猪繁殖与呼吸综合征基因标记疫苗株NP49-ELISA鉴别诊断方法的建立

猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒（Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus,PRRSV）rHN4-△25＋NP49株是新型基因标记弱毒疫苗候选株,为了配合对该基因标记疫苗免疫猪血清抗体的鉴别诊断,本研究以标记基因编码的NP49（新城疫病毒NP蛋白C末端49个氨基酸,即NP49）多肽作为包被抗原,建立标记疫苗免疫猪血清中NP49抗体的ELISA鉴别诊断方法。通过对NP49-ELISA工作条件的优化,结果显示NP49-ELISA的多肽抗原最适包被浓度为500ng／孔,被检血清最佳稀释度为1：40。利用ROC曲线法确定S／P临界值为0．2,该方法批内与批间重复试验的变异系数均小于10％,与几种常见猪病阳性血清无交叉反应,具有较好重复性和特异性。本研究建立的NP49．ELISA鉴别诊断方法为猪繁殖与呼吸综合征新型基因标记疫苗的临床应用提供了有力保障。     

Screening of Neutrophil Activating Factors from a Metagenome Library of Sponge-Associated Bacteria

Marine sponge-associated bacteria are known as bio-active compound produce. We have constructed metagenome libraries of the bacteria and developed a metagenomic screening approach. Activity-based screening successfully identified novel genes and novel enzymes; however, the efficiency was only in 1 out of 10⁴ clones. Therefore, in this study, we thought that bioinformatics could help to reduce screening efforts, and combined activity-based screening with database search. Neutrophils play an important role for the immune system to recognize excreted bacterial by-products as chemotactic factors and are recruited to infection sites to kill pathogens via phagocytosis. These excreted by-products are considered critical triggers that engage the immune system to mount a defense against infection, and identifying these factors may guide developments in medicine and diagnostics. We focused on genes encoding amino acid ligase and peptide synthetase and selected from an in-house sponge metagenome database. Cell-free culture medium of each was used in a neutrophil chemiluminescence assay in luminol reaction. The clone showing maximum activity had a genomic sequence expected to produce a molecule like a phospho-N-acetylmuramyl pentapeptide by the metagenome fragment analysis.     

壳聚糖/羧甲基纤维素钠负载苦瓜小分子多肽复合物的制备及其复合效果的表征

以壳聚糖盐酸盐（CSC）和羧甲基纤维素钠（CMC）为壁材,采用离子凝胶法制备苦瓜小分子多肽复合物,并对其制备工艺和特性进行研究。结果显示,复合物的最佳制备工艺为CSC浓度5.35 mg·mL^-1,CMC浓度1.60 mg·mL^-1,包埋时间33.10 min,此时包埋率可达到69.98%。红外光谱和X-射线衍射分析结果表明,芯材和壁材产生了离子交联作用,苦瓜小分子多肽被成功包埋在CSC/CMC复合壁材中。扫描电镜显示复合物表面疏松多孔,呈不规则形状。所制得的复合物在胃肠液中具有较好缓释特性,在室温下贮藏30 d后仍具有较强的DPPH自由基清除能力。     

基塘农业模式下不同饲料养殖草鱼的成效分析

【目的】探究基塘农业模式下,不同饲料养殖草鱼的生长性能、常规营养成分和经济效益的差异。【方 法】设置蛹肽蛋白饲料组、混合料组、普通料组进行养殖对比试验,每组选择初始体重为 770（±11.2）g 的草 鱼 610 尾,分别放入面积相同的试验池塘养殖 180 d,试验期结束后每组随机抽取 4 尾草鱼,采集侧线上方背脊 肌肉,制成 4 个质量均为 50（±3.8）g 的混合样作为每组 4 个重复,另外试验前随机抽取 4 尾初始规格鱼种的 背脊肌肉制成混合样设置为空白对照。【结果】蛹肽蛋白饲料组草鱼增重率最高（134.3%）,肌肉粗脂肪含量 （1.74%）显著高于其他组,从增重率与特定生长率两个指标看,均呈现出蛹肽蛋白饲料组 > 普通料组 > 混合料 组的显著性差异;混合料组的草鱼粗蛋白含量（20.7%）和鲜味氨基酸含量（6.37%）均最高,而脂肪含量最低 （1.27%）,投入产出比最低（0.941）。初始组不饱和脂肪酸含量（71.07%）显著高于 3 个试验组,3 个试验组 草鱼肌肉油酸（C18:1）含量与氨基酸总量均高于初始组,蛹肽蛋白料组与普通料组的鱼肉营养成分无显著差异。【结 论】摄食蛹肽蛋白饲料的草鱼增重率高,但容易沉积体脂,导致体型肥胖;混合料组的草鱼生长速度慢,但鱼 肉粗蛋白含量最高（20.7%）,脂肪含量最低（1.27%）,肉质更鲜美。基塘农业模式下利用闲置区域种青养鱼, 能有效降低饲料成本,改善鱼肉品质。     

