镉胁迫下金银花的生长反应及积累特性

采用水培试验方法,研究了藤本植物金银花在不同浓度镉（Cd）胁迫下的生长反应和积累特 性,结果表明,Cd对金银花生长未造成显著影响,甚至低浓度(5和10 mg·L^-1) Cd具有一定的生长促进作用,表现为植物的株高和叶绿素含量有所增加。当Cd处理浓度达到50 mg·L^-1时,植物的株高和根长虽有所降低,但与对照相比并无显著差异,且耐性系数均＞0.8,表明金银花对Cd具有较强的耐性。当Cd处理浓度为25 mg·L^-1时,金银花地上部中Cd含量达到286.12 μg·g^-1,而富集系数均＞1,说明金银花具备Cd超富集植物的特征,对Cd污染土壤的修复具有很大的应用潜力。     

The ties of brotherhood between japonica and indica rice for regional adaptation

Science China Life Sciences - Selection of beneficial genomic variants was crucial for regional adaptation of crops during domestication, but the underlying genomic basis remains largely...     

Differentiation in wild-type allele of the sd1 locus concerning culm length between indica and japonica subspecies of Oryza sativa (rice)

A dwarfing gene (allele) sd1-d has been intensively utilized to develop short-culm indica varieties in southeast Asia up to now. Before the first sd1-d-carrying variety IR8 was released, rice researchers had recognized the general tendency that culm length is higher in indica varieties than in temperate-japonica ones. Inter-subspecific difference of the tall (wild-type) allele SD1 at the sd1 locus was examined on the common genetic background, using five isogenic lines developed by substituting sd1-d of the recurrent parent IR36 by SD1s of two indica varieties, two temperate-japonica varieties and one tropical-japonica variety. The two indica -donor isogenic lines had longer culms than the three japonica-donor isogenic lines consistently in two different environmental conditions. Moreover, nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism between the two subspecies was detected at two sites in Exon 1 and Exon 3 of the sd1 locus. It is demonstrated that the inter-subspecific differentiation of SD1 contributes height difference between indica and japonica. The indica-originating and japonica-originating alleles at the sd1 locus were designated as SD1-in(t) and SD1-ja(t), respectively.     

美人蕉(Canna indica Linn)镉胁迫的抗氧化机理

采用水培的方式,探讨了不同Cd2+水平(0、1、2.5、7.5、15 mg·L-1)对美人蕉生物量、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性以及丙二醛(MDA)、谷胱甘肽(GSH)、植物螯合肽(PCs)、酸溶性SH、Cd含量的影响.结果表明,1 mg·L-1的Cd显著提高了美人蕉的生物量(p<0.05),促进了美人蕉的生长.随着Cd2+浓度的提高,SOD、 POD、CAT活性以及MDA含量显著增加(p<0.05),表明美人蕉受到了活性氧物质的胁迫.美人蕉中GSH、PCs、SH含量也随Cd2+含量的增加而增加,表明Cd胁迫诱导了PCs 的产生,有利于降低Cd对植物体本身的毒害,且根系中的含量均高于叶片.美人蕉中Cd含量随着Cd浓度的增加而显著增加,在15 mg·L-1处理时,地上部Cd含量达到555.4 mg·kg-1,表明美人蕉对Cd有较强的富集能力.     

A discrete neuropeptide difference between two hybridizing grasshopper subspecies

