内外生理条件对小麦黄化幼苗叶片亚硝酸还原酶活力的影响

小麦黄化幼苗叶片的亚硝酸还原酶(NiR)是诱导酶,其活力受光照,诱导物浓度、pH、苗龄、激素等内、外因素的影响。6-BA明显促进NiR活力,钨酸钠和硝酸还原酶(NR)钝化蛋白不抑制NiR活力,表明在体内亚硝酸还原酶活力的变化是由环境因素调节的。     

细胞分裂素促进小麦硝酸还原酶的诱导

细胞分裂素促进硝酸还原酶的诱导,脱落酸强烈抑制该酶的诱导,并抵消细胞分裂素的作用。6-苄基腺瞟呤(6-BA)的促进效应与 NO_3~-的诱导作用有关。无 NO_3~-存在时,6-BA 无直接诱导作用,适宜浓度的 NO_3~-可诱导较高的酶活性,这时6-BA 的促进作用也较强。无光照时,NO_3~-只能诱导黄化叶片产生很低的酶活性,这时6-BA 的促进作用也很弱。在1—2小时的诱导期内,环己酰亚胺抑制酶的诱导。结果表明细胞分裂素对酶诱导的促进作用不仅与 NO_3~-的存在有关,还与 NO_3~-诱导硝酸还原酶的必要条件有关,即依赖于酶的诱导过程。     

β-淀粉样前体蛋白胞内端与JKTBP2蛋白的相互作用

β-淀粉样前体蛋白APP(β-amyloidprecursorprotein)与阿尔茨海默氏症密切相关,它经分泌酶γ切割后生成的胞内端AID(APPintracellulardomain)能够诱导细胞凋亡。为了研究AID在阿尔茨海默氏症病理过程中的作用,我们以AID为诱饵蛋白用酵母双杂交系统筛选与之有相互作用的蛋白。我们发现人不均一核蛋白D类似蛋白JKTBP2的90-204位肽段可以结合AID。利用293T细胞表达蛋白后进行免疫共沉淀,结果证实二者间存在相互作用。这些结果指出JKTBP2可能在阿尔茨海默氏症形成中有重要作用。     

对紫云英根瘤菌突变株的生长情况及产生细胞分裂素能力的考察

紫云英根瘤菌突变株96号,只有增强了原来培养基的缓冲能力并增加了氮源后,才能使其正常生长。96号突变株产生细胞分裂素的能力随着生长过程的不同而异。它产生细胞分裂素的最大量在菌体生长的稳定初期,为15.01μg/L,比出发菌株的2.18 μg/L提高了近7倍。经修改后的根瘤菌常规培养基能用于该菌株的发酵培养,并能正常产生细胞分裂素类物质。在培养液中加入腺嘌呤对菌体合成细胞分裂素类物质有强烈的诱导效应。     

棉花子房中存在细胞分裂素的专一结合蛋白

棉花子房细胞提取物1000r/min沉淀组分(P_1)和10 000r/min沉淀组分(P_(10))均能与6-BA专一结合,但不能与ABA专一结合。非标记的激动素、玉米素和6-BA等细胞分裂素类物质均可将与P_1结合的[~3H]6-BA取代下来,其它激素IAA和ABA、细胞分裂素的结构类似物cAMP和腺嘌呤均无取代作用。胰蛋白酶处理可明显降低P_1和6-BA的专一结合,说明在棉花子房中存在细胞分裂素的专一结合蛋白。二硫苏糖醇(DTT)、半胱氨酸和还原型谷胱甘肽强烈抑制P_1的专一结合,提示某种可还原基团,很可能是二硫键,定位于结合蛋白,且与其结合活性有关。在子房细胞里存在能钝化细胞分裂素结合蛋白活性的物质,其钝化能力是热不稳定的。     

β-淀粉样前体蛋白胞内端与JKTBP2蛋白的相互作用

β-淀粉样前体蛋白APP(β-amyloid precursor protein)与阿尔茨海默氏症密切相关,它经分泌酶1切割后生成的胞内端AID(APP intracellular domain)能够诱导细胞凋亡。为了研究AID在阿尔茨海默氏症病理过程中的作用,我们以AID为诱饵蛋白用酵母双杂交系统筛选与之有相互作用的蛋白。我们发现人不均一核蛋白D类似蛋白JKTBP2的90-204位肽段可以结合AID。利用293T细胞表达蛋白后进行免疫共沉淀,结果证实二者间存在相互作用。这些结果指出JKTBP2可能在阿尔茨海默氏症形成中有重要作用。     

