水杨酸调控盐胁迫下羽衣甘蓝种子萌发的机理

盐胁迫是植物种子萌发与植株生长的重要限制因子。以羽衣甘蓝(Brassica oleracea var.acephala)名古屋为材料,研究不同盐分对其种子萌发的影响,探索水杨酸(SA)及其合成抑制剂氨基茚磷酸(AIP)处理对羽衣甘蓝种子萌发的调控效应。实验结果表明,150与200 mmol·L^–1 NaCl处理后的羽衣甘蓝种子活力显著降低。盐胁迫显著降低种子的吸水速率、种子活力与幼苗质量,降低苯丙氨酸裂解酶活性与内源SA含量,提高过氧化氢(H2O2)与超氧阴离子(O2^–.)含量。SA可以缓解盐胁迫对羽衣甘蓝种子活力的抑制作用,通过促进内源SA合成,从而提高种子吸水率与种子活力,促进种子对K^+、Mg^2+的吸收,降低Na+含量。此外,外源施加SA能够显著增强超氧化物歧化酶和过氧化物酶活性,降低H2O2与O2^–.的积累。相反,氨基茚磷酸(AIP)处理能够增强盐胁迫对种子萌发的抑制作用,推测这与AIP处理能够显著降低种子内源SA含量密切相关。研究表明外源SA主要通过提高保护酶活性、降低活性氧积累和维持体内离子平衡来增强羽衣甘蓝的耐盐性。     

植物凝集素类受体蛋白激酶研究进展

自然界中植物的生长发育受到各种环境变化的影响。为了响应外界各种环境条件,植物演化出一系列识别和传递环境信号的蛋白分子,其中比较典型的是植物细胞质膜上的类受体蛋白激酶(RLKs)。凝集素类受体蛋白激酶(LecRLKs)是类受体蛋白激酶家族中的一个亚族,它主要包含3个结构域:细胞外凝集素结构域、跨膜结构域和细胞内激酶结构域。根据细胞外凝集素结构域的不同,LecRLKs可分为3种不同类型:L、G和C型。近年来,研究表明LecRLKs在植物生物/非生物胁迫和发育调控中发挥非常重要的作用。该文综述了植物凝集素类受体蛋白激酶的研究历史、结构特点、分类以及生物学功能,并重点阐述凝集素类受体蛋白激酶在植物生物/非生物胁迫响应和调控发育方面的功能。对不同类型和不同功能的植物凝集素类受体蛋白激酶进行阐述将有利于对该类蛋白开展功能研究,并为作物改良提供有益借鉴。     

Effects of long-term flooding on respiratory metabolism of Taxodium ‘Zhongshansha 118’ seedlings

Aims Taxodium ‘Zhongshansha’ had a strong submergence tolerance, but the biological mechanism is not clearly defined. The respiratory metabolism for the tolerance of Taxodium ‘Zhongshansha 118’ ((Taxodium distichum × Taxodium mucronatum) × Taxodium mucronatum) to long-term flooding was investigated through the measuring and analyzing the changes in root starch and soluble sugar as well as the contents of anaerobic respiration enzymes, including lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), ethanol dehydrogenase (ADH) and pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC)), in the ‘Zhongshansha 118’ seedling. The biomass and activities of the seedling roots were also measured and analyzed.Methods 24 1-year Taxodium ‘Zhongshansha 118’ seedlings were randomly and equally divided into four groups and each group experienced one of four different levels of flooding (i.e., no flooding, waterlogging, partial submergence, deep submergence) from August 8 to November 8, 2014.Important findings The results showed that the contents of the anaerobic respiration enzymes in the seedling roots and leaves are increasing with the levels of severity of flooding, which indicated the roots and leaves adapt to long-term flooding by reinforcing their anaerobic respiration and activities of ADH that were higher than LDH for roots and leaves used in alcoholic fermentation mainly. The activities of anaerobic respiration enzymes in leaves were higher than that in roots, while leaves were more sensitive to flooding. The starch and soluble sugar in roots and leaves had similar trend with anaerobic respiration enzymes. However, roots starch was higher than leaves where soluble sugar was lower than roots. The higher content of starch were the important reason of strong submergence tolerance, and we consider the strategy to fit into long-term flooding is patience type. The paper demonstrate Taxodium ‘Zhongshansha 118’ have the physiological and the morphological properties to adapt to long-term flooding, including aerial root and basal part of stem expanded and the outer wall of the root lignified to protect the roots from flooding.     

