家蚕化学感受蛋白BmCSP4表达谱及结合特性分析

化学感受蛋白(chemosensory proteins, CSPs)是昆虫体内存在的一类主要识别和运载非挥发性的气味分子和化学刺激物的可溶性蛋白。本研究运用半定量RT-PCR方法分析了BmCSP4的时空及组织表达谱。结果表明： BmCSP4在家蚕Bombyx mori各发育阶段均表达, 但表达量从4龄到蛹期逐渐减少, 且在雌成虫头部、 胸部和腹部表达量较少。用1-NPN作为荧光探针, 测定了15种外源配基与BmCSP4蛋白的结合特性, 结果显示： 仅芳香醛类和芳香酮类化合物在浓度10 μmol/L能将1-NPN从BmCSP4中替换50%, 苯甲醛解离常数为3.20 μmol/L, 对甲氧基苯甲醛解离常数为2.24 μmol/L, 2-戊基-3-苯丙基-烯醛解离常数为2.88 μmol/L, 1-苯基-1-丁酮解离常数为2.04 μmol/L, 苯乙酮解离常数为2.52 μmol/L。据此推测, BmCSP4在不同的发育阶段执行不同的生理功能, 并可能参与对芳香醛、 芳香酮类气味识别过程。     

昆虫信息素结合蛋白的研究概况

在昆虫感受信息素的嗅觉反应中,信息素结合蛋白发挥了重要的作用。它作为脂溶性信息素的溶剂和载体,在亲水性淋巴液中起着运载信息素和使之失活的双重作用。由于它在昆虫识别信息素物质中起着重要的作用,近1 0年来,国内外对其进行了广泛、深入的研究。文章从信息素结合蛋白的生化特点、表达情况、代谢以及生理功能等方面的概况进行综述。     

野桑蚕性信息素结合蛋白基因pbp1、气味受体基因or1和or3的克隆及其与家蚕同源基因的进化分析

昆虫能够特异性识别同类异性。雄蚕蛾对雌蚕蛾感知定位过程中, 性信息素结合蛋白PBP1、气味受体OR1和OR3起重要作用。为研究家蚕Bombyx mori和野桑蚕Bombyx mandarina杂交困难的分子机制, 了解性识别相关基因的进化, 本研究克隆得到了野桑蚕的性信息素结合蛋白基因pbp1（GenBank注册号：GQ246497）和气味受体基因or1（Genank注册号：GQ246496）和or3（GenBank注册号：GQ246498）。序列分析发现, 家蚕与野桑蚕相比, pbp1基因存在4个SNP位点, 分别为C10A, A40T, T270C和A333G, 其中2个SNP位点引起氨基酸的改变, 分别为Q→K和N→Y; or1基因存在5个SNP位点, 分别为T910C, A1147C, A1192T, T1276C和G1282A, 其中1个SNP位点引起氨基酸F→L的改变; or3基因存在4个SNP位点, 分别为A507G, A513G, T605C和G672A, 其中1个SNP位点引起氨基酸I→T的改变。3个基因的遗传距离很近, 进化速率也很慢。氨基酸的分子量和等电点有细微差异或无差异。PHD预测的二级结构表明, 变异位点对附近区域的结构没有任何影响, 功能位点也没有变化。推测家蚕与野桑蚕之间, 这些基因功能可能没有差异, 即二者的雌雄性个体间可以相互感知、识别, 这与实验观察结果一致。     

