怀槐细胞悬浮培养的结构化动力学模型

为探明怀槐细胞生长、异黄酮染料木素合成与底物消耗间的关系,建立了怀槐细胞悬浮培养的结构化动力学模型。模型预测分析了胞内外的蔗糖代谢、胞内结构组分变化、胞内中间组分的变化、细胞呼吸损失以及胞内外异黄酮染料木素的合成情况。模型各参数灵敏度的分析表明kM_b1、k_b2 和k_p是最为灵敏的参数,其调节10%时,目标函数变化的最大比例分别达12.8%、4.61%和2.54%,其它参数对目标函数变化的影响均小于0.5%。该模型预测值与实验值具有较好的吻合性。     

用神经网络和遗传算法优化怀槐悬浮细胞合成异黄酮

为了获得怀槐悬浮细胞合成异黄酮的最适培养条件 ,采用ANNs(人工神经网络 )结合RAGA(实数编码加速遗传算法 )对培养基组成进行全局寻优。培养基中影响异黄酮染料木素产率的主要组成是KNO3、(NH₄)₂SO₄ 、2 ,4 D和 6 BA。在它们的有效作用浓度范围内 ,用随机10组培养基组合及细胞染料木素产率为输入和输出由ANNs对数据建模 ,由RAGA优化模型参数。建立的优化模型准确性高 ,依赖模型由RAGA全局寻优获得的最佳培养基组合是149.68mg L (NH₄)₂SO₄ 、2.936 1.0mg LKNO3、0.01mg L 2 ,4 D和 0.19mg L6-BA ,染料木素产率达14.13mg L ,与模型预测值的误差为 7.38%。结果表明 ,运用神经网络结合遗传算法优化怀槐细胞合成异黄酮的培养条件是可行的 ,优化后的培养基使怀槐细胞异黄酮合成能力比优化前有很大的提高.     

大豆异黄酮对大鼠乳腺癌细胞内cAMP/PKA信号途径的影响

本实验研究了大豆异黄酮对SHZ-88大鼠乳腺癌细胞内cAMP／PKA信号途径的影响。实验设3组：空白对照组、50μg／ml大豆黄酮及15μg／ml染料木素组。采用放射免疫测定法（RIA）检测了胞内cAMP的浓度、腺苷酸环化酶（adenylate cyclase,AC）和磷酸二酯酶（phosphodiesterase,PDE）的活性,用（γ-^32P）ATP掺入法测定cAMP依赖性PKA的活性,半定量RT-PCR法分析cAMP反应元件结合蛋白（cAMP response element binding protein,CREB）mRNA表达的变化。结果表明：在处理后5min,大豆黄酮组和染料木素组细胞的cAMP浓度分别比对照组升高了9．5％和11．0％（P〈0．05）：10min时,分别比对照组升高31．0％和40.3％（P〈0．01）。3组细胞的AC活性在处理时间内没有明显变化。但在处理后5min,大豆黄酮组和染料木素组细胞的PDE活性分别降至对照组的71．8％和71．6％（P〈0．05）。处理后20min,大豆黄酮组和染料木素组细胞PKA活性分别上升到对照组的125．8％和122．3％（P〈0．05）;到40min时仍维持在高水平。大豆黄酮组和染料木素组细胞CREB mRNA的表达量在处理后3h分别比对照组增加31．6％和51．1％（P〈0．05）;6h后开始下降。这些结果提示,大豆异黄酮能够激活大鼠乳腺癌细胞内cAMP／PKA信号途径;而且是通过抑制磷酸二酯酶的活性,导致胞内cAMP浓度升高而实现的。     

黑龙江省野生和栽培大豆异黄酮与其组分相关性分析

利用高效液相色谱法（HPLC）检测了黑龙江省556份不同生态区以及不同类型大豆的异黄酮、大豆苷和染料木苷含量,其中野生大豆243份,栽培大豆313份。结果表明：野生大豆异黄酮含量高于栽培大豆,同时筛选出高异黄酮含量种质3份,低异黄酮含量种质2份。异黄酮、大豆苷和染料木苷含量三者问的相关分析表明,大豆异黄酮含量与大豆苷含量及染料木苷含量、大豆苷含量与染料木苷含量均呈极显著正相关。     

