不同激素对伊贝母组织培养中染色体不稳定性的研究

伊贝母鳞茎培养在附加2,4—D、IAA、NAA和2,4—D+KT、IAA+KT、NAA+KT的MS培养基上(2,4—D、IAA、NAA1毫克/升,KT0.1毫克/升),研究了愈伤组织细胞染色体的变异及愈伤组织的分化和再生植株的染色体倍性。结果表明,2,4—D能有效地引起染色体数目的变化,当和KT结合使用时,可诱导高频率的多倍化细胞。IAA的作用次之,NAA较小。各种激素均能程度不同地引起各种类型的有丝分裂异常及染色体结构变异,其效应与对染色体数目变异的影响呈现明显的一致性。研究还得出,染色体的整倍性是愈伤组织得以分化的重要因素,所以再生植株主要是二倍体,也有少量的四倍体,混倍体仅占少数。根据实验结果,对染色体变异的原因以及染色体数目变异与愈伤组织分化的关系进行了讨论。     

春小麦体细胞无性系变异的研究

利用RAPD技术检测春小麦愈伤组织和再生植株在离体培养过程中产生的变异,对培养不同时期的愈伤组织、再生植株检测结果表明,在小麦离体培养愈伤组织和再生植株中,RAPD谱带发生变化,表明发生了体细胞无性系分子水平变异．且具有明显的规律性和变异特点：杂交B代幼穗培养获得的愈伤组织发生变异的频率高于遗传稳定品种幼穗培养获得的愈伤组织。在愈伤组织培养75d时,在RAPD电泳图谱反映出高频率的亲本谱带缺失和非亲本谱带增加。不同基因型或外植体诱导的愈伤组织和再生植株中出现了相同的变异。与愈伤组织相比．再生植株中检测到的变异频率更高。不同外植体离体培养获得的再生植株,即使表型上没有观察到变异,但从RAPD图谱上却反映出变异的发生。表明RAPD技术可以快建方便地检测组织培养每个阶段出现的DNA水平变异。     

小麦愈伤组织及再生植株的染色体变异

对培养在含有不同附加成分的MS培养基上的小麦愈伤组织染色体进行了跟踪研究。结果表明,在整个培养过程中各培养基上愈伤组织都有一定程度的染色体变异。在培养初期,高浓度2,4-D可增加愈伤组织中的染色体变异率,AgNO_3可降低染色体变异率。6-BA对培养初期愈伤组织染色体变异率没有显著影响。但高浓度6-BA可加大长期培养愈伤组织中的超倍体细胞频率。蔗糖浓度对最初9代愈伤组织染色体变异率无显著影响。但之后,低浓度蔗糖培养基上亚倍体细胞频率明显减小。随着培养时间的延长,各培养基上愈伤组织中正常二倍体细胞的频率都有逐渐上升的趋势。在再生植株中,大部分核型正常,只有少数植株具有染色体数目或结构变异。有些核型正常植株也有表型变异。     

芦苇细胞培养中的染色体稳定性及诱变效应

培养一年后的芦苇愈伤组织中,仍以80％的八倍体细胞占绝对优势。染色体数目变异范围在105—26之间。而EMS处理的愈伤组织与末经处理的愈伤组织相比较,明显地具有比较高的染色体数目变异和倍性变异。     

芦苇细胞培养中的染色体稳定性及诱变效应

培养一年后的芦苇愈伤组织中,仍以80%的八倍体细胞占绝对优势。染色体数目变异范围在105—26之间。而 EMS 处理的愈伤组织与末经处理的愈伤组织相比较,明显地具有比较高的染色体数目变异和倍性变异。     

银鹊树胚性愈伤组织继代培养过程中的细胞染色体数目变异

以银鹊树幼嫩的合子胚为外植体诱导胚性愈伤组织,胚性愈伤经增殖后转接到液体培养基中悬浮继代培养,对其多次继代培养的胚性愈伤细胞的染色体数目检测发现:多次继代培养后的胚性愈伤细胞染色体数正常的比例为48.28%(2n=30),部分细胞出现染色体数目2n=15~60的变异,其变异率高达51.72%,其中以亚二倍体变异为主(40.07%).结果表明,在体细胞胚胎诱导形成过程中,胚性愈伤组织细胞在染色体水平上发生部分变异,这可能是体胚形成过程中畸形胚产生的根本原因.     

