棉铃虫蛹期血淋巴的蜕皮甾类

目前为止仅在少数几种昆虫中研究过蛹期的蜕皮激素。关于蜕皮甾类的性质分析,结果也颇不一致。本文采用放射免疫分析、薄层层析、高压液相色谱及质谱对棉铃虫Heliothis armigera蛹血淋巴内的蜕皮激素进行了研究。结果如下:1.物理-化学方法证明蛹血淋巴内存在二种蜕皮甾类:蜕皮酮和20-羟基蜕皮酮。2.蛹期蜕皮甾类滴度呈一宽峰,高峰出现在化蛹后的第5天(3435ng/ml)。3.在高峰时,蜕皮酮与20-羟基蜕皮酮的比例为1:3.57,说明20-羟基蜕皮酮是主要的蜕皮甾类。4.比较雌雄两性蛹的蜕皮甾类滴度,未见明显差异。研究表明在棉铃虫中影响成虫发育的主要激素是20-羟基蜕皮酮而不是蜕皮酮。     

结合反相高效液相色谱和酶联免疫吸附法测定昆虫血淋巴中的蜕皮甾醇激素

【目的】昆虫体内的蜕皮酮和20羟基蜕皮酮(20E)是两种主要的蜕皮甾醇激素,其中蜕皮酮是20E的前体,而20E是有活性的蜕皮甾醇激素。本研究旨在建立一种测定昆虫血淋巴中蜕皮激素高效、稳定、准确的方法。【方法】采集家蚕血淋巴,抽提总蜕皮甾醇激素,利用反相高效液相色谱法(反相HPLC)分离并收集蜕皮酮与20E,进而利用酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)测定家蚕血淋巴的总蜕皮甾醇激素、蜕皮酮和20E各自的滴度。【结果】计算出总蜕皮甾醇激素中蜕皮酮与20E的比例,推算出蜕皮酮合成和分泌、以及蜕皮酮转化为20E的能力。【结论】该方法高效、稳定、准确,可广泛应用于昆虫蜕皮甾醇激素滴度的测定。     

罗氏沼虾蜕皮周期中内分泌调控和蜕皮信号通路相关基因的表达分析

蜕皮是罗氏沼虾重要的生理过程,为了探究罗氏沼虾蜕皮周期中内分泌调控与蜕皮通路中相关基因在蜕皮周期中的表达模式,阐明罗氏沼虾蜕皮的分子调节通路。本研究测定了罗氏沼虾肝胰腺和血淋巴组织中蜕皮周期内蜕皮相关酶活性（谷氨酰胺合成酶,β-N乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶和几丁质酶）与蜕皮激素含量,并通过RT-qPCR分析了蜕皮信号通路中Mr-ETHR、MrFTZ-F1以及RXR、ECR和MIH基因在罗氏沼虾不同蜕皮周期内的表达模式。酶活测定结果表明,谷氨酰胺合成酶在血淋巴组织中活力高于肝胰腺组织（P<0.05）;β-N乙酰氨基葡萄糖苷酶在肝胰腺和血淋巴组织中蜕皮前期的活力远高于蜕皮后期（P<0.05）。在肝胰腺中几丁质酶在蜕皮后期活力显著高于其他时期（P<0.05）。肝胰腺和血淋巴组织中蜕皮激素含量在蜕皮间期最低,蜕皮后期达到最高,呈上升趋势。通过PCR扩增与测序验证获得了Mr-ETHR、Mr-FTZ-F1基因ORF全长序列,Mr-ETHR基因ORF全长1 173 bp,编码390个氨基酸;Mr-FTZ-F1基因ORF全长为1 206 bp,编码401个氨基酸。荧光定量结果表明Mr-ETH...     

