外源腐胺对油桃采后生理及与其相关酶活性的影响

研究外源腐胺(Put)对油桃品种‘秦光2号’果实采后生理及与其相关酶活性影响的结果表明:在0℃贮藏条件下Put处理的油桃冷害比未经Put处理的延迟10d发生,冷害发生率和冷害指数下降,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)的活性均提高,脂氧合酶(LOX)活性受抑,果实的乙烯释放量和呼吸速率下降,二者跃变高峰出现推迟,果实硬度下降延缓,可溶性固形物(TSS)含量保持在较高水平,但Put对油桃中可滴定酸(TA)含量影响不显著。     

温度对采后石榴果实品质和某些生理指标的影响

研究不同温度对采后石榴品种‘净皮甜’果实品质和某些生理指标影响的结果表明：在5℃条件下贮藏的石榴,其果实中可溶性固形物含量、总糖含量和可滴定酸含量可以得到保持,果皮的相对电导率和褐变指数升高速率减慢,果实的呼吸速率和腐烂率下降,抗坏血酸氧化酶（AAO）和多酚氧化酶（PPO）活性受到抑制,过氧化物酶（POD）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性保持相对较高水平。贮藏120d的果实品质良好,保鲜效果也较好。     

24-表油菜素内酯对茄子果实贮藏品质及抗氧化活性的影响

为了明确24-表油菜素内酯(EBR)对茄子果实贮藏品质及抗氧化活性的影响,以‘布利塔’茄子为试材,研究了茄子果实冷藏过程贮藏品质和抗氧化活性相关指标的变化。结果显示:(1)与对照相比,EBR处理显著降低了茄子的冷害指数,延缓了果实贮藏过程中呼吸强度的上升和果面硬度的下降,明显抑制了茄子花萼变色,促进了可溶性总糖的累积,但对可滴定酸含量无明显影响。(2)EBR处理还诱导了茄子果实3种抗氧化酶(SOD、CAT和APX)活性的增加,并降低了H2O2含量。研究表明,EBR处理提高了茄子的耐贮性和贮藏品质,这可能与其维持了茄子果实较高的抗氧化活性有关。     

冷激处理对油桃贮藏品质和抗氧化酶活性的影响

以‘秦光2号’油桃为材料。研究了冷激处理对果实冷藏中品质及相关酶活性的影响。结果表明,0℃冷空气．处理3．5h可明显延迟油桃的后熟衰老;同时有推迟乙烯释放高峰和呼吸高峰。提高膜脂过氧化保护酶SOD、CAT、POD的活性,保持果肉硬度。减轻冷害发生的作用。但对可溶性固形物和可滴定酸含量无明显影响。     

高氧对枇杷果实贮藏期间呼吸速率和多酚氧化酶活性及品质的影响(简报)

枇杷果实采后在高Ｏ２（Ｏ２＞９０％）环境中冷藏时,果实呼吸速率和多酚氧化酶活性受到明显抑制,可溶性固形物和可滴定酸含量下降较慢。贮藏３５ｄ后的果实仍甜酸适宜,风味较好,果心褐变程度较轻。     

低温预贮对‘红阳’猕猴桃果实冷害及CBF转录因子表达的影响

以‘红阳’猕猴桃果实为试材,研究低温预贮［(5±1) ℃ 3 d］对‘红阳’猕猴桃果实冷害及转录因子CBF(C-repeat binding factor)表达的影响。结果表明,低温预贮处理可以有效地降低‘红阳’猕猴桃果实冷害率和冷害指数,显著减少膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（MDA）的积累和抑制脂氧合酶（LOX）活性的增加,有效地抑制果实呼吸速率和乙烯释放速率,保持较高的过氧化物酶（POD）活性,降低多酚氧化酶（PPO）活性,促进CBF转录因子的表达,在贮藏末期失水较少,保持较高的好果率。可见,低温预贮处理可以减轻‘红阳’猕猴桃果实在低温贮藏过程中的冷害发生,促进CBF转录因子的表达,对控制‘红阳’猕猴桃果实冷害有较好的作用。     

低温对荔枝果肉膜脂过氧化和保护酶活性的影响

对‘白蜡’荔枝果肉在3℃和-1℃下的贮藏效果及果肉膜脂过氧化和保护酶活性进行了研究。结果表明,去果皮的荔枝果肉在3℃下贮藏40d,-1℃下保鲜50d,不表现冷害症状。低温下果肉的细胞膜透性、丙二醛(MDA)含量逐渐增加。冷藏30d,-1℃与3℃果肉之间的膜透性、MDA含量没有显著差异,但30d后,-1℃处理明显延缓了果肉膜透性和MDA含量的增加。在3℃下贮藏果肉的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(ASA-POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性在20d、过氧化物酶(POD)活性在30d时分别到达高峰值。-1℃延缓了这些保护酶活性的升高并降低了峰值。     

