石榴果色合成相关基因CHS和CHI的表达特性分析

花色苷是类黄酮家族中重要的一类次生代谢产物,对果实呈色起重要作用。CHS (查尔酮合成酶)和CHI (查尔酮异构酶)为花色苷合成提供了前体物质,是花色苷合成所不可或缺的。利用RT-PCR和RACE方法,本研究从石榴果皮中克隆了与花色苷合成相关的CHS基因和CHI基因的cDNA全长,同时采用qRT-PCR研究了这两个基因在三个不同色泽石榴品种‘红宝石’、‘水晶甜’、‘墨石榴’发育期内的表达模式,并分析了果皮花色苷含量变化与基因转录水平的关系。结果表明,石榴中CHS和CHI基因cDNA全长分别为1 197 bp和693 bp,分别编码398和230个氨基酸,命名为PgCHS和PgCHI,在GenBank中的登录号分别为KF841615和KF841616。在氨基酸水平上,Pg CHS与荔枝、葡萄、山竹等果树的同源性达到90%以上。Pg CHI与果树中龙眼、梨、美洲葡萄、桑树等同源性达到70%以上。qRT-PCR结果显示,CHS和CHI基因的表达模式随色泽发育期和品种不同而有差异。在‘红宝石’石榴中,该两个基因都有前期和后期两个表达高峰期;而‘水晶甜’石榴中这两个基因的表达高峰期均出现在中后期;‘墨石榴’发育初期时CHS和CHI的表达量最高,以后的表达量都较低。同一品种内,CHS和CHI的表达具有协同性,两者的协同性表达有利于花色苷及其他类黄酮相关产物的合成。3个品种中CHS和CHI基因的表达与花色苷的积累并不一致。     

杂交兰花色花香生物合成途径的转录组分析

该研究以杂交兰(Cymbidium hybrid)不同花色花香品种‘玉凤’(K18,黄色)和‘福韵丹霞’(K24,紫红色)为材料,采用RNA-Seq技术获得杂交兰不同花期的花朵转录组数据,分析杂交兰不同时期花色/花香相关基因的表达变化,探讨杂交兰花色花香形成的分子机理,为杂交的定向改良和新品种选育提供依据。结果表明:(1)K18和K24分别获得11914和6793个差异表达基因;KEGG注释显示,有58个差异基因与花色花香合成相关;进一步分析发现,类黄酮是K18和K24的主要花色素,其合成基因在小花蕾期显著上调,其中K18通过查尔酮异构酶基因(CHI)、类黄酮-3′,5′羟化酶基因(F3′5′H)和黄酮醇合酶基因(FLS)途径生成黄酮醇,K24则通过花青素合成酶基因(ANS)途径生成花青素。(2)qRT-PCR验证表明,萜类骨架基因羟甲基戊二酰辅酶基因(HMGS)、羟基-3-甲基戊二酰辅酶A还原酶基因(HMGR2)和甲羟戊酸-5-焦磷酸合酶基因(MVD)等的表达量均在K18盛花期最高,同时6个下游的萜烯合酶(TPS)基因在K18中表达量比K24上调100倍以上。(3)定量分析表明,K24、K18中的花色素苷总含量分别为608.74、122.28μg·g-1,K18花色苷含量仅为K24的20%;K24花中色素物质主要成分为矢车菊素苷,使其花色呈红色;K18中飞燕草素苷含量相对较高(花色为黄色)。研究推测,ANS基因的较高表达可能是K24花瓣中花色苷含量高于K18的原因之一,K18通过CHI、F3′5′H、FLS途径积累了大量黄酮醇而不是花青素,从而影响了花朵颜色的决定。     

花青素生物合成关键酶的研究进展

花青素是植物花呈现不同色彩的物质基础,其生物合成途径主要受到查尔酮合成酶(CHS)、查尔酮异构酶(CHI)、黄烷酮3-羟化酶(F3H)、类黄酮3'-羟化酶(F3'H)、类黄酮3’,5’-羟化酶(F3'5'H)、二羟基黄酮醇还原酶(DFR)、花色素苷合成酶(ANS)以及类黄酮3-O-糖基转移酶(UFGT)等关键酶的控制.主要介绍花青苷生物合成途径、关键酶晶体结构及利用基因工程改造花色的研究进展,讨论目前花色改造存在的问题,并对今后的研究前景进行展望.     

