儿茶素诱导的拟南芥根细胞膜脂变化

儿茶素是一种可以短时间内杀死植物细胞的植物毒素,由于具有强的植物毒性,儿茶素是开发除草剂的理想化合物,它可以诱导植物根系统的死亡。为了研究植物根细胞膜脂对化学胁迫的响应规律,我们运用高通量的脂类组学方法检测了拟南芥根中膜脂分子的组成,比较了儿茶素处理下拟南芥野生型（WS）及磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体（PLDδ KO）根中膜脂分子的组成情况、膜脂含量、双键指数及碳链长度值。结果发现,儿茶素处理拟南芥根90min后,二半乳糖基二酰甘油（DGDG）、单半乳糖基二酰甘油（MGDG）、磷脂酰甘油（PG）、磷脂酰胆碱（PC）及磷脂酰肌醇（PI）的总含量在WS与PLDδ KO植株根中都显著下降,磷脂酰乙醇胺（PE）和磷脂酰丝氨酸（PS）在WS中下降,在PLDδ KO中上升。儿茶素处理导致PLDδ KO植株的PC/PE比值显著下降,WS植株PS碳链长度显著增加。上述结果说明儿茶素处理后,磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体膜不稳定性增加,PLDδ KO植株对儿茶素胁迫更加敏感。     

拟南芥中磷脂酶Dδ参与机械伤害诱导的磷脂酸生成（英文）

磷脂酶水解磷脂产生磷脂酸(phosphatidic acid,PA),Dα1和δ是磷脂酶D家族中表达丰度最高的两个成员,已知磷脂酶Dα1参与了机械伤害诱导的磷脂酸信号,但是磷脂酶Dδ是否以及如何参与PA信号尚且未知。本研究利用脂类组学分析方法,比较了拟南芥野生型(WS)和磷脂酶Dδ基因T-DNA插入突变体(PLDδ-KO),在机械伤害后的较长时间段(6 h)的膜脂分子变化。结果发现,机械伤害后,拟南芥两种基因型的大部分膜脂均发生下降,且机械伤害后30 min,PA含量即快速并急剧升高;随着时间的延长,其水平持续升高,直至达到峰值后下降至6 h达到最低值。WS和PLDδ-KO达到PA最高值的时间不同,分别为1 h和3 h;在伤害处理后30 min至3 h期间,PLDδ-KO中的PA水平低于WS,两个基因型中的PA含量最大差值为20%,发生在伤害后1 h。这证明缺失PLDδ基因在一定程度抑制了机械伤害诱导的PA生产,表明PLDδ参与拟南芥响应机械伤害的PA生成,但是其响应较PLDα1作用慢且轻。这是PLDδ响应拟南芥中机械伤害的首次报道。     

枇杷幼果PLD和LOX对低温胁迫的响应

以3年生枇杷品种‘早钟6号’(Eriobotrya japonica‘Zaozhong No.6’)容器嫁接苗为试材,于0℃、-1℃、-3℃人工气候室内进行低温胁迫处理,探讨枇杷幼果细胞膜磷脂及相关酶对低温胁迫的响应机制。结果显示,在不同温度胁迫过程中,枇杷幼果磷脂酶D(PLD,EC 3.1.4.4)和脂氧合酶(LOX,EC 1.13.11.12)活性均呈上升趋势;质膜磷脂酰胆碱(PC)和磷脂酰肌醇(PI)含量因逐渐被降解而呈下降趋势,磷脂酸(PA)含量出现积累、增加,而膜结合Ca2+含量有不同程度的降低。随处理时间的延长和处理温度的降低,枇杷幼果细胞PLD和LOX活性增幅加大,从而加速了膜PC和PI的降解和PA的积累。低温胁迫过程中幼果细胞膜PC含量的降幅大于PI,膜结合Ca2+含量的变化与PLD和LOX活性变化呈负相关。低温胁迫下枇杷幼果细胞膜结合Ca2+含量的减少诱导了膜脂降解酶PLD和LOX活性的提高,并导致膜结构稳定性下降,加剧了低温胁迫对膜脂的降解和脂质过氧化伤害,其中尤以-3℃胁迫处理4~6 h对幼果细胞质膜的伤害最严重。表明低温胁迫下Ca2+·Ca M信使系统可能参与枇杷幼果细胞膜PLD和LOX活性的调控。     

