三种稻飞虱成虫体内酵母类共生菌的形态差异

试验采用冷冻切片技术结合显微摄像系统观察法研究了酵母类共生菌在3种稻飞虱成虫体内的存在状态、形态特性以及种类和组成.光学显微镜观察证实,3种稻飞虱成虫的头部和胸部均未观察到共生菌,在其腹部脂肪体中有大量酵母类共生菌,且以出芽进行无性繁殖,并伴有菌胞的出现.3种稻飞虱成虫体内共生菌的形态和组成明显不同.其中,褐飞虱体内的共生菌个体较大,以梭形、杆状和卵形为主,分别占共生菌总数的30.7%、53.5%和15.1%;灰飞虱和白背飞虱体内的共生菌个体较小,以卵形为主,分别占共生菌总数的93.4%和94.7%.此外,褐飞虱成虫体内的各类共生菌都显著大于灰飞虱和白背飞虱成虫体内的同种类型个体,且灰飞虱和白背飞虱体内的同种共生菌个体大小之间也存在一定差异.     

共生菌在褐飞虱致害性变化中的作用

研究了不同虫源和致害性褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens种群体内共生菌数量动态及其对褐飞虱在抗虫品种上的取食选择、生长发育、繁殖以及氨基酸转移酶活性的影响。结果表明,褐飞虱田间种群的致害性与其体内共生菌数量有关。广西南宁种群雌成虫体内的共生菌数量显著地高于浙江杭州和龙游两个虫源的雌成虫体内共生菌数量,而已纯化的3个不同致害性生物型体内的共生菌数量无显著差异。取食抗性品种能显著减少生物型Ⅰ雌成虫体内的共生菌数量。缺乏共生菌时,生物型Ⅰ、Ⅱ若虫对水稻品种TN1和ASD7的选择性增大,而对Mudgo的取食选择性下降。尽管缺共生菌的3个生物型在已适应的和不适应的感虫和抗虫品种上的若虫存活率和雌成虫产卵量均下降,若虫历期明显延长,但在已适应品种上的变化程度明显小于在不适应的抗虫品种上的变化程度。共生菌还明显影响成虫体内丙氨酸氨基转移酶和天门冬氨酸氨基转移酶的活性。这些结果证明体内共生菌的数量和质量在褐飞虱对水稻致害性的变化中发挥了重要作用。     

稻飞虱酵母类胞内共生菌的组织学研究进展

褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens体内酵母类共生菌在褐飞虱生长发育和繁殖中起着重要作用,并影响着褐飞虱对寄主植物的致害性变异。该文系统总结了国内外已有的研究成果,讨论了褐飞虱共生菌的分类地位、形态特征、在寄主发育中的功能、侵染途径等,提出了开展褐飞虱生物型形成过程中体内共生菌变异的研究建议,以便利用共生菌来监测田间不同生物型褐飞虱的发生情况,最终实现控菌防虫和对不同生物型的准确预测。     

不同地理种群褐飞虱体内共生酵母菌的个体大小及数量差异

褐飞虱腹部脂肪体内普遍存在共生酵母菌,该类共生菌在褐飞虱的生理代谢和营养利用等方面起着重要作用。采用冷冻切片技术结合显微摄像系统观察法测定不同地理种群褐飞虱体内共生酵母菌的个体大小和数量。试验结果表明,不同地理种群褐飞虱雌(雄)成虫体内共生菌的个体大小和数量差异显著,依次为:对照种群>广西种群>浙江种群>福建种群。结合虫体内脂肪和糖元含量的分析得出,褐飞虱体内共生酵母菌的长、宽度和数量与脂肪和糖元含量显著正相关。文章从共生酵母菌的角度解释了不同地理种群褐飞虱致害性变异的内在原因,并推测,迁飞过程所导致的褐飞虱体内脂肪和糖元的消耗影响了该类共生菌的数量和质量,并最终导致褐飞虱对抗性品种水稻的致害性减弱。     

