镉与锌复合污染对栝楼幼苗生理特性的影响

通过室内盆栽实验,研究镉(Cd)、锌(Zn)复合污染对栝楼(Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.)幼苗生理特性的影响.结果显示,随着Cd、Zn浓度的升高,叶绿素a、叶绿素b、总叶绿素、可溶性糖及紫外吸收物含量下降;超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性先升高再下降,过氧化物酶(POD)活性及类胡萝卜素含量呈升—降—升趋势;丙二醛(MDA)和可溶性蛋白含量分别呈S"型及倒N"型曲线变化.与对照相比,在不同浓度复合污染条件下,光合色素、可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、紫外吸收物含量及SOD活性均有所下降,POD活性和MDA含量上升.研究表明,栝楼幼苗对Cd、Zn胁迫具有一定的耐受力,但高浓度Cd、Zn对幼苗正常生长有较为显著的抑制作用.     

外源NO对酸雨胁迫下龙眼幼苗生理特性的影响

研究了外源NO供体硝普钠(SNP)对pH3.0酸雨胁迫下龙眼幼苗叶绿素含量、抗氧化酶活性和渗透调节物质含量的影响.结果表明:酸雨胁迫下,龙眼幼苗叶片中的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性降低,叶绿素、蛋白质和可溶性糖含量下降,丙二醛含量升高,呈现出一定的毒害效应.外源NO对酸雨胁迫下龙眼幼苗的生理代谢的作用具有双重性,0.1 ～0.5.mmol·L-1SNP显著提高叶绿素、可溶性糖和蛋白质含量,增强SOD、POD和CAT活性,降低丙二醛含量;其中0.5 mmol·L-1 SNP处理效果最好,叶绿素、可溶性糖和蛋白质含量分别比单独酸雨胁迫处理增加了76.0％、107.0％和216.1％,SOD、POD和CAT活性分别提高150.0％、350.9％和97.1％,丙二醛含量降低了46.4％.低浓度外源NO能通过刺激抗氧化酶活性来清除活性氧,减轻氧化胁迫,缓解酸雨胁迫对龙眼幼苗的毒害作用;而高浓度外源NO对酸雨胁迫的缓解作用减弱.     

铅胁迫对大灰藓几种生理指标的影响

苔藓植物是对环境最为敏感的指示植物之一。灰藓属（Hypnum）植物被广泛用于监测环境污染。为了更好地了解藓类植物对重金属的胁迫反应,测定了不同Pb浓度胁迫下大灰藓总叶绿素含量、丙二醛、脯氨酸和可溶性糖生理指标,并对4种生理指标与铅浓度之间进行了拟合。研究结果显示,在低浓度Pb（〈0.01mmol/L）胁迫下,总叶绿素含量升高。当Pb浓度≥1mmol/L时,总叶绿素含量下降。而丙二醛、脯氨酸及可溶性糖含量则在低Pb浓度（≤0.1mmol/L）下增加不明显,在较高Pb浓度（≥1mmol/L）下均有明显的升高,表现出对铅胁迫的适应性反应。4种生理指标与铅胁迫浓度之间表现出较好的剂量-效应关系。     

Pb2+胁迫对两种小麦幼苗生理特性影响的研究

以两种小麦西旱2号和宁春4号幼苗为供试材料,研究了不同浓度Pb(NO₃)₂处理对其叶绿素含量、抗氧化酶活性及渗透性调节物等生理特性的影响。结果发现,两种小麦在低浓度铅处理下幼苗叶片叶绿素含量及超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性均无显著变化,而高浓度铅胁迫使其叶绿素a（Chla）、叶绿素b（Chlb）及叶绿素总量明显减少,但SOD活性显著升高,且相同浓度铅胁迫对小麦宁春4号幼苗叶片叶绿素的破坏作用明显强于对西旱2号的作用;不同浓度硝酸铅处理诱导两种小麦幼苗过氧化氢酶（CAT）、过氧化物酶（POD）和抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（APX）活性升高,但不影响丙二醛（MDA）含量;此外,Pb²⁺处理使小麦幼苗叶片脯氨酸含量升高,此效应具有浓度依赖性,但铅处理不影响可溶性糖相对含量。结果表明,铅胁迫对两种小麦幼苗叶片叶绿素造成了破坏,却不同程度诱导抗氧化酶活性及脯氨酸含量升高,即表现出较强的抗氧化能力和渗透调节能力,增强了小麦对铅的耐受性,因而胁迫诱导两种小麦叶片MDA含量变化与对照比无显著性差异。     

