三种寄生蜂虫体可溶性蛋白组成及蝶蛹金小蜂卵黄蛋白的分子特性分析(英文)

聚丙烯凝胶电泳PAGE和毛细管电泳分析结果表明 ,蝶蛹金小蜂雌蜂个体和卵巢中明显存在雌性特异蛋白 ,即卵黄蛋白。但茧蜂科的螟长距茧蜂Macrocentruslinears和菜蛾盘绒茧蜂Cotesiaplutella雌雄虫体可溶性蛋白间无明显差异。SDS PAGE梯度电泳结果表明 ,蝶蛹金小蜂卵黄原蛋白 (Vg)和卵黄磷蛋白 (Vt)均由二个分子量接近的亚基组成 ,分子量各为 74 4和 5 2 8KD。双向免疫扩散和PAGE梯度电泳都显示该蜂隐成蜂的雌性虫体及雌蜂血淋巴、脂肪体和卵巢中都有Vg或Vt,且卵黄原蛋白是由雌蜂脂肪体合成     

天蚕卵黄发生的激素调控

报告了蜕皮激素和保幼激素对天蚕Antheraea yamamai卵黄发生的调控作用。当单独以20－羟基蜕皮酮或保幼激素类似物methoprene处理,以及同时用这两种激素处理天蚕蛹时,蛹期脂肪体和血淋巴中卵黄原蛋白（Vg)含量明显高于对照,即二对Vg的合成起促进作用。然而,卵巢中卵黄蛋白（Vt)含量则因激素种类而异,以保幼激素处理时明显低于对照,以20－羟基蜕皮酮处理则反之,即前抑制卵巢对Vg的摄取,而后则起促进作用。离体培养脂肪体并以激素处理的结果表明,20－羟基蜕皮酮和methoprene均能促进Vg合成,但前作用更。综合考虑上述结果可以认为蜕皮激素对该蚕的卵黄发生起主要调控作用。     

龟纹瓢虫卵黄蛋白的分子特性及发生动态

研究了龟纹瓢虫Propylea japonica (Thunberg) 卵黄蛋白的基本特性以及卵黄发生过程中卵黄蛋白的动态变化。PAGE和SDS-PAGE实验表明,龟纹瓢虫卵黄蛋白分子量为294.81±40.70 kD,并由分子量分别为144.68±0.03 kD和51.23±0.27 kD的两种亚基组成。对卵黄蛋白的氨基酸组成和含量分析发现,其必需氨基酸总量占57.48％,略高于非必需氨基酸,其中谷氨酸（Glu）含量最高,为15.26％;色氨酸（Trp）和蛋氨酸（Met）含量较低,分别为0.50％和0.11％。采用间接竞争ELISA法,系统测定了龟纹瓢虫成虫期脂肪体、血淋巴和卵巢中卵黄蛋白的动态变化,结果表明：脂肪体是卵黄原蛋白合成的场所,卵黄原蛋白的合成始于羽化后第2天;脂肪体、血淋巴和卵巢中卵黄原蛋白的滴度在羽化后第4天开始迅速上升,至成虫期的第8天左右达到高峰期。     

保幼激素类似物对德国小蠊卵黄发生及繁殖的影响

应用ELISA、单向免疫扩散法,研究了保幼激素类似物（灭幼宝）对德国小蠊Blattella germanica卵黄发生的影响;同时,观察了灭幼宝对德国小蠊繁殖的影响。灭幼宝促进了德国小蠊脂肪体Vg的合成,使血淋巴Vg的浓度明显增高,出现时间早于对照组;且变化规律不同于对照组,呈双峰模式。灭幼宝处理组昆虫卵巢中Vt的含量在第5天、第7天明显高于对照组,而在第9天明显下降,仅为对照组的50%左右,而此时对照组卵巢的Vt含量则上升到处理组第7天水平。灭幼宝处理新羽化的雌虫,导致不育。     

高温对天蚕卵黄发生的影响(英文)

