食物限制对鼠类生理状况的影响

食物限制对鼠类生理特征产生明显影响。限食条件下,鼠类的能量消耗下降,能量需求降低,糖类、蛋白质和脂肪等物质的代谢过程及相应的酶活性改变,细胞免疫功能降低,神经内分泌发生变化,性成熟延迟,动情周期改变,动情行为受到抑制,生殖力下降,仔代的发育受到影响,性比发生变化。现就该领域近年来的研究进展做一综述,并提出一些新的思路。     

Investigation of the Feasibily of an Amide-based Prodrug Under Physiological Conditions

Two different chemical classes of putative amide-based prodrugs of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP), one with an amino and the other with α hydroxyl terminal extension have been synthesized and biochemically characterized. The conversion of these terminally-extended peptide hormone analogs to a peptide of much enhanced potency through cyclization of the terminal dipeptide was studied under physiological conditions. The peptides studied demonstrated great stability and little propensity to cyclize to DKP and DMP under physiological conditions. These results stand in contrast to previous reports with model amide-based peptides and indicate that such cleavage is unlikely in larger peptides constituted by naturally coded amino acids. An erratum to this article can be found at     

多胺在植物生长发育过程中的生理作用

多胺在植物生长发育过程中具有广泛的生理作用,如参与植物衰老进程的调控、体细胞胚发生、花芽分化、花和果 实的发育及参与各种生理胁迫反应等。本文重点综述了多胺在植物生长发育过程中生理学功能方面的研究进展,并对有关 问题进行了讨论和展望。     

Hydrogen Sulfide–Phytohormone Interaction in Plants Under Physiological and Stress Conditions

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation - Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), as a novel gaseous signalling molecule, has been extensively investigated in plants ranging from seed germination to senescence....     

Physiological Effects of Plant Hormones in Cotton Under Drought

Effects of plant hormones indole-3-yl-acetic acid (IAA), gibberellic acid (GA), benzylaminopurine (BAP), abscisic acid (ABA) and ethrel (ETH) in 5 M concentration on gas exchange, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBPCO, EC 4.1.1.39) activity, pigment content and yield in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. H-777) under drought were studied. At reproductive stage (55 – 60 d after sowing) these hormones were sprayed on shoots one day prior to stress imposition by withholding irrigation. The soil moisture of control plants was kept at field capacity. Net photosynthetic rate (P_N), stomatal conductance (g_s), transpiration rate (E), carboxylation efficiency (CE), water use efficiency (WUE), RuBPCO activity, boll number per plant, seed number per plant and lint mass per plant significantly decreased at drought while chlorophyll (Chl) b content and flower number per plant increased. ABA and ETH significantly reduced gas exchange parameters, Chl a and Chl b content. Detrimental drought effect on P_N, g_s, E, CE, RuBPCO and lint mass per plant was significantly alleviated by BAP and also its effect on seed number and lint mass per plant was significantly alleviated with the ABA treatment.     

钙对低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内多胺及多胺氧化酶的影响

以‘中农8号’黄瓜品种为实验材料,采用营养液栽培法研究了钙对根际低氧胁迫下黄瓜幼苗体内多胺(PAs)含量及多胺氧化酶(PAO)活性的影响。结果表明:(1)各处理黄瓜幼苗根系和叶片中的PAs含量以及3种形态的腐胺(Put)、亚精胺(Spd)、精胺(Spm)含量均表现为低氧高钙(8 mmol.L-1Ca2 )>低氧常钙(2 mmol.L-1Ca2 )>低氧缺钙(0 mmol.L-1Ca2 )>通气常钙(2 mmol.L-1Ca2 )处理,而PAO活性却表现出相反的趋势(通气常钙>低氧缺钙>低氧常钙>低氧高钙),且处理间大多存在显著差异(P<0.05);根系中的PAs含量明显高于叶片,而PAO活性明显低于叶片。(2)黄瓜幼苗体内3种形态的PAs以游离态含量最高,其次是结合态,最低为束缚态;游离态和结合态PAs在叶片中均以Spd为主,在根系中均以Put为主,束缚态PAs含量在根系和叶片中均为Spd>Put>Spm。研究表明,在低氧胁迫下,营养液加钙引起黄瓜幼苗体内多胺含量的上升和PAO活性下降,钙参与了黄瓜幼苗体内多胺的代谢过程,对缓解低氧胁迫有重要作用。     

