UV-B辐射对颠茄氮代谢及次生代谢产物含量的影响北大核心CSCD

有害的中波紫外线(ultraviolet B,UV-B;280~320 nm)辐射影响植物的生长与发育。但也有研究证明,UV-B辐射可诱导生物碱合成。然而,UV-B辐射能否提高颠茄(Atropa belladonna L.)中托品烷类生物碱(tropane alkaloids,TAs)的含量尚未见报道。本研究以颠茄实生苗为材料,研究UV-B不同照射度强、时间(d数)对颠茄的氮代谢、生物碱含量及TAs代谢途径中的几个关键酶基因表达量的影响。结果表明,随着辐射天数的增加(5~30 d),低强度(LU,5μW/cm^2)UV-B处理与对照(无辐射)比较,硝态氮、莨菪碱、东莨菪碱含量无显著差异。然而,中等强度(MU,10μW/cm^2)和高强度(HU,15μW/cm^2)UV-B辐射,明显增加硝态氮含量,谷氨酰胺合成酶(glutamine synthetase,GS)、谷氨酸脱氢酶(glutamine dehydrogenase,GDH)活性明显高于对照。重要的是,中、高强度UV-B辐射显著降低了颠茄的叶片与茎中莨菪碱和东莨菪碱含量。荧光定量PCR揭示,莨菪碱合成的关键酶腐胺N-甲基转移酶(putrescine N-methyltransferase,PMT)编码基因、莨菪碱-6-β-羟化酶(hyoscyamine-6-β-hydroxylase,H6H)基因表达呈高度组织特异性,主要是在根部表达。与对照比较,低强度照射25 d引起pmt在根部的表达量显著上调,而中、高强度照射导致其下调;h6h在根部的相对表达量随着处理强度的增加逐渐降低;托品酮还原酶Ⅰ(tropinone reductaseⅠ,TRⅠ)编码基因在叶片中的表达量较高,随照射强度的增加而升高。上述结果表明,低强度UV-B辐射促进氮代谢,有利于莨菪碱合成;而长期中、高强度UV-B辐射,尽管促进了谷氨酸代谢,但却使pmt和h6h表达降低,不利于莨菪碱和东莨菪碱的积累。总之,本研究结果显示,不同UV-B辐射强度和时间,对颠茄合成TAs的影响不同,可为大田试验生产莨菪碱提供有益的参考。     

发根农杆菌的Ri-质粒转化和赛莨菪的发根培养

将赛莨菪（Scopolia Iurida)的无菌苗被含有Ri-质粒的发根农村菌（Agrobacterium rhizogenes)感染后,诱导出发根（hariy root)将发根分离,除菌后,在不含激素的琼脂或液体MS培养基上培养,发根能产生正常植物体中含有的莨菪碱和东莨菪碱等生物碱,在发根培养物中检测到agropine和mannopine,说明发根农杆菌Ri-质粒的T－DNA部分已转化到赛菪莨细胞的DNA中。     

外源甜菜碱对盐胁迫下颠茄生理特性及托品烷类生物碱含量的影响

以颠茄(Atropa belladonna L.)幼苗为材料,通过人工模拟盐胁迫条件,探讨在100 mmol/L盐胁迫下喷施不同浓度(20 mmol/L和40 mmol/L)的甜菜碱(GB)溶液对颠茄幼苗生理特性及托品烷类生物碱含量的影响。结果显示,外源甜菜碱增强了颠茄叶片的光合作用,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性均有不同程度的提高;丙二醛(MDA)含量显著下降,硝态氮、可溶性蛋白、游离氨基酸含量及硝酸还原酶(NR)、谷氨酰胺合成酶(GS)、谷氨酸脱氢酶(GDH)活性显著升高。颠茄次生代谢途径中的前体氨基酸(鸟氨酸和精氨酸)的含量以及托品烷类生物碱(莨菪碱和东莨菪碱)的含量也明显升高。研究结果表明100 mmol/L盐胁迫处理对颠茄的生长产生了抑制作用,而20 mmol/L甜菜碱处理能较好地缓解这种伤害。     

