Changes of Con A Receptor Sites on Mammalian Sperms during Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction

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Structural Analysis of rbcL Gene from an Endangered Plant，（Acanthopanax brachypus）

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Regulation Culture on Cytological，Biochemical and Physiological Characteristics of Somatic Carrot Em

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Regulation of C－Fos mRNA Expression in Sertoli Cells by cAMP，Ca~（＋＋），and protein Kinase C－mediated Pathways

ＲｅｇｕｌａｔｉｏｎｏｆＣ－ＦｏｓｍＲＮＡＥｘｐｒｅｓｓｉｏｎｉｎＳｅｒｔｏｌｉＣｅｌｌｓｂｙｃＡＭＰ，Ｃａ~（＋＋），ａｎｄｐｒｏｔｅｉｎＫｉｎａｓｅＣ－ｍｅｄｉａｔｅｄＰａｔｈｗａｙｓ￥ＪＩＡＭｅｎｇ－ｃｈｕｎ；（贾孟春）；ＮｅｅｌａｋａｎｔａＲ?..     

PCR Amplification，Cloning and Sequencing of RbcL Coding Region in Mesophyll Cell and Bundle Sheath Cell of Sorghum（Sorghum bicolor L．）

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生态农业与乡村经济持续发展

生态农业与乡村经济持续发展张壬午,计文瑛,孙鸿良（天津农业部环境保护研究所,３００１９１）（中国农科院,北京１０００８１）ＥｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒｅａｎｄＳｕｓｔａｉｎａｂｌｅＤｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔｏｆＲｕｒａｌＥｃｏｎｏｍｙ￥．ＺｈａｎｇＲｅｎｗｕ;ＪｉＷｅｎｙｉｎｇ（Ａｇｒｏ－ｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔＰｒｏｔｅｃｌｉｏｎＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅ,Ｔｉａｎｊｉｎ３００１９１）,ＳｕｎＨｏｎｇｌｉａｎｇ（ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＡｃａｄｅｍｙｏｆＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＳｃｉｅｎｃｃｓ,Ｂｅｉｊｉｎｇ１０００８１）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（２）：１９—２０．ＴｈｉｓｐａｐｅｒｂｒｉｅｆｌｙｐｒｅｓｅｎｔｓｔｈｅｃｕｒｒｅｎｔｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔｏｆｅｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌａｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒｅｉｎＣｈｉｎａａｎｄｃｏｍｐａｒｅｓｗｉｔｈｔｈｅ＇＇ｓｕｓｔａｉｎａｂｌｅａｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒｅａｎｄｒｕｒａｌｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔ＇＇（ＳＡＲＤ）ｐｕｔｆｏｒｗａｒｄｂｙＦＡＯ,Ｃｈｉｎａ’ｓｓｕｓｔａｉｎａｂｌｅａ－ｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒｅｉｓｎｏｔｏｎｌｙａｎｉｎｇｅｎｉｏｕｓ     