细胞分裂素结合蛋白的研究进展

迄今为止,已从多种植物中分离到细胞分裂素结合蛋白(CBPs),它们可能在细胞分裂素的信号转导、体内运输及代谢中起作用。根据现有研究结果认为,大多数CTKs受体可能位于膜上,通过与G_蛋白耦联的信号转导系统或双组分信号转导系统完成CTKs信号的跨膜转导。少数CTKs受体可能位于细胞质中,与胞内CTKs结合后进入细胞核,直接调节基因的表达。本文综述了近年来对CBPs的研究进展,分析了CTKs受体的可能类型及CBPs作用的可能机制。     

细胞分裂素结合蛋白的研究进展

迄今为止,已从多种植物中分离到细胞分裂素结合蛋白（ＣＢＰｓ）,它们可能在细胞分裂素的信号转导、体内运输及代谢中起作用。根据现有研究结果认为,大多数ＣＴＫｓ受体可能位于膜上,通过与Ｇ－蛋白耦联的信号转导系统或双组分信号转导系统完成ＣＴＫｓ信号的跨膜转导。少数ＣＴＫｓ受体可能位于细胞质中,与胞内ＣＴＫｓ结合后进入细胞核,直接调节基因的表达。本文综述了近年来对ＣＢＰｓ的研究进展,分析了ＣＴＫｓ受体的可能     

红景天苷对脂多糖诱导小鼠巨噬细胞炎性介质分泌的影响

本文旨在探讨红景天苷(salidroside,Sal)对脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide,LPS)诱导小鼠巨噬细胞系J774.1炎性活化的影响及其可能机制。J774.1细胞分为PBS对照组、LPS(0.5μg/m L)刺激组和不同剂量(5、25、125μg/m L)Sal预处理+LPS组。CCK-8比色法检测细胞活性,ELISA测定培养上清中TNF-α、MCP-1和MIP-2含量,硝酸还原酶法测定上清中NO含量,RT-PCR检测细胞i NOS m RNA表达,Western blot检测胞浆i NOS蛋白和胞浆与胞核NF-κB/p65蛋白表达,Trans AMTM NF-κB/p65活性检测试剂盒测定NF-κB/p65 DNA结合活性。结果显示,0.5μg/m L LPS以及不同剂量(5、25、125μg/m L)Sal处理细胞12 h对J774.1细胞活力无影响;与LPS刺激组比较,LPS刺激前Sal预处理J774.1细胞,培养上清中TNF-α、MCP-1、MIP-2和NO含量呈剂量依赖性降低(P0.05),细胞i NOS m RNA和蛋白表达水平下调(P0.05),胞核NF-κB/p65蛋白表达降低(P0.05)而胞浆NF-κB/p65蛋白相应增加(P0.05),且NF-κB/p65 DNA结合活性呈剂量依赖性降低(P0.05)。以上结果提示,Sal预处理能够降低LPS诱导的巨噬细胞炎性活化,其机制可能通过干扰LPS/TLR4/NF-κB信号通路,从而降低炎性介质及细胞因子的过度表达和分泌。     

植物激素与不定根的形成

高水平的生长素可诱导不定根原基发生,高水平的脱落酸似乎有同样的作用,但效应不如生长素强;赤霉素似乎可增强生长素对不定根原基的诱导作用,却抑制脱落酸的诱导作用;细胞分裂素抑制不定根的发生;且上述激素处理都具有时效性;而乙烯似乎与不定根的发生无直接关系;ＳＡ和ＪＡ在不定根形成中可能只影响内源生长素和细胞分裂素的合成和代谢。     

Reduction of Cytokinin Binding-protein in a Nitrate Reductase Deficient Mutant Cell Line of Datura inoxia

Suspension culture cells initiated from haploid Datura inoxia seedlings were transferred on a paper and were treated with UV. The nitrate reductase (NR) deficient mutants were isolated by selection for chlorate resistance. The NR activity could not be recovered, even though the mutants were transferred into the medium without selective pressure for three years. Isoelectrofocusing gel showed that the gene of NR was not destroyed by the treatment of UV. The mutant cells were defective in the cytokinin binding protein. The cytokinin binding-protein was isolated from wheat seedlings with the aid of 6BA immobilized on the epoxy-sepharose colunm. An addition of binding-protein, together with 6BA, to the medium for synthesis of RNA in vitro brough about an activation of RNA-polymerase. In wild type cells the NR activity was accelerated by the addition of cytokinin to the culture medium. In contrast, cytokinin was of no effect on the synthesis of NR in mutant cells. It is, therefore, suggested that the effect of cytokinin on the RNA synthesis and NR formation was regulated by the content of cytokinin binding-protein in Datura inoxia mutant cells.     

