呼吸作用对叶片光合作用和异戊二烯释放的影响

将杨树叶片置于持续的光照下增加了其光合速率和异戊二烯的释放水平。持续的光照也诱导了总呼吸、细胞色素途径和交替呼吸途径容量的增加。用细胞色素途径和交替呼吸途径的抑制剂氰化钾和水杨基氧肟酸降低了光照下叶片的光合速率和异戊二烯的释放水平,也导致了光系统Ⅱ的光合效率和光化学淬灭系数的降低。这些结果表明了呼吸作用可能有助于光合作用的正常运行和光照下植物异戊二烯的释放。     

水分胁迫下小麦幼苗呼吸代谢的改变

水分胁迫下小麦幼苗叶和根的呼吸速率变化模式不同:叶片呼吸在胁迫初期升高,然后随相对含水量进一步递减而急剧下降;根的呼吸速率随相对含水量降低成指数下降。自然干旱和PEG渗透胁迫下得到的结果基本一致。小麦叶片在轻度水分胁迫下呼吸上升与磷酸化解偶联有关。水分胁迫也引起呼吸代谢途径的改变。轻度水分胁迫使叶片呼吸速率升高时,EMP途径运行程度稍有上升;增加的呼吸主要通过TCAC;线粒体呼吸中通过细胞色素主链的电子流量增加,抗氰交替途径的相对运行程度下降。当水分胁迫降低根呼吸速率时,EMP和TCAC的运行程度明显降低;细胞色素途径的运行程度也下降,但仍传递大约一半的呼吸电子流。     

模拟增温效应对矮嵩草生长特征的影响

基于国际冻原计划(ITEX)模拟增温效应对植物影响的研究方法,将温棚按从小到大的顺序设为A、B、C、D、E 5个梯度水平,研究了矮嵩草(Kobresia humilis)植株的分蘖数、叶片数、高度、生物量以及重要值对温度升高的响应。结果表明:温度(地表温度和地温)随温棚的减小而升高,最高的A温棚内地表温度和地温分别比对照提高2.35℃和2.13℃;分蘖数在E温棚中增加最多,且分别与B、A温棚间差异分别达到显著水平和极显著水平,A~E温棚间分蘖数的变化与棚内温度呈负相关,且与地温呈显著相关;叶片数的变化趋势与分蘖数一致,A~E温棚间叶片数与温度呈极显著负相关;叶片高度随温度的增加而升高,A温棚极显著高于E温棚和对照,处理间叶片高度变化与温度呈极显著正相关;生物量、重要值与温度呈显著负相关。     

食物水限制对子午沙鼠肾和肝组织线粒体呼吸链复合物活性及相关自由基代谢的影响

目的观察食物水限制条件下对肾和肝组织线粒体呼吸链复合物活性的影响,研究组织线粒体能量代谢相关的响应特征。方法以健康成年子午沙鼠Meriones meridianus为材料,运用分光光度法测定了食物水限制3 d、6 d、9 d后子午沙鼠肾脏与肝脏组织线粒体呼吸链复合物Ⅰ~Ⅳ活性及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性、丙二醛(MDA)含量变化。结果水限制胁迫可引起肾和肝组织中线粒体呼吸链4种复合物的活性明显升高(P<0.05,P<0.01),体质量逐渐降低。其中水限制3 d是其适应性反应的重要阶段,3 d时呼吸链复合物活性升高幅度较大,9 d时活性均降低,但仍高于对照组。肾组织线粒体SOD活性呈不同程度升高,肾与肝组织线粒体MDA含量在水限制下显著升高。结论食物水限制引起肾和肝组织线粒体呼吸链复合物活性的升高与肾对水的重吸收和肝代谢增加有关,长时间水限制诱导自由基水平升高,对代谢酶活性的维持可能产生不利的影响。     

