环境温度对马尾松毛虫发育与存活的影响

通过模拟马尾松毛虫2、3代发生区内第2代幼虫发生期温度的变化,进行了高温、常温和低温3组变温试验.结果表明,在相同光照条件下,3龄以前的马尾松毛虫幼虫死亡率明显不同.马尾松毛虫幼虫死亡率在长光周处理内低温组为25.55%,常温组为55.13%,高温组为58.23%;在短光周处理内低温组为32.67%,常温组为64.67%,高温组为94.32%,说明高温是影响马尾松毛虫低龄幼虫死亡的主要原因.高温还影响马尾松毛虫幼虫的滞育.在相同短光周条件下,幼虫孵出后20 d,高温组幼虫40%发育为5龄,而低温组和常温组全部滞育;幼虫孵出后48 d,高温组全部结茧,而低温组和常温组仍全部滞育.试验证明,马尾松毛虫在第2代幼虫孵出后20 d内如遇连续高温环境,即使在短光周条件下,幼虫也不会滞育.     

盐胁迫下三色苋甜菜碱及有关酶含量的变化

三色苋(Amaranthus tricolor)不同器官中的甜菜碱(GB)含量显著不同.除子叶外,根、茎和叶的GB含量和茎、叶中的胆碱单加氧酶(CMO)含量都因300 mmol/L的NaCl处理而增加.甜菜碱醛脱氢酶(BADH)的表达无论盐处理与否在所有器官中都能检测到,其含量变化不大.当种子发芽时,具备合成GB的能力,CMO含量增加;在此之前未能检测到CMO,也不能合成GB.研究结果表明三色苋响应盐胁迫而合成GB的关键酶是CMO.     

植物多酚抗逆生态作用研究进展

植物多酚是一类重要的植物次生代谢物质,具有吸收过多的太阳辐射、过滤UV(ultra-violet)和清除体内自由基等多种生理功能,有利于传播花粉、受精及传播种子,并在植物逆境生理生态上也具有重要的作用.该文对近年来国内外有关植物多酚在逆境生态中抗生物或非生物胁迫中的作用--主要包括作为缓解营养缺乏、抵抗干旱、温度变化、盐害、大气污染、食草动物和病原菌浸染等逆境胁迫时的防御物质,以及作为植物与植物之间以及植物与环境之间信息交流物质等方面的研究进展进行综述,并展望了植物多酚的应用前景.     

脱水素研究进展

脱水素(dehydrin)是植物体内的一种LEA蛋白,能够在植物胚胎发育后期以及逆境下大量表达,广泛存在于植物界。它是具有高度热稳定性的亲水性蛋白,有三类非常保守的区域,即K,Y和S片段。依据这三类片段的组成情况,可将脱水素分为5个基本类别。脱水素可通过多种转运方式定位于植物细胞的不同部位,以行使其功能。其基因的表达存在依赖ABA和不依赖ABA两种途径,并且受到多种环境因素的影响,能稳定细胞膜和许多大分子的结构以避免脱水对细胞造成的伤害。近年来,脱水素的结构和组成、在细胞中的定位及转运、基因的表达与调控、功能与作用机理等方面的研究已取得了很大的进展。     

甘菊CMO同源基因的分离与表达分析

利用半嵌套巢式PCR结合RACE技术从菊科植物甘菊[Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium(Fisch.ex Trautv.)Makino]中分离得到了一个长度为1 450 bp的片段.序列分析结果表明,其开放阅读框全长1 140bp,编码379个氨基酸残基;在GenBank 比对并进行系统进化分析可知,该片段为CMO同源基因,命名为ClCMO.利用不同胁迫处理进行分析发现,在非胁迫条件下ClCMO基因在甘萄茎、叶、花叶中均有表达信号,在根中没有表达;其可以响应干旱、高盐胁迫和脱落酸(ABA)的诱导,不响应冷热胁迫,并且其表达在水杨酸(SA)诱导下受抑制.这些结果表明,ClCMO基因是提高植物耐干旱、高盐能力的有效基因资源.     