农业系统生产力（ASP）的量化及其现状分析

农业系统生产力（ＡＳＰ）的量化及其现状分析卢进登,韩纯儒（北京农业大学农学系,１０００９４）ＱｕａｎｔｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎｏｆＡｇｒｏｓｙｓｔｅｍＰｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｖｉｔｙ（ＡＳＰ）ａｎｄＡｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｎｉｔｓＣｕｒｒｅｎｔＳｉｔｕａｔｉｏｎｉｎＣｂｉｎａ￥．ＬｕＪｉｎ－ｄｅｎｇ;ＨａｎＣｈｕｎｒｕ（ＢｅｉｊｉｎｇＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙｆＢｅｉｊｉｎｇ１０００９４）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（２）：２１－２２．ＢａｓｅｄｏｎａｂｒｉｅｆａｎａｌｙｓｉｓｏｎｔｈｅｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｏｆＡＳＰ,ｉｔｓｃｏｎｃｅｐｔｉｓｄｅｓｃｒｉｂｅｄａｎｄａｎｉｎｔｅｇｒａｔｅｄｉｎｄｉ－ｃａｔｏｒｆｏｒｉｔｓｑｕａｎｔｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ—ＡＳＰ２ｉｓｐｕｔｆｏｒｗａｒｄｓ．Ｆｒｏｍｔｈｏｓｅ,ｔｈｅＡＳＰｌｅｖｅｌｓｉｎｖａｒｉｏｕｓｒｅｇｉｏｎｓｏｆＣｈｉｎａａｒｅａｎａｌｙｚｅｄａｎｄ８ｌｅｖｅｌｓａｒｅｄｉｖｉｄｅｄｂｙｕｓｉｎｇ．Ｈｉｅｒａｒｃｈｉｃｃｌｕｓｔｅｒｉｎｇｍｅｔｈｏｄ．Ｉｔ’ｓ：ｃｌａｒｉｆｉｅｄｔｈａｔＡＳ－ＰＩｉｓａｍｏｒｅ     

异细胞质信息八倍体小偃麦（Trititrigia 8x）的选育及其性状与细胞遗传

本实验用普通小麦“中国春”和八种异细胞质“中国春”（Ａｅｇｉｌｏｐｓ ｖａｖｉｌｏｖｉｉ）ＣＳ,（Ａｅ．ｊｕｖｅｎａｌｉｓ）ＣＳ,（Ａｅ．ｃｒａｓｓａ）ＣＳ,（Ａｅ．ｃｏｍｏｓａ）ＣＳ,（Ａｅ．ｕｎｉａｒｉｓｔａｔａ）ＣＳ,（Ａｅ．ｓｐｅｌｔｏｉｄｅｓ．Ｍ．）ＣＳ,（Ａｅ．ｋｏｔｓｃｈｙｉ）ＣＳ．（Ｔ．ｔｉｍｏｐｈｅｅｖｉ）ＣＳ分别与八倍体小偃麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｔｒｉｇｉａ ８ｘ）“远中２”、“远中４     

Conformational Studies of Arabinoglucuronomannology (AGM)

ＣｏｎｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎａｌＳｔｕｄｉｅｓｏｆＡｒａｂｉｎｏｇｌｕｃｕｒｏｎｏｍａｎｎｏｌｏｇｙ（ＡＧＭ）ＩｍｓｈｉｋＬｅｅ;ＢａｉＣｈｕｎｌｉ;ＷａｎｇＣｈｅｎ（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＣｈｅｍｉｓｔｒｙ,ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＡｃａｄｅｍｙｏｆＳｃｉｅｎｃ...     

Cloning and Sequencing of the cDNA Fragment Containing Sorghum Actin Gene（SoAcl）

ＣｌｏｎｉｎｇａｎｄＳｅｑｕｅｎｃｉｎｇｏｆｔｈｅｃＤＮＡＦｒａｇｍｅｎｔＣｏｎｔａｉｎｉｎｇＳｏｒｇｈｕｍＡｃｔｉｎＧｅｎｅ（ＳｏＡｃｌ）ＺＨＯＵＬｉ（周立）;ＺＨＡＮＧＸｉａｏ－ｌｉｎ（张筱林）;ＷＵＮａｉ－ｈｕ（吴乃虎）（Ｉｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆ...     

