抗寒剂CR—4对冬小麦幼苗质膜钙泵（Ca^2＋—ATPase）的稳定作用

通过磷酸铈沉淀的细胞化学观察揭示,常温下生长的冬小麦幼苗的Ｃａ２＋ＡＴＰ酶活性主要定位在质膜上,同时,水浸种和抗寒剂浸种的小麦质膜Ｃａ２＋ＡＴＰ酶活性没有差异。然而,小麦幼苗经－７℃冰冻处理１２小时和２４小时后,则表现明显的区别：水浸种的小麦幼苗质膜Ｃａ２＋ＡＴＰ酶活性明显下降,直至完全失活,细胞的精细结构也同时被破坏;而经抗寒剂浸种的小麦幼苗质膜Ｃａ２＋ＡＴＰ酶仍维持较高的活性,细胞结构也保持完整,显示抗寒剂对质膜Ｃａ２＋ＡＴＰａｓｅ酶起着明显的稳定作用。     

低温、高pH胁迫对水稻幼苗根系质膜、液泡膜ATP酶活性的影响

以耐冷性不同的两个水稻品种为材料,比较研究了幼苗根系质膜、液泡膜ATP酶对低温(8℃)及高pH(8.0)胁迫的反应。结果表明水稻根细胞质膜和液泡膜上均存在Ca3+-ATP酶,但活性远低于H+-ATP酶。耐冷品种武育粳3号经低温(8℃)处理2d,根系质膜和液泡膜H+-ATP酶、Ca2+-ATP酶活性均明显升高,至冷处理12d,H+-ATP酶、Ca2+-ATP酶活性有所下降,但仍与对照相近;而冷敏感品种汕优63经低温(8℃)处理2d,根系质膜H+-ATP酶活性略有升高,而质膜Ca2+-ATP酶以及液泡膜H+-ATP酶、Ca2+-ATP酶活性已明显下降;至冷处理12d,4种酶活性均明显低于对照。高pH胁迫使质膜和液泡膜H+-ATP酶活性下降,而使Ca2+-ATP酶活性上升。高pH胁迫会加剧低温冷害。结果表明,耐冷品种质膜、液泡膜ATP酶比冷敏感品种对低温胁迫有更强的适应能力。     

水稻幼苗根细胞质膜和液泡膜微囊Ca^2＋－ATP酶的特性

水稻幼苗根质膜和液泡膜Ca2+-ATP酶对ATP的Km值分别为7.1和4.5 μ mol·L-1;反应的最适pH分别为8.0和7.0.两者活性均受Na3VO4和曙红B(EB)抑制;CPZ抑制质膜Ca2+-ATP酶活性,但促进液泡膜Ca2+-ATP酶活性.30mmol·L-1CaCl2浸种和CaCl2浸种结合低温锻炼预处理,均可提高此酶的活性和冷稳定性.     

水稻幼苗根细胞质膜和液泡膜微囊Ca2+-ATP酶的特性

水稻幼苗根质膜和液泡膜Ca2 -ATP酶对ATP的Km值分别为7.1和4.5 μ mol·L-1;反应的最适pH分别为8.0和7.0.两者活性均受Na3VO4和曙红B(EB)抑制;CPZ抑制质膜Ca2 -ATP酶活性,但促进液泡膜Ca2 -ATP酶活性.30mmol·L-1CaCl2浸种和CaCl2浸种结合低温锻炼预处理,均可提高此酶的活性和冷稳定性.     

甲基紫精对水稻幼苗根细胞膜微囊Ca2+-ATP酶活性的影响

10μmool/L甲基紫精(MV)预处理水稻幼苗可明显提高其抗冷力,但这种功效可被钙的螯合剂EGTA(10 mmol/L)和钙调素(CaM)的抑制剂氯丙嗪(CPZ,0.5 mmol/L)所抑制.MV预处理提高了幼苗质膜、液泡膜Ca2+-ATP酶活性,同时也有提高质膜Fe(CN)3-6还原速率和这些活性的冷适应性,但这些效果均可被EGTA和CPZ所抑制.离体条件下,膜微囊的Ca2+-ATP酶活性对H2O2、O-2、-OH敏感.结果显示,MV预处理提高幼苗的抗冷力可能是通过钙信使介导起作用的,钙信使或CaM可能刺激了质膜、液泡膜Ca2+-ATP酶活性;而该预处理有增加质膜、液泡膜Ca2+-ATP酶的冷稳定性则可能与该处理有提高细胞抗氧化能力、稳定冷胁迫下细胞膜系统结构有关.     

