盐生植物海马齿盐胁迫全长cDNA文库的构建与分析

为了研究盐生植物耐盐基因表达调控,本实验以海水浇灌的海马齿植株为供试材料,构建了盐胁迫下的全长cDNA文库。构建方法如下:采用改良的CTAB法提取总RNA,SMART法反转录合成cDNA,LD-PCR方法合成双链cDNA。LD-PCR产物经蛋白酶K消化和SfiⅠ酶切后,经CHROMA SPIN+TE-1000分离柱子除去小片段DNA后,回收0.5kb以上的片段,按照适当的比例连接λTripIEX2载体。连接产物利用MaxPlaxTMLambda Packaging Extracts进行体外包装,得到海马齿初级cDNA文库。初始文库的独立克隆数为2.4×106pfu,初级文库滴度大于4.80×106pfu/mL,重组率为93.75%,插入片段为0.5～5kb,扩增文库的滴度为1.21×109pfu/mL,所得文库质量较高。本研究表明该cDNA文库适合于盐生植物海马齿相关基因的克隆和分析。     

铁皮石斛cDNA文库的构建及分析

首次报道铁皮石斛cDNA文库的构建及其分析.以Trizol一步法从4年生的铁皮石斛叶片中提取总RNA,分离纯化mRNA,LD-PCR法反转录合成双链cDNA,以λTripEX2为载体,构建铁皮石斛cDNA文库.原始文库的滴度为4.3×105 pfu/mL,总克隆数为3.1×105,重组率为97.6%,扩增后文库总滴度为6.8×109pfu/mL,对随机挑取的噬菌斑进行PCR鉴定,结果插入片段多分布在0.5～2.0kb之间,绝大部分在1.2～1.7kb左右,文库质量鉴定结果表明,构建的铁皮石斛cDNA文库具有较好的库容量、较高的重组率以及较大的插入片段.cDNA文库的构建为铁皮石斛药用成分相关功能基因的研究奠定了基础.     

甜菜夜蛾触角全长cDNA文库的构建与分析

目的:构建甜菜夜蛾触角全长cDNA文库。方法:利用TRIzol试剂提取甜菜夜蛾触角总RNA,以此为模板,通过SMAR-TScribeTM反转录酶反转录合成第一链cDNA,引物扩增获得双链cDNA,经Proteinase K消化、SfiⅠ酶切和CHROMA SPIN-400Column分级分离后,收集400～2 000 bp之间的片段重组于改造的pUC19载体并转化至大肠杆菌Escherichia coli DH5α,最终构建获得甜菜夜蛾触角全长cDNA文库。结果:对文库进行滴度测定和重组率分析,结果表明构建的cDNA初级文库滴度为1.6×107pfu/ml,重组率为94%,插入片段大小为0.5～3.0 kb,平均长度在1 kb以上,表明构建获得的文库是一个高质量的文库。结论:该文库的构建为今后克隆甜菜夜蛾嗅觉相关基因奠定了基础。     

红果人参叶中cDNA文库的构建

以四年生红果人参叶片为材料,提取叶中总RNA合成cDNA,连接到质粒载体pDNR-LIB上。采用电穿孔法将重组质粒转化到DH5α中。经文库质量鉴定表明:原始文库滴度为1.008×106pfu·mL-1,扩增后的文库滴度为2.968×109pfu·mL-1,重组率接近100%,插入片段大小在0.5~2kb之间,平均为0.85kb,表明已成功构建了红果人参叶中cDNA文库。     

元江普通野生稻叶片cDNA文库的构建及部分基因片段分析

首次利用SMARTTM技术构建了中国普通野生稻中最原始类型——元江普通野生稻生长旺盛时期叶片的cDNA文库。该cDNA文库未扩增和扩增后的滴度分别为1.1×10⁶ pfu/mL和3.98×10⁷ pfu/mL, 重组率为91%, 插入片段大小为500～2 000 bp。测定的部分cDNA序列进行BLAST比较, 发现这些cDNA片段与日本晴栽培稻同源性很高, 达到98%以上。本研究为进一步分析这些cDNA片段的结构、功能和探讨元江普通野生稻在栽培稻演化中的地位奠定了基础。     

人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌上皮细胞(HUS-98)cDNA文库的构建及鉴定

为了进一步分离人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌组织特异性表达基因和鳞癌特异性相关基因,采用SMART技术,构建了人尿道 (阴茎)鳞癌上皮细胞cDNA文库,从人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌上皮细胞中分离总RNA并纯化mRNA,利用经修饰的oligo(dT)引物 合成cDNA第一链,利用SMART核苷酸作为cDNA第一链在mRNA5′端延伸出去的模板,采用LD-PCR合成双链cDNA,双链 cDNA经酶切和过柱分级分离后,克隆入λTriplEx2载体后经体外包装而成cDNA文库。结果表明原始人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌上 皮cDNA文库获得1.57×107个重组子,重组率达到98%。文库扩增后,滴度达到4.0×109pfu/ml,插入cDNA平均长度为2.5kb。 构建的人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌上皮cDNA文库具有良好的质量,该cDNA文库为进一步筛选鳞癌抑癌基因及鳞癌特异性表达基因 奠定了基础。     

