AXENIC TISSUE CULTURE AND MORPHOGENESIS IN PORPHYRA YEZOENSIS (BANGIALES, RHODOPHYTA)

To better understand developmental phenomena in macroalgal tissue culture, we examined the morphogenesis of Porphyra yezoensis Ueda (strain TU-1) cultured aseptically in defined synthetic media . Generally, the filamentous thalli (sporophyte; conchocelis phase) of P. yezoensis were densely tufted with uniseriate filaments. The foliose thalli (gametophyte) were monolayered. In this study, axenic filamentous thalli retained their characteristic morphogenesis; there were no obvious differences between morphogenetic traits in unialgal and axenic conditions. However, conchospores, which might have developed into the foliose form under unialgal conditions, germinated into calluslike masses under axenic conditions. Most of the gametophytes gradually lost their typical morphogenesis after the first longitudinal cell division. Some of the calluslike masses developed rhizoidlike structures in several places or along the entire mass. Therefore, we concluded that P. yezoensis, in axenic cultures, loses its typical morphogenesis only during the gametophytic phase. The axenic tissue culture of Porphyra established in this study is a promising assay system for the identification of growth and morphogenetic factors.     

Isolation of porphyran-degrading marine microorganisms from the surface of red alga, Porphyra yezoensis

Marine microorganisms degrading porphyran (POR) were found on the surface of thalli of Porphyra yezoensis. Fifteen crude microorganism groups softened and liquefied the surface of agar-rich plate medium. Among these, 11 microorganism groups degraded porphyran that consisted of sulfated polysaccharide in Porphyra yezoensis. Following isolation, 7 POR-degradable microorganisms were isolated from the 11 POR-degradable microorganism groups.     

‘Seed’ production of Porphyra spp. by tissue culture

Differentiation of archeospores was observed from excised tissue of young thalli of various monoecious Porphyra species ( P. tenera, P. yezoensis, P. suborbiculata, P. okamurae) after 4–8 days in culture at temperatures of 20 and 25 °C. Excised tissue from adult thalli did not differentiate into archeospores, but rather regenerated directly into blades and rhizoids of foliose thalli. Tissues from young thalli of two dioecious Porphyra species ( P. dentata and P. pseudolinearis) also regenerated into blades and rhizoids after manipulation of the culture conditions. In addition, 1–2 celled tissue pieces of both monoecious and dioecious species were also seen to develop directly into blades. Polarity of regeneration of blades and rhizoids was observed in these species. These results suggest that ‘seed’ can be obtained through tissue culture instead of using conventional conchocelis culture for commercial nori aquaculture in Japan. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

条斑紫菜多糖的分离纯化与抗肿瘤活性的初探

目的：本文主要应用生化提纯技术从条斑紫菜（ Porphyra yezoensis ）中提取不同纯度的多糖,并观察各多糖组分对人乳腺癌细胞 MCF-7 生长的影响。方法：通过 DEAE-52 柱层析和 Sephadex G-200 柱层析,对条斑紫菜粗多糖热水提取物进行纯化;经HPLC,紫外和红外光谱对多糖各组分的纯度及结构进行初步鉴定;并用 MTT 法和流式细胞仪检测多糖对人乳腺癌细胞 MCF-7 生长的影响。结果：分离纯化出的各组分条斑紫菜粗多糖对人乳腺癌细胞 MCF-7生长均有不同程度的抑制作用,其中PY-D2可诱导MCF-7细胞凋亡。结论：条斑紫菜多糖具有杀伤肿瘤细胞MCF-7的作用。     

Molecular divergence of the ssu rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer 1 in Porphyra yezoensis (Rhodophyta)

