不同成熟度杨梅果实采后呼吸速率、乙烯释放速率和品质的变化

以3个品种杨梅果实为材料,将采后果实分为未成熟(immature)、成熟(mature)和完熟(ripe)3种不同成熟度,在20℃下48 h贮藏过程中,每隔3 h检测一次呼吸速率和乙烯释放速率,并分析成熟过程相关的品质变化.结果表明,未成熟和成熟果实的呼吸速率和乙烯合成变化呈现典型的跃变型果实特征,而在完熟果实中检测不到呼吸和乙烯跃变过程.未成熟和成熟杨梅果实中PAL活性趋于提高,而完熟果实的呈下降变化,这一结果与矢车菊-3-葡萄糖苷(Cy-3-Glu)含量变化相吻合;CIRG值与杨梅果实Cv-3-Glu含量呈极显著正相关(r=0.96**).结果显示杨梅果实属于跃变型果实.     

枯草杆菌A_(17)中含Poly(A)的RNA的分离和体外翻译

在以甘油(0.24％)或谷氨酸(0.5％)作为碳源,低磷(6.4×10~(-5)M)合成培养基,37℃下生长15小时的枯草杆菌A_(17),细胞中的含有poly(A)的RNA,可被oligo(dT)-纤维素分离。在培养基中加入赤霉酸(GA_3)30 μg/ml的情况下,含poly(A)的 RNA(峰Ⅱ)约为上柱总RNA的0.16～1.27％,不加GA_3的则为0.16～0.45％。这种含poly(A)的RNA能在麦胚非细胞合成系统中刺激~3H-亮氨酸掺入蛋白质,可为对照的4～8倍,其放射比活性为7000～23000 cpm/μg RNA,说明这种含 poly(A)的 RNA具有mRNA活性。     

茉莉酸类物质在草莓果实发育中的作用及其分子机理分析

该研究以草莓‘红颜’(Fragaria ananassa Duch.‘Benihoppe’)为试材,于草莓花后15d采用注射法开始注射茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA,浓度为400μmol/L),分析MeJA对草莓果实发育进程的影响及其相关基因的表达,以揭示MeJA在草莓果实发育和成熟调控中的作用及其分子机理。结果表明:(1)MeJA处理草莓果实后,果实变红成熟期比对照显著提前,平均提前4d;(2)随着草莓果实发育成熟,MeJA处理的茉莉酸(JA)合成基因FaOPDA1的表达量迅速升高;(3)FaOPDA1基因在草莓果实中的超表达能够促进草莓果实提前成熟3~5d,且FaOPDA1基因的超表达能够诱导与草莓果实成熟相关的一系列基因的表达量升高,从而促进草莓果实提前成熟。     

大麦条纹花叶病毒(新疆株)中多聚腺苷酰核糖核酸含量、侵染活性及多聚腺苷酸链长分布的测定

1.用Oligo(dT)纤维素亲和层析将新疆大麦条纹花叶病毒(BSMV-XJ)RNA分为poly(A)~+(与Oligo(dT)纤维素结合的)RNA和poly(A)~-(不与Oligo(dT)纤维素结合的)RNA,其相对含量poly(A)~+RNA占75%,poly(A)~-RNA为25%。2.用~(32)P标记法测定了BSMV(XJ)RNA中3′端poly A的链长分布,结果poly(A)~+RNA带有数个至三十几个腺苷酸残基,而poly(A)~-RNA也含十个以下的腺苷酸残基。3.用系统感病寄主大麦进行侵染性试验表明,poly(A)~+RNA与poly(A)~-RNA对大麦具有同等水平的侵染性。4.文中讨论了Oligo(dT)纤维素的分离效果以及所用测定poly(A)链长分布方法的可靠性。     

水稻种子发育过程中Poly(A)RNA和蛋白质水平的变化

我们用[~3H]—Poly(U)饱和杂交的方法分析了水稻种子发育过程中Poly(A)含量和Poly(A)RNA水平的变化。胚乳发育过程中,Poly(A)含量和Poly(A)RNA水平均于开花后11天达到高峰,比蛋白质高峰出现时间约早10天。随着胚乳的成熟,蛋白质水平在开花后6～21天持续增长。但 Poly(A)含量和Poly(A)RNA水平却急剧下降。因此,在胚乳发育早期合成的Poly(A)RNA中,可能有部分不是直接用于蛋白质的合成。在胚的发育过程中,Poly(A)含量和Poly(A)RNA水平分别出现三次高峰。开花后30天,每胚含有5.94ng Poly(A)RNA,约占胚总RNA的0.097％,为稻胚中贮存的mRNA存在提供了一个直接的证据。     