草地贪夜蛾4个性信息素结合蛋白基因的克隆及表达模式分析

草地贪夜蛾是世界性的重大害虫,2019年1月入侵我国并迅速扩散到20多个省市。性诱剂是对草地贪夜蛾进行监测和诱杀的有效手段,但是其作用识别机制仍不清楚,限制了高效性诱剂的研发和应用。性信息素结合蛋白(PBPs)在鳞翅目昆虫包括草地贪夜蛾性信息素识别过程中起重要作用。本研究从草地贪夜蛾中克隆了4个编码PBPs的cDNA序列,命名为SfruPBP1-SfruPBP4。4个SfruPBP s均含有完整的开放阅读框,所编码的蛋白具有性信息素结合蛋白的典型特征:N-端有信号肽、具有保守的6个半胱氨酸残基。系统进化分析显示SfruPBPs与斜纹夜蛾和海灰翅夜蛾PBPs的亲缘关系最近,且4个SfruPBPs被聚在不同的进化分支。4个SfruPBP s基因均由3个外显子和2个内含子组成,内含子插入位点高度保守。此外,4个SfruPBP s在草地贪夜蛾基因组上呈串联排列。SfruPBP1、SfruPBP2和SfruPBP3在成虫触角中特异性表达,其中SfruPBP1和SfruPBP2在雄成虫触角中的表达水平显著高于雌虫,而SfruPBP3在雌雄触角中的表达水平无显著差异。SfruPBP4特异性表达于雄成虫腹部。本研究结果为揭示草地贪夜蛾性信息素识别机制奠定了基础。     

冈比亚按蚊嗅觉结合蛋白候选基因cDNA的克隆、鉴定及其表达型分析

疟蚊主要依靠嗅觉发现寄主。非洲疟蚊冈比亚按蚊Anopheles gambiae是一种嗜吸人血的疟疾传播媒介昆虫。该文作者基于其全基因组序列,采用RT-PCR和标准分子克隆技术获得2个嗅觉结合蛋白候选基因agLZ3788和agLZ9988。测序分析结果表明,它们具有嗅觉结合蛋白的标志性结构域。进一步采用半定量RT-PCR技术研究了它们的空间表达型,结果发现它们不但在雌蚊触角中表达,也在其他部位(尤其是蚊虫足部)有强的表达。这一发现说明疟蚊嗅觉结合蛋白可能具有更广的功能,也为进一步重组表达和功能研究提供了重要依据。     

绿豆象气味结合蛋白基因的克隆及表达分析

[目的]对绿豆象Callosobruchus chinensis气味结合蛋白(odorant binding proteins,OBPs)基因进行克隆、鉴定和组织表达分析,为研究OBPs在绿豆象嗅觉感受过程中的功能奠定基础.[方法]基于绿豆象触角转录组数据,通过RT-PCR克隆绿豆象6个OBP基因并进行生物信息学分析;...     

桃蛀螟性信息素结合蛋白CpunPBP3的表达模式及性信息素结合特性

[目的]本研究旨在对桃蛀螟Conogethes punctiferalis性信息素结合蛋白CpunPBP3进行鉴定和定性分析,完善对桃蛀螟性信息素感受机制的理解.[方法]扩增、分析桃蛀螟CpunPBP3的cDNA序列,并与其他草螟科昆虫的同源蛋白氨基酸序列进行比较.利用qRT-PCR测定桃蛀螟不同日龄雄成虫触角中Cpu...     