高效液相色谱(HPLC)技术鉴定中国南方大豆品种异黄酮主要组分

采用高效液相色谱(HPLC)技术检测中国南方六个省份的249份大豆品种异黄酮主要组分含量.结果显示大豆籽粒中可检测出6种主要的异黄酮组分,分别为大豆甙(Daidzin)、甲氧基黄豆甙原(Glycitin)、染料木甙(Genistin)、丙二酰基大豆甙(Malonyldaidzin)、丙二酰基黄豆甙原(Malonylglycitin)和丙二酰基染料木甙(Malonylgenistin).各组分中以丙二酰基(Malonyl)异黄酮组分含量最高(61.2%),且各组分间相关极显著.大豆品种间异黄酮含量变异较大,变异系数达49.6%.来自江苏省的品种海门红黄豆乙异黄酮含量最高(4932.3μg/g),品种宝应等西风含量最低(367.1μg/g).不同省份间异黄酮含量差异极显著,来自浙江省的大豆品种平均含量最高(2717.2μg/g),来自安徽省的平均含量最低(1181.8μg/g).异黄酮含量与生育期呈极显著正相关(r=0.319* * *),与百粒重呈显著正相关(r=0.132*),而与脂肪含量(r=-0.45* * *)和蛋白质含量(r=-0.136)呈负相关.     

代表性大豆种质异黄酮主要组分含量鉴定

采用HPLC检测方法,对100份不同来源的代表性大豆种质进行异黄酮含量分析,结果显示大豆种质中主要含有6种异黄酮组分,分别为黄豆苷（D）、黄豆黄苷（GL）、染料木苷（G）、丙二酰基黄豆苷（MD）、丙二酰基黄豆黄苷（MGL）和丙二酰基染料木苷（MG）,且异黄酮含量在不同生态区间和品种间均存在显著差异,变异丰富;南方产区大豆品种的异黄酮总含量最高（2465.48ug/g）,黄淮大豆产区次之（2308.48ug/g）,北方大豆产区最低（1705.89ug/g）;6 种主要异黄酮组分含量的变异系数变化范围为33.44%～52.03%。相关分析表明异黄酮总含量与各主要组分含量之间均呈极显著正相关,与脂肪含量呈极显著负相关（r = -0.323**）。在此基础上,筛选出高异黄酮含量的大豆种质2份,分别为平顶黑豆（4459.91 ug/g）和PI-567479（4073.95 ug/g）,低异黄酮含量的大豆种质2份,分别为茶色豆（857.74 ug/g）和牡丰1号（922.82 ug/g）,可以用于大豆异黄酮育种或遗传研究。     

我国不同产地红车轴草异黄酮含量的测定

本文通过HPLC法首次对产于我国11省的红车轴草中7种主要异黄酮单体含量进行了测定,结果表明,7种异黄酮总量变化范围为0.105%~1.725%。7种异黄酮单体含量随产地变化较显著,德鸢尾素、红车轴草素、毛蕊异黄酮、芒柄花素、大豆黄素、染料木素和鸡豆黄素A的含量变化范围分别为:0~0.189%、0~0.066%、0.020%~0.076%、0.004%~0.948%、0~0.089%、0.020%~0.073%和0~0.424%。     

