小麦类核糖核酸酶基因（WRN1）cDNA在自然衰老和黑暗诱导衰老条件下的表达

从普通小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)中分离了一个类核糖核酸酶(WRN1)基因的cDNA。WRN1的转录受自然衰老和黑暗诱导衰老的负调控。在幼嫩组织中WRN1也有表达。由于在两个保守的位置上组氨酸被替换,WRNl很可能已经失去了核糖核酸酶的活性。Southern分析表明,在普通小麦基因组中,WRN1以一个小基因家族的形式存在。     

烯效唑干拌种对小麦叶片衰老期间有关酶活性的影响

研究不同浓度(0、10、20、40mg·kg-1)烯效唑干拌种对小麦品种川麦30不同叶序(3叶、7叶、旗叶)叶片衰老期间酶活性影响的结果表明,烯效唑干拌种后,不同叶序叶片超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)活性增强,衰老后期仍维持较高水平;而核糖核酸酶(RNase)活性水平及上升速率则受抑,叶片中丙二醛(MDA)积累量减少,可溶性蛋白质含量下降缓慢.     

泛议衰老

衰老是机体在退化时期功能下降及生理紊乱的综合表现,与机体的自由基水平,染色体端粒长度和衰老过程中起作用的重要基因有密切关系。作者重点介绍自由学说、饮食限制学说、端粒学说,以及衰老相关基因WRN、koltho和胰岛素样生长因子1（IGF－1）的信号传导途径、从遗传学的角度对衰老机理作一阐述。     

果蝇有类似人类的衰老基因

英国科学家在果蝇身上发现一种基因,其角色类似于人类衰老基因。果蝇因而可能成为研究人类衰老的试验对象。人类有一种沃纳综合征,患者在青春期前便过早衰老,其根源在于一种叫做WRN的基因的变异。之前科学家只能研究该基因在单个细胞中的工作方式,却无法探索其在发育中和整体上     

欧芹叶片衰老过程中的核糖核酸酶类型与活性变化

以凝胶电泳检测核糖核酸酶 (RNase)活性的结果表明 ,欧芹叶片中至少有 6种分子量各不相同的RNase显示出活性。其中一种aRNase活性在衰老过程中逐渐下降 ,赤霉素可延缓其下降 ,b、cRNase活性在衰老过程中显著增加 ,乙烯加速 ,而赤霉素则抑制这两种RNase活性上升。另一种dRNase活性虽然在赤霉素处理与否的叶片中均显著增加 ,但受乙烯抑制。e、fRNase活性在各种处理的叶片中均略呈上升趋势。b、cRNase活性变化与叶片衰老进程的关联最显著     

NR和NOS在CTK延缓离体小麦叶片衰老中的作用

用一氧化氮(NO)清除剂血红蛋白(Hb)、硝酸还原酶(NR)抑制剂钨酸钠(Na2WO4)、一氧化氮合酶(NOS)抑制剂L-硝基精氨酸甲酯(L-NAME)并结合激动素(KT)和玉米素(ZT)两种细胞分裂素(CTK)处理离体小麦叶片,测定分析各处理的相关生理生化指标,以明确NR和NOS在CTK延缓离体小麦叶片衰老过程中的作用.结果显示:KT和ZT单独处理均能显著延缓离体小麦叶片衰老过程中叶绿素、可溶性蛋白含量的降低,抑制丙二醛(MDA)的积累,促进NR和NOS活性升高;在Hb、Na2WO4或L-NAME存在时,上述KT和ZT延缓衰老的效应均显著减弱,同时NR和NOS活性的升高也分别被Na2WO4和L-NAME显著抑制.该结果暗示CTK延缓离体小麦叶片衰老可能与其诱导了NR和NOS活性的提高,进而促进NO的生成有关.     

