水杨酸对陈化马铃薯切片交替途径活性的诱导作用

在马铃薯切片陈化过程中,总呼吸速率（Ｖｔ）和交替途径容量（Ｖａｌｔ）分别升高了５倍和２８倍,但交替途径在无ＫＣＮ存在下几乎不运行。用２０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ的水杨酸处理陈化切片可引起总呼吸速率和交替途径容量的少量增加,但交替途径的运行却明显加强。水杨酸的这种促进作用在Ｐｅｒｃｏｌｌ纯化的线粒体中也有出现。马铃薯切片中交替途径运行的增加导致了线粒体呼吸控制比及ＡＤＰ／Ｏ的下降。这些都表明水杨酸对马铃薯切片陈化过程中抗氰交替途径的活性具有诱导作用。     

Influence of Abscisic Acid on Nitrate Accumulation and Nitrate Reductase Activity in Potato Tuber Slices

Abscisic acid (ABA) at concentrations of 1 to 10 µg.ml^–1suppressed development of nitrate reductase activity in freshtuber slices of Solanum tuberosum L. incubated in KNO₃. Suppressionof activity was evident after 3 hr and continued for 20 hr beforerecovery. This recovery may be due to inactivation of the hormone.Nitrate accumulation was enhanced by ABA. At exogenous NO₃ levelsof 0.1 to 5 mM, the hormone enhanced both NO₃ accumulation andnitrate reductase activity. When applied 24 hr after incubation in NO₃, ABA promoted a markeddecline in enzyme activity in the absence of exogenous NO₃,but was less effective in the presence of NO₃. Slices incubatedin NO₃ and ABA also exhibited increased loss of enzyme activityupon removal of NO₃. Preincubating slices in the hormone for24 hr in a NO₃- free medium resulted in stimulation of nitratereductase activity. Addition of NO₃ resulted in a marked stimulationof enzyme activity over a period of 8–10 hr. The ABA response is not related to tissue levels of free aminoacids and is not affected by different NO₃ sources. These resultssuggest the ABA effect on nitrate reductase activity is influencedby NO₃ status of the cells. Where external NO₃ levels are lowit stimulated NRA while it inhibited activity where NO₃ contentis high. (Received May 12, 1981; Accepted October 12, 1981)     

The Fate of Patatin and Its mRNA in Slices of Potato Tuber

The fate of patatin mRNA was investigated in slices of potatotuber since this mRNA appeared to be a potential example ofa preexisting mRNA that is involved in the rapid formation ofpolysomes which occurs in such slices. Levels of patatin, whichis the major storage protein in mature potato tubers, decreasedslightly during the first 4 h after slicing but remained constantfor the next 44 h. Analysis of products of in vitro translationshowed that patatin mRNA was present and stable in the tubercells even after several months of storage. The translationalactivity of patatin mRNA relative to total translational activityin total cellular RNA fraction increased transiently duringthe first hour and then decreased rapidly to undetectable levelswithin 6 h. By contrast, the activity in polysomal RNA fractiondecreased immediately after slicing. The difference betweenthe relative activities of patatin mRNA in total and polysomalRNA fractions during the first hour suggests that the extentof incorporation of patatin mRNA into polysomes was not in directproportion to its abundance in the cells of the slices. Additionof actinomycin D to the slices did not prevent the transientincrease in the translational activity of patatin mRNA in totalRNA fraction at 1 h, indicating that the transient increasewas not due to synthesis of patatin mRNA de novo after slicing.However, the inhibitor prevented the degradation of patatinmRNA in the slices. This result indicates that the synthesisof new mRNAs is necessary for the degradation of patatin mRNA. ¹Present address: Aburahi Laboratories, Shionogi and Co., Ltd.,Koka-cho, Shiga, 520-34 Japan (Received June 30, 1989; Accepted May 9, 1990)     

Sequential Induction of mRNAs for Phenylalanine Ammonia-lyase in Slices of Potato Tuber