The role of plant villin in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton, cytoplasmic streaming and the architecture of the transvacuolar strand in root hair cells of Hydrocharis

In many types of plant cell, bundles of actin filaments (AFs) are generally involved in cytoplasmic streaming and the organization of transvacuolar strands. Actin cross-linking proteins are believed to arrange AFs into the bundles. In root hair cells of Hydrocharis dubia (Blume) Baker, a 135-kDa polypeptide cross-reacted with an antiserum against a 135-kDa actin-bundling protein (135-ABP), a villin homologue, isolated from lily pollen tubes. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that the 135-kDa polypeptide co-localized with AF bundles in the transvacuolar strand and in the sub-cortical region of the cells. Microinjection of antiserum against 135-ABP into living root hair cells induced the disappearance of the transvacuolar strand. Concomitantly, thick AF bundles in the transvacuolar strand dispersed into thin bundles. In the root hair cells, AFs showed uniform polarity in the bundles, which is consistent with the in-vitro activity of 135-ABP. These results suggest that villin is a factor responsible for bundling AFs in root hair cells as well as in pollen tubes, and that it plays a key role in determining the direction of cytoplasmic streaming in these cells. Received: 16 September 1999 / Accepted: 3 December 1999     

Actin filament organization and polarity in pollen tubes revealed by myosin II subfragment 1 decoration

The actin cytoskeleton plays a crucial role in pollen tube growth. In elongating pollen tubes the organization and arrangement of actin filaments (AFs) differs between the shank and apical region. However, the orientation of AFs in pollen tubes has not yet been successfully demonstrated. In the present work we have used myosin II subfragment 1 (S1) decoration to determine the polarity of AFs in pollen tubes. Electron microscopy studies revealed that in the shank of the tube bundles of AFs exhibit uniform polarity with those close to the cell cortex having their barbed ends oriented towards the tip of the pollen tube while those in the cell center have their barbed ends oriented toward the base of the tube. At the subapex, some AFs are organized in closely packed and longitudinally oriented bundles and some form curved bundles adjacent to the cell membrane. In contrast, few AFs are dispersed with random orientation in the extreme apex of the pollen tube. Our results confirm that the direction of cytoplasmic streaming within pollen tubes is determined by the polarity of AFs in the bundles.     

Fluorescence Microscopic Observations on Actin Filament Distribution in Corn Pollen and Gladiolus Pollen Protoplasts

Actin filament (AF) distribution in Zea mays pollen and Gladiolus gandavensis pollen protoplasts was localized by FITC conjugated phalloidin fluorescence microprobe. The pollen was incubated in Brewbaker and Kwack (BK) medium, and the pollen protoplasts were isolated enzymatically and cultured in K3 medium containing various supplements by a previously reported method. Samples were fixed for 30 min with 1.5% paraformaldehyde dissolved in 0.1 mol/1 phosphate buffer (pH 7), half strength of BK elements, 1 mol/1 EGTA and sucrose, stained for 30–60 min with 1 μg/ml FITC-phalloidin in the buffer solution, and observed by a fluorescence microscopy. In hydrated corn pollen grains, the AFs constituted an irregular network. Prior to germination a part of the pollen grains showed polarized pattern of Afs. At the opposite pole to the germ pore, there was a center from which AF bundles radiated and converged toward the pore, often making a spindle-shaped configuration. In just isolated gladiolus pollen protoplasts, the AFs appeared as irregular fine network. After 4–7h of culture, the AF distribution coincided in some cases with the unevenly regenerated new wall area as exhibited by FITC-phalloidin and Calcofluor White ST double staining, indicating a possible involvement of AF in wall synthesis. After 17–18 h of culture, a part of the pollen protoplasts went on germination. The AFs became polarized in such protoplasts and converged into the tubes produced, and ran longitudinally along the tubes just like in the tubes germinated from pollen grains. However, in ungerminated pollen protoplasts, the AFs behaved abnormalty, showing various irregular arrangements. When protoplasts bursted, the actin aggregates often located at the protrusion site from which the protoplasts would burst, and were discharged into the medium. In neither corn pollen nor gladiolus pollen protoplasts AFs were observed within the generative or sperm cells.     

