玉米杂种优势与杂交后胚中ATP酶活性和RNA酶活性及蛋白质含量的关系

通过对若干个玉米杂交及其亲本自交授粉后1天、3天、7天、10天胚中ATP酶活性、RNA酶活性及蛋白质变化的比较来探讨杂种优势产生的生化机理。结果表明,30个组合的玉米授粉后一天,有90%组合杂交胚中ATP酶活性超过双亲或母本自交胚中ATP酶活性。授粉后3天杂交胚中ATP酶活性多数低于双亲自交胚中的ATP酶活性,看来这一表现与自交授粉后胚中合子细胞分裂较迟缓有关。以上四个时期授粉后,杂交胚中RNA酶活性介于双亲之间或低于双亲,这可能与杂交胚中核酸分解的速度较慢有关。杂交胚中蛋白质含量变化不同时期各组合间表现不同,杂交后胚胎发育初期胚中蛋白质的变化不一定是总的数量的增加,而是某些蛋白质或酶的变化。     

小麦远缘杂种酯酶、过氧化物酶同工酶的初步研究

本工作采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法,对四个小麦远缘杂种及其双亲的酯酶和过氧化物酶同工酶酶谱进行了分析比较,并结合田间生物学特性、形态特征和农艺性状的观察,探讨酶谱差异与杂种遗传性变异之间的关系。实验结果表明:变异大的杂种其酶谱与双亲相比也出现较大的差异,有些组合杂种的微小变异在酶谱上也有所反映,如在形态上与母本无明显变异但长势较强的杂种,常显现新的杂种酶带或双亲的互补酶带。这些酶谱的变化反映了遗传信息的重组和丰富,使杂种出现一些新性状或生长优势较强。     

烟草和枸杞属间原生质体电融合再生杂种植株

烟草（Ｎｉｃｏｔｉａｎａ ｔａｂａｃｕｍ Ｌ．）叶肉原生质体和枸杞（Ｌｙｃｉｕｍ ｂａｒｂａｒｕｍ Ｌ．）悬浮细胞原生质体在适宜电场条件下能以４％ —５％ 的频率发生异质融合。用过氧化物酶和超氧歧化酶同工酶方法对随机选取的１００ 个细胞系进行分析,发现杂种愈伤组织形成频率为９％ 。其中５个杂种细胞系具有分化能力,再生出大量丛生小苗。这些小苗多数在形态上兼有双亲特征并难以生根和长大。叶片酯酶同工酶分析表明,其中２ 个杂种细胞系（ＮＬ４ 和ＮＬ８）再生苗含有一条双亲没有的重组酶带。对亲本和杂种细胞系ＮＬ４ 的细胞学观察结果表明,杂种细胞系的染色体数目为２ｎ＝ ５５—８０,明显高于亲本。对亲本及ＮＬ４ 和ＮＬ８ 愈伤组织的基因组ＤＮＡ 进行ｒＤＮＡ Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ 杂交发现,ＮＬ８ 含有双亲的全部谱带,且在３．０ ｋｂ 处出现１ 条新带;ＮＬ４ 没有枸杞的特征带,但在３．０ ｋｂ 和５．５ ｋｂ 处出现２ 条新带,说明这两个杂种中的双亲ｒＤＮＡ 可能已发生分子间重组。从ＮＬ４ 愈伤组织得到４ 株形态上近似烟草的完整植株,并移栽成活     

原生质体融合获得柑桔种间体细胞杂种

粗柠檬(Citrus jambhiri Lush)叶肉原生质体与哈姆林甜橙(C.sinensis L.Osbeck)胚性悬浮细胞系原生质体经PEG诱导融合,培养7天时原生质体恢复分裂。再生的胚状体在含有GA_3的培养基中萌发出茎芽。茎芽经生根诱导成为完整植株。对首批再生的5棵植株进行染色体检查,结果表明,全为四倍体,2n=4x=36。淀粉胶电泳分析过氧化物酶同工酶,结果显示这5棵植株为体细咆杂种。粗柠檬和哈姆林甜橙在该位点上均为同质结合,基因型分别是MM和FF。体细胞杂种含有双亲的酶带,基因型为MMFF。杂种植株生长旺盛,根系发达,叶片及植株形态介于双亲之间。本文对其作为砧木品种的可能性等问题作了讨论。     

