丁酸钠对诱导油菜花粉雄核分裂的作用

丁酸钠能改变离体培养细胞的酶活性,可抑制细脆的 DAN 合成和细胞的增殖,其作用效果与细胞种类和丁酸钠的作用浓度有关。蚕豆花药经丁酸钠短期予处理,能明显地增加花粉均等分裂的百分数,改变了花粉有丝分裂的类型。我们以油菜花药为材料,初步试验丁酸钠予处理对花粉雄核分裂的作用。油菜 SR-10X花叶恢 F_2,采自本系实验地。取2.5—3mm 的花蕾(经多次压片镜检、花粉为单核中、晚期)先     

大麦直接游离小孢子培养中的脱分化启动和胚胎发生

采用DNA特异荧光染料,在共聚焦激光扫描显微镜下,对直接游离的大麦小孢子,在预处理过程中的脱分化启动,以及培养过程中的胚胎发生进行了较详尽的细胞学特征的观察,并在主要发育途径上与低温预处理后的小孢子进行了比较.研究结果表明:(1)小孢子的脱分化启动在预处理的12h内就已开始.完成脱分化启动的小孢子在细胞学上的主要特征为:细胞体积明显增大;核与核仁体积也显著增加,核仁极其明显,且高度浓缩,核/质比例高.(2)不同的预处理方法,都是促使离体小孢子完成脱分化启动,从而激发胚胎发生过程.(3)预处理方法可通过改变离体小孢子第1次有丝分裂的方式,而形成不同的主要发育途径.经低温预处理以形成A途径为主,直接游离以形成B途径为主.     

洋葱雄配子形成过程中染色体数目变化同染色质胞间转移的关系

在小孢子和雄配子形成过程中,中期Ⅱ、小孢子和生殖细胞有丝分裂中期染色体数目增加和减少细胞的百分率分别与前一时期(中期Ⅰ、中期Ⅱ和小孢子有丝分裂中期)染色体数目增加和减少细胞的百分率相近,而中期Ⅰ染色体数目增加和减少细胞的百分率又分别与凝线期2.3→1和1→2.3型染色质胞间转移的百分率相近,统计学上无显著差异。据此认为:(1)染色体数目的改变与染色质的胞间转移活动有关;(2)中期Ⅰ那些染色体数目增加或减少的细胞基本上都能够进一步发育,直至形成雄配子。     

在三叶橡胶花药培养中体细胞与小孢子的关系

研究了三叶橡胶花药体细胞的愈伤组织化与花粉胚形成的关系。在只能促进花药体细胞增殖的培养基上,小孢子没有进一步发育而空瘪;在抑制体细胞增殖的培养基上,无论是花药体细胞组织或小孢子都未能进一步发育,小孢子逐渐解体,而在能诱导体细胞有一定程度的发育,同时又能诱导小孢子发育的培养基上,约有10—20%的花粉形成多细胞球。它们的发育与体细胞密切有关。还发现,在接种培养基中加入1—2毫克/升a—萘乙酸对体细胞与小孢子发育均有良好效果。对胚状体的细胞学观察表明:这些胚状体是单倍体(2n=18)。此外,花药接种前冷冻预处理(11℃24小时及3—5℃20小时),对小孢子有明显的不利影响。在经冷冻预处理后所得胚状体中,有相当多的二倍性细胞分裂相出现。这些胚状体可能来源于体细胞组织。     

不同pH值下预培养水稻花药对花粉愈伤组织分化绿苗的影响

我们曾经试验了不同pH值蔗糖磷酸缓冲液对蚕豆花药中小孢子有丝分裂状况的影响,结果显示,pH6.8比 pH5.8明显促进小孢子的均等分裂百分率;结果还显示,小孢子退化率有随pH值提高而增加,随高pH值缓冲液处理时间的延长而增幅加大的趋势。鉴于上述情况,以及,Zetterberg和Engstrom的报告,在血清供应极度不足的条件下,短时期pH.5—10处理对3T3细胞分裂的促进,只限于一个细胞周期,我们在进     

