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Garcia RF Gazola VA Barrena HC Hartmann EM Berti J Toyama MH Boschero AC Carneiro EM Manso FC Bazotte RB 《Amino acids》2007,33(1):151-155
Summary. Our purpose was to determine the blood amino acid concentration during insulin induced hypoglycemia (IIH) and examine if the
administration of alanine or glutamine could help glycemia recovery in fasted rats. IIH was obtained by an intraperitoneal
injection of regular insulin (1.0 U/kg). The blood levels of the majority of amino acids, including alanine and glutamine
were decreased (P < 0.05) during IIH and this change correlates well with the duration than the intensity of hypoglycemia. On the other hand,
the oral and intraperitoneal administration of alanine (100 mg/kg) or glutamine (100 mg/kg) accelerates glucose recovery.
This effect was partly at least consequence of the increased capacity of the livers from IIH group to produce glucose from
alanine and glutamine. It was concluded that the blood amino acids availability during IIH, particularly alanine and glutamine,
play a pivotal role in recovery from hypoglycemia. 相似文献
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Summary. A randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled study was performed giving 0.5 g · kg−1 · day−1 of undiluted alanyl-glutamine (20%) or saline in a peripheral vein during 4 hours in ICU patients (n = 20). During the infusion
period a steady state in plasma concentration was reached for alanyl-glutamine, but not for alanine, glutamine or glutamate.
On the other hand there was no accumulation of any of the amino acids, as the pre-infusion concentrations were reached within
8 hours after the end of infusion. The half-life of the dipeptide was 0.26 hours (range, 0.15–0.63 h). The distribution volume
of alanyl-glutamine was larger than the extracellular water volume, indicating a rapid hydrolysis of the dipeptide. There
was no detectable alanyl-glutamine in the urine of any of the patients. All patients had excretion of small amounts of amino
acids in urine, but the renal clearance of alanine, glutamine and glutamate were not different between the two groups. 相似文献
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The effect of extractants on degradation of L-glutamate and L-arginine in the course of shaking and filtration at low temperature 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Summary. The effects of demineralized water (DEMI H2O) and 0.5 M ammonium acetate (0.5 M AAc) on losses of L-glutamic acid and L-arginine in the course of shaking and filtration
at low temperature (6 °C) were tested. The concentration of L-glutamic acid decreased by 6.3% in DEMI H2O and by 4.9% in 0.5 M AAc, whereas the L-arginine concentration decreased by 6.0% (DEMI H2O) and 10.7% (0.5 M AAc). We found a significantly (P < 0.05) higher degradation of L-arginine in 0.5 M AAc compared with that of DEMI H2O. 相似文献
4.
Summary. Glutamine is one of the most abundant free amino acid found in raw food. In this study, the contribution of free glutamine
to nonenzymatic browning and fluorescence was investigated using an aqueous model system with methylglyoxal. The results indicated
that glutamine contributed to the Maillard reaction via two pathways. First, the hydrolysis of the amide bond of glutamine
led to the release of ammonia which was implicated in the formation of brown color and fluorescence. Among other nitrogen
donors tested (asparagine, glutamic acid and urea) our results demonstrated that free glutamine was a major source of ammonia
during heating. When heated at 120 and 180 °C, 100% of ammonia was released from glutamine after 60 and 10 min, respectively.
The second pathway involved a direct Maillard reaction with the α-amino group of glutamine. Both pathways led to a rapid and
complete destruction of glutamine when heated in the model systems. With reference to the Maillard browning (absorbance at
420 nm) glutamine turned out to be the most reactive amine, followed by asparagine, glutamate, ammonia and urea. Maximum fluorescence
(excitation and emission wavelengths at 330 and 450 nm, respectively) was also observed with glutamine followed by urea and
ammonia. Overall this study suggested that free glutamine predominantly contributes to the color and fluorescence formations
of foodstuffs. 相似文献
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Summary. Amino acids analysis in single wheat embryonic protoplast was performed using capillary electrophoresis equipped with laser-induced
fluorescence (CE-LIF), combination with tissue culture technique. Reagent fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) was introduced
into living protoplasts by electroporation for intracellular derivatization. A special osmotic buffer (0.6 mol/L mannitol,
5 mmol/L CaCl2) was used to keep the osmotic balance of embryonic protoplasts during the protoplasts derivatization. After completion of
the derivatization reaction in the protoplasts, a single protoplast was drawn into the capillary tip by electroosmotic flow.
