斑蝥素对粘虫几种代谢酶及多酚氧化酶的影响

为进一步探讨斑蝥素的杀虫作用机理, 本研究采用叶碟饲喂法处理粘虫Mythimna separata（Walker）5龄幼虫, 测定了饲喂处理后6, 12, 24, 36和48 h试虫体内羧酸酯酶(CarE)、酸性磷酸酯酶(ACP)、碱性磷酸酯酶(ALP)、谷胱甘肽 S-转移酶(GST)和细胞色素P450 Ο-脱甲基酶及多酚氧化酶(PPO)的活性。结果表明: 斑蝥素可显著激活羧酸酯酶, 处理后48 h酶比活力最大, 为同期对照的1.68倍; 酸性磷酸酯酶在处理后6和12 h活性变化不明显, 处理24 h后逐渐被激活, 且与对照差异显著(P＜0.05); 明显抑制碱性磷酸酯酶, 且随着处理时间的延长, 抑制作用增强; 对Ο-脱甲基酶表现为先抑制后激活的趋势; 谷胱甘肽S-转移酶表现出先激活后抑制的影响; 离体活体条件下均可显著抑制PPO活性。可见, 斑蝥素可明显影响昆虫的代谢酶系, 且其对碱性磷酸酶和多酚氧化酶的抑制作用可能与其毒杀作用有关。     

NESTMATE RECOGNITION AND KIN RECOGNITION IN ANTS

Abstract  All ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) are highly eusocial insects that are characterized by reproductive division of labor with sterile castes (worker and soldier) helping fertile castes (queen and male) to reproduce.
Ant societies, like other complex animal societies, have developed a sophisticated communication system, in which recognition behaviors are frequently involved Recognition abilities allow individuals to orient and modulate their behaviors effectively and appropriately in response to the characteristics andlor signals expressed by other organisms. Among recognition behaviors, nestmate recognition and kin recognition mechanisms have attracted great attention of sociobiologists, ecologists, insect physiologists and biochemists since 1970's. This is parallel with the popularization of Hamilton's kin selection theory. The present paper aims at reviewing the current understanding on nestmate/kin recognition in ants. This review consists of three parts. The first part concerns the diversity of recognition behaviors and their ecological implications with emphasis on nestmatelkin recognition; in the second part, the current understandings on the mechanism of nestmatelkin recognition are outlined; and in the third part, we discuss the ontogenetic development of nestmate recognition behavior and naturally mixed colonies. The study of the integration mechanism of social parasite may provide heuristic clues to the understanding of kin/nestmate recognition system.     

膜片钳技术及其在抗菌肽作用机制研究中的应用

抗菌肽是广泛存在于自然界生物体内的一类具有抗微生物、抗肿瘤等活性的多肽,有关抗菌肽作用机理的研究是近年来的热点之一。膜片钳技术自发明以来演化出适合不同研究需要的多种记录模式,并成为现代膜生物学和电生理学研究的重要手段。利用该技术对跨膜离子电流的记录分析,可以对细胞膜离子通道、膜选择性通透以及通道调节机制等方面进行深入的研究。本文介绍了抗菌肽的分类、组成及理化性质,阐述了膜片钳技术在抗菌肽对细菌细胞膜作用机制研究中的应用及最新研究进展。     

小毛茛(Ranunculus ternatus Thunb.)花粉流潜能初探

在自然居群中对小毛茛传粉机制与距离作了观测,并对开花后花粉萌发能力的变化作了研究,结果是：该种兼具虫媒或风媒传粉机制,以虫媒传粉为主;传粉距离多数局限于２ｍ以内,但不排除远距离传粉的可能性;体外萌发试验表明,该种花粉萌发率在开花第一天甚低,开花后２４ｈ达到最高值。作者推测,小毛茛花粉以近距离散布为主,但具有远距离传播的潜能。     