温度对离体培养中风信子再生雄蕊的诱导,小孢子发生和花粉发育的影响

风信子(Hyacinthus orientalis)雄蕊再生的最适温度是25℃。小孢子发生和花粉发育是在温度不断下降的过程中完成的。母细胞分化的最适温度是20—25℃;减数分裂的最适温度是20℃;花粉第一次有丝分裂的最适温度是10℃。按这样的温度条件能够将再生雄蕊培养成熟,并且成熟雄蕊的花粉具有较高的萌发率。不合适的温度将导致小孢子发生和花粉发育停止在某个阶段,最终花粉败育。     

甘蓝型油菜花粉离体培养

通过对甘蓝型油菜花粉发育阶段和活力的检测确定花粉发育的时期,分离出单核晚期花粉进行离体培养.结果表明,(1)筛选出适合油菜小孢子花粉离体培养的液体培养基为T_1+怀特维生素(White's vitamins)+2%椰子汁+0.5 mol/L麦芽糖,在此培养基上花粉的成熟率可达25.1%,萌发率达6.3%.(2)筛选出适合成熟花粉离体萌发液体培养基为0.6 mol/L麦芽糖+1.6 mmol/L硼酸+2.9 mmol/L硝酸钙+29.6 μmol/L VB_1,在此培养基上,自然成熟花粉的萌发率可达75.2%.将离体培养成熟的花粉培养在萌发培养基,萌发的花粉占成熟花粉的66.3%.     

大白菜花药培养中花粉早期DNA的合成

应用显微放射自显影技术,在大白菜(Brassica pekinensis Rupr.)花药离体培养初期观察了~3H-胸腺嘧啶核苷(~3H-TdR)掺入花粉核及其DNA复制类型。花粉去分化进入第一次孢子体分裂主要发生在DNA合成的单核和非均等分裂的营养核的花粉粒中。 实验证明花粉的DNA合成在低温预处理过程中已经开始,离体花药培养后,大大促进花粉DNA的合成。花粉单核在培养后24小时~3H-TdR掺入达到高峰,花粉有丝分裂产生两个均等子核的最大数量是在培养后48小时。 讨论了花药体细胞组织——绒毡层和药内壁对花粉核DNA合成的影响。     

辣椒花药培养胚状体发生的组织学和细胞学研究

采用荧光显微镜、扫描电镜和透射电镜技术．系统研究了辣椒花药培养胚状体发生的组织学和细胞学变化特征。辣椒单个花药中花粉发育具有强烈的不同步性。随着培养时期的变化．不同时期花粉的百分率也发生变化。处于单核靠边期的小孢子培养以后按两种发育途径之一进行发育。在多数情况下,孢子体不对称分裂,产生典型双核花粉。胚性花粉粒是由营养核的重复分裂形成的。当小孢子从四分体中释放出来．特殊类型的外壁已经形成。在随后的花粉发育过程中．小孢子体积增大,外壁继续加厚。培养24h后,小孢子体积增大。胚性发生的小孢子表现出两种不同的形态变化。当胚状体发育到心形胚时．胚状体的表皮细胞排列规则。用光学和电子显微镜分析了小孢子胚状体形态形成过程．及胚状体诱导后细胞组织发生的一系列结构变化的时序性特征,这些变化主要影响质体、液泡室、细胞壁和细胞核,进一步分化的程序模拟合子胚的发育。     

问题解答

问:初中生物课本第65页,花粉的萌发图上两个精子是如何产生的? 答:一个成熟的花粉的形成过程是这样的:花药内精母细胞(又叫小孢子母细胞,2n)经有丝分裂形成花粉母细胞(2n),每个花粉母细胞经减数分裂形成四个小孢子(又叫单核花粉粒,n),每个小胞子的细胞核经     