六种藓类植物茎的比较解剖学研究

通过对6种藓类植物,即褶叶青藓(Brachythecium salebrosum(Web.et Mohr.)B.S.G.)、湿地匐灯藓(Plagiomnium acutum(Lindb.)Kop.)、侧枝匐灯藓(Plagiomnium maximoviczii(Lindb.)Kop.)、大凤尾藓(Fissidensnobilis Griff.)、大羽藓(Thuidium cymbifolium(Doz.et Molk.)B.S.G.)和大灰藓(Hypnum plumaeforme Wils.)嫩茎和老茎的石蜡切片和显微观察发现,同一藓类植株的嫩茎和老茎,茎结构稳定,不同种藓类植物茎横切面具有不同特征.植物体茎横切面形状、表层细胞的层数、细胞大小和细胞壁厚薄、皮层细胞大小和形状、中轴的有无以及比例等特征可以作为藓类植物的分科分类依据之一.     

Photoregulation of seed germination of wild-type and of an aurea-mutant of tomato

Seed germination of an aurea mutant of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is promoted by continuous irradiation with red, far-red or long-wavelength far-red (758 nm) light as well as by cyclic irradiations (5 min red or 5 min far-red/25 min darkness). Far-red light applied immediately after each red does not change the germination behaviour. Seed germination of the isogenic wild-type, cv. UC-105, is promoted by continuous and cyclic red light while it is inhibited by continuous and cyclic far-red light and by continious 758 nm irradiation. Far-red irradiation reverses almost completely the promoting effect of red light. The promoting effect (in the aurea mutant) and the inhibitory effect (in the wild-type) of continuous far-red light do not show photon fluence rate dependency above 20 nmol m⁻² s⁻¹. It is concluded that phytochrome controls tomato seed germination throgh low energy responses in both the wild type and the au mutant. The promoting effect of continuous and cyclic far-red light in the au mutant can be attributed to a greater sensitivity to P_fr.     

Cause of Senescence of Nine Sorts of Flowers

The levels of endogenous phytohormones and respiratory rate in nine sorts of flowers such as Cymbidium faberi Rolfe, Nopalxochia ackermannii Kunth and others were investigated both at full bloom and senescence and meanwhile the effect of exogenous phytohormones on prolonging the blossoms and promoting ethylene production were tested. There is a high content of endogenous ethylene in all the long-lived flowere, about 3–16 folds higer than the short-lived ones. There is a high level of ABA at full blooming flowers of short-lived flowers, in which there is no or only some cytokinins in it, but the ratio of CTK (6BA+zeatin)/ABA is smaller(l.7). The endogenous ABA reached a much higher level at senescence in all nine sorts of flowers, so it is reasonable to consider that it is ABA which plays an important role of regulation in controlling flower's senescence. There is a much higher level of GA3 and zeatin in the long-lived flowers which is not demonstrated in the shortlived ones. The respiratory rate is one of the factors controtling the longevity of flowers, but it does not play a decided role. Application of 6BA and zeatin prolongs distinctly orchid’s longevity, however exogenous IAA through the promotive action on ethylene production, evidently extends the longevity of the flowers of the Nopalxochia ackermannii Kunth.     

龙胆科药用植物化学成分的研究现状

龙胆科植物在我国的分布范围很广,且多数为药用植物,其多数种属的药用植物,至今其化学成分尚未被系统研究。综述了目前龙胆科药用植物的化学成分的研究现状及一般提取方法,对近年来发现的环烯醚萜及裂环烯醚萜类化合物进行了总结,为本科药用植物的更深入研究提供了参考。     

Interconnection of parameters of regulation system of lipid peroxidation and of morphophysiological parameters of mouse liver

A complex analysis of seasonal fluctuations of the mean group parameters of the system of regulation of lipid peroxidation has been performed in liver of Balb/c mice. Association of lipid characteristics and morphophysiological parameters is studied in the Balb/c mouse liver. An inter-connection is revealed between the liver index and the amount of lysoforms of phospholipids, the scale and character of the interconnection differing essentially depending on proportion of phos-phatidylcholine in mouse liver phospholipids.     

