害虫基因防治新方向:转基因昆虫的研究

利用转基因昆虫防治害虫是害虫基因防治方法之一,它是用遗传工程方法,体外连接昆虫转座子、对昆虫有害基因和启动子,构建一个复合转座子（transposonswitharmedcassettes,TAC）在昆虫转座子的引导下,TAC插入昆虫基因组,形成转基因昆虫。转基因昆虫与野生型昆虫交配,TAC随着昆虫转座子的自然扩散传递到子代,并在后代中迅速扩散,经过几个世代,TAC扩散到靶昆虫种群的所有个体。TAC中的对昆虫有害基因在启动子的调控下表达,使害虫种群“自毁”。近年来,随着分子遗传学和基因工程研究的迅速发展,利用转基因昆虫防治害虫成为害…     

我国昆虫信息素研究与应用的进展

用昆虫信息素防治害虫是20世纪60年代以来发展的一种治虫新技术。由于具有高效、无毒、没有污染、不伤益虫等优点,国内外对昆虫信息素的研究与应用都很重视。昆虫信息素（InsectPhernmones）是同种昆虫个体之间在求偶、觅食、栖息、产卵、自卫等过程中起通讯联络作用的化学信息物质,主要有性信息素（SexPheromones）、聚集信息素（AggregationPhero－mones）、示踪信息素（TrailPheromones）、报警信息素（AlarmPheromones）、疏散信息素（EpideicticPheromone）以及蜂王情息素（QueenPhero－mones）、那氏情息素（NosanovPheromon…     

转基因猪的研究进展

本文综述了转基因技术在猪的生产性能改良、抗病、器官移植及作为生物反应器的研究进展情况。     

昆虫转座子在转基因技术中的应用

转座子是基因组中一段可移动的DNA重复片段。越来越多的研究表明,转座子是真核生物基因组的主要组成成分,是基因组和表型进化的主要动力之一,并且对基因表达调控网络的进化具有重要的贡献。由于转座子在基因组内具有可移动性,使其在生物技术和分子生物学领域备受重视,尤其在转基因技术上得到了广泛应用。本文综述了转座子在昆虫中的分布、类型及功能,重点阐述不同昆虫转座子在转基因技术中的应用,并对转基因安全性和转座子稳定性进行了讨论。     

半翅目昆虫性信息素的研究进展

本文主要从半翅目昆虫性信息素的提取鉴定方法、分泌部位、性信息素成分、在防治中的应用以及存在的问题等几个方面综述了半翅目昆虫性信息素的研究进展。     

转基因家蚕的研究进展及应用前景

转基因家蚕Bombyx mori是指利用分子生物学手段,将外源基因转移到家蚕染色体中, 使之出现先前不具有的性状和产物,并且可以保持传代,在个体水平可以体现外源基因的功能,使外源基因获得大量表达。目前转基因家蚕研究主要以piggyBac转座系统为常用载体, 绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP)基因为常用报告基因,经显微注射法获得转基因家蚕的成功率可达40%。通过转基因家蚕技术已经探明了家蚕外源导入核受体基因BmFtz-F1,调控家蚕体壁半透明的BmBLOS2基因、蜕皮启动激素(ecdysis-triggering hormone, ETH)基因以及家蚕抗菌肽CecB(cecropin B)基因的功能;获得了具有高品质、高细纤度、高拉伸强度和高弹性丝品种,能吐带绿色荧光或粉红色荧光的蚕丝品种, 抗家蚕核型多角体病毒(Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus, BmNPV)品种及抗藤黄微球菌的品种;成功表达纯化了人的Ⅲ型前胶原蛋白、 人碱性纤维生长因子、人血清蛋白、人脑源性神经营养因子、人胰岛素生长因子Ⅰ、猫干扰素、单克隆抗体等生物活性蛋白、疫苗及特殊的生物材料。随着家蚕转基因技术的深入研究, 转基因家蚕产物将在国防、 军工、 航天、 医药等方面有着更为广阔的应用前景。     

转基因植物疫苗的研究进展

利用转基因植物作为生物反应器生产疫苗是一个新兴的技术领域,它具有生产简便、成本低廉,不需要冷藏和低温运输,安全性好,无外源性病原污染等优点。概述当前转基因植物疫苗的研究进展,并就转基因植物疫苗的作用机理及原理方法进行了介绍。     