缺体小麦与黑杂种幼胚愈伤组织再生植株的染色体变异

对中国春６Ａ缺体小麦与黑麦杂种幼胚愈伤组织不同无性世代再生植株体细胞染色体鉴定结果表明,随着愈伤组织培养时间的延长,再生植株染色体变异频率及变异范围明显增加。在分化的共计２２４株再生植株中,发生染色体变异的植株为８０株,占３５．７％,其中３株为染色体嵌合株,１株发生了染色体结构变异。     

缺体小麦与黑麦杂种幼胚愈伤组织再生植株的染色体变异

对中国春6A缺体小麦与黑麦杂种幼胚愈伤组织不同无性世代再生植株体细胞染色体鉴定结果表明,随着愈伤组织培养时间的延长,再生植株染色体变异频率及变异范围明显增加。在分化的共计224株再生植株中,发生染色体变异的植株为80株,占35.7％,其中有3株为染色体嵌合株,1株发生了染色体结构变异。     

小麦及缺体小麦与黑麦杂种幼胚愈伤组织在长期继代中的染色体数量变异

对中国春及其６Ａ缺体与黑麦杂种幼胚愈伤组织在长期继代培养过程中愈伤组织的染色体数量进行了统计分析,结果表明：中国春×黑麦和６Ａ缺体×黑麦杂种幼胚愈伤组织在继代培养的前６０ｄ内细胞染色体数目分别稳定在２ｎ＝２８和２７;随着继代培养时间的延长,其染色体数量均发生变异主要表现为染色体数的减少;在第４２０ｄ至５４０ｄ培养期间两个组合愈伤组织丢失染色体的细胞比率明显增加,同时也发现了个别超出正常染色体数的细胞。第５４０ｄ后的愈伤组织染色体数量变异基本维持在这一水平。     

二甲戊灵对离体大蒜染色体的加倍研究

在MS分化培养基中分别添加不同浓度的秋水仙素和二甲戊灵,以 "改良蒜" 的蒜瓣基部为外植体诱导愈伤组织染色体变异并再生植株,观察根尖细胞染色体数和叶片下表皮保卫细胞特征检测诱变效果.结果表明:大蒜染色体数变异受诱变剂浓度和处理持续时间的影响,诱变剂高浓度和短时间处理均有利于大蒜愈伤组织的分化;添加0.1%秋水仙素处理5 d,愈伤组织存活率为80.7%,分化率为78.1%,四倍体的诱导率为4%;添加 100 μmol/L二甲戊灵处理5 d,愈伤组织存活率为100%,四倍体的诱导率为6%.对根尖细胞染色体和叶片下表皮气孔数目和大小观察显示,诱变株具有四倍体的基本特征.说明二甲戊灵能在离体条件下有效诱导大蒜产生四倍体,可替代秋水仙素对大蒜染色体的加倍作用.     

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Degradation in Bacillus subtilis During Exposure to Actinomycin D

At high concentrations (10 mug/ml), actinomycin D inhibited deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis in Bacillus subtilis. Inhibition occurred quickly (in less than 1 min) and was complete. In strain 23 thy his, inhibition of DNA synthesis by actinomycin D was followed by partial degradation of one of the two daughter strands to acid-soluble products. Degradation began at the replication point and proceeded over a distance equal to about 12% of a chromosome in length. Actinomycin D played some essential part in degradation, since exposure of the cells to other treatments or agents which inhibit growth did not lead to the above result.     