七星瓢虫卵黄原蛋白基因的表达mRNA的体外转译

七星瓢虫成熟雌虫脂肪体总RNA和poly(A)~+RNA中可转译mRNA的水平约为雄虫和不成熟雌虫的两倍,其中所含的卵黄原蛋白mRNA可在体外转译系统中指导卵黄原蛋白多肽的合成。 雌虫取食人工饲料时,其脂肪体RNA中可转译mRNA的水平很低,不能指导卵黄原蛋白多肽的合成。保幼激素类似物能诱导可转译卵黄原蛋白mRNA的出现。     

3′-poly(A)~-病毒RNA的大分子cDNA的合成和克隆

为了合成3′端无poly(A)的病毒RNA(登革热病毒Ⅱ)的3′区的长的cDNA,我们用RNA连接酶,把3′端被pCp封闭了的poly(A)<50bp连在病毒RNA的3′端,构成一个病毒RNA-poly(A)-pCp型模板,可用oligo(dT_(10-12))作引物,再用Watson和Jackson(1985)的RNase H代替硷降解法来合成cDNA。结果获得了≥5kb的cDNA。重组克隆的鉴定证明这个大分子cDNA确是病毒RNA 3′区的拷贝。这将有利于对这类RNA病毒基因组的结构-功能分析和对病毒cDNA拷贝的感染性的研究。     

稻胚吸涨过程中生物大分子合成活性的顺序激活

用同位素前体标记吸涨不同时间的风干成熟稻胚以确定几种生物大分子合成的起始顺序。蛋白质合成在稻胚吸涨30 min即已开始,而RNA的大量合成则开始于吸涨7～8 h;在此之前,放线菌素D和蛹虫草菌素对蛋白质合成均无明显影响。这说明风干成熟稻胚含有贮藏RNA,而且,至少大部分贮藏mRNA具有Poly(A)片段。从吸涨8 h起,新合成的RNA开始取代贮藏RNA;到14 h,贮藏RNA已基本消失。~3H-胸苷的参入动态显示,稻胚DNA合成启始于吸涨后12 h。本文提出了水稻离体胚吸涨萌发(25℃)时生物大分子变化进程模式。     

采后黄花梨(Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai.)果实中丙二烯氧合酶的生理功能

以不同成熟时期黄花梨果实为材料 ,研究果实采后成熟衰老进程中丙二烯氧合酶 (AOS)与几个成熟衰老相关因子的关系 ,探讨AOS的生理功能。结果表明 :2 0℃下不同成熟时期果实成熟衰老进程中的AOS活性变化均为峰形曲线 ,活性峰值出现在采后 10～ 12d ,先于乙烯跃变峰 2～ 4d ;果实成熟衰老各种相关因子的变化峰值出现的先后顺序依次是 :脂氧合酶(LOX)、自由基 (O- ·2 )、AOS、ACC (1 氨基环丙烷 1 羧酸 )合成酶、ACC、ACC氧化酶 ,最后为乙烯跃变峰的出现。 1℃下贮藏果实的AOS活性、乙烯合成和其他成熟衰老相关酶活性均受到强烈抑制 ,ACC和O- ·2 含量也较低 ,果实衰老进程被显著延缓。推测AOS是乙烯合成的上游调控因子之一。     

Cloning and expression of cDNA encoding translationally controlled tumor protein from strawberry fruits

A cDNA encoding a putative translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) was isolated from a cDNA library made with mRNA isolated from red ripe strawberry fruits. This protein is highly conserved in all species analyzed. Expression of strawberry TCTP increased along the ripening of strawberry fruits, and is constitutively expressed in vegetative tissues. The putative function of this protein remains still unknown     

草莓果实发育成熟过程中糖苷酶和纤维素酶活性及细胞壁组成变化

以丰香和红丰草莓为试材,对果实发育成熟过程中细胞壁水解酶活性和细胞壁成份变化进行了研究．结果表明：半乳糖苷酶和α-甘露糖苷酶活性随草莓果实成熟而提高,葡萄糖苷酶活性不随草莓果实成熟而提高．随着果实发育成熟,纤维素酶活性、果胶酶活性不断提高．果实中未检测到内切多聚半乳糖醛酸酶活性,外切多聚半乳糖醛酸酶活性变化不随果实成熟软化而提高．随果实发育成熟,细胞壁中可溶性果胶和半纤维素增加,而离子结合果胶和共价结合果胶及纤维素减少．     

Downregulation of RdDM during strawberry fruit ripening

Background

Recently, DNA methylation was proposed to regulate fleshy fruit ripening. Fleshy fruits can be distinguished by their ripening process as climacteric fruits, such as tomatoes, or non-climacteric fruits, such as strawberries. Tomatoes undergo a global decrease in DNA methylation during ripening, due to increased expression of a DNA demethylase gene. The dynamics and biological relevance of DNA methylation during the ripening of non-climacteric fruits are unknown.