大气CO2浓度和温度升高对水稻叶片及群体光合作用的影响

大气ＣＯ２浓度升高对植物光合作用的影响研究多集中在单叶水平,在高ＣＯ２及高温下对植物单叶及群体光合进行比较的研究少有报道,而群体水平的研究则是预测生态系统反应所不可缺少的。采用田间开顶式培养室研究了大气ＣＯ２浓度和温度升高对水稻（ＯｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａＬ．）叶片及群体光合作用的影响。发现ＣＯ２浓度和温度对水稻叶片光合作用有协同促进作用,而对群体光合作用的促进则随时间的推移而减弱;单叶光合受到的促进作用大于群体光合;叶面积指数只在营养生长期受到促进,冠层叶片含氮量受ＣＯ２影响降低。群体呼吸（包括茎杆）增加及冠层叶片早衰可能是后期ＣＯ２对群体光合促进作用下降的原因。     

甲状腺激素对白头鹎基础产热的影响

甲状腺激素对动物的基础产热有调节作用,甲状腺活性的增加往往与基础代谢的增加相伴行。通过每日饲喂甲状腺素(T4)研究了甲状腺机能亢进对白头鹎(Pycnonotus sinensis)代谢产热的影响。代谢率的测定采用封闭式流体压力呼吸计测定,细胞色素C氧化酶(COX)采用铂氧电极-溶氧仪测定,反应温度为30℃,肝脏和肌肉的线粒体状态4呼吸采用铂氧电极-溶氧仪测定,反应温度为30℃,线粒体蛋白的测定以牛血清蛋白作为标准,采用Folin-phenol方法,测定肝脏和肌肉组织的蛋白质含量。与对照组相比,甲亢组的基础代谢率(BMR)明显升高;肝脏及肌肉组织状态4呼吸增加;肝脏和肌肉线粒体的COX活力升高。     

高温对小麦乙烯和乙烷释放的影响及其与脂氧合酶活性的关系

小麦幼叶经高温处理后ＬＯＸ活性与乙烯释放增加,两者均在４０℃达最大值,然后逐渐下降;乙烷在４５℃下才稍有增加,达最大值时的温度与半致死温度相同,约为５０℃。衰老叶片当处理温度高于３０℃时,ＬＯＸ活性与乙烯释放均下降,而乙烷在４０℃即有明显增加。自由基清除剂预处理相同程度在抑制ＬＯＸ活性与乙烯形成。高温条件下小麦叶片乙烷释放与Ｐａｒａｑｕａｔ诱发的乙烷产生似乎存在不同的机制。     

植物源异戊二烯及其生态意义

异戊二烯为植物挥的众多有机碳氢化合物中的主要成分,它的合成和释放对全球尺度上的C素平衡、温室效应的大气污染都有极其重要的作用。本文系统论述了影响异戊二烯释放的主要因子,异戊二烯的释放量及其计量方法,以及它可能的生态意义,指出了研究多重环境胁迫与异戊二烯合成和释放的关系的必要性。     

草莓果实线粒体呼吸代谢与超微弱发光的关系

该试验以草莓(Fragaria ananassa Duch.)品种‘红颜’果实为试材,采用水杨基氧肟酸(SHAM)抑制线粒体交替呼吸途径,使细胞色素途径单独运行,并用电子传递与氧化磷酸化偶联促进剂[二磷酸腺苷(ADP)、琥珀酸钠(C_4H_4Na_2O_4)]和抑制剂[2,4-二硝基苯酚(DNP)、原钒酸钠溶液(NaVO_4)]对线粒体提取液进行处理,对比分析在促进和抑制呼吸代谢情况下,草莓果实线粒体呼吸代谢与超微弱发光(UWL)的变化及二者之间的关系。结果显示:(1)草莓果实线粒体经促进剂处理后,呼吸代谢关键酶琥珀酸脱氢酶(SDH)、细胞色素氧化酶(COX)、ATP合酶(H~+-ATPase)活性以及呼吸速率、三磷酸腺苷(ATP)含量均随着促进剂浓度的增加而增加,UWL强度亦增强,且各浓度下的呼吸代谢指标和UWL强度均高于对照;经抑制剂处理后,以上呼吸代谢各指标及UWL强度的变化与促进剂处理相反,且均低于对照。(2)各促进剂、抑制剂处理条件下,草莓果实线粒体呼吸代谢各指标均与其UWL强度呈正相关。研究表明,草莓果实线粒体UWL强度随着呼吸代谢的变化而变化;促进剂促进了呼吸代谢,导致UWL强度增加,而抑制剂却抑制了呼吸代谢,导致UWL强度减弱;线粒体是UWL产生的细胞器之一,线粒体呼吸代谢过程中激发了UWL。     

