丹参SmGGPPS3基因的克隆及表达分析

香叶基香叶基焦磷酸合酶(Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase,GGPPS)是植物细胞二萜类物质合成的重要调节靶点。本研究从药用植物丹参中克隆了一条新的GGPPS基因(SmGGPPS3),基因全长2908 bp,包含一个931 bp的内含子和一个960 bp的编码序列。推测的氨基酸序列与蓖麻、橡胶、拟南芥等植物GGPPS一致性达到67%以上。实时定量PCR结果显示,SmGGPPS3基因在丹参不同发育时期不同器官中表达差异显著,同时受茉莉酸甲酯和病原菌的诱导。遗传互补实验也表明,SmGGPPS3编码蛋白具有GGPP合酶的活性。     

茉莉酸甲酯对烟草幼苗抗病毒的影响

用茉莉酸甲酯处理4叶期烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)幼苗后接种烟草花叶病毒,考察发病情况和病情指数,并测定一些与抗病相关的酶活性。结果表明,茉莉酸甲酯处理后接种病毒明显降低巴两烟草的病情指数,提高几丁内切酶、β1,3-葡聚糖苷酶、SOD、脂氧酶的活件。其中仅SOD活性与抗病毒有较密切的关系。茉莉酸甲酯可能是诱导巴西烟草抗花叶病毒的信号物质。     

茉莉酸甲酯对灵芝三萜生物合成的影响及其灵芝应答基因的差异表达

灵芝三萜类化合物是灵芝的主要药用成分之一,灵芝三萜含量的多少是衡量灵芝质量高低的重要指标。经研究发现茉莉酸甲酯能显著提高灵芝三萜含量并上调灵芝三萜生物合成途径中的羟甲基戊二酰辅酶A还原酶、法尼酯焦磷酸合成酶和羊毛甾醇合成酶等基因的表达。通过在灵芝中建立的cDNA-AFLP体系,采用64对引物组合对灵芝的转录组进行分析。64对引物组合共产生3 910个TDFs。茉莉酸甲酯不同诱导条件下约有919个TDFs的表达谱发生了变化,占表达谱的23.5%,其中上调表达的有703个,下调表达的有216个。选择458个TDFs进行回收、TA克隆、测序后,获得390个高质量的TDFs片段。通过蛋白数据库同源性检索,并对蛋白功能进行GO分类,结果表明:390个高质量的TDFs中,BlastX比对后没有显著匹配的序列占77.1%。在有匹配蛋白的序列中,与碳代谢及能量相关的基因为最大一组,占35.2%,转录调控类及信号传导类基因分别占14.3%和11.0%。通过荧光定量PCR技术考察了茉莉酸甲酯对20个基因转录水平的影响,与cDNA-AFLP分析的结果相一致。并通过灵芝基因过量表达技术和基因沉默技术对筛选到的相关基因进行沉默和过量表达,研究筛选到的基因在灵芝三萜生物合成与调控中的作用,获得大量参与灵芝三萜生物合成与调控的候选基因,进一步阐明了茉莉酸甲酯诱导下灵芝基因表达的变化图。     

外源茉莉酸甲酯诱导对香菇多糖代谢及关键酶基因表达的影响

香菇多糖是重要的生物活性成分,其药用价值高,茉莉酸甲酯有助于提高食用菌多糖含量,但关于其对香菇多糖合成的影响尚不清楚。本研究以香菇新808为实验材料,对不同浓度茉莉酸甲酯（MeJA）诱导下香菇菌丝生物量和生长速率、香菇多糖代谢关键酶活性及基因相对表达量、香菇多糖含量进行比较分析。结果表明：10μmol/L的茉莉酸甲酯可显著促进香菇菌丝生长并提高菌丝体生物量,分别是对照的1.14倍、1.2倍;与香菇多糖代谢相关的UDP-葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶（UGPase）、葡萄糖磷酸异构酶（PGI）、α-葡萄糖磷酸变位酶（α-PGM）活性增加,为对照组的1.58、1.13、3.21倍;其基因相对表达量较对照组也显著上调,为对照组的5.73、1.4、1.77倍;香菇多糖合成量显著增加,为对照组1.58倍。10μmol/L的MeJA处理后,香菇多糖代谢关键酶活性及基因相对表达量与多糖含量间存在显著的正相关关系,表明添加适宜浓度的茉莉酸甲酯会影响香菇菌丝的生长及多糖合成。     