外施Ca2+、ABA及H3PO4对盐碱胁迫的缓解效应

分别对300mmol·L^-1NaCl和100mmol·L^-1Na₂CO₃盐碱胁迫下的羊草苗进行以不同方式施加Ca²⁺、ABA和H₃PO₄等缓解胁迫处理.结果表明,外施Ca²⁺、ABA和H₃PO₄明显缓解了盐碱对羊草生长的抑制作用.叶面喷施效果好于根部处理;施用Ca(NO₃)₂效果好于施用CaCl₂效果;混合施用CaCl₂和ABA的效果比单独施用ABA或CaCl₂的效果好.     

保水剂对水分胁迫下辣椒生长及光合作用的影响

以‘超越5号’辣椒品种为试材,研究了中度水分胁迫10d和20d及随后分别复水的过程中保水剂对始花期辣椒植株的生长量、叶绿素以及光合特性的影响。结果显示:(1)水分胁迫显著抑制了辣椒植株的生长、叶绿素含量以及光合作用。(2)添加2‰的保水剂显著提高了水分胁迫下植株的株高、茎粗、干鲜重、叶绿素含量以及净光合速率、胞间CO2浓度、气孔导度和蒸腾速率等光合参数,降低了气孔限制值和水分利用率。(3)保水剂能够显著缓解短时间内中度水分胁迫造成的伤害,但随着胁迫时间的延长保水剂缓解的效果有限。(4)复水后,添加保水剂的植株生长量、叶绿素含量以及光合参数都显著高于未添加保水剂的植株,同时短时间胁迫下恢复的效果明显好于长时间胁迫的效果。研究表明,施加保水剂能通过提高叶绿素含量,缓解水分胁迫对辣椒叶片气孔的限制,从而提高叶片的光合作用效率,促进辣椒植株的生长,且胁迫时间越短,保水剂缓解的效果越好。     

淹水对转超氧化物歧化酶或过氧化物酶基因烟草某些生理生化指标的影响

对盆栽十二叶龄的3个烟草近等基因系进行淹水处理后的结果表明:随着淹水时间的延长,细胞质膜透性、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化物酶(POD)活性均显著升高;叶绿素和可溶性蛋白质含量、株高、叶片数及生物量均下降.各种指标在短时间内不能恢复到正常水平或者根本不能恢复.3个品系抗涝性强弱依序为:转基因抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)高表达品系＞转Mn-SOD基因叶绿体高表达品系＞非转基因品系.     

喷施黄腐酸对干旱胁迫下甘蔗苗期叶绿素荧光参数及丙二醛的影响

分别对具4～5张完全叶桶栽甘蔗品种ROC22#和园林6#叶面喷施黄腐酸,分别为正常供水0(CK1)、0(CK2)、200、400、800、1200mg/L黄腐酸,研究在不同胁迫程度下不同浓度黄腐酸对甘蔗叶片叶绿素荧光参数、丙二醛(MDA)含量变化的影响。结果表明,经过黄腐酸处理后甘蔗叶片的PSⅡ原初光能转换效率(Fv/Fm)、光合量子产额(Yield)、光化学淬灭系数(qP)数值在中度和重度水分胁迫下都高于干旱对照CK2,品种和处理间参数的变化有差异;非光化学淬灭系数(qN)值则与正常供水对照比较没有大的差异。黄腐酸处理后甘蔗叶片MDA含量随处理浓度增大而降低,且明显低于干旱对照CK2。从2个参试品种6个处理浓度综合分析,水分胁迫下喷施黄腐酸可提高ROC22#和园林6#甘蔗苗期的抗旱性,以200、400mg/L处理效果较好。     