Population divergence can be detected by the divergence of functional and neutral characters. Under some circumstances, it is desirable to have available a character that is discretely expressed in either of the diverging genomes, rather than the evaluation of qualitative variation of continuous characters. In the present study, we investigated mass peaks of peptide hormones in a model system of population divergence, the hybrid zone of two Chorthippus parallelus subspecies in the French–Spanish Pyrenees. Mass spectra from neuroendocrine tissues have previously been identified as species-specific and may have a sufficient resolution to vary at the subspecies level. For the first time, we succeeded in the detection of a subspecies-specific expression of neuropeptides collected from single individuals. Mass spectra sampled from populations across the C. parallelus grasshopper hybrid zone indicated neuropeptide identity between the sexes and within sample sites. The distribution of a single distinct but variable peptide signal, however, very closely followed the cline of the hybrid zone as derived from the mean variation in several continuous characters. The identity of this peptide in populations from the northern Pyrenees and central Europe supports a neuropeptide differentiation of preglacial origin. The observed differentiation in the peptide profile of the two subspecies demonstrates that a peptidomic approach may be a promising perspective to reconstruct reproductive isolation in an insect hybrid zone.  © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 91 , 541–548.     

Case study for identification of potentially indel-caused alternative expression isoforms in the rice subspecies japonica and indica by integrative genome analysis

Alternative splicing (AS) is one of the most significant components of the functional complexity of the eukaryote genome, increasing protein diversity, creating isoforms, and affecting mRNA stability. Recently, whole genome sequences and large microarray data sets have become available, making data integration feasible and allowing the study of the possible regulatory mechanism of AS in rice (Oryza sativa) by erecting and testing hypotheses before doing bench studies. We have developed a new strategy and have identified 215 rice genes with alternative expression isoforms related to insertion and deletion (indel) between subspecies indica and subspecies japonica. We did a case study for alternative expression isoforms of the rice peroxidase gene LOC_Os06g48030 to investigate possible mechanisms by which indels caused alternative splicing between the indica and the japonica varieties by mining of array data together with validation by RT-PCR and genome sequencing analysis. Multiple poly(A) signals were detected in the specific indel region for LOC_Os06g48030. We present a new methodology to promote more discoveries of potentially indel-caused AS genes in rice, which may serve as the foundation for research into the regulatory mechanism of alternative expression isoforms between subspecies.     

Nonindependent domestication of the two rice subspecies, Oryza sativa ssp. indica and ssp. japonica, demonstrated by multilocus microsatellites

The origins of the Asian cultivated rice Oryza sativa from its wild ancestor O. rufipogon have been debated for decades. The question mainly concerns whether it originated monophyletically or polyphyletically. To shed light on the origins and demographic history of rice domestication, we genotyped a total of 92 individual plants from the two O. sativa subspecies and O. rufipogon for 60 microsatellites. An approximate Bayesian method was applied to estimate demographic parameters for O. rufipogon vs. O. sativa ssp. indica and O. rufipogon vs. O. sativa ssp. japonica. We showed that the japonica subspecies suffered a more severe bottleneck than the indica subspecies and thus a greater loss of genetic variation during its domestication. Across microsatellite loci there is a significant positive correlation in the reduction of genetic diversity between the two subspecies. The results suggest that completely independent domestication of indica and japonica subspecies may not explain our data and that there is at least partial sharing of their ancestral populations and/or recent gene flow between them.     

Different non-host resistance responses of two rice subspecies,japonica and indica,to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici

Key message

Japonica and indica have different non-host resistance (NHR) abilities to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici ( Pst ), and hydrogen peroxide (H ₂ O ₂ ) has a positive function in NHR to japonica against Pst.

Abstract

Non-host interactions between Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) and two rice subspecies were characterized using 23 rice varieties, including 11 japonica and 12 indica. Results showed that the infected fungal structures were easily produced in the leaves of indica, whereas only several substomatal vesicles and primary infection hyphae were observed in the leaves of japonica. This result indicated that indica is less resistant or more susceptible to Pst than japonica. Hydrogen peroxide accumulated in the initial phase of japonica–Pst interaction but not in indica–Pst interaction. A set of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related genes was also induced in response to Pst infection, suggesting that ROS activation is one of the major mechanisms of non-host resistance of rice to Pst.     