芽孢杆菌的引入对褐飞虱微生物群和生长发育的影响

【目的】明确褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens体内可培养共生细菌的种类，探索其中芽孢杆菌类共生菌对褐飞虱微生物群和生长发育的影响。【方法】通过离体培养的方法，从褐飞虱两种不同致害性种群(TN1敏感种群和IR56高致害种群)中分离可培养共生细菌。通过16S rDNA测序对获得的可培养共生菌进行鉴定，在此基础上利用原位杂交研究了共生细菌在褐飞虱体内的分布。利用人工饲料添加抗生素和回补共生细菌的方式，研究了减菌和回补芽孢杆菌的处理对褐飞虱生长发育以及共生菌丰度的影响。比较了通过饲喂和显微注射对芽孢杆菌引入的影响，考察了芽孢杆菌的定殖与褐飞虱TN1种群致害性之间的相关性。【结果】利用离体培养法从褐飞虱中获得了15株不同的共生细菌，其中包括2株源于IR56高致害种群的芽孢杆菌类共生细菌BPH-S36和BPH-S33。原位杂交结果表明共生细菌在褐飞虱成虫唾液腺、肠道、脂肪体和雌虫内生殖器中均有分布，而在雄虫内生殖器中鲜有分布。体内共生细菌对褐飞虱的生长发育至关重要，共生细菌的减少导致褐飞虱存活率在第3和6天时显著下降，而回补共生芽孢杆菌BPH-S36或BPH-S33可使其存活率在第6天时显...     

不同虫源和致害性的褐飞虱体内共生菌的种群动态

通过对不同地理种群和致害性的褐飞虱体内共生菌,在高温和抗性水稻品种作用下的种群动态研究表明,在正常湿度下褐飞虱体内共生菌的数量随若虫的生长发育而增加,5龄若虫期是共生菌增长的关键期;同一种群的褐飞虱秋季共生菌数量明显高于夏季。广西田间种群的短翅雌虫体内的共生菌数量显高于浙江省的杭州和龙游种群,经高温处理后,3个生物开共生菌数量均显减少,但其子代共生菌的数量在正常温度下马上恢复,与未经高温处理的褐飞虱共生菌数量基本相同,取食抗性品种的生物型1和田间种群的褐飞虱体内的共生菌数量均明显减少,取食抗性品种的第2代的共生菌又均比第1代少。这说明高温对共生菌的影响是暂的,而抗性品种的对共生菌的作用与褐飞虱种群对品种的适应性有关。     

褐飞虱不同致害性种群体内共生菌18S rDNA部分序列比较

分离纯化了褐飞虱3种不同致害性种群体内类酵母共生菌 (yeast-like symbionts, YLS),并对其18S rDNA基因序列进行了比较。结果表明,褐飞虱3种不同致害性种群体内类酵母共生菌18S rDNA均扩增出600 bp左右的片断。依据获得的18S rDNA特异性序列,结合已知真菌的18S rDNA部分序列,构建了不同宿主的YLS分子系统树。结果显示, 褐飞虱3种不同致害性种群体内的YLS同属子囊菌亚门（Ascomycotina）的核菌纲（Pyrenomycetes）,并与此纲中的Hypomyces chrysospermus亲缘关系相对最近。     

褐飞虱体内Arsenophonus、Wolbachia、Spiroplasma和Cardinium四种次生共生菌感染分析

【目的】Arsenophonus、Wolbachia、Spiroplasma和Cardinium是广泛分布于昆虫体内的次生共生菌,能对寄主昆虫的生殖和发育生理产生影响,明确不同地理种群褐飞虱体内4种共生菌的感染和系统发育关系可为利用共生菌防治害虫提供技术依据。【方法】利用Arsenophonus特异性23S rRNA基因引物,Wolbachia、Spiroplasma和Cardinium各自的16S rRNA基因引物PCR检测广西10个地市、海南海口及上海、江苏南京、湖南长沙共14个地理种群褐飞虱雌、雄虫体内共生菌感染情况,并对扩增到的基因片段进行测序、构建系统发育树。【结果】不同地区2014年和2015年褐飞虱体内Arsenophonus感染率最高的分别为河池种群(30%)和长沙种群(20%)、PWolbachia感染率最高为河池种群(20%)和南京种群(30%),而Spiroplasma和Cardinium在褐飞虱各种群内均未检测到。序列比对和发育分析表明,褐飞虱体内Arsenophonus与同翅目昆虫白蜡虫Ericerus pela Chavannes体内感染的该菌关系最近;而感染Wolbachia菌的系统发育分析表明,除海南种群有一个个体感染Wolbachia菌A群外,其余种群感染的全部为B群;同时在所有感染两类共生菌的个体中并未发现共感染现象。【结论】不同地理种群褐飞虱感染Arsenophonus和Wolbachia两类共生菌的感染率并不一致;总体上褐飞虱雌虫Wolbachia感染率要高于雄虫,褐飞虱体内感染的两类共生菌与其它昆虫体内的共生菌序列高度一致或类似,且在所有检测的地理种群中均未发现有Spiroplasma和Cardinium感染。     

