NaCl处理下两种引进红树的光合及抗氧化防御能力

在长期盐胁迫(28天, NaCl浓度从100 mmol·L^-1升至400 mmol·L^-1)下, 比较研究了引进的无瓣海桑(Sonneratia apetala)和拉关木(Laguncularia racemosa)幼苗叶片的气体交换、叶绿素含量、最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)、O₂^-_· 产生速率以及抗氧化酶的活性, 探讨了两种红树幼苗光合、抗氧化防御能力的差异与耐盐性的关系。结果显示: NaCl处理没有明显地影响两种红树幼苗的生长, 表明盐生植物对盐环境的适应性, 但两种红树的生理反应对NaCl处理存在较大的差异。在实验的第28天(苗木的NaCl累计处理浓度递增到400 mmol·L^-1)时, 与对照相比, 无瓣海桑叶片的净光合速率、水分利用效率增加, 气孔导度、蒸腾速率和胞间CO₂浓度/大气CO₂浓度(C_i/C_a)相应降低; 然而, 拉关木叶的净光合速率、蒸腾速率和水分利用效率均回落到对照的水平, 而气孔导度和C_i/C_a均增加, 表明同样的NaCl浓度处理对拉关木叶的净光合速率影响大于无瓣海桑。在NaCl处理期间, 无瓣海桑F_v/F_m一直保持在0.8以上, 而拉关木的F_v/F_m为0.75以下, 说明无瓣海桑具有高于拉关木的潜在最大光合能力。在实验的第7天(NaCl浓度为100 mmol·L^-1)和14天(苗木的NaCl累计处理浓度递增到200 mmol·L^-1)时, 两种红树O₂^-_· 产生速率迅速增加, 在实验的第28天(苗木的NaCl累计处理浓度递增到400 mmol·L^-1)时, 无瓣海桑O₂^-_· 产生速率是对照的5.3倍, 差异极显著, 此时, 拉关木叶中O₂^-_· 产生速率已降低到低于对照的水平。盐处理诱导了两种红树叶中抗氧化酶(超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)、谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)、过氧化物酶(POD))活性增加, 但拉关木增加的幅度大于无瓣海桑, 表明拉关木能响应盐胁迫并上调抗氧化酶活性, 降低盐诱导的膜脂过氧化, 提高耐盐的能力, 无瓣海桑通过提高水分利用效率来保持体内的水分, 同时, 保持PSII的最大光化学量子产量, 使得无瓣海桑在高盐处理时仍能保持高于对照水平的光合速率。     

解淀粉芽孢杆菌诱变育种及其突变株在降低酱油中氨基甲酸乙酯的应用

【目的】通过诱变育种提高解淀粉芽孢杆菌JY06利用精氨酸的能力,并将其用于降低酱油中的氨基甲酸乙酯及前体,从而提高酿造酱油的安全性。【方法】采用等离子诱变和紫外诱变两种诱变育种方法对解淀粉芽孢杆菌JY06进行突变,应用高通量筛选手段获得具有高精氨酸利用能力的突变株,验证突变株降低酱油中氨基甲酸乙酯的能力。【结果】获得了12株精氨酸利用能力提高的突变株,与出发菌株JY06相比,突变株C12和E6可使酱油中瓜氨酸含量分别降低了15.6%和14.7%,EC的含量分别降低了19.3%和13.1%。【结论】通过等离子诱变和紫外诱变进一步提高了解淀粉芽孢杆菌JY06降低酱油中EC及其前体瓜氨酸的能力,具有控制或减少酱油中生物危害物的应用潜力。     

