松墨天牛表皮蛋白基因的克隆及表达分析

【目的】本研究旨在探索松墨天牛Monochamus alternatus Hope中昆虫表皮蛋白（ICP）基因在幼虫各组织中和不同发育阶段的时空表达模式。【方法】用cDNA末端快速扩增方法(rapid amplification of cDNA ends, RACE) 克隆了松墨天牛表皮蛋白基因,用实时荧光定量PCR分析了该基因在幼虫体内和不同虫态中的表达。【结果】克隆获得的松墨天牛幼虫表皮蛋白基命名为MoalICP（GenBank 登录号：AGX00998.1）,开放阅读框长408 bp,编码135个氨基酸,推测得到的蛋白的分子量为14.51 kDa。由MoalICP推导的蛋白与桑天牛Apriona germari ICP (AAM66718.1)氨基酸序列一致性为79%;与丽蝇蛹集金小蜂Nasonia vitripennis ICP (NP_001161297.1)、果蝇Drosophila mojavensis ICP (XP_002005461.1)、玉带凤蝶Papilio polytes ICP (BAM18876.1)等19种昆虫表皮蛋白的氨基酸序列一致性在35%~45%之间;在第10-26位氨基酸位处含有一个跨膜片段。MoalICP在幼虫头、体壁、脂肪体、血细胞、中肠和马氏管均有表达;在蛹和成虫中的表达量分别是在幼虫中的44%和161%。【结论】MoalICP与其他昆虫有较高的氨基酸序列一致性。MoalICP在松墨天牛幼虫内广泛表达;在各个发育阶段中,以成虫中的表达量最高。本文为进一步研究松墨天牛表皮蛋白基因的生理功能和松墨天牛的表皮化学奠定基础。     

松褐天牛的交配行为

采用室内试验和野外观察相结合的方法,对松材线虫病的主要媒介昆虫松褐天牛Monochamus alternatus Hope的交配行为进行了研究。结果表明： 松褐天牛一次完整的交配包括相遇抱对、插入输精和配后保护3个阶段,在交配过程中雄虫有多次插入输精现象发生。室内试验中共观察到松褐天牛的交配123次,松褐天牛一次完整的交配过程平均需时63.49 min,其中输精前的抱对时间平均为1.68 min,交配过程中每次输精插入时间平均为57.60 s,配后保护时间为15.18 min。松褐天牛在开始交配的4天内平均交配5.15次,不同雄性个体所获得的交配机会差异很大。松褐天牛的交配行为表现出强烈的雄性竞争现象,雄虫能根据雌虫或自身的交配经历调整交配投入,当雌虫或者雄虫是初次交配时,总输精时间和插入输精的次数显著大于与有交配经历的雌虫或雄虫交配时的输精时间和插入输精次数。田间松褐天牛的交配行为与室内观察结果基本一致。     

松墨天牛对寄主树木的产卵选择

在室内采用选择行为方法,研究了松墨天牛Monochamus alternatus对几种松属植物的产卵选择行为。结果表明,松墨天牛对黑松Pinus thunbergii的选择性最强,对马尾松P.massoniana的选择性最弱,二者间差异显著,它们与火炬松P. taeda和湿地松P. elliottii间无明显差异。在黑松和马尾松的被松材线虫危害木与健康木之间,松墨天牛明显选择被害木产卵;具产卵痕枝段和虫粪处理过的枝段,对松墨天牛的产卵有显著抑制作用,松墨天牛明显地选择对照枝段产卵。     

鱼藤酮对松墨天牛产卵和取食行为的影响

为探索松墨天牛防治的新方法,实验了鱼藤酮对松墨天牛产卵和取食行为的影响及鱼藤酮对松墨天牛5龄幼虫的触杀作用。结果表明,鱼藤酮对松墨天牛具有显著的产卵忌避作用和成虫取食的干扰作用。产卵忌避作用和拒食作用随鱼藤酮浓度的增大而增强,处理浓度为1 000 mg/L时,鱼藤酮对成虫的产卵忌避率为75.63 %,处理后12 h松墨天牛的选择性和非选择性拒食率分别为72.91%和69.50%。鱼藤酮对松墨天牛5龄幼虫的触杀作用不明显。因此,利用鱼藤酮防治松墨天牛,一方面可以通过抑制其取食减少松材线虫的传播;另一方面通过忌避产卵可减少下代虫口。     

