花生种子萌发吸胀阶段冷害抗性的鉴定及耐冷种质的筛选

为更好地评价花生吸胀冷害抗性,本研究首先分析了常温条件下(25℃)和冷胁迫条件下(2℃)花生种子萌发过程中的吸水状况,结果表明不同基因型的花生吸胀阶段的持续时间基本一致,维持在浸种后0～12 h;冷胁迫能够使吸胀阶段初期的吸水速度显著下降,但对吸胀阶段的持续时间没有显著影响。对种子萌发3个生理阶段(吸胀、萌动、萌发阶段)分别进行冷害胁迫处理,结果表明吸胀阶段遭受的冷害胁迫对花生种子萌发影响较其他阶段严重。进一步的试验表明,吸胀阶段种子2℃冷胁迫12 h,能够更好地区分不同花生种质之间吸胀冷害抗性的差异,从而建立了花生种子吸胀冷害抗性的鉴定体系。利用该鉴定体系对64份花生种质的吸胀冷害抗性进行鉴定,以相对发芽率85%为阈值,筛选出了7份耐冷种质。本研究为花生耐冷育种及吸胀冷害抗性机制解析提供了技术鉴定体系和材料基础。     

盐胁迫下花生种子萌发期代谢组学分析

盐碱地高盐分会降低种子活力、抑制萌发出苗,严重制约盐碱地区花生生产和产业发展。种子萌发过程中物质代谢对种子发芽及植株形态建成至关重要,逐渐成为评价种子活力和品质的重要指标。以不同萌发期花生种子为研究对象,利用生理指标和高效液相色谱串联质谱（LC-MS/MS）分析方法,研究了盐胁迫下花生种子不同萌发期主要营养物质含量和差异代谢物的变化。种子吸水萌发促进了脂肪、蛋白质、可溶性糖代谢,随萌发时间延长,脂肪和可溶性糖含量逐渐降低,可溶性蛋白质含量呈先降后升的变化趋势。主成分分析和偏最小二乘法判别分析表明盐胁迫与对照组间代谢物差异较大,暗示盐胁迫对花生种子萌发期物质代谢影响较大。利用VIP值分析和KEGG pathway预测分析显示：正常条件下,花生种子吸水膨胀期的差异代谢物较少,未鉴定到富集的KEGG pathway;而胚根伸长期差异代谢物主要富集于12个KEGG pathway,表明萌发后期物质代谢较前期旺盛。盐处理显著提高多种差异代谢物表达水平,其中渗透保护物甜菜碱和脯氨酸差异明显;另外,盐胁迫下吸水膨胀和胚根伸长两时段的差异代谢物显著增多,分别富集到26和31个KEGG pathway。盐胁迫显著促进了能量代谢、甘油磷脂代谢、谷胱甘肽代谢以及芥子油苷生物合成途径等相关通路,推测其与盐胁迫下花生种子萌发期抗逆有关。甜菜碱和脯氨酸可能是花生种子萌发期适应盐胁迫的关键代谢物,甘油磷脂代谢、谷胱甘肽代谢以及芥子油苷生物合成等途径可能是重要的代谢调控通路。试验结果可为促进盐胁迫下花生种子萌发出苗探索新途径、新方法,以及提高盐碱地花生出苗率提供理论依据和参考价值。     

黑果枸杞种子萌发及幼苗生长对盐胁迫的响应

研究不同浓度(0、1、2、3、6、9、14、18g.L-1)的盐溶液(NaCl、MgSO4、盐渍土壤)对河西走廊中部荒漠边缘的黑果枸杞种子吸胀、萌发和幼苗生长的影响,并观察胁迫解除后种子的反应。结果表明:黑果枸杞种子吸胀速率随NaCl、MgSO4和土壤溶液浓度的增大呈先升后降的趋势,吸水速度随胁迫时间的延长而减慢;种子萌发率随3种盐浓度的增大而降低,盐胁迫解除后种子仍具有较高的萌发率;发芽指数、活力指数、根长、下胚轴随3种盐浓度的增大而降低或先升后降,根轴比随盐胁迫的增强先升后降;随3种盐浓度的增大,种苗损害率增大,3种盐的胁迫效应依次NaCl>MgSO4>盐渍土壤溶液。黑果枸杞种子萌发和幼苗生长对NaCl胁迫较为敏感,其耐受的临界阈值是6g.L-1;种子萌发能耐受较高浓度的MgSO4的胁迫,幼苗生长对MgSO4胁迫较敏感,其耐受的临界阈值是9g.L-1;种子萌发和幼苗生长对生境盐渍土壤具有较强的耐受能力和适应性。     