The effect of butyrate on the cell cycle in root meristems of Pisum sativum

Sodium butyrate at 5 mM in aerated White's medium reduced the mitotic index in root meristems of seedlings of Pisum sativum to < 1% after 12 h. This effect was lessened as the butyrate concentrations were lowered. The fraction of the root meristem nuclei in G2 increased to ~ 70% after 12 h in butyrate. After 12 h exposure to butyrate, seedlings transferred lo medium without butyrate gradually re-established their normal root meristem mitotic pattern, with a burst of mitosis at 10 h after the transfer. Even a brief exposure to butyrate inhibited DNA synthesis, and nuclei released from butyrate exposure were still unable to resume normal DNA synthesis even after 12 h. This information suggests that butyrate halts progression through the cell cycle by arresting meristem nuclei in G2 and inhibiting DNA synthesis.     

Production of Solvents by Clostridium acetobutylicum Cultures Maintained at Neutral pH

The formation of acetone and n-butanol by Clostridium acetobutylicum NCIB 8052 (ATCC 824) was monitored in batch culture at 35°C in a glucose (2% [wt/vol]) minimal medium maintained throughout at either pH 5.0 or 7.0. At pH 5, good solvent production was obtained in the unsupplemented medium, although addition of acetate plus butyrate (10 mM each) caused solvent production to be initiated at a lower biomass concentration. At pH 7, although a purely acidogenic fermentation was maintained in the unsupplemented medium, low concentrations of acetone and n-butanol were produced when the glucose content of the medium was increased (to 4% [wt/vol]). Substantial solvent concentrations were, however, obtained at pH 7 in the 2% glucose medium supplemented with high concentrations of acetate plus butyrate (100 mM each, supplied as their potassium salts). Thus, C. acetobutylicum NCIB 8052, like C. beijerinckii VPI 13436, is able to produce solvents at neutral pH, although good yields are obtained only when adequately high concentrations of acetate and butyrate are supplied. Supplementation of the glucose minimal medium with propionate (20 mM) at pH 5 led to the production of some n-propanol as well as acetone and n-butanol; the final culture medium was virtually acid free. At pH 7, supplementation with propionate (150 mM) again led to the formation of n-propanol but also provoked production of some acetone and n-butanol, although in considerably smaller amounts than were obtained when the same basal medium had been fortified with acetate and butyrate at pH 7.     

Effects of Acetate and Butyrate During Glycerol Fermentation by Clostridium butyricum

The effects of acetate and butyrate during glycerol fermentation to 1,3-propanediol at pH 7.0 by Clostridium butyricum CNCM 1211 were studied. At pH 7.0, the calculated quantities of undissociated acetic and butyric acids were insufficient to inhibit bacterial growth. The initial addition of acetate or butyrate at concentrations of 2.5 to 15 gL⁻¹ had distinct effects on the metabolism and growth of Clostridium butyricum. Acetate increased the biomass and butyrate production, reducing the lag time and 1,3-propanediol production. In contrast, the addition of butyrate induced an increase in 1,3-propanediol production (yield: 0.75 mol/mol glycerol, versus 0.68 mol/mol in the butyrate-free culture), and reduced the biomass and butyrate production. It was calculated that reduction of butyrate production could provide sufficient NADH to increase 1,3-propanediol production. The effects of acetate and butyrate highlight the metabolic flexibility of Cl. butyricum CNCM 1211 during glycerol fermentation. Received: 2 January 2001 / Accepted: 6 February 2001     

Volatile Fatty Acids and the Inhibition of Escherichia coli Growth by Rumen Fluid

Concentrations of volatile fatty acids (VFA) normally found in bovine rumen fluid inhibited growth of Escherichia coli in Antibiotic Medium 3. Acetic, propionic, and butyric acids each produced growth inhibition which was markedly pH-dependent. Little inhibition was observed at pH 7.0, and inhibition increased with decreasing pH. A combination of 60 mumoles of acetate, 20 mumoles of propionate, and 15 mumoles of butyrate per ml gave 96, 69, and 2% inhibition at pH 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0, respectively. Rumen fluid (50%) gave 89 and 48% inhibition at pH 6.0 and 6.5, respectively, and growth stimulation (22%) at pH 7.0. Rumen fluid inhibitory activity was heat-stable, was not precipitated by 63% ethyl alcohol, and was lost by dialysis and by treatment with anion-exchange resins but not with cation-exchange resins. These results are consistent with the idea that VFA are the inhibitory substances in rumen fluid. Previous results which indicated that rumen fluid VFA did not inhibit E. coli growth were due to lack of careful control of the final pH of the growth medium. The E. coli strain used does not grow in rumen fluid alone at pH 7.0.     