杨梅果实发育进程中的碳水化合物代谢

以‘乌紫’和‘荸荠’两个杨梅品种为试材,测定了干鲜重、糖含量、可滴定酸含量、蔗糖和己糖代谢相关酶活性的动态变化。结果表明,杨梅果实的干鲜重、含糖量的快速增长和可滴定酸含量的快速下降均发生在果实发育后期。成熟‘乌紫’杨梅果实的蔗糖含量约占总糖的2／3以上,而‘荸荠’杨梅仅为总糖的49％。‘荸荠’杨梅的转化酶和蔗糖合酶分解活性随着果实发育呈上升趋势,‘乌紫’杨梅的则变化不大。两个品种的蔗糖磷酸合酶活性随着果实发育呈上升趋势,但蔗糖合酶合成活性到果实发育中期后下降。两个品种的己糖激酶活性变化相似,但果糖激酶活性的变化趋势不同。     

采后荔枝果实冷害过程中多胺含量的变化

以桂味荔枝果实为材料,研究冷害及外源亚精胺(Spd)处理对果实膜透性和内源多胺含量变化的影响。结果表明,在0℃下贮藏时果实发生冷害过程中,荔枝果皮中腐胺(Put)、Spd、精胺(Spm)含量在14d后明显增加,膜透性快速增大,21d时果皮出现明显的冷害褐变,Put进一步积累,而Spm含量下降,Spd保持较高水平。非冷害温度(3℃)下贮藏时,果皮多胺含量变化相对较小。0℃下果肉的多胺含量和变化幅度低于3℃果实,并延迟7d衰老。外源Spd处理明显提高果实内源多胺含量的同时,延缓了果皮相对膜透性增加,减轻了冷害。这表明果皮中Put的积累可能是荔枝果实冷害的结果,冷藏初期Spm含量的上升可能是果实对冷害的防卫反应。     

热激处理对冷藏蚕豆种子褐变和有关酶活性的影响

研究了45℃30、60和120s短期热激处理对蚕豆种子在1℃贮藏期间褐变和有关酶活性的影响。结果表明,采用45℃ 60s热激处理可显著降低蚕豆在冷藏期间的呼吸强度、PPO和PAL活性,抑制MDA和总酚含量及褐变度的上升,延缓叶绿素和Vc含量的下降。从而起到延缓衰老和保持品质的作用。45℃热处理120s使2周后MDA含量和褐变度上升及Vc含量下降较快,这可能是由于组织受到了热伤害造成的。     

Peroxide modification of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum in antioxidant deficiency and under the effect of ionol. II. Physico- chemical properties of the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane

Physico-chemical parameters of membranes of skeletal muscles' sarcoplasmic reticulum in antioxidant insufficiency, which was modelled by excluding alpha-tocopherol from the animals ration, and after treatment with phenol antioxidant ionol were studied. It was shown that activation of lipid peroxidation in vitamin E insufficiency results in a significant lowering of microviscosity of lipid bilayer membranes of sarcoplasmic reticulum. Using polarography significant changes in membrane protein conformation were revealed, which were characterized by lowering of integrity and by disorganization of protein globules. Treatment of animals with antioxidant insufficiency with ionol led to certain normalization of changes of physico-chemical characteristics of the learned membrane structures caused by lipid peroxidation.     

Antioxidant potential of natural and synthesised polyprenylated hydroquinones

The metabolites 2-octaprenyl-1,4-hydroquinone (1) and 2-(24-hydroxy)-octaprenyl-1,4-hydroquinone (2), isolated from the sponge Ircinia spinosula, along with a series of synthetic derivatives, were evaluated for their antioxidant capacity, in order to establish a potential relationship between structural characteristics and antioxidant activity. The antioxidant potential of both natural and synthesised compounds was evaluated in vitro by their ability: (1) to interact with the stable free 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) and (2) to inhibit the peroxidation, induced by the Fe(++)/ascorbate system, of heat inactivated hepatic microsomal membrane lipids. Metabolite 1 presented a strong interaction with DPPH and had a moderate effect on lipid peroxidation, while metabolite 2 interacted extensively with DPPH and exhibited a significant effect against lipid peroxidation. All derivatives retaining the free 1,4-hydroquinone system maintained fully or partly the free radical scavenging capacity.     

