沃尔巴克氏体感染对黑腹果蝇头部转录组的影响

为明确沃尔巴克氏体Wolbachia对果蝇神经行为影响的分子机制,采取转录组测序技术对感染沃尔巴克氏体和未感染的黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster头部样本进行转录组测序、组装、注释,筛选感染沃尔巴克氏体wMel和未感染黑腹果蝇头部转录组间的差异表达基因,并选择差异表达基因中差异倍数较大或与神经行为相关的基因进行qPCR验证。结果表明,感染沃尔巴克氏体wMel和未感染黑腹果蝇头部差异表达基因有679个（差异倍数≥2,P<0.05）,其中,由于感染沃尔巴克氏体wMel而上调表达的基因有566个,下调表达的基因有113个。GO功能注释分析显示,差异表达基因与代谢过程、催化和结合功能相关。KEGG通路注释分析发现,差异表达基因主要富集在蛋白消化与吸收、内分泌、神经活性配体-受体互作以及激素合成等通路中。从差异表达基因中筛选出11个基因进行qPCR验证,有9个基因的表达趋势与RNA测序结果一致。表明沃尔巴克氏体可广泛影响果蝇头部基因的表达水平,暗示可能由此影响宿主的神经行为。     

Induction of an antioxidant enzyme system and other oxidative stress markers associated with compatible and incompatible interactions between chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.ciceris

To ascertain if active oxygen species play a role in fusarium wilt of chickpea caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, the degree of lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde formation) and the activity levels of diamine oxidase (DAO), an apoplastic H₂O₂-forming oxidase, and several antioxidant enzymes, namely ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), guaiacol-dependent peroxidase (GPX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), were determined spectrophotometrically in roots and stems of ‘WR315’ (resistant) and ‘JG62’ (susceptible) chickpea cultivars inoculated with the highly virulent race 5 of the pathogen. Moreover, APX, CAT, GPX and SOD were also analysed in roots and stems by gel electrophoresis and activity staining; and the protein levels of APX and SOD in roots were determined by Western blotting. In roots, infection by the pathogen increased lipid peroxidation and CAT and SOD activities, although such responses occurred earlier in the incompatible compared with the compatible interactions. APX, GPX and GR activities were also increased in infected roots, but only in the compatible interaction. In stems, infection by the pathogen increased lipid peroxidation and APX, CAT, SOD and GPX activities only in the compatible interaction, and DAO activity only in the incompatible one. In general, electrophoregrams agreed with the activity levels determined spectrophotometrically and did not reveal any differences in isoenzyme patterns between cultivars or between infected and non-infected plants. Further, Western blots revealed an increase in the root protein levels of APX in the compatible interaction and in those of SOD in both compatible and incompatible interactions. In conclusion, whereas enhanced DAO activity in stems, and earlier increases in lipid peroxidation and CAT and SOD activities in roots, can be associated with resistance to fusarium wilt in chickpea, the induction of the latter three parameters in roots and stems along with that of APX, GR (only in roots) and GPX (only in stems) activities are rather more associated with the establishment of the compatible interaction.     

大豆根组织受尖孢镰刀菌侵染后基因表达反应的cDNA-AFLP分析

 为了阐明大豆受尖孢镰刀菌(Fusarium oxysporum,Fo)侵染后在基因转录水平上的感病反应,本研究用cDNA-AFLP方法,对Fo浸根接种后大豆根组织进行了基因转录谱的银染法检测分析。结果表明,在测定的大约1 000个大豆cDNA扩增片段(TDFs)中,16个是差异性表达的,其中9个受Fo诱导上调表达,7个被抑制下调表达。对这些差异性表达的TDFs进行克隆、测序及其同源性进行分析,发现其中6个具有已知或推断的生物学功能,包括钙调素结合蛋白(CaMBP)、BURP结构域蛋白和羟基多花碱-羟基烷宁转移酶等,其余10个功能未知。这些可能参与大豆感病性的差异性表达新基因片段的发现,为开展大豆感病性功能基因组学研究提供了材料。     

