植物叶片衰老与氧化胁迫

叶片衰老是叶片生长发育进程中的最后阶段,与活性氧伤害有着密切的关系。介绍了植物叶片衰老过程中活性氧产生及清除系统的变化,讨论了对水分胁迫与氧化胁迫的交叉抗性,并对下一步的研究作出了展望     

砂仁不同叶位叶片的光合作用和氧化胁迫

衰老时砂仁叶片Pmax降低,这与叶片Gs、Chi含量和可溶性蛋白质含量的降低有关.随着叶片的衰老,NPQ、AQY、F/Fm、φPsIl和qp均降低,热耗散减少,光抑制加剧,衰老后期出现光破坏.但这些参数下降的幅度均小于Pmax下降幅度.光暗反应失衡,活性氧生成增加.衰老初期(老化)叶片MDA含量没有升高,衰老中后期叶片MDA含量显著升高,表明老化叶片能有效地耗散或清除活性氧,衰老叶片则不能,尽管其sOD、APX和POD等抗氧化酶活力显著升高.上述结果表明砂仁叶片老化与氧化胁迫关系不大,衰老与氧化胁迫密切相关.     

高温逆境下植物叶片衰老机理研究进展

叶片衰老是植物叶片发育的最后阶段,其作为一个主动的生理过程,对植物体内的营养循环再利用以及种子形成具有重要的生理意义。在植物的生长过程中,多种环境因素会影响叶片衰老进程。高温是影响叶片衰老最重要的环境因素之一。随着温室效应的加剧,研究高温胁迫下叶片衰老的调节机制对于通过调控叶片衰老进程,从而增加植物产量具有重要意义。本文对高温胁迫下叶绿体及类囊体膜的损伤、光合电子传递活力的改变、活性氧累积、光合作用相关蛋白质降解及细胞自噬方面的研究进展进行了综述。     

干旱胁迫对小麦旗叶活性氧代谢及灌浆速率的影响

在防雨池栽条件下,研究了干旱胁迫对小麦旗叶活性氧代谢的影响.结果表明,小麦旗叶内H2O2和O-·2水平随干旱胁迫的加剧和衰老进程的加快而逐渐升高,活性氧清除系统中的SOD和CAT活性逐渐下降,膜脂过氧化产物MDA含量升高,导致叶片内可溶性蛋白质和叶绿素含量下降,是干旱胁迫造成对籽粒产量贡献较大的旗叶伤害的主要原因之一,从而导致穗粒重下降.     

6-苄（基）腺嘌呤和抗坏血酸对渗透胁迫时杨树光合作用光抑制的影响

研究了6-BA和A5A对渗透胁迫时杨树幼苗叶片光合作用光抑制和活性氧代谢的影响．结果表明,渗透胁迫时杨树叶片净光合速率(Pn)和表观量子效率(AQY)降低,光合作用光抑制加剧,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性升高,抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性降低,O2产生加快,H2O2和膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)含量升高．6-BA和A5A预处理使胁迫时叶片SOD和APx活性升高。O2生成减少。H2O22和MDA含量降低,同时缓解了光合作用的光抑制．相关分析表明,杨树叶片活性氧水平和MDA含量与Pn和AQY呈负相关．胁迫时杨树叶片活性氧的积累与光合作用光抑制有一定关系,6-BA和A5A对光抑制的缓解作用与其对活性氧清除系统的促进作用有关。     

O3浓度升高和UV-B辐射增强对大豆叶片叶绿素含量和活性氧代谢的影响

以大豆栽培品种铁丰29为试验材料,利用开顶式气室研究O₃浓度升高和UV-B辐射增强复合胁迫对大豆叶片叶绿素（Chl）含量、膜脂过氧化程度、活性氧产生速率、抗氧化酶活性和籽粒产量的影响.结果表明:在大豆整个生育期内,与对照相比,O₃和UV-B单一胁迫及其复合胁迫下的大豆叶片Chl（a+b）、Chl a和Chl b含量均呈下降趋势;相对电导率、丙二醛含量增大,活性氧产生速率和H₂O₂含量增加,超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性下降,产量降低.O₂和UV-B复合胁迫加剧了大豆叶片膜脂过氧化程度,促进大豆体内活性氧自由基的产生,使大豆抗氧化能力减弱,叶绿素含量降低,对大豆表现为协同效应.O₃胁迫对大豆叶片的影响与复合胁迫更相近,其原因可能是在复合胁迫中臭氧起主要作用.     