塔里木沙漠公路防护林土壤微生物生物量与土壤环境因子的关系

为探讨极端干旱区风沙土土壤微生物与土壤环境因子的作用规律,采用相关分析法研究了塔里木沙漠公路防护林地土壤微生物生物量与理化因子和酶活性的关系.结果表明：土壤容重和粒径减小（R<-0.84）、含水量和孔隙增大（R>0.85）时,防护林地中土壤微生物数量和生物量有增大趋势,由容重与微生物量的相关性主导;土壤养分含量与土壤微生物数量和生物量呈正相关,主要由速效养分和放线菌、微生物生物量C、P的相关性所致;土壤酶活性与土壤微生物数量和生物量的相关性差异较大,R在0.51～0.91,主要取决于蔗糖酶、磷酸酶与放线菌、微生物量C的相关;土壤盐分增加不利于土壤微生物生物量的积累(R<-0.71);土壤微生物数量与生物量呈较高正相关（R>0.63）.实践中应为干旱区林地土壤微生物营造良好的土体,促进土壤物质循环.     

Mechanism of plasmid delivery by hydrodynamic tail vein injection. I. Hepatocyte uptake of various molecules

BACKGROUND: The hydrodynamic tail vein (HTV) injection of naked plasmid DNA is a simple yet effective in vivo gene delivery method into hepatocytes. It is increasingly being used as a research tool to elucidate mechanisms of gene expression and the role of genes and their cognate proteins in the pathogenesis of disease in animal models. A greater understanding of its mechanism will aid these efforts and has relevance to macromolecular and nucleic acid delivery in general. METHODS: In an attempt to explore how naked DNA enters hepatocytes the fate of a variety of molecules and particles was followed over a 24-h time frame using fluorescence microscopy. The uptake of some of these compounds was correlated with marker gene expression from a co-injected plasmid DNA. In addition, the uptake of the injected compounds was correlated with the histologic appearance of hepatocytes. RESULTS: Out of the large number of nucleic acids, peptides, proteins, inert polymers and small molecules that we tested, most were efficiently delivered into hepatocytes independently of their size and charge. Even T7 phage and highly charged DNA/protein complexes of 60-100 nm in size were able to enter the cytoplasm. In animals co-injected with an enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) expression vector and fluorescently labeled immunoglobulin (IgG), hepatocytes flooded with large amounts of IgG appeared permanently damaged and did not express EYFP-Nuc. Hepatocytes expressing EYFP had only slight IgG uptake. In contrast, when an EYFP expression vector was co-injected with a fluorescently labeled 200-bp linear DNA fragment, both were mostly (in 91% of the observed cells) co-localized to the same hepatocytes 24 h later. CONCLUSIONS: The appearance of permanently damaged cells with increased uptake of some molecules such as endogenous IgG raised the possibility that a molecule could be present in a hepatocyte but its transport would not be indicative of the transport process that can lead to foreign gene expression. The HTV procedure enables the uptake of a variety of molecules (as previous studies also found), but the uptake process for some of these molecules may be associated with a more disruptive process to the hepatocytes that is not compatible with successful gene delivery.     

Anther cap retention prevents self-pollination by elaterid beetles in the South African orchid Eulophia foliosa

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pollination by insects that spend long periods visiting many flowers on a plant may impose a higher risk of facilitated self-pollination. Orchids and asclepiads are particularly at risk as their pollen is packaged as pollinia and so can be deposited on self-stigmas en masse. Many orchids and asclepiads have adaptations to limit self-deposition of pollinia, including gradual reconfiguration of pollinaria following removal. Here an unusual mechanism--anther cap retention--that appears to prevent self-pollination in the South African orchid Eulophia foliosa is examined. METHODS: Visits to inflorescences in the field were observed and pollinators collected. Visitation rates to transplanted inflorescences were compared between a site where putative pollinators were abundant and a site where they were rare. Anther cap retention times were determined for removed pollinaria and atmospheric vapour pressure deficit was recorded concurrently. Anther cap anatomy was examined using light microscopy. KEY RESULTS: Eulophia foliosa is pollinated almost exclusively by Cardiophorus obliquemaculatus (Elateridae) beetles, which remain on the deceptive inflorescences for on average 301 s (n = 18). The anther cap that covers the pollinarium is retained for an average of 512 s (n = 24) after pollinarium removal by beetles. In all populations measured, anther cap dimensions are greater than those of the stigmatic cavity, thus precluding the deposition of self-pollinia until after the anther cap has dropped. An anatomical investigation of this mechanism suggests that differential water loss from regions of the anther cap results in opening of the anther cap flaps. This is supported by observations that as atmospheric vapour pressure deficits increased, the duration of anther cap retention was reduced. CONCLUSIONS: Flowers of E. foliosa are specialized for pollination by elaterid beetles. Retention of anther caps for a period exceeding average visit times by beetles to inflorescences appears to prevent facilitated self-pollination in E. foliosa effectively.     