蜕皮激素在银盾革蜱生殖滞育中的作用(英文)

用高效液相色谱法和放射免疫测定法测定了银盾革蜱滞育雌虫的合神经节、血淋巴、卵巢和整体中蜕皮激素的含量,并与正常发育的雌虫做比较。结果表明,滞育雌虫血淋巴和卵巢中蜕皮激素的含量在饱血后前10天与正常发育雌虫基本上相同。饱血10天以后,滞育雌虫蜕皮激素的含量下降,较正常发育雌虫少得多。蜕皮激素的缺乏影响了卵母细胞的发育。为阐明蜕皮激素对滞育雌虫的影响,在不同时间向银盾革蜱滞育雌虫体内注入不同剂量的β-蜕皮素。刚饱血者注入大剂量(1.375和10000ng/蜱)的β-蜕皮素引起雌虫死亡。饱血后20—30天,注入一定剂量(50,70,100ng/蜱)的β-蜕皮素可以促进卵黄形成,并解除了雌虫的生殖滞育,但其所产的卵量明显少于正常发育的雌虫。应用外源蜕皮激素解除硬蜱雌虫的生殖滞育现象尚属首次报道。     

东方粘虫末龄幼虫血淋巴蜕皮甾类滴度的变化及促前胸腺激素对前胸腺的活化作用

东方粘虫六龄幼虫血淋巴蜕皮甾类滴度,在幼虫的取食生长期一直处在很低的水平(<6pg/μl血淋巴),其后于徘徊期的前一天开始升高,至预蛹期形成唯一的1个高峰(～450pg/μl血淋巴)。前胸腺离体培养的结果表明,前胸腺分泌活力与血淋巴蜕皮甾类滴度的动态呈基本平行的趋势,只是较后者超前了约24小时。促前胸腺激素粗提物能直接活化离体前胸分泌蜕皮甾类。粘虫六龄2日龄(LVI_2)幼虫的前胸腺已能被促前胸腺激素活化,说明此时的前胸腺对促前胸腺激素已具感受性。     

20-羟基蜕皮酮对蓖麻蚕蛹体液免疫的调节作用(英)

本研究指出20—羟基蜕皮酮(20-OHE)参加蓖麻蚕蛹对大肠杆菌的体液免疫反应。20-OHE的作用方式是多方面的,包括提高血淋巴蛋白质含量,产生抗菌蛋白,增加溶菌酶活性,和激活原酚氧化酶系统。这表明多个免疫控制系统参与蓖麻蚕蛹体液免疫反应的可能性。     

中华绒螯蟹蜕皮过程中体壁结构和主要成分的变化

采用组织化学和原子吸收分析等方法, 研究了中华绒螯蟹蜕皮过程中体壁结构和主要成分的变化。结果显示: 中华绒螯蟹体壁分为上表皮、外表皮、内表皮和膜层, 糖类物质各层均有分布, 胶原纤维分布在除上表皮外的其他各层。在蜕皮前, 糖类、胶原纤维都被重吸收, 体壁上表皮和外表皮在蜕皮前形成, 内表皮和膜层在蜕皮后形成。体壁粗蛋白含量在蜕皮前期(D1-D3-4期)降低(P0.05), 蜕皮后A-B期含量极高(P0.05)。几丁质含量在蜕皮过程中变化不显著(P0.05), 只是在蜕皮前稍有上升。Ca2+和Mg2+含量在蜕皮前D1期显著低于蜕皮间期和蜕皮前其他时期(P0.05), 而蜕皮后A-B期降到最低(P0.05), 蜕下的甲壳中则含有较多的Ca2+和Mg2+ (P0.05)。Cu2+和Zn2+含量除蜕皮后A-B期升高外(P0.05), 其余时期变化不明显(P0.05)。这些研究结果表明, 中华绒螯蟹体壁结构和成分变化与蜕皮周期密切相关。       

