Relações filogenéticas dos tubarões-martelo (Elasmobranchii: Sphyrnidae) com ênfase em morfologia

A cabeça lateralmente expandida é a principal sinapomorfia da família Sphyrnidae, a qual compreende todos os tubarões-martelo. Apesar de haver trabalhos abordando esta família, sua anatomia interna tem sido negligenciada como fonte de caracteres para serem utilizados na taxonomia e filogenia dos Sphyrnidae, em especial acerca de seu cefalofólio. Além disso, outros caracteres permanecem pouco estudados na família, tais como os referentes à anatomia dentária, dentículos dérmicos e sistema de poros sensoriais do cefalofólio. As relações filogenéticas entre os Sphyrnidae, e desta família entre os demais Carcharhiniformes, ainda é controversa como sua taxonomia. As poucas hipóteses filogenéticas conhecidas, baseadas em morfologia, não foram testadas sob critérios sistemáticos. Já as poucas hipóteses moleculares existentes foram testadas mas são ainda mais controversas. O presente estudo apresenta uma revisão anatômica e taxonômica dos Sphyrnidae, construindo uma matriz de caracteres mais robusta para testar as relações filogenéticas entre os Sphyrnidae, contando com 3 gêneros relacionados no grupo externo: Carcharhinus, Rhizoprionodon e Negaprion. Os resultados posicionam S. tiburo na base da família, e E. blochii e S. tudes compondo um dos clados mais derivados. Espécies de maior porte e cefalofólio mais expandido compõem um clado formado por S. mokarran + (S. lewini + S. zygaena), ao passo que as de menor porte e com cefalofolio mais arredondado formam um grupo polifilético. Rhizoprionodon acutus aparece como monofilético à família Sphyrnidae quando incluído fora do grupo externo. As árvores de consenso (Strictus, Semi-strictus, Majority-rule e Adams) apresentam os mesmos resultados. Os caracteres cranianos, sensoriais e de dentículo dérmico são os que mais suportaram os diversos clados. Após a revisão taxonômica da família, a filogenia com base em morfologia apresentou-se mais consistente e clara, embora controversa aos dados moleculares.

一种蛇毒止血酶

本发明涉及一种蛇毒止血酶，属于生化医药技术领域。本发明的纯度为98％以上的蛇毒止血酶是从尖吻蝮(Dienagkistrodon acutus)蛇毒中得到。该酶分子量为31000 道尔顿，由两个亚基组成；其中α-链由135个氨基酸残基组成，β-链由126个氨基酸残基组成。本发明提供了一种新的蛇毒止血酶，它是从福建产尖吻蝮蛇毒中分离纯化得到的单体，具有见效快、作用强的特点，能应用于临床的各种出血疾病的预防和治疗。

Purification and cloning of cysteine-rich proteins from Trimeresurus jerdonii and Naja atra venoms

Three 26 kDa proteins, named as TJ-CRVP, NA-CRVP1 and NA-CRVP2, were isolated from the venoms of Trimeresurus jerdonii and Naja atra, respectively. The N-terminal sequences of TJ-CRVP and NA-CRVPs were determined. These components were devoid of the enzymatic activities tested, such as phospholipase A(2), arginine esterase, proteolysis, L-amino acid oxidase, 5' nucleotidase, acetylcholinesterase. Furthermore, these three components did not have the following biological activities: coagulant and anticoagulant activities, lethal activity, myotoxicity, hemorrhagic activity, platelet aggregation and platelet aggregation-inhibiting activities. These proteins are named as cysteine-rich venom protein (CRVP) because their sequences showed high level of similarity with mammalian cysteine-rich secretory protein (CRISP) family. Recently, some CRISP-like proteins were also isolated from several different snake venoms, including Agkistrodon blomhoffi, Trimeresurus flavoviridis, Lanticauda semifascita and king cobra. We presumed that CRVP might be a common component in snake venoms. Of particular interest, phylogenetic analysis and sequence alignment showed that NA-CRVP1 and ophanin, both from elapid snakes, share higher similarity with CRVPs from Viperidae snakes. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

