Drought-Stimulated Activity of Plasma Membrane Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidase and Its Catalytic Properties in Rice

The activity of plasma membrane (PM) nicoUnamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase and Its catalytic properties in rice was investigated under drought stress conditions. Drought stress led to decreased leaf relative water content (RWC) and, as a result of drought-induced oxidative stress, the activities of antioxidant enzymes increased significantly. More interestingly, the intensity of applied water stress was correlated with increased production of H_2O_2and O_2~- and elevated activity of PM NADPH oxidase, a key enzyme of reactive oxygen species generation in plants.Histochemlcal analyses also revealed increased H_2O_2 and O_2~- production in drought-stressed leaves. Application of dlphenylene iodonium (DPI), an Inhibitor of PM NADPH oxidasa, did not alleviate drought-induced production of H_2O_2 and O_2~-. Catalysis experiments indicated that the dce PM NADPH oxidass was partially fiavin-dependent. The pH and temperature optima for this enzyme were 9.8 and 40 ℃, respectively. In addition, drought stress enhanced the activity under alkaline pH and high temperature conditions. These results suggest that a complex regulatory mechanism, associated with the NADPH oxidase-H_2O_2 system, is involved in the response of rice to drought stress.     

脱落酸对水稻抽穗开花期高温胁迫的诱抗效应

为探究脱落酸(ABA)对水稻(Oryzasativa)抽穗开花期高温胁迫的诱抗效应,以江西省主推水稻品种黄华占为材料,于孕穗期用蒸馏水、ABA溶液(10、50和100μmol·L^-1)、氟啶酮(FLU)和原花青素(PC) 6种溶液进行叶面喷施,然后移入对照(CK)和高温胁迫(HS)环境处理8天,考查籽粒活性氧(ROS)积累、抗氧化防御能力、产量构成及相关基因的表达。结果表明,高温胁迫下,水稻的穗长、穗重、结实率、千粒重和产量与超氧阴离子和过氧化氢含量呈显著负相关。高温胁迫下,喷施ABA显著上调了ABA应答和抗氧化防御基因的表达,籽粒中活性氧含量下降了8.24%–31.35%;喷施ABA显著增加了水稻的穗长、穗重、结实率和千粒重,显著上调了产量形成基因的表达,增产12.73%–20.77%。高温胁迫下,喷施FLU可抑制ABA的生物合成,导致ROS过量积累和水稻减产;喷施抗氧化剂PC则抑制ROS过量积累,使产量增加。以上结果表明,高温胁迫下,孕穗期喷施ABA不仅能够激发ABA信号通路,而且上调抗氧化防御能力和产量形成基因的表达,进而提高水稻在抽穗开花期的耐热性,达到增...     

The cloning and characterization of hypersensitive to salt stress mutant,affected in quinolinate synthase,highlights the involvement of NAD in stress‐induced accumulation of ABA and proline

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a ubiquitous coenzyme, is required for many physiological reactions and processes. However, it remains largely unknown how NAD affects plant response to salt stress. We isolated a salt‐sensitive mutant named hypersensitive to salt stress (hss) from an ethyl methanesulfonate‐induced mutation population. A point mutation was identified by MutMap in the encoding region of Quinolinate Synthase (QS) gene required for the de novo synthesis of NAD. This point mutation caused a substitution of amino acid in the highly‐conserved NadA domain of QS, resulting in an impairment of NAD biosynthesis in the mutant. Molecular and chemical complementation have restored the response of the hss mutant to salt stress, indicating that the decreased NAD contents in the mutant were responsible for its hypersensitivity to salt stress. Furthermore, the endogenous levels of abscisic acid (ABA) and proline were also reduced in stress‐treated hss mutant. The application of ABA or proline could alleviate stress‐induced oxidative damage of the mutant and partially rescue its hypersensitivity to salt stress, but not affect NAD concentration. Taken together, our results demonstrated that the NadA domain of QS is important for NAD biosynthesis, and NAD participates in plant response to salt stress by affecting stress‐induced accumulation of ABA and proline.     