基于转录组分析鉴定苹果茉莉素响应基因

为阐明外源茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)诱导的苹果(Malus domestica)抗病分子机制, 以生长30天的Gala组培苗为试材, 用100 μmol∙L ^-1MeJA处理叶片12小时, 通过转录组测序, 结合生物信息学分析鉴定出苹果叶片中受MeJA诱导表达的基因。结果表明, 外源MeJA主要影响苹果叶片倍半萜类、三萜和类黄酮的生物合成, 以及芸薹素(BR)信号转导途径间接诱导的抗病性; 倍半萜类、三萜及类黄酮生物合成途径中的关键基因为MDP0000702120和MDP0000692178; MDP0000123379是联系芸薹素信号转导途径和植物-病原菌互作途径的关键调控基因。     

影响灵芝三萜类物质液态发酵合成的关键因素研究进展

灵芝是我国名贵的食药两用型菌类,具有广泛的药用价值,其三萜类物质为灵芝中最主要的药理活性物质之一。灵芝液态发酵因具有生长周期短、环境条件可控、目标产物质量稳定及易实现规模化制备等特点而成为获得灵芝三萜类物质最有前景的方式。灵芝三萜代谢途径、发酵工艺及参数、溶解氧控制等是影响灵芝三萜类物质液态发酵合成的关键因素。本文总结了灵芝三萜生物合成的代谢途径和相关的酶(基因)、液态发酵方式和发酵参数调节的溶解氧控制这3个层面对灵芝三萜类物质生物合成的影响,并对今后的研究方向进行了展望,为液态培养灵芝三萜类物质调控及高产提供参考,也为下一步研究提供借鉴。     

Changes in defensive enzyme activity and defensive enzyme gene expression in cotton leaves after feeding by Apolygus lucorum

本研究以抗性棉皖棉小黄花为材料,室内条件下测定绿盲蝽Apolygus lucorum (Mayer-Dür)取食、机械损伤、外源水杨酸和外源茉莉酸甲酯诱导处理后棉叶中苯丙氨酸解氨酶基因(pal)、过氧化物酶基因(pod)和过氧化氢酶基因(cat)的相对表达量,并以健康植株为对照.结果表明:绿盲蝽取食诱导与外源信号物质诱导相似,苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性升高,过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性降低;PAL、POD和CAT活力变化与本文中选取的pal、pod和cat基因表达量变化趋势存在差异.本研究说明,绿盲蝽取食既激活了水杨酸介导的防御信号转导途径,也激活了茉莉酸介导的信号转导途径;PAL、POD和CAT 3种酶活力不完全由本文中选取的pal、pod和cat 3个基因所调控.     

病毒诱导基因沉默鉴定穿心莲内酯生物合成关键酶ApCPS功能

该研究采用病毒诱导基因沉默技术(VIGS),以生长到第8片真叶期的穿心莲植株为实验材料,沉默参与穿心莲内酯生物合成的ent-柯巴基焦磷酸合酶基因(ApCPS),用半定量和荧光定量PCR检测病毒诱导沉默后ApCPS及其上游基因的表达,用HPLC法检测ApCPS沉默后穿心莲内酯的积累变化,同时检测茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)处理后ApCPS及上游基因的表达,以全面分析穿心莲内酯代谢以及ApCPS在穿心莲内酯生物合成中的作用机制,验证其在植物体内的功能。结果显示:(1)ApCPS基因被成功沉默,基因表达显著下调,进而引起上游牻牛儿基牻牛儿基焦磷酸合成酶基因(GGPS)的表达下调,而3-羟-3-甲基戊二酰辅酶A还原酶基因(HMGR)和1-脱氧木酮糖-5-磷酸合成酶基因(DXS)的表达未受影响。(2)ApCPS基因沉默15d后穿心莲内酯积累量显著下降,表明ApCPS是穿心莲内酯生物合成关键酶基因,且能够负反馈影响上游基因表达。(3)茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)显著诱导ApCPS及上游基因HMGR、DXS和GGPS的表达,表明穿心莲内酯生物合成基因受到MeJA的广泛调控。该研究首次使用VIGS证明ApCPS参与到穿心莲内酯生物合成,为利用该技术鉴定穿心莲内酯生物合成途径中其他基因功能奠定了基础。     