磷脂酶Dβ在拟南芥低温信号中的转导作用

磷脂酶D(PLD)不仅是植物中一类主要的磷脂水解酶,而且是一类重要的跨膜信号转导酶类.PLD的磷脂降解功能和信号转导功能均影响植物的抗冻性.本研究以PLDβ基因被敲除的拟南芥突变体及其野生型植株为材料,进行低温驯化和冻害胁迫处理,并分析其作用途径.结果表明,PLDβ基因介导低温信号转导作用,参与渗透调节途径中脯氨酸的调控和抗氧化系统中过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性的调控,并且与低温信号激素ABA不在同一条信号转导途径.本研究为探索通过调控PLD的活性提高植物抗冻性提供了新的途径,并为深入揭示植物的抗冻机理以及磷脂信号转导机制提供实验支持.     

拟南芥角果衰老过程中膜脂的变化

角果发育对某些物种的生殖发育具有重要的作用。拟南芥种子附着在角果里,角果在早期发育时进行光合作用,角果成熟后开裂散落种子之前,其细胞会经历一个衰老的过程。一般植物细胞在衰老过程中要经历膜脂降解的过程,但是角果细胞衰老过程仍未知。通过比较角果衰老过程中拟南芥野生型(WS)及与膜脂代谢密切相关的磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体(PLDδ KO)中膜脂分子的组成情况、膜脂含量、相对含量及双键指数值,结果发现,在拟南芥角果衰老过程中：(i)质体膜脂和质体外膜脂显著下降;(ii)不同膜脂降解速率不一样,质体膜脂的降解比质体外膜脂的降解快;(iii)总的双键指数DBI下降;(iv)磷脂酶Dδ缺失突变体(PLDδ KO)的角果膜脂组成的基本水平和变化样式与野生型(WS)非常相似。结果说明,角果在衰老过程中发生了膜脂的激烈降解。据此推测：(i) 膜脂水解产物可能转移到种子中用于储藏脂三酰甘油的合成;(ii) 质体膜脂相对含量下降和质体外膜脂相对含量上升导致了总的DBI下降;(iii) PLDδ参与了角果衰老中的膜脂代谢。     

磷脂酶Dδ参与植物的低温驯化过程

对经低温驯化和未经低温驯化的磷脂酶Dδ(PLDδ)基因敲除突变体与野生型植株进行冻害胁迫处理后,比较2种基因型植株的抗冻性。结果发现,经低温驯化的PLDδ敲除突变体的抗冻性明显低于野生型,而未经低温驯化的PLDδ敲除突变体与野生型的抗冻性没有显著差异,表明PLDδ参与植物的低温驯化过程。对PLDδ的作用途径进行分析,发现PLDδ在低温驯化过程中不参与抗氧化酶活性的调节,对脯氨酸和可溶性糖的积累起负调节作用,但是参与低温信号转导物质ABA诱导抗冻性的过程。     

干旱胁迫下磷脂酶Dδ和9-脂氧合酶对拟南芥茉莉酸合成及种子萌发的影响

以拟南芥哥伦比亚野生型(WT)、磷脂酶Dδ(PLDδ)缺失型突变体pldδ和9-脂氧合酶(9-LOX)缺失型突变体lox1、lox5实生苗为材料,以0.3 mol·L-1甘露醇模拟干旱胁迫,分析PLDδ和9-LOX参与干旱胁迫下拟南芥茉莉酸(JA)生物合成和在种子萌发中作用。结果表明:干旱胁迫显著提高PLDδ和LOX1基因表达以及PLD和LOX酶活性;干旱胁迫下,pldδ突变体幼苗的LOX活性和JA含量显著低于WT,外源添加磷脂酸(PA)后LOX活性和JA含量显著上升,并高于WT;干旱胁迫显著抑制pldδ、lox1和lox5突变体的种子萌发,以对lox1的抑制效果最为明显;干旱胁迫下PLD活性上升与PLDδ基因表达上调有关,LOX活性上升与LOX1和LOX5基因表达上调有关,其中LOX1基因起主要作用;PLDδ/PA位于9-LOX上游参与9-LOX诱导的JA合成过程;PLDδ、LOX1和LOX5基因均参与干旱胁迫下拟南芥的种子萌发,LOX1在此过程中作用最为明显;PLDδ和9-LOX均参与PA和JA介导的种子萌发过程。     

