贯叶连翘总提取物对金黄色葡萄球菌的抗菌作用

以3株金黄色葡萄球菌为代表,分别探讨了经光照和未经光照处理后在培养24h的过程中贯叶连翘总提取物(TEHPL)对3株金黄色葡萄球菌的光密度(OD640mm)、活菌数(CFU)、总菌数(TCC)、最低杀菌浓度(MBC)的影响和对其中2株菌超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)的影响。结果表明TEHPL对金黄色葡萄球菌有抑菌和杀菌作用,其抑菌或杀菌作用与其浓度有关,不需光照。并且TEHPL诱导菌体细胞内SOD活力增高。     

Salicylic acid induced physiological and biochemical changes in wheat seedlings under water stress

Salicylic acid (SA) is an important signal molecule modulating plantresponses to stress. It is recently reported to induce multiple stresstolerancein plants including drought. An experiment was, therefore, conducted toascertain the effect of salicylic acid on the growth and metabolic profile ofwheat seedlings under water stress. Irrespective of the SA concentration(1–3 mM) and water stress, SA treated plants showed, ingeneral, a higher moisture content, dry mass, carboxylase activity of Rubisco,superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and total chlorophyll compared to those ofuntreated seedlings. SA treatment, under water stress, protected nitratereductase (NR) activity and maintained, especially at 3 mM SAconcentration, the protein and nitrogen content of leaves compared to watersufficient seedlings. Results signify the role of SA in regulating the droughtresponse of plants and suggest that SA could be used as a potential growthregulator, for improving plant growth under water stress.     

The chaotropic anions thiocyanate and nitrate inhibit the electric current through the tonoplast ATPase of isolated vacuoles from suspension cells of Chenopodium rubrum

Using the whole-vacuolar mode of the patch clamp technique, we studied the effect of the chaotropic anions thiocyanate and nitrate on the electric currents generated by the proton pumping tonoplast ATPase and pyrophosphatase (PPiase), respectively, in vacuoles from suspension cells of Chenopodium rubrum L. Addition of KNO₃ (150–250 m M ) or KSCN (70–150 m M ), and ATP (5 m M , obligatory) irreversibly inhibited the subsequent electric current through the tonoplast ATPase driven by 1 m M ATP, whereas PPiase-activity by 50 μ M PPi remained unaffected. The kinetics of inhibition, indicative of ATPase disintegration by the chaotropic anions, follows a single exponential (τ= 3.44 min). However, apparent ATPase disintegration did not measurably increase the tonoplast conductance. We conclude that, by contrast to organellar F-ATPases, upon disintegration the transmembrane proteolipid of the V-ATPase does not act as a proton conductor which, in the presence of chaotropic anions, like chloride or nitrate, would severely perturb solute compartmentation in the plant cell.     

敌百虫对水丝蚓的毒害

采用急性毒性方法测定了被不同浓度敌百虫毒害的水丝蚓(Limnodilus hoffineisteri)半致死浓度(LC50),利用测定酶活性方法检测了水丝蚓超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)的变化及中毒后水丝蚓喂饲的强壮水螅(Hydra robusta)SOD的改变。(1)敌百虫对水丝蚓48 h LC50为3.29 mg/L。敌百虫对水丝蚓SOD活性影响显著(P<0.05):在低浓度1~4 mg/L时,SOD活性呈上升趋势,但随浓度增加至5 mg/L,SOD活性开始下降。(2)用1~8 mg/L中毒后的水丝蚓依次喂饲水螅,SOD活性呈上升趋势。实验结果表明,敌百虫作为重要的杀虫剂或作为防治鱼病的药物,对水丝蚓造成胁迫,并在一定浓度范围内直接或间接地影响以其为食的动物的生存,以至危害生命。     

Nickel-induced Inhibition of Wheat Root Growth is Related to H2O2 Production, but not to Lipid Peroxidation

Effects of exogenous nickel (Ni: 10 and 200 μM) on growth, mitotic activity, Ni accumulation, H₂O₂ content and lipid peroxidation as well as the activities of various antioxidative enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) were investigated in wheat roots. A considerable Ni accumulation in the roots occurred at both the concentrations. Although Ni at 10 μM did not have any significant effect on root growth, it strongly inhibited the root growth at 200 μM. Mitotic activity in the root tips was not significantly affected by exposure of the seedlings to 10 μM Ni; however, it was almost completely inhibited at 200 μM treatment. Ni stress did not result in any significant changes in CAT and APX activities as well as lipid peroxidation. However, H₂O₂ concentration increased up to 82% over the control in the roots of seedlings exposed to 200 μM Ni. There was a significant decline in both SOD (50%) and GSH-Px (20–30%) activities in the roots when the seedlings were treated with 200 μM Ni. The results indicated that a strong inhibition of wheat root growth caused by Ni stress was not due to enhanced lipid peroxidation, but might be related to the accumulation of H₂O₂ in root tissue.     