增强UV-B辐射及氮水平对长春花生长和生理代谢的影响

地表UV-B 辐射增强和氮沉降增加目前已成为影响植物生长的重要生态因子。本文以药用植物长春花（Catharanthus roseus）为材料,研究UV-B辐射和氮供应增加对长春花生长、生理及长春碱含量的协同效应。研究结果表明,紫外辐射增加对长春花生长和生物量积累具有显著的抑制作用。同时外源增加氮供应能明显缓解紫外辐射引起的生长抑制效应。紫外辐射引起的叶片膜脂过氧化胁迫导致了长春花叶片丙二醛含量显著增加,但同时增加氮供应能显著降低丙二醛水平。增强UV-B辐射处理显著促进长春花叶片UV-B吸收化合物合成积累,并随氮供应增加其含量进一步增加;氮供应增加和UV-B辐射增强共同作用时,长春花叶片中长春碱的含量较其单独作用时均显著增加。上述结果表明,增加氮供应不但可以缓解紫外辐射引起的生长抑制和生理伤害,同时对长春花叶片中生物碱的合成积累具有协同促进效应,其原因可能是增强UV-B辐射能促使长春花利用更多的氮源合成积累长春碱。     

增强UV-B辐射和氮素互作对植物生长代谢影响的研究进展

不同氮源条件下,UV-B辐射增强能改变植株对氮的吸收利用以及植株叶片的碳氢比和碳氮比,增加氨基酸的生物合成.缺氮条件下, UV-B辐射增强使植物叶片中SOD、POD活性增强,MDA含量增加;氮素过量时,UV-B辐射增强会降低植物对UV-B辐射的耐性.UV-B辐射增强和氮缺乏相互作用会降低叶片的光合速率、叶绿素含量、可溶性糖及淀粉含量,从而抑制植物的生长,降低生物量.该文对近年来国内外有关UV-B辐射增强与氮素相互作用对植物抗氧化系统、氮代谢、光合作用、生物量和形态结构的影响进行综述.     

He-Ne激光和增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗蛋白质代谢的影响

采用He-Ne激光(5 mW.mm-2)和增强UV-B(10.08 kJ.m-2.d-1)辐照‘晋麦8号’小麦幼苗,5 d后测定各处理组小麦叶片的蛋白酶、转氨酶活性以及可溶性蛋白质含量与组成的变化。结果显示,增强UV-B辐射使小麦叶片蛋白酶活性极显著升高,转氨酶活性降低,可溶性蛋白质含量极显著下降,蛋白质谱带增加;单独He-Ne激光处理使蛋白酶活性下降,转氨酶活性升高,可溶性蛋白质含量增加,对蛋白质条带影响不明显;与单独UV-B辐射相比,经He-Ne激光辐照和UV-B辐射复合处理后,蛋白酶的活性明显降低,转氨酶的活性增加,可溶性蛋白质含量增加,并且使UV-B辐射诱导出的新带减弱或消失。研究发现,增强UV-B辐射能减弱小麦幼苗蛋白代谢中正常基因的表达,但又激活了一些抗性基因的表达而诱导产生新的胁迫蛋白;一定剂量的He-Ne激光辐照可解除UV-B对小麦幼苗正常基因表达的抑制而使其蛋白质代谢加强。     

UV-B胁迫小麦上麦长管蚜的生命表参数和取食行为

【目的】为明确UV-B胁迫小麦对麦长管蚜Sitobion avenae (Fabricius)种群生命表参数和取食行为的影响。【方法】采用特定年龄生命表方法和刺探电位图谱（EPG）技术, 研究了不同强度UV-B胁迫处理小麦对麦长管蚜生命表参数和取食行为的影响。【结果】生命表结果表明, 取食高强度（0.75 mW/cm²） UV-B辐射小麦后, 麦长管蚜种群内禀增长率r_m、 净增殖率R₀、 繁殖力F下降, 平均世代周期T缩短, 且差异显著(P<0.05); 取食低强度（0.2 mW/cm²）UV-B辐射小麦后, 麦长管蚜种群生命表参数与对照组（正常光照处理小麦饲喂的蚜虫种群）无显著差异(P>0.05)。刺探电位图谱结果显示, 高强度UV-B处理组np波(即非取食)数量显著增加, pd波（刺探波）首次出现的时间延迟, 表明紫外处理小麦干扰了蚜虫的在叶表面的正常刺探活动, 延长了搜索和刺探时间; C波持续时间显著延长, 反映取食难度加大, 有效取食时间缩短, 从而影响种群生命表参数; 而低强度UV-B处理组小麦对蚜虫取食行为影响与对照组差异不显著, 但pd波首次出现时间显著延长。【结论】高强度UV-B胁迫小麦会严重影响麦长管蚜的生长发育、 繁殖与取食行为。     

