蚯蚓中抗肿瘤蛋白组分的提取分离及其抗肿瘤活性

以赤子爱胜蚓为原料 ,通过蛋白质的丙酮沉淀和凝胶过滤 ,分离得到一组抗肿瘤活性蛋白成分 (简称蚯蚓抽提物 ) ;这组成分富含Fe、Zn、Cu以及Se等微量元素 ,蛋白含量为 6 0 4 3± 2 36 %(n =5 ) .体外实验中 ,通过MTT法和SRB法测定了蚯蚓抽提物对多种人癌细胞株 (HCT 116、SY5Y、K5 6 2、MGc80 3和HeLa)以及正常细胞株 (HEK2 93和COS 7)的抑制杀伤率 .结果表明 ,蚯蚓抽提物对癌细胞的杀伤有一定的选择性 ,受试人癌细胞达到 5 0 %生长抑制率所需作用浓度约 6 0～110mg L ;但是 ,10 0℃煮沸 5min后 ,该抑制活性完全消失 .通过纤维蛋白平板法 ,测得蚯蚓抽提物同时具有纤溶酶和纤溶酶原激活酶的活性 .体外测得丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂aprotinin和PMSF能显著抑制蚯蚓抽提物的细胞杀伤活性 .体内实验中 ,蚯蚓抽提物能有效延长荷瘤 (S180 )小鼠的生存时间 ,并使其身体机能得到明显改善 .腹膜内注射剂量为 2 8mg kg和 36mg kg时 ,生命延长率分别为135 3%和 12 3 5 % ,和标准药物 (环磷酰胺 )治疗后结果 (76 5 % )相比 ,有显著性差异     

Toxicity of A Novel Neonicotinoid Insecticide Paichongding to Earthworm Eisenia fetida

Traditional neonicotinoid insecticides are used worldwide. Paichongding (IPP), as a novel neonicotinoid pesticide, has been widely used in China. However, the ecotoxicity of IPP to non-target invertebrates in soil ecosystem has not been reported yet. In this study, acute toxicity of IPP to earthworm Eisenia fetida, as well as the antioxidant response after IPP exposure, was evaluated. In the filter paper contact test, the LC₅₀ at 24 hr and 48 hr for IPP were 14.98 μg/cm² and 7.59 μg/cm², respectively. In artificial soil test, the LC₅₀ (lethal concentration) at 14 days and 28 days for IPP were 541.07 mg/kg and 238.51 mg/kg, respectively. The LC₅₀ of IPP is much higher than that of traditional neonicotinoid insecticides. However, earthworm body weight assessment demonstrated that the growth of earthworm was inhibited by extended exposure to IPP at sublethal doses. The activities of antioxidative enzymes superoxide dismutase and catalase in earthworms were significantly induced after IPP exposure. Malondialdehyde, a biomarker of lipid peroxidation, was also increased after IPP exposure. Although the results indicated that IPP had potentially adverse effect on earthworms, its toxicity was much lower than traditional neonicotinoids.     

Bt毒蛋白Cry1Ac在人造土壤中对赤子爱胜蚓毒理及生化影响

Bt毒素能通过转基因作物的花粉、根和残株进入土壤.为评估转基因作物对土壤动物的影响,本文模拟转基因棉的Bt毒素进入土壤的发生程度,用含不同浓度Bt毒蛋白Cry1Ac的人造土壤处理蚯蚓,测定蚯蚓存活率、重量变化及体内总蛋白含量和过氧化氢酶(CAT)、乙酰胆碱酯酶(AchE)、谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶(GST)和纤维素酶活性.结果表明,Bt毒蛋白对蚯蚓的生物量和生理水平影响均不明显,不存在急毒性和亚致死毒性影响,对蚯蚓比较安全.     

