Role of oxidative stress in cereal protoplast recalcitrance

Cereal leaf protoplasts are often extremely unstable in culture and usually lyse within 24 hours. Using the thiobarbituric acid test and the ferrous thiocyanate test we have shown that corn (Zea mays L. cv. Market Beauty) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Benito) leaf protoplasts accumulate peroxides and peroxide degradation products during culture. This increase correlated with an increase in lipoxygenase activity. On the other hand, enzymes involved in detoxification of peroxides such as catalase and peroxidase decreased during culture. The occurrence of lipid peroxidation in leaf protoplasts is likely to be a consequence of a temporary imbalance in the enzymes involved in oxygen metabolism. It has previously been shown that the lipoxygenase inhibitor n-propyl gallate stabilizes the protoplasts in culture and so peroxidation is likely to be the cause of leaf protoplast instability. Protoplasts obtained from suspension cultures are stable in culture and do not undergo lipid peroxidation. This stability is due to a decrease in lipoxygenase activity and increases in catalase and peroxidase activity after protoplast isolation.Abbreviations MDA malonaldehyde - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - PVP polyvinylpolypyrrolidone Dedicated to Dr. Friedrich Constabel on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

Oxidative metabolism and protoplast culture

Summary Barley leaf blade protoplasts accumulate malonaldehyde, a product of lipid peroxidation, during culture. In addition, glutathione levels fall after protoplast isolation and the proportion of glutathione in the oxidized state rises. These data indicate oxidative stress after protoplast isolation and during culture. The cause of this phenomenon is revealed by data showing that the activities of enzymes associated with antioxidative processes including glutathione reductase and ascorbate peroxidase decrease after barley protoplast isolation. In contrast, protoplasts isolated from suspension cultured cells of bromegrass and soybean exhibit little evidence for oxidative stress and increased activities of glutathione reductase and ascorbate peroxidase. We suggest that an antioxidative response is associated with mitosis and colony formation from protoplasts, as exhibited by bromegrass and soybean. Conversely, failure of an antioxidative response is associated with low viability and absence of mitosis, as in barley. Increased viability of barley leaf protoplasts cultured on feeder layer cells is correlated with increased glutathione content and higher glutathione reductase activity.     

顽拗型种子的生物学特性及种子顽拗性的进化

综述了顽拗型种子的形态、大小、含水量、植物分类、植物生态方面的一般特性,分析了顽拗型种子对环境的生态适应性,并讨论了种子顽拗性的可能进化模式,进而指出顽拗型种子生理生态学研究的意义和应用前景.顽拗型种子一般千粒重和体积较大,含水量较高,萌发迅速且多无休眠特性;产生顽拗性种子的植物分布很广,与其系统分类地位无关,但多起源于湿润的生境;目前尚无足够的证据表明种子顽拗性是原始性状或是衍生性状,要解决这一问题还需更深入的研究,尤其是种子生理学和生态学家的合作研究.     

Sepecial symposium: In vitro plant recalcitrance in vitro plant recalcitrance: An introduction

Summary In vitro recalcitrance is the inability of plant cells, tissues and organs to respond to tissue culture manipulations. With respect to plant regeneration, recalcitrance can be a major limiting factor for the biotechnological exploitation of economically important plant species and it can also impair the wider application of in vitro conservation techniques. This first paper introduces a compilation of Symposium papers, collectively entitled “Do we understand in vitro plant recalcitrance?”, presented at the 1999 Congress of the Society for In Vitro Biology. The Symposium reviewed recalcitrance in the context of genetic predeterminism, molecular markers and gene expression patterns, whole and explant physiology, stress physiology, habituation, neoplastic progression and plant cancer. The symposium contributors present fundamental and applied investigative approaches which have the potential to enhance our current understanding of in vitro recalcitrance and to assist in overcoming the problems associated with nonresponsive plant cultures. This introductory paper presents the general concept of recalcitrance in relation to whole-plant and explant physiology and considers basic aspects of tissue culture manipulations in the context of recalcitrance problems.     