O3浓度升高和UV-B辐射增强对大豆叶片叶绿素含量和活性氧代谢的影响

以大豆栽培品种铁丰29为试验材料,利用开顶式气室研究O₃浓度升高和UV B辐射增强复合胁迫对大豆叶片叶绿素(Chl)含量、膜脂过氧化程度、活性氧产生速率、抗氧化酶活性和籽粒产量的影响.结果表明： 在大豆整个生育期内,与对照相比,O₃和UV-B单一胁迫及其复合胁迫下的大豆叶片Chl(a+b)、Chl a和Chl b含量均呈下降趋势;相对电导率、丙二醛含量增大,活性氧产生速率和H₂O₂含量增加,超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性下降,产量降低.O₃和UV-B复合胁迫加剧了大豆叶片膜脂过氧化程度,促进大豆体内活性氧自由基的产生,使大豆抗氧化能力减弱,叶绿素含量降低,对大豆表现为协同效应.O₃胁迫对大豆叶片的影响与复合胁迫更相近,其原因可能是在复合胁迫中臭氧起主要作用.     

干旱胁迫对小麦幼苗抗氰呼吸和活性氧代谢的影响

研究了干旱胁迫对抗旱性强弱不同的两种小麦幼苗的抗氰呼吸和活性氧代谢的影响。干旱胁迫导致了两种小麦抗氰呼吸活性及基因转录水平的下降,但抗旱品种在轻度干旱胁迫下表现出一定的适应能力,其抗氰呼吸活性及基因转录水平均高于不抗旱品种。干旱胁迫下,对干旱敏感的小麦幼苗叶片中活性氧含量高于抗旱小麦;3种抗氧化酶的活性低于抗旱小麦的3种抗氧化酶的活性。据此认为,严重的干旱胁迫引起活性氧含量的增加扰动了活性氧与抗氰呼吸之间的应答平衡,但抗氰呼吸可能通过清除活性氧等机制而起了抗旱的作用。     

激动素对韭菜叶片衰老的影响与活性氧代谢的关系

本文研究了激动素对韭菜离体叶片衰老的影响与活性氧代谢的关系。结果表明,在暗诱导衰老过程中抗坏血酸、谷胱甘肽含量和超氧物岐化酶、过氧化氢酶活性均呈下降趋势。激动素在延缓衰老的同时,明显抑制了抗坏血酸、谷胱甘肽含量和超氧物岐化酶、过氧化氢酶活性的下降以及膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛的积累。证明激动素延缓衰老的作用是通过调节活性氧代谢来实现的。     

根系渗透胁迫时杨树光合作用光抑制与活性氧的关系

为更多地了解自然条件下活体叶片的光抑制,研究了渗透胁迫时杨树无性系幼苗叶片的光抑制与活性氧代谢的关系．结果表明,随胁迫时间的延长和胁迫强度的增大,杨树叶片O2^-生成加快,H2O2和丙二醛(MDA)含量增多,超氧物歧化酶(SOD)活性升高,过氧化氢酶(CAT)和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性降低,活性氧代谢失衡,光合作用的光抑制加剧．用二乙基二硫代氨基甲酸铜盐抑制SOD活性,或用甲基紫精加速O2^-的生成,亦可使杨树叶片发生光抑制．渗透胁迫时杨树无性系幼苗清除H2O2能力降低,限制了叶片通过Mehler反应耗散过剩光能,防御光破坏作用的发挥;光抑制的发生与活性氧的积累有关．     

The stressed synovium

This review focuses on the mechanisms of stress response in the synovial tissue of rheumatoid arthritis. The major stress factors, such as heat stress, shear stress, proinflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress, are discussed and reviewed, focusing on their potential to induce a stress response in the synovial tissue. Several pathways of stress signalling molecules are found to be activated in the synovial membrane of rheumatoid arthritis; of these the most important examples are heat shock proteins, mitogen-activated protein kinases, stress-activated protein kinases and molecules involved in the oxidative stress pathways. The expression of these pathways in vitro and in vivo as well as the consequences of stress signalling in the rheumatoid synovium are discussed. Stress signalling is part of a cellular response to potentially harmful stimuli and thus is essentially involved in the process of synovitis. Stress signalling pathways are therefore new and promising targets of future anti-rheumatic therapies.     