Opposite effects on antioxidant enzymes of adaptation to continuous and intermittent hypoxia]

Adaptation to continuous hypoxia under mid-mountain conditions (altitude 2100 m) decreases the content of lipid peroxidation products and the activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase in rat heart, liver, and brain, with a concomitant decline in the resistance to reperfusion arrhythmias. On the contrary, adaptation to intermittent hypoxia in the altitude chamber increases the activity of the antioxidant enzymes in the same organs, while the content of peroxidation products remains normal; at the same time, the heart becomes more resistant to reperfusion arrhythmias. The mechanism is discussed that ensures enhanced antioxidant protection in adaptation to intermittent hypoxia.     

钙对烟草叶片热激忍耐和活性氧代谢的影响

热胁迫导致烟草叶片细胞膜系统显著受损,表现为SOD活性降低和MDA含量明显升高,叶片叶绿素含量下降,活性氧增加。10 mmol/L CaCl2溶液处理烟草幼苗后,能有效降低热胁迫下叶片细胞膜透性,维持较高的SOD和CAT等抗氧化酶活性,减缓 O-·2 形成和膜脂过氧化反应。研究结果表明,CaCl2处理提高了烟草叶片膜稳定性和膜保护酶活性,有利于保护细胞膜结构,降低高温对烟草幼苗的伤害。钙离子螯合剂EGTA能在一定程度上降低烟草叶片的抗热性。     

Effect of subchronic administration of phenazepam and synthetic antioxidants on the functional status of synaptic membranes in the cerebral cortex of rats subjected to prolonged stress

Monoamine oxidase activity, lipid peroxidation and membrane structure were tested after chronic stress and 7-day treatment with drugs in the brain cortex synaptosomal membranes of rats. The most potent corrector of stress-induced changes, as compared to hydrophobic antioxidant dibunol and tranquilizer phenazepam, was compound 3-OP, a hydrophilic antioxidant.     

Inhibition of antioxidants and hyperthermia enhance bleomycin-induced cytotoxicity and lipid peroxidation in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

Regional hyperthermia has potential for human cancer treatment, particularly in combination with systemic chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Heat enhances the cytotoxic effect of certain anticancer agents such as bleomycin, but the mechanisms involved in cell killing are currently unknown. Bleomycin generates reactive oxygen species. It is likely that hyperthermia itself also increases oxidative stress in cells. We evaluate whether oxidative stress has a role in the mechanism of cell death caused by bleomycin and heat in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Heat (41 to 44 degrees C) increased cytotoxicity of bleomycin, evaluated by clonogenic cell survival. Decreased levels of cellular antioxidants should create an imbalance between prooxidant and antioxidant systems, thus enhancing cytotoxic responses to heat and to oxidant-generating drugs. We determine the involvement of four major cellular antioxidant defenses, superoxide dismutase (SOD), the glutathione redox cycle (GSH cycle), catalase, and glutathione S-transferase (GST), in cellular sensitivity to bleomycin, alone or combined with hyperthermia. These cellular defenses were inhibited by diethyldithiocarbamate, l-buthionine sulfoximine, aminotriazole, and ethacrynic acid, respectively. We show that levels of antioxidants (SOD, GSH cycle, and GST) affect cellular cytotoxic responses to bleomycin, at normal and elevated temperatures (41 to 44 degrees C), suggesting the involvement of oxidative stress. Bleomycin and iron caused oxidative damage to membrane lipids in intact cells, at 37 and 43 degrees C. Lipid peroxidation was evaluated by fluorescence detection of thiobarbituric acid-reactive products. There was an increase in damage to membrane lipids when the antioxidant defenses, SOD and catalase, were inhibited. The differing effects of antioxidant inhibitors on bleomycin-induced cytotoxicity and membrane lipid damage suggest that different mechanisms are involved in these two processes. However, free radicals appear to be involved in both cases. The marked sensitization of cells by diethyldithiocarbamate, to both bleomycin-induced cytotoxicity and lipid peroxidation, suggests that superoxide could be involved in both of these processes.     

Changes observed in antioxidant system in the blood of postmenopausal women with breast cancer.

