长穗颈温敏核不育水稻穗颈节间长度及细胞学观察

以水稻培矮64S作对照,对隐性长穗颈温敏核不育水稻(Oryza sativa L.)长选3S幼穗各发育时期穗颈节间长度及细胞数量和长度进行比较分析。结果表明,长选3S在幼穗分化的二核期至始花期穗颈节间伸长速度最快,其节间伸长的长度是培矮64S的2.1倍;在花粉母细胞减数分裂期至二核期及始花当天至始花后第3天两个时段,穗颈节间伸长速度慢。穗颈节间的细胞个数和平均长度两者呈现相似的变化规律,但从花粉母细胞减数分裂期至始花期,长选3S穗颈节间薄壁细胞增加3759个,细胞平均长度为72.9μm,培矮64S增加3134个,细胞平均长度为38μm,长选3S穗颈节间的伸长主要是由幼穗分化的花粉母细胞减数分裂期至始花期细胞分裂和细胞伸长共同作用的结果,其中后者的作用更显著。     

长穗颈不育水稻穗颈节间的细胞学研究

通过对长选3S和培矮64S定长的穗颈节间细胞个数统计和细胞长度的测量,得出长穗颈不育水稻穗颈节间伸长的细胞学变化规律.自然条件下长穗颈不育水稻长选3S穗颈节间比对照培矮64S长18.0cm,其纵列厚壁细胞和薄壁细胞数分别比培矮64S多1248个和580个;厚壁细胞和薄壁细胞平均长度分别比培矮64S长23.3μm和38.3μm,尤其是中部区段的厚壁细胞和薄壁细胞分别比对照长24.8μm和48.7μm;穗颈节间薄壁细胞的长度由基部区段至中部区段呈突跃式增加,而由中部至顶部区段则呈缓慢减少的趋势.隐性长穗颈温敏核不育水稻穗颈节间伸长是由细胞数目增多和细胞长度增加双重作用所致,其中后者作用更显著.     

隐性长穗颈光敏核不育水稻最上节间伸长动态规律的研究

隐性长穗颈性状具有解除雄性不育水稻包颈现象的作用,因此在杂交制种中具有较高的应用价值.以培矮64S为对照,研究了隐性长穗颈光敏核不育水稻长光S最上节间伸长的动态规律,结果表明最上节间伸长的时期为始花前6d至始花当天.始花前1～3d为节间快速伸长期,此时期主要由节间中下部细胞大幅度伸长所致.长光S细胞长度与培矮64S细胞长度差异主要体现在节间快速伸长期.花粉正常发育具有促进节间快速伸长期细胞伸长的作用,隐性长穗颈基因与花粉正常发育在促进节间快速伸长期细胞伸长的作用中有互作增效作用.     

温度对温敏核不育水稻eui突变体最上节间伸长的影响

以培矮64S为对照, 采用田间调查和人工温度处理方法研究了温度对温敏核不育水稻（Oryza sativa）eui突变体（双低培eS）最上节间伸长的影响。结果表明, 双低培eS穗颈伸出度与抽穗前12–17天（花粉母细胞形成期至减数分裂期）的日均温度呈显著负相关。在温度敏感期分别进行人工温度处理, 在18–26℃条件下穗颈伸出度为正值且不包颈; 在28℃条件下出现包颈现象。在可育温度（20℃）和不育温度（24℃）条件下, 双低培eS最上节间中GA1、IAA和ZR含量极显著地高于培矮64S, 而ABA含量则显著低于培矮64S, 最上节间中最内层薄壁细胞数目分别比培矮64S多1 177和823个, 细胞平均长度分别比培矮64S长23.2和16.7 μm。温敏核不育水稻eui突变体最上节间伸长是由于节间最内层薄壁细胞数目增多和细胞长度增加双重作用所致, 其中以细胞伸长为主, 且随着处理温度的升高, 最上节间最内层薄壁细胞数目减少, 细胞平均长度变短。eui基因还可能通过调节激素间的平衡来控制温敏核不育水稻eui突变体最上节间的伸长生长。     