The preferential accumulation of cadmium in the head portion of the freshwater planarian, Dugesia japonica (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria)

Free-living freshwater planarians are considered to have the potential for development as an experimental model for toxicological studies on xenobiotics, including metals. However, little was known about the distribution patterns of metals in the body of treated planarians. This study was conducted to determine the tissue distribution patterns of cadmium (Cd) in different body portions of the treated planarian, Dugesia japonica. Results showed that Cd accumulated in the head of planarians at a significantly higher concentration than in the tail. After examining the level of metallothionein (MT), we suggested that the tissue distribution pattern of Cd might be related to MT induction patterns. In contrast, in planarians treated with copper (Cu), neither the tissue accumulation of Cu nor the multiples of induction of MTs significantly differed between different portions. Furthermore, a higher Cd accumulation rate in the head of planarians caused more-severe oxidative stress to appear in this portion and also a higher susceptibility to a lethal concentration of Cd. Finally, both in vitro and in vivo acetylcholinesterase activities in both body portions of planarians were inhibited by Cd. The present study provides the first report that different metals are distributed in various body portions with different patterns in the planarian.     

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of japonica and indica rice varieties

Genetic transformation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) mediated by Agrobacterium ttumefaciens has been confirmed for japonica varieties and extended to include the more recalcitrant indica varieties. Immature embryos were inoculated with either A. tumefaciens At656 (pCNL56) or LBA4404 (pTOK233). Experimental conditions were developed initially for immature embryos treated with strain At656, based upon both transient and stable -glucuromdase (GUS) activities. However, plant regeneration following selection on G418 (pCNL56 contained the nptII gene) did not occur. Using the same basic protocol, but inoculating immature embryos of rice with LBA4404 (pTOK233), resulted in efficient (about 27%) production of transgenic plants of the japonica variety, Radon, and an acceptable efficiency (from 1–5%) for the indica varieties IR72 and TCS10. Transformation was based upon resistance to hygromycin (pTOK233 contains the hpt gene), the presence of GUS activity (from the gusA gene), Southern blots for detection of the integrated gusA gene, and transmission of GUS activity to progeny in a Mendelian 3:1 segregation ratio. Southern blots indicated two to three copies of the gene integrated in most transformants. Transgenic plants of both the japonica and indica varieties were self-fertile and comparable in this respect to seed-grown plants. Key factors facilitating the transformation of rice by Agrobacterium tumefaciens appeared to be the use of embryos as the expiant, the use of hygromycin as the selection agent (which does not interfere with rice regeneration), the presence of extra copies of certain vir genes on the binary vector of pTOK233, and maintaining high concentrations of acetosyringone for inducing the vir genes during co-cultivation of embryos with Agrobacterium.Abbreviations AS acetosyringone - DMRT Duncan's Multiple Range Test - GUS -glucuronidase - T-DNA transferred DNA We wish to thank Dr. Toshihiko Komari, Japan Tobacco Inc. for providing Ayrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404 (pTOK322). Support by the Rockefeller Foundation in the form of a fellowship to R.R.A. and a grant to T.K.H. is acknowledged. This is journal paper number 14,914 from the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station.     

Relationship between tolerance and accumulation characteristics of cadmium in higher plants

Ten plant species belonging to 5 families,i.e., Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Gramineae, Leguminosae, and Solanaceae, were grown in a sand soil at two pH levels. The soil was subjected to an application of CdCl₂ at rates of 0 to 700 mgCd·kg⁻¹ soil. The relationship between Cd concentration in the shoots (tc) and soil (sc; NH₄NO₃ extractable) was expressed by the equation: log (tc)=α+βlog (sc). The coefficients α and β were estimated for each species at each level of soil pH. Plottings of the scores on α and β axes showed that the Cd accumulation characteristics in the plants appeared to depend on the families irrespective of soil pH. Based on theupper critical concentration of Cd in the tops (C_t), the Cruciferae and Leguminosae species were found to be the most and the least tolerant to Cd, respectively. The C_t values correlated exceedingly well with the values of α.     