Nucleotide sequences from the downstream of ssu rDNA to ITS1 region of the individual thalli of both wild-collected Porphyra yezoensis from three different sites and culture strains were determined to obtain the molecular features of strains in the P. yezoensis lineage. Wild-collected thalli identified by morphological systematics, included the individuals that were separate from the P. yezoensis lineage based on ssu rDNA and ITS1 sequence homologies and phylogenetic relationships constructed using ITS1 sequences. Ssu rDNA exon region nucleotide sequences were identical among the wild-collected and clture strains of P. yezoensis. However, all individual wild-collected P. yezoensis thalli had different ITS1 sequences, even among individuals from the same sites. Furthermore, two different ssu rDNA structures with and without an intron were found in individuals from the same site. These results indicated the possibility that the presence and sequence of introns and ITS1 sequences can be used as a characteristic to determine the origin of culture strains. Four of six culture strains examined had an identical sequence from the ssu rDNA to ITS1, while the sequences of another two strains differed. In this study, wild-collected and culture strain thalli sequences were not identical, although similar pairs were identified. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

高盐下条斑紫菜光合特性和S-腺苷甲硫氨酸合成酶基因表达的变化

为了研究条斑紫菜耐盐机理,对条斑紫菜叶状体进行了高盐胁迫处理,继而采用氧电极法测量了光合放氧速率和呼吸耗氧速率的变化,采用实时荧光定量PCR技术测量了S-腺苷甲硫氨酸合成酶(命名为PySAMS)基因的表达变化。结果显示藻体的光合与呼吸作用均受到高盐度海水的显著影响,随着盐度的增加,光合放氧率逐渐降低,呼吸耗氧率也逐渐降低。高盐度海水对PySAMS基因表达量也产生了显著影响,40和50盐度的海水诱导了PySAMS表达,但60至80盐度的海水却不同程度地抑制了PySAMS表达。据此推测,在面对较高盐度胁迫时条斑紫菜叶状体将逐步降低体内新陈代谢以度过不良环境。     

Molecular analysis of physiological responses to changes in nitrogen in a marine macroalga, Porphyra yezoensis (Rhodophyta)

The rhodophyte seaweed Porphyra yezoensis, known more commonly world-wide as "nori", is an important commercial crop in Japan. Cultivation of nori in Japan is often affected by outbreaks of "iroochi", a discoloration of the thalli due to a decrease in inorganic nutrients in the culture area that in turn decreases the amount of photosynthetic pigments in the thalli. Treating thalli with inorganic nitrogen can reverse iroochi. In this paper, we report on the characterization of three P. yezoensis genes, a nitrate transporter (PyNRT2) and two urea transporters (PyUT1 and PyUT2), which may be involved in reversing iroochi. The predicted length of the PyNRT2 protein was 479 amino acids (AA), while PyUT1 and PyUT2 were 740 and 680 AA, respectively. PyNRT2 was more similar to NRT2 from a chromophyte than to NRTs from Chlamydomonas and higher plants. The two P. yezoensis UTs had 56% AA identity to each other, and showed the closest relationship to higher plant and yeast DUR3 proteins which formed a subfamily of the sodium-solute symporter protein family. Hydrophobicity plots of the AA sequences showed that the PyNRT2, PyUT1, and PyUT2 included 12, 15, and 16 transmembrane domains, respectively. Southern blot analysis indicated that the P. yezoensis genome has a single NRT2-encoding gene and at least four UT-encoding genes. Expression analysis of PyNRT2 and PyUT genes showed that the messenger RNA level of the PyNRT2 gene reached a maximum after 48 h in the nitrate starvation condition and was then restored to the constitutive level, while expression of the PyUT genes was induced in proportion to treatment times in the nitrate starvation condition. These results suggest that the PyNRT2 and PyUT are responsible for the high-affinity nitrate/urea transport systems that operate under low external nitrate concentrations.     

The life history of Porphyra endiviifolium from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

This paper describes the reproduction and life history of an intertidal species, Porphyra endiviifolium, from Antarctica. Field specimens were examined microscopically, prepared for electron microscopy and used to establish cultures. Wild populations comprised two kinds of leafy thalli, morphologically similar but distinguished by their mode of reproduction, either sexual or asexual. Carpospores from monoecious leafy gametophytes developed into conchocelis filaments in culture, and under “winter-spring” conditions these formed conchospores that germinated to produce leafy thalli. Monospores from asexual leafy thalli developed directly into two different forms of leafy thalli. Only one of the cultured morphotypes became fertile, reproducing asexually by monospores. We conclude that the phases of the life history of P. endiviifolium show different ecological strategies, the conchocelis phase reproducing in response to short days unlike the leafy thalli in which growth and reproduction respond primarily to irradiance. Received: 2 May 1997 / Accepted: 11 October 1997     

