大肠杆菌及聚肌胞核苷酸对柞蚕、家蚕蛹诱导产生溶菌酶、抗菌肽及凝集素的动力学

大肠杆菌D₃₁诱导柞蚕蛹产生抗菌多肽。同时,溶菌酶和凝集素活性都比诱导前有明显增高.其活力高峰、抗菌多肽在第7天左右、溶菌酶在第5天,而凝集素在第3天即达最高水平。不同品种的柞蚕蛹,经诱导产生的三种活性物质其活力差异不明显,但741、河四和小混品种中的抗菌多肽P_9A及P_9B组成比例较高。上述三种活性物质的诱导变化与性别有关,雄性高于雌性。比较了柞蚕蛹和家蚕经细菌诱导后上述三种活性物质的变化,家蚕凝集素活力很低,诱导后活力增高不明显。抗菌活力及溶菌酶活力的提高程度柞蚕也高于家蚕。聚肌胞核苷酸(Poly I:C)也能诱导两种蚕产生抗菌多肽及溶菌酶,但活力提高的显著程度都不及大肠杆菌诱导,凝集素活力变化也不显著。     

本期重点推介

正昆虫体内海藻糖含量及海藻糖酶活力变化与昆虫滞育和滞育的解除有密切关系。为了探讨柞蚕Antheraea pernyi蛹滞育过程中海藻糖酶基因的作用,沈阳农业大学生物科学技术学院王德意、王勇和秦利等利用RT-PCR技术从柞蚕蛹中克隆获得3个海藻糖酶基因,再分别采用半定量RT-PCR和qPCR方法检测了这些基因在柞蚕滞育和发育蛹不同组织中的表达谱及长光照(17L∶7D)处理蛹滞育解除过程中脂肪     

亚洲玉米螟幼虫血淋巴的免疫反应

本文报道在注射条件下亚洲玉米螟Ostrinia furnacalis 5龄幼虫血细胞对侵入物的防卫反应.实验采用的侵入物包括大肠杆菌、苏芸金杆菌、酵母菌、白僵菌和人血细胞.实验表明颗粒细胞对异物有吞噬作用,还可与浆细胞共同形成结节进行防卫;解剖发现,结节可存在于脂肪体表面.注射异物半小时后;虫体内血细胞总数骤然下降,三种主要血细胞中颗粒细胞近乎消失,而浆细胞和小球细胞的数量则有明显上升.     

不同诱导源对柞蚕蛹血淋巴及生殖腺中抗菌物质产生的影响

比较了不同诱导源对诱导柞蚕蛹血淋巴中抗菌活力的动力学变化。各种化学试剂包括生理盐水都能诱导产生抗菌物质。在不引起死亡的刺激量下,刺激量愈大,诱导的抗菌活力愈高。不同金属络合剂所诱导产生的抗菌物质组份可有很大区别。如二氮杂菲使P_(9E)及P_(9A)的组份比例增高,而EDTA则可提高P_(9B)及P_(9D)组份的比例。P_(9E)和P_(9A),P_(9D)和P_(9B)的产生分别有对应关系,讨论了是否由两个不同基因所控制。 大肠杆菌诱导后的柞蚕蛹,除在血淋巴中测得抗菌活力,在雌雄的生殖腺内含物中也能测得。摘除生殖腺后虽然在血淋巴中仍能诱导出抗菌物质,但应答较慢,活力也较小,也可能由于手术创伤较大,同样的刺激量容易引起死亡。     