Ca2+预处理对热胁迫下辣椒叶肉细胞中Ca2+-ATP酶活性的影响

在常温下生长的辣椒(Capsicum annum L.)叶肉细胞中Ca2+-ATP酶主要分布于质膜、液泡膜上,叶绿体的基质和基粒片层上也有少量分布;在40℃下热胁迫不同的时间,酶活性逐渐下降,直至叶绿体超微结构解体.同样条件下,经过Ca2+预处理后,分布在上述细胞器膜或片层上的酶活性大大提高,表明Ca2+预处理对该酶活性具有激活作用;Ca2+预处理对热胁迫下的超微结构的完整性具有一定的保护作用,并且能使Ca2+-ATP酶在热胁迫下维持较高活性.结果表明,Ca2+预处理增强辣椒幼苗的抗热性,可能与其稳定细胞膜、从而使Ca2+-ATP酶在热胁迫下保持较高活性有一定关系.     

钙对盐胁迫下棉苗离子吸收分配的影响

研究了钙对NaCl胁迫下棉花幼苗体内离子分布的影响及其与根系质膜H+-ATP酶、液泡膜H+-ATP酶和H+-PP酶活性的关系。不同器官离子含量和根系横切面X-射线微区分析结果表明,NaCl胁迫下外源钙明显减少棉花幼苗对Na+的吸收及其向茎杆、叶片的运输,增加对K+和Ca2+的吸收及其向茎杆、叶片的运输,增强棉苗体内的盐分区域化分配,提高根冠比和干物质积累,根系电解质渗漏率下降。钙明显提高盐胁迫下幼根细胞质膜H+-ATP酶、液泡膜H+-ATP酶和H+-PP酶的活性,与钙调节棉花对离子的吸收、分配相一致,说明这些酶可以为根细胞中的Na+在液泡中积累以及K+、Ca2+的选择性吸收和运输提供动力。     

磷饥饿时番茄幼苗根系质膜H+-ATP酶活性

磷饥饿提高了番茄幼苗质膜H+-ATP酶活性并促进了番茄幼苗根部的H+分泌。动力学分析表明,磷饥饿使番茄幼苗根部质膜H+-ATP酶的Km值明显降低,亦即提高了该酶对其底物的亲和力,但对该酶的Vmax影响不大。另外,磷饥饿并不改变ATP酶的最适pH值(最适pH值为6.5)。钒酸盐显著抑制番茄幼苗根部质膜ATP酶的活性以及H+分泌,也显著抑制番茄幼苗的Pi吸收。与对照相比,上述抑制作用在饥饿处理的植物中表现得更强。以上结果表明,磷饥饿时高亲和性Pi传递系统的诱导很可能包含质膜H+-ATP酶的参与。     

小麦质膜及液泡膜的ATP酶活性在抗寒锻炼中的变化

采用磷酸铅沉淀的电镜细胞化学方法,对比观察了耐寒的冬小麦幼苗和不耐寒的春小麦幼苗在抗寒锻炼过程中质膜及液泡膜ATP酶活性的变化,结果指出:冬小麦质膜ATP酶在抗寒锻炼过程中获得了耐低温的特性,以致在适于锻炼的低温(3℃)下,能保持高的活性反应;同时液泡膜在锻炼过程中形成高的ATP酶活性。春小麦幼苗在低温锻炼中不能提高抗寒力,其质膜ATP酶在锻炼过程中也不能发展抗寒性能,因而在3℃低温培育下不表现明显的活性;同时液泡膜也不产生ATP酶活性。这些结果进一步证明,在抗寒锻炼中,冬小麦质膜耐低温特性的形成,以及在液泡膜上产生高的ATP酶活性,是与植株抗寒力的提高有密切关系的重要特性。     