‘培矮64S’与其eui突变体‘长选3S’穗颈节间蛋白质组差异分析

为从蛋白质表达水平了解长穗颈温敏核不育水稻穗颈节间伸长机理,该研究以长穗颈(EUI)温敏核不育水稻‘长选3S’为材料,温敏核不育水稻‘培矮64S’为对照,采用固相pH梯度双向凝胶电泳和质谱分析方法,对2个水稻材料抽穗前2 d的穗颈节间蛋白质进行分离,并进行差异蛋白质组学的比较研究。结果表明:(1)获得了分辨率和重复性较好的双向凝胶电泳图谱。(2)对40个差异蛋白质点进行MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS肽质谱指纹图谱分析,成功鉴定其中27个差异蛋白质点;与‘培矮64S’相比,‘长选3S’中有17个上调表达和10个下调表达的蛋白质。(3)差异蛋白质按照其功能可分为6类,其中主要是与细胞代谢相关蛋白,其次是与细胞壁重建相关蛋白;并且这些差异蛋白质可能与‘长选3S’抽穗期穗颈节间剧烈伸长生长有关,尤其是细胞壁重建相关蛋白与细胞的伸长密切相关。(4)实时荧光定量PCR对随机挑选的蛋白点2、7、8、24、35和36所对应的基因在两个材料最上节间的表达结果显示,‘长选3S’的2(Os10g08550)、7(Os12g42876)、8(Os01g55830)基因的表达量较‘培矮64S’明显下调,而24(Os06g48760)、35(Os05g25850)、36(Os07g42300)基因的表达量较‘培矮64S’显著上调,表明q-PCR的结果与蛋白凝胶图分析结果一致。研究认为,水稻eui基因可能是通过调节抽穗期穗颈节间这些蛋白质的表达,从而促进穗颈节间细胞分裂,尤其是细胞的伸长生长。     

长穗颈温敏核不育水稻穗颈节间伸长与内源激素的关系

以水稻品种'长选3S'为研究对象,以'培矮64S'为对照,检测幼穗不同发育时期水稻穗颈节间中GA1、IAA、Z、ZR和ABA含量变化的结果表明,从二核期至始花后第3天,'长选3S'穗颈节间中的GA1和IAA含量先升后降,三核期出现峰值,'长选3S'穗颈节间中的GA1和IAA含量分别比'培矮64S'高6.5～10.6倍和9.5～26.9倍.在二核期和三核期,'长选3S'穗颈节间中GA1/ABA和IAA/ABA比值比'培矮64S'高,其(Z ZR)/ABA比值稍高,而Z ZR和ABA含量均比其低.这些结果表明水稻长穗颈基因还可能是通过调节激素之间平衡而控制水稻的茎伸长生长的.     

温敏核不育水稻穗颈节间的SSH特异表达

‘长选3S’是由‘培矮64S’通过辐射诱变选育出的长穗颈温敏核不育水稻．以‘K选3s’二核花粉期穗颈节问作为目标群体,‘培矮64S’二核花粉期穗颈节间作为对照群体,进行抑制差减杂交,川经过‘培矮64S’cDNA差减的‘长选3S’cDNA构建了一个含有大约130个独立克隆的差减文库;采用差减前的‘培矮64S’cDNA和‘长选3S’cDNA以及正向／反向差减杂交后的cDNA为模板标记探针,对随机挑取的96个承组质粒进行羞示筛选,获得了20个阳性候选克隆。从这些阳性候选克隆中随机挑取了8个进行Northern blot分析．证实其巾中1个候选克隆代表了在‘长选3S’穗颈节间中特异表达的基因．序列分析和同源性比较表明它与信号传导有关。这一在‘长选3S’穗颈节间特异表达的cDNA片段有助于进一步揭示其穗颈节间伸长的分子机制．并为水稻不育系的遗传改良提供有用的素材。     

温敏核不育系培矮64S及其eui突变体长选3S最上节间蛋白质组差异分析

为从蛋白质表达水平了解长穗颈温敏核不育水稻(Oryza sativa)最上节间伸长机理,采用双向凝胶电泳方法对温敏核不育系培矮64S及其eui突变体长选3S抽穗前2 d的最上节间蛋白质进行了分离,并获得了分辨率和重复性较好的双向凝胶电泳图谱。选取50个差异蛋白质点进行MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS肽质谱指纹图谱分析,从中鉴定出31个已知蛋白质,相对于培矮64S,在长选3S中上调表达的11个蛋白质和下调表达的20个蛋白质。这些差异蛋白质按照其功能可分为7类。这些差异蛋白质可能与长选3S抽穗期最上节间剧烈伸长生长有关,水稻eui基因可能是通过调节抽穗期最上节间这些蛋白质的表达,从而控制最上节间细胞分裂,尤其是细胞的伸长生长。     