干旱条件下冬小麦幼苗根细胞膜脂组成的变化

干旱条件下小麦幼苗根膜脂总脂肪酸含量、磷脂含量及总脂肪酸双键指数均下降,而游离甾醇含量却明显增加,结果导致游离甾醇／磷脂比率上升。用薄层层析法测得小麦根细胞磷脂主要由磷脂酰胆碱(PC)、磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)、磷脂酰肌醇(PI)及磷脂酸(PA)组成。干旱降低了各种磷脂的含量,但不改变其相对配比。文中讨论了膜脂代谢变化与植物抗旱性的关系。     

拟南芥中磷脂酶Dγ2的低温信号转导作用途径分析

磷脂酶D(PLD)的磷脂降解功能和信号转导功能均能影响植物的抗冻性.本研究以PLDγ2基因被敲除的拟南芥突变体及其野生型为材料,进行低温驯化和冻害胁迫处理,随后由这两种植株的表型及其离子渗透率等来分析PLDγ2基因对拟南芥抗冻性.结果发现,经直接冻害处理后,PLDγ2敲除型的抗冻性与野生型基本一致;但经过低温驯化后的冻害处理,PLDγ2敲除型的抗冻性弱于野生型,即表明PLDγ2基因参与了低温信号转导作用.进一步的实验结果表明PLDγ2基因介导脯氨酸调控的可溶性物质调控途径和过氧化物酶(POD)活性调控的抗氧化系统途径;但是与低温信号激素ABA不在同一条信号转导途径.     

磷脂酶Dα在拟南芥低温驯化过程中的作用途径分析

本研究对低温驯化和未经低温驯化的磷脂酶α基因敲除突变体与野生型拟南芥植株进行冻害胁迫处理后,通过观测植株表型和膜离子渗漏率的变化,鉴定两种基因型植株的抗冻性.结果发现,低温驯化后,PLDα敲除突变体的抗冻性明显低于野生型,表明PLDα参与植物的低温驯化过程.对其作用途径进行分析发现,PLDα不参与低温驯化过程中ABA信号转导作用,也没有参与SOD、CAT和POD等3种抗氧化酶活性的调节,但是参与低温驯化过程中膜稳定性调节和渗透调节过程.     

磷脂酶Dδ缺失加剧UV-B诱导的膜伤害

检测了拟南芥野生型（WS）及磷脂酶D8缺失突变体在uV-B辐射下的膜脂分子变化,并比较了二者在紫外辐射下的膜脂含量、双键指数及碳链长度的差异。结果发现,紫外辐射导致植株膜脂发生了降解,其中叶绿体膜脂MGDG和DGDG是膜伤害的主要作用靶点,而且突变体中的膜脂降解比野生型剧烈。上述结果说明磷脂酶D8的缺失会加剧紫外辐射诱导的膜伤害,导致植株对紫外辐射更加敏感。     

Functional analysis of phospholipase Dδ family in tobacco pollen tubes

Phosphatidic acid (PA), an important signalling and metabolic phospholipid, is predominantly localized in the subapical plasma membrane (PM) of growing pollen tubes. PA can be produced from structural phospholipids by phospholipase D (PLD), but the isoforms responsible for production of PM PA were not identified yet and their functional roles remain unknown. Following genome‐wide bioinformatic analysis of the PLD family in tobacco, we focused on the pollen‐overrepresented PLDδ class. Combining live‐cell imaging, gene overexpression, lipid‐binding and structural bioinformatics, we characterized five NtPLDδ isoforms. Distinct PLDδ isoforms preferentially localize to the cytoplasm or subapical PM. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, domain deletion and swapping analyses we show that membrane‐bound PLDδs are tightly bound to PM, primarily via the central catalytic domain. Overexpression analyses suggested isoform PLDδ3 as the most important member of the PLDδ subfamily active in pollen tubes. Moreover, only PLDδ3 shows significant constitutive PLD activity in vivo and, in turn, PA promotes binding of PLDδ3 to the PM. This forms a positive feedback loop leading to PA accumulation and the formation of massive PM invaginations. Tightly controlled production of PA generated by PLDδ3 at the PM is important for maintaining the balance between various membrane trafficking processes that are crucial for plant cell tip growth.     

