The parasitoids of the aleyrodid Bemisia tabaci in Israel: development, host preference and discrimination of the aphelinid wasp Eretmocerus mundus

Developmental history and behavior of Eretmocerus mundus Mercet, a parasitoid of Bemisia tabaci was studied at 25°C. The eggs may be laid under all four nymphal instars but not under the pupa. Yet the second and third instars are preferred. The egg hatches only under the fourth instar or the pupa. Developmental medians at 25°C are: Instar I-2.5, II-4, II-4, prepupa-2 and pupa 8 days. When ovipositing, the female stands at an angle of 90° to the host, with wings raised and inserts the ovipositor under the whitefly nymph. The egg is laid close to the insertion point of the whitefly's proboscis into the leaf. After oviposition, the female apparently marks the host while drumming on it with her hind legs. She distinguishes already parasitized hosts from unparasitized ones and refrains from laying under the former. Discrimination is accomplished after antennal drumming only.

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Les parasitoïdes de Bemisia tabaci (aleyrodidae) en Israel: développement, ponte et sélection des hôtes ches Eretmocerus mundus (aphelinidae)

Résumé Le développment et le comportement de E. mundus, parasitoïde de B. tabaci, ont été étudiés à 25°C. Les oeufs sont pondus sous les quatre stades larvaires (les deuxième et troizième sont préférés) mais pas sous les nymphes. Les oeufs n'éclosent que sous les larves du quatrième stade ou les nymphes. Les temps de développement médiaux sont à 25°, les suivants: stade I: 2,5j; stade II: 4j; stade III: 4j et nymphe 8j. Pendant la ponte, la femelle est à 90° sur son hôte, les ailes dressées, et insère sa tarière sous la larve d'aleurode. L'oeuf est déposé près du point d'insertion de la trompe dans la feuille. Après l'émission, la femelle marque apparemment son hôte pendant qu'elle tambourine avec ses pattes postérieures. Elle distingue les hôtes parasités ou non, et limite sa ponte dans les premiers. La sélection est effectuée seulement après tambourinage antennaire.

     

Modes of endocytosis of latex particles in sinusoidal endothelial and Kupffer cells of normal and perfused rat liver

The endocytosis of latex particles (0.33, 0.46 and 0.80 micron in diameter) in the sinusoidal endothelial and Kupffer cells of the rat liver was studied electron microscopically. When the liver was perfused with serum-free oxygenated Krebs Ringer bicarbonate, latex particles of all three sizes were taken up by the endothelial cells. After a 10-min perfusion, particles were incorporated by the luminal cell surface of the perikarya or of the thick portion of the endothelial cells. A large patch of bristle coat was surrounding the ingested particle. The number of ingested particles in the endothelial cells, however, was much less than in the Kupffer cells. In in vivo experiments, no endocytosis of the latex particles was observed in the endothelial cells. In the Kupffer cells, particles were engulfed by the ruffled membranes or sank into the cytoplasm without a large patch of the bristle coat both in the perfusion system and in vivo. These observations show that at least 0.80 micron latex particles are taken up by the bristle-coated membranes in the sinusoidal endothelial cells of the perfused liver. The endocytic mechanism for latex particles in the endothelial cells is different from that of the Kupffer cells.     

蝮蛇毒抗凝血活酶组份及几种蛇毒粗毒对人红细胞和血小板的作用

蝮蛇毒抗凝血活酶组分及蝗蛇毒、圆斑蝰蛇毒和眼镜蛇毒粗毒,不仅能够水解血浆中的磷脂,而且还能水解完整人红细胞膜和完整人血小板膜上的磷脂。但是五步蛇毒和金环蛇毒粗毒却不能水解完整人血小板膜上的磷脂。 扫描电镜观察表明,由于抗凝血活酶组份和几种蛇毒粗毒的作用,人红细胞和人血小板的形态发生了巨大的变化;人红细胞由正常的双圆盘形变成带刺的小球,人血小板的外形变成蜂窝状。     

