低盐胁迫对三疣梭子蟹组织中抗氧化酶和 AT P 酶活力的影响

设定半致死低盐试验组(盐度 7)和正常对照组(盐度 28)对三疣梭子蟹进行 48h 的胁迫, 检测半致死盐度胁迫下不同时间点三疣梭子蟹组织中抗氧化酶和 ATP 酶活力的变化。结果显示, 随着低盐处理时间的延长, 三疣梭子蟹肝胰腺、鳃、肌肉中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活力均呈下降趋势, 极显著低于对照组(P<0.01), 各组织中 SOD、 CAT 活力大小顺序为肌肉 >肝胰腺>鳃; 肝胰腺、鳃中谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPX)、谷胱甘肽转硫酶(GST)、谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)、Na+/K+-ATPase 酶和 Ca2+/Mg2+-ATPase 酶活力也都被抑制, 活力极显著下降(P<0.01); 而对照组在试验期间各组织酶活均较 平稳, 变化不大。试验结论表明 , 当盐度下降剧烈, 超出机体耐受范围时, 三疣梭子蟹生理机能被抑制, 酶活力反而下降。     

温度和盐度对西藏拟溞抗氧化酶和脂质过氧化作用的影响

采用实验生态学方法,研究了温度(T=16、19、22、25、28℃)、盐度(S=5、10、15、20、25)对西藏拟溞总超氧化物歧化酶(TSOD)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-PX)活力以及脂质过氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)含量的影响。结果表明:温度和盐度能够诱导西藏拟溞抗氧化应激反应,胁迫24h后,SOD、GPX活性及MDA含量在28℃、盐度20时均达到最高值,分别为(37.18±1.97)U mg-1μg-1、(75.1±9.96)U mg-1μg-1和(12.24±2.12)nmol mg-1μg-1;48h后,高温低盐组(25—28℃、5—10)和高温高盐组(25—28℃、20—25)SOD、GPX活性及MDA含量显著高于其他处理组(P0.05),在28℃,盐度5时均达到最大值,分别为(19.25±3.48)U mg-1μg-1、(59.95±4.66)U mg-1μg-1和(4.98±0.66)nmol mg-1μg-1;温度、盐度以及这两个因子之间对西藏拟溞体内SOD、GPX活性和MDA含量均有极显著影响(P0.01)。     

急性和慢性低氧胁迫对卵形鲳鲹幼鱼肝组织损伤和抗氧化的影响

自然海域和养殖水体环境频现低氧,本研究针对卵形鲳鲹(Trachinotus ovatus)不耐低氧的特性,将(31.59±3.01)g(n=30)的卵形鲳鲹在(23±0.7)℃下进行3、6、12和24 h的急性和14 d的慢性低氧[溶解氧为(1.55±0.20)mg/L]胁迫。运用光学和电子显微技术,比较急、慢性低氧胁迫对卵形鲳鲹肝组织显微和超微结构的影响。通过测定肝组织中的丙二醛(MDA)含量及过氧化氢酶(CAT)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽还原酶(GSH)的活性,分析低氧胁迫对卵形鲳鲹肝是否造成氧化损伤。急性低氧胁迫下,卵形鲳鲹肝组织间出现空泡、小叶结构破坏,细胞内线粒体数量减少,出现过氧化物酶体,肝细胞间血窦剧烈扩张。这些病理损伤随胁迫时间延长更趋严重,24 h时甚至出现局部肝细胞融合、坏死,慢性低氧胁迫14 d时,肝细胞局部坏死,细胞膜溶解,细胞核破裂分解,胞质内细胞器不明显,只可分辨粗面内质网,细胞内空泡体积大,细胞结构松散,血窦扩张。急性低氧胁迫下丙二醛(MDA)含量随时间先上升后下降,慢性低氧胁迫14 d时丙二醛(MDA)则显著增加。急性低氧胁迫下超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽还原酶(GSH)上升后恢复,过氧化氢酶(CAT)则持续上调,慢性低氧胁迫下超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽还原酶(GSH)显著上调,过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性下降。结果表明,卵形鲳鲹幼鱼肝组织在低氧胁迫下病理变化明显,氧化损伤严重,且慢性低氧胁迫比急性更甚。     