中蜂抗菌物质的诱导

本文报道了用大肠杆菌注射处理中蜂Ａｐｉｓ ｃｅｒａｎａ Ｆａｂｒｉｃｉｕｓ后,用含菌培养基平板测活法,就中蜂抗菌物质的产生规律及抗菌活性进行了初步研究。结果表明,不同诱导源均可诱导中蜂产生抗菌物质,但诱导的抗菌物质的抗菌活性则有一定的差异。用大肠杆菌重复诱导则使中蜂的成活率和抗菌物质的抗菌活性有很大提高。注射大肠杆菌后冲蜂抗菌物持产生高峰在４８小时左右。诱导后产生的抗菌物质具有广谱性,对大肠杆菌Ａｓｃｈｅｒｉｃｈｉａ　ｃｏｌｉ、枯草芽孢杆菌 Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ　 ｓｕｂｔｉｌｉｓ、苏云金杆菌 Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ　ｔｈｕｒｉｎｇ－ｉｅｎｓｉｓ、巨大芽孢杆菌 Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ　ｍｅｇａｔｈｅｒｉｕｍ、黑腐菌 Ｘａｎｔｈｏｍｏｎａｓ ｃａｍｐｅｓｔｒｉｓ　等均有抑菌作用,而对真菌白僵菌Ｂｅａｕｖｅｒｉａ　ｂａｓｓｉａｎａ未发现抑菌作用。中蜂麻醉方法以冷冻法最为简便、易行。     

柞蚕蛹滞育和滞育解除过程中海藻糖酶基因表达模式及酶活力分析

【目的】克隆柞蚕Antheraea pernyi海藻糖酶(trehalase,Treh)基因,探讨该基因在柞蚕蛹滞育和滞育解除过程中的表达模式与海藻糖酶活力变化,为阐明柞蚕蛹滞育期间糖代谢机制提供参考。【方法】利用RT-PCR技术从柞蚕蛹中克隆获得海藻糖酶基因,并对其进行生物信息学分析。采用半定量RT-PCR检测长光照(17L∶7D)处理后的滞育解除柞蚕蛹与对照滞育蛹不同组织中该基因的表达谱;采用实时定量PCR(qPCR)分析其在长光照下滞育解除过程中柞蚕蛹脂肪体中的相对表达量变化。利用3,5-二硝基水杨酸法检测脂肪体中海藻糖酶活力的变化,同时采用蒽酮比色法测定其血淋巴中海藻糖含量。【结果】克隆获得柞蚕3个海藻糖酶基因,分别命名为ApTreh1A,ApTreh1B和ApTreh2(GenBank登录号分别为:KU977455,KU977456和KU977457),开放阅读框(ORF)全长分别为1 797,1 635和1 932 bp,分别编码598,544和643个氨基酸。同源序列比对与系统进化树分析表明,ApTreh1A和ApTreh1B为可溶型海藻糖酶(Treh S),ApTreh2为膜结合型海藻糖酶(Treh M)。半定量RT-PCR检测发现,各组织中ApTreh2比ApTreh1的分布更广且表达量更高。qPCR检测发现,ApTreh1A和ApTreh1B在长光照处理后的柞蚕蛹脂肪体中,21 d时表达量都表现出快速升高[分别是对照组(12L∶12D)的2倍和4.7倍],28 d与35 d时下降,42 d时表达量再次升高;ApTreh2随着滞育的解除表达量逐渐升高,28 d时达到最高(约为对照组的2.7倍),42 d时又出现一个小高峰(约2.3倍),后期逐渐下降。长光照下脂肪体中海藻糖酶活力逐渐升高,21 d时达到最高(约18.5 U),35 d时降到最低(约11.2 U),42 d时其酶活力再次略微升高,之后呈下降趋势,与基因表达变化趋势一致。蛹血淋巴中海藻糖含量在长光照条件下呈现出升高趋势,21 d时达到最高,在整个发育时期的含量比对照组要高。【结论】本研究结果表明柞蚕蛹滞育解除过程中海藻糖酶基因表达的变化与蛹脂肪体中海藻糖酶活性、蛹血淋巴中海藻糖含量的变化趋势呈一致性,提示海藻糖酶基因的表达响应在柞蚕蛹滞育解除中发挥重要作用。     