油松幼胚中几种酶的组织化学定位研究

油松(Pinus tabulaeformis)胚胎发育早期,未分化的幼胚中存在着三磷酸腺嘌呤核苷酶、酸性磷酸酶和过氧化物酶。前两种酶分布于胚体的全部细胞内。在胚柄中,主要存在于胚附近的1—3个胚柄细胞内。过氧化物酶的分布可因胚体大小不同而有变化;圆锥形幼胚的胚体及胚附近的胚柄细胞内显示出清晰的过氧化物酶活性,但是在柱状幼胚中,过氧化物酶主要分布在胚体基部及正在伸长的胚柄细胞中。实验结果表明,油松的幼胚细胞内有着多种酶以及旺盛的代谢活动,这些酶的存在可能与幼胚发育分化期间,对附近组织中物质的吸收、利用和转运有关。     

四倍体大燕麦×六倍体裸燕麦的杂种F1的产生及鉴定

本研究以四倍体大燕麦 (AvenamagnaL .)做母本 ,六倍体裸燕麦 (AvenanudaL .)做父本进行杂交 ,利用幼胚拯救技术获得了杂种F1,并对其后代形态特征进行了观察 ;对杂种F1同工酶图谱和DNA指纹图谱进行了分析。杂种F1形态特征偏亲本或介于双亲之间 ;同工酶研究表明多数F1具有双亲互补酶带 ;RAPD分析不同引物扩增产物F1呈共显性或偏父、偏母。这些结果表明F1为真杂种     

四倍体大燕麦×六倍体裸燕麦的杂种F1的产生及鉴定

本研究以四倍体大燕麦（Avena magna L.）做母本,六倍体裸燕麦（Avena nuda L.）做父本进行杂交,利用幼胚拯救技术获得了杂种F1,并对其后代形态特征进行了观察;对杂种F1同工酶图谱和DNA指纹图谱进行了分析。杂种F1形态特征偏亲本或介于双亲之间;同工酶研究表明多数F1具有双亲互补酶带;RAPD分析不同引物扩增产物F1呈共显性或偏父、偏母。这些结果表明F1为真杂种。     

过氧化物酶同工酶应用于甜瓜杂交种真实性与纯度检测研究

本研究利用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法分析了甜瓜(Cucumis melo.L)84—3等六个杂交种及其双亲的苗期过氧化物酶同工酶谱变化,按生长顺序在苗期进行了四次取样,每次取样均取全株。分析结果表明:甜瓜苗期生一片真叶时酶谱丰富,为取样最佳时期,同一组合中,F_1的过氧化物酶同工酶谱与亲本的过氧化物酶同工酶谱是有差异的,存在“杂种酶带”和“互补酶带”,利用过氧化物酶同工酶谱技术对甜瓜84-3等六个组合进行纯度检测结果与田间纯度检测结果相比符合率为99.1％。     

同工酶与玉米杂种产量优势预测的研究

以１０８ 个玉米自交系随机组配成１９９ 个单杂交种为材料,用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（ＰＡＧＥ）检测过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）、细胞色素氧化酶（ＣＯＤ）、酯酶（Ｅｓｔ）、α－淀粉酶（α－Ａｍ ｙ）、过氧化氢酶（Ｃａｔ）、谷氨酸脱氢酶（ＧＤＨ）、苹果酸脱氢酶（ＭＤＨ）、超氧物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）和酸性磷酸酯酶（Ａｃｐ）等同工酶及可溶性蛋白质的酶谱图式,探讨了酶谱差异指数与杂种产量优势的关系。结果发现,酶谱差异指数高的双亲杂交,能够产生高优势组合;酶谱差异指数低的双亲杂交,也能产生高优势组合;但酶谱差异指数极低的姐妹系杂交,只能产生低优势组合。由此证明,用酶谱差异指数方法来预测遗传背景复杂组合的杂种产量优势,在统计学上差异不太显著     

