向蟾蜍脊髓灰质腹角注射谷氨酸钠对腓肠肌收缩的影响

首先绘制了蟾蜍脊髓灰质腹角运动神经元池的精确定位图谱,然后分别将浓度为1、0.5、0.1、0.01 mol/L的谷氨酸钠溶液及生理盐水（0.65% NaCl,对照组）微量（0.1 µL）注射到蟾蜍脊髓灰质腹角运动神经元池,采用BL-420F 生物机能实验系统记录腓肠肌收缩曲线,以收缩波的上升相持续时间、最大张力、张力变化速率、下降相持续时间为指标对各组腓肠肌的收缩曲线进行比较。结果：4组实验组腓肠肌的收缩形式是不同程度的强直收缩;各组收缩波的上升相持续时间、最大张力、张力变化速率在一定程度上存在谷氨酸钠量效依赖关系,且1 mol/L组腓肠肌强直收缩的张力、张力变化速率显著大于其他各组,这可能是由于谷氨酸钠与运动神经元上谷氨酸受体结合的数量不同造成的。     

中华蟾蜍蝌蚪颅骨发育的形态计量学分析

采用TPS(thin-plate spline)形态计量软件计量了中华蟾蜍Bufogargarizans幼体蝌蚪发育中软骨性颅骨的11项形态指标的变化,采用颅骨总长(TLC,the total length of chondrocranium)线性回归分析了各形态特征与颅骨总长的关系。通过对中华蟾蜍幼体蝌蚪颅骨的线性形态测量,结果表明喙上软骨、内睑部关节距等呈负异速生长,外睑部关节距呈同速生长;听囊等感受结构呈正异速生长,与Emerson等人的观点有所不同。基于中华蟾蜍幼体蝌蚪各期样本之间颅骨的发育存在着较大的差异,在实验样本的选取中既要考虑Gosner的分期,还要考虑同期蝌蚪个体体型大小。     

中华大蟾蜍卵母细胞成熟过程中膜电位变化的实验分析

The full-grown oocytes obtained from toad (bufo bufo gargarizans) submitted in hibernation state or reared at 25-30 degrees C for several months, named hibernation oocyte or high temperature oocyte, had a membrane potential of -41.51 +/- 0.77 mV and -43.83 +/- 1.39 mV in Ringer's solution respectively. The hibernation oocytes underwent GVBD (germinal vesicle breakdown) and membrane depolarization at 19 +/- 1 degree C after progesterone stimulation. The membrane potential was about -20 mV at the period of GVBD, and -10 mV or so at 20 hours after the hormone treatment. However, the high temperature oocytes did not undergo GVBD, their membrane potential decreased before the fourth hour after treatment with progesterone and then recovered. If the hibernation oocytes were preincubated at 37-38 degrees C for 13 hours prior to the culture in the medium containing progesterone (10(-6)M, 37-38 degrees C), no GVBD was observed and the membrane depolarized before the fourth hour after treatment with progesterone then recovered, but MPF was detectable in the cytoplasm (unpublished). Both GVBD and membrane depolarization appeared in the hibernation oocytes and high temperature oocytes after injection of MPF. The time required for the hibernation oocytes injected MPF to attain the membrane potential about -20 mV was 4 hours earlier than that of progesterone treatment. It was just the time required for the appearance of MPF in the cytoplasm of oocytes treated with the hormone. It was noticed in our precedent article that a factor which appeared in the cytoplasm of high temperature oocytes differed from MPF. The factor was called Hibernation Oocyte Mature Promoting Factor (HOMPF).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

若尔盖湿地高原林蛙和岷山蟾蜍的日活动节律

2005年调查若尔盖湿地的高原林蛙（Rana kukunoris）和岷山蟾蜍（Bufo minshanicus）的日活动节律,发现阳光充足时两栖类的活动性明显高于多云天气;高原林蛙成体、亚成体、岷山蟾蜍亚成体活动的最低气温为0℃、2℃、8℃;高原林蛙亚成体日活动高峰为中午12：30左右,岷山蟾蜍亚成体日活动高峰为下午15：30左右;高原林蛙亚成体在草地、林地、河边均有一定数量个体活动,岷山蟾蜍亚成体主要集中在河边活动。在若尔盖地区,两栖类可能主要是采用晒太阳（basking）的行为来适应高海拔环境;高原林蛙成体对温度的耐受性比亚成体高,亚成体比岷山蟾蜍亚成体高;高原林蛙与岷山蟾蜍的亚成体在活动时间与活动生境上存在差异,可能是减少种间竞争的途径之一。     

广西鸟类新纪录--史氏蝗莺

2005年2月,在广西西南部中越边境地区的凭祥市考察时,采到一号雀形目鸟类标本,经鉴定为史氏蝗莺（Locustella pleskei）,是广西鸟类新纪录.标本保存于广西大学动物科技学院动物标本室.     

