A putative plant aminophospholipid flippase, the Arabidopsis P4 ATPase ALA1, localizes to the plasma membrane following association with a β-subunit

Plasma membranes in eukaryotic cells display asymmetric lipid distributions with aminophospholipids concentrated in the inner leaflet and sphingolipids in the outer leaflet. This unequal distribution of lipids between leaflets is, amongst several proposed functions, hypothesized to be a prerequisite for endocytosis. P4 ATPases, belonging to the P-type ATPase superfamily of pumps, are involved in establishing lipid asymmetry across plasma membranes, but P4 ATPases have not been identified in plant plasma membranes. Here we report that the plant P4 ATPase ALA1, which previously has been connected with cold tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana, is targeted to the plasma membrane and does so following association in the endoplasmic reticulum with an ALIS protein β-subunit.     

ALA对草莓光合作用的影响及其与抗氧化酶的关系

以盆栽草莓为材料,研究了叶面喷布5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)对草莓植株光合作用、叶绿素荧光特性、抗氧化酶活性和丙二醛(M DA)含量的影响.结果表明,100 m g/L ALA处理显著提高草莓叶片净光合速率(Pn),而且这一效应可能与其促进叶绿素含量和羧化效率(CE)提高,降低光呼吸速率(Rp)有关.叶绿素荧光动力学资料显示,ALA处理降低高光强(1 500μm o l.m-2.-s 1)下草莓叶片的初始荧光(Fo),表明它对光合膜系统有一定保护作用.ALA处理不仅明显提高草莓叶片最大荧光(Fm)和可变荧光(Fv),而且提高PSⅡ实际光化学效率(ΦPSⅡ)、光化学荧光猝灭(qP)、非光化学荧光猝灭系数(N PQ)、表观光合电子传递速率(ETR)、光化学速率(P CR)和天线热耗散(D),而降低了光下相对光合限制值(L(PFD)),表明叶绿素荧光产额提高和天线热耗散是保护光合器官并提高光合效率的两个方面.叶片抗氧化酶活性测定以及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性抑制剂二乙基二硫代氨基甲酸(DDC)处理结果表明,ALA对草莓光合作用的促进作用还与其提高抗氧化酶活性有关.     

产生5—氨基乙酰丙酸（ALA）光合细菌生物学研究进展

５－氨基乙酰丙酸（ＡＬＡ）是卟啉、血红素和维生素Ｂ１２４的类似物。ＡＬＡ作为一种无公害绿色除草剂、杀虫剂、抗微生物药剂、植物生长促进剂及治疗癌症与其它疾病等而备受国外研究者及产业界的关注。本文对ＡＬＡ光合细菌合成、调节途径、分子遗传学的研究作一简要综述。     

ALA对遮荫条件下西瓜幼苗强光抑制的保护效应

以遮荫生长的盆栽西瓜幼苗为材料,研究了100mg/L5-氨基乙酰丙酸(5-aminolevulinic acid,ALA)处理对暗适应叶片转入强光下叶绿素荧光特性的影响.结果显示,遮荫能显著提高暗适应叶片的Fo,降低Fv/Fm和Fv/Fo;正常光照下生长的植株叶片暗适应后转入1500μmol·m-2·s-1作用光强下5min的ΦPSⅡ、qP和Pc分别为0.176、0.399和0.180,约为600μmol·m-2·s-1作用光强下的62%、72%和64%;而遮荫下生长的幼苗叶片暗适应后转入1500μmol·m-2·s-1作用光强下的ΦPSⅡ、qP和Pc分别为0.089、0.301和0.089,仅为600μmol·m-2·s-1作用光强的40%、66%和40%;遮荫还显著降低西瓜叶片暗适应后转入强光1500μmol·m-2·s-1的PCR和qL,同时提高L(PFD).ALA处理能提高遮荫西瓜幼苗叶片PCR、Pc、qL和Hd等荧光参数,降低Ex、ΦNO和L(PFD);SOD活性抑制剂DDC处理降低PCR、Pc、qL和Hd等荧光参数,而ALA处理可以逆转DDC的抑制效应;ALA处理能提高西瓜幼苗叶片SOD、POD和APX活性.研究发现,遮荫导致西瓜幼苗光抑制程度加重,ALA通过增强PSⅠ附近SOD等抗氧化酶活性,促进水-水循环,增加热耗散,减轻光抑制,提高西瓜幼苗叶片的光化学效率,从而对强光下的光合作用起到保护作用.     