Then a 0.1 M NaOH lysing solution was injected by diffusion. The derivatized amino acids were separated by capillary electrophoresis
and detected by laser-induced fluorescence detection after the protoplast was lysed Nine amino acids were quantitatively and
qualitatively determined and compared in lysate and single protoplast of wheat embryonic cells respectively, with mean concentrations
of amino acids ranging from 2.68×10−5 mol/L to 18.18×10−5 mol/L in single protoplast. 相似文献
6.
Summary. This study examined 10 wks of resistance training and the ingestion of supplemental protein and amino acids on muscle performance
and markers of muscle anabolism. Nineteen untrained males were randomly assigned to supplement groups containing either 20 g
protein (14 g whey and casein protein, 6 g free amino acids) or 20 g dextrose placebo ingested 1 h before and after exercise
for a total of 40 g/d. Participants exercised 4 times/wk using 3 sets of 6–8 repetitions at 85–90% of the one repetition maximum.
Data were analyzed with two-way ANOVA (p < 0.05). The protein supplement resulted in greater increases in total body mass, fat-free mass, thigh mass, muscle strength,
serum IGF-1, IGF-1 mRNA, MHC I and IIa expression, and myofibrillar protein. Ten-wks of resistance training with 20 g protein
and amino acids ingested 1 h before and after exercise is more effective than carbohydrate placebo in up-regulating markers
of muscle protein synthesis and anabolism along with subsequent improvements in muscle performance. 相似文献
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Summary. Taurine as well as tauret (retinyliden taurine) levels were measured in locust Locusta migratoria compound eyes. HPLC measurements revealed relatively low taurine levels (1.9 ± 0.16 mM) in dark-adapted eyes. Glutamate,
aspartate and glycine levels were 2.0 ± 0.2, 2.7 ± 0.4 and 3.0 ± 0.37 mM, respectively, while GABA was present only in trace
amounts. After about 4 h of light adaptation at 1500–2000 lx, amino acid levels in the compound eye were as follows: taurine,
1.8 ± 0.17 mM; glutamate, no change at 2.1 ± 0.2 mM; aspartate sharply increased to 4.7 ± 0.7 mM; glycine slightly decreased
to 2.8 ± 0.3 mM; and GABA trace levels. In the compound eye of locust Locusta migratoria, the existence of endogenous tauret in micro-molar range was established. In the dark, levels were several times higher compared
with compound eye after light adaptation 1500 lx for 3 h, as estimated by TLC in combination with spectral measurements. Existence
of tauret in compound eye is of special interest because in the compound eye, rhodopsin regeneration is based on photoregeneration. 相似文献
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Kocsy G von Ballmoos P Suter M Rüegsegger A Galli U Szalai G Galiba G Brunold C 《Planta》2000,211(4):528-536
The role of glutathione (GSH) in protecting plants from chilling injury was analyzed in seedlings of a chilling-tolerant
maize (Zea mays L.) genotype using buthionine sulfoximine (BSO), a specific inhibitor of γ-glutamylcysteine (γEC) synthetase, the first enzyme
of GSH synthesis. At 25 °C, 1 mM BSO significantly increased cysteine and reduced GSH content and GSH reductase (GR: EC 1.6.4.2)
activity, but interestingly affected neither fresh weight nor dry weight nor relative injury. Application of BSO up to 1 mM
during chilling at 5 °C reduced the fresh and dry weights of shoots and roots and increased relative injury from 10 to almost
40%. Buthionine sulfoximine also induced a decrease in GR activity of 90 and 40% in roots and shoots, respectively. Addition
of GSH or γEC together with BSO to the nutrient solution protected the seedlings from the BSO effect by increasing the levels
of GSH and GR activity in roots and shoots. During chilling, the level of abscisic acid increased both in controls and BSO-treated
seedlings and decreased after chilling in roots and shoots of the controls and in the roots of BSO-treated seedlings, but
increased in their shoots. Taken together, our results show that BSO did not reduce chilling tolerance of the maize genotype
analyzed by inhibiting abscisic acid accumulation but by establishing a low level of GSH, which also induced a decrease in
GR activity.
