液相色谱-串联质谱法定量分析莱茵衣藻1,3-二油酸-2-棕榈酸甘油三酯

研究建立了基于超高效液相色谱串联三重四级杆质谱技术的1,3-二油酸-2-棕榈酸甘油三酯(1,3-Dioleoyl-2-palmitoylglycerol, OPO)分析方法。在正离子模式下, 以[876>577]为定量离子对, 通过多反应监测模式(Multiple Reaction Monitoring, MRM)扫描, 采用内标法对OPO进行定量分析。对缺氮胁迫条件下一株野生型莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)cc-5325及其半乳糖基水解酶基因敲降突变体M08的OPO进行了定量分析, 研究结果发现莱茵衣藻中OPO在缺氮胁迫期间显著积累, 且不同遗传背景的莱茵衣藻OPO积累量不同。在缺氮第1至第3天, M08的OPO含量相较于cc-5325分别提高了3.70、3.04和2.74倍, M08的OPO产量相较于cc-5325分别提高了1.13、1.53和1.33倍, 说明通过遗传改造莱茵衣藻的某些脂质代谢途径相关基因可以增加其OPO含量, 因此莱茵衣藻具有改成为商业化油脂新食品原料的潜在应用价值。研究建立的功能脂质OPO的定量分析方法对进一步研究不同遗传改造的莱茵衣藻中OPO结构脂的检测提供了技术支持和分析基础。     

小球藻和莱茵衣藻原生质体的电转化研究

以小球藻及莱茵衣藻原生质体为受体细胞,利用电击法将质粒p CAMBIA1301转入小球藻和莱茵衣藻,摸索电击转化条件并进行分子检测。结果表明:两类藻都对潮霉素敏感,小球藻及莱茵衣藻分别在含25 mg/L和100 mg/L潮霉素的固体培养基上的生长被完全抑制;小球藻和莱茵衣藻原生质体电击转化的最佳电击场强分别为0.8 k V/cm和0.6 k V/cm,最佳脉冲时间均为10 ms;制备原生质体和通过2-脱氧-D-葡萄糖处理可明显提高转化效率;分子检测说明GUS报告基因成功转入两种藻并可稳定遗传。     

基因编辑技术在莱茵衣藻中的应用进展

基因编辑技术已经成为功能基因组学和作物分子育种精准且有力的工具。莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,简称衣藻)是光合作用、黑暗异养代谢、厌氧代谢和生物制氢、营养和能量代谢等研究领域的重要模式生物。近20年来,基因编辑技术,如锌指核酸酶(ZFNs)、转录激活物样效应物核酸酶(TALENs)、CRISPR/Cas9和CRISPR/Cpf1等的发展,更加推动了以衣藻为模式生物的研究。现对衣藻中的核基因组靶向基因编辑技术的应用及最新研究进展等进行总结,以期为衣藻相关领域的研究提供参考。     

4种常用抗生素对莱茵衣藻生长及光化学活性的影响

采用4种不同浓度的抗生素对(氨苄青霉素(Amp)、卡那霉素(Kan)、氯霉素(Cmp)及四环素(Tet))莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)进行无菌化处理,研究抗生素种类及浓度对莱茵衣藻的细胞密度、叶绿素a含量及光化学活性的影响,以确定对莱茵衣藻细胞无害并能抑制伴杂菌生长的抗生素种类及使用浓度。结果表明:低于100μg/mL的氨苄青霉素(Amp)及20μg/mL的氯霉素(Cmp)处理,会使莱茵衣藻的细胞密度及叶绿素a的含量增加,卡那霉素(Kan)及四环素(Tet)各浓度的处理都会使细胞密度及叶绿素a的含量下降,并呈现抗生素的剂量依赖效应;50μg/mL的Amp及10μg/mL的Cmp在处理3 d后会增加莱茵衣藻的实际光合效率(YII)及相对电子传递效率(rETR),而后下降;Kan及Tet各浓度的处理都会使YII及rETR显著下降。结合4种抗生素对莱茵衣藻伴生菌的抑菌实验结果,表明在4种抗生素中,Cmp在抑菌范围内并不会明显地抑制莱茵衣藻细胞的生长与光化学活性,可用于莱茵衣藻细胞无菌化培养中。     