产生5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)光合细菌生物学研究进展

5氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)是卟啉、血红素和维生素B12的类似物。ALA作为一种无公害绿色除草剂、杀虫剂、抗微生物药剂、植物生长促进剂及治疗癌症与其它疾病等而备受国外研究者及产业界的关注。本文对ALA光合细菌合成、调节途径、分子遗传学的研究作一简要综述。     

ALA—PDT对正常人角质形成细胞生物效应的实验研究

目的：探讨ALA—PDT抑制角质形成细胞（KC）增殖的可行性和最佳效果。方法：新鲜包皮组织经两次酶消化法进行KC分离与培养,分设对照组、单纯ALA组、单纯照光组及0．1mmol／L、0．6mmol／L、1．2mmol／L、1．8mmol／L、3．6mmol／LALA五个浓度组,经0．5h、1h、3h、5h四个避光孵育时间后PDT。酶标仪检测PDT后KC存活率、FCM检测KC中PpⅨ荧光强度,确定ALA最佳药物浓度和最佳用药时间;吖啶橙染色和Annexin V／PI双染法检测KC凋亡率和生长周期的影响。结果：0．6mmoL／LALA（用药1h）-PDT组为最佳药物浓度和最佳用药孵育时间,显示Pp Ⅸ荧光强度表达与KC凋亡率最高,能明显抑制S期与G2期的细胞增殖,使细胞增殖指数降至最低。结论：0．6mmol／LALA（用药孵育1h）-PDT能明显抑制KC增殖,更有效地促进正常KC凋亡。     

过量合成ALA转基因烟草叶片光合与叶绿素荧光特性的研究

以转酿酒酵母Hem1基因的转基因烟草和野生型植株为材料,用Li-6400光合测定仪和PAM-2100叶绿素荧光仪检测了2种烟草不同叶位叶片光合和荧光参数,并考察了它们的生长情况.结果表明:过量合成ALA的转基因烟草植株具有更强的光合能力,并伴随着气孔导度(Gs)和蒸腾速率(Tr)提高.暗适应下转基因植株不同叶位叶片的初始荧光(Fo)没有明显差异,而野生型植株下部叶片F0明显升高;转基因植株最大荧光(Fm)、可变荧光(Fv)、PSⅡ最大光化学效率(Fv/Fm)等参数均显著提高,特别是下部叶片表现得更为明显;在光照下,转基因植株PSⅡ有效光化学效率(Fv′/Fm′)和实际光化学效率(ΦPSⅡ)、荧光猝灭系数(qP)、电子传递速率(ETR)、光化学效率(Pc)以及进入PSⅡ反应中心的能量(Pc Ex)普遍高于野生型,而天线热耗散能量(Hd)以及非光化学荧光猝灭系数(NPQ)等明显低于野生型,且这些差异在基部叶片中表现得尤为突出.可见,过量合成ALA有利于延长烟草叶片光合寿命,提高光化学能量转换效应和光合产物积累,从而促进植株生长.     

ALA对萝卜不同叶位叶片光合作用与叶绿素荧光特性的影响

以盆栽萝卜为材料,研究了叶面喷布100～300mg／L ALA对萝卜植株生长、光合作用以及叶绿素荧光特性的影响。结果表明,ALA促进萝卜植株生长与其促进植株中下部叶片的光合作用有关。ALA处理提高了叶片光合表观量子效率,并降低了光补偿点。叶绿素荧光动力学资料显示,ALA处理不仅降低了叶绿素初始荧光Fv、稳态荧光Fs以及两者的差值ΔFu,还降低了暗适应以及光照下的最大荧光(Fm和Fm′)和可变荧光(Fv和Fv′),但是不影响PSⅡ最大光化学效率(Fv／Fm),对于中下部叶片PSⅡ实际光化学效率(φPSⅡ)还有明显的促进作用。ALA处理植株叶片光合非循环电子传递速率ETR显著提高,300mg／L ALA处理还降低了光合相对限制值L（PFD）。ALA具有促进叶绿素荧光光化学猝灭和非光化学猝灭的双重特性,其中,前者提高了叶片光化学速率,后者增加热耗散量以及提高热耗散速率。另外,本试验结果显示,ALA处理提高了植株基部叶片的叶绿素含量以及中下部叶片类萝卜素含量。以上参数变化说明ALA通过诱导光抑制保护机制来提高叶片光合效率。     

