菌根真菌是唱响生物共生交响曲的主角——菌根真菌专辑序言

地球上任何生物都不是单独进行生命活动和进化的,即生物之间更多的是依靠密切联合、共生互助、需求互补和共同发展。其中,陆地生态系统中的强大分解者真菌和强大生产者植物关系密切,特别是以菌根真菌(mycorrhizal fungi)为代表的植物共生真菌自始至终与植物共生,这一强-强共生联合在维持生态平衡、保存生态系统可持续生产力与生态系统综合服务功能体系中,其分布之广、作用之多、功能之强和贡献之大,可谓名副其实的生物共生体系中的主导者。近年来,中国在真菌与植物共生研究领域成绩斐然,占据世界重要地位。本期《菌物学报》"菌根真菌专刊"刊登了2篇综述和20篇研究报告。综述分别对丛枝菌根(AM)真菌在煤矿区生态修复应用研究和兰科植物与菌根真菌的营养关系进行了总结和热点论述;研究报告分别对菌物界球囊菌门AM真菌全球公认种的中文学名给予了全面规范正确的描述、对中国部分林区红桦外生菌根真菌多样性、华山松印度块菌菌根中的块菌交配型基因、AM真菌对枳吸收磷和分泌磷酸酶的影响、转Bt基因棉叶片腐熟物抑制AM真菌定殖及菌根对磷的吸收、低pH影响AM真菌丛枝发育和磷的吸收、接种AM真菌与间作对红壤上玉米和大豆种间氮素竞争的影响、AM真菌及其菌种组合对植物根结线虫病害的影响以及接种AM真菌和施加铁可协同降低水稻砷累积等方面进行了研究。本期内容基本体现了中国菌根真菌分类、物种多样性、生理学、生态学、生理生态效应与作用机制研究的最新进展,对当前和今后开展植物共生真菌的研究具有重要的引领作用。     

林木共生菌系统及其作用机制——以杨树为例

杨树（Populus）是重要造林树种,也是研究林木基础生物学性状的模式材料。不仅如此,杨树可与多种细菌（内生细菌、内生固氮菌和根际促生菌）和真菌（外生菌根真菌、丛枝菌根真菌和内生真菌）类群建立共生关系,为揭示树木和微生物之间的互惠共生机制提供了理想模型。这些共生菌能积极调控林木生长发育、营养吸收和生理生态过程。目前在杨树-双色蜡蘑（Laccaria bicolor）形成的外生菌根发育、提高杨树耐盐、耐重金属的生理与分子机制、叶片内生真菌群落结构与病害发生、菌根辅助细菌和菌丝内共生细菌-真菌-杨树形成的三重跨界共生等方面取得多项突破。近年来,一批模式草本植物微生物组（microbiome）计划相继实施,对共生菌群落结构和功能的认识有了革命性的进步。以美洲黑杨、毛果杨和胶杨为代表的林木微生物组研究也已启动,表明宿主基因型和环境因子可显著影响共生菌群落结构与物种组成;在根际（rhizosphere）和内生（endosphere）环境存在结构和功能迥异的菌群。另一方面,以根系为诱饵,通过宿主表型来推测菌群功能的反向"钓鱼"策略将推动林木根际微生物工程研究,为揭示杨树-微生物群落的相互关系、菌群进化搭建了研究模型。总之,深入认识多元微生物对林木表型和生理代谢的表观遗传学调控机制将为今后创制新型菌剂并用于高效育苗和抗性育种提供新的思路,具有重要的科学意义和应用价值。     

辽宁丹东地区柞树菌根真菌生态分布的研究

通过5年连续调查研究,发现辽宁丹东地区天然次生柞林中及部分柞树经济林中柞树菌根菌种类共有36种,隶属于7个科13个属,在此基础上研究分析了柞树菌根菌的生态分布与共生树种、树龄及季节的关系,结果表明,与蒙古栎共生的菌根菌种类最多,达29种;红菇属种类与柞树共生的树龄范围最广,鹅膏属种类偏重于与树龄较大的柞树共生;夏季的7、8月份为菌根菌发生的高峰期,75％的种类在7月份发生。100％的种类在8月份发生,8月中下旬菌根菌发生的相对密度最高,分别为19．5％和18．4％。     

