PCR技术在海洋生物多肽毒素研究中的应用

随着PCR反应技术的不断改进和完善,它们在现代科学研究、生产和生活检测中的应用也越来越广,并且极大程度上促进了基因工程和蛋白质工程的快速发展.就PCR技术在芋螺毒素、海蛇毒素、海葵毒素及水母毒素等海洋生物多肽毒素基因克隆研究中的应用作简要介绍.     

α-银环蛇毒素和β-银环蛇毒素的研究进展

银环蛇属动物界,脊索动物门,爬虫纲,有鳞目。眼镜蛇科,环蛇属。全身背面是黑白相间的环纹,具30～50个白色或乳黄色窄横纹。是世界十大毒蛇之一。属前沟牙类毒蛇,其一次排毒4．6mg,1mg干毒就能致人于死地。毒腺分泌的蛇毒含多种多肽成分,具有不同的生物学活性。     

霉菌毒素与肿瘤

霉菌是一类丝状真菌,有的可以引起食品及一些用品的霉烂。霉菌种类多、分布广,与人类生产、生活关系密切。人们利用某些毛霉能分解蛋白质的特点制作腐乳,利用黑曲霉的糖化能力酿酒,利用根霉发酵饲料,利用青霉生产抗菌素等等。但是,有不少霉菌能引起动植物病害并损害...     

T—2毒素对心肌细胞电生理特性的影响及硒的保护作用

本实验在培养的Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠乳鼠心肌细胞上观察了Ｔ－２毒素对膜电位活动的影响及硒的保护作用。结果表明,Ｔ－２毒素（０．１,０．５,５．０ｍｇ／Ｌ）使心肌细胞动作电位幅值（ＡＰＡ）、超射（ＯＳ）、阈电位（ＴＰ）、最大舒张电位（ＭＤＰ）及最大除极速率（Ｖｍａｘ）显著降低。使复极化时程（ＡＰＤ１０、ＡＰＤ５０、ＡＰＫ９０）延长;动作电位发放频率（ＡＰＦ）受到明显抑制。提示Ｔ－２毒素能抑制Ｃａ＾２＋、Ｋ     

肉毒毒素和其它微生物神经毒素的性质及其在医学上的应用

引言 1989年12月,美国FDA批准A型肉毒毒素作为新药投产,以治疗12岁以上人的肌肉紊乱性斜视、偏侧面肌痉挛和眼睑痉挛。还可用于许多其它肌张力障碍和运动失调等疾病的实验性治疗。此举为毒素应用于人的神经和肌肉组织开辟了一个新领域。     

苏云金杆菌毒素

苏云金杆菌产生的对昆虫有致病作用的毒素有７种,即α－外毒素、β－外毒素、γ－外毒素、δ－内毒素、不稳定外毒素、水溶性毒素、鼠因子外毒素。苏云金杆菌主要是经口感染昆虫,它杀死昆虫可由菌体本身的活动而引起,但是使害虫死亡的更主要的原因是菌体产生的毒素。毒...     

产气荚膜梭菌α毒素研究进展

产气荚膜梭菌是引起各种动物坏死性肠炎,肠毒血症,人类的食物中毒和战创伤性气性坏疽的主要病原菌之一,该菌分为Ａ、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ、Ｅ、Ｆ６型,其致病因子是菌体产生的外毒素。到目前为止,已发现的外毒素有１２种之多,但各型产气荚膜梭菌均产生α毒素（ＣＰＡ）,故以α毒素最为重要。近年来,国外学者对α毒素的组成,结构,作用机制及分子遗传学等方面都作了较为深入的研究,现将有关情况介绍如下。     

浅谈青贮饲料中霉菌毒素的产生和预防措施

畜牧业的发展离不开青贮饲料,青贮饲料直接影响着动物的健康以及肉的口感和品质,然而青贮饲料在收获、加工、运输、贮存及饲喂过程中极易受各种霉菌毒素的影响。被污染的青贮饲料会影响反刍动物的生产性能,严重损害动物和人类的健康及畜牧业的发展。如何防止霉菌毒素的产生已成为关键的问题,本文综述了霉菌毒素的概念和种类、霉菌毒素对青贮饲料的不良影响及相应的预防措施,以期为防止霉菌毒素污染青贮饲料和青贮饲料生产提供参考及理论依据。。     

