Effects of prohexadione (BX-112) and gibberellins on shoot growth in seedlings of Salix pentandra

Effects of gibberellins A₁, A_4/7, A₉, A₁₉ and A₂₀ and growth retardants were studied on shoot elongation in seedlings of Salix pentandra L. The growth-retarding effects of CCC and ancymidol were antagonized by all the gibberellins tested. The novel plant growth regulator prohexadione (free acid of BX-112), which is suggested to block 3β-hydroxylation of gibberellins, effectively prevented shoot elongation in seedlings grown under long photoperiod. Initiation of new leaves was only slightly reduced. GA₁, but not GA₁₉ and GA₂₀, was active in overcoming the inhibition of stem elongation of seedlings, treated with prohexadione, GA₁₉, GA₂₀ and GA₁ are native in S. pentandra , and the results are compatible with the hypothesis that GA₁ is active per se in shoot elongation, and that the effect of GA₁₉ and GA₂₀ is dependent on their conversion to GA₁.
A mixture of GA₄ and GA₇ was as active as GA₁ in promoting shoot elongation in seedlings treated with prohexadione, while GA₉ showed slight activity only when applied at high doses.     

Countercurrent chromatography

Countercurrent chromatography is a newly developed versatile partition chromatography which totally eliminates the use of solid supports. The method utilizes the intriguing hydrodynamic behavior of two immiscible solvents in a rotating coiled tube. Various types of seal-free flow-through centrifuge schemes are introduced to facilitate a continuous elution process. The method yields high partition efficiencies comparable to liquid chromatography but without the complications arising from the use of solid supports. Countercurrent chromatography covers a wide spectrum of applicable samples ranging from small ions and molecules to macromolecules and even cell particles in both analytical and preparative scales.     

Effects of two growth retardants on tissue permeability in Pisum sativum and Beta vulgaris

The effects of growth retardants, 4-hydroxy-5-isopropyl-2-methylphenyltrimethylammonium chloride-1-piperidine carboxylate (AMO-1618 or AMO) and 2-chloroethyltrimethylammonium chloride (CCC), applied with and without gibberellic acid (GA₃), on -[³H]alanine uptake and leakage from pea (Pisum sativum L.) and betacyanin efflux from beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) tissue were examined. Both compounds decreased the amount of -[³H]alanine taken up into pea leaf discs, and increased the quantity of radioactive label that subsequently leaked out of this tissue. Efflux of betacyanin from slices of beetroot was also found to be promoted by treatment with CCC or AMO-1618. In no case were these effects reversed by application of GA₃. It is concluded that the growth retardants may be altering tissue permeability by an interaction with the cell membranes, and this may account for some of the side effects of the retardants which cannot be explained on the basis of their inhibiting action on gibberellin synthesis.Abbreviations AMO-1618 4-hydroxy-5-isopropyl-2-methylphenyltrimethylammonium chloride-1-piperidine carboxylate - CCC 2-chloroethyltrimethylammonium chloride - GA₃ gibberellic acid     

Gibberellins are not essential for photoperiodic flower induction of Pharbitis nil

The influence on photoperiodic flowering of (2-chloroethyl)trimethylmmonium chloride (CCC), an inhibitor of gibberellin (GA) biosynthesis, was studied in the short-day plant Pharbitis nil cv. Violet. The cotyledons contained high levels of endogenous bioactive gibberellins, whereas in the plumules and first leaves the levels were low or undetectable. The first leaf responded to a single'dark treatment by inducing flowering when it was 10 mm or wider. Similar seedlings, but without cotyledons, were used as the assay plants to study the effect of CCC on photoperiodic flowering. Treatment with CCC had no effect on flowering of seedlings without cotyledons, although stem elongation was inhibited. By contrast. CCC inhibited flowering of the intact seedlings with cotyledons. Gibberellic acid applied to the shoot apex or to the first leaf promoted flowering in the CCC-treated seedlings without cotyledons. The results indicate thai gibberellins are not essential for the flower induction process in leaves, but that they promote flower initiation and/or later processes in the shoot apices.     