Effect of DNA preparation from laver (Porphyra yezoensis) thalli on reproducibility of RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) patterns

Laver (Porphyra yezoensis) DNAs were extracted from thalli with five different procedures and used for RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) analysis as templates. Restriction enzyme-digestive DNAs were obtained with all procedures examined. However, RAPD patterns generated with these DNAs appeared highly irreproducible and were considerably different from each other. When DNAs purified with CsCl gradient centrifugation were used for RAPD analysis as templates, highly reproducible RAPD patterns were obtained, suggesting that unpurified DNAs extracted from thalli with all five extraction procedures contained an excess of RNA, polysaccharides and/or other materials which affected the RAPD reproducibility. Thus, results indicated that purification of DNA is essential to produce reproducible RAPD patterns of Porphyra DNA. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Occurrence of coenzyme forms of vitamin B12 in a cultured purple laver (Porphyla yezoensis)

Porphyra yezoensis (Susabinori, an edible purple laver), which was cultured aseptically for 12 weeks and then lyophilized, contained 50+/-2 microg/g of vitamin B(12) per 100 g dry weight. Coenzyme forms of vitamin B(12) (about 60% of the total vitamin B(12)) were found in the cultured purple laver aseptically, which may have the ability to biosynthesize the coenzymes.     

条斑紫菜多糖PY-D2对4种人肿瘤细胞株生长的影响

目的:研究条斑紫菜多糖体外抗肿瘤的生物学活性。方法:应用生化技术分离和纯化条斑紫菜多糖,获得条斑紫菜多糖的2个组分,分别为PY-D1和PY-D2;在体外培养条件下分别用不同浓度的条斑紫菜多糖PY-D2处理4种人肿瘤细胞,通过MTT法观察条斑紫菜多糖PY-D2对4种人肿瘤细胞生长的影响;采用流式细胞仪检测肿瘤细胞的细胞周期变化。结果:条斑紫菜多糖PY-D2诱导HO-8910、MCF-7、K562和7721肿瘤细胞72h后,对其生长有明显的抑制作用,呈剂量依赖效应,500mg/LPY-D2的抑制率分别为21.2%、23.6%、19.8%和21%(P<0.001)。流式细胞仪检测表明PY-D2可以阻滞肿瘤细胞的细胞周期于G0/G1期或G2/M期。结论:条斑紫菜多糖PY-D2具有抑制肿瘤细胞HO-8910、MCF-7、K562和7721生长的作用,其有关的分子生物学作用机理值得进一步研究。     

条斑紫菜抗高温和快速生长细胞株系HB的建立及栽培

本文主要应用单细胞培养技术培育紫菜新品系,以建立紫菜细胞工程快速育苗系统。通过酶解技术分离出紫菜叶状体细胞,并进行多克隆,从中获得4个细胞纯系植株(HA,HB,HC,HD)。对该4个细胞株系进行了纯系培养,并对其细胞苗和丝状体的生长速度和抗高温(19℃,21℃,23℃,25℃)性进行了测定。结果显示,船株系具有较高的抗高温性和最快生长速度。在1998年到2000年间,在江苏省启东县海丰海区对HB株系进行了海上栽培实验,结果显示,实验组的产量高于当地对照组产量,证明了条斑紫菜船株系不仅具有较高的抗高温性,而且也有较快生长速度。本实验说明应用细胞工程进行条斑紫菜育种是一条很好的快速育种途径。     

