低浓度CO2对水车前和黑藻光合特性的影响

本实验通过对沉水植物水车前（offelia alismoides）和黑藻（Hydrilla verticillata）进行低浓度C02诱导,研究其光合特性的变化。研究显示,诱导后,水车前的PEPC／Rubisco活性比值由0．45上升到4．17,黑藻由0．47上升到4．17,两种植物的C4途径光合酶PEPC和NAD—ME的活性升高了10倍左右,其他C4光合酶如NAD—MDH和PPDK的活性也大幅升高;诱导后,水车前和黑藻的其他光合特性也发生了显著变化：净光合速率比对照分别提高了50．8％和74．1％,O2对处理组光合速率的抑制分别为对照组的35％和60％,叶绿素荧光基本参数也有显著性变化。研究结果表明,经低浓度C02诱导,水车前和黑藻光合碳同化途径可能由C3转变成为C4。     

转PEPC基因水稻的光合生理特性

用转PEPC、PPDK、NADP－ME、PEPC＋PPKD双基因水稻（Oryza sativa L.）及原种为材料,以光合酶活性、饱和光合速率及PSⅡ光化学效率（Fv/Fm）为指标,研究了转PEPC基因水稻的光合生理特征。结果如下：转PEPC基因水稻EPC活性比原种提高20倍;饱和光合速率比原种高55％;用高光强或人工光氧化剂甲基紫精（MV）处理后,与原种相比,转PEPC基因水稻光化学效率下降较少,证明其耐光抑制、耐光氧化能力增强,测定其兴合日变化看出：在1d中不同时间,转PEPC基因水稻的光合速率均高于原种,且与PEPC活性的日变化有相似的趋势,上述结果为转PEPC基因水稻的生理机制和种研究提供了依据和途径。     

底质营养盐负荷对轮叶黑藻生长和光合荧光特性的影响

在实验室条件下,研究了用不同营养盐负荷底泥作为底质培育的轮叶黑藻(Hydrilla verticillata(L.f)Royle)的生长的效应,结果表明,在上覆水TN/TP为20-50,TP变化范围在0.03-0.05mg/L内,底质磷相对释放速率为0.33mg/(m.2d)时培育的轮叶黑藻生长最好。轮叶黑藻对环境有较强的适应性,培育期间各组光合荧光参数Fv/Fm,qP,ETRmax随培养时间均明显的升高;在非最佳生长条件下轮叶黑藻能通过自身光合荧光参数qN的升高,耗散掉过剩的光能,来对自身进行保护。     

Cd2+、Cu2+胁迫对黑藻(Hydrilla verticillata)的生长及光合荧光特性的影响

以黑藻(Hydrilla verticillata)为供试材料,采用Cd2+和Cu2+等两种重金属分别在5个浓度梯度水平下的河砂水培方法,研究Cd2+或Cu2+不同浓度胁迫对黑藻株高、生物量、成活率和叶绿素含量的影响,以及对黑藻叶片最小荧光(Fo)、最大荧光(Fm),PSⅡ最大量子产率(QYmax,)、稳态下的PSⅡ反应中心关闭程度(1-Qp_Lss)、稳态下的非光化学淬灭(NPQ_Lss)等光合荧光参数及其荧光成像的影响,探讨各个参数分别随镉、铜浓度递增的变化规律。研究结果表明,Cd2+胁迫下黑藻的株高显著下降,说明Cd2+可能对黑藻叶片的维管束结构产生伤害作用;Cd2+和Cu2+胁迫对黑藻鲜重均无显著影响,说明与水生植物自由水含量存在一定关系;Cd2+和Cu2+胁迫均使黑藻干重显著下降,其中Cu2+胁迫对黑藻干重的影响更显著,说明Cu2+胁迫对黑藻累积生物量的影响远大于Cd2+;Cd2+和Cu2+胁迫下叶绿素各值均呈下降趋势,而Cu2+胁迫对叶绿素的影响更大,说明Cu2+对黑藻叶绿体的毒害比Cd2+更大。随着Cd2+或Cu2+胁迫浓度梯度的增加,黑藻的叶绿素荧光参数(Fo、Fm、QYmax)呈显著下降趋势,(1-Qp_Lss)呈上升趋势,而NPQ_Lss先上升后下降。黑藻在不同重金属胁迫下的生理指标、荧光参数及成像特征等方面所表现出的变化差异性,反映出同等浓度下黑藻受重金属胁迫的影响程度为:Cd2+胁迫Cu2+胁迫;黑藻可以在Cu2+浓度低于1 mg/L的环境下具有正常的光合活性,可推测将黑藻用于低浓度Cu污染水域的修复;在Cu2+浓度达3 mg/L以上环境下黑藻即无法长时间生存,可推测黑藻可以作为Cd污染水环境的指示种。     

