植物维生素B_6从头合成与代谢转换研究进展

维生素B6是一组可相互转换的吡啶衍生物的总称,包括吡哆醇、吡哆胺、吡哆醛、磷酸吡哆醇、磷酸吡哆胺和磷酸吡哆醛。其中,磷酸吡哆醛是140多种细胞酶的辅酶。至今发现两种VB6从头合成途径,DXP(1-脱氧-D-木酮糖-5-磷酸)依赖途径和DXP非依赖途径,前者仅存在于大肠杆菌和少量其他细菌,后者存在于其他所有VB6自养生物。除了VB6的从头合成,所有细胞生物体内还存在一条相似的补救途径,补救途径实现VB6各型的代谢转换。该文对近年来国内外有关植物VB6从头合成和代谢转换研究进展进行综述。     

硅对土壤-烟草系统中铅迁移及形态分布的影响

通过盆栽试验,以烟草为对象,研究了硅对土壤 烟草系统中铅的迁移以及土壤、烟草中铅形态分布的影响.结果表明： 施硅使非根际土壤可交换态铅向铁锰氧化物结合态转化,使根际土中交换态铅向铁锰氧化物结合态和残渣态转化,降低了土壤中铅的植物有效性与迁移性.施硅显著提高了烟草根部和叶部的生物量,显著降低了烟草铅的总吸收量和烟草各器官的铅含量,其中烟草铅的总吸收量降低了6.5%～44.0%,烟叶铅含量降低了3.1%～60.4%.施硅使烟草根、茎和叶中乙醇提取态、去离子水提取态和氯化钠提取态向盐酸提取态和残渣态转化,降低了烟草体内铅的毒性与迁移性.土壤-烟草系统中土壤向烟草根部的移动指数和根部向茎部的移动指数随施硅量的增加而降低,烟草茎部向叶部的移动指数随着施硅量的增加呈先增高后降低的趋势.硅通过降低土壤铅有效性、缓解铅对烟草的毒害、改变烟草体内铅的形态分布,进而抑制土壤中铅向烟草叶部的迁移,降低烟叶中的铅含量.施硅是降低土壤铅的迁移性及烟叶铅含量的有效措施.     

小麦和油菜中Cu和Zn的化学结合形态初步研究

1　引　　言微量元素在植物体中的化学结合形态的研究 ,对于充分了解其在植物体内的迁移转化机理 ,以及阐明其生理作用特征等都具有重要意义 .但是 ,至今为止 ,由于植物体内微量元素的化学结合形态比较复杂 ,而且差异很大 ,加上研究方法的限制 ,人们对于微量元素在植物体中存在的化学形态知之甚少 .参照国内外报道的一些资料[1～ 4 ] ,采用连续浸提的方法 ,初步探讨了Ｃｕ和Ｚｎ在小麦和油菜植株中的各种化学形态的含量和分异特征 ,试图阐明其在植物体内各种化学结合形态的差异性规律 ,为明确其在植物体内的转运机理和合理施用微量元素肥料…     

超累积植物与高生物量植物提取镉效率的比较

利用植物修复污染的土壤已受到广泛的关注.采用土壤盆栽试验,比较了超累积植物遏蓝菜与3种高生物量植物印度芥菜、烟草和向日葵对长期施用含镉有机、无机肥料污染的土壤(总Cd,2.87mg·kg-1)的提取效率.研究结果表明,遏蓝菜富集镉的能力明显高于其他3种植物,其地上部镉含量可达43.7mg·kg-1,分别是烟草、印度芥菜和向日葵(叶)的10、27和56倍;而地上部生物量最高的植物烟草,其生物量干重为24.8g· pot-1,分别是遏蓝菜、印度芥菜、向日葵的35倍、3倍、2倍.4种植物提取镉最多的是烟草,每盆可以提取117μg,遏蓝菜和印度芥菜提取镉量分别为35μg·pot-1和30μg·pot-1,向日葵提取量最少,每盆仅为10μg左右.植物对土壤中镉的提取效率分别为:烟草 1%,遏蓝菜0.6%,印度芥菜 0.5%,向日葵0.08%.4种植物种植后,土壤总镉和有效态镉含量没有显著的变化.     

