中华补血草内生与根际具ACC脱氨酶活性细菌的筛选及其生物多样性

【目的】获得江苏沿海滩涂盐生药用植物中华补血草内生及根际具有1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸(ACC)脱氨酶活性的细菌,研究其遗传多样性和潜在促生活性。【方法】从中华补血草和根际土壤分离筛选具有ACC脱氨酶活性的菌株,对其ACC脱氨酶活性定量检测,通过16S r RNA基因序列分析确定菌株系统发育地位。同时研究其固氮、溶磷、产植物生长素吲哚乙酸(IAA)及耐盐能力。【结果】分离筛选获得18株具有ACC脱氨酶活性的内生与根际细菌,定量检测发现其中有13株菌的ACC脱氨酶含量在20 nmolα-KA/(mg Pr·h)以上,有11株菌可以固氮,7株菌能够解磷,9株菌产生IAA。菌株的Na Cl盐耐受范围多数在0–13%之间。16S r RNA基因测序表明,活性菌株分属于7个属,多样性丰富,节杆菌属(Arthrobacter)为优势类群。其中菌株KLBMP 5180为节杆菌属的潜在新种。【结论】江苏沿海滩涂盐生药用植物中华补血草共生环境中具有丰富多样的具ACC脱氨酶活性的菌株,并存在潜在新物种资源,具有进一步研究价值。     

具ACC脱氨酶活性的碱蓬内生细菌的分离、鉴定及其生物学特性

【目的】具有1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸(ACC)脱氨酶活性的盐生植物碱蓬内生细菌的分离及生物学特性的研究有助于探索内生细菌与宿主植物耐盐性的关系。【方法】采用研磨法从健康碱蓬植株的根、茎、叶中分离具有ACC脱氨酶活性的碱蓬内生细菌,根据形态特征、生理生化、API鉴定系统和16S rRNA对菌种进行鉴定,并分别测定了菌株产ACC脱氨酶、铁载体、吲哚乙酸、赤霉素、脱落酸、蛋白酶及溶磷、固氮和拮抗病原菌的特性。【结果】将分离得到的内生细菌LP11、SS12、TW1和TW2分别鉴定为栖稻假单胞菌(Pseudomonas oryzihabitans)、假单胞菌(Pseudomonas sp.)、成团泛菌(Pantoea agglomerans)和恶臭假单胞菌(Pseudomonas putida),4株菌除具有较高的ACC脱氨酶活力之外,还可不同程度地产生铁载体、吲哚乙酸、赤霉素和脱落酸,且均有溶磷作用,但无固氮能力及蛋白酶活力,唯有菌株SS12对萝卜枯萎病菌(Fusariumoxysporum f.sp.conglutinans)和黄瓜枯萎病菌(F.oxysporum f.sp.cucumerinum)具有拮抗作用。【结论】从盐生植物碱蓬中分离到的假单胞菌属和泛菌属内生细菌,具有丰富多样的生物学特性。     

4株茶树根际促生菌菌株的鉴定及促生作用

【背景】根际促生菌可以促进植物生长、提高植物抗性。茶树根际具有特殊的根土微生物生境,可以获得具促生作用的有益微生物。【目的】探究4株茶树根际促生菌菌株的分类地位及促生作用,筛选优良的根际促生菌菌株。【方法】通过形态、生理生化特征、16S rRNA基因序列同源性比对鉴定4株茶树根际促生菌,采用钼锑抗比色法测定溶磷量,通过比色法测定ACC脱氨酶活性、CAS法测定产铁载体能力、Salkowski法测定产IAA (Indoleacetic acid)的能力进行促生作用研究,通过盆栽实验测试白菜、空心菜、苋菜及水稻的株高及鲜重以分析促生效应。【结果】鉴定KKS-6-N1为放射型土壤杆菌(Agrobacteriumradiobacter), KKS-7-N7为铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aeruginosa),GD3为Pseudomonashunanensis,GD12为弯曲芽孢杆菌(Bacillusflexus)。固氮菌株KKS-6-N1可产铁载体;固氮菌株KKS-7-N7具有解磷及产铁载体能力,分泌的IAA含量高达101.29mg/L;解钾菌株GD3具溶磷能力,分泌的ACC脱氨酶酶活为8.09μmol/(mg·h),相对铁载体含量为0.31;具固氮解钾性能的菌株GD12分泌的ACC脱氨酶活性为14.46μmol/(mg·h)。盆栽试验表明,4个菌株对白菜、空心菜、苋菜的株高和鲜重均有明显促进作用,尤以GD3效果更甚。【结论】茶树根际促生菌菌株Pseudomonas hunanensis GD3促生作用显著,具有开发成微生物菌肥的潜力。     