Induction of the mRNA that encodes for phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL, EC 4.3.1.5 [EC] ), which catalyzes the first reaction in thebiosynthesis of a wide variety of phenylpropanoid natural productsfrom phenylalanine, was investigated in. wounded tuber tissuesof the potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Irish Cobbler). Northernblot analysis showed that hybridizable RNA was not present inunwounded tissue, but the amount of hybridizable PAL-specificmRNA increased rapidly in the polysomal RNA fraction with asharp, high peak at the early stage (0 h to 6 h) and two broadlower peaks at the later stage (6 h to 48 h) of the wound response.Addition of actinomycin D to the tissue prevented the appearanceof hybridizable mRNA in the total RNA fraction, confirming thatthe increase resulted from synthesis of PAL mRNA de novo. Levelsof translatable PAL mRNA activity in vitro increased in thepolysomal RNA fraction in parallel with the changes in levelsof hybridizable mRNA, with a subsequent increase in levels ofPAL subunit polypeptides and enzymatic activity in wounded tissues.PAL subunits synthesized both in vivo and in vitro had the samemolecular masses, of about 79 kDa, on SDS-polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis, but isoelectric focusing revealed the presenceof isoforms of the native tetrameric enzyme with different pIvalues and changes in the relative levels of the isoforms afterwounding. Furthermore, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis ofPAL subunits synthesized in vitro showed that at least eightmRNAs that encoded subunit isoforms with different pI valueswere expressed sequentially after wounding. (Received May 24, 1990; Accepted October 24, 1990)     

丙酮酸对陈化马铃薯块茎切片线粒体抗氰呼吸的激活作用

用从陈化马铃薯切片纯化的线粒体进行实验发现：丙酮酸对总呼吸只有微弱的刺激作用,但可明显激活抗氰呼吸,并显著增强抗氰呼吸对总呼吸的贡献;丙酮酸对抗氰呼吸的激活作用可通过洗涤线粒体除去,重新加入丙酮酸又对抗氰呼吸产生激活作用;丙酮酸对抗氰呼吸的半最大激活浓度约为1．0mmol／L。上述结果表明丙酮酸对植物线粒体抗氰呼吸的激活作用可能具有普遍性。     

Mechanism of the Increase in Succinate Dehydrogenase Activity in Wounded Sweet Potato Root Tissue

The large subunit (mol wt: 65,000) of sweet potato succinatedehydrogenase was isolated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresisof a succinate dehydrogenase preparation, which had been partiallypurified from root mitochondria by solubilizing the enzyme withEmulgen 810, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, and polyacrylamidegel electrophoresis. Antibody to the purified large subunitwas produced in a rabbit, and the antiserum obtained was judgedto be specific to the large subunit based on the results ofdouble immunodiffusion tests and immunoelectrophoresis. Rocketimmunoelectrophoresis with the antiserum showed that the increasein succinate dehydrogenase activity during the ageing of sliced,sweet potato root tissue was due to an increase in the amountof enzyme protein. Both the increases in the activity of succinatedehydrogenase and in the amount of the large subunit proteinwere inhibited by cycloheximide or chloramphenicol. We proposethat synthesis of the large subunit of succinate dehydrogenaseon cytoplasmic ribosomes is controlled by a mitochondrial translationproduct(s). ¹ This work was supported in part by a research fund from TheIshida Foundation, Nagoya, Japan. (Received November 28, 1981; Accepted February 17, 1982)     

水杨酸对陈化马铃薯切片乙烯产生的促进作用 (英)

外源水杨酸（talicylicacid,SA）处理可明显促进陈化马铃薯切片的乙烯产生。SA促进乙烯产生的作用强度与SA浓度。pH值、陈化温度以及块茎的生理状态有关：在90μmol－1内,作用强度与SA浓度呈正相关;30℃下的作用强于20℃下的作用;pH6．4的SA溶液作用最强;对休眠块茎切片的作用强于破除休眠块茎切片。     

Unraveling the Activation Mechanism of the Potato Tuber ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase

ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase regulates the synthesis of glycogen in bacteria and of starch in plants. The enzyme from plants is mainly activated by 3-phosphoglycerate and is a heterotetramer comprising two small and two large subunits. Here, we found that two highly conserved residues are critical for triggering the activation of the potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, as shown by site-directed mutagenesis. Mutations in the small subunit, which bears the catalytic function in this potato tuber form, had a more dramatic effect on disrupting the allosteric activation than those introduced in the large subunit, which is mainly modulatory. Our results strongly agree with a model where the modified residues are located in loops responsible for triggering the allosteric activation signal for this enzyme, and the sensitivity to this activation correlates with the dynamics of these loops. In addition, previous biochemical data indicates that the triggering mechanism is widespread in the enzyme family, even though the activator and the quaternary structure are not conserved.     

