玉米精细胞质膜特异蛋白的纯化

在获得6个品种的玉米(Zea mays L.)花粉精细胞后,采用N-hydroxysuccinimido-biotin(NHS-biotin)标记其外膜蛋白,并通过SDS-PAGE和Western blotting对比了其中主要标记蛋白,发现其主要蛋白带差异并不显著,主要标记蛋白分子量均集中于91、60、43、30和17kD。采用免疫亲和层析技术进一步纯化已获得的混杂少量其它细胞器成分的精细胞质膜制剂,即利用制备的体细胞主要细胞器:线粒体、内质网、高尔基体及质膜的膜蛋白,分别免疫豚鼠,从其抗血清中纯化获得IgG,并进一步制成各种膜蛋白的免疫亲和吸附制剂。利用此技术进一步纯化经NHS-biotin标记的精细胞质膜蛋白,获得精细胞质膜特异的蛋白质,其中最为显著的蛋白质分子量约为65、22kD。     

Comparison of Membrane Surface Proteins of Sperm Cells and Somatic Protoplasts of Zea mays

Viable sperm cells and somatic protoplasts (leaf, callus) of Zea mays were successfully isolated and purified. The plasma membrane surface proteins of intact somatic protoplasts and sperm cells were compared after probing with N-hydroxysuccinimido-biotin (NHS-bi-otin). Horseradish peroxidase-labelled avidin (HRP-avidin) was used to detect membrane proteins after separation by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. Four protein bands characteristic of the surface membrane of sperm cells were identified varying from 48 to 78 kD, five bands of leaf protoplasts in the range of 45~78 kD, and two bands of callus protoplasts, 67 and 80 kD were detected. One protein of 48 kD was specific to the surface membrane of sperm cells and might be related to the specific roles of sperm cell physiology.     

亲和层析法分离纯化玉米精细胞质膜特异糖蛋白

 亲和层析法分离纯化玉米精细胞质膜特异糖蛋白陈丽邵邻相汪洁杨中汉（北京大学生命科学学院,北京１００８７１）ＩｓｏｌａｔｉｏｎａｎｄＰｕｒｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎｏｆＳｐｅｒｍＣｅｌＰｌａｓｍａＭｅｍｂｒａｎｅＧｌｙｃｏｐｒｏｔｅｉｎｓｏｆＺｅａｍａｙｓｂｙＡ...     

Purification and Amino-terminal Sequencing of a 68 kD Glycopolypeptide of the Plasma Membrane from Maize Sperm Cells

Based on author's previous work on detection and immunolocalization of glycoproteins of the plasma membrane of maize ( Zea mays L. ) sperm cells, a 68 kD peripheral specific glycopolypeptide of the plasma membrane from maize sperm cells was purified by IEF-SDS two-dimensional electrophoresis. It presents specif- ically positive reaction in Con A-HRP (concanavalin A-horseradish peroxidase) staining, and its pi value is 5.5. The search in protein sequence database reveals that the amino-terminal sequence of this glycopolypeptide is identical with that of Con A. But its difference from Con A in molecular weight and pi value indicates that it could be related to a Con A receptor on the plasma membranes of maize sperm cells instead of being Con A itself. It is fascinating to study further the function of the above glycopolypeptide in gametic recognition, adhesion and fusion of the double fertilization in maize.     

Existance of a Bovine Sperm Antibody Recognizable Antigen-Epitope on the Plasma Surface of Lily Sperm Cells

By using Western blot and rabbit-anti-bovine sperm IgG as the first antibody, a 64 kD protein from sperm cells of Lilium davidii Duch. and the same molecular weight protein from generative cells of L. davidii as well as a 22 kD and a 65 kD protein from sperm cells of Zea mays could be detected. Nevertheless, proteins from filament and anther wall of L. daviclii or etiolated shoot of corn manifested negative reaction. By indirect immunofluorescence assay using the same antibody, the surface of sperm cells from L. daviclii showed positive reaction. Based on the results, the authors believed that a plant sperm cell might have the same epitope (s) as that of an animal sperm cell; the epitope (s) might locate on the surface of a sperm cell and be specific to sperm cells.     

Extracellular Calmodulin Stimulates the Transplasma Membrane Redox Reaction of Root Protoplasts in Zea mays

Using ferricyanide as the membrane impermeable electron acceptor, the effects of extracellular calmodulin on transplasma membrane redox reaction of the root protoplasts in Zea mays L. were studied. The calmodulin antagonists (calmidazolium, W7-agarose) and anti-calmodulin serum had inhibitory effect on the extracellular reduction of ferricyanide with their concentration that yielded 50% inhibition were 1.5 μmoL/L, 10 μmol/L and 10 mg/L respectively. Inhibition of calmidazolimn could be restored by calmodulin completely. And the reduction of ferricyanide could be specifically stimulated by the exogerous purified calmodulin. These results suggested that transplasma membrane redox system of root protoplasts in Zea mays L. could be modulated by calmodulin outside the plasma membrane.     

