互补交配型配对诱导蛹虫草有性子实体形成

前期我们获得了优良性状蛹虫草Cordyceps militaris野生菌株W141436,其子实体虫草素含量高达3.72 mg/kg干重,子实体多糖高达6.7 g/100 g干重,但在大规模应用中发现它发生退化。针对蛹虫草人工栽培退化问题,我们提出蛹虫草子实体形成是有性生殖过程,其两种交配型发生交配是蛹虫草子实体形成的必要条件。本文基于交配型基因分子标记研究了优良性状蛹虫草野生菌株W141436的退化机制。具体地,采用单孢子分离的方法对蛹虫草野生分离株W141436的子囊孢子进行分离,得到了72个单孢菌株。进一步采用PCR方法对单孢菌株及亲本菌株进行了交配型基因类型鉴定。在72个单孢菌株中,28株为Mat1-1类型交配基因型,31株为Mat1-2类型交配基因型,13株含有与亲本相同的交配型基因。根据鉴定结果,对2株Mat1-1型(SP28、SP33)和2株Mat1-2型(SP15、SP32)菌株进行了栽培实验。结果表明,形成子实体的栽培用亲本菌株同时含有Mat1-1和Mat1-2两种交配类型基因,即只有含不同交配型基因的菌株具有发育为子实体的能力,而含同种交配型基因的菌株则不能发育为子实体。本研究为防止蛹虫草在大规模种植中退化提供了理论依据。     

蛹虫草TTC-脱氢酶测定方法的优化

TTC-脱氢酶还原法可用于检测和鉴别优良及退化蛹虫草菌株.这一方法的应用依赖测定参数的优化.本文优化了蛹虫草TTC-脱氢酶的测定方法,结果显示:测定蛹虫草TTC-脱氢酶活性时,培养6d的蛹虫草菌液先以生理盐水洗涤4次后配成0.15 g/mL的待用菌液;反应缓冲液为Tris - HCI,最适pH值为8.4;最适反应温度为...     

从天然蛹虫草不同部位分离菌株特性比较

以采集自泰山地区的6株野生蛹虫草为研究对象,分别通过菌核、子座组织分离和子囊孢子分离法共获得18个菌株,经ITS鉴定均为蛹虫草菌株后,进一步对18个菌株进行了菌丝生长速度、菌落形态、出草试验、主要活性物质（虫草素、腺苷、虫草多糖、β-类胡萝卜素、叶黄素）和交配型的测定分析。结果表明：在菌丝长势、出草产量和整齐度方面,从子囊孢子分离得到的菌株普遍优于组织分离菌株;而在活性物质含量方面,从子囊孢子和子座分离得到的菌株普遍优于菌核分离菌株。通过交配型测定发现,从菌核、子座和子囊孢子分离得到的18个菌株均不存在交配型缺失现象。     

蛹虫草优良菌株的筛选

通过对5株蛹虫草的菌丝形态和生长速率、液体培养生物量和胞外多糖、人工栽培和子实体中活性物质虫草多糖和虫草素的对比研究,筛选出优良的蛹虫草菌株。试验结果表明：蛹虫草6号菌株的菌丝的生长速率比其他菌株快;液体培养生物量和胞外多糖含量明显高于其他菌株;人工栽培的蛹虫草子实体头部大,子囊壳丰富,颜色橘黄,出草整齐均匀,出草率高,子实体中虫草多糖和虫草素的含量均高于其他菌株,表明6号菌株具有较高的经济价值,是值得开发和推广的好品种。     

蛹虫草几个问题的最新研究进展

蛹虫草由于具有多种生理活性功能, 在医疗保健及食品开发中具有很好的经济价值。本文重点评述了蛹虫草研发中的(1)无性型菌种的分类地位, (2)有意义的培养研究方法, (3)菌种 “退化” 与遗传变异, 和(4)生物活性物质及生理功能的新研究进展等问题。     

蛹虫草工厂化优质生产技术体系创建及应用

从优质菌种选育、品质调控和自动化生产3个角度创建了蛹虫草工厂化优质生产技术体系。建立适用于工厂化栽培的蛹虫草菌种选育技术路线,通过蛹虫草杂交育种获得优良菌株,量产后筛选优良子实体进行杂交育种。以期由此方法保证蛹虫草工厂化栽培育种的良性循环和高质量生产种的持续供应。建成蛹虫草工厂化、自动化生产配套设备设施,符合自动化生产车间的蛹虫草栽培工艺,实现优质蛹虫草自动化、标准化生产,极大降低生产成本,提高产品品质。蛹虫草工厂化优质生产技术体系可为食用菌生产企业提供借鉴和帮助,对行业的发展具有促进作用。     

