UV-B辐射增强对芦苇光合生理及叶绿体超微结构的影响

在UV-B辐照增强条件下,研究不同辐照梯度对芦苇光合特性、光合色素含量及叶绿体超微结构的影响. 结果表明: 与自然光照相比,UV-B辐照增强显著降低芦苇叶片净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率,且随辐照强度增大,降低程度加剧,胞间CO₂浓度升高,光合效率显著降低;与自然光照相比,UV-B辐照增强显著降低芦苇叶片光合色素含量(包括叶绿素a、叶绿素b、总叶绿素和类胡萝卜素),且随辐照强度增大,降低程度加剧;UV-B辐射增强条件下,叶绿体超微结构遭到破坏,表现为叶绿体结构变形,类囊体片层排列稀疏紊乱、膨胀甚至模糊不清,并且UV-B辐射强度越大,损伤越大,高强度UV-B辐射对叶绿体超微结构的影响大于低强度辐射.     

增强UV-B辐射对芦荟蒽醌类物质含量和超微结构的影响

以库拉索芦荟为试验材料,采用透射电子显微镜及HPLC技术,研究了增强UV-B辐射对芦荟的超微结构和蒽醌类物质的影响.结果显示：增强UV-B辐射20 d,每天处理6 h,芦荟叶中总蒽醌、芦荟素、芦荟大黄素的含量分别增加了31.8%、11.3%和22.0%;叶绿体被膜有轻微破损,其他细胞器结构没有明显变化.说明增强UV-B辐射能促进蒽醌类物质的积累,但对细胞超微结构影响不大.     

增强UV-B辐射对作物生理代谢、DNA和蛋白质的影响研究进展

大气平流层的臭氧层逐渐破坏导致太阳辐射中抵达地球表面的UV-B辐射增加,对作物产生不同程度的影响.本文讨论了UV-B辐射增强对作物生理代谢、DNA损伤和蛋白质含量的影响.UV-B辐射增强,作物叶片类黄酮含量增加、叶绿素含量降低、光合作用减弱,同时UV-B辐射诱致基因活性变化,导致DNA损伤和蛋白质含量的改变.     

UV-B辐射增强对土生对齿藓(Didymodon vinealis)结皮生理代谢及光系统相关蛋白表达的影响

以中国科学院沙坡头沙漠试验研究站人工固沙植被区的土生对齿藓(Didymodon vinealis(Brid.) Zand.)结皮为试验材料,通过室内模拟UV-B 4个辐射强度[2.75(对照)、3.08、3.25和3.41 W·m-2]的处理,研究了UV-B辐射增强对土生对齿藓结皮生理代谢及光系统相关蛋白表达的影响.结果表明:随着UV-B辐射强度增加,丙二醛(MDA)含量呈增加趋势;叶绿素a荧光诱导动力学参数、可溶性蛋白质及类囊体膜蛋白表达量随着辐射强度的增加而降低,且与辐射强度呈反比.模拟UV-B辐射增强促进了土生对齿藓结皮活性氧的代谢速率,导致了膜脂过氧化,可溶性蛋白质含量减少,进而降低PSII反应中心活性,最终导致光合作用能力下降,这一结果对于进一步理解生物土壤结皮对UV-B辐射的响应机制,探索应用生物土壤结皮进行荒漠化治理具有重要的理论与实践意义.     

一氧化氮对增强的UV_B胁迫下螺旋藻生物损伤的减缓作用

为了探讨一氧化氮对增强的UV-B胁迫下螺旋藻生物学特性的影响,通过色素含量、蛋白质含量和生物量3个方面的变化证实了0.5mmol/L的一氧化氮(Nitric oxide,NO)供体硝普钠(Sodium nitroprusside,SNP)对增强UV-B胁迫下的螺旋藻(Spirulina platensis)794细胞生物损伤有明显的减缓作用。实验结果显示,NO能够显著诱导增强的UV-B胁迫下螺旋藻细胞内蛋白质含量、脯氨酸含量的提高,促进正常生长条件下螺旋藻(Spirulina platensis)794细胞内抗氧化物质GSH含量的增多,但外源NO又可以降低增强UV-B胁迫下螺旋藻细胞中GSH含量的增加。说明NO对增强UV-B胁迫下的螺旋藻794细胞有保护作用,可以减轻UV-B胁迫对螺旋藻(S.platensis)细胞引起的生物损伤。首次研究报道了增强UV-B胁迫下NO信号分子对蓝细菌———螺旋藻细胞生物损伤调节能力的影响,为进一步探讨NO信号及其与其它信号分子之间相互作用、相互关联来调节细胞的生理生化过程,以减缓UV-B胁迫下的生物损伤机理奠定了基础。     