３２℃高温对天蚕（Ａｎｔｈｅｒａｅａ ｙａｍａｍａｉ）卵黄发生影响明显,其中影响程度与开始经受３２℃处理时天蚕发育阶段有关。结茧后第１天开始即受３２℃处理时,脂肪体和血淋巴中卵黄原蛋白（Ｖｇ）与可溶性蛋白含量均低于受２６℃处理的;化蛹后第１天开始即受３２℃处理时,脂肪体中Ｖｇ滴度与２６℃下的基本无明显差异,但血淋巴和卵巢中Ｖｇ或卵黄磷蛋白含量（Ｖｔ）均低于２６℃的;而在化蛹后第６天开始受３２℃处理时,脂肪体和血淋巴中Ｖｇ含量与２６℃的无明显差异,卵巢中Ｖｔ则明显高于２６℃的。此外,曾就化蛹后第１或６天开始受３２℃处理后脂肪体、血淋巴和卵巢中可溶性蛋白含量的变化作了检测。建议在饲育或保护制种用茧蚕时,老熟幼虫和化蛹初期的蚕蛹不宜接触３２℃高温。     

抑卵激素对家蝇卵巢周期性发育的调控

抑卵激素是调控家蝇Musca dorncstica vicina卵巢周期性发育的关键因子之一。在家蝇中,当第一个周期的卵母细胞处于卵黄发生期或卵黄发生后期时,其第二个周期的卵母细胞的发育不进入卵黄发生期。本文建立了家蝇抑卵激素的生物测定方法,即用一对卵巢提取物注射1头羽化后12h家蝇,并在羽化后60h观察卵母细胞的发育及卵黄蛋白的沉积情况。抑卵激素的作用首先是延缓了卵母细胞在卵黄发生前期的发育;其次,抑卵激素抑制脂肪体中卵黄蛋白的合成,导致血淋巴中卵黄蛋白含量的下降,从而抑制了卵母细胞的发育。抑卵激素并不抑制卵母细胞对卵黄原蛋白的摄取。卵发育神经激素可以颉抗抑卵激素的抑制作用。抑卵激素无种属特异性。     

蝗虫微孢子虫对东亚飞蝗卵黄原蛋白含量的影响

采用免疫学方法,对东亚飞蝗Locusta migratoria manilensis感染蝗虫微孢子虫Nosema locustae后体内卵黄蛋白含量的变化进行了研究。结果表明,感病蝗虫与对照健虫相比,卵黄发生有严重障碍,脂肪体和卵巢中卵黄原蛋白或卵黄蛋白含量极低,导致感病雌虫丧失产卵能力。脂肪体中卵黄原蛋白含量最高峰健虫为18.7 mg/mL,而病虫只有4.7 mg/mL;血淋巴中卵黄原蛋白含量最高峰健虫为7.6 mg/mL,而病虫只有2.6 mg/mL;卵巢中卵黄蛋白含量最高峰健虫为73.4 mg/mL,而病虫只有4.9 mg/mL。     

亚洲玉米螟卵黄原蛋白基因的克隆、表达谱及对UV-A胁迫的响应

【目的】本研究克隆亚洲玉米螟Ostrinia furnacalis卵黄原蛋白(vitellogenin, Vg)基因,分析其表达模式,旨在探究UV-A胁迫对亚洲玉米螟Vg基因表达及生殖力的影响。【方法】采用RT-PCR和RACE技术克隆亚洲玉米螟Vg基因的全长,并用生物信息学方法分析其特征;利用RT-qPCR检测亚洲玉米螟不同发育阶段(卵、1-5龄幼虫、蛹和成虫)、雌成虫不同组织(头、足、表皮、卵巢、中肠和脂肪体)中和雌成虫在UV-A胁迫不同时间(0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5和4 h)下该基因的相对表达量。测定UV-A照射不同时长(0, 1, 2, 3和4 h/d)后亚洲玉米螟成虫的生殖及F₁代发育情况。【结果】克隆获得亚洲玉米螟Vg基因的序列,命名为OfVg(GenBank登录号:MK782978)。该基因全长5 760 bp,开放阅读框(ORF)长5 331 bp,编码1 776个氨基酸,蛋白相对分子量为202.10 kD,等电点为9.06。OfVg包含Vg-N, DUF 1943D和VWD 3个功能结构域,无跨膜区结构。系统发...     