2个石榴品种果皮花色苷合成相关基因表达分析

以2个不同红色石榴品种‘红宝石’和‘墨石榴’为试验材料,采用荧光定量PCR方法,分析花色苷合成相关基因CHS、CHI、F3H、DFR、ANS、UFGT等6个基因在果实发育过程中的转录表达特性,同时分析基因表达量与果皮花色苷积累的关系。结果表明:(1)在整个果实发育期内‘墨石榴’花色苷含量明显高于‘红宝石’;随着果实的发育,‘红宝石’果皮中总花色苷含量不断增加,而‘墨石榴’中总花色苷含量初期很高,随后迅速下降,后期维持在较低水平。(2)‘红宝石’中CHS、CHI、F3H、DFR、UFGT等5个基因均在果实发育的早期和晚期出现2个表达高峰,而ANS基因的表达量在整个果实发育期内不断升高;在‘墨石榴’中CHS、CHI、F3H、DFR、ANS等5个基因的表达高峰均出现在早期,随着果实的发育表达量均呈下降变化趋势,但UFGT基因在中期时表达量最高。(3)‘红宝石’石榴的ANS基因表达量与总花色苷含量呈显著正相关,‘墨石榴’中CHS和ANS基因的表达水平与总花色苷含量显著相关。研究认为,花色苷合成相关基因的初期和末期表达差异是2个石榴品种着色差异的主要原因,ANS在‘红宝石’着色中起关键作用,CHS和ANS可能在‘墨石榴’花色苷积累中起重要作用。     

红肉葡萄果实发育过程中花青苷组分变化与基因表达规律分析

以红肉葡萄新种质‘钟山红玉’为实验材料,通过高效液相色谱-质谱联用(HPLC-MS)检测‘钟山红玉’从幼果到成熟期果皮、果肉中的花青苷组分及含量,并利用实时荧光定量PCR检测不同发育时期花青苷合成相关基因的表达水平,研究其不同果实发育时期果皮、果肉中的花青苷组分变化,以及相关基因表达规律,探索红肉葡萄果实呈色机制,为葡萄果实品质改良育种提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)‘钟山红玉’果皮和果肉中共检测出13种花青苷且都为单糖苷花青苷,与欧亚种葡萄亲缘关系较近。(2)‘钟山红玉’果皮、果肉中均检测出了欧亚种葡萄中很少有的天竺葵素3-O-葡萄糖苷;果皮中飞燕草素类(飞燕草素-、锦葵色素-、矮牵牛素-)花青苷衍生物含量显著高于矢车菊素类(矢车菊素-、芍药素-)花青苷衍生物,而在果肉中则两大类花青苷含量相近,这与果皮中较高的F3′5′H基因表达量有关,且在果皮中酰基化花青苷比例显著高于果肉。(3)花青苷合成相关基因MYBA2和UFGT在‘钟山红玉’不同发育时期的表达变化规律一致,UFGT基因在果肉中基本不表达,而MYBA2可能是决定‘钟山红玉’果肉转色的关键因子;并且ABA响应相关基因PYL1在‘钟山红玉’发育时期的表达规律与OMT和LDOX基因一致。     

查尔酮异构酶基因的克隆序列分析及在大肠杆菌中的表达

从矮牵牛(Petunia hybrida Vilm.)花瓣的cDNA中克隆了查尔酮异构酶(chalcone isomerase,CHI)的基因chi-a,进行了序列分析。结果表明,chi-a基因全长726 bp,编码241个氨基酸。并在大肠杆菌中表达了chi-a基因,对来源于不同植物种的CHI进行了同源性比较分析。     