兔肠道大豆异黄酮还原菌株的分离鉴定及其转化特性

【目的】从兔新鲜粪样中分离对大豆异黄酮黄豆苷原和染料木素具有转化作用的特定细菌菌株。【方法】在厌氧工作站内对獭兔新鲜粪样进行梯度稀释后涂板,挑取单菌落与底物黄豆苷原和染料木素分别厌氧混合培养,用高效液相色谱检测底物被转化情况。【结果】分离得到一株对大豆异黄酮黄豆苷原和染料木素均具有转化作用的革兰氏阳性严格厌氧细菌菌株AUH-JLR41(KJ188150)。根据产物的高效液相保留时间、紫外吸收图谱和质谱分析结果,将菌株AUH-JLR41代谢底物黄豆苷原和染料木素生成的产物分别鉴定为二氢黄豆苷原和二氢染料木素。经手性高效液相系统检测,产物二氢黄豆苷原和二氢染料木素均呈现两个等面积物质峰,表明这两个产物的对映体过量率均为0。通过转化动态研究发现,菌株AUH-JLR41分别在底物黄豆苷原和染料木素加入48 h和72 h后将底物全部转化为产物,该菌株能转化底物黄豆苷原和染料木素的最大浓度均为0.6 mmol/L。经BLAST比对,菌株AUH-JLR41的16S r RNA基因序列与斯奈克氏菌属菌株Slackia equolifaciens DZE(EU377663)的相似性高达99.6%。【结论】兔肠道分离的斯奈克氏菌属菌株Slackia sp.AUH-JLR41在厌氧条件下能将大豆异黄酮黄豆苷原和染料木素分别还原为二氢黄豆苷原和二氢染料木素。     

高效液相色谱法测定大豆乳清提取物中大豆异黄酮的含量

建立了大豆乳清提取物中大豆异黄酮含量的高效液相色谱测定方法。采用Nova-Pak C₁₈（3.9×150 mm,4 μm）色谱柱;以甲醇：0.4%磷酸=30：70（v/v）为流动相分析染料木苷和黄豆苷;流速为0.7 mL·min^-1;柱温为30℃;检测波长为260 nm。试验结果表明,大豆乳清提取物中的大豆异黄酮含量为72.5%,其组成以染料木苷和黄豆苷为主,二者比例接近1∶1,苷元型大豆异黄酮未检出。染料木苷和黄豆苷的平均回收率分别为98.1%和98.4%,相对标准偏差（RSD）分别为0.7%（n=5）和0.8%(n=5)。该方法快速、准确、重复性好。     

忍冬木层孔菌液体培养过程中多酚含量及抗氧化活性研究

忍冬木层孔菌是木层孔菌属的一种药用真菌,目前对它的研究少有报道。以液体培养为基础,研究忍冬木层孔菌培养过程中生物量、胞内外多酚含量的变化,以及胞内外提取物抗氧化活性的变化。结果显示,菌丝体生物量在培养168–216h时达到最大值（8.33g/L）;胞内多酚和胞外多酚含量分别在216h和168h时达到最大值（15.60mg GAE/g和106.76mg GAE/L）;液体培养胞内外提取物的抗氧化活性与多酚含量正相关,多酚含量高时提取物对DPPH[1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical 2,2-Diphenyl-1-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)hydrazyl]自由基的抑制率也高。     

A model that links growth and secondary metabolite production in plant cell suspension cultures

Plant cell suspensions of grape cells (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Gamay Fréaux) were grown in shake flasks operated both in the batch and semicontinuous mode. A mathematical model was developed to describe grape cell growth, sucrose uptake, and secondary metabolite (anthocyanin) production. Parameters were estimated from batch studies data. The model was able to predict results for semicontinuous experiments by only modifying the value of four of these parameters. The modified parameters (maximum specific rate of biomass production, maximum specific rate of substrate consumption for maintenance, maximum specific rate of anthocyanin production, and degradation constant of anthocyanins) were related to the kinetics rather than to the yield of the process. The model introduces the concept of primary and secondary metabolism substrate concentration-dependent competition for precursors. Further, the model was able to predict the evolution of the cell system when substrate is scarce, as the value of the different kinetic constants determines the portion of substrate that is used for biomass production, secondary metabolite production, and cell maintenance. (c) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Application of a new structured model to tobacco cell cultures

A new structured kinetic model has been formulated and applied to batch suspensions of Nicotiana tabacum. This model has been developed by representing culture interactions with pathways designated for structural component production, secondary metabolite synthesis, and cellular respiration. Additional provisions were made to distinguish growth-competitive secondary metabolite production from non-growth-competitive secondary metabolite production. Parameters for kinetic rate expressions within the model were estimated based upon experimental observations utilized in conjunction with numerical optimization techniques. Using these parameters, culture growth, substrate uptake, cell respiration, and total phenolics production were all successfully correlated to experimenta data from shake flask cultures of N. tabacum.     

