Auxin-induced Growth in Hypocotyl Segments of Pinus pinaster Aiton. Changes in Molecular Weight: Distribution of Hemicellulosic Polysaccharides

Lorences, E. P. and Zarra, I. 1987. Auxin-induced growth inhypocotyl segments of Pinus pinaster Aiton. Changes in molecularweight distribution of hemicellulosic polysaccharides.—J.exp. Bot. 38: 960–967. The changes in the molecular weightdistribution of water-soluble hemicelluloses and xyloglucanduring auxin-induced growth of Pinus pinaster Aiton hypocotylsections were investigated. IAA induced an increase in the relativeamount of a high molecular weight polysaccharide (MW 5 x 10⁶)and a depolymerization of the xyloglucan present in the water-solublehemicelluloses extracted with 4% KOH. Moreover, the increasein the mean molecular weight distribution of total polysaccharidesand xyloglucan of the water-soluble hemicelluloses extractedwith 24% KOH was suppressed by auxin. We suggest that the decreasein the mass-average molecular weight of cell wall xyloglucanplays a critical role in the process responsible for the auxin-inducedcell wall extension in gymnosperm plants, as has been demonstratedfor monocot and dicot plants. Key words: Cell wall loosening, gymnosperm, xyloglucan     

Increased Molecular Mass of Hemicellulosic Polysaccharides is Involved in Growth Inhibition of Maize Coleoptiles and Mesocotyls under Hypergravity Conditions

Zea mays L. cv. Cross Bantam T51) coleoptiles and mesocotyls was suppressed by hypergravity at 30 g and above. Acceleration at 300 g significantly decreased the mechanical extensibility of cell walls of both organs. Hypergravity increased the amounts of hemicellulose and cellulose per unit length in mesocotyl walls, but not in coleoptile walls. The weight-average molecular masses of hemicellulosic polysaccharides were also increased by hypergravity in both organs. On the other hand, the activities of β-glucanases extracted from coleoptile and mesocotyl cell walls were decreased by hypergravity. These results suggest that the decreased activities of β-glucanases by hypergravity cause an increase in the molecular mass of hemicellulosic polysaccharides of both organs. The upshift of molecular mass of hemicellulosic polysaccharides as well as the thickening of cell walls under hypergravity conditions seems to be involved in making the cell wall mechanically rigid, thereby inhibiting elongation growth of maize coleoptiles and mesocotyls. Received 22 February 1999/ Accepted in revised form 20 April 1999     

Auxin-Induced Changes in the Molecular Weight Distribution of Cell Wall Xyloglucans in Avena Coleoptiles

The effect of auxin on the molecular weight (Mw) distributionof cell wall xyloglucans was investigated by gel permeationchromatography using coleoptile segments of Avena sativa L.cv. Victory, and the following results were obtained.

1. The water-insoluble hemicellulose (HC-A) mainly consisted ofxyloglucans. Iodine staining method revealed that relativelylarge amounts of xyloglucans were present in the water-solublehemicellulose (HC-B) and water-soluble polysaccharide (WS) fractions.
2. IAA did not cause remarkable changes in xyloglucan contentsin the hemicellulose, but significantly increased the xyloglucancontent in the WS fraction.
3. IAA substantially decreased theweight-average Mw of HC-A. Thiseffect became apparent within30 min of the incubation period,and was not affected by the0.15 M mannitol or 2% sucrose applied.Hydrogen ions also causeda decrease in the weight-average Mwof HC-A; its effect beingreversible.
4. Neither IAA nor hydrogen ions caused any remarkablechangesin the weightaverage Mw of water-soluble xyloglucansin theHC-B.