Comparative proteomic analysis of indica and japonica rice varieties

Indica and japonica are two main subspecies of Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) that differ clearly in morphological and agronomic traits, in physiological and biochemical characteristics and in their genomic structure. However, the proteins and genes responsible for these differences remain poorly characterized. In this study, proteomic tools, including two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, were used to globally identify proteins that differed between two sequenced rice varieties (93–11 and Nipponbare). In all, 47 proteins that differed significantly between 93–11 and Nipponbare were identified using mass spectrometry and database searches. Interestingly, seven proteins were expressed only in Nipponbare and one protein was expressed specifically in 93–11; these differences were confirmed by quantitative real-time PCR and proteomic analysis of other indica and japonica rice varieties. This is the first report to successfully demonstrate differences in the protein composition of indica and japonica rice varieties and to identify candidate proteins and genes for future investigation of their roles in the differentiation of indica and japonica rice.     

Inheritance of Oryza sativa endornavirus in F1 and F2 hybrids between japonica and indica rice

We have found a 14 kbp double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) in many cultivars of japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.) but not in any cultivars of indica rice. This dsRNA is an RNA replicon with plasmid-like properties and is proposed to be a novel dsRNA virus, Oryza sativa endornavirus (OSV). Reciprocal crosses between the OSV-carrier japonica variety (Nipponbare) and the OSV-free indica variety (IR 26 or Kasalath) were performed to investigate whether OSV can be transmitted to F1 hybrids. When IR 26 and Nipponbare were used, efficient transmission of OSV from ova (93%) and pollen (89%) was observed. When Kasalath and Nipponbare were used, the OSV transmission efficiency to F1 progeny was 68% from ova and 20% from pollen. The transmission of OSV to F2 progeny plants was also complicated, showing non-Mendelian inheritance. These results suggest that the dsRNA replicon (OSV) is unstable in indica rice plants.     

镉对金银花的毒物刺激效应

采用水培方法,研究不同浓度镉(Cd)(0、0.5、2.5、5、10和25 mg· L-1)胁迫下金银花的生长特征,分析低浓度Cd对金银花产生的毒物刺激效应.结果表明:低浓度Cd处理(≤5mg·L-1)对金银花最大根长、植株干质量以及叶绿素a、叶绿素b和类胡萝卜素含量均产生显著刺激效应,分别比对照增加13.6％、11.7％、14.0％、10.8％和54.5％;低浓度Cd(≤5mg·L-1)对叶片含水量表现出一定程度的促进作用,但影响不显著;当Cd浓度≥10mg·L-1,对金银花的生长表现出显著的抑制作用.当Cd浓度为25 mg·L-1时,金银花地上部Cd含量达到622.93 mg· kg-1,表明金银花对Cd具有较强的超富集能力.Cd对金银花产生毒物刺激效应的剂量范围为0.5 ～5 mg·L-1.     

Identification of specific proteins from seed embryos by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis for the discrimination between indica and japonica rice

Summary Proteins extracted from seed embryos of 29 different cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) and one wild rice (O. rufipogon Griff.) were compared by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis. Among more than 300 protein spots on the gel we found some interesting variations in ten spots which were individually designated as proteins A-J. Protein E was observed in all indica cultivars but was not found in those of the subspecies japonica. In contrast, protein F was only detected in japonica cultivars. Protein A existed in all japonica cultivars but, with the exception of IR-36, could not be found in other indica cultivars. Therefore, proteins A, E and F can be used as markers for the identification of indica and japonica. Some so-called Javanica cultivars showed the characteristics of japonica subspecies with regard to proteins A and F, while one other cultivar of Javanica expressed a type intermediate between indica and japonica interms of proteins A and E. One feature discriminating between Javanica and japonica cultivars was found in the D, G, and J proteins which were expressed strongly in Javanica cultivars but were scarcely expressed in those of japonica. Expression of subspecies-specific proteins E and F in f₁ hybrids was also investigated.