铅与盐胁迫对喜盐鸢尾生长及生理抗性的影响

采用液体培养研究Pb、NaCl单因子及复合胁迫对喜盐鸢尾(Iris halophilaPall.)的生长和生理变化的影响以及Pb在鸢尾植株不同部位的积累.结果显示,培养8 d后,随着Pb NaCl复合浓度的增加,喜盐鸢尾地上部和地下部干重下降;当Pb处理浓度提高,喜盐鸢尾地上部和地下部Pb含量显著增加,在5 mmol?L-1Pb 50mmol?L-1NaCl胁迫下,地上部Pb含量达到1 534μg?g-1,达到超富集植物的标准,但植株干重下降不显著;NaCl对Pb的吸收有一定促进作用.Pb、NaCl单因子或复合胁迫均增加了对喜盐鸢尾幼苗的伤害,在100 mmol?L-1NaCl及Pb和NaCl复合胁迫下,MDA含量和Pro含量显著增加,在10 mmol?L-1Pb、100 mmol?L-1NaCl及Pb和NaCl复合胁迫下SOD活性显著提高.结果表明,喜盐鸢尾具有一定的耐Pb和NaCl胁迫的能力,并对Pb具有潜在的超富集能力,是一种可用于修复Pb污染环境的Pb潜在超富集植物.     

Synthesis of 2',3'-dideoxy-2'-fluoro-3'-thioarabinothymidine and its 3'-phosphoramidite derivative

An efficient method for the synthesis of 5'-O-monomethoxytrityl-2',3'-dideoxy-2'-fluoro-3'-thioarabinothymidine [(5'MMT)araF-T(3'SH), (5)] and its 3'-phosphoramidite derivative (6) suitable for automated incorporation into oligonucleotides, is demonstrated. A key step in the synthesis involves reaction of 5'-O-MMT-2,3'-O-anhydrothymidine (4) (Eleuteri, A.; Reese, C.B.; Song, Q. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 1996, 2237 pp.) with sodium thioacetate to give (5'-MMT)araF-T(3'SAc) (5) (Elzagheid, M.I.; Mattila, K.; Oivanen, M.; Jones, B.C.N.M.; Cosstick, L?nnberg, H. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 1987-1991). This nucleoside was then converted to its corresponding phosphoramidite derivative, 6, as described previously ((a) Sun, S.; Yoshida, A.; Piccirilli, J.A. RNA, 1997, 3, 1352-1363; (b) Matulic-Adamic, J.; Beigelman, L. Helvetica Chemica Acta 1999, 82, 2141-2150: (c) Fettes, K.J.; O'Neil, I.; Roberts, S.M.; Cosstick, R. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucl. Acids 2001, 20, 1351-1354).     

Synthesis of some 2'-fluoro-2'-deoxy-3'-C-ethynyl and 3'-C-vinyl-beta-D-lyxofuranosyl nucleosides

1-(2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-beta-D-drabinofuranosyl) uracil (5) and 1-(2-fluoro-2-deoxy-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine (6) were synthesized as reported earlier. Both of these compounds were converted into 2'-fluoro-2'-deoxy-3'-C-ethynyl and 3'-C-vinyl-beta-D-lyxofuranosyl nuclearsides (16-19) by a multistep sequence. All these new nucleosides were evaluated against seven human tumor cell lines in vitro.     

Integrated 2:2 and 3:3 rate equations of enzyme kinetics

Simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics give an equation for the initial rate, and the integrated version describes progress curves for experiments when the only reason for the rate's declining is the depletion of substrate. The integrated versions of the more complicated 2:2 and 3:3 rate equations are now presented.     

Synthesis and antitumor activity of 2'-bromo- and 2'-chloro-3'-acetoxy-3'-deaminodaunorubicin analogs

Bromination of 3,4-di-O-acetyl-L-rhamnal (7) and subsequent glycosidic coupling under Koenigs-Knorr conditions with daunomycinone gave a mixture of three compounds having the beta-L-gluco (10), alpha-L-gluco (11), and alpha-L-manno (12) configurations. Analogous bromination of 3,4-di-O-acetyl-L-fucal (13) followed by coupling with daunomycinone gave a mixture of three glycosides having the beta-L-galacto (16), alpha-L-galacto (17), and alpha-L-talo (18) configurations. Chlorination of 7 and coupling with daunomycinone in the presence of silver triflate gave products having the alpha-L-gluco (21) and alpha-L-manno (22) configurations, whereas 13, under similar conditions, gave only one stereoisomeric product, that having the alpha-L-galacto (24) configuration. Compounds 12 and 22 showed high in vivo activity in the P-388 lymphocytic leukemia assay.     