桂花类胡萝卜素异构酶基因的克隆及表达分析

利用已构建的桂花‘堰虹桂’花瓣转录组数据库中Unigene序列信息,结合RT-PCR技术对1个桂花类胡萝卜素异构酶基因(Of CRTISO)的最大阅读框进行扩增,并测序验证。生物信息学分析表明Of CRTISO基因含有长为1 842 bp的开放读码框,编码613个氨基酸残基。桂花Of CRTISO与已知胡麻科和茄科植物的CRTISO序列相似性最高,系统进化树分析发现Of CRTISO与芝麻CRTISO(XP_011077785)亲缘关系最近,聚为同一小支。表达分析发现,Of CRTISO基因在桂花‘堰虹桂’花蕾前期花序中的表达量极低,花蕾后期其表达量逐渐增加,初开期达到高峰,而盛开期时,其表达量显著下降。对桂花不同花色品种花瓣中Of CRTISO基因的表达分析表明,桂花初开期Of CRTISO基因的表达量可能影响盛开期各品种花瓣中类胡萝卜素的积累。     

石榴果肉PgF3′5′H基因克隆及不同温度处理下的表达分析

为探讨不同温度处理对采后石榴果肉花青苷含量的影响及花青苷合成相关基因(F3′5′H)在石榴果肉花青苷生物合成途径中的作用,该研究以"玉石籽"石榴为试材,于不同温度(0℃、5℃、10℃、15℃)处理下测定石榴果肉花青苷含量,同时利用RACE技术克隆了石榴果肉花青苷合成相关基因,命名为PgF3′5′H,GenBank登录号为KU058892;并利用RT-PCR技术分析PgF3′5′H基因在不同贮期温度下石榴果肉中的表达特性。结果表明:(1)不同温度处理下,石榴果肉花青苷含量随着贮藏时间(0~56d)的增长呈上升趋势;在整个贮藏过程中,15℃条件下,花青苷含量最高,10℃次之,5℃和0℃则处于较低水平;15℃时花青苷含量在14d后表现不稳定。(2)PgF3′5′H基因全长cDNA为1 199bp,开放阅读框918bp,编码305个氨基酸,在N端36~39处含有细胞色素P450家族基因的特征保守氨基酸序列(CYP基序"PPGP");生物信息学分析表明,该基因编码的氨基酸序列与巨桉的EgF3′5′H2、麻风树的JcF3′5′H2和荷花的NnF3′5′H2氨基酸序列一致性分别高达86%、82%和81%。(3)在0℃、5℃、10℃处理条件下,石榴果肉PgF3′5′H基因表达量随着贮藏时间(0~56d)的延长均呈上升趋势,15℃处理下,石榴果肉PgF3′5′H基因表达量不稳定;石榴果肉PgF3′5′H基因表达与花青苷含量呈显著正相关关系。研究结果为深入探讨采后石榴果肉花青苷的含量变化奠定了基础。     

葡萄果实成熟期花色苷与白藜芦醇合成相关基因的表达

以酿酒葡萄‘赤霞珠’为试材,采用pH示差法和高效液相色谱(HPLC)法分别测定葡萄成熟期果皮花色苷和白藜芦醇含量,用实时荧光定量PCR检测两者合成途径中相关基因的表达量,分析花色苷含量和白藜芦醇含量与其相关基因表达的关系,以揭示结构基因与调控基因的调控机制,为筛选富含花色苷和白藜芦醇的酿酒葡萄提供理论依据。结果显示:(1)葡萄果皮花色苷含量在花后112d达到最高值(0.77mg/g),反式白藜芦醇含量在花后126d达到最高值(30.87μg/g)。(2)花色苷和白藜芦醇合成途径中,CHSs、CHI、STS、UFGT、MybA1、MybA2基因的表达量除花后98d下调外,其余时间均呈上调表达,而Myb5a则始终呈上调表达。(3)相关分析表明,STS基因表达量与CHS1、CHS2基因表达量呈极显著和显著正相关关系,MybA1、MybA2基因表达量与CHSs、CHI、STS、UFGT基因的表达量呈极显著正相关关系;Myb5a基因表达量与CHS3基因表达量呈极显著正相关关系。研究表明,部分结构基因的表达与花色苷和白藜芦醇的变化不同步,MybA1和MybA2可能调控花色苷合成途径中多个结构基因的表达,花色苷与白藜芦醇的关系并不固定,而是处在动态变化中。     