LncRNA在柑橘木虱与黄龙病病原菌互作中的差异表达分析及验证

为明确柑橘黄龙病的唯一自然传播媒介——柑橘木虱Diaphorina citri的长链非编码RNA(long non-coding RNA,lncRNA)是否参与调控黄龙病病原菌Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus(CLas)的侵染及复制,采用生物信息学预测及PCR扩增方法进行lncRNA的预测、特征分析、验证及差异表达分析。结果显示,柑橘木虱的13个转录组RNA-Seq数据中共有10 192个lncRNA基因,对应15 747条lncRNA转录本;与蛋白质编码基因相比,柑橘木虱lncRNA具有更少的外显子数量和更短的转录本长度;随机选取的10条lncRNA基因中,有7条lncRNA基因在无菌柑橘木虱广州品系或赣州品系中有表达,其中1条lncRNA基因TCONS_00034665在无菌广州品系和无菌赣州品系中存在差异表达;带菌和无菌柑橘木虱成虫中预测获得2个差异表达的lncRNA基因TCONS_00096118和TCONS_00234564,实时荧光定量PCR验证发现TCONS_00234564与预测结果一致,在带菌柑橘木虱成虫中高表达。表明lncRNA参与了黄龙病病原菌与寄主柑橘木虱的互作。     

基于链特异性RNA-seq的禾谷镰刀菌全生活史转录组分析

为明确植物病原真菌禾谷镰刀菌Fusarium graminearum全生活史的转录组特征和基因表达模式,采用生物信息学技术对其生活史不同阶段15个时期或组织的链特异性RNA-seq数据进行分析。结果表明,共有8 106个基因在所有时期均有表达,为禾谷镰刀菌生活史核心基因,占总基因数的47.2%;有性生殖和侵染过程中表达的基因数相对较多,其中有性生殖后期表达的基因数最多,达15 221个;无性产孢和侵染小麦穗过程中基因表达水平整体较高,而分生孢子中基因表达水平最低。在燕麦培养基上禾谷镰刀菌气生菌丝的基因表达模式与侵染过程中的基因表达模式较为相似,而与营养生长菌丝的基因表达模式差异较大。该菌次生代谢物合成特征酶基因和分泌蛋白基因的表达模式均分成3类,即分别在侵染、营养生长和有性生殖过程上调表达,暗示其在生活史不同阶段的特异性功能。     

Resistance of wheat to Mycosphaerella graminicola involves early and late peaks of gene expression

Large-scale cDNA-AFLP profiling identified numerous genes with increased expression during the resistance response of wheat to the Septoria tritici blotch fungus, Mycosphaerella graminicola. To test whether these genes were associated with resistance responses, primers were designed for the 14 that were most strongly up-regulated, and their levels of expression were measured at 12 time points from 0 to 27 days after inoculation (DAI) in two resistant and two susceptible cultivars of wheat by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. None of these genes was expressed constitutively in the resistant wheat cultivars. Instead, infection of wheat by M. graminicola induced changes in expression of each gene in both resistant and susceptible cultivars over time. The four genes chitinase, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, pathogenesis-related protein PR-1, and peroxidase were induced from about 10- to 60-fold at early stages (3 h–1 DAI) during the incompatible interactions but were not expressed at later time points. Nine other genes (ATPase, brassinosteroid-6-oxidase, peptidylprolyl isomerase, peroxidase 2, 40S ribosomal protein, ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, putative protease inhibitor, methionine sulfoxide reductase, and an RNase S-like protein precursor) had bimodal patterns with both early (1–3 DAI) and late (12–24 DAI) peaks of expression in at least one of the resistant cultivars, but low if any induction in the two susceptible cultivars. The remaining gene (a serine carboxypeptidase) had a trimodal pattern of expression in the resistant cultivar Tadinia. These results indicate that the resistance response of wheat to M. graminicola is not completed during the first 24 h after contact with the pathogen, as thought previously, but instead can extend into the period from 18 to 24 DAI when fungal growth increases dramatically in compatible interactions. Many of these genes have a possible function in signal transduction or possibly as regulatory elements. Expression of the PR-1 gene at 12 h after inoculation was much higher in resistant compared to susceptible recombinant-inbred lines (RILs) segregating for the Stb4 and Stb8 genes for resistance. Therefore, analysis of gene expression could provide a faster method for separating resistant from susceptible lines in research programs. Significant differential expression patterns of the defense-related genes between the resistant and susceptible wheat cultivars and RILs after inoculation with M. graminicola suggest that these genes may play a major role in the resistance mechanisms of wheat.     