丹参不同生长时期对UV-B辐射的敏感性

以遮阳棚下盆栽药用植物丹参为研究材料,以综合了株高、叶面积和生物量3个形态学指标的敏感性指数SI以及叶片中主要酚酸类物质迷迭香酸(RA)和丹酚酸B(SAB)含量为指标,研究快速生长期和收获期丹参对不同UV-B辐射强度的敏感性差异.结果表明: 随着UV-B辐射增强,敏感性指数SI在快速生长期和收获期均减小,且收获期小于快速生长期;叶片中RA和SAB含量随UV-B辐射增强而增加,收获期的变化幅度大于快速生长期.根部RA和SAB含量在UV-B辐射下减少,且随辐射强度和辐射时间延长而降低,尤其在收获期高强度UV-B处理下,RA和SAB总量分别为对照的10.0%和6.3%.     

基于谱效关系的茴香根皮抗肝纤维化有效成分筛选及其机制探讨

为探讨茴香根皮治疗肝纤维化的化学成分,揭示其药效物质基础和作用机制。本研究应用UPLC-Orbitrap-MS/MS技术定性鉴别茴香根皮95%乙醇提取物、石油醚部位、乙酸乙酯部位、正丁醇部位和水部位的化学成分,根据质谱裂解规律和对照品验证及文献检索推测鉴定了各组分的58个共有化合物;采用MTT法检测各组分对HSC-T6细胞增殖的影响,谱效关系筛选抗肝纤维化潜在活性化合物,结果显示茴香根皮抗肝纤维化贡献较大的成分是二氢辣椒碱、去氢骆驼蓬碱、异莨菪亭;体外实验验证单体化合物抗肝纤维化活性及机制,结果表明二氢辣椒碱、去氢骆驼蓬碱和异莨菪亭对活化的HSC-T6具有较好的抑制作用(P<0.01、P<0.001),均可以抑制α-SMA的表达(P<0.01、P<0.001);二氢辣椒碱和去氢骆驼蓬碱具有较强的促凋亡作用,可以下调Bax/Bcl-2和Caspase3的相对表达量(P<0.05、P<0.01)。表明茴香根皮抗肝纤维化的药效物质可能为二氢辣椒碱、去氢骆驼蓬碱和异莨菪亭、东莨菪内酯、7-羟基香豆素等,其机制可能是通过抑制肝星状细胞活化、调节Bax/Bcl-...     

一株北极小球藻Chlorella sp.的分离鉴定及其对增强的UV-B辐射的生理生化响应

为了了解微藻对UV-B辐射增强效应的响应,以一种分离纯化于北极冰川融水的淡水微藻（Chlorella sp.）为实验材料,在不同强度UV-B辐射下对其生长、生化组分和细胞超微结构等进行了研究。研究结果显示：3种不同强度的UV-B（22μW/cm2,45μW/cm2,70μW/cm2）辐射均可导致藻的比生长速率及色素含量下降,且辐射强度越强,两者的下降越明显;而MDA含量和SOD活性会随辐照强度的增强而提高。表明辐射强度增强,UV-B对藻的伤害程度加大,而该小球藻SOD活性随UV-B强度增强而提高,表明其对上升的UV-B辐射有一定的适应能力。     

Enhancing the scopolamine production in transgenic plants of Atropa belladonna by overexpressing pmt and h6h genes

Atropa belladonna is officially deemed as the commercial plant to produce scopolamine in China. In this study we report the simultaneous overexpression of two functional genes involved in biosynthesis of scopolamine, which encode the upstream key enzyme putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) and the downstream key enzyme hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase (H6H), respectively, in transgenic herbal plants Atropa belladonna. Analysis of gene expression profile indicated that both pmt and h6h were expressed at a higher level in transgenic lines, which would be favorable for biosynthesis of scopolamine. High-performance liquid chromatography result suggested that transgenic lines could produce higher accumulation of scopolamine at different levels compared with wild-type lines. Scopolamine content increased to 7.3-fold in transgenic line D9 compared with control lines. This study not only confirms that co-overexpression of pmt and h6h is an ideal method to improve the biosynthetic capacity of scopolamine but also successfully cultivates the transgenic line D9, which significantly enhanced the scopolamine accumulation. Our research can serve as an alternative choice to provide scopolamine resources for relative industry, which is more competitive than conventional market.     