地锦草内生细菌多样性、拮抗及促生特性测定

【背景】植物内生细菌既能抑制病原菌对植物的侵染,也具有促生作用。分离具有拮抗和促生活性的内生细菌可为开发微生物菌肥提供理论依据。【目的】筛选内生细菌中的优势拮抗、促生菌种资源。【方法】以地锦草为材料,采用4种分离培养基分离该植物内生细菌,通过形态特征以及16S r RNA基因序列分析,鉴定内生细菌的分类归属。采用平板对峙法,测定内生细菌对棉花立枯丝核菌(Rhizoctonia solani)、小麦赤霉病菌(Fusarium graminearum)、玉米小斑病菌(Bipolaris maydis)的拮抗活性。通过固氮、解磷、产吲哚乙酸(Indole Acetic Acid,IAA)、产铁载体能力等指标初步检测地锦草内生细菌的促生活性。【结果】共分离到133株内生细菌,分属于4门5纲8目13科25属,其中变形菌门(Proteobacteria)为优势门(52.63%),优势属为芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus),占15.79%。发现有8株菌相似性小于98.65%,可能为潜在新物种。拮抗活性结果表明,22株菌有不同程度的抑菌作用,其中菌株DHL56、DHN17、DHP3、DHP8对这3种病原菌都有抑制作用,均为芽孢杆菌属。菌株DHP8抑制作用最强,对棉花立枯丝核菌、小麦赤霉病菌抑制率分别为73.80%、71.25%,对玉米小斑病菌抑制率为61.70%。促生潜力结果表明,76株菌具有固氮能力;19株菌具有解磷能力;37株菌能产吲哚乙酸,菌株DHL55产吲哚乙酸的量达到105.67mg/L;7株菌能合成铁载体。其中有9株菌同时有固氮、解磷、产吲哚乙酸能力;菌株DHP8具有固氮、解磷、合成铁载体能力。DHP8不仅具有一定促生潜力,还对棉花立枯丝核菌、小麦赤霉病菌、玉米小斑病菌有明显的拮抗作用,需进一步研究。【结论】地锦草内生细菌种类丰富,获得多株具有优良拮抗和促生活性的菌株,为进一步开发微生物农药及菌肥资源提供新的菌株材料。     

水稻内生固氮菌Herbaspirillum seropedicae DX35的筛选及其促生特性

摘要:【目的】筛选水稻高效内生固氮菌,并对其促生特性进行分析。【方法】从湖南祁阳中国农业科学院红壤实验站具30年长期稻-稻-绿肥轮作定位试验田中采集水稻根并分离内生细菌,通过乙炔还原法测定其固氮酶活性,筛选出固氮活性较高的菌株,运用16S rRNA基因、nifH基因以及脂肪酸分析确定其发育地位。同时采用Salkowski比色法测定其生长素的分泌能力,CAS蓝色平板检测法测定产铁载体能力,溶磷圈法测定溶磷性,对其促生特性进行分析。【结果】共分离获得48株内生菌,其中DX35固氮酶活性最高,经鉴定属于Herbaspirillum seropedicae,其固氮酶活性为181.21 nmol C2H4/(mg protein·h),约是参比菌株Azotobacter chroococcum ACCC10006的10倍。另外该菌株还具有一定的分泌铁载体能力和溶磷特性。【结论】DX35属于H.seropedicae,是一种高效内生固氮菌,具有很好的生产应用前景。     

