白桦雌花发育过程中内源激素动态变化

以酶联免疫吸附法（ELISA）测定七年生白桦嫁接幼树雌花发育过程中脱落酸（ABA）、吲哚乙酸（IAA）、玉米核苷素（ZR）及赤霉素（GA）的含量结果表明：ABA的含量先升后降,高浓度2R分别与低浓度的IAA、GA协同作用可促进白桦雌花分化。     

不同种类柑橘的抗旱性及其与内源激素变化的关系

以红橘、朱橘、土橘、枳、枳橙、实生酸柚、实生甜橙、黄柑为材料,进行不同降水量的长期干旱胁迫后,测定生物量、抗旱系数及叶片中赤霉素(GA1+3)、玉米素核苷(ZR)、生长素(IAA)、脱落酸(ABA)含量,分析GA1+3、ZR、IAA、ABA的相对含量变化及ABA/GA1+3、ABA/ZR、ABA/IAA与8个种类柑橘抗旱性的关系.结果表明:在降水量低于1200 mm(对照)条件下,随降水量的减少不同种类柑橘的生物量明显降低,其抗旱系数及抗旱力大小顺序为朱橘红橘枳土橘枳橙实生酸柚实生甜橙黄柑.不同种类柑橘叶片中ABA含量随降水量的减少而增加,GA1+3、ZR和IAA含量随降水量的减少而降低.在抗旱性强的柑橘种类中,ABA/GA1+3和ABA/ZR的增加幅度大,ABA/IAA变化与种间抗旱力的关联度不大.ABA和GA1+3的相对含量与柑橘抗旱系数分别呈极显著正相关和极显著负相关,ZR的相对含量与抗旱性系数呈极显著或显著负相关,IAA的相对含量与抗旱性系数相关性不明显.对柑橘抗旱性的促进效果,以ABA最大,其次为GA1+3和ZR,IAA最小.     

银杏芽中内源激素与大小年结实的关系

为探讨银杏大、小年结实现象的生理原因,于2004～2005年,用ELISA(间接酶联免疫法)对银杏大年树和小年树果芽和叶芽内的IAA,GA,ZR和ABA含量进行了对比测定。结果表明:大年树IAA、ZR和ABA含量在果芽和叶芽之间的比值均高于小年树,GA含量在果芽和叶芽之间的比值则低于小年树,有利果芽分化生长,形成大年;果芽中较高水平的ZR、IAA和ABA与较低水平的GA,以及萌芽前期较高的IAA/GA,ZR/GA和ABA/GA等比值,有利果芽分化,形成大年;叶芽中较高的ZR、IAA和较低的ABA有利于形成大年生长,尤其是ZR含量在萌芽前期或中期升高与形成大年生长关系密切。     

柑橘果实生长发育过程中果实不同部位的4种内源激素含量变化的研究

以单性结实的国庆1号温州蜜柑和自花结实的华农本地早橘为材料,研究了果实生长发育过程中果实不同部位的吲哚乙酸(IAA)、脱落酸(ABA)、赤霉素(GA1/3)和玉米素核苷(ZR)含量的变化。结果表明:(1)国庆1号果皮IAA、GA1/3和ZR含量在幼果阶段均相对较高,随后果皮和果肉IAA含量均趋下降,而在果实膨大期内果肉ABA和果皮、果肉GA1/3、ZR含量均出现上升峰值,果实成熟采收时果皮和果肉ABA含量均明显回升。(2)华农本地早种子、果皮和果肉IAA及其种子ABA含量均在果实膨大期内出现明显峰值,在幼果阶段至果实膨大初期内种子GA1/3和ZR含量均居较高并出现明显上升,对应的果皮、果肉4种内源激素水平均相对较低且变幅小。还就两结实类型柑橘果实生长发育与其内源IAA、ABA、GA1/3和ZR含量动态的关系进行了讨论。     

萘乙酸与多效唑对茉莉成花及新梢内源激素含量的影响

在茉莉开花前期分别使用不同浓度NAA与PP333均匀喷施于植株茎、叶片等生长部位,对其新梢与花蕾生长及其4种内源激素--生长素(IAA)、赤霉素(GA)、脱落酸(ABA)、玉米素核苷(ZR)的含量变化进行分析.结果表明:(1)NAA处理使茉莉新梢徒长,成花比对照推迟2～4 d;PP333处理的茉莉新梢矮化,而成花比对照提早2～4 d.(2)NAA处理后,茉莉新梢中IAA与ABA含量处理初期较高,后快速下降,后期稳定在较高水平;GA含量稍低于对照,ZR含量降低并稍低于对照.PP333处理后,茉莉新梢中IAA与ABA含量初期较高,而后缓慢下降;GA含量与对照一样快速上升;ZR含量在初期含量较高,后缓慢下降,但较对照稳定在较高水平.(3)PP333处理的茉莉植株新梢中ABA/IAA、GA/IAA、ZR/IAA比值在处理后迅速上升,特别是GA/IAA、ZR/IAA比值明显高于对照,而相应NAA处理的3个比值与对照无明显差异.可见,经NAA与PP333处理能明显调节茉莉新梢及花蕾生长进程,保持较高水平的内源激素GA、ZR、GA/IAA、ZR/IAA比值在茉莉新梢及花蕾生长过程中起关键作用.     