坛紫菜叶状体的无菌化培养及其应用

对坛紫菜叶状体的无菌处理方法进行了优化,并利用紫菜外生菌对无菌处理后的紫菜叶片进行了人工感染。经0.7%KI和0.1%(w/v)氨苄青霉素对紫菜叶片进行预处理后,利用氨苄青霉素、硫酸链霉素、新霉素、庆大霉素及卡那霉素等5种抗生素及其不同组合对紫菜叶片进行处理,筛选出最佳抗生素组合、浓度和培养条件。结果表明:氨苄青霉素(终浓度300μg/mL)、卡那霉素(终浓度100μg/mL)与庆大霉素(终浓度100μg/mL)3种抗生素组合对坛紫菜叶状体进行无菌处理18 h,对紫菜细胞的毒害较小,并且3种抗生素合用对89.5%紫菜外生细菌的抑菌率达80%以上;外生菌感染结果研究表明:用105/mL真菌孢子液和细菌菌液回染紫菜,培养22 d后,实验组紫菜生长状况较对照组好,对照组紫菜出现褪色。用108/mL真菌孢子液分别回染健康紫菜、穿刺紫菜(用灭菌刀片在紫菜表面划1～2 mm的伤口),分别在18℃、28℃和35℃条件下培养。实验结果表明28℃和35℃高温和穿刺均会影响无菌紫菜健康生长,且加菌紫菜在高温和穿刺条件下,则会出现明显病斑,而18℃培养的加菌紫菜则生长良好。     

条斑紫菜粗多糖对淋巴细胞和支持细胞的增殖作用

目的:探讨条斑紫菜粗多糖的一些生物学功能,包括促进淋巴细胞增殖以及促进支持细胞生长的功能。方法:将原代培养的大鼠和小鼠脾淋巴细胞以及大鼠睾丸支持细胞分别接种于96孔板中,将不同浓度的条斑紫菜粗多糖(0.05、0.5、5、10mg/mL)加入培养,每种浓度设6个复孔,并设对照组孔。采用四氮甲唑蓝(MTT)法检测细胞的增殖率。结果:条斑紫菜粗多糖能够显著地促进大鼠、小鼠脾淋巴细胞和大鼠睾丸支持细胞的增殖,增殖率随多糖浓度的提高而升高;当多糖浓度为10mg/mL时,增殖率分别为137.3%、149%和454.5%。结论:条斑紫菜粗多糖具有提高免疫力及促进生殖功能的作用,其对睾丸支持细胞的增殖作用目前还未见报道。     

RAPD标记在紫菜遗传多样性检测和种质鉴定中的应用

用ＲＡＰＤ技术对４类紫菜（Ｐｏｒｐｈｙｒａ ｙｅｚｏｅｎｓｉｓ,Ｐ．ｈａｉｔａｎｅｎｓｉｓ,Ｐ．ｋａｔａｄｎｉ ｖａｒ．ｈｅｍｉｐｈｙｌｌａ和Ｐ．ｏｌｉｇｏｓｐｅｒｍａｔａｎｇｉａ）的１５个无性系丝状体进行了遗传多样履分析,从５０个ＯＰＥＲＯＮ引物中经过初筛,其中６个引物可以扩增出稳定的可重复的图谱。这６个引物共扩增出了６０条带,多态性比例达９７．１％。根据ＲＡＰＤ结果将这１５个无性了紫菜的ＤＮＡ     

The Application of RAPD Markers in Diversity Detection and Variety Identification of Porphyra

RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) markers were generated from filaments of 15 Porphyra lines representing four important groups, P. yezoensis, P. haitanensis, P. katadai var. hemiphylla and P. oligospermatangia. Among the total 69 fragments generated by 6 selected primers (among 50 primers), 67 appeared to be polymorphic (97.1%). Cluster analysis based on the RAPD results was performed. The 15 Porphyra lines were divided into 3 groups. This result was consistent with that from taxonomy analysis. A DNA fingerprinting based on 8 bands amplified with OPN-02 and OPJ-18 was constructed and might be used in Porphyra variety identification. Five specific RAPD fragments of 5 Porphyra lines were isolated and cloned into pGEM-T easy vector. These five RAPD fragments may be useful in germplasm identification and property protection of Porphyra.     

