亚麻组织培养高频不定芽诱导体系

对适合南方地区冬季种植的纤用亚麻品种组织培养过程中基本培养基、激素配比、外植体材料的基因型和苗龄以及再生不定芽的生根条件进行了比较研究。结果表明,适合于亚麻白花品种组织培养的最佳培养基为YB1,不定芽诱导率可达98.50%。在此培养基上,白花、黑亚4号、K6531、K7697、HI026、HI045、I039和阿丽亚那下胚轴不定芽的诱导率分别为98.50%、98.50%、56.50%、42.47%、54.40%、0、27.13%和97.30%,平均出芽数为11.43、9.33、2.17、0.77、1.10、0、0.90和10.68。苗龄为7-10天的下胚轴最适于诱导不定芽,随苗龄增加,不定芽的诱导率呈下降趋势。RB5培养基最适于不定芽的生根,生根率达100%,平均生根数为15.3。实验还确定了亚麻对卡那霉素、氨苄青霉素和头孢霉素的抗性浓度阈值。     

Structural characterization of tissue-specific galactan from flax fibers by 1H NMR and MALDI TOF mass spectrometry

A high-molecular-mass polysaccharide galactan (M 2000 kDa) was isolated from flax at the stage of cell wall thickening of the bast fiber development. The polymer structure was studied by ¹H NMR spectroscopy and MALDI TOF mass spectrometry. It is built up of Gal (59%), Rha (15%), GalA (23%), and Ara (3%) residues. The galactan backbone consists of successively alternating monomer disaccharide units (→ 4GalA1 → 2Rha1 →)_n and is similar in its structure to the backbone of rhamnogalacturonan-1 (RG-I). Rhamnose residues bear in position 4 β-(1 → 4)-galactose side chains of various lengths with a polymerization degree of up to 28 or higher. A part of the side chains have branchings.     

脱脂亚麻籽的化学成分研究(英文)

从脱脂亚麻籽(Linum usitatissimum L.)中共分离出8个化合物,经过波谱分析确定其结构分别是:正二十四烷(1),十四烷酸(2),硬脂酸(3),月桂酸乙酯(4),β-谷甾醇(5),胡萝卜苷(6),α-D-吡喃葡萄糖基-α-D-吡喃葡萄糖(7)和α-D-吡喃葡萄糖基-β-呋喃果糖(8).化合物1,2,4,7,8首次从亚麻籽中分离得到.     

Ontogenic variations in n-alkanes during somatic embryogenesis of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

Hypocotyl segments (HS) of flax seedlings germinated in vitro, were used to induce indirect somatic embryogenesis on solid medium. The composition and distribution of n-alkanes in flax tissues collected at different developmental stages were studied by capillary gas chromatography (GC) and capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). During induction and development of callus from hypocotyl tissues a decrease in the percentage of total lipids was observed. In all types of tissue sampled – HS used as primary explants, HS with differentiating calli at the cut ends (HSC), embryogenic (EC) and non-embryogenic calli (NEC) and somatic embryos (SE) – a skewed-normal distribution of n-alkanes with a low mass range (C₁₃–C₂₁) were found. The highest content of n-alkanes occurred in the primary hypocotyl explants and in the early stages of callus development. Longer carbon chain n-alkanes were observed only in the mature or differentiated tissues of hypocotyls and SE. Although the n-alkane contents decreased with time, in SE and calli, a significantly lower n-alkane content was observed in EC when compared to NEC independent of the time in culture. These results suggest the utilisation of n-alkanes for heterotrophic cellular growth as well as its mobilisation from EC to developing SE.     

