水杨酸对陈化马铃薯切片交替途径活性的诱导作用

在马铃薯切片陈化过程中,总呼吸速率（Ｖｔ）和交替途径容量（Ｖａｌｔ）分别升高了５倍和２８倍,但交替途径在无ＫＣＮ存在下几乎不运行。用２０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ的水杨酸处理陈化切片可引起总呼吸速率和交替途径容量的少量增加,但交替途径的运行却明显加强。水杨酸的这种促进作用在Ｐｅｒｃｏｌｌ纯化的线粒体中也有出现。马铃薯切片中交替途径运行的增加导致了线粒体呼吸控制比及ＡＤＰ／Ｏ的下降。这些都表明水杨酸对马铃薯切片陈化过程中抗氰交替途径的活性具有诱导作用。     

抗氰交替途径对寄主植物感病性的调节

马铃薯块茎切片－ 软腐病菌亲和互作过程中, 不同强度的亲和互作中活性氧的释放有其不同的特点。在强亲和互作中的２４ 小时内,无明显的活性氧释放。但在弱亲和互作中,互作８ 小时后,即有明显的活性氧的释放,２０ 小时达到高峰,并且这种活性氧的释放提高寄主的抗病性。试验显示马铃薯块茎切片与软腐病菌的亲和互作诱导寄主抗氰交替途径的运行,ＳＨＡＭ 处理降低亲和互作过程中寄主的感病性, 同时ＳＨＡＭ 处理也促进亲和互作中寄主活性氧释放高峰的出现, 表明抗氰交替途径的运行可通过抑制亲和互作中寄主活性氧的产生而促进寄主的感病性。从而证明了一种新的寄主植物抗感病反应机制     

马铃薯块茎切片伤诱导抗氰呼吸的研究

马铃薯块茎新鲜切片呼吸中不存在抗氰的交替途径。相反,陈化24小时切片的伤诱导呼吸不仅相当抗氰,而且在氰化物(CN~-)存在和不存在时都被间-氯苯氧肟酸(m-CLAM)抑制,证明有交替途径运行。据测定,在陈化切片伤诱导呼吸中,交替途径和细胞色素途径分别约占总呼吸的28%和54%。当受 CN~-抑制时,交替途径的最大运行量(V_(alt))大于实际运行量(ρ·V_(alt)),表明电子流可能从细胞色素主路转向交替途径。当用碘乙酸和丙二酸抑制以降低陈化切片呼吸流时,KCN 和 m-CLAM 各自抑制呼吸的百分比并无改变,说明关于电子流量是控制交替途径“开关”的看法还不能完全得到证实。     

重组RA—538及反义c—myc腺病毒对人胃癌,食管癌和bcl—2高表达细胞系的作用

本课题研究ＲＡ５３８、反义c-ymc重组腺病毒对人胃癌（ＳＧＣ７９０１）、食管癌（Ｅ Ｃ１０９、ＥＣ８７１２）、正常人胚肺２ＢＳ（２ＢＳ）及ｂｃｌ－２高表达细胞第的体仙外生物学作用及其分子机制。结果显示Ａｄ－ＲＡ５３８及Ａｄ－ＡＳｃ－ｍｙｃ对ＳＧＣ７９０１细胞体内外均具有明显的生长抑制及凋亡诱导作用,并能抑制其ｃ－ｍｙｃ、ｂｃｌ－２、ｃｙｃｌｉｎＤ１基因的表达及刺激ｂａｘ基因的表达。对ＥＣ１０９、ＥＣ８     

低氧对培养的肺血管周细胞凋亡的影响

为了研究低氧是否影响肺血管周细胞凋亡并参与腺泡内无肌肺动脉的构型重建, 用ＴＵＮＥＬ法和免疫组化方法, 观察低氧（Ｈ） 组和低氧肺动脉内皮细胞条件培养液（ＨＥＣＣＭ） 组对肺血管周细胞凋亡发生率及抑凋亡基因ｂｃｌ２ 蛋白表达的影响。结果表明：Ｈ组和ＨＥＣＣＭ 组的凋亡指数明显较对照组减小。Ｈ 组和ＨＥＣＣＭ 组ｂｃｌ２ 蛋白的表达量分别是ＮＥＣＣＭ 组的１１７ 倍、１１３ 倍, 是Ｎ组的１３３ 倍、１２７ 倍。提示低氧诱导的抑凋亡基因ｂｃｌ２ 的过度表达, 对周细胞凋亡发生的抑制作用和低氧促进的周细胞增生过程可能都参与无肌肺动脉的构型重建, 与肺动脉高压的形成有关。     