玉米肽研究进展

玉米蛋白肽在抗氧化和降血压、血脂、胆固醇方面具有显著效果。根据国内外相关研究进展,介绍玉米肽的主要制备提取方法,以及各提取方法的原理、优势和缺点,展望玉米肽的开发应用前景,为玉米肽的应用和开发研究提供理论参考。     

Plasma levels of insulin,glucagon and glucagon-like peptide in salmonids of different weights

Plasma levels of insulin in rainbow trout,Oncorhynchus mykiss, Atlantic salmon,Salmo salar, and Pacific coho salmon,Oncorhynchus kisutch and plasma circulating levels of glucagon and glucagon-like peptide, in rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon, were measured by homologous radioimmunoassays. Hormonal levels were compared against the average body weight of the same group of fish. Plasma insulin levels were significantly correlated (r=0.56, 0.46 and 0.42 respectively) with body weight in all three salmonid species. Moreover, rainbow trout from fast-growing families had significantly higher (p<0.005) plasma insulin levels than did fish from slow-growing families. Plasma titres of glucagon and glucagon-like peptide were always lower than insulin titres and did not correlate with body weight.Reported in part at Satellite Symposium on Applications of Comparative Endocrinology to Fish Culture, Almunecar, Spain (Sundby, 1989).     

高能湿法球磨制备鱼胶原肽螯合钙及其理化特征

为了拓展胶原肽螯合钙的制备工艺,以鱼胶原肽和CaCl2为原料,以高能湿法球磨的方法制备了鱼胶原肽螯合钙,并采用FT-IR红外图谱、X-衍射、EDS能谱等技术手段对其理化特性和结构进行分析。结果显示,随着球磨时间从15 min延长到240 min,鱼胶原肽的平均粒径逐渐降低,ZETA电位绝对值、分子量和pH值逐渐增加,鱼胶原肽对钙的螯合率逐渐从74.21%增加到85.42%。鱼胶原肽螯合钙与鱼胶原肽的主体化学结构相似,但是球磨后鱼胶原肽的-COO-1 VAS吸收峰(1 643.89 cm~(-1))向短波数方向移动到1 540～1 555 cm~(-1),而-NH2的特征吸收峰(3 313.9 cm~(-1))向长波数方向移动到3 337.12～3 380.59 cm~(-1)。球磨后鱼胶原在2θ=20°处的特征宽吸收峰消失,而在2θ=26、28、48和58°处出现多个尖峰和弥散峰,表明其从无定形结构向兼具结晶和无定形结构转变。鱼胶原肽螯合钙中钙元素比例逐渐增加,证实鱼胶原肽对钙的螯合率增加。研究表明,高能湿法球磨可应用于鱼胶原肽螯合钙的制备,该方法具有加工工艺简单、无污染和螯合率高等优点。     

Modulation of plant root traits by nitrogen and phosphate: transporters,long-distance signaling proteins and peptides,and potential artificial traps

As sessile organisms, plants rely on their roots for anchorage and uptake of water and nutrients. Plant root is an organ showing extensive morphological and metabolic plasticity in response to diverse environmental stimuli including nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) nutrition/stresses. N and P are two essential macronutrients serving as not only cell structural components but also local and systemic signals triggering root acclimatory responses. Here, we mainly focused on the current advances on root responses to N and P nutrition/stresses regarding transporters as well as long-distance mobile proteins and peptides, which largely represent local and systemic regulators, respectively. Moreover, we exemplified some of the potential pitfalls in experimental design, which has been routinely adopted for decades. These commonly accepted methods may help researchers gain fundamental mechanistic insights into plant intrinsic responses, yet the output might lack strong relevance to the real situation in the context of natural and agricultural ecosystems. On this basis, we further discuss the established—and yet to be validated—improvements in experimental design, aiming at interpreting the data obtained under laboratory conditions in a more practical view.     

