To synnema formation and entomopathogenic of Paecilomyces tenuipes using some of media under the blue LED lamp. Lyophilized matured silkworm hemolymph and Bombyx mori powder were used as nutrient source in cultivation of an entomopathogenic fungus, Paecilomyces tenuipes. Matured silkworm (MS, aged seventh days of fifth instars) was in whole lyophilized without any treatment. Hemolymph (HL) powder was prepared by water-soluble extraction from matured silkworms which was silk gland removed and also lyophilized, too. Both of media showed better growth rates and synnemata formations than potato dextrose (PD) medium, and B. mori was controlled under the blue LED lamp conditions. To investigate their effect on mycelial growth of P. tenuipes, each of them were provided as nutrient sources by final concentrations of 2, 3 and 4%, respectively. Total 18 test cultures were cultivated for 14 days with no light. Three PD cultures were used as control group. Each of growth areas was measured with an image analyzer. The result showed that MS and HL medium promoted mycelial growth of P. tenuipes by 287 and 310%, respectively, in comparison with PD medium. The synnema formation and its shape of Paecilomyces tenuipes using B. mori under the blue LED lamp group are not so good than normal conditions. But, how to change of a compositions are not yet. It will be investigation in the future.
In this study, matured silkworm hemolymph was studied for inhibitory effect on melanocyte formation, tyrosinase activities and antibacterial effect. A matured silkworm hemolymph mass purification method was developed and some of suppressing melanin formation effects were investigated, too. Antibacterial effects were tested by Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Candida albicans. As a result, the advanced purification method was higher in yield rate than existing one by 53%. A free radical scavenging activity of hemolymph was higher than sericin on the market(IC50, 202.9±33.1) and lower than vitamin C(0.57±0.02) by 6.4±0.3 ㎍/㎖. An inhibitory effect on melanin synthesis was higher in hemolymph compared to morus bark and arbutin by 9.15% and 11.56%, respectively. The antibacterial effects on Escherichia, Staphylococcus were detected at 2% hemolymph concentration, which was relatively good. Thus, these results suggest that hemolymph of matured silkworm may have beneficial properties as a material for cosmetics.
For the purposes of this paper, stress may be defined as any modification of environmental parameters that leads to a response by biological organisms. Stresses that affect biological structures may be non-thermal, such as ultraviolet radiation, pH, or salinity, or thermal. Temperature is one of the major stresses that all living organism face. The major effects of cold shock are decrease of membrane fluidity and the stabilization of secondary structures of RNA and DNA in the cells, which may effect the efficiency of translation, transcription, and DNA replication. In this study in compliance with the cold temperature stress about selection of the useful gene is contents from the silkworm which is been revealed. The survival rate which is caused by with the cold temperature stress until 12 hours was 100% in 0℃, until 2 hours was 100% in -5℃. A total of 960 clones were randomly selected from the subtraction cDNA library, and then performed a differential display hybridization analysis with forward and reverse probes. In conclusion, selected 53 partial clones and novel 2 full-length clones were identified as differential expressed genes. We assumed that the novel gene related with transmembrane.
Cecropin is an antimicrobial peptide that is synthesized in fat body cells and hemocytes of insect in response to a hypodermic injury or bacterial infection. A 503 bp cDNA encoding a cecropin-like antimicrobial peptide was isolated by employing annealing control primer (ACP)-based differential display PCR and 5'-RACE from immunized Papilio xuthus larvae. The open reading frame (ORF) of isolated cDNA encoded a 63 amino acid prepropeptide with a putative 22-residue signal peptide, a 3-residue propeptide and a 38-residue mature peptide with a theoretical mass of 4060.89 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence of peptide showed significant identities with other Lepidopteran cecropins. This peptide was named as papiliocin. RT-PCR revealed that the papiliocin transcript was detected at significant level after injection with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Based on the deduced amino acid sequence of papiliocin, a 38-mer mature peptide was chemically synthesized by Fmoc method, and analyzed antimicrobial activity. The synthetic papiliocin peptide had a broad spectrum of activity against fungi, Gram-positive and negative bacteria, and also showed no hemolytic activity against human red blood cell.