The effects of endogenous cytokinin content on benzyladenineenhanced nitrate reductase induction

Foliar application of benzyladenine (BA) has been shown to enhance nitrate-dependent induction of nitrate reductase (NR; EC 1.6.6.1) in etiolated wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings. Whether similar enhancement occurs in light-grown plants, or whether endogenous cytokinin content affects this enhancement is unknown. Since the cytokinin content of etiolated plants probably differs from that of light-grown seedlings, the NR response of each to exogenous root- or shoot-applied BA in wheat (cv. Red Bob) was examined. Endogenous cytokinins present in untreated control tissues prior to BA application and changes that occurred after a 22 h (12 h dark followed by 10 h of light) period were determined using a combined HPLC-immunoassay method. Shoot application of BA enhanced the induction of NR in etiolated seedlings in a concentration-dependent manner but failed to enhance NR induction in light-grown plants. Root-applied BA enhanced NR induction in both etiolated and light-grown seedlings. Endogenous root cytokinin levels were similar in both etiolated and light-grown plants. In contrast, shoots of 6 day-old light-grown seedlings contained at least 20 times the amount of total cytokinins measured in shoots from etiolated plants of the same age. Total cytokinin content of the light-grown plants diminished after the 22-h period while that measured in etiolated seedlings increased. The responsiveness of seedlings to BA was correlated with endogenous cytokinin levels in that enhancement of NR induction by exogenous BA was low in tissues which contained high concentrations of cytokinin at the time of BA application. These results may prove useful in interpretation of gene responses to exogenous plant growth regulators.     

A Nitrate Reductase-less Variant Isolated from Suspension Cultures of Datura innoxia (Mill.)

A comparative study has been carried out of the growth of two lines of Datura innoxia (Mill.) cells, designated DI-6 and NR1, their resistance to chlorate, and their ability to assimilate nitrate in sterile culture. The NR1 cell line was isolated from DI-6 cultures by first growing the latter in a nitrate-based medium for 5 days and then transferring the cells to a medium containing 2 grams liter⁻¹ of casein hydrolysate as the sole N source and 49 millimolar KClO₃ for a 6-week incubation period. Cells which survived the chlorate treatment then were transferred to casein hydrolysate medium and have been cultured in the absence of chlorate for more than 18 months (NR1).     

Frequency of N-benzyladenine incorporation into major RNA fractions of tobacco cell suspensions grown at stimulatory or cytostatic cytokinin concentration

The frequency of incorporation of the cytokinin N⁶-[p-³H]benzyladenine into major RNA species of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv W 38) cells steadily increased as a function of its concentration in the culture medium, up to a 10 micromolar cytostatic overdose. During a 55-hour incubation of cells with 0.4 micromolar benzyladenine (BA), which is the optimal concentration for cell division, the incorporation frequency increased to one BA per 1.5 to 2.0 × 10⁴ conventional bases in total RNA. Frequencies of BA incorporation into 18S and 25S rRNA and into RNA precursors were very similar, 2- to 3-fold higher than the frequency of BA incorporation into the 4S + 5S RNA fraction. In cells incubated with 10 micromolar BA, the rate of RNA synthesis between 24 and 55 hours was lower than at optimal growth conditions; 18S and 25S rRNA synthesis was depressed more than the synthesis of 4S + 5S RNA. At 55 hours, BA was incorporated into total RNA at the steady state frequency of one per 1,300 conventional bases. All major RNA species were BA-labeled to approximately the same level, except that the labeling of the RNA precursors was 2-fold higher than the labeling of mature RNA species. These results may reflect an alteration in the processing of the RNA precursors at supra-optimal cytokinin concentration.     