野生蛹虫草菌株培养特性及子实体多糖含量比较分析

蛹虫草(Cordyceps militaris)是一种药食两用真菌,为获得高产优质的菌种资源,以采集分离的5株蛹虫草野生菌株(XY002、XY008、XY011、XY029、XY032)为研究对象,通过对5株菌株的分子鉴定、交配型基因分子检测、培养特性及子实体多糖含量测定,确定5株菌株皆为蛹虫草菌株,除XY008只含有MAT1-1-1交配型基因外,其他菌株都含有两种交配型基因MAT1-1-1和MAT1-2-1,5株菌株在菌丝生长速度、分生孢子数量、子实体形态、产量及子实体多糖含量均存在较大差异。综合培养特性及多糖含量分析的结果表明,菌株XY011子实体产量较高达29.60 g/瓶,多糖含量最高达100.79 mg/g,子实体长度最长达11.41 cm,而且子实体粗壮,发育周期短,确定为优势菌株,具有较好的开发价值。     

蛹虫草菌株退化特征及鉴别方法

蛹虫草菌株在继代培养和低温长期保藏过程中极易退化导致子实体产量下降,对产业造成重大影响。本研究以正常菌株、PDA斜面长期4 ℃保藏导致退化的菌株和连续继代培养的菌株为材料,观察其子实体、菌落、菌丝形态和分生孢子数量,对菌丝细胞核、线粒体、活性氧积累和芽生孢子内脂滴进行染色观察;并对菌丝中虫草素、腺苷和麦角甾醇含量进行比较分析。结果表明PDA斜面长期4 ℃保藏和连续继代培养导致的蛹虫草菌株退化表型大多数一致,即退化菌株较正常菌株子实体产量降低、菌丝粘连打结、分生孢子数量显著降低、菌丝活性氧含量升高、细胞内线粒体数量减少、芽生孢子脂滴由弥散的小脂滴融合为大脂滴。然而,在菌落见光转色方面,长期低温保藏退化菌株基本不转色,而继代培养退化菌株转色不稳定;长期保藏退化菌株菌丝细胞核数目无明显变化,继代培养退化菌株细胞核数量明显减少;长期保藏退化菌株菌丝中虫草素、腺苷和麦角甾醇含量较正常菌株降低58%、41%和70%,继代培养退化菌株麦角甾醇含量无明显变化。因此,显微观察菌丝是否出现粘连打结及氮蓝四唑NBT检测菌丝活性氧含量,操作简单、用时较短,可用于大规模生产中蛹虫草菌株退化的检测手段;线粒体和脂滴染色也可作为退化菌株的鉴别方法;而生产中常用的通过菌落见光转色判断菌株优劣的方法需要慎重。继代培养菌株第4代开始出现明显的退化特征,因此在生产中使用的菌株最好控制在继代培养3代以内。     

蛹虫草单孢菌株的生物学特性及稳定性

蛹虫草菌株在继代培养过程中极易退化。本研究选取5株蛹虫草菌株作为出发菌株,基于单孢分离和显微技术从每株出发菌株中获得50株单孢菌株。通过PCR方法对单孢菌株进行交配型类型鉴定,全部为单一交配型单孢菌株,且不同出发菌株分离得到的MAT1-1和MAT1-2交配型单孢菌株比例差异较大,分别为27:23、34:16、42:8、28:22和7:43。从不同出发菌株获得的单孢菌株中随机选择MAT1-1和MAT1-2交配型单孢菌株各5株(共计50株),进行菌落直径、产孢量和虫草素含量测定。与出发菌株相比较,14株单孢菌株菌落直径具有显著差异(其中10株显著减小),24株产孢量具有显著差异且全部下降,29株单孢菌株虫草素含量具有显著差异(其中21株显著下降)。进一步,将50株单孢菌株连续继代培养,测定菌株菌落直径、产孢量和虫草素含量,计算第七代与第一代比值评估菌株性状稳定性。结果表明,与出发菌株相比较,14株单孢菌株菌落直径比值具有显著差异且全部增加,41株单孢菌株产孢量比值具有显著差异(其中40株显著下降),44株虫草素含量比值具有显著差异且全部下降。本研究表明同一菌株中的不同单孢菌株个体之间,在生...     

蛹虫草国内外研究的新进展

蛹虫草Cordyceps militaris具有多种药用功效,以及重要的经济价值,其人工培养已产业化.蛹虫草作为一种药食通用的虫生真菌被深入研究,在人工培养、菌种选育、分子生物学、活性成分等方面取得了良好的进展.本文根据最近的研究结果概述蛹虫草研究的进展.     