Alkaloids in plants and root cultures of Atropa belladonna overexpressing putrescine N-methyltransferase

Putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT) is the first alkaloid-specific enzyme for nicotine and tropane alkaloid formation. The pmt gene from Nicotiana tabacum was fused to the CaMV 35S promoter and integrated into the Atropa belladonna genome. Transgenic plants and derived root cultures were analysed for gene expression and for levels of alkaloids and their precursors. Scopolamine, hyoscyamine, tropine, pseudotropine, tropinone, and calystegines were found unaltered or somewhat decreased in pmt-overexpressing lines compared to controls. When root cultures were treated with 5% sucrose, calystegine levels were elevated in control roots, but were not affected in pmt-overexpressing roots. 1 microM auxin reduced calystegine levels in control roots, while in pmt-overexpressing roots all alkaloids remained unaltered. Expression level of pmt alone is apparently not limiting for tropane alkaloid formation in A. belladonna.     

Coculture of genetically transformed roots and shoots for synthesis, translocation, and biotransformation of secondary metabolites

Genetically transformed shooty teratomas of Atropa belladonna and a Duboisia leichhardtii x D. myoporoides hybrid were studied for biotransformation of tropane alkaloids in shake flasks and bioreactors. Although de novo synthesis of hyoscyamine and scopolamine was limited, shoots of both species were able to translocate and accumulate significant quantities of exogenous alkaloid. The maximum yield of scopolamine from hyoscyamine fed to the Duboisia hybrid shoots was 35% w/w; the yield of the scopolamine precursor, 6beta-hydroxyhyoscyamine, was 37% w/w. Biotransformation activity was poor in A. belladonna shooty teratomas provided with exogenous hyoscyamine; however, scopolamine levels comparable with those in leaves of the whole plant accumulated in shoots fed with hairy root extract. Coculture of A. belladonna shooty teratomas and hairy roots in the same hormone-free medium was investigated as a means of providing a continuous source of hyoscyamine for conversion to scopolamine. Of the biotransformation systems tested with A. belladonna, coculture produced the highest levels of scopolamine and the highest scopolamine: hyoscyamine ratios. Cocultured shoots accumulated up to 0.84 mg g(-1) dry weight scopolamine, or 3-11 times the average concentrations found in leaves of the whole plant. The scopolamine: hyoscyamine ratio in coculture ranged from 0.07 to 1.9, a significant improvement over levels of 0-0.03 normally found in A. belladonna hairy roots. Addition of Pluronic F-68 or copper sulfate to the medium and variation in initial medium pH did not improve hyoscyamine release from hairy roots. Scopolamine levels were increased using 1 muM copper sulfate or initial medium pH between 6.0 and 8.0; however, results from elicitation of hairy roots could not match the beneficial effect on scopolamine synthesis of root-shoot coculture. Addition of 0.001-1.0% (w/v) Pluronic F-68 to the roots reduced hyoscyamine release but postponed necrosis in the root tissue for up to 60 d. (c) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Effect of pmt gene overexpression on tropane alkaloid production in transformed root cultures of Datura metel and Hyoscyamus muticus

In order to increase the production of the pharmaceuticals hyoscyamine and scopolamine in hairy root cultures, a binary vector system was developed to introduce the T-DNA of the Ri plasmid together with the tobacco pmt gene under the control of CaMV 35S promoter, into the genome of Datura metel and Hyoscyamus muticus. This gene codes for putrescine:SAM N-methyltransferase (PMT; EC. 2.1.1.53), which catalyses the first committed step in the tropane alkaloid pathway. Hairy root cultures overexpressing the pmt gene aged faster and accumulated higher amounts of tropane alkaloids than control hairy roots. Both hyoscyamine and scopolamine production were improved in hairy root cultures of D. metel, whereas in H. muticus only hyoscyamine contents were increased by pmt gene overexpression. These roots have a high capacity to synthesize hyoscyamine, but their ability to convert it into scopolamine is very limited. The results indicate that the same biosynthetic pathway in two related plant species can be differently regulated, and overexpression of a given gene does not necessarily lead to a similar accumulation pattern of secondary metabolites.     

Species-dependent expression of the hyoscyamine 6 beta-hydroxylase gene in the pericycle.