叶面喷施矮壮素对番茄嫁接愈合的调节作用

该研究选用番茄接穗品种‘硬粉8号’和砧木品种‘砧爱1号’为试材,分别在嫁接前6 d和12 d叶面喷施100 mg·L^-1 生长抑制剂矮壮素(CCC),测定番茄幼苗生长指标和嫁接接合部植物激素含量,监测CCC处理对嫁接愈合进程的影响。结果显示：(1)‘硬粉8号’和‘砧爱1号’幼苗生长受到CCC显著抑制,株高分别显著降低33.30%和33.96%,两幼苗地上部鲜重及‘砧爱1号’幼苗干重也均显著降低。(2)嫁接后12 h和48 h,CCC处理显著降低了嫁接接合部GA₁₅和GA₈含量,嫁接后48 h和72 h显著提高了嫁接接合部GA₃₄和GA₃含量;嫁接后12、48和72 h,CCC处理显著提高了嫁接接合部L 色氨酸、吲哚 3 乙酸甲酯、色胺、吲哚 3 乙酸、反式 玉米素 9 Β葡萄糖苷和异戊烯腺嘌呤 9 葡萄糖苷含量。(3)嫁接后48~168 h,CCC处理显著提高了嫁接接合部维管束品红吸收含量和平均荧光强度;嫁接后72 h,CCC处理的嫁接接合部已可见木质部导管分子连接;嫁接后96~120 h,CCC处理的嫁接接合部木质部与韧皮部基本完成连接,愈伤组织薄壁细胞填满接合部间隙,完成时间早于对照。(4)嫁接后20 d,CCC处理显著提高了接穗叶绿素(SPAD值)和砧木根系活力。研究发现,番茄幼苗嫁接前叶面喷施CCC可有效促进维管束重连和嫁接苗生长发育。     

Towards a molecular understanding of endosomal trafficking by Retromer and Retriever

Endosomes are dynamic intracellular compartments that control the sorting of a constant stream of different transmembrane cargos either for ESCRT‐mediated degradation or for egress and recycling to compartments such as the Golgi and the plasma membrane. The recycling of cargos occurs within tubulovesicular membrane domains and is facilitated by peripheral membrane protein machineries that control both membrane remodelling and selection of specific transmembrane cargos. One of the primary sorting machineries is the Retromer complex, which controls the recycling of a large array of different cargo molecules in cooperation with various sorting nexin (SNX) adaptor proteins. Recently a Retromer‐like complex was also identified that controls plasma membrane recycling of cargos including integrins and lipoprotein receptors. Termed “Retriever,” this complex uses a different SNX family member SNX17 for cargo recognition, and cooperates with the COMMD/CCDC93/CCDC22 (CCC) complex to form a larger assembly called “Commander” to mediate endosomal trafficking. In this review we focus on recent advances that have begun to provide a molecular understanding of these two distantly related transport machineries.     

“固液双层”培养法诱导马铃薯‘米拉’试管薯的研究

该研究以马铃薯‘米拉’品种的脱毒试管苗为材料,采用"固液双层"的培养方式,通过正交试验对其试管苗壮苗生长阶段和试管薯诱导阶段的培养基进行优化,并通过单因素试验研究蔗糖浓度、光照条件和CCC浓度对试管薯结薯的影响。结果表明:在"固液双层"培养中,‘米拉’壮苗培养阶段优化的培养基为改良MS培养基(硝酸铵为2 000 mg·L~(-1)、硝酸钾为2 000 mg·L~(-1))+500 mg·L~(-1)CCC+0.1%活性炭+0.1mg·L~(-1)DA-6+1 mg·L~(-1)6-BA+0.1 mg·L~(-1)NAA+3%蔗糖+6 g·L~(-1)琼脂,pH 5.8。试管薯诱导及生长阶段优化的培养基为MS_1培养基(微量元素和铁盐的用量为MS培养基的2倍)+1.5%活性炭+4 mg·L~(-1)6-BA+8%蔗糖。在试管薯诱导阶段,弱光4 h·d~(-1)培养诱导的试管薯,结薯指数、大薯率、薯块重量均优于暗培养。"固液双层"培养是一种低成本的方法,在组织培养室内就可以大量繁殖‘米拉’试管薯,并且能增加原种的数量,这种方法也能用于马铃薯其他栽培品种试管薯的诱导。     

药用植物红根草种质资源的离体保存

以红根草试管苗为材料,研究了不同培养基(MS、1/2MS、1/4MS)、蔗糖浓度和植物生长抑制剂(CCC、PP333、ABA、MH)在红根草试管苗保存中的作用。结果表明:培养基1/2MS对红根草保存最好,保存270d后存活率最高。培养基中不添加蔗糖较添加一定浓度蔗糖时植株的形态和色泽差,但保存时间更长,转继代后能正常恢复生长。添加生长抑制剂能减缓生长速度,延长保存时间,最佳浓度分别为:CCC1.2～1.6mg/L;PP3331.6mg/L;ABA0.5～4.0mg/L;MH0.5mg/L。其中,ABA0.5～4.0mg/L对植株的生长最好,CCC浓度为1.2mg/L和1.6mg/L时,保存时间长,360d时,存活率达90%。