IN VITRO EFFECT OF HORMONES ON THE BARK OF PLUMERIA RUBRA LINN. VAR. ACTUIFOLIA BAILEY

Young bark (with cambium) of Plumeria rubra Linn. var. acutifolia Bailey was cultured in solid media (i) without hormone, (ii) Kinetin (K), (iii) with GA₃ and (iv) with IAA at concentrations of 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20 mg per litre. The nutrients of the media were fed laterally through the cambium zone. The amount of the phloem zone was increased considerably by GA₃, less by K and IAA. The lignified secondary wall of the pericyclic living fibres was dissolved by each of the hormones. Sieve tube member length decreased in all treatments, more in higher concentrations. K decreased the frequency of sieve tubes (most at 0.10 mg/α) and increased the frequency of parenchyma cells (optimum at 0.10 mg/α). GA₃ also favoured formation of parenchyma cells and decrease of the frequency of sieve tubes, progressively with the increase of concentration. IAA also increased the parenchyma cell frequency progressively with concentration and decreased slightly the sieve tube frequency. IAA and GA₃ increased ray frequency and decreased parenchyma cell diameter, much at high concentration. But K had less effect on ray frequency and increased parenchyma cell diameter progressively with concentrations.     

生长素极性运输抑制剂(TIBA)对烟草离体花柄花芽分化的影响

在只含6-BA(2mg/L)的MS培养基上,烟草花柄外植体形态学基端膨大,上着生再生花芽,而花柄中部大多都形成愈伤组织。添加IAA(2,10,20 mg/L)后,花柄基端膨大的现象依然存在,但再生花芽的分布并不限于基端,在花柄中部、顶端都可见再生花芽。花柄外植体中部愈伤组织的形成也随添加的IAA和IAA浓度升高而受到抑制。在上述培养基中添加生长素极性运输抑制剂TIBA后,无一花柄中部能形成愈伤组织,再生花芽的形态变化也很大,有具锥形花柄的花芽、喇叭叶和一些难于确定由何种器官衍生而来的喇叭状器官。这些异于正常形态的器官发生,显然与花柄外植体中生长素极性运输受抑制有关,本文对它们的形成机理作了一些推测。     

THE EFFECT OF LIGHT INTENSITY AND SUCROSE FEEDING ON THE FINE STRUCTURE IN CHLOROPLASTS AND ON THE CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT OF ETIOLATED LEAVES

Changes in the fine structure of proplastids of etiolated leaves exposed to various conditions of light and darkness for 24 and 48 hours were investigated, and the chlorophyll content of the leaves so treated was determined in vivo. The light treatments were given while the leaves were floated on tap water or on a 0.2 M sucrose solution. Leaves floated on water under low light intensity (2 foot-candles) were low in chlorophyll and contained plastids with concentric rows of vesicles. Transferring the leaves back to darkness resulted in the disappearance of the concentric rigs and re-formation of vesicular centers together with straight rows of vesicles and tubules, evenly spaced throughout the stroma. Chloroplasts of leaves floated on a sucrose solution under low light showed large vesicular centers together with stacks of rows of elongated tubules. The same chloroplast structure was found in leaves floated on a sucrose solution in the dark, after having been exposed to weak light for 24 hours. Chlorophyll content in these leaves was the same as in leaves floated on water under high light intensity, where the chloroplasts had normal grana and lamellae. The effect of the investigated factors on plastid development is discussed.     

MITOSIS AND THE PROCESSES OF DIFFERENTIATION OF MYOGENIC CELLS IN VITRO

The relation between the mitotic cycle and myoblast fusion has been studied in chick skeletal muscle in vitro. The duration of the cell cycle phases was the same in both early and late cultures. By tracing a cohort of pulse-labeled cells, it was found that myoblast fusion does not occur in S, G₂, or M. Cell surface alterations required for fusion are dependent upon the position of the cell in the division cycle. In early cultures, fusion takes place only after a minimum delay of 5 hr from the time the cell has entered G₁. The mitosis preceding fusion may condition the cell for the abrupt shift in synthetic activity that occurs in the subsequent G₁. In older cultures fusion of labeled cells is diminished. Two factors account for the cessation of fusion in older cultures. First, the number of myogenic stem cells declines, but these cells do not disappear as the cultures mature. Their persistence was demonstrated by labeling dividing mononucleated cells in older cultures and challenging them with nascent myotubes. Some of these labeled cells were incorporated into the forming myotubes. Second, a block to fusion develops during myotube maturation. Well developed myotubes challenged with labeled competent myogenic cells failed to incorporate the labeled nuclei.     

