毛白杜鹃(Rhododendron mucronatum)适生光强的生理、生化研究

研究了毛白杜鹃最适生境的相对光强和其在不同相对光强生境中抗性变化的规律。结果表明:当生境的相对光强处于65%以上时,毛白杜鹃叶子内过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性达到较低值,而还原型 Vc,单宁酸,多酚类的含量达到了较高值。同时,在相对光强为65%以上的生境中,毛白杜鹃类不仅生长发育健壮,抗逆性强,而且,开花指数和观赏价值达到了较高值。因此,推断毛白杜鹃类适生生境的相对光强为65%以上。而且过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性及还原型 Vc、单宁酸、多酚类的含量可以作为衡量植物是否处于适生生境的指标。     

毛白杜鹃‘紫萼’的光适应性及最适光强的研究

从形态、生理角度研究了杭州园林中应用最广泛的杜鹃‘紫萼’(Rhododendron mucronatum cv Plenum)的光适应性和最适光强生境。结果表明:随着叶片遮荫程度的增加,杜鹃的叶面积和叶绿素含量增加;光补偿点、光饱和点及暗呼吸强度下降,说明杜鹃对弱光生境有一定的适应性。另一方面,随着相对光强的增加,叶片厚度,比叶重以及栅栏组织、海绵组织厚度及其比值,可溶性蛋白质及净光合速率增加,表现出对阳生生境更好的适应性。在生境65％全光照时,植株在形态,解剖及生理上均处于最佳状态。因此,65％全光照的生境是毛鹃‘紫萼’的最佳光生境。     

NaCl胁迫对螺旋藻生长及抗氧化酶活性的影响

在0.1％～5.0％NaCl浓度范围的培养基中培养极大螺旋藻(Spirulina maxima),发现NaCl浓度高于2.0％时螺旋藻生长受到明显抑制。培养7天后测定超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(ASA-POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性和丙二醛(MDA)含量。结果表明：在盐胁迫下,SOD酶活性升高;抗坏血酸过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性在低盐胁迫下活性升高,高盐胁迫下抗坏血酸过氧化物酶活性迅速降低,过氧化物酶则完全失活;MDA含量先随盐胁迫程度增加而降低,后随盐胁迫的进一步增强恢复至对照水平。     

根结线虫对黄瓜叶片氮磷含量、土壤pH和酶活性的影响

通过盆栽试验,采用人工接种的方法研究了接种根结线虫对黄瓜植株根际和非根际土壤pH值、土壤酶活性及叶片N、P含量的影响.结果表明:根际土壤pH值在接种量达到每株6000个时才显著降低;随着接种量的增加,叶片N、P含量、根际土壤过氧化物酶、根际和非根际土壤多酚氧化酶活性逐渐降低,根际土壤过氧化氢酶活性却逐渐升高,非根际土壤pH值先升高后降低,非根际土壤过氧化氢酶活性没有明显的变化规律.接种根结线虫后,根际土壤脲酶活性显著降低,根际和非根际土壤磷酸酶活性、非根际土壤过氧化物酶活性仅在较高接种量时才显著降低.根际土壤pH值、酶活性及叶片N、P含量之间多数呈极显著相关,而非根际土壤pH值、酶活性及叶片N、P含量之间只有部分呈极显著相关.     

从几个生理指标探讨不同发育程度切花菊耐藏性的差异

本文从分析切花菊贮藏期间可溶性糖含量、过氧化物酶、过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶等酶活性变化动态,探讨不同发育程度采收的切花菊耐藏性差异。研究表明,发育程度较高的切花菊含有较高的可溶性糖。贮藏期间,其过氧化物酶活性较低,过氧化氢酶活性变幅较小,峰值出现较晚,这些可能是引起不同发育期采收切花菊耐藏性差异的原因。     

NaCl胁迫对螺旋藻生长及抗氧化酶活性的影响

在０１％～５．０％ＮａＣｌ浓度范围的培养基中培养极大螺旋藻（Ｓｐｉｒｕｌｉｎａｍａｘｉｍａ）,发现ＮａＣｌ浓度高于２．０％时螺旋藻生长受到明显抑制。培养７天后测定超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（ＡＳＡＰＯＤ）、过氧化氢酶（ＣＡＴ）活性和丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量。结果表明：在盐胁迫下,ＳＯＤ酶活性升高;抗坏血酸过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性在低盐胁迫下活性升高,高盐胁迫下抗坏血酸过氧化物酶活性迅速降低,过氧化物酶则完全失活;ＭＤＡ含量先随盐胁迫程度增加而降低,后随盐胁迫的进一步增强恢复至对照水平。     