The staining of constitutive heterochromatin,and A-T and G-C rich DNA in lymphocytes and primary spermatocytes of the Chinese hamster

The staining of male Chinese hamster chromosomes at meiotic prophase with several banding techniques is described. C-banding results only occasionally in well-differentiated pachytene and diakinesis bivalents. Meiotic C-bands are small compared with those in somatic metaphase chromosomes. In mice C-bands mainly consist of highly repetitive satellite DNA, whereas in Chinese hamsters the majority of the DNA in C-bands is not or hardly repetitive. Especially in Chinese hamsters both the degree of chromatin despiralisation and the folding pattern of the chromatin drastically reduce the distinction of C-bands in late meiotic prophasc chromosomes. In contrast to the situation in mice, C-heterochromatin associations are never observed in Chinese hamster spermatocytes. It is assumed that the presence of satellite DNA rather than constitutive heterochromatin is the basis for the associations of the paracentromeric chromosome regions in mice. The location and behaviour of AT- and GC-rich DNA in Chinese hamster primary spermatocytes is studied with base-specific fluorochromes (H 33258 and Chromomycin A₃ for AT-and GC-rich DNA respectively), in combination with a pretreatment with base-specific non-fluorescent antibiotics (Actinomycin D and Netropsin for GC-and AT-rich DNA respectively). No indications are found for the clustering of AT-or GC-rich DNA in Chinese hamster pachytene nuclei. A comparison of banding patterns observed in somatic metaphases and in diakinesis gives some information about the partial homology of the X and Y chromosome. The results are conflicting. The short arm of the Y chromosome is homologous with a part of the X chromosome. According to the C-band pattern the long arm of the X chromosome is involved in the pairing with Y, whereas fluorescence banding patterns indicate that it is the short arm of X.     

Inhibition of DNA methylation in Friend erythroleukemia cells by actinomycin D

Actinomycin D caused the production of hypomethylated DNA in cultured Friend erythroleukemia cells at cell culture concentrations of 1-4 ng per ml. Inhibition of DNA methyltransferase in cell-free assays was kinetically complex, with mixed-type inhibition. Cornish-Bowden graphical analysis was used to derive a Ki of about 35 nmol Act D per mg DNA. Although nuclei from drug-treated cells were found to contain hypomethylated DNA and DNA methyltransferase could be extracted from the nuclei, the methyl-accepting ability of DNA in whole nuclei themselves was not elevated. We conclude that the low level of Act D bound to DNA in the nuclei is sufficient to prevent the remethylation of hypomethylated sites.     

DNA-length polymorphisms of chromosome III in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The chromosome-sized DNAs of sporulation-deficient mutants, which had been isolated by mutagenizing spores of a homothallic diploid strain (MT98a-3D) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. While the size of chromosome III DNA of the parent strain was 450 kb, some mutants had one or more chromosome III DNAs of 350 kb, 450 kb, 530 kb and 630 kb. No size variation was observed for other chromosomes. Chromosome III DNAs of laboratory-stock strains, except MT98a-3D, were in the neighborhood of 350 kb. Size variation of chromosome III was observed at a high frequency in spore clones derived from MT98a-3D strain. The results suggest that DNA-length polymorphisms of chromosome III are generated by the loss or addition of a specific DNA unit of approximately 100 kb.     

λDNA导入引起小麦染色体变异的研究

小麦种子从萌动至２叶期,用λＤＮＡ进行浸滴处理,Ｄ１代出现花粉母细胞染色体变异的植株占观察株的７３．３％,染色体变异的细胞占观察细胞数的２８．３％。主要有染色体落后、单价体、染色体桥、多价体、染色体多极分离,染色体螺旋化不同步,异常二分体和卤分体及微核等类型,随世代增进,染色体行为趋于稳定,但不同个体间存在的较大差异。这种复杂的染色体变异可能是外源ＤＮＡ在受体整合过程中的细胞学反应。     

Induction of chromosome banding in early stages of spermatogenesis by ethidium bromide

Distinct chromosome banding of early meiotic prophase (leptotene through early pachytene) can he induced in male Chinese hamsters by injecting ethidium bromide and Actinomycin D intratesticularly for 4 hours and making acetic orcein squash preparations from minced testicular tissue. Zygotene pairing apparently starts from chromosome ends.Fellow, China Medical Board of New York, Inc.     