体内体外培养下飞蝗雄性生殖细胞的分化

在单一TCl99或GRACE培养液中培养的四龄三天东亚飞蝗(Locusta mtgratoria mani lensis精小管,其精子发生只发育至初级精母细胞期,培养液中添加10%小牛血清或飞蝗精巢匀浆液可促使其发育至次级精母细胞期,添加10%分别取自东亚飞蝗蝗蝻、柞蚕蛹及蓖麻蚕蛹的血淋巴可促进其产生约20%的精子。 蜕皮激素及保幼激素对精子的产生无显著影响。移植培养的精小管在受体飞蝗体内不能发育产生精子,注射20μg/虫蜕皮激素可促使其产生大量精子。完整精巢无需注射蜕皮激素即可在受体飞蝗体内发育产生精子。结果表明,昆虫血淋巴内可能含有促细胞分化类因子,此(类)因子可能无种属特异性,外源蜕皮激素可能对精子发生无直接作用,但精子发生同时需要蜕皮激素和血淋巴因子,精巢本身可能有自己的蜕皮激素来源。     

THE EFFECT OF MITOTIC INHIBITORS ON MYOGENESIS IN VITRO

The effect of colchicine and other antimitotic drugs was studied in cultures of 11-day chick embryo breast muscle. Exposure of such cultures to 10^-6 M colchicine results in fragmentation of the elongate myotubes into rounded, cytoplasmic sacs (myosacs) containing various numbers of nuclei. Comparison of the dose-response relation between myotube fragmentation and metaphase arrest suggests that the underlying mechanism may be similar in both cases. Low temperature does not duplicate the effects of colchicine. Glycerinated myotubes are not affected by the mitotic inhibitors. The effect of colchicine on myotubes is reversible. Myosacs elongate within several days after removal from colchicine. However, the regenerated myotubes fail to incorporate additional mononucleated cells. Colchicine does not interfere with the process of fusion itself, but the metaphase block prevents cells from entering that phase of the cell cycle during which fusion can occur. Cells arrested in mitosis by colchicine do not recover when incubated in normal medium. Colcemid-induced arrest is reversible and does not prevent subsequent fusion of the cells.     

乙酰胆碱对大鼠体外抗体生成的影响

目的：观察不同浓度乙酰胆碱（ＡＣｈ,１０－１０～１０－５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）对大鼠体外抗体生成的影响,并初步探讨其作用机制,从细胞水平了解乙酰胆碱与免疫功能之间的关系。方法：用体外抗体生成的检测方法,用绵羊红细胞（ＳＲＢＣ）刺激大鼠肠系膜淋巴结Ｂ细胞转化成抗体形成细胞（ＡＦＣ）,然后检测其抗体生成量。结果：①１０－１０～１０－７ｍｏｌ／ＬＡＣｈ能显著抑制体外抗体生成,其中１０－８和１０－７ｍｏｌ／ＬＡＣｈ的作用较强,而１０－６和１０－５ｍｏｌ／ＬＡＣｈ无明显的抑制作用;②Ｍ型胆碱能受体激动剂毛果芸香碱（１０－８和１０－７ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）能明显减弱体外抗体生成,而Ｎ型受体激动剂烟碱（１０－８和１０－７ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）没有显著的减弱作用,Ｍ型受体拮抗剂阿托品（１０－７和１０－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）可完全阻断ＡＣｈ抑制体外抗体生成的作用;③ＡＣｈ分别在Ｂ细胞用ＳＲＢＣ刺激后３～４８ｈ中的６个不同时间与淋巴细胞作用,其抗体生成仍然是减少的。结论：ＡＣｈ可非浓度依赖性地抑制大鼠的体外抗体生成;此作用可能由Ｂ细胞上的Ｍ型胆碱能受体介导;且ＡＣｈ可能主要影响Ｂ细胞转化的后期过程。     

玉米叶片细脉原生韧皮部筛分子的分化和超微结构 : 原生质体的变化

玉米（ＺｅａｍａｙｓＬ．）叶片细脉原生韧皮部筛分子开始分化时,首先出现长的粗面内质网潴泡和增厚的细胞壁,随后在质体中出现其特征性的拟晶体内含物。随着分化的进行,长的粗面内质网潴泡转化为较短的形态,最后聚集成一些小的堆叠并失去其核糖体。细胞核发生退化,但常保持到成熟期的后期,此时的细胞核由双层核膜或某些部位仅由内核膜包被,内含电子致密的不定形染色质团块。随后双层核膜破裂而变得不连续。在细胞核开始退化时,核周腔局部膨大。有的膨大核周腔的外核膜破裂,并伴随邻近的部分细胞质解体。在核退化过程中,除内质网外,质体和线粒体的结构也发生变化,而核糖体、细胞质基质、液泡和高尔基体则解体消失。成熟原生韧皮部筛分子的原生质组分分布在细胞边缘,由质膜、线粒体、小的滑面内质网堆叠及具拟晶体的Ｐ型质体组成。随着邻近后生韧皮部筛分子分化的进行,成熟原生韧皮部筛分子的原生质组分逐渐退化,最后消失。     

DIFFERENTIATION OF THE SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM AND T SYSTEM IN DEVELOPING CHICK SKELETAL MUSCLE IN VITRO

The electron microscope was used to investigate the first 10 days of differentiation of the SR and the T system in skeletal muscle cultured from the breast muscle of 11-day chick embryos. The T-system tubules could be clearly distinguished from the SR in developing muscle cells fixed with glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide. Ferritin diffusion confirmed this finding: the ferritin particles were found only in the tubules identified as T system. The proliferation of both membranous systems seemed to start almost simultaneously at the earliest myotube stage. Observations suggested that the new SR membranes developed from the rough-surfaced ER as tubular projections. The SR tubules connected with one another to form a network around the myofibril. The T-system tubules were formed by invagination of the sarcolemma. The early extension of the T system by branching and budding was seen only in subsarcolemmal regions. Subsequently the T-system tubules could be seen deep within the muscle cells. Immediately after invaginating, the T-system tubule formed, along its course, specialized connections with the SR or ER: triadic structures showing various degrees of differentiation. The simultaneous occurrence of myofibril formation and membrane proliferation is considered to be important in understanding the coordinated events resulting in the differentiated myotube.     