中华蜜蜂信息素结合蛋白OBP10的基因克隆、原核表达和配基结合特性分析

【目的】气味结合蛋白在中华蜜蜂Apis cerana cerana嗅觉系统中起到重要作用,本实验拟研究中华蜜蜂一个新的信息素结合蛋白OBP10及其与蜜蜂信息素以及蜜源开花植物挥发物的结合特性。【方法】本实验通过RT-PCR扩增获得OBP10基因全长(Gen Bank登录号:KP717060.1),以p ET-30a构建原核表达载体,并以Ni2+琼脂糖柱进行重组蛋白表达和分离纯化,在N-苯基-1-萘胺(N-phenyl-1-naphthylamine,1-NPN)作为荧光报告子下利用荧光光谱法体外研究重组Acer OBP10与多种候选化学配基的结合特征。【结果】经多序列联配分析,发现Acer OBP10的多个同源基因均为信息素结合蛋白(pheromone binding proteins,PBPs)。配基结合特性分析显示,Acer OBP10对14种候选配基中的蜂王信息素成分对羟基苯甲酸甲酯(HOB)竞争力最大,相对荧光可降至6.06%,解离常数11.04μmol/L;进一步表明Acer OBP10属于一个新的中蜂PBPs。此外,Acer OBP10也能和包括工蜂信息素(香叶醇和橙花醇)、报警信息素(2-庚酮和乙酸异戊酯)等蜜蜂信息素以及蜜源开花植物挥发物之一的β-紫罗兰酮结合,表明Acer OBP10可能是一种以信息素结合为主的多功能结合蛋白。【结论】Acer OBP10是中蜂一个新的信息素结合蛋白,与此前我们鉴定的蜂王信息素结合蛋白Acer ASP1相比,Acer OBP10对蜜蜂信息素的结合谱更为广泛,这些结果将对进一步研究中华蜜蜂信息素识别和传递提供理论基础,对于深入了解中华蜜蜂嗅觉影响生理功能的行为机制具有重要意义。     

角倍蚜气味结合蛋白和化学感受蛋白基因的鉴定及表达谱

【目的】通过对角倍蚜Schlechtendalia chinensis气味结合蛋白(odorant-binding proteins, OBPs)和化学感受蛋白(chemosensory proteins, CSPs)基因进行鉴定和表达谱分析,为研究OBPs和CSPs在角倍蚜嗅觉感知中的功能提供理论依据。【方法】基于角倍蚜基因组和不同发育阶段转录组数据,通过生物信息学方法鉴定和筛选角倍蚜OBPs和CSPs的基因序列;利用邻接法对角倍蚜与其他半翅目昆虫OBPs和CSPs的氨基酸序列进行系统发育分析;根据角倍蚜OBP和CSP基因在不同发育阶段(干雌、干母、春迁蚜、秋迁蚜、越冬若蚜、雌性蚜和雄性蚜)转录组数据中的TPM(tags per million)值进行表达丰度分析,结合qRT-PCR方法检测角倍蚜OBP和CSP基因在不同发育阶段的相对表达量。【结果】从角倍蚜基因组和转录组数据中鉴定出12个OBP基因(SchiOBP2-10,SchiOBP13-15)和9个CSP基因(SchiCSP1-2,SchiCSP4-10);系统发育分析发现,角倍蚜OBPs和CSPs与其他蚜虫OBPs和CSPs...     

Interneurons sensitive to female pheromone in the deutocerebrum of the male silkworm moth, Bombyx mori

ABSTRACT. In response to minute quantities of female sex pheromone, the male silkworm moth, Bombyx mori L., walks upwind to locate the odour source. The axons of antennal receptors specific for the two known components of the pheromone terminate in the deutocerebrum. In this study, single interneurons were recorded extracellularly in the deutocerebrum of the male silkworm moth. Responses were characterized as the antennae were presented with puffs of clean air, or air containing either or both components of the female pheromone, bombykol and bombykal. An apparatus is described which added bombykol or bombykal to a constant air stream flowing over the antenna. Most units (87%) showed qualitatively different responses to bombykol and bombykal. A majority of the pheromone-sensitive units (65%) also showed mechanosensory responses to air puffs. Two units were recorded which were slightly inhibited by either bombykol or bombykal alone, but were excited by a mixture of the two.     

A pheromone-binding protein mediates the bombykol-induced activation of a pheromone receptor in vitro

The enormous capacity of the male silkmoth Bombyx mori in recognizing and discriminating bombykol and bombykal is based on distinct sensory neurons in the antennal sensilla hairs. The hydrophobic pheromonal compounds are supposed to be ferried by soluble pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) through the sensillum lymph toward the receptors in the dendritic membrane. We have generated stable cell lines expressing the candidate pheromone receptors of B. mori, BmOR-1 or BmOR-3, and assessed their responses to hydrophobic pheromone compounds dissolved by means of dimethyl sulfoxide. BmOR-1-expressing cells were activated by bombykol but also responded to bombykal, whereas cells expressing BmOR-3 responded to bombykal only. In experiments employing the B. mori PBP, no organic solvent was necessary to mediate an activation of BmOR-1 by bombykol, indicating that the PBP solubilizes the hydrophobic compound. Furthermore, the employed PBP selectively mediated a response to bombykol but not to bombykal, supporting a ligand specificity of PBPs. This study provides evidence that both distinct pheromone receptors and PBPs play an important role in insect pheromone recognition.     

