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。     

玉米大斑病菌Ht—毒素的萃取及其致病活性

采用体外(in vitro)固体和液体培养玉米大斑病菌——大斑病长晨蠕孢(Helminthosporium turcicum),培养物经有机溶剂萃取后减压蒸发获得了Ht-粗毒素,最后用种子根伸长抑制,离体根冠细胞死亡和离体叶片致萎等生物测定法,对玉米大斑病菌的体外代谢产物进行了致病活性和毒性测定,筛选出乙腈等有机溶剂,可以用于Ht-毒素的萃取,为Ht-毒素的进一步提纯和结构分析奠定了基础。     

Cloning and expression of Penicillium minioluteum dextranase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its exploitation as a reporter in the detection of mycotoxins

A dextranase gene from Penicillium minioluteum (strain IMI068219) has been cloned, sequenced and expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via fusion of the DNA segment encoding the mature dextranase protein with α-factor signal sequence, and insertion into the GAL1–controlled expression vector pYES2/CT. Galactose-induced expression yielded extracellular dextranase activity of 0.63 units/ml and cell-associated dextranase activity of 0.48 units/ml, after 24 h incubation. The dextranase construct was introduced into a strain of S. cerevisiae expressing the human cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) and the cognate reductase, which was then used to develop a microplate toxicity bioassay. Toxicity was signalled as inhibition of dextranase activity, assayed fluorimetrically. This novel bioassay was assessed using six economically significant mycotoxins.     

鸡舍环境中tri5基因阳性镰孢菌的分离及其产毒特性

【目的】探讨利用tri5-PCR鉴定产毒镰孢菌的可行性以及tri5阳性菌株的产毒特性和产毒条件。评估鸡舍空气和固体基质中镰孢菌分离株中产单端孢霉烯族毒素潜力的发生率。【方法】利用编码单端孢霉烯族毒素合成酶的起始基因(tri5基因)对139株镰孢菌分离株进行PCR检测,并对tri5阳性菌株进行产毒培养,通过免疫亲和柱-高效液相色谱方法来检测培养产物中的T-2毒素和HT-2毒素含量。【结果】共筛选到42株tri5阳性菌株,其中分离自鸡舍空气中的10株tri5阳性菌株经产毒培养后7株菌株产生T-2毒素(1.36-5 ng/mL)或HT-2毒素(6.1-17.1 ng/mL)。在5℃-20℃间隔24 h变温、光照与黑暗间隔24 h交替、前期振荡后期静止的培养条件下培养9 d镰孢菌的产毒量最高;镰孢菌的产毒量与温度和时间显著相关,而与菌丝体干重无显著相关性。【结论】与传统鉴定产毒镰孢菌的方法比较,tri5-PCR更适用于快速、准确地检测大量鸡舍环境样本中的产毒镰孢菌。本研究为养殖环境的产毒镰孢菌的危害预警和控制提供技术支撑和理论依据。     

Comparison of growth and aflatoxin B1 production profiles of Aspergillus flavus strains on conventional and isogenic GM-maize-based nutritional matrices

Maize grown in both North and South America are now predominantly genetically modified (GM) cultivars with some resistance to herbicide, pesticide, or both. There is little information on the relative colonisation and aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁) production with maize meal-based nutritional matrices based on kernels of non-GM maize and isogenic GM-ones by strains of Aspergillus flavus. The objectives were to examine the effect of interacting conditions of temperature (25–35 °C) and water availability (0.99–0.90 water activity, a_w) on (a) mycelial growth, (b) AFB₁ production and (c) develop contour maps of optimum and marginal conditions of these parameters for four strains of A. flavus on three different non-GM and isogenic GM-maize based nutritional media. The growth of the four strains of A. flavus (three aflatoxigenic; one non-aflatoxigenic) was relatively similar in relation to the temperature × a_w conditions examined on both non-GM and GM-based matrices. Optimum growth overall was at 30–35 °C and 0.99 a_w for all four strains. Under water stress (0.90 a_w) growth was optimum at 35 °C. Statistically: non-GM, GM cultivars, temperature and a_w all significantly affected growth rates. For AFB₁ production, all single and interacting factors were statistically significant except for non-GM × GM cultivar. In conclusion, colonisation of GM- and non-GM nutritional sources was similar for the different A. flavus strains examined. The contour maps will be very useful for understanding the ecological niches for both toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains in the context of the competitive exclusion of those producing aflatoxins.     

Nitrogen repression of fumonisin B1 biosynthesis in Gibberella fujikuroi

Fumonisins are a group of structurally related mycotoxins produced by Gibberella fujikuroi. The fungus produced fumonisin B1 (FB1) as early as 18 hour in a defined medium containing 1.25 mM or 2.5 mM ammonium phosphate, whereas fumonisin B1 production was repressed for 75 hour and 125 hour when mycelia were resuspended in media containing ammonium phosphate at 10 mM or 20 mM, respectively. Although total fumonisin B1 production was greater in resuspension cultures grown in higher concentrations of ammonium phosphate, the accumulation was independent of the inoculum size and carbon/nitrogen ratio. The addition of ammonium phosphate to cracked corn cultures also repressed fumonisin B1 production by 97%, and persisted for at least three weeks. Thus, biosynthesis of fumonisin B1 is regulated by a mechanism involving nitrogen metabolite repression, suggesting that control strategies that target the regulatory elements of nitrogen metabolism may be effective at reducing the risk of fumonisin contamination in food.     