转玉米PEPC基因水稻中有限的C4光合微循环及其生理作用

用转PEPC基因水稻(Oryza sativa L. subsp.japonica Kitaake)和原种水稻Kitaake为材料,研究了不同基因型水稻叶片中的C4光合微循环及其功能.通过测定与光合C4途径有关的关键酶,如磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PEPC)、NADP -苹果酸酶(NADP -ME)、NADP -苹果酸脱氢酶(NADP -MDH)和丙酮酸磷酸双激酶(PPDK),说明原种水稻叶片中具有完整的C4光合酶体系;用外源OAA或MA饲喂叶切片或叶绿体后明显增加光合速率,证明原种水稻中具有一个有限的光合C4微循环.将玉米的PEPC基因导入原种水稻后,可大幅度提高光合C4微循环的速率.测定不同基因型的CO2交换速率,看出水稻中C4光合微循环的增强有提高净光合速率(Pn)和降低光呼吸速率/净光合速率(Pr/Pn)比值的作用.叶绿素荧光特性分析表明,C4光合微循环的增强伴随着PSⅡ电子传递效率(Fv/Fm)和光化学猝灭(qP)的增加以及非光化学猝灭(qN)的降低;这些结果为通过基因工程手段提高作物光合效率的遗传育种提供了科学根据.     

转玉米PEPC基因水稻中有限的C4光合微循环及其生理作用

用转PEPC基因水稻(OryzasativaL.subsp.japonicaKitaake)和原种水稻Kitaake为材料,研究了不同基因型水稻叶片中的C4光合微循环及其功能。通过测定与光合C4途径有关的关键酶,如磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PEPC)、NADP -苹果酸酶(NADP -ME)、NADP -苹果酸脱氢酶(NADP -MDH)和丙酮酸磷酸双激酶(PPDK),说明原种水稻叶片中具有完整的C4光合酶体系;用外源OAA或MA饲喂叶切片或叶绿体后明显增加光合速率,证明原种水稻中具有一个有限的光合C4微循环。将玉米的PEPC基因导入原种水稻后,可大幅度提高光合C4微循环的速率。测定不同基因型的CO2交换速率,看出水稻中C4光合微循环的增强有提高净光合速率(Pn)和降低光呼吸速率/净光合速率(Pr/Pn)比值的作用。叶绿素荧光特性分析表明,C4光合微循环的增强伴随着PSⅡ电子传递效率(Fv/Fm)和光化学猝灭(qP)的增加以及非光化学猝灭(qN)的降低;这些结果为通过基因工程手段提高作物光合效率的遗传育种提供了科学根据。     

转C4光合酶基因水稻株系的抗光氧化特性

用经转入磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶（PEPC）,丙酮酸磷酸二激酶（PPDK）,NADP－苹果酸酶（NADPME）,PEPC＋PPDK等酶的基因的水稻株系及原种为材料,研究了光氧化条件下的叶绿素荧光特性和膜脂过氧化,光氧化处理后,与原种相比,转C4光合酶基因特别是转PEPC和转PEPC＋PPKD基因水稻株系的PSⅡ原初光化学效率（Fv/Fm),PSⅡ在照光下的实际光化学效率（φPSⅡ)和光化学猝灭（qp)下孤的比原种少,而非光化学猝灭（qN)增加的比原种多,说明在光氧化条件下,转C4光合酶基因水稻株系吸收的光能中有较多的光能转化为化学能,过剩的光能通过热耗散而减轻光破坏,同时转C4光合酶基因水稻株系吸收的光能中有较多的光能转化为化学能,过剩的光能通过热耗散而减轻光破坏;同时转C4兴合酶基因水稻株系诱导产生的内源活性氧清除酶系超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）,过氧化氢酶（CAT）,过氧化物酶（POD）的活性比原种高,从而有效清除水稻叶片内的活性氧（O2^-,H2O2),使活性氧积累比原种少,因而膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（MDA）产生较少,表明转C4光合酶基因特别是转PEPC和转PEPC＋PPDK基因水稻株系耐光氧化能力较强,在光氧化条件下,它们的叶绿素和蛋白质含量下降较少,表现出在耐光氧化特性,这些结果为应用生物技术创造耐光氧化种质提供了实验依据。     

