天山一号冰川底部沉积层产蛋白酶耐低温菌株的筛选及其系统发育

[目的]通过对天山一号冰川底部沉积层耐低温菌的分离和其中产蛋白酶菌株的筛选,了解冰川微生物生理多样性和系统发育多样性,为高效低温蛋白酶生物技术的研发奠定基础.[方法]采用稀浓度的R2A、TSB平板涂布分离可培养细菌,通过脱脂乳选择性培养基筛选产蛋白酶的耐低温菌株.对分离菌株表型特征、生理生化特性、最适生长温度、耐盐性、产酶性能进行了比较,结合16S rRNA基因序列同源性分析确定产蛋白酶菌株的多样性和系统进化地位,通过BOX-PCR指纹技术分析16S rRNA基因序列高相似度的近缘菌株的遗传差异.[结果]从125株分离物中筛选到27株产蛋白酶的耐低温菌株,其中21株为适冷菌,仅6株菌为专性嗜冷菌,革兰氏阴性菌居多,假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)菌株占40.7％.产酶菌株隶属于5个系统发育类群、9个属,其中γ-Proteobacteria、Actinobacteria、CFB(Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides)为优势类群.[结论]天山1号冰川底部沉积层冻土中产蛋白酶的耐低温细菌多样性较丰富,本研究筛选得到的同属近缘种群较多,其产酶性状存在差异,适合开展微生物种群的生物地理学研究.     

天山1号冰川底部沉积层产β-半乳糖苷酶低温菌株的系统发育分析及生理多样性

[目的]通过对天山1号冰川底部沉积层冻土中细菌的分离和产β-半乳糖苷酶低温菌株的筛选,了解天山冻土微生物的物种多样性,并对产β-半乳糖苷酶低温菌株的系统发育和生理多样性进行分析.[方法]以乳糖为主要碳源,X-Gal为显色剂,分离筛选出产低温β-半乳糖苷酶菌株.对细菌常规生理生化实验、最适生长温度、耐盐性、药物敏感性进行测定.根据16S rRNA基因序列初步确定产β-半乳糖苷酶低温菌种的系统进化地位,并采用BOX-PCR指纹图谱技术对16S rRNA基因高度同源性的菌株进一步区分.[结果]分离到90株可培养低温菌中25株可产β-半乳糖苷酶,其中76％为革兰氏阳性菌.依据生长温度,产酶菌株80％为嗜冷菌,20％为耐冷菌.在系统发育上,产酶菌株隶属于4个类群,其中肠球菌属(Enterococcus)占26％,短波单胞菌属(Brevundimonas)占22％,假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)占13％.[结论]天山1号冰川底部沉积层冻土中产β-半乳糖苷酶的低温细菌具有比较丰富的物种和生理多样性.     

天山冻土产低温脂肪酶菌株的筛选及其多样性分析

【目的】通过天山冻土细菌的分离和产低温脂肪酶菌株的筛选,了解天山冻土微生物的物种多样性和产脂肪酶菌株的系统发育多样性,为高效低温脂肪酶生物技术奠定基础。【方法】采用稀浓度的R2A、TSB平板涂布分离天山冻土中可培养细菌,通过选择性培养基筛选产低温脂肪酶的菌株。采用细菌常规生理生化实验、最适生长温度、耐盐性、产酶性能对分离菌株的生理学进行研究,通过16S rRNA基因序列分析确定产脂肪酶菌种的系统进化地位,通过BOX-PCR指纹技术对16S rRNA基因高度同源性的菌株进一步区分。【结果】分离筛选到78株可培养低温菌,选择培养基显示有17株可产低温脂肪酶,其中8株在两种选择培养基中均可产脂肪酶和酯酶。17株产酶菌分别隶属于5个系统发育类群、6个属,其中假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)占大多数(58.9%)。【结论】天山冻土中产低温脂肪酶的细菌具有较丰富的系统发育多样性,依据生长温度,均属于耐冷菌。     