砷暴露诱导人肝细胞氧化应激过程中NADPH氧化酶作用机制

目的：探讨砷暴露诱导细胞氧化应激的分子机制。方法：采用人正常肝细胞进行亚砷酸钠和砷酸钠的暴露处理,并设相应对照组,采用SOD模拟物MnTMPyP和还原型谷胱甘肽（reducedglutathione,GSH）预处理,检测细胞超氧阴离子（02。）和细胞整体ROS的水平。WestemBlot方法检测细胞氧化／抗氧化重要酶微粒体谷胱甘肽硫转移酶（microsomalglutathioneS-transferase-l,Mgst．1）、半胱氨酸双加氧酶l（cysteinedioxygenasel,Cd01）和NADPH氧化酶的催化亚基NOX4的表达。针对NADPH氧化酶,采用特异性抑制剂（diphenyleneiodoniumchloride,DPI）进行预处理,观察对砷暴露引起的细胞ROS水平及细胞凋亡的影响。结果：砷暴露能够显著诱导细胞超氧阴离子的产生,提高细胞整体ROS水平,其中三价砷（亚砷酸钠,A矿）诱导氧化应激作用显著强于五价砷（砷酸钠,As5＋）。亚砷酸钠能够显著提高NOX4的表达。针对NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂DPI能够显著抑制砷暴露引起的细胞ROS水平升高以及细胞凋亡的增加。结论：NADPH氧化酶是砷暴露诱导人肝细胞的作用靶点,砷能够通过NADPH氧化酶产生大量超氧阴离子,提高ROS水平,造成氧化应激,诱导人正常肝细胞凋亡。     

Dual Role of Plasma Membrane Electron Transport Systems in Defense

Bcause oxidative stress is one of the main sources of severe cellular damage, cells have different defense weapons against reactive oxygen species. Ubiquitous plasma membrane redox systems play a role in defense against oxidative stress damage. On the other hand, a tightly controlled and localized production of reactive oxygen species by a plasma membrane NADPH oxidase can be used as a potent microbicidal weapon. This dual, prooxidant and antioxidant role of plasma membrane electron transport systems in defense is studied and discussed.     

低叶绿素b水稻突变体类囊体膜的比较蛋白质组学

采用蓝绿温和胶凝胶电泳(blue-nativepolyacrylamidegel-electrophoresis,BN-PAGE),以及改进的第二向SDS-PAGE分离了水稻低叶绿素b突变体ZH249-Y和野生型ZH249-W类囊体膜蛋白复合物,系统比较了突变体和野生型各复合物亚基的表达差异.结果显示,第一向BN-PAGE分离了PSⅠ-LHCⅠ、LHCⅠ缺失的PSⅠ、ATP合成酶、细胞色素b6f、CP43缺失的PSⅡ及LHCⅡ六种复合物.上述各复合物经第二相SDS-Urea-PAGE分离后,利用胶内酶解,高效液相层析分离肽段,电喷雾串联质谱鉴定了复合物的亚基.结合免疫印迹研究,证明和野生型相比,突变体光系统Ⅱ捕光天线复合体的表达量适度下降,但光系统Ⅰ捕光天线破坏严重,同时光系统Ⅱ核心蛋白和ATP合成酶的表达量上升.研究结果对揭示低叶绿素b水稻突变体较高光化学效率和光稳定性的分子基础提供了线索,同时也表明,改进的BN/SDS-PAGE双向电泳不仅可以有效地分离膜蛋白复合物及亚基,也可以进行不同生理条件下,或野生型和突变体之间膜蛋白质组的比较研究.     

