米蛾体内Wolbachia的wsp基因序列测定与系统发育分析

Wolbachia是广泛分布于节肢动物体内的一类共生菌, 它们参与多种调控寄主的生殖活动机制。通过对wsp基因的特异性扩增和测序,发现了Wolbachia在米蛾Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton)体内的感染。利用所测序列和其他已发表的序列建立系统树,结果表明米蛾体内Wolbachia属于B大组的Pip类群,与其寄生物茧蜂及赤眼蜂中的Wolbachia各株系遗传距离相差较远。据此推测米蛾体内感染的Wolbachia不是由寄生物（茧蜂、赤眼蜂）水平传播所致。     

棉铃虫细胞色素P450 CYP6B7基因的克隆与融合表达

细胞色素P450 CYP6B7被推测与棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera对拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂的抗性有关,但至今尚无CYP6B7参与杀虫剂代谢方面的直接证据。为揭示CYP6B7的代谢功能,作者以棉铃虫幼虫基因组DNA 为模板,以CYP6B7基因设计特异性引物,扩增出包含321 bp内含子的CYP6B7基因。用反向PCR的方法消除内含子,获得包含完整的CYP6B7基因的开放阅读框。将CYP6B7基因与pMAL-c2X载体连接,并转化E.coli TB1细胞,在IPTG诱导下,CYP6B7能与载体基因编码的麦芽糖结合蛋白（MBP）在大肠杆菌中融合表达,表达产物经直链淀粉（amylose） 柱亲和层析分离洗脱后,得到SDS-PAGE电泳纯的融合蛋白。     

转蜘蛛杀虫肽与Bt毒蛋白C肽基因小黑杨对杨扇舟蛾的抗性

为评价转蜘蛛杀虫肽与Bt毒蛋白C肽融合蛋白基因小黑杨对杨扇舟蛾Clostera anachoreta (Fabricius)的抗性,采用苗木套笼饲喂法和石蜡切片法,对取食转基因小黑杨的杨扇舟蛾幼虫的发育、死亡情况和中肠结构进行了研究。结果表明,杨扇舟蛾幼虫分别取食TT3（转基因无性系3）、TT1（转基因无性系1）和CK（非转基因对照）小黑杨后 总历期依次为35.63天、30.39天和28.74天,幼虫化蛹率依次为12.1%、29.3%和44.3%,平均蛹重依次为0.1077 g、0.1714 g和0.1893 g。转基因小黑杨能明显延长杨扇舟蛾幼虫的发育历期,降低化蛹率和蛹重。同时,转基因小黑杨有抑制幼虫蜕皮、增加其死亡率和致蛹畸形的作用,且能破坏幼虫中肠,使中肠细胞排列松散、肠腔食物减少、中肠变形,其破坏作用随时间延长而加剧。一般来讲,TT3对杨扇舟蛾的各种影响作用均大于TT1。     

转Bt基因水稻对稻纵卷叶螟幼虫体内三种保护酶活性的影响

用转Cry1Ab/Cry1Ac基因水稻的叶片饲喂稻纵卷叶螟Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée)幼虫,采用酶活力测定方法研究了转基因水稻对稻纵卷叶螟幼虫体内3种保护酶（SOD,CAT和POD）活性的影响。结果表明：取食转基因水稻叶片4 h后,幼虫体内SOD酶活性比对照提高了91.5%,与对照有显著差异;36 h后活性达到最大值,但与对照差异不显著。取食转基因水稻叶片24 h后,幼虫体内CAT酶活性达到最大值且高于对照,但与对照差异不显著;48 h后酶活性受到显著抑制,与对照差异显著。取食转基因水稻叶片12 h后,幼虫体内POD酶活性达到最大值,与对照差异不显著;48 h后酶活性逐渐下降达到最小值,比对照下降68.05%。实验同时测定了幼虫体内及其粪便中Bt毒蛋白含量的变化,结果表明取食转基因水稻叶片12 h后,随着大量取食进入体内的毒蛋白随粪便排出,幼虫体内的毒蛋白含量一直低于粪便中的含量,且在24 h时两者差异达到最大。由于Bt毒蛋白在幼虫体内的积累,扰乱了稻纵卷叶螟幼虫体内SOD,CAT和POD 3种保护酶的动态平衡,使虫体内自由基的清除遇到障碍,从而对其产生毒害作用。     