Multiple effects of 5 mM sodium butyrate on Physarum polycephalum macroplasmodia

Summary In a Physarum polycephalum macroplasmodium, nuclei naturally divide synchronously. Thus, it offers an opportunity to study growth and mitosis within a true organism. The effects of 5 mM sodium-butyrate on these processes have been examined. When this material is added to the culture medium during mitosis, the butyrate acts like a fixative on condensed chromosomes. During interphase, this short fatty acid stops growth and immediately inhibits DNA synthesis. Furthermore, it prevents differentiation in macroplasmodia induced to spherulate. All these modifications are readily reversible after transfer to a medium lacking butyrate.     

Effects of acetate, propionate, and butyrate on the thermophilic anaerobic degradation of propionate by methanogenic sludge and defined cultures.

The effects of acetate, propionate, and butyrate on the anaerobic thermophilic conversion of propionate by methanogenic sludge and by enriched propionate-oxidizing bacteria in syntrophy with Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum delta H were studied. The methanogenic sludge was cultivated in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor fed with propionate (35 mM) as the sole substrate for a period of 80 days. Propionate degradation was shown to be severely inhibited by the addition of 50 mM acetate to the influent of the UASB reactor. The inhibitory effect remained even when the acetate concentration in the effluent was below the level of detection. Recovery of propionate oxidation occurred only when acetate was omitted from the influent medium. Propionate degradation by the methanogenic sludge in the UASB reactor was not affected by the addition of an equimolar concentration (35 mM) of butyrate to the influent. However, butyrate had a strong inhibitory effect on the growth of the propionate-oxidizing enrichment culture. In that case, the conversion of propionate was almost completely inhibited at a butyrate concentration of 10 mM. However, addition of a butyrate-oxidizing enrichment culture abolished the inhibitory effect, and propionate oxidation was even stimulated. All experiments were conducted at pH 7.0 to 7.7. The thermophilic syntrophic culture showed a sensitivity to acetate and propionate similar to that of mesophilic cultures described in the literature. Additions of butyrate or acetate to the propionate medium had no effect on the hydrogen partial pressure in the biogas of an UASB reactor, nor was the hydrogen partial pressure in propionate-degrading cultures affected by the two acids.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Inhibition of apoptosis in pulmonary endothelial cells by altered pH,mitochondrial function,and ATP supply

We investigated the effect of altered extracellular pH, mitochondrial function, and ATP content on development of apoptosis in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells after treatment with staurosporine (STS). STS produced a concentration- and time-dependent increase in caspase-3 activity in pH 7.4 medium that reached a peak at 6 h. The increase in caspase activity was associated with significant DNA fragmentation. Fluorescent imaging of treated monolayers in pH 7.4 medium with Hoechst-33342-propidium iodide demonstrated a large percentage of apoptotic cells ( approximately 40%) with no evidence of necrosis. Caspase activity, DNA fragmentation, and percentage of apoptotic cells were reduced after STS treatment in acidic media (pH 7.0 and 6.6). The Ca2+ chelator 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid-AM inhibited STS-induced apoptosis, whereas the rise in intracellular Ca2+concentration in STS-treated cells in pH 7.4 medium was reduced in pH 7.0 medium. These results suggest that one mechanism for inhibitory effects of acidosis may be a pH-induced alteration in Ca2+ signaling. Treatment with STS in the presence of oligomycin (10 microM), an inhibitor of the mitochondrial F(0)F(1)-ATPase, in glucose-free media abolished caspase activation and DNA fragmentation in association with severe ATP depletion ( approximately 2% of control cells). Imaging demonstrated a change in the mode of cell death from apoptosis to necrosis under these conditions. This change was linked to the level of ATP depletion, because STS treatment in the absence of glucose or the presence of oligomycin in media with glucose still leads to apoptosis in the presence of only moderate ATP depletion. These results demonstrate that pH, mitochondrial function, and ATP supply are important variables that regulate STS-induced apoptosis in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells.     