质膜NADPH氧化酶的活化与H2O2的产生介导内源激发子诱导人参悬浮细胞中PAL活性的提高与人参皂甙的积累

利用纤维素酶降解人参(Panax ginseng C．A．Meyer)悬浮细胞的细胞壁制备了内源激发子(CDW)。CDW体外诱导了游离人参细胞质膜NADPH氧化酶的活性,激发了活体人参悬浮细胞产生H2O2。CDW还可以诱导提高苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性,促进人参鲨烯环氧酶基因(sqe)的转录与人参皂甙的积累。NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂不仅可以抑制CDW体外诱导的质膜NADPH活性而且还可以抑制CDW诱导人参细胞产生H2O2。进而,这些抑制剂还可以抑制CDW诱导PAL活性的提高,以及sqe的转录与人参皂甙的合成。过氧化氢酶与H2O2的粹灭剂也可以抑制CDW激发产生的这些诱导效应。上述结果表明CDW激发质膜NADPH氧化酶的活化与H2O2的产生在介导CDW诱导人参细胞抗性反应中,包括PAL活性的提高与人参皂甙的积累,起了重要的信号转导作用。     

增效位点在稻米碾磨品质分子预测中的效应及其与遗传效应的关系

利用重庆和泸州两个环境下种植的两套杂交水稻不完全双列组合（按NCII设计）,结合SSR和AFLP标记,按照单向分组的方差分析法筛选与凡碾磨品质表现相关的阳性位点和增效位点,分别就此两类位点建立相应的预测模型,同时采用包括基因型×环境互作效应的种子遗传模型对这两套材料进行遗传效应分析,旨在分析水稻碾磨品质的分子预测效果及其与遗传效应之间的关系．结果表明：（1）增效预测模型较阳性预测模型稳定性好,精确度高．糙米率、精米率和整精米率的增效预测模型可决系数分别为0．6467、0．6516和0．7265,而阳性预测模型则为0．4053、0．4981和0．6897;增效预测模型的剩余平方和分别为0．8104、0．8011和4．4508,而阳性预测模型则为0．9826、0．9673和6．2676;增效预测模型的预测变异系数为6．79％、7．27％和5．02％,而阳性预测模型则为9．12％、8．13％和6．09％．（2）增效预测模型预测效果因材料和性状的不同存在差异,套内预测好于套间预测,固定不育系预测好于固定恢复系预测;预测效果以整精米率最好,精米率次之,糙米率稍差;（3）不同性状和材料自々预测效果受环境互作自々影响不同,糙米率受环境互作影响大干精米率大干整精米率．因此,可根据不育系和恢复系材料特性,在一定环境条件下建立碾磨品质性状的预测模型,或者选择遗传主效应表现良好,同时环境互作效应表现较为稳定的亲本建立预测模型,可能将会获得较为理想的预测效果．     

质膜NADPH氧化酶的活化与H2O2的产生介导内源激发子诱导人参悬浮细胞中PAL活性的提高与人参皂甙的积累

利用纤维素酶降解人参(Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer)悬浮细胞的细胞壁制备了内源激发子(CDW).CDW体外诱导了游离人参细胞质膜NADPH氧化酶的活性,激发了活体人参悬浮细胞产生H2O2.CDW还可以诱导提高苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性,促进人参鲨烯环氧酶基因(sqe)的转录与人参皂甙的积累.NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂不仅可以抑制CDW体外诱导的质膜NADPH活性而且还可以抑制CDW诱导人参细胞产生H2O2.进而,这些抑制剂还可以抑制CDW诱导PAL活性的提高,以及sqe的转录与人参皂甙的合成.过氧化氢酶与H2O2的粹灭剂也可以抑制CDW激发产生的这些诱导效应.上述结果表明CDW激发质膜NADPH氧化酶的活化与H2O2的产生在介导CDW诱导人参细胞抗性反应中,包括PAL活性的提高与人参皂甙的积累,起了重要的信号转导作用.     