松褐天牛球孢白僵菌高毒力航天诱变菌株的筛选

【目的】松褐天牛Monochamus alternatus是我国松材线虫病Bursaphelenchus xylophilus的主要媒介昆虫。为了更好地开发利用松褐天牛病原微生物球孢白僵菌Beauveria bassiana, 本研究通过航天搭载诱变及室内筛选, 获得球孢白僵菌高毒力诱变菌株。【方法】将经神舟八号飞船航天搭载诱变后的孢子稀释液涂布在PDA平板上培养,获得单菌落菌株,进而筛选获得高毒力诱变菌株。观察所获9个航天诱变菌株的菌落形态、菌落生长速度、产孢量、孢子萌发率及抗高温胁迫能力等生物学特性, 在此基础上筛选出生物学性状优良的菌株B159, B252和B305, 并进一步对松褐天牛4龄幼虫进行生物测定。再通过撒菌粉和注射菌液方法, 检验B252和B305对松木段内松褐天牛幼虫的杀虫效果。【结果】球孢白僵菌航天诱变菌株的生物学特性与野生型菌株cfcc81357存在分化。9个航天诱变菌株的菌落形态发生了不同程度的改变,6个菌落生长速率出现负向变异,仅诱变菌株B159, B252和B305能产生分生孢子。航天诱变菌株B252和B305在浓度为1.0×107 cfu/mL时对松褐天牛4龄幼虫的校正死亡率均为100%, 半致死中时(LT₅₀)分别为8.08和8.56 d, 明显优于野生型菌株, 显示出对松褐天牛的极强毒力。使用撒菌粉和孢子液体注射方法, 诱变菌株B252和B305对松木段内松褐天牛幼虫死亡率比野生型菌株高。【结论】诱变菌株B252和B305可能是优良菌株, 对生物防治松褐天牛方面有潜在的实用价值。     

Deterred oviposition response of Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to oviposition scars occupied by eggs

1 The oviposition behaviour and response of Monochamus alternatus females to oviposition scars were investigated in the laboratory. 2 Prior to oviposition, females gnawed at the bark surface of Pinus densiflora bolts to make a wound. Then females turned their bodies 180° to position their ovipositors over the wounds and inserted them under the bark through the wounds. After an oviposition, a jelly was deposited while the ovipositor was still inserted. The females then withdrew their ovipositors and rubbed the oviposition scars with the tips of their abdomens. 3 When searching females encountered oviposition scars, they stopped walking and drummed the surface and inside of the oviposition scars with their maxillary and labial palpi. 4 Eighty-six percent of females left oviposition scars containing single eggs after the palpation. By contrast, when females encountered oviposition scars containing no eggs, 76% of them began to gnaw at the scars and 64% deposited single eggs. The response to artificial oviposition scars was similar to that to vacant oviposition scars made by the females. 5 The results of various observations and experiments showed that the females could recognize oviposition scars and discriminate the scars occupied by single eggs from vacant ones, and suggested that the palpation of oviposition scars was the critical discrimination behaviour, indicating mediation by chemical cues.     

虫生真菌中对松墨天牛高毒性蛋白的筛选及性质测定

从6株虫生真菌中分离纯化了48种蛋白。以松墨天牛Monochamusalternatus为试虫,通过 生测筛选出4种高毒性蛋白,并从4种高毒性蛋白中筛选出毒力最强的蛋白Bb36W-D。蛋白Bb36W D含2个亚基,大亚基和小亚基的分子量分别约为24 kD和17 kD;等电点分别为9.47和9.32 。该蛋白含16种氨基酸,其中精氨酸、组氨酸及丙氨酸含量较高。     

Oviposition deterrence associated with larval frass of the Japanese pine sawyer,Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

To determine the effect of larval frass of Monochamus alternatus on oviposition preference of the female adults, three tests were performed in the laboratory. Individual females were provided with a frass-coated, Pinus densiflora bolt and an untreated bolt simultaneously and were allowed to oviposit for 24 h. They deposited a significantly smaller number of eggs on frass-coated bolts. The females supplied with frass-coated bolts deposited no eggs on them, indicating that the larval frass deterred the females from oviposition. When individual females were provided simultaneously with a pine bolt applied with a methanol extract of larval frass and another bolt applied with methanol alone, they deposited a significantly smaller number of eggs on frass extract-applied bolts for 24 h. These results suggest the presence of a putative oviposition deterrent in larval frass of M. alternatus. Each test was replicated 19-20 times using different females.     