外源ALA、SNP和Spd对NaCl胁迫下桔梗种子萌发特性的影响

以药用植物桔梗为研究对象,通过测定不同浓度的ALA、SNP和Spd对NaCl胁迫下桔梗种子发芽势、发芽率、萌发指数和平均根长等萌发指标的影响,寻找提高桔梗种子及幼苗在盐胁迫条件下抗性能力的途径.实验结果表明,75 mmol·L-1 NaCl胁迫下的桔梗种子萌发受到显著抑制,但是用不同浓度的ALA、SNP和Spd对桔梗种...     

外源ALA对克瑞森无核葡萄叶片光合特性及果实品质的影响

以日光温室栽培的欧亚葡萄品种克瑞森无核为试验材料,在果实膨大期和始熟期采用不同浓度(50、100和150mg·L~(-1))5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)喷施叶片和果穗,研究外源ALA处理对葡萄叶片光合特性、果实着色效果及果实品质的影响。结果表明:(1)各浓度ALA处理后葡萄叶片胞间CO_2浓度(Ci)、气孔导度(Gs)、蒸腾速率(Tr)、净光合速率(Pn)都有不同程度的增加,并以100mg·L~(-1) ALA处理效果最好。(2)50~150mg·L~(-1) ALA处理均能不同程度提高葡萄果皮花青素、叶绿素及类胡萝卜素含量,且各ALA处理的果实可溶性糖含量显著高于对照,但可滴定酸含量低于对照。(3)100和150mg·L~(-1) ALA处理能够显著改善果实成熟期的着色参数,且果实着色指数(CIRG)与花青素的积累呈现出良好的一致性。研究发现,在葡萄果实膨大期及始熟期喷施适宜浓度(100mg·L~(-1))ALA能够有效提高叶片光合性能,同时促进果实着色,显著改善果实外观色泽和果实品质。     

外源ALA对干旱胁迫下山定子叶片叶绿素荧光特性及抗性生理指标的影响

以两年生山定子(Malus baccata(L.)Borkh)盆栽苗为材料,正常浇水为对照,控水条件下喷施不同浓度(0、25、50、75、100mg/L)5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA),测定各持续干旱胁迫时期(第0、4、8、12天)叶片的抗旱生理指标及光合荧光参数,研究ALA对干旱胁迫下山定子叶绿素荧光和抗逆生理生化特性的影响及其调节机制。结果显示:(1)持续干旱胁迫条件下,外源ALA处理使得山定子叶片渗透调节物质(SS、SP、Pro)含量增加,抗氧化酶(SOD、POD、APX)活性升高,丙二醛(MDA)积累减少。(2)ALA处理增大了干旱胁迫下山定子叶片的气孔开度,促进叶绿素的合成,并对干旱引起的最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)、实际光量子效率(YⅡ)、光化学淬灭系数(qP)及光合电子传递速率(ETR)的减小,以及PSⅡ调节性能量耗散的量子产额(Y_(NPQ))、非调节性能量耗散的量子产额(Y_(NO))和非光化学淬灭系数(NPQ/4)的增大有明显的缓解作用。研究认为,外喷ALA能够有效缓解干旱胁迫对山定子生理代谢功能的损伤,但干旱胁迫条件下山定子对不同浓度ALA响应程度不尽相同,其中以75mg/L的ALA处理效果较为理想。     

贝伐单抗对ALA—PDT诱导的新生血管形成和胶质瘤生长的影响

探讨贝伐单抗对低剂量5-氨基乙酰丙酸（5-Aminolevulinicacid,ALA）介导的光动力学疗法（photodynamic therapy,PDT）诱导的脑组织新生血管形成和U87脑胶质瘤生长的影响。通过将裸小鼠随机分为对照组、ALA．PDT预处置组（ALA：2．3×10-3mol／kg,能量密度：10J／cm2）、贝伐单抗预处置组（1．6×10-5mol／kg）和联合预处置组（ALA—PDT＋贝伐单抗）,并接受相应处置。第10d,检测PDT照射及相应区域内新生血管形成和VEGF表达并种植U87脑胶质瘤细胞,21d后观察肿瘤体积。与对照组比较,低剂量ALA-PDT预处置后新生血管增多、VEGF表达增高,肿瘤体积增大,这些变化在联合预处置组被抑制;贝伐单抗预处置组的血管形态和VEGF表达虽无明显变化,但肿瘤体积减小。研究结果表明低剂量ALA-PDT可通过刺激VEGF表达诱导照射区新生血管形成,这种微环境的改变有利于U87胶质瘤细胞生长,但这些作用可被贝伐单抗所抑制。     

