黄秋葵挥发油对小菜蛾的触角电位反应及趋性研究

通过触角电位仪测定了小菜蛾Plutella xylostella(L.)对黄秋葵(Abelmoschus esculentus(L.)Moench Meth)挥发油的触角电位反应。结果表明,黄秋葵挥发油对小菜蛾成虫的触角电位反应强度与挥发油剂量成正比。四臂嗅觉仪实验进一步表明,黄秋葵挥发油对小菜蛾起到驱避作用。     

Analysis of Prunus armeniaca volatiles and the electroantennogram responses induced by them in Lcolytus rugulosus

田间观察发现,伐倒木对杏树皱小蠹Lcolytus rugulosus Ratzeburg有很强的引诱作用.采用顶空吸附采样方法林间采集杏树不同部位的挥发性成分,经热脱附吹扫捕集-气相色谱-质谱联用仪(TCT-GC-MS)分析、鉴定杏树挥发物的组成成分.发现杏树释放的挥发性成分主要由脂肪族的绿叶成分和醛类物质组成,且不同部位的挥发物种类含量有一定差异.从已分析出的化合物中选取10种于室内进行杏树皱小蠹的触角电位试验,试验中以玻璃电极配合Kassiling's电生理盐水作为导电电极,反-2-己烯-1-醛作为测定值的参照物,对试验结果进行处理得到相对反应值.研究表明,皱小蠹的触角对醛类化合物正庚醛、2-乙基丁醛、壬醛等有较强的触角电位反应,其中对正庚醛相对反应值最大,是对标样反应值的4.29倍;对挥发性绿叶成分2-乙基-1-己醇触角电位也有一定的反应;对单萜烯类化合物α-派烯的触角电位反应较弱.     

杏树挥发物成分的鉴定及其对杏树皱小蠹的触角电位的测定

田间观察发现,伐倒木对杏树皱小蠹Lcolytus rugulosus Ratzeburg有很强的引诱作用。采用顶空吸附采样方法林间采集杏树不同部位的挥发性成分,经热脱附吹扫捕集-气相色谱-质谱联用仪(TCT-GC-MS)分析、鉴定杏树挥发物的组成成分。发现杏树释放的挥发性成分主要由脂肪族的绿叶成分和醛类物质组成,且不同部位的挥发物种类含量有一定差异。从已分析出的化合物中选取10种于室内进行杏树皱小蠹的触角电位试验,试验中以玻璃电极配合Kassiling’s电生理盐水作为导电电极,反-2-己烯-1-醛作为测定值的参照物,对试验结果进行处理得到相对反应值。研究表明,皱小蠹的触角对醛类化合物正庚醛、2-乙基丁醛、壬醛等有较强的触角电位反应,其中对正庚醛相对反应值最大,是对标样反应值的4.29倍;对挥发性绿叶成分2-乙基-1-己醇触角电位也有一定的反应;对单萜烯类化合物α-派烯的触角电位反应较弱。     

沙葱萤叶甲成虫触角感器超微结构及对沙葱挥发物的触角电位反应

【目的】明确沙葱萤叶甲Galeruca daurica成虫触角感器类型及对寄主植物挥发物的电生理反应,为进一步研究沙葱萤叶甲的化学感受机理奠定基础。【方法】使用扫描电子显微镜观察沙葱萤叶甲成虫触角上的感器类型;采用顶空动态吸附收集法采集寄主植物沙葱Allium mongolium的挥发物,利用气质联用仪测定沙葱主要挥发物组分,并利用触角电位技术(electroantennogram, EAG)测定沙葱萤叶甲成虫对这一寄主植物主要挥发物成分的电生理反应。【结果】沙葱萤叶甲成虫触角上分布的感器主要有5种类型,分别是毛形感器(sensilla trichodea, ST)、刺形感器(sensilla chaetica, SC)、锥形感器(sensilla basiconica, SB)、钟形感器(sensilla campaniformia, SCa)和B9hm氏鬃毛(B9hm bristles, BB)。沙葱挥发物主要由32种化合物组成,其中,含硫化合物占总量的49.3%。雌成虫对二烯丙基硫醚、二烯丙基二硫、顺-2-己烯-1-醇、2-己烯醛、苯甲酸甲酯和己醛6种化合物表现出较强的触角电位反...     