一株北极小球藻Chlorella sp.的分离鉴定及其对增强的UV-B辐射的生理生化响应

为了了解微藻对UV-B辐射增强效应的响应,以一种分离纯化于北极冰川融水的淡水微藻（Chlorella sp.）为实验材料,在不同强度UV-B辐射下对其生长、生化组分和细胞超微结构等进行了研究。研究结果显示：3种不同强度的UV-B（22μW/cm2,45μW/cm2,70μW/cm2）辐射均可导致藻的比生长速率及色素含量下降,且辐射强度越强,两者的下降越明显;而MDA含量和SOD活性会随辐照强度的增强而提高。表明辐射强度增强,UV-B对藻的伤害程度加大,而该小球藻SOD活性随UV-B强度增强而提高,表明其对上升的UV-B辐射有一定的适应能力。     

增强UV-B辐射和He-Ne激光对小麦原生质体微管骨架的影响

以小麦叶片原生质体为材料,采用间接免疫荧光定位法标记其微管系统,并利用激光共聚焦扫描显微系统进行观察。研究了低剂量He-Ne激光(5mW.mm-2)、增强UV-B辐射(10.08kJ.m-2.d-1)及二者的复合处理对小麦幼苗叶肉细胞中微管骨架的影响。结果表明,增强UV-B辐射后,小麦叶片细胞中微管骨架发生解聚,呈短棒状或点状分布,微管束弥散且荧光强度减弱;而增强UV-B辐射后再施以He-Ne激光处理,小麦叶肉细胞微管骨架有部分断裂,但较单独UV-B处理组的损伤程度轻,说明低剂量的He-Ne激光可以部分修复增强UV-B辐射对微管骨架的损伤,且对微管的聚合有促进作用。     

一株北极小球藻Chlorella sp.的分离鉴定及其对增强的UV-B辐射的生理生化响应

为了了解微藻对UV-B辐射增强效应的响应,以一种分离纯化于北极冰川融水的淡水微藻(Chlorella sp.)为实验材料,在不同强度UV-B辐射下对其生长、生化组分和细胞超微结构等进行了研究。研究结果显示:3种不同强度的UV-B(22μW/cm2,45μW/cm2,70μW/cm2)辐射均可导致藻的比生长速率及色素含量下降,且辐射强度越强,两者的下降越明显;而MDA含量和SOD活性会随辐照强度的增强而提高。表明辐射强度增强,UV-B对藻的伤害程度加大,而该小球藻SOD活性随UV-B强度增强而提高,表明其对上升的UV-B辐射有一定的适应能力。     

He-Ne激光和增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼叶叶绿素荧光和Rubisco活化酶的影响

选用小麦‘ML7113’品种为材料,人工模拟He-Ne激光(5mJ·s-1·mm-2)、增强UV-B(10.8kJ·m-2·d-1)辐射及两者复合辐照进行处理,利用叶绿素荧光仪、考马斯亮蓝G-250染色法和PCR技术研究7d龄小麦幼苗叶绿素荧光特性、Rubisco活化酶含量、基因表达量及其基因序列的变化。结果表明:(1)与对照组相比,增强UV-B辐射后,小麦幼苗叶绿素荧光特性减弱,Rubisco活化酶含量及其基因表达量均下降;而低剂量的He-Ne激光辐照后能够在一定程度上修复经UV-B辐射后对小麦幼苗叶绿素荧光特性所造成的损伤,且使Rubisco活化酶含量及其基因表达量上升。(2)与对照组相比,经He-Ne激光和增强UV-B辐射以及两者复合辐照处理后基因序列均出现两个相同的点突变,但并未造成氨基酸序列的变化。研究认为,低剂量He-Ne激光辐照能够在一定程度上修复受UV-B辐射小麦幼苗叶绿素荧光活性、Rubisco活化酶含量及其基因表达量的降低;He-Ne激光和增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗Rubisco活化酶活性的影响可能发生在其转录水平,从而使小麦光合能力发生相应的变化。     

He-Ne激光对UV-B辐射小麦幼苗糖代谢的影响

分别采用5 mW·mm-2 He-Ne激光辐照、10.08 kJ·m-2·d-1 增强UV-B辐射及二者组合对"晋麦8号"小麦幼苗进行处理,测定各处理幼苗叶片可溶性糖、还原性糖、蔗糖合成酶(SS)、蔗糖磷酸合成酶(SPS) 以及α,β-淀粉酶的变化.研究分析He-Ne激光对增强UV-B辐射引起小麦损伤的修复效应.结果表明:He-Ne激光辐照可使UV-B辐射后小麦幼苗可溶性糖含量升高,还原性糖含量降低,SS,SPS活力降低,α,β-淀粉酶活力升高.该结果同时表明可溶性糖、还原性糖、SS、SPS、α,β-淀粉酶的变化同小麦幼苗损伤修复的能力相关,一定剂量的He-Ne激光辐照可部分修复增强UV-B对小麦幼苗糖代谢的辐射损伤.     