The effect of temperature on hairy root cultures of Catharanthus roseus: Growth,indole alkaloid accumulation and membrane lipid composition

Cultivation of Catharanthus roseus hairy root cultures at different temperatures was found to have an effect on growth rate and indole alkaloid content as well as lipid composition. When lowering the temperature, the roots responded by increasing the degree of unsaturation of cellular lipids, which was mainly due to an increased proportion of linolenic acid in the main lipid classes. The modifications in lipid composition were obviously necessary for the roots to retain the proper cell membrane fluidity at each temperature. Despite of changes in membrane lipids, no effect on the distribution of indole alkaloids between the roots and the medium could be detected. Instead, the level of alkaloid accumulation showed a clear increase with lowering temperature.Abbreviations PC phosphatidylcholine - PE phosphatidylethanolamine - PI phosphatidylinositol - PS phosphatidylserine - PG phosphatidylglycerol - CL cardiolipin - DGD digalactosyldiglyceride - MGD monogalactosyldiglyceride - NL neutral lipids - DU degree of fatty acid unsaturation     

磷脂酶Dδ参与植物的低温驯化过程

对经低温驯化和未经低温驯化的磷脂酶Dδ（PLDδ）基因敲除突变体与野生型植株进行冻害胁迫处理后,比较2种基因型植株的抗冻性。结果发现,经低温驯化的PLDδ敲除突变体的抗冻性明显低于野生型,而未经低温驯化的PLD礅除突变体与野生型的抗冻性没有显著差异,表明PLDδ参与植物的低温驯化过程。对PLDδ的作用途径进行分析,发现PLDδ在低温驯化过程中不参与抗氧化酶活性的调节,对脯氨酸和可溶性糖的积累起负调节作用,但是参与低温信号转导物质ABA诱导抗冻性的过程。     

Phospholipase Dalpha3 is involved in the hyperosmotic response in Arabidopsis

Rapid activation of phospholipase D (PLD), which hydrolyzes membrane lipids to generate phosphatidic acid (PA), occurs under various hyperosmotic conditions, including salinity and water deficiency. The Arabidopsis thaliana PLD family has 12 members, and the function of PLD activation in hyperosmotic stress responses has remained elusive. Here, we show that knockout (KO) and overexpression (OE) of previously uncharacterized PLDalpha3 alter plant response to salinity and water deficit. PLDalpha3 uses multiple phospholipids as substrates with distinguishable preferences, and alterations of PLDalpha3 result in changes in PA level and membrane lipid composition. PLDalpha3-KO plants display increased sensitivities to salinity and water deficiency and also tend to induce abscisic acid-responsive genes more readily than wild-type plants, whereas PLDalpha3-OE plants have decreased sensitivities. In addition, PLDalpha3-KO plants flower later than wild-type plants in slightly dry conditions, whereas PLDalpha3-OE plants flower earlier. These data suggest that PLDalpha3 positively mediates plant responses to hyperosmotic stresses and that increased PLDalpha3 expression and associated lipid changes promote root growth, flowering, and stress avoidance.     

植物在缺钾胁迫中膜稳定性的变化

植物维持膜的功能是其抵御胁迫的关键问题,而维持膜功能必须要保持膜的稳定性和合适的流动性。我们前期的研究发现植物主要是通过积累叶片膜脂和保持根部膜脂基本不变来适应长期缺钾。在本研究中,以拟南芥和其具有耐受缺钾胁迫特性的近缘种须弥芥为对象,研究了与膜的流动性密切相关的双键指数（double bond index,DBI）的变化,发现长期缺钾条件下,两种植物叶片中总的DBI保持不变,根部总的DBI略有降低。同时研究了与膜稳定性密切相关的溶血磷脂的含量和DGDG/MGDG以及PC/PE这两个比值的变化,发现长期缺钾后拟南芥和须弥芥叶片中溶血磷脂的总量呈上升趋势,根部溶血磷脂总量基本保持不变;无论在对照还是缺钾条件下,拟南芥溶血磷脂的总含量要高于须弥芥。须弥芥叶片具有更高的DGDG/MGDG值,根部具有更高的PC/PE值,说明长期缺钾条件下须弥芥膜的稳定性可能更好。这可能是须弥芥耐缺钾的原因之一。     