水稻半胱氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂基因的克隆及其mRNA在水稻中的组成型表达

从40年代发现豆科植物中存在蛋白酶蛋白抑制剂以来,在动物、植物和微生物体内已发现普遍存在着多种类型的蛋白酶抑制剂(PI)。人们往往是为了研究某种蛋白酶的作用机制或出于某种应用目的去分离和研究PI的,对PI的真正生理功能尚不十分清楚。一般认为除防止体内不必要的蛋白降解作用、调节蛋白代谢及调节各种蛋白酶的生理活性外,很多植物的PI还具有抑制某些病源微生物及某些昆虫体内蛋白酶的作用,从而对植物有防卫功能。Hilder等和Johnson等已分别将属于丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂的豇豆蛋白酶抑制剂及马铃薯PⅠⅠ和PⅠⅡ基因转入烟草,结果转基因烟草对烟芽夜蛾(He-     

利用烟草瞬时表达系统检测高等植物基因的剪接加工

解析基因的剪接加工机制是了解植物形态建成、生长发育和逆境胁迫应答的重要环节．与动物相比,植物中相应的研究进展较为缓慢．利用农杆菌介导的烟草瞬时表达系统,分别对单子叶植物水稻BADH2和双子叶植物拟南芥GR7基因片段在烟草叶片中的转录后剪接加工进行分析．结果表明,一些重要剪接调控元件在植物中保守存在,而烟草瞬时表达系统可以作为研究高等植物剪接调控的重要工具,快捷灵敏地检测基因的剪接加工方式．     

烟粉虱内共生菌Rickettsia在植物体内的形态及动态变化

[目的]通过研究烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci取食传入植物体内的昆虫内共生菌种类,探明其在不同植物中的分布形态及时空动态.[方法]以B型烟粉虱、棉花、番茄、豇豆为实验材料,利用常规PCR检测烟粉虱取食后传入植物体内的共生菌种类;利用透射电镜(Transmission electron microscope,TEM)检测Rickettsia传入植物后的分布及形态;利用q-PCR技术检测豇豆叶片中Rickettsia含量的动态变化.[结果]B型烟粉虱体内含有原生共生菌P0rtiera、次生共生菌Ricfettsia,Hamiltonella和Hemipteriphilus,但只检测到Rickettsia可经烟粉虱传入棉花、番茄、豇豆植物体内,并可在植物体内存活、转移.在3种植物体内Rickettsia均分布于叶片韧皮部的筛管细胞中.烟粉虱、棉花、番茄组织内的Rickettsia形态基本一致,但豇豆中Rickettsia在形态上较小而钝圆.相同数量的烟粉虱取食,在豇豆体内最先检测到Rickettsia.随着烟粉虱取食时间的增加,豇豆体内的Rickettsia含量先增加后下降;而当无烟粉虱持续取食时,一定时间段内豇豆体内的Rickettsia先下降再小幅度上升,并可以在一定时间内保持不变.基于16S rDNA序列的系统发育分析表明,传入棉花、番茄、豇豆叶片中的Rickettsia与B型烟粉虱体内的Rickettsia高度同源.[结论]Rickettsia可经烟粉虱取食传入植物体内,分布并存活于韧皮部的筛管细胞中,并可在植物不同叶片之间转移;在不同植物宿主中,Rickettsia的形态会发生轻微变化;烟粉虱对Rickettsia的传播效率受到植物种类的影响.     