NaCl胁迫对超大甜椒种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响

以超大甜椒种子和幼苗为材料,采用水培法研究低、中、高浓度(50、150、250 mmol·L-1)NaCl胁迫对其种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响.结果显示:(1)低浓度NaCl处理促进种子萌发,而中、高浓度NaCl处理抑制种子萌发;NaCl处理第18天时,高浓度NaCl处理植株全部死亡,其余各处理植株苗高、叶面积、地上部鲜重和干重均随处理浓度升高而下降,但低浓度NaCl能刺激超大甜椒的根系生长.(2)低、中浓度NaCl处理时,植株叶绿素含量未受到大的影响,类胡萝卜素含量却随胁迫时间延长微量升高;在盐胁迫7 d的周期内,低、中浓度NaCl处理植株MDA含量、SOD活性和可溶性糖含量均随浓度升高及时间延长显著增加,脯氨酸含量在低浓度下变化不明显而中浓度下显著升高;在高浓度NaCl处理3 d中,MDA含量急剧升高,SOD活性先升高后下降,脯氨酸和可溶性糖含量显著增加.研究发现,NaCl胁迫浓度越高对超大甜椒种子萌发和幼苗生长的抑制效应越明显;低中浓度NaCl处理幼苗能通过自身的抗氧化酶清除系统和渗透调节物质来抵抗胁迫引起伤害,类胡萝卜素可能也有一定的抗胁迫作用,而高浓度NaCl处理增加了膜脂过氧化程度,严重影响了活性氧和渗透调节物质的正常代谢.     

外源水杨酸对酸雨胁迫后龙眼幼苗生理特性恢复的影响

以龙眼幼苗为材料,研究酸雨胁迫(pH 3.0)后不同浓度外源水杨酸(0、0.1、0.5、1.0和2.0 mmol·L-1)对龙眼幼苗生理特性的影响.结果表明:酸雨胁迫后龙眼幼苗叶片中的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性降低,叶绿素、蛋白质和可溶性糖含量下降,丙二醛含量升高,龙眼幼苗显示出毒害效应.0.1 ～1.0mmol·L-1外源水杨酸显著提高龙眼幼苗叶绿素、可溶性糖和蛋白质的含量,增强SOD、POD和CAT活性,降低丙二醛含量,减少幼苗所受氧化伤害的程度;其中0.5 mmol· L-1水杨酸处理效果最好,叶绿素、可溶性糖和蛋白质的含量分别比单独酸雨胁迫处理植株增加了62％、105％和177％,SOD、POD和CAT活性分别提高144％、440％和132％,丙二醛含量降低了35％;而2.0 mmol·L-1水杨酸却起到相反的作用.可见,低浓度水杨酸(0.1～1.0 mmol·L-1)能通过刺激龙眼抗氧化酶活性,减轻氧化胁迫,缓解酸雨胁迫后的毒害作用,而高浓度水杨酸(2.0 mmol·L-1)对龙眼幼苗的缓解作用下降.     