柑橘大实蝇滞育和非滞育蛹体内海藻糖含量的调控

【目的】通过比较柑橘大实蝇Bactrocera minax蛹滞育期与滞育前和滞育后以及滞育蛹与非滞育蛹体内海藻糖和葡萄糖含量的变化、海藻糖合成代谢途径中关键酶的活力变化以及关键酶基因的表达量变化,明确蛹滞育期间海藻糖合成代谢途径中关键酶对海藻糖含量的调控。【方法】利用分光光度法检测柑橘大实蝇滞育前(1日龄蛹)、滞育期(30,60和90日龄蛹)以及滞育后(120和150日龄蛹)蛹体内海藻糖与葡萄糖含量的变化,以及海藻糖合成代谢途径中的海藻糖-6-磷酸合成酶(TPS)、海藻糖-6-磷酸磷酸酯酶(TPP)和海藻糖酶(Tre)活力的变化;利用实时定量荧光PCR(qPCR)检测TPS,TPPB,TPPC-1,TPPC-2和Tre-1基因表达量的变化。向1日龄蛹体内注射20-羟基蜕皮酮(20E)作为处理(以注射10%乙醇为对照),分别于注射后1和30 d比较处理组与对照组蛹体内海藻糖与葡萄糖含量、关键酶活力以及上述基因表达量的差异。【结果】柑橘大实蝇蛹进入滞育后,海藻糖含量显著升高,葡萄糖含量无显著变化; TPS和TPP的酶活力以及TPS,TPPC-1和TPPC-2表达量在化蛹后逐渐升高,于滞育期达到最高水平,维持至羽化前显著下降;TPPB表达量在整个蛹期无显著差异; Tre酶活力以及Tre-1表达量在化蛹后逐渐升高,于滞育早期达到最高水平,随后显著下降,羽化前再次显著上升。注射20E后1 d,与对照组相比,处理组蛹体内海藻糖与葡萄糖含量、关键酶(TPS,TPP和Tre)活力以及TPS,TPPC-2和Tre-1表达量无显著变化,TPPB表达量显著下降,TPPC-1表达量显著上升;注射后30 d,与对照组滞育蛹相比,处理组非滞育蛹海藻糖含量显著上升,葡萄糖含量、TPS和Tre酶活力、TPS和Tre-1表达量显著下降,TPP酶活力以及TPPB和TPPC-2表达量无显著差异。【结论】柑橘大实蝇蛹体内海藻糖的含量在合成代谢途径中关键酶的调控下,随着滞育状态发生变化,表明海藻糖与滞育之间存在密切的关系,但其作用机理仍待进一步研究。     

松毛虫赤眼蜂滞育诱导及解除条件研究

【目的】以柞蚕Antheraea pernyi卵为繁殖寄主,对松毛虫赤眼蜂Trichogramma dendrolim滞育诱导及解除条件进行研究,以解决赤眼蜂工厂化生产和大面积应用中面临的的中、长期储存问题。【方法】通过观测不同发育阶段(寄生柞蚕卵在26℃培养40、96和144 h)、滞育诱导温度(10、13和16℃)和诱导时间对松毛虫赤眼蜂滞育的影响,确定松毛虫赤眼蜂滞育诱导条件;通过观测滞育诱导温度和滞育后的贮藏温度对滞育解除的影响,确定松毛虫赤眼蜂滞育解除条件。【结果】在松毛虫赤眼蜂的不同发育阶段对其进行持续的低温刺激均能使其导入滞育,但以小幼阶段(26℃培养40 h)开始效果最佳,寄生卵在26℃培养40 h后,转入10℃和13℃下连续诱导31 d,滞育率可达100%和99.12%。滞育诱导温度和滞育后的贮藏温度对松毛虫赤眼蜂解除滞育所需时间和解除滞育后的羽化出蜂率有较大影响,10℃诱导滞育后置于1℃冷藏的赤眼蜂解除滞育所需时间最短,解除滞育后的羽化出蜂率和单卵出蜂数更高,更耐储存。此条件下冷藏约30 d开始打破滞育,在正常发育下温度下羽化出蜂,60 d羽化出蜂率达到95.24%,冷藏4个月后羽化出蜂率仍在60%以上,单卵出蜂数高于50头。【结论】松毛虫赤眼蜂最佳滞育诱导条件为26℃培养40 h后,转入10℃连续低温诱导31 d;最佳滞育解除条件为1℃低温储存,但储存期不能超过4个月。     