Y-chromosome Data and Tribal Affiliations of Allenopithecus and Miopithecus

The phylogeny of Old World monkeys has remained unresolved in part because of a lack of resolution in the Cercopithecinae. Competing morphological hypotheses have had Allen's swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) and the talapoins (Miopithecus spp.) as basal branches of either the tribe Cercopithecini or the tribe Papionini. Previous molecular analyses have not adequately addressed the issue. To better understand the evolutionary history of these primates, we sequenced and subjected to phylogenetic analysis 3.1 kb of 2 loci (TSPY and SRY) from the non-recombining portion of the Y-chromosome. Individuals from the genera Allenopithecus, Miopithecus, Erythrocebus, Chlorocebus, and Cercopithecus were surveyed and their sequences compared with those previously published for the Papionini and Colobinae. The results suggest Allenopithecus and Miopithecus are more closely related to the Cercopithecini than Papionini. Our data also support the hypothesis that within the Cercopithecini, Erythrocebus and Chlorocebus share a close evolutionary relationship, distinct from the other members of the tribe.     

Nystatin and killer toxin sensitivity of free and immobilizedSaccharomyces cerevisiae

The inhibitory effect of nystatin and killer toxin on the growth of free and covalently-immobilizedSaccharomyces cerevisiae cells was studied. The resistance of immobilized cells to both agents was accompanied by increased amounts of phospholipids and sterols. The possible relationship between these changes in the membrane composition and the transduction of a signal across the cytoplasmic membrane is discussed.     

The hernandez and fernandez genes of Drosophila specify eye and antenna

The formation of different structures in Drosophila depends on the combined activities of selector genes and signaling pathways. For instance, the antenna requires the selector gene homothorax, which distinguishes between the leg and the antenna and can specify distal antenna if expressed ectopically. Similarly, the eye is formed by a group of "eye-specifying" genes, among them eyeless, which can direct eye development ectopically. We report here the characterization of the hernandez and fernandez genes, expressed in the antennal and eye primordia of the eye-antenna imaginal disc. The predicted proteins encoded by these two genes have 27% common amino acids and include a Pipsqueak domain. Reduced expression of either hernandez or fernandez mildly affects antenna and eye development, while the inactivation of both genes partially transforms distal antenna into leg. Ectopic expression of either of the two genes results in two different phenotypes: it can form distal antenna, activating genes like homothorax, spineless, and spalt, and it can promote eye development and activates eyeless. Reciprocally, eyeless can induce hernandez and fernandez expression, and homothorax and spineless can activate both hernandez and fernandez when ectopically expressed. The formation of eye by these genes seems to require Notch signaling, since the induction of ectopic eyes and the activation of eyeless by the hernandez gene are suppressed when the Notch function is compromised. Our results show that the hernandez and fernandez genes are required for antennal and eye development and are also able to specify eye or antenna ectopically.     

Theoretical Study of Antagonists and Inhibitors of Mammalian Adenosine Deaminase: I. Adenosine and Its Aza- and Deazaanalogues

Aza- and deazaanalogues of adenosine, including their 1-protonated forms (except for that of 1-deazaadenosine), were studied by computer computation to find a relationship between their molecular structures and substrate properties for the mammalian adenosine deaminase. The atomic charge distribution and maps of the electrostatic potential around their van der Waals molecular surface were calculated for these compounds using the ab initio STO-3G method. The conformational studies are carried out by the MM⁺ method of molecular mechanics. The mechanism that determines the substrate selectivity of mammalian adenosine deaminase is discussed.     

Pericarp structure and phylogeny of theLamiaceae-Verbenaceae-complex

Pericarp structure was investigated in 158 species of the familiesLamiaceae andVerbenaceae. Data from 221 out of 262 genera ofLamiaceae s.l. and a few ofVerbenaceae s.str. were collected in a table. A cladistic analysis was performed on the basis of pericarp characters only. The abandonment of subfam.Pogostemonoideae as a taxonomic unit is considered. Examples of groups given additional support by similarities in pericarp characters are: (1) the gynobasic-styled labiates (subfamiliesPogostemonoideae, Lamioideae, Nepetoideae); (2) aLamioideae-Pogostemonoideae-group; (3)Nepetoideae; (4) aWestringia-Hemigenia-Hemiandra-Microcorys group (in subfam.Chloranthoideae); (5) aLepechinia-Chaunostoma-group (inNepetoideae); (6) aPrunella-Cleonia-group (inNepetoideae).     

