利用荧光染色和流式细胞技术辅助卵孢小奥德蘑原生质体制备与再生研究

本研究以卵孢小奥德蘑液体培养菌丝作为实验材料,利用单因子变量法探索研究了菌丝培养时间、酶浓度、酶解时间、酶解温度、稳渗剂类型对卵孢小奥德蘑原生质体制备的影响,并对原生质体再生培养基进行选择和优化。通过荧光染色,利用激光共聚焦显微镜和流式细胞仪对原生质体的制备过程、得率和活力进行研究。结果表明,将卵孢小奥德蘑菌丝在液体培养基中培养5d收集菌丝体,以甘露醇作为渗透压稳定剂,在溶壁酶浓度2%、30℃条件下酶解5h,获得的原生质体得率最高,达2.0×10 ⁷个/mL;通过流式细胞仪分析,约57.69%的原生质体细胞为活细胞;在RM培养基中再生效果最好,再生率为(0.103±0.025)%。研究结果可以为卵孢小奥德蘑育种与食用菌原生质体制备再生提供研究基础。     

褐黄孢链霉菌原生质体制备与再生

以纳他霉素产生菌株褐黄孢链霉菌SG-2002为出发菌株,考察了菌丝体培养基、甘氨酸浓度、培养时间、溶菌酶浓度、酶解温度、酶解时间及再生培养基对原生质体形成与再生的影响.原生质体形成和再生的最佳条件为S培养基中添加1%的甘氨酸,菌丝体培养 30 h,溶菌酶浓度 40 mg/(g菌体干重),酶解温度 30 ℃,酶解时间 60 min.褐黄孢链霉菌的原生质体形成量达到4.0×106 个/mL,再生培养基选择R5′培养基,再生率为9.0%.     

影响枯草芽胞杆菌和荧光假单胞菌原生质体再生的因素

目的：为了提高再生率,对影响革兰阳性菌枯草芽胞杆菌KR株和革兰阴性菌荧光假单胞菌B13株原生质体再生的因素进行研究。方法：研究了酶解时间,再生方式,再生培养基中稳定剂的种类,Ca^2＋、Mg^2＋、琥珀酸钠、L-色氨酸的浓度及培养基的放置时间对KR和B13株原生质体再生的影响。结果：对KR株酶解20min,采用夹层培养,再生培养基中加入0.6mol/L蔗糖、0.03mol/L Ca^2＋、0.02mol/L Mg^2＋、0.3mol/L琥珀酸钠、0.2mol/L L-色氨酸,培养基在37℃放置72h,原生质体再生率可达42.7%;对B13酶解15min,采用夹层培养,培养基中加入0.6mol/L NaCl、0.02mol/L Ca^2＋、0.01mol/L Mg^2＋、0.3mol/L琥珀酸钠、0.1mol/L L-色氨酸,培养基在37℃放置48h,原生质体再生率可达15.3%。结论：影响革兰阳性菌枯草芽胞杆菌KR株和革兰阴性菌荧光假单胞菌B13株原生质体再生的因素是不同的。     

提高小麦原生质体再生植株频率的研究

从小麦徐州211的成熟种子诱导愈伤组织,建立了胚性悬浮细胞系。酶解悬浮细胞获得原生质体,用含o．8％琼脂糖的改良Ms培葬基进行琼脂糖珠培养,再生细胞分裂,并形成愈伤组织。诱导再生愈伤组织分化．得到了完整的再生植株。原生质体培养两周后,加入降渗培养液可促进克隆的形成。在分化培养基中,低浓度蔗糖可提高植株分化率。高浓度的激动索和玉米素对芽的分化有效并能抑制愈伤化。再生愈伤组织诱导分化时期的早晚影响植林分化频率。     

C肽与胰岛素双标记时间分辨荧光免疫分析法的建立及初步临床应用

建立钐(Sm3+)标记检测C肽(C-peptide)及铕(Eu3+)标记检测胰岛素(insulin)的双标记时间分辨荧光免疫分析法(TRFIA),并初步尝试检测人血C肽以及胰岛素含量.将抗C肽单克隆抗体(Biodesign No.E54094M)与抗insulin单克隆抗体(BiodesignNo.E86306M)混合包被96孔板,然后用Sm3+标记抗C肽单克隆抗体(Medix No.9103),Eu3+标记抗insulin单克隆抗体(Biodesign No.E86802M),运用双抗体夹心一步法建立C肽/胰岛素双标记时间分辨免疫荧光分析法.结果显示:C肽分析灵敏度为0.2μg/L,线性范围为0.5～22μg/L,平均回收率达到99.6%,分析内和分析间变异系数分别为4.6%～6.0%和5.1%～7.6%.胰岛素分析灵敏度为0.8 mU/L,线性范围为3.6～180 mU/L,平均回收率为99.4%,分析内和分析间变异系数分别为3.7%～6.0%和5.1%～8.0%.C肽/胰岛素双标记检测试剂与PerkinElmer公司对应的单标记进口试剂盒分别同时测定血清样本200份,检测结果高度相关,具有较好的一致性,相关系数分别为0.98与0.99.总之,自建C肽/胰岛素双标记时间分辨荧光免疫分析方法的性能均可以达到临床检测要求,有望替代现有国内外较为昂贵的单标记试剂,可用于胰岛素分泌不足导致的糖尿病诊断及糖尿病的大规模普查筛选.     

