膜荚黄芪与蒙古黄芪幼苗的光能利用及其耐光性研究

以盆栽膜荚黄芪和蒙古黄芪幼苗为试验材料,测量2种黄芪叶片的光合速率、叶绿素荧光参数、光能利用率及耐光性等指标的日变化,以探讨它们的光能利用、热耗散以及耐光性差异.结果表明:(1)随着太阳光合有效辐射的日变化进程推进,2种黄芪的初始荧光(F0)、非光化学淬灭(NPQ)、PSⅡ调节性能量耗散量子产最(YNPQ)先升高后降低...     

Astragaloside IV and polysaccharide production by hairy roots of Astragalus membranaceus in bioreactors

Hairy roots of Astragalus membranaceus were grown in bioreactors up to 30 l for 20 d. Cultures from a 30 l airlift bioreactor gave 11.5 g l dry wt with 1.4 mg g^–1 astragaloside IV, similar to cultures from 250 ml and 1 l flasks, but greater than yields from a 10 l bioreactor (dry wt 9.4 g l^–1, astragaloside IV 0.9 mg g^–1). Polysaccharide yields were similar amongst the different bioreactors (range 25–32 mg g^–1). The active constituent content of the cells approached that of plant extracts, indicating that large scale hairy root cultures of A. membranaceus has the potential to provide an alternative to plant crops without compromising yield or pharmacological potential.     

Phytochrome-induced flavonoid biosynthesis in mustard (Sinapis alba L.) cotyledons. Enzymic control and differential regulation of anthocyanin and quercetin formation

Phytochrome-induced increases in enzyme activities for phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (EC 4.3.1.5) and chalcone isomerase (EC 5.5.1.6), and in amounts of the related end products, anthocyanin and the flavonol, quercetin, were measured in cotyledons of mustard (Sinapis alba L.). There was no correlation between the activities of these enzymes and the rate of anthocyanin accumulation; however, some correlation was found with the quercetin accumulation rate. Since anthocyanin and flavonol accumulation is spatially separated in mustard (flavonols in the upper epidermis, anthocyanin in the lower epidermis), it was possible to measure anthocyanin-associated phenylalanine ammonia-lyase independently. This activity correlated well with the accumulation rate for anthocyanin during the first few hours after induction. The phytochrome effect on anthocyanin formation differed from that on quercetin formation: anthocyanin was strongly induced by continuous far-red light and by both continuous red light and red light pulses, whereas quercetin was only effectively induced by continuous far-red light.Abbreviations CHI chalcone isomerase - PAL phenylalanine ammonia-lyase     

干旱胁迫对蒙古黄芪生长及根部次生代谢物含量的影响

以山西道地药材黄芪一年生幼苗为试验材料,设置常规水分条件(CK)、轻度干旱胁迫(A1)、中度干旱胁迫(A2)、重度干旱胁迫(A3)4个不同处理,研究土壤干旱胁迫对黄芪生长及生理的影响。结果表明:黄芪茎叶快速生长集中在出苗后80—120d,以后生长减缓;当茎叶枯萎时,根中生物量短期快速积累。与常规水分条件相比,干旱胁迫处理显著降低了黄芪苗高及茎叶生物量,但对抗氧化能力、根系生长及次生代谢物积累产生了不同的影响。轻度干旱胁迫下SOD、POD、CAT 3种抗氧化酶活性升高,丙二醛(MDA)含量和细胞膜透性降低,同时根长与根生物量增加、多糖与皂苷两种次生代谢物积累增多,黄芪药材的质量得到显著提高(P0.05);胁迫上升到中度、重度时,SOD酶活性逐渐降低,重度胁迫下低于对照,而POD及CAT酶活性、MDA含量、细胞膜透性均随胁迫增强而升高,相反,根长、根生物量、多糖与皂苷含量降低,导致黄芪药材的质量显著降低(P0.01)。综上表明,干旱胁迫下,SOD酶表现较为敏感,可能在清除活性氧中起主要作用;轻度水分胁迫能有效启动黄芪体内抗氧化酶系统和次生代谢,它们相互协作共同对抗胁迫对细胞产生的伤害,通过降低地上部分的生长,将营养物质优先运往根部,促进根产量及药材质量的提高。这一结论,可在黄芪多糖和皂苷次生代谢物定向培育的水分管理中加以利用。     

A study on the immune receptors for polysaccharides from the roots of Astragalus membranaceus, a Chinese medicinal herb