白纹伊蚊对几种引诱物的行为和触角电位反应

【目的】了解引诱物对白纹伊蚊Aedes albopictus行为及触角电生理影响,以揭示白纹伊蚊吸血与传病的行为机制。【方法】采用行为学和触角电位学的方法分别测定了L-乳酸、氨、1-辛烯-3-醇对白纹伊蚊的行为反应和触角电位强度变化,并分析了几种引诱物对白纹伊蚊活性的影响及其规律。【结果】氨、L-乳酸和1-辛烯-3-醇3种引诱物的引诱效果和触角电位变化趋势相同,随着引诱物浓度的增加,对白纹伊蚊的引诱效果和触角电位强度也相应增强。同等浓度下氨对白纹伊蚊的引诱效果较另外两种引诱化合物更显著,且1-辛烯-3-醇的引诱效果相比L-乳酸要更强。当引诱化合物浓度在1 mg/L以上时,白纹伊蚊触角电位反应增幅随着浓度增大也逐渐增大;在引诱化合物浓度达1 000 mg/L时,白纹伊蚊对氨的触角电位反应最强烈。【结论】行为学和触角电位的研究手段相结合能更为全面地反映和评价不同引诱物对蚊虫的引诱效果。     

绿盲蝽气味受体基因AlucOR40的克隆及功能研究

【目的】从绿盲蝽Apolygus lucorum触角中克隆气味受体基因Aluc OR40,研究该气味受体基因在绿盲蝽不同组织中的表达水平,然后对该基因的功能进行研究,为理解绿盲蝽的嗅觉识别机制提供理论基础。【方法】在绿盲蝽成虫触角转录组测序与分析的基础上,通过PCR技术克隆得到气味受体基因Aluc OR40的全长序列。用半定量RT-PCR研究该基因在雌雄虫不同组织中的表达水平。然后通过爪蟾卵母细胞体外表达该基因,并结合双电极电压钳检测了该气味受体对60种气味分子包括绿盲蝽性信息素组分和植物挥发物的反应。然后,利用触角电位技术测定羽化后3 d的绿盲蝽成虫对Aluc OR40的气味配体的触角电位反应。【结果】克隆了Aluc OR40(Gen Bank登录号:KU886190)。Aluc OR40编码398个氨基酸,蛋白具有7个跨膜结构域,N末端位于胞内,C端位于细胞外,符合昆虫气味受体的典型特征。半定量RT-PCR的结果显示,Aluc OR40在触角中特异表达,且在雄虫触角中的表达水平高于雌虫。双电极电压钳记录结果显示,Aluc OR40只对反-2-己烯醇一种气味分子具有特异反应。EAG实验结果表明,羽化后3 d的绿盲蝽雌雄虫都对反-2-己烯醇有反应,且雄虫触角的EAG反应显著高于雌虫。【结论】结果提示Aluc OR40参与了绿盲蝽对反-2-己烯醇的识别过程,推测其在绿盲蝽交配过程中雄虫对雌虫的识别中发挥作用。     

长足大竹象的触角超微结构和对竹笋挥发物的触角电位反应

长足大竹象Cyrtotrachelus buqueti Guerin-Meneville是当前竹林主要害虫, 专一地取食危害丛生竹笋梢。本研究应用电镜扫描、气质色谱联用(GC-MS)及触角电位(EAG)技术, 分析了长足大竹象成虫触角的超微结构、不同竹笋挥发物的成分及其与成虫的触角电位反应, 以期分析长足大竹象寡食竹笋的原因。结果表明长足大竹象成虫触角上感知竹笋挥发物的锥形感器数量最多、密度最大。气质色谱联用在竹笋挥发性物质中检测到28种物质, 醛类物质相对含量最高, 其次是醇类和酸类物质。EAG分析表明苯甲醛等13种竹笋挥发物的相对触角电位值显著高于对照, 以苯甲醛的EAG值最高。结果提示丛生竹笋梢高含量和特有的挥发物成分可能是吸引长足大竹象取食竹笋的重要物质, 长足大竹象对竹笋气味的识别很大可能是根据以苯甲醛为主要成分组成的、具有特定成分比例的化学指纹图谱。本研究为研制长足大竹象取食引诱剂提供了理论依据。     