A receptor and binding protein interplay in the detection of a distinct pheromone component in the silkmoth Antheraea polyphemus

Male moths respond to conspecific female-released pheromones with remarkable sensitivity and specificity, due to highly specialized chemosensory neurons in their antennae. In Antheraea silkmoths, three types of sensory neurons have been described, each responsive to one of three pheromone components. Since also three different pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) have been identified, the antenna of Antheraea seems to provide a unique model system for detailed analyzes of the interplay between the various elements underlying pheromone reception. Efforts to identify pheromone receptors of Antheraea polyphemus have led to the identification of a candidate pheromone receptor (ApolOR1). This receptor was found predominantly expressed in male antennae, specifically in neurons located beneath pheromone-sensitive sensilla trichodea. The ApolOR1-expressing cells were found to be surrounded by supporting cells co-expressing all three ApolPBPs. The response spectrum of ApolOR1 was assessed by means of calcium imaging using HEK293-cells stably expressing the receptor. It was found that at nanomolar concentrations ApolOR1-cells responded to all three pheromones when the compounds were solubilized by DMSO and also when DMSO was substituted by one of the three PBPs. However, at picomolar concentrations, cells responded only in the presence of the subtype ApolPBP2 and the pheromone (E,Z)-6,11-hexadecadienal. These results are indicative of a specific interplay of a distinct pheromone component with an appropriate binding protein and its related receptor subtype, which may be considered as basis for the remarkable sensitivity and specificity of the pheromone detection system.     

Rapid odorant release in mammalian odour binding proteins facilitates their temporal coupling to odorant signals

We have measured the effect of rat odorant-binding protein 1 on the rates of ligand uptake and liquid-to-air transfer rates with a set of defined odorous compounds. Comparison of observed rate constants (k_obs) with data simulated over a wide range of different kinetic and thermodynamic regimes shows that the data do not agree with the previously held view of a slow off-rate regime (k_off <  0.0004 s^− 1). We propose that a rapid k_off would be a necessary requirement for such a system, since slow odorant-release rates would result in significant decorrelation between the olfactory world and odour perception.     

Molecular Cloning of cDNA for BRab from the Brain of Bombyx mori and Biochemical Properties of BRab Expressed in Escherichia coli

From a brain cDNA library of Bombyx mori, we cloned cDNA for BRab, which encoded a 202-amino-acid polypeptide sharing 60-80% similarity with rab1 family members. To characterize its biochemical properties, cDNA for BRab was inserted into an expression vector (pGEX2T) and expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein. The recombinant protein was purified to homogeneity with glutathione S-Sepharose. The purified GST-BRab bound [³⁵S]-GTPγS and [³H]-GDP with association constants of 1.5×10⁶ M^-1 and 0.58×10⁶ M^-1, respectively. The binding of [³⁵S]-GTPγS was inhibited with GTP and GDP, but with no other nucleotides. The GTP-hydrolysis activity was evaluated to be 5 m mole/min/mole of BRab. In the presence of 6 mM MgCl₂, bound [³⁵S]-GTPγS and [³H]-GDP were exchanged with GTPγS most efficiently. These results suggest that BRab, having a higher affinity for GTP than GDP, converts from the GTP-bound state into the GDP-bound state by intrinsic GTP hydrolysis activity and returns to the GTP-bound state with the exchange of GDP with GTP.