三角褐指藻甘油酯对氮胁迫的响应

【背景】三角褐指藻作为生物燃料潜在的生产者,在胁迫条件下能通过改变其甘油酯组成来适应外部环境的变化,同时伴随着生物燃料原料甘油三酯(TAG)的积累,研究三角褐指藻甘油酯对氮胁迫的响应机制有利于深入认识TAG的积累过程。【目的】通过分析三角褐指藻在正常和氮胁迫条件下各类脂质含量及其脂肪酸成分的变化,揭示氮胁迫诱导积累的TAG酰基主要来源,以及在胁迫前生成的各极性甘油酯脂肪酸的去向,从而为进一步认识三角褐指藻对氮胁迫的响应机制提供新信息。【方法】利用高效薄层色谱结合气相色谱法分析三角褐指藻在正常和氮胁迫条件下的脂肪酸及甘油酯组分的变化。【结果】三角褐指藻在氮胁迫条件下TAG含量增加至57.8 mg/g时,总甘油酯含量几乎不变,但各甘油酯含量变化差异很大,表现为各极性脂含量显著降低。在此期间,各类甘油酯脂肪酸组成含量的变化表明,三角褐指藻TAG主要积累饱和及单不饱和脂肪酸,即16:0和16:1n7,分别以从头合成及原有极性脂转化为主,极性脂的部分二十碳五烯酸(EPA)作为酰基供体也向TAG发生了转化;此外组成极性脂的多不饱和脂肪酸16:2n4、16:3n4及EPA分解导致其含量显著下降。【结论】当氮胁迫诱导的三角褐指藻TAG含量为57.8 mg/g时,积累的TAG酰基中有48%来自从头合成,52%来自极性脂转化;而氮胁迫诱导所减少的极性脂酰基中有54%转化成TAG,46%发生了分解。     

基于液质联用技术的环二核苷酸cGAMP定量检测方法的建立与评估

目的:建立基于液质联用技术的定量检测环鸟苷酸-腺苷酸(cGAMP)的方法体系,用于评价细胞内DNA感受器环鸟苷酸-腺苷酸合成酶(cGAS)的活性。方法:在人白血病单核细胞系U937中,以脂质体转染鲱鱼精DNA(HT-DNA)的方式诱导cGAMP合成,采用甲醇-乙腈萃取法提取细胞中的cGAMP分子,真空干燥后利用液相色谱-质谱多反应监测技术(LC-MS/MRM)对cGAMP进行定量检测。同时利用蛋白质免疫印迹法和实时荧光定量PCR体系对细胞中cGAMP产生后的常规生物学效应指标进行检测,以评价该方法的可靠性。结果与结论:建立的基于液质联用技术检测方法实现了对细胞中cGAMP分子的定量分析。该方法具有特异性好、灵敏度高的特点,为深入研究cGAS的活性调控机制提供了技术支撑。     

4-香豆酰-CoA连接酶 (4CL) 和聚酮合酶 (PKS1) 的融合蛋白在莱茵衣藻中表达促进树莓酮积累

树莓酮具有重要的医药价值,如抗流感、预防糖尿病等。为了在莱茵衣藻Chlamydomonas reinhardtii中获得树莓酮,本研究将树莓酮合成的最后两个步骤中的酶,即4-香豆酰-CoA连接酶 (4-coumaryl-CoA ligase,4CL) 和聚酮合酶 (Polyketide synthase,PKS1) 通过甘氨酸-丝氨酸-甘氨酸 (Gly-Ser-Gly,GSG) 三肽接头融合在一起,构建莱茵衣藻表达载体pChla-4CL-PKS1。通过电转化的方法将由PSAD启动子驱动的融合基因4CL-PKS1插入野生型莱茵衣藻 (CC125) 和细胞壁缺失型莱茵衣藻 (CC425) 中。结果在表达4CL-PKS1融合蛋白的野生型莱茵衣藻和细胞壁缺失型莱茵衣藻中,树莓酮含量分别为6.7 μg/g (鲜重) 和5.9 μg/g (鲜重),高于天然植物中树莓酮的含量（2–4 μg/g）。     