NaHCO3处理对西伯利亚蓼叶细胞膜脂过氧化和活性氧清除酶活性的影响

对西伯利亚蓼扦插苗进行不同浓度和不同时间NaHCO3处理,研究了NaHCO3处理浓度和时间对西伯利亚蓼叶细胞膜脂过氧化和活性氧清除酶活性的影响。研究表明,NaHCO3处理浓度分别与过氧化氢酶活性、丙二醛含量和细胞膜透性之间存在极显著正相关性,与超氧化物歧化酶活性之间存在显著正相关性,与过氧化物酶活性之间无显著相关性;不同NaHCO3浓度处理间,超氧化物歧化酶活性、过氧化氢酶活性及丙二醛含量差异极显著,过氧化物酶活性和细胞膜相对透性差异显著;不同时间的NaHCO3处理,过氧化物酶活性、过氧化氢酶活性、丙二醛含量及细胞膜透性差异显著,超氧化物歧化酶活性和过氧化氢酶活性差异极显著。     

抗氧化系统在热激诱导的玉米幼苗耐热性形成中的作用

玉米幼苗经过42℃热激4h并恢复4h后,显著提高了玉米幼苗在高温处理下的存活率。热激并恢复4h后,不同程度地提高了抗氧化酶系统过氧化氢酶(CAT),超氧化物歧化酶(SOD),谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR),抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)和过氧化物酶(GPX)的活性以及抗氧化剂还原型抗坏血酸(ASA)和谷胱甘肽(GSH)的含量,且经过热激的玉米幼苗在高温处理期间及其后的恢复过程中均能保持相对较高的抗氧化酶活性和抗氧化剂水平,说明保持较高的抗氧化酶活性和抗氧化剂水平是热激诱导的玉米幼苗耐热性形成的生理基础之一。     

温度对福寿螺抗氧化酶活性和 丙二醛含量的影响

福寿螺（Pomacea canaliculata）是外来入侵物种,对中国南方大部分地区的生态环境造成严重威胁,其生长和繁殖受到温度影响。本文研究了15 ℃（低温）、25 ℃（对照组）和36 ℃（高温）三种温度条件下,不同时间点（0、6、12、24、48、72 h）福寿螺体内超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH-Px）活性及丙二醛（MDA）含量的变化。实验结果表明,在低温（15 ℃）和高温（36 ℃）胁迫下,福寿螺肝胰脏和鳃中超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活性以及丙二醛含量均呈现先升高后降低的趋势,并且在72 h时恢复到对照组（25 ℃）水平。低温和高温胁迫下,福寿螺鳃中的过氧化氢酶活性和肝胰脏中的超氧化物歧化酶活性在12 h、24 h和48 h时均显著高于对照组（P < 0.05）,并在48 h时达到最大值（P < 0.01）。鳃和肝胰脏中的谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活性在12 h升高并在24 h时达到最大值。低温和高温胁迫下,丙二醛含量分别在24 h和12 h达到最大值。结果表明,温度能够诱导福寿螺抗氧化应激反应。福寿螺可以通过增加体内抗氧化物酶活力来缓解温度胁迫所造成的压力。鳃中抗氧化物酶活性变化快于肝胰脏抗氧化物酶活性变化,福寿螺氧化应激反应表现出组织特异性。     

贮藏时间对银杏花粉保护酶活性和萌发率的影响

研究了室温贮藏对银杏花粉萌发率及超氧化物歧化酶(Superoxide dismutase,SOD)、过氧化物酶(Peroxi-dase,POD)、过氧化氢酶(Catalase,CAT)活性的影响。结果表明,随着贮藏时间的延长,花粉萌发率由88．89％降到15．76％;贮藏15d之后超氧化物歧化酶活性降低了80％;过氧化物酶活性减少到原来的10％;过氧化氢酶活性也减少了70％。在室温贮藏条件下萌发率随保护酶活性的下降而降低。POD酶对花粉萌发率的影响比SOD、CAT酶显著。     

Characterization of the antioxidant system during the vegetative development of pea plants

The antioxidative system was studied during the development of pea plants. The reduced glutathione (GSH) content was higher in shoots than in roots, but a greater redox state of glutathione existed in roots compared with shoots, at least after 7 d of growth. The 3-d-old seedlings showed the highest content of oxidised ascorbate (DHA), which correlated with the ascorbate oxidase (AAO) activity. Also, the roots exhibited higher DHA content than shoots, correlated with their higher AAO activity. The activities of antioxidant enzymes were much higher in shoots than in roots. Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activity decreased during the progression of growth in both shoots and roots, whereas peroxidase (POX) activity strongly increased in roots, reflecting a correlation between POX activity and the enhancement of growth. Catalase activity from shoots reached values nearly 3 or 4-fold higher than in roots. The monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR) activity was higher in young seedlings than in more mature tissues, and in roots a decrease in MDHAR was noticed at the 11^th day. No dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) was detected in roots from the pea plants and DHAR values detected in seedlings and in shoots were much lower than those of MDHAR. In shoots, GR decreased with the progression of growth, whereas in roots an increase was seen on the 9^th and 11^th days. Finally, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity increased in shoots during the progression of growth, but specific SOD activity was higher in roots than in shoots.     

