大气NO2影响植物生长与代谢的研究进展

二氧化氮(NO₂)是大气氮氧化物之一,是大气气溶胶颗粒形成的主要成分,降低大气NO₂浓度可减轻空气中的雾霾.大气NO₂通过干沉降和湿沉降两种方式降落到植物叶片.植物吸收NO₂后主要通过两种代谢途径来降低空气中NO₂浓度: 一是主要在细胞质和叶绿体中利用还原酶的氮代谢途径,二是在质外体和细胞质中的歧化反应.植物吸收NO₂干扰了植物正常的生长和生理代谢,包括: 植物营养和生殖生长,植物体内硝酸还原酶(NaR)活性、亚硝酸还原酶(NiR)活性、氮素吸收、光合等生理代谢过程.对目前国内外有关大气NO₂影响植物生长与代谢的研究进展进行了综述,并对植物吸收NO₂的生理及分子机制的未来研究方向进行了展望.     

大气NO2影响植物生长与代谢的研究进展

二氧化氮(NO₂)是大气氮氧化物之一,是大气气溶胶颗粒形成的主要成分,降低大气NO₂浓度可减轻空气中的雾霾.大气NO₂通过干沉降和湿沉降两种方式降落到植物叶片.植物吸收NO₂后主要通过两种代谢途径来降低空气中NO₂浓度: 一是主要在细胞质和叶绿体中利用还原酶的氮代谢途径,二是在质外体和细胞质中的歧化反应.植物吸收NO₂干扰了植物正常的生长和生理代谢,包括: 植物营养和生殖生长,植物体内硝酸还原酶(NaR)活性、亚硝酸还原酶(NiR)活性、氮素吸收、光合等生理代谢过程.对目前国内外有关大气NO₂影响植物生长与代谢的研究进展进行了综述,并对植物吸收NO₂的生理及分子机制的未来研究方向进行了展望.     

植物钙/钙调素介导的信号转导系统

钙离子(Ca²⁺)是一种重要的第二信使, 参与调节植物的生长发育和对环境的适应。钙调素(CaM)和类钙调蛋白(CML)是一类最主要的Ca²⁺感受器, 虽然其自身没有催化活性, 但可通过调节下游靶蛋白的活性, 进而调控细胞的各种生理活动。该文总结了植物体内CaM结合蛋白(CBP)的生理功能、鉴定方法和调控机理, 以及CaM介导的信号转导途径, 包括蛋白磷酸化与去磷酸化、基因转录、离子运输、活性氧代谢、激素和磷脂信号等, 并对今后的研究方向进行了展望。     

蛋白质可逆磷酸化对花粉管生长的调控作用

花粉管极性生长受多种信号与代谢过程的调控,主要包括Rop GTPase信号途径、磷脂酰肌醇信号通路、Ca²⁺信号途径、肌动蛋白动态变化、囊泡运输、细胞壁重塑等,这些过程都受到蛋白质可逆磷酸化作用的调节。如：(1) Rop调节蛋白(GEF、GDI和GAP)的可逆磷酸化可以改变其活性,从而调节Rop GTPase;同时,蛋白激酶还可能作为Rop下游的效应器分子参与Rop下游信号途径的调节;(2) 蛋白质可逆磷酸化作用既能够激活/失活质膜上的Ca²⁺通道或Ca²⁺泵,又参与调节胞内贮存Ca²⁺的释放,从而调控花粉管尖端Ca²⁺梯度的形成;此外,蛋白激酶还作为Ca²⁺信号的感受器,磷酸化相应的靶蛋白,参与Ca²⁺信号下游途径的调节;(3) 肌动蛋白结合蛋白(ADF和Profilin)的活性也受到蛋白质可逆磷酸化的调节,进而调控肌动蛋白聚合与解聚之间的动态平衡;(4) 蛋白质磷酸化作用调节胞吞/胞吐相关蛋白的活性,并调控质膜的磷脂代谢,从而参与调控囊泡运输过程;(5) 胞质丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶和蔗糖合酶的可逆磷酸化可以调节其在花粉管中的功能与分布模式,参与花粉管细胞壁重塑;(6) 转录调节蛋白与真核生物翻译起始因子的可逆磷酸化可以改变其活性,从而调控RNA转录与蛋白质合成。文章主要综述了花粉管生长过程中重要蛋白质的可逆磷酸化作用对上述关键事件的调节。     

