昆虫毒蕈碱型乙酰胆碱受体的研究进展

毒蕈碱型乙酰胆碱受体(Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors,mAChRs)是昆虫神经系统中一类重要的G蛋白偶联受体.昆虫mAChRs可以分为A、B、C型三大类,它们通过偶联不同的G蛋白激活不同的第二信使,完成信号转导过程,从而发挥其功能.mAChRs参与调控昆虫多种生理反应和行为过程,如...     

乙酰胆碱及其拮抗剂对人SK-N-SH细胞增殖及mAchR1表达的影响

用CCK-8比色法和流式细胞术,检测乙酰胆碱（acetylcholine,Ach）及拮抗剂阿托品（atropine,Atro）对SK-N-SH细胞增殖活性和周期分布的调节作用;进一步用荧光定量PCR、免疫印迹和流式细胞间接免疫荧光技术,分析SK-N-SH细胞毒蕈碱受体亚型Ⅰ型（mAchR1）和c-fos的表达差异。结果表明,1mmol／L Ach对SK-N-SH细胞有明显促增殖作用,而1mmoL／L Atro阻滞细胞从S期向G2／M期移行;1mmol／L Ach与1mmol／L Atro均反馈调节mAchR1的蛋白水平。但mAchR1 mRNA的表达不受影响;1mmol／L Ach显著上调c-fos mRNA和Fos蛋白的表达,但这种作用可被Atro逆转。提示胆碱类受体参与配基对肿瘤细胞的促增殖作用。     

毒蕈碱Ⅱ型乙酰胆碱受体类似物在拟黑多刺蚁三个品级脑中的表达（英文）

昆虫脑内胆碱能系统在中枢神经系统中起着重要作用,其与昆虫的复杂行为密切相关.本文选取有复杂行为的膜翅目社会性昆虫拟黑多刺蚁为研究材料,用免疫组织化学方法,对毒蕈碱Ⅱ型乙酰胆碱受体类似物在拟黑多刺蚁工蚁、雌蚁和雄蚁脑中进行定位检测.结果表明,毒蕈碱Ⅱ型乙酰胆碱受体类似物在拟黑多刺蚁前脑蕈形体、中央体和中腩嗅叶中普遍存在,但不同品级表达区域和强弱存在差异.这意味着毒蕈碱Ⅱ型乙酰胆碱受体类似物在拟黑多刺蚁视觉信息、嗅觉信息的整合输出中起着重要作用.     

苹果蠹蛾8个烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体基因的克隆与生物信息学分析

烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体(nicotinic acetylcholine receptors,n AChRs)能够快速介导胆碱能突触传递,并在许多认知功能障碍性疾病的过程中发挥作用。昆虫的烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体是新烟碱类等杀虫剂的重要作用靶标,而且靶标抗性是昆虫产生抗药性的一个重要机制。本文利用生物信息学结合现代分子生物学技术,以新疆石河子地区的苹果蠹蛾种群为材料,克隆获得了8个烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体n AChR亚基基因的c DNA全长序列,并对这8个亚基基因的序列进行了生物信息学分析。研究结果有助于进一步深入解析苹果蠹蛾对新烟碱类杀虫剂的靶标抗性机制,进而为开发新型靶标药剂提供科学依据和理论基础。     

乙酰胆碱及其拮抗剂对人SK-N-SH细胞增殖及mAchRl表达的影响

用CCK-8比色法和流式细胞术,检测乙酰胆碱(acetylcholine,Ach)及拮抗剂阿托品(at-ropine,Atro)对SK-N-SH细胞增殖活性和周期分布的调节作用;进一步用荧光定量PCR、免疫印迹和流式细胞间接免疫荧光技术,分析SK-N-SH细胞毒蕈碱受体亚型Ⅰ型(mAchR1)和c-fos的表达差异。结果表明,1mmol/LAch对SK-N-SH细胞有明显促增殖作用,而1mmol/LAtro阻滞细胞从S期向G_2/M期移行;1mmol/LAch与1mmol/LAtro均反馈调节mAchR1的蛋白水平,但mAchR1mRNA的表达不受影响;1mmol/LAch显著上调c-fosmRNA和Fos蛋白的表达,但这种作用可被Atro逆转。提示胆碱类受体参与配基对肿瘤细胞的促增殖作用。     

