苦瓜化学成分和生物活性的研究进展

本文就近年来国内外对苦瓜的研究情况进行综述,主要概述了其化学成分、生物活性(药理活性和抗虫作用)的进展情况。     

苦瓜叶片结构与白粉病抗性的关系

以不同抗白粉病的苦瓜品系幼苗为材料,对它们的叶片及上下表皮厚度、栅栏组织及海绵组织厚度、叶片结构紧密度及疏松度、蜡质含量、比叶重、气孔及茸毛密度等叶片结构进行观察比较,探讨苦瓜白粉病抗性与其主要叶片结构指标的关系。结果显示:（1）抗病苦瓜品系叶片的蜡质含量显著高于感病品系,与病情指数呈显著负相关关系,蜡质层是其抵抗和延迟病原菌侵入的一个有力结构屏障。（2）感病品系叶片的气孔和叶背面茸毛数量显著多于抗病品系,且叶背面的气孔及茸毛密度与病情指数呈显著正相关关系,即气孔和茸毛越少越抗病。（3）抗病苦瓜品系的叶片栅栏组织以及海绵组织排列整齐、紧密,而高感品系的叶片组织出现大量孔隙,较难观察到完整细胞。（4）抗病品系叶片厚度、下表皮厚度、栅栏组织厚度、叶片结构紧密度明显高于感病品系,而感病品系的海绵组织厚度、叶片结构疏松度明显高于抗病品系;且苦瓜比叶重与其白粉病抗性关系不大。研究认为,苦瓜叶片蜡质含量、叶背面气孔及茸毛密度可以作为苦瓜白粉病抗性鉴定的参考指标。     

锌硼营养对苦瓜产量品质与叶片多胺、激素及衰老的影响

采用田间试验、植株生理生化测定方法,研究了锌硼营养对苦瓜(株洲长白)产量品质与叶片多胺、激素及衰老的影响。结果表明,在锌硼缺乏的土壤中施用硫酸锌和硼砂均可提高苦瓜产量,并可提高苦瓜蛋白质、Vc和17种氨基酸含量,尤其是人体必需氨基酸含量,降低NO3^-含量,改善苦瓜品质。这与锌硼提高了叶片多胺(PAs)、腐胺(Put)、亚精胺(Spd)、精胺(Spm)、抗坏血酸(ASA)、吲哚乙酸(IAA)、赤霉素(GA3)含量以及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)酶的活性,减少脱落酸(ABA)、丙二醛(MDA)含量,从而抑制膜脂过氧化有关试验结果同时表明苦瓜产量与叶片PAs、Put、Spd、Spm、GA3、SOD、POD、CAT呈极显著正相关,与叶片MDA与ABA含量呈极显著负相关。叶片MDA含量与ABA呈极显著正相关,而与PAs、Put、Spd、Spm、ASA、IAA、CA3、SOD、POD、CAT呈极显著负相关。     

转基因抗虫抗除草剂棉花对棉铃虫抗性及对草甘膦耐受性研究

本论文研究了抗虫又抗除草剂棉花对草甘膦的耐受程度,比较了这一双抗性状的棉花与单抗虫棉的抗虫效果。结果表明,抗虫又抗除草剂棉花对草甘膦有较好的耐受性,四叶期喷施草甘膦后抗虫抗除草剂棉花可以安全生长,蕾期喷施草甘膦对棉花的开花率和结铃率有影响。抗虫又抗除草剂棉花和单抗虫棉对棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera(Hübner)均具有较好的防治效果,苗期棉花叶片对棉铃虫防治效果最好,后期防治效果下降到49.2%和46.6%,吐絮期防治效果又上升到57.0%和53.1%。     

水杨酸对苦瓜叶片白粉病抗性及抗氧化酶活性的影响

以‘碧绿3号’苦瓜幼苗为材料,采用100、500和1000μmol.L-1的水杨酸(SA)溶液预处理后进行白粉菌的诱导接种,研究了SA处理对苦瓜叶片光合色素含量和4个抗氧化酶活性的影响。结果显示:各浓度SA处理苦瓜植株的病情指数均显著低于对照(蒸馏水处理),并随SA处理浓度增加而逐渐下降;各SA处理苦瓜叶片的光合色素含量均高于其对照,且随SA处理浓度升高而逐渐增加;苦瓜叶片APX、CAT和GR活性随SA处理浓度增加而升高,但GPX活性反而下降,各处理CAT和GR活性增幅均高于病情指数增幅,1000μmol.L-1SA处理的APX活性增幅也高于病情指数增幅。研究发现,SA处理可以提高苦瓜感染白粉病植株叶片的光合色素含量及其抗氧化酶活性,显著降低其病情指数,增强其白粉病抗性,且以1000μmol.L-1SA处理效果最好。     

Glyphosate tolerance and effects of cotton bollworms on transgenic herbicide and insect resistant cotton

本论文研究了抗虫又抗除草剂棉花对草甘膦的耐受程度,比较了这一双抗性状的棉花与单抗虫棉的抗虫效果.结果表明,抗虫又抗除草剂棉花对草甘膦有较好的耐受性,四叶期喷施草甘膦后抗虫抗除草剂棉花可以安全生长,蕾期喷施草甘膦对棉花的开花率和结铃率有影响.抗虫又抗除草剂棉花和单抗虫棉对棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera(Hübner)均具有较好的防治效果,苗期棉花叶片对棉铃虫防治效果最好,后期防治效果下降到49.2％和46.6％,吐絮期防治效果又上升到57.0％和53.1％.     

