蓝花楹组织培养与快速繁殖研究

以蓝花楹(Jacaranda mimosifolia Humb.et Bonpl.)胚轴为外植体进行组织培养和快繁体系建立的研究。结果表明,蓝花楹种子经40℃-45℃温水浸泡后发芽率较高,达到55.7%。蓝花楹不定芽和愈伤组织诱导的最适培养基分别为MS+6-BA2.0 mg L-1+NAA 0.1 mg L-1+2,4-D 0.1 mg L-1和M S+6-BA 0.5 mg L-1+NAA 1.0 mg L-1+2,4-D 1.0 mg L-1。不定芽和愈伤组织增殖的最适培养基分别为改良MS培养基+6-BA 0.5 mg L-1+NAA 0.5 mg L-1+IBA 0.5 mg L-1和MS+6-BA 1.0 mg L-1+NAA 0.5 mg L-1+ZT 3.0 mg L-1。愈伤组织分化最适培养基为M S+BA 1.0 mg L-1+NAA 0.5 mg L-1+2,4-D 0.5 mg L-1。最适生根培养基为1/2MS+蔗糖20 g L-1+NAA 0.1 mg L-1+活性炭2.0 g L-1,生根率达78.3%。     

Protoplast isolation and regeneration from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Gracilaria changii</Emphasis> (Gracilariales,Rhodophyta)

The tropical agarophyte Gracilaria changii has been much researched and documented by the Algae Research Laboratory, University of Malaya, especially with regards to its potential as a seaweed bioreactor for valuable compounds. Protoplast regeneration of this seaweed was developed following the optimization of protoplast isolation protocol. Effect of the concentration and combination of isolating enzymes, incubation period, temperature, enzyme solution pH, tissue source on the protoplast yields were used to optimize the isolation protocol. The enzyme mixture with 4% w/v cellulase Onozuka R-10, 2% w/v macerozyme R-10 and 1 unit mL^-1 agarase was found to produce the highest yield of protoplast at 28°C and 3 h incubation period. Thallus tips gave higher yields of protoplasts than middle segments. Freshly isolated G. changii protoplasts were cultured in MES medium. Regeneration of protoplast cell walls after 24 h was confirmed by calcofluor white M2R staining under UV fluorescence microscopy. The protoplasts with regenerated cell walls then underwent a series of cell division to produce callus-like cell masses in MES medium. Following this, juvenile plants of G. changii were obtained.     

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Lesquerella fendleri L., a potential new oil crop with rich lesquerolic acid

A protocol was developed for regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Lesquerella fendleri. Calli were first induced from hypocotyls and cotyledons on MS plus 0.5 mg l⁻¹ BA, 1 mg l⁻¹ NAA and 1 mg l⁻¹ 2,4-D, then co-cultivated for 2–3 days in darkness on MS supplemented with 0.5 mg l⁻¹ BA, 0.2 mg l⁻¹ NAA and 100 μmol l⁻¹As together with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA105/pCAMBIA1301 that harbored genes for uidA (GUS) and hygromycin resistance. Following co-cultivation, calli transfected by A. tumefaciens were transferred to MS with 0.5 mg l⁻¹ BA, 0.2 mg l⁻¹NAA, 500 mg l⁻¹ Cef and 10 mg l⁻¹ hygromycin and cultured for 10 days, then the hygromycin was increased to 20 mg l⁻¹ on the same medium. After 4 weeks the resistant regenerants were transferred to MS with 0.5 mg l⁻¹BA, 0.2 mg l⁻¹ NAA, 500 mg l⁻¹ Cef and 25 mg l⁻¹ hygromycin for further selections. Transgenic plants were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction analysis, GUS histochemical assay and genomic Southern blot hybridization. With this approach, the average regeneration frequency from transfected calli was 22.70%, and the number of regenerated shoots per callus was 6–13. Overall results described in this study demonstrate that Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is a promising approach for improvement of this Lesquerella species.     

Prospects of androgenetic induction in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lupinus</Emphasis> spp.

Anthers cultures of six Polish cultivars of pasture lupin (Lupinus L.) were examined for their androgenic response. Anthers with microspores at the uninucleate stage were isolated from flower buds and cultured in liquid media. Better viability of androgenetic structures was obtained when donor plants had grown under field as opposed to greenhouse conditions. A density of five anthers per 0.5 ml medium was more conducive to androgenetic induction than 25 anthers per 0.5 ml medium. Addition of 5% maltose to the induction medium and culture at 25°C without pre-treatment of flowers, buds or anthers promoted microspore release and division. The greatest frequency of androgenic callus, ~70% was developed from cvs. Katon, Wat (white lupin), in contrast to cvs. Legat, Juno (yellow lupin), Polonez and Sonet (narrow-leafed lupin) with callus induction ~30–40%. Despite various combinations of media tested, plant regeneration was not obtained from anther derived callus.     