卵黄蛋白原的产生及其非营养功能的研究现状

卵黄蛋白原(Vitellogenin,Vg)是卵黄蛋白的前体,为卵生动物胚胎发育提供必需的营养物质。作为卵内重要的营养蛋白,物种之间的Vg在蛋白结构及蛋白修饰上有高度的保守性,一般包括Vit N,DUF,v WD结构域及丝氨酸修饰区等。在卵黄发育期,在激素的诱导下,雌性成年个体内的Vg在脊椎动物的肝脏或昆虫脂肪体中大量表达,经过修饰及蛋白酶剪切后,形成Vg聚合体,分泌到血淋巴中并运输至卵巢,由卵巢上的Vg受体识别,通过内吞作用入卵,并在卵内进一步加工成为成熟的卵黄蛋白。除经典的营养运输外,Vg在入卵过程中发挥多重非营养功能。Vg与病毒的结构蛋白互作,可将病毒携带入卵实现其垂直传播过程;血淋巴中的Vg通过对病原微生物的识别,介导昆虫对微生物的免疫清除;Vg在非雌性个体中的表达对虫媒病毒的水平传播及社会型昆虫的行为调节发挥功能。综述了Vg的表达、修饰、运输及其在非营养功能方向的主要研究进展,以期为后续Vg的功能研究提供指导。     

家蚕(Bombyx mori)主要血浆蛋白质及其基因表达的研究

本文用SDS-PAGE法观察不同发育阶段蚕血液中主要血浆蛋白质sp、30KP浓度的变化;从不同发育阶段的蚕脂肪体提取RNA和poly(A)~+-RNA,在兔网织红细胞系作体外翻译并检测翻译产物。结果表明,5龄蚕脂肪体mRNA合成蛋白质的速率为初蛹的2倍;5龄及初蛹脂肪体30KP mRNA活性的发育变化与其相应蛋白质在血液中的浓度变化一致;sp-1在5龄幼虫脂肪体内的表达及卵黄原蛋白(Vg)在蚕蛹脂肪体内的表达具有雌特异性,其表达和性特异性大体是在前翻译水平被调节的。     

EFFECT OF A HIGH TEMPERATURE ON VITELLOGE-NESIS IN THE JAPANESE OAK SILKWORM,ANTHERAEA YAMAMAI (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE)*

Abstract The effect of a high temperature, i. e. 32°C. on vitellogenesis of the Japanese oak silkworm, Antheraea yamamai (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) was markedly significant. Its extent was dependent on the development stage of the silkworm exposed to 32°C. When exposed to 32 °C since the 1st day after cocooning, titres of both vitellogenin (Vg) and soluble proteins in the fat body and hemolymph of mature larvae were evidently lower than those at 26°C. When pupae were maintained at 32°C since the 1st day after pupation. the titres of Vg in the fat body showed no significant difference from those at 26°C, but those in the hemolymph and the titres of vitellin (Vt) in the ovary mostly were obviously lower in contrast to those at 26°C. While exposed to 32°C since the 6th day after pupation, at most instance the tires of Vg both in the fat body and hemolymph were not markedly different from those at 26°C, and those of Vt in the ovary were significantly higher than those at 26°C, In addition, the changes in the titres of soluble proteins in the fat body and hemolymph as well as the ovary were monitored when pupae were maintained at 32°C since the 1st or 6th day after pupation. It is recommended that both mature larvae and pupae at cocooning stage and earlier pupal stage should not be exposed to 32°C when the silkworm is reared for egg raising.     

Effects of starvation on the vitellogenesis,ovarian development and fecundity in the ectoparasitoid,Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

A female‐specific protein, vitellogenin (Vg), and its corresponding egg vitellin (Vt) are identified in the ectoparasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Both native Vt and Vg have a molecular mass of about 350 kDa, which is composed of two subunits of approximately 190 kDa and 165 kDa under reducing and denaturing conditions (sodium dodecyl sulfate—polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). An indirect sandwich enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay developed with both monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies against N. vitripennis Vt. Vg was first detected in the hemolymph on the 10th day after parasitism, and was first observed in oocytes on the 12th day. In adults deprived of food, the highest hemolymph Vg level occurred at the time of adult eclosion and the highest level of Vt in ovaries was found at 30 h after eclosion. In contrast, feeding adults with 20% sucrose resulted in the reduction of Vt uptake by ovaries and the extension of life span, but had little effect on Vg production. Deprived of hosts, starvation of female wasps had no significant effects on ovariole growth and oocyte maturation before the wasps died. However, starvation of female wasps supplied with hosts accelerated the wasps laying progeny into hosts, but resulted in a decrease of total progeny production by comparison with wasps fed with 20% sucrose.     