甲基紫精对水稻幼苗根细胞膜微囊Ca^2＋-ATP酶活性的影响

10μmol／L甲基紫精(MV)预处理水稻幼苗可明显提高其抗冷力,但这种功效可被钙的螯合剂EGTA(10 mmol／L)和钙调素(CaM)的抑制剂氯丙嗪(CPZ,0．5mmol／L)所抑制。MV预处理提高了幼苗质膜、液泡膜Ca^2 -ATP酶活性,同时也有提高质膜Fe(CN)6^3-还原速率和这些活性的冷适应性,但这些效果均可被EGTA和CPZ所抑制。离体条件下,膜微囊的Ca^2 -ATP酶活性对H2O2、O2^-、-0H敏感。结果显示,MV预处理提高幼苗的抗冷力可能是通过钙信使介导起作用的,钙信使或CaM可能刺激了质膜、液泡膜Ca^2 -ATP酶活性;而该预处理有增加质膜、液泡膜Ca^2 -ATP酶的冷稳定性则可能与该处理有提高细胞抗氧化能力、稳定冷胁迫下细胞膜系统结构有关。     

HRS1 acts as a negative regulator of abscisic acid signaling to promote timely germination of Arabidopsis seeds

In this work, we conducted functional analysis of Arabidopsis HRS1 gene in order to provide new insights into the mechanisms governing seed germination. Compared with wild type (WT) control, HRS1 knockout mutant (hrs1-1) exhibited significant germination delays on either normal medium or those supplemented with abscisic acid (ABA) or sodium chloride (NaCl), with the magnitude of the delay being substantially larger on the latter media. The hypersensitivity of hrs1-1 germination to ABA and NaCl required ABI3, ABI4 and ABI5, and was aggravated in the double mutant hrs1-1abi1-2 and triple mutant hrs1-1hab1-1abi1-2, indicating that HRS1 acts as a negative regulator of ABA signaling during seed germination. Consistent with this notion, HRS1 expression was found in the embryo axis, and was regulated both temporally and spatially, during seed germination. Further analysis showed that the delay of hrs1-1 germination under normal conditions was associated with reduction in the elongation of the cells located in the lower hypocotyl (LH) and transition zone (TZ) of embryo axis. Interestingly, the germination rate of hrs1-1 was more severely reduced by the inhibitor of cell elongation, and more significantly decreased by the suppressors of plasmalemma H(+)-ATPase activity, than that of WT control. The plasmalemma H(+)-ATPase activity in the germinating seeds of hrs1-1 was substantially lower than that exhibited by WT control, and fusicoccin, an activator of this pump, corrected the transient germination delay of hrs1-1. Together, our data suggest that HRS1 may be needed for suppressing ABA signaling in germinating embryo axis, which promotes the timely germination of Arabidopsis seeds probably by facilitating the proper function of plasmalemma H(+)-ATPase and the efficient elongation of LH and TZ cells.     

Influence of Low Temperature on Spatial-temporal Changes of Ca2+ in Winter or Spring Wheat

Stained with Fluo-3/AM and investigated under the laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM), the spatial-temporal changes of ［Ca2+］cyt(the free Ca2+ concentration in the cytoplasm) in the protoplasts of mesophyll cells of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars with different cold-hardiness under resting and temperature decreasing conditions were compared. The results showed that under the resting condition, the fluorescence intensities in the protoplasts of both cold-sensitive and cold-resistant wheat manifested no significant changes, implying that ［Ca2+］cyt could keep at a stable level under the resting condition although different wheat cultivars were different. However, different dynamics appeared with temperature decreasing from 15℃ to 2℃. In particular, for the cold-resistant wheat, ［Ca2+］cyt level at first increased, followed by drop to the resting level at 2℃, and then increased further when the temperature was below 2℃. On the contrary, the ［Ca2+］cyt level of the cold-sensitive spring wheat increased continuously to the maximal level within the whole range of temperature changes. Based on the above observations, it could be reasonably inferred that different dynamics of ［Ca2+］cyt determines decisively different cold acclimation abilities of plants. Furthermore, the results provide a new supporting evidence for the hypothesis that Ca2+ plays a key role as a primary physiological transducer upon chilling”.     

外源Ca2+对高温强光胁迫下滨梅幼苗的保护效应

以10 mmol/L CaCl2溶液处理滨梅幼苗叶片后,置于培养箱于(40±2)℃高温、光照强度(1 200±50)μmol·m-2·s-1下培养,定期测定有关生理生化指标,以探讨外源Ca2+对高温强光胁迫下滨梅幼苗的保护效应.结果显示:(1)与蒸馏水处理组相比,Ca2+处理使高温强光胁迫下滨梅幼苗叶片的脯氨酸含量显著升高,可溶性糖含量变化不明显,根系活力小幅降低;Ca2+处理有效抑制了高温强光下膜透性的加大,提高和保护了Ca2+-ATPase的活性.(2)采用Ca2+螯合剂EGTA或钙调素拮抗剂TFP对滨梅幼苗叶片同法处理并同条件胁迫时,与Ca2+处理相比,滨梅幼苗的脯氨酸、可溶性糖含量、Ca2+-ATPase活性和根系活力均明显下降,膜透性加大.研究表明,Ca2+处理能提高滨梅幼苗对高温强光的耐受性;Ca2+信号系统参与了胁迫过程中的渗透物质和Ca2+-ATPase活性等的调节.     