From experimental studies and epidemiological data, it can be inferred that lipid peroxidation is increased in cancer patients. Cases of post-menopausal, untreated women with benign and malignant breast tumours, were compared with their age matched controls in their serum lipid peroxides, antioxidant vitamins (E and C), serum selenium and serum ceruloplasmin. Erythrocyte and its membrane lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes (catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and glutathione-S-transferase) levels were also analyzed. Significant increase in circulating lipid peroxides, ceruloplasmin and significant decrease in antioxidant vitamins and selenium were observed in breast cancer women. The erythrocyte and its membrane lipid peroxidation was increased significantly and severe impairment of antioxidant potential was observed in breast cancer women.     

Contrasting Physiological Responses of Jatropha curcas Plants to Single and Combined Stresses of Salinity and Heat

In this study we evaluated the contrasting major physiological responses of Jatropha curcas L. to salinity alone and in combination with high temperature. The plants were subjected to salinity (100 mM NaCl) before and after exposure to 43 °C (heat stress) for 6 h. The effects of salinity were more harmful than heat stress, and the effects of salt stress were increased when both stress factors were combined. The negative effects of the combined treatments included strong impairment of the CO₂ assimilation rate and stomata conductance and increased Na⁺ and Cl^? accumulation in the leaves associated with increased membrane damage and lipid peroxidation. Heat favorably stimulated the accumulation of glycine betaine and chlorophyll in the salt-stressed leaves. Treatments with salt, heat, and their combination stimulated the antioxidant enzymatic defense system, that is, the expression of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), whereas the expression of catalase (CAT) was stimulated through treatments with salt alone and in combination with heat; treatment with heat alone did not affect CAT expression. The ascorbate redox state was decreased under salinity stress alone and in combination with heat but remained unaffected when treated with heat alone. Overall, the leaf H₂O₂ concentration did not change in response to these stresses, but lipid peroxidation and membrane damage was increased. Moreover, high temperature increases the negative effects of salt stress on key physiological processes, but treatment with heat alone is favorable for several metabolic indicators of young J. curcas plants. In contrast with heat, these plants exhibit higher physiological disturbances under isolated salinity stress.     

Effects of Continuous and Intermittent Magnetic Fields on Oxidative Parameters In vivo

Continuous and intermittent 50 Hz, 1.5 mT magnetic field with the exposure period of 4 h/day for 4 days was used to investigate its possible effect on adult guinea pigs. Tissues and plasma specimens were assessed by biochemical parameters. Malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH), nitric oxide (NO) levels and myeloperoxidase activity (MPO) were examined in plasma, liver and brain tissues. All parameters were determined by spectrophotometer. While intermittent magnetic field was effective on plasma lipid peroxidation, continuous magnetic field was found to be effective on plasma MPO activity and NO levels. Augmentation of lipid peroxidation was also observed in liver tissue both intermittent and continuous magnetic field exposures. These results indicate that both the intermittent and continuous magnetic field exposures affect various tissues in a distinct manner because of having different tissue antioxidant status and responses.     

Ripening, storage temperature, ethylene action, and oxidative stress alter apple peel phytosterol metabolism

The chilling conditions of apple cold storage can provoke an economically significant necrotic peel disorder called superficial scald (scald) in susceptible cultivars. Disorder development can be reduced by inhibiting ethylene action or oxidative stress as well as intermittent warming. It was previously demonstrated that scald is preceded by a metabolomic shift that results in altered levels of various classes of triterpenoids, including metabolites with mass spectral features similar to β-sitosterol. In this study, a key class of phytosterol metabolites was identified. Changes in peel tissue levels of conjugates of β-sitosterol and campesterol, including acylated steryl glycosides (ASG), steryl glycosides (SG) and steryl esters (SE), as well as free sterols (FS), were determined during the period of scald development. Responses to pre-storage treatment with the ethylene action inhibitor, 1-methylcyclopropene, or an antioxidant (diphenylamine), rapid temperature elevation, and cold acclimation using intermittent warming treatments were evaluated. Diphenylamine, 1-MCP, and intermittent warming all reduced or prevented scald development. ASG levels increased and SE levels decreased in untreated control fruit during storage. Removing fruit from cold storage to ambient temperature induced rapid shifts in ASG and SE fatty acyl moieties from unsaturated to saturated. FS and SG levels remained relatively stable during storage but SG levels increased following a temperature increase after storage. ASG, SE, and SG levels did not increase during 6 months cold storage in fruit subjected to intermittent warming treatment. Overall, the results show that apple peel phytosteryl conjugate metabolism is influenced by storage duration, oxidative stress, ethylene action/ripening, and storage temperature.