NaCl对小麦根质膜NADPH氧化酶活性的影响

以小麦‘陇春20’为实验材料,用两相法分离根质膜微囊,研究NaCl处理对质膜NADPH氧化酶活性的影响。结果显示:(1)温和胶中酶活性条带的出现依赖于NADPH和Ca2 ,DPI(NADPH氧化酶抑制剂)完全抑制酶活性条带的出现;与0.2%的浓度相比,0.5%和1%的去垢剂TritonX-100或Chapso增溶质膜微囊明显减弱酶活性条带,表明高浓度的去垢剂抑制小麦根质膜NADPH氧化酶活性;(2)与对照相比,NaCl处理明显增强NADPH氧化酶活性温和胶染色出现的酶带;进一步研究发现,未处理质膜微囊超氧阴离子(O2.-)的产生只有7.55 nmol.mg-1protein.min-1,而100 mmol/L NaCl处理的质膜微囊O2.-的产生为13.63 nmol.mg-1protein.min-1。结果表明:质膜蛋白温和胶活性染色出现的酶带可能是小麦根质膜NADPH氧化酶,NaCl处理增强小麦根质膜NADPH氧化酶的活性。     

中性粒细胞内的NADPH氧化酶

中性粒细胞内的ＮＡＤＰＨ氧化酶周剑涛（湖北省黄冈地区卫校,４３６１００）关键词ＮＡＤＰＨ氧化酶中性粒细胞受刺激,出现呼吸突发,产生０－２、·ＯＨ、Ｏ２、Ｈ２Ｏ２等活性氧类物质。其中,Ｏ－２是ＮＡＤＰＨ氧化酶催化Ｏ２与ＮＡＤＰＨ之间发生单电子还原反应的...     

胞外H2O2及NADPH氧化酶参与了铜胁迫对植物细胞死亡的诱导

以烟草悬浮细胞BY-2(Nicotiana tabacum L.cv.Bright Yellow-2)为材料,探讨了在铜离子胁迫下植物细胞死亡发生过程中胞外H₂O₂及NADPH氧化酶所扮演的角色。实验结果表明,随着外源CuCl₂浓度的上升(从0~700 μmol·L^-1),细胞死亡水平不断上升,且胞外H₂O₂的水平也不断增加。在300 μmol·L^-1的CuCl₂诱导细胞死亡的过程中,加入H₂O₂清除剂N-N-二甲基硫脲(DMTU)降低了胞外CuCl₂胁迫下H₂O₂含量增加的同时也降低了细胞死亡水平的上升,这一观察表明了铜离子胁迫所导致的细胞死亡的发生和胞外H₂O₂的增加有关。进一步的研究表明,300 μmol·L^-1 CuCl₂的胁迫导致了NADPH氧化酶活性的显著性上升,而加入NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂（二亚苯基碘,DPI,)则降低了CuCl₂胁迫所导致的细胞死亡和胞外H₂O₂含量的上升。上述结果表明,胞外H₂O₂和NADPH氧化酶参与了CuCl₂对植物细胞死亡的诱导作用。     

NADPH氧化酶参与水杨酸诱导的蚕豆气孔关闭过程

水杨酸(SA)可以浓度依赖的方式诱导蚕豆叶片的气孔关闭,1～1000μmol·L~(-1)SA所诱导的气孔关闭可以再开放,而10~(-2)mol·L~(-1)的SA导致的气孔关闭则否。质膜NADPH氧化酶抑制剂二亚苯基碘(DPI)可削弱SA作用的45%～60%。表明SA诱导的气孔关闭可能与H_2O_2的产生有关。以H_2O_2荧光探针H_2DCFDA结合显微注射技术直接检测保卫细胞内产生H_2O_2的结果显示,100μmol·L~(-1)SA可引起保卫细胞内荧光素(DCF)荧光快速增强。在DPI存在的情况下,经SA处理的保卫细胞,仅在其叶绿体部位产生H_2O_2,而质膜附近的DCF荧光增强则受到抑制。表明叶绿体可能是保卫细胞内产生H_2O_2的主要部位,质膜NADPH氧化酶也可能参与SA诱导H_2O_2的产生。     