丛枝菌根真菌脂类代谢对共生信号调控的响应和反馈

丛枝菌根(AM)真菌是自然生态系统中分布最为广泛的真菌之一,在自然界物质循环和能量流动中发挥着重要作用。经过长期的协同进化,AM真菌和宿主植物之间形成了完美的互惠互利的共生关系,而真菌的脂类代谢可能是揭示共生秘密的关键所在。本文综述了AM真菌脂类代谢在共生关系建立和维持中关键作用的最新研究进展,重点探讨了AM真菌脂类代谢对共生信号调控的响应和反馈机制,主要包括:AM真菌脂类存储和释放对共生和非共生状态的响应,以及脂类代谢产物变化与共生营养传递之间的关系;脂类分解过程在共生建立初期对信号分子调控发生的响应,以及相应的物质转化和能量代谢;菌根共生互惠互利关系维持中,真菌脂类代谢与信号分子交流通道的相互渗透和影响。本文对于理解菌根共生机制,促进菌根在生产中的应用具有促进作用。     

野生建兰根系共生真菌群落结构及生物学功能

[目的] 为探究建兰Cymbidium ensifolium根系共生真菌群落结构及生物学功能。[方法] 利用高通量测序技术和FunGulid数据库,对来自湖南省（HN）、福建省（FJ）、贵州省（GZ）和云南省（YN）的4个样品的野生建兰根围土壤、根表和根内3个生态位的共生真菌种群结构与功能进行鉴定和预测。[结果] 建兰根系共生真菌分布在12门44纲103目241科432属中,优势门类为担子菌门Basidiomycota（49.51%）、子囊菌门Ascomycota（27.39%）和被孢霉门Mortierellomycota（20.22%）,在属水平上,被孢霉属（Mortierella）（11.75%）、Saitozyma（11.45%）和Papiliotrema （7.93%）为优势属。不同建兰样品的真菌营养类型相差较大,但每个样品在根围土壤和根表间的真菌营养类型相似度高,根内菌均以腐生型为绝对优势类型（50.11%–85.98%）,其中FJ样品较为特殊,3个生态位均以腐生营养型占绝对优势（85.98%–94.76%）。根围土壤和根表都以病理-腐生-共生混合型真菌为主,除此之外GZ样品的共生营养型,YN样品的腐生型、共生型,HN样品的腐生型也均为各自的优势营养类型。[结论] 建兰根系共生真菌种类多样性丰富,各样品和各生态位点间的共生真菌群落结构均存在极显著差异。建兰根系共生真菌存在的潜在有益真菌包括被孢霉属、红菇属（Russula）、Saitozyma、Papiliotrema、Cladophialophora等。该研究为揭示建兰根部与真菌的共生关系,以及为建兰共生真菌的开发利用提供了理论基础。     

净月潭国家森林公园针叶林根系共生真菌初步调查

采用菌根形态学及分子生物学手段对采自净月潭国家森林公园的红松Pinus koraiensis、落叶松Larix gmelinii和云杉Picea asperata根系共生真菌进行了初步调查。结果表明:外生菌根形态依据不同树种表现不同,红松外生菌根主要表现为淡黄色到褐色,不分支、偶有珊瑚状分支,外延菌丝丰富或浓密;云杉菌根颜色基本为淡黄色到黄色,末端膨大或等粗,表现为弯曲状或蜿蜒状,不分支或不规则分支、偶有羽状分支,外延菌丝少;落叶松菌根淡黄色到黄色,偶有红褐色,不分支、羽状分支或不规则分支,外延菌丝浓密,也有表现外延菌丝少量。共鉴定获得共生真菌9科9属,其中红松根系外生菌根真菌2种:美洲乳牛肝菌Suillus americanus和外生菌根真菌未定种1,内生真菌3种:Phialocephala fortinii,Cylindrocarpon pauciseptatum和Phialocephala helvetica;云杉根系外生菌根真菌5种:臭红菇Russula foetens、外生菌根真菌未定种2和外生菌根真菌未定种3,Tomentella sp.1和Tomentella sp.2;落叶松根系外生菌根真菌4种:平凹盘菌Peziza depressa、拟篦边红菇Russula pectinatoides、外生菌根真菌未定种4和外生菌根真菌未定种5。该研究结果丰富了针叶树根系共生真菌的多样性,可为进一步开展菌根形态解剖学以及菌根生态学等研究提供依据。     