蓝光光照对蛹虫草子实体生长和主要活性成分的影响

光作为一种重要的环境因子,可影响真菌的生长发育、生理周期、形态变化及次级代谢产物的产生,对于蛹虫草而言,光照还是其子实体生长发育的必要条件。选择2株不同来源的蛹虫草菌株,研究了自然光照和蓝光光照条件下,其子实体生长、抗氧化酶活性和主要活性成分的变化。结果表明蓝光光照对于蛹虫草子实体产量没有明显的促进和抑制作用。自然光照条件下成熟子实体的超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase,SOD)活性显著高于蓝光光照,过氧化氢酶(catalase,CAT)活性没有明显差别,而过氧化物酶(peroxidase,POD)活性则表现出菌株差异。子实体主要活性成分方面,腺苷、甘露醇含量不受蓝光影响,类胡萝卜素在蓝光光照条件下含量极显著高于自然光光照,蓝光对子实体、虫草素、粗多糖含量的影响则存在菌株差异。研究为蛹虫草子实体的栽培条件优化,提高蛹虫草子实体质量提供依据。     

Cloning and analysis of the MAT1-2-1 gene from the traditional Chinese medicinal fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis

The entomopathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis has been important in traditional Chinese medicine but has yet to be commercially cultivated. One bottleneck is the very low frequency of stromata formation from artificially infected moth larvae. The mating system of fungi is the determining factor for sexual reproduction, but mating-type genes of O. sinensis have not been previously investigated. In this study, the putative mating-type gene MAT1-2-1 within the MAT1-2 idiomorph was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and was determined to consist of 859 nucleotides that encode 249 amino acids; genes within the MAT1-1 idiomorph, however, were not determined. The MAT1-2-1 gene contained the conserved high-mobility group (HMG) box, and MAT1-2-1 flanking sequences were subsequently obtained. Although no putative open reading frames of the MAT1-1 idiomorph were detected within the ca. 8-kb flanking sequences of MAT1-2-1, a putative DNA lyase gene (which is present next to both idiomorphs in some heterothallic fungi) was found ca. 3.0 kb downstream of MAT1-2-1. The intervening distance between MAT1-2-1 and the DNA lyase gene in O. sinensis is larger than that in Cordyceps militaris and Cordyceps takaomontana. In addition, O. sinensis showed low sequence similarities with C. militaris and C. takaomontana in both MAT1-2-1 and the DNA lyase gene. In the phylogenetic tree, different MAT1-2-1 haplotypes of O. sinensis clustered together with high bootstrap support. As a single-copy gene, MAT1-2-1 was detected in all examined O. sinensis isolates including tissue cultures and single-ascospore cultures. This report describes, for the first time, a mating-type gene of O. sinensis.     

Transmission of killer activity into laboratory and industrial strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by electroinjection

The killer character was electrically introduced into protoplasts of three yeast strains. These were the killer-negative variant of the K1 killer strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae T 158 C (his-); the killer-sensitive laboratory strain S. cerevisiae AH 215 (leu-, his-); and the killer-sensitive industrial strain S. cerevisiae AS 4/H2 (rho-). The killer dsRNA used for electroinjection was isolated from the super-killer strain S. cerevisiae T 158 C. Optimum numbers of transformed cells were obtained after regeneration and selection in appropriate media if the protoplasts were exposed to three exponentially decaying field pulses of 18.2 kV/cm strength and 40 microseconds duration at 4 degrees C. In the case of the killer-negative variant of S. cerevisiae T 158 C the majority of the protoplasts were transformed, whereas in the case of the two other strains the yield of transformed clones was much less. This latter result is expected if the expression of the electroinjected dsRNA was diminished in these two strains. Gel electrophoresis of the dsRNA of the clones of the three strains supported the conclusion that the transformed clones exhibited killer activity. The transformed clones of all three species were stable.     