蝰科(Viperidae)蝮亚科(Crotalinae)线粒体12S rRNA基因序列分析及其系统发育

对蝮亚科(蛇岛蝮Gloydius shedaoensis Zhao、黑眉蝮Gloydius saxatilis Emelianov、乌苏里蝮Gloydius ussurriensis Emelianov、竹叶青Trimeresurus stejnegeri Schmidt和分别来自不同地区的尖吻蝮Deinagkistrodon acutus Guenther、短尾蝮Gloydius brevicaudus Stejneger各两条)6种蛇共8个个体测定、分析了约370bp线粒体12S rRNA基因序列,以游蛇科链蛇属半棱鳞链蛇Dinodon semicarinatus序列为外群构建分子系统树。

湖南产尖吻蝮蛇蛇毒出血毒素性质和溶液构象的研究

经sephadex G-75凝胶过滤、QAE-Sephadex A-50和CM-Sephadex C-25离子交换步骤,从湖南产尖吻蝮（Deinagkistrodon acutus）蛇毒中纯化出两个出血毒素,被命名为HaHT-1和HaHT-2。用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（PAGE）和SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳鉴定呈单一的蛋白染色带。两个出血毒素的分子量相同,均为 23.5kDa。等电聚焦电泳测定它们的等电点分别为5.6和5.2。HaHT-1和HaHT-2均具有较强的出血活性（MHD分别为0.5和0.8μg）,都有酪蛋白水解活力,无精氨酸酯酶、胆碱酯酶和磷脂酶A_2活力。用CD谱测定HaHT-l和HaHT-2的溶液构象,HaHT-1的α-螺旋、β-折叠和无规卷曲分别为36.9％、35.5％和27.6％,而HaHT-2的α-螺旋、β-折叠和无规卷曲分别为23.4％、31.3％和45.3％。pH的变化对它们构象有影响,在pH2-11范围内,酸性比碱性大。随着酸性或碱性的增加其α-螺旋含量减少,无规卷曲增加,β-折叠结构变化不大。

尖吻蝮蛇蛇毒出血毒素DaHT-3的纯化与性质

通过Sephadex G-75,DEAE-Sephadex A-50,Sephadex G-200和两次PBE聚焦层析,从尖吻蝮蛇(Dienagkistrodon acutus)蛇毒中纯化到一个分子量为56 000的出血毒素(DaHT-3),经氨基酸组成测定计算,由487个氨基酸残基组成。此成分在SDS-PAGE上显示出一条均一的蛋白染色带,用等电聚焦电泳测定,其pI为5.50。该出血成分的最小出血剂量是2.6#mu#g,具有蛋白水解酶活力,其活力为3.68,但没有精氨酸酯酶和磷脂酶A_(2)活力。用红外光谱仪研究DaHT-3在溶液中酰胺Ⅰ带的吸收谱,该毒素含有31.8%的#alpha#螺旋、56.1%的#beta#折叠和12.1%的转角;当加入EDTA螯合剂去除金属离子后,它们的#alpha#螺旋、#beta#折叠、转角和无规卷曲分别变为11%、26.4%、46.2%和16.5%,而出血活力和蛋白水解酶活力均丧失,表明该出血毒素是金属蛋白酶。