The immunopotentiating effect of the roots of Astragalus membranaceus, a medicinal herb, has been associated with its polysaccharide fractions (Astragalus polysaccharides, APS). We herein demonstrate that APS activates mouse B cells and macrophages, but not T cells, in terms of proliferation or cytokine production. Fluorescence-labeled APS (fl-APS) was able to selectively stain murine B cells, macrophages and a also human tumor cell line, THP-1, as determined in flow cytometric analysis and confocal laser scanning microscopy. The specific binding of APS to B cells and macrophages was competitively inhibited by bacterial lipopolysaccharides. Rabbit-anti-mouse immunoglobulin (Ig) antibody was able to inhibit APS-induced proliferation of, and APS binding to, mouse B cells. Additionally, APS effectively stimulated the proliferation of splenic B cells from C3H/HeJ mice that have a mutated TLR4 molecule incapable of signal transduction. These results indicate that APS activates B cells via membrane Ig in a TLR4-independent manner. Interestingly, macrophages from C3H/HeJ mice were unable to respond to APS stimulation, suggesting a positive involvement of the TLR4 molecule in APS-mediated macrophage activation. Monoclonal Ab against mouse TLR4 partially inhibited APS binding with macrophages, implying direct interaction between APS and TLR4 on cell surface. These results may have important implications for our understanding on the molecular mechanisms of immunopotentiating polysaccharides from medicinal herbs.     

蒙古黄芪营养器官结构与有效成分积累特征研究

应用植物解剖学、组织化学定位和紫外分光光度法,对蒙古黄芪各营养器官的结构特点及其皂苷、黄酮、多糖3种有效成分的积累特征和含量进行分析研究。结果表明:(1)蒙古黄芪的根由周皮和次生维管组织构成,其中次生韧皮部为根的主要部分,约占根横切面积70%,韧皮薄壁细胞为其主要组成部分;茎包括表皮、皮层和维管柱三部分,外韧维管束排列紧密,髓射线窄;叶为异面叶,包括表皮、叶肉和叶脉;营养器官具有抗旱特征。(2)组织化学显示,皂苷、黄酮、多糖3种有效成分主要贮藏在根的栓内层、次生韧皮部、维管射线、形成层细胞和茎的皮层、髓射线、韧皮薄壁细胞、形成层细胞以及叶的叶肉组织中。(3)紫外分光光度计定量分析结果显示:根、茎、叶中的皂苷含量分别为6.081、5.362、6.590mg/g,黄酮含量分别为1.981、2.662、1.359mg/g,多糖的含量分别为56.69、7.36、12.23mg/g。该研究植物化学分析结果与组织化学观察结果一致且相互印证,说明蒙古黄芪根、茎、叶中的有效成分含量均较高,其茎、叶也具有一定的药用价值,建议进行合理采收及开发利用。     

肥料类型对盐碱地蒙古黄芪生长与光合特征及药材产量和品质的影响

以一年生蒙古黄芪种苗为材料,在盐碱地探究二年生蒙古黄芪根系产量和药效成分对不同肥料(海藻酸水溶肥、腐殖酸水溶肥、微生物菌剂生物肥、复合肥和有机肥)的响应以及其光合生理机制,为盐碱地蒙古黄芪的推广种植提供参考.结果 显示:在盐碱地,微生物菌剂生物肥的施用对蒙古黄芪的抗逆性、光合作用效率、生长特性、根系产量及质量均无显著性...     

喷施硅对蒙古黄芪抗氧化酶活性以及产量和品质的影响北大核心CSCD

以蒙古黄芪为试验材料,设置大田随机区组试验,研究苗期、开花期和根茎伸长期叶面喷施不同浓度硅(500、1000、2000和4000 mg/L)对蒙古黄芪生长发育、抗氧化酶活性、药材产量和品质的影响,并检测施硅对黄芪白粉病、根腐病的防治效果,以揭示硅对增强黄芪抗病性、提升品质和产量的影响机理,为生产中蒙古黄芪的高效栽培提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)在不同生育时期,喷施不同浓度硅能增加蒙古黄芪株高、茎粗、株幅和叶绿素含量,促进蒙古黄芪生长,并以2000 mg/L硅处理效果较佳。(2)不同生育时期喷施硅能提高蒙古黄芪叶片SOD、CAT、POD和APX等抗氧化酶活性,降低MDA含量,以开花期、根茎伸长期2000 mg/L硅处理较佳。(3)施硅能有效降低蒙古黄芪白粉病、根腐病的病情指数,当施硅浓度为2000 mg/L时防效均达到最高,并分别达到47.05%和39.08%。(4)施硅处理能有效提高蒙古黄芪单株干、鲜生物量、产量以及可溶性浸出物和黄芪甲苷含量等品质指标,并在2000 mg/L硅浓度处理下均达到最佳水平,此时可溶性浸出物和黄芪甲苷含量分别比对照显著提高了16.48%和31.96%。研究发现,叶面喷施适宜浓度硅可显著增强蒙古黄芪对白粉病、根腐病的抗性,促进植株生长,进而显著提高药材产量,改善药材品质,并以硅浓度为2000 mg/L时效果最佳。     