Reversible addition of bisulfite buffer to the cytidine ring system

The rate constants for the reversible addition of protons and sulfite to the 5,6 double bond of cytidine and 3-methylcytidine have been spectrophotometrically measured under conditions (25°C, μ = 1.0 ) where the deamination of 5,6-dihydrocytidine-6-sulfonate is minimal. Both the addition and the elimination of sulfite from the ring system are subject to general catalysis of proton transfer. For the reaction in either direction, plots of the pseudo-firstorder rate constants against increasing buffer concentration are biphasic and indicative of at least a two-step reaction pathway with both steps being subject to general acid-base catalysis. Kinetic hydrogen-deuterium isotope effects were measured for both buffer-catalyzed steps of sulfite elimination from 3-methyl-5,6-dihydrocytidine-6-sulfonate and sulfite addition to 3-methylcytidine. Both H₂O and D₂O were used as solvent. For both the addition and the elimination of SO₃²⁻ values of k₂^H/k₂^D were 6.3–7.1 and 2.3–2.6 at low and high imidazole buffer concentration, respectively. The large isotope effects values in the range of 6–7 can be attributed to rate-determining proton transfer to carbon-5 of the cytidine ring system. The smaller values are more likely caused by proton transfer to a electronegative atom such as the oxygen on carbon-2 of the cytidine ring. The equilibrium constants for bisulfite buffer addition to 3-methylcytidine and cytidine at 25°C, μ = 1.0 , pH 7.2, are 10.2 and 1.3 ⁻¹, respectively.     

Inhibition of the formation of lipid-linked intermediates in normal and transformed cells by a purified tunicamycin homologue

Summary The deffects of a purified homologue of tunicamycin (B₂-tunicamycin) on the biosynthesis of lipid-linked intermediates participating in protein glycosylation in normal embryonic fibroblasts, 3T3 and virally transformed (simian virus 40 and polyoma virus) mouse fibroblasts grown in culture were investigated. Long incubations (20 h) with the antibiotic caused a higher degree of inhibition of sugar incorporation into glycoproteins in transformed cells. However, the formation of lipid-linked intermediates was inhibited to a similar level in both cell types. When time dependent inhibition experiments were carried out using transformed cells, an earlier and stronger inhibition of the formation of lipid-oligosaccharides occurred (70% inhibition at 30 min). In 3T3 cells, prolonged incubation (6–8 h) was necessary in order to reach a similar degree of inhibition. Formation of lipid-sugar was also inhibited to a greater extent by B₂-tunicamycin in transformed cells. This inhibition was not clearly time dependent. Analysis of the newly synthesized glycolipids in 3T3 and in transformed cells after B₂-tunicamycin treatment have shown reduction in dolichyl-P-P-sugars as well as in other glycolipids. Dimethylsulfoxide (10%) and linoleic acid (0.5 mg/ml) markedly increased the level of tunicamycin activity in 3T3 cells while phosphatidylcholine (2 mg/ml) partially reversed it. The stronger and faster inhibition of the formation of lipid intermediates of the dolichyl-phosphate cycle caused by B₂-tunicamycin in transformed cells, described here for the first time, may therefore be due to differences in penetration of the antibiotic into these cells.Abbreviations DMEM Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium - DMSO dimethylsulfoxide - MF mouse fibroblasts from Balb/c mouse embryos - 3T3 Balb/3T3 mouse fibroblastic line - SV40 Simian virus 40 - PY polyoma virus - TLC thin layer chromatography     

长豇豆（Vigna sesquipedalis）生物学特性观察

豇豆近年来公认原产于热带西非(原生中心)和印度次大陆(次生中心)。种子含蛋白质25.0%,在豆类中仅次于大豆,比牛肉、猪肉和鸡肉的蛋白质含量都要高。鲜果含86%的水,3.3%的蛋白质,7.5%的碳水化合物,是广大人民喜爱的蔬菜。我国通常作蔬菜栽培的是长豇豆,又名豆角,其生物学特性的记载并不详尽。为此,我们对长豇豆作了进一步系统的观察,为育种和丰产栽培提供了必要的理论依据。     