广西岩溶区烟草黑胫病拮抗细菌的筛选鉴定及其抗病机理

从广西岩溶区靖西县优质烟叶生产区分离烟草黑胫病病原及土壤细菌,通过拮抗试验、离体及田间抗病能力测试等方法筛选拮抗细菌;利用形态观察、生理生化测试和16SrDNA序列分析三种方法相结合,对抗病效果良好的菌株进行分类鉴定;并对拮抗菌抗黑胫病机理进行初步研究。结果表明:从8份土壤样品中,共分离出土壤细菌340株,获得抗黑胫病效果良好的拮抗细菌3株,编号为8-23、6-70和13,它们分别属芽孢杆菌属、溶菌杆属和假单胞杆菌属细菌;三个拮抗细菌的抗黑胫病机理是通过胞外分泌一些可溶解病原菌细胞壁的酶或其它化学物质,破坏菌丝的细胞壁和细胞膜等生理结构,使细胞质渗漏、凝集,从而导致病原死亡;其中,菌株8-23和13的抗病活性物质主要为蛋白质类化合物;而菌株6-70除蛋白质外,还有其它一些非蛋白因子起作用。     

生态护理对山地桔园节肢动物群落结构及多样性的影响

采用扫网、目测和手捕的方法,调查了山地桔园生态护理区和常规管理区节肢动物种群结构和多样性,获得生态护理区节肢动物2851只,隶属于2纲11目60科143种,常规管理区节肢动物2311只,隶属于2纲11目50科99种。生态护理区捕食性、寄生性和中性类亚群落节肢动物的种类增加了123.9%～168%,数量增加了83.5%～330.7%;捕食性、寄生性和中性类亚群落优势种群增多,而植食性亚群落相对减少;3—10月各亚群落消长动态相对平稳,害虫优势种柑桔红蜘蛛和桔蚜种群数量一直低于常规管理区,柑桔粉虱则相反;除植食性外,各亚群落的相对丰富度均大于常规管理区、优势集中度均小于常规管理区;总群落、捕食性、中性和植食性亚群落的Shannon指数分别比常规管理区高,而寄生性亚群落则低0.56,Hill多样性指数N1、N2与Shannon指数趋势相似;总群落、中性和植食性亚群落的均匀度指数高0.01～0.21,捕食性和寄生性的低0.03～0.04。因此,生态护理对增加桔园节肢动物种群结构和多样性效果明显,对害虫的持续控制和柑桔安全生产具有实际意义。     

祁连山天然气水合物赋存区钻孔细菌多样性

分析了青海省祁连山冻土区天然气水合物赋存区DK-6钻孔的4个样品,对岩心样品进行处理提取微生物总基因组,采用PCR构建了细菌16S rDNA基因文库,4个文库包括44个OTU,其中有厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes)、变形杆菌门(Proteobacteria)(包括α-、β-和y-变形杆菌亚群)、放线菌纲(Actinobacteria)和异常球菌-栖热菌门(Deinococcus-Thermus)5类,煤、泥岩、粉砂岩等不同岩性的微生物群落之间显示出较大的组成差异,优势菌不同.细菌菌群多样性随采集点地质环境不同而有较明显的变化,天然气水合物含量、水含量、有机质含量等环境因素对冻土区天然气水合物赋存区中细菌菌群有一定的影响.4个样品中存在的微生物大部分可以代谢有机烃类,在天然气水合物环境的特殊条件下,外界环境因素制约了微生物的种类.