Molecular Composition of the 16S Toxin Produced by a Clostridium botulinum Type D Strain, 1873

The 16S toxin was purified from a Clostridium botulinum type D strain 1873 (D-1873). Furthermore, the entire nucleotide sequences of the genes coding for the 16S toxin were determined. It became clear that the purified D-1873 16S toxin consists of neurotoxin, nontoxic nonhemagglutinin (NTNH), and hemagglutinin (HA), and that HA consists of four subcomponents, HA1, HA2, HA3a, and HA3b, the same as type D strain CB16 (D-CB16) 16S toxin. The nucleotide sequences of the nontoxic components of these two strains were also found to be identical except for several bases. However, the culture supernatant and the purified 16S toxin of D-1873 showed little HA activity, unlike D-CB16, though the fractions successively eluted after the D-1873 16S toxin peak from an SP-Toyopearl 650S column showed a low level of HA activity. The main difference between D-1873 and D-CB16 HA molecules was the mobility of the HA1 on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Therefore it was presumed that the loss of HA activity of D-1873 16S toxin might be caused by the differences of processing HA after the translation.     

Reconstitution of active recombinant Shiga toxin (Stx)1 from recombinant Stx1-A and Stx1-B subunits independently produced by E. coli clones

Escherichia coli clones expressing recombinant Shiga toxin (Stx)1-A and recombinant Stx1-B subunits, were established. Culture supernatants of these clones were examined for inhibitory activity on in vitro protein synthesis using luciferase as a reporter enzyme. Culture supernatant of the clone expressing Stx1-A, but not Stx1-B, showed the inhibitory activity. Neither recombinant Stx1-A nor Stx1-B showed Vero cell cytotoxicity. For reconstitution of biologically active toxin, the culture supernatants of the Stx1-A clone and the Stx1-B clone were mixed. The reconstituted recombinant Stx1 showed both Vero cell cytotoxicity and inhibition of in vitro protein synthesis.     

Purification and some properties of Clostridium botulinum type AB toxin

Abstract The progenitor toxin of Clostridium botulinum type AB was purified; both large-sized (L) and medium-sized (M) toxins were found. The toxicity of M toxin increased by about 10-fold upon trypsinization; the increase was due mostly to type B toxin and a little to type A toxin. M toxin appeared to consist of one molecule each of toxic and nontoxic components. The activated toxic component was made up of four fragments, A-H- and L-chains and B-H- and L-chains. AB toxin may be a mixture of A and B toxins.     

Fluorescence studies of thermal stability of staphylococcal exfoliative toxins A and B

Abstract The quantum yields of intrinsic fluorescence of staphylococcal exfoliative toxins ETA and ETB were determined after excitation at 295 nm and 275 nm respectively. The variations in the intrinsic fluorescence and degree of fluorescence polarization showed conformational modifications of ETA around 57–59°C and of ETB around 52–54°C. Above these transition temperatures, ETB precipitated out and its biological activity was lost, whereas ETA showed almost no precipitation and no change in its biological activity, despite the structural changes in the molecule.     

植物病原真菌毒素的研究现状

近几年来,关于寄主专化性毒素(Host-Specific Toxin,HST)的作用机制及分子生物学方面的研究有了新进展;在14种寄主专化性毒素中,以Alternaria属的病原菌产生的专化性毒素的研究更为深入。非寄主专化性毒素(Non-Host-Specific Toxin,NHST)的研究着重在毒素产生的条件、生物活性测定、抗性鉴定以及检测被感染植物体的毒素含量等。本文综述了一些能产生专化性毒素和非专化性毒素的植物病原真菌,有链格孢(Alternaria)、镰孢(Fusarium)、尾孢(Cercospora)、轮枝孢(Verticillium)、梨孢(Pyricularia)、疫霉(Phytophthora)、长蠕孢(Helminthosporium)、黑团孢(Periconia)和核盘菌(sclerotinia)等属的病原菌。从所发表的文献表明真菌毒素在植物病害发展中起着重要作用。     

