远缘杂交在转移有益基因创造小麦新种质中的潜力

本文概述了小麦远缘杂交技术的发展以及这些技术的应用对以染色体易位方式转移有益基因到普通小麦中的影响。通过对小麦远缘杂交技术的总结得出,普通小麦由于本身的多倍性,对导入的外源基因具有较强的调节能力,是适宜外源有益基因导入的良好受体。而以染色体易位方式转移有益基因是创造小麦新种质的有效方法之一,许多研究也表明以染色体易位导入的外源有益基因更利于表达。近几年,随着细胞遗传学以及其它生物技术的发展,对小麦族进化途径和染色体间的亲缘关系进一步明确,从而更便于进行易位导入的技术选择,也使得染色体易位鉴定方法更趋完善。现在已有更良好的外源导入的工具和方法,使多基因控制的外源优良性状导入成为可能。在小麦远缘杂交中染色体易位所具有的上述优势,在育种实践中逐步显示出来,为开拓小麦种质资源开创了一条新的途径。     

远缘杂交在转移有益基因创造小麦新种质中的潜力

本概述了小麦远缘杂交技术的发展以及这些技术的应用对以染色体易位方式转移有益基因到普通小麦中的影响。通过对小麦远缘杂交技术的总结得出,普通小麦由于本身的多倍性,对导入的外源基因具有较强的调节能力,是适宜外源有益基因导入的良好受体。而以染色体易位方式转移有益基因是创造小麦新种质的有效方法之一,许多研究也表明以染色体易位导入的外源有益基因利于表达。近几年,随着细胞遗传学以及其它生物技术的发展,对小麦族进化途径和染色体间的亲缘关系进一步明确,从而更便于进行易位导入的技术选择,也使得染色体易位鉴定方法更趋完善。现在已有更良好的外源导入的工具和方法,使多基因控制的外源优良性状导入成为可能。在小麦远缘杂交中染色体易位所具有的上述优势,在育种实践中逐步显示出来,为开拓小麦种质资源开创了一条新的途径。     

杀配子染色体在构建小麦族缺失图谱方面的应用

山羊草属的某些染色体,当其以单价体形式附加到各种不同的基因型的普通小麦中时,就会发挥完全的或不完全的杀配子作用。在不完全的这种杀配子作用下,可以高频率的诱导产生各种类型的染色体结构畸变,如易位、缺失等,实现外源有益基因向小麦的渗入,也有利于构建缺失图谱和物理图谱［1］。本文综述了利用杀配子染色体构建小麦、黑麦、大麦染色体的缺失图谱的研究进展。     

黑麦碱基因（Sec–1）表达缺失的1RS／1BL易位系的鉴定

用改良的Giemsa C－带技术、DNA原位杂交和酸性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（A-PAGE）对来源于小麦品种绵阳11与不同黑麦自交系远缘杂交获得的高代株系（BC1F7）的染色体结构和醇溶蛋白进行了研究。结果发现,在鉴定的200个株系中,有45个株系经C-带和A-PAGE检测均一致地发现它们含有一对1RS /1BL易位染色体,而一个株系843-1-1,C-带鉴定、原位杂交结果均证明它含有一对1RS/1BL易位染色体,但A-PAGE醇溶蛋白图谱却不具有黑麦1RS染色体臂的黑麦碱特征带,而表达出既不同于黑麦碱又不同于亲本绵阳11的醇溶蛋白带型。这一结果表明,利用不同的黑麦亲本资源,可以获得黑麦碱基因Sec-1表达缺失的新的1RS/1BL易位系。这种新的1RS/1BL易位系缺失了影响小麦品质的黑麦碱蛋白,因此是进一步研究1RS/1BL 易位对小麦品质影响的珍贵材料。研究指出,在利用外源基因的植物育种中,外源种供体材料的遗传多样性是值得重视的基因资源。     

应用FISH技术鉴定一个小冰麦易位系

以生物素（ｂｉｏｔｉｎ１６ｄＵＴＰ）标记的天蓝冰草（Ａｇｒｏｐｙｒｏｎｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉｕｍ（Ｈｏｓｔ）Ｐ．Ｂ．＝Ｅｌｙｔｒｉｇｉａｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉａ（Ｈｏｓｔ）Ｎｅｖｓｋｉ＝Ｔｈｉｎｏｐｙｒｕｍｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉｕｍ（Ｈｏｓｔ）ＢａｒｋｗｏｒｔｈａｎｄＤｅｗｅｙ）染色体组ＤＮＡ为探针,普通小麦（ＴｒｉｔｉｃｕｍａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍＬ．）“中国春”ＤＮＡ为封闭,用荧光原位杂交（ＦＩＳＨ）技术对小冰麦３３号进行检测。结果表明：在一对染色体的端部显现出绿色荧光,这说明小冰麦３３号携带外源基因的冰草染色体片段位于小麦染色体端部,而且易位的染色体片段是较小的。从ＤＮＡ水平直接证明小冰麦３３是一个冰草染色体片段易位到小麦染色体端部的易位系。     