Results

Here, we generate single-base resolution maps of the DNA methylome in immature and ripe strawberry. We observe an overall loss of DNA methylation during strawberry fruit ripening. Thus, ripening-induced DNA hypomethylation occurs not only in climacteric fruit, but also in non-climacteric fruit. Application of a DNA methylation inhibitor causes an early ripening phenotype, suggesting that DNA hypomethylation is important for strawberry fruit ripening. The mechanisms underlying DNA hypomethylation during the ripening of tomato and strawberry are distinct. Unlike in tomatoes, DNA demethylase genes are not upregulated during the ripening of strawberries. Instead, genes involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation are downregulated during strawberry ripening. Further, ripening-induced DNA hypomethylation is associated with decreased siRNA levels, consistent with reduced RdDM activity. Therefore, we propose that a downregulation of RdDM contributes to DNA hypomethylation during strawberry ripening.

Conclusions

Our findings provide new insight into the DNA methylation dynamics during the ripening of non-climacteric fruit and suggest a novel function of RdDM in regulating an important process in plant development.

     

Changes in Gene Expression during Tomato Fruit Ripening

Total proteins from pericarp tissue of different chronological ages from normally ripening tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv Rutgers) fruits and from fruits of the isogenic ripening-impaired mutants rin, nor, and Nr were extracted and separated by sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Analysis of the stained bands revealed increases in 5 polypeptides (94, 44, 34, 20, and 12 kilodaltons), decreases in 12 polypeptides (106, 98, 88, 76, 64, 52, 48, 45, 36, 28, 25, and 15 kilodaltons), and fluctuations in 5 polypeptides (85, 60, 26, 21, and 16 kilodaltons) as normal ripening proceeded. Several polypeptides present in ripening normal pericarp exhibited very low or undetectable levels in developing mutant pericarp. Total RNAs extracted from various stages of Rutgers pericarp and from 60 to 65 days old rin, nor, and Nr pericarp were fractionated into poly(A)⁺ and poly(A)⁻ RNAs. Peak levels of total RNA, poly(A)⁺ RNA, and poly(A)⁺ RNA as percent of total RNA occurred between the mature green to breaker stages of normal pericarp. In vitro translation of poly(A)⁺ RNAs from normal pericarp in rabbit reticulocyte lysates revealed increases in mRNAs for 9 polypeptides (116, 89, 70, 42, 38, 33, 31, 29, and 26 kilodaltons), decreases in mRNAs for 2 polypeptides (41 and 35 kilodaltons), and fluctuations in mRNAs for 5 polypeptides (156, 53, 39, 30, and 14 kilodaltons) during normal ripening. Analysis of two-dimensional separation of in vitro translated polypeptides from poly(A)⁺ RNAs isolated from different developmental stages revealed even more extensive changes in mRNA populations during ripening. In addition, a polygalacturonase precursor (54 kilodaltons) was immunoprecipitated from breaker, turning, red ripe, and 65 days old Nr in vitro translation products.     

Changes in gene expression during strawberry fruit ripening and their regulation by auxin

Changes in messenger RNA during the development of the strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.), a non-climacteric fruit, were analysed by extracting total RNA and separating the in-vitro translated products by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Alterations in numerous messenger RNAs accompanied fruit development between the immature green stage and the overripe stage, with prominent changes detected at or before the onset of ripening. A number of messenger RNAs undetectable in immature green fruit increased as the fruit matured and ripened. Others showed a marked decrease in advance of the ripening phase. A further group of messenger RNAs was prominent in immature and ripe fruit but absent just prior to the turning stage. Removing the achenes from a segment of the fruit accelerated anthocyanin accumulation in the de-achened portion and produced a pattern of translated polypeptides similar to normal ripe fruit. Application of the synthetic auxin 1-naphthaleneacetic acid to the de-achened receptacle produced a translation pattern similar to that in mature green fruit. These findings indicate that ripening in strawberry is associated with the expression of specific genes.     

Characterization of major enzymes and genes involved in flavonoid and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis during fruit development in strawberry (Fragaria xananassa)

The biosynthesis of flavonoids and proanthocyanidins was studied in cultivated strawberry (Fragaria xananassa) by combining biochemical and molecular approaches. Chemical analyses showed that ripe strawberries accumulate high amounts of pelargonidin-derived anthocyanins, and a larger pool of 3',4'-hydroxylated proanthocyanidins. Activities and properties of major recombinant enzymes were demonstrated by means of in vitro assays, with special emphasis on specificity for the biologically relevant 4'- and 3',4'-hydroxylated compounds. Only leucoanthocyanidin reductase showed a strict specificity for the 3',4'-hydroxylated leucocyanidin, while other enzymes accepted either hydroxylated substrate with different relative activity rates. The structure of late flavonoid pathway genes, leading to the synthesis of major compounds in ripe fruits, was elucidated. Complex developmental and spatial expression patterns were shown for phenylpropanoid and flavonoid genes in fruits throughout ripening as well as in leaves, petals and roots. Presented results elucidate key steps in the biosynthesis of strawberry flavonoid end products.