CuSO4对中华绒螯蟹蜕皮、生长和存活的影响

通过向水中添加不同浓度的铜(Cu2 ),观察其对中华绒螯蟹(Eriocheir sinensis)Ⅰ期幼蟹(0.020±0.01g)和12月龄扣蟹(3.34±0.26 g)的毒性影响。Cu2 对Ⅰ期幼蟹24,48,72和96h的半致死浓度(LC50)分别为0.70,0.43,0.33和0.22 mg/L,而对12月龄扣蟹相应的LC50分别是18.20,10.23,9.12和8.51mg/L。中华绒螯蟹Ⅰ期幼蟹在0.00,0.01,0.02,0.03,0.05和0.08mg/L Cu2 的水环境中的蜕皮率、增重率和存活率的比较研究结果表明,虽然各浓度组存活率均高于50%,但其随着Cu2 浓度的增高而降低。增重率和蜕皮率的变化趋势与存活率相似。此外,研究了中华绒螯蟹12月龄扣蟹在0.00,0.01,0.05,0.10,0.50,1.00和2.50 mg/L Cu2 的水环境中蜕皮率、增重率和存活率的变化。结果显示,各组存活率均高于50%,除0.01mg/L处理组的存活率略高于对照组外,总的变化趋势是随着Cu2 浓度的增高而降低。增重率和蜕皮率随着Cu2 浓度的增高,总的变化趋势亦逐渐降低。相关性分析表明,中华绒螯蟹Ⅰ期幼蟹和12月龄扣蟹的生长、蜕皮和存活与水中添加Cu2 的浓度增加有极显著的负相关(P<0.01)。     

蜕皮甾酮对淡色库蚊Culex pipiens pallens卵巢发育诱导的研究

根据淡色库蚊卵巢卵泡的生长,对该种类雌蚊成虫期的卵巢发育及蜕皮甾酮对吸血前雌蚊卵巢发育的诱导作用进行了研究。结果证明:蜕皮甾酮不影响羽化后早期雌蚊的卵巢发育,但能引起羽化后一天至吸血前的雌蚊的卵巢生长并伴有卵黄沉积,而正常情况下这种现象仅在雌蚊吸血后才发生。卵巢提取物的聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳证明,蜕皮甾酮诱导发育的卵巢与正常吸血雌蚊的卵巢在沉积的卵黄蛋白方面是一致的。     

β-蜕皮素对蓖麻蚕环核苷酸水平的影响

本文研究了蓖麻蚕四龄眠期及五龄幼虫期间,脂肪体、血淋巴和脑中环核苷酸水平的变化,以及注射β-蜕皮素对蓖麻蚕血淋巴、脑中环核苷酸水平的影响。发现环核苷酸水平的变化与蓖麻蚕的发育、变态有密切的关系。对蓖麻蚕五龄第五天幼虫注射β-蜕皮素(5微克/幼虫)6分钟后,血淋巴中的cGMP水平提高了将近一倍,但cAMP水平下降了23%;脑中的cGMP水平提高了4倍,cAMP水平提高了10倍。讨论了蜕皮素与环核苷酸之间的关系。     

Stress reduces hemolymph ecdysteroid levels in the crab: mediation by the eyestalks

In decapod crustaceans, molt hormone (ecdysone) production by Y-organs is suppressed by an eyestalk neurosecretory product, molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH). Environmental stressors are known to delay or prevent molting in crabs. The present study assesses the function of the MIH-Y-organ neuroendocrine system in the crab Cancer antennarius under conditions of daily handling stress. After three days, stressed crabs showed significant suppression of hemolymph ecdysteroid levels, which continued to fall to 20% of controls by day 14. Ecdysteroid titers of stressed crabs returned to prestress levels seven days after stress termination. Ecdysteroid levels in de-eyestalked (DES) crabs rose 160% within 48 hr post-DES. Stressing DES crabs over 16 subsequent days did not significantly alter ecdysteroid levels compared with unstressed DES controls. Handling stress thus depresses hemolymph ecdysteroid levels in the crab, a response that is mediated by eyestalks and appears to result from stress-induced MIH release.     