长穗颈水稻的内源GA1、IAA和ABA含量变化

分别以携有长穗颈基因eui1、eui2和野生型基因Eui的协青早不育系和保持系6个水稻品种为材料,测定它们在抽穗始期植株中内源GA1、IAA和ABA含量的变化。结果表明,携有eui1和eui2基因的水稻可以在植株体内产生大量内源GA1,携有eui1基因的GA1含量比携有eui2基因的高。携有eui1基因的ABA含量最高,携有eui2基因的其次,而携有Eui基因的最低。IAA含量也表现出同样的趋势。表明长穗颈基因主要是通过调节内源GA1含量促进水稻最上节间的剧烈伸长。     

水稻长穗颈eui突变体长选3S最上节间基因差异表达研究

利用水稻全基因组芯片和半定量PCR对水稻长穗颈eui突变体长选3S与对照培矮64S最上节间快速伸长期的基因差异表达分析,在检测到的56 983芯片杂交点只发现527个差异表达转录本,其中上调表达的362个,下调表达的165个.生物信息分析发现,差异表达的转录本包括信号传导相关基因、膜及运输基因、细胞生长与凋亡相关基因、复制与修复相关基因、碳代谢相关基因,次生代谢物合成相关基因和其它功能未知基因.研究结果为了解水稻最上节间伸长机制提供了非常有用的信息.     

Tuning of electronic properties of one-dimensional cyano-bridged Cu-Ni, Cu-Pd, and Cu-Pt bimetallic assemblies by stereochemistry of ligands

Preparations, XPS and electronic spectroscopy, and magnetism of seven new one-dimensional cyano-bridged coordination polymers, chiral [Cu(RR-chxn)₂][Pd(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (1), [Cu(trans-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (2, 4, and 6 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt), and [Cu(cis-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (3, 5, and 7 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt) (RR-chxn = cyclohexane-(1R,2R)-diamine, trans-chxn = racemic trans-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine, and cis-chxn = racemic cis-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine) have been reported in view of tuning of their electronic properties by stereochemistry of chxn ligands and metal-substitution. Comparison of Cu 2p_1/2 and 2p_3/2 peaks of XPS and broad d-d bands around 18 000 cm⁻¹ of electronic spectra are described systematically for 1-7. Variable-temperature magnetic measurement shows that complexes 1-7 indicate weak antiferromagnetic interactions via cyano-bridges. Because of semi-coordination coupled with pseudo Jahn-Teller elongation and electrostatic interaction for 1, the axial Cu-N coordination bond distances of 2.330(7) and 3.092(8) Å are considerably longer than those of equatorial ones in the range from 2.016(6) to 2.030(6) Å. The former bond distances of 1 are intermediate values among the related Ni (2.324(6) and 3.120(8) Å) and Pt (2.34(1) and 3.09(1) Å) complexes.     

Structure and function of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

In mammals, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AdoHcyase) is the only known enzyme to catalyze the breakdown of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine and adenosine. AdoHcy is the product of all adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent biological transmethylations. These reactions have a wide range of products, and are common in all facets of biometabolism. As a product inhibitor, elevated levels of AdoHcy suppress AdoMet-dependent transmethylations. Thus, AdoHcyase is a regulator of biological transmethylation in general. The three-dimensional structure of AdoHcyase complexed with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADH) and the inhibitor (1′R, 2′S, 3′R)-9-(2′,3′-dihyroxycyclopenten-1-yl)adenine (DHCeA) was solved by a combination of the crystallographic direct methods program, SnB, to determine the selenium atom substructure and by treating the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction data as a special case of multiple isomorphous replacement. The enzyme architecture resembles that observed for NAD-dependent dehydrogenases, with the catalytic domain and the cofactor binding domain each containing a modified Rossmann fold. The two domains form a deep active site cleft containing the cofactor and bound inhibitor molecule. A comparison of the inhibitor complex of the human enzyme and the structure of the rat enzyme, solved without inhibitor, suggests that a 17° rigid body movement of the catalytic domain occurs upon inhibitor/substrate binding.     

