苏云金芽胞杆菌营养期杀虫蛋白基因vip3A在枯草芽胞杆菌中的表达

枯草芽胞杆菌Bacillus subtilis常被用于表达杀虫和抗菌蛋白.为了探讨苏云金芽胞杆菌B. thuringiensis营养期杀虫蛋白基因（vip3A）在枯草芽胞杆菌中的表达情况,促进杀虫防病工程菌构建,将枯草芽胞杆菌168菌株核糖体小亚基S4蛋白基因的启动子与苏云金芽胞杆菌WB7菌株vip3A基因的编码序列连接,插入大肠杆菌Escherichia coli与枯草芽胞杆菌穿梭载体pAD123,得到重组原核表达质粒pADpvip,将重组质粒转化枯草芽胞杆菌标准菌株168和分离自辣椒体内的生防内生枯草芽胞杆菌BS-2菌株中,获得工程菌株.SDS-PAGE分析表明在枯草芽胞杆菌168菌株的部分工程菌株中有约88 kDa大小的VIP条带,而BS-2的工程菌株中未见相应的条带,表明Vip3A蛋白仅在168菌株中表达.生物测定表明有5株168的工程菌株（168vip1-4,6）表现较高的杀虫活性,工程菌株发酵稀释液（约10⁷CFU/mL）处理的小白菜叶片饲喂斜纹夜蛾2龄幼虫72 h的杀虫效果可达87.64%~92.13%,但vip3A基因转入内生枯草芽胞杆菌BS-2中不表现杀虫作用.毒力测定表明168vip2菌株对斜纹夜蛾2龄幼虫72 h的LC₅₀为0.0194 mL/mL.这些结果为进一步研究基因在枯草芽胞杆菌中的表达构建杀虫防病工程菌打下了基础.     

影响多粘类芽胞杆菌发酵液抑菌活性因素的研究

目的以点青霉菌作为指示菌,研究影响植物内生多粘芽胞杆菌发酵液抑菌活性的部分因素,为鉴定发酵液的抑菌物质提供基础研究。方法通过对多粘类芽胞杆菌发酵液进行不同处理（改变pH、加热、乙醇处理和蛋白酶酶解）,采用牛津杯法观察处理后发酵液对点青霉菌抑菌活性的变化。结果多粘类芽胞杆菌发酵液的抑菌效果在酸性条件下稳定,抑菌效果明显;而在中性和碱性范围内不稳定,抑菌效果不明显;多粘类芽胞杆菌发酵液中的有些抑菌物质具备良好的热稳定性;80％乙醇处理的发酵上清液有抑菌作用;经蛋白酶酶解后发酵液的抑菌活性变化不大。结论多粘类芽胞杆菌产生的乙醇沉淀物具有抑菌作用;发酵液中可能含有类细菌素的抑菌物质。     

芽胞杆菌菌体蛋白提取方法的比较

目的：比较不同破碎方法下3种芽胞杆菌菌体蛋白的提取效果。方法：以菊酯类农药降解菌巨大芽胞杆菌、球形芽胞杆菌、弯曲芽胞杆菌为研究对象,以裂解液为提取介质,分别采用超声波破碎法、水煮法和机械破碎法提取芽胞杆菌蛋白,并通过革兰染色电镜观察菌株破碎程度,用SDS-PAGE和Bradford法测定蛋白浓度。结果：革兰染色电镜观察发现玻璃珠机械破碎法对3种芽孢杆菌的细胞壁破碎程度最明显,其次为超声波破碎法,水煮法破碎效果不明显。SDS-PAGE和Bradford法测定结果表明,巨大芽胞杆菌、球形芽胞杆菌、弯曲芽胞杆菌经玻璃珠机械破碎后,提取的蛋白图谱条带清晰,丰度高,重复性好,含量分别为20.247、19.902和18.893 mg/mL;经超声波破碎提取的蛋白图谱条带较清晰,丰度一般,重复性不好,含量分别为10.572、9.438和10.424 mg/mL;经沸水浴破碎提取的蛋白图谱条带模糊,丰度低,重复性差,含量分别为1.366、1.119和1.136 mg/mL。结论：玻璃珠机械破碎法是破碎3种芽胞杆菌的最优方法,破碎后提取的蛋白含量高,条带清晰,重复性好。     