甜菜夜蛾烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体β1亚基基因的克隆与序列分析

烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体是昆虫体内重要的神经受体,同时也是杀虫剂作用靶标.从甜菜夜蛾Spodoptera exigua3龄幼虫体内提取总的RNA,经过反转录,利用RT-PCR获得了烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体6个α和1个β亚基基因的cD-NA序列片段,并利用cDNA末端快速扩增技术(RACE)获得了β亚基基因的cDNA序列全长.该基因命名为SenAChRβl,其长度为2231个碱基,含有一个1575个碱基的开放读码框,开放读码框编码524个氨基酸残基,预测的分子量为60 kDa.推导得到的氨基酸序列与其它昆虫特别是鳞翅目昆虫的烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体β亚基具有高度的同源性,并具有典型的烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体β亚基特征化位点.     

西方蜜蜂毒蕈碱型乙酰胆碱受体基因的生物信息学分析

利用生物信息学方法分析了西方蜜蜂 Apis mellifera毒蕈碱型乙酰胆碱受体的核酸和氨基酸序列,并对其组成成分、疏水/亲水区、跨膜拓扑结构域、分子系统进化关系进行了预测和推断.结果显示,该受体定位在第8条染色体上,由618个氨基酸组成,分子量69 906.5D,等电点(pI)8.56;是G蛋白偶联型受体,含N-糖基化位点、蛋白激酶C磷酸化位点、cAMP/cGMP依赖蛋白激酶磷酸化位点.     

重组DNA技术应用于神经递质受体研究取得的进展

利用重组 DNA 技术已阐明了多种递质受体的一级结构。根据氨基酸序列的相似性和整体结构的一致性,可将这些受体分为与 G 蛋白有关的受体和配体门控受体两个家族。前者包括毒蕈碱型乙酰胆碱受体、β肾上腺紊受体、α_2肾上腺受体和 K 物质受体,视紫红质也可归入此类;后者包括烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体、GABA_A 受体和甘氨酸受体。     

麦长管蚜烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体基因的克隆和序列分析

昆虫烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体(nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, nAChR)是杀虫剂的重要作用靶标之一。本研究利用简并引物PCR和半巢式PCR技术从麦长管蚜Sitobion avenae (Fabricius)中克隆nAChR基因,成功地获得了5个α型nAChR亚基的cDNA片段。根据5个α亚基片段设计特异引物,结合快速扩增cDNA末端(RACE)技术,成功克隆了5个α型亚基的全长,并发现α5亚基有两种存在形式,它们仅在胞外区有一段175 bp的片段有差异。序列分析发现,这些基因均具有nAChR基因家族的典型特征,并与已报道的其他昆虫的烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体的相应亚基具有很高的同源性。该研究为进一步利用基因表达技术研究昆虫nAChR的天然亚基组成,以及分析麦长管蚜对新烟碱类杀虫剂的靶标抗性,奠定了基础。     

乙酰胆碱酯酶性质改变与昆虫抗药性的关系

乙酰胆碱酯酶是生物神经传导中的一种关键性酶,同时又是有机磷和氨基甲酸酯杀虫剂的靶标,因此一直是人们研究的热点。就近年来昆虫乙酰胆碱酯酶(AChE)在生化和分子生物学方面的研究进展、昆虫AChE基因结构及表达的变化对动力学参数、昆虫抗药性的影响机制以及害虫与天敌AChE的比较研究进行了简要综述。     

Dynamin mediates caveolar sequestration of muscarinic cholinergic receptors and alteration in NO signaling