Extension-growth responses and expression of flavonoid biosynthesis genes in the Arabidopsis hy4 mutant

The hy4 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana(L.) Heynh. was previously shown to be impaired in the suppression of hypocotyl extension specifically by blue light. We report here that hy4 is altered in a range of blue-light-mediated extension-growth responses in various organs in seedlings and mature plants: it shows greater length of bolted stems, increased petiole extension and increased leaf width and area in blue light compared to the wild type. The hy4 mutant shows decreased cotyledon expansion in both red and blue light compared to the wild type. Anthocyanin formation and the expression of several flavonoid biosynthesis genes is stimulated by blue light in the wild type but to a much lower extent in hy4. The results indicate that the HY4 gene product is concerned with the perception of blue light in a range of extension-growth and gene-expression responses in Arabidopsis.Abbreviations DFR dihydroflavonol reductase - CHS chalcone synthase - CHI chalcone isomerase We thank the UK Agricultural and Food Research Council for supporting this work through the award of a research grant to G.I.J. We are grateful to Robert Brown for excellent technical assistance and Drs B.W. Shirley (Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA), C.D. Silflow (Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA) and I.E. Somssich (Department of Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institut, Köln, Germany) for providing plasmid DNA.     

Inhibition of flavonoid biosynthesis by gibberellic acid in cell suspension cultures of Daucus carota L.

In carrot cells (Daucus carota L.), cultured in the presence of gibberellic acid, anthocyanin synthesis is blocked at the level of chalcone synthase. By feeding suitable precursors for anthocyanins (naringenin, eriodictyol, dihydroquercetin) biosynthesis of cyanidin glycosides can be restored. After addition of these substrates to the culture medium in the presence of gibberellic acid, the activity of chalcone synthase remained as low as in the control without precursors. The highest increase in anthocyanin content was achieved using dihydroquercetin as the added precursor. The time course of this supplementation showed a rapid response; within 4 h a substantial increase in anthocyanin could be observed. In contranst, the flavonol quercetin is not a precursor for cyanidin. The fact that naringenin was also accepted for cyanidin synthesis leads to the conclusion that hydroxylation in 3-position of ring B in Daucus carota takes place at the flavonoid stage.Abbreviations CHI Chalcone isomerase - CHS chalcone synthase - DMSO dimethylsulfoxide - GA₃ gibberellic acid - PAL phenylalanine ammonia-lyase     

First environmental isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans and var. gatti from the Gharbia Governorate,Egypt

Flowers from two Eucalyptus camaldulensis trees in the Qutur area and one tree from the Tanta area yielded three isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii. Pigeon and sparrow droppings were also investigated for the occurrence of C. neoformans within the study area. Ninety five isolates of the neoformans variety of C. neoformans were recovered from 550 samples of avian droppings. This revised version was published online in October 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

蒙古黄芪响应反复干旱胁迫的代谢机制

【目的】蒙古黄芪是黄芪药材的重要基原植物,其主要种植地内蒙古、山西、甘肃等地均属于干旱半干旱地区,不定期的间歇式降雨造成了植物干旱复水循环。研究黄芪在干旱及复水过程中代谢产物的变化特征对于了解其响应自然间歇降雨的干旱胁迫机制非常关键。【方法】试验以一年生蒙古黄芪种苗为材料,进行反复干旱胁迫及复水处理后,测定盆栽土壤养分及其根长、根粗,采用基于NMR的代谢组学技术分析蒙古黄芪的初生差异代谢物,并进行差异代谢物筛选及代谢通路分析;采用亚硝酸钠-硝酸铝-氢氧化钠法、香草醛-冰醋酸比色法和苯酚-硫酸比色法测定反复干旱胁迫处理下蒙古黄芪根中总黄酮、总皂苷及多糖物质含量。【结果】（1）蒙古黄芪在面临干旱胁迫时会呈现根粗减小,根长和须根密度增加的趋势;（2）干旱及复水处理下,代谢组共检测到42种代谢产物,主要是氨基酸及其衍生物、有机酸、胺类及氨类化合物和糖类等;代谢通路分析发现,植株在反复干旱胁迫过程中主要会影响体内的氨基酸代谢途径,通过增加天冬氨酸、丙氨酸、谷氨酸、脯氨酸及精氨酸的含量,降低天冬酰胺、色氨酸和4-氨基丁酸和含量来增强自身抗旱性,具体表现为丙氨酸、谷氨酸、脯氨酸等代谢物增加1～3倍,色氨酸和4-氨基丁酸等代谢物下降约1～2倍。（3）在第1轮干旱胁迫下黄芪总皂苷积累,而第2轮干旱胁迫后黄芪皂苷、总黄酮类、多糖3种活性物质的生成量减少,均呈现下降趋势。【结论】氨基酸及其衍生物类与蒙古黄芪响应水分胁迫的机制密切相关,同时植株本身也会调节自身的次生代谢产物以响应环境变化。     