黄花烟草和枸杞属间原生质体融合再生杂种小苗

利用改良的PEG方法以2%的频率诱导黄花烟草原生质体和经IOA失活的枸杞原生体融合。在获得的250块愈伤组织中,有5块为形态上与枸杞愈伤组织类似。对这5块愈伤组织的过氧化物酶和酯酶同工酶分析结果表明,其中的2块(记作Hy2和Hy5)为对称程度较高的体细胞核杂种,其它3块为不对称核杂种或细胞质杂种。细胞学观察指出,Hy2和Hy5的平均染色体数目分别为98.2和59.3。此外,两个杂种的几乎所有中期细胞均含有结构变异的染色体。以小麦rDNA为探针的Southern杂交结果表明,Hy2和Hy5均含有双亲DNA特异片段。从Hy5再生出了形态上介于双亲之间的小苗。对再生苗叶片的酯酶同工酶分析指出,这些小苗含有双亲的特征酶带。     

Cloning, expression and biochemical characterization of a basic-acidic hybrid phospholipase A2-II from Agkistrodon halys pallas

A cDNA encoding a basic-acidic hybrid phospholipase A2-II from Agkistrodon halys Pallas with an N-terminus highly homologous to that of BPLA2 and a C-terminus sequence almost the same as that of APLA2 was inserted into a bacterial expression vector and effectively expressed in Escherichia coli RR1. The protein was produced as insoluble inclusion bodies. After partial purification by washing, the inclusion bodies with Triton X-100, denaturing and refolding, the renatured recombinant protein was purified by FPLC column superose 12. The purified recombinant enzyme with an isoelectric point of pH 6.8 could cross-react with antiserum prepared against acidic phospholipase A2. The enzymatic activity of the expressed basic-acidic hybrid phospholipase A2-II is close to that of denatured-refolded native basic phospholipase A2, and has the same inhibiting effect on platelet aggregation as denatured-refolded acidic phospholipase A2, but lacks the hemolytic activity of denatured-refolded basic phospholipase A2. To study the structural relationships among basic phospholipase A2, acidic phospholipase A2 and basic-acidic hybrid phospholipase A2-II, molecular modeling of basic-acidic hybrid phospholipase A2-II was done. The roles of various amino acid residues in the enzymatic activity and pharmacological activities of phospholipase A2 are discussed.     

Effects of dietary corn oil and salmon oil on the oxidation of fatty acids and prostaglandin E2 in rat gastric mucosa

The investigations previously carried out by Grataroli and colleagues (1) to elucidate the relationships between dietary fatty acids, lipid composition, prostaglandin E2 production and phospholipase A2 activity in the rat gastric mucosa are, here, extended. In the present investigations, fatty acid and prostaglandin E2 catabolizing enzymes were assayed in gastric mucosa from rats fed either a low fat diet (corn oil: 4.4% w/w) (referred as control group), a corn oil-enriched diet (17%) or a salmon oil-enriched diet (12.5%) supplemented with corn oil (4.5%) (referred as groups of treated animals) for eight weeks. Peroxisomal fatty acyl-CoA beta-oxidation was induced in the treated animals whereas the activities of catalase and mitochondrial tyramine oxidase were increased and normal, respectively. Mitochondrial acyl-CoA dehydrogenations occurred at higher rates and carnitine acyltransferase activities were enhanced. In addition, the induction of peroxisomal but not mitochondrial prostaglandoyl-E2-CoA beta-oxidation could be demonstrated. Induction of peroxisomal oxidation of fatty acids and prostaglandins is suggested to contribute to the decrease of prostaglandin E2 production in the treated animals, especially those receiving the salmon oil diet, that the above mentioned authors originally reported.     