革兰氏阳性菌苏云金芽孢杆菌和革兰氏阴性菌大肠杆菌诱导的柞蚕蛹生理指标变化

【目的】明确柞蚕Antheraea pernyi对外源微生物防御性生理变化规律,为柞蚕的病害防治和合理饲养提供理论依据。【方法】本研究选用革兰氏阳性菌苏云金芽孢杆菌Bacillus thuringeinsis(Bt)和革兰氏阴性菌大肠杆菌Escherichia coli(Ec)为外源诱导微生物,调整至10~6～10~8cfu/m L菌液,灭活后处理柞蚕蛹,诱导24,48,72和96 h后不同时间测定血淋巴蛋白含量、PO活性、CAT活性、抗菌活性和溶菌酶活性等生理指标。【结果】Ec和Bt诱导柞蚕蛹导致各生理指标出现显著变化,但两种菌株诱导生理指标变化规律差异明显,Ec高浓度诱导72 h会增加血淋巴蛋白含量,而Bt各浓度诱导会在24,48和96 h增加血淋巴蛋白含量。免疫防御关键酶系PO和CAT活性变化规律在不同菌株诱导后差异更明显,Ec诱导后,PO活性随着时间增加表现为先升高后降低的趋势,CAT活性呈现"升高-降低-升高"的规律;而Bt诱导后PO活性表现为"升高-降低-升高"的规律,CAT活性随诱导时间增加变化规律不明显,但有随菌液浓度增加而降低的趋势。对抗菌活性测定表明,Ec和Bt诱导都会显著增加蛹粗酶液抗菌活性,溶菌酶活性也会极显著增加,但2个指标高峰值出现的时间会有明显差别。【结论】本研究结果表明Ec和Bt不同处理均可诱导柞蚕蛹产生明显防御反应,但柞蚕蛹生理指标变化规律与不同种类微生物及处理时间和浓度有关,推测革兰氏阳性菌和革兰氏阴性菌具有不同的诱导防御反应机制。研究结果可以为外源微生物侵染柞蚕后的免疫防御反应规律提供理论指导。     

γ-射线及大肠杆菌诱导蓖麻蚕产生抗菌物质的研究

1.用γ-射线辐照和用大肠杆菌处理蓖麻蚕五龄幼虫和蚕蛹均能诱导血淋巴产生抗菌物质,两种诱导源诱导所得活性物质的抗菌活性相似.2.研究了五龄幼虫期和蛹期诱导产生抗菌物质的动力学,发现五龄幼虫在饷食后第2—4天诱导活力最高,产生抗菌物质的持续时间亦较长;蛹期则从化蛹当天至第4天之间诱导活力较高,并可持续15天左右,高峰期一般在诱导后2天至4天之间.3.对诱导后的蓖麻蚕血淋巴进行了电泳测活和葡聚糖凝胶初步分离,发现不论幼虫期或蛹期至少可得三个活性组分,其中既有类似于P₅的大分子抗菌物质,也有类似于P_9A和P_9B的抗菌多肽;并首次发现一种分子量约70000—75000道尔顿的新抗菌蛋白.     

蜚蠊灭菌肽的诱导及初步分离分析

昆虫经诱导盾产生灭菌肽的研究近年来已有很大进展,有关这方面的研究工作绝大多数都是以有翅亚纲内生翅类鳞翅目(主要是蚕类)昆虫和少数双翅目昆虫为材料.本文首次以有翅亚纲外生翅类蜚蠊目的美洲蜚蠊(Ptriplaneta americana L.)为实验昆虫,用Escherichia coil K₁₂ strain D₃₁作诱导源,对不同发育期、不同性别、不同成虫期的蜚蠊进行诱导后,采用含菌培养基平板测活方法,就存在个体数及能产生抗菌物质的个体数进行了初步的研究.发现成虫日龄在10天之内的雄性蜚蠊能够产生抗菌物质的个体百分比最高.抗菌物质出现的高峰期是在诱导后第三、四天.用滴滴涕和溴氰菊酯作诱导源对雄性蜚蠊的诱导实验表明,杀虫剂也能诱导蜚蠊产生抗菌物质,而且所诱导产生抗菌物质的活性强度(用抑菌圈直径表示)高于大肠杆菌所诱导的.滴滴涕和溴氰菊酯的重复诱导可提高蜚蠊产生抗菌物质个体百分比.蜚蠊经诱导后产生的抗菌物质具有广谱性,对苏云金杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、枯草杆菌及绿脓杆菌等有较强的抗菌活性,而对大肠杆菌D₃₁、大肠杆菌、粘质沙雷氏杆菌和溶壁微球菌等有较弱的抗菌活性.用肽类物质的指纹图谱法分离蜚蠊血淋巴抗菌物质,发现经诱导后血淋巴中确有新的肽类物质产生,该物质具抗菌活性,用DABITC法分析,其N-末端氨基酸为赖氨酸.     