NaCl胁迫过程中喷施ALA对菘蓝幼苗生长及主要活性成分含量的影响

以来源于安徽亳州和山西运城的菘蓝（Isatis indigotica Fort.）幼苗为实验材料,对100 mmol·L-1NaCl胁迫条件下喷施50.0、25.0、16.7、12.5和0.0 mg·L-15-氨基乙酰丙酸（ALA）后幼苗部分生长指标、叶片中靛蓝和靛玉红含量以及根中表告依春含量的变化进行了研究。结果表明：在100 mmol·L-1NaCl单一胁迫条件下,来源于安徽亳州的幼苗单株叶鲜质量和叶片中靛蓝和靛玉红含量均低于对照,单株根鲜质量、根冠比以及根中表告依春含量均高于对照;来源于山西运城的幼苗单株叶和根鲜质量、叶片中靛玉红含量和根中表告依春含量均低于对照,根冠比和叶片中靛蓝含量均高于对照。在NaCl胁迫过程中喷施ALA对菘蓝幼苗生长和有效成分的积累均有不同效应。其中,喷施25.0 mg·L-1ALA后安徽亳州产幼苗单株叶和根鲜质量均最高且显著高于NaCl单一胁迫处理组;喷施16.7 mg·L-1ALA后山西运城产幼苗单株叶和根鲜质量均较高但与NaCl单一胁迫处理组无显著差异。喷施50.0 mg·L-1ALA后安徽亳州产幼苗叶片中靛蓝含量最高（0.376 mg·g-1）,喷施25.0 mg·L-1ALA后其叶片中靛玉红含量最高（9.977 mg·g-1）,喷施16.7 mg·L-1ALA后其根中表告依春含量最高（0.229 mg·g-1）,且均显著高于NaCl单一胁迫处理组;喷施16.7 mg·L-1ALA后山西运城产幼苗叶片中靛蓝含量最高（0.282 mg·g-1）,喷施12.5 mg·L-1ALA后其叶片中靛玉红含量和根中表告依春含量均最高（分别为4.526和0.301 mg·g-1）,且均显著高于NaCl单一胁迫处理组。研究结果表明：喷施适宜浓度ALA能够有效减轻NaCl胁迫对菘蓝幼苗生长的影响、提高其体内药用活性成分的含量;总体上看,产自安徽亳州的菘蓝幼苗的耐盐性较强,且不同种源适宜的ALA浓度也有一定差异。     

5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)对盐胁迫下葡萄叶片中AsA-GSH循环的影响

以两个耐盐程度不同的葡萄品种‘夏黑’(耐盐性较弱)和‘里扎马特’(耐盐性较强)为材料,分析了不同浓度ALA对不同浓度盐胁迫下葡萄叶片中AsA-GSH循环的影响。研究表明:喷施75 mg·L-1 ALA可显著提高2 g·kg-1盐胁迫下‘夏黑’葡萄叶片中抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)、谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(MDHAR)、脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(DHAR)的活性以及还原型抗坏血酸(As A)、还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量和AsA/DHA、GSH/GSSG比值,显著降低氢抗坏血酸(DHA)与氧化型谷胱甘肽(GSSG)含量;而喷施150 mg·L-1 ALA可显著提高4 g·kg-1盐胁迫下‘里扎马特’葡萄叶片中APX、GR、MDHAR、DHAR的活性以及AsA、GSH含量和AsA/DHA、GSH/GSSG比值,显著降低DHA与GSSG含量。     