松墨天牛化学感受组织荧光定量PCR内参基因的鉴定与筛选

【目的】本研究拟选择适合用于分析松墨天牛Monochamus alternatus化学感受组织中基因表达的内参基因。【方法】依据转录组测序结果进行内参基因鉴定,利用RT-q PCR技术分析内参基因在松墨天牛不同发育阶段和不同性别化学感受组织间的表达差异,并利用软件ge Norm,Norm Finder和Best Keeper比较其表达的稳定性。【结果】松墨天牛转录组中鉴定出9个候选内参基因(Actin,TUB,18S rRNA,RPS27A,RPS3,RPL10,AK,GAPDH和EF1A),其中后7个候选内参基因在松墨天牛中被首次鉴定,松墨天牛候选内参基因和其他昆虫相应基因的同源性很高。9个候选内参基因引物均具有良好的扩增效率,18S rRNA的表达水平最高,EF1A的表达水平最低;18S rRNA和Actin在不同样品间的表达水平差异最大,GAPDH和TUB表达水平在不同样品间差异最小。ge Norm和Norm Finder软件分析认为,GAPDH是最稳定的内参基因,TUB是较为稳定的内参基因,18S rRNA和Actin是最不稳定的内参基因;Best Keeper软件分析认为,GAPDH和TUB是合适的内参基因,18S rRNA和Actin是不适合的内参基因。最适合校正松墨天牛化学感受组织中基因表达数据的内参基因数量为2个,即GAPDH和TUB,并且这样的内参基因组合可以用于不同发育阶段和不同性别的不同化学感受组织。【结论】本研究结果为利用RT-q PCR技术准确分析松墨天牛和其他天牛基因包括化学感受组织基因相对表达量的内参基因选择提供了重要参考。     

Prevalence of laterally transferred Wolbachia genes in Japanese pine sawyer,Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Lateral gene transfer is any process in which an organism incorporates genetic material from a phylogenetically distant and reproductively isolated organism. A previous survey demonstrated that two Japanese populations of Monochamus alternatus Hope carried many Wolbachia genes that had been acquired by lateral gene transfer in their own genomes, but were not infected with Wolbachia. To understand the prevalence of Wolbachia infection and laterally transferred Wolbachia genes in this beetle, we performed a broader survey of natural populations covering two subspecies of M. alternatus from Japan (M. alternatus endai) and Taiwan (M. alternatus alternatus). We detected laterally transferred Wolbachia genes in all Japanese and Taiwanese populations of M. alternatus, but no Wolbachia infection in any population. In addition, we confirmed the absence of Wolbachia infection and of transferred Wolbachia genes in two Japanese populations of Monochamus saltuarius Gebler, which is a congeneric relative of M. alternatus. Our findings suggest that the Wolbachia endosymbiont as gene donor has disappeared from M. alternatus, and that the transfer of part of its genome to M. alternatus occurred in the ancestor of M. alternatus before the subspeciation event.     

Canopy-related adult density and sex-related flight activity of Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in pine stands

Monochamus alternatus Hope is an important vector of the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle, which causes pine wilt disease. To determine canopy-related differences in the activity density of M. alternatus adults in pine stands, sticky screen traps with no lure were suspended under and in the canopy at 3.8 and 10 m above the ground of a Pinus densiflora Siebold et Zuccarini stand during a flight season. The five upper and five lower traps caught 338 and 54 adults, respectively, during a flight season from 9 June to 12 October 2011, indicating that activity density was six times as high in the canopy as under it. Male-biased sex ratio was observed for trap catches during a season: The sex ratio was male-biased in the early half of the flight season and 1:1 in the late half. There was no difference in sex ratio between the inside and outside of the canopy. To determine the sex-related difference in flight activity, the adults were captured by two different measures in two other mixed stands of P. densiflora and P. thunbergii Parlatore. Kicking tree trunks to cause beetles to drop revealed a 1:1 sex ratio of catches, whereas sticky screen traps tended to show a male-biased sex ratio in a 4-year study, suggesting that males were more active fliers than females.     