辐射诱导小鼠淋巴瘤细胞凋亡涉及NADPH氧化酶的活性

用60Coγ射线对小鼠淋巴瘤细胞3SB(p53 / )和1B1C4(p53-/-)进行照射处理。观察了辐射后细胞形态学变化,结果发现,3SB对γ射线诱导的凋亡非常敏感,而1B1C4细胞对辐射具有抗性。DNA片断化试验和藻红B染色试验的结果也证实这一点。进一步分析了凋亡信号途径上的caspase-3和p53。在3SB细胞中,检测到激活的caspase-3并发现p53的表达随辐射剂量的增加而增高。比较了两种细胞中caspase-3mRNA的表达,但未见差异。对两种细胞中的NADPH氧化酶活性的测定结果表明,凋亡的3SB细胞中的NADPH氧化酶活性增高。因此,在电离辐射诱导细胞凋亡的过程中,NADPH氧化酶参与了上游信号的转导。     

硫化氢与NADPH氧化酶

硫化氢(H2S)被认为是继NO和CO之后的第三种气体信号分子,是一种新的内皮细胞源性血管舒张因子,在平滑肌松弛、海马长时程增强、脑发育和炎症等方面发挥着重要的生理病理作用。H2S具有很强的抗氧化作用,被认为是其发挥生理病理作用的重要机制之一。NADPH氧化酶是生物体内产生活性氧类(reactive oxygen species,ROS)的主要酶,在动脉粥样硬化、肾间质纤维化等的发生和发展起着关键作用。本文重点综述生理浓度下H2S对NADPH氧化酶的抑制作用及其机制,并简述其重要的生理病理意义。     

植物NADPH氧化酶研究进展

植物NADPH氧化酶又被称为Rboh(respiratory burst oxidase homologue),是动物巨噬细胞NADPH氧化酶主要功能亚基gp91phox的同源物。在受到外来信号的刺激时,该酶能通过自身的激活或失活迅速引起活性氧(reactive oxygen species,ROS)的升高或降低,进而在植物生长发育及应答生物或非生物胁迫中发挥重要作用。该文总结了近兼来植物中NADPH氧化酶的结构和功能,以及信号调节机制等方面的研究进展。     

砷暴露诱导人肝细胞氧化应激过程中NADPH氧化酶作用机制

目的：探讨砷暴露诱导细胞氧化应激的分子机制。方法：采用人正常肝细胞进行亚砷酸钠和砷酸钠的暴露处理,并设相应对照组,采用SOD模拟物MnTMPyP和还原型谷胱甘肽（reducedglutathione,GSH）预处理,检测细胞超氧阴离子（02。）和细胞整体ROS的水平。WestemBlot方法检测细胞氧化／抗氧化重要酶微粒体谷胱甘肽硫转移酶（microsomalglutathioneS-transferase-l,Mgst．1）、半胱氨酸双加氧酶l（cysteinedioxygenasel,Cd01）和NADPH氧化酶的催化亚基NOX4的表达。针对NADPH氧化酶,采用特异性抑制剂（diphenyleneiodoniumchloride,DPI）进行预处理,观察对砷暴露引起的细胞ROS水平及细胞凋亡的影响。结果：砷暴露能够显著诱导细胞超氧阴离子的产生,提高细胞整体ROS水平,其中三价砷（亚砷酸钠,A矿）诱导氧化应激作用显著强于五价砷（砷酸钠,As5＋）。亚砷酸钠能够显著提高NOX4的表达。针对NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂DPI能够显著抑制砷暴露引起的细胞ROS水平升高以及细胞凋亡的增加。结论：NADPH氧化酶是砷暴露诱导人肝细胞的作用靶点,砷能够通过NADPH氧化酶产生大量超氧阴离子,提高ROS水平,造成氧化应激,诱导人正常肝细胞凋亡。     

植物细胞膜NADPH氧化酶的研究进展

植物细胞质膜NADPH氧化酶是植物中一种与哺乳动物嗜中性粒细胞gp91phox同源的氧化还原酶。当植物受到生物或非生物胁迫时,该酶通过短时间内大量产生信号分子活性氧(activeoxygenspecies,AOS)调节基因表达和细胞代谢,使植物及时对逆境胁迫作出反应,以适应环境的变化。NADPH氧化酶在调节植物的生长和发育方面也起着非常重要的作用。本文对其结构特征、活性调节和功能等方面的最新进展进行了综述。     

Effects of in vivo copper treatment on the photosynthetic apparatus of two Triticum durum cultivars with different stress sensitivity