硫化氢调节植物氧化应激响应的作用机制

氧化应激是一种氧化还原失衡的状态，易引起生物体组织细胞发生氧化损伤。通过激活抗氧化系统调节氧化还原平衡是生物体内普遍存在的氧化应激响应机制。硫化氢(hydrogen sulfide, H₂S)是生物体内重要的信号分子，它能通过多种途径调节机体生理反应和胁迫响应。本文综述了植物中H₂S的产生途径，H₂S常见供体的特性，H₂S、活性氧(reactive oxygen species, ROS)和活性氮(reactive nitrogen species, RNS)在调节植物氧化应激响应中的研究进展；重点讨论了H₂S调节植物氧化应激响应的方式，及其与ROS和RNS在植物氧化还原平衡调节中的相互作用调控，为理解植物氧化应激响应过程中信号分子的作用机制提供参考。     

植物抗坏血酸过氧化物酶的表达调控以及对非生物胁迫的耐受作用

抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(Ascorbate peroxidase, APX)属于I型血红素过氧化物酶, 它催化H2O2依赖的L-抗坏血酸氧化作用, 对抗坏血酸表现出高度的专一性。植物APX基因家族由4个亚家族组成, 分别为细胞质、叶绿体、线粒体和过氧化物酶体基因亚家族, 每个亚家族中又含有不同的APX同工酶。作为植物抗坏血酸-谷胱甘肽循环中的一个关键组分, APX在细胞H₂O₂代谢过程中起着至关重要的作用。研究表明植物APX是氧化还原信号系统中调节细胞水平H₂O₂非常重要的一种酶, APX同工酶的表达机制非常复杂, 细胞质APX受多种信号调节表达, 两种叶绿体APX通过选择性剪接进行组织特异性调节。通过调控产生的APX可调节细胞中的氧化还原信号, 进而提高植物对非生物胁迫的耐受性。文章综述了植物APX的催化机制、表达调控机理以及响应植物非生物逆境胁迫的重要作用。     

家蝇对二氯苯醚菊酯的抗性及增效磷的增效作用Ⅱ:氧化代谢

氧化代谢的增强是引起家蝇对二氯苯醚菊酯产生抗性的因素之一.抗性家蝇多功能氧化酶的萘羟化活性、对二氯苯醚菊酯的氧化代谢能力和微粒体细胞色素P₄₅₀含量分别是正常家蝇的2、1.48、1.33倍.正常家蝇和抗性家蝇细胞色素P₄₅₀在对增效磷(SV₁)和氧化胡椒基丁醚(Pb)的敏感性上也存在着差异.SV₁与多功能氧化酶专一性抑制剂Pb一样,对该酶系催化的萘羟化活性及二氯苯醚菊酯的氧化代谢有明显的抑制作用,这种抑制作用是SV₁在家蝇体内对二氯苯醚菊酯增效的机理之一.SV₁对氧化代谢的抑制与它和微粒体细胞色素P₄₅₀相互作用形成非活性复合体有关.     