镉对泥蚶抗氧化酶系统的影响

研究了不同浓度的重金属Cd²⁺对泥蚶抗氧化酶活性的影响。设置了四组镉的梯度(0、0.025、0.05和0.1 mg·L^-1,分别在第12、24、48、96和144 h对各组织取样,用泥蚶内脏团与鳃制成酶样,对非特异性免疫抗氧化酶SOD、CAT、GST、GPX进行指标测定。结果表明,在开始的12～24 h,中低浓度组SOD酶的活力与对照组相比有显著性地提高,高浓度组SOD酶的活力变化不显著,随着暴露时间的延长和Cd²⁺浓度的增加,随后至144 h,高中浓度组SOD酶的活力降至低于对照组水平(P<0.05);GPX和GST活力的变化与SOD变化相似,它们的活性在12～48 h的范围内达到顶峰,然后与对照组相比出现显著下降;中低浓度组的CAT酶活力在第144 h时与对照组相比无显著差异(P<0.05)。在一定程度的Cd²⁺胁迫会对泥蚶体内的抗氧化酶系统造成损伤。     

高盐胁迫对凡纳滨对虾消化及免疫相关酶活力的影响

为探讨高盐对凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)消化及免疫相关酶活力的影响,实验设置了30、40、50、60共4个盐度梯度。对虾体长(7.84±0.68)cm,养殖密度333尾/m~3,每个梯度设3个平行,实验周期30d。取血淋巴、肌肉、肝胰腺等组织,检测其超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、碱性磷酸酶(AKP)和酸性磷酸酶(ACP)及蛋白酶、脂肪酶、淀粉酶活力。结果表明,盐度显著影响凡纳滨对虾肝胰脏中胃蛋白酶、脂肪酶、淀粉酶的活力(P0.05);随着盐度增加,消化相关酶活力均不断下降,处理间差异显著(P0.05);盐度对凡纳滨对虾不同组织的免疫指标产生影响,表现为随着盐度升高,血淋巴中,AKP活力逐渐升高,ACP、CAT和SOD活力均表现为先升高后降低;肌肉中,AKP、ACP和SOD活力呈现先升高后降低的变化趋势;肝胰脏中,AKP活力呈现先降低后升高再降低的变化趋势,ACP活力高盐处理间差异不显著(P0.05),CAT活力先降低后升高,SOD活力盐度40后逐渐降低。实验结果初步说明,高盐显著影响凡纳滨对虾的消化及免疫相关酶活力,且盐度对不同组织中免疫酶活力影响存在一定的组织特异性,50以上的高盐胁迫对对虾消化和免疫相关酶活力的影响尤为显著。     

低盐度胁迫对银鲳幼鱼肝脏抗氧化酶、鳃和肾脏ATP酶活力的影响

通过逐级降低水体盐度的方法,将银鲳幼鱼分别在盐度25、20、15和10的条件下饲养120 h,检测不同盐度下、不同时间点银鲳幼鱼肝脏中抗氧化酶、鳃和肾脏ATP酶的活力.结果表明:随着盐度的降低和处理时间的延长,肝脏中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶(GST)活力总体表现出先升后降的趋势(P<0.05);而过氧化氢酶(CAT)的活力除在盐度20的24 h和盐度15的48 h略有上升外,其他各时间点的酶活力均低于对照组(P<0.05);谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPX)活力表现出逐步升高的趋势(P<0.05);谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)活力在盐度15的24 h时出现上升,随后下降到较低水平(P<0.05).鳃和肾脏中Na+/K+-ATP酶和Ga2+/Mg2+-ATP酶活力总体均表现为先升后降的趋势(P<0.05),只是在两种器官中ATP酶上升的起始盐度和时间有所不同.适当降低水体盐度可以激活和增强银鲳幼鱼肝脏中的抗氧化酶、鳃和肾脏ATP酶活力,消除机体中过多的活性氧自由基和稳定细胞内外渗透压平衡.但不同酶被激活具有一定的组织器官特异性和时序性,而且当达到机体的耐受极限后,酶活力反被抑制.     