Received: 9 November 1999 / Accepted: 17 February 2000 相似文献
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Summary. New bioinorganic complexes of the aspartic acid with the antimony or bismuth triiodide were synthesized by a direct solid–solid
reaction at room temperature. The formula of the complex is MI3[OOCCH2CH(NH2)CO]2.5 · 2.5H2O (M = Sb, Bi). The complex may be a dimer with bridge structure. The crystal structure of the complexes belongs to a triclinic
system. The lattice parameters are a = 0.9883 nm, b = 1.4284 nm, c = 2.0114 nm, α = 94.46°, β = 99.76° and γ = 100.1° for
the complex of antimony and a = 0.9756 nm, b = 1.4560 nm, c = 1.9875 nm, α = 94.18°, β = 97.25° and γ = 101.16° for the complex
of bismuth. The infrared spectra and thermal analyses can demonstrate the complex formation between the aspartic acid and
the antimony or bismuth ion. 相似文献
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Bio-available amino acids and mineral nitrogen forms in soil of moderately mown and abandoned mountain meadows 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Summary. The abandonment of traditional mowing methods of mountain meadows in the Czech Republic at the end of the last century has
resulted in secondary re-colonization of these areas. Altered accumulation of plant biomass resulted in a deceleration of
N turnover. A mountain meadow may be regarded as a N-limited ecosystem in which plant nutrition is dependent on direct uptake
of soil amino acids. The composition and distribution of ammonium ions, nitrate ions and the 16 bio-available proteinaceuous
amino acids were investigated in the top 7 cm of the Ah horizon of a Gleyic Luvisol in a long-term moderately mown meadow
and an eleven year old, abandoned or uncut meadow. Ammonium N has a dominant role in both ecosystems. The moderately mown
meadow showed accelerated N-turnover and higher net ammonization. The plant community showed a dependence on this form. Plant
utilization of nitrates and amino acids appeared to be negligible. The uncut or abandoned meadow showed net ammonization from
May (start of the experiment) through August, after which plant N-uptake consisted only of amino acids due to microbial immobilization.
The release of bio-available nitrogen from spring until the beginning of summer in the Ah horizon was too low to explain total
plant N-uptake. Glutamic acid, arginine and aspartic acids had the highest concentrations of any of the amino acids analyzed.
Authors’ address: Pavel Formánek, Department of Geology and Pedology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska
3, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic 相似文献
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Cloning and expression of UDP-glucose: flavonoid 7-O-glucosyltransferase from hairy root cultures of Scutellaria baicalensis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A cDNA encoding UDP-glucose: baicalein 7-O-glucosyltransferase (UBGT) was isolated from a cDNA library from hairy root cultures of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi probed with a partial-length cDNA clone of a UDP-glucose: flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase (UFGT) from grape (Vitis vinifera L.). The heterologous probe contained a glucosyltransferase consensus amino acid sequence which was also present in the Scutellaria cDNA clones. The complete nucleotide sequence of the 1688-bp cDNA insert was determined and the deduced amino acid sequences
are presented. The nucleotide sequence analysis of UBGT revealed an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 476 amino
acids with a calculated molecular mass of 53 094 Da. The reaction product for baicalein and UDP-glucose catalyzed by recombinant
UBGT in Escherichia coli was identified as authentic baicalein 7-O-glucoside using high-performance liquid chromatography and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The enzyme activities
of recombinant UBGT expressed in E. coli were also detected towards flavonoids such as baicalein, wogonin, apigenin, scutellarein, 7,4′-dihydroxyflavone and kaempferol,
and phenolic compounds. The accumulation of UBGT mRNA in hairy roots was in response to wounding or salicylic acid treatments.