The effect of copper on the photosynthetic apparatus of two cultivars of durum wheat ( Triticum durum cvs Adamello and Ofanto) with different sensitivity to drought and nickel stress were investigated. Plants were grown in nutrient solution or in nutrient solution further supplemented with CuSO₄ to achieve final concentrations of 3.6 μM and 20 μM Cu. Several fluorescence analyses were performed, in presence or absence of DCMU, and with varying light intensities. Furthermore, light and electron microscopic investigations were carried out. In vivo treatment using 3.6 μ Cu produced a marked reduction in growth of the Cu-treated plants, but only mild effects on the fluorescence-related parameters. The Cu-induced reduction in the area above the fluorescence induction curve and in the time needed to reach the maximum of chlorophyll fluorescence (F_max) were more pronounced. These results favour the hypothesis that under such conditions copper affects photosynthesis mainly in an indirect way, causing a slowing down of the electron transport as a consequence of the reduced requirement for photosynthesis products. The morphological analyses corroborate this hypothesis, showing toxic effects on the chloroplast structure due to Cu treatment. The differences between the two cultivars were not as pronounced as reported in the case of nickel or drought stresses; nevertheless, cv. Ofanto seemed to be less sensitive also to Cu stress than cv. Adamello.     

Haploid Plant Regeneration from Protoplast Cultures of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)

Haploid suspension callus cultures from embryos of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf. ) × maize (Zea mays L. ) crosses were used for protoplast isolation. Experimental results from enzyme digestion showed large numbers of viable protoplasts released from both suspension culture and solid culture of callus cut into small pieces of 1 mm in size prior to incubation in an enzyme solution containing 2.0% cellulase RS and 0.5 % pectolyase Y-23. Division frequency of protoplasts isolated from suspension cultured callus was quite different from that of solid cultured callus, however, the former being 5.20%, and the latter less than 1.0% when cultured on KM8p medium containing 1.0 mg/L 2, 4-D using LMP (low melting point) agarose embedding method. Embryogenic ealli could be selected out from protoplast-derived microcalli after 2 to 3 subcultures. Plants could be regenerated from protoplast-derived embryogenic calli after 20 days of culture on differentiation medium I (MS basal medium supplemented with 0.2 mg/L 2, 4-D, 1.0 mg/L BAP, 0. I mg/L NAA, 3 %/4 su- crose, 200 mg/L casein hydrolysate, 146 mg/L glutamine, 300 mg/L aspartic acid) and (components were the same as I without 2, 4-D) respectively. The plant regeneration frequency was about 20%. Chromosome count of root tip cells of 4 plants of the 22 protoplast- derived plants sampled at random revealed haploid in nature (2n= 2x= 14).     

The embryogenic response of immature embryo cultures of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.): histology and improvement by AgNO3

Immature zygotic embryos of durum wheat cv Ardente were cultured vitro on 2,4-D to induce somatic embryogenesis. Five days after culture initiation, somatic proembryos were directly initiated from the scutellum of immature embryos. After 28 days, somatic embryos were fully developed with a scutellum-like structure. Histological observations between the first and the eighty day in culture showed a clear unicelllar origin for a few of these somatic embryos, whilst most of them originated from a meristematic multilayer. Furthermore, estimation of the mitotic index of outer epithelium, subepithelium and inner epithelium of the scutellum during the first week of culture, showed a strict epidermal origin of these early developed structures. The addition of 1 mg·L^–1 of AgNO₃ enhanced the induction of direct somatic embryogenesis (a more than 22 fold increase), affecting both the percentage of embryogenic explants and the number of somatic embryos per explant, suggesting the possible involvement of ethylene.     

Water and salt stress-induced alterations in proline metabolism of Triticum durum seedlings

Many plants accumulate proline as a non-toxic and protective osmolyte under saline or dry conditions. Its accumulation is caused by both the activation of its biosynthesis and inactivation of its degradation. We report here on the alterations induced by water and salt stress in the proline metabolism and amino acid content of 5-day-old seedlings of Triticum durum cv. Simeto. Most of the amino acids showed an increase with the induction of either stress, but proline increased more markedly than did other amino acids. We also measured the activities of two enzymes, Δ¹-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) reductase (EC 1.5.1.2) and proline dehydrogenase (EC 1.5.1.2), which are involved in proline biosynthesis and catabolism, respectively. The activity of P5C reductase was enhanced during both water and salt stress, while proline dehydrogenase was inhibited only during salt stress. The results indicate that synthesis de novo is the predominant mechanism in proline accumulation in durum wheat. Use of a cDNA clone that encodes P5C-reductase from Arabidopsis thaliana , showed no differences in the gene expression between controls and stressed plants, implying that the increase in enzyme activity is unrelated to the expression of this gene.     

