云南红豆杉愈伤组织培养及其生产紫杉醇的研究

从红豆杉科红豆杉属植物如短叶红豆杉（Ｔａｘｕｓｂｒｅｖｉｆｏｌｉａ）等的树皮或枝叶提取到的紫杉醇（Ｔａｘ-ｏｌ）是一种具有强抗癌活性的二萜烯类化合物^[1].作为一种治疗晚期卵巢癌、乳腺癌的新药已经在欧美等一些国家被批准上市,成为迄今从植物中提取的最有效的抗癌药之一^[2].但由于紫杉树皮来提取紫杉醇的方法如紫杉醇的化学合成、半合成,从真菌中提取紫杉醇以及改善红豆杉的栽培措施等等均已取得了较大进展,但离实际应用还相差太远^[5,6].而利用组织和细胞培养方法替代砍伐天然红豆杉树皮来提取紫杉醇,也已成为近几年来红豆杉研究的一个重要课题之一并已取得了较大进展^[7].云南红豆杉（Taxus yunnanensis）主要分布于我国云南省,是分布于我国的主要品种之一,其含量在我国现有的几种红豆杉植物中属于较高的一种^[3],在我国,近些年来亦有不少实验室在红豆杉细胞培养方面取得了较好的成绩,但文献报道的较少^[8-10].本文报道利用云南红豆杉细胞培养方法来生产紫杉醇,以最终取代从天然来源的树皮和枝叶中提取的可能性,对云南红豆杉进行的愈伤组织的诱导和培养研究的进展。     

Cu2+对喜树愈伤细胞中喜树碱合成的影响

喜树碱是一种从木本植物喜树(Camptotheca acuminata)中分离得到的抗癌活性物质,通过细胞培养合成喜树碱是喜树碱生产的一条重要途径。研究Cu²⁺对喜树愈伤细胞培养中喜树碱积累的影响,结果表明,在B5培养基中添加0.008mg/mL Cu-Cl²时,对喜树愈伤细胞的生长没有明显影响,但是对喜树愈伤细胞合成喜树碱的促进作用最强,喜树碱含量比未诱导前增加了约30倍。Cu²⁺阻止培养细胞后期过氧化物酶活力的下降,并抑制花青素的生成。与黑暗培养相比,光照条件下添加Cu²⁺更利于喜树愈伤细胞诱导合成喜树碱。     

不同理化因子对黄连愈伤组织生长和生物碱合成的影响

古蔺野连（又称串珠连Ｃｏｐｔｉｓｇｕｌｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ）为黄连属植物中的一个野生珍稀品种,只生长在我国西南少数山区,其根茎可作中药黄连,含有与商品黄连相同的小檗碱等化学成分^[1].作者在对黄连细胞培养研究中,通过目视法和TLC比较,从古蔺野连的愈伤组织中初步筛选到了生物量增长较快、生物碱合成能力较为稳定的无性系H292,进行了其生物量及生物碱含量的动态测定。本文报道植物激素、温度、光照等对黄连愈伤组织生长和生物碱合成能力的影响。     

甘蓝与菜心中间杂种F1代花药培养初报

花药培养和小孢子培养是大量获得单倍体和纯合二倍体的主要方法之一。在芸苔属中,花药培养和小孢子培养已在白菜(　B．Pekinensis)、甘蓝(B．Oleracea)、油菜(B．Napus)、芥菜(B．Juncea)和阿比西尼亚芥(B．Carinata)等蔬菜中有许多成功的报道,并在培养条件、基因型作用、培养基选择和供体植株选择等方面有较深入的研究^{[2,3,5,7－11]},但种间杂种F1代的花药培养尚未见报道。为了探讨芸苔属种间杂种花药培养的可能性,获得有价值的异源染色体杂种,我们开展了本研究工作。     

高产花色苷玫瑰茄细胞系的筛选

花色苷在植物中呈现粉红、红、紫红、紫等颜色,可以用作食品、药品及化妆品的着色剂,亦有药用价值。作为食品添加剂,颜色较合成色素自然,且安全无毒性。早在１９８７年,Ｍｉｚukami^[1]就建议用植物细胞培养物生产花色苷类代替合成色素。所有的植物培养细胞都是异源性的。各细胞之间产花色苷的能力相差很大^[2].因为产花色苷的细胞系带有颜色标记,所以容易识别并通过肉眼选择即可获得高产花色苷的细胞系。筛选的方法很多,如平板饲喂法^[3]、小细胞团法^[4]、细胞块法^[5]、肉眼观察直接挑选法及细胞分栋器法^[6]等。高产系花色苷的含量可增加几倍到几十倍,而且产量稳定。本文采用平板法及小细胞团法筛选高产花色苷的玫瑰茄(Hibiscus sabdariffa L.)细胞系。     

PVA固定化的生黑醋菌生产L-山梨糖的研究

生黑醋菌可以将D-山梨醇转化为L-山梨塘,用微生物将D-山梨醇氧化为L-山梨糖是维生素C生产的一个重要部分,目前工业上用的都是游离菌批式生产工艺。由于固定化活细胞作为生物催化剂具有生产的连续性和稳定性．操作简便．产物易于分离纯化等优点^[1],已有不少实验室研究甩固定化微生物细胞将D-山梨醇转化为L-山梨糖^[1-6],国内也有用海藻酸固定化生黑醋菌Acetobacteriummelanogenum的报道^[2,3]。用海藻酸钙^[1-3]、聚丙烯酰胺^[4]、铝处理的海藻酸钙^[5]、水合聚丙烯酰胺与海藻酸钙混合固定化的微生物细胞^[6]转化D-山梨醇成为L-山梨糖,都有因机械强度差,而不适合在搅拌式发酵罐中生产的弱点。聚乙烯醇制备的固定化微生物细胞具有机械强度好、类似于橡皮的弹性、成低等特性^[7]。因此,我们选择聚乙烯醇作为固定化生黑醋菌的材料。     