利用转基因植物生产药用蛋白研究进展

简要评述了国内外利用转基因植物生产药用蛋白的研究现状、发展趋势,以及转基因植物生产药用蛋白的基本方法、应用研究等。尽管目前植物作为药用蛋白的生物反应器受到诸多因素限制,优点与问题并存,但利用转基因植物生产药用蛋白是植物基因工程研究领域的一个新的发展趋势。     

piggyBac转座子及其在转基因昆虫中的应用

piggyBac是一种从粉纹夜蛾Trichoplusiani.中分离到的、具有TTAA插入位点特异性的DNA转座子。piggyBac可在昆虫基因组中准确切离,转化频率较高,并且不受宿主因子的限制,是目前转基因昆虫研究中应用最广的转座子载体。近年来的研究发现,piggyBac类转座子广泛分布于昆虫和其他生物基因组中。文章从piggyBac的结构、转座特性、在转基因昆虫中的应用以及piggyBac类转座子的分布等几个方面综述了piggyBac的研究进展。     

昆虫中肠围食膜蛋白研究进展

围食膜是大多数昆虫中肠内壁附着的一层起润滑和保护作用的半透性粘膜, 按其形成方式不同分为Ⅰ型围食膜和Ⅱ型围食膜。围食膜主要由几丁质和蛋白质构成, 其中蛋白质对于维持围食膜的致密结构至关重要, 对围食膜蛋白的破坏可能会对昆虫的正常生长发育造成干扰, 甚至会导致低龄幼虫的死亡。本文介绍了围食膜的组成与结构, 阐述了昆虫围食膜蛋白研究的新发现、并依据结构特征对它们进行了分类, 总结了以围食膜蛋白为新靶标的害虫防治的可能途径, 讨论了当前围食膜蛋白研究的不足, 最后展望了今后围食膜蛋白研究的发展方向。     

抗昆虫蝎毒素及其转基因技术的研究与应用进展

本文综述了蝎毒中抗昆虫毒素成分的种类、理化性质、分子结构与功能 ,以及利用抗昆虫蝎毒素基因构建重组微生物杀虫剂和培育抗虫植物的研究与应用的进展情况 ,并就该技术对害虫防治的意义、所存在的生态安全性等问题和应对策略进行了探讨。     

麦套夏播转Bt基因棉R93-6对昆虫群落的影响

以转Bt(Bacillusthuringiensis)基因棉品系R93-6为试验材料,以中棉所16号为对照,研究了在麦套夏播条件下转基因棉对昆虫群落的影响。结果表明,转基因棉田昆虫群落、害虫和天敌亚群落的多样性指数和均匀度指数均低于常规棉田,而优势集中性则高于常规棉田,所以转基因棉田昆虫群落、害虫和天敌亚群落的稳定性不如常规棉田,某种害虫大发生的可能性较大。对季节性变化格局的研究表明,转基因棉田昆虫群落可以划分为前期(6月初至7月下旬)、中期(7月底至8月底)和后期(9月份以后)三个发展阶段,根据不同阶段害虫和天敌发生的特点, 提出了害虫综合治理的策略。即前期害虫的防治应以生物生态调控为主;中期以化学防治为主,以生物生态调控为辅,协调好生物防治和化学防治的矛盾;后期应以生物生态调控为主,并加强农业防治。     

Implications of transgenic, insecticidal plants for insect and plant biodiversity

Genetically modified plants are widely grown predominantly in North America and to a lesser extent in Australia, Argentina and China but their regions of production are expected to spread soon beyond these limited areas also reaching Europe where great controversy over the application of gene technology in agriculture persists. Currently, several cultivars of eight major crop plants are commercially available including canola, corn, cotton, potato, soybean, sugar beet, tobacco and tomato, but many more plants with new and combined multiple traits are close to registration. While currently agronomic traits (herbicide resistance, insect resistance) dominate, traits conferring “quality” traits (altered oil compositions, protein and starch contents) will begin to dominate within the next years. However, economically the most promising future lies in the development and marketing of crop plants expressing pharmaceutical or “nutraceuticals” (functional foods), and plants that express a number of different genes. From this it is clear that future agricultural and, ultimately, also natural ecosystems will be challenged by the large-scale introduction of entirely novel genes and gene products in new combinations at high frequencies all of which will have unknown impacts on their associated complex of non-target organisms, i.e. all organisms that are not targeted by the insecticidal protein. In times of severe global decline of biodiversity, pro-active precaution is necessary and careful consideration of the likely expected effects of transgenic plants on biodiversity of plants and insects is mandatory.In this paper possible implications of non-target effects for insect and plant biodiversity are discussed and a case example of such non-target effects is presented. In a multiple year research project, tritrophic and bitrophic effects of transgenic corn, expressing the gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt-corn) that codes for the high expression of an insecticidal toxin (Cry1Ab), on the natural enemy species, Chrysoperla carnea (the green lacewing), was investigated. In these laboratory trials, we found prey-mediated effects of transgenic Bt-corn causing significantly higher mortality of C. carnea larvae. In further laboratory trials, we confirmed that the route of exposure (fed directly or via a herbivorous prey) and the origin of the Bt (from transgenic plants or incorporated into artificial diet) strongly influenced the degree of mortality. In choice feeding trials where C. carnea could choose between Spodoptera littoralis fed transgenic Bt-corn and S. littoralis fed non-transgenic corn, larger instars showed a significant preference for S. littoralis fed non-transgenic corn while this was not the case when the choice was between Bt- and isogenic corn fed aphids. Field implications of these findings could be multifold but will be difficult to assess because they interfere in very intricate ways with complex ecosystem processes that we still know only very little about. The future challenge in pest management will be to explore how transgenic plants can be incorporated as safe and effective components of IPM systems and what gene technology can contribute to the needs of a modern sustainable agriculture that avoids or reduces adverse impacts on biodiversity? For mainly economically motivated resistance management purposes, constitutive high expression of Bt-toxins in transgenic plants is promoted seeking to kill almost 100% of all susceptible (and if possible heterozygote resistant) target pest insects. However, for pest management this is usually not necessary. Control at or below an established economic injury level is sufficient for most pests and cropping systems. It is proposed that partially or moderately resistant plants expressing quantitative rather than single gene traits and affecting the target pest sub-lethally may provide a more meaningful contribution of agricultural biotechnology to modern sustainable agriculture. Some examples of such plants produced through conventional breeding are presented. Non-target effects may be less severe allowing for better incorporation of these plants into IPM or biological control programs using multiple control strategies, thereby, also reducing selection pressure for pest resistance development.     