高压静电对烟草愈伤组织生长和根分化的效应

用场强 +1.0 KV/ cm高压静电 ( HV EF)处理烟草愈伤组织 30 min,处理组愈伤组织生长量达 10 .6 4g,比对照组高 8.0 % ,根分化率达 70 .6 % ,比对照组高 95%。超氧物歧化酶 ( SOD)活性、蛋白质含量分别为356 .3U/ g.FW、11.0 7m g/ g.FW,分别比对照增加 10 .5%、2 3.5%。过氧化物酶 ( POD)和吲哚乙酸 ( IAA)氧化酶活性处理组分别为 56 .3OD4 70 / min.g.FW、87.1μg/ g.h.FW,分别比对照下降 2 6 .1%、8.7%。结果表明 ,高压静电处理可促进烟草愈伤组织细胞生长和根的分化 ,这与 HV EF影响体内 SOD、POD和 IAA氧化酶活性以及蛋白质含量的变化相关。     

病毒在植物体内的运转

病毒能否引致植物发病,取决于病毒侵入植物后能否运转到植物的其它部分.一般认为病毒是通过由生物介体或机械磨擦造成的机械损伤而侵入植物细胞的.从初始侵染的细胞开始,大多数病毒在植物体内有两种运转方式:在薄壁细胞间进行的缓慢的短距离运转;在输导组织间进行的快速的长距离运转.80年代中期认识到病毒的体内运转需要其基因产物(运动蛋白,movement protem,MP)的参与,证实了烟草花叶病毒(TMV)的30kD蛋白即为TMV的MP[1,2].之后有关病毒MP及对病毒如何在植物体内进行运转的研究取得很大的进展.有关这方面的综述文章有Hull R、Atabekov等、Lucas等和Carrington等[3-6]的.本文主要综述近五年来的研究进展,但为了其完整性,也包含了一些上述综述的主要有关内容.     

大豆内生细菌的分离及根腐病拮抗菌的筛选鉴定

内生细菌存在于健康植物体内,一些内生细菌具有促生长、抗病和固氮等生物学功能.本项研究采用化学药剂表面灭菌方法从黑龙江省大豆品种合丰25的根、茎、叶和种子中分离到大量内生细菌,其种群数量在根部最多,为3.4×103CFU/g,在叶部次之,为2.8×103CFU/g,在茎部和种子中最少,为2.9×102 CFU/g和1.4×102CFU/g.从121株内生细菌中筛选到31株对大豆根腐病菌Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.soybean具有较强抑制作用的拮抗内生细菌,其中菌株TF28抑菌谱广,抑菌率高,对不同植物的病原菌F. oxysporum的抑菌率为80.2%～96.7%.经形态、生理生化和16S rRNA鉴定为解淀粉芽孢杆菌(Bacillus amyloliquefaciens).     

Interconversions of different forms of vitamin B6 in tobacco plants

There are six different vitamin B₆ (VB₆) forms, pyridoxal (PL), pyridoxamine (PM), pyridoxine (PN), pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP), pyridoxamine 5′-phosphate (PMP), and pyridoxine 5′-phosphate (PNP), of which PLP is the active form. Although plants are a major source of VB₆ in the human diet, and VB₆ plays an important role in plants, the mechanisms underlying the interconversions of different VB₆ forms are not well understood. In this study, in vitro tobacco plants were grown on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal media supplemented with 100 mg/L of PM, PL or PN and the abundance of the different B₆ vitamers in leaf tissue was quantified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The total amount of VB₆ was about 3.9 μg/g fresh weight of which PL, PM, PN, PLP and PMP accounted for 23%, 14%, 37%, 20% and 6%, respectively. Tobacco plants contained a trace amount of PNP. Supplementation of the culture medium with any of the non-phosphorylated vitamers resulted in an increase in total VB₆ by about 10-fold, but had very little impact on the concentrations of the endogenous phosphorylated vitamers. Administration of either PM or PN increased their endogenous levels more than the levels of any other endogenous B₆ vitamers. PL supplementation increased the levels of plant PN and PM significantly, but not that of PL, suggesting that efficient conversion pathways from PL to PN and PM are present in tobacco. Additionally, maintenance of a stable level of PLP in the plant is not well-correlated to changes in levels of non-phosphorylated forms.     