Inhibition by estrogen of autofeedback regulation of prolactin secretion

The effect of estradiol-17 beta (E2) on autofeedback regulation of prolactin (PRL) secretion was tested in ovariectomized rats after s.c. implantation of an (E2)-containing or empty silastic capsule, followed by i.v. injection of bovine PRL (b-PRL) or bovine serum albumin (BSA; 500 micrograms/100 g B.W.). Implantation of an E2 capsule (day 0), 2.5 mm or 5.0 mm in length, produced plasma E2 concentrations of 79 +/- 6 (9) and 140 +/- 8 pg/ml (8), respectively. Assay of PRL in plasma samples collected at 1 h intervals between 1100-1800 h on days 3, 4 and 5, after E2 capsule implantation showed a daily afternoon PRL surge. Empty capsule-treated rats did not show any afternoon PRL surge. Injection of b-PRL, but not BSA, at 1200 h on day 3 reduced basal PRL release both on days 3 and 4 in empty capsule-treated rats. In ovariectomized rats treated with a smaller E2 capsule (2.5 mm), b-PRL injection at 1200 h on day 3 reduced the amplitude of the afternoon surge of PRL and the total amount of PRL released on day 4. b-PRL, however, was ineffective in reducing PRL release in rats bearing the large E2 capsule (5.0 mm). These results suggest that high E2 levels in the blood can block the negative feedback action of PRL on PRL release.     

甜菊不同叶龄细胞结构及其甜菊糖甙含量分布的研究

本文报道甜菊(Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni)不同叶龄细胞结构与甜菊糖苷含量分布。应用电镜技术观察表明,现蕾期成叶细胞内具有内含物丰富的巨大液泡,这些内含物呈大小不一的颗粒或小泡。应用差速离心法,对甜菊成叶的叶肉细胞进行亚细胞分离,并对各部分进行甜菊糖苷的提取与微量测定。结果表明,甜菊糖苷主要存在于12000g的上清液(这部分主要包括液泡内含物和可溶性细胞质)。结合细胞结构和细胞化学研究结果,表明细胞质是合成UDPG的主要场所,在甜菊糖苷合成中具有重要作用。对不同叶龄叶片甜菊糖苷测定表明,现蕾期成叶的甜菊糖苷含量最高。从甜菊不同叶龄细胞结构和甜菊糖苷含量测定结果,现蕾期是甜菊叶片收割的最适时期。     

Clinical and Serological Response after Experimental Inoculation with Babesia Divergens of Newborn Calves with and without Maternal Antibodies

The influence of maternal antibodies on clinical and serological response after experimental inoculation with Babesia divergens of newborn calves was studied. Five calves, born to dams seropositive for B.divergens, (Group 1) had specific maternal antibodies when tested 12 h after their first feeding of colostrum. At that point they were inoculated i.v. with B.divergens infected erythrocytes. Five other calves, born to dams seronegative for B.divergens, (Group 2) had no Babesia specific maternal antibodies when inoculated at the same age. Babesia divergens organisms were demonstrated in blood smears from calves in both groups at some point 5 to 10 days p.i. All calves in both groups had B.divergens specific IgM antibodies at 7 to 17 days p.i. as shown by a modified IF-test. Specific IgG antibodies, transferred by colostrum, were found in all calves of Group 1 before inoculation of B.divergens. The IgG titre of these animals increased by a doubling dilution step at 11–25 days p.i. Among calves of Group 2 specific IgG antibodies were found at first between day 9 and 15 p.i. Both IgM and IgG antibody titres had to be investigated since demonstrated IgG antibodies can originate both from maternally transferred antibodies and from actively produced antibodies after an infection. There was no difference in clinical parameters; parasitaemia, PCV, Hb, and rectal temperature between the groups. This experiment gives evidence that there can be a resistance to bovine babesiosis in newborn calves independent of maternal antibodies.