Identification of four novel DC-SIGN ligands on Mycobacterium bovis BCG

Dendritic-cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN; CD209) has an important role in mediating adherence of Mycobacteria species, including M. tuberculosis and M. bovis BCG to human dendritic cells and macrophages, in which these bacteria can survive intracellularly. DC-SIGN is a C-type lectin, and interactions with mycobacterial cells are believed to occur via mannosylated structures on the mycobacterial surface. Recent studies suggest more varied modes of binding to multiple mycobacterial ligands. Here we identify, by affinity chromatography and mass-spectrometry, four novel ligands of M. bovis BCG that bind to DC-SIGN. The novel ligands are chaperone protein DnaK, 60 kDa chaperonin-1 (Cpn60.1), glyceraldehyde-3 phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and lipoprotein lprG. Other published work strongly suggests that these are on the cell surface. Of these ligands, lprG appears to bind DC-SIGN via typical protein-glycan interactions, but DnaK and Cpn60.1 binding do not show evidence of carbohydrate-dependent interactions. LprG was also identified as a ligand for DC-SIGNR (L-SIGN; CD299) and the M. tuberculosis orthologue of lprG has been found previously to interact with human toll-like receptor 2. Collectively, these findings offer new targets for combating mycobacterial adhesion and within-host survival, and reinforce the role of DC-SIGN as an important host ligand in mycobacterial infection.     

一株耐受低pH光滑球拟酵母RT-6的生理特性

摘要：【目的】 研究一株耐受pH 1.91的光滑球拟酵母 (Torulopsis glabrata) RT-6的生理特性。【方法】在不同的pH条件下,对比分析原菌CCTCC M202019和突变株RT-6胞内pH、胞内ATP水平、H+-ATPase酶活、膜脂肪酸组成和聚磷酸盐含量等生理学特性的差异。【结果】与原菌比较,突变株RT-6：(1)生物量和丙酮酸产量分别提高了60.6 %和85.4 % (56 h);(2) 在胞外pH5.0、4.5、4.0时,胞内pH极显著高于原菌;(3)胞内ATP、H+-ATP     

酿酒酵母生产羧酸的代谢工程策略

羧酸广泛地应用于食品、医药和化工等行业,具有广阔的市场前景.作为真核模式微生物,酿酒酵母作为代谢工程平台用来生产有机酸具有明显优势.本文论述了酿酒酵母生产重要羧酸的策略:首先构建一条能够和糖酵解途径相连接的高效的重要羧酸积累途径,进而探讨如何将碳代谢流由乙醇转向目的产物,在此基础上研究有机酸的转运及涉及到的能量问题.最后,对当前研究存在的问题进行了分析,并对未来研究方向进行了展望.     

The hunt for plant nitric oxide synthase (NOS): Is one really needed?

Nitric oxide (NO) production is associated with many physiological situations in plants, and NO is a key signaling molecule throughout the lifespan of a plant. The complexity of the underlying signaling events are just starting to be unraveled. The basis for nitric oxide signaling, the production of the signaling molecule itself, is far from understood in plants. While in animals, three homologous NO synthases (NOS) isoforms have been identified, yet in higher plants no corresponding enzymes are known so far. More than half a dozen NO productive reactions have been observed in plants but only few of them have been thoroughly investigated. It remains to be elucidated how these parts act together to form the sophisticated NO signaling network observed in plants.     

Cell wall-associated malate dehydrogenase activity from maize roots

Isolated cell walls from maize (Zea mays L.) roots exhibited ionically and covalently bound NAD-specific malate dehydrogenase activity. The enzyme catalyses a rapid reduction of oxaloacetate and much slower oxidation of malate. The kinetic and regulatory properties of the cell wall enzyme solubilized with 1 M NaCl were different from those published for soluble, mitochondrial or plasma membrane malate dehydrogenase with respect to their ATP, Pi, and pH dependence. Isoelectric focusing of ionically-bound proteins and specific staining for malate dehydrogenase revealed characteristic isoforms present in cell wall isolate, different from those present in plasma membranes and crude homogenate. Much greater activity of cell wall-associated malate dehydrogenase was detected in the intensively growing lateral roots compared to primary root with decreased growth rates. Presence of Zn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ in the assay medium inhibited the activity of the wall-associated malate dehydrogenase. Exposure of maize plants to excess concentrations of Zn²⁺ and Cu²⁺ in the hydroponic solution inhibited lateral root growth, decreased malate dehydrogenase activity and changed isoform profiles. The results presented show that cell wall malate dehydrogenase is truly a wall-bound enzyme, and not an artefact of cytoplasmic contamination, involved in the developmental processes, and detoxification of heavy metals.     