Cold tolerance and cold hardening strategy of the Japanese pine sawyer Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

The Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus , is an important pine forest pest and vector transmitting the pine wilt nematode that causes pine wilt disease. Low temperatures in autumn, winter and spring often differentially affect mortality of M. alternatus larvae. In this paper, we mainly compared the differences of mortality and cold hardening of larvae from different seasons, based on supercooling point (SCP) and cumulative probability of individuals freezing (CPIF). The cold hardening of the larvae from autumn, winter and spring seasons were largely different. Correlations between mortality and CPIF of autumn and spring larvae were highest on day 1/4, and gradually decreased with prolonged exposure duration. This beetle's death mainly resulted from freezing in short exposure duration. However, the correlation between mortality and CPIF of winter larvae increased gradually with the prolonged exposure duration. Death did not mainly result from freezing in long exposure duration. Autumn larvae are more susceptible and adaptable than winter and spring larvae. Winter larvae have a slight freeze-tolerance trend. Our research showed that M. alternatus came into complex cold-hardening strategies under natural selection. Freeze avoidance is the primary strategy; with prolonged exposure duration to above SCP or < 0 °C, chill tolerance is more important; this is followed by freeze tolerance during harsh winters.     

Temperature Effects on the Transmission of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nemata: Aphelenchoididae) by Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

The object of this research was to investigate the effects of ambient temperature on the transmission of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, by its vector, Monochamus alternatus. Ninety M. alternatus were reared individually at one of three constant temperatures (16, 20, and 25 °C). As the ambient temperature decreased from 25 to 16 °C, longevity of vectors decreased, nematode transmission efficiency decreased, and the peak period of nematode transmission was delayed and its peak height decreased. Low temperature may inhibit the transmission process, and this inhibition could be partially responsible for preventing pine wilt disease from devastating pine forests in cool regions.     

温度对松褐天牛传递松材线虫数量的影响

松材线虫病是一种重要的检疫性病害,松褐天牛是传播松材线虫的主要媒介昆虫.本实验研究了温度对松褐天牛传递松材线虫数量的影响.设置22℃、28℃和34℃ 3个温度梯度,结果表明松褐天牛成虫的寿命随温度升高而缩短,其中雌虫寿命短于雄虫,且羽化进度不太一致,多数松褐天牛携带的松材线虫量在1000～9999条之间.通过对松褐天牛取食传入松枝的松材线虫量的追踪记录发现,随着温度升高,传播线虫的高峰时段随之提前.34℃高温下松褐天牛的传递率最低,表明高温对松材线虫病的发生具有抑制作用.     

A new method for loading Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) on adult Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

A new method was developed for loading the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle, on the beetle Monochamus alternatus Hope. Postdiapause beetle larvae were sterilized with 70 and 99.9% aqueous ethanol and placed singly in flasks where B. xylophilus reproduced on the fungus Ophiostoma minus (Hedgcock) H. et P. Sydow that had been grown on autoclaved barley grain and Pinus densifiora Sieb. et Zucc. wood chips. The fungus produced a large nematode population that developed to a high proportion of third-stage dispersal juveniles that molted to the fourth-stage dispersal juveniles. The survival rate was 80%, and the mean nematode load was 10,096. It took a mean of 5 wk to obtain the nematode-infested beetles after the initiation of nematode rearing.     

A male-produced aggregation pheromone of Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a major vector of pine wood nematode

The beetle Monochamus alternatus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is an efficient vector of pine wood nematode, the causal pathogen of pine wilt disease, that has resulted in devastating losses of pines in much of Asia. We assessed the response of adult M. alternatus to 2-(undecyloxy)-ethanol, the male-produced pheromone of the congeneric M. galloprovincialis Dejean, in field experiments in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Both sexes of M. alternatus were attracted to lures consisting of 2-(undecyloxy)-ethanol combined with the host plant volatiles alpha-pinene and ethanol. A follow-up experiment showed that 2-(undecyloxy)-ethanol was synergized by both ethanol and alpha-pinene. Coupled gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry analyses of volatiles sampled from field-collected beetles of both sexes revealed that 2-(undecyloxy)-ethanol was a sex-specific pheromone component produced only by males. The combination of 2- (undecyloxy) -ethanol with ethanol and/or alpha-pinene will provide a valuable and badly needed tool for quarantine detection, monitoring, and management of M. alternatus.     

