交配是蜱类繁殖过程的关键环节,诱发雌蜱发生一系列的生理变化,并最终产卵。蜱雄性附腺分泌物在交配过程中发挥着重要作用,具有保护、活化精子,促进受精、卵巢发育和卵黄发生的功能,并对雌蜱的生殖生理行为等产生影响,如诱导雌蜱快速吸血和加速产卵。本文在简要分析蜱雄性附腺结构和分泌物生化特性基础上,系统阐述了蜱雄性附腺分泌物中各种功能因子的研究现状,着重论述其在精子获能、诱导雌蜱吸血、促进雌蜱卵巢发育和卵黄发生等方面的进展,并对未来研究提出了展望,以期为此领域的研究拓展思路。
Mating is an important prerequisite for tick reproduction and initiates a cascade of physiological changes in the female that eventually leads to oviposition. The male accessory gland (MAG) plays important roles during mating, including protecting and activating the spermatozoa,promoting fertilization, ovary development and vitellogenesis. It also affects female reproductive physiological activity such as inducing rapid feeding and oviposition etc. The structure and biochemical characteristics of MAG secretion are introduced briefly, and the current state of knowledge regarding its function is systematically reviewed, focusing on those factors associated with the sperm eapacitation,female engorgement, ovary development and vitellogenesis. Finally,prospects for future research are outlined.