不同类型双色百合的花色形成分析

以3个花朵双色的亚洲百合品种(‘Black Eye’、‘Pieton’和‘Twosome’)为试验材料,通过对不同部位(花被片上部和下部)的花色表型、色素成分和含量进行综合分析,解析不同类型双色百合的形成机理。结果表明:(1)于紫色花被片下部检测到矢车菊素3-O-β-芸香糖苷一种花青苷,且在花被片下部深紫色的‘Black Eye’中含量最高,而白色、黄色和橙色的花被片上部均未检测到花青苷。(2)3个品种的双色百合花被片上部和下部共检测到15种类胡萝卜素成分,不同品种花被片上部和下部中类胡萝卜素含量差异明显;‘Pieton’花被片中的特征成分为花药黄质、紫黄质和β-胡萝卜素,‘Twosome’花被片中的特征成分为辣椒红素,‘Black Eye’花被片中未检测到特征类胡萝卜素成分。(3)主成分分析发现不同百合品种中类胡萝卜素成分和含量具有明显差异,而同一品种花被片上部和下部类胡萝卜素组成接近但含量差异显著。(4)回归分析发现,矢车菊素-3-O-β-芸香糖苷、辣椒红素、八氢番茄红素、玉米黄质和β-胡萝卜素是影响百合花色的主要色素成分。研究表明,花青苷和类胡萝卜素成分在花被片不同区域的差异积累是双色百合形成的主要原因。     

干旱和臭氧浓度升高对元宝枫早生和晚生叶片色素和脱落酸含量的影响

臭氧和干旱是威胁我国北方城市植物生长的两大重要因素。于2012年利用开顶式气室,通过设置4个处理(AW-大气环境和水分充足;AW+60-大气增加60 nL/L臭氧+水分充足;AD-大气+干旱处理;AD+60-大气增加60 nL/L臭氧+干旱处理),开展了大气臭氧浓度升高(以下简称"臭氧")和干旱对元宝枫秋季变色期主要色素含量及脱落酸(ABA)含量的影响研究。结果表明:(1)早生叶在臭氧处理后,总叶绿素和类胡萝卜素分别下降了21%和29.6%、花青苷和类黄酮相对含量显著升高了34.1%和7.3%、脱落酸含量增加了19.8%。干旱处理后,早生叶总叶绿素显著下降了18.7%、花青苷和类黄酮相对含量分别显著升高了37%和7.4%、脱落酸含量显著升高了13%。叶片的上述生理变化将会导致叶片提前变红、叶片早衰和提前脱落。(2)晚生叶在干旱处理后总叶绿素含量减少了18.8%,脱落酸含量增加了33.4%,臭氧以及与干旱共同处理未对晚生叶产生显著影响。(3)臭氧和干旱共同处理后,早生叶总叶绿素含量、花青苷和叶片脱落酸含量存在显著交互作用,交互作用缓解了叶片总叶绿素的下降和花青苷的上升,但未缓解叶片脱落酸含量的增加。综上,早生叶和晚生叶对臭氧和干旱处理的响应不同,早生叶对臭氧处理响应大于晚生叶,而晚生叶对干旱更敏感。臭氧和干旱处理均加速了叶片衰老,二者共同处理后叶片脱落风险增加。     

黄瑞木果实红色素的分离及其化学结构研究

采用纸层析、紫外-可见光谱、红外光谱和液-质联用等技术对福建野生黄瑞木〔Adinandra millettii(Hook. et Arn.)Benth.〕果实红色素进行了分析研究。结果表明,该红色素主要含有矢车菊素-3-芸香糖苷(cyanidin-3-rutinoside)和矢车菊素-3-葡萄糖苷(cyanidin-3-glucoside)2种花色苷,呈鲜艳的红色,可作为天然保健食品的色素添加剂加以推广应用。     

不同花色菊花品种花色素结构基因的表达特性

对红色、黄色、粉紫色和白色菊花品种不同开放度的花序舌状花中CHS、CHI、DFR、F3H、F3′H和3GT基因的表达量进行了相对定量分析。结果表显示:6个基因的表达因不同花色、不同发育阶段而异。‘钟山红鹰’(红色)中各基因的表达量均较高,且均在Ⅱ(松蕾期)或Ⅲ(半开期)期达到峰值,其中DFR、3GT基因的表达量远高于其他花色品种。‘金陵娇黄’(黄色)中CHS、CHI基因表达量较高,且Ⅰ(紧蕾期)、Ⅱ期表达量高于Ⅲ、Ⅳ(盛开期)期;3GT、DFR基因表达量分别高或低于‘金陵笑靥’(粉紫色)品种中相应基因的表达量,但均比红色品种低;F3H在4个品种中表达量最低,F3′H表达量接近或略低于红色或粉紫色品种,且各阶段表达水平较稳定。‘金陵笑靥’中DFR表达量仅次于‘钟山红鹰’,3GT和CHS表达量低于红色与黄色品种。‘钟山雪桂’(白色)中各基因仅有微量表达,除F3H外各基因的表达量明显低于其他花色品种。研究表明,花色素结构基因DFR、3GT是菊花花色素合成的关键基因,DFR很可能是限速关键基因,一定表达水平的CHS、CHI也是菊花花色素合成所必须的,F3H基因与花色素合成不存在直接相关。     