FaPYL9基因调控草莓果实成熟的分子机理

该研究以草莓品种‘红颜’(Fragaria ananassa‘Benihoppe’)果实为试材,从红颜草莓果实中克隆得到1个ABA受体基因FaPYL9,该基因含有1个555bp核苷酸的开放阅读框,编码184个氨基酸序列,含有1个氨基酸保守区域PYR_PYL_RCAR_like。FaPYL9基因在草莓果实发育7个时期的表达量分析表明,随着草莓果实的成熟,FaPYL9基因的表达量迅速升高,并且在果实全红时表达量达到最高;干扰草莓果实中的FaPYL9基因,会延迟草莓果实成熟期3~5d,同时会降低与草莓果实着色相关的FaCHS和FaUFGT基因的表达量,并且果实中的蔗糖含量以及花青素含量也随之降低,ABA含量和果实硬度增加。研究表明,FaPYL9基因在草莓果实成熟发育过程中起重要作用,能促进草莓果实成熟。     

Presence of Rhizobium Etli bv . Phaseoli and Rhizobium Gallicum bv . Gallicum in Egyptian Soils

Seven bean rhizobial strains EBRI 2, 3, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29 identified as Rhizobium etli, and EBRI 32 identified as Rhizobium gallicum, isolated from Egyptian soils and which nodulated Phaseolus vulgaris efficiently, were subjected to hybridization with a nifH probe in order to estimate the copy number of this gene. Seven strains (EBRI 2, 3, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29) which were only able to nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris, contained three copies of the nifH gene, consistent with their identification as Rhizobium etli bv. phaseoli. Only one strain (EBRI 32) which nodulated both Phaseolus vulgaris and Leucaena leucocephala, had one copy of nifH gene. This confirmed the classification of this strain as Rhizobium gallicum bv. gallicum.     

Effects of MULTIFOLIATE-PINNA, AFILA, TENDRIL-LESS and UNIFOLIATA genes on leafblade architecture in Pisum sativum

In order to dissect the genetic regulation of leafblade morphogenesis, 16 genotypes of pea, constructed by combining the wild-type and mutant alleles of MFP, AF, TL and UNI genes, were quantitatively phenotyped. The morphological features of the three domains of leafblades of four genotypes, unknown earlier, were described. All the genotypes were found to differ in leafblade morphology. It was evident that MFP and TL functions acted as repressor of pinna ramification, in the distal domain. These functions, with and without interaction with UNI, also repressed the ramification of proximal pinnae in the absence of AF function. The expression of MFP and TL required UNI function. AF function was found to control leafblade architecture multifariously. The earlier identified role of AF as a repressor of UNI in the proximal domain was confirmed. Negative control of AF on the UNI-dependent pinna ramification in the distal domain was revealed. It was found that AF establishes a boundary between proximal and distal domains and activates formation of leaflet pinnae in the proximal domain.     