莱茵衣藻E2泛素结合酶CrUBC23调控油脂积累

【目的】为研究莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)泛素结合酶(ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes,E2)CrUBC23在莱茵衣藻油脂代谢中的作用,为高产油微藻基因工程改良和揭示藻类油脂合成及代谢调控机理奠定基础。【方法】qRT-PCR分析莱茵衣藻在低氮、低磷胁迫下泛素结合酶CrUBC23表达情况;克隆CrUBC23同源基因干涉片段和全长基因,构建RNAi干涉载体和过量表达载体,转化莱茵衣藻并检测生物量和油脂含量;构建CrUBC23-GFP融合表达载体,用农杆菌浸染洋葱表皮细胞进行亚细胞定位。【结果】莱茵衣藻在低氮、低磷胁迫下CrUBC23基因表达量显著增加,增加幅度分别为正常培养的4.98–5.80倍和1.85–5.20倍。RNAi干扰结果显示,转基因藻细胞中性脂含量降低5.5%,总脂含量降低3.16%–17.6%。过量表达结果显示,转基因藻细胞中性脂含量增加8.8%,总脂含量增加4.51%–14.03%。【结论】CrUBC23正向调控莱茵衣藻油脂代谢,该基因定位于细胞核。     

莱茵衣藻血红素加氧酶1过表达载体的构建和遗传转化

莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardti)是一种3套基因组都能进行遗传转化的真核生物,作为一种模式生物,它被用于生物学研究的各个领域。目前,发现血红素加氧酶具有多种功能活性,但关于它的作用机理还不是很清楚。本研究利用分子生物学技术,构建了莱茵衣藻HO-1过表达载体,用SpeI和BglII双酶切,DNA测序,GUS染色,PCR检测证明表达载体构建成功。将此构建通过农杆菌介导法导入莱茵衣藻细胞中,获得了能够稳定遗传的转化子。上述结果为后续进一步的功能研究奠定基础。     

气相色谱-质谱法测定中药沙苑子中的氨基酸

本文利用气相色谱一质谱(GC/MS)联用技术首次对中药沙苑子中的氨基酸进行了定性定量分析。沙苑子经盐酸水解后,对其氨基酸水解液进行羟基脂化和氨基酰化的衍生化反应,利用GC/MS法共测得15种氨基酸,由外标法测定了每种氨基酸的含量。由此得出沙苑子中氨基酸的总质量分数为4.23％。     

The effect of phosphate starvation on the lipid and fatty acid composition of the fresh water eustigmatophyte Monodus subterraneus