Tissue degradation and enzymatic activity observed during protoplast isolation in two ornamental <Emphasis Type=Italic>Grevillea</Emphasis> species

Summary Degradative changes in tissue during protoplast isolation were a contributing factor to low protoplast yields in the saltsensitive Grevillea arenaria (R. Brown) and the salt-tolerant Grevillea ilicifolia (R. Brown). Protein and malondialdehyde content decreased significantly during the protoplast isolation procedure. Acid and neutral proteases were identified, and high acid protease activities were correlated to low protoplast yields. Acid phosphatase, catalase, polyphenol oxidase and lipoxygenase activities increased in both Grevillea species with cell wall digestion. High activities of catalase and low levels of polyphenol oxidase were correlated with high protoplast yields. Levels of acid phosphatase and lipoxygenase were not good indicators of final protoplast yields. The addition of the anti-oxidant, reduced glutathione, and the acid protease inhibitor, pepstatin A, significantly increased protoplast yields. Strategies were identified to minimize deleterious degradative effects during the isolation of protoplasts, including strict pH control, testing a number of cell wall digestion enzymes, and the addition of anti-oxidative metabolites and protease inhibitors.     

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

Mechanisms to mitigate global climate change by sequestering carbon (C) in different ‘sinks' have been proposed as at least temporary measures. Of the major global C pools, terrestrial ecosystems hold the potential to capture and store substantially increased volumes of C in soil organic matter (SOM) through changes in management that are also of benefit to the multitude of ecosystem services that soils provide. This potential can only be realized by determining the amount of SOM stored in soils now, with subsequent quantification of how this is affected by management strategies intended to increase SOM concentrations, and used in soil C models for the prediction of the roles of soils in future climate change. An apparently obvious method to increase C stocks in soils is to augment the soil C pools with the longest mean residence times (MRT). Computer simulation models of soil C dynamics, e.g. RothC and Century, partition these refractory constituents into slow and passive pools with MRTs of centuries to millennia. This partitioning is assumed to reflect: (i) the average biomolecular properties of SOM in the pools with reference to their source in plant litter, (ii) the accessibility of the SOM to decomposer organisms or catalytic enzymes, or (iii) constraints imposed on decomposition by environmental conditions, including soil moisture and temperature. However, contemporary analytical approaches suggest that the chemical composition of these pools is not necessarily predictable because, despite considerable progress with understanding decomposition processes and the role of decomposer organisms, along with refinements in simulation models, little progress has been made in reconciling biochemical properties with the kinetically defined pools. In this review, we will explore how advances in quantitative analytical techniques have redefined the new understanding of SOM dynamics and how this is affecting the development and application of new modelling approaches to soil C.     

谷物籽粒淀粉研究进展

谷物籽粒是人类最基本的粮食,其胚乳淀粉与品质有密切的关系.本文就谷物胚乳淀粉的合成积累过程、谷物淀粉合成酶的作用与特性、淀粉特性与品质的关系以及基因工程在改良作物淀粉品质方面的研究进展进行了综述,并对谷物籽粒淀粉进一步的研究提出了展望,为谷物淀粉品质育种提供参考.     

Enhanced protoplast division by media ultrafiltration

Leaf protoplasts of lucerne (alfalfa-Medicago sativa L.) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) were cultured in standard liquid culture medium and in medium that had been passed through a 10-kDa cut-off ultrafilter. The proportion of lucerne cells that divided was increased by 50–400% in ultrafiltered medium over that in standard medium. The effect was seen in six independent experiments performed over a period of 9 months. The inhibitory effect was detected in each of four separate batches of glucose that were examined from the same manufacturer. Ultrafiltration of medium used to culture tobacco protoplasts gave a 10% increase in the proportion of cells that divided. High molecular weight inhibitors of protoplast division were detected as contaminants in a number of components of the lucerne protoplast culture medium, including glucose, minor sugars and sugar alocohols, coconut water and casein hydrosylate. Gel filtration showed that the major inhibitory contaminant in glucose had a molecular weight greater than 200 000.     

松茸菌丝原生质体形成与再生条件的研究

采用多因素实验正交优选法比较不同酶、渗透压稳定剂、菌丝生理状况、菌丝培养基、预处理液和酶解时间等因素对松茸原生质体形成的影响和再生培养基、明胶、酪蛋白对松茸原生质体再生的影响.以0.6MMgSO4作为渗透压稳定剂,2-硫基苏糖醇为预处理液,用2%蜗牛酶在30℃酶解6h,每克菌丝可以得到1×106个原生质体.再生最优条件0.6MMgSO4,PDY再生培养基,2.5%明胶,松茸菌丝再生率最高4.97%.     