宁夏枸杞苯丙氨酸解氨酶基因的cDNA克隆及其表达分析

为探讨宁夏枸杞(Lycium barbarum)苯丙氨酸解氨酶基因(LbPAL)的表达特征,采用PCR法克隆了宁夏枸杞LbPAL基因的cDNA,并用实时定量PCR法分析了其表达特征。结果表明:宁夏枸杞的LbPAL基因的全长cDNA为2321 bp,包含2163 bp、编码720个氨基酸的开放阅读框;LbPAL与茄科其他物种的PAL氨基酸序列及三维结构具有较高保守性;与茄科物种的PAL聚类在同一个分支中。LbPAL在叶、花瓣、S1期果实的表达量较高,而在根及S2~S5期果实的表达水平较低。在NaCl胁迫处理下,LbPAL在根和茎中的表达量均有下调的趋势;而在叶片中,LbPAL表达量先急剧增加而后急剧下降并趋于稳定。这为解析宁夏枸杞中类黄酮化合物的生物合成调节及生理功能提供了参考。     

氮离子注入对蒙古黄芪多倍体诱导的影响

利用二倍体蒙古黄芪种子为材料,以低能氮离子束为诱变源,将化学诱导与物理诱变相结合,探索出一套高效的多倍体诱导新方法。研究结果表明：氮离子注入种子后表现出明显的生物学效应;氮离子注入与秋水仙素联合诱导黄芪多倍体的效果很明显。氮离子注入剂量为2.6×10¹⁶ N⁺/cm²,秋水仙素浓度为100 mg·L^-1,培养5 d诱导率最高为44.4%;氮离子注入剂量为5.2×10¹⁶ N⁺/cm², 秋水仙素浓度为150 mg·L^-1,培养10d的诱导率最高为46.2%;二者均高于对照组秋水仙素浓度为100 mg·L^-1培养15 d的最高诱导率13.9%。利用细胞染色体计数鉴定多倍体为四倍体。     

蒙古黄芪不同生育期黄酮类成分积累及其根际微生物多样性研究

该研究比较了内蒙古赤峰市翁牛特旗、锡林郭勒盟正蓝旗、包头市固阳县、山西省大同市浑源县和甘肃省定西市陇西县5个不同种源的蒙古黄芪不同生育期生长情况及黄酮类成分含量积累,并采用Illumina MiSeq高通量测序技术分析不同生育期根际土壤微生物多样性。结果显示:(1)随着生育期推进,固阳、浑源和赤峰种源的黄芪生长较快,根干重在9月份达到峰值,其他生物量指标种源间差异不大。(2)陇西和浑源种源的黄芪根中毛蕊异黄酮葡萄糖苷含量较高,并在9月份达到峰值,而其他成分(芒柄花苷、毛蕊异黄酮和芒柄花素)呈波动变化。(3)蒙古黄芪不同生育期内根际土壤微生物群落差异较大,其中根际细菌变化最为明显,9月份多样性更高,而真菌群落差异相对较小,不同种源间根际微生物群落组成相似。研究表明,蒙古黄芪毛蕊异黄酮葡萄糖苷含量随生育期显著上升,故最佳采收期不宜过早,而微生物群落结构的差异可能是蒙古黄芪获得生长优势和有效成分积累的重要因素之一。     

Water deficits accelerate ripening and induce changes in gene expression regulating flavonoid biosynthesis in grape berries

Water deficits consistently promote higher concentrations of anthocyanins in red winegrapes and their wines. However, controversy remains as to whether there is any direct effect on berry metabolism other than inhibition of growth. Early (ED) and late (LD) season water deficits, applied before or after the onset of ripening (veraison), were imposed on field grown Vitis vinifera “Cabernet Sauvignon”, and the responses of gene expression in the flavonoid pathway and their corresponding metabolites were determined. ED accelerated sugar accumulation and the onset of anthocyanin synthesis. Both ED and LD increased anthocyanin accumulation after veraison. Expression profiling revealed that the increased anthocyanin accumulation resulted from earlier and greater expression of the genes controlling flux through the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway, including F3H, DFR, UFGT and GST. Increases in total anthocyanins resulted predominantly from an increase of 3′4′5′-hydroxylated forms through the differential regulation of F3′H and F3′5′H. There were limited effects on proanthocyanidin, other flavonols, and on expression of genes committed to their synthesis. These results demonstrate that manipulation of abiotic stress through applied water deficits not only modulates compositional changes during berry ripening, but also alters the timing of particular aspects of the ripening process.