铃刺蛾属在中国的首次发现及七新种记述（鳞翅目：刺蛾科）

首次报道铃刺蛾属Kitanola Matsumura及环铃刺蛾K. uncula (Staudinger)在中国有分布,并记述7新种,即针铃刺蛾K. spina sp. nov.,小针铃刺蛾K. spinula sp. nov.,线铃刺蛾K. linea sp. nov.,灰白铃刺蛾K. albigrisea sp. nov.,蔡氏铃刺蛾K. caii sp. nov.,短颚铃刺蛾K. brachygnatha sp. nov.和宽颚铃刺蛾K. eurygnatha sp. nov.。编制了本属中国已知种的检索表,提供了成虫彩色照片和外生殖器特征图。新种模式标本均保存在中国科学院动物研究所。     

棉铃虫嗅觉受体基因的克隆及组织特异性表达

昆虫嗅觉受体是一个高度变异的蛋白家族,但是其中一类嗅觉受体很特殊,它们在不同昆虫体内高度保守。该文作者从棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera体内克隆得到了这类受体基因,命名为ORHarm。ORHarm编码473个氨基酸残基,序列中有7个跨膜区,是典型的G蛋白偶联的受体。ORHarm与已经报道的昆虫同类嗅觉受体的同源性在60％以上,与近缘种烟芽夜蛾Heliothis virescens嗅觉受体的同源性高达99.4％。半定量RT-PCR研究表明,ORHarm主要在棉铃虫成虫触角中表达,在喙中也有表达,但表达量较低,在成虫其他的部位不表达;在棉铃虫发育的各个时期,如卵、幼虫、蛹和成虫体内,也都有表达。ORHarm不仅在感受挥发性气味物质的过程中起着重要的作用,而且也参与液态化学刺激的识别过程。     

家蚕细胞色素P450基因Bmcyp6u1的克隆、序列分析与表达谱

细胞色素P450第6亚家族基因为昆虫所特有,与抗性相关。为了检测家蚕Bombyx mori cyp6u1基因是否与耐氟性相关,首先克隆了cyp6u1基因。采用生物信息学方法获得与黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster cyp6u1基因同源的家蚕B. mori cyp6u1基因序列, 预测该序列的开放阅读框（ORF）为1 476 bp, 编码491个氨基酸, 推定的蛋白质分子质量为56.15 kD, 等电点为9.23。以家蚕5龄第3天幼虫精巢cDNA为模板, 设计特异引物PCR扩增出一条约1 500 bp的条带, 大小与家蚕cyp6u1序列的ORF预测值接近, 命名为Bmcyp6u1基因（GenBank登录号：HM130560）。同源性分析表明, Bmcyp6u1基因与蜜蜂Apis mellifera的同源基因cyp6AS13的相似性为56%, 与拟南芥Arabidopsis thaliana的cyp72A82的相似性为48%, 与人Homo sapiens的cyp3A7基因的相似性为50%。芯片数据分析表明, Bmcyp6u1基因在家蚕5龄第3天幼虫各组织表达量很低, 只在精巢组织(5龄第3天)稍有表达, 推测该基因具有组织特异性。     

棉铃虫P450基因CYP6AE12和CYP9A18的克隆与mRNA表达水平

采用RT-PCR和RACE技术克隆到2个新的棉铃虫细胞色素P450基因：CYP6AE12和CYP9A18。CYP6AE12的cDNA编码区长1 569 bp,编码523个氨基酸;CYP9A18的cDNA编码区长1 590 bp,编码530个氨基酸。用实时定量PCR技术分析了这2个基因在棉铃虫YS敏感品系和YS-FP抗性品系(由氰戊菊酯加辛硫磷混剂筛选YS品系而得) 6龄幼虫脂肪体和中肠中mRNA的表达水平。结果表明：CYP6AE12和CYP9A18的mRNA表达具有组织特异性,CYP6AE12在脂肪体中表达量较高,而CYP9A18在中肠中的表达量较高。与相对敏感品系YS相比,CYP6AE12在YS-FP抗性品系中肠和脂肪体中的mRNA表达量分别为YS品系的3.6倍和1.3倍;CYP9A18在YS-FP品系中肠和脂肪体的mRNA表达量分别为YS品系的0.3倍和1.0倍。CYP6AE12的过量表达与YS-FP品系棉铃虫的抗药性可能有一定关系。     