Host-derived pericytes and Sca-1+ cells predominate in the MART-1- stroma fraction of experimentally induced melanoma

Identification of cell types in tumor-associated stroma that are involved in the development of melanoma is hampered by their heterogeneity. The authors used flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry to demonstrate that anti-MART-1 antibodies can discriminate between melanoma and stroma cells. They investigated the cellular composition of the MART-1-, non-hematopoietic melanoma-associated stroma, finding it consisted mainly of Sca-1+ and CD146+ cells. These cell types were also observed in the skin and muscle adjacent to developing melanomas. The Sca-1+ cell population was observed distributed in the epidermis, hair follicle bulges, and tumor capsule. The CD146+ population was found distributed within the tumor, mainly associated with blood vessels in a perivascular location. In addition to a perivascular distribution, CD146+ cells expressed α-smooth muscle actin, lacked expression of endothelial markers CD31 and CD34, and were therefore identified as pericytes. Pericytes were found to be associated with CD31+ endothelial cells; however, some pericytes were also observed associated with CD31-, MART-1+ B16 melanoma cells that appeared to form blood vessel structures. Furthermore, the authors observed extensive nuclear expression of HIF-1α in melanoma and stroma cells, suggesting hypoxia is an important factor associated with the melanoma microenvironment and vascularization. The results suggest that pericytes and Sca-1+ stroma cells are important contributors to melanoma development.     

口腔乳酸杆菌的分离及其益生特性

[目的]从口腔环境中筛选具有潜在益生特性的乳酸杆菌,用于防治口腔疾病的益生菌疗法.[方法]利用选择性培养基从健康志愿者的唾液和牙菌斑样品中筛选得到乳酸杆菌,然后验证他们对龋齿致病菌变异链球菌生长的抑制作用.同时考察分离得到的微生物是否具有可以定植或在口腔环境中生存的特性.[结果]本研究从牙菌斑样品中分离得到一株发酵乳杆菌Y29.该菌能够抑制变异链球菌的生长,并有自聚集和与其他口腔微生物共聚集形成生物膜的能力.此外,发酵乳杆菌Y29可耐受1.0 mg/mL溶菌酶和140μg/g过氧化氢,有利于其在可能含有多种抑菌物质的口腔动态环境中生存.[结论]发酵乳杆菌Y29在防治龋齿和保证口腔健康方面具有潜在的益生特性.     

基于融合双亲短肽提高葡萄糖氧化酶的热稳定性

葡萄糖氧化酶(Glucose oxidase,简称GOD)可氧化葡萄糖生产葡萄糖酸及其衍生物,在新型无抗饲料添加剂的开发中具有良好的应用潜力,但其生产加工过程中尚存在热稳定差的瓶颈问题。本研究采用融合双亲短肽技术提高葡萄糖氧化酶的热稳定性,分别选取8种不同氨基酸长度、不同Linker连接的双亲短肽(Self-assembling peptides,SAPs)融合至黑曲霉来源的葡萄糖氧化酶的N端,构建了8种融合型酶SAP1-GS-GOD、SAP1-PT-GOD、SAP2-PT-GOD、SAP3-PT-GOD、SAP4-PT-GOD、SAP5-PT-GOD、SAP6-PT-GOD、SAP7-PT-GOD,并在毕赤酵母GS115中异源表达。获得的连接PT Linker的融合酶在60℃下孵育60 min后的相对酶活均高于初始酶。其中,融合酶SAP5-PT-GOD在60℃下孵育30 min的相对酶活为67%,是相同处理条件下初始酶相对酶活的10.9倍。同时,融合酶SAP1-PT-GOD、SAP2-PT-GOD、SAP3-PT-GOD、SAP5-PT-GOD的K_(cat)/K_m值较初始酶均有进一步的提高。研究表明,在葡萄糖氧化酶的N端融合以PT为Linker的目标双亲短肽能有效提高葡萄糖氧化酶的热稳定性,通过对融合酶分子内作用力进行分析,酶分子内氢键的增加对融合酶热稳定性的提高效果最为显著。上述研究获得的热稳定性提高的融合葡萄糖氧化酶及其效果机制分析对提高酶在加工和应用过程中的活性具有重要的研究意义和应用价值。