圆斑蝰蛇毒磷脂酶A_2蛋白活性表现和分子进化探讨及菜花烙铁头、烙铁头蛇毒中Jerdonase、TmF的研究

磷脂酶AZ（PLA2）是蛇毒中含量较为丰富的一类作用于梭酷键的酶。迄今为止，己有多种形式的PLA2从不同地域、不同种属的蛇毒中得以纯化并进行了较为系统的研究。其中，以VipoXin为代表的异二聚体形式PLA2较为引人注目，原因在于这种形式不同于此类蛋白家族中的诸多其它个体。目前，己经有许多关于此异二聚体PL凡生物学特性的报道，包括对此类形式存在原因、活性变化、结构表现、系统进化等方面的讨论。然而至今，这种以异二聚体形式存在的PLA2仅发现于几种蛙亚科（ViperinaeSubfamily）蛇种的蛇毒中，其中就包括我国台湾岛的圆斑蜂蛇台湾亚种（Doboiarusselliiformosensis），而蝮亚科（CrotaiinaeSubfamil）蛇种的蛇毒至今却没有此类报道。我国大陆西南端接壤东南亚，存在于云南、福建一带的圆斑蛙蛇隶属圆斑蛙蛇泰国亚种（Daboiarusselliisiamensis），那么这种蛇毒中是否也含有异二聚体形式的PLA2呢？本工作就此疑问对云南产圆斑蛙蛇泰国亚种（D.r.siamensis）蛇毒中的PLA2进行了研究，结果得到三个新的PLAZ，分别命名为DRS-PLA2-I、DRS-PLA2-II和DRS-PLA2-III。其中，DRS-PLA2-I的分子量为13864.06Da，理论pI为4.56，PLA2活性为12.35μmol/mg/min；DRS-PLA2-II的分子量为13635.99Da，理论pI为8.74，PLA2活性为8.76μmol／mg/min；DRS-PLA2-III的分子量为13619.80Da，理论厂为4.61，无PLA2活性。这三个蛋白酶N端的30个氨基酸残基恰好和三个阳性克隆的cDNA序列推导的蛋白序列吻合，结合已经报道的PLA2蛋白家族蛋白序列的保守性表现，我们可以断定它们之间存在对应关系。分子系统学分析表明DRS-PLA2-II和DRS-PLA2-III在进化关系上和蛙亚科的异二聚体PLA2关系较近，并且二者酶活性分别与异二聚体PLA2的Normalchain和Inhibitorchain相一致，只是没有发现类似Vipoxin形式的异二聚体结合蛋白。这些分析表明DRS-PLA2-nORS-PLA2-III类似圆斑蛙蛇台湾亚种（D.r.forlnos翻s沽）中的PV-4/RV-7，是PLA2异二聚体的一种特殊形式，在进化上滞后于VinOXin。另夕卜本工作还相继从云南产菜花烙铁头（Trimeresrusjerdonii）蛇毒和湖南产烙铁头（Trimeresurusmucrosquamatus）蛇毒中分离得到Jerdonase和TmF。前者为一个丝氨酸蛋白酶性质的、具有纤维蛋白原水解作用和激肤释放酶原水解作用双重活性表现的、高分子量的份五brinogenase，其活性表现可以被PMSF彻底抑制，而EDTA对此却没有影响。其它的几种抑制剂如大豆胰蛋白酶抑制剂、l-cysteine、DTT对Jerdonase的活性表现也有不同程度的影响。在Jerdonase的这些生化特性上中，分子量的大小和对纤维蛋白酶水解的特性这两方面有别于蛇毒中诸多其它来源的同类蛋白；后者T淤为一个舒缓激肚增强肤（BradykninPQtentiatingPePtide，BPP），电离质谱分析表明其分子量为1110.7Da。此小肚氨基酸序列为促进舒缓激肚（Bradki垃n，BK）诱导的豚鼠回肠纵行肌收缩的活力单位为（1.13±0.3）（m留L），T妊抑制血管紧张素转化酶（ACE）对BK水解的半数抑制剂量IC50为2μg。比较已报道的从Agkistrodon属和Bothrops属中纯化得到的BPP氨基酸序列发现：BPP的N端都是特征性的pGlu，C端为IIe-Pro-Pro，有高度的保守性。另外，TmF是Trimeresurus属中此类小肤的首次纯化。总之，本研究对国产的几种常见蛇毒中的几种常见蛋白多肤进行了一定程度的探讨和分析，和相同类别的其它蛋白、多肤比较可以看到，有许多相同的地方，也有许多不同的表现，研究结果为相应领域的深入研究提供资料和思路。

长白蝮蛇类凝血酶基因(Ussurase)的克隆及分析(英文)

从长白蝮蛇（Agkistrodon halys Ussuriensis）毒腺中抽提总RNA,采用RT-PCR扩增其类凝血酶基因,经全序列测定,类凝血酶基因ussurase全长为699个核苷酸,即编码233个氨基酸;根据同源性,推测它的活性中心为His40,Asp85和Ser179;二硫键为Cys7-Cys138,Cys25-Cys41,Cys73-Cys231,Cys117-Cys185,Cys149-Cys164和Cys175-Cys200。该蛇毒类凝血酶cDNA序列及推导的氨基酸序列均为首次报道。