Stress granules: RNP-containing cytoplasmic bodies arising in stress: Structure and mechanism of organization

The review considers recent data on stress granules, which are dense RNP-containing cytoplasmic bodies that arise under stress conditions, e.g., in heat shock, UV irradiation, energy depletion, and oxidative stress. There is evidence that stress granules accumulate incomplete initiation complexes containing mRNA associated with proteins, small ribosomal subunits, and some translation initiation factors, and that stress granules are formed when cells are depleted of the ternary complex (eIF2-tRNA^Met-GTP), in particular, upon eIF2A phosphorylation or a decrease in GTP. Large ribosomal subunits and the ternary complex are absent from stress granules. The structural basis of stress granules is known. It is probable, however, that RNA-binding protein TIA-1, which normally occurs in the nucleus, forms prion-like aggregates that serve as scaffolds for other components of stress granules. The cytoskeleton facilitates the accumulation of stress granule components in local cytoplasmic sites. Studies of the formation and composition of stress granules are important for a better understanding of the regulation of translation initiation in vivo and the mechanisms of the cell response to stress factors.     

Autoantibody systems in rheumatoid arthritis: specificity, sensitivity and diagnostic value

This review focuses on the mechanisms of stress response in the synovial tissue of rheumatoid arthritis. The major stress factors, such as heat stress, shear stress, proinflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress, are discussed and reviewed, focusing on their potential to induce a stress response in the synovial tissue. Several pathways of stress signalling molecules are found to be activated in the synovial membrane of rheumatoid arthritis; of these the most important examples are heat shock proteins, mitogen-activated protein kinases, stress-activated protein kinases and molecules involved in the oxidative stress pathways. The expression of these pathways in vitro and in vivo as well as the consequences of stress signalling in the rheumatoid synovium are discussed. Stress signalling is part of a cellular response to potentially harmful stimuli and thus is essentially involved in the process of synovitis. Stress signalling pathways are therefore new and promising targets of future anti-rheumatic therapies.     

Cellular stress leads to the formation of membraneless stress assemblies in eukaryotic cells

In cells at steady state, two forms of cell compartmentalization coexist: membrane‐bound organelles and phase‐separated membraneless organelles that are present in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Strikingly, cellular stress is a strong inducer of the reversible membraneless compartments referred to as stress assemblies. Stress assemblies play key roles in survival during cell stress and in thriving of cells upon stress relief. The two best studied stress assemblies are the RNA‐based processing‐bodies (P‐bodies) and stress granules that form in response to oxidative, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), osmotic and nutrient stress as well as many others. Interestingly, P‐bodies and stress granules are heterogeneous with respect to both the pathways that lead to their formation and their protein and RNA content. Furthermore, in yeast and Drosophila, nutrient stress also leads to the formation of many other types of prosurvival cytoplasmic stress assemblies, such as metabolic enzymes foci, proteasome storage granules, EIF2B bodies, U‐bodies and Sec bodies, some of which are not RNA‐based. Nutrient stress leads to a drop in cytoplasmic pH, which combined with posttranslational modifications of granule contents, induces phase separation.     

Study of the information stress problem in operators

On the basis of analysis of the special features of operator performance under extreme conditions, a special form of occupational and psychological stress was determined, i.e., information stress in the operator. The relations between workload and stress are determined, and basic information stressors are indicated. The results of the use of information stress models and the data on personality-related determination of this condition are analyzed. The assumptions on the mental control mechanisms of stress resistance in the operator are suggested.     