Molecular identification and differentiation of Brevibacterium species and strains

Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction enzyme analysis (ARDRA), pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and ribotyping were used to differentiate among 24 strains of Brevibacterium linens, Brevibacterium casei and Brevibacterium epidermidis obtained from type culture collections or isolated from various smear ripened cheeses. ARDRA was applied to the 16S rDNA. B. linens was shown to be a quite heterogenic group with 2 to at least 4 copies of rrn operons per strain with aberrant nucleotide sequences. AccI gave genus specific restriction patterns and was used to separate Brevibacterium from Corynebacterium species. The expected species specificity of TaqI applied to B. linens type culture strains, but not to all strains isolated from cheese. By AvaI restriction, B. casei and B. linens were differentiated from B. epidermidis and the orange pigmented Arthrobacter casei, a new species of coryneform bacteria; by XmnI restriction, B. linens and B. epidermidis were differentiated from B. casei. One of 4 B. linens genotypes could not be distinguished from B. casei by this method. Here, the typical orange B. linens pigments were used for classification, which was confirmed by partial sequencing of the 16S rDNA.     

Origin and development of Tool-making behavior in Africa and Asia

Around two-and-a-half million years ago, some hominid populations in Africa began to modify stones and bones in a manner that can be recognized by prehistorians as artifacts, and, by definition, produced the earliest identifiable archaeological record. It is likely that earlier hominid groups also may have had relatively rich tool-using behavioral repertoires similar to that seen in modern chimpanzees (McGrew, 1992), such tools may have been made of perishable materials or minimally modified and thus difficult to identify. This review will focus on the earliest archaeological traces and the spread of hominids out of Africa and into Eurasia.     

Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of Scrophularia cryptophila

Resin glycosides are secondary metabolites exclusive to the convolvulaceous plants. In this study, crypthophilic acids A–C (1–3), the first resin glycosides occurring in another family (Scrophulariaceae), and the other constituents of Scrophularia cryptophila were examined for in vitro antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial potentials. Except for crypthophilic acid B (2), all tested compounds exhibited growth-inhibitory effect against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, with l-tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7) being the most potent ones (IC₅₀'s 4.1 and 9.7 μg/ml). In contrast, the activity towards Trypanosoma cruzi was poor, and only crypthophilic acid C (3), 6 and 7 were trypanocidal at concentrations above 40 μg/ml. With the exception of 2 and 6, all compounds were active against Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC₅₀'s 2.0 and 5.8 μg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with IC₅₀ values of 4.2, 16.6 and 22.4 μg/ml. Overall the best and broadest spectrum activity was presented by compounds 3 and 7, as they inhibited all four parasitic protozoa. None of the isolates had significant activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MICs >100 μg/ml) or were toxic towards mammalian (L6) cells. This is the first report of antiprotozoal activity for natural resin glycosides, as well as for harpagide (4), acetylharpagide (5), tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7).     

Synthesis and Pharmacological Activity of Betulin Dinicotinate

The assignment of NMR resonances of lupane triterpenoids was refined by the example of 3O,28O-dinicotinoylbetulin, obtained by acylation of betulin. Hepatoprotective, antiulcer, antiinflammatory, reparative, and anti-HIV activities were found for the compound. In addition, it was demonstrated to have immunomodulatory activity, for the first time detected among lupane triterpenoids.     

Development and function of Pisolithus and Scleroderma ectomycorrhizas formed in vivo with Allocasuarina,Casuarina and Eucalyptus

The effect of inoculating seedlings of Eucalyptus grandis, Allocasuarina littoralis and Casuarina equisetifolia with two isolates of Pisolithus and two isolates of Scleroderma from under eucalypts was examined in a glasshouse trial. Ectomycorrhizas formed extensively on Eucalyptus (23–46% fine roots ectomycorrhizal) and Allocasuarina (18–51% fine roots ectomycorrhizal). On Casuarina, the fungi were either unable to colonize the rhizosphere (one isolate of Pisolithus), or sheathed roots, resembling ectomycorrhizas, formed on 1–2% of the fine roots. Colonization of roots by one isolate of Scleroderma resulted in the death of Casuarina seedlings. Inoculation with fungi increased shoot dry weight by up to a factor of 32 (Eucalyptus), 4 (Allocasuarina) and 3 (Casuarina). Ectomycorrhizas formed in associations with Eucalyptus and Allocasuarina had fully differentiated mantles and Hartig nets in which the host and fungal cells were linked by an extensive fibrillar matrix. Sheathed roots in Casuarina lacked a Hartig net, and the epidermis showed a hypersensitive reaction resulting in wall thickening and cell death. The sheaths are described as mantles since the density and arrangement of the hyphae in the sheaths was similar to that in mantles of the eucalypt ectomycorrhizas. The intercellular carbohydrate matrix was not produced in the Casuarina mantle in association with Pisolithus, hence the mantle was not cemented to the root. These structures differ from poorly compatible associations described previously for Pisolithus and Eucalyptus. The anatomical data indicate that ectomycorrhizal assessment based on surface morphological features may be misleading in ecological studies because compatible and incompatible associations may not be distinguishable.