低温、高pH胁迫对水稻幼苗根系质膜、液泡膜ATP酶活性的影响

以耐冷性不同的两个水稻品种为材料,比较研究了幼苗根系质膜、液泡膜ATP酶对低温(8℃)及高pH(8.0)胁迫的反应。结果表明水稻根细胞质膜和液泡膜上均存在Ca3+-ATP酶,但活性远低于H+-ATP酶。耐冷品种武育粳3号经低温(8℃)处理2d,根系质膜和液泡膜H+-ATP酶、Ca2+-ATP酶活性均明显升高,至冷处理12d,H+-ATP酶、Ca2+-ATP酶活性有所下降,但仍与对照相近;而冷敏感品种汕优63经低温(8℃)处理2d,根系质膜H+-ATP酶活性略有升高,而质膜Ca2+-ATP酶以及液泡膜H+-ATP酶、Ca2+-ATP酶活性已明显下降;至冷处理12d,4种酶活性均明显低于对照。高pH胁迫使质膜和液泡膜H+-ATP酶活性下降,而使Ca2+-ATP酶活性上升。高pH胁迫会加剧低温冷害。结果表明,耐冷品种质膜、液泡膜ATP酶比冷敏感品种对低温胁迫有更强的适应能力。     

Cross-talk between calcium and reactive oxygen species originated from NADPH oxidase in abscisic acid-induced antioxidant defence in leaves of maize seedlings

The signal interactions between calcium (Ca2+) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) originated from plasma membrane NADPH oxidase in abscisic acid (ABA)-induced antioxidant defence were investigated in leaves of maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings. Treatment with ABA led to significant increases in the activity of plasma membrane NADPH oxidase, the production of leaf O2-, and the activities of several antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR). However, such increases were blocked by the pretreatment with Ca2+ chelator EGTA or Ca2+ channel blockers La3+ and verapamil, and NADPH oxidase inhibitors such as diphenylene iodonium (DPI), imidazole and pyridine. Treatment with Ca2+ also significantly induced the increases in NADPH oxidase activity, O2- production and the activities of antioxidant enzymes, and the increases were arrested by pretreatment with the NADPH oxidase inhibitors. Treatment with oxidative stress induced by paraquat, which generates O2-, led to the induction of antioxidant defence enzymes, and the up-regulation was suppressed by the pretreatment of Ca2+ chelator and Ca2+ channel blockers. Our data suggest that a cross-talk between Ca2+ and ROS originated from plasma membrane-bound NADPH oxidase is involved in the ABA signal transduction pathway leading to the induction of antioxidant enzyme activity, and Ca2+ functions upstream as well as downstream of ROS production in the signal transduction event in plants.     

Copper impact on heat shock protein 70 expression and apoptosis in rainbow trout hepatocytes

The mechanism underlying copper hepatotoxicity was investigated in primary cultures of rainbow trout hepatocytes maintained in Leibovitz-15 media. CuSO4 treatment (0, 25, 50, 100 and 200 microM) resulted in a dose-dependent elevation in heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) expression at 24 and 48 h post-exposure. There was no effect of copper (200 microM CuSO4) on hepatotoxicity at 24 h, whereas longer exposures (48 h) resulted in increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage and apoptosis, demonstrated by fluorescence nuclear staining and DNA fragmentation. Vitamin C (1 mM), a free radical scavenger, inhibited this copper-induced apoptosis implying a role for reactive oxygen species in copper toxicity. However, no parallel inhibition of either LDH leakage or hsp70 protein expression was observed with vitamin C suggesting that at least two independent mechanisms are involved in the cellular response to copper. Also, copper exposed (24 h) cells were unable to mount an hsp70 response to a standardized heat shock (+15 degrees C for 1 h), even in the presence of vitamin C. Together, these results suggest that hepatotoxicity of copper includes impairment of hsp70 response to subsequent stressors and/or signals, which is crucial for protecting cells from proteotoxicity.     

Cloning and Characterization of Catalases from Rice,Oryza sativa L.

