昆虫神经生物学研究技术:细胞内记录

细胞内记录是昆虫神经生物学研究中的常用技术。它用来获得神经元兴奋和抑制过程及神经脉冲产生机制的信息。该技术的特点是把一根微电极的顶尖插入到神经细胞内进行电生理记录 ,这根电极还能用于向膜内输入电流。作者以对蝗虫Schistocercagregaria后胸神经节内的 2个运动神经元的活性记录为例介绍了这一技术     

昆虫神经生物学研究技术:用钴回填法对神经元染色

观察神经元的结构是昆虫神经生物学研究中的重要内容。钴盐回填法是对神经元染色的最常用的技术之一。作者借对与蝗虫后足胫节上 2个钟形感器有关的感觉神经元染色介绍了这一方法 ,包括材料的钴回填、着色、固定、脱水、澄清等。     

昆虫神经生物学研究技术:触角电位图记录

触角电位图记录是昆虫神经生物学中用于昆虫嗅觉、信息素生物测定研究的重要技术之一。该技术具有敏感性、选择性高及操作简单易行等优点。该文以荷兰Syntech公司的产品为例详细介绍了此技术原理、装置、操作及应用     

昆虫单个感觉器记录技术研究进展

单感器记录技术是一种昆虫细胞外电生理技术,可以测量昆虫单个感受器对刺激物的电生理反应。该技术有助于探明昆虫嗅觉和味觉感受器对不同信息化合物的电生理响应机制,将单感器记录技术与其他技术相结合,不仅可以阐明昆虫嗅觉反应的分子机制,还可以研制昆虫行为调节剂、检测挥发性有机化合物的生物传感器。本文介绍了单感器记录仪的结构和昆虫单感器记录的原理,并对单感器记录技术在昆虫学研究方面的应用进行了综述,以期为探明昆虫感受化学信息物质的机理和应用提供依据。     

小鸡视网膜神经节细胞的反应特性: 多电极记录研究

视网膜主要进行视觉信息的初级加工和处理. 应用多电极记录技术, 对一小块保持功能活性的小鸡视网膜上的多个神经节细胞的电活动进行同步记录, 然后通过相关非线性分析方法检测提取动作电位. 对视网膜神经节细胞群体活动特性的分析, 说明了视觉信息不仅为神经元的放电频率所编码, 也为相邻神经元的协同放电活动所携带.     

大鼠酰胺化酶的信号肽引导的昆虫细胞表达外泌系统

将大鼠酰胺化酶的信号肽及前导肽编码序列引入昆虫核多角体病毒转移表达载体,构建ＰＡＢＣｈＧＲＦ（Ｇｌｙ）、ＰＡＢＣＩＧＦＩ融合基因的昆虫细胞分泌表达质粒ｐＢａｃＰＡＧ２、ｐＢａｃＰＡＩ,并与经修饰的银纹夜蛾核多角体病毒ＢａｃＰＡＫ６线性化ＤＮＡ共转染秋粘虫细胞Ｓｆ２１,通过同源重组、筛选和鉴定,得到它们的重组病毒ＢａｃＰＡＧ、ＢａｃＰＡＩ。将重组病毒感染Ｓｆ２１细胞,ＰＡＢＣｈＧＲＦ（Ｇｌｙ）和ＰＡＢＣＩＧＦＩ均得到有效外泌表达,表达产物通过ＩｇＧＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ柱可获得快速纯化。     

多通道记录(MR)及其与气相色谱联用技术(GC-MR)在昆虫嗅觉生理上的应用

多通道电生理记录(Multiunit recording,MR)和气相色谱(Gas chromatography,GC)-多通道电生理记录(GC-MR)是昆虫化学生态学中研究昆虫对气味化合物神经元反应非常重要和前沿的电生理技术,在研究昆虫对植物气味和性信息素的嗅觉反应机制以及高灵敏性筛选活性化合物等方面具有非常重要的作用。本文介绍这一技术的基本原理、操作步骤和应用实例,并详尽说明了使用中应该注意的事项。     

在体大鼠膜片钳全细胞记录技术初探

目的：建立在体大鼠膜片钳全细胞记录方法。方法：固定麻醉大鼠后对其顶叶皮层锥体神经元行全细胞记录。结果：成功记录到顶叶内锥体层神经元电压门控性钠离子通道电流及自发突触活动电流。结论：初步建立了在体大鼠膜片钳全细胞记录方法,但对记录的稳定性仍有待于进一步提高。     