马尾松幼苗生长及生理特性对铝胁迫的响应

以马尾松幼苗为试验材料,采用水培法研究铝胁迫（Al³⁺浓度为0、0.2、0.4、0.8、1.6 mmol·L^-1）对马尾松幼苗生长及其针叶中叶绿素、渗透调节物质（可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、脯氨酸）、丙二醛（MDA）和超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）等保护酶活性的影响,为揭示马尾松铝毒害生理机制及提高马尾松的耐铝能力提供理论依据。结果显示：当Al³⁺处理浓度为0.2 mmol·L^-1时对马尾松株高和基径生长的影响较小,但对马尾松根系生长有一定的促进作用;Al³⁺处理浓度大于0.2 mmol·L^-1时对马尾松株高、基径和根长的生长均会产生一定的抑制作用,且这种抑制作用随着Al³⁺浓度的增大而增强。马尾松针叶中叶绿素含量和SOD、POD活性均随着Al³⁺处理浓度的增加呈先上升后下降的趋势;Al³⁺处理浓度大于0.2 mmol·L^-1时马尾松针叶中可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、脯氨酸等渗透调节物质均呈上升趋势,且随着Al³⁺浓度的升高而增大;Al³⁺处理浓度大于0.2 mmol·L^-1时马尾松针叶中MDA含量也呈上升趋势,且随着Al³⁺浓度的增大而升高,说明大于0.2 mmol·L^-1的Al³⁺处理可导致马尾松膜脂产生氧化。研究表明,马尾松幼苗具有一定的耐铝能力,在铝胁迫生境下可通过提高自身SOD和POD等保护酶的合成和主动积累脯氨酸、蛋白质和可溶性糖等渗透物质,产生适应性生理响应以维持自身的生理平衡来降低铝毒害作用。     

芘对苦草的生物毒性效应

通过静态模拟实验,研究了不同浓度(0.01、0.02、0.05、0.07和0.1 mg·L^-1)芘暴露10 d后,芘在苦草中的富集,以及芘对苦草茎叶中自由基含量、抗氧化系统以及叶绿素、可溶性糖等的影响.结果表明: 芘能够大量富集在苦草叶部;自由基信号强度、过氧化物酶(POD)活性和脂质过氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)含量持续升高;当污染加重时,这种升高现象有减弱的趋势,且三者有较好的相关性;谷胱甘肽S转移酶(GST)活性和氧化型谷胱甘肽(GSSG)含量持续增加,而还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量持续降低;随着芘浓度的增加,叶绿素含量降低,而可溶性糖含量升高.苦草对芘暴露比较敏感,0.01 mg·L^-1即已显示胁迫效应.     

一氧化氮对小麦叶片镍毒害的缓解作用

采用溶液培养法研究了重金属镍(Ni)对扬麦158(Triticum aestivumL)幼苗生长的影响及外源一氧化氮(NO)对Ni毒害的缓解作用。结果表明,100μmol/LNi处理显著抑制小麦幼苗生长,导致叶绿素含量下降,丙二醛(MDA)含量显著升高,且叶片过氧化物酶(POD)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和谷胱甘肽转硫酶(GST)等抗氧化酶活性升高。400μmol/L硝谱钠(SNP,NO供体)预处理2d,能够明显减轻Ni毒害,使叶绿素和MDA含量基本恢复至对照水平。NO可能是通过提高APX和GR等抗氧化酶的活性及谷胱甘肽含量而增强植株抗氧化能力,显著减轻由Ni导致的叶片Ca和Fe含量下降而增强小麦幼苗抵御Ni毒害的能力。     

Cd对槐叶苹的生理影响及外源La、Ca的缓解效应比较

研究了Cd2+毒害对低等水生植物槐叶苹的生理影响及外源La、Ca的缓解效应。结果表明,Cd2+污 染时,槐叶苹叶片出现褪绿、叶缘拳卷并伴有烂斑和根状叶断离现象。随着Cd2+浓度的升高,叶片的叶绿素 含量、SOD、CAT、POD活性先升后降,但各指标达到最大值时的Cd2+浓度各不相同,以POD对应的最高。可 溶性蛋白含量及丙二醛(MDA)产量分别呈现出下降和上升趋势,且可溶性蛋白含量受Cd2+的影响更大。外 源La和Ca均能缓解Cd2+对槐叶苹叶片叶绿素含量、可溶性蛋白含量的降低和MDA的积累,对保护酶系统 的影响存在较大差异。     

