Heterorhabditidoides chongmingensis gen. nov., sp nov (Rhabditida : Rhabditidae), a novel member of the entomopathogenic nematodes

During a recent soil sample survey in Eastern China, a new entomopathogenic nematode species, collected from the Chongming Islands in the southern-eastern area of Shanghai, was discovered. Morphological characteristics of different developmental stages of the nematode combined with molecular data showed that this nematode is a new genus of Rhabditidae, and described as Heterorhabditidoides chongmingensis gen. nov., sp. nov., for that it shares more morphological characteristics with heterorhabditids than with ste-inernematids. For males, the papillae formula of bursa is 1, 2, 3, 3, with constant papillae number in the terminal group, stoma tubular-shaped and about 1.5 head width; cheilorhabdions cuticularized, esophageal collar present and long, median bulb present. For infective juveniles, EP = 90 (80-105) mu m, ES = 104 (92-120) mu m, tail length = 111 (89-159) mu m, and a = 19.1 (15-21). The percentages of the nucleotides A, T, C and G in the ITS1 regions of the new species are significantly different from those of heterorhabditids and other rhabditids. Molecular phylogenetic trees based on 18S rDNA and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences data revealed that the new entomopathogenic nematode species forms a monophyletic group, which is a sister group of the clade comprised of some genera of Rhabditidae. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

无指盘臭蛙皮肤抗感染多肽组学研究

在过去的一个多世纪里，两栖类动物皮肤分泌液作为它们的第一道防御屏障引起了研究者们极大的兴趣，同时也开展了相关的许对研究，到目前为止，已从中分离鉴定出了百余种的活性物质。无指盘臭蛙是我国的一种特有两栖动物，初步的活性检测发现，无指盘臭蛙皮肤分泌液具有很强的抗菌，溶血以及蛋白酶抑制剂活性。 在本论文中，我们利用多肽组学与基因组学的方法对无指盘臭蛙皮肤的抗感染多肽组进行了研究。 通过三步分离纯化过程：一步Sephadex G-50分子筛和两步反相高压液相（RP-HPLC）的方法，从无指盘臭蛙皮肤分泌液中分离纯化得到了21条新的抗菌肽，它们分别属于17个不同的抗菌肽家族，其中8个分别属于已知的5个抗菌肽家族，它们是：Brevinin-1E(2个)、Brevinin-2E（1个）、Esculentin-1（1个）、Esculentin-2（1个）和Nigrocin（3个）抗菌肽家族。另外的13个抗菌肽与已发现的抗菌肽表现出较低的相似性，我们将它们归类到12种新的抗菌肽家族，它们是：Odorranain-A (1个)、Odorranain-B(1个)、 Odorranain-C(1个)、 Odorranain-G (1个)、Odorranain-H (2个)、 Odorranain-J (1个)、Odorranain-L (1个)、Odorranain-M (1个)、 Odorranain-N (1个)、 Odorranain-O (1个)、Odorranain-Q(1个)、 Odorranain-T(1个)。 从单个无指盘臭蛙皮肤里面，我们克隆得到了372条抗菌肽序列，它们编码107条新的抗菌肽，这一发现使得目前发现的两栖类抗菌肽的数目几乎增加了1倍。这也是目前发现的抗菌肽最为丰富的物种。这107条抗菌肽分别属于30个不同的抗菌肽家族，其中有24个为新的抗菌肽家族。这些抗菌肽的多样性可能是通过点突变、碱基的插入或删除、结构域的穿梭以及拼接等多种机制形成的。这些抗菌肽多样性的形成可能与无指盘臭蛙生活环境中微生物的组成有关。30个家族抗菌肽前体序列的SPD区域（包括信号肽和前导肽序列，Signal and Propiece Domain, SPD）非常保守，表明它们可能起源于同一个祖先基因。对7个抗菌肽家族的非同义碱基替代率Dn与同义碱基替代率Ds进行检测发现，它们可能经受着不同选择压力的作用。无指盘臭蛙皮肤抗菌肽在二级结构和功能上都表现出丰富的多样性。在一个两栖类个体里面发现如此丰富的抗菌肽甚是让人惊讶。这一发现也使得我们不得不重新认识先天性免疫在两栖类动物防御系统中的重要性，对两栖类生态环境的分子基础以及那种认为一种两栖类只需要20-30种抗菌肽就足以抵御环境中的微生物的看法重新审视。我们的研究还显示：无指盘臭蛙抗菌肽之间还存在着协同效用。 我们对无指盘臭蛙皮肤抗菌肽的去极化作用进行了研究，发现所检测的7个抗菌肽都可使金黄色葡萄球菌发生去极化，但是它们使细菌发生去极化的能力不同。对12种抗菌肽的抗菌机制研究发现，它们通过多种不同的机制发挥作用：有些在细菌内形成片层样的囊泡状结构，有些导致细胞质壁的分离，有些在细菌的膜上形成穿孔，有些则导致了细菌染色质的固缩。 总之，这些研究为设计新型的抗菌肽提供了有用的参考资料。

Development and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to spring viraemia of carp virus

Five monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against spring viraemia of carp (SVCV0504, isolated from common carp in China) were produced from mice immunized with purified virus preparations. The virion of SVCV contains five structural proteins, representing the nucleoprotein (N), phosphoprotein (P), matrix protein (M), glycoprotein (G) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (Q. Western blotting analysis revealed that three mAbs (1145, IE10, and 11-17) recognized specifically to a single protein of 47 kDa (N), the mAb 3G4 reacted with, two SVCV0504 proteins of 69 kDa (G) and 47 kDa (N), while the mAb 1A9 reacted with three SVCV0504 proteins of 69 kDa (G), 50 kDa (P), and 47 kDa (N). By indirect ELISA, two mAbs (1H5 and 11-17) showed cross-reactivity with pike fry rhabdovirus (PFRV), but no cross-reactions with the Siniperca chuatsi rhabdovirus (SCRV), Scophthalmus maximus rhabdovirus (SMRV), Paralichthys olivaceus rhabdovirus (PoRV) were demonstrated with the five mAbs. Indirect immunofluorescence showed intense fluorescence in the cytoplasm of the SVCV0504-infected epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC) cells in areas corresponding to the location of granular structures. The sucrose gradient-purified SVCV0504 particles could be detected successfully by these mAbs using immunodot blotting. mAb 1A9 could completely neutralize 100 TCID50 (50% tissue culture infective dose) of SVCV0504 at a dilution of 1:8. This is the first report of development of the neutralizing mAbs against SVCV. The mAb 1A9 was analyzed further and could be used to successfully detect viral antigens in the infected-EPC cell cultures or in cryosections from experimentally infected crucian carp (Carassius auratus) by immunohistochemistry assay. Furthermore, a flow cytometry procedure for the detection and quantification of cytoplasmic SVCV0504 in cell cultures was developed with mAb 1A9. At 28 h after inoculation with the virus (0.01 PFU/cell), 10.12% of infected cells could be distinguished from the uninfected cells. These mAbs will be useful in diagnostic test development and pathogenesis studies for fish rhabdovirus. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.