家蝇对二氯苯醚菊酯的抗性及增效磷的增效作用Ⅱ:氧化代谢

氧化代谢的增强是引起家蝇对二氯苯醚菊酯产生抗性的因素之一.抗性家蝇多功能氧化酶的萘羟化活性、对二氯苯醚菊酯的氧化代谢能力和微粒体细胞色素P₄₅₀含量分别是正常家蝇的2、1.48、1.33倍.正常家蝇和抗性家蝇细胞色素P₄₅₀在对增效磷(SV₁)和氧化胡椒基丁醚(Pb)的敏感性上也存在着差异.SV₁与多功能氧化酶专一性抑制剂Pb一样,对该酶系催化的萘羟化活性及二氯苯醚菊酯的氧化代谢有明显的抑制作用,这种抑制作用是SV₁在家蝇体内对二氯苯醚菊酯增效的机理之一.SV₁对氧化代谢的抑制与它和微粒体细胞色素P₄₅₀相互作用形成非活性复合体有关.     

芝麻素研究进展

芝麻素是存在于芝麻种子和芝麻油中的木脂素类化合物中的一种,已从多种植物中分离出来。芝麻素具有较强的抗氧化活性,在生物体内具有降低血清胆固醇、调节脂质代谢、稳定血压和抗癌等多种生理学活性。本文综述了芝麻素的天然来源、分离检测方法及其生理学活性等方面的研究现状。     

盐胁迫对露花叶片的脱落酸含量及磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶昼夜调节特性的影响

兼性CAM植物在转为CAM型后,CAM代谢的关键酶磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸（PEP）核化酶会出现昼夜调节特性的变化（Osmond1978）。关于PEP梭化酶昼夜调节特性的机理存在两种观点：1．PEPK化酶昼夜聚合度发生了变化,白天为二聚体PEPK化酶,对苹果酸抑制敏感;而夜间为四聚体,对苹果酸抑制不敏感（U和Wedding1985）。2·nsv＄化酶昼夜磷酸化状态发生变化,夜间PEPW化酶磷酸化,对苹果酸抑制不敏感;而白天PEP＄化酶脱磷酸化,对苹果酸抑制敏感（Nimmo等1986）。植物生长调节物质如ABA和细胞分裂素对兼性CAM植物PEP＆化酶的表达有诱…     

Vitamin D and related compounds as plant growth substances

Vitamin D and related compounds (hydroxylated derivatives and glycosides) occur naturally in certain plants. The metabolism of vitamin D₃ in Solanum malacoxylon Sendtn. is similar in certain respects to that in animal systems. There is also evidence that vitamin D₃, plays a role in processes regulated by Ca²⁺ in plants. Vitamin D₃ possesses plant growth substance activities and in particular enhances adventitious root formation.     

Does phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase have a role in both amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism?

Summary. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) catalyses the reversible decarboxylation of oxaloacetate to yield phosphoenolpyruvate and CO₂. The role of the enzyme in gluconeogenesis and anaplerotic reactions in a range of organisms is discussed, along with the important function in C₄ and CAM photosynthesis in higher plants. In addition, new data are presented indicating that PEPCK may play a key role in amino acid metabolism. It is proposed that PEPCK is involved in the conversion of the carbon skeleton of asparagine/aspartate (oxaloacetate) to that of glutamate/glutamine (2-oxoglutarate). This metabolism is particularly important in the transport system, seeds and fruits of higher plants. Received January 27, 2000 Accepted March 7, 2000     

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase from higher plants: Purification from cucumber and evidence of rapid proteolytic cleavage in extracts from a range of plant tissues

