光照强度驱动典型阴生植物三七的生理生态响应特征

为探究阴生植物三七(Panax notoginseng)对不同光照强度的生理生态响应特征,研究5种透光率(46.5% LT、21.8% LT、9.70% LT、5.10% LT、2.80% LT)下三七生理、形态和生长等各项指标的变化特征,并对其相关指标进行相关性、可塑性和主成分分析。结果表明:三七在高光(46.5% LT和21.8% LT)和低光(5.10% LT和2.80% LT)条件下各形态特征(株高、茎粗、单株叶面积)、生物量及相对生长速率(RGR)均有所降低;随着光照强度的降低,根生物量比(RMR)、最大净光合速率(P_n-max)、气孔导度(G_s)、光补偿点(LCP)和暗呼吸速率(R_d)都随之下降,而叶面积比(LAR)、比叶面积(SLA)、茎生物量比(SMR)和叶生物量比(LMR)却呈现升高的趋势。这些变化能够减少三七在高光下的光能捕获及消耗,而低光下的光能捕获和消耗则会得到加强。此外,阴生植物三七的形态特征表型可塑性指数均小于0.5,而光合生理(P_n-max、G_s、LCP、R_d)、LAR和根部生物量的表型可塑性指数则大于0.5,其可塑性较强,且P_n-max、G_s、LCP与RGR的相关系数分别高达0.581、0.558、0.574,这些结果表明光照强度驱动三七的响应特征主要为光合生理特性、LAR和根部生物量的变化。研究还发现三七在10%左右的透光率下生长发育较好。而在低光条件下,三七主要采取保守策略进行缓慢的碳获取和碳消耗,高光条件下则主要采取快速碳获取和碳消耗的冒险策略。研究阐明了三七对不同光照环境的响应策略,为三七的优质高效种植提供理论依据。     

阴生植物三七稳态和动态光合特性对氮水平的响应

氮(N)对植物光合作用至关重要。阴生植物在自然生长条件下,接受的是高度动态的光照。然而,探讨N水平对阴生植物动态光照下的光合调控作用的研究相对较少。为了阐明N对阴生植物动态光合作用的调控机制,该研究以典型阴生植物三七(Panax notoginseng)为材料,设置了低氮(LN, 112.5 kg·hm^–2)和高氮(HN,450.0kg·hm^–2)2个N水平,研究动态光和稳态光条件下植株叶片的光合气体交换参数及卡尔文循环酶蛋白的活性和数量。结果表明单位叶面积氮含量(Narea)与光照60s的诱导状态(IS60)负相关,与达到光合作用稳态90%所需的时间(tP90)和达到光合作用稳态100%所需的时间(tP-steady)正相关,表明Narea并不是通过影响核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶(Rubisco)的总活性来调控光诱导反应。短时间的低光间隔对Rubisco活性影响不显著,但明显降低了果糖-1,6-二磷酸酶(FBPase)和景天庚酮糖-1,7-二磷酸酶(SBPase)的活性;当高光照光斑突然出现时, Rubisco活性不受影响,但是S...     

探究阴生植物对遮光环境的适应机制

以探究阴生植物对遮荫环境适应机理为例,介绍在生物学课外兴趣小组探究活动中,如何激发学生兴趣并提出探究主题,引导学生灵活运用发散思维,通过讨论提出研究假设,运用辐合思维锁定研究主题,制作研究方案,以及组织学生开展探究成果汇报等一系列实施经验。     

二年生三七农艺和质量性状对环境光强的响应特征

为探究光照强度对二年生三七(Panax notoginseng)农艺性状和质量性状的影响,采用人工遮荫的方法,对三七植株的农艺性状、解剖结构、生物量和皂苷含量进行研究。结果表明,三七生物量积累以透光率为13.5%时最大;三七总皂苷含量在透光率9.2%时最高,透光率为13.5%时单株皂苷含量较大。当透光率降低,三七的叶片和茎部生物量增加;透光率增加时,三七通过增加叶片上表皮厚度、海绵组织厚度、栅栏组织厚度和叶片厚度来减少光捕获。因此,在透光率为9.2%~13.5%时对三七的生长、生物量及皂苷的积累有促进作用。     