长白蝮蛇类凝血酶基因的克隆及分析(英文)

从长白蝮蛇 (Agkistrodon halys Ussuriensis)毒腺中抽提总 RNA,采用 RT-PCR扩增其类凝血酶基因 ,经全序列测定 ,类凝血酶基因 Ussurin全长为 70 8个核苷酸 ,即编码 2 3 6个氨基酸 ;根据同源性 ,推测它的活性中心为 His43,Asp88和 Ser182 ;二硫键为 Cys7-Cys14 1,Cys2 8-Cys44,Cys76 -Cys2 34 ,Cys12 0 -Cys188,Cys152 -Cys16 7和 Cys178-Cys2 0 3.该蛇毒类凝血酶 c DNA序列及推导的氨基酸序列均为首次报道 .

一种钙/钙调蛋白依赖性的蛇毒磷脂酶A_2

分别研究了钙离子和三价稀土离子对白眉蝮蛇 (Agkistrodon blomhoffii Ussurensis)蛇毒磷脂酶 A2(PLA2 )活性的影响以及钙调蛋白对它的激活作用 .实验结果表明 ,PLA2 的活性对钙离子表现出依赖性 ,钙调蛋白能够激活该蛇毒 PLA2 ,钙调蛋白的拮抗剂三氟甲基吩噻嗪 (Trifluoperazine)能够完全抑制它对 PLA2的激活作用 .三价稀土离子 La3+、Eu3+、Dy3+、Yb3+对该 PLA2 的活性表现出抑制作用 ,其中离子半径较大的La3+和 Eu3+对酶活的抑制程度要小于半径较小的 Dy3+和 Yb3+.

长白山白眉蝮蛇蛇毒磷脂酶A2的分离和初步表征

东北长白山白眉蝮蛇(Agkistrodon blom hoffii Ussurensis)蛇毒经DEAE-Sephadex A-50离子交换层析柱，连续3步Sephadex G-75凝胶过滤柱得到了磷脂酶A2(PLA2)的纯品。SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)以及基质辅助激光解析电离飞行时质谱(MALDI/TOF/MS)表征为单一蛋白，其准确分子量为(14.008±0.007）kD。最适PH范围8.0～9.0，最适的反应温度为45℃。在溶液中有多聚体的存在。

南极普里兹湾大、中型浮游动物群落生态学研究

在南大洋生态系统中，桡足类既在初级生产和更高营养级之间起着承上启下的作用，也为大型浮游动物，主要是磷虾生物量年际变化和地区变化提供了很好的缓冲，磷虾存在时它是竞争者和捕食对象，磷虾缺乏时初级生产的转化主要由它承担。国际上对南极桡足类的研究在最近十年进展很快，尤其是生活史策略的研究取得了长足进步。我国对南极磷虾的研究已处于国际先进水平，但对桡足类等小型浮游动物来说却只是刚刚起步。本文利用中国第十三、十五次南极考察的浮游动物标本研了普里兹湾的游游动物群落结构和地理分布。随纬度的不同，普里兹湾存在三种群落类型，62－65°海域是以纽鳃樽为主的北部被囊群落，小型桡足类拟长腹剑水蚤（Oithona similis）和以哲水蚤（Paracalanus spp）在该区域密度最大，最大型的巨锚哲水蚤（Rhincalanus gigas）为该区所特有，并且只有62°S附近出现大量的无节幼体；65－67°S之间是尖角似哲水蚤（Calanoides acutus）和戈氏长腹水蚤（Metridia gerlachei）的分布高峰区，多毛类和毛颚类分布也较多，该地区由磷虾和桡足类交替控制；67°S以南至近岸为近岸群落，是晶磷虾（Euphausia crystallorophias）的分布区域，在我们的调查中由大量的磷虾幼体出现，无节幼体最大密度6000ind·m~(-2)，蚤状幼体达到6400ind·m~(-2)。划分北部和中部群落的指示种为纽鳃樽（Salpa thommpsoni）、巨锚哲水蚤和毛颚类；北部和近岸群落的指示种为巨锚哲水蚤、戈氏长腹水蚤和磷虾的蚤状幼体；中部群落和近岸群落之间的指示种是晶磷虾，磷虾的无节幼体和角突隆剑水蚤（Oncaea conifera）作为该区的指示种不是很明显。CHINARE－XV期间进行了桡足类优势种是产卵量培养实验，在调查其间尖角似哲水蚤和戈氏长腹水蚤分别有13.3和5只／雌的产卵量，尖角似哲水蚤表现为明显的双峰态种群结构，早期幼体占据绝大部分，表现为成长种群，CI最早出现在陆冰缘站的冰下推测生殖发生在十月至十一月间。巨锚哲水蚤的无节幼体集中出现于低纬度区，并没有发现有桡足幼体出现。