盐胁迫对花生种子际细菌菌群结构的调控

盐胁迫影响种子萌发和植株形态建成,提高盐胁迫下花生种子萌发速率和成苗健苗率是盐碱地花生高产高效栽培的重要环节之一,花生种子际土壤细菌菌群结构与种子萌发关系密切。为揭示盐胁迫对花生种子际微生物菌群结构的影响,以耐盐花生品种（花育25号,HY25）和盐敏感花生品种（花育20号,HY20）为试验材料,采用盆栽实验和高通量测序技术,研究不同耐盐性品种种子萌发吸胀吸水阶段种子际细菌菌群结构的变化。结果表明,种子际土壤细菌群落以变形菌门（Proteobacteria）、厚壁菌门（Firmicutes）、放线菌门（Actinobacteria）、拟杆菌门（Bacteroidetes）及芽单胞菌门（Gemmatimonadetes）等为优势菌门,盐胁迫处理可以不同程度的提高厚壁菌门和放线菌门的相对丰度。在属水平上,盐胁迫可以增加有益菌芽胞杆菌属（Bacillus）的相对丰度,增强盐胁迫下种子存活能力,提高萌发率。细菌功能预测结果显示,信号转导机制、免疫系统和防御机制等相关功能在盐胁迫处理后明显增强,可能是促进花生萌发并增强花生胁迫应答的重要原因之一。种子际优势菌群的鉴定及机理分析可为通过改良种子际土壤微生物环境,提高花生耐盐性和出苗健苗率提供重要的借鉴意义,同时为开发利用盐碱地提供参考。     

外源GA3、ABA和Ca(NO3)2缓解盐对小麦种子萌发的抑制作用

盐胁迫下,DK961(耐盐)和LM15(盐敏感)小麦种子的发芽率(Gr)、发芽指数(Gi)和活力指数(Vi)均显著下降,LM15下降的幅度大于DK961.外源100 mg/L GA3、1×10-7 mol/L ABA和0.1% Ca(NO3)2处理均能缓解盐对小麦种子萌发的抑制作用,对盐胁迫下LM15种子萌发的缓解作用显著好于DK961,并且不同程度地缓解盐处理引起的种子内源GA 1+3含量和α淀粉酶的活性下降,从而降低盐胁迫对种子萌发的抑制作用.表明盐抑制小麦种子萌发的主要原因是盐胁迫导致种子内源GA 1+3含量和α淀粉酶的活性下降.     

一氧化氮供体硝普钠浸种缓解盐胁迫对小麦种子萌发的抑制作用

以小麦品种‘德抗961＇为材料,用NO供体硝普钠（SNP）浸种研究外源NO对盐胁迫下小麦种子萌发的影响.结果表明：0.06 mmol/L的SNP浸种24 h后对盐胁迫下小麦种子发芽率、发芽指数、活力指数和吸胀速率的下调都有显著缓解作用;SNP浸种对盐胁迫下α-淀粉酶的活性无明显影响,但能显著提高盐胁迫下β-淀粉酶的活性;进一步研究表明,SNP浸种预处理对盐胁迫下的α-淀粉酶同工酶变浅的条带有所恢复（尤其是条带3）,同时使盐胁迫下变浅的β-淀粉酶同工酶的条带有明显的恢复（尤其是d、e、f、g）.并且SNP能显著降低盐胁迫下小麦地上部分和根中的Na^＋含量,提高其K＋含量,从而使K^＋/Na^＋显著提高.以上结果表明：SNP浸种预处理提高盐胁迫下小麦种子的萌发,主要是通过提高β-淀粉酶的活性来实现的.     

PVA和PEG预处理对大豆种子在低温吸胀过程中胚根线粒体发育和超微结构的影响

电镜观察发现,大豆种子在刚开始萌发时胚根细胞中未能见到线粒体,线粒体是在种子萌发过程中逐渐出现的,由原质体再分化发育而成。对照胚根细胞内原质体在低温吸张过程中明显膨胀,在回温后胚根细胞中原质体仍不能发育成线粒体,甚至网状膜结构破坏,呈空泡化;经聚乙烯醇(PVA)和聚乙二醇(PEG 6000)预处理的大豆种子在同样条件下线粒体能继续发育,在回温后预处理胚根细胞中线粒体发育良好,具有明显的双层膜和管状嵴的结构。这些结果表明,在低温吸胀过程中原质体能够继续再分化发育成线粒体是提高大豆种子活力和抗冷力的重要原因。     