茉莉酸在植物诱导防御中的作用

茉莉酸(JA)和茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)作为与损伤相关的植物激素和信号分子,广泛地存在于植物体中,外源应用能够激发防御植物基因的表达,诱导植物的化学防御,产生与机械损伤和昆虫取食相似的效果。大量研究表明,用茉莉酸类化合物处理植物可系统诱导蛋白酶抑制剂(PI)和多酚氧化酶(PPO),从而影响植食动物对营养物质的吸收,还能增加过氧化物酶、壳聚糖酶和脂氧合酶等防御蛋白的活性水平,导致生物碱和酚酸类次生物质的积累,增加并改变挥发性信号化合物的释放,甚至形成防御结构,如毛状体和树脂导管。经茉莉酸处理的植物提高了植食动物的死亡率,变得更加吸引捕食性和寄生性天敌。挥发性化合物——茉莉酸甲酯可以从植物的气孔进入植物体内,在细胞质中被酯酶水解为茉莉酸,实现长距离的信号传导和植物间的交流,诱导邻近植物产生诱导防御反应。茉莉酸和茉莉酸甲酯分别具有4种立体异构,其中具有活性的是顺式结构,但顺式结构不稳定,会差向异构化为反式结构。茉莉酸的代谢物(Z)-茉莉酮(cis-Jasmone)具电生理活性,在植物诱导防御中起作用,并且在防御信号的作用上不同于茉莉酸和茉莉酸甲酯。     

外源茉莉酸类激素对药用植物次生代谢的影响研究

茉莉酸类物质是普遍存在于植物界的一类内源性激素,在植物次生代谢过程中发挥重要作用,能够诱导酚类、萜类和生物碱等多种药用活性成分在植物体内的合成。本文综述了国内外应用茉莉酸类激素对药用植物次生代谢影响的研究进展与现状,其宗旨在于能够为药用植物栽培和开发利用提供参考和依据。     

Coevolution of reproductive characteristics in three dioecious fig species and their pollinator wasps

This study investigates dioecious fig species using a pollinator introduction experiment. Our aims were to determine: (1) whether there was a significant difference in foundress distribution between sexes per fig species; (2) whether fig size and foundress number affect reproductive success of dioecious figs; and (3) who is the ‘controlling partner’ in the fig/pollinator mutualism. Three dioecious fig species: Ficus semicordata, Ficus hispida and Ficus tinctoria from Xishuangbanna, China, were selected for this experiment. We found that there was no significant difference of the foundress number in female and male figs of F. semicordata, F. hispida and F. tinctoria. Also, the foundress number did not depend on the fig diameter. The numbers and the proportions of fig seeds and female wasp offspring significantly increased with more foundresses; and fig seed number was significantly higher than female wasp offspring in F. semicordata and F. hispida, but not in F. tinctoria. Our results indicate that figs are generally the ‘controlling partner’ in fig-wasp mutualisms in species with large figs, but not with small figs. Compared with published studies of reproductive success in monoecious figs, the dioecious figs seem to be more efficient in producing both seeds and wasp offspring when there is a high number of foundress.     

