超声处理对霍山石斛类原球茎悬浮培养细胞生理代谢的影响

为了了解超声处理对霍山石斛类原球茎产生的生理效应,研究了超声波功率和超声时间对霍山石斛类原球茎悬浮培养细胞生长以及多糖和蛋白质合成的影响;分析了培养基中碳、氮利用、细胞内活性氧水平以及蔗糖转化酶、硝酸还原酶、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）和过氧化物酶（POD）活性的变化。结果表明,适当功率和时间的超声处理（300 W3 min）能显著促进霍山石斛类原球茎的增殖,最大细胞干重为34．6g·L^-1;明显促进培养基中碳和氮的利用;显著提高胞内可溶性多糖、可溶性蛋白质和H2O2的含量;细胞内蔗糖转化酶、硝酸还原酶以及SOD、CAT和POD的活性明显升高。适当的超声波处理能促进霍山石斛类原球茎的生长发育和提高细胞的生理活性。     

精胺对霍山石斛类原球茎悬浮培养细胞生长和多糖合成的影响

研究了在添加外源精胺时,霍山石斛类原球茎细胞生长、多糖积累、主要营养物质消耗以及细胞内多胺含量的变化。结果表明,0.6mmol/L的精胺明显促进霍山石斛类原球茎细胞的生长和多糖的合成。细胞的比生长速率从0.046d-1提高到0.054d-1。培养30d时,类原球茎干重达32.4gDW/L,多糖总产量为2.46g/L,分别是对照的1.32和1.31倍。添加外源精胺能够提高内源多胺的含量,同时,蔗糖酶和硝酸还原酶等相关代谢酶的活性增强,促进了碳、氮的吸收和利用。     

精胺对霍山石斛类原球茎悬浮培养细胞生长和多糖合成的影响

研究了在添加外源精胺时,霍山石斛类原球茎细胞生长、多糖积累、主要营养物质消耗以及细胞内多胺含量的变化。结果表明,0.6mmol/L的精胺明显促进霍山石斛类原球茎细胞的生长和多糖的合成。细胞的比生长速率从0.046d^-1提高到0.054d^-1。培养30d时,类原球茎干重达32.4g DW/L,多糖总产量为2.46g/L ,分别是对照的1.32和1.31倍。添加外源精胺能够提高内源多胺的含量,同时,蔗糖酶和硝酸还原酶等相关代谢酶的活性增强,促进了碳、氮的吸收和利用。     

水杨酸对霍山石斛类原球茎细胞生长及多糖合成的影响

本研究考察了水杨酸对霍山石斛类原球茎悬浮培养细胞生长、多糖合成、碳代谢的影响,并研究了细胞生长、多糖合成以及蔗糖消耗的动力学。结果表明,水杨酸对霍山石斛类原球茎细胞生长有轻微的抑制作用,但能够显著改善类原球茎对碳源的利用,提高胞内可溶性糖的含量,从而促进多糖的合成,其中以添加100μmol/L浓度的水杨酸效果最好,培养18d时,多糖产量达到3.129g/L,为对照的1.63倍。建立的培养动力学模型能较好地反映水杨酸调控霍山石斛类原球茎悬浮培养过程中细胞生长、多糖合成和蔗糖消耗特性。     

磷对霍山石斛类原球茎悬浮培养细胞生长和多糖合成的影响

在确定了最适接种量和外植体细胞生理时间的基础上,研究了在不同起始磷浓度下,霍山石斛类原球茎生长、碳、氮消耗和多糖积累的动力学特性。以生长30d的类原球茎为材料,在接种量为100g/L时,类原球茎生长的最佳起始磷浓度为2.5mmol/L,培养36d时,类原球茎鲜重达496.5g/L。动力学分析表明,磷是霍山石斛类原球茎生长的限制性因素,胞内磷的积累水平与细胞生长具有相关性,2.5mmol/L的磷酸盐有利于碳、氮等营养物质的吸收;而多糖积累的最佳起始磷浓度为0.312mmol/L,培养36d时,其产量为2.22g/L。     