Received: 8 September 1999 / Accepted: 4 October 1999 相似文献
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Summary. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are synthesised by cells subsequent to a stress exposure and are known to confer protection to
the cell in response to a second challenge. HSP induction and decay are correlated to thermotolerance and may therefore be
used as a biomarker of thermal history. The current study tested the temperature-dependent nature of the heat shock response
and characterised its time profile of induction. Whole blood from 6 healthy males (Age: 26 ± (SD) 2 yrs; Body mass 74.2 ±
3.8 kgs; VO2max: 49.1 ± 4.0 ml·kg−1·min−1) were isolated and exposed to in vitro heat shock (HS) at 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41 °C for a period of 90 min. After HS the
temperature was returned to 37 °C and intracellular HSP70 was quantified from the leukocytes at 0, 2, 4, and 6 h after heat
treatment. The concentration of HSP70 was not different between temperatures (P > 0.05), but the time-profile of HSP70 synthesis appeared temperature-dependent. At control (37 °C) and lower temperatures
(38–39 °C) the mean HSP70 concentration increased up to 4 h post HS (P < 0.05) and then returned towards baseline values by 6 h post HS. With in vitro hyperthermic conditions (40–41 °C), the time-profile
was characterised by a sharp rise in HSP70 levels immediately after treatment (P < 0.05 for 40 °C at 0 h), followed by a progressive decline over time. The results suggest a temperature-dependent time-profile
of HSP70 synthesis. In addition, the temperature at which HSP70 is inducted might be lower than 37 °C. 相似文献
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Summary. Increased levels in plasma homocysteine and cysteine, and more recently, decreased levels in cysteinylglycine have been indicated
as a risk factor for vascular diseases. Most assays focused their attention only on homocysteine determination and when also
other thiols were measured, analytical times drastically increased. By modifying our previous method for thiols detection,
we set up a rapid capillary electrophoresis method for the selective quantification of plasma cysteinylglycine, cutting the
analysis time of about 50%. Samples were treated with tri-n-butylphosphine as reducing agent, proteins were precipitated with
trichloroacetic acid and released thiols were successively derivatized by the selective thiol laser-induced fluorescence-labeling
agent 5-iodoacetamidofluorescein and separated by capillary electrophoresis. A baseline separation between peaks was obtained
in about 2 min using 3 mmol/L sodium phosphate/2.5 mmol/L boric acid as electrolyte solution with 75 mmol/L N-methyl-D-glucamine
at pH 11.25 in a 47 cm long capillary with a cartridge temperature of 45 °C. The method application was checked by measuring
plasma Cys-Gly levels in a group of patients affected by retinal vein occlusion (RVO), an important cause of visual loss in
the elderly. The low levels of Cys-Gly found in the RVO patients suggest that these small thiols may have importance in the
disease development.
Authors’ addresses: Dr. Angelo Zinellu, Dr. Ciriaco Carru, Department Biomedical Sciences, Chair of Clinical Biochemistry,
University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/B, 07100 Sassari, Italy 相似文献
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Summary. Branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase was purified by several column chromatographies from Helicobacter pylori NCTC 11637, and the N-terminal amino acid sequence was analyzed. The enzyme gene was sequenced based on a putative branched-chain
amino acid aminotransferase gene, ilvE of H. pylori 26695, and the whole amino acid sequence was deduced from the nucleotide sequence. The enzyme existed in a homodimer with
a calculated subunit molecular weight (MW) of 37,539 and an isoelectric point (pI) of 6.47. The enzyme showed high affinity
to 2-oxoglutarate (K
m = 0.085 mM) and L-isoleucine (K
m = 0.34 mM), and V
max was 27.3 μmol/min/mg. The best substrate was found to be L-isoleucine followed by L-leucine and L-valine. No activity was
shown toward the D-enantiomers of these amino acids. The optimal pH and temperature were pH 8.0 and 37 °C, respectively. 相似文献
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Two isoforms of chalcone synthase (CHS) were isolated from cDNA libraries derived from UV-A-irradiated anthocyanin-accumulating
(DCb) and non-accumulating (DCs) cell cultures of carrot (Daucus carota L.). The clones designated as DcCHS1, which were present only in the DCb library, had a deduced primary sequence of 389 amino
acids and an expected molecular mass of 42.7 kDa, and seem to be alleles of those cloned by Ozeki et al. (1993). The second
isoform (DcCHS2) was present in both libraries. It had the highest degree of similarity (97.7%) to parsley CHS over all 397
amino acids. The expected molecular mass of the corresponding protein was 43.6 kDa. Results obtained from Southern blot analysis
indicated the existence of at least two CHS genes in carrot. A transient enhancement of the DcCHS1 mRNA level after continuous
irradiation with UV-A light could only be observed in anthocyanin-accumulating cultures, whereas an increase in DcCHS2 mRNA
was seen in both cell lines. The maximum accumulation of CHS mRNA occurred 48 h after the onset of UV-A irradiation. In the
European wild carrot the accumulation of DcCHS1 mRNA was restricted to the red central flowers, whereas the DcCHS2 mRNA was
detectable in all red and white petals, as well as leaves, but was absent in stems and roots. The expression of DcCHS1 was
restricted to anthocyanin-accumulating cells or organs. The heterologous expression of both cDNAs in Escherichia coli resulted in immunostainable bands of different sizes on the Western blot and high levels of catalytic CHS activity.