In cardiac myocytes, agonist binding to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAchRs) leads to the targeting of stimulated receptors to plasmalemmal microdomains termed caveolae. Here, we examined whether this translocation leads to mAchR internalization and alteration in downstream NO signaling. Differential binding of membrane-permeant and -impermeant mAchR radioligands on caveolae-enriched membranes revealed that carbachol stimulation of cardiac myocytes induces sequestration of mAchRs through caveolae fission. GTP but not its non-hydrolyzable analog GTP gamma S drove the further detachment of caveolae from myocyte sarcolemma. Also, incubation of extracts of carbachol-stimulated myocytes with recombinant GTPase dynamin induced mAchR sequestration in budded caveolae, while dominant-negative K44A dynamin inhibited it. These data were confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy on m2 mAchR-expressing COS cells. Finally, repeated carbachol stimulations of mAchRs co-expressed in COS cells with endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and wild-type, but not mutant, dynamin led to a progressive increase in mAchR sequestration and a concurrent stabilization of the inhibitory eNOS-caveolin complex. These findings emphasize the role of caveolae in mAchR trafficking and NO signaling, and suggest that caveolae fission may contribute to G-protein-coupled receptor desensitization.     

Muscarinic Receptor Expression in the Primary Culture of Tracheal Smooth Muscle Cells

Abstract

Tracheal smooth muscle cells (TSMCs) were isolated from dog trachea in order to analyze the direct effects of growth factors and hormones on cell proliferation and muscarinic receptor (mAchR) expression. Dissection and dissociation of tracheal smooth muscle tissue with a collagenase I, deoxyribonuclease I and elastase IV mixture resulted in high yield and viability of TSMCs. A screen of growth factors, hormones, and serum concentration for the stimulation of cell growth, reveald that insulin-like growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, insulin, transferrin, or hydrocortisone alone at the concentration used was not necessary or sufficient to stimulate growth of TSMCs in the primary culture with DMEM/F-12 containing 1% FBS. The regulation of cell surface mAchR expression in response to serum and cell growth in primary culture of TSMCs has been examined. In the presence of 1% serum, TSMCs withdraw from the cell cycle and express high levels of cell surface mAchRs. Exposure of quiescent TSMCs to 10% serum results in a loss of surface mAchRs. In addition, insulin-like growth factor, insulin or transferrin could stimulate the expression of mAchRs on TSMCs cultured in DMEM/F-12 containing 1% FBS. The results demonstrated that low serum concentration culture system may provide a useful model to elucidate the expression of mAchRs in the culture of TSMCs.     

Cloning and expression analysis of a muscarinic cholinergic receptor from the brain of ant,Polyrhachis vicina

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAchRs) are the predominant cholinergic receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems of animals. They also have been found in various insect nervous systems. In this article, a full‐length cDNA of a pupative mAchR (PmAchR) was obtained from the brains of ant Polyrhachis vicina by homology cloning in combination with rapid amplification of cDNA ends. PmAchR encodes a 599‐amino acid protein that exhibits a high degree of homology with other mAchRs. Real‐time quantitative RT‐PCR analysis showed that PmAchR is differentially expressed in the brains of workers, males, and females. By in situ hybridization, it is revealed that PmAchR is widely expressed in different soma clusters of the brain, including the mushroom bodies, the antennal lobes, as well as the optic lobes (OL), and the most intensely staining is found in Kenyon cells. Nonetheless, there are more positive nerve fibers in the OL of males' brains than in females' and workers' brains. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