霍山石斛类原球茎二步法培养细胞生长和多糖合成的动力学研究

磷是调控类原球茎细胞生长和多糖积累的有效因素。为了获得较高的多糖产量,根据霍山石斛类原球茎生长和多糖积累的动力学特性,提出了二步培养方式,采用了补料策略,研究了其培养过程的动力学特性,并建立了相关模型。结果表明,采用二步法培养,生物量从28.7g DW/L提高到44.2g DW/L, 多糖产量从1.86g/L提高到5.22g/L,多糖含量从6.4%提高到11.9%。建立的模型基本反映了类原球茎生长和多糖积累的动力学机制。     

霍山石斛类原球茎二步法培养细胞生长和多糖合成的动力学研究

磷是调控类原球茎细胞生长和多糖积累的有效因素。为了获得较高的多糖产量,根据霍山石斛类原球茎生长和多糖积累的动力学特性,提出了二步培养方式,采用了补料策略,研究了其培养过程的动力学特性,并建立了相关模型。结果表明,采用二步法培养,生物量从28·7gDW/L提高到44·2gDW/L,多糖产量从1·86g/L提高到5·22g/L,多糖含量从6·4%提高到11·9%。建立的模型基本反映了类原球茎生长和多糖积累的动力学机制。     

云芝多糖对巨噬细胞GPx基因表达的影响

细胞内存在两种谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶;硒谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶和非硒谷肽甘肽过氧化物酶,它们在保护细胞免受氧化损伤等过程中起重要作用。为揭示云芝多糖作用与细胞抗氧化酶的关系,采用酶活性测定,斑点杂交等方法,探讨云芝多糖对小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞过氧化物酶表达的影响。结果显示,腹腔注射云芝多糖可以提高小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的两种过氧化物酶活性,并使其ｍＲＮＡ含量增加,应用阻断剂的研究发现,云芝多糖对巨噬细胞ＳｅＧＰｘ及Ｇ     

硫氧化还原蛋白与细胞内的氧化还原调控

细胞内氧化还原状态直接影响细胞的生存、活化和增殖。硫氧化还原蛋白是一个具有氧化还原活性的小分子蛋白质,它和NADPH以及硫氧化还原蛋白还原酶一起协同作用,组成蛋白质的一个重要的还原体系。这个还原体系还与谷胱甘肽等共同控制细胞的氧化还原状态,对维持和调节细胞的氧化还原内环境有着重要的作用。而另一方面,细胞的氧化还原状态又可以通过对多种信号分子的作用直接影响细胞的多种生理功能。     

硫氧化还原蛋白与细胞内的氧化还原调控

细胞内氧化还原状态直接影响细胞的生存、活化和增殖。硫氧化还原蛋白是一个具有氧化还原活性的小分子蛋白质,它和ＮＡＤＰＨ以及硫氧化还原蛋白还原酶一起协同作用,组成蛋白质的一个重要的还原体系。这个还原体系还与谷胱甘肽等共同控制细胞的氧化还原状态,对维持和调节细胞的氧化还原内环境有着重要的作用。而另一方面,细胞的氧化还原状态又可以通过对多种信号分子的作用直接影响细胞的多种生理功能。     

Significance of ozone exposure for inter-annual differences in primary metabolites of old-growth beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) trees in a mixed forest stand