活体动物全细胞记录技术及其应用

活体动物全细胞记录技术不仅可以用于研究感觉系统对自然刺激（如视觉系统的光刺激、听觉系统的声音刺激等）反应的特性和规律,还可以较准确地记录细胞的突触电位（包括阈下反应）,实现EPSP和IPSP的相对分离,并实现活体细胞内灌流,从而进一步研究感觉信息的处理机制。本文较为详细地介绍了在活体动物上进行全细胞记录的方法,包括一些技术细节和关键仪器设备的选取原则,举例说明了该技术在视觉系统研究和体感系统研究中的应用,并讨论了这一方法在神经科学中的应用前景。     

昆虫细胞色素P450研究:P450基因

细胞色素P450广泛存在于生物界,它因参与许多外来物质和内源性物质的代谢而具有十分重要的作用［1－5］细胞色素P450的研究大约有50多年的历史[3]。60年代的工作主要是对这一血红素蛋白的生物化学和生物物理学特征的了解以及膜结合P450酶系的酶学功能[3]。70年代的研究集中在细胞色素P450酶系的分离纯化及其活性的重组。纯化P450的成功证明了许多P450在物理学和酶学特征方面的不同,也为制备抗体及利用抗体来确定某种P450的存在与数量以及抑制特定P450的酶活性提供了手段,使进一步阐明P450的反应机制成为可能。80年代分子生物学技术的…     

Olfactory Coding in Antennal Neurons of the Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) in the antenna of insects serve to encode odors in action potential activity conducted to the olfactory lobe of the deuterocerebrum. We performed an analysis of the electrophysiological responses of olfactory neurons in the antennae of the female malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae s.s. and investigated the effect of blood feeding on responsiveness. Forty-four chemicals that are known to be present in human volatile emanations were used as odor stimuli. We identified 6 functional types of trichoid sensilla and 5 functional types of grooved-peg sensilla (GP) based on a hierarchical cluster analysis. Generalist ORNs, tuned to a broad range of odors, moderate specialist ORNs and 2 ORNs tuned to only one odor were identified in different sensilla types. Neurons in GP were tuned to more polar compounds including the important behavioral attractant ammonia and its synergist L-lactic acid, responses to which were found only in GP. Combinatorial coding is the most plausible principle operating in the olfactory system of this mosquito species. We document for the first time both up- and downregulation of ORN responsiveness after blood feeding. Modulation of host-seeking and oviposition behavior is associated with both qualitative and quantitative changes in the peripheral sensory system.     

Electrical properties of the dendrite in an insect mechanoreceptor: Effects of antidromic or direct electrical stimulation

A study of the negative phase of the spikes recorded extra cellularly from insect mechanoreceptor has been performed in order to characterize some electrical properties of the dendrite which contains the transducing part of the sensory neuron. These properties have been investigated in mechanoreceptors of the metathoracic leg of the locust Schistocerca gregaria by firing antidromic action potentials both at rest and during mechanical or electrical stimulation. The amplitude of the negative phase of the spike appears to be correlated with the polarization of the dendritic membrane, although when bursts of action potentials are applied, the relation is more complex, including a depressive influence of a given spike on the following spike. The receptor potential and the antidromic dendritic spikes both originate in the same region of the dendrite but they involve different ionic processes. Our results indicate that the dendrite is electrically excitable. The spike which originates in the dendrite has an initial negative phase with a small superimposed positive component. A spike of this shape is never observed under natural stimulation. It is proposed that the negative phase of the antidromic impulse provides a suitable means for studying the variations in electrical polarization of the dendrite which cannot be recorded directly.     

Gene structure,cDNA sequence,and developmental regulation of a low molecular weight hemolymph protein from Locusta migratoria

From a Locusta migratoria genomic DNA library, a gene has been isolated that codes for a previously unrecognized hemolymph protein of M_r = 19,000, designated 19k protein. The gene has at least five exons, extending over about 9 kb of DNA. Its polypeptide product, obtained by cell-free translation of mRNA selected from adult fat body RNA by hybridization with the cloned DNA, is precipitated by antiserum against a low molecular weight hemolymph protein fraction. The mature protein product has been purified from locust hemolymph, and an N-terminal sequence of 20 amino acids has been determined. In polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, this protein comigrates with apolipophorin III, from which it was previously not distinguished, but it is clearly distinct by amino acid composition and sequence. The genomic clone was used as a probe to isolate a fat body cDNA clone of the 19k protein mRNA. The 938-base pair cDNA clone contains a 516-base pair open reading frame. The deduced 172-amino acid polypeptide includes an apparent signal peptide, a sequence of four amino acids that may represent a prosegment, and a sequence identical (with a single exception, which may reflect polymorphism) with the N-terminal sequence of the hemolymph protein. Its mRNA occurs at a low level in late larval fat body, is abundant in the newly eclosed adult, then declines to a low level, and rises again at days 8–10; it is greatly reduced after destruction of the corpora allata with precocene and then is elevated after treatment with methoprene, suggesting stimulation by juvenile hormone. The biological role of 19k protein is unknown.     