A set of nearest neighbor parameters for predicting the enthalpy change of RNA secondary structure formation

A complete set of nearest neighbor parameters to predict the enthalpy change of RNA secondary structure formation was derived. These parameters can be used with available free energy nearest neighbor parameters to extend the secondary structure prediction of RNA sequences to temperatures other than 37°C. The parameters were tested by predicting the secondary structures of sequences with known secondary structure that are from organisms with known optimal growth temperatures. Compared with the previous set of enthalpy nearest neighbor parameters, the sensitivity of base pair prediction improved from 65.2 to 68.9% at optimal growth temperatures ranging from 10 to 60°C. Base pair probabilities were predicted with a partition function and the positive predictive value of structure prediction is 90.4% when considering the base pairs in the lowest free energy structure with pairing probability of 0.99 or above. Moreover, a strong correlation is found between the predicted melting temperatures of RNA sequences and the optimal growth temperatures of the host organism. This indicates that organisms that live at higher temperatures have evolved RNA sequences with higher melting temperatures.     

Effects of simulated browsing on growth and leaf chemical properties in Colophospermum mopane saplings

Browsing intensity influences a plant's response to herbivory. Plants face a trade-off between investment in the production of secondary compounds and investment in growth. To elucidate this trade-off, we simulated four browsing intensities (0%, 50%, 75% and 100%) on mopane saplings, Colophospermum mopane (J.Kirk ex Benth.) J.Léonard, in a greenhouse experiment. This showed that, with increasing defoliation intensity, plants change their investment strategy. At intermediate levels of defoliation (50%), mopane saplings increased the synthesis of condensed tannins, so that tannin concentrations followed a hump-shaped relation with defoliation intensity, with significantly higher tannin concentration at intermediate defoliation levels. When defoliated heavily (75% and 100%), tannin concentrations dropped, and plants were carbon stressed as indicated by a reduced growth rate of the stem diameter, and leaf production and mean individual leaf mass were reduced. This suggests that, at intermediate defoliation intensity, the strategy of the plants is towards induced chemical defences. With increasing defoliation, the relative costs of the secondary metabolite synthesis become too high, and therefore, the plants change their growing strategy. Hence, browsers should be able to benefit from earlier browsing by either adopting a low or a relatively high browsing pressure.     

The mechanism of superoxide production by the antimycin-inhibited mitochondrial Q-cycle

Superoxide production from antimycin-inhibited complex III in isolated mitochondria first increased to a maximum then decreased as substrate supply was modulated in three different ways. In each case, superoxide production had a similar bell-shaped relationship to the reduction state of cytochrome b(566), suggesting that superoxide production peaks at intermediate Q-reduction state because it comes from a semiquinone in the outer quinone-binding site in complex III (Q(o)). Imposition of a membrane potential changed the relationships between superoxide production and b(566) reduction and between b(562) and b(566) redox states, suggesting that b(562) reduction also affects semiquinone concentration and superoxide production. To assess whether this behavior was consistent with the Q-cycle mechanism of complex III, we generated a kinetic model of the antimycin-inhibited Q(o) site. Using published rate constants (determined without antimycin), with unknown rate constants allowed to vary, the model failed to fit the data. However, when we allowed the rate constant for quinol oxidation to decrease 1000-fold and the rate constant for semiquinone oxidation by b(566) to depend on the b(562) redox state, the model fit the energized and de-energized data well. In such fits, quinol oxidation was much slower than literature values and slowed further when b(566) was reduced, and reduction of b(562) stabilized the semiquinone when b(566) was oxidized. Thus, superoxide production at Q(o) depends on the reduction states of b(566) and b(562) and fits the Q-cycle only if particular rate constants are altered when b oxidation is prevented by antimycin. These mechanisms limit superoxide production and short circuiting of the Q-cycle when electron transfer slows.     