苏云金芽孢杆菌Rpp02菌株cry1Ac20基因的克隆及表达

Rpp02菌株是本实验室分离的一株对鳞翅目等多种害虫具有高毒力的苏云金芽孢杆菌莫里逊亚种 (Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni), 经PCR检测,它含有cry1Ac基因。对其基因组DNA进行PCR扩增,得到大约4 kb的产物。测序结果表明,该片段含有一个较大的ORF框,基因编码区为3 534 bp,编码1 177个氨基酸,分子量为133.144 kD,pI 4.952, 为弱酸性蛋白质,亮氨酸（Leu）、丝氨酸（Ser）、谷氨酸（Glu）3种氨基酸含量最高,分别为8.0%、7.8%、7.7%。该基因序列与cry1Ac序列同源性达到99%,并被国际Bt杀虫晶体蛋白基因命名委员会命名为cry1Ac20。生物测定表明,该基因在大肠杆菌中得到了表达,表达产物具有较强的杀虫效果,试喂菜青虫48 h后,校正死亡率为88.78%。     

转新型双抗虫基因棉花的遗传分析

首次用含合成的BtCrylAc活性杀虫蛋白嵌合基因及慈菇蛋白酶抑制剂B(API-B)基因表达框的双抗虫基因植物表达载体,通过土壤根癌杆菌介导转化棉花品种冀合321,获得一批抗虫的转化再生棉花植株。利用叶片涂抹卡那霉素、叶片离体养虫和PCR扩增等检测方法对6个不同转双抗虫基因株系的抗虫性进行遗传分析。结果显示,转化株系自交的T1抗虫性状遗传较为复杂;农杆菌介导获得的转基因抗虫棉在早期世代不易选到纯合系,但是随着对抗虫性状进行单向选择,到T4和T5就能获得抗虫纯合系。利用抗虫性稳定的转化后代材料和转化受体进行田间杂交,发现F2抗虫性分离完全符合一对或两对显性基因的分离规律,并证明了DR248和DR193两个材料为外源基因双拷贝插入。转化株系的Southern杂交也证明了上述结果。     

转单、双Bt基因741杨外源基因表达和抗虫性比较

【目的】研究联合使用两种或两种以上的抗虫基因的抗虫效果, 同时鉴定并筛选出转双Bt基因741杨对鳞翅目和鞘翅目害虫有较强抗性的株系。【方法】选取转三基因（Cry3Aa+Cry1Ac+API）741杨8个株系、 转双基因（Cry1Ac+API）741杨1个株系和转单基因（Cry3Aa）741杨3个株系为试材, 从外源基因PCR检测、 毒蛋白表达和抗虫性三方面对转基因株系进行对比分析。【结果】经PCR扩增后各转基因株系出现了预期的电泳条带。ELISA蛋白检测显示转基因株系中都有与所含基因相应的Bt杀虫蛋白表达。用转基因株系新鲜叶片进行柳蓝叶甲Plagiodera versicolora和美国白蛾Hyphantria cunea室内饲虫实验表明： 转入不同抗虫基因的杨树对昆虫的抗性具有选择性, 对非靶标昆虫没有毒杀作用。转双Bt基因741杨具有双抗性, 不同转基因株系表现出高中低的抗性水平： 在对柳蓝叶甲的抗性上, 筛选出的其中5个高抗株系（pCCA1, pCCA2, pCCA5, pCCA6和pCCA9）的抗性水平明显比含Cry3Aa单Bt基因的3个高抗株系（pCC11, pCC53和pCC84）高; 在对美国白蛾的抗性上, 有7个株系（pCCA2~pCCA7和pCCA9）的抗性水平与含Cry1Ac单Bt基因株系（pB29）表现一致, 只有1个株系（pCCA1）对美国白蛾表现出了极低的抗性。【结论】多个抗虫基因在741杨上的联合使用, 不仅扩大了抗虫谱, 其中的高抗株系还具有了更高的抗虫能力, 有效地发挥了基因的叠加效应。     

Broccoli plants with pyramided cry1Ac and cry1C Bt genes control diamondback moths resistant to Cry1A and Cry1C proteins

This study was undertaken to determine the effects of pyramiding two Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) genes in the same plant on the production of Bt proteins and the control of diamondback moths (DBM, Plutella xylostella) resistant to one or the other protein. Broccoli lines carrying both cry1Ac and cry1C Bt genes were produced by sexual crosses of cry1Ac- and cry1C-transgenic plants. Plants containing both genes were selected by tests for resistance to kanamycin and hygromycin, and confirmed by PCR analysis for the Bt genes. Both cry1Ac and cry1C mRNAs were detected in the hybrid lines, and Cry1Ac and Cry1C proteins were stably produced at levels comparable to the parental plants. Plants producing both Cry1Ac and Cry1C proteins caused rapid and complete mortality of DBM larvae resistant to Cry1A or Cry1C, and suffered little or no leaf damage. These plants, in combination with the resistant DBM populations available, will allow greenhouse or field studies of resistance management strategies involving gene pyramiding.     

