家蚕性别决定研究进展

作为模式生物和经济昆虫,家蚕的性别决定向来受到广泛的关注,近年来更得到深入的研究.主要在分子水平上概述了国内外有关家蚕性染色体方面最新的研究状况,通过对比,探讨了家蚕的几个可能决定性别的基因及其作用过程,以及可能的性别决定靶基因,并就目前性别决定研究现状中的几个突出的问题进行了探讨.     

Interneurons sensitive to female pheromone in the deutocerebrum of the male silkworm moth, Bombyx mori

ABSTRACT. In response to minute quantities of female sex pheromone, the male silkworm moth, Bombyx mori L., walks upwind to locate the odour source. The axons of antennal receptors specific for the two known components of the pheromone terminate in the deutocerebrum. In this study, single interneurons were recorded extracellularly in the deutocerebrum of the male silkworm moth. Responses were characterized as the antennae were presented with puffs of clean air, or air containing either or both components of the female pheromone, bombykol and bombykal. An apparatus is described which added bombykol or bombykal to a constant air stream flowing over the antenna. Most units (87%) showed qualitatively different responses to bombykol and bombykal. A majority of the pheromone-sensitive units (65%) also showed mechanosensory responses to air puffs. Two units were recorded which were slightly inhibited by either bombykol or bombykal alone, but were excited by a mixture of the two.     

家蚕细胞遗传学及其应用

由于家蚕染色体数目较多、着丝粒弥散, 在较长时期内, 家蚕染色体识别、核型分析、染色体结构和功能的研究都受到很大限制。近年来, 应用比较基因组杂交、基因组原位杂交、基于细菌人工染色体克隆的原位杂交技术建立了家蚕的细胞学图, 综合分子连锁图构建高密度的细胞遗传学图已成为可能。分子细胞遗传学的应用正在推动家蚕染色体结构和功能的研究, 揭示出家蚕W染色体密集地分布着嵌套结构的逆转座子, 染色体端粒由重复序列(TTAGG)n以及端粒特异的非长末端逆转座子TRAS1和SART1组成, TRAS1、SART1具有较高的转录活性, 可能与维持染色体的稳定性有关。     

YAC介导的天蚕丝素基因向家蚕的转移──天蚕丝素基因-YAC克隆在家蚕的表达

本文为天蚕Antheraeyamamai丝素基因在家蚕Bombyxmori成功表达的首次报道。我们构建了天蚕丝素基因的YAC克隆,然后把含有该克隆的DNA溶液导入家蚕受精卵。分子杂交实验证明天蚕丝素基因已整合到家蚕基因组中。通过丝心蛋白氨基酸组分分析以及茧丝的溶解性比较,发现有部分转基因家委表达了天蚕丝素基因。F2代的转基因家蚕蛾的染色体DNA中同时还存在YAC序列,说明YAC对丝素基因具有介导作用。天蚕丝素基因以单拷贝形式存在于转基因家蚕中。     

YAC介导的天蚕丝素基因向家蚕的转移——天蚕丝素基因—YAC克隆在家蚕的表达

本文为天蚕Antheraea yamamai丝素基因在家蚕Bombyx mori成功表达的首次报道。     

The Effect of W Chromosome Origin on Sex-Chromosome Pairing in ZZWW Tetraploid Females of the Domesticated Silkworm, Bombyx Mori, and the Congenic Wild Silkworm, Bombyx Mandarina

To analyze the degree of pairing of the Z and W chromosomes in ZZWW tetraploid female silkworms that have the W chromosomes of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, and those of the wild silkworm, Bombyx mandarina, we induced two types of ZZWW tetraploid female silkworms (Cr4n, Wr4n) through cold treatment of the eggs. The Wr4n female is congenic to the Cr4n female for W chromosomes; namely, the W chromosomes of the Wr4n female are derived from those of B. mandarina. Each of the sex ratios (/) in filial triploids from the Cr4n females was shown to be in the range of 3.9–5.3 (4.6 as an average of six cases). On the other hand, each of the sex ratios (/) in filial triploids from the Wr4n females was shown to be in the range of 6.2–9.0 (6.9 as an average of nine cases). The results of a t-test indicated that the difference in sex ratios in the two groups is highly significant (at the 0.1% level). These results suggest that, in the meiosis of the ZZWW tetraploid female, the frequency of pairing of the W chromosome of B. mandarina and the Z chromosome of B. mori is lower than that of the pairing of the W and Z chromosomes of B. mori. Furthermore, the t-test results are evidence that the W chromosomes have undergone significant evolutional change.     

对家蚕第18连锁群隐性基因elp、ch-2和mln测交系的分子定位分析

家蚕长形卵(elp)、第二隐性赤蚁(ch-2)、暗化型(mln)均为第18染色体上的隐性突变, 在经典连锁图谱上的顺序和遗传距离已经排定。文章采用正常卵、正常黑蚁及正常白蛾品种P50与包含此3个隐性突变的三隐性测交系W18组配正反交群体, F1回交W18后获得回交群体(P50×W18)♀×W18♂ 和W18♀×(P50×W18)♂, 分别记作BC1F和BC1M, 利用已构建的家蚕SSR分子连锁图谱和根据家蚕基因组精细图设计的STS标记, 对这3个突变基因elp、ch-2、mln进行了分子定位研究, 并根据家蚕基因组精细图, 将第18连锁群的经典遗传图、分子连锁图和基因组物理图进行了对应。整合后的图谱遗传距离为94.2 cM, 突变基因和分子标记的排列顺序分别与形态标记连锁图和基因组精细图相一致, 研究结果对家蚕第18 染色体上其他突变的定位与克隆有重要的借鉴作用。     

家蚕昼夜节律生物钟基因的生物信息学分析

: 昼夜节律是最普遍的生物节律现象,受遗传基因调控,其分子机制在黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster中有较为深入的研究,在其他昆虫中的研究相对较少。家蚕Bombyx mori的滞育是对昼夜节律授时因子响应的一种现象,可作为研究的参照。通过电子克隆的方法获得了家蚕生物钟基因Bmvri,Bmcyc,Bmtim2,Bmpdp完整的开放阅读框(ORF)序列,以及Bmclk基因的ORF片段,并对上述基因及其表达产物进行了结构分析、染色体定位和系统的分子进化分析,根据这些基因及其表达产物的结构特征结合现有的数据资源,整合了家蚕昼夜节律生物钟反馈环路。