中国血竭基源植物的研究与利用

血竭是我国传统名贵中药,目前商品血竭主要来源于棕榈科黄藤属(Daemonorps)植物的果实和百合科龙血树属(Dracaerta)植株茎干的红色树脂.在我国境内发现的、有野生分布的血竭基源植物只为海南龙血树和剑叶龙血树两种.系统综述了我国血竭基源植物的资源状况、血竭形成机理、血竭基源植物的开发利用、人工繁育及栽培技术等方面的研究进展,并对野生血竭基源植物资源的保护、开发与利用、血竭产生机制的研究等进行了展望.     

剑叶龙血树树脂中的植物防卫素

１引言剑叶龙血树（Ｄｒａｃａｅｎａｃｏｃｈｉｎｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ）系龙舌兰科龙血树属,常绿乔木或灌木,在云南主要分布于勐连、勐腊、思茅、普洱、沧源、景东等县．在广西也有分布．剑叶龙血树现已成为我国传统中药血竭的主要基源植物之一［３］．近几年,对血竭化...     

9568D镰孢霉作用于死态龙血树形成血脂的研究

1　引　　言剑叶龙血树血竭来自于剑叶龙血树 (Ｄｒａｃａｅｎａｃｏｃｈｉｎｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ)的树脂 ,早年的研究[[2 ] 发现人工割伤可以促进树脂的积累 .江东福等[4] 证实剑叶龙血树血竭的形成与真菌相关 ,用特异性真菌接种活体龙血树 ,激活龙血树的防御反应 ,产生含植物防卫素的血竭[1,3 ,6] .但人们注意到野外自然环境下一些衰老枯死的剑叶龙血树的材质上亦有血竭形成 ,其与真菌的作用是否有关联 ?本文采用分离自剑叶龙血树根部的内生真菌 95 6 8Ｄ镰孢霉接种于剑叶龙血树材质(经灭活处理 ) ,保湿培养 4～ 5个月后 ,在接种部位有红色…     

海南龙血树WD40转录因子基因DcWD40-1的克隆和表达分析

海南龙血树是国产血竭的主要基源植物,其血竭主要化学成分为类黄酮化合物。为进一步了解DcWD40-1在类黄酮生物合成中的潜在功能和作用机制,该研究根据海南龙血树转录组数据,利用RT-PCR技术在海南龙血树中克隆了一个WD40基因DcWD40-1,该基因全长1 550 bp,包含一个1 353 bp的开放阅读框,编码450个氨基酸,蛋白质分子量50.77 kD,理论等电点5.71。生物信息学分析显示,DcWD40-1属于WD40蛋白家族成员,具有5个保守的WD40结构域,和其他植物WD40蛋白同源性高,保守性强。利用Genome Walking方法分离了1 503 bp的DcWD40-1启动子序列,该区域具有典型真核生物启动子结构特征,并含有多个应答激素和胁迫的响应元件。表达分析显示,血竭诱导剂能够诱导Dc WD40-1的表达,DcWD40-1的变化与血竭形成及类黄酮积累正相关。此外,DcWD40-1也能对茉莉酸甲酯、细胞分裂素、油菜素内酯和UV-B处理做出积极响应。     

海南龙血树无色花色素还原酶基因DcLAR1的克隆和表达分析

无色花色素还原酶(leucoanthocyantin reducase,LAR)是植物类黄酮生物合成途径中的一个关键酶。本研究根据海南龙血树(Dracaena cambodiana)转录组数据,利用RT-PCR技术克隆1个编码无色花色素还原酶基因DcLAR1,结果表明:该基因全长1 355 bp,包含一个1 011bp的开放阅读框,编码336个氨基酸。DcLAR1蛋白具有典型的植物无色花色素还原酶结构特征,包含3个保守的结构域RFLP、ICCN和THD。表达分析结果表明,DcLAR1在根、茎、花、叶和果中具有不同程度的表达;DcLAR1表达受到血竭诱导剂的诱导,与血竭积累正相关,推测该基因可能在海南龙血树类黄酮生物合成过程中具有重要功能。     