Determination of endogeneous indoleacetic acid and tryptophol in mouse brain by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorometric detection

A simple and sensitive method using high performance liquid chromatography with fluorometric detection has been developed for the identification and quantitation of the endogeneous tryptamine metabolites, indoleacetic acid (IAA) and tryptophol (TOL) in the normal mouse brain. The limits of sensitivity are 5pg for both IAA and TOL. The extract procedure from the brain is only to deproteinize samples. The mean concentrations of IAA and TOL in the mouse brain are 8.99 +/- 0.31 ng/g and 3.56 +/- 0.21 ng/g respectively. The effects of pargyline and tryptamine on the levels of IAA and TOL were also studied.     

Localization of camphor degradative plasmids on the chromosome of Pseudomonas putida strains PaW]

Camphor degradative plasmids (CAM, pRK1) are preferentially situated on chromosomes of Pseudomonas putida strains PaW. After having been transferred into Cam+ strains, the TOL plasmid pWWO dissociates into the cryptic plasmid pWWO-8 and chromosome-borne transposon Tn4651. The opposite situation, i.e. reconstruction of the TOL plasmid pWWO from the cryptic plasmid pWWO-8 and chromosome-borne catabolic operons of the pWWO plasmid has been described. Cam- derivatives of the CAM plasmid were obtained in vivo which contain the TOL plasmid transposons Tn4651 or Tn4652 as obligatory structural elements. These plasmids as well as pWWO-8 determine conjugational mobilization of chromosome-located cam operons followed by their integration into the chromosome of recipient.     

Regulatory mutants affecting the use of the TOL catabolic plasmid in strain construction

Summary The pathway encoded by the TOL catabolic pathway has been reported to be in two regulons. Attempts to isolate fully constitutive mutants of the plasmid encoded catechol meta cleavage pathway (the lower regulon) were unsuccessful. However mutants were obtained with altered inducer specificity of this regulon. This was accompanied by loss or alteration of inducer specificity with both regulons and could cause problems with the use of the TOL plasmid in specific strain construction work.     

Chromosomal location of TOL plasmid DNA in Pseudomonas putida.

The soil isolate Pseudomonas putida MW1000 can grow on toluene and other hydrocarbons; in this respect it is similar to strains of Pseudomonas which carry the TOL plasmid. By conjugation experiments, the genes conferring these growth abilities have been shown to be located on the bacterial chromosome, linked to vil and catB. A 56-kilobase segment of the bacterial chromosome of MW strains carrying the TOL genes can transpose to the IncP-1 plasmid R18-18. Physical analysis of these TOL R18-18 hybrids has shown that the TOL segment is almost identical to the same region found in the TOL plasmid pWW0.     

Recent clinical studies of new pharmacologic agents and their efficacy in the treatment of incontinence