Effect of Cytokinin on the Enhancement of Nitrate Reductase NR Activity in Tobacco Callus Tissues and Wheat Seedlings

The effect of cytokinin on the formation of NR activity were studied with tobacco callus tissues and wheat seedlings. Cytokinin could not induce the NR activity alone but could enhance the NR inducibility (Table 1). The enhancement of NR formation was detected in the tissues pretreated with cytokinin for over 12 hours. It showed that there was a precondition in the tissues for the induction of NR (Fig. 3). The precondition could not be improved by cytokinin when cycloheximide (inhibitor of protein synthesis) was added into the medium during cytokinin pretreatment (Table 2). Thus, it was thought that cytokinin might enhance synthesis of a protein which participated in the NR activity induction. In immunological test (Fig. 5) the existence of a nonactive apoenzyme of NR in higher plant tissues was demonstrated. It is, therefore, suggested that there are two major steps in the NR activity formation: (l) the synthesis of a nonactive NR apoenzyme, (2) the activation of this nonactive apoenzyme. The former step might be stimulated by cytokinin and the latter was mediated by nitrate.     

Multiple shoot formation from cotyledonary node segments of Eastern redbud

A procedure for multiple shoot formation from cotyledonary node explants of Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis L.) cultured on DKW medium containing benzyladenine (BA) and thidiazuron (TDZ) was developed. Explants on medium with TDZ in combination with BA produced higher numbers of shoots than with either cytokinin alone. The highest number of shoots (7.8 to 9.8 shoots per explant) was obtained when explants from 4 to 10 day-old seedlings were treated with a combination of 10 or 15 μM BA and 0.5 or 1.0 μM TDZ for 20 days before being transferred to the same medium without TDZ. The number of shoots formed was increased from 5.8 to 7.2 shoots per explant by cutting through the cotyledonary node prior to culture. Histological studies indicated that the shoots were formed from actively dividing cells located at the axillary bud region. Shoots formed roots in half strength woody plant medium (WPM) supplemented with 10 to 200 μM indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) cultured for 15 days prior to transfer to greenhouse medium.     

一种筛选拟南芥突变体的有效方法

经甲基磺酸乙酯（EMS）诱变处理的拟南芥种子,接种于MS培养基上,垂直放置培养4天后,将幼苗转移至胁迫培养基中,以倒置幼苗180°所形成的弯曲生长根作为指标筛选拟南芥耐营养胁迫突变体。利用这种方法,成功地筛选到一个耐低钾的隐性单基因拟南芥突变体。本方法同样适用于其他类型突变体的筛选。 Abstract：his paper introduces a root-bending assay for isol ation of Arabidopsis mutants tolerant to nutrition stress. Seeds of wild-ty pe Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Landersberg erecta) were mutagenized wi th ethyl methyl sulfide (EMS),and M2 populations were screened for mutants. Fo ur-day-old seedlings with 1-to 1.5-cm-long roots were transferred from the vertical agar plates onto to a second agar medium that was supplemented with det erminate stress. The seedlings were arranged in rows, and the plates were orient ed vertically with the roots pointing upward. After another 4 days, the root be nding seedlings were selected for putative mutants and transferred to soil to gr ow to maturity.Seeds from the putative mutants were screened again to determine the true mutants.By using this root-bending assay we have isolated a low-K+-tolerant (lkt1) mutant which is caused by single recessive nuclear mutation. F or lkt1 mutant screening,K+concentration of the medium was 100μmol/L because root growth of wild type seedlings was completely inhibited at or below this con centration.This root-bending assay is also applicable to other type of Arabid opsis mutant isolation.     

Cytokinin action is coupled to ethylene in its effects on the inhibition of root and hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings.

Cytokinins have profound effects on seedling development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Benzyladenine (BA) inhibits root elongation in light- or dark-grown seedlings, and in dark-grown seedlings BA inhibits hypocotyl elongation and exaggerates the curvature of apical hooks. The latter are characteristic ethylene responses and, therefore, the possible involvement of ethylene in BA responses was examined in seedlings. It was found that the inhibitory effects of BA on root and hypocotyl elongation were partially blocked by the action of ethylene inhibitors or ethylene-resistant mutations (ein1-1 and ein2-1). Ethylene production was stimulated by submicromolar concentrations of BA and could account, in part, for the inhibition of root and hypocotyl elongation. It was demonstrated further that BA did not affect the sensitivity of seedlings to ethylene. Thus, the effect of cytokinin on root and hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis appears to be mediated largely by the production of ethylene. The coupling between cytokinin and ethylene responses is further supported by the discovery that the cytokinin-resistant mutant ckr1 is resistant to ethylene and is allelic to the ethylene-resistant mutant ein2.