天山一号冰川前沿生态系统真菌群落结构演替及分布格局

【目的】分析真菌群落结构和多样性随着一号冰川退缩前沿年代序列的变化,揭示真菌群落的演替轨迹及环境因子对群落组成的影响。【方法】采用宏基因组学研究方法,结合生物信息学和统计学分析技术,对取自一号冰川末端表面冰尘,底部和前沿14个样品进行总DNA的提取,ITS基因的扩增并使用Illumina Miseq平台测序,通过相关生物地理化学特性综合分析在不同年代序列下真菌群落结构及其演替规律。【结果】经测序,筛选和质控分析获得185103条rawreads,占78.3%的非单序列在97%的相似度聚类分析共得到300个操作分类单元(OTU),共划分为6个门:子囊菌门(Ascomycota,52.7%)、担子菌门(Basidiomycota,16.9%)、壶菌门(Chytridiomycota,15.1%)、接合菌门(Zygomycota,2.4%)和球囊菌门(Glomeromycota,1.2%)。从演替初期到后期阶段虽然子囊菌的序列数逐渐下降而担子菌出现缓慢上升趋势,但子囊菌随着土壤年代序列的增加始终为优势类群,壶菌在冰川底部和前沿基层普遍存在且丰度仅次于子囊菌和担子菌。我们在缺乏植被的最新退缩基层发现依靠自养型宿主存活的活体营养菌,如Taphrinomycetes、Urediniomycetes和Ustilaginomycetes。从冰川底部和前沿基层检测到丰度较高的酵母菌,而粪生真菌(coprophilous fungi)仅仅出现在冰川前沿基层,共23个操作分类单元。球囊菌仅在前沿部分样品中存在,有着十分狭小的生态位分布。【结论】一号冰川前沿随着年代序列的增加真菌群落存在明显的演替轨迹和多样性的显著变化,不同生态位真菌类群组成的相似性较低且都存在明显的指示性真菌类群。     

云南抚仙湖产类胡萝卜素酵母菌的资源调查

【目的】对分离自云南抚仙湖湖水的379株酵母菌进行产类胡萝卜素的筛选,以期获得具有开发应用价值的产类胡萝卜素酵母菌。【方法】采用酸热法提取类胡萝卜素,紫外分光光度计测定类胡萝卜素含量,SPSS软件分析产类胡萝卜素酵母的分布特征。【结果】318株酵母菌(占供试菌株的83.91%)具有产类胡萝卜素的能力,大多数菌株类胡萝卜素产量在10-300μg/g之间,最高达590.83μg/g。产类胡萝卜素酵母集中分布于红冬孢酵母属(Rhodosporidium)和红酵母属(Rhodotorula);担子菌酵母产类胡萝卜素的能力高于子囊菌酵母;筛选到9株产类胡萝卜素活性较强的菌株:双倒卵形红冬孢酵母(Rhodosporidium diobovatum)3株、沼泽生红冬孢酵母(Rhodosporidium paludigenum)2株、粘红酵母(Rhodotorula glutinis)、禾本红酵母(Rhodotorula graminis)、瑞纳锁掷孢酵母(Sporidiobolus ruineniae)及Cystofilobasidium macerans各1株。【结论】高原湖泊抚仙湖生存着大量产类胡萝卜素的酵母菌,"红色酵母"(Red yeasts)具有较强的产类胡萝卜素的能力,红冬孢酵母属(Rhodosporidium)和红酵母属(Rhodotorula)是抚仙湖产类胡萝卜素酵母菌的主要类群。     

一株海洋低温葡萄糖氧化酶菌株的筛选、鉴定及部分酶学性质

【目的】从海洋样品中分离筛选出产葡萄糖氧化酶菌株。【方法】采用双层平板筛选法进行初筛、复筛确定一株酶活较好的菌株,命名为GOD2(Glucose oxidase)。通过形态学、生理生化特征及16S rRNA基因序列分析研究其分类地位,并对其产生的葡萄糖氧化酶进行分离纯化和部分酶学性质的研究。【结果】细菌GOD2为产葡萄糖氧化酶菌株且遗传稳定,初步鉴定该菌株为假单胞杆菌(Pseudomonas migulae),其所产酶最适反应温度为20°C,热稳定性较差,40°C剩余相对酶活80%;超过40°C酶活力迅速下降。【结论】GOD2是一株极具研究价值的产低温葡萄糖氧化酶菌株。目前没有关于利用该菌生产葡萄糖氧化酶的报道。     

