大肠杆菌及聚肌胞核苷酸对柞蚕、家蚕蛹诱导产生溶菌酶、抗菌肽及凝集素的动力学

大肠杆菌D₃₁诱导柞蚕蛹产生抗菌多肽。同时,溶菌酶和凝集素活性都比诱导前有明显增高.其活力高峰、抗菌多肽在第7天左右、溶菌酶在第5天,而凝集素在第3天即达最高水平。不同品种的柞蚕蛹,经诱导产生的三种活性物质其活力差异不明显,但741、河四和小混品种中的抗菌多肽P_9A及P_9B组成比例较高。上述三种活性物质的诱导变化与性别有关,雄性高于雌性。比较了柞蚕蛹和家蚕经细菌诱导后上述三种活性物质的变化,家蚕凝集素活力很低,诱导后活力增高不明显。抗菌活力及溶菌酶活力的提高程度柞蚕也高于家蚕。聚肌胞核苷酸(Poly I:C)也能诱导两种蚕产生抗菌多肽及溶菌酶,但活力提高的显著程度都不及大肠杆菌诱导,凝集素活力变化也不显著。     

柞蚕蛹血淋巴中凝集素的分离鉴定

在柞蚕蛹血淋巴中可以测得血凝活力,但在大肠杆菌诱导后血淋巴中血凝滴度有很大的升高.本文报道了分离正常柞蚕蛹血淋巴中凝集素的提取步骤.所得的凝集素在SDS垂直板电泳中表现单一条带,免疫扩散呈现单一的沉淀带,分子量为40,000道尔顿.制剂能凝集兔、鸭、豚鼠、羊、马及人的A、B、O和AB型的红细胞.其凝集活力可被半乳糖,乳糖,及N-乙酰半乳糖胺所抑制. 诱导后的柞蚕蛹血淋巴的凝集素成分比较复杂,经亲和层析后的制剂在免疫琼脂双扩散盘中呈现二条沉淀带,在垂直电泳中至少有二条带.     

柞蚕蛹解除滞育过程中海藻糖合成酶基因的表达变化

【目的】克隆柞蚕Antheraea pernyi海藻糖合成酶(trehalose-6-phosphate synthase,TPS)基因,并对其进行组织表达分析,探讨该基因在柞蚕滞育蛹解除滞育过程中的表达规律,为阐明柞蚕滞育期间碳水化合物代谢规律与蛹滞育解除的关系提供数据支持。【方法】利用PCR及3'RACE技术从柞蚕幼虫脂肪体组织中克隆得到TPS基因,并进行生物信息学分析;RT-PCR检测该基因在柞蚕幼虫各组织中的表达分布,进一步采用Real-time PCR分析柞蚕滞育蛹解除滞育过程中该基因在脂肪体组织和血淋巴中的表达量变化。【结果】克隆获得柞蚕海藻糖合成酶基因并命名为ApTPS。其开放阅读框长2 487 bp,编码828个氨基酸,蛋白预测分子量为93.19 k D,等电点(p I)4.61;无信号肽,无跨膜区。蛋白质亚细胞定位预测该蛋白定位于细胞质中;蛋白质结构域分析表明,ApTPS有两个保守功能区:TPS(第22-497位氨基酸)和TPP(第532-772位氨基酸)。组织特异性分析表明,ApTPS基因在柞蚕幼虫脂肪体中表达量最高;柞蚕解除滞育过程中,ApTPS在脂肪体和血淋巴中的表达量均有所升高,且显著高于对照组(P0.05),但血淋巴中表达量的升高滞后于脂肪体。【结论】结果提示ApTPS参与了柞蚕蛹滞育中碳水化合物代谢调控并在其中发挥重要作用,与柞蚕蛹滞育解除关系密切。     