水稻内生固氮菌Herbaspirillum seropedicae DX35的筛选及其促生特性

【目的】筛选水稻高效内生固氮菌,并对其促生特性进行分析。【方法】从湖南祁阳中国农业科学院红壤实验站具30年长期稻-稻-绿肥轮作定位试验田中采集水稻根并分离内生细菌,通过乙炔还原法测定其固氮酶活性,筛选出固氮活性较高的菌株,运用16S rRNA基因、nifH基因以及脂肪酸分析确定其发育地位。同时采用Salkowski比色法测定其生长素的分泌能力,CAS蓝色平板检测法测定产铁载体能力,溶磷圈法测定溶磷性,对其促生特性进行分析。【结果】共分离获得48株内生菌,其中DX35固氮酶活性最高,经鉴定属于Herbaspirillum seropedicae,其固氮酶活性为181.21 nmol C2H4/(mg protein·h),约是参比菌株Azotobacter chroococcum ACCC10006的10倍。另外该菌株还具有一定的分泌铁载体能力和溶磷特性。【结论】DX35属于H.seropedicae,是一种高效内生固氮菌,具有很好的生产应用前景。     

具溶磷能力的植物内生促生细菌的分离筛选及其生物多样性

【目的】具溶磷能力的植物内生促生细菌的分离筛选及生物多样性的研究将有助于扩大溶磷微生物来源、丰富功能内生细菌资源库及开发新的改善土壤磷素营养途径。【方法】结合内生细菌分离方法从油菜和玉米体内分离筛选具溶磷能力的内生细菌,测定菌株摇瓶条件下的溶磷能力,并研究其产生吲哚乙酸(IAA)、铁载体、1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸(ACC)脱氨酶等的特性,采用16SrDNA限制性酶切片段长度多态性分析(RFLP)研究了具溶磷能力的植物内生促生细菌的遗传多样性,并挑选典型菌株进行了鉴定。【结果】分离筛选到32株具稳定溶磷能力的植物内生细菌,所有菌株都能从磷酸钙中释放出有效磷并使培养液pH值降低,释放的有效磷浓度最高达到537.6mg/L。分离自油菜的供试细菌都能产生吲哚乙酸和铁载体,分离自玉米的供试细菌中有68.4%的菌株产生吲哚乙酸,63.2%的菌株产生铁载体,63.2%的菌株具ACC脱氨酶活性。分离菌株在76%相似性水平上可聚类分为8个群。11株典型菌株归属于泛菌属(Pantoea)、假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)、伯克霍尔德氏菌属(Burkholderia)、不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)及罗尔斯顿菌属(Ralstonia)等5个属。【结论】油菜和玉米体内溶磷细菌具有丰富多样的生物学特性和遗传多样性。     

三种荒漠灌木根际可培养固氮细菌类群及其固氮和产铁载体能力

【目的】揭示西鄂尔多斯荒漠孑遗灌木四合木(Tetraena mongolica)、沙冬青(Ammopiptanthus mongolicus)、白刺(Nitraria tangutorum)根际可培养固氮细菌类群,分析固氮酶活性和产铁载体能力,以期为认识和利用荒漠植物根际促生细菌提供依据。【方法】以Ashby无氮培养基、采用涂布划线法分离纯化根际固氮细菌;基于16S r RNA基因分析类群组成;以乙炔还原方法测定固氮酶活性;以铬天青S蓝色平板定性筛选产铁载体菌株,以分光光度计法定量产铁载体能力。【结果】共分离出固氮细菌22株,分别属于3个门与9个属,其中变形菌门(Proteobacteria,82%)为绝对优势门,假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas,27.27%)为优势属;Rhizobium和Bacillus分别是沙冬青和四合木的独有属,而白刺独有属有Enterobacter、Stenotrophomonas和Paenibacillus;10株在无氮培养基上生长迅速,它们的固氮酶活性在871.71-3 383.09 nmol C2H4/(H·Culture)之间,并且其中有7株具有产铁载体能力,其产铁载体的As/Ar值范围为0.35-0.79。【结论】鄂尔多斯荒漠珍稀孑遗灌木植物根际固氮细菌类群多样,植物间差异明显,包含多种高固氮酶活性和产铁载体能力的固氮细菌,可作为植物生长促进根际细菌的重要来源。     

