天蚕素及其在植物抗病育种中的应用

天蚕素是一类广泛存在的小分子抗菌肽。从目前所鉴定的天蚕素来看,大多在体外有很强的抗(抑)菌作用,部分在体内也有很好的抗(抑)菌效果。随着对天蚕素及其抗(抑)菌作用机制研究的深入,利用天然、化学修饰的天蚕素基因,通过植物遗传转化途径,在植物抗病育种的研究中取得了很大进展。本文还对天蚕素能否在植物中实现功能性表达进行了探讨。     

天蚕素类抗菌肽分子设计研究进展

天蚕素是一类由31~39个氨基酸残基组成的阳离子型线性α螺旋抗菌肽,具有抗细菌、抗真菌、抗病毒以及抑制肿瘤细胞等生物活性。天蚕素与传统抗生素作用机制不同,具有不易产生耐药性的特点,因此成为解决传统抗生素多重耐药性问题的一个新突破口。然而,天蚕素在抗菌活性、选择性、毒性以及稳定性等方面还存在诸多问题,并且天然天蚕素提取工艺复杂,成本较高,不适合大规模生产,其对细菌的高毒性也限制了原核工程菌的使用。近年来多肽分子设计的研究方法颇受青睐,为解决多肽物质诸多问题开辟了新的途径。针对天蚕素类抗菌肽研究过程中面临的主要问题综述了其分子设计的研究进展。     

抗菌肽天蚕素B基因在纳豆芽胞杆菌中的表达

抗菌肽是生物体内经诱导产生的一类具有生物活性的小分子多肽。天蚕素B(Cecropin B)是最早从天蚕体内分离得到的一种热稳定的可溶性多肽,在已分离的众多抗菌肽中抗性较强。纳豆芽胞杆菌具有优良的益生特性,本研究选择枯草芽胞杆菌的一种表达载体p HT43,将抗菌肽天蚕素B基因导入纳豆芽胞杆菌中,验证其在目的菌中是否能够表达和稳定传代以及进行抗菌活性分析。结果表明,天蚕素B基因在纳豆芽胞杆菌中表达,并能稳定传代,能够提高纳豆芽胞杆菌的抑菌活性,抗金黄色葡萄球菌的活性优于干酪乳杆菌和枯草芽胞杆菌。本研究为该重组菌作为饲料添加剂的应用提供了技术基础。本文首次报道天蚕素B在纳豆枯草芽胞杆菌中表达。     

家蚕天蚕素cDNA原核表达及抗菌活性检测

采用RT-PCR方法从家蚕Bombyx mori新疆品种新蚕三号组织中扩增天蚕素cDNA片段,回收并克隆至Pmd18-T载体,进行序列分析。基因序列分析结果与已发表的天蚕素B的序列同源性为98%,表明所克隆的新疆家蚕天蚕素cDNA为独特的cDNA片段。将天蚕素基因与Pgex-4T-1融合表达载体中的谷胱甘肽转移酶基因融合,在大肠杆菌中表达, 结果表明经IPTG 诱导30 min后,pGEX-4T-1/天蚕素转化后的大肠杆菌生长明显受到抑制;当诱导210 min 后,大肠杆菌数量又开始增加,逐渐恢复至正常水平。说明天蚕素与谷胱甘肽转移酶基因融合表达后,在IPTG存在的短时间内仍然对原核细胞有较强的抗菌抑杀作用。     

靛玉红、蛇床子素抗外阴阴道念珠菌病混合菌生物膜作用的研究

目的研究中药有效成分靛玉红、蛇床子素抗外阴阴道念珠菌病混合菌生物膜的作用。方法体外建立白念珠菌（Candidaalbicans）铜绿假单胞菌（Pseudomonasaeruginosa,P．a）混合菌生物膜（Biofilm,BF）,XTT减低法及形态学观察白念珠菌混合茵生物膜的形成过程;形态学观察、活菌计数法评价中药有效成分靛玉红（indirubin）、蛇床子素（Ostho）对白念珠菌混合菌生物膜的最小抑膜浓度（SMIC）,并经扫描电镜确认。结果白念珠菌混合菌48h能形成成熟的生物膜;62．5mg／L浓度的靛玉红能抑制白念珠菌混合菌生物膜的形成。500mg／L浓度的蛇床子素未见有抑制白念珠菌混合菌生物膜的作用。结论靛玉红由于具有抗生物膜的作用,可用于预防外阴阴道念珠菌病的复发。     