Determination of vitamin B6 vitamers and pyridoxic acid in plasma: development and evaluation of a high-performance liquid chromatographic assay

Marginal deficiency of vitamin B6 has recently been related to cardiovascular diseases. Because of that there is an increasing interest in a suitable and reliable method for quantifying this vitamin in routine laboratory medicine. We have developed a HPLC-based method able to quantify the B6 vitamers pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), pyridoxal (PL), pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate (PMP), pyridoxine (PN), and pyridoxamine (PM) and the degradation product 4-pyridoxic acid (4-PA). The separation was accomplished using a C18 (ODS) analytical column and an ion-pair reversed-phase chromatography. B6 vitamers were eluted with a gradient of acetonitrile (0.5-15%) in a potassium phosphate buffer with 1-octanesulfonic acid and triethylamine, pH 2.16. The concentration of the vitamers was determined with fluorescence detector (328 nm excitation, 393 nm emission) after postcolumn derivatization with phosphate buffer containing 1 g/L sodium bisulfite. The performance of the assay was evaluated by analyzing six plasma samples with interrelated concentration and two control samples (unspiked and vitamer spiked) over a 3-months period. The HPLC method was able to identify PLP, 4-PA, PM, PL, PN, and PMP from all other compounds in plasma in an analytical run of 46 min. The imprecisions and mean values (presented in parenthesis in nmol/L) were (unspiked and spiked sample) 9-8% (41-65) for PLP, 12-7% (18-40) for 4-PA, 67-28% (4-19) for PL, 15% (21) for PN, 10% (27) for PM, and 27% (17) for PMP. All three B6 vitamers (PLP, 4-PA, and PL) present in unspiked plasma showed an excellent linearity within the range of (nM) 8-60 (4-PA), 1-19 (PL), and 11-99 (PLP). In conclusion, we report a HPLC-based method that separates and detects nanomolar quantities of six B6 vitamers and demonstrate that the method will be suitable for routine quantitation of PLP and 4-PA in human plasma.     

Characterization of enzymes involved in the interconversions of different forms of vitamin B6 in tobacco leaves

There are six different vitamin B₆ (VB₆) forms, pyridoxal (PL), pyridoxamine (PM), pyridoxine (PN), pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP), pyridoxamine 5′-phosphate (PMP) and pyridoxine 5′-phosphate (PNP). PLP is a coenzyme required by more than 100 cellular enzymes. In spite of the importance of this vitamin, the understanding of VB₆ metabolic conversion in plants is limited. In this study, we developed a sensitive and reliable method to assay VB₆-metabolizing enzyme activities by monitoring their products visually using high-performance liquid chromatography. With this method, the reactions catalyzed by PL/PM/PN kinase, PMP/PNP oxidase, PM-pyruvate aminotransferase, PL reductase and PLP phosphatase were all nicely detected using crude protein extracts of tobacco leaves. Under optimal in vitro conditions, specific activities of those enzymes were 0.15 ± 0.03, 0.10 ± 0.03, 0.08 ± 0.02, 0.64 ± 0.13 and 23.08 ± 1.98 nmol product/min/mg protein, respectively. This is the first report on the conversion between PM and PL catalyzed by PM-pyruvate aminotransferase in plants. Furthermore, the PL reductase activity was found to be heat inducible. Our study sheds light on the VB₆ metabolism taking place in plants.     

Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate is a selective inhibitor in vivo of DNA polymerase alpha and epsilon

Vitamin B(6) compounds such as pyridoxal 5(')-phosphate (PLP), pyridoxal (PL), pyridoxine (PN), and pyridoxamine (PM), which reportedly have anti-angiogenic and anti-cancer effects, were thought to be inhibitors of some types of eukaryotic DNA polymerases. PL moderately inhibited only the activities of calf DNA polymerase alpha (pol alpha), while PN and PM had no inhibitory effects on any of the polymerases tested. On the other hand, PLP, a phosphated form of PL, was potentially a strong inhibitor of pol alpha and epsilon from phylogenetic-wide organisms including mammals, fish, insects, plants, and protists. PLP did not suppress the activities of prokaryotic DNA polymerases such as Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I and Taq DNA polymerase, or DNA-metabolic enzymes such as deoxyribonuclease I. For pol alpha and epsilon, PLP acted non-competitively with the DNA template-primer and competitively with the nucleotide substrate. Since PL was converted to PLP in vivo after being incorporated into human cancer cells, the anti-angiogenic and anti-cancer effects caused by PL must have been caused by the inhibition of pol alpha and epsilon activities after conversion to PLP.     