Received: 2 September 1999 / Accepted: 30 November 1999 相似文献
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The physiological properties of transgenic tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L.) with decreased or increased transport capacities of the chloroplast triose phosphate/phosphate translocator (TPT) were
compared in order to investigate the extent to which the TPT controls metabolic fluxes in wild-type tobacco. For this purpose,
tobacco lines with an antisense repression of the endogenous TPT (αTPT) and tobacco lines overexpressing the TPT gene isolated
from the C4 plant Flaveria trinervia (FtTPT) were used. The F. trinervia TPT expressed in yeast cells exhibited transport characteristics identical to the TPT from C3 plants. Neither antisense TPT plants nor FtTPT overexpressors showed a phenotype when grown in a greenhouse in air. Contents
of starch and soluble sugars in upper source leaves were similar in TPT underexpressors and FtTPT overexpressors compared
to the wild type at the end of the photoperiod. The FtTPT overexpressors incorporated more 14CO2 in sucrose than the wild type, indicating that the TPT limits sucrose biosynthesis in the wild type. There were only small
effects on labelling of amino acids and organic acids. The mobilisation of starch was enhanced in αTPT lines but decreased
in FtTPT overexpressors compared to the wild type. Enzymes involved in starch mobilisation or utilisation, such as α-amylase
or hexokinase were increased in αTPT plants and, in the case of amylases, decreased in FtTPT overexpressors. Moreover, α-amylase
activity exhibited a pronounced diurnal variation in αTPT lines with a maximum activity after 8 h in the light. These changes
in starch hydrolytic activities were confirmed by activity staining of native gels. Activities of glucan phosphorylases were
unaffected by either a decrease or an increase in TPT activity. There were also effects of TPT activities on steady-state
levels of phosphorylated intermediates as well as total amino acids and malate. In air, there was no or little effect of altered
TPT transport activity on either rates of photosynthetic electron transport and/or CO2 assimilation. However, in elevated CO2 (1500 μl · l−1) and low O2 (2%) the rate of CO2 assimilation was decreased in the αTPT lines and was slightly higher in FtTPT lines. This shows that the TPT limits maximum
rates of photosynthesis in the wild type.
Received: 26 March 1999 / Accepted: 21 August 1999 相似文献
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Summary. The condensation reactions of sodium trimetaphosphate with single amino acids, namely glycine, L-alanine, β-alanine and γ-aminobutyric
acid or pairs of these amino acids were reinvestigated by electrospray ion-trap mass spectrometry and high performance liquid
chromatography. It was found when mixtures were treated by sodium trimetaphosphate only in the presence of α-amino acid dipeptides
were formed. Without addition of α-amino acids, the β-amino acid or γ-aminobutyric acid could not form peptide either by themselves
or with their mixtures under the same conditions. From the data it is concluded that phosphate might select α-amino acids
to produce the peptides being important precursors for the origin of life.