柞蚕滞育蛹的体液防卫反应

本文对柞蚕Antheraea pernyi滞育蛹体液防卫的某些特性做了报道。结果表明：(1)经注射大肠杆菌诱导6h后,体液中出现了抗菌活性物质。诱导7d后,抗菌活力达到峰值,15d后活力消失。用生理盐水诱导的反应较快,4d后达到峰值,10d后活力消失。(2)经大肠杆菌诱导后的体液对苏芸金杆菌、大肠杆菌、枯草杆菌及金黄葡萄球菌均有杀菌效应。在最初5min内杀菌效率较高。注射生理盐水诱导的体液较大肠杆菌诱导的杀菌效果低。(3)用昆虫病原菌苏芸金杆菌及非病原菌大肠杆菌作不同的诱导源,诱导1d后的体液对大肠杆菌的抗菌活力差别不显著,但对柞蚕蛹的生活力及发育有明显影响;用苏芸金杆菌诱导的柞蚕滞育蛹3d后死亡,用大肠杆菌诱导的蛹能正常羽化。(4)在一定范围内用不同剂量的大肠杆菌进行诱导,其抗菌活力不受影响,但超过一定限度,既使是非病原菌也可以突破昆虫的防卫功能。     

柞蚕蛹滞育和滞育解除过程中海藻糖酶基因表达模式及酶活力分析

【目的】克隆柞蚕Antheraea pernyi海藻糖酶(trehalase,Treh)基因,探讨该基因在柞蚕蛹滞育和滞育解除过程中的表达模式与海藻糖酶活力变化,为阐明柞蚕蛹滞育期间糖代谢机制提供参考。【方法】利用RT-PCR技术从柞蚕蛹中克隆获得海藻糖酶基因,并对其进行生物信息学分析。采用半定量RT-PCR检测长光照(17L∶7D)处理后的滞育解除柞蚕蛹与对照滞育蛹不同组织中该基因的表达谱;采用实时定量PCR(qPCR)分析其在长光照下滞育解除过程中柞蚕蛹脂肪体中的相对表达量变化。利用3,5-二硝基水杨酸法检测脂肪体中海藻糖酶活力的变化,同时采用蒽酮比色法测定其血淋巴中海藻糖含量。【结果】克隆获得柞蚕3个海藻糖酶基因,分别命名为ApTreh1A,ApTreh1B和ApTreh2(GenBank登录号分别为:KU977455,KU977456和KU977457),开放阅读框(ORF)全长分别为1 797,1 635和1 932 bp,分别编码598,544和643个氨基酸。同源序列比对与系统进化树分析表明,ApTreh1A和ApTreh1B为可溶型海藻糖酶(Treh S),ApTreh2为膜结合型海藻糖酶(Treh M)。半定量RT-PCR检测发现,各组织中ApTreh2比ApTreh1的分布更广且表达量更高。qPCR检测发现,ApTreh1A和ApTreh1B在长光照处理后的柞蚕蛹脂肪体中,21 d时表达量都表现出快速升高[分别是对照组(12L∶12D)的2倍和4.7倍],28 d与35 d时下降,42 d时表达量再次升高;ApTreh2随着滞育的解除表达量逐渐升高,28 d时达到最高(约为对照组的2.7倍),42 d时又出现一个小高峰(约2.3倍),后期逐渐下降。长光照下脂肪体中海藻糖酶活力逐渐升高,21 d时达到最高(约18.5 U),35 d时降到最低(约11.2 U),42 d时其酶活力再次略微升高,之后呈下降趋势,与基因表达变化趋势一致。蛹血淋巴中海藻糖含量在长光照条件下呈现出升高趋势,21 d时达到最高,在整个发育时期的含量比对照组要高。【结论】本研究结果表明柞蚕蛹滞育解除过程中海藻糖酶基因表达的变化与蛹脂肪体中海藻糖酶活性、蛹血淋巴中海藻糖含量的变化趋势呈一致性,提示海藻糖酶基因的表达响应在柞蚕蛹滞育解除中发挥重要作用。     

柞蚕蛹溶菌酶的分离和纯化

本文报道热空气,大肠杆菌Ｋ１２Ｄ３１诱导柞蛹血淋巴,提高溶菌酶活力的方法。应用选择性热变性,等电点沉淀,ＤＥＡＥ－纤维素离子交换层析,ＣＣ－纤维素亲和层析等分离技术从柞蚕蛹血淋巴中提取溶菌酶,溶菌酶比活力达３６７００ｕ／ｍｇ蛋白,提高了１５０倍,活力回收达４８．６％。     