血竭及其原植物

血竭,又名麒麟竭,是名贵的传统中药,有活血祛瘀、消肿止痛、收敛止血的功效。提取血竭的原植物已知包括龙舌兰科的龙血树属(Dracaena)、棕榈科的黄藤属(Daemonoropus)、大戟科巴豆属(Crofon)、以及豆科的青龙木属(Pterocarpus)等属中的十余种植物。在国外,血竭多称为龙血(Dragon’s blood),非洲用龙舌兰科的龙血树属的树干割取血竭已有两千余年的历史,而用棕榈科植物黄藤果实     

红边龙血树叶绿体基因组特征及其系统发育分析

红边龙血树(Dracaena marginata)是一种在全球广泛种植的龙血树属园艺植物,具有较高的观赏价值和药用价值。本研究首次利用高通量测序技术对红边龙血树叶片进行全基因组测序,组装得到完整的叶绿体基因组序列,并进行注释、序列特征比较和系统发育分析。结果表明,红边龙血树叶绿体基因组包含一个典型的四分体结构,长度为154926 bp,是目前已报道的龙血树属中叶绿体基因组最小的物种;共拥有132个基因,包含86个编码蛋白基因、38个转运RNA基因和8个核糖体RNA基因;密码子偏好性分析发现存在偏好使用A/U碱基结尾的现象,整体上密码子偏好性较低;共鉴定出46个简单重复序列位点和54个长重复序列,分别在大单拷贝区与反向重复区有最大检出率;种间边界分析发现边界区域基因存在相对位置差异,扩张收缩情况总体较为相似;与近缘种进行系统发育分析,红边龙血树与细枝龙血树聚为一类,关系最近,符合形态学分类特征。对红边龙血树叶绿体基因组的解析为龙血树属植物的物种鉴定、遗传多样性和叶绿体转基因工程等提供了重要数据基础。     

海南龙血树茉莉酸受体基因DcCOI1的鉴定和表达分析

茉莉酸是植物响应生物和非生物逆境胁迫的关键激素之一,而茉莉酸信号受体蛋白(Coronatine-insensitive protein 1, COI1)在茉莉酸信号转导过程中发挥着关键作用。本研究基于海南龙血树转录数据中的转录本序列,利用注释拼接和RT-PCR的方法首次鉴定了1个编码海南龙血树茉莉酸受体COI1基因(命名为DcCOI1, GenBank登录号为MF193604),DcCOI1基因长度为2 274 bp,包含一个1 785 bp的完整开放阅读框,编码594个氨基酸,Dc COI1蛋白与芦笋COI1序列的一致性为94%,系统进化分析中与芦笋、剑兰划为同一分支,同属于单子叶植物大类。生物信息学分析显示,其编码蛋白包含COI1的蛋白的F-box特征结构域,分子量为64.14 k D,理论等电点为6.09,为非分泌型蛋白,且不含跨膜结构域,包含52个磷酸化位点,主要在细胞质中发挥生理作用;二级结构主要有α螺旋(43.10%)和无规则卷曲(29.63%)构成。实时荧光定量PCR检测发现DcCOI1在海南龙血树根、茎、叶和花中均有表达,根和茎中的表达量较高,而花中的表达量最低。此结果为阐明海南龙血树血竭形成过程中茉莉酸的调控作用研究奠定了基础。     

剑叶龙血树内生真菌的分离及体外抑菌活性筛选

为研究剑叶龙血树内生真菌资源多样性,初步探讨和筛选具有抑菌活性的特异性菌株以及进一步开发剑叶龙血树内生真菌的抗菌活性化合物。该文采用植物组织分离法从剑叶龙血树茎和叶中分离内生真菌,对内生真菌进行液体发酵7 d,经乙酸乙酯萃取后制得粗提物,并采用牛津杯扩散法,以10种常见病原菌和5种临床耐药菌为靶标检测其发酵粗提物的抑菌活性,对有较好抑菌活性的内生真菌进行分子鉴定。结果表明:(1)从剑叶龙血树茎、叶中共分离得到345株内生真菌,294株对一种以上指示菌有抑制活性;(2)其中84株内生真菌对5株临床耐药菌均有不同程度的抑制活性,占所分离菌株总数的24.35%,75%的内生真菌对金黄色葡萄球菌有抑制活性。这说明剑叶龙血树中存在多种有抑菌活性的内生真菌,为剑叶龙血树内生菌抗菌活性成分挖掘及新型抗菌药物筛选奠定了基础。     