漫谈植物杀菌素

平日,当人们切洋葱、韭菜,剥蒜皮时,往往会感到有一股辛辣味刺激眼睛;在采摘鲜艳的蕃茄时,又会闻到一种特有的芳香味.可是摘下的果实或叶子等,不久便会腐烂变质.这是什么道理呢?人们经过长期的探索与研究发现,原来在活的植物细胞内含有一种自卫免疫抗(抑)菌的特殊化学物质.这类物质既能杀灭细菌、真菌和原虫,又可增强机体的抗病能力.因此,人们把这类抗(抑)菌物质称为植物杀菌素. 植物杀菌素广布于植物界,木本、草本植物都有.有些树木的叶子中含有杀虫灭菌素,有     

黄瓜中硅的生理功能及转运机制研究进展

硅是植物体的重要组成部分,尽管硅尚未被列为植物生长的必需元素,但它在促进植物生长发育、提高作物对非生物逆境（干旱、盐分和重金属等）和生物逆境（病虫害）抗性等方面都具有重要作用。硅不仅能改善植株对矿质营养的吸收,提高作物产量和品质,而且能沉积在叶片及叶鞘表皮细胞,形成硅化细胞和角质双硅层结构,增强寄主植物细胞壁的机械强度和稳固性,从而增强植物对真菌侵入和扩展的抵御能力,提高植物对金属离子毒害的抗性、缓解盐胁迫、增强抗高低温和抗紫外线辐射等。本文在植物硅素营养和转运机制研究的基础上,对硅素营养在黄瓜中生长发育、抗逆和吸收转运机制等方面的效应做了相关综述,并展望了黄瓜中硅研究的未来发展。     

植物内生菌研究新进展

虽然早在 10 0多年前人们就已发现在健康植物组织的内部也有微生物存在,这类微生物在文献中后来被称为植物内生菌（ｅｎｄｏｐｈｙｔｅ）,但由于内生菌生活在没有外在感染症状的健康植物组织内部,其存在和作用长期以来一直为人们所忽视。自 2 0世纪 30年代发现造成畜牧业重大损失的牲畜中毒是由于食用了感染内生真菌的牧草,内生菌的研究才得以广泛深入地开展起来［1］。植物内生菌几乎存在于所有目前已研究过的植物中,分布广,种类多。研究表明,感染内生菌的植物宿主往往具有生长快速、抗逆境、抗病害、抗动物危害等优势,比未感染植…     

蛋鸡粪抑氨菌选育及其抑氨机制

目的有效控制规模化蛋鸡生产过程中产生的大量氨气。方法通过富集、筛选和验证试验从土壤样本中筛选抑氨菌,通过纸片法将其对从鸡粪中富集到的产氨菌进行了拮抗试验,并进行抑氨菌的尿酸氮和氨氮的优先利用试验。结果成功获得了一株高效抑氨菌CA26,其在3d内对氨氮的去除率稳定在40％-60％,且对17株产氨菌有拮抗作用,在尿酸氮和氨氮同时存在时优先利用氨氮作为氮源。结论菌株CA26能高效抑制鸡粪氨挥发,其抑氨机制包括对产氨菌的拈抗作用和对氨氮的吸收利用。     

抗菌肽Cecropin及其在转基因植物抗菌中的应用

Cecropin抗菌肽,又名天蚕素,是一类具有抗菌能力的小分子多肽,热稳定性好,抗菌谱广,在各个应用领域已经得到广泛的研究。本文就Cecropin抗菌肽结构与功能的关系、作用机制和其在转基因植物抗菌领域中的应用进行综述,转基因植物表达Cecropin抗菌肽具有应用优势和实用价值,Cecropin抗菌肽分子结构与作用机制探索的深入能进一步促进转基因植物抗菌研究的发展。     

杀菌肽的研究进展及应用前景

杀菌肽是在昆虫体内诱导产生的一类具有强抗菌活性的、由30多个氨基酸组成的多肽.它的特殊空间结构可以使原核细胞膜形成孔洞,导致细胞死亡,对真核细胞膜却无此作用.哺乳动物体内亦存在类似的有抗菌活性的多肽,杀菌肽因其广谱杀菌活性而引起了植物学家和医学家的注意.已被用于植物抗病原菌和医学研究.     