Effects of Polyamines on Vibrio cholerae Virulence Properties

Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the severe enteric disease cholera. To cause cholera the bacterium must be able to synthesize both cholera toxin (CT) and toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP) which mediates autoagglutination and is required for colonization of the small intestine. Only a few environmental signals have been shown to regulate V. cholerae virulence gene expression. Polyamines, which are ubiquitous in nature, and have been implicated in regulating virulence gene expression in other bacteria, have not been extensively studied for their effect on V. cholerae virulence properties. The objective of this study was to test the effect of several polyamines that are abundant in the human intestine on V. cholerae virulence properties. All of the polyamines tested inhibited autoagglutination of V. cholerae O1 classical strain in a concentration dependent manner. Putrescine and cadaverine decreased the synthesis of the major pilin subunit, TcpA, spermidine increased its production, and spermine had no effect. Putrescine and spermidine led to a decrease and increase, respectively, on the relative abundance of TCP found on the cell surface. Spermine led to a small reduction in cholera toxin synthesis whereas none of the other polyamines had an effect. The polyamines did not affect pili bundling morphology, but caused a small reduction in CTXφ transduction, indicating that the TCP present on the cell surface may not be fully functional. We hypothesize the inhibition of autoagglutination is likely to be caused by the positively charged amine groups on the polyamines electrostatically disrupting the pili-pili interactions which mediate autoagglutination. Our results implicate that polyamines may have a protective function against colonization of the small intestine by V. cholerae.     

Effects of Polyamines on Calcium-Dependent Rat Brain Phosphatidylinositol-Phosphodiesterase

The effect of polyamines on the ability of calcium-dependent soluble rat brain phosphatidylinositol-phosphodiesterase to hydrolyze dispersed phosphatidylinositol was examined. Putrescine and cadaverine stimulated activity at all concentrations tested. In contrast, spermine and spermidine stimulated the reaction slightly at low concentrations but caused progressively greater inhibition as their levels were further increased. Phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis was inhibited by several multivalent cations, especially lanthanum and manganese. Spermidine partially replaced the calcium requirement of the enzyme. The possibility that polyamines may play a role in the regulation in vivo of phosphatidylinositol-phosphodiesterase is discussed.     

NaCl胁迫下外源亚精胺和二环己基胺对滨藜内源多胺含量和抗盐性的影响

受高浓度NaCl胁迫的滨藜叶中内源腐胺（Put)、叶绿素、丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）的含量,腐胺／多胺（Put/PA)值以及相对电导率明显增加,内源亚精胺（Spd)、精胺（Spm）、蛋白质的含量和含水量显著下降。,外施亚精胺可以逆转NaCl的胁迫效应,外施二环己基胺（ＤＣＨＡ）的作用与外施亚精胺的相反。     

Effect of Work Experience and Position in the Plow Harness on Some Physiological Parameters of Horses Under Field Conditions

Six pairs of horses were studied during 6 consecutive days. One horse in each pair had working experience. The position of the 2 nonhuman animals in the plow harness was alternated each day. Some physical and physiological parameters were measured at different stages during each workday. A split-plot design with repeated measures was used with position in plow harness and work experience as factors. Work speed and force were similar in all pairs (p > .05). There was no effect of position in the plow harness on any of the variables evaluated (p > .05). Inexperienced animals had higher average respiratory rates (p < .01) and sweat scores (p < .05) than did experienced horses. For all variables, minimum values were observed at the beginning of the workday, after the 30-min break, and 30 min after the end of the workday. Increases in the parameters measured (p < .01) were detected after 1 hr of plowing, reaching maximum values at 2.5 hr of continuous work. Cortisol levels increased from 39.0 12.4 ng/ml at 9:00 a.m. (before work) to 84.0 20.8 ng/ml at the end of the workday. We concluded that position of the horse in the plow harness had no effect on the variables measured, whereas work experience significantly affected only respiration rate and sweating.     

低温下壳聚糖处理对黄瓜幼苗生理生化特性的影响

50 mg/L的壳聚糖处理减轻了低温对黄瓜幼苗膜的伤害,低温(6℃)处理4 d后,幼苗膜透性和MDA含量明显低于对照,并且显著减缓了低温导致的光合速率、实际光化学效率(ФPS Ⅱ)、光化学猝灭系数(qP)和1光系数(F’v /Em’)的下降;同时,处理使抗氧化酶SOD、POD、CAT和APX活性提高,可溶性蛋白和脯胺酸含量增加.因此,壳聚糖处理增强了黄瓜幼苗的抗冷性,保护了膜系统,提高了活性氧清除能力,减轻了低温对光合机构的破坏.     