人工诱导海南龙血竭的化学成分研究

为了解人工诱导海南龙血树(Dracaena cambodiana)所产血竭的化学成分,从其乙醇提取物中分离得到10个化合物,经波谱分析分别鉴定为socotrin-4?-ol(1)、homoisosocotrin-4?-ol(2)、(E)-3-(3,4-dihydroxybenzylidene)-7-hydroxy-chroman-4-one(3)、5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-3-(4?-hydroxybenzyl)-4-chromanone (4)、3-去氧苏木查耳酮(5)、苏木查耳酮(6)、7,4?-二羟基黄酮(7)、7,4?-二羟基-8-甲基黄酮(8)、丁香树脂醇(9)和邻苯二甲酸二(2-乙基己基)酯(10)。化合物1～10均为首次从人工诱导海南龙血树所产血竭中分离得到,其中化合物8为新天然产物,化合物3～6为首次从血竭中分离得到。化合物7和8对耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌具有生长抑制作用。     

Coccystes undoxylophus

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UeberAquila pennata undminuta

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Prosthecium species with Stegonsporium anamorphs on Acer

Data from microscopic morphology, single-spore cultures, and DNA analyses of teleomorphs and anamorphs support the recognition of five species of Prosthecium with Stegonsporium anamorphs on Acer: P. acerinum sp. nov., the teleomorph of S. acerinum; P. acerophilum comb. nov., formerly known as Dictyoporthe acerophila; P. galeatum comb. nov., originally described as Massaria galeata; P. opalus sp. nov.; and P. pyriforme sp. nov., the teleomorph of S. pyriforme s. str. The morphology of both type specimens and freshly collected material was investigated. The teleomorphs have brown ellipsoidal ascospores with five distosepta and often a longitudinal distoseptum. The anamorphs of all species described here belong to Stegonsporium; their connection to the Prosthecium teleomorphs was demonstrated by morphology and DNA sequences of single spore cultures derived from both ascospores and conidia. The anamorphs and teleomorphs of all five Prosthecium species are described and illustrated by LM images, and a key to these species is provided. As perceived from this work, S. pyriforme is restricted to Europe and does not occur in North America, whereas S. acerinum is restricted to North America, not found in Europe. The host associations given in the literature are revised and evidence is provided that only A. opalus, A. pseudoplatanus, and A. saccharum are confirmed hosts of Prosthecium with Stegonsporium anamorphs. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of tef1, ITS rDNA, and partial nuLSU rDNA sequences confirm that the species with Stegonsporium anamorphs are closely related to P. ellipsosporum, the generic type species. Stilbospora macrosperma is confirmed as the anamorph of P. ellipsosporum by DNA data of single spore isolates obtained from both ascospores and conidia.     

Ester production in E. coli and C. acetobutylicum

Genetic engineering has improved the product yield of a variety of compounds by overexpressing, inactivating, or introducing new genes in microbial systems. The production of flavor-enhancing ester compounds is an emerging area of heterologous gene expression for desired product yield in Escherichia coli. Isoamyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, and butyl butyrate are reported here to be produced by expressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes ATF1 or ATF2 and the strawberry gene SAAT in E. coli when the appropriate substrates are provided. Increasing the concentration of alcohol added to the reaction generally resulted in increased ester production. ATF1 expression was found to produce more isoamyl acetate and butyl acetate than ATF2 expression or SAAT expression in the strains and culture conditions examined. Additionally, SAAT expression resulted in greater isoamyl acetate and butyl acetate production than ATF2 expression. Butyl butyrate is produced by cell-free extracts of E. coli harboring SAAT but not ATF1 or ATF2.     

