粪便中肠球菌SYBR GreenI荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

目的利用SYBR GreenI荧光定量PCR方法,建立肠球菌实时荧光PCR检测方法,并初步应用于粪便中肠球菌的检测。方法根据GenBank发表的肠球菌23S rRNA基因序列的保守区域设计合成特异性的引物;利用构建的质粒标准品绘制两种标准曲线,构建基因拷贝数、细菌数为分析指标的定量分析模型并初步应用于粪便标本的检测分析。结果所建立的SYBR GreenI荧光定量PCR方法检测灵敏度可达7个拷贝数/reaction。粪便样本根据实时荧光定量PCR方法所得的理论数值与培养菌值之间差异无显著性(P>0.05)。非炎性腹泻标本中菌数与健康成人标本中菌数差异无显著性(P>0.05)。灵敏度曲线所得的数值大于菌数标准曲线,可能由于DNA提取过程中存在部分的损失。检测粪便标本结果显示SYBR GreenI荧光定量PCR方法较平板计数法敏感、快捷、简便。结论本研究建立了一种灵敏、特异、简便易行的肠球菌定量检测方法。     

Innate immune gene expression in individual zebrafish after Listonella anguillarum inoculation

Zebrafish were intraperitoneally injected with 10(6)CFU (LD50) Listonella anguillarum. Three inoculated and control fish were collected at 1, 2, 4, 6 and 22h post infection (hpi) and the expression of genes related to the immune response (il1b, cebpb, tfa, mpx, tnfa, nitr9, tlr22, hsc70, cp, mrlp1, c3b and lyz) in each fish was monitored by means of real-time RT-PCR. A similar experiment was performed considering an intermediate time point at 15 hpi. Different relative levels of expression were found among genes. Also, wide interindividual variation in gene expression for most genes was detected among fish, inoculated or not. A steady increase of expression starting from the initial stages of the interaction was found for interleukin-1beta. An initial increase in levels of gene expression was found for the genes coding for the CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein subunit beta and the Novel Immune-Type Receptor 9, although their levels decreased later on and were indistinguishable from the controls at 22 hpi. Finally, some genes (Transferrin, Myeloid-specific Peroxidase and Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha) were upregulated at 22 hpi. Taken together, our results show an induction in gene expression of genes involved in the inflammatory and immune response upon L. anguillarum infection but also reveal the existence of a wide variation in the levels of expression of the studied genes in the zebrafish population.     

Structure and expression of three gp82 gene subfamilies of Trypanosoma cruzi

The glycoprotein gp82 is a GPI-anchored cell surface protein of Trypanosoma cruzi and is involved in cell invasion. Gp82 is encoded by multiple genes. To investigate the genetic basis of its biological function, we analyzed structure and expression of gp82 multigene family members in the Peruvian and Guatemalan strains. Three major groups of gp82 genes (A, B and C) were categorized by analyzing multiple DNA clones from the genomic PCR products. Within each group, 95–97% homology was observed, whereas between the groups, homology was 67–79%. The copy numbers of groups A, B and C as determined by real-time PCR were 18, 8 and 7 copies, respectively, in the Peru-2 strain. Significant elevation of the mRNA expression levels (5–10 times more) of all the subfamily genes was observed in the metacyclic stage compared with the epimastigote stage. When we focused on the binding motif sequence reported previously, we found substantial difference between that of A and C. However, the peptide inhibition invasion assay showed no functional difference. Taken together, we demonstrated that three subfamilies of gp82 were in the genome of T. cruzi and maintained their functional structure, and that the mRNA expressions of those genes were equally controlled in a stage-specific manner.     

Aeneas: real-time performance evaluation approach for distributed programs with reliability-constrains

A novel approach, called Aeneas, which is based on the execution state of distributed programs, is proposed in this paper. It is for the real-time performance analysis of distributed programs with reliability-constrains. In Aeneas, there are two important factors, the available data files and the transmission paths of each available data file. Some algorithms are designed to find all the transmission paths of each data file needed while the program executes, count the transmission time for each transmission path, then get the aggregate expression of transmission time, calculate the fastest response time and the slowest response time of distributed programs with reliability-constrains. In order to justify the feasibility and the availability of this approach, a series of experiments have been done. The results show that it is feasible and efficient to evaluate the real-time performance for distributed software with reliability-constrains.

Persistence of Metarhizium anisopliae incorporated into soilless potting media for control of the black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus in container-grown ornamentals

The objective of this study was to determine the persistence of Metarhizium anisopliae (F52), measured as infectivity against black vine weevil larvae, in a soilless potting medium at six wholesale nursery locations across the Willamette Valley, Oregon. A granule formulation (0.30 and 0.60 kg/m(3)) was incorporated into media at planting and fungal persistence determined over two growing seasons. The fungus persisted in the potting media over the duration of the experiment with 50-60% of the larvae exposed to treated media becoming infected at the end of the experiment. The percentage of infected larvae gradually declined from > or = 90% on week 3 to 40-60% by week 19. Larval infection rebounded over the fall and winter months of 2004 to 75-80% followed again by a slow decline over the course of the second growing season.     