萌发玉米种子脱水耐性与胚根细胞超微结构的变化

玉米种子脱水试验表明,25℃下萌发24h种子脱水耐性开始丧失,丧失50％和100％的时间分别为33h、58h。萌发过程中随着吸胀时间增加,玉米种子脱水耐性逐步丧失。显微观察显示,种子吸胀过程中,胚根细胞的贮藏物质逐步减少,线粒体等细胞器的分化程度则不断提高,尤其是脂类物质的分解程度与脱水耐性变化的关系似乎更明显。     

NaCl胁迫对2种表型盐地碱蓬种子萌发的渗透效应和离子效应研究

采用高低2个浓度的NaCl、LiCl及等渗甘露醇溶液处理紫红色表型(紫色型)和绿色表型(绿色型)盐地碱蓬种子,通过测定它们的种子萌发率、吸胀速率和胚内离子含量,研究NaCl胁迫对2种表型种子萌发的离子效应和渗透效应.结果表明:(1)2种表型盐地碱蓬种子萌发率在高浓度(300 mmol/L)和低浓度(100 mmol/L)NaCl处理下均显著降低,紫色型种子萌发率在低浓度下显著低于绿色型,而在高浓度下却显著高于绿色型;绿色型种子萌发率在高浓度(30 mmol/L)和低浓度(10 mmol/L)LiCl处理下均未受到显著影响,但紫色型种子萌发率却均极显著降低;2种表型盐地碱蓬种子萌发率在低浓度等渗甘露醇处理下均极显著低于低浓度NaCl处理,而高浓度等渗甘露醇处理却均与高浓度NaCl处理无显著差异.(2)2表型种盐地碱蓬种子的吸胀速率在低浓度NaCl处理下没有受到显著影响,但高浓度NaCl处理及与之等渗的高浓度甘露醇处理下都显著降低,而且紫色型种子的吸胀速率在等渗甘露醇处理时显著高于绿色型.(3)2种表型盐地碱蓬种子胚中的Na 含量和Na /K 在对照和低浓度NaCl处理下无显著差异,但紫色型种子胚中的Na 、K 含量在高浓度NaCl处理时都显著高于对照,且K 含量增加的幅度远大于Na 含量,导致紫色型种子胚中的Na /K 显著低于绿色型.研究发现,盐地碱蓬种子萌发在低浓度NaCl胁迫下主要受离子效应抑制,而高浓度NaCl胁迫下则主要受渗透效应抑制,紫色型种子萌发率在高浓度NaCl胁迫下高于绿色型的原因之一是前者能维持更低的Na /K 比.     

盐度胁迫对大黄鱼能量代谢与线粒体自噬的影响

为了比较高盐和低盐胁迫对大黄鱼(Larimichthys crocea)肝脏能量代谢和线粒体自噬的影响差异及其作用机制,将体质量为(53.46±1.47) g大黄鱼放入盐度为12、25或40的水体暴露1d、3d和7d,取其肝脏样本检测氧化损伤、能量代谢和线粒体自噬相关指标。结果显示,胁迫1d时,高盐组的大黄鱼肝脏三羧酸循环酶活力和线粒体自噬基因表达水平显著高于低盐组,表明鱼类在盐度胁迫初期需要消耗更多的能量,并提高线粒体自噬来应对高盐胁迫。胁迫7d时,高盐组的大黄鱼肝脏ATP合成酶活力和微管相关蛋白轻链3基因表达水平低于低盐组,活性氧簇和乳酸含量,乙酰辅酶A羧化酶活力高于低盐组,表明高盐组的大黄鱼在胁迫末期降低了有氧代谢和线粒体自噬,提高了无氧代谢,导致机体能量供应不足,线粒体自噬受到抑制,从而加重了鱼类氧化损伤。在盐度胁迫过程中,腺苷酸活化蛋白激酶和叉头框转录因子O亚型3分别在调控能量代谢酶活力和线粒体自噬基因表达方面发挥重要作用。研究结果揭示了高盐和低盐胁迫对大黄鱼能量代谢与线粒体自噬的影响差异及其初步机制,可为大黄鱼养殖水体的盐度调节方案制定及养殖水域选择提供基础资料。     

Fine structure of gels prepared from an actin-binding protein and actin: comparison to cytoplasmic extracts and cortical cytoplasm in amoeboid cells of cortical cytoplasm in amoeboid cells of Dictyostelium discoideum