环境强光诱导玉簪叶片光抑制的机制

为进一步阐述光抑制的强光诱导和发生机制, 该文以喜阴植物玉簪(Hosta spp.)为材料研究其光抑制发生规律及其与环境光强的关系。结果表明, 全日照和遮阴条件下玉簪叶片发育分别形成适应强光和弱光的形态特征; 与遮阴处理相比, 强光下生长的玉簪光合速率和叶绿素含量较低, 但两种处理叶片最大光化学效率差异很小, 证明强光下植株可以正常生长且光合机构未发生严重的光抑制。将遮阴处生长的植株转移到全日照下, 光合速率和最大光化学效率急剧下降; 荧光诱导动力学曲线发生明显改变, 而且光系统II供体侧和受体侧荧光产量的变化幅度分别达到24.3%和34.2%, 表明玉簪由弱光转入强光后光系统II发生不可逆失活, 且受体侧受到的伤害较供体侧更严重。因此, 作者认为环境光强骤然提高并超过玉簪生长光强时很容易诱导其光合机构发生严重的光抑制。该研究对于理解植物适应光环境的策略以及喜阴植物的优质栽培有重要意义。     

不同光强对薇甘菊生长及光系统的影响

为了控制薇甘菊的生长和危害,对不同照度条件下薇甘菊的生长及光系统进行了测定.分别采用光强40μmol·m-2·s-1(处理Ⅰ);上午自然光,下午照度为40μmol·m-2·s-1(处理Ⅱ);全自然光(处理Ⅲ)处理薇甘菊.结果表明对薇甘菊处理2个月后,处理Ⅰ条件下,薇甘菊生长差,生物量积累少,光系统Ⅰ和光系统Ⅱ的光能转换效率和潜在活性较低,可溶性糖和蛋白质含量较低,细胞膜脂脂肪酸组成中不饱和脂肪酸含量相对较高;在处理Ⅱ和处理Ⅲ条件下,则生长茂盛,生物量积累多,光系统Ⅰ和光系统Ⅱ的光能转换效率和潜在活性较高,可溶性糖和蛋白质含量较高,细胞膜脂脂肪酸组成中不饱和脂肪酸含量相对较少.这些结果说明光照多方面影响薇甘菊光系统功能的形成,从而影响其生长.     

不同光环境对紫背天葵和白背三七生长及光合荧光特性的影响

以紫背天葵(Begonia fimbristipula)和白背三七(Gynura divaricata)两种优良野生蔬菜为研究对象,研究了自然全光照(L0)、郁闭度约50%林下(L1)、郁闭度约70%林下(L2)3种光环境下植株的生长及光合和荧光参数变化,以明确其耐荫性以及林下套种的可行性。结果显示:(1)紫背天葵和白背三七地径和株高在L0和L1处理之间无显著差异,而在L2处理下显著低于L0。(2)两种野菜最大净光合速率(Pmax)、光饱和点(LSP)、光补偿点(LCP)均随光照强度减弱逐渐降低,表观量子效率(AQY)在3种光环境下无显著差异;PSⅡ潜在最大量子产量(Fv/Fm)、光化学荧光猝灭系数(qP)和电子传递速率(ETR)也随光照强度减弱而减小,非光化学荧光猝灭系数(NPQ)却随光照强度减弱而增加。(3)两种野菜光合和荧光参数在L0和L1处理之间无显著差异,而在L2处理下显著低于L0。研究表明,在较大郁闭度林分下,紫背天葵和白背三七叶片叶绿素分子捕获激发能的效率降低,其PSⅡ吸收光能用于光化学电子传递的份额减少,而用于热耗散的份额增加,电子传递活性和通过电子传递链传递的能量降低,净光合速率下降,植株生长受到抑制;两种野菜均具有一定的耐阴性,可以在林分郁闭度50%左右的林下正常生长。     

高等植物的光系统Ⅱ蛋白磷酸化机制及其对环境胁迫的响应

高等植物的光系统Ⅱ蛋白在环境胁迫,尤其是强光和高温胁迫时会发生可逆磷酸化。本文介绍环境调节下的高等植物光系统Ⅱ蛋白D1、LHCⅡ、CP29及TSP9的可逆磷酸化研究进展,并讨论了这种蛋白磷酸化与光系统Ⅱ蛋白复合物在类囊体膜上的迁移和组装之间的关系。     