The tropane alkaloid scopolamine is synthesized in the pericycle of branch roots in certain species of the Solanaceae. The enzyme responsible for the synthesis of scopolamine from hyoscyamine is hyoscyamine 6 beta-hydroxylase (H6H). The gene for H6H was isolated from Hyoscyamus niger. It has an exon/intron organization very similar to those for ethylene-forming enzymes, suggesting a common evolutionary origin. The 827-bp 5' flanking region of the H6H gene was fused to the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene and transferred to three solanaceous species by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation systems: H. niger and belladonna (Atropa belladonna), which have high and low levels, respectively, of H6H mRNA in the root, and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), which has no endogenous H6H gene. Histochemical analysis showed that GUS expression occurred in the pericycle and at the root meristem of transgenic H. niger hairy roots, but only at the root meristem of transgenic H. niger hairy roots, but only at the root meristem of hairy roots and plants of transgenic tobacco. In transgenic hairy roots and regenerated plants of belladonna, the root meristem was stained with GUS activity, except for a few transformants in which the vascular cylinder was also stained. These studies indicate that the cell-specific expression of the H6H gene is controlled by some genetic regulation specific to scopolamine-producing plants.     

Effects of acetylsalicylic acid and UV-B on gene expression and tropane alkaloid biosynthesis in hairy root cultures of Anisodus luridus

Anisodus luridus hairy root cultures were established to test biological effects of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and ultraviolet ray-B (UV-B) on gene expression, tropane alkaloid (TA) biosynthesis and efflux. The TAs-pathway gene expression was ASA dosage dependant. The expression of PMT, TRI and CYP80F1 showed no significant difference in hairy root cultures in treatment of 0.01 and 0.1 mM ASA, compared with those without ASA treatment; while 0.01 or 0.1 mM ASA slightly upregulated H6H expression. All the four genes including PMT, TRI, CYP80F1 and H6H had a dramatic increase in 1 mM ASA-treated hairy root cultures compared with control. The expressing levels of all the four genes were much significantly higher in 1 mM ASA-treated hairy root cultures than those in 0.01 and 0.1 mM ASA-treated ones. As expected, hairy root cultures treated with 1 mM ASA had the highest capacity of TAs biosynthesis, in which the content of scopolamine and hyoscyamine reached respectively 57.2 and 14.7 μg g^?1 DW. Surprisingly, it was found that 1 mM ASA dramatically induced the efflux of scopolamine. In the liquid medium with 1 mM ASA, the content of scopolamine was 153.4 μg flask^?1, about 6.2 folds compared with that of control. At the same time, hyoscyamine was detected at trace levels in liquid medium. In the UV-B stressed hairy root cultures, all the four genes had a very strong increase of gene expression that led to more accumulation of scopolamine and lower accumulation of hyoscyamine. Only trace amounts of hyoscyamine and scopolamine were detected in the liquid medium when hairy root cultures were stressed under UV-B, and this suggested that UV-B did not affect TAs efflux.     

An Atropa belladonna hyoscyamine 6β-hydroxylase gene is differentially expressed in the root pericycle and anthers

The AbH6H gene for hyoscyamine 6-hydroxylase (H6H), which converts hyoscyamine to scopolamine, was isolated from Atropa belladonna. This plant also possesses a related sequence, AbH6H, which appears to be a non-functional pseudo-gene. AbH6H RNA was detected in cultured root, native root and anther, but not in stem, leaf, pistil, petal, and sepal tissues. In situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and promoter::GUS transgene analysis showed that AbH6H is expressed specifically in root pericycle cells, and in tapetum and pollen mother cells. A 671 bp 5-upstream region from AbH6H was sufficient for pericycle-specific expression in hairy roots of A. belladonna and Hyoscyamus niger, which both produce scopolamine, but cell-specific regulation was severely compromised in tobacco hairy roots, which do not produce scopolamine.     

Biotransformation of hyoscyamine into scopolamine in transgenic tobacco cell cultures

Hyoscyamine-6beta-hydroxylase (H6H) catalyses the conversion of hyoscyamine into its epoxide scopolamine, a compound with a higher added value in the pharmaceutical market than hyoscyamine. We report the establishment of tobacco cell cultures carrying the Hyoscyamus muticus h6h gene under the control of the promoter CAMV 35S. The cell cultures were derived from hairy roots obtained via genetically modified Agrobacterium rhizogenes carrying the pRi and pLAL21 plasmids. The cultures were fed with hyoscyamine, and 4 weeks later the amount of scopolamine produced was quantified by HPLC. The transgenic cell suspension cultures showed a considerable capacity for the bioconversion of hyoscyamine into scopolamine, and released it to the culture medium. Although the scale-up from shake-flask to bioreactor culture usually results in reduced productivities, our transgenic cells grown in a 5-L turbine stirred tank reactor in a batch mode significantly increased the scopolamine accumulation.