柑橘大实蝇信息素鉴定及EAG测试

[目的]分析和鉴定柑橘大实蝇Bactocera (Tetradacus) minax (Enderlein)信息素.[方法]采用顶空固相微萃取方法(HS-SPME)收集不同时间段柑橘大实蝇成虫挥发物,进一步结合气相色谱质谱联用技术(GC-MS)鉴定分析和触角电位技术(EAG)进行行为测试.[结果]N-(3-甲基丁基)乙酰胺为柑橘大实蝇成虫合成的一种挥发性化合物,且雌雄成虫都可以释放该化合物.触角电位技术测定不同日龄柑橘大实蝇成虫对1、10、100和1000 μg4种不同剂量N-(3-甲基丁基)乙酰胺的触角电位反应结果表明,柑橘大实蝇成虫对N-(3-甲基丁基)乙酰胺具有显著的触角电位反应,触角电位反应最适含量范围为大于100 μg,剂量以及剂量×性别会导致柑橘大实蝇显著的触角电位反应差异.[结论]N-(3-甲基丁基)乙酰胺可能为柑橘大实蝇信息素,这一结果可为柑橘大实蝇化学通讯研究和生物防治应用提供一定的理论基础.     

昆虫触角电位(EAG)及其与气谱联用(GC-EAD)技术

昆虫触角电位(EAG)和气相色谱-触角电位(GC-EAD)是昆虫化学生态学中最重要的电生理技术,在研究昆虫对信息化学物质的感受机理、筛选活性信息素成分或植物次生物质等方面发挥关键作用。本文介绍这两种技术的基本原理、操作步骤和应用实例等,并对使用中应该注意的事项进行了详尽讨论。     

气相色谱与触角电位检测器联用技术及其应用

介绍了气相色谱与触角电位检测器联用技术的工作原理、优点及其在昆虫性信息素或其它信息物质鉴定方面的应用。根据作者应用此技术进行赤松毛虫和桑尺蛾性信息素研究的经验 ,重点介绍了气相色谱与触角电位联用技术在实践操作中应注意的问题     

Study of the olfactory response in the Drosophila homeotic mutant leg-aristae-wing complex gene

Antennae are known to be olfactory organs in Drosophila. The leg-aristae-wing complex (lawc) mutation causes a homeotic transformation of the arista (the fifth element of antenna) into tarsal elements. To test how the homeotic transformation of the arista into the tarsus can affect behavior, we studied the olfactory response in the lawc mutants. The data were carefully processed by statistical methods. In spite of a low penetrance of the trait of arista transformation, the mutant flies were found to be approximately half as perceptible to attractant odors than the wild-type flies.     

A Novel Assay Reveals Hygrotactic Behavior in Drosophila

Humidity is one of the most important factors that determines the geographical distribution and survival of terrestrial animals. The ability to detect variation in humidity is conserved across many species. Here, we established a novel behavioral assay that revealed the thirsty Drosophila exhibits strong hygrotactic behavior, and it can locate water by detecting humidity gradient. In addition, exposure to high levels of moisture was sufficient to elicit proboscis extension reflex behavior in thirsty flies. Furthermore, we found that the third antennal segment was necessary for hygrotactic behavior in thirsty flies, while arista was required for the avoidance of moist air in hydrated flies. These results indicated that two types of hygroreceptor cells exist in Drosophila: one located in the third antennal segment that mediates hygrotactic behavior in thirst status, and the other located in arista which is responsible for the aversive behavior toward moist air in hydration status. Using a neural silencing screen, we demonstrated that synaptic output from the mushroom body α/β surface and posterior neurons was required for both hygrotactic behavior and moisture-aversive behavior.     