Putting your sons in the right place: the spatial distribution of fig wasp offspring inside figs

Abstract. 1. Pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) display sex ratio adjustment, producing less female‐biased combined sex ratios as the number of ovipositing females (foundresses) inside a fig increases. Because males have low mobility, the oviposition sites (galled ovules) chosen by each foundress are likely to have consequences for the mating structure of wasp populations within the figs. 2. In this study, the spatial location of male and female progeny of the pollinating fig wasp Liporrhopalum tentacularis developing within figs of its host plant Ficus montana was examined to investigate two questions: (i) are male and/or female wasp offspring clustered together or interspersed? and (ii) is their distribution affected by whether one or two foundresses are present? Microsatellite markers were used to identify the progeny of different foundresses in dual‐foundress figs. 3. More offspring developed in the central part of the figs, compared with the ostiolar and basal parts, irrespective of foundress number. Neither male nor female wasp offspring were clustered within a fig. 4. The sons of the second foundress to enter a fig were positioned at similar minimum distances to both sibling and non‐sibling females, whereas the sons of the first foundress were closer to their sibling females than to non‐sibling females. If male wasps mate predominantly with females in adjacent galls, then the positioning of sons by the second foundresses is beneficial for them both in terms of reduced sibling mating and because they are provided with ready access to the female progeny of the first foundress.     

Putting your eggs in several baskets: oviposition in a wasp that walks between several figs

The interaction between figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae) and their pollinator fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) is an obligate mutualism, but females of dioecious fig trees exploit fig wasps without providing rewards. Figs are closed inflorescences that typically trap pollinator females after entry, but some fig wasp species can re‐emerge (although wingless) and subsequently oviposit in and pollinate further figs. Using glasshouse populations, we examined the sex ratios and clutches laid by single foundresses of Kradibia tentacularis (Grandi) in their first and subsequent male figs of Ficus montana Blume, and how the probability of emergence and entering a second fig varied between seasons. A maximum of four figs were entered by any one foundress. Wingless foundresses were able to locate and enter figs up to 60 cm from the first fig they entered, but the probability of entry declined sharply with distance from that fig. The foundresses that re‐emerged produced slightly higher adult offspring totals than those that failed to re‐emerge. Clutch sizes of a single foundress in its first fig equalled those in all the subsequent figs combined, with clutch size per fig decreasing when more figs were entered. Smaller clutches had less female‐biased sex ratios. Figs were more numerous in summer than in winter, but the proportion of figs entered by only wingless foundresses remained unchanged. Movement between figs increases pollinator reproductive success in male figs, thereby encouraging foundresses that encounter a female tree to also move between and pollinate several female figs.     

Measuring the discrepancy between fecundity and lifetime reproductive success in a pollinating fig wasp

Lifetime reproductive success in female insects is often egg‐ or time‐limited. For instance in pro‐ovigenic species, when oviposition sites are abundant, females may quickly become devoid of eggs. Conversely, in the absence of suitable oviposition sites, females may die before laying all of their eggs. In pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae), each species has an obligate mutualism with its host fig tree species [Ficus spp. (Moraceae)]. These pro‐ovigenic wasps oviposit in individual ovaries within the inflorescences of monoecious Ficus (syconia, or ‘figs’), which contain many flowers. Each female flower can thus become a seed or be converted into a wasp gall. The mystery is that the wasps never oviposit in all fig ovaries, even when a fig contains enough wasp females with enough eggs to do so. The failure of all wasps to translate all of their eggs into offspring clearly contributes to mutualism persistence, but the underlying causal mechanisms are unclear. We found in an undescribed Brazilian Pegoscapus wasp population that the lifetime reproductive success of lone foundresses was relatively unaffected by constraints on oviposition. The number of offspring produced by lone foundresses experimentally introduced into receptive figs was generally lower than the numbers of eggs carried, despite the fact that the wasps were able to lay all or most of their eggs. Because we excluded any effects of intraspecific competitors and parasitic non‐pollinating wasps, our data suggest that some pollinators produce few offspring because some of their eggs or larvae are unviable or are victims of plant defences.     

