叶绿体ATP合成酶ε亚基对菠菜叶绿体毫秒延迟发光的影响

在１℃低温条件下,经叶绿体ＡＴＰ合成酶ε亚基处理的菠菜叶绿体毫秒延迟发光的快相显著高于对照,增加的快相不仅是由膜两侧的电位差所引起的,并且为光系统Ⅱ水氧化释放的质子所促进。当温度升至２５℃时,ε亚基对叶绿体毫秒延迟发光快相的影响几乎消失。     

叶绿体ATP合成酶ε亚基对菠菜叶绿体毫秒延迟发光的影响

在1℃低温条件下,经叶绿体ATP合成酶ε亚基处理的菠菜叶绿体毫秒延迟发光的快相显著高于对照,增加的快相不仅是由膜两侧的电位差所引起的,并且为光系统Ⅱ水氧化释放的质子所促进。当温度升至25℃时,ε亚基对叶绿体毫秒延迟发光快相的影响几乎消失。牛血清白蛋白处理对此快相也有轻微的增强效应。     

红光和远红光处理引起的杜氏盐藻跨类囊体膜质子动力势变化

照射远红光后杜氏盐藻毫秒延迟发光快相强度明显增加,而红光处理结果则相反.低温条件明显抑制远红光引起的毫秒延迟发光快相强度的上升,而红光则仍能够有效地引起毫秒延迟发光快相强度的降低.加入消除跨类囊体膜质子梯度的尼日利亚菌素后,远红光不能引起延迟荧光强度的上升.与以前在高等植物中得到的结果相比,在杜氏盐藻中远红光处理后毫秒延迟发光快相强度增加的幅度更大,红光处理后没有出现毫秒延迟发光快相强度先增加后降低的现象.     

突变的叶绿体ATP合成酶ε亚基对菠菜叶绿体毫秒延迟发光的影响

突变和野生型叶绿体ＡＴＰ 合成酶的ε亚基均可增强叶绿体毫秒延迟发光的快相;不同的突变体对快相的增强强度不同,但与它们对离体ＣＦ１ 的Ｃａ２＋ＡＴＰ酶水解活力的抑制程度情况一致。且这种影响在１ ℃左右的低温下较显著,而温度升至２５ ℃时,这种增强作用趋于消失。加入解联剂后,快相部分消除,ε亚基仍有增强作用。这些结果说明,ε亚基是通过与ＣＦ１ 的专一作用而影响光系统Ⅱ附近类囊体膜的动态结构, 使质子不易从类囊体膜上流失,质子动力势较难被解联剂所去除     

突变的叶绿体ATP合成酶ε亚基对菠菜叶绿体毫秒延迟发光的影响

突变和野生型体ＡＴＰ合成酶的ε亚基均可增强中绿体毫秒延迟发光的快相;不同的突变体对快相的增强强度不同,但与它们对离体ＣＦ１的Ｃａ＾２＋－ＡＴＰ酶水解活力的抑制程度情况一致。且这种影响在１℃左右的低温下较显著,而温度升至２５℃时,这种增强作用趋于消失。加入解联剂后快相部分消除,ε亚基仍有增强作用。这些结果说明,ε亚基是通过与ＣＦ１的专一作用而影响光系统Ⅱ附近类囊体的动态结构,使质子不易从类囊体膜上流     

低温弱光对黄瓜和菠菜类囊体跨膜质子梯度的影响

以典型冷敏性植物黄瓜和典型抗冷性植物菠菜为材料 ,研究了 5℃ 1 0 0μmol pho-tons· m-2 · s-1 低温弱光处理对 2种植物的活体和离体叶绿体类囊体耦联度的影响。结果显示 ,与 5℃黑暗处理相比 ,5℃下弱光 (1 0 0 μmol photons·m-2· s-1 )分别照射黄瓜和菠菜的叶片和离体叶绿体悬浮液 ,都使叶绿体毫秒延迟发光慢相强度以及类囊体耦联度显著降低。表明无论是冷敏性作物黄瓜 ,还是抗冷性植物菠菜 ,低温弱光处理叶片和离体叶绿体悬浮液 ,均可导致类囊体跨膜质子梯度显著降低     

低温弱光下类囊体腔内质子由CF_0渗漏引起黄瓜类囊体耦联度降低

毫秒延迟发光测定结果表明低温弱光处理黄瓜叶片导致类囊体原位 (in situ)耦联度显著降低。DCCD可以恢复低温弱光处理的黄瓜叶片的毫秒延迟发光的慢相强度和反映类囊体膜质子吸收的 9- AA(9- Aminoacridine)荧光猝灭能力 ,说明类囊体耦联度降低的原因是质子由 CF0 大量快速渗漏。进一步研究结果表明 ,活性氧和 CF1的脱落不是低温弱光引起黄瓜类囊体耦联度降低的根本原因。     