Differential roles of microtubule and actin-myosin cytoskeleton in the growth of Pinus pollen tubes

The behavior and role of the microtubule (MT) and actin-myosin components of the cytoskeleton during pollen tube growth in two species of Pinus were studied using anti--tubulin, rhodamine-phalloidin, anti-myosin, and the appropriate inhibitors. Within germinated pollen tubes MTs were arranged obliquely or transversely, but in elongated tubes they were arranged along the tube's long axis. MTs were localized in the tube tip region, excluding the basal part. Altered growth was found in pollen tubes treated with colchicine; the tips of many pollen tubes incubated in the liquid medium were branched and/or rounded, and those in the agar medium were divided into many branches. Both the branching and the rounding were considered to be caused by the disturbance of polarizing growth of the tube due to MT disorganization with colchicine treatment. Actin filaments (F-actin) were found in the major parts of many pollen tubes along their long axis, excluding the tip region. In a few tubes, however, F-actin was distributed throughout the tube. The areas in the pollen tube containing F-actin were filled with abundant cytoplasmic granules, but the areas without F-actin had very few granules. The tube nucleus, which migrated from the grain area into the tube, was closely associated with F-actin. Germination of pollen grains treated with cytochalasin B was little affected, but further tube elongation was inhibited. Myosin was identified on cytoplasmic granules and to a lesser extent on the tube nucleus in the pollen tubes. Several granules were attached to the nuclear envelope. Tube growth was completely inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide treatment. In generative cells that were retained in the pollen grain, both MT and F-actin networks were observed. Myosin was localized on the cytoplasmic granules but not on the cell surface. In conclusion, it was shown that actin-myosin and MTs were present in gymnospermous Pinus pollen tubes and it is suggested that the former contributed to outgrowth of the tubes and the latter contributed to polarized growth. Several differences in the behavior of cytoskeletal elements in generative cells compared to angiosperms were revealed and are discussed.     

Actin Filaments Purified from Tobacco Cultured BY-2 Cells Can Be Translocated by Plant Myosin

Actin filaments (AFs) and microtubules (MTs) are essential constituentsof the cytoskeleton in plant cells. Sliding of motor proteinsalong these cytoskeletons is believed to be necessary in variouscellular functions. In our previous study [Yokota et al. (1995b)Plant Cell Physiol. 36: 1563], we succeeded in isolating tubulinfrom cultured tobacco BY-2 cells, which in its polymerized formcan be translocated by the MT-based motor protein, dynein, invitro. In the present study, the method was modified to purifyboth tubulin and actin. Purified actin could be polymerizedand decorated by subfragment-1 (S-1) of skeletal muscle myosin.In the motility assay in vitro, AFs, thus prepared, could betranslocated by plant myosin isolated from lily pollen tubes.The sliding velocity of those AFs was similar to that of animalAFs prepared from chicken breast muscle, and comparable withthe velocity of cytoplasmic streaming in living pollen tubesof lily. Using S-1, motility assay was carried out. The slidingvelocity of plant AFs and that of muscle AFs were also similar.As far as we know, this is the first report of the sliding ofisolated plant AFs with myosin. (Received April 30, 1999; Accepted September 7, 1999)     

Movement of generative cell and vegetative nucleus in tobacco pollen tubes is dependent on microtubule cytoskeleton but independent of the synthesis of callose plugs

The role of microtubules (MTs) in vegetative nucleus (VN) and generative cell (GC) transport was investigated by comparing VN and GC distribution with callose plug formation in tobacco pollen grains germinated and grown for 12 h with the plant-specific anti-MT drug oryzalin. The VN-GC complex or VN alone was located close to the tube tip in 100% of controls, but in only 5% of oryzalin-treated tubes. Instead, in 38% of oryzalin tubes, the complex or VN occurred close to the last-formed callose plug; in 40% between or in the middle of plugs; and in 17%, in or near the grain. An aberrant microfilament (MF) cytoskeleton was revealed by expression of a green fluorescent protein-talin fusion protein in living oryzalin-treated tubes. The abnormal MF structures probably resulted from the absence of MTs and impaired - or were a consequence of - VN and GC movement into the tube tip. In oryzalin tubes with several callose plugs, the VN and GC could be in or near the grain, indicating that callose plug synthesis is not dependent on the movement of VN and GC into the tube. VN and GC movement and callose plug formation are apparently independent events, in which the transport of the VN-GC complex must precede callose plug synthesis. Maintenance of the correct developmental program requires an intact MT cytoskeleton, otherwise no fertile pollen tubes are formed.     