Quantification of vitellogenesis and its control by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the ixodid tick,Amblyomma hebraeum

Ovaries of the ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum Koch, grew rapidly after engorgment as a result of yolk uptake. At 26 °C, oviposition began by day 10 post-engorgement, plateaued on days 16-18, and ended by day 38. Vitellin (Vt) was partially purified from ovaries of day 10 engorged ticks by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. This Vt comprises seven major and several minor polypeptides. Two polypeptides (211 and 148 kD) from haemolymph of engorged female ticks corresponded to minor polypeptides of similar molecular weight in the ovary. The haemolymph titre of the 211 and 148 kD polypeptides increased up to the onset of oviposition. These polypeptides were absent in males and non-vitellogenic females (day 0 engorged or day 10 partially-fed females), and were thus designated as vitellogenin (Vg). Antibodies raised against haemolymph Vg211 and 148 recognized these polypeptides in partially purified Vt, as well as six of the seven major polypeptides. Using these antibodies we developed an indirect, competitive ELISA to quantify Vg. Rise in haemolymph Vg-concentration lagged slightly behind the rise in haemolymph ecdysteroid (ES)-concentration, and Vg-synthesis was stimulated by injections of 20E into non-vitellogenic females. These observations indicate that an ES is the vitellogenic hormone in A. hebraeum.     

Female qualities in males: Vitellogenin synthesis induced by ovary transplants into the male silkworm, Bombyx mori

Female qualities in males are common in vertebrates but have not been extensively reported in insects. Vitellogenin (Vg) is highly expressed in the female fat body and is generally required for the formation of yolk proteins in the insect egg. Vg upregulation is generally regarded as a female quality in female oviparous animals. In this study, we found that Bombyx mori Vg (BmVg) is especially highly expressed in the female pupa. Downregulation of the BmVg gene in the female pupa by RNA interference (RNAi) interfered with egg formation and embryonic development, showing the importance of BmVg in these processes. So, we used BmVg as a biomarker for female qualities in the silkworm. Hematoxylin-eosin staining and immunofluorescence histochemistry showed that ovary transplants induced BmVg synthesis in the male pupa fat body. Ovaries transplanted into male silkworms produced only a few eggs with deformed yolk granules. These results suggested that the amount of BmVg in the male silkworm was insufficient for eggs to undergo complete embryonic development. After 17-beta-estradiol was used to treat male pupae and male pupal fat bodies, BmVg was upregulated in vivo and in vitro. These findings indicated that the male silkworm has innate female qualities that were induced by a transplanted ovary and 17β-estradiol. However, in silkworms, female qualities in males are not as complete as in females.     

Vitellogenesis in the hematophagous Dipetalogaster maxima (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a vector of Chagas' disease

Oocyte extracts of anautogenous Dipetalogaster maxima were chromatographed on an ion-exchange column in order to purify vitellin (Vt), the main insect yolk protein precursor. Purified Vt (Mr ~443 kDa) was composed of four subunits with approximate molecular weights of 174, 170, 50, and 44 kDa. Polyclonal anti-Vt antibody, which cross-reacted equally with fat body extracts and hemolymph vitellogenin (Vg), was used to measure the kinetics of Vg expression in the fat body and the levels in hemolymph. In addition, morphological and immunohistochemical changes that took place in the ovary during vitellogenesis were analyzed. The study was performed between 2 and 8 days post-ecdysis and between 2 and 25 days post-blood feeding. During the post-ecdysis period, D. maxima showed decreased synthesis of Vg and concomitantly, low levels of Vg in hemolymph (4.5 x 10(-3) microg/microl at day 4). After a blood meal, Vg synthesis in the fat body and its levels in hemolymph increased significantly, reaching an average of 19.5 microg/microl at day 20. The biochemical changes observed in the fat body and hemolymph were consistent with the histological and immunohistochemical finds. These studies showed noticeable remodeling of tissue after blood feeding.     