Authors’ address: Dr. Pengxiang Xu, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen
University, Xiamen 361005, China 相似文献
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Summary. Our observations on the growth stimulatory nature of mimosine, (β-(3-hydroxy-4-pyridon-1-yl)-L-alanine), the toxic non-protein
plant amino acid, in some model experimental systems, warranted sensitive and selective routine estimations. For the determination
of both mimosine and DHP, an indirect spectrophotometric method was developed based on their individual reaction with known
excess of DZSAM and by estimating the remaining DZSAM with N-(1-naphthyl)ethylene-diamine (NEDA). The resultant decrease in
the secondary coupled product was measured at 540 nm. On equimolar basis, DHP had 40% of the reactivity of mimosine while
interference from other relevant compounds was 15–35%. The determination of mimosine and DHP in tissue samples under different
physiological conditions was effected after paper chromatographic separation of mimosine and DHP with distinctly differing
Rf, from other compounds. The indirect method is superior in terms of absolute selectivity, sensitivity and ease of applicability
with linear decreases in absorbance, proportional to increasing concentrations of mimosine from 0.1 to 0.75 μM or DHP from
0.2 to 1.5 μM and with recoveries of 99.2 to 100.5%. 相似文献
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Summary. We previously reported that L-leucine suppresses myofibrillar proteolysis in chick skeletal muscles. In the current study,
we compared the effects of L- and D-enantiomers of leucine on myofibrillar proteolysis in skeletal muscle of chicks. We also
assessed whether leucine itself or its metabolite, α-ketoisocaproate (α-KIC), mediates the effects of leucine. Food-deprived
(24 h) chicks were orally administered 225 mg/100 g body weight L-leucine, D-leucine or α-KIC and were sacrificed after 2 h.
L-Leucine administration had an obvious inhibitory effect on myofibrillar proteolysis (plasma Nτ-methylhistidine concentration) in chicks while D-leucine and α-KIC were much more effective. We also examined the expression
of the proteolytic-related genes (ubiquitin, proteasome, m-calpain and cathepsin B) by real-time PCR of cDNA in chick skeletal
muscles. Ubiquitin mRNA expression was decreased by D-leucine and α-KIC but not L-leucine. Proteasome and m-calpain mRNA expressions
as well as cathepsin B mRNA expression were likewise decreased by L-leucine, D-leucine and α-KIC. These results indicate that
D-leucine and α-KIC suppress proteolytic-related genes, resulting in an decrease in myofibrillar proteolysis while L-leucine
is much less effective in skeletal muscle of chicks, may be explain by conversion of D-leucine to α-KIC. 相似文献
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Michael Wille Henry Hooghiemstra Hermann Behling Klaas van der Borg Alvora Jose Negret 《Vegetation History and Archaeobotany》2001,10(2):61-77
We present a reconstruction of forest history and climatic change based on 11 pollen records from eight sites, all located
in the lower montane forest belt of the northern Andes in Colombia. We compared records from the Popayán area in southern
Colobia, Timbio (1750 m), Genagra (1750 m) and Pitalito (1300 m) and the new Piagua (1700 m) record with the records from
Lusitania (1500 m), Libano (1820 m), Pedro Palo (2000 m) and Ubaqué (2000 m) from Central Colombia. The changes of the altitudinal
position of the lower/upper montane (= subandean/Andean, S/At) forest belt transition were used to estimate temperature change
for the last 50 kyr. We infer a Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) temperature drop of 6°–7°C at 1700 m, and a steeper LGM lapse rate
of 0.76°C/100 m compared to today (ca. 0.6°C/100 m). Around 50 uncal. kyr B.P. the temperature at 1700 m was ca. 3°C lower
than today. Until 20 uncal. kyr B.P. the temperature oscillated and gradually decreased. During the LGM, temperature was down
to ca. 6°–7°C lower than today. After the LGM, temperature increased and ca. 14 uncal. kyr B.P. it was 2°–3°C lower than today
(S/At at ca. 1800 m, 500 m below present elevation; Susacá interstadial). An unquantified cooling (Ciega stadial) followed.
During ca. 12.3–11.7 uncal. kyr B.P. the S/At shifted upslope to 2100 m indicating a temperature of 1°–2°C cooler than today
(Guantiva interstadial). From 11.7–10.9 uncal. kyr B.P. the S/At was at 1800 m indicating that the temperature was ca. 3°C
lower than today and wet conditions prevailed (partly coinciding with the El Abra stadial). The period 10.9–9 uncal. kyr B.P.
was also cool, but drier. During 9–7.5 uncal. kyr B.P. temperature was ca. 1°C warmer relative to today (mid Holocene hypsithermal).
During the last 5 kyr the presence of cultivated plants demonstates human colonization of the lower montane zone in Colombia.
Received June 14, 2000 / Accepted December 19, 2000 相似文献