榕树高度专性共生体系内影响传粉蜂子代繁殖的因素

为探讨影响传粉蜂子代数量及性比的因素,以广州地区分布的粗叶榕(Ficus hirta Vahl)及其传粉小蜂爪哇榕小蜂(Valasia javana Mayr)为材料,采用自然收蜂与控制放蜂试验进行研究。结果表明,果内的榕小蜂群落随季节更替发生显著变化,非传粉蜂的介入、季节差异使雌蜂间的干扰强度不同,导致传粉蜂子代数量发生变化,其中雌蜂间的干扰会使传粉蜂性比显著升高,而非传粉蜂的介入对传粉蜂性比的影响不大,传粉蜂仍能正常地进行繁殖。另外,传粉蜂在雌花期雄花序内的产卵和存活时间一般较短,约为15 h;传粉蜂子代在干、湿季的雄花序内的发育时间差异显著,干季时间长,湿季时间短。这表明传粉榕小蜂进化出了适应广州地区季节变化的繁殖策略。     

Egg load is a cue for offspring sex ratio adjustment in a fig‐pollinating wasp with male‐eggs‐first sex allocation

Fig‐pollinating wasps (Agaonidae) only reproduce within fig tree inflorescences (figs). Agaonid offspring sex ratios are usually female‐biased and often concur with local mate competition theory (LMC). LMC predicts less female‐bias when several foundresses reproduce in a fig due to reduced relatedness among intra‐sexually competing male offspring. Clutch size, the offspring produced by each foundress, is a strong predictor of agaonid sex ratios and correlates negatively with foundress number. However, clutch size variation can result from several processes including egg load (eggs within a foundress), competition among foundresses and oviposition site limitation, each of which can be used as a sex allocation cue. We introduced into individual Ficus racemosa figs single Ceratosolen fusciceps foundresses and allowed each to oviposit from zero to five hours thus variably reducing their eggs‐loads and then introduced each wasp individually into a second fig. Offspring sex ratio (proportion males) in second figs correlated negatively with clutch size, with males produced even in very small clutches. Ceratosolen fusciceps lay mainly male eggs first and then female eggs. Our results demonstrate that foundresses do not generally lay or attempt to lay a ‘fixed’ number of males, but do ‘reset to zero’ their sex allocation strategy on entering a second fig. With decreasing clutch size, gall failure increased, probably due to reduced pollen. We conclude that C. fusciceps foundresses can use their own egg loads as a cue to facultatively adjust their offspring sex ratios and that foundresses may also produce more ‘insurance’ males when they can predict increasing rates of offspring mortality.     

比较钝叶榕的三种传粉者及其传粉效率

钝叶榕 (Ficus curtipes)是雌雄同株,它除了依赖钝叶榕传粉榕小蜂Eupristina sp.传粉外,另外两种进入果内繁殖的杨氏榕树金小蜂Diaziella yangi 和Lipothymus sp.金小蜂也能有效地为它传粉,这3种小蜂同时产卵于雌花的子房内,在榕果内繁殖后代.通过控制性放蜂试验,比较研究钝叶榕3种传粉者的传粉效率,结果表明:自然状态下,3种小蜂在绝大多数榕果里只各进1头.在控制性放蜂试验中,3种小蜂的传粉效率均随着放入雌蜂数量的增加而增加,两种金小蜂的传粉效率有时比钝叶榕传粉榕小蜂的传粉效率还高.当钝叶榕传粉榕小蜂分别与两种金小蜂同时放入榕果内传粉时,其生产的种子数量居于或者是接近两种小蜂单独传粉时形成的种子数量,传粉效率没有显著增加.在比较3种小蜂单种分别放1头和2头的传粉效率时,增加单果放蜂数量,钝叶榕传粉榕小蜂和Lipothymus sp. 的平均传粉效率降低,但杨氏榕树金小蜂的平均传粉效率是增加的.对3种不同属传粉小蜂传粉效率的比较,可为研究榕-蜂互惠系统的互惠的起源提供依据.     