Identifying and Characterizing a Novel Peritrophic Matrix Protein (MdPM-17) Associated With Antibacterial Response From the Housefly,Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Peritrophic matrix/membrane (PM) critically prevents the midgut of insects from external invasion by microbes. The proteins in the peritrophic membrane are its major structural components. Additionally, they determine the formation and function of this membrane. However, the role of PM proteins in immune regulation is unclear. Herein, we isolated a novel PM protein (MdPM-17) from Musca domestica larvae. Further, the function of MdPM-17 in regulating host innate immunity was identified. Results showed that the cDNA of MdPM-17 full is 635 bp in length. Moreover, it consists of a 477-bp open reading frame encoding 158 amino acid residues. These amino acid residues are composed of two Chitin-binding type-2 domain (ChtBD2) and 19 amino acids as a signal peptide. Moreover, tissue distribution analysis indicates that MdPM-17 was enriched expressed in midgut, and moderate levels in the fat body, foregut, and malpighian tubule. Notably, MdPM-17 recombinant protein showed high chitin-binding capacity, thus belongs to the Class III PM protein group. MdPM-17 protein silencing via RNA interference resulted in the expression of antimicrobial peptide (defensin, cecropins, and diptericin) genes, and this occurred after oral inoculation with exogenous microbes Escherichia coli (Enterobacteriales:Enterobacteriaceae), Staphylococcus aureus (Bacillales:Staphylococcaceae), and Candida albicans (Endomycetales:Saccharomycetaceae)). Therefore, all the antimicrobial peptide (AMP) gene expression levels are high in MdPM-17-depleted larvae during microbial infection compared to controls. Consequently, these findings indicate that MdPM-17 protein is associated with the antibacterial response from the housefly.     

可可毛色二孢全基因组分泌蛋白的预测及分析

【目的】可可毛色二孢（Lasiodiplodia theobromae）是一种世界性分布的重要植物病原真菌,可引起严重的葡萄溃疡病（Botryosphaeria dieback）,影响果木品质并造成巨大的经济损失。本研究预测并分析可可毛色二孢基因组范围内的分泌蛋白,并明确其基本特征,为该病菌分泌蛋白致病机理的研究打下基础。【方法】依据已公布的可可毛色二孢全基因组序列,利用信号肽预测软件SignalP v5.0、跨膜结构分析软件TMHMM v2.0、细胞器定位分析软件ProtComp v9.0、GPI锚定预测软件big-PI Fungal Predictor和亚细胞器定位分析软件TargetP v2.0生物信息学软件对该菌中的典型分泌蛋白进行筛选。对分泌蛋白N端信号肽的长度、氨基酸使用频率及其切割位点进行统计分析。依据蛋白序列的同源性,应用BLASTP程序对分泌组蛋白进行功能注释分析,预测其生物学功能。采用蔗糖酶缺陷的酵母分泌系统,对所选分泌蛋白的信号肽进行活性检测。利用qRT-PCR方法检测所选分泌蛋白基因在可可毛色二孢侵染葡萄中的表达情况。【结果】在可可毛色二孢全基因组编码蛋白中共筛选获得552个潜在的具有典型信号肽的分泌蛋白,占全基因组预测蛋白总数的4.3%,其编码蛋白长度集中于101—400 aa。信号肽统计分析表明,其信号肽长度以18—20 aa的序列最为集中,信号肽长度为20 aa的蛋白数量最多。信号肽中使用频率最高的氨基酸为丙氨酸;非极性、疏水的氨基酸使用频率最高,占氨基酸总数的60.2%。其信号肽的-3至-1位置上的氨基酸相对保守,切割位点属于A-X-A类型,可被Sp I型信号肽酶识别并切割。336个分泌蛋白具有功能注释,其功能较多集中于细胞壁降解有关的酶类以及致病相关蛋白,并且这些蛋白在分子量、等电点、脂肪族氨基酸指数等方面均存在差异。通过蔗糖酶缺陷的酵母分泌系统证实,挑选的9个分泌蛋白信号肽均具有分泌活性。qRT-PCR检测结果表明,所选分泌蛋白基因在该病菌侵染初期的表达发生变化。【结论】利用生物信息学分析技术从可可毛色二孢全基因组中共预测获得552个经典分泌蛋白。其信号肽氨基酸长度分布广泛,氨基酸组成中非极性、疏水的氨基酸使用频率最高。功能注释主要集中在细胞壁组分降解相关的酶类、致病侵染相关的坏死诱导相关蛋白以及几丁质结合蛋白等。