Effect of Eyestalk-Ablation on Circulating Ecdysteroids in Hemolymph of Snow Crabs, Chionoecetes opilio: Physiological Evidence for a Terminal Molt

Bering Sea snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio) are a commerciallyimportant crab harvested in the Bering Sea. Optimal managementof this species requires an understanding of the biology ofthis crab that is currently incomplete. Fisheries managers applya continuous growth model in their management of snow crab,which assumes that male crabs increase in size throughout theirlifespan. Male snow crabs undergo a morphometric molt that leadsto a disproportionate increase in chelae size and it is stilldebated whether this molt is associated with a terminal molt.This study was conducted to determine whether adult male C.opilio are anecdysic. Using current knowledge of the hormonalregulation of crustacean growth, snow crab physiology was manipulatedto induce an increase in molting hormones (ecdysteroids). Sincefemale snow crabs are known to undergo a terminal molt afterattaining reproductive maturity, we compared ecdysteroid levelsin eyestalk-ablated terminally molted females, small-clawedmales and large-clawed males. Snow crabs were collected fromthe Bering Sea and maintained in circulating seawater at approximately6°C. Animals were either eyestalk-ablated or left intact.Ecdysteroid levels in hemolymph were quantified using an enzyme-linkedimmunosorbant assay (ELISA). Circulating ecdysteroids were significantlyhigher in small-clawed male crabs when compared to large-clawedmales or terminally molted females. Eyestalk-ablation increasedcirculating ecdysteroids in small-clawed males, but had no significanteffect on circulating ecdysteroids in large-clawed males orin terminally molted females.     

稻田网箱养殖辽河水系中华绒螯蟹幼蟹的个体生长

本实验在室外网箱内监测辽河水系中华绒螯蟹(Eriocheir sinensis)幼蟹阶段个体生长发育的每一次蜕壳生长情况。2013年实验选取雄蟹和雌蟹各200只,记录了每个蜕壳阶段雌蟹和雄蟹的生长,包括壳长、壳宽、总重和蜕壳间隔时长(d),并且观察雌蟹和雄蟹形态特征的变化。实验共进行111 d,幼蟹共蜕壳11次。实验结束时,雄蟹剩余34只,雌蟹剩余42只;雄蟹的特定生长率为(7.176 5±0.168 4)%/d,雌蟹的特定生长率为(7.283 3±0.174 3)%/d;雌蟹生长蜕壳过程中腹部的形态变化大,腹部由三角形变成卵圆形;雄蟹在生长蜕壳过程中螯足的增长明显较雌蟹快,并且在本实验最后一次即第11次蜕壳后螯足腹面内侧出现1小撮绒毛,外侧也出现少量绒毛,但不易被发现。     

Hemolymph ecdysteroids during the last three molt cycles of the blue crab,Callinectes sapidus: quantitative and qualitative analyses and regulation

The profiles of circulating ecdysteroids during the three molt cycles prior to adulthood were monitored from the juvenile blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Ecdysteroid patterns are remarkably similar in terms of peak concentrations ranging between 210–330 ng/ml hemolymph. Analysis of hemolymph at late premolt stage revealed six different types of ecdysteroids with ponasterone A (PoA) and 20‐OH ecdysone (20‐OH E) as the major forms. This ecdysteroid profile was consistent in all three molt cycles. Bilateral eyestalk ablation (EA) is a procedure that removes inhibitory neurohormones including crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) and molt‐inhibiting hormone (MIH) and often results in precocious molting in crustaceans. However, the inhibitory roles of these neuropeptides in vivo have not yet been tested in C. sapidus. We determined the regulatory roles of CHH and MIH in the circulating ecdysteroid from ablated animals through daily injection. A daily administration of purified native CHH and MIH at physiological concentration maintained intermolt levels of ecdysteroids in the EA animals. This suggests that Y organs (YO) require a brief exposure to CHH and MIH in order to maintain the low level of ecdysteroids. Compared to intact animals, the EA crabs did not exhibit the level of peak ecdysteroids, and the major ecdysteroid turned out to be 20‐OH E, not PoA. These results further underscore the important actions of MIH and CHH in ecdysteroidogenesis, as they not only inhibit, but also control the composition of output of the YO activity. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Regulation of Crustacean Molting: A Multi-Hormonal System