低温弱光下类囊体腔内质子由CF0渗漏引起黄瓜类囊体耦联度降低

毫秒延迟发光测定结果表明低温弱光处理黄瓜叶片导致类囊体原位（ｉｎ ｓｉｔｕ）耦联度显著降低。ＤＣＣＤ可以恢复低温弱光处理的黄瓜叶片的毫秒延迟发光的慢相强度和反映类囊体膜质子吸收的９－ＡＡ（９－Ａｍｉｎｏａｃｒｉｄｉｎｅ）荧光猝灭能力,说明类囊体耦联度降低的原因是质子由ＣＦ０大量快速渗漏。进一步研究结果表明,活性氧和ＣＦ１的脱落不是低温弱光引起黄瓜类囊体耦联度降低的根本原因。     

NaN3对叶绿体Mg^2＋—ATPase的抑制作用再探

ＮａＮ３能抑制新鲜菠菜叶片叶绿体经ＤＴＴ和光激活的Ｍｇ＾２＋－ＡＴＰａｓｅ活力。这种抑制属非竞争性抑制。ＮａＮ３还能降低新鲜菠菜叶片叶绿体的反映光合磷酸化高能态的毫秒延迟发光和减少反映类囊体膜质子吸收变化的叶绿体的９－氨基吖啶的荧光猝灭。菠菜叶片经低温贮存几天后其叶绿体的超微结构发生变化,ＮａＮ３对绿体的上述影响就消失或基本消失。本实验指出ＮａＮ３是新鲜叶片叶绿体Ｎ＋－ＡＴＰａｓｅ的一个强有力的抑     

NaN_3对叶绿体Mg~（2＋）－ATPase的抑制作用再探

ＮａＮ３能抑制新鲜菠菜叶片叶绿体经ＤＴＴ和光激活的Ｍｇ２＋－ＡＴＰａｓｅ活力。这种抑制属非竞争性抑制。ＮａＮ３还能降低新鲜菠菜叶片叶绿体的反映光合磷酸化高能态的毫秒延迟发光和减少反映类爱体膜质子吸收变化的叶绿体的９－氨基吖啶的荧光猝灭。菠菜叶片经低温贮存几天后其叶绿体的超微结构发生变化,ＮａＮ３对叶绿体的上述影响就消失或基本消失。本实验指出ＮａＮ３是新鲜叶片叶绿体Ｈ＋－ＡＴＰａｓｅ的一个强有力的抑制剂。其影响受叶绿体制剂的内源无机磷酸盐含量调节。     

Ectogenesis and the case against the right to the death of the foetus

Ectogenesis, or the use of an artificial womb to allow a foetus to develop, will likely become a reality within a few decades, and could significantly affect the abortion debate. We first examine the implications for Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, which argues for a woman’s right to withdraw life support from the foetus and so terminate her pregnancy, even if the foetus is granted full moral status. We show that on Thomson’s reasoning, there is no right to the death of the foetus, and abortion is not permissible if ectogenesis is available, provided it is safe and inexpensive. This raises the question of whether there are persuasive reasons for the right to the death of the foetus that could be exercised in the context of ectogenesis. Eric Mathison and Jeremy Davis have examined several arguments for this right, doubting that it exists, while Joona Räsänen has recently criticized their reasoning. We respond to Räsänen’s analysis, concluding that his arguments are unsuccessful, and that there is no right to the death of the foetus in these circumstances.     

On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics

The mythical concept of an impoverished tropical cladoceran fauna is refuted. On a planetary scale, around half of the cladoceran species presently known occur exclusively in the tropics-subtropics, often with considerable restriction to particular geographical subzones. On a regional (political) scale, the situation is often unclear because of the continued fragmentary nature of studies, and because political units are not a good basis for biogeographical comparisons. At the finest level of resolution (lake-perlake comparisons), there appears to be an upper limit of c. 50 cladoceran species per individual lake. No significant difference between lakes in the temperate zone and in the tropics could be established here. Daphnia is largely absent from the tropics, but is replaced by more Sidids, Moinids, and Bosminids, such that the average cladoceran community in the limnetic zone of a tropical lake is not characterized by less species but rather by lower population densities. This, in turn, is considered a consequence of higher prevalent predation levels in the tropics.     

Tubular networks in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human,the monkey,the cat and the dog

Summary A tubular network was found in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human, the monkey (Macaca mulatta), the cat and the dog. These tubules are arranged in close groups in the vicinity of the synaptic lamellae and the invaginated dendrites. According to the form, diameter, density of the tubules and to the consistence of the network formed by them one can distinguish at these places an initial type (type I), a transitory (type II) and a vesicular one (type III). In the the type III branching, bizarre forms are frequent. The diameter of all the tubules reaches 500–600 Å, their density and walls being the same as in the synaptic vesicles.Similar networks also occur in the axons of the visual receptor cells of the monkey.