Metabolic processes involved with sugar alcohol and secondary metabolite production in the hyperaccumulator lichen Diploschistes muscorum reveal its complex adaptation strategy against heavy-metal stress

The synthesis of various unique secondary metabolites by lichens is the result of mutualistic symbiotic association between the mycobiont and autotrophic photobiont. The function of these compounds and causal factors for their production are not fully understood. This paper examines the effect of heavy-metal bioaccumulation and physiological parameters related to photosynthesis and carbon metabolism on the production of lichen substances in hyperaccumulator Diploschistes muscorum. The obtained model of secondary metabolite concentrations in the thalli demonstrates that the carbon source provided by the photobiont and associated polyols produced by the mycobiont have positive impact on the production; on the contrary, the increased intracellular load of heavy metals and excessive loss of cell membrane integrity adversely affected secondary metabolite contents. Additionally, the production of secondary metabolites appears to be more dependent on intracellular metal concentrations than on soil pollution level. To compensate for metal stress, both efficient functioning of algal component and sufficient production of secondary metabolites are required. The balanced physiological functioning of mycobiont and photobiont constitutes the complex protective mechanism to alleviate the harmful effects of heavy metal stress on primary and secondary metabolism of lichens.     

Differential translation of the genes encoding the proton-translocating ATPase of Escherichia coli

Translation of the gene for the b subunit of the Escherichia coli proton-translocating ATPase has been examined. Oligonucleotide-directed site-specific mutagenesis was used to mutate certain nucleotides in the intergenic region between uncE (c) and uncF (b). One of the changes was predicted to lower the stability of a proposed stem structure which blocked the ribosome binding site of the uncF mRNA segment. The result of the mutation is a nearly 3-fold increase in the rate of synthesis of the b polypeptide. Another mutation was introduced which changed the initiation codon for uncF from GUG to AUG. This change resulted in an approximately 2-fold increase in the synthesis rate of the b polypeptide. These results suggest that secondary structure in the mRNA and the use of a less efficient initiation codon play a role in restricting translation initiation of the uncF mRNA segment. These mechanisms may, in part, explain how the polypeptides of the ATPase complex are synthesized in approximately the same relative amounts as they appear in the assembled complex.     

Parametric analysis of metabolic fluxes of α-amylase and protease-producing Bacillus subtilis

Parametric analysis was applied for a metabolic flux model for the fed-batch culture of Bacillus subtilis producing recombinant α-amylase and protease. The metabolic flux model was formulated as a linear programming problem consisting of 49 reactions (decision variables) and 50 metabolites (equality constraints). This study was aimed to determine the response of the metabolic fluxes and objective function value of minimizing the difference between ATP consumption and ATP production (ATP balance). With regard to intracellular metabolite accumulation, the objective function value was least sensitive to variation in succinate and most sensitive to variation in malate. Amongst the variations in the accumulation rates of extracellular metabolites, the objective function value was least sensitive to variation in glutamate and most sensitive to variation in starch hydrolysis and triglyceride synthesis. A 10% variation in metabolite accumulation rates caused a maximum of 13.8% variation (standard error = 3.8%) in the objective function value.     

Sequence analysis of the 181-kb accessory plasmid pSmeSM11b, isolated from a dominant Sinorhizobium meliloti strain identified during a long-term field release experiment

The 181 251 bp accessory plasmid pSmeSM11b of Sinorhizobium meliloti strain SM11, belonging to a dominant indigenous S. meliloti subpopulation identified during a long-term field release experiment, was sequenced. This plasmid has 166 coding sequences (CDSs), 42% of which encode proteins with homology to proteins of known function. Plasmid pSmeSM11b is a member of the repABC replicon family and contains a large gene region coding for a conjugation system similar to that of other self-transmissible plasmids in Rhizobium and Agrobacterium. Another pSmeSM11b gene region, possibly involved in sugar metabolism and polysaccharide catabolism, resembled a region of S. meliloti 1021 megaplasmid pSymB and in the genome of Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419. Another module of plasmid pSmeSM11b encodes proteins similar to those of the nitrogen-fixing actinomycete Frankia CcI3, and which are likely to be involved in the synthesis of a secondary metabolite. Several ORFs of pSmeSM11b were predicted to play a role in nonribosomal peptide synthesis. Plasmid pSmeSM11b has many mobile genetic elements, which contribute to the mosaic composition of the plasmid.