毛竹快速生长期茎秆不同节间光合色素和光合酶活性的差异

为揭示毛竹(Phyllostachysedulis)快速生长期茎秆中的光合碳同化特征及其在不同节间的变化规律,以毛竹笋竹茎秆为材料,测定不同节间光合色素含量、核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶(Rubisco)、磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PEPC)、苹果酸脱氢酶(NADP-MDH)、NADP-苹果酸酶(NADP-ME)、磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧激酶(PEPCK)以及丙酮酸磷酸双激酶(PPDK)活性。结果显示,茎秆中叶绿素a、叶绿素b以及类胡萝卜素含量随节间升高均呈下降趋势,叶绿素a/b比值呈逐渐上升趋势;随着节间的升高,茎秆中Rubisco、PEPC和PPDK活性在第1–10节间显著下降,之后酶活性降幅逐渐减缓;NADP-ME活性在第1–13节间呈显著下降趋势,之后酶活性趋于平稳;NADP-MDH活性在第1–25节间显著下降。PEPC/Rubisco活性比值随节间升高而不断增加,其范围介于18.37–65.09之间,明显大于典型C3植物中的活性比值。上述结果表明,茎秆不同节间的光合碳同化能力存在明显差异,中、下部节间生长相对较快;茎秆中存在多种C4酶且活性较高,这为此时期茎秆中存在C4光合途径提供了有力证据。     

毛竹出笋后快速生长期内茎秆中光合色素和光合酶活性的变化

为了探讨毛竹(Phyllostachys pubescens)非同化器官茎秆的光合特性, 测定了毛竹出笋后快速生长期内(2011年4月13日到6月2日)的光合色素含量以及光合酶活性, 并通过激光共聚焦显微镜对其叶绿体分布进行了观察。结果表明: 毛竹茎秆中的叶绿体主要集中分布在表皮以下的基本组织中, 此外维管束鞘周围的细胞内也存在大量的叶绿体, 此特征类似于C₄植物的花环结构。在毛竹出笋后快速生长期内, 随着茎秆不断生长, 叶绿素a、叶绿素b和类胡萝卜素含量均极显著(p < 0.01)增加。在出笋10天时, 茎秆中核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶(Rubisco)活性、磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PEPC)活性和NADP-苹果酸酶(NADP-ME)活性最高, 之后随茎秆生长逐渐降低, 生长30天时酶活性与10天时相比分别降低了88.55% (p < 0.01)、77.46% (p < 0.01)和72.50% (p < 0.01), 而PEPC/Rubisco比值则随茎秆生长逐渐增加, 30天时比值达到12.83, 明显高于C₃植物。这表明毛竹茎秆内可能存在C₄光合途径, 此途径有利于毛竹提高光合效率, 进而促进其出笋后的快速生长。     

聚苯乙烯微塑料对黑藻生长及生理生化特征的影响

为探讨淡水环境中微塑料的污染对沉水植物产生的生理生化影响,选择典型沉水植物黑藻为供试材料,以粒径3 μm的聚苯乙烯微塑料颗粒(PS-MPs)为外源胁迫污染物,通过添加不同浓度的PS-MPs(5、10、30、50、100 mg·L^-1)设置不同暴露组及对照组,测定沉水植物的株高、生物量、叶绿素含量、抗氧化酶活性、光合荧光参数及荧光成像的变化特征。结果表明: 50～100 mg·L^-1PS-MPs下黑藻的株高显著下降;较低浓度下(如5 mg·L^-1)黑藻的鲜重显著升高,但随着PS-MPs暴露浓度进一步增加,黑藻鲜重降低,干重无显著变化。黑藻叶绿素总量、叶绿素a和叶绿素a/b均随PS-MPs浓度的增加呈显著下降趋势,叶绿素b无明显变化。PS-MPs处理下超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性均随胁迫浓度的增加呈先上升后下降的趋势,叶绿素荧光参数(F_o、F_m、F_v/F_m)均呈下降趋势,而稳态下的PSⅡ反应中心关闭程度(1-Q_p-Lss)总体呈上升趋势,这可能与PS-MPs抑制黑藻PSⅡ反应中心有关。黑藻的荧光成像强度随PS-MPs浓度的增加而降低,在PS-MPs浓度为10 mg·L^-1及以下时,黑藻叶片表现出正常的光合活性;当PS-MPs为30 mg·L^-1及以上时,叶片边缘的光合强度小于茎秆及其周边,叶片呈现发黄、残叶等现象。推测黑藻基本能适应低浓度PS-MPs(0～30 mg·L^-1)的污染水域,而在PS-MPs高于30 mg·L^-1的污染水域中其生长和光合作用将受到抑制。     