Cytochemical localization and quantification of plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase activity in mollusc digestive gland cells

A cytochemical method allowing the localization and quantification of plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA) in frozen sections obtained from digestive gland cells of Mytilus galloprovincialis, Tapes tapes and Chamelea gallina, is presented. The method utilizes lead as a trapping agent of PO4(2-) ions released by Ca2+-ATPase activity. The amount of lead sulphide precipitate proportionally related to PMCA activity was quantified by a light microscopy digital imaging analysis system. The optimal assay conditions of Ca2+-ATPase activity evaluated at pH 7.4 were: 200 microM free Ca2+, 200 mM KCl, 2 mM ATP, and under such analysis conditions the enzyme showed a linear trend up to 60 min (at 20 degrees C). The PMCA activity was substrate specific: ADP was utilized only at a low rate (24% with respect to an equimolar ATP concentration), while glucose-6-phosphate and beta-glycerophosphate were poorly hydrolyzed. The enzyme activity was strongly inhibited by sodium ortho-vanadate. Our detection of a Ca2-ATPase activity at nanomolar concentrations of free Ca2+ suggests that we have identified a plasma membrane Ca2-ATPase involved in Ca2+ homeostasis. The Ca2+-ATPase was found to be localized in the basal part of the plasma membrane in the digestive gland cells of Mytilus galloprovincialis and Tapes tapes, but in the apical plasma membrane of Chamelea gallina. The possible implications of the different cellular distributions of PMCA activity is discussed.     

Erythrocyte-ghost Ca2+-stimulated Mg2+-dependent adenosine triphosphatase in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The Ca2+-stimulated Mg2-dependent ATPase activities (Ca2+-ATPase) of erythrocyte-ghost membranes from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and carriers of DMD were compared with activities of normal controls. The Ca2+-ATPase activity of DMD-patient ghost preparations was found to follow the same pattern of activation by Ca2+ as the control membranes. However, the Ca2+-ATPase activity in DMD and some DMD-carrier preparations was substantially elevated compared with controls. To characterize further the elevated Ca2+-ATPase activity found in DMD-patient ghost membrane preparations, we estimated kinetic parameters using both fine adjustment and weighting methods to analyse our experimental data. It was established that in both DMD and DMD-carrier preparations the increase in Ca2+-ATPase activity was reflected by a significant increase in Vmax. rather than by any change in Km. The response of the membrane Ca2+-ATPase activity to changes in temperature was also investigated. In all preparations a break in the Arrhenius plot occurred at 20 degrees C, and in DMD and DMD-carrier preparations an elevated Ca2+-ATPase activity was detected at all temperatures. Above 20 degrees C the activation energy for all types of preparation was the same, whereas below this temperature there appeared to be an elevated activation in DMD and DMD-carrier preparations compared with normal controls. The concept that a generalized alteration in the physicochemical nature of the membrane lipid domain may be responsible for the many abnormal membrane properties reported in DMD is discussed.     

Stability Effects of Cold-acclimation on the Plasmolemma Ca2+ ATPase of Winter Wheat Seedlings

The cold-acclimation effects on the Ca2 + -ATPase activities in plasmolemma of the winter wheat seedlings ( Triticum aestivum L. ) were studied with electromicmscopic-cytochemical assay in which cerium trichloride precipitation method was adopted. The main conclusions are: (1) The plasmolemma Ca2+ -ATPase activities of the wheat seedlings treated at –9 ℃ for 3 h decreased considerably as compared with those of the seedlings grown at the optimal temperature of 20 ℃. A further impediment of the enzyme activities was observed when the cold-stress was prolonged to 12 h at –9 ℃. And complete enzyme inactivation as well as damage of ultrastructure of cells occurred when the seedlings were subjected to cold-stress at –9 ℃ for 24 h. (2) If seedlings were cold-ac- climated at 2 ℃ for 15 d, the plasmolemma Ca2 + -ATPase activities were higher than those of the non-acclimated seedlings. When the cold-acclimated seedlings were then treated at –9 ℃ for 3 h, the enzyme activities decreased less markedly than those of the non-acclimated seedings under the same treatment condition. Similarly, under prolonged cold-stress of both seedlings at – 9 ℃ for 12 h, the enzyme activities of the cold-acclimated seedlings still kept higher than those of the non-ac- climated ones. Finally, when the cold-stress lasted for 24 h at – 9 ℃, the enzyme activities of the cold acclimated seedlings remained active, and the cellular ultrastructure also remained unchanged. The above results indicate that cold-acclimation has enhanced the stability of the plasmolemma Ca2 + -ATPase activities of the winter seedlings under low temperature stress.     