注射大肠杆菌或超声波诱导家蚕及蓖麻蚕产生抗菌物质的比较研究

本文报道:1.蓖麻蚕hilosamia cynthia ricini、家蚕Bombyx mori及柞蚕Antheraea pernyi注射大肠杆菌Escherichia coli或超声波处理均能诱导血淋巴产生抗菌物质。同一蚕种诱导产物相同,不同蚕种间差异明显。2.家蚕不同发育阶段的个体诱导产生的抗菌物质基本相同;不同性别的家蚕蛹的诱导产物的相对量有差异;不同品种家蚕蛹对诱导的应答潜伏期也不尽相同。3.注射聚肌胞核苷酸(PolyI:C)诱导家蚕血淋巴产生一种明显地不同于其它诱导源诱导的抗菌物质,此物质在酸性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳中泳动速度较快。 本研究的所有结果均表明,诱导绢丝昆虫产生抗菌物质的诱导源是非专一性的,即诱导源与诱导产物之间无对应的关系。     

Oral immunization with Escherichia coli K-12 of the fifth instar larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, reared on an artificial diet under completely aseptic conditions.

1. Effect of oral administration of live or formalin-treated Escherichia coli (E. coli) K-12 to the fifth instar, days 1 and 3 larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, on induction of antibacterial activity in the haemolymph was investigated using the silkworms reared on an artificial diet under completely aseptic conditions. 2. When live E. coli was administered to the male day 1 larvae, low but significant antibacterial activity of 3.8 mm was detectable in the haemolymph of one individual at 48 hr after immunization. The proportion of the larvae to express antibacterial activity increased thereafter and at 120 hr after immunization, all three individuals showed antibacterial activity. In day 3 male larvae, activity was detectable at 48 and 72 hr after immunization. 3. When formalin-treated E. coli was orally administered to days 1 and 3 male larvae, no activity was detectable at any time post-immunization. 4. In the second experiment, when day 1 larvae, females and males were orally immunized with live E. coli, only females showed antibacterial activity in the haemolymph, beginning from 24 hr after immunization and up to 96 hr. 5. Removal of an antibiotic, chloramphenicol, from ingredients of an artificial diet was required for induction of antibacterial activity with oral administration of live E. coli. 6. When live E. coli that grows at pH 9.0 was selected and used for oral immunization, antibacterial activity was induced both in females and males at 72 hr after immunization and the activity was observed at 96 hr. 7. These results suggest that establishment of oral immunization with live E. coli in the silkworm larvae requires multiplication of E. coli in the midgut lumen and possibly its colonization on the luminal surface.     

肠球菌E4及其抑菌产物特性的研究

目的获得抑制微生物生长的菌株。方法根据形态学和生理生化学特性进行菌种鉴定;采用牛津杯法测定抑菌谱和抑菌物质的理化特性。结果排除了过氧化氢和有机酸的作用,该菌发酵上清液对苏云金杆菌、枯草杆菌、大肠埃希菌、鸡白痢沙门菌等有抑制作用。根据菌株的生理生化特征,该菌株初步定为肠球菌属,定名为E4（Enterococcus sp．）。所产抑菌物质具有较好的热稳定性,在酸性条件下稳定且活性高。结论分离筛选了1株可产抑菌物质的肠球菌,其产生的抑菌物质具有良好的生物化学特性和广谱的抑菌能力。     

Induction of antibacterial activity in the blood of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria L.