菊花不同花色品种中花青素苷代谢分析

应用高效液相色谱和多级质谱联用技术（HPLC-ESI-MSn）,分析菊花（Chrysanthemum×morifolium）白色、粉色、红色、紫色、红紫色和墨色6个色系共计82个品种中花青素苷合成过程的中间产物和最终产物,发现从白色、粉色、红色、紫色、红紫色到墨色花青素苷含量快速增加,分别为4.68、111.60、366.89、543.56、1220.36和2674.95μg·g-1,不同色系间花青素苷的含量差异显著（P〈0.01）,花青素苷含量越高花色越深;墨色菊花品种中总类黄酮含量显著高于其它花色品种（P〈0.01）,其它不同色系间总类黄酮含量差异不显著（P〉0.05）;随着菊花花色变深,从柚皮素分支到圣草酚的代谢流,以及从圣草酚分支到矢车菊素苷的代谢流比例增加。花青素苷成分分析发现：菊花中只含有矢车菊素苷类化合物。根据花青素苷代谢成分分析结果绘制了菊花中花青素苷代谢路径图,即在菊花类黄酮代谢途径中只存在矢车菊素苷代谢分支途径;菊花不同色系在柚皮素和圣草酚2个关键代谢分支点上向不同方向代谢流的分配比例不同,造成花青素苷产物含量不同,导致不同花色。以上研究结果为菊花花色改良的分子育种提供了理论依据。     

环境因子调控植物花青素苷合成及呈色的机理

花青素苷（anthocyanin）是决定被子植物花、果实和种皮等颜色的重要色素之一。花青素苷的合成与积累过程往往与植物发育过程密切相关,由内外因子共同控制。环境因子通过诱导植物体内花青素苷合成途径相关基因的表达来调控花青素苷的呈色反应。该文追踪了国内外相关研究,认为光是影响花青素苷呈色的主要环境因子之一,光质和光强均能在一定程度上影响花青素苷的合成,其中光质起着更为关键的作用;低温能诱导花青素苷的积累,高温则会加速花青素苷的降解;不同的糖类物质均能影响花青素苷的合成,大部分结构基因和调节基因的表达均受糖调控。关于花发育与花青素苷呈色的关系、观赏植物花色对环境因子的响应以及花青素苷抵御逆境的机理尚待深入研究。因此,综合考察花发育与植物花青素苷合成及其呈色之间的关系,特别是光周期对花发育的影响导致花青素苷合成及呈色的机理是花色研究的一个重要课题。利用环境因子调控花色将会极大地提高花卉的观赏价值。     

A Skin Color Mutation of Grapevine,from Black-Skinned Pinot Noir to White-Skinned Pinot Blanc,Is Caused by Deletion of the Functional VvmybA1 Allele

A white-wine grape, Pinot Blanc, is thought to be a white-skinned mutant of a red-wine grape, Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir was heterozygous for VvmybA1. One allele was the non-functional VvmybA1a, and the other was the functional VvmybA1c. In Pinot Blanc, however, only VvmybA1a was observed, and the amount of VvmybA1 DNA in Pinot Blanc was half that in Pinot Noir. These findings suggest that deletion of VvmybA1c from Pinot Noir resulted in Pinot Blanc.     

A Thermophilic Acidophilic Bacterium from Hot Springs

A thermophilic acidophilic bacterium was isolated from Owaku-dani hot springs of Izu-Hakone National Park in Japan. This bacterium grows optimally at a temperature of 70°C and a pH of 2~3. The isolate was generally spherical in shape, with a diameter of about 0.8~1.2 μm, being gram-negative and nonmotile. The DNA base composition was 44% guanine plus cytosine. Chromatographic, chemical and infrared spectroscopic analysis of the total cellular lipid showed that the lipid constituents contained mainly ether linkages; long chain fatty acids and derivatives were absent. The data presented suggests that the thermophilic acidophilic isolate may have some relationship to the Sulfolobus.     

Structure-Dependent Photodegradation of Carotenoids Accelerated by Dimethyl Tetrasulfide under UVA Irradiation

Carotenoids are used in wide-ranging food applications, but they are susceptible to degradation by many factors including light. We examined the photodegradation of five kinds of carotenoids and three kinds of anthocyanins to clarify which structures of pigments were favorable to accelerated degradation by sulfides under UVA irradiation. Under UVA irradiation, crocetin and crocin were decomposed more rapidly in the presence of dimethyl tetrasulfide than in the absence of the sulfide, but not as rapidly as β-carotene, zeaxanthin and β-cryptoxanthin were. However, cyanidin was decomposed more slowly in the presence of sulfide than in the absence of sulfide. Moreover, the photodegradation of kuromanin and keracyanin was not affected by the addition of a sulfide. We also examined the mechanism for this accelerated degradation. Normal hexane was more favorable to the photodegradation of β-carotene than methanol and ethanol. The accelerated degradation was inhibited by free radical scavengers, but enhanced by the addition of deuterium oxide. These results suggest that conjugated double bonds were favorable to the accelerated photodegradation by sulfide and that this reaction was mediated by free radicals.