赤子爱胜蚓对两种土壤中细菌群落结构组成及多样性的影响

本研究探讨赤子爱胜蚓（Eisenia fetida）对不同土壤细菌群落结构的影响,以便利用蚯蚓改善土壤生物学质量。选取华南地区赤红壤和水稻土,分别接种赤子爱胜蚓进行10 d室内盆钵培养,运用16S rDNA Illumina Miseq高通量测序技术对培养前后土壤的细菌群落结构进行分析。结果显示：（1）经赤子爱胜蚓取食后,两种土壤的细菌群落结构均发生了改变。赤红壤中增加了5个非优势细菌门,分别为FBP、纤维杆菌门（Fibrobacteres）、OP11、柔膜菌门（Tenericutes）和Thermi;Cytophagia、Spartobacteria和疣微菌纲（Verrucomicrobiae）从非优势细菌纲变为优势细菌纲;Solibacteres从优势细菌纲变为非优势细菌纲。水稻土中海绵菌门（Poribacteria）为新增加的1个非优势细菌门;螺旋体门（Spirochaetes）从非优势细菌门变为优势细菌门;4个非优势细菌门消失,分别为SBR1093、SC4、WS4和WS5;螺旋体纲（Spirochaetes）和疣微菌纲从非优势细菌纲变为优势细菌纲;浮霉菌纲（Planctomycetia）从优势细菌纲变为非优势细菌纲;酸杆菌门（Acidobacteria）、放线菌门（Actinobacteria）、拟杆菌门（Bacteroidetes）、绿弯菌门（Chloroflexi）、厚壁菌门（Firmicutes）、浮霉菌门（Planctomycetes）、变形菌门（Proteobacteria）和疣微菌门（Verrucomicrobia）依然是两种土壤中的优势类群;（2）赤红壤中酸杆菌门的相对丰度显著下降44.90%,拟杆菌门的相对丰度显著上升14.88%;水稻土中酸杆菌门、绿弯菌门、芽单胞菌门（Gemmatimonadetes）、硝化螺旋菌门（Nitrospirae）、浮霉菌门和疣微菌门等6种细菌类群的相对丰度分别显著下降49.05%、20.44%、64.01%、35.00%、33.56%和24.38%,而拟杆菌门和螺旋体门的相对丰度分别显著上升28.85%和154.17%;（3）两种土壤细菌丰度的变化情况存在差异：赤红壤细菌丰度呈上升趋势,水稻土细菌丰度呈下降趋势,而两种土壤的细菌多样性变化则均呈下降趋势。本研究说明,经赤子爱胜蚓取食后赤红壤和水稻土的细菌群落结构组成和多样性均发生变化,为深入理解蚯蚓与土壤微生物群落的相互作用机制提供参考依据。     

Characterization of two endoglucanases for the classification of the earthworm,Eisenia fetida Waki

Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei are vermicomposting species that are used as model animals for testing chemical material toxicology. Eisenia spp. are grown commercially in various fields in Japan. However, these two species have not been classified because it is difficult to distinguish them morphologically; thus, all bred earthworms are called E. fetida. However, it has been proposed that these two species have different expression regulation mechanisms. Here, we classified a sample of earthworms purchased from several farms, confirming that both E. fetida and E. andrei are present in Japanese earthworm breeding programs. We also characterized two highly active endoglucanases (EfEG1 and EfEG2) from the E. fetida Waki strain, which contained strong fibrinolytic enzymes for improving human health. We confirmed that EfEG1 is 1371 bp long and belongs to GHF9. Thus, E. fetida Waki may have commercial application for biomass utilization and as a dietary health supplement.     

Iodination activity in Eisenia foetida (Annelida,Oligochaeta)

Summary In the nervous system of the earthworm Eisenia foetida, we have previously found thyroglobulin-like immunoreactive neurons. In the present study iodination activity was investigated by injecting worms or incubating them in vivo with radioiodine; animals treated with methimazole (MMI), an inhibitor of peroxidase-catalyzed iodination, served as controls. Radioiodinated proteins were identified in soluble extracts from ¹²⁵I-incubated animals; the sedimentation pattern of soluble proteins from cephalic segments showed a peak of radioactivity in the 3–4 S region. In animals pretreated with 10^-3 M MMI for 48 h, ¹²⁵I-incorporation into soluble proteins from cephalic segments was drastically reduced. Light-microscopic autoradiographic studies showed silver-grains selectively concentrated in the brain and ventral nerve cord of ¹²⁵I-injected animals. The highest grain-density occurred in the cerebral ganglion beginning 5 min after tracer injection; the reaction product was mainly distributed between the neurosecretory cells and neuropile fibres in the zone of the presumptive plexiform neurohaemal complex. In MMI-pretreated animals the reaction product was not visible in either cerebral ganglion or ventral nerve cord. Of interest, the setae appeared consistently positive with or without MMI treatment. These observations indicate that protein iodination involving peroxidase occurs in the nervous system of earthworms and suggest that iodination mechanisms, other than peroxidase-catalyzed, may be operating in some scleroprotein structures such as setae.     

