Mol Cell:三体人或是真实!冰冻30年水熊虫“死而复生”

2017-03-20 张章 中国科学报

极端高温、辐射和宇宙风似乎从来不是困扰,一种被称为水熊虫的胖墩墩的仅用显微镜可见的捕食者,能够在这些严酷的条件下存活。

三体人是指刘慈欣科幻小说作品《三体》中的一个外星智慧文明种群。三体人可以主动脱水、休眠的特性,遇到水能够重新复活。这毕竟是科幻小说,但是在现实中,有一种神奇动物似乎有此功能。梅斯医学小编乱想:如果有一天把这个技术,或相关基因全部克隆进入人体内,人类会不会也具备脱水--复水而复活的功能

极端高温、辐射和宇宙风似乎从来不是困扰,一种被称为水熊虫的胖墩墩的仅用显微镜可见的捕食者,能够在这些严酷的条件下存活,也称为的隐生效应。

现在,研究人员可能找到了这种缓步类动物其中一种“超能力”背后的机制:它们能够在干旱的环境中枯竭但继续存活,然后数年甚至数十年后重新水化。

由于生长在苔藓里,水熊虫也被叫做“苔藓猪”,这种缓步类生物以水为家,遍布全世界,其身体表层覆盖着一层水膜,能避免身体干燥,同时可呼吸水膜中的氧气。但当它们的液体家园被蒸发后,这种超级耐旱能力便派上了用场。

研究人员表示,在整个枯萎—水化过程中,水熊虫能丧失体内和细胞中几乎所有的水分。它们还能排出一种独特的无定形蛋白质,并在其细胞内形成一种玻璃样的物质。相关论文近日刊登于《分子细胞》期刊。

这些材料或能包裹和保护重要分子,直到干旱期结束。科学家表示,人们能够借助这种保护蛋白提高作物的耐旱性,以及保护疫苗使其不需要冷冻或冷藏。

据悉,水熊虫是地球上生命力最强的生物,具有强大的生命力与高超的生存本领,甚至可以在没有防护措施的条件下在外太空生存。缓步动物具有四种隐生性(即低湿隐生、低温隐生、变渗隐生和缺氧隐生),能够在恶劣环境下停止所有新陈代谢,等待复活时机 。

原始出处:

Boothby TC, Tapia H, Brozena AH, Piszkiewicz S, Smith AE, Giovannini I, Rebecchi L, Pielak GJ, Koshland D, Goldstein B. Tardigrades Use Intrinsically Disordered Proteins to Survive Desiccation. Mol Cell. 2017 Mar 16;65(6):975-984.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.02.018.

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