Transmissibility of viral double-stranded RNA between strains of the violet root rot fungus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Helicobasidium mompa </Emphasis>and the potential for viral dsRNA infection to this fungus using monokaryotic strains

 To examine the potential of a method of double-stranded (ds) RNA infection to Helicobasidium mompa, the transmissibility of dsRNA between strains of this fungus was investigated. Strain V70 was used as a dsRNA donor. The dsRNA recipients were six strains that were mycelially incompatible with V70, plus two monokaryotic strains. Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis suggested that the mycelially incompatible strains were genetically different mutually; however, the analysis also suggested that V70 was genetically homogeneous with the two monokaryotic strains. When V70 was paired with either of the mycelially incompatible strains, the dsRNAs did not transmit to the recipients at all. When V70 was paired with the two monokaryotic strains, the dsRNAs were transmitted to the monokaryotic strains. The two monokaryotic strains, which had acquired dsRNAs from V70 in the previous experiment, were used as new dsRNA donors in a next experiment so that we could investigate dsRNA transmission from these monokaryotic strains to the six strains used in the previous experiment. One of the monokaryotic strains permitted dsRNA transmission to two of the six recipients. We conclude that we can infect genetically different strains of H. mompa with dsRNA using the monokaryotic strains. Received: December 12, 2002 / Accepted: January 27, 2003 Acknowledgments This research was supported by the Program for Promotion of Basic Research Activities for Innovative Biosciences. The authors are grateful to Dr. Tadanori Aimi of Tottori University for helpful discussion. Correspondence to:K. Suzaki     

Mating-type genes and the genetic structure of a world-wide collection of the tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum

Two mating-type genes, designated MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-2-1, were cloned and sequenced from the presumed asexual ascomycete Cladosporium fulvum (syn. Passalora fulva). The encoded products are highly homologous to mating-type proteins from members of the Mycosphaerellaceae, such as Mycosphaerella graminicola and Cercospora beticola. In addition, the two MAT idiomorphs of C. fulvum showed regions of homology and each contained one additional putative ORF without significant similarity to known sequences. The distribution of the two mating-type genes in a world-wide collection of 86 C. fulvum strains showed a departure from a 1:1 ratio (chi(2)=4.81, df=1). AFLP analysis revealed a high level of genotypic diversity, while strains of the fungus were identified with similar virulence spectra but distinct AFLP patterns and opposite mating-types. These features could suggest the occurrence of recombination in C. fulvum.     

Cryptococcus gattii Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient from Southern Italy

Cryptococcus gattii has becoming more prevalent in temperate climate zones, during the past decades. We describe a C. gattii serotype B infection in an immunocompetent Italian patient with sclerosing cholangitis. The patient traveled once to Eastern Canada and otherwise no other countries than Italy were visited. Molecular analysis revealed that the C. gattii isolate belong to genotype AFLP4/VGI and has mating-type α which is the most common genotype in the Mediterranean environment. The C. gattii strain was found to be closely related, but not identical, to other C. gattii strains from the Mediterranean area.     

Phylogenetic and structural analyses of the mating-type loci in Clavicipitaceae

Entomopathogens and other econutritional fungi belonging to Clavicipitaceae were phylogenetically analyzed on the basis of the 18S rRNA gene and mating-type genes (MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-2-1). The phylogenies of the mating-type genes yielded better resolutions than that of 18S rRNA gene. Entomopathogens (Cordyceps bassiana, Cordyceps brongniartii, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps sinclairii, Cordyceps takaomontana, Isaria cateniannulata, Isaria farinosa, Isaria fumosorosea, Isaria javanica, Lecanicillium muscarium and Torrubiella flava) were considered as a phylogenetically defined group, and were closely related to mycopathogens (Lecanicillium psalliotae and Verticillium fungicola). They located at more descendant positions in the mating-type trees than other fungi, and lacked the mating-type gene MAT1-1-3. The deletion of MAT1-1-3 was supposed to have occurred once in Clavicipitaceae, and a good indication for the evolution of Clavicipitaceae. Other entomopathogens (Cordyceps cylindrica, Cordyceps subsessilis, Metarhizium anisopliae and Nomuraea rileyi) and pathogens of plants, nematodes and slime molds, were relatively related to each other, and possessed MAT1-1-3, but were supposed to be heterogeneous. Root-associated fungi did not form any clade with other species.     

The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus can complete its sexual cycle during a pathogenic association with plants

Cryptococcus is a globally distributed human fungal pathogen that primarily afflicts immunocompromised individuals. How and why this human fungal pathogen associates with plants and how this environmental niche influences its life cycle remains a mystery. We established Cryptococcus-Arabidopsis and Cryptococcus-Eucalyptus systems and discovered that Cryptococcus proliferates and mates on plant surfaces. Mating efficiency of C. gattii was markedly enhanced on plants and myo-inositol and indole acetic acid were specific plant products that stimulated mating. On Arabidopsis, dwarfing and chlorosis were observed following infection with a fungal mixture of two opposite mating-type strains, but not with either mating-type alone. This infection process is countered by the plant jasmonate-mediated defense mechanism. These findings reveal that Cryptococcus can parasitically interact with plants to complete its sexual cycle, which may impact an understanding of the origin and evolution of both plant and animal fungal pathogens in nature.