Activities of antioxidant system components and polyphenol oxidase in ontogeny of lawn grasses under megapolis conditions

The activities of antioxidants enzymes (peroxidase (POX) and catalase (CAT)), the contents of non-enzymatic antioxidants (vitamin C, carotenoids), and the activity of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) were studied in vegetative organs of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) and meadow-fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) growing under city conditions. The plants of three ages (virginal (V), generative (G), and subsenyl (SS)) were analyzed. The highest POX and PPO activities were characteristic of G plants, whereas CAT was most active in V plants. The content of low-molecular-weight antioxidants depended on species specificity and developmental stage and also on environment pollution. The content of ascorbate (vitamin C) declined linearly with plant development. Medium pollution also reduced the ascorbate content in tested plant leaves and roots. In contrast, the content of carotenoids increased with the increased activity of anthropogenic factors. The highest content of the pigments was in G plants. At all developmental stages and in all habitats, meadow-fescue (tolerant species) was characterized by the lower content of studied compounds than red clover (sensitive species). Thus, anthropogenic medium pollution resulted in the peroxide group accumulation, POX and PPO activation, carotenoid accumulation, and the ascorbate content decline in the vegetative tissues during the entire ontogeny of tolerant and sensitive lawn plants.     

随气温下降大头茶膜脂脂肪酸组分及膜保护系统的适应性变化

 本实验以自然生长的大头茶为材料,研究了其叶片膜脂脂肪酸组分及膜保护系统随气温下降的变化。结果表明,膜脂脂肪酸不饱和度增加;同时,SOD活性增强,Vc含量增加,POX出现了新的同工酶谱带,而使保护系统清除自由基的能力增强。这两方面的变化有着密切的关系,且都与大头茶的抗冷性发展相适应。     

Physiological response of central metabolism in Escherichia coli to deletion of pyruvate oxidase and introduction of heterologous pyruvate carboxylase

We studied the physiological response of Escherichia coli central metabolism to the expression of heterologous pyruvate carboxylase (PYC) in the presence and absence of pyruvate oxidase (POX). These studies were complemented with expression analysis of central and intermediary metabolic genes and conventional in vitro enzyme assays to evaluate glucose metabolism at steady-state growth conditions (chemostats). The absence of POX activity reduced nongrowth-related energy metabolism (maintenance coefficient) and increased the maximum specific rate of oxygen consumption. The presence of PYC activity (i.e., with POX activity) increased the biomass yield coefficient and reduced the maximum specific oxygen consumption rate compared to the wildtype. The presence of PYC in a poxB mutant resulted in a 42% lower maintenance coefficient and a 42% greater biomass yield compared to the wildtype. Providing E. coli with PYC or removing POX increased the threshold specific growth rate at which acetate accumulation began, with an 80% reduction in acetate accumulation observed at a specific growth rate of 0.4 h-1 in the poxB-pyc+ strain. Gene expression analysis suggests utilization of energetically less favorable glucose metabolism via glucokinase and the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in the absence of functional POX, while the upregulation of the phosphotransferase glucose uptake system and several amino acid biosynthetic pathways occurs in the presence of PYC. The physiological and expression changes resulting from these genetic perturbations demonstrate the importance of the pyruvate node in respiration and its impact on acetate overflow during aerobic growth.     

Superoxide dismutase and total peroxidase activities in relation to drought recovery performance of mycorrhizal shrub seedlings grown in an amended semiarid soil

We studied the effect of inoculation with a mixture of three arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi (Glomus intraradices Schenck & Smith, Glomus deserticola (Trappe, Bloss. & Menge) and Glomus mosseae (Nicol & Gerd.) Gerd. & Trappe) and addition of a composted organic residue on plant growth, nutrient uptake, mycorrhizal colonisation and superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) and total peroxidase (POX, EC 1.11.1.7) activities in shoots of Juniperus oxycedrus seedlings after well-watered, drought and recovery periods. The mycorrhizal inoculation and composted residue addition significantly increased the growth, foliar nutrients (N, P, K) and shoot water content of the plants, independent of the water regime. POX activity in control plants increased during drought (about 250% higher than under well-watered conditions) and returned to initial levels after re-watering. The seedlings inoculated with AM fungi showed the highest values of POX activity, followed by the plants grown in the amended soil, which varied little during the drought and recovery periods. Drought decreased the SOD activity in shoots of both J. oxycedrus seedlings inoculated with AM fungi and those grown with composted residue, but did not affect that of control plants. After re-watering, the SOD activity in mycorrhizal or residue-amended plants increased, showing values similar to control plants.     