Injections of low doses of living cells of Bacillus thuringiensis into larvae or adults of Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera) induce an in vivo protection against lethal doses of this pathogen (‘immunisation’). In the present paper we show that concomitant with the induction of the in vivo protection, an antibacterial activity appears in the plasma of the immunised insects. This activity is maintained for 10 days and disappears at the time the protective mechanism loses its efficiency. Antibacterial activity in the plasma of experimental insects is induced by injections of bacteria other than B. thuringiensis (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and non-bacterial substances (ovalbumine, iron saccharate): it reduces growth of cultures of B. thuringiensis and also of E. coli or P. aeruginosa under in vitro conditions. Repeated immunising injections increase the level of plasma antibacterial activity. Preliminary biochemical studies indicate that the antibacterial activity is linked to the presence in the plasma of a low molecular weight (<5000 daltons), heat-stable, polar bacteriostatic compound which is not inactivated by use of conventional proteolytic or glycolytic enzymes.     

Induction kinetics of immune antibacterial proteins in pupae of Galleria mellonella and Pieris brassicae

• 1.1. Pupae of Galleria mellonella and Pieris brassicae given an injection with live, non-pathogenic Enterobacter cloacae or abiotic foreign molecules induce an acquired immunity that corresponds with the synthesis of haemolymph proteins of antibacterial activity.
• 2.2. This humoral defensive response which persists for several days, differs quantitatively between insect species and between the inducers used, although very different foreign bodies induced the same immune proteins in both lepidopteran insects.
• 3.3. A stronger and longer lasting response was consistently noticed in pupae immunized with non-pathogenic bacterium than after sterile nutrient broth injections.
• 4.4. A demonstrably elevated activity of haemolymph lysozyme and trace activity of cecropins found in pupae of Galleria treated with saline W, a salt solution physiological to moths, disappear soon after 36 hr from injection.
• 5.5. In P. brassicae, however, sterile insect Ringer can give a varying, if present at all, immune response.
• 6.6. A mechanical injury (sterile wounding of insect body) can occasionally induce a similar but much weaker response.
• 7.7. The antibacterial activity was drastically reduced in Pieris or completely depressed in most pupae of Galleria when actinomycin D or cycloheximide was given at an early time post-immunization with E. cloacae.
• 8.8. It is concluded that the de novo synthesis of ribonucleic acid and immune proteins is required for expression of antibacterial activity in pupal haemolymphs.
• 9.9. The synthesis of an immune mRNA was completed about 7 hr after the injection of the immunizing bacteria.

     

Haemolymph ecdysone concentrations in Hyalophora cecropia pupae,dauer pupae and adults

Haemolymph ecdysone concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay in diapausing pupae, pharate adults, adults, and chilled dauer pupae. The concentration in diapausing pupae after 6 months chilling (5.35 pg/μl) increased dramatically after 3 days at 27°C (>200 pg/μl) and then decreased to low levels in adult females (1.63 pg/μl). In adult males ecdysone was undetectable in all except one animal. Dauer pupae showed a decrease from 6.1 to 1.7 pg/μl 1 day after being transferred from 6 to 27°C. Over a 3-day period the value increased to 3.19 pg/μl and remained constant for more than a year. These results suggest that diapausing pupae with and without brain neurosecretory cells maintain a low concentration of ecdysone in the haemolymph.     

Virulence factors in Bacillus thuringiensis: purification and properties of a protein inhibitor of immunity in insects.

We have previously shown that Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. alesti, serotype 3, produces two extracellular inhibitors of the immune system of Saturniid pupae (designated inhibitors A and B; Edlund et al., 1976). Starting from the culture supernatant of a new mutant of B. thuringiensis with a decreased extracellular proteolytic activity, we have now purified immune inhibitor A(InA). The procedure described consists of three steps: ultrafiltration, precipitation with ammonium sulphate and chromatography on hydroxylapatite. Purified InA gave a single band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis using either a gel concentration of 7.5% (w/v) and reducing and denaturing conditions or a gradient gel and native conditions. In both cases the apparent molecular weight was 78 000. A certain amount of proteolytic activity was always co-purified with InA but the two activities could be dissociated by heat or EDTA treatment. Antiserum against purified InA gave only one sharp precipitation band on immunodiffusion against InA with or without EDTA. InA inhibited the in vitro killing of Escherichia coli by immune haemolymph but did not affect the killing of Bacillus subtilis. InA was toxic for Drosophila when injected into the abdomen of adult male flies.