紫杉醇合成代谢途径中紫杉烯合成酶cDNA的克隆

紫杉烯合成酶(Taxadienesynthase)被认为在紫杉醇合成代谢途径中起着限速酶的作用。为进一步研究紫杉烯合成酶的作用机理和紫杉醇生物合成代谢调控机制,采用RTPCR技术从东北红豆杉(Taxuscuspidata)愈伤组织中获得了紫杉烯合成酶基因片段,将该片段克隆在载体pGEMTEasyVector上,并转化到大肠杆菌JM109中,经EcoRI酶切检测,Southernblotting及部分cDNA序列分析证实该片段确为紫杉烯合成酶基因,与国外报道的从太平洋红豆杉(Taxus.brevifolia)幼茎中得到的紫杉烯合成酶基因序列具有很高的同源性。     

土壤农杆菌转化的长春花冠瘿细胞培养

以土壤农杆菌C₅₈诱导的长春花冠瘿组织与从长春花茎、叶外植体诱导的愈伤组织进行比较,发现冠瘿组织在生长、总吲哚生物碱含量及药用成份阿吗碱含量等方面都优于愈伤组织。测定了光照、温度、蔗糖浓度及外加L－色氨酸前体等,对长春花冠瘿细胞的生长、总生物碱及阿吗碱含量的影响,为长春花冠瘿细胞培养生产吲哚生物碱的实际应用研究提供理论依据。     

甜菜坏死黄脉病毒外壳蛋白基因在甜菜转基因植株中的表达

甜菜坏死黄脉病毒(Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus,BNYVV)是一种由甜菜多粘菌(Polymyxo be tae)传播的多分体植物病毒．基因组由4～5条单链正意RNA构成^[1]。60年代末,由Tamada首次报道^[2],这种病毒可对甜菜造成严重危害,侵染甜菜后产生丛根症状(Rhizomania),并导致甜菜产量和含糖 量的大幅度下降。除欧洲、北美及日本的严重发生以外,我国自70年代以来在东北、内蒙古及西北许多省区也有大量甜菜丛根病的发生报道^[3]。由于尚无有效药剂及措施用于甜菜丛根病或病毒传播介体的防治．在我国也无法采用大面积轮作作为防治手段,所以目前在世界各地及我国上述地区甜菜丛根病的发病面积逐年扩展,对甜菜生产和制糖业造成直接威胁。针对这一情况．本文报道了含有甜菜坏死黄脉病毒外壳蛋白基因的甜菜植株的转化再生工作,以期在甜菜亲本育种中获得新的抗性材料．为抗病毒品种的培育打下基础。     

真菌-氧化氮还原酶细胞色素P-450nor 2 cDNA序列的测定

在真菌的反硝化作用中,一种细胞色素P-450起着一氧化氮还原酶的作用,被称为细胞色素P-450nor^[1]。最近的研究发现：真菌细胞色素P-450nor有三种类型。除了缣孢菌(Fusarium oxysporum)P+450nor(即F．P-450nor)外。还有两种存在于柱孢菌(Cylindrocarpon tonkinense)．即C. P-450norl和2^[2]。 F．P-450nox和C．P-450norl能以NADH为直接的电子供体,使NO还原生成N₂O。C. P-450nor2不仅能直接利用NADH。而且能直接利用NADPH．还原NO生成N₂O。F. P-450nor基因已被克隆和测序^[3-4]。本文测定了C．P-450nor2的eDNA编码区全序列,3’非编码区部分序列和5’引导序列。     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Entwicklungsgeschichte und Ultrastruktur von Pollenkitt und Exine bei nahe verwandten entomophilen und anemophilen Angiospermensippen derAlismataceae,Liliaceae, Juncaceae,Cyperaceae, Poaceae undAraceae

Some closely related members of the monocotyledonous familiesAlismataceae, Liliaceae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae andAraceae with variable modes of pollination (insect- and wind-pollination) were studied in relation to the ultrastructure of pollenkitt and exine (amount, consistency and distribution of pollenkitt on the surface of pollen grains). The character syndromes of pollen cementing in entomophilous, anemophilous and intermediate (ambophilous or amphiphilous) monocotyledons are the same in principal as in dicotyledons. Comparing present with former results one can summarize: 1) The pollenkitt is always produced in the same manner by the anther tapetum in all angiosperm sub-classes. 2) The variable stickiness of entomophilous and anemophilous pollen always depends on the particular distribution and consistency of the pollenkitt, but not its amount on the pollen surface. 3) The mostly dry and powdery pollen of anemophilous plants always contains a variable amount of inactive pollenkitt in its exine cavities. 4) A step-by step change of the pollen cementing syndrome can be observed from entomophily towards anemophily. 5) From the omnipresence of pollenkitt in all wind-pollinated angiosperms studied one can conclude that the ancestors of anemophilous angiosperms probably have been zoophilous (i.e. entomophilous) throughout.

     

Identification and Characterization of the First Equine Parainfluenza Virus 5

正Dear Editor,Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), known as canine parainfluenza virus in the veterinary field, is a negative-sense,nonsegmented, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Paramyxoviridae family (Chen 2018). The virus was first reported in primary monkey kidney cells in 1954 (Hsiung1972), then it has been frequently discovered in various