The influence of long-term free-air ozone fumigation and canopy position on leaf contents of total glutathione, its redox state, non-structural proteins (NSP), soluble amino compounds, and total soluble sugars in old-growth beech (FAGUS SYLVATICA) and spruce (PICEA ABIES) trees were determined over a period of five years. Ozone fumigation had weak effects on the analysed metabolites of both tree species and significant changes in the contents of total glutathione, NSP, and soluble sugars were observed only selectively. Beech leaves were affected by crown position to a higher extent than spruce needles and exhibited lower contents of total glutathione and NSP and total soluble sugars, but enhanced contents of oxidised glutathione and amino compounds in the shade compared to the sun crown. Contents of total soluble sugars generally were decreased in shade compared to sun needles of spruce trees. Interspecific differences between beech and spruce were more distinct in the sun compared to the shade crown. Contents of total glutathione were increased whilst contents of amino compounds and total soluble sugars were lower in spruce needles compared to beech leaves. The metabolites determined showed individual patterns in the course of the five measurement years. Contents of total glutathione and its redox state correlated with air temperature and global radiation, indicating an important role for the antioxidant at low temperatures. Correlations of glutathione with instantaneous ozone concentrations seem to be a secondary effect. Differences in proteins and/or amino compounds in the inter-annual course are assumed to be a consequence of alterations in specific N uptake rates.     

Enzyme‐mediated metabolism in nutritive tissues of galls induced by Ditylenchus gallaeformans (Nematoda: Anguinidae)

• The galls induced by Ditylenchus gallaeformans (Nematoda) on leaves of Miconia albicans have unique features when compared to other galls. The nematode colonies are surrounded by nutritive tissues with promeristematic cells, capable of originating new emergences facing the larval chamber, and providing indeterminate growth to these galls. Considering enzyme activity as essential for the translocation of energetic molecules from the common storage tissue (CST) to the typical nutritive tissue (TNT), and the major occurrence of carbohydrates in nematode galls, it was expected that hormones would mediate sink strength relationships by activating enzymes in indeterminate growth regions of the galls.
• Histochemical, immunocytochemical and quantitative analyses were made in order to demonstrate sites of enzyme activity and hormones, and comparative levels of total soluble sugars, water soluble polysaccharides and starch.
• The source–sink status, via carbohydrate metabolism, is controlled by the major accumulation of cytokinins in totipotent nutritive cells and new emergences. Thus, reducing sugars, such as glucose and fructose, accumulate in the TNT, where they supply the energy for successive cycles of cell division and for nematode feeding. The histochemical detection of phosphorylase and invertase activities indicates the occurrence of starch catabolism and sucrose transformation into reducing sugars, respectively, in the establishment of a gradient from the CST towards the TNT. Reducing sugars in the TNT are important for the production of new cell walls during the indeterminate growth of the galls, which have increased levels of water‐soluble polysaccharides that corroborate such a hypothesis.
• Functional relationship between plant hormone accumulation, carbohydrate metabolism and cell differentiation in D. gallaeformans‐induced galls is attested, providing new insights on cell development and plant metabolism.

     

大气湿沉降油菜体内铅的形态累积及氧化胁迫效应

大气沉降是叶菜类农作物可食部位重金属铅（Pb）累积的主要来源，但大气湿沉降下铅在油菜（Brassica chinensis L.）体内的形态累积特征及氧化胁迫效应，尚不十分清晰。通过模拟大气湿沉降铅胁迫，研究油菜体内重金属Pb的累积、亚细胞分布、化学形态特征及油菜抗氧化响应。结果表明，油菜可食部位Pb含量为1.72-6.35 mg/kg，超出标准（GB 2762-2017）4.73-20.16倍。Pb大量分布在油菜茎和叶的细胞壁中（52.14%-86.99%），以草酸盐沉淀的形式存在（20.07%-59.27%），这可能会导致Pb在可食部位的大量累积（>95%）。细胞壁的固持作用和Pb主要以草酸盐和不溶性磷酸盐存在，可能是油菜重要的解毒耐性机制之一。湿沉降铅胁迫可以增加叶和茎的丙二醛（MDA）含量，造成细胞的氧化损伤，抑制叶绿素的合成。油菜可以通过提高抗氧化酶（SOD、POD、CAT）活性（7.73%-346.91%），增加抗氧化剂（AsA和GSH）和可溶性物质（可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白）含量（9.11%-279.59%），来有效应对湿沉降Pb胁迫。抗氧化酶在叶中变化最大，过氧化物酶（POD）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性分别上升49.41%-91.62%和123.42%-346.91%。抗氧化剂则在根中变化最显著，抗坏血酸（AsA）和谷胱甘肽（GSH）含量分别上升了134.15%-182.93%和238.78%-279.59%。可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、POD、CAT和GSH可能是油菜叶能缓解湿沉降Pb氧化胁迫的主要因素之一（P<0.05）。研究结果可加深对大气沉降下Pb在叶菜体内累积分布行为的理解，并为大气重金属胁迫地区农作物重金属风险评估提供一定的理论依据。     