5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)对冬小麦花后干物质生产和旗叶衰老的影响

以百农矮抗58小麦为材料,采用大田试验的方法,研究了始穗期喷施不同浓度(0,10、30、50 mg·L-1)的5-氨基乙酰丙酸(ALA)对冬小麦花后干物质生产和旗叶衰老的影响.结果表明:10～50 mg·L-1 ALA处理有利于植株对干物质的积累,至成熟期其干物质总量明显高于对照(0 mg·L-1);10～50 mg·L-1 ALA处理各器官干物质的分配率与对照没有显著性差异,但其花后生产的干物质对产量的贡献率显著高于对照;在开花期,10～50 mg·L-1ALA处理的叶面积指数与对照没有显著性差异,但在乳熟期和腊熟期,叶面积指数显著高于对照.从开花期至蜡熟期,10～50 mg·L-1 ALA处理的旗叶SPAD值和净光合速率均高于对照;在灌浆后期,ALA处理降低了旗叶丙二醛(MDA)含量和相对电导率.与对照相比,10～50mg·L-1 ALA处理冬小麦的穗粒数、千粒重和产量显著增加,其中以30 mg·L-1 ALA处理增产效果最大.     

Did the evolution of the phytoplankton fuel the diversification of the marine biosphere?

We discuss the possible links between the fossil record of marine biodiversity, nutrient availability and primary productivity. The parallelism of the fossil records of marine phytoplankton and faunal biodiversity implicates the quantity (primary productivity) and quality (stoichiometry) of phytoplankton as being critical to the diversification of the marine biosphere through the Phanerozoic. The relatively subdued marine biodiversity of the Palaeozoic corresponds to a time of relatively low macronutrient availability and poor food quality of the phytoplankton as opposed to the diversification of the Modern Fauna through the Mesozoic–Cenozoic. Increasing nutrient runoff to the oceans through the Phanerozoic resulted from orogeny, the emplacement of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs), the evolution of deep-rooting forests and the appearance of more easily decomposable terrestrial organic matter that enhanced weathering. Positive feedback by bioturbation of an expanding benthos played a critical role in evolving biogeochemical cycles by linking the oxidation of dead organic matter and the recycling of nutrients back to the water column where they could be re-utilized. We assess our conclusions against a recently published biogeochemical model for geological time-scales. Major peaks of marine diversity often occur near rising or peak fluxes of silica, phosphorus and dissolved reactive oceanic phosphorus; either major or minor ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr peaks; and frequently in the vicinity of major (Circum-Atlantic Magmatic Province) and minor volcanic events, some of which are associated with Oceanic Anoxic Events. These processes appear to be scale-dependent in that they lie on a continuum between biodiversification on macroevolutionary scales of geological time and mass extinction.     

Is the Octomacridae the sister family of the Diplozodae?

Diplozoidae and Octomacridae are usually considered as sister families. Essentially this is because they are the only polyopisthocotyleans parasitising primary freshwater teleosts. Because of the lack of phylogenetically informative morphological characters to explore the pattern of colonisation of the primary continental freshwater teleosts and in order to understand the appearance of the "natural parabiosis" of Diplozoidae, a molecular phylogeny was inferred by comparing newly obtained partial 28S and 18S rDNA gene sequences of Eudiplozoon nipponicum and Diplozoon homoion with other already available sequences. The phylogenetic analysis seems to show that Diplozoidae and Octomacridae are not sister groups. Thus, the colonisation of primary freshwater teleosts by these two families could be independent.     

Imperfect Batesian mimicry—the effects of the frequency and the distastefulness of the model

Batesian mimicry is the resemblance between unpalatable models and palatable mimics. The widely accepted idea is that the frequency and the unprofitability of the model are crucial for the introduction of a Batesian mimic into the prey population. However, experimental evidence is limited and furthermore, previous studies have considered mainly perfect mimicry (automimicry). We investigated imperfect Batesian mimicry by varying the frequency of an aposematic model at two levels of distastefulness. The predator encountered prey in a random order, one prey item at a time. The prey were thus presented realistically in a sequential way. Great tits (Parus major) were used as predators. This experiment, with a novel signal, supports the idea that Batesian mimics gain most when the models outnumber them. The mortalities of the mimics as well as the models were significantly dependent on the frequency of the model. Both prey types survived better the fewer mimics there were confusing the predator. There were also indications that the degree of distastefulness of the model had an effect on the survival of the Batesian mimic: the models survived significantly better the more distasteful they were. The experiment supports the most classical predictions in the theories of the origin and maintenance of Batesian mimicry.