Prosthecium species with Stegonsporium anamorphs on Acer

Data from microscopic morphology, single-spore cultures, and DNA analyses of teleomorphs and anamorphs support the recognition of five species of Prosthecium with Stegonsporium anamorphs on Acer: P. acerinum sp. nov., the teleomorph of S. acerinum; P. acerophilum comb. nov., formerly known as Dictyoporthe acerophila; P. galeatum comb. nov., originally described as Massaria galeata; P. opalus sp. nov.; and P. pyriforme sp. nov., the teleomorph of S. pyriforme s. str. The morphology of both type specimens and freshly collected material was investigated. The teleomorphs have brown ellipsoidal ascospores with five distosepta and often a longitudinal distoseptum. The anamorphs of all species described here belong to Stegonsporium; their connection to the Prosthecium teleomorphs was demonstrated by morphology and DNA sequences of single spore cultures derived from both ascospores and conidia. The anamorphs and teleomorphs of all five Prosthecium species are described and illustrated by LM images, and a key to these species is provided. As perceived from this work, S. pyriforme is restricted to Europe and does not occur in North America, whereas S. acerinum is restricted to North America, not found in Europe. The host associations given in the literature are revised and evidence is provided that only A. opalus, A. pseudoplatanus, and A. saccharum are confirmed hosts of Prosthecium with Stegonsporium anamorphs. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of tef1, ITS rDNA, and partial nuLSU rDNA sequences confirm that the species with Stegonsporium anamorphs are closely related to P. ellipsosporum, the generic type species. Stilbospora macrosperma is confirmed as the anamorph of P. ellipsosporum by DNA data of single spore isolates obtained from both ascospores and conidia.     

Characterisation of cell wall polysaccharides, arabinogalactans-proteins (AGPs) and phenolics of Cola nitida, Cola acuminata and Garcinia kola seeds

Many Cola plant species are endemic to West and Central Africa. Cola acuminata and Cola nitida are used as masticatory when fresh, while the dried nuts are used for beverages and pharmaceutical purposes in Europe and North America. Garcinia kola seeds, that serve as a substitute for the true kola nuts, are used in African traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases, including colic, headache and liver cirrhosis. Seeds extracts of G. kola are also known for their anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antiviral properties. To gain information on the chemical properties of the kolas, we have isolated and analyzed cell wall polysaccharides, arabinogalactan-proteins and phenolic substances from the seeds of the three kola species. The sugar composition of cell wall material of C. acuminata, C. nitida and G. kola revealed that Gal (up to 30%), Ara, GalA and Glc as the predominant monosaccharides, representing approximately 90% by mol of the total hydrolysable sugar present in this material. In Ammonium oxalate cell wall fraction, GalA was found to be the major sugar present in all kola species. In the alkali-soluble fraction, there were significant differences in the level of Glc and Gal. The level of Glc was high in C. acuminata and C. nitida while the level of Gal and Xyl were high in C. nitida and G. cola. Isolation and quantification of arabinogalactan-proteins demonstrate that G. kola seeds contained four to eight times more of these proteoglycans than the seeds of the other two species. Finally, analysis of soluble phenolic substances shows that caffeine and catechin were largely represented in C. acumina and C. nitida seeds, with caffeine accounting for 50% of all soluble phenolics. These findings indicate that the three Kola seeds are highly enriched in pectins and proteoglycans and that C. acuminata and C. nitida can be used as a possible source of caffeine and catechin.     

Probing the Drosophila retinal determination gene network in Tribolium (II): The Pax6 genes eyeless and twin of eyeless

The Pax6 genes eyeless (ey) and twin of eyeless (toy) are upstream regulators in the retinal determination gene network (RDGN), which instructs the formation of the adult eye primordium in Drosophila. Most animals possess a singleton Pax6 ortholog, but the dependence of eye development on Pax6 is widely conserved. A rare exception is given by the larval eyes of Drosophila, which develop independently of ey and toy. To obtain insight into the origin of differential larval and adult eye regulation, we studied the function of toy and ey in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. We find that single and combinatorial knockdown of toy and ey affect larval eye development strongly but adult eye development only mildly in this primitive hemimetabolous species. Compound eye-loss, however, was provoked when ey and toy were RNAi-silenced in combination with the early retinal gene dachshund (dac). We propose that these data reflect a role of Pax6 during regional specification in the developing head and that the subsequent maintenance and growth of the adult eye primordium is regulated partly by redundant and partly by specific functions of toy, ey and dac in Tribolium. The results from embryonic knockdown and comparative protein sequence analysis lead us further to conclude that Tribolium represents an ancestral state of redundant control by ey and toy.     