Phenotypic and genotypic structure of a natural Drosophila population for meristic morphologic characters and its seasonal changes

A natural population of Drosophila was genetically heterogeneous in the number of sternopleural bristles and the number of arista branches. In the summer, these characters had a low mean value and high coefficient of variation: in autumn, this relationship was reversed; in late spring, the values of the mean and coefficient of variation were intermediate. The dynamics of the character mean was determined by changes in phenotypic and genotypic composition of the population, which was examined during different seasons of the year. On average, the number of sternopleural bristles was higher, and the number of arista branches was lower in females than in males. The number of sternopleural bristles exhibited a higher phenotypic and genotypic variation than the number of arista branches.     

Cellular mechanisms in the development of the Drosophila arista

Epidermal cells of Drosophila form a variety of polarized structures during their differentiation. These polarized structures include epidermal hairs, the shafts of sensory bristles, larval denticles and the arista laterals. The arista is the terminal segment of the antenna and consists of a central core and a series of lateral extensions. Here we describe the cellular mechanisms involved in the development of the arista and the morphogenesis of the laterals. We found that the development of the arista is a complex process that involves coordinated cell shape changes, elongation of the central core, apoptosis, nuclear migration, the formation of polyploid cells and the outgrowth of the laterals. This developmental program is highly conserved in the development of the arista in the housefly (Musca domestica). Altering arista cell number in Drosophila by stimulating or inhibiting apoptosis results in an altered number of laterals. Interestingly, the increased number of laterals that result from the inhibition of apoptosis in Drosophila results in an arista whose morphology is reminiscent of the Musca arista. Previous experiments have shown that both the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons have important functions in the cellular morphogenesis of hairs and bristles. Inhibitor studies reported here show that this is also the case for the formation of the arista laterals, arguing that the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons have similar functions in the morphogenesis of all of these cell types. We conclude that the arista laterals are a valuable complementary cell type system for studying the morphogenesis of polarized cellular extensions in Drosophila.     

Taste sensitivity in homeotic mutants of the drosophila leg-arista-wing complex

It is well established that taste chemoreceptors in Drosophila are located on the tarsi of the first leg pair. In order to investigate the influence of the novel homeotic arista-tarsus transformation on behavior, an analysis of taste perception in the lawc-mutants, characterized by the transformation of the arista into tarsus elements, was carried out. The data were subjected to thorough statistical treatment. It was shown that elements of an additional leg that appeared as a result of homeotic transformation of the arista were sensitive to gustatory stimuli. Analysis of the innervation of the homeotic organs by means of cobalt staining of afferent projections showed that the afferents starting from the homeotic leg reached the thoracic ganglion.     

Role of programmed cell death in patterning the Drosophila antennal arista

Programmed cell death is a critical process for the patterning and sculpting of organs during development. The Drosophila arista, a feather-like structure at the tip of the antenna, is composed of a central core and several lateral branches. A homozygous viable mutation in the thread gene, which encodes an inhibitor of apoptosis protein, produces a branchless arista. We have found that mutations in the proapoptotic gene hid lead to numerous extra branches, suggesting that the level of cell death determines the number of branches in the arista. Consistent with this idea, we have found that thread mutants show excessive cell death restricted to the antennal imaginal disc during the middle third instar larval stage. These findings point to a narrow window of development in which regulation of programmed cell death is essential to the proper formation of the arista.     

Summer mastitis experimentally induced by Hydrotaea irritans exposed to bacteria

Abstract. Summer mastitis is an acute suppurative bacterial infection of the udder in heifers and dry cows. To ascertain the possible role of flies in the transmission of the disease, experimental exposures of recipient heifers to Hydrotaea irritans previously exposed to bacteria were carried out. Flies were allowed to feed on secretions from clinical cases of summer mastitis. The pathogens present were the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Actinomyces pyogenes , Stuart-Schwan cocci, Peptococcus indolicus, Fusobacterium necrophorum and Bacterioides species. The teats of eight heifers were exposed to flies with verified pathogen content. Two teats of each animal were deliberately damaged before fly exposure. One teat was cut, another pricked with insect needles to mimic insect bites. Two of the heifers developed summer mastitis in the quarters where teats had been cut. The bacterial species isolated from these quarters corresponded to those that had previously been fed to the flies. For the first time, it is now demonstrated that H.irritans is capable of transmitting summer mastitis pathogens and so causing summer mastitis in recipient heifers. Lesions on the teat orifice may be a predisposing factor in the development of the disease.     

