein rigorously preserves the residues involved in oxygen binding, oligomerization, and allosteric regulation of the oxygen transport proteins. Although insects were thought not to have hemocyanins, we propose that EHP functions as an oxygen transport or storage protein during embryonic development.      

Gene expression during development of Myxococcus xanthus: pattern of protein synthesis.

The pattern of protein synthesis during development of Myxococcus xanthus was investigated. This gram-negative bacterium has a complex life cycle which involves a temporal sequence of cellular aggregation, mound formation, and myxosporulation. At various stages of development, cells were pulse-labeled with a ¹⁴C-labeled amino acid mixture. Synthesis of soluble and membrane proteins was then analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Of the 30 major soluble proteins, at least 25% showed significant changes in their rates of production during development. Several significant changes were also found in the membrane proteins as analyzed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The major proteins synthesized during development were classified into four different types: accumulation proteins, peak proteins, late proteins, and constant proteins. The synthesis of protein S, an accumulation protein, increases dramatically during development to a maximum of 15% of total soluble protein synthesis. When methionine was added to the culture medium, cells did not form fruiting bodies. Under these conditions, almost all of the protein changes observed in the early and middle periods of development still occurred. However, the production of late proteins (e.g., protein U) was not observed, suggesting that methionine blocks a late stage of development. During glycerol induction, many of the changes in protein synthesis which normally occur during development were not observed (e.g., protein S did not accumulate). These results indicate that gene expression in M. xanthus is complex and subject to tight regulation.     

Cathodal proteins from primitive (embryonic) red cells of amphibia. Isolation and characterization.

A group of abundant (15% of the soluble protein) nonhemoglobin proteins was isolated from the primitive (embryonic) red cells found in tadpoles, using the cationic properties of the proteins at pH 8.6 to separate them from hemoglobin and other red cell proteins. The cathodal proteins (CP) were resolved into five components, and the two most predominant proteins were separated and characterized. Purified CP-1b and CP-2 had an amino acid composition similar to that of unfractionated cathodal proteins and to each other, except for small variations in the lysine and half-cystine content. The molecular weight of the purified CP-1b and CP-2 was 13 to 14,000, determined by gel filtration chromatography and electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Cathodal proteins were immunologically related although there were quantitative differences in reactivity. The concentration of cathodal proteins in primitive (embryonic) red cells was 100 times that in definitive (adult) red cells coincided with the replacement of primitive red cells. The synthesis of the cathodal proteins appeared to continue throughout the life of the primitive red cells; when hemoglobin synthesis declined in primitive red cells, approximately half of the protein synthesized by the cells was cathodal protein. Although the function of the cathodal proteins is as yet unknown, the data suggest that the cathodal proteins are a unique characteristic of erythroid differentiation in early development.     

Analysis of storage proteins in normal and aborted seeds from embryo-lethal mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

The major storage proteins isolated from wild-type seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh., strain Columbia, were studied by sucrose gradient centrifugation and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Both the hypocotyl and cotyledons of mature embryos contained abundant 12 S (cruciferin) and 2 S (arabin) proteins that appeared similar in size and subunit composition to the cruciferin (12 S) and napin (1.7 S) seed-storage proteins of Brassica napus. The 12 S protein from Arabidopsis was resolved by SDS-PAGE into two groups of subunits with approximate relative molecular weights of 22–23 kDa (kilodalton) and 30–34 kDa. These polypeptides accumulated late in embryo development, disappeared early in germination, and were not detected in other vegetative or reproductive tissues. Accumulation of the 12 S proteins in aborted seeds from nine embryo-lethal mutants with different patterns of abnormal development was studied to determine the extent of cellular differentiation in arrested embryos from each mutant line. Abundant 12 S proteins were found in arrested embryos from two mutants with late lethal phases, but not in seven other mutants with lethal phases ranging from the globular to the cotyledon stages of embryo development. These results indicate that the accumulation of seed-storage proteins in wild-type embryos of Arabidopsis is closely tied to morphogenetic changes that occur during embryo development. Embryo-lethal mutants may therefore be useful in future studies on the developmental regulation of storage-protein synthesis.Abbreviations kDa kilodalton - M_r relative molecular weight - PAGE polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis - SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate     

Isolation and characterization of intracellular protein inclusions produced by the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens

Cells of the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens contain two types of morphologically distinct crystalline inclusion proteins. The larger rectangular inclusion (type 1) and a smaller bipyramid-shaped inclusion (type 2) were purified from cell lysates by differential centrifugation and isopycnic density gradient centrifugation. Both structures are composed of protein and are readily soluble at pH 11 and 4 in 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and in 8 M urea. Electrophoretic analysis reveals that each inclusion is composed of a single protein subunit with a molecular mass of 11,000 Da. The proteins differ in amino acid composition, protease digestion pattern, and immunological cross-reactivity. The protein inclusions are first visible in the cells at the time of late exponential growth. Western blot analyses showed that the proteins appeared in cells during mid- to late exponential growth. When at maximum size in stationary-phase cells, the proteins constitute 40% of the total cellular protein. The protein inclusions are not used during long-term starvation of the cells and were not toxic when injected into or fed to Galleria mellonella larvae.     

Soluble and Insoluble Protein Patterns during Induction of Freezing Tolerance in Black Locust Seedlings

Protein metabolism plays a major role in the development of freezing tolerance in plants. Soluble and insoluble protein concentrations were followed during induction of freezing tolerance in black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) stem tissues. Soluble proteins were fractionated using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and examined for the presence of glycoprotein fractions. Soluble protein concentration remained relatively constant during early stages of induction of freezing tolerance but increased significantly during later stages, while insoluble protein concentration remained relatively constant throughout induction. A new soluble protein component appeared during later stages of induction and was identified as a glycoprotein. Some glycoproteins are known to have a high water-binding capacity, which could play a role in intracellular resistance to ice formation during development of freezing tolerance.