We have identified the three-dimensional ultrastructure of actin gels that are formed in well-characterized cell extracts and mixtures of purified actin and the 120K actin-binding protein and compared these to the ultrastructure of the cytoplasmic matrix in regions of nonextracted Dictyostelium amoebae that are rich in actin and 120K. This ultrastructural characterization was achieved by using critical-point-dried whole-mount preparations. All three preparations--gelled extracts, purified proteins, and cortical cytoplasm--are composed of filament networks. The basic morphological feature of these networks is the presence of contacts between convergent filaments resulting in "T" or "X" shaped contacts. The finding that actin-containing gels are composed of filament networks, where the primary interaction occurs between convergent filaments, reconciles the known requirement of F actin for gelation with the amorphous appearance of these gels in thin sections. Increasing the molar ratio of 120K dimer to actin monomer increases the number of contacts between filaments per unit volume and decreases the lengths of filaments between contacts. This indicates that 120K stabilizes interactions between filaments and is consistent with biochemical evidence that 120K crosslinks actin filaments. The cortical network in situ resembles more closely networks formed in 120K-rich extracts than networks assembled in mixtures of purified 120K and actin. The heterogeneity of filament diameters and variation of network density are properties shared by extracts and the cytomatrix in situ while networks found in purified 120K-actin gels have filament diameters and densities that are more uniform. These differences are certainly due to the more complex composition of cell extracts and cortical cytoplasm as compared to that of purified 120K-actin gels.     

几种黏菌黏变形体形态及运动特征

黏菌黏变形体结构对变形运动方式具有影响,在显微镜下观察了长期培养中的5种黏菌的黏变形体的形态及运动特征。结果表明:不同种类的黏菌黏变形体形态差别较大,主要是透明外质的有无、形态规则或不规则。运动特征上有滑动型、流动型和爬行运动方式,运动方式和透明外质结构有关,透明外质较厚很难形成典型的伪足,表现为滑动运动方式,移动速度较慢。     

Structure of MFP2 and its function in enhancing MSP polymerization in Ascaris sperm amoeboid motility

The simplicity and specialization of the cell motility machinery of Ascaris sperm provides a powerful system in which to probe the basic molecular mechanism of amoeboid cell motility. Although Ascaris sperm locomotion closely resembles that seen in many other types of crawling cell, movement is generated by modulation of a cytoskeleton based on the major sperm protein (MSP) rather than the actin present in other cell types. The Ascaris motility machinery can be studied conveniently in a cell-free in vitro system based on the movement of plasma membrane vesicles by fibres constructed from bundles of MSP filaments. In addition to ATP, MSP and a plasma membrane protein, reconstitution of MSP motility in this cell-free extract requires cytosolic proteins to orchestrate the site-specific assembly and bundling of MSP filaments that generates locomotion. One of these proteins, MFP2, accelerates the rate of movement in this assay. Here, we describe crystal structures of two isoforms of MFP2 and show that both are constructed from two domains that have the same fold based on a novel, compact beta sheet arrangement. Patterns of conservation observed in a structure-based analysis of MFP2 sequences from different nematode species identified regions that may be putative functional interfaces involved both in interactions between MFP2 domains and also with other components of the sperm motility machinery. Analysis of the growth of fibres in vitro in the presence of added MFP2 indicated that MFP2 increases the rate of locomotion by enhancing the effective rate of MSP filament polymerization. This observation, together with the structural data, suggests that MFP2 may function in a manner analogous to formins in actin-based motility.     

Postinsemination changes in the amoeboid sperm of a nematode,nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Nematode sperm undergo a capacitationlike change called activation, after insemination into the female reproductive tract. In this paper we examine the morphological and functional consequences of activation of the sperm of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis by comparing the ultrastructure of sperm in the reproductive tracts of males and females and by analysing locomotion using time-lapse cinematography. Sperm in males consist of a long tail, composed of highly condensed chromatin, and a cytoplasmic region containing numbrane-bound secretory products of the Golgi called membranous organelles (MOs) as well as mitochondria. Following activation, the MOs fuse with the plasma membrane, release their electron-dense contents, and remain connected to the outside by a narrow channel. A small region at the anterior of sperm from males is amoeboid and can produce small pseudopodia. In sperm from the uterus this region enlarges considerably, the groundplasm changes from a granular to a filamentous from and the sperm become fully motile. During locomotion a cycle of events occurs at the leading edge beginning with the extension of a small pseudopodium. A constriction ring forms across its base and as the sperm progresses the constriction ring moves back along the cell, but remains stationary relative to the substrate. The location of new pseudopodia at the leading edge dictates the direction of movement of the spermatozoon. Since Cytochalasin B had no effect on the translocation of sperm, the polymerization of actin appears not to play a part in locomotion.     