Two agents for the control of overactive bladder-tolterodine (TOL) and extended-release oxybutynin (Oxy-XL)-have been evaluated in a number of studies for their efficacy in urge incontinence. Studies have demonstrated that TOL achieved a 20% reduction in the frequency of voiding and a 45% reduction in urge incontinent episodes. Efficacy was comparable between TOL and immediate-release oxybutinin (Oxy-IR), the standard anticholinergic comparator. There is a delay of some weeks in achieving relief with TOL, but thereafter there is a continued decrease in the total number of both micturitions and incontinent episodes in 24 hours. Trials demonstrated that there were no safety concerns at all with TOL. In particular, there was a lower incidence of dry mouth with TOL than with Oxy-IR. Dose-ranging studies established that TOL produced the lowest incidence of side effects while maintaining efficacy. In a long-term, community-use study of Oxy-XL, there was a very low incidence of central nervous system side effects, including mental acuity and memory. Among elderly nursing home patients, Oxy-XL achieved a 90% reduction in weekly urge incontinence episodes and an 86% decrease in pad use. Oxy-XL was shown to cause a significantly lower reduction in salivary output than Oxy-IR and TOL. In a recent head-to-head comparison study, there were significant differences found between Oxy-XL and TOL. Other studies have shown that the administration of Oxy-XL results in a significantly lower production of the metabolites responsible for anticholinergic side effect, particularly dry mouth, than with the standard release form, owing largely to the elimination of a first-pass effect. A long-acting form of TOL resulted in a 53% reduction in incontinent episodes. Both these anticholinergic agents have been shown to have excellent efficacy and tolerability. But the future of OAB therapy lies in targeting other mechanisms responsible for incontinence.     

Gene organization of the first catabolic operon of TOL plasmid pWW53: production of indigo by the xylA gene product.

The entire operon coding for the enzymes responsible for conversion of toluenes to benzoates has been cloned from TOL plasmid pWW53 and the position of the genes accurately located. The coding region was 7.4 kilobase pairs (kbp) long, and the gene order was operator-promoter region (OP1)-a small open reading frame-xylC (1.6 kbp)-xylA (2.9 kbp)-xylB (1.8 kbp). Within the coding region there was considerable homology with the isofunctional region of the archetypal TOL plasmid pWW0. A central region of 2.9 kbp complemented an xylA (for xylene oxygenase) mutant of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 and was also capable of conferring the ability to convert indole to indigo on strains of Escherichia coli and P. putida. This reaction has been reported previously only for dioxygenases involved in aromatic catabolism but not for monooxygenases. It is proposed that the region encodes xylene oxygenase activity capable of direct monohydroxylation of indole to 3-hydroxyindole (oxindole), which then spontaneously dimerizes to form indigo.     

Retrotransfer of DNA in the rhizosphere

Retrotransfer of DNA refers to the phenomenon by which a plasmid travels from a host strain to a recipient one and returns to the original host, bringing with it DNA from the recipient. The resultant host strain with DNA from the recipient is called a retrotransconjugant. The retrotransfer phenomenon mediated by the TOL plasmid pWW0 and other plasmids has been documented on plates under optimal laboratory culture conditions, but never under natural conditions. In this work, we show that retrotransfer mediated by the IncP9 TOL pWW0 plasmid occurs in the rhizosphere, a niche in which the continuous supply of nutrients via root exudates allows cells to reach a high density. This suggests that this unusual sexual fertilization may be of great importance in lateral gene transfer. We also show that retrotransfer of DNA seems to require co-integration of the plasmid and the host chromosome and subsequent resolution, because a TOL plasmid with a mutation in the tnpR gene, encoding the resolvase of the Tn 4653 of the TOL plasmid, was self-transferred between Pseudomonas strains, but unable to mobilize chromosome.     

植物生命之树重建的现状、问题和对策建议

生命之树的概念源自1859年达尔文的《物种起源》, 但利用分子数据重建植物生命之树的研究则在20世纪90年代才开始兴起。近年来, 随着测序技术、分析方法和计算能力的快速发展, 植物生命之树重建研究取得了显著成果。本文首先概述了当前以及未来很长一段时间内植物生命之树重建工作的重点, 包括植物属级和种级水平的系统发育研究、植物系统发育基因组学研究、分子和形态数据联合分析、包括灭绝与现存植物类群的生命之树重建, 以及超大植物生命之树重建等5个方面; 然后简要概括国内植物生命之树重建研究的现状, 指出了我国在植物生命之树重建领域发展中所存在的问题, 并从“类群研究体系、学科评价体系、国家顶层设计, 以及拓展国际合作”等方面对学科未来的发展提出了一些对策建议。