The effects of glutamine of the maintenance of embryogenic cultures of Cryptomeria japonica

Summary Embryogenic tissues of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) were induced on a modified Campbell and Durzan (CD) medium containing 1 μM 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 600 mg l⁻¹ glutamine, and subcultured in the medium of the same composition for over 1 yr. This resulted in a mixed culture of embryogenic and non-embryogenic cells. When embryogenic cells were isolated and cultured independently, their capacity to form embryogenic aggregates was lost. Thus, the non-embryogenic cells present within a mixed culture system were essential to the formation of embryogenic aggregates. When embryogenic tissues were isolated and cultured independently on a high glutamine-containing (2400 mg l⁻¹) medium, dry weights and endogenous levels of glutamine increased, and the tissue could generate a large number of embryogenic aggregates. Amino acid analysis of embryogenic and non-embryogenic cells from the maintenance culture indicated a higher level of glutamine was present in the latter. The high endogenous level of glutamine in the non-embryogenic portion of mixed cell masses may be the supplier of glutamine for maintaining the embryogenic property of the tissues.     

Specificity of action of piperidylcholine derivatives as substrates of cholinesterases of various origin

The review deals with study of enzymologic properties of a novel highly specific acetylcholinesterase substrate, N-(β-acetoxyethyl) piperidinium iodomethylate (“piperidylcholine”), and its 30 derivatives that were tested as effectors of cholinesterases of mammals and various species of Pacific squids. It was proven for the first time that responsible for specificity of action was structure of cyclic ammonium grouping of the alcohol part of molecule of the ester substrate. Analysis of specificity is performed based on enzymatic hydrolysis parameters—activity of catalytic center of cholinesterases and bimolecular constant of the reaction rate that are determined at optimal and low substrate concentrations. Among the specially synthesized group of thioester compounds there is revealed one more highly specific acetylcholinesterase substrate—N-(β-acetoxyethyl) piperidinium.     

Physiological characteristics of various species of strains of carboxydobacteria

Seven strains of aerobic carbon monoxide-oxidizing bacteria (carboxydebacteria) when growing on CO as sole source of carbon and energy had doubling times which ranged from 12–42 h. The activity profiles obtained after discontinuous sucrose density gradient centrifugation indicated that the CO-oxidizing enzymes are soluble and the hydrogenases are membrane-bound in all strains examined. The CO-oxidizing enzymes of Pseudomonas carboxydohydrogena, Pseudomonas carboxydoflava, Comamonas compransoris, and the so far unidentified strains OM2, OM3, and OM4 had a molecular weight of 230,000; that of Achromobacter carboxydus amounted to 170,000. The molecular weights of the CO-oxidizing and H₂-oxidizing enzymes turned out to be identical. The cell sonicates were shown to catalyze the oxidation of both CO and H₂ with methylene blue, thionine, phenazine methosulfate, toluylene blue, dichlorophenolindophenol, cytochrome c or ferricyanide as electron acceptors. Methyl viologen, benzyl viologen, FAD⁺, FMN⁺, and NAD(P)⁺ were not reduced. The spectrum of electron acceptors was identical for all strains tested. Neither free formate, hydrogen nor oxygen gas were involved in the CO-oxidation reaction. Methylene blue was reduced by CO at a 1:1 molar ratio. The results indicate that CO-oxidation by carboxydobacteria is catalyzed by identical or similar enzymes and that the reaction obeys the equation CO+H₂OCO₂+2H⁺+2e^- as previously shown for Pseudomonas carboxydovorans.Dedicated to Otto Kandler remembering almost three decades of enjoyable cooperation     

Modulation of allostery of pyruvate kinase by shifting of an ensemble of microstates

Since the introduction of the concepts of allostery about four decades ago, much advancement has been made in elucidating the structure-function correlation in allostery. However, there are still a number of issues that remain unresolved. In this review we used mammalian pyruvate kinase (PK) as a model system to understand the role of protein dynamics in modulating cooperativity. PK has a triosephosphate isomerase (TIM)(α/β)₈ barrel structural motif. PK is an ideal system to address basic questions regarding regulatory mechanisms about this common (α/β)₈ structural motif. The simplest model accounting for all of the solution thermodynamic and kinetic data on ligand-enzyme interactions involves two conformational states, inactive E^T and active E^R. These conformational states are represented by domain movements. Further studies provide the first evidence for a differential effect of ligand binding on the dynamics of the structural elements, not major secondary structural changes. These data are consistent with our model that allosteric regulation of PK is the consequence of perturbation of the distribution of an ensemble of states in which the inactive E^T and active E^R represent the two extreme end states. Sequence differences and ligands can modulate the distribution of states leading to alterations of functions. The future work includes: defining the network of functionally connected residues; elucidating the chemical principles governing the sequence differences which affect functions; and probing the nature of mutations on the stability of the secondary structural elements, which in turn modulate allostery.