褪黑素改善认知作用研究进展

对褪黑素改善认知作用的研究进展进行综述,为褪黑素的进一步开发利用提供科学依据。     

逆境胁迫对油菜谷胱甘肽还原酶基因表达及其酶活性的影响

利用cDNA末端快速分离(RACE)技术从陇油6号油菜中克隆得到一个新的谷胱甘肽还原酶基因GR2,全长2073 bp,开放阅读框1692 bp,编码563个氨基酸,预测蛋白质分子量为60.7 kDa,等电点7.9.实时荧光定量PCR分析表明:GR2基因在油菜根、茎、叶中均有表达,其中在叶中表达量最高.GR1和GR2基因的转录以及谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)活性受到低温、高温、干旱、高盐胁迫的诱导,表明油菜谷胱甘肽还原酶在抵御低温、高温、干旱、高盐胁迫过程中发挥重要作用.脱落酸(ABA)预处理后再进行上述胁迫处理,与单独上述胁迫相比,GR1和GR2基因的转录以及GR活性水平明显上升,表明ABA可以诱导GR1和GR2基因表达和GR酶活性.MAPKK抑制剂U0126预处理后再进行上述胁迫处理,与单独上述胁迫相比,GR1和GR2基因的转录以及GR活性水平明显下降,表明U0126对GR1、GR2基因表达以及GR酶活性有抑制作用.     

Characterization of a Novel Plantain Asr Gene, MpAsr,that is Regulated in Response to Infection of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense and Abiotic Stresses

Asr (abscisic acid, stress, ripening induced) genes are typically upregulated by a wide range of factors, including drought, cold, salt, abscisic acid (ABA) and injury; in addition to plant responses to developmental and environmental signals. We isolated an Asr gene, MpAsr, from a suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) cDNA library of cold induced plantain (Musa paradisiaca) leaves. MpAsr expression was upregulated in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense infected plantain leaves, peels and roots, suggesting that MpAsr plays a role in plantain pathogen response. In addition, a 581-bp putative promoter region of MpAsr was isolated via genome walking and cis-elements involved in abiotic stress and pathogen-related responses were detected in this same region. Furthermore, the MpAsr promoter demonstrated positive activity and inducibility in tobacco under F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense infection and ABA, cold, dehydration and high salt concentration treatments. Interestingly, transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing MpAsr exhibited higher drought tolerance, but showed no significant decreased sensitivity to F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense. These results suggest that MpAsr might be involved in plant responses to both abiotic stress and pathogen attack.     

高羊茅MAPK基因的克隆与表达分析

丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(M APK)是生物体内信号转导的重要组分,与生长、发育和逆境胁迫反应密切相关.为了研究草坪草对非生物逆境胁迫反应的分子机理,利用同源基因克隆法从4℃低温诱导的草坪草高羊茅(F estu-ca arund inacea Schreb.)幼苗cDNA文库中分离得到一个M APK的cDNA即F aMAPK 1,F aMAPK 1编码369个氨基酸残基的蛋白激酶,该蛋白激酶具有TEY的磷酸化基序.据推测的氨基酸序列的BLA ST同源性分析表明,F aM APK 1蛋白与水稻O sM APK 4蛋白的一致性为91.1%.N orthern杂交检测F aMAPK 1基因对逆境胁迫反应的结果表明冷(4℃)处理对根中F aMAPK 1基因的表达没有明显影响,但诱导叶中F aMAPK 1上调表达.而且低温(4℃)、高盐(250 mm o l/L N aC l)、干旱和100μm o l/L ABA都诱导叶中F aMAPK 1上调表达,表明F aM APK 1蛋白可能在高羊茅对非生物逆境胁迫的反应中起重要作用.