Phosphate limitation caused significant changes in the fatty acid and lipid composition of Monodus subterraneus. With decreasing phosphate availability from 175 to 52.5, 17.5 and 0 microM (K2HPO4), the proportion of the major VLC-PUFA, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), gradually decreased from 28.2 to 20.8, 19.4 and 15.5 mol% (of total fatty acids), respectively. The cellular total lipid content of starved cells increased, mainly due to the dramatic increase in triacylglycerols (TAG) levels. Among polar lipids, cellular contents of digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) and diacylglyceroltrimethylhomoserine (DGTS) increased sharply from 0.29 and 0.19 to 0.60 and 0.38 fg cell(-1), respectively, while that of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) was not significantly changed. In the absence of phosphate, the proportion of phospholipids was significantly reduced from 8.3% to 1.4% of total lipids, and the proportion of triacylglycerols (TAG) increased from 6.5% up to 39.3% of total lipids. The share of MGDG was substantially reduced, from 35.7% to 13.3%, while that of DGDG and DGTS reduced less from 18.3% to 15.1%, and 12.2% to 8.6%, respectively. The most distinctive change in the fatty acid composition was noted in that of DGDG, where the proportion of EPA, located exclusively at the sn-1 position, increased from 11.3% to 21.5% at the expense of 16:0, 16:1 and 18:1. In MGDG, however, the proportion of EPA did not change appreciably. In contrast to higher plants, DGDG accumulated under P-deprivation in M. subterraneus, did not resemble PC and the positional distribution of its fatty acids was not altered, preserving the C20/C16 structure of its molecular species. We suggest that under phosphate starvation DGTS is a likely source of C20 acyl groups that can be exported to the sn-1 position of DGDG and can partially compensate for the decrease in PE, the apparent source of C20 acyl-containing diacylglycerols in this alga. Moreover, accumulation of non-esterified 18:0 indicates that no polar lipid can replace PC, which appears to be the only lipid capable of C18 desaturation in this alga.     

Wounding stimulates the accumulation of glycerolipids containing oxophytodienoic acid and dinor-oxophytodienoic acid in Arabidopsis leaves

Although oxylipins can be synthesized from free fatty acids, recent evidence suggests that oxylipins are components of plastid-localized polar complex lipids in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Using a combination of electrospray ionization (ESI) collisionally induced dissociation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MS) to identify acyl chains, ESI triple-quadrupole (Q) MS in the precursor mode to identify the nominal masses of complex polar lipids containing each acyl chain, and ESI Q-time-of-flight MS to confirm the identifications of the complex polar lipid species, 17 species of oxylipin-containing phosphatidylglycerols, monogalactosyldiacylglycerols (MGDG), and digalactosyldiacylglycerols (DGDG) were identified. The oxylipins of these polar complex lipid species include oxophytodienoic acid (OPDA), dinor-OPDA (dnOPDA), 18-carbon ketol acids, and 16-carbon ketol acids. Using ESI triple-Q MS in the precursor mode, the accumulation of five OPDA- and/or dnOPDA-containing MGDG and two OPDA-containing DGDG species were monitored as a function of time in mechanically wounded leaves. In unwounded leaves, the levels of these oxylipin-containing complex lipid species were low, between 0.001 and 0.023 nmol/mg dry weight. However, within the first 15 min after wounding, the levels of OPDA-dnOPDA MGDG, OPDA-OPDA MGDG, and OPDA-OPDA DGDG, each containing two oxylipin chains, increased 200- to 1,000-fold. In contrast, levels of OPDA-hexadecatrienoic acid MGDG, linolenic acid (18:3)-dnOPDA MGDG, OPDA-18:3 MGDG, and OPDA-18:3 DGDG, each containing a single oxylipin chain, rose 2- to 9-fold. The rapid accumulation of high levels of galactolipid species containing OPDA-OPDA and OPDA-dnOPDA in wounded leaves is consistent with these lipids being the primary products of plastidic oxylipin biosynthesis.     

Lipidomic Analysis of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under Nitrogen and Sulfur Deprivation

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii accumulates lipids under complete nutrient starvation conditions while overall growth in biomass stops. In order to better understand biochemical changes under nutrient deprivation that maintain production of algal biomass, we used a lipidomic assay for analyzing the temporal regulation of the composition of complex lipids in C. reinhardtii in response to nitrogen and sulfur deprivation. Using a chip-based nanoelectrospray direct infusion into an ion trap mass spectrometer, we measured a diversity of lipid species reported for C. reinhardtii, including PG phosphatidylglycerols, PI Phosphatidylinositols, MGDG monogalactosyldiacylglycerols, DGDG digalactosyldiacylglycerols, SQDG sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols, DGTS homoserine ether lipids and TAG triacylglycerols. Individual lipid species were annotated by matching mass precursors and MS/MS fragmentations to the in-house LipidBlast mass spectral database and MS2Analyzer. Multivariate statistics showed a clear impact on overall lipidomic phenotypes on both the temporal and the nutrition stress level. Homoserine-lipids were found up-regulated at late growth time points and higher cell density, while triacyclglycerols showed opposite regulation of unsaturated and saturated fatty acyl chains under nutritional deprivation.     