几组有优和无优杂交组合中杂交稻及其亲本光合功能的比较

研究了3个杂交组合的杂交稻及其亲本的光合功能。实验结果表明,杂交稻的叶绿素(Chl)和类胡萝卜素(Car)的含量高于其亲本。在2组有优杂交组合中,杂交稻的PSⅡ活性、PSⅡ原初光能转化效率和叶片潜在光合作用量子转化效率,以及光合电子传递能力和对两个光系统之间激发能分配的调节能力,均高于其各自的亲本。此外,上述各光合功能又以母本优于父本。然而,在无优组合中,上述的光合功能却是父本高于母本和它们的子一代。根据所得的实验结果,进一步证实在配置杂交组合时,选择具有优良光合功能的母本,是获得在生产上可推广应用的杂交稻的重要途径之一。     

Density-dependent regulation of growth in somatic hybrids between normal Chinese hamster fibroblasts and V79-8 (G1) cells

The purpose of this work was to determine the relationship between the presence of a G1 period in the mitotic cycle and a cell's ability to respond to density-dependent regulation of growth (DDR). Somatic hybrids were obtained between normal fibroblasts from newborn Chinese hamsters, which show a strong response to DDR, and V79-8 Chinese hamster cells, which are insensitive to DDR. Two variant V79-8 sublines were used, one reported to lack a G1 period (G1-) and the other with a G1 period (G1+). Fourteen hybrid clones were isolated in selective medium and analysed for growth properties and cell cycle parameters; their hybrid nature was supported by chromosome counts. All hybrid clones, irrespective of whether a V79-8 G1- or G1+ cell was one of the parents, showed pronounced DDR and had G1 periods of various lengths. Previous experiments had shown the absence of G1 to be dominant in somatic hybrids between V79-8 G1- and G1+ cell lines. Our results may mean that the G1- property provided by V79-8 is unable to overcome the very long G1 of normal fibroblasts, or in cells that can be arrested in G1 in response to DDR, some function prevents the dominant effect of the G1- cell on at least part of the G1 period.     

Heterologous complementation reveals that mutant alleles of QSR1 render 60S ribosomal subunits unstable and translationally inactive.

QSR1 is a highly conserved gene which encodes a 60S ribosomal subunit protein that is required for joining of large and small ribosomal subunits. In this report we demonstrate heterologous complementation of a yeast QSR1 deletion strain with both the human and corn homologs and show that the human and corn proteins are assembled into hybrid yeast/human and yeast/corn ribosomes. While the homologous genes complement lethality of the QSR1 deletion, they also result in a diminished growth rate. Analyses of the translation rates of ribosomes containing the human and corn proteins reveal a partial loss of function. Velocity gradient analyses of the hybrid ribosomes after exposure to high concentrations of salt indicate that the decreased activity is due to lability of the hybrid 60S subunits.     

The xanthophyll cycle and antioxidative defense system are enhanced in the wheat hybrid subjected to high light stress

Although the wheat hybrids have often shown higher grain yields, the physiological basis of the higher yields remains unknown. Previous studies suggest that tolerance to photoinhibition in the hybrid may be one of the physiological bases (Yang et al., 2006, Plant Sci 171:389-97). The objective of this study was to further investigate the possible mechanism responsible for tolerance to photoinhibition in the hybrid. Photosystem II (PSII) photochemistry, the xanthophyll cycle, and antioxidative defense system were compared between the hybrid and its parents subjected to high light stress (1500 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹). The analyses of oxygen-evolving activity, chlorophyll fluorescence, and protein blotting demonstrated that the higher tolerance in the hybrid than in its parents was associated with its higher tolerance of PSII to photoinhibition. High light induced an increase in non-photochemical quenching, and this increase was greater in the hybrid than in its parents. There were no differences in the pool size of the xanthophyll cycle between the hybrid and its parents. The content of violaxanthin decreased significantly, whereas the content of zeaxanthin + antherxanthin increased considerably during high light treatments. However, the decrease in violaxanthin content and the increase in zeaxanthin + antherxanthin content were greater in the hybrid than in its parents. High light resulted in a significant accumulation of H₂O₂, O₂⁻ and catalytic Fe, and this accumulation was less in the hybrid than in its parents. High light induced a significant increase in the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase, dehydroascorbate reductase, and monodehydroascorbate reductase, and these increases were greater in the hybrid than its parents. These results suggest that the higher tolerance to photoinhibition in the hybrid may be associated with its higher capacity for antioxidative defense metabolism and the xanthophyll cycle.     