水稻品种对稻纵卷叶螟抗性的物理及生化机制

稻纵卷叶螟Cnaphalocrocis medinalis连年大发生,为在其治理中培育和推广抗虫品种,本文应用扫描电镜和生化测定研究了5个常用水稻栽培品种扬辐粳8号、扬稻6号、扬粳9538、淮稻9号和宁梗1号叶片中的硅含量、硅颗粒大小、蜡质含量等物理指标和一些生化指标与抗虫性的关系,并比较了稻纵卷叶螟幼虫危害不同水稻品种后其体内生化反应的差异。结果表明抗虫品种宁梗1号、淮稻9号叶片表面的硅含量显著高于感虫品种,硅颗粒大小在品种间无显著差异。宁粳1号叶片蜡质含量显著高于其他品种。由此表明叶片表面硅和蜡质含量与抗性有关。稻纵卷叶螟幼虫取食后,抗虫品种体内的过氧化物酶（POD）、超氧化物岐化酶（SOD）活性显著高于感虫品种,但丙二醛(MDA)含量低于感虫品种。稻纵卷叶螟幼虫取食不同品种后,其体内一些酶的活性明显不同,取食抗虫品种的幼虫体内POD和谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶(GST)活性显著高于取食其他品种的幼虫,SOD活性显著低于取食感虫品种的幼虫, 表明抗虫品种对稻纵卷叶螟幼虫有毒害作用。     

六种阔叶树种叶片水浸提液对云南松种子萌发生长的化感作用

为了筛选营建云南松抗虫混交林的树种,该研究观察了云南切梢小蠹非寄主植物川滇桤木、缅桂、滇朴、樟树、麻栎和山茶六种阔叶树种叶片不同浓度的水浸提液对云南松种子萌发及幼苗生长的化感作用。结果表明:(1)川滇桤木、滇朴、麻栎和山茶四种阔叶树种叶片的水浸提液对云南松种子萌发和幼苗生长表现出低浓度促进,高浓度抑制效应。(2)在测试浓度范围内,樟树和缅桂叶片水浸提液对云南松种子萌发和幼苗生长存在抑制作用。综上所述,六种阔叶树种对云南松的化感作用敏感性不同,低浓度范围内的川滇桤木、滇朴、麻栎和山茶树叶片水浸提液对云南松生长表现出促进作用,樟树和缅桂叶片水浸提液对云南松生长具有抑制作用。因此,结合营林技术,可选用川滇桤木、滇朴、麻栎等阔叶树种与云南松混交,营建云南松抗虫混交林。     

苦瓜素Ⅰ和苦瓜苷B对亚洲玉米螟Ofh细胞的增殖抑制和致坏死作用

【目的】研究从苦瓜Momordica charantia叶乙醇提取物中分离出的苦瓜素Ⅰ和新化合物苦瓜苷B对亚洲玉米螟Ostrinina furnacalis幼虫血细胞(Ofh)的毒力作用,并探讨其作用机理。【方法】用CCK-8法比较了苦瓜素Ⅰ、苦瓜素Ⅱ、苦瓜苷B和印楝素A对Ofh细胞的增殖抑制作用;用倒置相差显微镜和荧光倒置显微镜观察了苦瓜素Ⅰ及苦瓜苷B对Ofh细胞形态结构的影响,并用台盼蓝染色法和流式细胞术研究了其对Ofh细胞的致坏死作用。【结果】苦瓜素Ⅰ、苦瓜素Ⅱ和苦瓜苷B对Ofh细胞有明显的增殖抑制作用,36 h后的IC50值分别为7.566,24.340及8.514μg/m L,苦瓜素Ⅰ及苦瓜苷B对Ofh细胞的增殖抑制作用明显强于苦瓜素Ⅱ及对照药物印楝素A。苦瓜素Ⅰ和苦瓜苷B处理后的Ofh细胞表现为体积膨大、表面变得粗糙并有明显的空泡现象,严重破坏了Ofh细胞的形态结构。进一步的研究结果表明,8μg/m L的苦瓜素Ⅰ及苦瓜苷B处理Ofh细胞12~48 h,细胞死亡率均高于对照组,呈一定的时间依赖关系,说明苦瓜素Ⅰ对Ofh细胞的急性毒力高于苦瓜苷B。Ofh细胞经AO/EB染色后,用荧光显微观察发现,苦瓜素Ⅰ和苦瓜苷B处理组细胞膜破裂,细胞核受损严重,细胞呈不均匀桔黄色-橙红色荧光,呈典型的坏死特征。流式细胞仪检测结果表明,苦瓜素Ⅰ和苦瓜苷B对Ofh细胞具有明显的致坏死作用。8μg/m L苦瓜素Ⅰ和苦瓜苷B处理Ofh细胞36 h后,总坏死率分别为74.92%±2.02%和49.77%±1.69%。【结论】苦瓜素Ⅰ和新化合物苦瓜苷B对Ofh细胞均具有有效的增殖抑制和致坏死作用,这可能是苦瓜素类化合物对亚洲玉米螟的拒食作用及抑制其生长发育和生殖力的主要机制之一。     

天敌与转Bt基因抗虫植物的协同控害作用

本文概述了转Bt基因抗虫植物对天敌的影响,特别是天敌与转Bt基因抗虫植物的协同控害作用及其对寄生昆虫抗生发展的影响研究进展。已有的研究表明转Bt基因抗虫植物对天敌并无明显不利的影响,但转Bt基因抗虫植物与天敌的协同控害作用表现出拮抗性、加和性及增效性等多种形式,这种协同作用可能还将影响到害虫对转Bt基因抗虫植物的速率。     

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.