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Zusammenfassung In den Endigungen der Photorezeptorzellen von Mensch, Affe (Macaca mulatta), Katze und Hund kommen aus Tubuli bestehende Komplexe vor. Organellenartig in geschlossenen Gruppen angeordnet, liegen sie in Nähe der synaptischen Lamellen und der invaginierten Dendriten. An diesen Stellen kann man nach Form, Durchmesser, Dichte und Konsistenz der von den Tubuli gebildeten Komplexe drei Typen unterscheiden: 1. einen initialen (Typus I), 2. einen Übergangstypus (Typus II) und 3. einen vesiculären Typus (Typus III). In letzterem kommen häufig verzweigte, bizarre Formen vor. Der Durchmesser sämtlicher Tubuli erreicht 500–600 Å. Ihre Dichte und ihre Wand gleicht denen der synaptischen Vesikel.Ähnliche Komplexe fanden wir auch in den Axonen der Photorezeptorzellen vom Affen.

     

Assessing the Physiological State of the Fucoids from the Barents Sea Littoral by the End of the Polar Night

Methods of amperometry and potentiometric titration were used to follow dark respiration (DR) and apparent photosynthesis (AP) in the fucoids Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol, Fucus vesiculosus L., and F. serratus L. from the Barents Sea littoral by the end of the 40-day-long polar night. The macroalgae were shown to manifest species-specific low rates of photosynthesis and respiration. However, in spite of their low photosynthetic status due to the effects of subzero temperature and prolonged low or zero illumination, the macroalgae have been able to restore DR and AP to the initial level already by the day 9; the ability to restore AP depended on the level of illumination. The study of the changes in the carbonate–bicarbonate system in the light and darkness demonstrated that the macroalgae grown in darkness, in contrast to those grown in twilight, could absorb bicarbonate in darkness; however, they lost this capacity after two-day-long illumination at an irradiance of 7 mol/(m² s). Bicarbonate uptake in darkness and the capacity to restore the systems of photosynthesis and respiration in fucoid cells are discussed in the context of algal energy metabolism under the polar night conditions.     

Arranging the elements of the potassium channel: the T1 domain occludes the cytoplasmic face of the channel

The voltage-gated potassium channel is currently one of the few membrane proteins where functional roles have been mapped onto specific segments of sequence. Although high-resolution structures of the transmembrane portions of three bacterial potassium channels, the tetramerization domain and the cytoplasmic ball are available, their relative spatial arrangement in mammalian channels remains a matter of ongoing debate. Cryo-electron microscopic images of the six transmembrane voltage-gated Kv channel have been reconstructed at up to 18 Å resolution, revealing that the T1 domain tetramerizes and is suspended below the transmembrane segments. However, the resolution of these images is insufficient to reveal the location of the third piece of the puzzle, the inactivating ball domain. We have used the aberrant interactions observed in a series of chimæric channels to establish that an assembled T1 domain restricts access to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, suggesting that the N-terminal ball and chain may be confined in the space between the T1 domain and the transmembrane portion of the channel.     

Feeding the vertebrate retina from the Cambrian to the Tertiary

The retina of the vertebrate eye is metabolically active and requires nutritive support. During the last 540 million years it has evolved into forms as complicated and nutritionally demanding as those found in avian or primate eyes. Diffusion from the choroid is generally able to supply the metabolic needs of thin retinae. However, when the thickness exceeds the limits of diffusion, structures are needed to supplement the vascular supply from the choroid. These supplemental nutritive devices include the choroidal gland, the falciform process and preretinal vascular plexus of fish, the conus papillaris of lizards, the pecten oculi of birds, the intraretinal vessels of mammals and a few novel systems that remain difficult to classify. These vascular systems are among the most variable features of the vertebrate eye. Here, we review classical and recent findings regarding such retinal nutrition systems, propose a three category classification for them based on histologic origins and speculate on the evolutionary forces which drove their development.     

Observations on the permeability of the choriocapillaris of the eye

Summary The choriocapillaris is a fenestrated capillary bed located posterior to the retinal pigment epithelium. It serves as the main source of supply to the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, and other cells of the outer retina. The permeability of these capillaries to intravenously injected ferritin (MW — approx. 480,000; mol. diam. 11 nm) was examined in the mouse, rabbit, and guinea pig, each of which is characterized by a different type of retinal vascularization. In all three species, the bulk of the ferritin remained in the capillary lumina, where it appeared to be blocked at the level of the diaphragmed fenestrae. Some ferritin was present in endothelial cell vacuoles. The results confirm previous work on the rat choriocapillaris and indicate that the barrier function of the choriocapillary endothelium is present even among species in which the retinal circulation differs significantly.Supported by NIH grant EY03418     

Separation of the pineal vesicle from the wall of the third ventricle during the post-hatching development of the chicken

Summary According to light- and electron-microscopic observations the pineal organ of the 3-day-old chicken consists of a prominent end vesicle and a tapering parenchymal stalk. During this stage the pineal lumen is in open communication with the third ventricle. However, in the 40-day-old chicken, which still possesses a well-developed end vesicle, the proximal portion of the pineal stalk displays regressive changes leading to local fragmentation. At this stage the pineal stalk is reduced, and the pineal lumen is missing. In 1-year-old chickens the parenchyma of the proximal portion of the stalk is further diminished, and in 3-year-old domestic fowl is completely displaced by bundles of collagenous fibers, only some nerve fibers being present. This post-hatching pineal development may reflect the sequence of changes leading from pineal sense organs to pineal glands.This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan