Highly efficient regeneration and medicinal component determination of Phellodendron chinense Schneid

Phellodendron chinense Schneid is an important Chinese herb with berberine and phellodendrine in stems and leaves, but with little information available on in vitro culture of this species. Disinfection of explants in 75% alcohol for 45 s, sterilization in 0.1% HgCl₂ for 20 min, and submersion in 1.0 mol L⁻¹ gibberellin3 (GA₃) solution for 24 h was the optimal condition for seed germination. Murashige and Skoog’s (MS) medium supplemented with 2.0 mg L⁻¹ 6-benzylaminopurine (6-BA) in combination with 1.5 mg L⁻¹ 1-naphthylacetic acid (NAA) was optimal for callus induction. MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg L⁻¹ 6-BA was the appropriate medium for induction of adventitious shoots, and 1/2MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg L⁻¹ indole-3-butytric acid (IBA) and 0.5% active carbon was the optimal medium for root induction. The 15-d survival rate of regenerated plantlets after transplanting to basins containing perlite and peat moss (1:4) was greater than 80%, and the berberine and phellodendrine accumulation was lower in callus compared with regenerated plantlets. The establishment of highly efficient regeneration system provides technical support for genetic breeding of Phellodendron chinense Schneid.

     

Functional nano-catalyzed pyrolyzates from branch of Cinnamomum camphora

Cinnamomum camphora is an excellent tree species for construction of forest construction of Henan Province, China. The diverse bioactive components of nano-catalyzed pyrolyzates form cold-acclimated C. camphora branch (CCB) in North China were explored. The raw powder of CCB treated with nano-catalyst (Ag, NiO, ¹/₂Ag + ¹/₂NiO) were pyrolyzed at two temperatures (550 °C and 700 °C), respectively. The main pyrolyzates are bioactive components of bioenergy, biomedicines, food additive, spices, cosmetics and chemical, whose total relative contents at 550 °C pyrolyzates are higher than those at 700 °C pyrolyzates. There are abundant components of spices and biomedicine at 550 °C pyrolyzates, while more spices and food additive at 700 °C pyrolyzates. At 550 °C, the content of biomedicine components reaches the highest by ¹/₂Ag + ¹/₂NiO nanocatalysis, while the contents of spices and food additive components reach the highest by NiO nanocatalysis. At 700 °C, the content of bioenergy components reaches the highest by ¹/₂Ag + ¹/₂NiO nanocatalysis, and the content of cosmetics components reaches the highest by Ag nanocatalysis. The findings suggested that the branch of the cold-acclimated C. camphora have the potential to develop into valued-added products of bioenergy, biomedicine, cosmetics, spices and food additive by nanocatalysis.     

油茶CoSAD基因载体的构建、鉴定及功能分析

为揭示油茶( Camellia oleifera Abel)硬脂酰-ACP脱饱和酶( SAD)基因(即CoSAD基因)的功能,构建了该基因的原核表达载体pET28b-CoSAD、植物表达载体pBI121-CoSAD和RNA干扰载体pBI121-CoSAD RNAi,并采用PCR扩增及双酶切方法对3类载体进行鉴定;在此基础上,对原核表达载体中的CoSAD基因进行诱导表达分析,并对pBI121-CoSAD转化的拟南芥〔Arabidopsis thaliana ( Linn.) Heynh.〕sad突变体植株和pBI121-CoSAD RNAi转化的拟南芥野生型植株进行转基因鉴定和主要脂肪酸成分含量分析。 PCR扩增和双酶切结果显示：从 pET28b-CoSAD、pBI121-CoSAD和pBI121-CoSAD RNAi 载体的阳性克隆中均可获得目的条带,表明这3类载体均构建成功;用1 mmol·L-1 IPTG分别诱导0.5、1.0、2.0、3.0、4.0和5.0 h,CoSAD基因均能够在pET28b-CoSAD转化的大肠杆菌BL21感受态细胞中正常表达,能够获得与预测结果相符的相对分子质量约47000的特异目的蛋白条带,且蛋白活性随诱导时间的延长而升高。从pBI121-CoSAD转化的拟南芥突变体植株和pBI121-CoSAD RNAi转化的拟南芥野生型植株中也均可扩增出目的条带。 GC-MS分析结果显示：与拟南芥野生型植株相比,其突变体植株的硬脂酸和棕榈酸含量较高、油酸和棕榈油酸含量较低;但突变体植株经pBI121-CoSAD转化后,硬脂酸和棕榈酸含量降低而油酸和棕榈油酸含量提高;野生型植株经过pBI121-CoSAD RNAi转化后,硬脂酸和棕榈酸含量提高、油酸和棕榈油酸含量降低,表明pBI121-CoSAD转化能够促进拟南芥sad突变体植株体内饱和脂肪酸向不饱和脂肪酸转化,而pBI121-CoSAD RNAi转化对拟南芥SAD基因的表达有明显的抑制作用,这2种重组质粒均可影响拟南芥植株的脂肪酸含量。研究结果表明：油茶CoSAD基因具有调控饱和脂肪酸(硬脂酸和棕榈酸)向不饱和脂肪酸(油酸和棕榈油酸)转化的功能,对茶油的脂肪酸组成具有关键的调控作用。     

梨不同DNA提取方法的效果研究

以7个梨品种为实验材料,比较分析了SDS法、CTAB法、SDSCTAB法、改良的CTAB法、高盐低pH值法、分步离心法对梨总DNA提取的效果。结果表明:利用以上6种方法提取的梨总DNA在纯度和量上有很大的差别。所得到的平均DNA量从大到小依次为:分步离心法、SDS法、SDSCTAB法、改良的CTAB法、CTAB法、高盐低pH值法。DNA提取纯度依次为分步离心法、SDSCTAB法、改良的CTAB法、高盐低pH值法、CTAB法、SDS法。RAPD和自交不亲和基因(S基因)特异性引物扩增实验结果都比较理想,但分步离心法和SDSCTAB法提取的DNA双酶切效果较好。分步离心法提取的梨总DNA更适用于后续的分子生物学实验操作。     

白梨和砂梨S基因型确定及S34新基因的分离

梨是配子体型自交不亲和植物, 确定不同品种的S基因型是科学杂交授粉及提高梨产量和品质的基础。本文根据砂梨S1-9等位基因一级结构特征, 设计特异引物PF和PR, 以白梨(Pyrus bretschneideri)品种鹅梨(Pyrus bretschneideri ‘El i’) 和砂梨(Pyrus pyrifolia)品种博多青(Pyrus pyri folia ‘Hakataao’) 的叶片基因组DNA为模板, 通过 PCR-RFLP系统检测、克隆测 序以及生物信息学分析, 分离鉴定了它们的片段大小相似的2条S等位基因, 从中获得1条新的S基因, 命名为S34-RNase基因, 并确定了这2个梨品种的S基因型, 分别为鹅梨S13S34和博多青S22S34。     

白梨和砂梨S基因型确定及S34新基因的分离

梨是配子体型自交不亲和植物,确定不同品种的S基因型是科学杂交授粉及提高梨产量和品质的基础。本文根据砂梨S1-9等位基因一级结构特征,设计特异引物PF和PR,以白梨（Pyrus bretschneideri）种鹅梨（Pyrus bretschneideri‘Eli’）和砂梨（Pyrus pyrifolia）品种博多青（Pyrus pyrifolia‘Hakataao’）的叶片基因组DNA为模板,通过PCR·RFLP系统检测、克隆测序以及生物信息学分析,分离鉴定了它们的片段大小相似的2条S等位基因,从中获得1条新的S基因,命名为S34-RNase基因,并确定了这2个梨品种的S基因型,分别为鹅梨S13S34和博多青S22S34。     

Effects of exogenous 6-BA and NAA on growth and contents of medicinal ingredient of Phellodendron chinense seedlings

Using Phellodendron chinense seedlings as material, and treated with different concentrations of exogenous 6-Benzylaminopurine (6-BA) and α-naphthyacetic acid (NAA), then observed the growth status. Furthermore, we detected the contents of chlorophyll and soluble sugar, the activities of antioxidases by spectrophotometry, and determined the contents of secondary metabolite by high performance liquid chromatograph. The results showed that different concentrations of exogenous 6-BA increases the fresh weights and plant heights of Phellodendron chinense seedlings, and enhances the contents of chlorophyll and soluble sugar. NAA promoted growth, but deduced the contents of soluble sugar. Compared with control, culturing for 40 d, proper concentrations 6-BA enhanced the activity levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT), proper concentrations NAA increased the activity levels of SOD and CAT, but decreased the levels of POD compared with CK. Suitable concentrations 6-BA enhanced contents of berberine, phellodendrine and palmatine in stems, proper concentrations NAA increased contents of berberine and phellodendrine, but deduced contents of palmatine compared with CK. Based on these results, we concluded that the exogenous 6-BA and NAA had key regulation on the growth and contents of medicinal ingredient of Phellodendron chinense seedlings.     

水稻重复序列RRD3:植物启动子及其在RNA干涉中的应用

RRD3是通过复性动力学从水稻基因组中克隆到的一个中度重复序列,序列分析揭示其含有多个保守的启动子元件,包括4个TATA-boxes和CAAT-box,在Escherichia coli及哺乳动物表达系统中均表现出启动子活性。我们将RRD3片段插入到植物启动子捕获载体pCAMBIA1391Z中,检测RRD3片段是否在植物中也有启动子活性,转基因烟草再生植株和水稻愈伤组织均显示了gusA基因的表达,表明其在单子叶和双子叶植物中均可行使启动子功能。基于RRD3的双效启动子特性,我们设计并构建了植物通用双元RNAi载体pCRiRRD3,适于进行植物的RNA干涉实验研究。我们在植物RNAi载体pCRiRRD3的内含子(200bp)的上下游分别引入了2个多克隆位点,方便了正义及反义片段的接入。转基因烟草植株的GUS组织化学及荧光定量分析表明该载体可有效进行RNA沉默。这些研究结果表明,利用单子叶和双子叶双效活性的RRD3启动子而构建的植物RNAi载体,可同时有效地应用于大部分单子叶和双子叶植物的RNAi实验及研究。     

Contribution of Constituents in Rosemary-Magnolia Compound Essential Oil to Antibacterial,Antioxidant and Cytotoxicity Bioactivities Revealed by Grey Correlation Analysis

The compound of essential oils (EOs) is a key approach to achieving the superimposed efficacy of plant EOs. In this article, grey correlation analysis was applied for the first time to explore the compound ratios and contribution between constituents and the bioactivity of the compound EOs. There were 12 active constituents shared in rosemary and magnolia EOs prepared by negative pressure distillation. With different proportions, these two EOs were blended and analyzed for the antioxidant, bacteriostatic and antitumor effects. According to the results of the inhibition circle, minimum bactericidal and inhibitory concentration, the most obvious inhibition effect of the compound EOs on different strains of bacteria was shown in Staphylococcus aureus. The results of antioxidant test showed that single EO from rosemary had the best antioxidant effect, and its EO content was directly proportional to the antioxidant effect. The cytotoxicity results showed that, there was a significant difference in the lethality of the compound EOs between tumor cells Mcf-7 (human breast cancer cells) and SGC-7901 cells (human gastric cancer cells). Furthermore, single EO from magnolia had an obvious inhibitory effect on the growth of Mcf-7 cells and SGC-7901 cells, and the cell lethality rate was as high as 95.19 % and 97.96 %, respectively. As the results of grey correlation analysis, the constituents with the maximal correlation of inhibitory effects on bacteria were as follows: S. aureus – Terpinolene (0.893), E. coli – Eucalyptol (0.901), B. subtilis – α-Pinene (0.823), B. cereus – Terpinolene (0.913) and Salmonella – α-Phellandrene (0.855). For the ABTS and DPPH scavenging effects, the constituents with the maximal correlation were (−)-Camphor (0.860) and β-Pinene (0.780), respectively. In terms of the effects of the active constituents of compound EOs on the inhibitory activities of tumor cells Mcf-7 and SGC-7901, the three active constituents of γ-Terpinene, (R)-(+)-β-Citronellol and (−)-Camphor were in the top three, and their correlation were Mcf-7 (0.833, 0.820, 0.795) and SGC-7901 (0.797, 0.766, 0.740). Our study determined the contribution degree of active constituents in the antibacterial, antioxidant, and antitumor bioactivities of rosemary-magnolia compound EOs, and also provided new insights for the research of EOs combination formulations.