中国黑粉菌属和利罗黑粉菌属

黑粉菌属是Roussel 1806年建立的,全世界记载有三百余种,主要寄生于禾本科,是经济作物及牧草的重要致病菌·长期以来,对黑粉菌的邢子使用过各种名称,如厚垣孢子,冬孢子及黑粉孢子等.本文采用黑粉孢子以区别锈菌的冬孢子. 芳’(1979)在《中国真菌总汇》中列出黑粉菌属五十种及一个变型.作者经过显微结构和超显微结构的研究,承认其中二十九种为正确名称,八种及一变型为异名,顶黑粉菌(Ustilago acrearus Berk.)由于错拼而被废弃.埃地黑粉菌(Ustilago emodensis Berk.)被转移至利罗粉菌属(Liroa).另有十一种黑粉菌因缺少标本留待今后订正.自1979年以后,杨信东(1983)增加黑粉菌属二种我国新纪录,K.范基和郭林(1986)描述一新种,四种新纪录.在本文中,作者描述一新种:鸢尾蒜黑粉(Ustilago ixiolirii Guo L) ,孢子堆生在蒴果内,不开裂,黑色,粉末状.黑粉孢子球形,近球形,稀椭圆形, 12.5-21×10-21μm,黑褐色,壁厚1-1.Sμm,纹饰脑状.是迄今生在石蒜科植物上唯一黑粉菌的种,其它几种黑粉菌均属条黑粉菌属.本文增加七种我国新纪录.共计四十九种,寄生于六科四十四属植物,主要是禾本科和蓼科.这仅是黑粉菌属研究的初步报告,在全国范围内大量采集黑粉菌标本后,作者相信会有更多新种和我国新纪录被发现.利罗黑粉菌属(Liroa)是从黑粉菌属(Ustaligo)分出的,此属为单种属.     

Doc and copia instability in an isogenic Drosophila melanogaster stock

A high degree of heterogeneity and an overall increase in number of insertion sites of the mobile elements Doc and copia were revealed in one substock of an isogenic Drosophila melanogaster stock, while in two other substocks the distribution of copia sites was highly homogenous, but that of Doc sites was again heterogenous. We therefore concluded that copia was unstable in one of the substocks and Doc was unstable in all. Doc instability presumably arose earlier than copia instability. Doc and copia transpositions were directly observed in experiments with one substock. An abundance of copia insertions was revealed in the X chromosome where insertions with deleterious effects are exposed to selection in hemizygous condition. The locations of many other mobile elements (mdg1, mdg2, mdg3, mdg4, 297, B104, H.M.S. Beagle, I, P, BS, FB) were found to be conserved in each substock and did not differ between them, indicating that these mobile elements were stable. This homogeneity is a strong argument against any possibility of inadvertent contamination.     

Comparative study of Bifidobacteriumanimalis, Escherichiacoli, Lactobacilluscasei and Saccharomycesboulardii probiotic properties

The present work investigates some probiotic properties of four different microorganisms (Bifidobacterium animalis var. lactis BB-12, Escherichia coli EMO, Lactobacillus casei and Saccharomyces boulardii). In vitro and in vivo tests were carried out to compare cell wall hydrophobicity, production of antagonistic substances, survival capacity in the gastrointestinal tract of germ-free mice without pathological consequence, and immune modulation by stimulation of Küpffer cells, intestinal sIgA and IL-10 levels. In vitro antagonism against pathogenic bacteria and yeast was only observed for the probiotic bacteria B. animalis and L. casei. The hydrophobic property of the cell wall was higher for B. animalis and E. coli EMO, and this property could be responsible for a better ability to colonize the gastrointestinal tract of germ-free mice. Higher levels of sIgA were observed mainly for S. boulardii, followed by E. coli EMO and B. animalis, and only S. boulardii induced a significant higher level of IL-10. In conclusion, for a probiotic use, S. boulardii presented better characteristics in terms of immunomodulation, and B. animalis and L. casei for antagonistic substance production. The knowledge of the different probiotic properties could be used to choice the better microorganism depending on the therapeutic or prophylactic application.