Effect of actinomycin D on nucleic acid hybridization: the cause of erroneous DNA elongation during DNA synthesis of RNA tumor viruses in vitro

Actinomycin D, known for its suppression of cellular RNA synthesis and for the reduction of the rate of synthesis of double-stranded DNA by the RNA tumor virus RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, was found to interact with single-stranded DNA in such a way as to inhibit DNA . DNA and DNA . RNA hybridizations. This finding is discussed in the light of the observation that DNA elongation during DNA synthesis of RNA tumor viruses is blocked in vitro in the presence of actinomycin D. It thus supports the model that hybridization is a necessary step during RNA tumor virus DNA synthesis.     

Simultaneous measurement of the frequencies of intrachromosomal recombination and chromosome gain using the yeast DEL assay

The yeast DEL assay measures the frequency of intrachromosomal recombination between two partially-deleted his3 alleles on chromosome XV. The his3Delta alleles share approximately 400bp of overlapping homology, and are separated by an intervening LEU2 sequence. Homologous recombination between the his3Delta alleles results in deletion of the intervening LEU2 sequence (DEL), and reversion to histidine prototrophy. In this study we have attempted to further extend the use of the yeast DEL assay to measure the frequency of chromosome XV gain events. Reversion to His(+)Leu(+) in the haploid yeast DEL tester strain RSY6 occurs upon non-disjunction of chromosome XV sister chromatids, coupled with a subsequent DEL event. Here we have tested the ability of the yeast DEL assay to accurately predict the aneugenic potential of the diversely-acting, known or suspected aneugens actinomycin D, benomyl, chloral hydrate, ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS), methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), and methotrexate. Actinomycin D and benomyl strongly induced aneuploidy. EMS and methotrexate modestly induced aneuploidy, while chloral hydrate and MMS failed to illicit any significant induction. In addition, by FACS-analysis of DNA content it was shown that the majority of both spontaneous- and chemically-induced His(+)Leu(+) revertants were heterodiploid. Thus, our results indicate endoreduplication of almost entire chromosome sets as a major mechanism of aneuploidy induction in haploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae.     

RNA biosynthesis in adipose tissue: effect of fasting

RNA metabolism has been examined in intact adipose tissue and isolated fat cells from rats. The lipocyte contains three species of RNA with sedimentation rates corresponding to those of ribosomal and transfer RNA. The de novo biosynthesis of RNA by adipose tissue cells in vitro was demonstrated. The base ratios of the RNA formed indicate that it was synthesized from a DNA template. Actinomycin D administered in vivo and in vitro decreased total RNA synthesis with the most marked effect on the synthesis of the heavy RNA components. Actinomycin D or puromycin added in vitro was not toxic: they did not inhibit total fatty acid biosynthesis or glucose utilization by the fat pad nor did they inhibit the immediate stimulation of fatty acid biosynthesis and glucose uptake by the addition of insulin in vitro. Starvation for 48-72 hr significantly depressed the synthesis of the heavy RNA components as measured by in vitro uridine incorporation into the individual RNA classes. Refeeding the fasted rat with glucose repaired the defect in RNA biosynthesis before the biosynthesis of monoenoic fatty acid was completely restored. Actinomycin D administered at the time of refeeding prevented the repair of monoenoic fatty acid synthesis. It is concluded that RNA metabolism is intimately involved in the control of biosynthetic reactions in adipose tissue.     

Ultraviolet resonance Raman study of DNA and of its interaction with actinomycin D.

The DNA-Actinomycin D interaction has been studied by resonance Raman effect using DNA as chromophore. First, the resonance Raman spectra of DNA obtained with a U.V. excitation at wavelengths of 300 nm and 280 nm are presented. The main Raman hands are assigned to the convenient nucleic bases by comparison with the spectra of mononucleotides obtained under the same experimental conditions. In particular, with a 300 nm excitation, the 1582 cm-1 line is provided by adenine, while the 1492 cm-1 one is almost exclusively due to guanine. Then, the DNA-Actinomycin D complex has been studied: the line enhancements and the specificity of the resonance permits the displaying of the DNA spectrum free of any contribution of Actinomycin. The interaction provides a large intensity decrease of the 1492 cm-1 guanine line: this is a direct consequence of the orbital overlapping of the guanine 2-aminogroup with the ring nitrogen of Actinomycin in the DNA-Actinomycin pi complex.