Effects of dietary corn oil and salmon oil on the oxidation of fatty acids and prostaglandin E2 in rat gastric mucosa

The investigations previously carried out by Grataroli and colleagues (1) to elucidate the relationships between dietary fatty acids, lipid composition, prostaglandin E2 production and phospholipase A2 activity in the rat gastric mucosa are, here, extended. In the present investigations, fatty acid and prostaglandin E2 catabolizing enzymes were assayed in gastric mucosa from rats fed either a low fat diet (corn oil: 4.4% w/w) (referred as control group), a corn oil-enriched diet (17%) or a salmon oil-enriched diet (12.5%) supplemented with corn oil (4.5%) (referred as groups of treated animals) for eight weeks.Peroxisomal fatty acyl-CoA β-oxidation was induced in the treated animals whereas the activities of catalase and mitochondrial tyramine oxidase were increased and normal, respectively. Mitochondrial acyl-CoA dehydrogenations occured at higher rates and carnitine acyltransferase activities were enhanced. In addition, the induction of peroxisomal but not mitochondrial prostaglandoyl-E2-CoA β-oxidation could be demonstrated. Induction of peroxisomal oxidation of fatty acids and prostaglandins is suggested to contribute to the decrease of prostaglandin E2 production in the treated animals, especially those receiving the salmon oil diet, that the above mentioned authors originally reported.     

The use of cytoplasmic male-sterility in hybrid seed production

The practical utilization of heterosis in crop plants has been greatly facilitated during the past 15 years by the use of cytoplasmic male|sterility for low-cost, large-scale emasculation of the seed parents of hybrids. The method is now being used in commercial production of hybrid onions, sugar beets, field corn, grain sorghum, and petunias. Its use is contemplated for hybrid sweet corn, pop corn, red table beets, fodder beets, fodder sorghum, pearl millet, carrots, and garden peppers.     

Effect of Phospholipases on Chronic Opiate Action in Neuroblastoma × Glioma NG108-15 Hybrid Cells

Chronic treatment of neuroblastoma X glioma NG108-15 hybrid cells with opiate agonist resulted in loss of the acute opiate inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity with a concomitant increase in the enzymatic activity observable on addition of the antagonist naloxone. The role of membrane lipids in the cellular expression of these chronic opiate effects was investigated by the hydrolysis of phospholipids with various lipases. Treatment with phospholipase C from Clostridium welchii produced an enzyme concentration-dependent decrease of prostaglandin E1-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in control or etorphine-treated (1 microM for 4 h) hybrid cells. In addition, incubation of hybrid cells with phospholipase C concentrations of greater than or equal to 0.5 U/ml completely abolished the compensatory increase in adenylate cyclase activity after chronic opiate treatment. This attenuation of the increase in adenylate cyclase activity by phospholipase C could be prevented by inclusion of phosphatidylcholine but not of phosphatidic acid during the enzymatic incubations. The specificity of the phospholipids involved in expression of the chronic opiate effect could be demonstrated further by the absence of effect exhibited by phospholipase C from Bacillus cereus and phospholipase D. Hydrolysis of the acyl side chains of phospholipids with phospholipase A2 did not alter the chronic opiate effect after removal of lysophosphatides with bovine serum albumin. Because the guanylylimidodiphosphate- and NaF-sensitive adenylate cyclase activities were not affected by these phospholipase treatments, the expression of the compensatory increase in adenylate cyclase activity is mediated via an increase in the coupling between hormonal receptor and adenylate cyclase with the participation of the polar head groups of the phospholipids and not the hydrophobic side chains.     

How costly is the honest signaling of need?

ESS models of biological signaling have shown that costly signals can provide honest information. In the context of parent-offspring conflict over the allocation of resources by parents to their young, the theory explains costly offspring solicitation behavior as an accurate signal of offspring need to parents who cannot assess offspring condition directly. In this paper, we provide a simple but general characterization of the honest signaling of need in models of parent-offspring conflict: the offspring's signaling cost is proportional to the parent's fitness loss from satisfying the offspring's resource requirement. The factor of proportionality is given by a measure of the extent of parent-offspring conflict that depends only on coefficients of relatedness. These results hold for interbrood conflict with uniparental investment even if the relationship between offspring condition and resource requirement is not monotonic, and extend to cases of biparental care, uncertainty concerning the parent's condition, and intra-brood conflict. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.