家蝇抗菌物质的诱导

针刺损伤诱导的家蝇三龄幼虫免疫血淋巴对动、植物病原菌有广谱的抗菌活性,同时,未经诱导的家蝇幼虫也具有抗菌活性。ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳分析表明：外源诱导能增强原有抗菌物质的表达量,并能激活新的蛋白产生。家蝇免疫血淋巴中的抗菌物质具热稳定性和耐冷冻贮藏的特性     

大头金蝇幼虫免疫系统对大肠杆菌诱导的应答研究

用大肠杆菌作为诱导菌,使得大头金蝇幼虫产生抗菌物质及凝集素,其活力高峰分别在第48和36小时。诱导后第48小时血淋巴稀释100倍,对金黄色葡萄球菌的致死率仍达18％。诱导后36小时血淋巴中凝集素滴度达512。聚丙烯酰胺电泳显示诱导后的血淋巴中新增4条新带,并有2条染色明显加深的条带。     

黄粉甲幼虫抗菌物质的诱导及其抗菌活性

采用饥饿法、紫外线照射法和针刺法处理黄粉甲Tenebriomolitor 6龄幼虫后均能诱导其 产生抗菌物质,收集的血淋巴上清液对真菌有抑制作用,对细菌无抑制作用;经热处理后的血 淋巴上清液则对细菌有抑制作用,而对真菌无抑制作用。SDS-PAGE检测结果发现,与未诱导的 对照相比经诱导的黄粉甲幼虫血淋巴中,原有的一类大分子蛋白质如分子量分别为97kD、44 kD和37 kD左右的蛋白质缺失;而ESI-MS分析结果显示诱导后比诱导前黄粉甲幼虫血淋巴中有 小分子物质产生,推测可能是此类缺失蛋白质分解为小分子量的抗菌肽,从而表现出抗菌活性 。     

柞蚕蛹脂肪体和血淋巴中糖类含量动态的温度和光周期效应

本文研究了柞蚕Antheraea pernyti滞育蛹和非滞育蛹的糖类含量动态.两类柞蚕蛹血淋巴中所含糖类均为海藻糖和葡萄糖,但葡萄糖始终处于极低水平.滞育蛹的脂肪体糖原与血淋巴海藻糖之间存在相互转化的关系,这种转化受温度的制约.温度对于滞育的终止和海藻糖积累量影响很大.在保种温度范围内,滞育蛹接触低温越早,温度越低,海藻糖积累量越高.非滞育蛹即使经长期低温(0℃左右)处理,体内也不积累海藻糖,且耐寒力显著低于滞育蛹.在25℃条件下,光周期对滞育蛹和非滞育蛹的影响不同.     

Insect immunity: isolation and structure of cecropins B and D from pupae of the Chinese oak silk moth, Antheraea pernyi

The immune system in the Chinese oak silk moth, Antheraea pernyi, has been compared with that of the Cecropia moth which has been characterized earlier. Antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli was induced in diapausing pupae by injection of viable E. coli or Enterobacter cloacae. The activity reached a maximum on day 7-8 after which the response gradually declined. The pupae produced a set of immune proteins with P4 and P5 as major labelled components similar to that earlier found in Cecropia. The major antibacterial factor in A. pernyi was cecropin D. A procedure is described for the isolation of cecropin B and D, which is in principle similar to the one used for the isolation of the corresponding cecropins from Cecropia pupae. Amino acid sequence analyses of the A. pernyi cecropins show the D form to contain 36 amino acid residues and that both cecropins have blocked C-termini. The general structure of cecropins having a charged N-terminal region (residues 1-21) followed by a long hydrophobic stretch (residues 22-32) is well conserved. Cecropin B and D from A. pernyi differ from the corresponding proteins in Cecropia by four and three conservative amino acid replacements, respectively. The homology between the cecropins from the two insects suggests that they orginate from a single ancestral gene. The antibacterial activity was tested against nine different bacterial species. Evolutionary aspects of the cecropins are discussed.     

Viresin. A novel antibacterial protein from immune hemolymph of Heliothis virescens pupae.