These results suggest that cell wall xyloglucans have an importantrole in auxininduced cell wall loosening in oat coleoptile cells. (Received May 10, 1984; Accepted August 20, 1984)     

不同环境下籼稻糙米重的发育遗传研究

采用包括遗传主效应和基因型与环境互作效应的数量性状发育遗传模型和统计分析方法 ,分析了籼稻(OryzasativaL .)稻米 4个发育时期糙米重的两年资料。结果表明 ,除了三倍体胚乳和二倍体母体植株基因的加性和显性主效应以及细胞质主效应可以控制不同稻米发育时期的糙米重量外 ,基因型与环境互作效应也可明显影响不同发育时期糙米重量。基因加性主效应和加性×环境互作效应在整个稻米灌浆过程中起着主要作用 ,对糙米重的选择可以取得良好的改良效果。条件方差分量分析结果表明 ,胚乳和母体植株中控制糙米重表现的基因在多数稻米发育时期均有新的表达 ,且以稻米发育早期为主 ,开花后第 1～ 7天是控制糙米重的基因表达最为活跃的时期 ,其次为开花后第 8～ 14天。一些基因只在个别发育时期间断表达 ,这在净细胞质主效应和净细胞质×环境互作效应以及净显性主效应上表现得尤为明显。稻米不同发育时期的遗传效应预测值表明 ,V2 0和作 5等亲本可以明显提高后代的糙米重量。     

Developmental Genetic Analysis of Brown Rice Weight Under Different Environmental Conditions in indica Rice

Analysis of genetic main effects and genotype×environment (GE) interaction effects for brown rice weight (BRW) at four different filling stages in indica rice ( Oryza sativa L.) was conducted for two-year experimental data by using developmental genetic models and corresponding statistical approaches for quantitative traits of seeds in cereal crops. It was indicated that the genetic main effects and their GE interaction effects of triploid endosperm, cytoplasmic and diploid maternal plant genes were important for BRW at different filling stages of rice, especially for endosperm or maternal additive main effects and their additive interaction effects. Because of the higher additive effects and additive interaction effects for BRW at different filling stages, the better improving effects for this trait could be expected by selection in rice breeding. The results of conditional genetic variance components showed that the new expression of quantitative genes in endosperm and maternal plant for BRW was mostly found at all different filling stages of rice. The gene expression, however, was most active at the early filling stages especially for the first (1-7 d) and the second filling stages (8-14 d after flowering). The phenomena that some genes were spasmodically expressible among filling stages of rice were detected for some genetic effects especially for net cytoplasmic main effects or its interaction effects and net dominance main effects. Predicted genetic effects at different filling stages of rice showed that some parents such as V20 and Zuo 5 were better than others for improving the BRW.     

Hemicellulosic Polysaccharides from the Xylopodium of Ocimum nudicaule: Changes in Composition in Dormancy and Sprouting

Changes in the yield and composition of hemicelluloses fromthe underground organs (xylopodia) of Ocimum nudicaule wereinvestigated. Hemicelluloses constituted about 12% of the delipidizedpowder in sprouting and about 30 % in dormant phases. Xyloseis the major component of hemicelluloses A and B (and is alsopresent in C), followed by arabinose, galactose, glucose, rhamnoseand mannose. The amounts of hemicellulose B decreased by sixtimes between dormancy and sprouting, whereas the yields ofhemicelluloses A and C remained constant. This, together withthe higher solubility of hemicellulose B and its higher susceptibilityto hemicellulase in sprouting indicates that this fraction constitutesa cell-wall bound storage polysaccharide, which may play a rolein the onset of xylopodia bud sprouting. Ocimum nudicaule, hemicelluloses, cell-wall storage polysaccharide     

不同供水条件下水稻幼苗根系形成的遗传分析

利用分子标记图谱对溶液培养与旱作培养（纸培养）下的水稻（Oryza sativa L.)幼苗的种子根与最长不定根长,不定根数,总根干重,根冠比等性状进行了基因定位与遗传分析。4种参数共检测到6个数量性状位点（quantitative trait loci,QTLs)与22对上位性互作位点,其中溶液培养中的最长不定根长,总根干重和旱作培养中的总根干重检测到的QTLs位点对总变异的贡献率分别为20％,23％和13％左右;旱作培养中的最长不定根长,不定根数,根冠比和溶液培养中的根冠比仅检测到上位性位点,对表型变异的贡献率在12％－61％之间,溶液培养与旱作条件下没有一个或一对检测到的QTL或互作位点完全相同,提示溶液培养和旱作条件下影响幼苗根系生长的遗传机制差异,上位性作用对旱作培养条件下的根生长具重要影响。     

Changes in Esterification of the Uronic Acid Groups of Cell Wall Polysaccharides during Elongation of Maize Coleoptiles