一株产低温β-半乳糖苷酶微杆菌的筛选鉴定、产酶条件及其酶学特性

【背景】低温β-半乳糖苷酶能在低温下仍保持较高的乳糖水解活性,筛选酶学特性适合在牛乳体系中高效水解乳糖的β-半乳糖苷酶生产菌株,是低乳糖牛乳加工产业关注的焦点。【目的】对天山中国一号冰川沉积物中分离的一株产低温β-半乳糖苷酶菌株的产酶条件和酶学特性进行研究。【方法】结合X-Gal平板法初筛和测定粗酶液酶活复筛,获得产低温β-半乳糖苷酶的菌株。通过形态学、生理生化试验及16S rRNA基因测序分析对筛选菌株进行鉴定,单因素摇瓶实验优化菌株的产酶条件,硫酸铵分级沉淀初步纯化β-半乳糖苷酶并对其酶学特性进行分析。【结果】通过形态学、生理生化特征和16S rRNA基因鉴定,确定菌株LW106为微杆菌属(Microbacterium)菌株;该菌株最适产酶温度为25°C,最佳产酶碳源为可溶性淀粉,培养基初始pH为7.0,接种量为3%;对初步纯化的低温β-半乳糖苷酶酶学性质的研究表明,LW106所产β-半乳糖苷酶的最适pH为6.0,最适反应温度为35°C,4°C时酶活为最大酶活的78%,4°C和pH 7.0时的稳定性最好,10 mmol/L的Na+对酶活性基本没有抑制作用,Ca~(2+)对酶活性具有一定的激活作用。【结论】菌株LW106所产低温β-半乳糖苷酶的酶学特性表明该酶在乳品低温加工领域具有进一步研究和应用的价值。     

美洲大蠊成虫肠道可培养细菌多样性研究

【目的】了解美洲大蠊成虫肠道可培养细菌的多样性。【方法】运用纯培养法、数值分类和16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育分析对样品中可培养细菌多样性进行研究。【结果】从NA培养基中分离得到54株细菌,根据形态观察和部分生理生化特性,选取32个代表性菌株进行16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育多样性分析。结果表明,数值分类中的代表菌株在82%相似水平上可分为12个表观群;这些分离菌株代表20个物种,属于4个大的系统发育类群(Proteobacteria,Bacteroidetes,Firmicutes,Actinobacteria)的10个科、15个属。多数菌株属于Proteobacteria门(15株,占46.9%)和Bacteroidetes门(10株,占31.3%)。【结论】美洲大蠊成虫肠道内存在较为丰富的细菌多样性。     

硇洲岛褐蓝子鱼肠道抗菌活性菌株的分离及多样性

【目的】了解广东湛江硇洲岛褐蓝子鱼(Siganus fuscescen)肠道抗菌物质产生菌的多样性。【方法】采用传统的分离方法与牛津杯扩散法对褐蓝子鱼肠道菌进行分离纯化与抗菌活性测定,运用16S rRNA基因序列的系统发育分析对抗菌活性菌株进行多样性分析。【结果】根据形态观察和部分生理生化实验去冗余,从褐蓝子鱼肠道样品中分离到68株细菌,其中抗菌活性菌株19株,占分离株的27.9%。19株不同种类的活性菌株分属于细菌域的放线杆菌门(Actinobacteria)、变形杆菌门(Proteobacteria)与厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)的11个科、12个属。多数菌株属于厚壁菌门(8株,42.1%),其次是变形杆菌门(7株,36.8%)和放线杆菌门(4株,21.1%)。大多数抗菌活性菌株与其系统发育关系最密切的已知典型菌株之间存在一定的遗传差异(16S rRNA基因序列相似性为96.2%-99.9%),其中有4株代表潜在的新种。【结论】广东湛江硇洲岛褐蓝子鱼肠道中存在较为丰富的细菌抗菌物质产生菌,并蕴藏着较多的微生物新类群。     

南海硇洲岛潮汐带栉江珧可培养细菌的系统发育多样性

【目的】研究南海硇洲岛潮汐带栉江珧(Atrina pectinata)样品相关可培养细菌的多样性。【方法】采用纯培养法和基于16S r RNA基因序列的系统发育分析,法对样品中可培养细菌(含放线菌)的类群多样性、物种多样性和遗传多样性进行研究。【结果】用补充0–25%(质量体积比)Na Cl的MA、MH和NA培养基从栉江珧样品中分离到125株细菌。在形态观察和部分生理生化实验结果的基础上去冗余,选取90个代表性菌株进行基于16S r RNA基因序列的系统发育多样性分析。结果表明,这90个分离菌株分属于3个大的系统发育类群(Gamma-proteobacteria、Firmicutes、Actinobacteria)、6个科、10个属,可分为33个物种。优势类群为厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)(56株,62.2%)和γ-变形杆菌亚门(Gamma-proteobacteria)(31株,34.5%)。大多数菌株与其系统发育关系最密切的已知物种的典型菌株之间存在一定的遗传差异(16S r RNA基因序列相似性为95.7%–99.9%),其中有5株可能代表新的分类单元(Potential new taxa)。分析表明,菌株JSM 112024可能代表了盐单胞菌科(Halomonadaceae)的一个属一级新分类单元;菌株JSM 112019、JSM 114045、JSM 114058和JSM 114083可能分别代表盐弧菌属(Salinivibrio)、芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、盐单胞菌属(Halomonas)和枝芽孢菌属(Virgibacillus)的新物种。【结论】湛江硇洲岛潮汐带栉江珧中存在较为丰富的可培养细菌物种多样性和系统发育多样性,并潜藏着较多的新微生物类群(物种)。     