Seasonal change in the structure of fig-wasp community and its implication for conservation

Figs (Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Agaonidae) constitute a famous reciprocal mutualism in which figs provide some female flowers for the development of fig wasp offspring while the fig wasps pollinate fig flowers. However, figs also host many non-pollinating wasps which are either parasitoids or resource competitors of pollinators, and bring no benefit for figs and are detrimental to fig’ fitness. Our data onFicus racemosa in Xishuangbanna showed that the numbers of non-pollinators and the mature syconia without pollinator wasps increase in rainy season, especially in the highly fragmented forest. This might be because of the longer developing time of the syconia and thereby longer oviposition time to non-pollinators in the dry season. The galled flower and the viable seed percentages in dry seasons are also larger than in rainy seasons in both primary forest and fragmented forest, and the development of non-pollinators is mainly at the expense of pollinator wasps. Our results showed that there exists a discriminative seasonal impact of non-pollinators and fragmentation effects on population size of fig’s pollinators. This implies that fig/fig wasp mutualism is more fragile in dry season, and that the critical population size and breeding units of figs in seasonal area might be larger than previously estimated without considering the seasonal change of pollinator population.     

Egg deposition patterns of fig pollinating wasps: implications for studies on the stability of the mutualism

1. Fig pollinating wasps (Agaonidae) enter Ficus inflorescences (figs), oviposit in some of the flowers, and pollinate in the process. Each larva completes its development within a single flower. In most cases, an inflorescence entered by a wasp will represent its only egg‐laying site. The mechanisms that prevent pollinating wasps from exploiting all the flowers inside a fig are not understood. In this study, hypotheses about flower use by pollinating fig wasps were tested by investigating egg deposition patterns in three species. 2. Either one or three wasps were introduced into figs. The figs were then harvested. Serial sections allowed assessment of the presence or absence of a wasp egg in a sample of flowers in each fig. The overall proportion of flowers with eggs and the spatial distribution of eggs were then compared in single wasp figs and three foundress figs. 3. In all species, the proportion of flowers with a wasp egg increased with foundress number but less than three‐fold. 4. In all species, at least in single foundress figs, flowers near the fig cavity were more likely to receive a wasp egg than were flowers near the fig wall. 5. In two species, when the number of foundresses was multiplied by three, there was an increase in the use of flowers near the fig wall, while in the third species, the increase was spread evenly among flowers. 6. Factors affecting wasp egg deposition patterns and the potential of investigating such patterns for studying the stability of the mutualism are discussed.     

母代雌蜂数、进果时间及非传粉小蜂对传粉榕小蜂后代数量及性比的影响

【目的】对性比的研究有助于我们理解自然界生物的选择压力及其所产生的原因和结果,榕树和榕小蜂之间的互惠共生关系以及生物学和生态学特性使其成为研究性比和局域配偶竞争模型（local mate competition）的理想材料。本研究旨在探明榕小蜂性比调节和进化机制。【方法】对分布于西双版纳地区的鸡嗉子榕Ficus semicordata进行了人工控制性放蜂实验。测定了母代雌蜂数量及其进果时间间隔、非传粉小蜂Sycoscapter trifemmensis数量对传粉榕小蜂Ceratosolen gravelyi后代数量（成蜂数量）和性比的影响,并分析了小蜂后代数量和性比的相关性。【结果】在榕果发育期一致的前提下,随着母代雌蜂数量的增加,每头雌蜂的平均后代数量明显下降(P<0.001),后代性比显著升高(P<0.001),后代数量和性比呈显著负相关(P<0.05);随着雌蜂进果间隔的延长,后代数量亦呈现下降趋势,且性比增大,放2头雌蜂和3头雌蜂的处理呈同样趋势,但差异均不显著(P=0.87; P=0.49),小蜂后代数量与性比无显著相关性(P=0.86)。此外,非传粉小蜂数量与传粉小蜂后代数量呈显著负相关(P<0.001),与传粉小蜂性比呈正相关(P<0.001),小蜂后代数量和性比同样呈现显著负相关(P<0.001)。【结论】本实验模拟了自然界中榕 蜂的相互作用,所得结果有助于我们理解自然状态下榕小蜂性比调节模式和机制,以及榕 蜂互利共生系统的进化机制。