Immune hemolymph was collected from fifth instar larvae and 1-day-old pupae of Heliothis virescens after injection of prepupae with live Enterobacter cloacae. Induction of antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli K12 D31 was 7.5 times greater in pupal than in larval immune hemolymph. Lysozyme activity of immune pupal hemolymph against Micrococcus lysodeikticus was 11 times greater when compared with lysozyme activity of immune larval hemolymph. Early pupal immune response with regard to antibacterial activity was much greater than larval immune response in H. virescens. Normal pupal hemolymph showed an increase in antibacterial activity and lysozyme that was induced during metamorphosis. Antibacterial protein was isolated together with lysozyme by gel filtration chromatography and then separated from lysozyme by sequential electrophoresis with a native acid gel and SDS gel. Molecular mass of antibacterial protein was estimated to be 12 kDa. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of 12-kDa protein was different from those of antibacterial molecules found in other insects and has not been identified before. A sample containing 12-kDa protein was negative for immunoblotting with anti-synthetic cecropin B antibody. We have named the novel 12-kDa antibacterial protein viresin. Viresin showed antibacterial activity against several Gram-negative bacteria including E. cloacae but not against Gram-positive bacteria.     

Purification of a lectin from the hemolymph of Chinese oak silk moth (Antheraea pernyi) pupae

A lectin with affinity to galactose was purified to homogeneity from the hemolymph of diapausing pupae of the Chinese oak silk moth, Anteraea pernyi. The molecular mass of this lectin was 380,000 and it formed an oligomeric structure of a subunit with a molecular mass of 38,000. The hemagglutinating activity in the hemolymph was found to increase with time after immunization with E. coli. Studies with antibody against the purified lectin showed that increase in the hemagglutinating activity was due to the same lectin, suggesting that the amount of the lectin increased in response to intrusion of foreign substances. The function of this lectin in the defence mechanism is discussed.     

Insect immunity: Early fate of bacteria injected in saturniid pupae

Saturniid pupae have previously been shown to synthesize a set of antibacterial proteins in response to an injection of viable nonpathogenic bacteria (Boman, H. G., Nilsson-Faye, I., Paul, K., and Rasmuson, T., Jr. 1974. Insect immunity. I. Characteristics of an inducible cell-free antibacterial reaction hemolymph of Samia cynthia pupae; Infec. Immun., 10, 136–145; Faye, I., Pye, A., Rasmuson, T., Boman, H. G., and Boman, I. A. 1975. Insect immunity. II. Simultaneous induction of antibacterial activity and selective synthesis of some hemolymph proteins in diapausing pupae of Hyalophora cecropia and Samia cynthia). Infec. Immun., 12, 1426–1438). It show here that two such injected bacteria, Enterobacter cloacae and Escherichia coli, were rapidly eliminated from the hemolymph. The distribution of the injected bacteria was studied by the use of radioactively labeled E. coli, which were traced by combustion of tissue samples and by radioautography. Both methods showed that the bacteria appeared most frequently in the upper distal ends of the pupae. In the radioautographic study this was expressed as a high number of silver grain-containing cells. These cells appeared singly or as two to five cells clumped together, preferentially attached to the fat body. No decisive effect was shown on either the elimination of bacteria from hemolymph or the appearance in the tissue when pupae were treated with actinomycin D or cycloheximide. Phagocytosis by adhesive hemocytes is discussed as an explanation of bacterial elimination from the hemolymph.     

Antibacterial activity in vivo and in vitro in the hemolymph of Galleria mellonella infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The antibacterial activity of hemolymph from Galleria mellonella infected with entomopathogenic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and non-pathogenic bacterium Escherichia coli was studied. In vivo, the antimicrobial activity appeared shortly after P. aeruginosa infection, reached the maximum level 18 h postinjection, while 30 h later only trace activity was noted. The activity induced by E. coli sustained on the high level until 48 h after infection. We also noted that the antimicrobial activity level induced by the non-pathogenic bacterium was higher in comparison to that measured in insects infected with the pathogenic strain of P. aeruginosa. The results of our in vitro studies indicated that inducible antimicrobial peptides of G. mellonella larvae were digested by P. aeruginosa elastase B. After 1 h incubation of cell-free hemolymph of immune-challenged larvae with elastase B, no antibacterial activity was observed. It was also shown that elastase B degraded synthetic cecropin B while in the presence of 6 mM EDTA antibacterial activity of cell-free hemolymph as well as cecropin B, was not changed which confirmed that the activity was abolished by the metalloprotease.     

