芒果叶片双向电泳体系的建立及优化

为建立适用于芒果叶片总蛋白的双向电泳(two-dimensional electrophoresis,2-DE)体系,使用3种方法(尿素/硫脲法,酚法和三氯乙酸/丙酮法)提取芒果叶片蛋白,采用2种水化方式(主动水化和被动水化)和4种样品上样量(1 000μg,1 300μg,1 500μg,1 800μg)进行双向电泳,G-250考染后,通过PDQuest软件对双向电泳图谱进行比较分析。结果表明,三氯乙酸/丙酮法提取效果最好,所得单向SDS-PAGE条带数与2-DE蛋白点数均多于其它2种方法;主动水化对高丰度蛋白点聚焦效果较好;1 500μg蛋白上样量电泳图谱分辨率最高。该方法的建立为开展芒果蛋白质组学研究提供了参考。     

柑橘叶片和果皮总蛋白质提取及双向电泳体系的建立

以春甜橘(Citrus reticulata Blanco‘Chuntianju’)果皮和叶片为材料,分别用Tris-HCl、尿素/硫脲(Thi/Urea)、三氯乙酸/丙酮(TCA)和酚(Phe)等4种方法提取柑橘总蛋白质,从蛋白质产量、单向SDS-PAGE和双向电泳等方面进行比较。结果表明,4种方法的分离效果存在较大差异,不论是以柑橘叶片还是果皮为材料,均以TCA法最好,且双向电泳图谱分辨率较好,蛋白点清晰、均匀、基本没有条纹,且蛋白点多。这说明TCA法不仅能很好地去除柑橘果皮、叶片中存在的大量干扰物质,而且还能得到稳定的蛋白点。     

小麦幼穗蛋白质双向电泳条件的优化

本研究以温光敏小麦为试材,用TCA/丙酮和酚提取法提取小麦幼穗蛋白样品,进行了双向电泳优化分析,并对双向电泳过程中出现的问题进行了讨论。结果表明,用TCA/丙酮法提取小麦幼穗蛋白质其产率(浓度)高于酚提取法。SDS-PAGE电泳显示,用TCA/丙酮提取法提取的蛋白质能获得较清晰条带,分辨率较高,而酚提取法提取的蛋白质其条带模糊,分辨率低。对蛋白质纯化除盐可以提高分辨率,减少横竖纹,获得背景清晰的圆形蛋白点。通过ImageMasterTM 2D Platinum5.0软件分析凝胶图谱,结果显示纯化后可降低噪点,纯化后蛋白点数可从未纯化蛋白点数的216增加到583。显然,采用TCA/丙酮法可获得高浓度高质量的蛋白质,而进一步纯化、除盐离子可进一步获得背景清晰可高重复性的电泳图谱。在双向电泳实验过程中,观察到一些异常缺陷胶的出现,如双向电泳图谱中蛋白点扩散,蛋白聚集形成斑点串,没有点或点很少,出现纵纹横纹及图谱扭曲等影响图谱质量的严重问题,本研究对这些问题做了分析并提出了解决方案。     

蒙古沙冬青叶蛋白质双向电泳体系的建立和优化

开展蒙古沙冬青叶组织的蛋白质组学研究,需要建立和优化叶的蛋白质组双向电泳体系。本研究以蒙古沙冬青(Ammopiptanthus mongolicus)叶片为材料,比较了不同总蛋白提取方法(TCA-丙酮法和Tris-饱和酚法)、不同染色方法(考马斯亮蓝染色和硝酸银染色)和不同蛋白质上样量对双向凝胶电泳蛋白质得率和等电聚焦效果的影响。结果显示,采用TCA-丙酮法提取蒙古沙冬青叶片总蛋白,蛋白质上样量500μg,以硝酸银染色SDS-PAGE胶,双向电泳的分辨率最高,图谱清晰。该方法的建立为开展蒙古沙冬青叶片蛋白质组定量和定性分析奠定了基础。     

西花蓟马蛋白的提取及双向电泳体系的建立

【目的】蛋白样品的制备是获得良好双向凝胶电泳(2-DE)图谱的前提,建立合理的西花蓟马蛋白的双向电泳体系,获得分辨率较高、重复性较好的图谱,能够为后续的研究提供有力支撑。【方法】实验以西花蓟马成虫为实验材料,对比了饱和酚法、TCA/丙酮法和直接裂解法3种蛋白提取方法,从中选出最适宜双向电泳分析的一种蛋白提取方法。【结果】3种方法蛋白提取率差异显著,直接裂解法蛋白提取率最高,饱和酚法的蛋白提取率最低;3种方法的SDS-PAGE条带数差异不明显;TCA/丙酮法的双向凝胶图谱效果最好,蛋白点最多。【结论】TCA/丙酮法能够有效去除西花蓟马蛋白中的干扰物质,是最适合西花蓟马双向凝胶电泳的蛋白提取方法,为后续西花蓟马在蛋白组学方面的研究奠定了基础。     