Peptide Toxins in Sea Anemones: Structural and Functional Aspects

Sea anemones are a rich source of two classes of peptide toxins, sodium channel toxins and potassium channel toxins, which have been or will be useful tools for studying the structure and function of specific ion channels. Most of the known sodium channel toxins delay channel inactivation by binding to the receptor site 3 and most of the known potassium channel toxins selectively inhibit Kv1 channels. The following peptide toxins are functionally unique among the known sodium or potassium channel toxins: APETx2, which inhibits acid-sensing ion channels in sensory neurons; BDS-I and II, which show selectivity for Kv3.4 channels and APETx1, which inhibits human ether-a-go-go-related gene potassium channels. In addition, structurally novel peptide toxins, such as an epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like toxin (gigantoxin I), have also been isolated from some sea anemones although their functions remain to be clarified.     

Purification and properties of soluble cytoplasmic toxin from the mosquito pathogen Bacillus sphaericus strain 1593

Soluble cytoplasmic toxin from broken Bacillus sphaericus 1593 sporulating cells was partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion exchange, and gel filtration chromatography. Purification was monitored by electrophoresis. The toxin remained active after incubation in the presence of several enzymes and in buffers from pH 6 to 10, but was destroyed by Pronase and subtilisin, and by heating to 80°C for 30 min. Results indicate that the B. sphaericus 1593 cytoplasm contains a single proteinaceous toxin with a molecular weight of 100,000 daltons.     

靶向毒素DT-VEGF的构建、表达与活性分析

肿瘤的快速生长依赖于新生血管的形成。血管内皮生长因子（VEGF）是血管发生和形成过程中的主要介质,其特异性受体在正常组织和肿瘤组织的表达率存在数个数量级的差异,因此可以将毒素分子转运至增生的肿瘤上皮组织中抑制肿瘤血管增生,从而抑制肿瘤的生长。将白喉毒素的前389个氨基酸基因片段与VEGF165通过一短肽相连构建为融合蛋白基因,在大肠杆菌中表达,获得纯化蛋白。实验证实该融合蛋白对血管内皮细胞有特异性杀伤作用,并研究了其对鸡胚尿囊膜新生血管的抑制作用。     

Modelling paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) transfer and accumulation in populations of two planktonic grazers

A model was developed in this paper in order to study and compare the paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) transfer and accumulation of two different potential PST vectors in the planktonic community, the heterotrophic dinoflagellate in its red form Noctiluca scintillans and the copepod Acartia clausi. Different factors that influence the toxin transfer such as toxin synthesis, grazing on toxic and non-toxic food and population size of PST producers and vectors were considered in the model. Moreover, a laboratory experiment was conducted in order to calculate the detoxification rates of Noctiluca fed on Alexandrium catenella. According to the model results, the two grazers showed a significant difference mainly in the timing of the PST accumulation. Noctiluca exhibited a rapid response to the grazing of Alexandrium with high initial toxin accumulation, followed by a reduction to zero concentration of toxins in a period of almost two days. In contrast, Acartia showed a considerable delay in comparison to Noctiluca to accumulate the same amount of toxin in the population. This delay is linked to the slower reproduction rates that characterize the copepod. The range of the initial values used for the sensitivity analysis of the model is representative of the coastal environment of a Galician ria (embayment located at the NW of Iberian Peninsula), where the two grazers and Alexandrium may co-exist. The model for Acartia showed less sensitivity to these key parameters probably due to the time delay in accumulation of significant amount of toxins. Both grazers showed a rapid (50 h) reduction of ingested toxin, suggesting inefficiency to transfer toxins through predation in the food web.