小麦旗叶自然衰老过程中清除活性氧能力的变化

野生一粒小麦(Triticum boeoticum Boiss)、栽培小麦“扬麦五号”(T.aestivum L.)的旗叶自然衰老过程中,活性氧清除系统中各部分的清除能力下降是不均衡的。在光合速率高值持续期(叶绿素含量缓降期),SOD的活力略有下降,过氧化氢酶(CAT)活力却迅速下降,同时抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(ASP)活力呈现先上升后下降的趋势,上述SOD、CAT、ASP活力变化的不均衡,最终导致H_2O_2的迅速累积,从而使叶片迅速进入衰老(叶绿素含量速降期),于是SOD活力迅速下降。野生一粒小麦活性氧清除系统中各部分清除能力失衡过快,可能是其早衰的原因之一。H_2O_2的迅速累积与叶片衰老的启动密切相关。     

小麦叶片暗诱导衰老期间内肽酶的特性

研究了小麦(Triticum aestivum L.cv.Yangmai 158)叶片暗诱导衰老期间内肽酶同工酶的变化及其部分生化特性,发现叶片衰老期间,内肽酶活性升高,同时出现5种新的内肽酶同工酶(EP1、EP2、EP4、EP5、EP6)。6-苄氨基嘌呤(6-BA)处理能延缓这些同工酶的出现,而脱落酸(ABA)处理则加速它们的表达。衰老期间小麦叶片内的6种内肽酶同工酶(EP1-EP6)中的EP1、EP2、EP4、EP5、EP6呈现活性的pH及温度范围较窄,而EP3有活性的pH范围和温度范围均较宽,且EP3在嫩叶、老叶中均有活性。另外,EP3、EP5、EP6对热不太敏感。蛋白酶抑制剂实验表明,EP1、EP2是需金属离子的半胱氨酸型内肽酶,EP4是丝氨酸型内肽酶。     

小麦叶片暗诱导衰老期间1,5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化酶/加氧酶的降解

研究了小麦(Triticum aestivum L. cv.Yangmai 158)叶片暗诱导衰老过程中1,5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化酶/加氧酶(Rubisco EC 4.1.1.39)的降解.发现在此期间Rubisco大亚基(LSU)发生裂解,产生50 kD的降解条带,同时在自然衰老过程中也检测到这一产物.初步实验结果表明LSU发生这步裂解时Rubisco全酶没有解离.另外,在粗酶液中当温度在30～35℃,pH 7.5时,这一步裂解反应能有效进行.     

WRN结构及其生物学功能研究进展

Werner综合征蛋白(Werner syndrome protein,WRN)是一种既可以和DNA结合又可以和其他蛋白质结合的具有多种酶活性的多功能DNA解螺旋酶。该酶在防止早衰与肿瘤,维持基因组完整与稳定的过程中发挥着重要的作用。文章综述了DNA解螺旋酶WRN的结构特征及其在DNA复制、DNA重组、DNA损伤修复、基因转录、维持端粒稳定、维持异染色质稳定过程中的生物学功能,并且展望了DNA解螺旋酶WRN在结构与生物学功能研究方面未来有待深入解决的问题。     

Accumulation of Barley Stripe Mosaic Virus is Significantly Reduced in Transgenic Wheat Plants Expressing a Bacterial Ribonuclease

An rnc70 gene encoding a mutant bacterial ribonuclease III (RNase III) was introduced into wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Bobwhite) by microprojectile bombardment. T1, T2, and T3 plants regenerated from three transgenic callus lines were challenged with barley stripe mosaic virus. Plants expressing RNase III exhibited a high level of resistance to the virus infection. This resistance was evidenced by the absence of virus symptoms and reduced accumulation of virions in these plants. The result demonstrates that this pathogen-targeted resistance strategy can be effectively employed in conferring resistance to viral diseases of cereal crops.     

New Variation Identified by SSR in a Wheat Variety Derived from Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat ( Triticum durum× Aegilops tauschii)

Hybridization and polyploidization are important ways for wheat to evolve and to genetically differentiate. Ninety two simple sequence repeat (SSR) molecular markers, which distributed in A, B, and D genomes , were used to perform genetic comparison between Chuan-W5436 (CW5436), a new wheat variety, and its parents, synthetic hexaploid wheat Syn786 (♀ ) and common wheat Mianyang 26 (My26) (♂). The results indicated that alleles were not genetically transmitted from parents (Syn786 (♀) crossed (My26) (♂) ) to the progeny CW5436 as Mendelian proportions . A new variation on a SSR molecular marker loci with novel additive bands was observed in CW5436 but not found in its parents. It suggested that artificial selective stress was an important factor to promote the frequency of significant deviations of the expected allele, resulting in microsatellite sequences of the progeny changed . The affect of the genetic differentiation of SSR molecular marker loci that occurred in wheat crosses and gene transfer on the genetic evolu1tion of wheat was discussed.     