Comparison of Properties of the Plasma Membrane Ca2+ -ATPase from Wheat Root and Leaf

The properties of plasma membrane Ca2 + -ATPases from wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. cv. Lengchun No. 13) root and leaf were compared, and their different properties were analyzed in association with the differentia of the functions of these two organs and their relevant environments. Root plasma membrane Ca2 + -ATPase showed a high activity in a broad range of pH and an optimum reaction temperature of 45 ℃, while the leaf enzyme activated in a narrow range of pH and an optimum reaction temperature of 50 ℃. Hill coefficient of root plasma membrane Ca2 + -ATPase for ATP was 1.6, revealing an obvious positive cooperativity. In contrast, that of leaf plasma membrane Ca2 +-ATPase was 1.0, being in keeping with Michaelis-Menten dynamics. For Ca2 + activation, Hill coefficient of plasma membrane Ca2 + -ATPases from both organs were less than 1, suggesting that both had negative cooperativity. The enzymes were activated by calmodulin and inhibited by Mg2+.     

Comparison of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-adenosine triphosphatase from vitamin E-deficient dystrophic rabbit skeletal muscle with iron-ascorbate-treated and untreated enzyme

Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase from rabbit skeletal muscle has an Arrhenius curve of enzyme activity with a discontinuity at about 20 degrees C. Preparations treated with FeSO4 and ascorbic acid and from a vitamin E-deficient dystrophic rabbit have 22% of the normal activity and a linear Arrhenius curve (Promkhatkaew, D., Komaratat, P., & Wilairat, P. (1985) Biochem. Int. 10, 937-943). All three preparations were cross-linked to the same extent by dimethyl suberimidate and copper-phenanthroline reagent at temperatures above and below the temperature of the Arrhenius discontinuity. Both iron-ascorbate-treated Ca2+-ATPase and that from a vitamin E-deficient animal had 50% of the normal sulfhydryl content, but the disulfide and free amino contents were unaltered. These observations suggest that loss of sulfhydryl groups through lipid peroxidation, both in vivo and in vitro, resulted in reduction of Ca2+-ATPase activity and loss of the break in the Arrhenius plot. Changes in Ca2+-ATPase polypeptide aggregational state could not account for the discontinuity in the Arrhenius curve as revealed by the similar extent of cross-linking of the three enzyme preparations at temperatures above and below the temperature of the Arrhenius discontinuity.     

Seed ageing-induced inhibition of germination and post-germination root growth is related to lower activity of plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase in maize roots

Seeds of most crops can be severely damaged and lose vigor when stored under conditions of high humidity and temperature. The aged seeds are characterized by delayed germination and slow post-germination growth. To date, little is known about the physiological mechanisms responsible for slow root growth of seedlings derived from aged seeds. Plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase is a universal H(+) pump in plant cells and is involved in various physiological processes including the elongation growth of plant cells. In the present study, we investigated the effect of a mild seed ageing treatment on plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase activity of seedling roots. Maize (Zea mays L.) seeds with 17% water content were aged at 45 degrees C for 30h. The aged seeds showed a 20% reduction in germination. Seedlings from aged seeds grew slowly during an experimental period of 120h after imbibition. Plasma membranes of maize seedling roots were isolated for investigation in vitro. Plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase (EC 3.6.3.6) activity was 14% lower for seedling roots developed from aged seeds as compared to control seeds. Protein gel immunoblotting analysis demonstrated that the reduced activity of plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase was attributed to a decrease in steady-state protein concentration of this enzyme. In conclusion, seed ageing causes a lower steady-state enzyme concentration of the H(+)-ATPase in the plasma membrane, which is related to slow germination and post-germination growth of seedling roots.