Soluble acid invertase determines the hexose-to-sucrose ratio in cold-stored potato tubers

Cold storage of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers is known to cause accumulation of reducing sugars. Hexose accumulation has been shown to be cultivar-dependent and proposed to be the result of sucrose hydrolysis via invertase. To study whether hexose accumulation is indeed related to the amount of invertase activities, two different approaches were used: (i) neutral and acidic invertase activities as well as soluble sugars were measured in cold-stored tubers of 24 potato cultivars differing in the cold-induced accumulation of reducing sugars and (ii) antisense potato plants with reduced soluble acid invertase activities were created and the soluble sugar accumulation in cold-stored tubers was studied. The cold-induced hexose accumulation in tubers from the different potato cultivars varied strongly (up to eightfold). Large differences were also detected with respect to soluble acid (50-fold) and neutral (5-fold) invertase activities among the different cultivars. Although there was almost no correlation between the total amount of invertase activity and the accumulation of reducing sugars there was a striking correlation between the hexose/sucrose ratio and the extractable soluble invertase activitiy. To exclude the possibility that other cultivar-specific features could account for the obtained results, the antisense approach was used to decrease the amount of soluble acid invertase activity in a uniform genetic background. To this end the cDNA of a cold-inducible soluble acid invertase (EMBL nucleicacid database accession no. X70368) was cloned from the cultivar Desirée, and transgenic potato plants were created expressing this cDNA in the antisense orientation under control of the constitutive 35S cauliflower mosaic virus promotor. Analysis of the harvested and cold-stored tubers showed that inhibition of the soluble acid invertase activity leads to a decreased hexose and an increased sucrose content compared with controls. As was already found for the different potato cultivars the hexose/sucrose ratio decreased with decreasing invertase activities but the total amount of soluble sugars did not significantly change. From these data we conclude that invertases do not control the total amount of soluble sugars in coldstored potato tubers but are involved in the regulation of the ratio of hexose to sucrose.The authors are grateful to Heike Deppner and Christiane Prüßner for tuber harvest and technical assistance during the further analysis. We thank Andrea Knospe for taking care of tissue culture, Birgit Schäfer for patient photographic work, Hellmuth Fromme and the greenhouse personnel for attending plant growth and development and Astrid Basner for elucidating the sequence of clone INV-19. The work was supported by the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (BMFT).     

Caspase-like enzymatic activity and the ascorbate-glutathione cycle participate in salt stress tolerance of maize conferred by exogenously applied nitric oxide

Salinity stress causes ionic stress (mainly from high Na⁺ and Cl^- levels) and osmotic stress (as a result of inhibition of water uptake by roots and amplified water loss from plant tissue), resulting in cell death and inhibition of growth and ultimately adversely reducing crop productivity. In this report, changes in root nitric oxide content, shoot and root biomass, root H₂O₂ content, root lipid peroxidation, root cell death, root caspase-like enzymatic activity, root antioxidant enzymatic activity and root ascorbate and glutathione contents/redox states were investigated in maize (Zea mays L. cv Silverking) after long-term (21 d) salt stress (150 mM NaCl) with or without exogenously applied nitric oxide generated from the nitric oxide donor 2,2′-(Hydroxynitrosohydrazano)bis-ethane. In addition to reduced shoot and root biomass, salt stress increased the nitric oxide and H₂O₂ contents in the maize roots and resulted in elevated lipid peroxidation, caspase-like activity and cell death in the roots. Altered antioxidant enzymatic activities, along with changes in ascorbate and glutathione contents/redox status were observed in the roots in response to salt stress. The detrimental effects of salt stress in the roots were reversed by exogenously applied nitric oxide. These results demonstrate that exogenously applied nitric oxide confers salt stress tolerance in maize by reducing salt stress-induced oxidative stress and caspase-like activity through a process that limits accumulation of reactive oxygen species via enhanced antioxidant enzymatic activity.     