Summer feeding activities of zooplankton in Prydz Bay, Antarctica

Grazing of dominant zooplankton copepods (Calanoides acutus. and Metridia gerlachei), salps (Salpa thompsoni) and microzooplankton was determined during the austral summer of 1998/1999 at the seasonal ice zone of the Prydz Bay region. The objective was to measure the ingestion rates of zooplankton at the seasonal ice zone, so as to evaluate the importance of different groups of zooplankton in their grazing impact on phytoplankton standing stock and primary production. Grazing by copepods was low, and accounted for less than or equal to 1% of phytoplankton standing stocks and 3.8-12.5% of primary production for both species during this study, even the ingestion rates of individuals were at a high level compared with previous reports. S. thompsoni exhibited a relatively high grazing impact on primary production (72%) in the north of our investigation area. The highest grazing impact on phytoplankton was exerted by microzooplankton during this investigation, and accounted for 10-65% of the standing stock of phytoplankton and 34-100% of potential daily primary production. We concluded that microzooplankton was the dominant phytoplankton consumer in this study area. Salps also played an important role in control of phytoplankton where swarming occurred. The grazing of copepods had a relatively small effect on phytoplankton biomass development.

Unmasking venom gland transcriptomes in reptile venoms

While structural studies of reptile venom toxins can be achieved using lyophilized venom samples, until now the cloning of precursor cDNAs required sacrifice of the specimen for dissection of the venom glands. Here we describe a simple and rapid technique that unmasks venom protein mRNAs present in lyophilized venom samples. To illustrate the technique we have RT-PCR-amplified a range of venom protein transcripts from cDNA libraries derived from the venoms of a hemotoxic snake, the Chinese copperhead (Deinagkistrodon acutus), a neurotoxic snake, the black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), and a venomous lizard, the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum). These include a metalloproteinase and phospholipase A2 from D. acutus, a potassium channel blocker, dendrotoxin K, from D. polylepis, and exendin-4 from H. suspectum. These findings imply that the apparent absence and/or lability of mRNA in complex biological matrices is not always real and paves the way for accelerated acquisition of molecular genetic data on venom toxins for scientific and potential therapeutic purposes without sacrifice of endangered herpetofauna.

Identification and functional analysis of a novel bradykinin inhibitory peptide in the venoms of New World Crotalinae pit vipers.

A novel undecapeptide has been isolated and structurally characterized from the venoms of three species of New World pit vipers from the subfamily, Crotalinae. These include the Mexican moccasin (Agkistrodon bilineatus), the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis), and the South American bushmaster (Lachesis muta). The peptide was purified from all three venoms using a combination of gel permeation chromatography and reverse-phase HPLC. Automated Edman degradation sequencing and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry established its peptide primary structure as: Thr-Pro-Pro-Ala-Gly-Pro-Asp-Val-Gly-Pro-Arg-OH, with a non-protonated molecular mass of 1063.18 Da. A synthetic replicate of the peptide was found to be an antagonist of bradykinin action at the rat vascular B2 receptor. This is the first bradykinin inhibitory peptide isolated from snake venom. Database searching revealed the peptide to be highly structurally related (10/11 residues) with a domain residing between the bradykinin-potentiating peptide and C-type natriuretic peptide domains of a recently cloned precursor from tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) venom gland. BIP thus represents a novel biological entity from snake venom.