Regulation and Localization of Key Enzymes during the Induction of Kranz-Less,C4-Type Photosynthesis in Hydrilla verticillata

Kranz-less, C4-type photosynthesis was induced in the submersed monocot Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle. During a 12-d induction period the CO2 compensation point and O2 inhibition of photosynthesis declined linearly. Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) activity increased 16-fold, with the major increase occurring within 3 d. Asparagine and alanine aminotransferases were also induced rapidly. Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) and NADP-malic enzyme (ME) activities increased 10-fold but slowly over 15 d. Total ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase activity did not increase, and its activation declined from 82 to 50%. Western blots for PEPC, PPDK, and NADP-ME indicated that increased protein levels were involved in their induction. The H. verticillata NADP-ME polypeptide was larger (90 kD) than the maize C4 enzyme (62 kD). PEPC and PPDK exhibited up-regulation in the light. Subcellular fractionation of C4-type leaves showed that PEPC was cytosolic, whereas PPDK and NADP-ME were located in the chloroplasts. The O2 inhibition of photosynthesis was doubled when C4-type but not C3-type leaves were exposed to diethyl oxalacetate, a PEPC inhibitor. The data are consistent with a C4-cycle concentrating CO2 in H. verticillata chloroplasts and indicate that Kranz anatomy is not obligatory for C4-type photosynthesis. H. verticillata predates modern terrestrial C4 monocots; therefore, this inducible CO2-concentrating mechanism may represent an ancient form of C4 photosynthesis.     

Physiological characteristics of the primitive CO2 concentrating mechanism in PEPC transgenic rice

C4 plants such as maize have CO2 concentrating mechanism and higher photosynthetic efficiency than C3 plants, especially under high light intensity, high temperature and drought conditions. In recent years, due to the rapid development of transgenic technique, different transgenic rice plants with high-level expression of C4 genes have been created by the successful introduction of genes encoding the key C4 photosynthetic path enzymes PEPC, PPDK and NADP-ME through agrobacteria-mediated…     

Physiological characteristics of the primitive CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> concentrating mechanism in PEPC transgenic rice

The relationship between carbon assimilation and high-level expression of the maize PEPC in PEPC transgenic rice was studied by comparison to that in the untransformed rice, japonica kitaake. Stomatal conductance and photosynthetic rates in PEPC transgenic rice were higher than those of untransformed rice, but the increase of stomatal conductance had no statistical correlation with that of photosynthetic rate. Under high levels of light intensity, the protein contents of PEPC and CA were increased significantly. Therefore the photosynthetic capacity was increased greatly (50%) with atmospheric CO2 supply. While CO2 release in leaf was reduced and the compensation point was lowered correspondingly under CO2 free conditions. Treatment of the rice with the PEPC-specific inhibitor DCDP showed that overexpression of PEPC and enhancement of carbon assimilation were related to the stability of Fv/Fm. Labeling with 14CO2 for 20 s showed more 14C was distributed to C4 primary photosynthate asperate in PEPC transgenic rice, suggesting that there exists a limiting C4 photosynthetic mechanism in leaves. These results suggest that the primitive CO2 concentrating mechanism found in rice could be reproduced through metabolic engineering, and shed light on the physiological basis for transgenic breeding with high photosynthetic efficiency.     

Evolution of c4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Genes and proteins: a case study with the genus Flaveria

C4 photosynthesis is characterized by a division of labour between two different photosynthetic cell types, mesophyll and bundle-sheath cells. Relying on phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) as the primary carboxylase in the mesophyll cells a CO2 pump is established in C4 plants that concentrates CO2 at the site of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in the bundle-sheath cells. The C4 photosynthetic pathway evolved polyphyletically implying that the genes encoding the C4 PEPC originated from non-photosynthetic PEPC progenitor genes that were already present in the C3 ancestral species. The dicot genus Flaveria (Asteraceae) is a unique system in which to investigate the molcular changes that had to occur in order to adapt a C3 ancestral PEPC gene to the special conditions of C4 photosynthesis. Flaveria contains not only C3 and C4 species but also a large number of C3-C4 intermediates which vary to the degree in which C4 photosynthetic traits are expressed. The C4 PEPC gene of Flaveria trinervia, which is encoded by the ppcA gene class, is highly expressed but only in mesophyll cells. The encoded PEPC protein possesses the typical kinetic and regulatory features of a C4-type PEPC. The orthologous ppcA gene of the C3 species Flaveria pringlei encodes a typical non-photosynthetic, C3-type PEPC and is weakly expressed with no apparent cell or organ specificity. PEPCs of the ppcA type have been detected also in C3-C4 intermediate Flaveria species. These orthologous PEPCs have been used to determine the molecular basis for C4 enzyme characteristics and to understand their evolution. Comparative and functional analyses of the ppcA promoters from F. trinervia and F. pringlei make it possible to identity the cis-regulatory sequences for mesophyll-specific gene expression and to search for the corresponding trans-regulatory factors.     