Discovery of pyridoxal reductase activity as part of human vitamin B6 metabolism

BackgroundPyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) is the active form of vitamin B6. Mammals cannot synthesize vitamin B6, so they rely on dietary uptake of the different B6 forms, and via the B6 salvage pathway they interconvert them into PLP. Humans possess three enzymes in this pathway: pyridoxal kinase, pyridox(am)ine phosphate oxidase and pyridoxal phosphatase. Besides these, a fourth enzyme has been described in plants and yeast but not in humans: pyridoxal reductase.MethodsWe analysed B6 vitamers in remnant CSF samples of PLP-treated patients and four mammalian cell lines (HepG2, Caco2, HEK293 and Neuro-2a) supplemented with PL as the sole source of vitamin B6.ResultsStrong accumulation of pyridoxine (PN) in CSF of PLP-treated patients was observed, suggesting the existence of a PN-forming enzyme. Our in vitro studies show that all cell lines reduce PL to PN in a time- and dose-dependent manner. We compared the amino acid sequences of known PL reductases to human sequences and found high homology for members of the voltage-gated potassium channel beta subunits and the human aldose reductases. Pharmacological inhibition and knockout of these proteins show that none of the candidates is solely responsible for PL reduction to PN.ConclusionsWe show evidence for the presence of PL reductase activity in humans. Further studies are needed to identify the responsible protein.General significanceThis study expands the number of enzymes with a role in B6 salvage pathway. We hypothesize a protective role of PL reductase(s) by limiting the intracellular amount of free PL and PLP.     

Separation and quantification of the B6 vitamers in plasma and 4-pyridoxic acid in urine of adolescent girls by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

The vitamin B₆ status of seemingly healthy adolescent girls was determined using several accepted and proposed parameters in an effort to establish guidelines for status evaluation. High-performance liquid chromatography-derived plasma B₆ vitamers (pyridoxal phosphate, PLP; pyridoxine phosphate, PNP; pyridoxamine phosphate, PMP; pyridoxal, PL; pyridoxine, PN; and pyridoxamine, PM) and 4-pyridoxic acid (4-PA) concentrations and urinary 4-PA levels of 28 white adolescent females, 12–15 years, having radiomonitored plasma PLP concentrations and coenzyme stimulation of erythrocyte alanine aminotransferase activities indicative of adequate status were determined. Mean vitamin B₆ and protein intakes were 1.48 mg and 78.3 g. Ranges for plasma B₆ vitamer and 4-PA concentrations (nmol/1) were: PLP, 40.9–122.2; PNP, non-detectable (ND)—16.1; PMP, ND—8.1; PL, ND—15; PN, ND—21.9; PM, ND—17.8; and 4-PA, ND—55.7. PLP was the only vitamer found in plasma of all subjects. Urinary 4-PA concentrations ranged from 0.11 to 2.50 μmol/mmol of creatinine. B₆ vitamer values of these girls should be of use in the establishment of normal ranges for vitamin B₆ status parameters.     

Vitamin B6 metabolism in microbes and approaches for fermentative production

Vitamin B6 is a designation for the six vitamers pyridoxal, pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP), pyridoxine 5′-phosphate, and pyridoxamine. PLP, being the most important B6 vitamer, serves as a cofactor for many proteins and enzymes. In contrast to other organisms, animals and humans have to ingest vitamin B6 with their food. Several disorders are associated with vitamin B6 deficiency. Moreover, pharmaceuticals interfere with metabolism of the cofactor, which also results in vitamin B6 deficiency. Therefore, vitamin B6 is a valuable compound for the pharmaceutical and the food industry. Although vitamin B6 is currently chemically synthesized, there is considerable interest on the industrial side to shift from chemical processes to sustainable fermentation technologies. Here, we review recent findings regarding biosynthesis and homeostasis of vitamin B6 and describe the approaches that have been made in the past to develop microbial production processes. Moreover, we will describe novel routes for vitamin B6 biosynthesis and discuss their potential for engineering bacteria that overproduce the commercially valuable substance. We also highlight bottlenecks of the vitamin B6 biosynthetic pathways and propose strategies to circumvent these limitations.     