SYNOPSIS. In order to increase in size, arthropods must firstmolt (shed) their confining exoskeleton. This molting processis under the immediate control of the steroid molting hormone20-hydroxyecdysone (20-HE). Both the initial rise in circulatinghormone concentration and a coordinated decline are necessaryfor successful molting. Synthesis and/or release of ecdysone,the precursor to 20-HE, is regulated by the neuropeptide molt-inhibitinghormone (MIH). We have determined the primary amino acid sequenceof MIH in the lobster, Homarus americanus. This peptide hasa high degree of identity with the lobster hyperglycemic hormone.Another endocrine factor that appears to be involved in moltingis the juvenile hormone-like terpenoid methyl farnesoate (MF).We have characterized hemolymph MF binding proteins during themolt cycle. In addition, recent data indicate that MF may stimulatethe secretion of 20-HE in vivo and in vitro.     

Hemolymph molting hormone concentrations in red king crabs from the Barents Sea

Recent declines in red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) stocks in its native and introduced habitat have sparked interest in the development of aquaculture methods for this commercially important species. Little is known about the basic biology of this species and the factors controlling its growth rate. In this paper we present concentrations of circulating ecdysteroids (the hormones that control molting) in hemolymph of intermolt red king crabs in three coastal areas of the Barents Sea. Two molting hormones (20-hydroxyecdysone and ecdysone) were assayed. Mean levels of these ecdysteroids varied from 0.0 to 190.0 μg ml⁻¹ and from 0.0 to 13.4 μg ml⁻¹, respectively. These levels in general were higher in comparison with other decapod species. Concentrations of ecdysteroids were similar in male and female crabs and in injured (animals with at least one autotomized limb) and intact red king crabs. In contrast, the levels of circulating ecdysteroids were much higher in small (predominantly immature crabs) than in large adult animals because the latter have a lower molting probability (once per year) than smaller crabs (2–3 times per year). Our data can be used in further investigations of red king crab growth rates and their application to the development of aquaculture methods for this species.     

三疣梭子蟹蜕皮周期中MIH基因mRNA水平与蜕皮激素浓度变化

甲壳动物的蜕皮过程被认为是由位于眼柄的X器-窦腺复合体(XO-SG)分泌蜕皮抑制激素(MIH)通过调节Y器(YO)合成蜕皮激素而调控的。通过实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)发现MIH基因在三疣梭子蟹眼柄X器-窦腺复合体中表达最强。采用qRT-PCR分析了MIH基因在三疣梭子蟹蜕皮周期中的表达变化, 结果表明; A期为(0.42±0.08)倍, B期为(1.09±0.09)倍, C期为(1.35±0.16)倍, D₀亚期为(1.00±0.10)倍, D₁亚期(0.78±0.07)倍, D₂亚期为(0.27±0.08)倍, D_3/4亚期为(0.20±0.04)倍。采用高效液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)法完成了三疣梭子蟹蜕皮周期中蜕皮激素(20E)浓度变化的测定。A/B期蜕皮激素的浓度较低, 低于仪器检测限0.33 pg, C期为(1.666±0.762) ng/mL, D₀亚期为(4.047±1.5133) ng/mL, D₁亚期为(6.756±4.928) ng/mL, D₂亚期为(8.609±3.827) ng/mL, D₃亚期为(19.534±4.799) ng/mL, D₄亚期为11.616 ng/mL。在三疣梭子蟹蜕皮周期中, MIH基因表达量与血淋巴中蜕皮激素浓度呈现一定拮抗性, 揭示MIH抑制Y器合成蜕皮激素而调控着三疣梭子蟹蜕皮的发生和进行。     

Changes in the Amounts of the Molt-Inhibiting Hormone in Sinus Glands during the Molt Cycle of the American Crayfish, Procambarus clarkii