Expression of Bt cry1Ac in transgenic oilseed rape in China and transgenic performance of intraspecific hybrids against Helicoverpa armigera larvae

The expression of a synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) cry1Ac gene in oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus ) was monitored under field conditions in China, and performance against Helicoverpa armigera larvae was compared in intraspecific hybrids with a Chinese OSR variety. Leaf samples from transgenic OSR were collected at various developmental stages in two separate field experiments. The Bt Cry1Ac concentrations in the third uppermost leaves increased before pod formation stage and either increased or decreased after pod formation stage whereas the total soluble protein increased before and decreased after pod-fill in the later growing season. Spontaneously formed intraspecific hybrids between transgenic OSR and a Chinese conventional OSR were obtained in the field and transgenic status was confirmed by a green fluorescent protein (GFP) phenotype and polymerase chain reaction. A bioassay on the neonate larvae of a susceptible strain of H.   armigera was performed to test the efficacy of Bt Cry1Ac toxin in hybrid OSR plants. Both the original transgenic OSR and hybrid plants had a negative effect on body-weight gain of insect larvae. It was assumed that Bt Cry1Ac toxin concentration was similar in hybrids compared to the original transgenic OSR at the investigated developmental stages. The frequency of hybrid production and volunteerism could potentially enhance the evolution of insect pest tolerance in the field.     

Similar genetic basis of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in Boll-selected and diet-selected strains of pink bollworm

Genetically engineered cotton and corn plants producing insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins kill some key insect pests. Yet, evolution of resistance by pests threatens long-term insect control by these transgenic Bt crops. We compared the genetic basis of resistance to Bt toxin Cry1Ac in two independently derived, laboratory-selected strains of a major cotton pest, the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella [Saunders]). The Arizona pooled resistant strain (AZP-R) was started with pink bollworm from 10 field populations and selected with Cry1Ac in diet. The Bt4R resistant strain was started with a long-term susceptible laboratory strain and selected first with Bt cotton bolls and later with Cry1Ac in diet. Previous work showed that AZP-R had three recessive mutations (r1, r2, and r3) in the pink bollworm cadherin gene (PgCad1) linked with resistance to Cry1Ac and Bt cotton producing Cry1Ac. Here we report that inheritance of resistance to a diagnostic concentration of Cry1Ac was recessive in Bt4R. In interstrain complementation tests for allelism, F(1) progeny from crosses between AZP-R and Bt4R were resistant to Cry1Ac, indicating a shared resistance locus in the two strains. Molecular analysis of the Bt4R cadherin gene identified a novel 15-bp deletion (r4) predicted to cause the loss of five amino acids upstream of the Cry1Ac-binding region of the cadherin protein. Four recessive mutations in PgCad1 are now implicated in resistance in five different strains, showing that mutations in cadherin are the primary mechanism of resistance to Cry1Ac in laboratory-selected strains of pink bollworm from Arizona.     

Seasonal expression profiles of insecticidal protein and control efficacy against Helicoverpa armigera for Bt cotton in the Yangtze River valley of China

Seasonal levels of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) insecticidal protein and its control efficacy against Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) in Bt transgenic cotton GK19 (carrying a Cry1Ac/Cry1Ab fused gene) and BG1560 (carrying a Cry1Ac gene) were investigated in Tianmen County, Hubei Province, located in the Yangtze River valley of China, in 2001 and 2002. The results showed that the toxin content in Bt cotton changed significantly over time, and that the structure, growth stage, and variety were significant sources of variability. Generally, insecticidal protein levels were high during the early stages of cotton growth; they declined in mid-season, and rebounded in late season. On most dates sampled, the toxin contents in leaf, square, petal, and stamens (including nonovule pistil tissue) were much higher than those in ovule and boll. Compared with BG1560, the expression of Cry1Ac/Cry1Ab protein in GK19 was more variable during the whole growth period of cotton. The field evaluation on larval population dynamics of H. armigera in Bt and conventional cotton showed that the larval densities in BG1560 and GK19 fields decreased, respectively, 92.04 and 81.85% in 2001, and 96.84 and 91.80% in 2002.     