Response of alfalfa to putrescine treatment under drought stress

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. cv. Siwa 1) seeds were germinated in polyethylene glycol (PEG 4000) of different concentrations and with or without putrescine. The decrease in water potential of the PEG solution reduced germination rate, germination percentage, and growth criteria (e.g., hypocotyl length, fresh and dry masses of shoot and root), while the root length was increased. The decrease in water potential also reduced the contents of total soluble and reducing sugars, and proteins, and activities of α-and β-amylases and invertase, while increased protease activity. Putrescine treatment improved germination and all growth criteria and increased the activity of the hydrolytic enzymes except protease. In a pot experiment, drought stress was imposed by decreasing the soil moisture. Growth criteria, contents of proteins, chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids, as well as Hill reaction activity decreased while the hydrolytic enzyme activity and total soluble and reducing sugar contents increased under drought stress. Putrescine treatment decreased the activity of the hydrolytic enzymes and increased the polysaccharide, protein and photosynthetic pigment contents, and Hill reaction activity.     

Time course of antioxidant responses of Capsicum annuum subjected to a progressive magnesium deficiency

The effect of magnesium (Mg²⁺)‐deficiency on the antioxidant responses of Capsicum annuum was investigated over a 60‐day period under controlled conditions. This Mg²⁺‐deficiency aimed to mimic the physiological conditions that plants may experience in the field. At each harvest time, five different leaf‐levels (L2 to L6) were distinguished. L2 and L6 correspond to the second and sixth youngest leaves, respectively. The following parameters were determined: Mg²⁺, chlorophyll and protein contents, total and redox pools of ascorbate and glutathione, and the activities of superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, dehydroascorbate reductase, and glutathione reductase. Under Mg²⁺‐deficiency, leaf Mg²⁺ contents decreased over time in all leaf‐levels except in the second youngest leaves (L2), where they remained constant at about 0.25% (dry weight basis). Mg²⁺‐deficiency led to an increase in the antioxidant enzyme activities concomitant with an increase in the ascorbate and glutathione pools, whereas total chlorophyll and soluble protein contents decreased. The L2 leaves showed an increase in glutathione reductase activity and in the ascorbate redox state whereas no difference was observed for the other parameters. Superoxide dismutase activities increased in L5 leaves from day 15 and, afterwards, in L3 to L5 leaves, irrespective of Mg²⁺ content. At day 30, glutathione reductase activities increased in L2 to L4 leaves and dehydroascorbate reductase activities in L4 leaves. At day 45, we observed an increase in the ascorbate peroxidase activities in L3 to L5 leaves. At the same time, ascorbate and glutathione pools increased in intermediate leaves, whereas chlorophyll content decreased in L3 and L4 leaves, and protein content decreased in L4 leaves. Results suggest that pepper leaves enhance their defence capacities against oxidative stress by increasing ascorbate more than glutathione synthesis. However, cells showed higher regeneration rates for the glutathione redox state than for the ascorbate redox state.     