Cell walls of grasses have two major polysaccharides that contain uronic acids, the hemicellulosic glucuronoarabinoxylans and the galactosyluronic acid-rich pectins. A technique whereby esterified uronic acid carboxyl groups are reduced selectively to yield their respective 6,6-dideuterio neutral sugars was used to determine the extent of esterification and changes in esterification of these two uronic acids during elongation of maize (Zea mays L.) coleoptiles. The glucosyluronic acids of glucuronoarabinoxylans did not appear to be esterified at any time during coleoptile elongation. The galactosyluronic acids of embryonal coleoptiles were about 65% esterified, but this proportion increased to nearly 80% during the rapid elongation phase before returning to about 60% at the end of elongation. Methyl esters accounted for about two-thirds of the total esterified galacturonic acid in cell walls of unexpanded coleoptiles. The proportion of methyl esters decreased throughout elongation and did not account for the increase in the proportion of esterified galactosyluronic acid units during growth. The results indicate that the galactosyluronic acid units of grass pectic polysaccharides may be converted to other kinds of esters or form ester-like chemical interactions during expansion of the cell wall. Accumulation of novel esters or ester-like interactions is coincident with covalent attachment of polymers containing galactosyluronic acid units to the cell wall.     

用量热法研究水稻线粒体不同条件下的能量释放

用精密微热量计（ＬＫＢ２２７７ 生物活性检测系统） 和差示扫描量热（ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔｉａｌ ｓｃａｎｎｉｎｇ ｃａｌｏｒｉｍｅｔｒｙ, ＤＳＣ） 仪（Ｄｕｐｏｎｔ９１０） 分别测定了广丛４１Ｂ 水稻线粒体体外能量释放热谱和ＤＳＣ 曲线。探讨了它在恒温和变温条件下能量释放的规律和特性,建立了广丛４１Ｂ水稻线粒体在不同条件下能量释放的动力学模型,计算了它在能量释放过程中的热力学和动力学参数,并比较了它们之间的差异。结果表明,温度愈低,线粒体能量释放速率愈慢。线粒体在零上低温下放置较长时间后,其放热量增加,能量释放速率加快。     

In Planta Stage-Specific Fungal Gene Profiling Elucidates the Molecular Strategies of Fusarium graminearum Growing inside Wheat Coleoptiles

The ascomycete Fusarium graminearum is a destructive fungal pathogen of wheat (Triticum aestivum). To better understand how this pathogen proliferates within the host plant, we tracked pathogen growth inside wheat coleoptiles and then examined pathogen gene expression inside wheat coleoptiles at 16, 40, and 64 h after inoculation (HAI) using laser capture microdissection and microarray analysis. We identified 344 genes that were preferentially expressed during invasive growth in planta. Gene expression profiles for 134 putative plant cell wall–degrading enzyme genes suggest that there was limited cell wall degradation at 16 HAI and extensive degradation at 64 HAI. Expression profiles for genes encoding reactive oxygen species (ROS)–related enzymes suggest that F. graminearum primarily scavenges extracellular ROS before a later burst of extracellular ROS is produced by F. graminearum enzymes. Expression patterns of genes involved in primary metabolic pathways suggest that F. graminearum relies on the glyoxylate cycle at an early stage of plant infection. A secondary metabolite biosynthesis gene cluster was specifically induced at 64 HAI and was required for virulence. Our results indicate that F. graminearum initiates infection of coleoptiles using covert penetration strategies and switches to overt cellular destruction of tissues at an advanced stage of infection.     

不同海拔来源云南地方稻种资源各生育时期耐冷性鉴定评价

本研究以不同海拔生态区来源的307份云南地方稻种资源为试验材料,进行了水稻发芽期、芽期、苗期、孕穗开花期等4个生育时期耐冷性的鉴定评价.鉴定结果表明,云南地方稻种的各生育时期耐冷性分级与其分布的生态区海拔高度均呈显著或极显著的负相关,即云南地方稻种的耐冷性与其来源生态区的海拔高度密切相关,分布在高海拔生态区的地方稻种各...     