Actions of Tremorgenic Fungal Toxins on Neurotransmitter Release

The neurochemical effects of the tremorgenic mycotoxins Verruculogen and Penitrem A, which produce a neurotoxic syndrome characterised by sustained tremors, were studied using sheep and rat synaptosomes. The toxins were administered in vivo, either by chronic feeding (sheep) or intraperitoneal injection 45 min prior to killing (rat), and synaptosomes were subsequently prepared from cerebrocortical and spinal cord/medullary regions of rat, and corpus striatum of sheep. Penitrem A (400 mg mycelium/kg) increased the spontaneous release of endogenous glutamate, GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), and aspartate by 213%, 455%, and 277%, respectively, from cerebrocortical synaptosomes. Verruculogen (400 mg mycelium/kg) increased the spontaneous release of glutamate and aspartate by 1300% and 1200%, respectively, but not that of GABA from cerebrocortical synaptosomes. The spontaneous release of the transmitter amino acids or other amino acids was not increased by the tremorgens in spinal cord/medullary synaptosomes. Penitrem A pretreatment reduced the veratrine (75 microM) stimulated release of glutamate, aspartate, and GABA from cerebrocortical synaptosomes by 33%, 46%, and 11%, respectively, and the stimulated release of glycine and GABA from spinal cord/medulla synaptosomes by 67% and 32% respectively. Verruculogen pretreatment did not alter the veratrine-induced release of transmitter amino acids from cerebrocortex and spinal cord/medulla synaptosomes. Penitrem A pretreatment increased the spontaneous release of aspartate, glutamate, and GABA by 68%, 62%, and 100%, respectively, from sheep corpus striatum synaptosomes but did not alter the synthesis and release of dopamine in this tissue. Verruculogen was shown to cause a substantial increase (300-400%) in the miniature-end-plate potential (m.e.p.p.) frequency at the locust neuromuscular junction. The response was detectable within 1 min, rose to a maximum within 5-7 min, and declined to the control rate over a similar period. No change in the amplitude of the m.e.p.p.'s was observed. These effects of the tremorgens on transmitter release are interpreted in terms of their mode of action.     

1H NMR and MVA metabolomic profiles of urines from piglets fed with boluses contaminated with a mixture of five mycotoxins

Metabolic profile of urine from piglets administered with single boluses contaminated with mycotoxin mixture (deoxynivalenol, aflatoxin B₁, fumonisin B₁, zearalenone, and ochratoxin A) were studied by ¹H NMR spectroscopy and chemometrics (PCA, PLS-DA, and OPLS-DA). The mycotoxin levels were close to the established maximum and guidance levels for animal feed (2003/100/EC and 2006/576/EC). Urine samples were obtained from four groups of four piglets before (control, C) or within 24 h (treated, T) after receiving a contaminated boluses with increasing doses of mycotoxins (boluses 1–4). For the two highest dose groups, the urines were collected also after one week of wash out (W). For the two lowest doses groups no significant differences between the C and T samples were observed. By contrast, for the two highest doses groups the T urines separated from the controls for a higher relative content of creatinine, p-cresol glucuronide and phenyl acetyl glycine and lower concentration of betaine and TMAO. Interestingly, a similar profile was found for both W and T urines suggesting, at least for the highest doses used, serious alteration after a single bolus of mycotoxin mixture.     

Potentiation of trichothecene-induced leukocyte cytotoxicity and apoptosis by TNF-alpha and Fas activation

Trichothecene mycotoxins cause immunosuppression by inducing apoptosis in lymphoid tissue. Trichothecene-induced leukocyte apoptosis can be augmented by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) but the mechanisms involved in this potentiating effect are not completely understood. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the trichothecene deoxynivalenol (DON, vomitoxin) can interact with LPS directly and other mediators or agonists associated with immune/inflammatory responses to induce apoptosis in primary murine leukocyte cultures. Primary leukocyte suspensions were prepared from murine thymus (TH), spleen (SP), bone marrow (BM) and Peyer's patches (PP) and then cultured with DON in the absence or presence of LPS, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), anti-immunoglobulin (as antigen mimic), dexamethasone, Fas ligand, or TNF-alpha. Cytotoxicity and apoptosis were evaluated by MTT assay and morphologic assays, respectively. DON was found to inhibit LPS-induced proliferation and dexamethasone-induced apoptosis in SP cultures. In contrast, potentiation of DON-induced apoptosis and cytotoxicity was observed in BM cultures treated with anti-Fas and in TH cultures treated with TNF-alpha. When potentiation of DON-induced apoptosis by TNF-alpha was assessed using pharmacological inhibitors, generation of ROS, intracellular Ca2+, p38/SAPK, and caspase-3 activation were found to play roles. Taken together, these data demonstrate that LPS and its downstream mediators can interact with trichothecenes to modulate proliferative, cytotoxic and apoptotic outcomes in leukocytes in a tissue-specific manner.     

玉米大斑病菌特异性毒素组分分离条件的优化研究*

把从玉米大斑病菌的1号小种菌株（99．2）中提取的粗毒素进行硅胶TL层析,分离到Ⅰ（Rf0．06）、Ⅱ（Rf0．21）、Ⅲ（Rf0．d5）、Ⅳ（R,0．60）、Ⅴ（Rf0．75）5种组分,分别对此5组分进行生物测定,发现组分Ⅱ对带Ht1基因的玉米具有较强的特异性。经对组分Ⅱ进行HPLC的进一步纯化,又可得到3种组分Ⅱ-1、Ⅱ-2、Ⅱ-3,其中只有Ⅱ-3具有特异致病活性。对Ⅱ-1、Ⅱ-2、Ⅱ-3进行紫外．可见全波长扫描,发现只有Ⅱ-3在300nm处有吸收峰,Ⅱ-1和Ⅱ-2的峰形相似,可能为类似物。