Insect immunity: isolation and structure of cecropins B and D from pupae of the Chinese oak silk moth, Antheraea pernyi

The immune system in the Chinese oak silk moth, Antheraea pernyi, has been compared with that of the Cecropia moth which has been characterized earlier. Antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli was induced in diapausing pupae by injection of viable E. coli or Enterobacter cloacae. The activity reached a maximum on day 7-8 after which the response gradually declined. The pupae produced a set of immune proteins with P4 and P5 as major labelled components similar to that earlier found in Cecropia. The major antibacterial factor in A. pernyi was cecropin D. A procedure is described for the isolation of cecropin B and D, which is in principle similar to the one used for the isolation of the corresponding cecropins from Cecropia pupae. Amino acid sequence analyses of the A. pernyi cecropins show the D form to contain 36 amino acid residues and that both cecropins have blocked C-termini. The general structure of cecropins having a charged N-terminal region (residues 1-21) followed by a long hydrophobic stretch (residues 22-32) is well conserved. Cecropin B and D from A. pernyi differ from the corresponding proteins in Cecropia by four and three conservative amino acid replacements, respectively. The homology between the cecropins from the two insects suggests that they orginate from a single ancestral gene. The antibacterial activity was tested against nine different bacterial species. Evolutionary aspects of the cecropins are discussed.     

Drosophila cecropin as an antifungal agent

The effects of Drosophila and Hyalophora cecropins were tested against different fungi, both insect pathogens and fungi from the normal environment of Drosophila. The fungi were generally found to be as susceptible to the cecropins as most bacteria, the only exception being the insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana which is completely resistant. This is also the only fungus tested which is virulent to Drosophila, giving 100% lethality within 5 days after injection. Lethal concentrations of cecropins against other fungi tested ranged between 0.4 and 4 microM. Andropin is less fungicidal than the cecropins, and Drosophila cecropin A is somewhat more potent than cecropin B. Even dense cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be cleared by micromolar concentrations of cecropin, whereas Geotrichum candidum is unaffected by cecropin when tested in a dense culture.     

家蝇微生物感染对RNA干扰GNBP3基因的作用

为了研究家蝇Musca domestica微生物感染对RNA干扰GNBP3基因的作用,评价微生物感染后对下游抗菌肽水平的影响,本研究用RNA干扰技术沉默家蝇GNBP3基因探索最佳沉默时间及效果,检测RNA干扰后家蝇幼虫存活及化蛹情况,通过微生物喂食途径感染,采用实时荧光定量PCR方法检测抗菌肽基因(cecropins、...     

The inducible antibacterial peptides of insects

Insects respond to bacterial challenge by the rapid and transient synthesis of a large number of potent antibacterial peptides that are active against many different bacteria. Two families of inducible antibacterial peptides are well characterized: the cecropins and the insect defensins. A rapidly increasing number of proline- and glycine-rich peptides are reported from various insect species together with cecropins and insect defensins. In this review, Stéphane Cociancich, Philippe Bulet, Charles Hetru and Jules A. Hoffmann give an update of our current information on the induced antibacterial peptides.     

Anti-antimicrobial Peptides: FOLDING-MEDIATED HOST DEFENSE ANTAGONISTS*

Antimicrobial or host defense peptides are innate immune regulators found in all multicellular organisms. Many of them fold into membrane-bound α-helices and function by causing cell wall disruption in microorganisms. Herein we probe the possibility and functional implications of antimicrobial antagonism mediated by complementary coiled-coil interactions between antimicrobial peptides and de novo designed antagonists: anti-antimicrobial peptides. Using sequences from native helical families such as cathelicidins, cecropins, and magainins we demonstrate that designed antagonists can co-fold with antimicrobial peptides into functionally inert helical oligomers. The properties and function of the resulting assemblies were studied in solution, membrane environments, and in bacterial culture by a combination of chiroptical and solid-state NMR spectroscopies, microscopy, bioassays, and molecular dynamics simulations. The findings offer a molecular rationale for anti-antimicrobial responses with potential implications for antimicrobial resistance.