高尔基体在人胃腺癌细胞诱导分化过程中的变化

MGc 80-3细胞高尔基体呈发育差、结构不典型状态,但经dBcAMP诱导后,细胞内高尔基体组数增多、分布集中、体积增大,高尔基囊数目增多、排列规则,囊的膜内颗粒增多、分布较为均匀,恢复为与其相应正常细胞相似、发育良好的典型高尔基体结构。这种变化不仅抑制了胃癌细胞的恶性分泌活动,同时对细胞表面成份的变化也起着一定的调节作用。认为高尔基体结构与功能向典型方向的转??变是癌细胞恶性表型逆转的一种重要表现,对于癌细胞由恶性向正常方向的分化具有重要影响。     

INDUCTION OF WOUND-VESSEL DIFFERENTIATION IN ISOLATED COLEUS STEM SEGMENTS IN VITRO

Excised internodes and 2-mm-thick transverse stem segments of Coleus blumei were incubated 7 days on media containing 2% sucrose, 1% agar, and various growth substances. Wound-vessel members differentiated in the 2-mm-thick tissue slices incubated on medium containing no exogenous auxin (control). Compared to control slices, the addition to the medium of either IAA (50 or 5 ppm), 2, 4-D (10, 1, or 0.1 ppm), TIBA (50, 5, or 0.5 ppm), or kinetin (50, 5, 0.5 or 0.05 ppm) inhibited wound-vessel differentiation. Simultaneous treatment of tissue slices with IAA and kinetin inhibited wound-vessel differentiation, as did the incubation of tissue slices on medium containing no sucrose. Low concentrations of IAA (0.05 ppm) or 2, 4-D (0.01 ppm) resulted in over a 100% increase in the numbers of wound-vessel members differentiated. These results are interpreted as indicating auxin synthesis by the tissue slices and the participation of auxin as a limiting factor in xylogenesis. The inhibition of wound-vessel differentiation by relatively high concentrations of 2,4-D, TIBA, or kinetin is interpreted as a reflection of the inhibition of polar auxin transport by these substances, and an indication that polar auxin transport enhances xylogenesis.     

低聚果糖体内外对肠道菌的影响

目的 :了解低聚果糖 (FOS)体内外对肠道菌双歧杆菌、类杆菌和肠杆菌科菌的增殖作用。方法 :FOS 1g/ (kg· bw· d) ,灌服 (ig)小鼠 ,连续 14 d后 ,取粪便 ,选择性培养基平板菌落计数法测各菌群。体外试验中 ,按 1%的 FOS添加到各人肠道分离菌培养液中 ,培养 2 4h后测其吸光度 A值和 p H值变化。结果 :ig FOS的小鼠肠道双歧杆菌和肠杆菌数量分别是 9.16± 0 .67和 8.3 3± 0 .70 (log10 N CFU/ g) ,高于对照组(P<0 .0 5)。 FOS体外对各肠道分离菌均有增殖作用 ,依大小分别是双歧杆菌、类杆菌和肠杆菌 ,其 A值分别增加了 0 .8～ 1.192、0 .80 2和 0 .198～ 0 .461,其 p H值分别降低了 1.5～ 1.68、1.2和 0 .2～ 0 .58。结论 :FOS体内外有相对选择性增殖双歧杆菌的作用 ,对类杆菌和肠杆菌也有调整作用     

甲胎蛋白在体外对人肝癌细胞生长的影响

本文用MTT比色法观察了甲胎蛋白(AFP)在体外对人肝癌细胞生长的影响。结果表明,AFP能促进SMMC-7721人肝癌细胞的生长。当AFP与AFP抗体合用时,AFP抗体能减弱AFP对SMMC-7721细胞生长的促进作用;AFP抗体单用对此种细胞的生长亦有抑制作用。另一方面,在相同的实验条件下,AFP和AFP抗体对HL-60人白血病细胞的生长无明显影响;提示AFP的促生长作用具有一定的肿瘤细胞特异性,并非一种蛋白质对培养细胞的非特异性营养作用。此外,AFP亦能促进MCF-7人乳腺癌细胞的生长,AFP抗体对此种细胞的生长有抑制作用。由于MCF-7细胞存在功能性AFP受体,也能合成和分泌AFP。这就提示,人肝癌细胞中的AFP很可能与其受体特异性结合,产生促生长效应。确切机制尚待进一步阐明。