The purposes of this study are to determine the molt cycle of the American crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, and to quantify the amounts of the molt-inhibiting hormone (Prc-MIH) in the hemolymph and neurohemal sinus glands during the molt cycle of the American crayfish. The molt cycle was classified into six stages based on the changes in volumes of gastroliths in the stomach and ecdysteroid titers in the hemolymph. A sandwich-type enzyme immunoassay using specific antibodies raised against N-terminal and C-terminal segments of Prc-MIH was developed for the Prc-MIH assay. It is sensitive to as little as 0.5 fmol of Prc-MIH (3.3 x10(-12) M). In the hemolymph, no Prc-MIH could be detected at any of the molt stages tested. However, in the sinus gland, it was demonstrated that the amount of Prc-MIH changes in a molt-stage-specific manner during the molt cycle. It was particularly noteworthy that the initiation of a molting sequence (i.e., entering the early premolt stage) corresponded to the increase in Prc-MIH content in the sinus gland, because the finding is consistent with the hypothesis that crustaceans enter the premolt stage when the MIH secretion from the sinus gland is reduced or ceases.     

New Functions of Arthropod Bursicon: Inducing Deposition and Thickening of New Cuticle and Hemocyte Granulation in the Blue Crab,Callinectes sapidus

Arthropod growth requires molt-associated changes in softness and stiffness of the cuticle that protects from desiccation, infection and injury. Cuticle hardening in insects depends on the blood-borne hormone, bursicon (Burs), although it has never been determined in hemolymph. Whilst also having Burs, decapod crustaceans reiterate molting many more times during their longer life span and are encased in a calcified exoskeleton, which after molting undergoes similar initial cuticle hardening processes as in insects. We investigated the role of homologous crustacean Burs in cuticular changes and growth in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. We found dramatic increases in size and number of Burs cells during development in paired thoracic ganglion complex (TGC) neurons with pericardial organs (POs) as neurohemal release sites. A skewed expression of Burs β/Burs α mRNA in TGC corresponds to protein contents of identified Burs β homodimer and Burs heterodimer in POs. In hemolymph, Burs is consistently present at ∼21 pM throughout the molt cycle, showing a peak of ∼89 pM at ecdysis. Since initial cuticle hardness determines the degree of molt-associated somatic increment (MSI), we applied recombinant Burs in vitro to cuticle explants of late premolt or early ecdysis. Burs stimulates cuticle thickening and granulation of hemocytes. These findings demonstrate novel cuticle-associated functions of Burs during molting, while the unambiguous and constant presence of Burs in cells and hemolymph throughout the molt cycle and life stages may implicate further functions of its homo- and heterodimer hormone isoforms in immunoprotective defense systems of arthropods.     

20-hydroxyecdysone causes increased aggressiveness in female American lobsters, Homarus americanus

Lobsters become transiently more aggressive before ecdysis. This aggressiveness accompanies an increase in hemolymph titers of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-HE). Combats between intermolt female lobsters, injected with premolt levels of 20-HE, and larger, saline-injected opponents were videotaped. Aggressive, defensive, and avoidance behaviors were ranked according to aggressiveness in a Rank of Aggression hierarchy, which included opponent-directed and (nonopponent) redirected behaviors. Treated animals performed more and more highly aggressive behaviors than saline-injected controls. Opponents of treated animals performed fewer aggressive behaviors than saline-injected control opponents. Controls performed more defensive behaviors than treated animals, when redirected behaviors were considered. Differences in avoidance behaviors among the four types of combatants were not significant. The total aggressive content was the same in treated and control fights, but the interactions between combatants in the two fights were significantly different. Treated animals were equally as aggressive and defensive as their opponents; controls were relatively less aggressive and more defensive than their opponents. These results correlate with molt-cycle variations in behavior, 20-HE titers, and the effects of 20-HE and molt-differentiated hemolymph on the claw opener muscle. They suggest that 20-HE orchestrates intrinsic, cellular, and nuclear events that produce the molt-cycle transformations in agonistic behavior and aggressive state of lobsters.