A novel approach to studying the migratory morphology of embryonic mesenchymal cells

A polarized morphology, defined by extension of an anterior pseudopod, is essential for the amoeboid migration of embryonic mesenchymal cells. Leukocytes adopt a similar morphology immediately following suspension in simple buffers containing chemotactic factors. Polarization in suspension therefore provides a rapid and sensitive screening assay for putative regulators of leukocyte migration. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether this assay might also be used to study the motile behaviour of embryonic mesenchymal cells. Primary cultures of mesenchymal cells were established from explants of stage 28 chick embryo corneal-limbal stroma. Serum-starved, subconfluent cultures were harvested using ethylene-diamine tetra-acetic acid and resuspended in Hanks' solution for up to 15 min at 37 degrees C. A variety of cell shapes, including spherical cells, blebbed cells, and cells with either non-polarized or polarized pseudopodia were observed. The proportions of cells with pseudopodia increased significantly over time. Treatment of cells with the chemotactic mitogen platelet derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB, homodimer isoform) suppressed blebbing and increased both pseudopod formation and polarization. Optimal polarization occurred in concentrations of PDGF-BB that are similar to those required for optimal chemotaxis (10 ng x mL(-1)). The polarization observed in the absence of PDGF-BB suggests that the migration of cells examined in this study might be controlled at least in part by some intrinsic mechanism. In addition, the strong polarization response to PDGF-BB confirms the role for this growth factor during corneal development. Observations of mesenchymal cell morphology in suspension, therefore provide novel data regarding the motile behaviour of embryonic cells.     

Localized depolymerization of the major sperm protein cytoskeleton correlates with the forward movement of the cell body in the amoeboid movement of nematode sperm.

The major sperm protein (MSP)-based amoeboid motility of Ascaris suum sperm requires coordinated lamellipodial protrusion and cell body retraction. In these cells, protrusion and retraction are tightly coupled to the assembly and disassembly of the cytoskeleton at opposite ends of the lamellipodium. Although polymerization along the leading edge appears to drive protrusion, the behavior of sperm tethered to the substrate showed that an additional force is required to pull the cell body forward. To examine the mechanism of cell body movement, we used pH to uncouple cytoskeletal polymerization and depolymerization. In sperm treated with pH 6.75 buffer, protrusion of the leading edge slowed dramatically while both cytoskeletal disassembly at the base of the lamellipodium and cell body retraction continued. At pH 6.35, the cytoskeleton pulled away from the leading edge and receded through the lamellipodium as its disassembly at the cell body continued. The cytoskeleton disassembled rapidly and completely in cells treated at pH 5.5, but reformed when the cells were washed with physiological buffer. Cytoskeletal reassembly occurred at the lamellipodial margin and caused membrane protrusion, but the cell body did not move until the cytoskeleton was rebuilt and depolymerization resumed. These results indicate that cell body retraction is mediated by tension in the cytoskeleton, correlated with MSP depolymerization at the base of the lamellipodium.     

A NOVEL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AN ENDEMIC STICKLEBACK AND A PARASITIC DINOFLAGELLATE. 2. MORPHOLOGY AND LIFE CYCLE1

An unusual dinoflagellate has been discovered in association with an endemic population of stickleback, Gasterosteus (L.), from the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada. The dinoflagellate spends most of its life cycle as a coccoid vegetative cyst, not as a parasitic trophont. The vegetative cyst is unique in containing a rigid fenestrated matrix, which is penetrated by cytoplasmic process that emanate from a central area containing the dinokaryotic nucleus and associated chloroplasts. Some pores in the matrix are filled by oil droplets or starch granules. Intracellular bacteria are found throughout the cyst, sometimes in association with the nucleus. The cytoplasm contains accumulation bodes, microbodies, polyhedral crystals, chloroplasts and polyvesicular bodes. The encysted dinoflagellate has several potential strategies. It can 1) shed its wall and become amoeboid; 2) undergo sporogenesis and give rise to both regular and resistant spores; 3) divide mitotically, with a gradual reduction in the size of daughter cells down to 20 μm; and 4) apparently form a resting cyst, during which it secretes a thick outer wall composed of five layers. Taxonomically, this unusual dinoflagellate appears to be a new member of the Blastodiniales, although its position will become clearer when details of the motile stage are known.