不同盐处理对玉米幼苗根系质子分泌及细胞膜透性的影响

以玉米品种郑单958为实验材料,分别用100 mmol/L NaCl、100 mmol/L KCl和50 mmol/L Na2CO3处理其幼苗3 d,研究不同盐类对玉米根系质子分泌和细胞膜透性的影响.结果表明:不同盐处理都显著抑制玉米幼苗根系的生长,抑制程度依次为Na2CO3>KCl>NaCl;不同盐处理均使玉米幼苗根系Na 含量显著增加,NaCl和Na2CO3处理显著降低根系K 含量而导致其Na /K 升高,但KCl处理却显著提高根系K 含量使其Na /K 降低;不同盐处理均能显著增加细胞膜透性而降低根系质子分泌能力,影响程度依次为Na2CO3>KCl>NaCl.研究发现,相同阳离子浓度条件下,KCl处理对玉米根系质子分泌的抑制作用强于NaCl,碱性盐的抑制作用大于中性盐;盐胁迫可能通过改变玉米幼苗根系质膜的稳定性来影响质子分泌,从而抑制根系生长.     

水杨酸对镉胁迫下玉米幼苗质膜透性和保护酶活性的影响

在Cd^2＋胁迫下,添加外源水杨酸（SA）的培养液中生长的玉米幼苗叶中超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）的活性均提高,质膜透性降低,丙二醛（MDA）的积累减少,显示SA对Cd^2＋胁迫具有一定的缓解效应。     

Isolation and characterization of Azotobacter chroococcum from the roots of Zea mays

Abstract Bacteria showing rapid growth on a nitrogenfree medium and acetylene-reducing activity were isolated from maize roots collected from agricultural soils in Spain. The isolates were Gram-negative motile rods and were identified as Azotobacter chroococcum . Acetylene-reducing activity and microbial counts were determined on root segments from 7- and 30-day-old plants. Rates obtained were in the range of 0.0053–0.848 nmol C₂H₂· g⁻¹· h⁻¹. Root populations were 1.4–6.0 × 10⁴ micro-organisms · g⁻¹. These results showed that there was an association between A. chroococcum strains and roots of maize planted in some Spanish soils.     

云南产玉米须的化学成分研究

从玉米须60%乙醇提取液中分离得到了14个化合物,经波谱学方法分别鉴定为柯伊利素-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(1)、柯伊利素-6-C-β-波伊文糖-7-O-β-葡萄糖苷(2)、柯伊利素-6-C-β-波伊文糖苷(3)、L-鼠李糖(4)、豆甾-4-烯-3β,6β-二醇(5)、7α-羟基谷甾醇(6)、7β-羟基谷甾醇(7)、胡萝卜苷棕榈酸酯(8)、大豆脑苷I(9)、7α-羟基谷甾醇-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(10)、麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β,5α,6β-三醇(11)、棕榈酸(12)、胡萝卜苷(13)和β-谷甾醇(14),其中化合物1、4和7～12为首次从玉米须中分离得到。     

玉米和类玉米种间杂交后代细胞学鉴定

利用组成玉米异染色质钮的180-bp重复序列和TR-1元件以及45S rDNA对玉米自交系F107、GB57、二倍体多年生类玉米及其远缘杂交后代的染色体进行荧光原位杂交,确定了3种重复序列在亲本染色体上的分布;同时对远缘杂交后代进行了细胞学鉴定,通过荧光信号在染色体上的位置,证实远缘杂交后代中异源种质的染色体来源;讨论了异染色质钮重复序列对玉米和其野生种杂交后代外源染色体整合和染色体行为等方面研究的应用。     

RSSG58基因在水稻精细胞中的表达

RSSG5 8是利用抑制差减杂交技术从水稻精细胞文库中筛选到的在精细胞中优势表达的基因 ,推测其编码的蛋白质与拟南芥的肌球重链蛋白有一定的同源性 (4 6 % ) ,并具有肌球蛋白特色的结构域。把RSSG5 8基因开放编码框连接到表达载体pQE30上 ,重组质粒在E .coliM15中表达出N端融合了 6×His的融合蛋白。SDS PAGE分析表明 ,表达产物的分子量约为 6 6kD ,其表达量占菌体总蛋白的 8.6 %。分离纯化融合蛋白来免疫家兔 ,制得了高效价、高特异性的多克隆抗体。Western杂交显示 ,在分离的精细胞内该基因编码的蛋白表达量很高 ,而成熟花粉和二细胞中只有微弱表达 ,单细胞花粉、花粉母细胞没有杂交信号 ,表明RSSG5 8基因在精细胞中优势表达。     