Production of biologically active human granulocyte colony stimulating factor in the milk of transgenic goat

We have developed a transgenic female goat harboring goat beta-casein promoter/human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) fusion gene by microinjection into fertilized one-cell goat zygotes. Human G-CSF was produced at levels of up to 50g/ml in transgenic goat milk. Its biological activity was equivalent to recombinant human G-CSF expressed from Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell when assayed using in vitro HL-60 cell proliferation. Human G-CSF from transgenic goat milk increased the total number of white blood cells in C57BL/6N mice with leucopenia induced by cyclophosphamide (CPA). The secreted human G-CSF was glycosylated although the degree of O-glycosylation was lower compared to CHO cell-derived human G-CSF.     

Bt水稻对田间非靶标害虫种群动态的影响

以转cry1Ab/cry1Ac基因水稻汕优63(以下简称汕优63/Bt)为材料,亲本汕优63(以下简称汕优63/CK)为对照,在田间自然感虫条件下研究汕优63/Bt对稻田几种非靶标害虫种群消长动态的影响。结果表明,汕优63/Bt上稻苞虫Pelopidas mathias(Fabricius)和稻眉眼蝶Mycalesis gotamaMoore幼虫数量都显著低于对照品种,但汕优63/Bt对稻苞虫的毒性强于稻眉眼蝶。汕优63/Bt上稻飞虱(白背飞虱Sogatellafurcifera(Horvath)和褐飞虱Nilaparvatalugens(Stal))混合种群数量通常与对照品种基本一致,在少数调查时间显著高于对照品种。相反,除少数调查时间与对照品种没有显著差异外,稻叶蝉(黑尾叶蝉Nephotettixcincticeps(Uhler)和二点黑尾叶蝉N.viriscens(Distant))混合种群数量通常显著高于对照品种。稻飞虱和叶蝉成为汕优63/Bt上的主要害虫。     

Impact of insect-resistant transgenic rice on target insect pests and non-target arthropods in China

Progress on the research and development of insect-resistant transgenic rice, especially expressing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis （Bt）, in China has been rapid in recent years. A number of insect-resistant transgenic rice lines/varieties have passed restricted and enlarged field testing, and several have been approved for productive testing since 2002 in China, although none was approved for commercial use until 2006. Extensive laboratory and field trials have been conducted for evaluation of the efficiency of transgenic rice on target lepidoteran pests and potential ecological risks on non-target arthropods. The efficacy of a number of transgenic rice lines currently tested in China was excellent for control of the major target insect pests, the rice stem borers （Chilo suppressalis, Scirpophaga incertulas, Sesamia inferens） and leaffolder （ Cnaphalocrocis medinalis）, and was better than most insecticides extensively used by millions of farmers at present in China. No significantly negative or unintended effects of transgenic rice on non-target arthropods were found compared with non-transgenic rice. In contrast, most of the current insecticides used for the control of rice stem borers and leaffolders proved harmful to natural enemies, and some insecticides may directly induce resurgence of rice planthoppers. Studies for developing a proactive insect resistance management of transgenic rice in the future are discussed to ensure the sustainable use of transgenic rice.