气道上皮细胞的抗氧化损伤保护及微环境调控

本工作建立了臭氧对原代培养的兔支气管上皮细胞（ＢＥＣ）损伤模型,观察到血管活性肠肽（ＶＩＰ）、表皮生长因子（ＥＧＦ）、热应激等微环境理化因子可减轻细胞损伤,具有细胞保护作用,其保护机制与提高还原谷胱甘肽（ＧＳＨ）含量有关,并依赖于蛋白激酶的磷酸化调节及基因转录。ＢＥＣ细胞在基础情况下有ｂｃｌ－２基因的低水平表达。ＶＩＰ和ＥＧＦ可促进ｂｃｌ－２基因转录,增强ＢＥＣ的抗氧化损伤能力。ＥＧＦ或热应激促进     

双歧杆菌的完整肽聚糖对实验性大肠癌凋亡控制基因表达的影响

为探讨双歧杆菌的完整肽聚糖的抑瘤途径及机制,本文以大肠癌裸鼠移植瘤为动物模型,采用免疫组化ＳＰ法检测了４０只裸鼠移植瘤ｂｃｌ－２及ｂａｘ基因的蛋白表达率及表达强度,结果显示肽聚糖注射组大肠癌移植瘤ｂｃｌ－２蛋白表达率及阳性细胞密度低于肿瘤对照组,ｂｃｘ基因的表达情况则相反。提示双歧杆菌的完整肽聚糖可使大肠癌裸鼠移植瘤的ｂｃｌ－２基因表达下调,ｂａｘ基因表达强,最终诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡,实现其抗瘤目的。     

H2O2和水杨酸对陈化马铃薯切片交换呼吸途径影响的比较

外源5.0mmol/L H2O2和0.1mmol/L水杨酸（salicylic acid,SA)处理均可明显提高陈化24h的马铃薯切片的交替呼吸途径容量（Valt)及其与总呼吸的比值（Valt/Vt)。应用交替氧化酶的单克隆抗体进行Western杂交的结果表明,H2O2和SA处理均可明显提高陈化马铃薯切片中交替氧化酶的表达水平。用氧同位素分辨法研究,结果表明：H2O2处理对陈化马铃薯切片中交替呼吸途径的实际运行没有影响,而SA处理对交替呼吸途径的实际运行具有明显的促进作用。上述结果表明,H2O2和SA对植物组织交替呼吸途径的影响存在差异,二均可促进交替氧化酶的表达从而诱导交替呼吸途径容量的发生,但H2O2不影响其实际运行,而SA还可同时诱导其实际运行。     

细胞凋亡过程中bcl-2基因的甲基化

为探讨凋亡过程中,ｂｃｌ－２基因下调与该基因甲基化状态的关系,用５－氟尿嘧啶（５－Ｆｕ）诱导小鼠成纤维细胞ＮＣ３Ｈ１０,ＴＣ３Ｈ１０及人乳腺癌细胞ＭＣＦ－７的凋亡,分别检测了这三种细胞凋亡过程中ｂｃｌ－２的表达变化,与其调控区及编码区的甲基化状况．我们曾观察到５－Ｆｕ作用２４～４８ｈ出现细胞存活率下降,ＤＮＡ梯状断裂及细胞周期凋亡峰显现等典型凋亡现象．Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ杂交显示,在５－Ｆｕ作用１２ｈ时ｂｃｌ－２ｍＲＮＡ水平已明显降低．由此,我们用小鼠ｂｃｌ－２（ｍｂｃｌ－２）及人ｂｃｌ－２（ｈｂｃｌ－２）基因调控区ＰＣＲ扩增片段及ｂｃｌ－２编码区（ｃＤＮＡ）片段作为探针,与５－Ｆｕ作用１２ｈ的细胞ＤＮＡ的ＭｓｐⅠ／ＨｐａⅡ酶切产物进行Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交,以未作用的细胞ＤＮＡ同样酶切杂交为对照．通过杂交带谱的变化,分析ｂｃｌ－２基因的甲基化状况．结果显示：ｍｂｃｌ－２及ｈｂｃｌ－２在５－Ｆｕ作用１２ｈ后调控区甲基化水平增高,但其编码区甲基化状态皆未出现可检出的变化．上述结果提示：ｂｃｌ－２基因调控区甲基化水平升高可能与该基因下调有关     