Enzyme production by the nematode-trapping fungus,Duddingtonia flagrans

Duddingtonia flagrans degrades peptides, proteins, starch, pectin, lipase, lecithin and oils when grown on agar medium. Serine proteases with optimal activity at pH 8.5 to 10.5 were produced when it was grown in submerged culture. It also produced phospholipase C with optimal activity at pH 8.5, lipases with high activity at pH 3.5 and at 7.5 to 8.5 and pectin-degrading enzymes with pH optima of 3 and 8. The pH of the culture medium affected the types of lipases and pectin degrading enzymes produced but not the proteases or phospholipase C.     

Trematodes enhance the development of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys (Duddingtonia) flagrans

The capability of helminth (nematode and trematode) parasites in stimulating nematode trap and chlamydospore development of the nematophagous fungus Arthrobotrys (formerly Duddingtonia) flagrans was explored. Dead adult specimens of trematodes (the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica and the rumen fluke Calicophoron daubneyi) and nematodes (the ascarid Parascaris equorum and the strongylid Oesophagostomum spp.), as well as their secretory products, were placed onto corn meal agar plates concurrently inoculated with A. flagrans. Trapping organs were observed after 5 d and chlamydospores after 16 d, including in the control plates in the absence of parasitic stimulus. However, our data shows that both nematodes and trematodes increase trap and chlamydospore production compared with controls. We show for the first time that significantly higher numbers of traps and chlamydospores were observed in the cultures coinoculated with adult trematodes. We conclude that both the traps and chlamydospores formation are not only related to nematode-specific stimuli. The addition of secretory products of the trematode C. daubneyi to culture medium has potential for use in the large scale production of chlamydospores.     

Efficacy of the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans against infections by Haemonchus and Trichostrongylus species in lambs at pasture

The efficacy of the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans against infections by trichostrongyle nematodes in sheep was assessed throughout 6 months. Twenty Ile de France lambs were divided into two groups (control and treated groups), which were kept in separate pastures. Animals of the treated group were fed with D. flagrans twice a week (Tuesdays and Fridays). Pellets were prepared with the fungus mycelia in liquid culture medium and contained approximately 20% fungus. They were mixed with the animals' diet at a concentration of 1 g pellet per 10 kg live weight. Faecal egg counts (FEC), packed cell volume (PCV), total serum protein and the animals' body weight were determined fortnightly from 7 October 2005 to 24 March 2006. Comparison of such parameters between groups showed no significant differences (P > 0.05), except on 10 February 2006, when the control group presented a higher mean FEC than the treated group (P < 0.05). Feeding sheep with pellets containing D. flagrans had no benefit to the prophylaxis of nematode infections under the experimental conditions used in the present study.     

The STRIPAK component SipC is involved in morphology and cell-fate determination in the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans

The striatin-interacting phosphatase and kinase (STRIPAK) complex is a highly conserved eukaryotic signaling hub involved in the regulation of many cellular processes. In filamentous fungi, STRIPAK controls multicellular development, hyphal fusion, septation, and pathogenicity. In this study, we analyzed the role of the STRIPAK complex in the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans which forms three-dimensional, adhesive trapping networks to capture Caenorhabditis elegans. Trap networks consist of several hyphal loops which are morphologically and functionally different from vegetative hyphae. We show that lack of the STRIPAK component SipC (STRIP1/2/HAM-2/PRO22) results in incomplete loop formation and column-like trap structures with elongated compartments. The misshapen or incomplete traps lost their trap identity and continued growth as vegetative hyphae. The same effect was observed in the presence of the actin cytoskeleton drug cytochalasin A. These results could suggest a link between actin and STRIPAK complex functions.     