温度对赤子爱胜蚓堆肥处理有机垃圾混合剩余污泥效率的影响

为了探讨环境温度对蚯蚓的生物量及其堆肥效率的影响,进行了不同培养温度条件下赤子爱胜蚓堆肥处理有机垃圾混合剩余污泥的研究。试验结果表明,在其他生态因子保持不变的情况下,赤子爱胜蚓的生长和繁殖具有一个适宜的温度范围,可能在20℃左右,温度太高或太低都对蚯蚓的生长和繁殖不利。赤子爱胜蚓对有机垃圾混合剩余污泥的堆肥效率在20℃达到最高,而在其他温度时较低,特别是低温(5℃、10℃)情况下堆肥效率显著降低,但温度较高(30℃、35℃)时其堆肥效率下降不显著。从产业应用的角度,如果同时考虑蚯蚓维持种群繁衍的再生产能力以及蚯蚓堆肥效率这两个因素,环境温度维持在20℃附近可能最适宜赤子爱胜蚓处理有机垃圾混合剩余污泥。     

蚓激酶基因的克隆及在毕赤酵母中的表达

以赤子爱胜蚓(Eisenia fetida)体内的总RNA为模板,通过RT-PCR方法扩增含自身信号肽的蚓激酶基因F238,将其克隆到pUCm-T载体上,并进行测序。GenBank登录号为:DQ202401。测序结果表明基因全长为738bp,共编码245个氨基酸,包括7个氨基酸的信号肽序列和238个氨基酸的成熟肽序列。与粉正蚓(Lumbricus rubellus)F-III-2相比,核苷酸与氨基酸序列的同源性均为99%,仅存在2个碱基的差异,导致2个氨基酸的突变。通过生物信息学方法对蛋白质的理化及结构特性进行分析预测,F238的等电点为4.61,含有11个半胱氨酸,形成3个二硫键。蛋白质分子主要由β折叠组成,具有丝氨酸活性中心,属丝氨酸蛋白酶超家族胰蛋白酶类。以重组质粒pUCm-T-F238为模板,通过PCR方法扩增去信号肽的蚓激酶基因F238-m,构建毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)表达载体pPIC9-F238-m,将其线性化后用电穿孔法导入酵母宿主菌GS115中。在MM和MD平板上筛选表型,经甲醇诱导后,SDS-PAGE分析显示表达产物的分子量为28kDa左右,纤维平板法测定活力最高可达100U/mL。     

异化Fe(Ⅲ)还原酶促反应及调控机制的研究进展

异化Fe(Ⅲ)还原菌不是分类学上的概念,它具有系统发育及环境来源多样性的特点。与其他大多数的电子受体不同,在近中性pH值条件下,Fe(Ⅲ)的溶解度很低,通常以不溶性的Fe(Ⅲ)氧化物的形式存在。目前,对微生物如何获得和还原不溶性Fe(Ⅲ)的机理仍缺乏系统的了解。以希瓦氏菌和地杆菌为例,本文综述了3种异化Fe(Ⅲ)还原的酶促反应机制及其分子调控机理：异化Fe(Ⅲ)还原菌与Fe(Ⅲ)氧化物直接接触机制、电子穿梭体的作用机制、铁载体作用机制,多种膜蛋白特别是多血红素的细胞色素蛋白参与微生物的异化Fe(Ⅲ)还原过程,并形成复杂的调控网络。此外,本文也对异化Fe(Ⅲ)还原酶促反应及其分子调控机理将来的研究方向进行了展望,以期对这一重要的生化过程有更为全面的认识。     

Bioconversion of filter mud using vermicomposting employing two exotic and one local earthworm species

Three different earthworm species Eisenia fetida, Eudrilus eugeniae and Perionyx excavatus in individual (Monocultures) and combinations (Polycultures) were utilized to compare the suitability of worm species for vermicomposting of filter mud as well as the quality of the end product. The filter mud blended with saw dust can be directly converted into good quality fertilizer (vermicompost). Eight different reactors including three monocultures and four polycultures of E. fetida, E. eugeniae and P. excavatus and one control were used for the experiment. Vermicomposting resulted in significant reduction in C/N ratio, pH, total organic matter (TOC) but increase in electrical conductivity (EC), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP) and macronutrients (K, Ca and Na). Oxygen uptake rate (OUR) dropped up to 1.64–1.95 mg/g (volatile solids) VS/day for monoculture reactors and 1.45–1.78 mg/g VS/day for polycultures reactors, respectively, after 45 days of vermicomposting. Cocoon production and the earthworm biomass increased as vermicomposting progressed. On an overall the mono as well as polyculture reactors produced high quality stable compost free from pathogens and no specific differentiation could be inferred between the reactors.