Degradation and conversion of somatostatin in normal and diabetic rats in vivo and in vitro

Plasma somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the portal and jugular veins of streptozotocin diabetic rats was compared with that in normal control rats. In the diabetic group, somatostatin levels in the portal (p less than 0.05) and jugular (p less than 0.01) veins were both elevated compared with those in the control group. Moreover, the degree of elevation was greater in the jugular vein than in the portal vein. To further investigate the role of the liver in the clearance of somatostatin-28 in vivo, 2 micrograms of somatostatin-28 was administered as a bolus into the external jugular vein of intact and functionally hepatectomized rats. The mean half-time of somatostatin-28 was significantly longer in intact diabetic rats than in controls (p less than 0.05). The functional hepatectomy did not cause a significant difference in the half-time in diabetic rats but made it longer in control rats. These results suggest that the longer half-time of somatostatin-28 in diabetic rats in vivo is due to its slower hepatic clearance. The hepatic clearance of somatostatin-28 and somatostatin-14 was further studied in vitro using a recirculating liver perfusion method. The hepatic clearance of 1.2 nM of either somatostatin-28 or somatostatin-14 was significantly lower in diabetic rats than in controls (p less than 0.01). This indicates that elevated plasma somatostatin levels in diabetic rats are caused at least in part by decreased hepatic clearance of somatostatin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Production of arsine and methylarsines in soil and in culture

Arsenate, arsenite, monomethylarsonate, and dimethylarsinate were added to different soils, and evolution of gaseous arsenical products was determined over 3 weeks. Arsine was produced in all three soils from all substrates, whereas methylarsine and dimethylarsine were produced only from methylarsonate and dimethylarsinate, respectively. At least three times more arsine than dimethylarsine was produced in soil incubated with dimethylarsinate. Resting cell suspensions of Pseudomonas and Alcaligenes produced arsine as the sole product when incubated anaerobically in the presence of arsenate or arsenite. In all instances, no trimethylarsine was observed, nor could any evidence be shown for the methylation of any arsenical substrate in soil or in culture. It was concluded that reduction to arsine, not methylation to trimethylarsine, was the primary mechanism for gaseous loss of arsenicals from soil.     

Growth and mitogenic effects of arylphorin in vivo and in vitro

In insects, developmental responses are organ- and tissue-specific. In previous studies of insect midgut cells in primary tissue cultures, growth-promoting and differentiation factors were identified from the growth media, hemolymph, and fat body. Recently, it was determined that the mitogenic effect of a Manduca sexta fat body extract on midgut stem cells of Heliothis virescens was due to the presence of monomeric alpha-arylphorin. Here we report that in primary midgut cell cultures, this same arylphorin stimulates stem cell proliferation in the lepidopterans M. sexta and Spodoptera littoralis, and in the beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Studies using S. littoralis cells confirm that the mitogenic effect is due to free alpha-arylphorin subunits. In addition, feeding artificial diets containing arylphorin increased the growth rates of several insect species. When tested against continuous cell lines, including some with midgut and fat body origins, arylphorin had no effect; however, a cell line derived from Lymantria dispar fat body grew more rapidly in medium containing a chymotryptic digest of arylphorin.     

Antiplatelet and antithrombotic activities of purpurogallin in vitro and in vivo

Enzymatic oxidation of pyrogallol was efficiently transformed to an oxidative product, purpurogallin (PPG). Here, the anticoagulant activities of PPG were examined by monitoring activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), prothrombin time (PT), and the activities of thrombin and activated factor X (FXa). And, the effects of PPG on expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) were evaluated in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α activated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Treatment with PPG resulted in prolonged aPTT and PT and inhibition of the activities of thrombin and FXa, as well as inhibited production of thrombin and FXa in HUVECs. In addition, PPG inhibited thrombin-catalyzed fibrin polymerization and platelet aggregation. PPG also elicited anticoagulant effects in mice. In addition, treatment with PPG resulted in significant reduction of the PAI-1 to t-PA ratio. Collectively, PPG possesses antithrombotic activities and offers a basis for development of a novel anticoagulant. [BMB Reports 2014; 47(7): 376-381]     