Plant fiber intrusive growth characterized by NMR method

Intrusively growing plant cells insert themselves between surrounding cells, thus increasing the number of membranes on the tissue cross-section. This parameter can be assessed by spin echo NMR method with a magnetic field pulse gradient. Diffusion echo decay was measured for stem regions of long-fiber flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) differing in the stages of primary fiber development, which elongate thousand-fold during intrusive growth. Additionally, the number of fibers on stem cross-sections was counted under microscope. An increase in the slow component of the echo diffusion decay was correlated with an increase in the number of fibers on the stem cross-section in the zone of intrusive growth, while other stem-structure characteristics remained unchanged. Thus, NMR method can be used for characterization of intrusive fiber growth in situ.     

A combined HPLC-UV and HPLC-MS method for the identification of lignans and its application to the lignans of Linum usitatissimum L. and L. bienne Mill

A combined HPLC-UV/PAD and HPLC-ESI/MS method allowing the fast detection and identification/structural characterisation of lignans of different structural subclasses is described. Twenty-four lignans of different skeletal types were analysed and the combined information derived from their UV and ESI/MS spectra led to the identification of group characteristics that can be used to establish the structure of unknown lignans in plant samples. This method was successfully applied to the identification of lignans in crude extracts of Linum usitatissimum L. and L. bienne Mill.     

‘范妮’亚麻高频率体细胞胚胎发生及组织学观察

以亚麻品种‘范妮’的子叶和下胚轴为外植体,分别接种在不同组合的植物生长调节剂的MB(MS培养基的无机盐加B5培养基的维生素)培养基上培养,结果所有使用的培养基都能诱导出愈伤组织,但只有在附加了0.5~4.0 mg.L-12,4-D培养基上才能诱导出胚性愈伤组织。在胚性愈伤组织和体胚诱导中,源于下胚轴的材料均比源于子叶的材料所需的2,4-D浓度低。在培养基中,单独使用2,4-D诱导体胚的效果明显好于使用其它植物生长调节剂的组合,源于子叶和下胚轴的体胚诱导数分别达到了224个/g和265个/g。组织学观察发现有大量正常的球形胚、心形胚、鱼雷胚和少量子叶胚,还有少量畸形胚。本文为‘范妮’与其它麻类的体细胞杂交育种、‘范妮’变异无性系的筛选及相关的植物基因工程和细胞工程研究奠定了一定的工作基础。     

Analysis of retted and non retted flax fibres by chemical and enzymatic means

Flax fibres (Linum usitatissimum L.) were subjected to chemical and enzymatic analysis in order to determine the compositional changes brought about by the retting process and also to determine the accessibility of the fibre polymers to enzymatic treatment. Chemical analysis involved subjecting both retted and non retted fibres to a series of sequential chemical extractions with 1% ammonium oxalate, 0.05 M KOH, 1 M KOH and 4 M KOH. Retting was shown to cause minimal weight loss from the fibres but caused significant changes to the pectic polymers present. Retted fibres were shown to have significantly lower amounts of rhamnogalacturonan as well as arabinan and xylan. In addition the average molecular mass of the pectic extracts was considerably lowered. Enzyme treatment of the 1 M KOH extracts with two different enzymes demonstrated that the non retted extract contained a relatively high molecular weight xylan not found in the retted extract. Treatment of the 1 M KOH extracts and the fibres with Endoglucanase V from Trichoderma viride demonstrated that while this enzyme solubilised cellulose as well as xylan and xyloglucan oligomers from the extract, it had limited access to these polymers on the fibre. MALDI-TOF MS analysis of the material solubilised from the extract suggested that the xylan was randomly substituted with 4-O-methyl glucuronic acid moieties. The xyloglucan was shown to be of the XXXG type and was substituted with galactose and fucose units. The enzyme treatments of the fibres demonstrated that the xylan and xyloglucan polymers in the fibres were not accessible to the enzyme but that material which was entrapped by the cellulose could be released by the hydrolysis of this cellulose.     