Effects of lipids on the transport activity of the reconstituted glucose transport system from rat adipocyte

The glucose transport system, isolated from rat adipocyte membrane fractions, was reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles. Vesicles composed of crude egg yolk phospholipids, containing primarily phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), demonstrated specific d-glucose uptake. Purified vesicles made of PC and PE also supported such activity but PC or PE by themselves did not. The modulation of this uptake activity has been studied by systematically altering the lipid composition of the reconstituted system with respect to: (1) polar headgroups; (2) acyl chains, and (3) charge. Addition of small amounts (20 mol%) of PS, phosphatidylinositol (PI), cholesterol, or sphingomyelin significantly reduced glucose transport activity. A similar effect was seen with the charged lipid, phosphatidic acid. In the case of PS, this effect was independent of the acyl chain composition. Polar headgroup modification of PE, however, did not appreciably affect transport activity. Free fatty acids, on the other hand, increased or decreased activity based on the degree of saturation and charge. These results indicate that glucose transport activity is sensitive to specific alterations in both the polar headgroup and acyl chain composition of the surrounding membrane lipids.     

Phospholipase Dδ negatively regulates plant thermotolerance by destabilizing cortical microtubules in Arabidopsis

The pattern of cortical microtubule arrays plays an important role in plant growth and adaptation in response to hormonal and environmental changes. Cortical microtubules are connected with the plasma membrane (PM); however, how the membrane affects cortical microtubule organization is not well understood. Here, we showed that phospholipase Dδ (PLDδ) was associated with the PM and co‐localized with microtubules in cells. In vitro analysis revealed that PLDδ bound to microtubules, resulting in microtubule disorganization. Site‐specific mutations that decreased PLDδ enzymatic activity impaired its effects on destabilizing microtubule organization. Heat shock transiently activated PLDδ, without any change of its PM localization, triggering microtubule dissociation from PM and depolymerization and seedling death in Arabidopsis, but these effects were alleviated in pldδ knockout mutants. Complementation of pldδ with wild‐type PLDδ, but not mutated PLDδ, restored the phenotypes of microtubules and seedling survival to those of wild‐type Arabidopsis. Thus, we conclude that the PM‐associated PLDδ negatively regulates plant thermotolerance via destabilizing cortical microtubules, in an activity‐dependent manner, rather than its subcellular translocation.     

Effects of different cultivation temperatures on plasma membrane ATPase activity and lipid composition of sugar beet roots.

Sugar beet seedlings (Beta vulgaris L. cv. Monohill) were cultivated for 3 weeks at different root and shoot temperatures and the plasma membranes (PM) from roots were purified by aqueous two-phase partitioning and analyzed for lipid composition and ATPase activities. Lipid analyses, undertaken immediately after PM purification from the roots, showed that a low root zone temperature (10 degrees C) decreased the ratio between the major lipids phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). A low temperature in the root environment increased the mol% of PE and decreased the mol% of phosphatidic acid (PA), independent on the shoot growth temperature. A low temperature also decreased the mol% of linoleic acid (18:2) and increased mol% of linolenic acid (18:3) in the analyzed lipid classes, especially in PC and PE. The ratio between acyl chain lipids and protein generally increased in PM from roots grown at 10 degrees C, compared with higher temperature. The changes in lipid composition correlated with changes in ATPase activities, detected as hydrolyses of MgATP. The kinetic parameters, K(m) and V of the PM H(+)ATPase in roots increased at a low cultivation temperature, independent on shoot temperature. Moreover, Arrhenius analyses showed that the transition temperature was independent of both root or shoot growth temperature at 10-24 degrees C, whereas the activation energy of the ATPase was dependent on the growth temperature of the root, and independent on shoot temperature. Thus, acclimation processes can take place in roots, irrespective of the shoot temperature.