苏云金芽胞杆菌肠毒素基因的PCR检测

采用多重引物PCR进行了 45株苏云金芽胞杆菌、2株蜡状芽胞杆菌和 2株球形芽胞杆菌溶血素BL ,肠毒素T和entS基因的检测 ,结果表明 95 6%苏云金芽胞杆菌含溶血素hblA基因 ,91 1 %含bceT基因 ,93 3%含entS基因。用两种商业化肠毒素检测试剂盒TECRA和RPLA进行所有菌株肠毒素的体外免疫测定 ,大部分苏云金芽胞杆菌和阳性蜡状芽胞杆菌都能产生不同水平的肠毒素活性 ,同hblA基因PCR检测结果基本相符。尽管DBT0 0 7和T2 4 0 0 1含有hblA基因 ,但用TECRA却检测不到肠毒素 ;Dmu39菌株不含肠毒素基因 ,但用TECRA却检测出高的肠毒素活性。苏云金芽胞杆菌BDT2 4 8和球性芽孢杆菌不含肠毒素基因和肠毒素。结果表明昆虫病原菌苏云金芽胞杆菌的安全性有待进一步研究     

仙草植物内生芽胞杆菌种群多样性研究

为了研究仙草植株内生芽胞杆菌种群的多样性,利用营养琼脂培养基分离仙草根、茎、叶中的内生芽胞杆菌,采用16SrRNA序列鉴定法对分离获得的芽胞杆菌进行鉴定。同一组织内,对16SrRNA序列及形态完全一样的菌株合并冗余,用ClustalX对分离得到的菌株16SrRNA进行排序,构建Neighbor-Joining系统进化树,并计算多样性指数。实验结果显示,共分离得到58株仙草内生芽胞杆菌(根29株、茎28株、叶1株),分属于芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)、类芽胞杆菌属(Paenibacillus)和赖氨酸芽胞杆菌属(Lysinibacillus),共3个属的11个种,其中与阿氏芽胞杆菌B.aryabhattai、简单芽胞杆菌B.simplex和B.flexus 3个种最接近的内生芽胞杆菌占总分离芽胞杆菌株数的62%;根部内生芽胞杆菌数量及种属均最丰富,其多样性指数高于茎和叶。     

枯草芽胞杆菌芽胞表面展示研究进展

枯草芽胞杆菌芽胞表面展示技术是把枯草芽胞杆菌作为芽胞表面展示的宿主来展示目的蛋白的一种技术。该技术不仅具备芽胞表面展示技术可展示分子量较大的目的蛋白、目的蛋白无需跨膜及芽胞的极强抗逆性等特点外,同时由于该技术的宿主菌--枯草芽胞杆菌的分子生物学信息研究得比较清楚、安全性高而被广泛应用。介绍了枯草芽胞杆菌表面展示近10年在生产疫苗和固定化酶方面的进展,并对如何提高表面展示目的蛋白的产量做了简要概述。     

类似S-层蛋白的苏云金芽胞杆菌伴胞晶体蛋白基因的克隆

芽胞杆菌CTC菌株被鉴定为苏云金芽胞杆菌 ,鞭毛血清型H2 ,幕虫亚种 ;产生卵圆形伴胞晶体 ,伴胞晶体蛋白为 1 0 0kD ;测定了该蛋白的N 末端序列 ,该序列与炭疽芽胞杆菌的细胞表面S 层蛋白具 92 %～ 93%相似性 ;根据Southern杂交制作了该晶体蛋白基因ctc所在位置的限制性酶切图谱 ,分别克隆了该基因 5′和 3′端所在的 2 9kbXbaI片段和 3 1kbClaIDNA片段 ,彼此间具 0 6kb重叠 ,通过拼接获得含完整ctc基因的克隆。含该基因的大肠杆菌与表达S 层蛋白的大肠杆菌具相似生长特征。初步表明CTC菌株的伴胞晶体由细胞表面S 层蛋白组成。苏云金芽胞杆菌区别于蜡状芽胞杆菌和炭疽芽胞杆菌的唯一标准是能形成伴胞晶体 ,由于S 层是细胞表面的结构成分 ,本文对CTC菌株鉴定为苏云金芽胞杆菌以及伴胞晶体作为苏云金芽胞杆菌鉴别的唯一标准提出了质疑     