Catalase is the major H₂O₂-scavenging enzyme in all aerobic organisms. From the cDNA sequences of three rice (Oryza sativa L.) genes that encode for predicted catalases (OsCatA, OsCatB, and OsCatC), complete ORFs were subcloned into pET21a and expressed as (His)₆-tagged proteins in Escherichia coli. The recombinant (His)₆-polypeptides were enriched to apparent homogeneity and characterized. With H₂O₂ as substrate, the highest catalase k _cat value (20±1.71×10^?3 min^?1) was found in recombinant OsCatB. The optimum temperatures for catalase activity were 30 °C for OsCatA and OsCatC and 25 °C for OsCatB, while the pH optima were 8.0, 7.5, and 7.0 for OsCatA, OsCatB, and OsCatC respectively. All the catalases were inhibited by sodium azide, β-mercaptoethanol, and potassium cyanide, but only weakly by 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole. The various catalases exhibited different catalase activities in the presence of different salts at different concentrations, OsCatC showing higher salt inhibitory effects than the two other OsCats.     

EGF promotes invasion by PANC-1 cells through Rac1/ROS-dependent secretion and activation of MMP-2

Cancer metastasis involves tumor cells invading the surrounding tissue. Remodeling of tissue barriers depends on the ability of tumor cells to degrade the surrounding collagen matrix and then migrate through the matrix defects. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been shown to regulate tumor cell invasion through activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in various tumor cell types. In the present study, we investigated the role of MMP-2 and the signaling pathway involved in EGF-promoted invasion by human pancreatic cancer cells PANC-1. Using specific inhibitors, we found that EGF stimulation of these tumor cells induced secretion and activation of the collagenase MMP-2, which was required for EGF-stimulated basement membrane degradation and cell invasion. Our results also indicate that signaling events downstream of EGF receptor involved PI3K- and Src-dependent activation of Rac1, which mediated the NADPH-generated reactive oxygen species responsible for MMP-2 secretion and activation.     

NADPH oxidase activity in allergenic pollen grains of different plant species

Pollen is an important trigger of allergic diseases. Recent studies have shown that ragweed pollen NAD(P)H oxidase generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) and plays a prominent role in the pathogenesis of allergies in mouse models. Here, we demonstrated that allergenic pollen grains showed NAD(P)H oxidase activity that differed in intensity and localization according to the plant families. The activity occurred at the surface or in the cytoplasm in pollen of grasses, birch, and ragweed; in subpollen particles released from ragweed pollen; and at the inner surface or in the cytoplasm but not on the outer wall, which was sloughed off after the rupture, of pollen of Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress. The activity was mostly concentrated within insoluble fractions, suggesting that it facilitates the exposure of tissues to ROS generated by this enzyme. The extent of exposure to pollen-generated ROS could differ among the plant families.     

Molecular cloning and expression pattern analysis of two novel disulfide isomerases in shrimp

Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) catalyzes formation and isomerization of disulfide bridges and has chaperone activity. Currently, increasing evidence suggests the significance of PDI in immune and stress responses. To clarify the role of PDIs in the innate immunity of shrimp, two PDI genes were isolated and identified from Fenneropenaeus chinensis (fleshy prawn). FcPDI1 is 1878bp in length and encodes a protein of 383 amino acids. It has 18-amino acid signal peptide, 3 thioredoxin domains with 3 active sites of CGHC, and KEDL retention signal at its C-end. FcPDI1 is an atypical PDI. The open reading frame of FcPDI2 encodes a 497-amino acid protein and shows the classical domain organization a-b-b'-a'. Phylogenic analysis and multiple alignments show that FcPDI1 is similar to PDI that contains 3 thioredoxin domains from other species including invertebrates and vertebrates. FcPDI2, LvPDI, and insect PDIs are grouped into one cluster and are similar to PDIs having a-b-b'-a' domain organization. Tissue distribution shows that FcPDI1 and FcPDI2 were expressed in all detected tissues at the mRNA level. Changes in FcPDI1 and FcPDI2 expression at the mRNA level in hemocytes, hepatopancreas, gills, and ovaries upon Vibrio or white spot syndrome virus challenge were also analyzed. The results suggest that FcPDI1 and FcPDI2 might have roles in the innate immunity of shrimp. FcPDI1 was also successfully expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant FcPDI1 showed insulin reductase activity. Results show that FcPDI might play an important role in the innate immunity of shrimp.