NaCl胁迫对星苹果叶片生理特性的影响

为研究星苹果Chrysophyllum cainito的耐盐能力及其在NaCl胁迫下的生理特性变化,以0、0.2%、0.4%、0.6%NaCl溶液分别对盆栽幼苗进行胁迫处理,测定叶片的叶绿素、渗透调节物质、丙二醛含量及抗氧化物酶活性。结果表明,在NaCl胁迫下,星苹果叶片的叶绿素合成受到明显抑制;超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化物酶(POD)的活性随NaCl浓度增加而呈现先降后升现象;过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性则是先升后降,在0.2%NaCl处理时达最高;可溶性蛋白含量与处理浓度呈负相关;脯氨酸、可溶性糖含量和对照相比有显著增加,两者在胁迫过程中起着重要的渗透调节作用。     

转香蕉MaASR1基因的拟南芥株系在干旱胁迫条件下的表达谱分析

干旱是最重要的环境胁迫,香蕉MaASR1基因在植物响应逆境胁迫时发挥着重要作用,为了深入研究MaASR1基因的过表达使拟南芥抗旱的分子机制,利用全基因组表达芯片来广谱的筛选MaASR1基因转入后自然条件下及干旱处理条件下差异基因的表达情况。对基因芯片的结果进行了详细的生物信息学分析及相关基因的RT-PCR验证,结果表明MaASR1基因异源表达的拟南芥株系在自然生长条件下共有747个差异基因,其中上调基因559个,下调基因188个;在干旱胁迫条件下共得到653个差异基因,其中上调基因256个,下调基因397个;MaASR1基因的转入可以通过影响激素、光合作用、锌指蛋白及不依赖ABA途径的DREB2A等相关基因的表达来提高拟南芥的抗旱性。为解析MaASR1基因作为转录因子提高植物抗旱能力的分子机制奠定基础。     

采用稳定碳同位素法分析白羊草在不同干旱胁迫下的水分利用效率

本研究以黄土高原乡土草种白羊草(Bothriochloa ischaemum(L.)Keng.)为研究对象,采用盆栽控制实验,比较白羊草在3个水分处理(CK80%FC、MS60%FC和SS 40%FC)下的生物量积累和分配模式、瞬时水分利用效率(WUE)、不同部位(新叶、老叶、茎、细根、粗根)的稳定碳同位素组成(δ~(13)C)和碳同位素分辨率(Δ~(13)C)及其相互关系,以及干旱胁迫下影响水分利用效率的主导环境因子。结果表明:1)重度干旱胁迫显著降低植物整体生物量,显著增加根冠比和细根生物量比例;2)随着干旱胁迫加剧,白羊草各器官的δ~(13)C均呈上升趋势,Δ~(13)C呈减小趋势,SS处理不同器官δ~(13)C和Δ~(13)C没有显著差异,CK和MS处理的各器官δ~(13)C均值表现分别为细根粗根老叶新叶茎、细根新叶老叶粗根茎,CK和MS处理Δ~(13)C的值总体呈根叶茎。3)新叶的δ~(13)CNL和Δ~(13)CNL与WUE的相关系数均最大,说明利用稳定碳同位素方法测定白羊草水分利用效率具有可行性。4)不同水分处理的WUE的主导影响因子不同,CK、MS、SS水分处理WUE分别受到叶面温度、大气水汽压亏缺和空气温度的影响最大。为采用稳定碳同位素方法指示白羊草水分利用效率可行性及阐明植物的胁迫响应机制提供理论依据。