Suitability of yeast- and Escherichia coli-expressed hepatitis B virus core antigen derivatives for detection of anti-HBc antibodies in human sera

Antibody to hepatitis B virus core antigen (anti-HBc) is one of the most important serological markers during hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The quality of the hepatitis B virus core antigen (HBcAg; diagnostic antigen) is crucial to the accuracy of anti-HBc detection. In an attempt to explore the suitability of recombinant HBcAg (rHBcAg) for diagnostic purposes, HBcAg was expressed in Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Pichia pastoris (P. pastoris) and evaluated for the detection of anti-HBc. The expression level of the recombinant protein satisfied the criteria for large-scale biologic production. P. pastoris- and E. coli-derived rHBcAg were purified with gel filtration followed by sucrose gradient (reagents A and C) or with a monoclonal anti-HBc antibody binding (reagents B and D) and were utilized to detect anti-HBc in competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) format. The ELISA using P. pastoris-derived rHBcAg had a higher specificity and sensitivity than that using E.coli-derived rHBcAg to detect the anti-HBc standard panel. Serum specimens were collected from HBV-infected patients and healthy individuals (voluntary blood donors). Anti-HBc was detected in those specimens using P. pastoris- and E. coli-derived rHBcAg. The positive rate of anti-HBc detection in HBV-infected patients' sera was 100% with reagents A and B, 96.4% with reagent C, and 93.6% with reagent D. The negative rate in healthy control sera was 100% with reagents A and B, 97.0% with reagent C, and 99.7% with reagent D. These data indicate that P. pastoris-derived rHBcAg is superior to E.coli-derived rHBcAg for the detection of anti-HBc using the diagnostic ELISA.     

The antibacterial effect of attacins from the silk moth Hyalophora cecropia is directed against the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.

The attacins are antibacterial proteins which accumulate in the hemolymph of the giant silk moth, Hyalophora cecropia, in response to a bacterial infection. Here we show that the permeability barrier function of the outer membrane is affected shortly after addition of attacin to growing cultures of Escherichia coli. Specifically, the penetration through the outer membrane of beta-lactam antibiotics, chicken egg white lysozyme and the detergent Triton X-100 was found to be facilitated. The sensitivity of E. coli to cecropin B, another antibacterial protein present in the hemolymph of H. cecropia, was also found to be increased after treatment with attacin. The results suggest that the target of the attacins in E. coli is the outer membrane. Other effects of the attacins which have been observed are likely to be indirect consequences of the alteration in the properties of the outer membrane. These effects include changes in the cell shape, irregular patterns of cell division and lysis. The minimal concentration at which the attacins affected the growth of E. coli was 1 and 0.5 microM for the neutral (pI 7) and basic (pI 9) attacins, respectively, which corresponds to less than 2% of the concentration of the attacins in the hemolymph of infected pupae.     

温度对黄粉虫幼虫生长发育及体液免疫防御能力的影响

【目的】探究饲养温度对黄粉虫Tenebrio molitor幼虫生长发育和体液免疫防御的影响。【方法】测定了不同温度（18, 22, 26和30℃）下饲养的黄粉虫幼虫的发育历期、蛹重、化蛹率;采用抑制区分析法测定了不同温度下饲养的免疫（用生理盐水将大肠杆菌Escherichia coli配制成1×104个菌体/μL悬浮液,用微量注射器将其注入虫体腹部的背面,每头幼虫注射1 μL）和非免疫(注射生理盐水)黄粉虫幼虫血淋巴的抑菌和溶菌酶活性,通过分光光度法测定了其酚氧化酶活性。【结果】结果显示,黄粉虫幼虫发育历期随饲养温度的上升而明显缩短（P<0.0001）,而不同温度下蛹重（P=0.067）与化蛹率（P=0.869）差异不显著。免疫组黄粉虫幼虫血淋巴的抑菌、酚氧化酶和溶菌酶活性随饲养温度上升而降低：抑菌和酚氧化酶活性随温度变化差异极显著（P<0.0001）,溶菌酶活性差异显著（P=0.013）。【结论】本研究结果表明,温度对黄粉虫的生长发育和免疫防御具有较大的影响,低温下黄粉虫幼虫的发育历期延长,但其体液免疫防御能力明显增强。