不同强度的UV-B辐射对高山植物麻花艽光合作用及暗呼吸的影响

以人工种植的多年生高山植物麻花艽(Uentiana straminea)为材料,在3个不同强度的UV—B辐射处理下,定时测定处理和对照叶片的净光合速率、表观量子效率和暗呼吸的变化。结果显示：UV—B处理对麻花艽叶片的光合作用在短期内有一定的抑制作用,但随着处理时间的增加,该高山植物能很快地适应强UV—B辐射的处理。表明麻花艽这种青藏高原常见的高山植物在长期的自然选择过程中可能已经形成了适应UV—B辐射的特有生理机制。暗呼吸的实验结果亦表明：在3种强度的UV—B辐射处理下,麻花艽叶片的呼吸作用从一开始就未受到抑制;随着UV—B辐射时间的增加,UV—B辐射强度越高,呼吸强度越强;这可能是UV—B辐射并未引起麻花艽呼吸机构的破坏所致。     

Effect of temperature on postillumination isoprene emission in oak and poplar

Isoprene emission from broadleaf trees is highly temperature dependent, accounts for much of the hydrocarbon emission from plants, and has a profound effect on atmospheric chemistry. We studied the temperature response of postillumination isoprene emission in oak (Quercus robur) and poplar (Populus deltoides) leaves in order to understand the regulation of isoprene emission. Upon darkening a leaf, isoprene emission fell nearly to zero but then increased for several minutes before falling back to nearly zero. Time of appearance of this burst of isoprene was highly temperature dependent, occurring sooner at higher temperatures. We hypothesize that this burst represents an intermediate pool of metabolites, probably early metabolites in the methylerythritol 4-phosphate pathway, accumulated upstream of dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMADP). The amount of this early metabolite(s) averaged 2.9 times the amount of plastidic DMADP. DMADP increased with temperature up to 35°C before starting to decrease; in contrast, the isoprene synthase rate constant increased up to 40°C, the highest temperature at which it could be assessed. During a rapid temperature switch from 30°C to 40°C, isoprene emission increased transiently. It was found that an increase in isoprene synthase activity is primarily responsible for this transient increase in emission levels, while DMADP level stayed constant during the switch. One hour after switching to 40°C, the amount of DMADP fell but the rate constant for isoprene synthase remained constant, indicating that the high temperature falloff in isoprene emission results from a reduction in the supply of DMADP rather than from changes in isoprene synthase activity.     

The relationship between isoprene emission rate and dark respiration rate in white poplar (Populus alba L.) leaves