Biological control of trichostrongylid infections in calves on pasture in Lithuania using Duddingtonia flagrans, a nematode-trapping fungus

The effect on the pasture contamination level with infective trichostrongylid larvae by feeding the nematode-trapping fungus, Duddingtonia flagrans at two dose levels to first time grazing calves was examined in Lithuania. Thirty heifer-calves, aged 3-6 months, were divided into three comparable groups, A, B and C. Each group was turned out on a 1.07 ha paddock (a, b and c). The paddocks were naturally contaminated with infective trichostrongylid larvae from infected cattle grazing the previous year. Fungal material was fed to the animals daily during a two month period starting 3 weeks after turnout. Groups A and B were given 10(6) and 2.5x10(5) chlamydospores per kg of live weight per day, respectively, while group C served as a non-dosed control group. Every two weeks the heifers were weighed and clinically inspected. On the same dates, faeces, blood and grass samples were collected. From mid-July onwards, the number of infective larvae in grass samples increased markedly (P<0.05)on paddock c, whereas low numbers of infective larvae were observed on paddocks a and b grazed by the fungus treated groups. However, the results indicate that administering fungal spores at a dose of 2.5x10(6)chlamydospores per kg live weight per day did not significantly prevent parasitism in calves, presumably due to insufficient suppression of developing infective larvae in the faeces. In contrast, a dose of 10(6) chlamydospores per kg lowered the parasite larval population on the pasture, reduced pepsinogen levels (P<0.05), and prevented calves from developing parasitosis.     

Interspecific competition between the nematode-trapping fungus, Duddingtonia flagrans, and selected microorganisms and the effect of spore concentration on the efficacy of nematode trapping

The fungus, Duddingtonia flagrans, is able to trap and kill free-living nematode larvae of the cattle parasite Cooperia oncophora when chlamydospores are mixed in cattle faeces. Isolates of Bacillus subtilis (two isolates), Pseudomonas spp. (three isolates) and single isolates of the fungal genera Alternaria, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Trichoderma and Verticillium were isolated from cattle faeces and shown to reduce D. flagrans growth on agar plates. When these isolates were added to cattle faeces containing D. flagrans and nematode larvae of C. oncophora, developing from eggs, none of the isolates reduced nematode mortality attributed to D. flagrans. Similarly, the coprophilic fungus Pilobolus kleinii, which cannot be cultivated on agar, also failed to suppress the ability of D. flagrans to trap and kill developing larvae of C. oncophora. Increasing chlamydospore doses of D. flagrans in faecal cultures resulted in higher nematode mortality. Thus, no evidence of interspecific or intraspecific competition was observed. The consequences of these findings are discussed.     

An extracellular serine protease of an isolate of Duddingtonia flagrans nematophagous fungus

This study aimed to present a protease produced by Duddingtonia flagrans fungus (AC001), and to evaluate its activity in the biological control of cyathostomin infective larvae (L₃). The crude extract from D. flagrans grown in liquid medium was applied first to a DEAE-Sepharose? and later to a CM-Sepharose? ion exchange column. Protease activity was determined under different pHs and temperatures. Subsequently, the effects of metal ions and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) inhibitor on activity were evaluated. Next, the protease activity in the biological control of nematodes was tested. A new 38 kDa serine protease (Df1) was purified. Optimum activity was obtained at pH 8.0 and 60°C; CuSO₄, ZnSO₄ and PMSF strongly inhibited the activity. Df1 (AC001) showed an L₃ reduction rate of 58%. In conclusion, a serine protease produced by D. flagrans (AC001) has been isolated, which is effective in the in vitro destruction of cyathostomin L₃.     

Culture medium characteristics on the predatory activity of the nematophagous fungus Duddingtonia flagrans

The influence of casein and pH on the activity of the nematophagous fungus Duddingtonia flagrans (AC001) on trichostrongylide larvae was evaluated. A ‘positive influence’ was observed contributing to the reduction of 63% in the average number of recovered L₃ in the media supplemented with casein and pH 7.0.     

A suitable model for the utilization of Duddingtonia flagrans fungus in small-flock-size sheep farms

Effective alternatives to anthelmintic treatment of nematode parasite infections of sheep are required because of the high prevalence of drug resistance. Within this context, the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans has become a valuable component of various integrated control strategies. Toward this objective, a small quantity of lyophilized D. flagrans chlamydospores (10⁶ spores per animal) was administered to sheep in a one-year plot study. Animals grazing on native pasture were divided into two homogeneous groups and were kept in 1-ha paddocks in the southern region of Brazil. The oral administration of chlamydospores led to a significant reduction (p < 0.05) in the number of nematode eggs per gram of feces and in the larval availability on herbage (difference of 37.6%) in comparison to the control group. Control animals needed to be dewormed three times during the experiment, whereas the fungus-treated animals maintained a low parasite load, independent of seasonal variation. Although D. flagrans cannot serve as a panacea for nematode parasite control of livestock, it represents a significant advance toward rationalizing the use of endoparasitic drugs in small animals.