Influence of Fluoride on Rat Kidney Antioxidant System: Effects of Methionine and Vitamin E

The aim of the study has been to determine and compare the influence upon the kidney antioxidative system, exercised by administration of vitamin E, and vitamin E in combination with methionine, under conditions of oxidative stress induced by sodium fluoride. The experiment was carried out on Wistar FL rats (adult males) that, for 35 days, were administered water, NaF, NaF with vitamin E, or vitamin E with methionine (doses: 10 mg NaF/kg of body mass/24 h, 3 mg vitamin E per 10 μl per rat for 24 h, 2 mg methionine per rat for 24 h). The influence of administered sodium fluoride and antioxidants upon the antioxidative system in kidney was examined by analyzing the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of the most important antioxidative enzymes (SOD, total and both its isoenzymes, GPX, GST, GR, and CAT). The studies carried out confirmed the disadvantageous effect of the administered dose of NaF upon the antixodiative system in rats (increase in the concentration MDA, decrease activity of all antioxidative enzymes). The administration of vitamin E increased the activity of studied enzymes with the exception of glutathione reductase GR; it also reduced the procesess of lipid peroxidation. It has been found that combined doses of vitamin E and methionine were most effective in inhibiting lipid peroxidation processes. The results confirmed the antioxidative properties of methionine.     

Reorientation of Microfibrils and Microtubules at the Outer Epidermal Wall of Maize Coleoptiles During Auxin-Mediated Growth

Auxin-mediated elongation growth of isolated subapical coleoptile segments of maize (Zea mays L.) is controlled by the extensibility of the outer cell wall of the outer epidermis (Kutschera et al., 1987). Here we investigate the hypothesis that auxin controls the extensibility of this wall by changing the orientation of newly deposited microfibrils through a corresponding change in the orientation of cortical microtubules. On the basis of electron micrographs it is shown that cessation of growth after removal of the endogenous source of auxin is correlated with a relative increase of longitudinally orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. Conversely, reinduction of growth by exogenous auxin is correlated with a relative increase of transversely orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. These changes can be detected 30–60 min after the removal and addition of auxin, respectively. The functional significance of directional changes of newly desposited wall microfibrils for the control of elongation growth is discussed.     

Land,livestock, and livelihoods: Changing dynamics of gender,caste, and ethnicity in a Nepalese Village

Over the past 10 years, Ghusel VDC, Lalitpur District has moved from primarily subsistence agriculture into the wider cash economy aided by the Small Farmers' Development Program (SFDP), which provides credit to farmers mainly for the purchase of buffalo for milk production, and by the National Dairy Corporation, which supports local dairy cooperatives. Analysis reveals that buffalo-keeping and milk sales are increasing the well-being of many households, while at the same time creating new inequalities in gender roles and responsibilities, greater inequities between Brahmin and Tamang residents in Ghusel, and placing pressures on the ecosystem for increased supplies of fodder and fuelwood. Evidence suggests that there is critical, need for attention to the social, and particularly gender-based, implications of maintaining livestock for milk sales and to the ecological underpinnings of this livelihood system.     

Chiral Separation of G‐type Chemical Warfare Nerve Agents via Analytical Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

Chemical warfare nerve agents (CWNAs) are extremely toxic organophosphorus compounds that contain a chiral phosphorus center. Undirected synthesis of G‐type CWNAs produces stereoisomers of tabun, sarin, soman, and cyclosarin (GA, GB, GD, and GF, respectively). Analytical‐scale methods were developed using a supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) system in tandem with a mass spectrometer for the separation, quantitation, and isolation of individual stereoisomers of GA, GB, GD, and GF. Screening various chiral stationary phases (CSPs) for the capacity to provide full baseline separation of the CWNAs revealed that a Regis WhelkO1 (SS) column was capable of separating the enantiomers of GA, GB, and GF, with elution of the P(+) enantiomer preceding elution of the corresponding P(–) enantiomer; two WhelkO1 (SS) columns had to be connected in series to achieve complete baseline resolution. The four diastereomers of GD were also resolved using two tandem WhelkO1 (SS) columns, with complete baseline separation of the two P(+) epimers. A single WhelkO1 (RR) column with inverse stereochemistry resulted in baseline separation of the GD P(–) epimers. The analytical methods described can be scaled to allow isolation of individual stereoisomers to assist in screening and development of countermeasures to organophosphorus nerve agents. Chirality 26:817–824, 2014. © 2014 The Authors. Chirality published by John Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

In vitro studies of the rabbit immune system. IV. Differential mitogen responses of isolated T and B cells.