三种常绿阔叶树光系统Ⅱ在低温胁迫下的光抑制及恢复

冬季低温胁迫对亚热带常绿阔叶树光合活性的主要影响之一,体现在光合机构的低温光抑制。为了阐明冬季低温胁迫下常绿阔叶树光系统Ⅱ的光抑制程度及光保护机制,该文研究了冬季自然低温胁迫(零下低温冻害和零上低温寒害)对红叶石楠、枇杷和猴樟三种亚热带常绿阔叶树光合机构光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)光抑制的影响以及春季气温回暖后的恢复情况。结果表明:冻害和寒害低温胁迫使猴樟的PSⅡ活性显著降低,PSⅡ受到较严重的光抑制,低温胁迫解除后PSⅡ活性未能完全恢复。红叶石楠PSⅡ活性下降程度和光抑制程度最轻,春季PSⅡ活性显著上升,光抑制显著下降。枇杷PSⅡ活性和光抑制程度介于猴樟和红叶石楠之间。低温胁迫下红叶石楠的非光化学猝灭(NPQ)接近常温水平; 枇杷的NPQ略有降低,春季恢复正常; 猴樟NPQ最低,春季低温解除后仍不能完全恢复。此外,三种常绿阔叶树在冬季低温胁迫和春季恢复时期的NPQ与PSⅡ的光抑制程度存在显著的负相关关系。综合以上结果分析表明,冬季低温对红叶石楠PSⅡ影响不大,对枇杷有一定影响但春季气温回暖后可以及时恢复,对猴樟PSⅡ有显著的光抑制且恢复过程较慢,同时NPQ对保护常绿阔叶树PSⅡ免受冬季低温光抑制有重要的贡献。     

热带雨林不同生态习性树种幼苗光合作用和抗氧化酶对生长光环境的反应

于雨季研究了西双版纳热带雨林后期演替树种思茅木姜子(Litsea pierrei var.szemaois)、五桠果叶木姜子(L．alilleniifolia)和先锋树种毛果桐(Mallotus barbatus)幼苗的光合、荧光特征和抗氧化酶等对3种光水平(50％、25％和8％)的适应特性。结果表明,毛果桐的最大光合速率(Pmx)随光水平升高呈增加趋势,而两种木姜子则在50％光水平下Pmax最小,Fv／Fm的日变化表明,3个种在25％和50％光水平下发生可逆光抑制,两种木姜子较重,50％光水平下,五桠果叶木姜子受到长期光抑制．思茅木姜子和毛果桐的丙二醛(MDA)和H2O2含量,以及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性随光水平升高而增加,表明光水平升高,致使植物受光胁迫的影响加剧,增强抗氧化酶系统则减轻了其伤害,两种木姜子的濒危现状可能和它们对强光生境的适应性较差有一定关系。     

The carotenoid zeaxanthin and ‘high-energy-state quenching’ of chlorophyll fluorescence

The possibility that zeaxanthin mediates the dissipation of an excess of excitation energy in the antenna chlorophyll of the photochemical apparatus has been tested through the use of an inhibitor of violaxanthin de-epoxidation, dithiothreitol (DTT), as well as through the comparison of two closely related organisms (green and blue-green algal lichens), one of which (blue-green algal lichen) naturally lacks the xanthophyll cycle. In spinach leaves, DTT inhibited a major component of the rapidly relaxing high-energy-state quenching' of chlorophyll fluorescence, which was associated with a quenching of the level of initial fluorescence (F₀) and exhibited a close correlation with the zeaxanthin content of leaves when fluorescence quenching was expressed as the rate constant for radiationless energy dissipation in the antenna chlorophyll. Green algal lichens, which possess the xanthophyll cycle, exhibited the same type of fluorescence quenching as that observed in leaves. Two groups of blue-green algal lichens were used for a comparison with these green algal lichens. A group of zeaxanthin-free blue-green algal lichens did not exhibit the type of chlorophyll fluorescence quenching indicative of energy dissipation in the pigment bed. In contrast, a group of blue-green algal lichens which had formed zeaxanthin slowly through reactions other than the xanthophyll cycle, did show a very similar response to that of leaves and green algal lichens. Fluorescence quenching indicative of radiationless energy dissipation in the antenna chlorophyll was the predominant component of high-energy-state quenching in spinach leaves under conditions allowing for high rates of steady-state photosynthesis. A second, but distinctly different type of high-energy-state quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence, which was not inhibited by DTT (i.e., it was zeaxanthin independent) and which is possibly associated with the photosystem II reaction center, occurred in addition to that associated with zeaxanthin in leaves under a range of conditions which were less favorable for linear photosynthetic electron flow. In intact chloroplasts isolated from (zeaxanthin-free) spinach leaves a combination of these two types of rapidly reversible fluorescence quenching occurred under all conditions examined.Abbreviations DTT dithiothreitol - F₀ (or F₀) yield of instantaneous fluorescence at open PS II reaction centers in the dark (or during actinic illumination) - F_M (or F_M) yield of maximum fluorescence induced by a saturation pulse of light in the dark (or during actinic illumination) - F_V (or F_V) yield of variable fluorescence induced by a saturating pulse of light in the dark (or during actinic illumination) - k _D rate constant for radiationless energy dissipation in the antenna chlorophyll - SV Stern-Volmer equation - PFD photon flux density - PS I photosystem I - PS II photosystem II - Q_A acceptor of photosystem II - q_N coefficient of nonphotochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching - q_P coefficient of photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching     