Changes in Wall Polysaccharides of Squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) Hypocotyls under Water Stress Condition: II. Composition of Pectic and Hemicellulosic Polysaccharides

Hypocotyl growth of dark-grown squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.)seedlings was greatly reduced by the addition of polyethyleneglycol (60 mM) to the hydroponic solution through inhibitionof cell elongation. Measurement of the mechanical propertiesof the cell walls revealed that the cell wall of stressed hypocotylswas loosened as much as that of the unstressed hypocotyls, suggestingthat the stressed hypocotyl could not elongate even though thecell wall loosened. Galactose and arabinose in the pectic fraction,which are probably attached to high mol wt rhamnogalacturonans,increased under stressed as well as under unstressed condition.Other polysaccharides including pectic low mol wt galacturonans,hemicellulosic xyloglucans, galactoglucomannans, arabinans,and glucuronoarabinoxylans increased more under unstressed condition.The mol wt of xyloglucans in the hemicellulosic fraction increasedunder unstressed but not under stressed condition. These results suggest that changes in wall structure, such asincreases in high mol wt rhamnogaracturonans rich in arabinoseand galactose residues, and the suppression of polymerizationof xyloglucans are involved in the process of cell wall loosening. (Received December 15, 1986; Accepted June 8, 1987)     

鸡腿蘑胞外多糖的形貌结构及分子量动态变化与抗氧化的相关性研究

对鸡腿蘑多糖的结构进行检测,并在此基础上探讨结构与活性的关系,对深度发掘鸡腿蘑多糖的功效具有重要意义.制备发酵时间为72 h、96 h和120 h的鸡腿蘑胞外粗多糖,采用PMP柱前衍生化-HPLC法分析其单糖组成,结果表明发酵72 h、96 h和120 h胞外多糖均由D-甘露糖、L-鼠李糖、D-葡萄糖、D-半乳糖、D-...     

Liposome Distribution Under the Conditions of Transplantation Immunity Activation

Abstract

The distribution of small neutral liposomes from phosphatidylcholine (PC) and cholesterol (Choi), 7:5 molar ratio, when transplanting skin and renal grafts administered locally, intavenously (IV), and subcutaneously (SC) to determine the regularities of their delivery to the pathological nidus and their accumulation in the liver has been studied. It is stated that the liposome uptake by the skin allograft after SC injection is different from the one by the skin autograft in its more prolonged growth of radioactivity. The local injection of liposomes after renal transplantation also results in prolonged liposome uptake by the graft and regional lymph nodes. Liposomes uptake by the allograft after IV injection is found to take place during the first day both for skin and renal transplantation. It is evident that SC and local injections are the varieties of the lymphogenic way of liposome administration. When using liposomes containing immunosuppressants and antiischemic drugs lymphgeneous and IV administrations when combined can be effective.     

Transition of a Compact Intermediate State of Pea Lectin Under the Influence of Different Molecular Weight Polyethylene Glycols

The compact intermediate of the pea lectin found to exist at pH 2.4 was treated with low (PEG-400), medium (PEG-4000) and high (PEG-20,000) molecular weight PEGs. The changes occurring in the secondary structure of the protein were monitored by CD spectropolarimetry in the far-UV range, intrinsic fluorescence was used as a probe to observe the changes in the tertiary structure which is reflected by the changes in the tryptophan environment, further ANS binding studies were made to know the extent of exposure of the hydrophobic patches which is again indicative of the overall changes occurring in the tertiary structure of the protein. It was found that the three PEGs altered the secondary as well as tertiary structure of the pH 2.4 intermediate leading to the formation of three different intermediates. The intermediates were found to have non-native secondary structure as well as non-native tertiary structure. The intermediate formed by the action of PEG-400 was due to the induction of secondary and tertiary structure while the intermediates formed under the influence of PEG-4000 and PEG-20,000 were due to loss in secondary structure and rearrangement in tertiary structure. Also the ANS binding studies showed the absence of any MG or MG-like structures formed in the folding /unfolding pathway induced by PEGs.     