Paclobutrazol delayed dark-induced senescence of mung bean leaves

Sixty days old mung beans Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek were treated with soil applied paclobutrazol, at the rate of 500 μg per 10 inch pot. After seven days of application, the plants along with untreated controls were transferred to the dark for induction of senescence. The treated plants exhibited higher chlorophyll content and activity of catalase (CAT) compared to controls. In contrast, control leaves had higher activity of peroxidase (POX) and a higher content of malondialdehyde (MDA), while superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity remained unchanged. Upon transfer to dark, chlorophyll content declined in both control and treated plants but the decline was much faster in control. The activity of CAT decreased significantly in controls while POX activity and MDA content remained higher in control than in treated plants. Paclobutrazol delayed the dark-induced senescence in attached mung bean leaves in association with the maintenance of higher activity of CAT, low activity of POX, and low MDA contents. The variation in SOD activity was not discernible with senescence levels.     

Physiochemical and antioxidant responses of the perennial xerophyte Capparis ovata Desf. to drought

Caper (Capparis ovata Desf.) is a perennial shrub (xerophyte) and drought resistant plant which is well adapted to Mediterranean Ecosystem. In the present study we investigated the plant growth, relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll fluorescence (F_V/F_M), lipid peroxidation (TBA-reactive substances content) as parameters indicative of oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POX), catalase (CAT) and glutathione reductase (GR) in relation to the tolerance to polyethylene glycol mediated drought stress in C. ovata seedlings. For induction of drought stress, the 35 days seedlings were subjected to PEG 6000 of osmotic potential −0.81 MPa for 14 days. Lipid peroxidation increased in PEG stressed seedlings as compared to non-stressed seedlings of C. ovata during the experimental period. With regard to vegetative growth, PEG treatment caused decrease in shoot fresh and dry weights, RWC and F_V/F_M but decline was more prominent on day 14 of PEG treatment. Total activity of antioxidative enzymes SOD, APX, POX, CAT and GR were investigated in C. ovata seedlings under PEG mediated drought. Induced activities of SOD, CAT and POX enzymes were high and the rate of increment was higher in stressed seedling. APX activity increased on both days of PEG treatment, however, increase in GR activity was highest on day 14 of drought stress. We concluded that increased drought tolerance of C. ovata is correlated with diminishing oxidative injury by functioning of antioxidant system at higher rates under drought stress.     

不同生境下空心莲子草响应模拟昆虫采食的生长和化学防御策略

外来植物往往可以入侵多种生境并受到多种昆虫的采食,而不同生境条件将可能会影响这些入侵植物对昆虫采食的防御策略。以入侵我国的克隆植物——空心莲子草为研究对象,分别选择生长在水生生境、水陆两栖生境和陆生生境中的无性个体(分株),通过50%去叶处理模拟昆虫采食,分析不同生境下空心莲子草对模拟昆虫采食处理的生长及化学防御响应的差异。模拟昆虫采食处理显著抑制了陆生生境、水陆两栖生境以及水生生境下空心莲子草的根、茎、叶和总生物量,但对3种生境下空心莲子草的生物量分配(根冠比、根生物量分配、茎生物量分配和叶生物量分配)均无显著影响。陆生生境下空心莲子草根、茎和总生物量显著高于水陆两栖生境和水生生境,根冠比显著低于水陆两栖生境和水生生境。模拟昆虫采食处理显著降低了空心莲子草的木质素含量,而对单宁和总酚含量影响不显著。生境对木质素含量无显著影响,但陆生生境下空心莲子草单宁含量显著高于水陆两栖生境和水生生境,且总酚含量显著高于水陆两栖生境,表明陆生生境中空心莲子草具有更强的防御能力。空心莲子草木质素含量与总生物量无显著相关性,但在模拟采食情况下,其总酚含量与总生物量呈显著负相关,而无论模拟昆虫采食处理存在与否,空心莲子草单宁含量与总生物量均呈显著正相关。因此,空心莲子草存在昆虫介导的生长和化学防御之间的权衡,在昆虫采食的情况下可通过减少生长来增加对化学防御物质的投入,但生境对空心莲子草这种生长-防御权衡的影响十分有限。