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) was purified 600-fold to homogeneity from the cotyledons of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and a polyclonal antiserum raised. After sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) the purified preparation contained a single polypeptide of 62 kDa, consistent with previous studies of this enzyme in C₄ grasses. Immunoblots of crude extracts showed that a form of PEPCK of approximately this molecular mass predominated in cucumber cotyledons and in a range of plant tissues (cotyledons of fat-storing seedlings, leaves of C₄ and Crassulacean acid metabolism plants). However, when these tissues were extracted in the presence of SDS and the extracts analysed by immunoblotting, a larger polypeptide of 68–77 kDa was detected. Thus the enzyme generally measured in crude extracts is a smaller form which arises by rapid proteolysis. This phenomenon means that the native form of PEPCK has never been purified from plants nor its properties determined.Abbreviations CAM Crassulacean acid metabolism - DTT dithiothreitol - PEG polyethyleneglycol - PEP phosphoenolpyruvate - PEPCK phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase - Rubisco ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase We are grateful to Dr. Steve Smith (University of Edinburgh, UK) for helpful discussions, Dr. Alf Keys (Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted, UK) for the gift of pure Rubisco and Dr. Tristan Dyer (John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, UK) for the antiserum to fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. This research was supported by the joint Agricultural and Food Research Council/Science and Engineering Research Council Programme on the Biochemistry of Metabolic Regulation in Plants (PG50/590).     

Cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase does not solely control the rate of hepatic gluconeogenesis in the intact mouse liver

When dietary carbohydrate is unavailable, glucose required to support metabolism in vital tissues is generated via gluconeogenesis in the liver. Expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), commonly considered the control point for liver gluconeogenesis, is normally regulated by circulating hormones to match systemic glucose demand. However, this regulation fails in diabetes. Because other molecular and metabolic factors can also influence gluconeogenesis, the explicit role of PEPCK protein content in the control of gluconeogenesis was unclear. In this study, metabolic control of liver gluconeogenesis was quantified in groups of mice with varying PEPCK protein content. Surprisingly, livers with a 90% reduction in PEPCK content showed only a approximately 40% reduction in gluconeogenic flux, indicating a lower than expected capacity for PEPCK protein content to control gluconeogenesis. However, PEPCK flux correlated tightly with TCA cycle activity, suggesting that under some conditions in mice, PEPCK expression must coordinate with hepatic energy metabolism to control gluconeogenesis.     

Expression and manipulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 identifies a role for malate metabolism in stomatal closure

Malate, along with potassium and chloride ions, is an important solute for maintaining turgor pressure during stomatal opening. Although malate is exported from guard cells during stomatal closure, there is controversy as to whether malate is also metabolised. We provide evidence that phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), an enzyme involved in malate metabolism and gluconeogenesis, is necessary for full stomatal closure in the dark. Analysis of the Arabidopsis PCK1 gene promoter indicated that this PEPCK isoform is specifically expressed in guard cells and trichomes of the leaf. Spatially distinct promoter elements were found to be required for post-germinative, vascular expression and guard cell/trichome expression of PCK1. We show that pck1 mutant plants have reduced drought tolerance, and show increased stomatal conductance and wider stomatal apertures compared with the wild type. During light-dark transients the PEPCK mutant plants show both increased overall stomatal conductance and less responsiveness of the stomata to darkness than the wild type, indicating that stomata get 'jammed' in the open position. These results show that malate metabolism is important during dark-induced stomatal closure and that PEPCK is involved in this process.     

C3和C4植物的氮素利用机制

提高植物的氮素利用效率(NUE)不仅有利于保障全球粮食安全, 也是实现农业可持续发展的重要途径。近半个世纪以来, 植物氮素利用机理研究已取得重要进展, 但NUE的调控机制仍不明确, NUE的提高仍然十分有限。高等植物集光合碳素同化和氮素同化于一体, 只有碳氮代谢相互协调, 才能维持植物体内的碳氮平衡, 保证植物正常生长发育。由于C₃和C₄植物的光合氮素利用率(PNUE)存在差异, 对氮素的利用效率也会存在差异。为了更有效地提高作物的NUE, 须更全面地了解C₃和C₄植物对氮素吸收、转运、同化和信号转导等关键因子的功能和调控机制。此外, 面对大气CO₂浓度增高和全球气候变暖条件下的植物碳氮同化及其机理的研究也不容忽视。该文综述了C₃和C₄植物氮素利用关键因素的差异及其调控机制, 并对提高C₃禾本科作物氮素利用效率的遗传改良途径进行了展望。