橡胶树白粉菌Oidium heveae侵染寄主拟南芥的筛选

为筛选出橡胶树白粉菌Oidium heveae Steimnann新的寄主载体,通过接种野生型拟南芥Col-0、突变体Sr1-4D及eds1,观察了橡胶树白粉菌侵染不同拟南芥突变体的过程,PCR扩增测序法验证相关致病基因,构建橡胶树白粉菌-拟南芥互作体系。结果表明,在Col-0、Sr1-4D叶片上面,橡胶树白粉菌产生部分菌丝后停止生长,不能形成典型的橡胶树白粉病症状;但能成功侵染eds1叶片,在叶片的正、背面有银白色辐射状菌丝,后期在病斑上出现一层粉层,表现橡胶树白粉病的典型症状。组织染色和显微观察结果显示,在突变体eds1叶片上橡胶树白粉菌完成了侵染过程。PCR扩增测序结果表明接种后突变体eds1叶片上及组织中病菌均为橡胶树白粉菌;使用橡胶树白粉菌3个致病相关基因作为靶标,验证了eds1和橡胶树上白粉菌基因组中的3个致病相关基因相似度均达到99%~100%。表明橡胶树白粉菌可侵染拟南芥突变体eds1。     

亚洲小车蝗型变相关基因的转录组学分析

为揭示亚洲小车蝗Oedaleus asiaticus两型现象转变的分子机制,本研究以亚洲小车蝗3龄蝗蝻为研究对象,对散居型单头饲养的亚洲小车蝗进行高密度群居化胁迫处理,并对处理后型变第1、3、5、7天的蝗蝻取样,利用Illummina Hiseq 4000高通量测序平台对样本转录组进行测序、组装、注释,筛选调控亚洲小车蝗由散居型向群居型转变的相关基因。测序后共获得60502个unigenes,在Nr、KEGG、KOG、SwissPort四大数据库中比对得到有注释信息基因数目分别为27820、21529、14346和15154个,型变过程中差异表达基因数目在第3天时最多,为7478个,第7天时差异表达基因数目最少,为1857个;亚洲小车蝗3龄蝗蝻型变过程差异表达基因的GO功能主要富集于生物过程、细胞组分和分子功能3个部分,高密度环境诱导下亚洲小车蝗3龄蝗蝻型变第1、3、5、7天差异表达基因的数量呈现先增加后减少的趋势,型变第1天时556个差异表达基因显著富集到120条代谢通路上,型变第3天时1133个差异表达基因显著富集到130条代谢通路上,型变第5天时374个差异表达基因显著富集到115条代谢通路上,型变第7天时220个差异表达基因显著富集到98条代谢通路上。     

三七NAC基因家族全基因组鉴定与表达分析

为明确三七Panax notoginseng NAC转录因子基因家族的分布、功能和结构,通过生物信息学分析法进行鉴定,对其理化特性、染色体位置和进化特征进行分析,并根据RNA-seq数据分析其家族成员的时空表达模式和受黑斑病菌Alternaria panax诱导后的表达情况。结果显示,三七中共有98个NAC基因家族成员,其编码蛋白质长度介于104～882个氨基酸之间,分子量在11.78～100.20 kD之间,等电点在4.12～9.75之间。这98个NAC基因家族不均匀地分布在三七的12条染色体上,其中1号染色体分布最多（16个）,而11号染色体上分布最少（1个）。三七NAC基因启动子区域存在与光响应、生长素响应、赤霉素响应及茉莉酸甲酯响应等相关的多种顺式作用元件。NAC基因在三七不同组织及根部不同发育时期均有表达,在受到黑斑病菌侵染的叶片中NAC部分基因家族成员显著上调表达。表明NAC基因家族在三七的生长发育和响应黑斑病菌侵染过程中具有重要作用。     

橡胶树白粉菌侵染过程转录组学分析

为明确橡胶树白粉菌Erysiphe quercicola参与致病过程相关基因的表达情况，基于RNA-Seq测序技术对橡胶树白粉菌侵染过程进行转录调控研究，通过对病原菌孢子（0 h）及3个侵染时期（接种1、3和30 d）的转录组进行比较，筛选差异表达基因并对其进行功能注释分析，同时对不同侵染阶段的基因表达趋势进行聚类分析。结果表明，相比于病原菌孢子，3个侵染时期（接种后1、3和30 d）分别有198、458和27个差异表达基因。基因功能富集分析发现氧化还原酶相关基因在侵染1 d阶段显著富集，可能参与病原菌侵染前期对活性氧的防御。基因表达趋势聚类分析显示不同侵染阶段的基因共分为51种表达类型，其中编码候选效应蛋白基因集中分布在侵染1 d后上调表达的6个类型当中。表明橡胶树白粉菌侵染过程相关基因具有明显的功能倾向性和表达趋势特征。     