The mitogenic responses of separated rabbit lymphocyte populations functionally analogous to mouse T and B cells have been tested in vitro. Purified T cells were prepared by passage over nylon wool (NW) and purified B cells prepared by treatment with antithymocyte serum and complement (ATS + C). ATS + C kills 70% of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL's) and 50% of the spleen cells while passage over NW yields 40% of the applied PBL's and 5–23% of the applied spleen cells. NW-purified T cells from the spleen or PBL's respond fully to concanavalin A (Con A) but have a reduced response to phytohemaglutinin (PHA) and little or no response to goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin (anti-Ig). PBL's that survive ATS + C (B cells) are stimulated by anti-Ig but not by Con A or PHA. B cells purified from spleen do not respond to Con A or PHA but will respond to anti-Ig under appropriate conditions. A full spleen B-cell response to anti-Ig required removal of Ig produced by the cultures that blocked anti-Ig stimulation. It is concluded that, for rabbit lymphocytes, Con A and PHA are primarily T-cell mitogens and that anti-Ig is primarily a B-cell mitogen. However, the mitogen response of unfractionated PBL or spleen cell populations indicates an overlap in reactivity. This could be due to cells sharing T and B properties, alteration of cell populations by the fractionation procedures used, or recruitment of one population in the presence of a mitogenic response of the other population.     

邻苯二甲酸二丁酯对翡翠贻贝抗氧化酶及脂质过氧化水平的影响

实验室条件下,研究了不同浓度邻苯二甲酸二丁酯(DBP)长期胁迫(15 d)对翡翠贻贝内脏团和外套膜抗氧化酶(超氧化物歧化酶SOD、过氧化氢酶CAT)及脂质过氧化(LPO)水平(以MDA含量表示)的影响,以及受胁迫翡翠贻贝在清洁海水中恢复阶段上述生化指标的变化特征.结果表明:胁迫阶段,0.5和2.5 mg.L-1DBP下翡翠贻贝内脏团SOD活性表现为先抑制后逐渐恢复,12.5和62.5 mg.L-1下则持续受到显著抑制;不同浓度组CAT活性均明显被抑制.LPO水平明显升高.外套膜中,2.5 mg.L-1下SOD活性受到持续诱导,其他浓度组则先被抑制,后随曝露时间延长逐渐被诱导;各浓度组CAT的变化波动较大,没有明显规律;而LPO水平明显升高.净化恢复阶段,12.5和62.5 mg.L-1DBP胁迫下的内脏团SOD和CAT活性恢复较慢,其LPO水平随时间延长逐渐恢复至对照组水平;外套膜中SOD活性呈持续升高趋势,CAT活性和LPO水平则随时间延长恢复到对照组水平.     

多马胺能药物对鲇鱼促性腺激素（GtH）分泌活动的影响

以珠江流域鲇鱼（silurus asotus)为实验材料,研究了多巴胺（DA）能药物（DA及其D－2型受体拮抗物 ,DOM）对鲇鱼促性腺激素（GtH)释放的影响,结果表明,在性腺发育的各个时期,单独注射DOM（5ug/g)均不能显著提高鲇鱼血液基础GtH水平,当DOM与LHRH－A联合注射时能显著增强LHRH－A刺激GtH释放的作用;DA只能抑制GnRH诱导的GtH释放,对基础GtH释放无抑制作用,这种生殖内分泌调节方式与鲇形目的革胡子鲇（Clarias gariepinus)和大鳍Hu（Mystus macropterus)相似,而与鲤形目的鲁科（Cyrpindiae)鱼类不同。     

X-ray induction of dominant lethals in late spermatids and mature spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster: the role of oxygenation

The role of oxygenation in determining the sensitivity to the induction of dominant lethals was examined in late spermatids and mature spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster. 0–2-h-old or 7-day-old Oregon-K males were irradiated with different X-ray exposures in nitrogen, air or in oxygen and the frequencies of dominant lethals induced in these stages were studied. The results obtained confirm and extend Sobels' earlier observations and the interpretation derived therefrom namely, that under normal conditions in air, mature spermatozoa are characterised by a higher degree of oxygenation than late spermatids and this difference is sufficient to explain the differential response of these stages. Similar Oxygen-Enhancement-Ratios(OERs) (of about 2) were obtained for both the cell stages. The present data also revealed that late spermatids are significantly less sensitive than mature spermatozoa to the X-ray-induction of dominant lethals in a nitrogen atmosphere. A plausible mechanism is suggested to explain this observation.