落地生根内生固氮菌多样性和促生特性

【背景】内生固氮菌可以定殖于植物体内为植物提供营养物质,还能通过代谢促进植物生长,目前对于落地生根内生菌的研究鲜见报道。【目的】研究落地生根中内生固氮菌多样性。【方法】从表面消毒的植物组织中分离纯化内生菌,并通过乙炔还原法测定菌株的固氮酶活性。采用SDS-PAGE全细胞蛋白电泳和IS指纹图谱对菌株聚类,各类群代表菌株进行16S rRNA基因系统发育分析和生理生化鉴定。测定菌株固氮、分泌生长素和ACC脱氨酶、产铁载体、溶磷和解钾等促生特性。【结果】从落地生根中分离纯化出26株内生固氮菌,聚为5个类群,隶属于4个属的5个菌种,且各类群代表菌株具有多种促生功能。【结论】从落地生根中分离获得的内生菌具有丰富的遗传多样性和促生特性,并且存在新的微生物资源,有待开发利用。     

藤县药用野生稻内生固氮菌分离鉴定及系统发育分析

从广西梧州市藤县药用野生稻中筛选内生固氮菌,为微生物肥料生产收集菌种资源。采用3种无氮培养基经平板划线法筛选内生固氮菌;通过乙炔还原法测定其固氮酶活性;利用IS-PCR(Insertion sequence-based PCR)指纹图谱和全细胞蛋白电泳图谱对获得的内生固氮菌进行聚类分析;根据16S r RNA基因序列分析确定其进化关系;使用分光光度计比色法检测其产生长素能力、产铁载体能力、溶磷能力和ACC脱氨酶活性。结果显示,从野生稻中筛选获得34株内生固氮菌分为5个类群,类群I和II各有8株,类群III、IV、V分别有2株、5株和11株,其固氮酶活性介于5.0和1 036.7 nmol/(m L·h)之间。类群I代表菌株HU33与无乳固氮螺菌(Azospirillum amazonense ATCC 35119T)相似性为97.13%;类群II代表菌株HU31与变栖克雷伯氏菌(Klebsiella variicola DSM 15968T)相似性为99.71%;类群III代表菌株HU17与蒙氏假单胞菌(Pseudomonas monteilii ATCC 700476T)相似性为99.86%;类群IV代表菌株HU13与黄黄色杆菌(Xanthobacter flavus ATCC 35867T)相似性为100%;类群V代表菌株CM05与越南伯克霍尔德菌(Burkholderia vietnamiensis LMG 10929T)相似性为99.86%。药用野生稻内生固氮菌资源具有遗传多样性;有些菌株有较强的产生长素、产铁载体、ACC脱氨酶活性和溶磷能力,在农业生产上具有一定的应用潜力;类群I可能是一个新类群。     

DEC1 and MIC-1

Comment on: Qian Y, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2012; 109:11300-5.     

Comparative CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 substrate and inhibitor profile of dietary flavonoids

CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 are two extrahepatic enzymes that have been implicated in carcinogenesis and cancer progression. Selective inhibition of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 by dietary constituents, notably the class of flavonoids, is a widely accepted paradigm that supports the concept of dietary chemoprevention. In parallel, recent studies have documented the ability of CYP1 enzymes to selectively metabolize dietary flavonoids to conversion products that inhibit cancer cell proliferation. In the present study we have examined the inhibition of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1-catalyzed EROD activity by 14 different flavonoids containing methoxy- and hydroxyl-group substitutions as well as the metabolism of the monomethoxylated CYP1-flavonoid inhibitor acacetin and the poly-methoxylated flavone eupatorin-5-methyl ether by recombinant CYP1A1 and CYP1B1. The most potent inhibitors of CYP1-EROD activity were the methoxylated flavones acacetin, diosmetin, eupatorin and the di-hydroxylated flavone chrysin, indicating that the 4'-OCH(3) group at the B ring and the 5,7-dihydroxy motif at the A ring play a prominent role in EROD inhibition. Potent inhibition of CYP1B1 EROD activity was also obtained for the poly-hydroxylated flavonols quercetin and myricetin. HPLC metabolism of acacetin by CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 revealed the formation of the structurally similar flavone apigenin by demethylation at the 4'-position of the B ring, whereas the flavone eupatorin-5-methyl ether was metabolized to an as yet unidentified metabolite assigned E(5)M1. Eupatorin-5-methyl ether demonstrated a submicromolar IC(50) in the CYP1-expressing cancer cell line MDA-MB 468, while it was considerably inactive in the normal cell line MCF-10A. Homology modeling in conjunction with molecular docking calculations were employed in an effort to rationalize the activity of these flavonoids based on their CYP1-binding mode. Taken together the data suggest that dietary flavonoids exhibit three distinct modes of action with regard to cancer prevention, based on their hydroxyl and methoxy decoration: (1) inhibitors of CYP1 enzymatic activity, (2) CYP1 substrates and (3) substrates and inhibitors of CYP1 enzymes.     