影响武夷山景区松墨天牛种群动态变化的因素分析

为了监测武夷山景区松墨天牛Monochamus alternatus Hope的发生,防范松材松材线虫Bursaphelonchus xylophilus病的入侵,于2005-2007年每年4-9月,在武夷山景区10个地点进行了调查,研究了气象因素和环境因素对松墨天牛数量变化的综合影响规律及其程度,对调查结果进行了矢量递进因子分析。结果表明：环境因子和气象因子是松墨天牛羽化孔数和诱集成虫数变化的主要因素,影响松墨天牛成虫诱集数的环境因子按重要性排列依次为：郁闭度、地被物覆盖率、海拔、林龄、坡位、坡向和树高;影响羽化孔数的环境因子按重要性排列依次为：郁闭度、地被物覆盖率、树高、林龄、海拔、坡位和坡向。影响松墨天牛诱集成虫数和羽化孔数的气象因子按重要性排列依次为：月平均温度、最高与最低温差、总降雨量（mm）、气压（hpa）和平均湿度（%）。单从环境因子和气象因子的统计数据分析,环境因子的重要性次序是：坡位、郁闭度、地被物覆盖率、海拔（m）、 林龄（a）、树高（m）、坡向;气象因子的重要性次序是：气压（hpa）、 平均温度 （℃）、最高与最低温差（℃）、 总降雨量（mm）、平均湿度（%）。按月分析和按年度分析时其相对重要性基本上是一致的。结论认为,环境因子和气象因子对松墨天牛的数量变化有重要影响。     

Inhibitory Effect of Bursaphelenchus mucronatus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) on B. xylophilus Boarding Adult Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Inhibitory effects of Bursaphelenchus mucronatus on the number of B. xylophilus carried by an adult Monochamus alternatus were investigated using artificial pupal chambers. When pupal chambers were infested with either B. xylophilus or B. mucronatus, the load of B. xylophilus onto the beetle was greater (P < 0.001) than that of B. mucronatus. However, within the pupal chamber there was no difference in the abundance of the third-stage dispersal juveniles, which would molt to the fourth-stage dispersal juveniles to board beetles. The nematode load on beetles that emerged from pupal chambers infested with both Bursaphelenchus species was smaller (P = 0.015) than that of beetles with B. xylophilus alone but greater (P < 0.001) than that of beetles with B. mucronatus alone, suggesting an inhibitory effect of B. mucronatus. As a result of this study, the rate of inhibition of B. mucronatus on molting of third-stage dispersal juveniles of B. xylophilus to fourth-stage dispersal juveniles was 0.65, which resulted in great inhibition on boarding beetles at a rate of 0.7.     

松墨天牛OBP基因MaltOBP2和MaltOBP6的克隆、序列分析及组织表达谱和原核表达研究

【目的】本研究旨在探索松墨天牛Monochamus alternatus Hope在嗅觉识别寄主植物过程中扮演重要角色的气味结合蛋白(odorant binding proteins,OBPs)的结构及功能。【方法】利用生物信息学方法对得到的Malt OBP2和Malt OBP6基因序列和蛋白结构进行分析,并通过实时荧光定量PCR分析Malt OBP2和Malt OBP6在松墨天牛雄虫不同组织和时空中的表达差异,利用p ET32a(+)原核表达载体对Malt OBP2和Malt OBP6进行了诱导蛋白表达。【结果】本研究得到两个松墨天牛气味结合蛋白基因——Malt OBP2(Gen Bank登录号:KP120891)和Malt OBP6(Gen Bank登录号:KP120892),ORF长度分别为402 bp和408 bp,翻译的氨基酸序列均含有4个保守的半胱氨酸位点,表明得到的两个OBP基因的编码蛋白均属于Minus-C OBP亚家族;推导的两个OBP蛋白均有6个α螺旋区域,且α螺旋区域在两个蛋白的位置非常相似,但是两个OBP蛋白推测的配体结合位点和位点极性却完全不同。组织表达模式表明,Malt OBP2和Malt OBP6在成虫头部、触角、下颚(唇)须、腹部末端和足中均有表达,表达程度不一,但都在头部显著表达,触角中的表达量相比其他组织中较低或只是持平。发育表达结果表明,Malt OBP2在蛹触角中的表达量最高,而Malt OBP6在幼虫头部的表达量最高。本研究成功构建了原核表达载体p ET32aMalt OBP2和p ET32a-Malt OBP6,并进行了OBP蛋白诱导表达,低温(16℃和20℃)条件利于蛋白表达在上清液中,延长诱导表达时间(12 h)可以增加蛋白的表达量。【结论】本研究从松墨天牛体内得到了Minus-C OBP蛋白亚家族的两个基因Malt OBP2和Malt OBP6,通过配体结合位点推测它们具有不同的生理功能;通过组织表达谱结果推测这两个OBP基因在松墨天牛中的功能不仅仅局限于嗅觉识别,或还有味觉感受、化学感受等其他生理功能。本研究结果为两个OBP蛋白的结构和功能研究奠定了基础,为探索松墨天牛的化学感受机制提供了条件。