人乳腺癌MCF-7细胞系凋亡过程中bcl-2基因的结合蛋白

 Ｍ Ｃ Ｆ ７ 是 ｐ５３ 为野生型的人乳腺癌细胞系．为探讨该细胞系凋亡过程中 ｂｃｌ ２ 基因的下调机制,以 ５ 氟尿嘧啶（５ Ｆｕ）诱导凋亡,用 Ｐ Ｃ Ｒ 技术扩增出人 ｂｃｌ ２（ｈｂｃｌ ２）基因调控区长度为 ５５８ｂｐ 的片段,经亚克隆后的序列分析证实其准确性．用此 Ｐ Ｃ Ｒ 产物作为探针与 ５ Ｆｕ 刺激 １２ ｈ 后的 Ｍ Ｃ Ｆ ７ 核内蛋白质粗提物进行 Ｓｏｕｔｈｗ ｅｓｔｅｒｎ 印迹及凝胶阻滞（ Ｅ Ｍ Ｓ Ａ）分析．以未用 ５ Ｆｕ 刺激者为对照．结果显示,细胞核内一分子量为 ５３ ｋ Ｄ 的结合蛋白与 ｂｃｌ ２ 调控区的结合信号明显增强,而一种２０ ｋ Ｄ 的 Ｄ Ｎ Ａ 结合蛋白与该区的结合信号明显减弱．这些结果提示ｐ５３ 蛋白有可能是ｂｃｌ ２ 的负转录因子,２０ ｋ Ｄ 的 Ｄ Ｎ Ａ 结合蛋白有可能是ｂｃｌ ２ 的正转录因子．     

The expression,function and regulation of mitochondrial alternative oxidase under biotic stresses

To survive, plants possess elaborate defence mechanisms to protect themselves against virus or pathogen invasion. Recent studies have suggested that plant mitochondria may play an important role in host defence responses to biotic stresses. In contrast with animal mitochondria, plant mitochondria possess a unique respiratory pathway, the cyanide‐insensitive alternative pathway, which is catalysed by the alternative oxidase (AOX). Much work has revealed that the genes encoding AOX, AOX protein and the alternative respiratory pathway are frequently induced during plant–pathogen (or virus) interaction. This raises the possibility that AOX is involved in host defence responses to biotic stresses. Thus, a key to the understanding of the role of mitochondrial respiration under biotic stresses is to learn the function and regulation of AOX. In this article, we focus on the theoretical and experimental progress made in the current understanding of the function and regulation of AOX under biotic stresses. We also address some speculative aspects to aid further research in this area.     

Thermolability of the Alternative Electron Transport Pathway in Higher Plant Mitochondria

Mitochondria from four plant species showing normal (Arum maculatum L., Arum italicum Mill., Sauromatum guttatum Schott) or induced (Solanum tuberosum L.) resistance to cyanide were submitted to temperature treatments up to 90 min at 45°C. The activity of the alternative, cyanide-resistant electron transport pathway was specifically and deeply altered by temperature treatments. Hydrogen sulfide was released in direct proportion to the reduction of activity of the alternative pathway. Only a small fraction (? 20%) of the total labile sulfide content of the mitochondria was associated with the operation of this pathway. In cyanide-resistant mitochondria, the cytochrome pathway was much more resistant to thermal inactivation than the alternative pathway. On the contrary, in cyanide-sensitive mitochondria (with no alternative pathway) the cytochrome pathway was highly sensitive to temperature treatments. These results indicate that the presence of a cyanide-resistant alternative pathway is correlated with a higher degree of resistance to thermal denaturation of the cytochrome pathway. They also strongly suggest that iron-sulfur proteins are regular components of the alternative pathway.     