Mechanism of the Increase in Catalase Activity through Microbody Development in Wounded Sweet Potato Root Tissue

An increase in catalase activity accompanied by microbody developmentin wounded sweet potato root tissue was investigated with aspecific antibody against sweet potato catalase. The increasewas completely inhibited by cycloheximide. Analysis with singleradial immunodiffusion method showed that protein immunoprecipitatedby the antibody increased in wounded tissue, indicating theinvolvement of de novo synthesis of catalase protein in theactivity-increase. The activity-increase was, however, moreremarkable than the increase in immunoreactive protein and thisresults in an increase in specific catalase activity in woundedtissue, indicating the presence in intact tissue of an inertor less active protein, immunologically analogous to catalase.Actually, immunological analysis showed the presence in intacttissue of an immunoreactive protein which differed from activecatalase protein in the mobility on a polyacrylamide gel andprobably also in the molecular weight of subunit. The immunoreactiveprotein seemed to exist in a significant amount outside themicrobodies in intact tissue cells. Thus, there is a possibilitythat the increase in catalase activity in wounded tissue ispartly due to activation of the immunoreactive protein. (Received October 16, 1982; Accepted February 24, 1983)     

Inhibition of the Development of Induced Respiration and Cyanide-insensitive Respiration in Potato Tuber Slices by Cerulenin and Dimethylaminoethanol

The interdependence of the development of wound-induced respiration and membrane-related phospholipid biosynthesis in potato tuber (Solanum tuberosum var. Russet) slices was established by the use of agents which selectively affect lipid and phospholipid synthesis. Cerulenin, a specific inhibitor of de novo fatty acid synthesis, inhibited the ultimate development of wound-induced respiration and of cyanide resistance only when given in the critical first 10 to 12 hours of slice aging. Similarly, when slices were exposed to the choline analogue dimethylaminoethanol within the first 10 hours, the phospholipid composition of the membrane lipids was drastically altered, the wound-induced respiration in a 24-hr period was substantially curtailed, and the development of cyanide insensitivity was sharply inhibited. These observations indicate that time-restricted membrane-related phospholipid synthesis is prerequisite to the development of wound-induced respiration and concurrent cyanide insensitivity.     

Physiological Gradients in the Potato Tuber

The distribution of the major cations and anions, together with citric acid, malic acid and iron, has been studied in tubers of Solanum tuberosum cv. Golden Wonder, by analysis of longitudinal cores divided into 16 equal cylindrical sections. In immature daughter tubers the constituents studied were evenly distributed along the tuber, but in mature tubers a considerable polarity had developed. The concentrations of potassium, phosphorus and citric acid each rose from the heel to the rose end of the tuber. Iron showed a gradient in the opposite direction. These gradients were maintained in sprouting tubers, and although after 25 days the levels of these constituents were reduced, the patterns of distribution were unchanged. In the exhausted mother tubers all these constituents were much depleted and only potassium exhibited any pattern of polar distribution. Malic acid was barely detectable at any stage, and calcium, sodium, magnesium, chloride, sulphate and nitrate were always at low levels and showed no polarity of distribution. At each developmental stage potassium was correlated with the difference in electrical potential measured between cells at points across the tuber. A close correlation was apparent between potassium and citric acid content in young, mature and sprouting tubers. In all stages a considerable discrepancy existed between total anions and total cations and this was attributed to the presence of organic acids other than citric acid.     

Physiological Mechanisms of a Sub-Systemic Oxidative Burst Triggered by Elicitor-Induced Local Oxidative Burst in Potato Tuber Slices

Physiological mechanisms of triggering and occurrence of a short-distancesystemic (sub-systemic) oxidative burst (OXB) caused by inductionof local OXB induced by the elicitor were investigated usingpotato tuber tissues. The sub-systemic OXB was detected as luminol-mediatedchemiluminescence (CL) on the non-treated side of tissue slicesfollowing a transient appearance of local OXB on the other sidedirectly treated with an elicitor. The sub-systemic OXB wasnot induced when the elicitor was applied in the presence ofa radical scavenger, H₂O₂-catabolising enzyme, or inhibitorsof activation of local OXB and NADPH oxidase (diphenyleneiodonium:DPI), Ca²⁺ che-lator and Ca²⁺ channel blockers). Treatment withH₂O₂ solution rapidly caused the sub-systemic OXB, which wasinhibited by the presence of the above inhibitors either duringthe treatment with H₂O₂ or detection of CL. These results suggestedthat the elicitor-stimulated sub-systemic OXB may be dependenton Of generating NADPH oxidase activated by an unknown systemicsignal stimulated by H₂O₂ generated via local activation ofthe NADPH oxidase. ¹Present address: Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kita-gami, Iwate, 024 Japan.