菘蓝两种外植体愈伤组织诱导研究

为寻找菘蓝愈伤组织诱导的最佳外植体,最佳培养基及愈伤组织继代增殖的最佳培养基,选用叶片和叶柄两种外植体,在添加不同种类植物激素处理组合的培养基上,对不同外植体进行愈伤组织的诱导和继代增殖研究.结果表明叶片比叶柄愈伤组织的诱导能力强,表现为出愈时间早,诱导率高,出愈多且质量好.叶片愈伤组织诱导培养基:MS 6-BA1.0mg/L 2,4-D0.3～0.5mg/L;继代增殖培养基:MS 6-BA0.5mg/L 2,4-D0.3mg/L.因此,采用菘蓝叶片为外植体,能高效的诱导出愈伤组织并能快速增殖.     

Fungal melanin inhibitor and related compounds from Penicillium decumbens

In Silene vulgaris (M.) G. cell culture three growth phases were distinguished, namely, a lag phase, an exponential phase and a stationary phase. Pectin termed silenan and an acidic arabinogalactan were isolated as cell wall polysaccharides of S. vulgaris callus at the different growth phases during culture. Production of silenan as the galacturonan (or rhamnogalacturonan) core was observed at the beginning of the exponential phase and at the stationary phase of the callus growth. Arabinogalactan, containing the galacturonic acid residues, is formed at the exponential phase followed by attachment to the core of silenan in the middle of the exponential phase. The arabinogalactan constituent of silenan appeared to be destroyed gradually at the stationary growth phase. The monosaccharide compositions of silenan and arabinogalactan were determined at various phases of the callus growth. Silenan was found to be formed in maximum amounts at the exponential phase of the cell growth. Insignificant alterations of the yields of acidic arabinogalactan were found during culture while total productivity per litre of medium and rate of production per day of arabinogalactan were found to be maximal at the exponential phase of growth.     

Anti-inflammatory activity in extracts prepared from callus cultures of Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt.

High levels of anti-inflammatory activity have been detected in extractsprepared from Eucomis plants as well as from invitro plantlets. Callus was initiated from leaf explants andexperiments were conducted to maximise callus proliferation. Optimal callusgrowth occurred on an Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 100 mgamp;ell;^–1 myo-inositol, 30 gamp;ell;^–1 sucrose, 2 gamp;ell;^–1 Gelrite^®, and a hormone combination of 10mg amp;ell;^–1 2,4-D and 2 mgamp;ell;^–1 kinetin. Callus cultures maintained in the darkgrew best. Callus extracts tested in the cyclooxygenase (COX) assays (250g mamp;ell;^–1) showed a greater inhibition ofCOX-2 inhibition (69%) than COX-1 inhibition (46%).     

Rearrangement,amplification, and assortment of mitochondrial DNA molecules in cultured cells of Brassica campestris

Summary We compared Brassica campestris mitochondrial and chloroplast DNAs from whole plants and from a 2-year-old cell culture. No differences were observed in the chloroplast DNAs (cpDNAs), whereas the culture mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was extensively altered. Hybridization analysis revealed that the alterations are due entirely to rearrangement. At least two inversions and one large duplication are found in the culture mtDNA. The duplication element is shown to have the usual properties of a plant mtDNA high frequency recombination repeat. The culture mtDNA exists as a complex heterogeneous population of rearranged and unrearranged molecules. Some of the culture-associated rearranged molecules are present in low levels in native plant tissue and appear to have sorted out and amplified in the culture. Other mtDNA rearrangements may have occurred de novo. In addition to alterations of the main mitochondrial genome, an 11.3 kb linear mtDNA plasmid present in whole plants is absent from the culture. Contrary to findings in cultured cells of other plants, small circular mtDNA molecules were not detected in the B. campestris cell culture.     

Cytogenetic studies of Haplopappus gracilis in both callus and suspension cell cultures

Summary Investigations have been carried out on karyotype change in both callus and suspension cell cultures of Haplopappus gracilis (2n=4). It has been found that polyploidization arises directly in culture to give up to six times the normal diploid chromosome number in some cultures. In polyploid cultures, both chromosome loss and chromosome rearrangements occur to give rise to aneuploid karyotypes displaying chromosomes which differ in morphology from the diploid set. Whole or partial chromosome loss has been observed in the form of lagging chromosomes and chromosome bridges at anaphase, and micronuclei, ring chromosomes and chromosome fragments at other stages in mitosis. C-banded preparations have confirmed the occurrence of chromosomal rearrangements. Comparative investigations suggest that (i) more polyploidy occurs in callus cultures than in suspension cell cultures, and (ii) the presence of cytokinin (kinetin) in the culture medium may reduce the extent of karyotype change.