大鼠脑突触质膜糖皮质激素受体的纯化

本文利用抗大鼠肝细胞内糖皮质激素受体的单克隆抗体制备的免疫亲和层析柱,将大鼠脑突触质膜糖皮质激素受体纯化了约1150倍,SDS聚丙烯酰胺簿层梯度凝胶电泳显示,在约67kD处有一较明显的染色条带。     

Determination of Biotinylated Proteins as an Index for Purification of Plasma Membrane using Surface Plasmon Resonance-based Optical Biosensor

Proteins of plasma membrane could be an index of purification of the plasma membrane of animal cells. A convenient method is proposed for determining the plasma membrane proteins by a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor. Biotinylated proteins were observed only in the peripheral areas of MOLT-4 cells which were treated by 5-[5-(N-succinimidyloxycarbonyl) pentylamido] hexyl-d-biotinamide. The proteins on HeLa cells were also biotinylated. And then the membrane samples of the HeLa cells were injected onto the avidin-immobilized SPR-surface, and components bound non-specifically on the surface were removed by a washout solution. The amount of biotinylated protein (BP) was determined directly from the absolute resonance unit (RU) after injection of the washout solution. In the method a reference surface was not needed. The amount of BP bound to the surface was gradually attenuated with the repeated injection, and a method for calibrating the RU value was introduced by considering the ratio of attenuation by every injection. The correlation between the BP titer calculated by the calibration and the theoretically-estimated one was greatly improved. Three cycles of the BP determination on a sensor surface was performed successfully. During the purification process of membrane fractions, the degree of purification as judged by the BP titer was in good agreement with the degree of increase in aminopeptidase N activity in the membrane fraction. Thus, the BP titer could be used as an index for purification of plasma membrane.     

Temperature-sensitivity of D1 protein metabolism in isolated Zea mays chloroplasts

The effects of low temperature on the synthesis and stability of the 32 kDa D1 protein of photosystem II were investigated in chloroplasts isolated from maize (Zea mays cv. LG11) leaves. The synthesis of D1 by intact chloroplasts in vitro was strongly dependent on temperature; the Q₁₀ for the initial rate of incorporation of [³⁵S]-methionine into D1 was ca. 2.6 over the range 13–25°C. The synthesis of other thylakoid polypeptides exhibited a similar temperature dependence, whilst synthesis of stromal proteins was considerably less temperature-dependent, with the exception of two polypeptides of ca. 56 and 59.5 kDa. The stability of newly-synthesized D1 in the thylakoid membranes was dependent both on the temperature at which the plants were grown and on the temperature during the pulse-labelling period when the protein was synthesized. In chloroplasts isolated from maize leaves grown at 25°C, D1 that was synthesized and assembled at 25 °C in vitro was rapidly degraded during the chase period. At lower chase temperatures the protein was more stable. When chloroplasts from 25°C-grown leaves were pulse-labelled at 13°C, the stability of D1 was markedly enhanced at all temperatures during the chase period. This effect was even more pronounced in chloroplasts isolated from plants grown at 14°C. The implications of these results are discussed with regard to the ability of maize to recover from photoinhibitory damage at low temperatures.     

Plant Regeneration from Protoplasts of Corn(Zea mays L.)

Maize embryogenic calli induced from pollen were subcultured for one and one half years on N, basic medium supplemented with 2 mg/1 kinetin, 1 mg/l 6-benzyl-aminopurine, 0.3 mg/l 2,4-D, 500 mg/l casein hydrolysate and 250 mg/l glutamine. These embryogenic calli were used for protoplast isolation. Protoplasts were cultured on Z2 medium (Table 1) which is composed of rice protoplast culture basic medium 1 supplemented with 0.2 mg/l kinetin, 0.1 mg/l 6-benzyl-aminopurine, 0.5 mg/l 2,4-D, 200 mg/l casein hydrolysate, 100 mg/l glutamine and 2% coconut milk. The first division of regenerated cell occurred after 4-6 days in culture. After 3 weeks later, small calli could be seen with naked eyes. At this moment, addition of the same Z2 medium with decreased osmoticum twice for the protoplast culture is necessary. Regenerated calli, 2–4 mm in diameter, were transferred in succession on differentiation medium Z3 and Z4 for organogenesis. Embryogenesis and plant regeneration could occur simultaneously on Z4 differentiation medium. It seems that except the cultural conditions genotype and using of embryogenic materials are the two key factors for plant regeneration of maize protoplast and the former may be the critical one.     