褐飞虱对吡虫啉的抗性机理和靶标分子毒理学

褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens是水稻最重要的害虫之一,长期依赖化学防治导致了该害虫对不同类型杀虫剂抗性的产生,对新烟碱类杀虫剂吡虫啉高水平抗性的产生更是造成了巨大的粮食生产损失。近年来在褐飞虱对吡虫啉抗性机理,以及在抗药性机理研究推动下吡虫啉作用靶标褐飞虱神经系统烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体（nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, nAChRs）毒理学等方面取得了许多研究进展。nAChRs是昆虫神经系统中最重要的神经递质受体,是几类重要杀虫剂的作用靶标,其中以新烟碱类杀虫剂为代表。通过对比敏感品系和室内连续筛选获得的高抗吡虫啉品系,在褐飞虱两个nAChRs亚基Nlα1和Nlα3中均发现了抗性相关点突变Y151S,该突变导致了受体与吡虫啉结合亲和力的显著下降,而对内源神经递质乙酰胆碱的亲和力影响很小。Nlα1与褐飞虱另外两个亚基Nlα2和Nlβ1共聚成一个受体,构成吡虫啉低亲和力结合位点;Nlα3与褐飞虱另外两个亚基Nlα8和Nlβ1共聚成一个受体,构成吡虫啉高亲和力结合位点。不仅褐飞虱nAChRs与吡虫啉抗性相关,某些nAChRs附属蛋白也直接影响褐飞虱对吡虫啉的抗性,如Lynx蛋白。关于褐飞虱nAChRs组成、抗药性相关变异、受体附属蛋白对抗药性的影响等方面的研究,均为国内外前沿报道,不仅有助于对新烟碱类杀虫剂抗性机理的理解,对昆虫nAChRs毒理学同样具有很大的推动作用。     

Repression of slow myosin heavy chain 2 gene expression in fast skeletal muscle fibers by muscarinic acetylcholine receptor and G(alpha)q signaling

Gene expression in skeletal muscle fibers is regulated by innervation and intrinsic fiber properties. To determine the mechanism of repression of slow MyHC2 expression in innervated fast pectoralis major (PM) fibers, we investigated the function of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAchR) and G(alpha)q. Both mAchR and G(alpha)q are abundant in medial adductor (MA) and PM fibers, and mAchR and G(alpha)q interact in these fibers. Whereas innervation of PM fibers was insufficient to induce slow MyHC2 expression, inhibition of mAchR activity with atropine in innervated PM fibers induced slow MyHC2 expression. Increased G(alpha)q activity repressed slow MyHC2 expression to nondetectable levels in innervated MA fibers. Reduced mAchR activity decreased PKC activity in PM fibers, and increased G(alpha)q activity increased PKC activity in PM and MA fibers. Decreased PKC activity in atropine-treated innervated PM fibers correlated with slow MyHC2 expression. These data suggest that slow MyHC2 repression in innervated fast PM fibers is mediated by cell signaling involving mAchRs, G(alpha)q, and PKC.     

昆虫钠离子通道的研究进展

昆虫只有一个或两个电压门控钠离子通道α亚基基因,但两种转录后修饰(选择性剪切和RNA编辑)实现了昆虫钠离子通道的功能多样性.昆虫β辅助亚基TipE和TEH1-4在钠离子通道表达和调控中也起着重要作用.电压门控钠离子通道在动作电位的产生和传递中至关重要,是多种天然和人工合成神经毒素及杀虫剂的作用靶标,包括广泛使用的拟除虫...     

Characterization of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors on intact neuroblastoma × glioma NG108-15 cell upon induced differentiation