Phylogenetic position of yeast-like symbiotes from three rice planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae ) based on 18S rDNA and ITS-5.8S rDNA sequences

为研究水稻3种主要害虫灰飞虱Laodelphax striatellus、褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens和白背飞虱Sogatella furcifera体内类酵母共生菌( yeast-like symbiotes,YLS)的种属地位及与寄主的进化关系,测定了其体内YIS的18SrDNA及ITS-5.8S rDNA的全长序列.基于3种稻飞虱体内YLS的18S rDNA序列比对表明,褐飞虱YLS和白背飞虱YLS的一致性比其与灰飞虱YLs的高(褐飞虱YLS和白背飞虱YLS为98.91％,灰飞虱YLS和褐飞虱YLS为95.74％,灰飞虱YLS和白背飞虱YLS为96.02％),而基于ITS-5.8S rDNA序列比对,灰飞虱YLS和白背飞虱YLS的一致性比其与褐飞虱YLS的要高(白背飞虱YLS和灰飞虱YLS为99.57％,灰飞虱YLS和褐飞虱YIS为91.91％,白背飞虱YLS和褐飞虱YLS为90.46％).基于真菌18S rDNA和ITS-5.8S rDNA的系统发育树均表明,3种稻飞虱体内YLS与其他已知真菌进化关系较远.本研究证实了昆虫真菌类共生菌与寄主形成了长期的进化关系,从而形成了不同于已知真菌的分类地位.     

褐飞虱体内共生菌多样性研究进展

褐飞虱体内存在大量的共生菌,这些共生菌不但具有种类多样性,同时在对寄主的功能上也存在多样性。目前利用分子生物学手段以及高通量测序技术鉴定得到的测序丰度大于0.1%的共生真菌和共生细菌种类分属19和53个不同的属。由于技术的局限性和共生菌难以离体培养的特性,仍有相当部分共生菌分类地位尚未明确。共生菌在褐飞虱的生长、发育、繁殖、营养代谢、抗性变异以及免疫功能等生命活动中起着至关重要的作用,种类丰富的共生菌发挥着不同的功能。共生真菌主要参与固醇类物质和必需氨基酸的合成,而共生细菌则主要参与维生素的合成。共生菌在褐飞虱致害性变异、抗药性发展以及对宿主的繁殖等方面也都产生了重要的影响,但是具体的分子机制尚未明确。本文针对褐飞虱体内共生菌多样性研究概况进行综述,并对今后的研究侧重点提出了建议,后续研究可以聚焦于: (1)共生菌种类的鉴定;(2)特定、单一种类共生菌的功能;(3)共生菌在褐飞虱体内各组织间的扩散途径、扩散种类和调控机制;(4)以共生菌为靶标进行褐飞虱的防治等。     

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.     

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     

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.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒研究进展

传染性法氏囊病(Infection bursal disease, IBD)是由鸡传染性法氏囊病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV)引起的鸡和火鸡的一种高度接触性传染病,给世界各国的禽养殖业带来了巨大损失.自IBDV发现至今新的变异株不断出现,分子结构的改变导致病毒致病力的改变及宿主对疫苗应答的改变,使得传统的疫苗已不能控制其流行,因此各国学者对其基因组结构和功能进行了广泛深入的研究,并积极研制新型有效的疫苗以达到防治的目的.     

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.     

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).