Identification of pH-sensing Sites in the Light Harvesting Complex Stress-related 3 Protein Essential for Triggering Non-photochemical Quenching in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Light harvesting complex stress-related 3 (LHCSR3) is the protein essential for photoprotective excess energy dissipation (non-photochemical quenching, NPQ) in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Activation of NPQ requires low pH in the thylakoid lumen, which is induced in excess light conditions and sensed by lumen-exposed acidic residues. In this work we have used site-specific mutagenesis in vivo and in vitro for identification of the residues in LHCSR3 that are responsible for sensing lumen pH. Lumen-exposed protonatable residues, aspartate and glutamate, were mutated to asparagine and glutamine, respectively. By expression in a mutant lacking all LHCSR isoforms, residues Asp¹¹⁷, Glu²²¹, and Glu²²⁴ were shown to be essential for LHCSR3-dependent NPQ induction in C. reinhardtii. Analysis of recombinant proteins carrying the same mutations refolded in vitro with pigments showed that the capacity of responding to low pH by decreasing the fluorescence lifetime, present in the wild-type protein, was lost. Consistent with a role in pH sensing, the mutations led to a substantial reduction in binding the NPQ inhibitor dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.     

Photoprotection in an ecological context: the remarkable complexity of thermal energy dissipation

This review places photoprotection into the context of ecology and species diversity. The focus is on photoprotection via the safe removal - as thermal energy - of excess solar energy absorbed by the light collecting system, which counteracts the formation of reactive oxygen species. An update on the surprisingly complex, multiple variations of thermal energy dissipation is presented, placing these different forms into ecological and genetic contexts. Zeaxanthin-facilitated, flexible thermal dissipation associated with the PsbS protein and controlled by the trans-thylakoid pH gradient apparently occurs ubiquitously in plants, and can become sustained (and thus less flexible) at low temperatures. Long-lived, slow-growing plants with low intrinsic capacities for photosynthesis have greater capacities for this flexible dissipation than short-lived, fast-growing species. Furthermore, potent, but inflexible (zeaxanthin-facilitated) thermal dissipation, prominent in evergreen species under prolonged environmental stress, is characterized with respect to the involvement of photosystem II core rearrangement and/or degradation as well as the absence of control by trans-thylakoid pH and, possibly, PsbS. A role of PsbS-related proteins in photoprotection is discussed.     

三七环二肽成分

从三七(Panax notoginseng)的根中分离得到14个环二肽成分,通过波谱解析其结构分别鉴定为环-(亮氨酸-苏氨酸)(1)、环-(亮氨酸-异亮氨酸)(2)、环-(亮氨酸-缬氨酸)(3)、环-(异亮氨酸-缬氨酸)(4)、环-(亮氨酸-丝氨酸)(5)、环-(亮氨酸-酪氨酸)(6)、环-(缬氨酸-脯氨酸)(7)、环-(丙氨酸-脯氨酸)(8)、环-(苯丙氨酸-酪氨酸)(9)、环-(苯丙氨酸-丙氨酸)(10)、环-(苯丙氨酸-缬氨酸)(11)、环-(亮氨酸-丙氨酸)(12)、环-(异亮氨酸-丙氨酸)(13)、环-(缬氨酸-丙氨酸)(14)。其中化合物1为新化合物,化合物4～10为新天然化合物,化合物2～3、11～14为已知化合物;化合物2和11、3和4、12和13分别为一对混合物,比例分别为2：1、1：1和2：1。     

三七中达马烷型皂甙的热不稳定性及酸水解产物

前人已证明人参和三七中富含的达马烷型人参皂甙在通常酸性水解下甙元即发生变化,而在弱酸(如50％醋酸,0.1N盐酸)条件下则形成次级皂甙。本文报道人参甙(ginseno-sides)和三七甙(notoginsenosides)的水溶液在水浴上加热亦分别形成相应的C-20位去糖基的次级皂甙。联系到人参和三七均有在蒸煮加工后C-20位去糖基皂甙收率增大的趋势,似可认为人参和三七中的这类皂甙有相当一部分是在生药的加工泡制以及提取过程中形成的次级皂甙,而不一定是植物体的原生成分。将人参甙Rb_1单体以酸水解,不仅得到主产物人参二醇(3),还分离到异去氢原人参二醇(5)、达马烷-20(22)-烯-3β,12β,26-三醇(6)、20(R)-达马烷-3β,12β,20,25-四醇(7)以及20(S)-和20(R)-原人参二醇(1、2)的混合物,从而认为这些微量成分与人参二醇一样均为达马烷型人参皂甙在酸性水解条件下C-20位糖基断裂后由真甙元的侧链转化形成的工作产物。