小麦-簇毛麦属间染色体易位系的高效诱导

利用60Coγ射线以不同剂量照射硬粒小麦-簇毛麦双二倍体即将成熟的花粉,将其授于母本中国春,创造出一批包含小麦-簇毛麦易住染色体的材料,对这些材料用中国春进行连续回交或自交,可有效保留簇毛麦染色体片段,实现外源基因的转移.研究结果表明,60Coγ射线照射花粉后产生易位染色体的频率因剂量不同而有显著差异,12 Gy和8 Gy剂量照射后杂交的M1群体中,产生小麦-簇毛麦易位染色体的单株分别占调查总数的76.7%和50.0%,均显著高于用其他方法创造易住的频率,并且12 Gy较8 Gy产生了更优的易住类型;创制的易位染色体有67.6%可以从M1传递到BC1,BC1的易位染色体有96.4%可传递到BC,;在回交后代中,加以人为选择,整条簇毛麦染色体很快丢失,至BC2F2即有纯合易位株出现.     

小麦的外源染色体鉴定

通过染色体原位杂交、RFLP分析和染色体重双端体分析,对在小麦遗传育种研究中具有重要理论和应用价值的VE161小麦不育异代换系及其附加系进行了染色体鉴定.结果表明,VE161小麦代换的或附加的外源染色体为来自长穗偃麦草的4E染色体,被代换的小麦染色体为4B.过去曾鉴定为7B,可能是由于VE161早代染色体易位较多所致.同时发现,VE161小麦在5B,7B和1D所在的3个部分同源群中仍有染色体相互易位存在,为进一步研究VE161小麦促进部分同源染色体配对的机制、不育的机制和应用奠定了基础.     

小麦-黑麦1BL/1RS 易位染色体和外源染色体在两个三属杂种中的减数分裂行为

利用荧光原位杂交技术分析了两个小麦-外源种杂种花粉母细胞中1BL/1RS 小麦-黑麦易位染色体和外源染色体包括中间偃麦草(Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & DR Dewey)、簇毛麦(Haynaldia villosa (L.) Schur)染色体的减数分裂行为. 我们首次发现:在减数分裂后期, 1BL/1RS 小麦-黑麦易位染色体发生错分裂,形成两个易位染色单体. 这种错分裂导致易位染色单体在末期Ⅰ分配到两个正在形成的细胞核内,错分裂的易位染色单体进一步形成微核,并在四分体期观察到黑麦的微核出现.从贵农22×遗4095 的F2代植株中检测到一个2n=41的植株,其含有一对1BL/1RS 小麦-黑麦易位染色体,核型分析表明,其中一条黑麦染色体臂比另一条的黑麦染色体臂短1/3左右.在遗4212×遗4095的F2代中检测到一个具有中间偃麦草染色体小片段易位到小麦染色体端粒部分的小麦-中间偃麦草易位植株.这可能是由于在减数分裂过程中发生非均等分裂导致小麦-黑麦1BL/1RS易位染色体的黑麦染色体段臂缺失1/3及小麦-中间偃麦草非罗伯逊易位.在两个杂种F2植株中,中间偃麦草染色体分布频率为39.6%, 簇毛麦染色体分布频率为43.4%, 1BL/1RS 小麦-黑麦易位染色体分布频率分别为51.8%和56.6%.实验结果表明,1BL/1RS 小麦-黑麦易位染色体与外源染色体包括中间偃麦草、簇毛麦染色体在减数分裂过程中没有相互作用.小麦-黑麦1BL/1RS易位染色体在减数分裂过程中可以发生错分裂,并导致杂种后代黑麦染色体臂发生缺失.这对于培育以小麦为背景含有不同长度的黑麦1R染色体短臂的种质及小麦-外源染色体非罗伯逊易位的小片段易位系具有指导意义.     

尾状山羊草与硬粒小麦,普通小麦的杂交及外源染色质检测

尾状山羊草（AegilopscaudataL．）具有丰富的抗病虫和高赖氨酸、高蛋白优良性状,是进行小麦（TriticumaestivumL．）遗传改良的重要遗传资源。合成了硬粒小麦（TriticumdurumDesf．）-尾状山羊草双二倍体、进行了普通小麦与双二倍体的杂交。并以作者克隆的尾状山羊草C基因组特异重复序列PAeca212为探针,对上述杂交后代的花粉母细胞进行了染色体原位杂交检测。证实了新合成的双二倍体中有7对C基因组染色体;在F2中检测到C基因组染色体的自发纯合易位,显示出从C基因组向小麦转移外源基因的光明前景。     

小麦遗传背景对黑麦抗叶锈基因Lr26的抗性表达的影响

利用1套从小麦纯系和黑麦自交系培育出的1R附加系、代换系和易位系,研究了1RS上的抗叶锈基因Lr26在小麦中的表达。结果发现,1R二体附加系和纯合1RS/1BL易位系高抗小麦叶锈病;而其小麦亲本、1R(1B)代换系和1BS/1RL易位系重感叶锈病。这一结果指出了黑麦染色体臂1RS上的抗小麦叶锈病基因Lr26在小麦中的表达受小麦染色体臂1BL上的基因的强烈影响,指出了外源基因在小麦中的表达可受染色体臂或基因水平上的相互作用的制约。文中讨论了外源基因与小麦遗传背景相互作用在小麦育种中的意义。     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.