Nucleic acid binding and unfolding properties of ribosomal protein S1 and the derivatives S1-F1 and m1-S1.

The nucleic acid binding and unwinding properties of wild-type Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S1 have been compared to those of a mutant form and a large trypsin-resistant fragment, both reported recently [J. Mol. Biol. 127, 41-45 (1979) and J. Biol. Chem. 254, 4309-4312 (1979). The mutant (m1-S1) contains 77% and the fragment (S1-F1) 66% of the polypeptide chain length (approximately 600 amino acid residues) of protein S1. The mutant is active in protein synthesis in vitro; the fragment, although retaining one or more of the functional domains of S1, is inactive in protein synthesis. We find that m1-S1 is is almost as effective as S1 in binding to poly(rU), phage MS2 RNA and simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA, and in unfolding poly(rU) and the helical structures present in MS2 RNA and phi X174 viral DNA. S1-F1, however, binds to poly(rU) and denatured SV40 DNA, but not to MS2 RNA. It unfolds neither poly(rU), nor the residual secondary structure of MS2 RNA or phi X174 viral DNA. Thus, there appears to be a correlation between the loss in ability of S1 to unwind RNA and the loss in its ability to function in protein synthesis.     

Expression Profile of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 Enzymes in Colon and Bladder Tumors

Background

The cytochrome P450 CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 enzymes are involved in carcinogenesis via activation of pro-carcinogenic compounds to carcinogenic metabolites. CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 have shown elevated levels in human tumors as determined by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemical studies. However studies that have examined CYP1 expression by enzyme activity assays are limited.

Results

In the current study the expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 was investigated in a panel of human tumors of bladder and colorectal origin by qRT-PCR and enzyme activity assays. The results demonstrated that 35% (7/20) of bladder tumors and 35% (7/20) of colon tumors overexpressed active CYP1 enzymes. CYP1B1 mRNA was overexpressed in 65% and 60% of bladder and colon tumors respectively, whereas CYP1A1 was overexpressed in 65% and 80% of bladder and colon tumors. Mean mRNA levels of CYP1B1 and CYP1A1 along with mean CYP1 activity were higher in bladder and colon tumors compared to normal tissues (p<0.05). Statistical analysis revealed CYP1 expression levels to be independent of TNM status. Moreover, incubation of tumor microsomal protein in 4 bladder and 3 colon samples with a CYP1B1 specific antibody revealed a large reduction (72.5 ± 5.5 % for bladder and 71.8 ± 7.2% for colon) in catalytic activity, indicating that the activity was mainly attributed to CYP1B1 expression.

Conclusions

The study reveals active CYP1 overexpression in human tumors and uncovers the potential use of CYP1 enzymes and mainly CYP1B1 as targets for cancer therapy.     

NPC1L1 and cholesterol transport

The polytopic transmembrane protein, Niemann-Pick C1-Like 1 (NPC1L1), is enriched in the apical membrane of small intestine absorptive enterocytes where it mediates extracellular sterol transport across the brush border membrane. It is essential for intestinal sterol absorption and is the molecular target of ezetimibe, a potent cholesterol absorption inhibitor that lowers blood cholesterol in humans. NPC1L1 is also highly expressed in human liver. The hepatic function of NPC1L1 may be to limit excessive biliary cholesterol loss. NPC1L1-dependent sterol uptake seems to be a clathrin-mediated endocytic process and is regulated by cellular cholesterol content. Recently, NPC1L1 inhibition has been shown to have beneficial effects on components of the metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver, in addition to atherosclerosis.