The effects of a triazole fungicide,propiconazole, on pollen germination,tube growth and cytoskeletal distribution in Tradescantia virginiana

The effects of propiconazole on germination and tube growth of Tradescantia virginiana pollen when incorporated in germination media at 0, 102, 136, or 170 l l^–1 were evaluated using light microscopy and immunocytochemistry. Propiconazole inhibited pollen germination, cytoplasmic streaming, and tube elongation. Treatments also induced abnormal tube morphology and cytoskeletal distribution. Tubes treated with propiconazole displayed weaker microfilament (Mf) signals along the pollen tubes, with amorphous staining. Microtubule (Mt) distribution was also severely affected. In treated tubes, the proximal portions had characteristically fragmented Mts. Fewer Mt bundles were seen in the subapical region, and these were located further from the apex. Propiconazole effects were generally concentration dependent. The results indicate that propiconazole affects both Mfs and Mts; however, the effects may be an indirect result of the drug's influence on membranes.     

Relationship between the generative cell and vegetative nucleus in pollen tubes of Nicotiana tabacum

Summary Fluorescence microscopy was used to visualize microtubules (Mts) and chromatin in an effort to further clarify the relationship between the generative cell (GC) and vegetative nucleus (VN) in pollen tubes of tobacco. Prominent Mt bundles are present in one or more GC extensions that can be finger-like or lamellar in form. While the VN is positioned distal to the GC in most cases, it can also straddle the cell or lie proximal to it. In all cases, however, extensions embrace, penetrate or clasp the VN. GC Mts are reorganized during the formation of the mitotic apparatus, and cell extensions are fully or partially withdrawn. By telophase in many pollen tubes, the VN shifts to a more proximal position and appears to adhere to the region of the GC containing the phragmoplast. Application of oryzalin leads to the disorganization of Mts, changes in cell shape, including the loss or alteration of cell extensions, and separation of the GC and VN in some cases. However, the position and polarity of the VN is maintained in most pollen tubes. The results indicate that GC Mts and cell extensions play a role in the association with the VN. However, the relationship appears to be controlled by other factors as well. Attention should now be directed at potential interactions involving the VN envelope, vegetative plasma membrane, GC plasma membrane and extracellular matrix.Abbreviations GC Generative cell - MGU male germ unit - Mt microtubule - VN vegetative nucleus     

Fluorescence Microscopic Observations on the Distribution Patterns of Actin Filaments in the Cells of Developing Endosperm in Triticum aestivum

The presence and distribution patterns of actin filaments (AFs) in the cells of developing wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ) endosperm exhibiting intercellular protoplasmic movement were studied with fluorescence microscopy and video microscopy. By using TRITC-PhaIloidin as fluorescence probe and cytochalasin B (CB) treatment it was uncovered that there were a lot of AFs scattered throughout the cytoplasm and the patterns of AFs varied greatly with the actin localization. Four configurations of AFs could be recognized: an actin meshwork surrouding the nucleus; bundles of AFs radiating from nuclear “basket” and extending to the periplasm; numerous finer AFs densely and randomly distributed in the cortical cytoplasm and fusiform bodies composed of AFs appearing in the endosperm cells lying at the “cheek” of the caryopsis. Judging from the dynamic characters of intercellular movement of the cytoplasmic constituents and the reaction of cytoplasmic strands related to CB treatment, the authors have discussed and proposed that the exhibition of the two kinds of intercellular movement (extrusion of cytoplasmic strands and mass flow of ground substance) might also be in close relation to the different configurations of AF organization in the cytoplasm.