互作对水稻白叶枯病菌JXOⅢ和JXOⅤ超氧阴离子释放的调控

水稻白叶枯病菌能够引起水稻的白叶枯病等一系列水稻病害。水稻白叶枯病菌JXOⅢ和JXOⅤ细胞中超氧阴离子的释放水平存在显著的差异,并进一步显示在两者亚细胞组分的超氧阴离子释放水平上。这种差异暗示致病性不同的病原菌中,O2^-可能具有信号传导及毒性因子的不同作用。亲和性不同的植物一病原菌互作过程对病原菌JXOⅢ和JXOⅤ的超氧阴离子释放具有不同的调控作用。对自身O2^-水平很低的JXOⅢ来说,亲和互作和非亲和互作过程都可诱导JXOⅢ中O2^-的释放;然而在自身听水平较高的JXOⅤ中,则随亲和性不同而表现出诱导或抑制的不同调控作用。无论是在JXOⅢ还是在JXOⅤ中,互作后分离得到的病原菌仍然能够显示出互作对其O2^-释放的显著影响,这种调控作用很可能具有一定的遗传稳定性。虽然机制还不清楚,但是推测这种调控可能和互作的走向相关。     

The first crystal structure of class III superoxide reductase from Treponema pallidum

Superoxide reductase (SOR) is a metalloprotein containing a non-heme iron centre, responsible for the scavenging of superoxide radicals in the cell. The crystal structure of Treponema pallidum (Tp) SOR was determined using soft X-rays and synchrotron radiation. Crystals of the oxidized form were obtained using poly(ethylene glycol) and MgCl₂ and diffracted beyond 1.55 Å resolution. The overall architecture is very similar to that of other known SORs but TpSOR contains an N-terminal domain in which the desulforedoxin-type Fe centre, found in other SORs, is absent. This domain conserves the β-barrel topology with an overall arrangement very similar to that of other SOR proteins where the centre is present. The absence of the iron ion and its ligands, however, causes a decrease in the cohesion of the domain and some disorder is observed, particularly in the region where the metal would be harboured. The C-terminal domain exhibits the characteristic immunoglobulin-like fold and harbours the Fe(His)₄(Cys) active site. The five ligands of the iron centre are well conserved despite some disorder observed for one of the four molecules in the asymmetric unit. The participation of a glutamate as the sixth ligand of some of the iron centres in Pyrococcus furiosus SOR was not observed in TpSOR. A possible explanation is that either X-ray photoreduction occurred or there was a mixture of redox states at the start of data collection. In agreement with earlier proposals, details in the TpSOR structure also suggest that Lys49 might be involved in attraction of superoxide to the active site.This work is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Frank Rusnak.Coordinates and observed structure factor amplitudes have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank under the accession code 1Y07.     

灯盏花素对脑出血患者氧化应激的影响

目的：探讨中药灯盏花素注射液对脑出血患者氧化应激的影响。方法：实验分成两组,以30例健康人为对照组,以25例早期脑出血患者为实验组,采用灯盏花素进行治疗,观察治疗前后两组血液中SOD、LDH的活性及MDA的含量。结果：与对照组相比,治疗前实验组SOD活性降低,而LDH的活性和MDA的含量升高。采用灯盏花素治疗后,实验组SOD显著升高,LDH的活性和MDA的含量降低;与对照组相比,无明显差异。结论：灯盏花素可通过抑制中性粒细胞产生呼吸爆发,增强机体清除氧自由基的能力,并降低脂质过氧化损伤,可应用于治疗早期脑出血。     

l-Malic Acid Fermentation by Mixed Culture of Rhizopus arrhizus and Proteus vulgaris

When Rhizopus arrhizus NRRL 1526 was mix-cultured with Proteus vulgaris AHU 1144, a strain having a high fumarase activity, in a medium containing glucose as a substrate, fumaric acid fermentation was successively converted to l-malic acid fermentation and large amounts of l-malic acid were accumulated as an end product.

As an inoculum of P. vulgaris for this fermentation, cells in the stationary growth phase (48 to 72 hr culture) were much more favorable than those in the exponential growth phase (18 hr culture) and malic acid yields in the former case were as high as about 70 to 75 % based on initial glucose after 3 to 4 days of the mixed culture.     

Functional,structural and phylogenetic analysis of domains underlying the Al sensitivity of the aluminum‐activated malate/anion transporter,TaALMT1

Triticum aestivum aluminum‐activated malate transporter (TaALMT1) is the founding member of a unique gene family of anion transporters (ALMTs) that mediate the efflux of organic acids. A small sub‐group of root‐localized ALMTs, including TaALMT1, is physiologically associated with in planta aluminum (Al) resistance. TaALMT1 exhibits significant enhancement of transport activity in response to extracellular Al. In this study, we integrated structure–function analyses of structurally altered TaALMT1 proteins expressed in Xenopus oocytes with phylogenic analyses of the ALMT family. Our aim is to re‐examine the role of protein domains in terms of their potential involvement in the Al‐dependent enhancement (i.e. Al‐responsiveness) of TaALMT1 transport activity, as well as the roles of all its 43 negatively charged amino acid residues. Our results indicate that the N‐domain, which is predicted to form the conductive pathway, mediates ion transport even in the absence of the C‐domain. However, segments in both domains are involved in Al³⁺ sensing. We identified two regions, one at the N‐terminus and a hydrophobic region at the C‐terminus, that jointly contribute to the Al‐response phenotype. Interestingly, the characteristic motif at the N‐terminus appears to be specific for Al‐responsive ALMTs. Our study highlights the need to include a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis when drawing inferences from structure–function analyses, as a significant proportion of the functional changes observed for TaALMT1 are most likely the result of alterations in the overall structural integrity of ALMT family proteins rather than modifications of specific sites involved in Al³⁺ sensing.