HORMONAL CONTROL OF THE VITELLOGENESIS IN THE JAPANESE OAK SILKWORM, ANTHERAEA YAMAMAZ (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE)

Abstract Effects of ecdysteroid and juvenile hormone (JH) on vitellogenesis of the Japanese oak silkworm, Antheraea yamami are reported in this article. After topical treatment with 20-hydroxyecdysone alone or JH analog (i.e. methoprene) alone and combined treatment with these two chemicals, vitellogenin (Vg) titers in the fat body and haemolymph at the pupal stage were mostly higher than those of the control, indicating that both ecdysteroid and JH exerted a promoting effect on the synthesis of Vg. In contrast, the Vg uptake was markedly inhibited by JH while stimulating effect of the ecdysteroid could be shown that vitellin (Vt) titer in the ovary was lower after methoprene treatments, but higher after 20-hydroxyecdyson treatments. Meanwhile, effects of these two hormones on Vg synthesis in the fat body were also tested with the incubation in vitro with Grace medium containing H-leucine and the hormones. The results demonstrated that Vg synthesis was stimulated after treating with methoprene alone or 20-hydroxyecdysone alone and combined treating with these two chemicals, and particularly ecdysteroid had more marked positive effect. To comprehensively concluded our results, it could be regarded that ecdysteroid play the main role in the regulation of vitellogenesis for the Japanese oak silkworm.     

Development of an ELISA for evaluating the reproductive status of female brown planthopper,Nilaparvata lugens,by measuring vitellogenin and vitellin levels

To evaluate the reproductive status of the female brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), an indirect sandwich enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for monitoring vitellogenin (Vg) and vitellin (Vt) was developed by using monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antiserum made specifically against BPH Vt. The ovarian development of BPH was divided into five stages according to ovariole development and morphological characteristics. Stages I–III, IV, and V represented the pre‐oviposition, peak oviposition, and post‐oviposition stages, respectively. Levels of Vt in the ovary and Vg/Vt in the whole female body during the five ovary stages appeared to relate well with the corresponding ovarian stages, suggesting that ovarian development can be evaluated by measuring ovarian Vt or whole body Vg/Vt in BPH. With this ELISA protocol, the reproductive status of macropterous BPH captured in rice fields during immigration, dwelling, and emigration was determined based on the levels of Vg/Vt in individual females. The females were mainly in stages I and II, as was confirmed by ovarian dissection. Therefore, this study presented an alternative method for evaluating the reproductive status of BPH in rice fields, which is more precise, convenient, and efficient than conventional techniques, such as dissection and classification of ovaries.     

Immunological analysis of lipophorin in the haemolymph,ovaries, and testes of the fall webworm,Hyphantria cunea (Drury)

Lipophorin (LP) was purified from haemolymph in last instar larvae of Hyphantria cunea (Drury) by KBr density gradient ultracentrifugation and gel filtration. LP is composed of Apo-LP I and Apo-LP II with molecular weights of 230 kDa and 80 kDa, respectively. The level of haemolymph LP in early pupae was somewhat greater than in last instar larvae. In males, this LP concentration is maintained throughout pupal development, whereas the level of haemolymph LP decreases in female pupae beginning at day 7, coincident with the onset of vitellogenesis in the fall webworm. In both male and female adults, haemolymph LP concentrations were dramatically increased in comparison to their pre-adult levels. Actually, LP was found in the ovary by immunodiffusion, tandem-crossed immunoelectrophoresis, and Western blotting. Location of LP in the ovary was also traced by immunogold labelling. Also, LP appeared in small amounts in protein yolk bodies of the ovary at an early stage of vitellogenesis, when nurse cells are bigger than the oocyte, but in greater amounts at those stages when the oocyte is larger than nurse cells—that is, when vitellogenesis is actively taking place. This fact clearly reveals that LP is synthesized by fat body and released into the haemolymph, and then taken up by the growing ovary during vitellogenesis. Also, LP was detected in testes by immunological analysis. Western blotting showed that LP was present in testicular fluid but not in the peritoneal sheath and cysts. To test whether LP is also synthesized in testes, testes and fat body tissues were cultured in vitro, indicating that fat body synthsizes LP but testes do not. The result showed that the haemolymph LP itself is taken up into the testes. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.