适于小麦叶片蛋白质组分析的样品提取方法研究

以‘铭贤169'小麦苗期叶片为材料,分别采用传统的TCA/丙酮沉淀法、酚提取-甲醇/醋酸铵沉淀法以及改进的TCA/丙酮沉淀-酚/SDS联合抽提法提取叶片总蛋白,进行双向电泳分离和胶体考染,以建立适用于小麦蛋白质组分析的样品制备方法.结果表明:TCA/丙酮沉淀法较酚提取-甲醇/醋酸铵沉淀法获得的蛋白杂质较少,在二维电泳图谱中的蛋白点较酚抽提-甲醇/醋酸铵沉淀法提取的蛋白点清晰且多.相比于以上2种提取蛋白样品方法,改进的TCA/丙酮沉淀-酚/SDS联合抽提法提取的小麦叶片蛋白杂质少、二维电泳图谱上的点明显增多、分辨率较高.所选小麦的代表性蛋白点能获得成功鉴定.该方法可推广应用于水稻叶片蛋白质组分析的样品提取.     

一种适用于双向电泳的水稻磷酸化蛋白富集方法——酚提取法结合固相金属离子亲和层析法

磷蛋白在植物信号传导和胁迫响应中有着非常重要的作用,磷蛋白质组学研究已经成为蛋白质组学研究领域中备受瞩目的一个部分．本研究用酚提取法以水稻日本晴苗期叶片为材料提取叶片总蛋白,提取率达3.5%;用固相金属离子亲和层析柱纯化富集磷蛋白,得到磷蛋白占总蛋白约6.4%．对过柱洗涤液、不同阶段洗脱液等各个组分进行SDS-PAGE,粗略检测其蛋白含量,并根据单向SDS PAGE结果对总蛋白、高峰段磷蛋白、非高峰段磷蛋白以及富集后再纯化的总磷蛋白进行双向电泳,比较其中的蛋白差异．本研究提出的方法和程序可在7 cm聚丙烯酰胺凝胶上检测到多达856个磷蛋白,是一种非常有效的磷蛋白富集、纯化和分离鉴定的方法．     

牛奶子果实中蛋白质的提取和双向电泳分析方法的改良

比较2种提取牛奶子果实中总蛋白的方法以及用SDS-PAGE分析的结果表明,用酚法提取蛋白时,适当延长第2次平衡时间,并及时更换平衡缓冲液Ⅱ,可获得高分辨率的总蛋白图谱。这种改良了的方法解决了牛奶子果实中富含的色素和多酚等化合物对双向电泳（2-DE）的干扰问题,重复性好,适用于果实中蛋白的2-DE分析和尔后的技术操作。     

灵芝子实体原基双向电泳和总蛋白质提取方法的建立

比较了Tris-饱和酚法和三氯乙酸(TCA)/丙酮沉淀法对灵芝子实体原基总蛋白质的提取效果。用Image Master 2D Platinum6.0软件分析两种方法所提蛋白质的双向电泳图谱,分别得到565和273个蛋白质点;(TCA)/丙酮沉淀法在碱性端低分子量区域有些蛋白质斑点存在拖尾现象,Tris-饱和酚法能有效去除样品中的盐分,使蛋白质的聚焦效果更好,蛋白点数增加。Tris-饱和酚法可做为灵芝子实体原基总蛋白质的提取方法并为其他药用真菌总蛋白质的提取提供参考,同时为本实验室后续研究灵芝双向性固体发酵雷公藤的蛋白差异表达奠定了基础。     

玉米花丝蛋白质组双向电泳条件的优化

以玉米温敏自交不亲和系‘HE97’的花丝为材料,比较了3种不同蛋白质提取方法对双向电泳结果的影响,并对其中的蛋白质上样量、等电聚焦条件及SDS-PAGE凝胶浓度进行了探索与优化。结果表明,与酚提取法和改良的酚提取法相比,采用三氯乙酸/丙酮提取法提取蛋白质操作简便,所得的双向电泳图谱蛋白质点数较多,图谱背景清晰,是一种提取玉米花丝蛋白质的有效方法。优化后的双向电泳技术体系适合于玉米花丝全蛋白质的双向电泳分析。     

适用于盐生植物的双向电泳样品制备方法

比较了三氯乙酸,丙酮沉淀法（TCA）、三氯乙酸沉淀法（E-TCA）和酚抽法（Phe）3种方法对盐生植物盐角草（Salicornia europaea L．）总蛋白的提取效果。3种方法分别得到579、343和535个蛋白点;TCA和E-TCA法所得图谱均存在严重的横向纹理,Phe法所得图谱则背景干净,基本上没有纹理。说明Phe法不仅能很好地提取盐角草蛋白,而且能有效去除样品中的盐分。对Phe法的提取液进行了改进,所得图谱背景更加清晰,蛋白点数增加。为其他盐生植物以及嗜盐微生物蛋白质的提取提供了重要参考。     