Sugar Compositions, Intrinsic Viscosities and Molecular Weights of Hemicellulosic Polysaccharides of the Coleoptile Cell Walls in a Semi-Brachytic and a Normal Type Barley

The sugar compositions and intrinsic viscosities of the hemicellulosicpolysaccharides of the coleoptile cell wall were determinedin a normal type barley and a semi-brachytic type which producedless IAA than the normal type. The major sugar components ofhemicelluloses for both strains were arabinose (Ara), xylose(Xyl) and glucose (Glc). The Ara and Xyl content per unit lengthin the normal type did not change during growth, while thosein the semi-brachytic type decreased during growth. The Glccontents per unit length and per coleoptile decreased duringgrowth in both types of barley. The intrinsic viscosity of hemicellulosesfrom the coleoptile of the normal type was lower than that ofthe semi-brachytic type. These results suggested that the synthesis of arabinoxylan keptpace with the growth of the coleoptile in the normal type butnot in the semi-brachytic type, and that the average mol wtof the hemicelluloses in the normal type was lower than thatin the semibrachytic type. These chemical and physical changesin the hemicellulosic polysaccharides may account for the stuntedcoleoptile of the semi-brachytic barley with its less amountof endogenous IAA. (Received March 14, 1984; Accepted June 8, 1984)     

不同生长环境下水稻穗伸出度的QTL分析

以十和田/昆明小白谷225个F14家系为作图群体,在云南省弥勒县(正常生长环境)、嵩明县(自然低温胁迫环境)、丽江市(自然低温胁迫环境)等3个试点不同年份共5种不同生长环境下进行了水稻主穗和分蘖穗穗伸出度的异地鉴定,并利用SSR标记对水稻穗伸出度进行了QTL分析。检测结果表明,在5种不同的生长环境下共检测到12个与水稻穗伸出度相关的QTL,分别分布于第1(2个QTLs)、2、4、6(3个QTLs)、7(3个QTLs)、9(2个QTLs)号染色体,对表型的贡献率为3.72%~22.17%。其中与主穗穗伸出度相关的QTL共11个,与分蘖穗穗伸出度相关的QTL共7个,其中6个在主穗和分蘖穗上均检测到。在与主穗穗伸出度相关的11个QTL中,q PE-7-1在4种环境下均被检测到,解释的表型变异为9.49%~22.17%;q PE-1-1、q PE-1-2、q PE-6-1和q PE-9-2 4个QTL在2种环境下均被检测到。在与分蘖穗穗伸出度相关的7个QTL中,q PE-1-2、q PE-7-1和q PE-6-1 3个QTL在2种环境中均被检测到,解释的表型变异率分别为4.35%~12.64%、13.22%~20.89%和11.49%~15.73%。     

不同栽培条件辣椒疫霉菌ITS序列同源性分析

由疫霉菌引起的辣椒疫病是辣椒生产上的主要病害。明确设施栽培辣椒土传病害和露地栽培条件下辣椒疫病疫霉病菌基因序列和同源性,为制定病害防治措施提供依据。通过病菌形态观察、ITS基因序列测定与同源性分析开展研究。由疫霉菌侵染的辣椒病害在设施和露地不同栽培形式下发生部位略有不同,但在病菌形态上表现一致,ITS基因序列同源性极高,达到了99%以上。设施土传病害和露地栽培条件下辣椒疫病菌属于同一种,均为辣椒疫霉菌(Phytophthora capsici Leonian)。     

Changes in Molecular Weight of Cellulose in the Pea Epicotyl during Growth

A procedure is described for preparing cellulose nitrate from pea tissues (Pisum sativum L. var. Alaska) in quantitative yield, undegraded and uncontaminated by other polysaccharides. The average degree of polymerization of this product, estimated from viscosity measurements, increased during cell growth and development from a value of about 5000 glucose units in the apical meristem (plumule plus hook) to values near 8000 in fully grown maturing tissues (>20 mm from apex). The cellulose content per cell also increased (approximately 10-fold) during growth in these tissues, as did particulate glucan synthetase activity (3-fold rise). Since the yield of soluble cellulase activity is known to decrease from high values in the meristem to barely detectable amounts in mature tissues, it is suggested that the relative levels and properties of these hydrolytic and synthetic enzyme activities control the amount and degree of polymerization of cellulose formed during cell expansion in the pea epicotyl.     

白魔芋不同外植体的组培和分化条件初探（简报）

白魔芋的5种营养器官以11种培养基进行培养的结果表明,培养基M6适于侧芽生长和皮下组织诱导愈伤组织;M9适于主芽和基部组织诱导愈伤组织;M2适于皮上胸芽组织分化生长。皮上胸芽组织为最好的接种材料。