Immune and stress response 'cross-talk' in the Drosophila Malpighian tubule

The success of insects is in large part due to their ability to survive environmental stress, including heat, cold, and dehydration. Insects are also exposed to infection, osmotic or oxidative stress, and to xenobiotics or toxins. The molecular mechanisms of stress sensing and response have been widely investigated in mammalian cell lines, and the area of stress research is now so vast to be beyond the scope of a single review article. However, the mechanisms by which stress inputs to the organism are sensed and integrated at the tissue and cellular level are less well understood. Increasingly, common molecular events between immune and other stress responses are observed in vivo; and much of this work stems of efforts in insect molecular science and physiology. We describe here the current knowledge in the area of immune and stress signalling and response at the level of the organism, tissue and cell, focussing on a key epithelial tissue in insects, the Malpighian tubule, and drawing together the known pathways that modulate responses to different stress insults. The tubules are critical for insect survival and are increasingly implicated in responses to multiple and distinct stress inputs. Importantly, as tubule function is central to survival, they are potentially key targets for insect control, which will be facilitated by increased understanding of the complexities of stress signalling in the organism.     

Stress granules: RNP-containing cytoplasmic bodies springing up under stress. The structure and mechanism of organization

In this review recent data describing stress granules are summarized. Stress granules are specific RNA-containing structures in the cytoplasm of living cells which arise under stress conditions (e. g. heat shock, UV irradiation, energy depletion and oxidative stress). It became evident that stress granules accumulate non-canonical 48S initiation complexes and contain mRNA with associated proteins, small ribosomal subunits and some initiation factors. Stress granules are depleted with ternary complex and large ribosomal subunit. It's proposed that eIF2alpha phosphorylation and ternary complex decrease can be a trigger for stress granule formation. Shuttling nuclear and cytoplasmic RNA-binding protein TIA-1 plays a crucial role in this process. It's proposed that TIA-1 forms prion-like aggregates, and these aggregates are scaffolds for other components of stress granules. Cytoskeletal structures facilitate the accumulation of stress granule components in local cytoplasmic sites. Investigation of process of stress granule formation is important for understanding of cell reaction to stress and translation regulation mechanisms.     

Interactive effects of water,light and heat stress on photosynthesis in Fremont cottonwood

Fremont cottonwood seedlings are vulnerable to water stress from rapid water‐table decline during river recession in spring. Water stress is usually cited as the reason for reduced establishment, but interactions of water stress with microclimate extremes are more likely the causes of mortality. We assessed photosynthetic responses of Fremont cottonwood seedlings to water, light and heat stresses, which commonly co‐occur in habitats where seedlings establish. Under moderate temperature and light conditions, water stress did not affect photosynthetic function. However, stomatal closure during water stress predisposed Fremont cottonwood leaves to light and heat stress, resulting in greatly reduced photosynthesis beginning at 31 °C versus at 41 °C for well‐watered plants. Ontogenetic shifts in leaf orientation from horizontal to vertical, which occur as seedlings mature, reduce heat and light stress, especially during water stress. When compared with naturally occurring microclimate extremes, seedling stress responses suggest that reduced assimilation and photoprotection are common for Fremont cottonwood seedlings on exposed point bars where they establish. These reductions in photosynthesis likely have negative impacts on growth and may predispose young (<90‐day‐old) seedlings to early mortality during rapid water‐table declines. Interactions with heat and light stress are more important in these effects than water stress alone.     

Stress induced cross-protection against environmental challenges on prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes thrive successfully in stressful environments such as high osmolarity, acidic or alkali, solar heat and u.v. radiation, nutrient starvation, oxidative stress, and several others. To live under these continuous stress conditions, these microbes must have mechanisms to protect their proteins, membranes, and nucleic acids, as well as other mechanisms that repair nucleic acids. The stress responses in bacteria are controlled by master regulators, which include alternative sigma factors, such as RpoS and RpoH. The sigma factor RpoS integrates multiple signals, such as the general stress response regulators and the sigma factor RpoH regulates the heat shock proteins. These response pathways extensively overlap and are induced to various extents by the same environmental stresses. In eukaryotes, two major pathways regulate the stress responses: stress proteins, termed heat shock proteins (HSP), which appear to be required only for growth during moderate stress, and stress response elements (STRE), which are induced by different stress conditions and these elements result in the acquisition of a tolerant state towards any stress condition. In this review, the mechanisms of stress resistance between prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes will be described and compared.