有色膜遮光对烤烟生长和光合特性及其初烤品质的影响

以自然光为对照,采用红色、白色、蓝色、黄色4种有色薄膜于2010~2011年从团棵期开始对大田烤烟进行遮光处理,研究不同光质对烤烟生长、光合特性及初烤品质指标的影响。结果显示:(1)红膜处理最大叶长宽比最小、叶面积最大,黄膜处理则相反。(2)红、蓝膜处理烟叶净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率明显高于自然光处理,白、黄膜处理略高于对照或与对照持平,且遮膜处理前期红膜高于蓝膜处理,后期蓝膜高于红膜处理。(3)红、蓝膜处理有利于提高倒5叶SPAD值,黄膜处理则相反。(4)红膜处理显著降低了中部叶蛋白质、总氮含量和氮碱比,提高了施木克值,并显著提高了上部叶可溶性糖含量和氮碱比,降低了施木克值;蓝膜处理显著提高了中部叶烟碱和多酚含量,降低了可溶性糖含量、施木克值及氮碱比,并显著提高了上部叶蛋白质、总氮、烟碱和多酚含量,降低了施木克值,提高了氮碱比;黄膜处理显著降低了中上部叶蛋白质、总氮、烟碱和多酚含量,提高了上部叶施木克值、降低了氮碱比。研究表明,红、蓝膜处理更利于烟叶发育和光合特性的提高,初烤烟叶化学成分更协调,利于优质烟叶的形成。     

Mutation of Candida tropicalis by irradiation with a He-Ne laser to increase its ability to degrade phenol

Candida tropicalis isolated from acclimated activated sludge was used in this study. Cell suspensions with 5 x 10(7) cells ml(-1) were irradiated by using a He-Ne laser. After mutagenesis, the irradiated cell suspension was diluted and plated on yeast extract-peptone-dextrose (YEPD) medium. Plates with approximately 20 individual colonies were selected, and all individual colonies were harvested for phenol biodegradation. The phenol biodegradation stabilities for 70 phenol biodegradation-positive mutants, mutant strains CTM 1 to 70, ranked according to their original phenol biodegradation potentials, were tested continuously during transfers. Finally, mutant strain CTM 2, which degraded 2,600 mg liter(-1) phenol within 70.5 h, was obtained on the basis of its capacity and hereditary stability for phenol biodegradation. The phenol hydroxylase gene sequences were cloned in wild and mutant strains. The results showed that four amino acids were mutated by irradiation with a laser. In order to compare the activity of phenol hydroxylase in wild and mutant strains, their genes were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) and enzyme activities were spectrophotometrically determined. It was clear that the activity of phenol hydroxylase was promoted after irradiation with a He-Ne laser. In addition, the cell growth and intrinsic phenol biodegradation kinetics of mutant strain CTM 2 in batch cultures were also described by Haldane's kinetic equation with a wide range of initial phenol concentrations from 0 to 2,600 mg liter(-1). The specific growth and degradation rates further demonstrated that the CTM 2 mutant strain possessed a higher capacity to resist phenol toxicity than wild C. tropicalis did.     

Influence of various phenolic compounds on phenol hydroxylase activity of a Trichosporon cutaneum strain

The phenol-degrading strain Trichosporon cutaneum R57 utilizes various aromatic and aliphatic compounds as a sole carbon and energy source. The intracellular activities of phenol hydroxylase [EC 1.14.13.7] of a Trichosporon cutaneum R57 strain grown on phenol (0.5 g/l) were measured. Different toxic phenol derivatives (cresols, nitrophenols and hydroxyphenols) were used as substrates in the reaction mixture for determination of the enzyme activity. The data obtained showed that the investigated enzyme was capable to hydroxylate all applied aromatic substrates. The measured activities of phenol hydroxylase varied significantly depending on the aromatic compounds used as substrates. The rate of phenol hydroxylase activity with phenol as a substrate (1.0 U/mg total cell protein) was accepted as 100%.     

Reaction of Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Cultivars to Monosporascus cannonballus (Pollack & Uecker) and their Effect on Total Phenol,Total Protein and Peroxidase Activities

Eighteen melon cultivars were screened for resistance to Monosporascus cannonballus under greenhouse conditions. The melon cultivars were grown in pasteurized sand, which had been inoculated with a high level (60 CFUs/g of soil) of M. cannonballus mycelium from culture. Cultivars Nabijani, Sfidak khatdar, Sfidak bekhat, Ghandak, Mollamosai, Chappat, Hajmashallahi and Shadgan were moderately resistant to M. cannonballus but all other melon cultivars were moderately to highly susceptible (HS) to this pathogen. A second screening was performed for resistance to M. cannonballus under greenhouse conditions. In the second screening, cultivars Nabijani, Sfidak khatdar, Sfidak bekhat, Ghandak, Mollamosai, Chappat, Hajmashallahi and Shadgan were moderately resistant to M. cannonballus. To examine the melon resistance mechanism against M. cannonballus, the activities of total phenol, total protein and peroxidase in two melon cultivars Nabijani (as resistant) and Khaghani (as susceptible) were determined at 0, 24, 48 and 72 h after inoculation. Inoculated resistant cultivar roots had always higher content of total phenol, total protein and peroxidase than the corresponding inoculated susceptible cultivar roots. The results indicated that there was a relationship between resistance in Nabijani and accumulation of total phenol, total protein and peroxidase.     

Identification of proteins from wild cardoon flowers (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Cynara cardunculus L.</Emphasis>) by a proteomic approach

Proteomic approach was applied to identify total proteins, particularly the enzymatic content, from wild cardoon flowers. As the selection of an appropriate sample preparation method is the key for getting reliable results, two different extraction/precipitation methods (trichloroacetic acid and phenol/ammonium acetate) were tested on fresh and lyophilized flowers. After two-dimensional electrophoresis (2D–E) separations, a better protein pattern was obtained after phenol extraction from lyophilized flowers. Only 46 % of the total analyzed spots resulted in a protein identification by mass spectrometry MALDI-TOF. Four proteases (cardosins A, E, G, and H), which have become a subject of great interest in dairy technology, were identified. They presented molecular weights and isoelectric points very close and high levels of homology between matched peptides sequences. The absence of the other cardosins (B, C, D, and F) could be an advantage, as it reduces the excessive proteolytic activity that causes bitter flavors and texture defects, during cheese making.     

Combined solvent and water activity stresses on turgor regulation and membrane adaptation in Oceanimonas baumannii ATCC 700832

Oceanimonas baumannii ATCC 700832 is a Gram negative marine bacterium capable of utilising phenol as a sole carbon source. The ability of the bacterium to tolerate low water activity when utilising either succinate or phenol as a substrate in minimal medium was studied. The membrane lipid and protein composition showed two discreet adaptive phases as salinity increased. Firstly, when NaCl concentration was increased from 0.15% (w/v), the minimum at which growth was observed, to 1% NaCl (w/v), the ratio of zwitterionic to anionic phospholipids in the membrane increased significantly. At the same time the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids and the total membrane protein decreased significantly. The second phase was observed when salinity was increased from 1% to 7% NaCl (w/v) as the ratio of zwitterionic to anionic phospholipids decreased and membrane protein increased. However, the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids was unaffected. Salinity also affected the tolerance of cultures to elevated levels of phenol. Cultures grown in 0.15% NaCl (w/v) could tolerate 12 mM phenol, whereas in the presence of 1% NaCl (w/v) cultures continued to grow in up to 20 mM phenol and in 7% NaCl (w/v) cultures 8 mM phenol could be tolerated. Changes to the composition of the membrane phospholipids and fatty acids were also observed when phenol concentrations were at the maximum that could be tolerated. Under such conditions the ratio of zwitterionic to anionic phospholipids decreased twofold compared to cultures utilising 4 mM phenol as the substrate, in all salinities except in 7% NaCl (w/v) cultures, where there was no significant effect. The ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids increased significantly in all salinities compared to cultures grown with 4 mM phenol. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Performance characterization of a model bioreactor for the biodegradation of trichloroethylene by Pseudomonas cepacia G4.

Pseudomonas cepacia G4 grown in chemostats with phenol demonstrated constant specific degradation rates for both phenol and trichloroethylene (TCE) over a range of dilution rates. Washout of cells from chemostats was evident at a dilution rate of 0.2 h-1 at 28 degrees C. Increased phenol concentrations in the nutrient feed led to increased biomass production with constant specific degradation rates for both phenol and TCE. The addition of lactate to the phenol feed led to increased biomass production but lowered specific phenol and TCE degradation rates. The maximum potential for TCE degradation was about 1.1 g per day per g of cell protein. Cell growth and degradation kinetic parameters were used in the design of a recirculating bioreactor for TCE degradation. In this reactor, the total amount of TCE degraded increased as either reaction time or biomass was increased. TCE degradation was observed up to 300 microM TCE with no significant decreases in rates. On the average, this reactor was able to degrade 0.7 g of TCE per day per g of cell protein. These results demonstrate the feasibility of TCE bioremediation through the use of bioreactors.