Ethylene production and involvement during the first steps of durum wheat (Triticum durum) anther culture

The role of ethylene in anther culture of durum wheat ( Triticum durum Desf. cv. Ardente) was analyzed by testing the effects of 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid (ethrel) silver thiosulfate (Ag⁺), a -aminooxyacetic acid (AOA) and 1-aminocyclopropane-l-carboxylic acid (ACC) on microspore division observed after 21 days of culture and on development of calli estimated at day 45. The use of ethrel and Ag⁺ indicated a positive effect of ethylene on microspore division, whereas the use of AOA, and to a lesser extent ACC, snowed a negative effect. In contrast, the addition of ethrel or Ag⁺ indicated that ethylene inhibits the development of microspore-derived calli. AOA gave contradictory results. Ethylene production by anthers was about 7 pl anther⁻¹h⁻¹ and decreased during culture. ACC content in the anthers was maximal at day 9, whereas malonyl ACC (MACC) increased sharply from day 0 to day 3 and then decreased. The addition of AOA or ACC to the culture medium decreased or increased, respectively, ethylene production of anthers and the ACC and/or MACC content, but at concentrations higher than those that modified the formation of calli. This formation seems to occur in two successive phases: induction and initiation of microspore division, which was promoted by ethylene, followed by callus development, which was inhibited by ethylene.     

Biofortification of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. ssp. durum (Desf.) Husnot) grains with nutrients

Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. ssp. durum (Desf.) Husnot) was grown under conditions to promote mineral biofortification at the grain level. Along plant development, biomass accumulation and the kinetics of nutrients accumulation were assessed, identifying the nutrient fluxes of roots and shoots, and the timescale constraints of crop biofortification. Plants were grown under environmentally controlled conditions, submitted to four increasing concentrations of nutrient solutions (1-, 2-, 4- and 6-fold) of micro- (Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn) and macronutrients (Ca, K, P and Mg). The threshold of mineral toxicity was not reached as evaluated through plant biomass accumulation, but considering grain yield, the twofold nutrient concentration was the best treatment for biofortification. In the different treatments, the contents and the mineral unrests of roots uptake and shoots translocation varied, at different magnitudes and trends, before the onset of booting and from the physiological maturity onwards. Except for Cu, all mineral nutrients were mainly detected in the bran and embryo of the grains; therefore, the production of biofortified pasta for human consumption requires the use of integral semolina.     

Effect of salt and osmotic stresses on germination in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)

In order to determine the relative importance of ionic toxicity versus the osmotic component of salt stress on germination in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.), seeds of three cultivars differing in their salt and drought resistance (Omrabi-5, drought-resistant; Belikh, salt-resistant and Cando, salt-sensitive) were incubated in various iso-osmotic solutions of NaCl, mannitol and polyethylene-glycol (PEG) (osmotic potential of –0.15 (control solution) –0.58, –1.05 or –1.57 MPa). Moderate stress intensities only delayed germination, whereas the highest concentration of NaCl and PEG reduced final germination percentages. PEG was the most detrimental solute, while mannitol had no effect on final germination percentages. All osmotica reduced endosperm starch and soluble sugars content as well as -amylase activities recorded after 48 h of treatment while -amylase activities were, in contrast, slightly stimulated in all cultivars. Deleterious effects of NaCl and PEG were higher on isolated embryos germinated onto an in vitro Linsmaier and Skoog (LS) medium comparatively to whole seeds. All PEG-treated embryos, however, recovered after the stress relief while NaCl-treated embryos exhibited a lower rate of recovery and some extent of abnormal germination after rinsing. It was concluded that stress inhibition of germination could not be attributed to an inhibition of mobilisation of reserves and that the main effect of PEG occurred via an inhibition of water uptake while detrimental effects of NaCl may be linked to long-term effects of accumulated toxic ions. The behaviour of the three cultivars during germination did not fully reflect their mean level of putative stress resistance in field conditions and germination is, therefore, not recommended as a reliable selection criterion for breeding purposes.     

Plant regeneration from protoplasts of durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf. cv. D6962)

Suspension cultures of durum wheat were established from embryogenic callus maintained in liquid medium for 30 months. Protoplasts were readily isolated from the suspension cultures with yields as high as 3 X 10⁷ protoplasts per g fresh weight suspension cells. When incubated in a modified MS medium containing half strength of the macroelements, 5 M 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) and 0.6 M glucose, protoplast-derived cells divided at frequencies ranging from 1.4 to 10.0 %. After transfer to a solid subculture medium, the protoplast-derived colonies formed embryogenic protuberances, from which green plants have been regenerated.