Heavy Metal Resistance of the Extreme Acidotolerant Filamentous Fungus Bispora sp

To obtain information on the importance of membrane and zeta potentials as repelling or facilitating forces during the uptake of cationic trace elements, the heavy metal content and the growth resistance of the acidotolerant fungus Bispora. sp. to heavy metals were compared at pH 1.0 and pH 7.0. Cu, Co, Ni, Cd, Cr, and La contents of the fungus were significantly lower at pH 1.0 than at pH 7.0. A similar pH effect occurred with cationic macro elements such as Na, Mg, Ca, Fe, and Mn. Only K and Zn exhibited higher levels at pH 1.0 in the fungus than at pH 7.0. Macro and micro elements present in the medium in anionic form (sulfate, chloride) showed the opposite pattern to cations: Contents were higher at pH 1.0 than at pH 7.0. Minerals present at pH 1.0 predominantly in the electrical neutral, protonated form (phosphate, borate) exhibited a similar cell content at both acid and neutral pH (P) or a higher content at neutral pH than at acid pH (B). The resistance of fungal growth to the cations Cu, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, and Cd was significantly higher at pH 1.0 than at pH 7.0. Such a difference was not observed with Hg, present in the medium at both pH values as electrically silent HgCl₂. The anionic tungstate exhibited the opposite pattern to cationic heavy metals: The resistance of growth was higher at pH 7.0 than at pH 1.0. A greater growth resistance to heavy metals was correlated with a lower uptake of these elements, and vice versa; Uptake of heavy metals correlated with a lower resistance of fungal growth to these elements. The results are in agreement with the hypothesis that membrane and zeta potentials of the fungus are important factors controlling the uptake of heavy metals and thereby the resistance of growth to these elements: At pH 1.0 positive potentials of fungal hyphae impede the uptake of cationic heavy metals, but facilitate the uptake of anionic species. At neutral pH values the negative potentials facilitate the uptake of cations, but impede the uptake of anions.     

Regulation of hydrogen metabolism in Butyribacterium methylotrophicum by substrate and pH

 Exogenous H₂/CO₂ and glucose were consumed simultaneously by Butyribacterium methylotrophicum when grown under glucose-limited conditions. CO₂ reduction to acetate was coupled to H₂ consumption. The addition of either H₂ or CO₂ to glucose batch fermentation resulted in an increase in cell density, hydrogenase (H₂-consuming and -producing) activities and fatty acid production by B. methylotrophicum as compared to when N₂ was the feed gas. Hydrogenase activities appeared to be tightly regulated and were produced at higher rates during the exponential phase when CO₂ was the feed gas as compared to H₂ or N₂. The increase in H₂-consuming activity and decrease in H₂-producing activity was correlated with an increase in butyrate synthesis. H₂-consuming and ferredoxin (Fd)–NAD reductase activities increased while H₂-producing and NADH–Fd reductase activities decreased in cells grown at pH 5.5 compared to those at pH 7.0. The molar ratio of butyrate/acetate was shifted from 0.35 at pH 7.0 to 1.22 at pH 5.5. The addition of exogenous H₂ did not decrease the butyrate/acetate ratio at pH 7.0 nor at pH 5.5. The results indicated that growth pH values regulated both hydrogenase and Fd–NAD oxidoreductase activities such that, at acid pH, more intermediary electron flow was directed towards butyrate synthesis than H₂ production. Received: 22 August 1995/Received revision: 18 December 1995/Accepted: 22 January 1996