Aquila pennata undminuta

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Chemical composition, in situ ruminal degradability and post-ruminal disappearance of dry matter and crude protein from the halophytic plants Kochia scoparia, Atriplex dimorphostegia, Suaeda arcuata and Gamanthus gamacarpus

Samples of Kochia (K. scoparia), Atriplex (A. dimorphostegia), Suaeda (S. arcuata) and Gamanthus (G. gamacarpus) were collected and analyzed for chemical composition including crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), ash, neutral detergent fiber (NDFom), acid detergent fiber (ADFom), non-protein N (NPN), Ca, P, Na, K, Cl, Mg, Fe, Cu and Se. In addition, in situ ruminal degradability and post-ruminal disappearance of dry matter (DM) and CP of the samples using a mobile bag technique were determined. Results indicate that the chemical composition of Kochia and Atriplex was notably different from those of Suaeda and Gamanthus. All of these halophytic plants had high concentrations of Na, K, Cl, Cu and Se, and low levels of Ca, P and Mg. The rapidly degradable fractions of DM and CP (g/g) of Kochia (0.31 and 0.35, respectively) and Atriplex (0.39 and 0.50, respectively) were lower than for Suaeda (0.53 and 0.55, respectively) and Gamanthus (0.56 and 0.66, respectively). Ruminal DM and CP disappearance of Kochia (444 and 517 g/kg, respectively) and Atriplex (472 and 529 g/kg, respectively) were lower (P<0.05) than those of Suaeda (553 and 577 g/kg, respectively) and Gamanthus (663 and 677 g/kg, respectively) (P<0.05) using the mobile bag technique. Suaeda had the lowest (P<0.05) NDFom and ADFom disappearance (214 and 232 g/kg, respectively) in the rumen. Kochia scoparia and Atriplex dimorphostegia have more beneficial chemical nutritive components and digestible values versus Suaeda arcuata and Gamanthus gamacarpus.     

Effects of MULTIFOLIATE-PINNA, AFILA, TENDRIL-LESS and UNIFOLIATA genes on leafblade architecture in Pisum sativum

In order to dissect the genetic regulation of leafblade morphogenesis, 16 genotypes of pea, constructed by combining the wild-type and mutant alleles of MFP, AF, TL and UNI genes, were quantitatively phenotyped. The morphological features of the three domains of leafblades of four genotypes, unknown earlier, were described. All the genotypes were found to differ in leafblade morphology. It was evident that MFP and TL functions acted as repressor of pinna ramification, in the distal domain. These functions, with and without interaction with UNI, also repressed the ramification of proximal pinnae in the absence of AF function. The expression of MFP and TL required UNI function. AF function was found to control leafblade architecture multifariously. The earlier identified role of AF as a repressor of UNI in the proximal domain was confirmed. Negative control of AF on the UNI-dependent pinna ramification in the distal domain was revealed. It was found that AF establishes a boundary between proximal and distal domains and activates formation of leaflet pinnae in the proximal domain.     

The role of the genesnrf EFG andccmFH in cytochromec biosynthesis inEscherichia coli

It has been suggested that two groups ofEscherichia coli genes, theccm genes located in the 47-min region and thenrfEFG genes in the 92-min region of the chromosome, are involved in cytochromec biosynthesis during anaerobic growth. The involvement of the products of these genes in cytochromec synthesis, assembly and secretion has now been investigated. Despite their similarity to other bacterial cytochromec assembly proteins, NrfE, F and G were found not to be required for the biosynthesis of any of thec-type cytochromes inE. coli. Furthermore, these proteins were not required for the secretion of the periplasmic cytochromes, cytochromec ₅₅₀ and cytochromec ₅₅₂, or for the correct targeting of the NapC and NrfB cytochromes to the cytoplasmic membrane. NrfE and NrfG are required for formate-dependent nitrite reduction (the Nrf pathway), which involves at least twoc-type cytochromes, cytochromec ₅₅₂ and NrfB, but NrfF is not essential for this pathway. Genes similar tonrfE, nrfF andnrfG are present in theE. coli nap-ccm locus at minute 47. CcmF is similar to NrfE, the N-terminal region of CcmH is similar to NrfF and the C-terminal portion of CcmH is similar to NrfG. In contrast to NrfF, the N-terminal, NrfF-like portion of CcmH is essential for the synthesis of allc-type cytochromes. Conversely, the NrfG-like C-terminal region of CcmH is not essential for cytochromec biosynthesis. The data are consistent with proposals from this and other laboratories that CcmF and CcmH form part of a haem lyase complex required to attach haemc to C-X-X-C-H haem-binding domains. In contrast, NrfE and NrfG are proposed to fulfill a more specialised role in the assembly of the formate-dependent nitrite reductase.