The furry gene of Drosophila is important for maintaining the integrity of cellular extensions during morphogenesis

The Drosophila imaginal cells that produce epidermal hairs, the shafts of sensory bristles and the lateral extensions of the arista are attractive model systems for studying the morphogenesis of polarized cell extensions. We now report the identification and characterization of furry, an essential Drosophila gene that is involved in maintaining the integrity of these cellular extensions during morphogenesis. Mutations in furry result in the formation of branched arista laterals, branched bristles and a strong multiple hair cell phenotype that consists of clusters of epidermal hairs and branched hairs. By following the morphogenesis of arista laterals in pupae, we have determined that the branched laterals are due to the splitting of individual laterals during elongation. In genetic mosaics furry was found to act cell autonomously in the wing. The phenotypes of double mutant cells argue that furry functions independently of the frizzled planar polarity pathway and that it probably functions in the same pathway as the tricornered gene. We used a P-element insertion allele as a tag to clone the furry gene and found it to be a large and complicated gene that encodes a pair of large conserved proteins of unknown biochemical function.     

Mitochondrial DNA restriction map for the Caribbean fruit fly,Anastrepha suspensa,and occurrence of mitochondrial DNA diversity within highly inbred colonies

A restriction map has been constructed for Anastrepha suspensa mitochondrial DNA. One HaeIII site was found to be polymorphic among individuals in highly inbred colonies and a feral population. Based on mapping information, the polymorphic site was determined to be in the ATPase 6 gene. Primers TK-J-3804 and C3-N-5460 amplified this region. The amplicon was cut by HaeIII in flies of one haplotype and not cut in flies of the other haplotype. From 30 to 43% of the individual flies studied had this additional HaeIII site. After cloning of the 5200 bp XbaI fragment, the two mitotypes were identified. A 988 base fragment, coding for the entire tRNA-Lys(AAG), tRNA-Asp(GAC), and ATPase 8genes, and a partial ATPase 6gene was sequenced Four silent mutations, including the one at the informative site were located. The HaeIII polymorphism and other sequence differences may prove useful as a diagnostic for identification of the origin of introduced fruitflies.     

Standardization of the method proposed by the World Health Organization for determining the susceptibility levels of leishmaniasis vectors to insecticides

The WHO method for determining insecticide resistance was standardized for several species of Lutzomyia sand flies under laboratory and field conditions. The biological assays were applied solely to optimize the conditions for the control, i.e., without insecticide, and to estimate mortality due to handling or other unfavorable conditions. Adult female flies from 3 laboratory colonies and one field strain were tested: two laboratory strains of Lutzomyia longipalpis, one laboratory strain of Lutzomyia serrana and one field-collected strain of Lutzomyia quasitownsendi. The WHO method was compared with one modified in which, during the post-exposure period, the recommended plain tube apparatus was replaced with a plastic container layered with damp plaster of Paris. Three paper substrate types were compared under each condition: olive oil additive, silicon oil additive and plain paper. The measured variable was percent mortality in 24 h. For the WHO protocol, the L. longipalpis strains indicated a 0-10% mortality, L. serrana 20-80% and L. quasitownsendi 10-50%. With the modified WHO apparatus, the average mortality was < 4% for all species. No significant differences were observed among the paper treatments. These results indicate a strong species-specific effect of post-exposure conditions on sand flies. To establish baseline levels of insecticide resistance in Lutzomyia sand flies, the WHO method is recommended only for L. longipalpis, and the modified method for L. serrana, L. quasitownsendi and closely related species.