Isolation,Antimicrobial Activity,and Metabolites of Fungus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cladosporium</Emphasis> sp. Associated with Red Alga <Emphasis Type="Italic">Porphyra yezoensis</Emphasis>

Cladosporium sp. isolate N5 was isolated as a dominant fungus from the healthy conchocelis of Porphyra yezoensis. In the re-infection test, it did not cause any pathogenic symptoms in the alga. Twenty-one cultural conditions were chosen to test its antimicrobial activity in order to obtain the best condition for large-scale fermentation. Phenylacetic acid, p-hydroxyphenylethyl alcohol, and L-beta-phenyllactic acid were isolated from the crude extract as strong antimicrobial compounds and they are the first reported secondary metabolites for the genus Cladosporium. In addition, the Cladosporium sp. produced the reported Porphyra yezoensis growth regulators phenylacetic acid and p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid. No cytotoxicity was found in the brine shrimp lethality test, which indicated that the environmental-friendly Cladosporium sp. could be used as a potential biocontrol agent to protect the alga from pathogens.     

A simple method to mass produce monospores in the thallus of Porphyra yezoensis Ueda

A simple method is presented for obtaining a large number of monospores in the thallus of Porphyra yezoensis. The method implies two principles: induction of monosporangium formation by allantoin, and liberation of monospores from the cell wall by mild homogenization. The induction of monosporangium formation was accomplished by culturing wild thalli in nutrient-enriched seawater with 10 mM of allantoin for approximately 3 weeks. This high concentration (10 mM) of allantoin suppressed the growth of the thalli compared with lower concentrations (0–1 mM). Thalli cultured for 3 weeks were mildly homogenized with a glass homogenizer and the monospore solution was obtained by filtering with a nylon mesh. The monospores grew normally to thalli. This technique of monospore acquisition is a simple and useful method for the propagation and breeding of P. yezoensis thalli.     

Porphyra lilliputiana sp. nov. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta): A diminutive New Zealand endemic with novel reproductive biology

A new species of Porphyra, Porphyra lilliputiana, is described for the New Zealand region. This species is very small ([5] 10–20 [35] mm) and is found growing epiphytically, epilithically and epizoically on upper inter-tidal shores of moderate exposure. Field-collected material of P. lilliputiana possessed archeosporangia, endosporangia, spermatangia and zygotosporangia. In culture, archeospores vi/ere released and germinated to form thalli. Endosporangia either developed directly into thalli or released endospores which individually formed thalli. Zygotospores developed into the concho-celis phase, which formed conchosporangia. Released conchospores formed thalli. This species is distinguished by its small size, arrangement of reproductive cells, occurrence of endosporangia, dentate margin and habitat.     

条斑紫菜SAMS基因克隆与生物信息学分析

干旱、高盐和低温是限制植物生长和农作物产量的主要逆境因子。S-腺苷甲硫氨酸合成酶（S-adenosylmethionine synthetase,SAMS）与植物抗逆境密切相关,而且超表达SAMS的转基因植物具有更高的抗干旱、高盐和低温能力。进行条斑紫菜（Porphyra yezoensis）S-腺苷甲硫氨酸合成酶基因（PySAMS）cDNA的克隆及序列特征分析。首先利用电子克隆技术得到基因相关的contig,预测全长并设计引物,最后利用RT-PCR技术成功克隆了PySAMS的cDNA序列（GenBank accession：FJ404748）。该cDNA序列含有长1155nt的完整ORF,编码蛋白（PySAMS）分子量41.8kDa,长384AA。PySAMS与盘基网柄菌（Dictyostelium discoideum）、莱茵衣藻（Chlamydomonas reinhardtii）、拟南芥（Arabidopsis thaliana）和水稻（Oryza sativa）等多种生物的SAMS具有较高的序列一致性,含有与SAMS酶活性密切相关的氨基酸残基和保守序列,与人（Homo sapiens）和大肠杆菌（Escherichia coli）的SAMS具有高度相似的三维结构。所以PySAMS与其它生物的SAMS一样,在条斑紫菜的抗逆过程中发挥重要作用。研究PySAMS有助于阐明条斑紫菜耐受非生物胁迫的作用机理,有助于获得高抗逆转基因植物。