喷施烯效唑对苹果顶芽激素水平和花芽分化的影响

用烯效唑(uniconazol,S3307)1 g/L喷洒“红富士“苹果树降低了顶芽IAA、GA1,3,4,7含量,提高了ZR、ABA含量,从而提高了ZR/IAA、ZR/GA1,3,4,7、ABA/IAA和ABA/GA1,3,4,7比值.烯效唑处理增加了花芽形成百分率,加速了花芽分化的进程,缩短了花芽形成的延续时期,但对花芽生理孕育临界时期长短没有影响.烯效唑处理对花芽的节位数没有影响,但使叶芽节位数增加了1节.     

葱胞质雄性不育花蕾生化物质含量和能量代谢酶活性的动态变化特征

以葱胞质雄性不育系CA及其同核异质保持系CB为试材,研究了花蕾发育过程中IAA、GA3、ZR、ABA含量以及细胞色素氧化酶(COD)和ATP酶(ATPase)活性、可溶性糖、游离氨基酸和可溶性蛋白质含量的动态变化规律.结果显示:(1)葱不育系花蕾的IAA和GA3含量在败育过程中显著低于保持系,而ZR和ABA含量则较保持系有不同程度的盈积.不育系花蕾COD和ATPase活性以及游离氨基酸含量、可溶性蛋白质含量在中蕾期后显著低于保持系,可溶性糖在不同发育时期均基本低于保持系.(2)不育系花蕾IAA和GA3含量与可溶性糖含量变化均呈显著正相关,不育系ZR和保持系ABA含量则分别与COD、ATPase活性以及可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白质含量存在负相关关系.研究表明,葱胞质雄性不育系花蕾中IAA和GA3亏缺,而ZR和ABA盈余,各种内源激素含量和营养物质含量与能量代谢有关酶活性相关性不尽相同.     

南方红豆杉种子综合处理过程中内源激素的动态变化

为揭示南方红豆杉种子内源激素与休眠的关系,采用酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)测定了经过层积处理的种皮和胚乳的脱落酸(ABA)、赤霉素(GA3 )、吲哚乙酸(IAA)、玉米素核苷(ZR)4种内源激素含量的变化情况.结果表明:种子胚乳中内源ABA的含量随着层积时间的延长而逐渐下降,GA含量增加,IAA和ZR的含量先增加后降低...     

山楂种子休眠与后熟期间内源激素的变化（简报）

山楂种子必须经过低温层积后方可发芽。剥去种子外壳可以缩短山楂低温层积时间。山植种子发芽随着种子中ABA含量降低,GA3、ZR和IAA含量增加,以及GA3／ABA、IAA／ABA、ZR/ABA比值增大而增加,休眠解除。     

芝麻灌浆特性与灌浆期籽粒中内源激素含量变化研究

在大田栽培条件下,对芝麻品种‘郑芝98N09’的灌浆特性及灌浆期籽粒中内源激素含量变化进行了研究,为芝麻高产优质高效栽培及品质育种提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)第9～17节位芝麻籽粒干物质率最高;下部(8节以下)蒴果在灌浆24d时的蒴果鲜重达最大值(1.596g/蒴),27d时籽粒鲜重达最大值(0.318g/蒴),灌浆最快的时期为灌浆15～33d,干物质积累量达籽粒干重的61.75%;中部(9～20节)蒴果在灌浆27d时的蒴果鲜重达最大值(1.622g/蒴),籽粒鲜重也同期达最大值(0.379g/蒴),灌浆最快的时期为灌浆21～36d,干物质积累量达籽粒干重的74.21%;上部(20节以上)蒴果籽粒干物质积累最快的时期为灌浆9～12d和24～27d两个阶段。(2)中部蒴果GA3含量大于下部和上部蒴果,而ABA和IAA的含量则小于下部和上部蒴果;除GA3/ZR比值外,中部蒴果的ABA/GA3、ABA/ZR、GA3/IAA和ZR/IAA比值都小于下部和上部蒴果。(3)较高的ZR含量和较低的ABA/ZR、ABA/GA3、IAA/GA3和IAA/ZR比值利于胚乳细胞分裂、蒴果发育、籽粒库容建成及籽粒干物质充实。(4)单一激素含量与不同部位蒴果单蒴粒重均达显著或极显著负相关关系,内源激素相互间的关系对下部蒴果粒重增加影响较小,适当提高IAA/ZR、ABA/GA3、IAA/GA3比值,能显著提高中部和上部蒴果的单蒴籽粒干重。     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.