硒和维生素E对皱纹盘鲍血清抗氧化酶活力的影响

利用双因素实验设计研究了在饲料中添加维生素E(VE) (0 ,5 0IU/kg)和硒 (Se) (0 ,0 2 ,0 6 ,1 5mg/kg)对皱纹盘鲍 (HaliotisdiscushannaiIno)血清中过氧化氢酶 (CAT)、超氧化物歧化酶 (SOD)、依赖硒的谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPX)、谷胱甘肽还原酶 (GR)、谷胱甘肽转移酶 (GST)这 5种抗氧化酶活力的影响。结果表明 :Se对皱纹盘鲍血清 5种抗氧化酶活力都有显著影响 (P <0 0 5 ) ,而VE仅对GPX和GR的活力有显著影响 (P <0 0 5 )。VE和Se对CAT、GRX和GR的活力的影响具有显著的交互作用。GPX/SOD、GR/GPX、CAT/SOD这 3个抗氧化的重要指标都表明 ,当饲料中含有 4 5 0IU/kg的VE时 ,添加 0 6mg/kg的硒能使皱纹盘鲍血清中的抗氧化物酶系统总体达到相对平衡 ,从而能有效地抵抗氧化损害。     

盐度对卵形鲳鲹幼鱼渗透压调节和饥饿失重的影响

为探讨盐度对卵形鲳鲹(Trachinotus ovatus)渗透压调节的影响,研究了深水网箱养殖的卵形鲳鲹幼鱼鳃Na+-K+-ATP酶(NKA)活性,血浆、鳃和肾渗透压以及饥饿失重在盐度渐变条件下的反应。实验设5个盐度梯度组,分别为5、15、25、30和35。结果显示,鳃NKA活性除盐度15外都呈先下降后升高随之回落并趋于稳定的趋势,在2 d后的各时间节点随盐度变化呈"U"型分布;血浆渗透压在相同盐度下随时间延长呈先升高后下降再升高随后回落并趋于稳定,2 d后在各时间节点与盐度呈正相关关系,盐度30和35组的血浆渗透压显著高于其它盐度组(P0.05);肾脏对盐度变化的渗透调节比鳃敏感,在低盐度时(30以下),鰓和肾共同完成对渗透压的调节,在较高盐度(30以上),肾对渗透压的调节起主导作用。盐度变化对卵形鲳鲹的饥饿失重率有极显著的影响。研究表明,卵形鲳鲹幼鱼对盐度的渗透调节能力较强,在盐度5—35范围内的盐度变化均能适应,一般在1—2 d内可达到稳定,且更适于在低盐度水环境中生活。     

温度与盐度对吉富品系尼罗罗非鱼幼鱼生长和肝脏抗氧化酶活力的协同影响

采用中心复合试验设计(CCD)和响应曲面方法(response surface methodology, RSM),探讨了温度(16～37 ℃)和盐度(0～18)对吉富罗非鱼幼鱼生长和肝脏抗氧化酶活力的协同影响.结果表明： 温度和盐度的一次与二次效应对吉富罗非鱼幼鱼特定生长率（SGR）有显著影响(P<0.05),随着温度或盐度的上升,其特定生长率呈先升后降的变化.温度与盐度间存在互作效应(P<0.05),温度为16～20 ℃时,幼鱼的特定生长率在盐度为9～10时较高;在温度27～32 ℃、盐度3～5时较高;高温环境下（35～37 ℃）,淡水环境中的幼鱼生长较快.温度和盐度分别为28～30 ℃和6～8时,超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）的活力较高,温度的一次效应与盐度的二次效应对两种酶活力均有显著影响(P<0.05),温度与盐度对CAT活力有互作效应,高温与高盐环境会抑制SOD和CAT活力的表达.SGR、SOD和CAT因子与响应值间二次多项回归方程的决定系数分别达到0.954、0.831和0.942(P<0.05),可用于预测;温度效应对吉富罗非鱼幼鱼生长和抗氧化酶活力的影响较盐度明显.在罗非鱼的养殖过程中应合理安排养殖环境,降低氧化胁迫,以促进罗非鱼的生长与抗病力的提高.     

环境因子对卵形鲳鲹幼鱼耗氧率和排氨率的影响

运用封闭流水式实验方法研究温度、盐度、pH和流速对卵形鲳鲹(Trachinotus ovatus)幼鱼耗氧率和排氨率的影响.实验结果表明,随着温度的升高,耗氧率和排氨率均是先增大后减小,当温度为27℃时,耗氧率和排氨率达最大值,温度对卵形鲳鲹幼鱼耗氧率和排氨率的影响显著(P＜0.0l);耗氧率和排氨率随着盐度的升高均出...     

Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of South Viet Nam

Between 1974 and 1978, 2,842 identifications of plant-parasitic nematodes were made from more than 1,700 soil and plant samples collected in eight provinces of South Viet Nam. Species in nine genera—Helicotylenchus, Criconemoides, Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, Tylenchorhynchus, Hoplolaimus, Hirschmanniella, Xiphinema, and Rotylenchulus—comprised 96.1% of the identifications; the remaining 3.9% were species of 11 genera. Fourteen genera were associated with rice which was grown on about 2,500,000 ha in 1970. Of these, Ditylenchus, Hirschmanniella, and Meloidogyne were most important. Ditylenchus angustus caused severe damage to about 50,000 ha of flooded rice in the Mekong Delta in 1976. Hirschmanniella spp. were found in all samples examined from flooded rice fields. Meloidogyne spp. were common in rice seedbeds, upland rice, and rice not kept flooded continuously. Meloidogyne and Pratylenchus spp. were found in roots of 22 of the 32 crop plants sampled. Little or no attempt was made in South Viet Nam to control nematodes.     

Study of types of some species of "Filaria" (Nematoda) parasites of small mammals described by Von Linstow and Molin

Parasitic nematodes from the Berlin (ZMB) and Vienna (NMW) Museum collections referred to the genus Filaria Mueller, 1787 by von Linstow or Molin were studied. Three samples were in good condition and the specimens redescribed. Litomosa hepatica (von Linstow, 1897) n. comb., sample ZMB Vermes Entozoa 3368, from the megachiropteran Pteropus neohibernicus, Bismarck Archipelago, resembles L. maki Tibayrenc, Bain & Ramanchandran, 1979, from Pteropus vampyrus, in Malaysia, but the buccal capsule differs. Both species display particular morphological characters which differ from species of Litomosa parasitic in microchiropterans. The remaining material originates from Brazil. The spicule morphology of Litomosoides circularis (von Linstow, 1899) Chandler, 1931, sample ZMB Vermes Entozoa 1059 from Hesperomys spec. (= Holochilus brasiliensis), Porto Alegre, confirms that it belongs to the sigmodontis group; the microfilaria presents characters of the genus Litomosoides, e.g. body attenuated at both extremities and salient cephalic hook. Taxonomic discussions by others confirm that species of Litomosoides belonging to the sigmodontis group and described subsequently are distinct from L. circularis. Litomosoides serpicula (Molin, 1858) Guerrero, Martin, Gardner & Bain, 2002, is redescribed, sample NMW 6323 from the bat Phyllostoma spiculatum (= Sturnira lilium), Ypanema. It is very close to L. brasiliensis Almeida, 1936, type host Moytis sp., but distinguished by a single ring in the buccal capsule, rather than two, supporting previous conclusions that the taxon L. brasiliensis, as generally regarded, may represent a complex of species. Samples NMW 6322 and NMW 6324, from other bats and also identified by Molin (1858) as Filaria serpicula, contain unidentifiable fragments of Litomosoides incertae sedis. Filaria hyalina von Linstow, 1890, sample ZMB Vermes Entozoa Q 3905 from Sorer vulgaris (= Sorex araneus), is incertae sedis because it contains two unidentifiable posterior parts of male, which might be an acuarid, Stammerinema sp. Filaria vesperuginis von Linstow, 1885, sample ZMB Vermes Entozoa Q 3929, from the bat Vesperugo serotinus (= Eptesicus serotinus), contains encysted nematode larvae and is a nomen dubium.     

Microbial transformation of zaluzanin-D

Microbial transformation of zaluzanin-D using different fungi gave 11,13-dihydrozaluzanin-C, zaluzanin-C, 4,16,11,13 - tetrahydro zaluzanin-C, estafiatone, dihydroestafiatol and dihydroestafiatone.     

Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Aeromonas

A broad multilocus phylogenetic analysis (MLPA) of the representative diversity of a genus offers the opportunity to incorporate concatenated inter-species phylogenies into bacterial systematics. Recent analyses based on single housekeeping genes have provided coherent phylogenies of Aeromonas. However, to date, a multi-gene phylogenetic analysis has never been tackled. In the present study, the intra- and inter-species phylogenetic relationships of 115 strains representing all Aeromonas species described to date were investigated by MLPA. The study included the independent analysis of seven single gene fragments (gyrB, rpoD, recA, dnaJ, gyrA, dnaX, and atpD), and the tree resulting from the concatenated 4705 bp sequence. The phylogenies obtained were consistent with each other, and clustering agreed with the Aeromonas taxonomy recognized to date. The highest clustering robustness was found for the concatenated tree (i.e. all Aeromonas species split into 100% bootstrap clusters). Both possible chronometric distortions and poor resolution encountered when using single-gene analysis were buffered in the concatenated MLPA tree. However, reliable phylogenetic species delineation required an MLPA including several “bona fide” strains representing all described species.     

Fate map of the distal portion of Drosophila proboscis as inferred from the expression and mutations of basic patterning genes

The late-third-instar labial disc is comprised of two disc-proper cell layers, one representing mainly the ventral half of the anterior compartment (L-layer) and the other, the dorsal half of the anterior compartment and most, if not all, of the posterior compartment (M-layer). In the L-layer, Distal-less represses homothorax whereas no Distal-less-dependent homothorax repression occurs in the M-layer where Distal-less is coexpressed with homothorax. In wild-type labial discs, clawless, one of the two homeobox genes expressed in distal cells receiving maximum (Decapentaplegic+Wingless) signaling activity in leg and antennal discs, is specifically repressed by proboscipedia. A fate map, inferred from data on basic patterning gene expression in larval and pupal stages and mutant phenotypes, indicates the inner surface of the labial palpus, which includes the pseudotracheal region, to be a derivative of the distal portion of the M-layer expressing wingless, patched, Distal-less and homothorax. The outer surface of the labial palpus with more than 30 taste bristles derives from an L-layer area consisting of dorsal portions of the anterior and posterior compartments, each expressing Distal-less. Our analysis also indicates that, in adults and pupae, the anterior-posterior boundary, dividing roughly equally the outer surface of the distiproboscis, runs along the outer circumference of the inner surface of distiproboscis.     

Molecular phylogeny of Phoma and allied anamorph genera: Towards a reclassification of the Phoma complex

The present generic concept of Phoma is broadly defined, with nine sections being recognised based on morphological characters. Teleomorph states of Phoma have been described in the genera Didymella, Leptosphaeria, Pleospora and Mycosphaerella, indicating that Phoma anamorphs represent a polyphyletic group. In an attempt to delineate generic boundaries, representative strains of the various Phoma sections and allied coelomycetous genera were included for study. Sequence data of the 18S nrDNA (SSU) and the 28S nrDNA (LSU) regions of 18 Phoma strains included were compared with those of representative strains of 39 allied anamorph genera, including Ascochyta, Coniothyrium, Deuterophoma, Microsphaeropsis, Pleurophoma, Pyrenochaeta, and 11 teleomorph genera. The type species of the Phoma sections Phoma, Phyllostictoides, Sclerophomella, Macrospora and Peyronellaea grouped in a subclade in the Pleosporales with the type species of Ascochyta and Microsphaeropsis. The new family Didymellaceae is proposed to accommodate these Phoma sections and related anamorph genera. The present study demonstrated that Phoma radicina, the type species of Phoma sect. Paraphoma and Phoma heteromorphospora, the type species of Phoma sect. Heterospora can be assigned to the Phaeosphaeriaceae and Leptosphaeriaceae respectively.     

Spatial and temporal regulation of the homeotic selector gene Antennapedia is required for the establishment of leg identity in Drosophila

Antennapedia is one of the homeotic selector genes required for specification of segment identity in Drosophila. Dominant mutations that ectopically express Antennapedia cause transformation of antenna to leg. Loss-of-function mutations cause partial transformation of leg to antenna. Here we examine the role of Antennapedia in the establishment of leg identity in light of recent advances in our understanding of antennal development. In Antennapedia mutant clones in the leg disc, Homothorax and Distal-less are coexpressed and act via spineless to transform proximal femur to antenna. Antennapedia is negatively regulated during leg development by Distal-less, spineless, and dachshund and this reduced Antennapedia expression is needed for the proper development of distal leg elements. These findings suggest that the temporal and spatial regulation of the homeotic selector gene Antennapedia in the leg disc is necessary for normal leg development in Drosophila.