Participation of the cyanide-resistant pathway in respiration of winter rape leaves as affected by plant cold acclimation

Leaf slices sampled from winter rape plants ( Brassica napus L., var. oleifera L., cv. GórczaánAski), grown in cold (5°C), showed an increase in the dark respiration rate (measured at 25°C) as compared to slices cut from control plants (grown at 20/15°C). The effect of low temperature was most pronounced after 4 days of plant growth in the cold. Oxygen uptake by control slices was 60% inhibited by 1 m M KCN and was insensitive to 2.5 m M salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM). On the contrary, respiration of leaf slices from cold-pretreated plants was more resistant to cyanide (35% inhibition after 4 days of cold treatment) and was 30% inhibited by SHAM. The patterns of cold-induced changes in total respiratory activity and in the estimated activity of alternative pathway were similar. It seems that in leaf slices from plants grown in the cold, the cyanide-resistant, alternative pathway participates in oxygen uptake. Cold treatment of plants also brought about a 4-fold increase in the level of soluble sugars, which reached a maximum on day 4 of exposure to cold. Addition of sucrose to the incubation medium resulted in an immediate increase in oxygen uptake by slices with low endogenous sugar level. The respiration stimulated by sucrose addition was more resistant to cyanide than the basal respiration and it was inhibited by SHAM. It is concluded that the operation of the alternative pathway is responsible for the increased oxygen uptake by the cold-grown winter rape leaves and it may be induced by an increased sugar supply for respiratory processes.     

Cyanide-Resistant Respiration in Suspension Cultured Cells of Nicotiana glutinosa L

The respiration of dark-grown Nicotiana glutinosa L. cells in liquid suspension culture was found to be highly cyanide resistant and salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM) sensitive, indicative of an active alternative respiratory pathway. This was especially true during the lag and logarithmic phases of the 14-day growth cycle. Mitochondria isolated from logarithmically growing cells exhibited active oxidation of malate, succinate, and exogenous NADH. Oxidation of all three substrates had an optimum pH of 6.5 and all were highly resistant to inhibited by cyanide and sensitive to SHAM. Respiratory control was exhibited by all three substrates but only if SHAM was present to block the alternative pathway and divert electrons to the phosphorylating cytochrome pathway. The cyanide-resistant oxidation of exogenous NADH has previously only been associated with Arum spadix mitochondria. Coemergence during evolution of the alternative respiratory pathway and the exogenous NADH dehydrogenase in plant mitochondria as a possible mechanism for removal of cytoplasmic NADH is proposed. Evidence is presented which suggests that mitochondrial assays should be performed at pH 6.5.     

Abscisic acid determines basal susceptibility of tomato to Botrytis cinerea and suppresses salicylic acid-dependent signaling mechanisms

Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of the plant hormones involved in the interaction between plants and pathogens. In this work, we show that tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv Moneymaker) mutants with reduced ABA levels (sitiens plants) are much more resistant to the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea than wild-type (WT) plants. Exogenous application of ABA restored susceptibility to B. cinerea in sitiens plants and increased susceptibility in WT plants. These results indicate that ABA plays a major role in the susceptibility of tomato to B. cinerea. ABA appeared to interact with a functional plant defense response against B. cinerea. Experiments with transgenic NahG tomato plants and benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid demonstrated the importance of salicylic acid in the tomato-B. cinerea interaction. In addition, upon infection with B. cinerea, sitiens plants showed a clear increase in phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity, which was not observed in infected WT plants, indicating that the ABA levels in healthy WT tomato plants partly repress phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity. In addition, sitiens plants became more sensitive to benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid root treatment. The threshold values for PR1a gene expression declined with a factor 10 to 100 in sitiens compared with WT plants. Thus, ABA appears to negatively modulate the salicylic acid-dependent defense pathway in tomato, which may be one of the mechanisms by which ABA levels determine susceptibility to B. cinerea.