Occurrence of 3-epi-22-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone and its phosphoric ester in diapause eggs of the silkworm,Bombyx mori

Ecdysteroids in diapause eggs of the silkworm,Bombyx mori, were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with radioimmunoassay (RIA). A relatively large amount of an unidentified free ecdysteroid and its phosphoric ester (conjugated form) were detected. These two compounds were isolated by a combination of column chromatography on silicic acid, thin-layer chromatography (TLC), and HPLC using a reverse-phase (RP) column. The purified compounds were identified as 3-epi-22-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone (22d20E) and 3-epi-22-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone 2-phosphate (22d20E2P) by means of mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. to our knowledge, this is the first report of 22d20E and 22d20E2P.     

家蚕酯酶同工酶与品种亲缘关系及杂种优势的研究

采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶垂直板电泳法,测定“东肥”、“华合”、“华合×东肥”、“东肥×华合”、中国种“８１１”、日本种“８１２”、“８１１×８１２”、“８１２×８１１”、“肥激”（东肥经激光处理所得新种）蚕卵和蚕幼虫血液中酯酶同工酶的酶谱,并观察它们的经济性状,结果表明两亲本亲缘关系愈远,则谱带相差愈大,同源性愈弱,杂种一代的酯酶同工酶谱表现出亲本的互补关系,且出现新的“杂种酶带”,其光密度也较高,经济性状较亲本有所提高。经激光处理的品种其基因型已发生变化,其酶谱及经济性状均发生改变。     

形成多角体家蚕重组病毒通用转移载体构建

从家蚕核型多角体病毒（ＢｍＮＰＶ）通用转称载体ｐＢＫ２８３和粉纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒（ＴｎＮＰＶ）转移载体ｐＳＸＩＶＶＩ＋Ｘ３系列出发，构建了一个７．２ｋｂ能形成多角体且可以用于克隆含不同读码框外源基因的ＢｍＮＰＶ通用转移载体系列ｐＢＭＸ３．ｐＢＭＸ３系列以ＢｍＮＰＶ多角体结构基因上游的１．９ｋｂ和下游１．３ｋｂ的片段作为与ＢｍＮＰＶ基因组进行体内同源重组的同源序列；ｐＳＸＩＶＶＩ＋Ｘ３系列的ＳＸＩＶ双启动子用于外源基因的表达；ＡｃＮＰＶ的多角体基因作为重组病毒形成多角体的基因．以ＢｍＮＰＶ－ＬａｃＺ（ｏｃｃ－ｇａｌ＋）为出发株病毒，ｐＢＭＸ３系列的重组病毒筛选有ｏｃｃ＋和ｇａｌ－两个遗传标记     

家蚕非编码RNA Bm-152功能初探

Bm-152是前期研究中发现的一个在家蚕丝腺中高表达的非编码RNA.采用实时荧光定量PCR技术对Bm-152在家蚕5龄到预蛹期不同发育天数丝腺中的表达谱进行检测.同时,在个体中过表达Bm-152,检测Bm-152可能参与的信号通路.结果显示,Bm-152在家蚕5龄幼虫丝腺发育过程中无明显的变化规律,但在吐丝第1天表达量较高,随后表达量又下降.通过在血淋巴中注射2μg piggyBac[A3-EGFP-A3-Bm-152]过表达载体,48h后发现Bm-152在丝腺组织中无明显过表达,但在非丝腺组织中可实现明显过表达,且表达量上调1.66倍;蜕皮激素信号通路基因Usp在非丝腺组织中上调1.95倍,E75A在非丝腺组织中上调2.26倍,保幼激素信号通路基因Met在非丝腺组织中上调1.79倍.表明非编码RNA Bm-152可能通过蜕皮激素和保幼激素信号通路参与家蚕发育,该结果为进一步探索Bm-152的功能提供了方向.     

Neuropeptides of the silkworm,Bombyx mori

Six neuropeptides of the silkworm,Bombyx mori, have been isolated and chemically characterized during the past 10 years. They are bombyxin, prothoracicotropic hormone, pheromone-biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide/melanization-and-reddish-coloration hormone, diapause hormone, eclosion hormone, and adipokinetic hormone. Recent progress in research on these neuropeptides is described.     

质粒pAy6.8与家蚕受精卵核基质的体外结合

体外结合实验表明，携带天蚕丝素基因核心区的质粒ｐＡｙ６．８可与家蚕受精卵核基质紧密结合，而且同内源ＭＡＲ片段竞争结合位点．这为通过外源质粒而构建转基因家要提供了理论依据，并提示转移质粒在家蚕受体中的复制和传代可能与核基质有关．     

中国色二孢属1个新记录种和2个已知种

本文报道了色二孢属(Diplodia Fr)的3个种。其中1个种是我国新纪录种:扬生色二孢(Diplodia gangrogene);2个是国内已记载的种:桑假壳霉(Diplodia mori westd)、松色二孢[Diplodia pinea(Desm)kickx]。笔者对新记录种形态特征做了描述,对已知种的国内寄主新纪录和地理新分布分别做了记载。     

DNA synthesis in the nuclei of differentiating muscle fibers of the silkworm,Bombyx mori L.

Summary Incorporation of³H-thymidine (³HTdr) into the nuclei of myofibril-containing myofibers of larvae of the silkworm,Bombyx mori, was shown by means of light microscope (LM) and electron-microscope (EM) autoradiography. The number of DNA-synthesizing myonuclei attains 42% 12–18 h after each molt. Thus in the developing silkworm DNA replication and myofibrillogenesis are coexisting and not mutually exclusive processes as is the rule in vertebrate somatic myogenesis.     

Occurrence of retinal and 3-hydroxyretinal in a possible photoreceptor of the silkworm brain involved in photoperiodism

Summary Deficiency of dietary carotenoid and vitamin A caused an absence of photoperiodic response of diapause induction in the silkworm,Bombyx mori, and an addition of vitamin A to the diet restored the response. By high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) a possible photoperiodic receptor of the silkworm brain was found to contain both retinal and 3-hydroxyretinal which are chromophores of insect visual pigments. These pieces of evidence suggest that a retinoid protein might function in the photoperiodic response of the silkworm.     

Physiological role of apyrene spermatozoa ofBombyx mori

Summary Observation by electron and phase-contrast microscopy demonstrated that inBombyx mori the dissociation of eupyrene bundles, apparently through digestion of the prostatic secretion or an endopeptidase, was promoted by the vigorously flagellating movement of apyrene spermatozoa in the spermatophore.