一个超矮秆核质杂种小麦的初步研究

在用普通小麦对长穗偃麦草(Etytrigia elongata=Agropyron elongatum,2n=70)的核代换回交过程中,在BC_9F_1发现了一个超矮秆核质杂种小麦,株高35厘米左右,定名为小偃矮。细胞学观察和与普通小麦正反杂交的遗传分析,证明:(1) 小偃矮是一个异源胞质单体附加系(21″W+1′Ag);(2) 长穗偃麦草细胞质和附加的外来染色体没有携带矮秆基因;(3) 矮秆遗传主要受细胞核内一对显性矮化基因控制。     

Checkpoint-dependent and independent roles of the Werner syndrome protein in preserving genome integrity in response to mild replication stress

Werner syndrome (WS) is a human chromosomal instability disorder associated with cancer predisposition and caused by mutations in the WRN gene. WRN helicase activity is crucial in limiting breakage at common fragile sites (CFS), which are the preferential targets of genome instability in precancerous lesions. However, the precise function of WRN in response to mild replication stress, like that commonly used to induce breaks at CFS, is still missing. Here, we establish that WRN plays a role in mediating CHK1 activation under moderate replication stress. We provide evidence that phosphorylation of CHK1 relies on the ATR-mediated phosphorylation of WRN, but not on WRN helicase activity. Analysis of replication fork dynamics shows that loss of WRN checkpoint mediator function as well as of WRN helicase activity hamper replication fork progression, and lead to new origin activation to allow recovery from replication slowing upon replication stress. Furthermore, bypass of WRN checkpoint mediator function through overexpression of a phospho-mimic form of CHK1 restores fork progression and chromosome stability to the wild-type levels. Together, these findings are the first demonstration that WRN regulates the ATR-checkpoint activation upon mild replication stress, preventing chromosome fragility.     

小麦及其近缘物种中小分子量核糖核酸酶的初步分析

应用ＲＮａｓｅ功能胶体系,在小麦及其相关物物中发现１组小分子量核糖核酸酶（ＲＮａｓｅ）。ＲＮａｓｅ的分子量变化范围在６．５～１４ｋＤａ间,低于已报道的大多数植物ＲＮａｓｅ的分子量。小分子量ＲＮａｓｅ在幼苗中大量表达,并且在降解ＲＮＡ底物时,随着缓冲液ＰＨ值及离子浓度的不同而有所变化。在休眠及发芽泪科种 现几种可能不同的小分子量ＲＮａｓｅ。在发芽过程中,其中２种ＲＮａｓｅ的少变化不明显,而另外２种Ｒ     

Polymorphism of omega-gliadins in durum wheat as revealed by the two-step APAGE/SDS-PAGE technique

Polymorphism of omega-gliadins was studied in 243 durum wheats from 27 countries using the two-step one-dimensional APAGE/SDS-PAGE technique. A total of 12 bands of different mobility were observed, and four of them were found to be different from those previously detected by Khelifi et al. (1992) in bread wheat. Fifteen alleles, six coded by the Gli-A1 locus and nine coded by the Gli-B1 locus, were identified, accounting for 19 different electrophoretic patterns. Seven new alleles were detected: two at the Gli-A1 locus and five at the Gli-B1 locus. The polymorphism found at the Gli-A1 and Gli-B1 loci was slightly greater than that found in bread wheat. Allelic differences between both species were higher at the Gli-B1 locus. A comparison of the frequencies of alleles in both species was carried out. The null allele, Gli-A1e, was more common in durum wheat than in bread wheat. The Gli-B1b allele, present in 60% of the bread wheats, was found in only 2% of the durum wheats and Gli-B1e, very common in durum wheat (45%), was rare in bread wheat (4%). The Gli-B1IV allele, common in durum wheat (28%), was not detected in bread wheat.