Piezoelectric properties of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate and copolymers of β-hydroxybutyrate and β-hydroxyvalerate

The shear piezoelectricity was observed in oriented films of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and copolymers of β-hydroxybutyrate (HB) and β-hydroxyvalerate (HV). The piezoelectric stress constant 3₁₄ = e′₁₄ − ie″₁₄ (polarization/strain), the piezoelectric strain constant d₁₄ = d′₁₄ − id″₁₄ (polarization/stress), the elastic constant c = c′ + ic″ and the dielectric constant = ′ − i″ were determined at a frequency of 10 Hz over a temperature range from −150° to +150°C. Piezoelectric relaxations as well as elastic and dielectric relaxations were clearly observed at the glass transition temperature of about 15°C. In order to evaluate the piezoelectric constants (e₂ and d₂) for the piezoelectric phase which consists of the crystalline region and the oriented non-crystalline region, a spherical dispersion two phase model was utilized. Assuming the appropriate fixed values for the elastic and dielectric constants in the piezoelectric phase, d₂ and d₂ were calculated as a function of temperature. For a PHB and a copolymer (17 HV/83 HB), e₂ and d₂ showed relaxations, leading to a conclusion that the instantaneous piezoelectric constant in the crystalline phase is constant independent of temperature but the piezoelectric constant in the oriented non-crystalline phase is relaxational and has the opposite sign. For a copolymer (25 HV/75 HB) and a chloroform treated copolymer (17 HV/83 HB), e₂ and d₂ were constant independent of temperature, indicating that the oriented non-crystalline phase has disappeared owing to the increased molecular flexibility due to copolymerization or annealing in chloroform vapour.     

Stannylation approach to the synthesis of 2'- and 3'-substituted analogues of 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxynucleosides

Three methods are described for the introduction of a tributylstannyl group to the sp2-carbon of 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxy nucleosides (d44Ns). The resulting stannylated products serve as versatile intermediates for the synthesis of d4Ns having various types of carbon-substituent.     

Stereoselective synthesis of beta-L-2',3'-dideoxy- and L-2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxy purine nucleosides

beta-L-2',3'-Dideoxy- and L-2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxy purine nucleosides have been synthesized via a highly stereoselective method of glycosylation by the condensation of L-2-(phenylselenyl)-2,3-dideoxyribose derivative with silylated heterocyclic base.     

Synthesis of 2′,3′-Dideoxy-2′-fluoro-3′-thioarabinothymidine and Its 3′-Phosphoramidite Derivative

Abstract

An efficient method for the synthesis of 5′-O-monomethoxytrityl-2′,3′-dideoxy-2′-fluoro-3′-thioarabinothymidine [^5′-MMTaraF-T_3′SH, (5)] and its 3′-phosphoramidite derivative (6) suitable for automated incorporation into oligonucleotides, is demonstrated. A key step in the synthesis involves reaction of 5′-O-MMT-2,3′-O-anhydrothymidine (4) (Eleuteri, A.; Reese, C.B.; Song, Q., J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 1996, 2237 pp.) with sodium thioacetate to give ^5′-MMTaraF-T_3′SAc (5) (Elzagheid, M.I.; Mattila, K.; Oivanen, M.; Jones, B.C.N.M.; Cosstick, Lönnberg, H. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 1987–1991). This nucleoside was then converted to its corresponding phosphoramidite derivative, 6, as described previously ((a) Sun, S.; Yoshida, A.; Piccirilli, J.A. RNA, 1997, 3, 1352–1363; (b) Matulic-Adamic, J.; Beigelman, L. Helvetica Chemica Acta 1999, 82, 2141–2150; (c) Fettes, K.J.; O’Neil, I.; Roberts, S.M.; Cosstick, R. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucl. Acids 2001, 20, 1351–1354).