RNAi suppression of lignin biosynthesis in sugarcane reduces recalcitrance for biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass

Sugarcane is a prime bioethanol feedstock. Currently, sugarcane ethanol is produced through fermentation of the sucrose, which can easily be extracted from stem internodes. Processes for production of biofuels from the abundant lignocellulosic sugarcane residues will boost the ethanol output from sugarcane per land area. However, unlocking the vast amount of chemical energy stored in plant cell walls remains expensive primarily because of the intrinsic recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass. We report here the successful reduction in lignification in sugarcane by RNA interference, despite the complex and highly polyploid genome of this interspecific hybrid. Down‐regulation of the sugarcane caffeic acid O‐methyltransferase (COMT) gene by 67% to 97% reduced the lignin content by 3.9% to 13.7%, respectively. The syringyl/guaiacyl ratio in the lignin was reduced from 1.47 in the wild type to values ranging between 1.27 and 0.79. The yields of directly fermentable glucose from lignocellulosic biomass increased up to 29% without pretreatment. After dilute acid pretreatment, the fermentable glucose yield increased up to 34%. These observations demonstrate that a moderate reduction in lignin (3.9% to 8.4%) can reduce the recalcitrance of sugarcane biomass without compromising plant performance under controlled environmental conditions.     

Laser-induced tobacco protoplast fusion

Laser tweezers can manipulate small particles, such as cells and organdies. When coupling them with laser microbeam selective fusion of two tobacco protoplasts containing some chloroplast was achieved. Physical and biological variables that affect laser trapping and laser-induced fusion were also discussed. The results show that the effect of chloroplast content and distribution on the yield of cell fusion is remarkable.     

原生质体融合选育高产脂肽LI-F多粘类芽胞杆菌及融合菌株表达差异分析

本研究以多粘类芽胞杆菌JSa-9前期诱变获得的两株带有营养缺陷型标记的菌株N1-37(Phe–)和N2-27(His–)作为亲本菌株,采用聚乙二醇作为促融剂,进行原生质体融合,筛选出高产LI-F类抗菌脂肽的融合菌株。通过HPLC对融合菌株和原始菌株产LI-F类抗菌脂肽进行定量检测,并利用实时荧光定量PCR对菌株JSa-9和融合菌株中LI-F类抗菌脂肽合成酶的关键基因fus A1、fus A2、fus C1和fus C2的差异性表达进行分析。结果表明,经过原生质融合获得一株LI-F类抗菌脂肽高产菌株F5-15。菌株F5-15的LI-F类抗菌脂肽产量为原始菌株产量的3.1倍,LI-F类抗菌脂肽合成酶的4个关键基因在融合菌株F5-15中的表达量分别是其在原始菌株JSa-9中的10.48、2.48、2.1和11.8倍。     

A protoplast to plant system in roses

High yields of protoplasts were isolated from embryogenic suspension cultures of Rosa persica x xanthina and Rosa wichuraiana using an enzyme mixture comprising 20 g l^-1 cellulase Onozuka R10, 1 g l^-1 Pectolyase Y-23 and 10 g l^-1 hemicellulase. Agarose-immobilized protoplasts gave the most consistent growth at a plating density of 5×10⁴ protoplasts ml^-1 on the basic medium of Kao & Michayluk (KM8p) containing 2 mg l^-1 naphthaleneacetic acid and 1 mg l^-1 benzylaminopurine. At 25°C in the dark, 0.004% of R. persica x xanthina protoplasts developed into colonies. Using similar culture conditions, but with a plating density of 9×10⁴ protoplasts ml^-1, 0.017% of R. wichuraiana protoplasts developed into colonies. On transfer of R. persica x xanthina colonies to Schenk & Hildebrandt's medium containing 3 mg l^-1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, globular and later stage embryos were formed. Approximately 30% of these embryos developed into plantlets on transfer to basal Schenk & Hildebrandt's medium. Further development of the plantlets took place on cellulose plugs (Sorbarods) soaked in Murashige & Skoog's medium containing 0.05 mg l^-1 naphthaleneacetic acid, 0.05 mg l^-1 indole-3-butyric acid and 0.1 mg l^-1 benzylaminopurine. Rose breeding is now open to the full range of in vitro genetic manipulation techniques involving protoplast technology.     