粘细菌AHB103-1代谢产物抗肿瘤活性的初步研究

本文对粘细菌AHB103-1的次级代谢产物A组分的抗肿瘤活性和作用机制进行了初步的探讨。采用MTT方法研究了它对HepG2、MDA-MB-231、293T和B16四种肿瘤细胞的作用浓度和作用时间,并与临床上应用的几种抗肿瘤药物对HepG2细胞的作用效果进行了比较;利用荧光显微镜和扫描电镜观察研究了它对HepG2细胞的作用机制。结果表明:A组分的抗癌活性比泰素低,却高于表柔比星、依立替康和奥沙利铂。当样品浓度≥15μg/mL时,对各种肿瘤细胞株的抑制率均达到90%以上。随着样品浓度的降低,对各细胞株的抑制率均表现下降趋势。当样品浓度为30μg/mL时,对四种细胞株作用时间选择24 h即有理想效果。当样品浓度为1.88μg/mL时,对B16、293T和HepG2细胞,作用时间选择48 h较好;而对MDA-MB-231,作用时间选择72 h较好。荧光显微镜和扫描电镜观察的结果分别从形态学上证明了A组分具有引起HepG2细胞凋亡的活性。     

新疆伊犁马铃薯根际芽胞杆菌纯培养多样性

了解马铃薯根际土壤中芽胞杆菌种类多样性,可为挖掘芽胞杆菌新资源提供基础。从新疆伊犁州9个地点采集了30份马铃薯根际土壤样品,采用可培养法从中分离芽胞杆菌,通过16S rRNA基因同源性鉴定了分离菌株的分类地位。共获得芽胞杆菌349株,基于菌落形态特征和16S rRNA基因序列确定了66个代表菌株,其中14株与近缘种模式菌株的16S rRNA基因序列相似性介于93.0–98.5%之间,为潜在芽胞杆菌新种。349株芽胞杆菌属于9属66种,分别为芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)的41个种(41/66,62.1%),为最优势属;类芽胞杆菌属(Paenibacillus)有9种(9/66,13.6%),赖氨酸芽胞杆菌属(Lysinibacillus)共6种(6/66,9.1%),嗜冷芽胞杆菌属(Pscychrobacillus)共4种(4/66,6.1%),虚构芽胞杆菌属(Fictibacillus)有2种(2/66,3.0%),短芽胞杆菌属(Brevibacillus)、大洋芽胞杆菌属(Oceanobacillus)、鲁梅尔芽胞杆菌属(Rummelibacillus)和解硫胺素芽胞杆菌属(Aneurinibacillus)皆为1种。新疆9个地点马铃薯根际土壤中芽胞杆菌含量为2.20–8.86×104 cfu/g,其中特克斯蒙古乡马铃薯根际土壤中芽胞杆菌的菌落含量和种类最多,分别为8.86×104 cfu/g和37种;尼勒克县马场马铃薯根际土壤中的芽胞杆菌含量最少,特克斯去昭苏路上和阜康西沟村的芽胞杆菌种类最少,仅9种。但每个地点的优势种均相同,均为简单芽胞杆菌(Bacillus simplex)和阿氏芽胞杆菌(B.aryabhattai)。芽胞杆菌种类可划分为高频度分布型(简单芽胞杆菌等4种)、中频度分布型(植物内生芽胞杆菌等12种)和低频度分布型(其余51种芽胞杆菌,如蕈状芽胞杆菌)。新疆9个地点芽胞杆菌种类分布可分为高含量高丰度型(特克斯蒙古乡和农技推广园)和低含量低丰度型(如尼勒克县马场等地)。相关性分析发现,马铃薯根际芽胞杆菌种类分布与海拔高度无显著相关性。新疆马铃薯根际土壤蕴含种类丰富的芽胞杆菌资源,可为芽胞杆菌功能菌株开发提供丰富的菌种来源。     

西洋参内生真菌抑菌活性的初步研究

以金黄色葡萄球菌、蜡状芽胞杆菌、枯草芽胞杆菌、大肠杆菌、鼠伤沙门氏菌及肠炎沙门氏菌为测试菌种,对从西洋参(Panax quinquefolium L.)的茎和叶中分离得到的36株内生真菌进行抑菌活性试验,并测定活性菌株的代谢产物和不同极性物质对测试病菌的抑菌活性。试验筛选出2株具有明显抑菌活性的内生真菌,它们的代谢产物和不同极性物质对金黄色葡萄球菌和蜡状芽胞杆菌的抑菌效果最佳,其中胞外多糖和正丁醇提取物的抑菌效果较好。     

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).     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.