Separation of cellular nonpolar neutral lipids by normal-phase chromatography and analysis by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Neutral lipids are an important class of hydrophobic compounds found in all cells that play critical roles from energy storage to signal transduction. Several distinct structural families make up this class, and within each family there are numbers of individual molecular species. A solvent extraction protocol has been developed to efficiently isolate neutral lipids without complete extraction of more polar phospholipids. Normal-phase HPLC was used for the separation of cholesteryl esters (CEs), monoalkylether diacylglycerols, triacylglycerols, and diacylglycerols in a single HPLC run from this extract. Furthermore, minor lipids such as ubiquinone-9 could be detected in RAW 264.7 cells. Molecular species that make up each neutral lipid class can be analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively by on-line LC-MS and LC-MS/MS strategies. The quantitation of >20 CE molecular species revealed that challenging RAW 264.7 cells with a Toll-like receptor 4 agonist caused a >20-fold increase in the content of CEs within cells, particularly those CE molecular species that contained saturated (14:0, 16:0, and 18:1) fatty acyl groups. Longer chain CE molecular species did not change in response to the activation of these cells.     

Triacylglycerol accumulates exclusively outside the chloroplast in short-term nitrogen-deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

In microalgae, triacylglycerol (TAG) biosynthesis occurs by parallel pathways involving both the chloroplast and endoplasmic reticulum. A better understanding of contribution of each pathway to TAG assembly facilitates enhanced TAG production via rational genetic engineering of microalgae. Here, using a UPLC-MS(/MS) coupled with TLC-GC-based lipidomic platform, the early response of the major glycerolipids to nitrogen stress was analyzed at both the cellular and chloroplastidic levels in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Subcellular lipidomic analysis demonstrated that TAG was accumulated exclusively outside the chloroplast, and remained unaltered inside the chloroplast after 4?h of nitrogen starvation. This study ascertained the existence of the glycolipid, digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), outside the chloroplast and the betaine lipid, diacylglycerol-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine (DGTS), inside the chloroplast. The newly synthesized DGDG and DGTS prominently increased at the extra-chloroplastidic compartments and served as the major precursors for TAG biosynthesis. In particular, DGDG contributed to the extra-chloroplastidic TAG assembly in form of diacylglycerol (DAG) and DGTS in form of acyl groups. The chloroplastidic membrane lipid, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), was proposed to primarily offer DAG for TAG formation outside the chloroplast. This study provides valuable insights into the subcellular glycerolipidomics and unveils the acyl flux into the extra-chloroplastidic TAG in microalgae.     

磷脂酶Dδ缺失加剧UV-B诱导的膜伤害

检测了拟南芥野生型（WS）及磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体在UV-B辐射下的膜脂分子变化,并比较了二者在紫外辐射下的膜脂含量、双键指数及碳链长度的差异。结果发现,紫外辐射导致植株膜脂发生了降解,其中叶绿体膜脂MGDG和DGDG是膜伤害的主要作用靶点,而且突变体中的膜脂降解比野生型剧烈。上述结果说明磷脂酶Dδ的缺失会加剧紫外辐射诱导的膜伤害,导致植株对紫外辐射更加敏感。     

The effect of variations in growth temperature, fatty acid composition and cholesterol content on the lipid polar head-group composition of Acholeplasma laidlawii B membranes