Simultaneous quantification of 14 bioactive constituents in Forsythia Suspensa by liquid chromatography–electrospray ionisation–mass spectrometry

Introduction – Forsythia suspensa is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine including phenylethanoid glycosides, lignans, flavonoids, terpenes and volatile oils. Quantification of multi‐components is important for the quality control of Forsythia suspensa. Objective – To establish a liquid chromatography–electrospray ionisation–mass spectrometry method for simultaneous quantification of 14 bioactive constituents of Forsythia suspensa in different places of China and different parts of this herb. Methodology – The optimal chromatographic conditions were achieved on a Kromasil C₁₈ column (150 ¥ 4.6 mm, 5 mm) with gradient elution of methanol, acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid in 27 min. Detection was performed in negative ionisation mode by monitoring the precursor–product combination in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The validation of the method included tests of linearity, sensitivity, precision, repeatability, stability and accuracy. Results – All calibration curves showed good linear regression (r > 0.9990) within test ranges. The established method showed good precision and accuracy with overall intra‐day and inter‐day variations of 0.7–4.3 and 1.1–3.9% respectively, and overall recoveries of 96.65–101.2% for the compounds analysed. Conclusion – The proposed method was successfully applied for the quantitative analysis of 14 constituents in 12 Forsythia suspensa samples. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

亚麻生物技术研究进展

简要综述了近几年有关亚麻应用和基础研究的进展,重点介绍了亚麻组织细胞的再生、体细胞发生、原生质体分离培养、细胞悬浮培养、花药培养,以及亚麻转基因技术的研究成果,讨论了目前在亚麻研究中出现的问题。     

Metabolic engineering of flavonoids in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum): the potential for metabolomics

Flavonoids comprise a large and diverse group of polyphenolic plant secondary metabolites. In plants, flavonoids play important roles in many biological processes such as pigmentation of flowers, fruits and vegetables, plant-pathogen interactions, fertility and protection against UV light. Being natural plant compounds, flavonoids are an integral part of the human diet and there is increasing evidence that dietary polyphenols are likely candidates for the observed beneficial effects of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables on the prevention of several chronic diseases. Within the plant kingdom, and even within a single plant species, there is a large variation in the levels and composition of flavonoids. This variation is often due to specific mutations in flavonoid-related genes leading to quantitative and qualitative differences in metabolic profiles. The use of such specific flavonoid mutants with easily scorable, visible phenotypes has led to the isolation and characterisation of many structural and regulatory genes involved in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway from different plant species. These genes have been used to engineer the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in both model and crop plant species, not only from a fundamental perspective, but also in order to alter important agronomic traits, such as flower and fruit colour, resistance, nutritional value. This review describes the advances made in engineering the flavonoid pathway in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Three different approaches will be described; (I) Increasing endogenous tomato flavonoids using structural or regulatory genes; (II) Blocking specific steps in the flavonoid pathway by RNA interference strategies; and (III) Production of novel tomato flavonoids by introducing novel branches of the flavonoid pathway. Metabolite profiling is an essential tool to analyse the effects of pathway engineering approaches, not only to analyse the effect on the flavonoid composition itself, but also on other related or unrelated metabolic pathways. Metabolomics will therefore play an increasingly important role in revealing a more complete picture of metabolic perturbation and will provide additional novel insights into the effect of the introduced genes and the role of flavonoids in plant physiology and development.     

The influence of ammoniates on 14CO2 assimilation in flax

A 1 μM solution of ammoniates [ZnCu(NH₃)_n]²⁺(CO₃)²⁻ was inserted into a cut shoot of flax with the transpiration stream of water. Analysis of the ¹⁴C content after ¹⁴CO₂ assimilation by the shoot showed that ammoniates increased radioactive label contents in the tissues (especially in the young leaves and stem). In the leaves the higher sucrose to hexoses ratio, an increased radioactivity of glycerate and malate and decreased incorporation of ¹⁴C into oligosaccharides and pigments were observed. These effects were more pronounced in the young leaves. Spraying of plants with 20 mM solution resulted in an increase of plant height and leaf number.