Plasma Membrane and Chromaffin Granule Characteristics in Digitonin-Treated Chromaffin Cells

Digitonin permeabilizes the plasma membranes of bovine chromaffin cells to Ca2+, ATP, and proteins and allows micromolar Ca2+ in the medium to stimulate directly catecholamine secretion. In the present study the effects of digitonin (20 microM) on the plasma membrane and on intracellular chromaffin granules were further characterized. Cells with surface membrane labeled with [3H]galactosyl moieties retained label during incubation with digitonin. The inability of digitonin-treated cells to shrink in hyperosmotic solutions of various compositions indicated that tetrasaccharides and smaller molecules freely entered the cells. ATP stimulated [3H]norepinephrine uptake into digitonin-treated chromaffin cells fivefold. The stimulated [3H]norepinephrine uptake was inhibited by 1 microM reserpine, 30 microM NH4+, or 1 microM carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP). The data indicate that [3H]norepinephrine was taken up into the intracellular storage granules by the ATP-induced H+ electrochemical gradient across the granule membrane. Reduction of the medium osmolality from 310 mOs to 100 mOs was required to release approximately 50% of the catecholamine from chromaffin granules with digitonin-treated chromaffin cells which indicates a similar osmotic stability to that in intact cells. Chromaffin granules in vitro lost catecholamine when the digitonin concentration was 3 microM or greater. Catecholamine released into the medium by micromolar Ca2+ from digitonin-treated chromaffin cells that had subsequently been washed free of digitonin could not be pelleted in the centrifuge and was not accompanied by release of membrane-bound dopamine-beta-hydroxylase. The studies demonstrate that 20 microM of digitonin caused profound changes in the chromaffin cell plasma membrane permeability but had little effect on intracellular chromaffin granule stability and function. It is likely that the intracellular chromaffin granules were not directly exposed to significant concentrations of digitonin. Furthermore, the data indicate that during catecholamine release induced by micromolar Ca2+, the granule membrane was retained by the cells and that catecholamine release did not result from release of intact granules into the extracellular medium.     

Temporal accumulation and ultrastructural localization of dehydrins in Zea mays

Immunolocalization using polyclonal antibodies raised against a conserved dehydrin amino acid sequence was used to establish the temporal and spatial patterns of dehydrin accumulation in embryo tissue of Zea mays L. (var. Ohio 43) kernels imbibed in the presence of abscisic acid. The temporal pattern of accumulation indicated an increase in dehydrins over time (particularly between 15 and 30 h) and with maximum levels detected 48 h after the onset of imbibition. Dehydrins were first evident, and also the most concentrated, in the cytosol throughout the accumulation period suggesting that the primary function of dehydrins involves the cytosol and the structures contained therein. Only after an accumulation of dehydrins in the cytosol was there an increase in the abundance of nuclear dehydrins. In addition, dehydrins were also observed in association with the proteinaceous matrix of protein bodies and membranes of protein and lipid bodies; these findings have not been reported previously. The observed localization at a number of sites indicates that the specific biochemical roles of dehydrins are likely to be diverse.     

Calcium-dependent phosphorylation regulates the plasma-membrane H+-ATPase activity of maize (Zea mays L.) roots

Phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of the plasma-membrane H⁺-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.35) could act as a regulatory mechanism to control its activity. In this work, a plasmalemma-enriched fraction from maize roots and a partially purified H⁺-ATPase were used to investigate the effects of Ca²⁺ and calmodulin on the H⁺-ATPase activity and on its phosphorylation status. Both the hydrolytic and the proton-pumping activities were reduced approximately 50% by micromolar Ca²⁺ concentrations while calmodulin did not show any effect either alone or in the presence of Ca²⁺. The lack of effect of calmodulin antagonists indicated that calmodulin was not involved in this response. The addition of staurosporine, a kinase inhibitor, abolished the inhibitory effect of Ca²⁺. Phosphorylation of plasma membrane and partially purified H⁺-ATPase showed the same behavior. In the presence of Ca²⁺ a polypeptide of 100 kDa was phosphorylated. This polypeptide cross-reacted with antibodies raised against the H⁺-ATPase of maize roots. The autoradiogram of the immunodetected protein clearly showed that this polypeptide, which corresponds to the H⁺-ATPase, was phosphorylated. Additional clear evidence comes from the immunoprecipitation experiments: the data obtained show that the H⁺-ATPase activity is indeed influenced by its state of phosphorylation. Received: 19 October 1998 / Accepted: 23 February 1999