Identification of the vitamers of vitamin B6 excreted by a yeast mutant growing in a glucose minimal culture medium

It has been reported that the only vitamers of vitamin B₆ excreted by a yeast mutant growing in a fairly complete culture medium were pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine. In this work, evidence is presented that when the same mutant grows in a glucose minimal culture medium it excretes in addition pyridoxal 5′-phosphate and pyridoxamine 5′-phosphate. Differences in the activities of acid phosphatase(s) were found in crude extracts from yeast mutant cells growing in the two culture media.     

Pyridox(am)ine 5′-phosphate oxidase (PNPO) deficiency in zebrafish results in fatal seizures and metabolic aberrations

Pyridox(am)ine 5′-phosphate oxidase (PNPO) catalyzes oxidation of pyridoxine 5′-phosphate (PNP) and pyridoxamine 5′-phosphate (PMP) to pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP), the active form of vitamin B₆. PNPO deficiency results in neonatal/infantile seizures and neurodevelopmental delay. To gain insight into this disorder we generated Pnpo deficient (pnpo^−/−) zebrafish (CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing). Locomotion analysis showed that pnpo^−/− zebrafish develop seizures resulting in only 38% of pnpo^−/− zebrafish surviving beyond 20 days post fertilization (dpf). The age of seizure onset varied and survival after the onset was brief. Biochemical profiling at 20 dpf revealed a reduction of PLP and pyridoxal (PL) and accumulation of PMP and pyridoxamine (PM). Amino acids involved in neurotransmission including glutamate, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine were decreased. Concentrations of several, mostly essential, amino acids were increased in pnpo^−/− zebrafish suggesting impaired activity of PLP-dependent transaminases involved in their degradation. PLP treatment increased survival at 20 dpf and led to complete normalization of PLP, PL, glutamate, GABA and glycine. However, amino acid profiles only partially normalized and accumulation of PMP and PM persisted. Taken together, our data indicate that not only decreased PLP but also accumulation of PMP may play a role in the clinical phenotype of PNPO deficiency.     

Effect of dietary fiber on absorption of B-6 vitamers in a rat jejunal perfusion study

Previous research has indicated that dietary fiber may affect the absorption and utilization of certain nutrients. To determine the effect of certain fiber materials on the absorption of B-6 vitamers, jejunal segments from young male adult rats were perfused in situ with a control solution containing 0.02 mM pyridoxine (PN), 0.02 mM pyridoxal (PL), and 0.02 mM pyridoxamine (PM), followed by a test solution containing the same vitamin B-6 mixture and one of five fiber-rich test materials (cellulose, pectin, lignin, homogenized fresh carrot, or carrot homogenized after 10 min boiling) added at a concentration of 1-3%. The mean absorption rates of PL, PN, and PM from the control solution were, respectively, 3.66 +/- 0.23, 2.06 +/- 0.23, and 1.74 +/- 0.37 nmole/min/20 cm jejunal segment. There were no significant differences between the absorption rates of B-6 vitamers from control and test solutions containing cellulose, pectin, and lignin. The absorption rates of PM and PL were significantly depressed (P less than 0.05 and P less than 0.01, respectively) by the presence of fresh or cooked carrot. The absorption rate of PN in presence of cooked carrot was also decreased relative to the control value but the difference was only marginally significant (P less than 0.10). When the concentration of fresh carrot in the test solution was increased to 10% by weight and the perfusion rate was decreased from 1.91 to 0.49 ml/min in a second perfusion experiment, there was a significant increase in variability and the differences between absorption rates of the B-6 vitamers in control and test solutions were not statistically significant. The limited evidence of adverse effect of carrot on absorption of vitamin B-6 suggested the need for further clarification of the influence of dietary fiber in an unrefined state on the bioavailability of vitamin B-6.