二倍体马铃薯叶肉细胞原生质体培养的研究

以马铃薯抗青枯病二倍体材料ED13和CE171、炸片颜色好的二倍体材料HS66以及优良性状双单体材料DH401和DH405为供体材料,对马铃薯叶肉原生质体培养进行研究。叶片悬浮黑暗预处理和试管苗黑暗预处理两种预处理方式对原生质体活力无显著影响。以0.5 mol/L甘露醇为渗透调节剂,25℃酶解12 h条件下,适宜CE171和DH401纤维酶浓度略高于ED13、HS66和DH405,分别为0.3%和0.4%。ED13和DH401原生质体在VKM液体培养基中培养3～4周,经愈伤组织生长培养基培养2周,转至芽诱导培养基培养,2～3个月后形成具根茎叶的完整植株。HS66和CE171原生质体培养6～8周也能形3～4 mm愈伤组织,但没有分化出芽;DH405的原生质体不分裂。     

植物叶片原生质体分离的可能机制

分析了植物叶片在分离液环境中形成原生质体的过程,文中提出,分离液配方中的酸性物质使植物叶片处于酸性环境中并导致植物正常细胞首先发生细胞壁酸性降解,随后出现原生质体脱离细胞壁进入分离液,继而又进一步发生质膜的酸性降解,使细胞核和细胞器进入分离液中,最终分离液中的细胞器以细胞核为中心进行细胞器重组,最后产生外貌形态一致的新的原生质体。植物细胞壁和质膜是植物细胞的包被系统。植物细胞包被系统的酸性降解使植物细胞器重组并产生新的原生质体成为可能。     

蛹虫草原生质体紫外诱变选育胞外多糖高产菌株

蛹虫草是重要的药食兼用两用真菌,具有较高的医用及经济价值。本文通过单因素和正交试验的方法研究了不同酶系统、酶解温度、酶解时间、渗透压稳定剂、菌龄对蛹虫草原生质体形成的影响,并对蛹虫草原生质体进行紫外诱变,以生物量和胞外多糖产量为指标选育胞外多糖高产菌株。结果表明：在30℃、1％溶壁酶＋0．5％蜗牛酶＋0．5％纤维素酶条件下,以甘露醇为渗透压稳定剂对4日龄蛹虫草菌丝酶解2h,原生质体产量可达到9．2×10^6个/mL。从150株诱变株中筛选出1株最佳正诱变株,编号为44#,经深层培养其生物量比出发菌株提高10％,胞外多糖产量提高84．3％,继代培养10代后,遗传稳定性良好。     

黄芪原生质体分离技术

以黄芪叶片和愈伤组织为材料,对黄芪原生质体的制备分离技术进行了研究。结果表明:采用黄芪叶片制备原生质体远远优于黄芪愈伤组织,能够获得大量高活力的原生质体;采用2%纤维素酶+0.5%半纤维素酶+0.5%果胶酶的混合酶水解12h就能达到较好的分离效果,获得高质量的黄芪原生质体,然后进行原生质体的培养。     

玉米、小麦、水稻原生质体制备条件优化

玉米Zea mays L.、小麦Triticum aestivum L.、水稻Oryza sativaL.是三大重要粮食作物,对其原生质体制备条件的优化具有重要意义.以玉米(综3)、小麦(中国春)、水稻(日本晴)10日龄幼苗为材料,研究了叶肉细胞原生质体分离过程中的酶浓度、酶解时间和离心力大小等因素对产量和活力的影响.结果表明:酶浓度和酶解时间对原生质体产量影响显著,随着酶解液浓度和酶解时间的提高,原生质体产量增加,但细胞碎片同时增多.水稻经真空处理后,原生质体产量大幅度提高.通过正交实验设计得出如下结果:玉米叶肉细胞原生质体分离的最佳条件为:纤维素酶1.5％,离析酶0.5％,50 r/min酶解7h,100×g离心2 min收集,原生质体产量为7×106/g FW;小麦叶肉细胞原生质体分离的最佳条件为:纤维素酶1.5％,离析酶0.5％,50 r/min酶解5h,100×g离心2 min收集,原生质体产量为6×106/g FW;水稻叶肉细胞原生质体分离的最佳条件为:纤维素酶2.0％,离析酶0.7％,50 r/min酶解7h,1 000×g离心2 min收集,得到的原生质体产量为6×106/g FW.通过二乙酸荧光素染色发现原生质体活力均在90％以上.用PEG-Ca2+介导法将含有绿色荧光蛋白的质粒转化入原生质体,转化率可达50％ ～80％.