In past studies, it was hypothesized that reductions in chloroplast isoprene emissions at high atmospheric CO(2) concentrations were caused by competition between cytosolic and mitochondrial processes for the same substrate, possibly phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). We conducted field and laboratory experiments using leaves of white poplar (Populus alba L.) to identify whether an inverse relationship occurs between the dark respiration rate (a mitochondrial process) and the isoprene emission rate. Field experiments that were carried out in a free-air CO(2)-enriched (FACE) facility showed no clear effect of elevated CO(2) on either isoprene emission rate or respiration rate by leaves. In young, not yet fully expanded leaves, low isoprene emission and high dark respiration rates were measured in both ambient and elevated CO(2). In these leaves, isoprene emission was inversely correlated with dark respiration. It is possible to interpret from these results that, in young leaves, high rates of growth respiration compete with isoprene biosynthesis for the same substrate. However, it is also possible that the negative correlation reflects the contrasting reductions in growth respiration and increases in expression of the enzyme isoprene synthase at this final stage of leaf maturation. In contrast to our observations on young leaves, respiration rate and isoprene emission rate were positively correlated in older, fully expanded leaves (8 and 11 from apex). A positive correlation was also found between respiration rate and isoprene emission rate when these parameters were modulated using different ozone exposure, growth light intensity, growth temperature and exposure to different leaf temperatures in laboratory experiments. These data show that competition for substrate between isoprene biosynthesis and leaf respiration does not determine the rate of isoprene emission in most circumstances that affect both processes. A negative correlation was observed across all experiments between isoprene emission rate and the activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPc), a cytosolic enzyme that competes with isoprene biosynthesis for substrate. The cytosolic metabolite, PEP, occurs at a metabolic branch point from which substrate flows into three processes: (1) the production of pyruvate for mitochondrial respiration, (2) the production of oxaloacetate (OAA) by PEPc for anabolic support of mitochondrial respiration and (3) transport into the chloroplast to support chloroplastic demands for pyruvate, including isoprenoid biosynthesis. The results of our observations suggest that only the second process competes for substrate with isoprenoid synthesis, while the partitioning of PEP between mitochondrial respiration and chloroplast isoprenoid biosynthesis is controlled in a way that retains balance in substrate demand.     

Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and soil fertility on isoprene emissions from Quercus robur

The effects of global change on the emission rates of isoprene from plants are not clear. A factor that can influence the response of isoprene emission to elevated CO₂ concentrations is the availability of nutrients. Isoprene emission rate under standard conditions (leaf temperature: 30°C, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR): 1000 μmol photons m^?2 s^?1), photosynthesis, photosynthetic capacity, and leaf nitrogen (N) content were measured in Quercus robur grown in well‐ventilated greenhouses at ambient and elevated CO₂ (ambient plus 300 ppm) and two different soil fertilities. The results show that elevated CO₂ enhanced photosynthesis but leaf respiration rates were not affected by either the CO₂ or nutrient treatments. Isoprene emission rates and photosynthetic capacity were found to decrease with elevated CO₂, but an increase in nutrient availability had the converse effect. Leaf N content was significantly greater with increased nutrient availability, but unaffected by CO₂. Isoprene emission rates measured under these conditions were strongly correlated with photosynthetic capacity across the range of different treatments. This suggests that the effects of CO₂ and nutrient levels on allocation of carbon to isoprene production and emission under near‐saturating light largely depend on the effects on photosynthetic electron transport capacity.     

Plants utilize isoprene emission as a thermotolerance mechanism

Isoprene is a volatile compound emitted from leaves of many plant species in large quantities, which has an impact on atmospheric chemistry due to its massive global emission rate (5 x 10(14) carbon g year(-1)) and its high reactivity with the OH radical, resulting in an increase in the half-life of methane. Isoprene emission is strongly induced by the increase in isoprene synthase activity in plastids at high temperature in the day time, which is regulated at its gene expression level in leaves, while the physiological meaning of isoprene emission for plants has not been clearly demonstrated. In this study, we have functionally overexpressed Populus alba isoprene synthase in Arabidopsis to observe isoprene emission from transgenic plants. A striking difference was observed when both transgenic and wild-type plants were treated with heat at 60 degrees C for 2.5 h, i.e. transformants revealed clear heat tolerance compared with the wild type. High isoprene emission and a decrease in the leaf surface temperature were observed in transgenic plants under heat stress treatment. In contrast, neither strong light nor drought treatments showed an apparent difference. These data suggest that isoprene emission plays a crucial role in a heat protection mechanism in plants.     