Morphological and molecular genetic characterization of Cryptoperidiniopsis brodyi (Dinophyceae) from Australia-wide isolates

Cryptoperidiniopsis brodyi is a common heterotrophic dinoflagellate known to often co-occur with Pfiesteria species in eastern U.S. estuaries. In this study, C. brodyi from Australia and Pfiesteria piscicida from ballast water from Indonesia were characterized by morphological and genetic analyses. Two P. piscicida strains originating from ballast water samples showed little genetic differences compared to P. piscicida from other countries and their morphology was identical. This finding indicates a potential inflow of P. piscicida into Australian estuaries via ballast water. Nine cultures of C. brodyi were established from Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. All C. brodyi cultures exhibited identical thecal plate patterns and could not be discriminated from other non-Australian strains. In contrast, two distinct genotypes could be identified by rDNA sequence analyses which were distinct from the U.S. genotype of C. brodyi. A previous survey using PCR-based methods reported a wide distribution of Pfiesteria shumwayae in Australia. However, the present study demonstrated that SSU rDNA-based P. shumwayae-specific primers produce false-positive PCR reactions with Australian C. brodyi. These results suggest that genetic variants of C. brodyi are widely distributed in Australia and Australian genotypes of C. brodyi had previously been misidentified as P. shumwayae. This finding also indicates that previous Australian distribution studies of P. shumwayae using SSU rDNA-based primers are potentially erroneous and need to be revisited.     

绿僵菌破坏素合成缺失株中分离鉴定pseurotin A

真菌次级代谢产物是医药活性成分的重要来源之一。就真菌基因组编码的次级代谢基因簇数量而言,由于普遍存在的基因沉默现象,常规培养中能够分离鉴定的化合物种类一般很有限。广谱杀虫的罗伯茨绿僵菌在液体培养基中的主要代谢产物为非核糖体环肽类的破坏素,本研究在对破坏素合成缺失突变株ΔdtxS1进行液体培养时获得了新的产物峰,对其中一个产物峰进行分离、纯化及结构鉴定,确定该化合物为螺环类的pseurotin A。结合在烟曲霉菌中解析的pseurotin A合成途径,推测获得了罗伯茨绿僵菌中的潜在合成基因簇,并推测了pseurotin A在绿僵菌中的合成途径。本研究首次在绿僵菌中鉴定获得pseurotin A,并揭示了在真菌中通过对主要次级代谢产物缺失的方法可以鉴定获得新型的化合物。     

实时荧光定量PCR快速检测四种蛀果性害虫

苹果蠹蛾、香梨优斑螟、梨小食心虫及地老虎是危害新疆香梨等产品的重要害虫,前3种也属于国际上检验检疫重要虫害。目前,国内主要依靠虫体的形态特征对其进行鉴定,缺少分子生物学检测手段,这限制了我国香梨等产品的生产和出口贸易发展。首先得到这4种害虫的16S r DNA COI基因片段,在差异序列设计特异性的引物和探针,利用实时荧光定量PCR技术建立快速分子检测试验体系,依据标准曲线分析检测体系的重复性和灵敏性。结果表明,苹果蠹蛾、香梨优斑螟、梨小食心虫及地老虎最低检出限分别在1.605×10-2、0.729×10-2、0.475×10-2和0.818×10-2 ng/μL,满足检验检疫日常检测需求。为克服实际检测过程中经常会出现某一虫的残片样本或者几种虫聚集在一起的混合样本,使用了单头、多头DNA样本及4种害虫的混合DNA样本进行检测分析,进一步验证了该方法的特异性,可靠性和可适用性。     

三七根腐病原菌毁坏柱孢霉分子定量检测方法及其应用

【目的】建立一种快速准确的三七根腐病病原真菌毁坏柱孢霉(Cylindrocarpon destructans)的分子定量检测方法,探讨毁坏柱孢霉与植株生长和AM真菌侵染之间的数量效应关系。【方法】根据GenBank登录的毁坏柱孢霉rDNA基因IGS序列片段,设计特异性引物对CDU2和CDL2b,利用含有SYBR Green I的实时荧光定量PCR建立毁坏柱孢霉定量检测方法,检测三七根际土壤毁坏柱孢霉rDNA基因IGS片段拷贝数,并分析其与植株生物量和AM真菌侵染之间的关系。【结果】发病植株根际土壤毁坏柱孢霉rDNA基因IGS片段拷贝数显著高于健康植株。三七根际土壤中毁坏柱孢霉数量与植株地上部生物量以及菌根侵染强度呈显著负相关(P＜0.05),与根系生物量以及根内丛枝丰度相关性不显著。【结论】基于实时定量PCR技术建立的毁坏柱孢霉的分子定量方法能够有效反映三七根际土壤中毁坏柱孢霉的数量及其与植株生长和AM真菌侵染的关系。