大豆疫霉细胞凋亡相关基因的鉴定与表达分析

为探讨大豆疫霉Phytophthora sojae细胞凋亡潜在的调控机制,根据已知的细胞凋亡蛋白,利用在线工具BLASTP、pFAM和SMART在大豆疫霉蛋白组数据库中鉴定细胞凋亡同源蛋白并构建其进化树,通过转录组数据和实时荧光定量PCR技术分析细胞凋亡相关基因在大豆疫霉生长、发育及侵染不同时期的表达情况。结果显示:在大豆疫霉中共鉴定到13个细胞凋亡同源蛋白,包括核酸内切酶G(PsNUC1)、细胞色素c(PsCYCS)、凋亡诱导因子(PsAIF)、丝氨酸蛋白酶(PsHtrA-1、PsHtrA-2和PsHtrA-3)、多聚ADP核糖聚合酶(PsPARP-1、PsPARP-2和PsPARP-3)和TatD核酸酶(PsTatD1、PsTatD2、PsTatD3和PsTatD4)。在进化上,PsNUC1、PsCYCS、PsAIF、PsHtrA-1、PsPARP-1、PsPARP-2、PsPARP-3、PsTatD1和PsTatD2与人及秀丽隐杆线虫Caenorhabditis elegans的同源蛋白亲缘关系较近,而与真菌相关蛋白亲缘关系较远,PsHtrA-2、PsHtrA-3、PsTatD3和PsTatD4与酿酒酵母Saccharomyces cerevisiae相关蛋白相似度更高,说明大豆疫霉细胞凋亡蛋白在进化中发生了较大变异。大豆疫霉细胞凋亡相关基因PsHtrA-1和PsRARP-1在孢子囊阶段诱导表达,PsHtrA-2和PsRARP-2在游动孢子阶段上调表达,PsAIF、PsHtrA-3、PsRARP-1和PsRARP-2在侵染阶段明显诱导表达,PsCYCS在侵染阶段下调表达。细胞凋亡相关基因在大豆疫霉不同阶段的表达模式有较大差异,说明细胞凋亡在大豆疫霉生长、发育及致病过程中具有重要作用。     

Molecular characterization and in planta detection of Fusarium moniliforme endopolygalacturonase isoforms

The activation of Fusarium moniliforme endopolygalacturonase (endoPG) was studied during infection of maize plants. EndoPG is a plant cell wall degrading enzyme that cleaves the pectin component causing cell death. The authors generated several hybridoma cell lines producing endoPG specific monoclonal antibodies. One monoclonal antibody was selected and successfully used in Western blotting analysis to detect F. moniliforme endoPG secretion in vitro and in planta. Two F. moniliforme strains (FC-l0 and 62264) were used for the studies. Both strains revealed the expression of a single endoPG in vitro as in planta. EndoPG from strain FC-10 presented four isoforms whereas only two isoforms were revealed in the endoPG from strain 62264. Differences were also found in the sequences of the two endoPG genes indicating the presence of endoPG variability among F. moniliforme strains.     

不同色型异色瓢虫转录组差异表达基因分析

为探究不同色型异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis之间产生生理学差异的机制,通过Illumina HiSeq测序平台对黄底多窗型、黑底两窗型和黑底四窗型3种不同色型异色瓢虫雌雄成虫的18个转录组进行高通量测序,比较不同色型间的差异表达基因,并结合GO和KEGG数据库对差异表达基因进行注释分析。结果表明：通过对差异表达基因进行定量比较发现,与黄底多窗型相比,2种黑底型异色瓢虫雌雄成虫的下调基因明显更多;GO功能分类结果显示,不同色型的异色瓢虫雄成虫和雌成虫差异表达基因所属分类基本相似,并未见显著富集现象,且主要属于细胞过程、单组织活动和细胞等类别;通过KEGG数据库比对分析发现不同色型异色瓢虫中的差异表达基因功能主要与环境适应和能量代谢通路相关。其中,与氧化磷酸化过程相关的基因在2种黑底型异色瓢虫中的表达量显著低于黄底多窗型异色瓢虫,这种差异在雌成虫中更为显著。