Climatic warming increases isoprene emission from a subarctic heath

Emissions of isoprene, a reactive hydrocarbon, from Subarctic vegetation are not well documented. However, the Arctic is likely to experience the most pronounced effects of climatic warming, which may increase temperature-dependent isoprene emission. Here, we assessed isoprene emission from a Subarctic heath subjected to a 3-4 degrees C increase in air temperature and mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) litter addition for 7-8 yr, simulating climatic warming and the subsequent expansion of deciduous shrub species and migration of the treeline. The measurements were performed using the dynamic chamber method on a wet heath with a mixture of shrubs, herbs and graminoids. Isoprene emissions averaged across the treatments were 36 +/- 5 microg m(-2) h(-1) in 2006 and 58 +/- 7 microg m(-2) h(-1) in 2007. The experimental warming increased the emissions by 83% in 2007 (P = 0.021) and by 56% in 2006 (P = 0.056), while litter addition had no significant effects. The net ecosystem CO(2) exchange was significantly decreased by warming in 2007. These results show that isoprene emissions from Subarctic heaths are comparable to those from Subarctic peatlands. Climatic warming will increase the emissions, and the amount of carbon lost as isoprene, from Subarctic heath ecosystems.     

The regulation of isoprene emission responses to rapid leaf temperature fluctuations

Isoprene emission from leaves is temperature dependent and may protect leaves from damage at high temperatures. We measured the temperature of white oak ( Quercus alba L.) leaves at the top of the canopy. The largest short-term changes in leaf temperature were associated with changes in solar radiation. During these episodes, leaf temperature changed with a 1 min time constant, a measure of the rate of temperature change. We imposed rapid temperature fluctuations on leaves to study the effect of temperature change rate on isoprene emission. Leaf temperature changed with a 16 s time constant; isoprene responded more slowly with a 37 s time constant. This time constant was slow enough to cause a lag in isoprene emission when leaf temperature fluctuated rapidly but isoprene emission changed quickly enough to follow the large temperature changes observed in the oak canopy. This is consistent with the theory that isoprene functions to protect leaves from short periods of high temperature. Time constant analysis also revealed that there are two processes that cause isoprene emission to increase with leaf temperature. The fastest process likely reflects the influence of temperature on reaction kinetics, while the slower process may reflect the activation of an enzyme.     

Water stress,temperature, and light effects on the capacity for isoprene emission and photosynthesis of kudzu leaves

Kudzu (Pueraria lobata (Willd) Ohwi.) is a vine which forms large, monospecific stands in disturbed areas of the southeastern United States. Kudzu also emits isoprene, a hydrocarbon which can significantly affect atmospheric chemistry including reactions leading to tropospheric ozone. We have studied physiological aspects of isoprene emission from kudzu so the ecological consequences of isoprene emission can be better understood. We examined: (a) the development of isoprene emission as leaves developed, (b) the interaction between photon flux density and temperature effects on isoprene emission, (c) isoprene emission during and after water stress, and (d) the induction of isoprene emission from leaves grown at low temperature by water stress or elevated temperature. Isoprene emission under standard conditions of 1000 mol photons·m^-2·s^-1 and 30°C developed only after the leaf had reached full expansion, and was not complete until up to two weeks past the point of full expansion of the leaf. The effect of temperature on isoprene emission was much greater than found for other species, with a 10°C increase in temperature causing a eight-fold increase in the rate of isoprene emission. Isoprene emission from kudzu was stimulated by increases in photon flux density up to 3000 mol photons·m^-2·s^-1. In contrast, photosynthesis of kudzu was saturated at less than 1000 mol·m^-2·s^-1 photon flux density and was reduced at high temperature, so that up to 20% of the carbon fixed in photosynthesis was reemitted as isoprene gas at 1000 mol photons·m^-2·s^-1 and 35°C. Withholding water caused photosynthesis to decline nearly to zero after several days but had a much smaller effect on isoprene emission. Following the relief of water stress, photosynthesis recovered to the prestress level but isoprene emission increased to about five times the prestress rate. At 1000 mol photons·m^-2·s^-1 and 35°C as much as 67% of the carbon fixed in photosynthesis was reemitted as isoprene eight days after water stress. Leaves grown at less than 20°C did not make isoprene until an inductive treatment was given. Inductive treatments included growth at 24°C, leaf temperature of 30°C for 5 h, or witholding water from plants. With the new information on temperature and water stress effects on isoprene emission, we speculate that isoprene emission may help plants cope with stressful conditions.