Growth and reproduction of Arabidopsis thaliana in relation to storage of starch and nitrate in the wild-type and in starch-deficient and nitrate-uptake-deficient mutants

We have investigated the interactions between resource assimilation and storage in rosette leaves, and their impact on the growth and reproduction of the annual species Arabidopsis thaliana. The resource balance was experimentally perturbed by changing (i) the external nutrition, by varying the nitrogen supply; (ii) the assimilation and reallocation of resources from rosette leaves to reproductive organs, by cutting or covering rosette leaves at the time of early flower bud formation, and (iii) the internal carbon and nitrogen balance of the plants, by using isogenic mutants either lacking starch formation (PGM mutant) or with reduced nitrate uptake (NU mutant). When plants were grown on high nitrogen, they had higher concentrations of carbohydrates and nitrate in their leaves during the rosette phase than during flowering. However, these storage pools did not significantly contribute to the bulk flow of resources to seeds. The pool size of stored resources in rosette leaves at the onset of seed filling was very low compared to the total amount of carbon and nitrogen needed for seed formation. Instead, the rosette leaves had an important function in the continued assimilation of resources during seed ripening, as shown by the low seed yield of plants whose leaves were covered or cut off. When a key resource became limiting, such as nitrogen in the NU mutants and in plants grown on a low nitrogen supply, stored resources in the rosette leaves (e.g. nitrogen) were remobilized, and made a larger contribution to seed biomass. A change in nutrition resulted in a complete reversal of the plant response: plants shifted from high to low nutrition exhibited a seed yield similar to that of plants grown continuously on a low nitrogen supply, and vice versa. This demonstrates that resource assimilation during the reproductive phase determines seed production. The PGM mutant had a reduced growth rate and a smaller biomass during the rosette phase as a result of changes in respiration caused by a high turnover of soluble sugars ( Caspar et al. 1986 ; W. Schulze et al. 1991 ). During flowering, however, the vegetative growth rate in the PGM mutant increased, and exceeded that of the wild-type. By the end of the flowering stage, the biomass of the PGM mutant did not differ from that of the wild-type. However, in contrast to the wild-type, the PGM mutant maintained a high vegetative growth rate during seed formation, but had a low rate of seed production. These differences in allocation in the PGM mutant result in a significantly lower seed yield in the starchless mutants. This indicates that starch formation is not only an important factor during growth in the rosette phase, but is also important for whole plant allocation during seed formation. The NU mutant resembled the wild-type grown on a low nitrogen supply, except that it unexpectedly showed symptoms of carbohydrate shortage as well as nitrogen deficiency. In all genotypes and treatments, there was a striking correlation between the concentrations of nitrate and organic nitrogen and shoot growth on the one hand, and sucrose concentration and root growth on the other. In addition, nitrate reductase activity (NRA) was correlated with the total carbohydrate concentration: low carbohydrate levels in starchless mutants led to low NRA even at high nitrate supply. Thus the concentrations of stored carbohydrates and nitrate are directly or indirectly involved in regulating allocation.     

Importance of guanine nitration and hydroxylation in DNA in vitro and in vivo

Guanine (Gua) modification by nitrating and hydroxylating systems was investigated in DNA. In isolated calf thymus DNA, 8-NO(2)-Gua and 8-oxo-Gua were dose-dependently formed with peroxynitrite, and 8-NO(2)-Gua was released in substantial amounts. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) with H(2)O(2) and NO(2)(-) reacted with calf thymus DNA to form 8-NO(2)-Gua dose dependently without release of 8-NO(2)-Gua. The frequency of strand breaks was higher than the sum of 8-NO(2)-Gua and 8-oxo-Gua, particularly in the MPO-treated DNA, indicating the importance of other types of damage. The activation of human neutrophils and lymphocytes with phorbol ester did not induce 8-NO(2)-Gua and 8-oxo-Gua in their nuclear DNA. However, 8-NO(2)-Gua was found in calf thymus DNA co-incubated with activated neutrophils in the presence of NO(2)(-). No significant formation of 8-NO(2)-Gua was found in liver DNA from mice treated with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide. The incubation of peroxynitrite or MPO-H(2)O(2)-NO(2)(-)-treated DNA with formamidopyrimidine glycosylase (Fpg) released 8-oxo-Gua, but not 8-NO(2)-Gua, indicating that 8-NO(2)-Gua is not a substrate for Fpg. Although 8-NO(2)-Gua was generated in isolated DNA by different nitrating systems, other types of damage were formed in abundance, and the lesion could not be found reliably in nuclear DNA, suggesting that the biological importance is limited.