Purification and characterization of prophenoloxidase from the haemolymph of Locusta migratoria

Prophenoloxidase (proPO) was purified from plasma of the locust, Locusta migratoria. This was achieved in three steps (gel filtration on 5300, anion exchange on QMA Memsep, and affinity chromatography on blue Trisacryl) without the use of anticoagulant buffer or inhibitors. The native protein had an apparent molecular mass of 250 kDa as determined by gel filtration and was likely composed of three non-covalently associated subunits of 81 kDa. Its amino acid composition was found to be very similar to that of Bombyx mori proPO. Purified locust proPO could be converted into phenoloxidase (PO) by α-chymotrypsin. Using L-dopa as substrate, K_in and V_max were determined to be 1.5 mM and 5 μM/s, respectively. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

不同激光照射方法对周围神经再生的影响

为研究不同半导体激光照射方法对周围神经损伤的影响,将96只家兔随机分为3周,6周,9周,12周4个观察期组,每个观察期组又随机分为不同照射方法的治疗组和对照组。建立动物模型后,各照射组在术后1d开始照射治疗,激光功率为10mw,每次照射10rain,每天一次,连续照射10d。照射治疗A组对准损伤神经吻合部位进行照射,照射治疗B组照射家兔L5、L6脊髓节段,照射治疗c组在对准吻合处进行照射同时还要照射L5、L6脊髓节段,对照组激光输出功率为零。实验结果表明低能量半导体激光照射能促进轴突再生,改善再生神经功能,以同时照射损伤周围神经部位和相应脊髓节段效果最为显著。     

Electrical nature of recorded signals during stylet penetration by aphids

Electrical penetration graph, EPG, is a term suggested for recorded wave forms during electrically stylet penetration by aphids. The EPG appears to have two components with different electrical origin; i. e., resistance and electromotive force (emf). Fluctuating aphid resistance in series with the amplifier input resistor causes a fluctuating voltage due to dividing of a DC potential in the primary circuit. This circuit potential is composed of a supplied potential and potentials from the preparation such as half cell potentials at the electrode surfaces. The emf component consists of fluctuating potentials generated within the preparation itself. The value of the amplifier input resistance is rather critical; a high value in proportion to the aphid resistance favours the emf component, and a low value emphasizes the resistance component. Although resistance fluctuation forms the largest component of the signal, some parts of EPG patterns stem from emf. The DC method provides a more detailed signal than an AC system. The current through the aphids appears very low and is not likeley to influence feeding, or other biological functions of the aphid.

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Propriétés électriques des signaux enrégistrés pendant les pénétrations au moyen des stylets des aphides.

Résumé Electro pénétration gramme, EPG, est le terme suggéré pour la méthode d'enrégistrement électronique de la pénétration des aphides. L'EPG est composé de deux origines électrique: la résistance variable, et la force électromotrice (fem). La résistance variable du puceron en serie avec la résistance d'entrée de l'amplificateur produit un voltage variable du à une division du potentiel électrique. Ce potentiel est composé d'un voltage appliqué, un potentiel de demi cellules sur les surfaces des électrodes, et de la composante fem déjà nommée. La valeur de la résistance de l'amplificateur est assez critique. Une valeur élevée de cette résistance par rapport à celle du puceron, favorise la composante fem, alors qu'au contraire une faible valeur accentue la composante de la résistance variable. Bien que cette résistance variable constitue en général la principale origine de l'EPG, quelques unes des ondes composantes, ou partis de celles ci, sont au contraire dues à la fem. Un montage au courant continu délivre un signal plus détaillé qu'un montage au courant alternatif, grâce a des proprietés de filtration de fréquence moins importante. Le courant traversant le puceron est très limité et ne semble pas agir sur l'ingestion, la salivation, ou sur d'autres functions biologiques.