Summary Studies have established that major increases in muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAchR) binding in the brain appear to coincide with synaptogenesis. The neuroblastoma × glioma hybrid NG108-15 cell line has been demonstrated to possess numerous functional characteristics of intact neurons, including synapse formation with myotubes. The present study examines and characterizes the mAchR on the hybrid NG108-15 cells during differentiation, induced by 1 mM dBcAMP. Specific binding of [³H]-QNB for differentiated cells increases gradually to a final level of 130% (P < 0.05) over the control undifferentiated cells during the first 24 hr of incubation. Further, this increase of receptor sites appears to correlate proportionately to the degree of neurite extension of the differentiating cells. The dissociation rate constant at equilibrium (K_d) and maximum binding capacity (B_max) have been determined to be 5.6 nM and 920 fmol/10⁶ cells, respectively, for differentiated cells, and 4.4 nM and 400 fmol/10⁶ cells, respectively, for undifferentiated cells. Computer analyses of the data obtained from saturation experiments reveal a single class of binding sites for [³H]-QNB on both differentiated and undifferentiated cells. The Hill plot analysis of the QNB-binding indicates a Hill coefficient (nH) of 1.0 and 0.91 for differentiated and undifferentiated cells, respectively, suggesting the unity of receptor sites with no co-operativity. Our results depict that increases of mAchRs on intact cells correlate with the degree of cellular differentiation.     

Insect ryanodine receptors: molecular targets for novel pest control chemicals

Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are a distinct class of ligand-gated calcium channels controlling the release of calcium from intracellular stores. They are located on the sarcoplasmic reticulum of muscle and the endoplasmic reticulum of neurons and many other cell types. Ryanodine, a plant alkaloid and an important ligand used to characterize and purify the receptor, has served as a natural botanical insecticide, but attempts to generate synthetic commercial analogues of ryanodine have proved unsuccessful. Recently two classes of synthetic chemicals have emerged resulting in commercial insecticides that target insect RyRs. The phthalic acid diamide class has yielded flubendiamide, the first synthetic ryanodine receptor insecticide to be commercialized. Shortly after the discovery of the phthalic diamides, the anthranilic diamides were discovered. This class has produced the insecticides Rynaxypyr(R) and Cyazypyrtrade mark. Here we review the structure and functions of insect RyRs and address the modes of action of phthalic acid diamides and anthranilic diamides on insect ryanodine receptors. Particularly intersting is the inherent selectivity both chemical classes exhibit for insect RyRs over their mammalian counterparts. The future prospects for RyRs as a commercially-validated target site for insect control chemicals are also considered.     

家蚕para钠通道cDNA片段克隆与序列分析

昆虫神经系统para型钠离子通道是拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂的主要靶标,已有的研究表明钠离子通道基因发生点突变与昆虫对菊酯类杀虫剂的抗性密切相关。本文通过RT-PCR方法克隆获得了编码家蚕Bombyx mori L.钠离子通道的cDNA片段(GenBank No.EF521818),该片段全长4882bp,部分ORF包含3986bp核苷酸,翻译成1328个氨基酸。蛋白序列分析表明,PCR扩增获得的家蚕钠离子通道cDNA片段所编码的氨基酸与其他昆虫的para型钠离子通道α亚基的氨基酸具有很高的同源相似性,与棉铃虫Heliothis virescens Fabricius、埃及伊蚊Aedes aegypti L.、德国小蠊Blattella germanica L.、果蝇Drosophila melanogaster Meigen和家蝇Musca domestica L.的相似性分别为95%、82%、80%、79%、77%。     

Insecticides with novel modes of action: Mechanism, selectivity and cross-resistance

Efforts have been made during the past two decades to develop insecticides with selective properties that act specifically on biochemical sites present in particular insect groups, but whose properties differ from other insecticides. This approach has led to the discovery of compounds that affect the hormonal regulation of molting and developmental processes in insects; for example, ecdysone agonists, juvenile hormone mimics and chitin synthesis inhibitors. In addition, compounds that selectively interact with the insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, such as imidacloprid, acetamiprid and thiamethoxam, have been introduced for the control of aphids, whiteflies and other insect species. Natural products acting selectively on insect pests, such as avermectins, spinosad and azadirachtin, have been introduced for controlling selected groups of insect pests. Compounds acting on the nervous site that controls the sucking pump of aphids and whiteflies, such as pymetrozine, or respiration, such as diafenthiuron, have been introduced for controlling sucking pests. All the above compounds are important components in pest and resistance management programs.