转Cry1Ac活性杀虫蛋白及慈菇蛋白酶抑制剂B基因的棉花

根据植物基因的结构特征,合成了CrylAc活性杀虫蛋白的编码序列并与内质网定位肽编码序列组成嵌合杀虫蛋白基因Bt29K.构建了含Bt29K基因及慈菇蛋白酶抑制剂B(API-B)基因表达框的双抗虫基因植物表达载体.通过根癌土壤杆菌(Agrobacteriumtumefaciens(Smith et Townsend)Conn LBA4404)介导转化了棉花(Gossypium hirsu-tun L.)的两个生产品种(系).根据抗棉铃虫(Heliothis armigera)试验及农艺性状的观察调查结果,经6代筛选,获得了抗棉铃虫90.0%～99.7%且农艺性状优良的9个双价抗虫棉纯合品系.分子生物学分析结果表明,两个抗虫基因在棉花基因组中的插入拷贝数为1个或2个.活性Cry1Ac和API-B蛋白在转基因抗虫棉株系中的表达量分别约占总可溶性蛋白的0.17%和0.09%.对双抗纯合系植株及仅转Bt基因的棉花纯合系抗虫性检测结果表明前者的抗虫性明显高于后者,因此推断本研究采用的双抗虫基因表达载体构建策略是合理的.     

Effect of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis rice lines on mortality and feeding behavior of rice stem borers (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Ten transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis Bt rice, Oryza sativa L., lines with different Bt genes (two Cry1Ac lines, three Cry2A lines, and five Cry9C lines) derived from the same variety Minghui 63 were evaluated in both the laboratory and the field. Bioassays were conducted by using the first instars of two main rice lepidopteran insect species: yellow stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) and Asiatic rice borer, Chilo suppressalis (Walker). All transgenic lines exhibited high toxicity to these two rice borers. Field evaluation results also showed that all transgenic lines were highly insect resistant with both natural infestation and manual infestation of the neonate larvae of S. incertulas compared with the nontransformed Minghui63. Bt protein concentrations in leaves of 10 transgenic rice lines were estimated by the sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The cry9C gene had the highest expression level, next was cry2A gene, and the cry1Ac gene expressed at the lowest level. The feeding behavior of 7-d-old Asiatic rice borer to three classes of Bt transgenic rice lines also was detected by using rice culm cuttings. The results showed that 7-d-old larvae of Asiatic rice borer have the capacity to distinguish Bt and non-Bt culm cuttings and preferentially fed on non-Bt cuttings. When only Bt culm cuttings with three classes of different Bt proteins (CrylAc, Cry2A, and Cry9C) were fed, significant distribution difference of 7-d-old Asiatic rice borer in culm cuttings of different Bt proteins also was found. In the current study, we evaluate different Bt genes in the same rice variety in both the laboratory and the field, and also tested feeding behavior of rice insect to these Bt rice. These data are valuable for the further development of two-toxin Bt rice and establishment of appropriate insect resistance management in the future.     

Overexpression of a novel Cry1Ie gene confers resistance to Cry1Ac-resistant cotton bollworm in transgenic lines of maize

Although transgenic crops expressing either Cry1Ab or Cry1Ac, both derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), have been used commercially, the evolution of insects resistance to these CRY proteins has become a challenge. Thus, it has been proposed that co-expression of two Bt proteins with different modes of action may delay the development of resistance to Bt. However, few Bt proteins have been identified as having different modes of action from those of Cry1Ab or Cry1Ac. In this study, transgenic lines of maize over-expressing either Cry1Ie or Cry1Ac gene have been developed. Several independent transgenic lines with one copy of the foreign gene were identified by Southern blot analysis. Bioassays in the laboratory showed that the transgenic plants over-expressing Cry1Ie were highly toxic against the wild-type cotton bollworm (Heliothis armigera), producing mortality levels of 50 % after 6 days of exposure. However, the mortality caused by these plants was lower than that caused by the Cry1Ac transgenic plants (80 %) and MON810 plants expressing Cry1Ab (100 %), which both exhibited low toxicity toward the Cry1Ac-resistant cotton bollworm. In contrast, three transgenic maize lines expressing Cry1Ie induced higher mortality against this pest and were also highly toxic to the Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis) in the field. These results indicate that the Cry1Ie protein has a different mode of action than the Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac proteins. Therefore, the use of transgenic plants expressing Cry1Ie might delay the development of Bt-resistant insects in the field.