中华蟾蜍蝌蚪对高渗溶液的耐受性

为了解中华蟾蜍蝌蚪对高渗溶液的耐受性,采用常规静态实验,用蔗糖调节溶液渗透压对蟾蜍蝌蚪进行渗透耐受实验;采用方差分析统计溶液渗透压对蟾蜍蝌蚪的存活率、体积变化和活动性的影响。结果显示,蟾蜍蝌蚪能够忍受溶液渗透压在一定范围内的变化,对渗透压较低的溶液其适应对策为调节,而对渗透压较高的溶液则为协变。蝌蚪对水溶液的耐受渗透压为1485．24mOsm,其存活率随渗透压增高而降低;同一渗透压下,蝌蚪存活率随在溶液中暴露时间的延长而降低。蟾蜍蝌蚪体内水分在不同浓度溶液中丧失的程度存在显著差异,即使在同一浓度的溶液中,体积会随时间的增加而不断缩小,并且溶液浓度越高,体积减小的速率越大。身体失水对蝌蚪的行为性会产生一定的影响,蝌蚪的活泼性随时间的延长而降低。     

日本蟾蜍聚集素cDNA的克隆与序列分析

为研究蟾酥、蟾衣、蟾皮中多肽类有效成分,通过菌落PCR对日本蟾蜍(Bufo japonicus formosus)皮肤cDNA质粒文库进行了筛选,获得了聚集素(clusterin,CLU)全长cDNA序列(GenBank登录号为JX035891)并对其进行了生物信息学分析。日本蟾蜍clucDNA全长为1 616 bp,包括1 332 bp的开放阅读框(open reading frame,ORF)、5’端30 bp及3’端254 bp的非翻译区(untranslated region,UTR)。根据cDNA序列推导的日本蟾蜍CLU前体蛋白由443个氨基酸残基组成,其中含20个氨基酸残基组成的信号肽,6个糖基化位点,10个可形成二硫键的半胱氨酸残基和2个卷曲螺旋区域。氨基酸序列同源性分析显示,日本蟾蜍CLU与非洲爪蟾(Xenopus laevis)的同源性为65%,与其他7种动物的同源性则介于41%-48%之间。     

Male size does not correlate with fertilization success in two bufonid toads that show size-assortative mating

We examined sexual size dimorphism （SSD）, mating pattem, fertilization efficiency and female reproductive traits in two bufonid toads （Bufo gargarizans and Duttaphrynus melanostictus） to test the idea that importance of male body size for egg fertilization success depends on the mating pattern. Female-biased SSD was evident only in D. melanostictus. Female B. gar- garizans laid fewer larger eggs nearly three months earlier than did female D. melanostictus. Fertilization efficieneies on average were higher in B. gargarizans （95%） than in D. melanostictus （91%）. Though differing in the degree of SSD, body size, breeding season, clutch size, egg size and fertilization efficiency, the two toads were similar in four aspects： （1） both showed size-assortative mating; （2） females did not tradeoff egg size against egg number; （3） male size, clutch size and clutch dry mass were greater in male-larger than in female-larger pairs after accounting for female snout-vent length （SVL）; and （4） the ratio of male to female SVL did not affect fertilization efficiency. Our data show that： （1） a female preference for large males is likely not important in terms of egg fertilization success; （2） a male preference for large females is likely important because larger females are more fecund; and （3） size-assortative mating arises from a male preference for large females. Our study demonstrates that male size is not always important for egg fertilization success in anurans that show size-assortative mating.     

华西蟾蜍年龄结构、体长和生长率的研究

本研究利用骨龄学方法研究了青藏高原东缘横断山脉区一个华西蟾蜍种群的年龄结构、体长、年生长率及性成熟年龄。采集的74个成体个体中(雄性47只,雌性27只),均能够在趾骨切片中观察到受抑制生长线。结果表明:两性的体长和年龄都成正相关关系(雌性:F1,26=4.87,r=0.40,P=0.04,雄性:F1,46=4.48,r=0.30,P=0.04)。雌性初始繁殖年龄为4龄,寿命至少为11龄;雄性分别为3龄和11龄。雌性和雄性的平均年龄存在显著差异(Z=2.27,P<0.01),雌性为(8.4±1.8)龄,雄性为(6.2±1.8)龄。雌性平均体长大于雄性(t=2.348,P<0.01),雌性为91.9 mm±7.2 mm,雄性为74.8 mm±5.5 mm。另外,雌性和雄性具有不同的生长模式,雌性生长率(r=2.48)大于雄性(r=2.32)。年龄和生长率对华西蟾蜍的性二型的解释有重要意义。     

西藏蟾蜍线粒体COI和Cyt b基因序列的分析研究

采用聚合酶链式反应克隆西藏蟾蜍Bufo tibetanus线粒体COI和cyt b基因,首次报道该物种这两个基因的全序列,利用分子生物学软件结合比较与其他7种两栖动物的同源序列.结果显示:西藏蟾蜍两个基因序列中碱基G含量明显低于其它三种碱基,密码子第三位碱基G含量在4种蟾蜍中是最低的;碱基替换主要发生在第三位,属内转换率大于颠换率;相比核苷酸数据,氨基酸序列显示的遗传距离表明氨基酸序列更加保守,遗传距离显示西藏蟾蜍与中华大蟾蜍B.gargarizans的遗传距离最小;构建系统进化树,显示西藏蟾蜍和中华大蟾蜍的亲缘关系最近.