Cadmium induced mitochondrial redox changes in germinating pea seed

Mitochondria play an essential role in producing the energy required for seedling growth following imbibition. Heavy metals, such as cadmium impair mitochondrial functioning in part by altering redox regulation. The activities of two protein redox systems present in mitochondria, thioredoxin (Trx) and glutaredoxin (Grx), were analysed in the cotyledons and embryo of pea (Pisum sativum L.) germinating seeds exposed to toxic Cd concentration. Compared to controls, Cd-treated germinating seeds showed a decrease in total soluble protein content, but an increase in –SH content. Under Cd stress conditions, Grx and glutathione reductase (GR) activities as well as glutathione (GSH) concentrations decreased both in cotyledons and the embryo. Similar results were obtained with the Trx system: Trx and NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase (NTR) activities were not stimulated, whereas total NAD(P) contents diminished in the embryo. However, Cd enhanced the levels of all components of the Trx system in the cotyledons. On the other hand, Cd caused a significant increase in oxidative stress parameters such as the redox ratio of coenzymes (oxidized to reduced forms) and NAD(P)H oxidase activities. These results indicate that Cd induces differential redox responses on different seed tissues. We suggest that neither Grx system nor Trx one may improve the redox status of mitochondrial thiols in the embryo of germinating pea seeds exposed to Cd toxicity, but in the cotyledons the contribution of Trx/NTR/NADPH can be established in despite the vulnerability of the coenzyme pools due to enzymatic oxidation.     

牛大力块根糖积累及其相关酶活性变化研究

为提高牛大力块根的产量与品质,该研究以不同发育时期(移栽6、12、18、24、30、36个月)的牛大力块根为材料,采用紫外分光光度法对糖类含量及其相关酶活性进行测定,研究它们在牛大力块根发育过程中的动态变化规律。结果表明:(1)牛大力块根的生长发育进程可初步划分为形成期(移栽6～12个月)、迅速膨大期(移栽12～24个月)与稳定膨大期(移栽24～36个月)三个阶段。淀粉与蔗糖分别是牛大力块根中主要的多糖与可溶性糖。在牛大力块根发育过程中,多糖类物质的含量逐渐增加,而可溶性糖含量逐渐减少,两者之间呈显著负相关,推测可溶性糖的分解代谢有利于促进多糖类物质的积累。(2)蔗糖的分解代谢是蔗糖合酶(SUS)、蔗糖磷酸合酶(SPS)、酸性转化酶(AI)与中性转化酶(NI)等多种相关酶协同作用的结果。SUS在牛大力块根发育过程中发挥着既催化蔗糖合成,又催化蔗糖分解的双重调节作用,SUS(合成)的活性不断上升,至移栽36个月达到峰值,极显著高于其他时期; SUS(分解)的活性从移栽6个月至24个月逐渐上升,但在块根稳定膨大期稍有下降; 其净活性为催化蔗糖分解,在移栽12个月达到最高。转化酶AI和NI的活性均在块根发育过程中逐渐上升,且AI活性高于NI活性,提示AI可能在蔗糖代谢分解过程中发挥更重要的作用。该研究结果可为今后深入研究牛大力多糖类成分积累和调控机制提供理论依据,并为提高牛大力药材的产量与品质提供技术指导。     

Effect of gibberellic acid on epicotyl growth and carbohydrate distribution in derooted Pisum sativum cuttings with or without cotyledons

The effect of gibberellic acid (GA) on subhook growth in derooted cuttings of pea ( Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska) grown in the dark was studied in relation to the distribution of sugar-related compounds in the epicotyl and cotyledons. GA stimulated subhook growth of cuttings with or without cotyledons. In cuttings with cotyledons, the net inflow of sugar-related compounds (soluble sugars, starch, cell wall polysaccharides and sugars consumed by respiration) to the epicoiyl balanced with the net outflow from the cotyledons. GA stimulated the net inflow of sugar-related compounds to the epicotyl and the net outflow from cotyledons. Among these compounds, GA substantially increased the amount of soluble sugars, starch and cell wall polysaccharides in the subhook. In cuttings without cotyledons, on the other hand, the net inflow of sugar-related compounds to the subhook almost balanced with the net outflow from the epicotyl below the subhook. GA stimulated the net inflow of sugar-related compounds to the subhook and the net outflow from the epicotyl below the subhook. Among these compounds, GA substantially increased the amount of soluble sugars and cell wall polysaccharides in the subhook. These results suggest that GA stimulates an increase in the net inflow of sugar-related compounds to the subhook, thereby preventing an increase in osmotic potential and stimulating cell wall polysaccharide synthesis, when pea subhook growth is stimulated.