土壤粒径对极度干旱胁迫下长春花的影响

通过比较草炭土、黄粘土、草炭—黄粘混合基质的粒径组成和土壤样品含水率的变化,分析了黄粘土对长春花土壤保水特性的影响。研究结果表明：极度干旱条件下,随着土壤粘粒比重的增加,长春花叶片的相对含水量、地上地下生物量比值、光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率、水分利用率及可溶性糖的含量都随之增高;完全黄粘土中长春花的水分利用率达到6.975 2 μmol·mmol^-1,为完全草炭土的2倍,可溶性糖中蔗糖的含量也增加到2.614 5 mg·g^-1,海藻糖的含量为0.566 9 mg·g^-1;土壤的保水率也显著增加了30%以上。土壤基质中黄粘土的比例越高,土壤保水性越好,可以为长春花提供更多的有效水。在极度干旱胁迫下,纯黄粘土更适合长春花的生存。     

Effects of Polyamines on Proline Endopeptidase Activity in Rat Brain

The in vitro effects of polyamines on the activity of proline endopeptidase (PEPase) in rat brain cytosol, which contains an endogenous PEPase inhibitor, have been studied. Of the three amines tested (spermine, spermidine, and putrescine), spermine and spermidine markedly enhanced the enzyme activity in brain cytosol. At 6.25 mM spermine or 25 mM spermidine, a 13- or 14-fold enhancement of the enzyme activity was observed. When Mg2+ was used, an approximately fourfold enhancement of the enzyme activity was observed at 50 mM. The enhancement produced by spermine or spermidine was unaffected by Mg2+ up to 50 mM. The activity of purified PEPase was only slightly affected by each polyamine, but it was inhibited 50% by 50 mM Mg2+. On the other hand, 50% inhibition of the enzyme produced by the purified PEPase inhibitor (Mr 7,000: Ki 0.67 mM) was completely restored by addition of 0.7 mM spermine, 3.5 mM spermidine, or 28 mM putrescine. This restoration of inhibition by polyamines was reversed by increasing the inhibitor concentration. These data suggest that polyamines effectively reverse the inhibition of PEPase by its endogenous inhibitor by the reversible formation of a kinetically significant complex. The possible functions of polyamines in the regulation of PEPase in vivo are discussed.     

Effects of Exogenous Salicylic Acid and Nitric Oxide on Physiological Characteristics of Perennial Ryegrass Under Cadmium Stress

The effects of Cd, in combination with salicylic acid (SA) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP), on ryegrass seedlings were studied. Exposure of plants to 0.1 mM CdCl₂ for 2 weeks resulted in toxicity symptoms such as chlorosis and necrotic spots on leaves. The addition of 0.2 mM SA or 0.1 mM SNP slightly alleviated the toxic effects of Cd. After application of both SA and SNP, these symptoms significantly decreased. Treatment with Cd resulted in a decrease of dry weight of roots and shoots, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate (P _n), transpiration rate (T _r), and the uptake and translocation of mineral elements. In Cd-treated plants, levels of lipoxygenase activity and malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), and proline contents significantly increased, whereas the activities of antioxidant enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase, guaiacol peroxidase, catalase, and ascorbate peroxidase, decreased in both roots and shoots. The results indicated that Cd caused physiological stresses in ryegrass plants. The Cd-stressed plants exposed to SA or SNP, especially to SA + SNP, exhibited improved growth compared with Cd-stressed plants. Application of SA or SNP, especially the combination SA + SNP, considerably reduced root-to-shoot translocation of Cd and increased the activities of antioxidant enzymes in both roots and shoots of Cd-stressed plants. The interaction of SA and SNP increased chlorophyll content, P _n and T _r in leaves, and the uptake and translocation of mineral elements, and decreased lipid peroxidation and H₂O₂ and proline accumulation in roots and shoots. These results suggest that SA or SNP, and, in particular, their combination counteracted the negative effects of Cd on ryegrass plants.     

Biogenic Amines and Polyamines: Similar Biochemistry for Different Physiological Missions and Biomedical Applications

Biogenic amines are organic polycations derived from aromatic or cationic amino acids. All of them have one or more positive charges and a hydrophobic skeleton. Nature has evolved these molecules to play different physiological roles in mammals, but maintains similar patterns for their metabolic and intracellular handling. As deduced from this review, many questions still remain to be solved around their biochemistry and molecular biology, blocking our aims to control the relevant pathologies in which they are involved (cancer and immunological, neurological, and gastrointestinal diseases). Advances in this knowledge are dispersed among groups working on different biomedical areas. In these pages, we put together the most relevant information to remark how fruitful it can be to learn from Nature and to take advantage of the biochemical similarities (keyprotein structures and their regulation data on metabolic interplays and binding properties) to generate new hypothesis and develop different biomedical strategies based on biochemistry and molecular biology of these compounds.