蒙古栎根内及根围土壤中共生真菌和细菌群落组成分析

为探究中国东北地区森林根系和根围土壤中共生真菌的分布状况,分析了黑龙江省五大连池市蒙古栎Quercus mongolica纯林中根内及根围土壤中共生真菌和细菌群落的组成。结果表明,根内真菌的1 295个OTUs中有209个OTUs为共生真菌,隶属于36属,相对丰度25.46%;根围土壤真菌1 513个OTUs中有285个OTUs为共生真菌,隶属于40属,相对丰度59.91%;根内与根围土壤共同拥有共生真菌33属,根内特有3属,根围土壤特有7属。其中,外生菌根真菌为根内和根围土壤中共生真菌的主要类群,分别占共生真菌的98.82%和99.80%。定殖根内的细菌共获得5 550个OTUs,隶属于400属;根围土壤细菌获得8 406个OTUs,隶属于436属,根内细菌群落的Shannon指数和Chao1指数均低于根围土壤的。PICRUSt功能预测分析结果表明,根内的信号转导通路与信号分子和相互作用通路（包括CAM配体、ECM-受体相互作用等通路）的丰度低于根围土壤,而膜运输通路与信号分子和相互作用通路（包括细菌毒素、细胞抗原等通路）的丰度高于根围土壤。根内与根围土壤中菌根辅助细菌组成差异分析结果表明,除慢生根瘤菌属 Bradyrhizobium外,根内其余9属的相对丰度均高于根围土壤,尤其假单胞菌属 Pseudomonas的相对丰度远高于根围土壤。     

菌根真菌的碳氮循环功能研究进展

菌根(Mycorrhiza)是土壤真菌与植物根系形成的共生体(Symbiont),真菌一方面从植物获取碳水化合物,同时帮助植物吸收氮等矿质养分,因此,菌根真菌在生态系统的碳氮循环过程中发挥重要的作用.研究结果表明,菌根真菌可利用约4％-26％的植物净光合固定的碳水化合物,而其生物量和分泌物(如球囊霉素)具有重要的土壤碳汇功能;同时菌根真菌可参与土壤复杂有机质的降解过程.在菌根共生体系中,氮从根外菌丝到根内菌丝的传输经历了一个“无机-有机-无机”的转变过程.本文重点总结分析了菌根真菌在碳氮代谢功能与机理等方面的国内外最新研究进展,以及目前存在的主要问题与未来的研究重点.     

霍山石斛与内生真菌共培养体系的建立

将霍山石斛试管苗与内生真菌(SH-01菌株)共生培养,测定其生长状态,筛选最佳共生培养基。研究该培养体系下内生真菌对石斛试管苗生长和移栽成活率的影响。结果表明,适合共生培养基为1/2 MS 10 g/L蔗糖 10 g/L琼脂,内生真菌在共生培养过程中对石斛试管苗的生长有显著的促进作用。     

禾本科植物内生真菌研究5.中国产部分epichlo(e)内生真菌的遗传多样性

Epichloe内生真菌(epichloe endophytes)是禾本科植物的共生真菌,开展其多样性研究对菌株的生物学特性和进化规律的了解以及开发利用都有着十分重要的意义.本研究筛选了12条随机引物对24株cpichloe内生真菌进行RAPD扩增,探讨真菌种类、宿主种类、采集地和菌株间的遗传多样性.结果表明,宿主为拂子茅Calamagrostia sp.、雀麦Bromus sp.、披碱草Elymus sp.、小颖羊茅Festucaparvigluma Steud.的菌株分别独立聚为一个分枝;而宿主为鹅观草Roegneria spp.的Neotyphodium属菌株聚类情况较为复杂;宿主为早熟禾Poa spp.的菌株分别在三个不同的分枝,表现出丰富的遗传多样性.以上结果反应了我国具有丰富的epichloe 内生真菌资源,它们和其宿主之间有着比较明显的相互关系.本研究还显示,采集于南京的拂子茅与其内生真菌共生可能发生在较久远的年代.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.