We have systematically investigated the effect of variations in growth temperature, fatty acid composition and cholesterol content on the membrane lipid polar headgroup composition of Acholeplasma laidlawii B. Two important lipid compositional parameters have been determined from such an analysis. The first parameter studied was the ratio of the two major neutral glycolipids of this organism, monoglucosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and diglucosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG). As the former lipid prefers to exist in a reversed hexagonal phase at higher temperatures, with unsaturated fatty acyl chains or in the presence of cholesterol, the ratio of these two lipids reflects the phase state preference of the total A. laidlawii membrane lipids. Although we find that the MGDG/DGDG ratio is reduced in response to an increase in fatty acid unsaturation, increases in growth temperature or cholesterol content reduce this ratio only in cells enriched in a saturated but not an unsaturated fatty acid. The second parameter studied was the ratio of these neutral glycolipids to the only phosphatide in the A. laidlawii membrane, phosphatidylglycerol (PG); this parameter reflects the relative balance of uncharged and charged lipids in the membrane of this organism. We find that the MGDG + DGDG/PG ratio is lowest in cells enriched in the saturated fatty acid even though these cells already have the highest lipid bilayer surface charge density. Moreover, this ratio is not consistently related to growth temperature or changes in cholesterol levels, as expected. We therefore conclude that A. laidlawii strain B, apparently unlike strain A, does not possess coherent regulatory mechanisms for maintaining either the phase preference or the surface charge density of its membrane lipid constant in response to variations in growth temperature, fatty acid composition or cholesterol content.     

磷脂酶Dδ缺失加剧UV-B诱导的膜伤害

检测了拟南芥野生型（WS）及磷脂酶D8缺失突变体在uV-B辐射下的膜脂分子变化,并比较了二者在紫外辐射下的膜脂含量、双键指数及碳链长度的差异。结果发现,紫外辐射导致植株膜脂发生了降解,其中叶绿体膜脂MGDG和DGDG是膜伤害的主要作用靶点,而且突变体中的膜脂降解比野生型剧烈。上述结果说明磷脂酶D8的缺失会加剧紫外辐射诱导的膜伤害,导致植株对紫外辐射更加敏感。     

Isolation and identification of 1(3),2-diacylglyceryl-(3)-O-4'-(N,N,N-trimethyl)homoserine from the soil amoeba, Acanthamoeba castellanii

A polar lipid accounting for 12.5% of the total lipid nitrogen has been isolated from the protozoan Acanthamoeba castellanii. On the basis of thin-layer chromatography and mass spectral analysis, the lipid has been identified as diacylglyceryltrimethylhomoserine (DGTS). Fast atom bombardment (FAB) mass spectra of DGTS are reported for the first time and are compared to the FAB mass spectra of phosphatidylcholines and the electron ionization (EI) and field desorption (FD) mass spectra of DGTS. Gas-liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GLC-MS) analysis of the acyl chain composition of this lipid has shown that 87.5% consists of cis-9-octadecenoic acid. Plasma membrane isolated from this organism has shown that labeled DGTS appears in the plasma membrane but is not enriched in this fraction. DGTS has been isolated previously only from a limited number of green plants and one species of fungus. Identification of this lipid in Acanthamoeba indicates that this lipid is distributed among a diverse group of lower eucaryotes.     

Focused lipidomics by tandem mass spectrometry

In this paper we performed focused analyses of phospholipids by using the data of precursor ion scanning and neutral loss scanning of their polar head groups and fatty acyl moieties for the specific search of categorical phospholipids. By using precursor ion scanning or neutral loss scanning of polar head groups in the positive ion mode, more sensitive identification were obtained than that in the negative ion mode. Precursor ion scanning of carbonic anions in the negative ion mode was also effective to identify molecular species of phospholipids having specified fatty acyl moieties. By using these analytical methods, the detection limits of individual metabolites are going up to 5-20-fold of former conventional methods. The important factor is that by focusing in some limited categories of molecules, detection limit is greatly enhanced, thus minor but important molecules can be detected. Moreover, combination of LC-MS/MS and focused scanning for head group was revealed to be useful to identify very minor molecular species in the focused class of phospholipids.