Induction of a C(4)-like mechanism of CO(2) fixation in Egeria densa, a submersed aquatic species

The expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and NADP-malic enzyme (NADP-ME) in Egeria densa leaves was studied under low temperature and light (LTL) following incubation under high temperature and light (HTL), conditions previously shown to induce high and low CO(2) compensation points, respectively. Transfer from LTL to HTL conditions induced increases in the activities and amounts of both enzymes. One NADP-ME isoform was observed in induced and uninduced samples. Two isoforms of PEPC were expressed, with the lower M(r) isoform being induced by HTL. NADP-ME showed properties similar to those of the isoform in C(3) species. The inducible PEPC isoform has a low K(m) for both substrates. PEPC kinetic and regulatory properties (V(max) and K(m) for phosphoenolpyruvate, and I(50) for L-malate) are different in samples taken in the dark from those in the light, indicating that some modification of PEPC may be occurring during the day. Finally, abscisic acid induced the expression of PEPC and NADP-ME in a manner similar to temperature induction, except that the activities of both PEPC isoforms were increased. A different signaling system may exist in this species in response to high temperature or abscisic acid, both of which induce changes in photosynthetic metabolism.     

亚热带常绿阔叶林冠层附生植物叶片形态结构及生理功能特征的适应性研究

以南亚热带常绿阔叶林林冠层不同部位的4种附生植物:瓜子金(Dischidia chinensis Champ.ex Benth.)、蔓九节(Psychotria serpens L.)、白背瓜馥木(Fissistigma glaucescens (Hance) Merr.)和山萎(Piper hancei Maxim.)为研究对象,比较其叶片解剖结构和光合、蒸腾等生理特性,探讨附生植物叶片形态结构、生理生态功能对冠层不同部位水、热和光资源的适应以及叶片形态结构与生理生态功能的联系.结果表明:着生在冠层上部的两种附生植物瓜子金和蔓九节叶片小而厚(厚度分别为3558±63 μm和217.1±33.1 μm),气孔面积小(分别为185.7±3.7 μm2和225 4±5.2 μm2)且覆盖角质膜,有利于降低蒸腾速率(两者分别为0.17±0.02 mmol H2O和0.34±0.05 mmol H2O),提高水分利用效率WUE(分别为11.35±0.87 μmol CO2/mmolH2O和7.88±1.31 μmol COJmmol H2O),更适应冠层顶部高温、低湿、强光照的生境.这些结构特征却不利于气体交换,会致使瓜子金和蔓九节的光合作用降低(二者最大净光合速率Pmax分别为2.2±0.1 μmol CO2 ·m-2·s-1和3.2±0 4 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1).冠层中下部的白背瓜馥木和山蒌叶片相对较薄(厚度分别为90.8±9.9 μm和114 9±18.2 μm),气孔面积较大(分别为260.6±6.3 μm2和362.5±8.7 μm2),叶肉细胞分化明显,海绵组织排列松散,有利于提高对弱光的利用,增强光合能力(二者Pmax分别为9.5±1.3 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1和7.1±0.8 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1,是瓜子金和蔓九节Pmax的3～4倍),更适应冠层中下部低温、高湿、弱光照环境.这些结构同时会导致白背瓜馥木和山蒌蒸腾速率提高(两者分别为0.67±0.10 mmol H2O和0.74 +0.13 mmol H2O),WUE下降(分别为4.4±1.01μmol CO2/mmol H2O和3.4±0.9 μmol CO2/mmol H2O,仅为瓜子金和蔓九节WUE的30％ -48％).这表明着生在林冠层不同部位的附生植物叶片形态结构特征随着光合有效辐射、温度、湿度等微环境因子的变化表现出显著的差异,并致使各自的生理生态功能发生了相应的适应,是植物适应环境条件的重要表现.