苋菜的光合特性

宽菜Amaranthus cruentus cv.生长在调控的温室条件。在光强0至800μmol.m~(-2)S~(-1),光合速率(PN,μmol.CO_2m~(-2)、s~(-1))随光强(PFD,μmol、m~(-2)、s~(-1))增高而增大,其关系为PN=56.82 PFD×10~(-3)—2.13。光补偿点为60μmol.m~(-2)、s~(-1)。叶片在1400 μmol.m~(-2)、s~(-1)达到光合光饱和点。在叶温35℃,叶片/空气水蒸汽压陡度20 m Pa、Pa~(-1)和外界CO_2浓度340μ1、1~(-1),光饱和光合速率为51.63±4.90μ mol.CO_2、m~(-2)、S~(-1)。在光强0至600μmol.m~(-2)、s~(-1),气孔传道率随光强增高而增大。光强高于600μmol.m~(-2)、s~(-1),气孔传道率变化较小。细胞间CO_2浓度为120μ1.1~(-1)由于细胞间CO_2浓度在光合速率——CO_2关系曲线的转折点,可能表明光合作用不受气孔限制。结果表明,苋菜适于高光强环境生长,在干旱条件下具有高的光合速率。     

亚热带季雨林植物罗伞气体交换对光质的反应

亚热带季雨林林下阴生植物罗伞(Ardisia quinquegona)叶片的气体交换速率(PN.μmol.m~(-2),s~(-1))随光强(PFD,μmol,m~(-2),s~(-1))增高而增大。在光强低于80μmol,m~(-2),s~(-1),PN=29.21PFD×10~(-3)+0.36。在光强150μmol,m~(-2),s~(-1)对出现气体交换的光饱和现象。在低光强下,气孔传导率(G,m mol,m~(-2),s~(-1)与光强(m mol,m~(-2),s~(-1)的关系为G=265.6 PFD+4.6。在低光强下。开阔地的阳生灌木桃金娘(Rhodmyrtus tomentosa)的气体交换速率和气孔传导率与光强关系曲线的直线部分斜率皆较罗伞的低,在红光上,罗伞叶片气体交换速率(μmol,m~(-2),s~(-1)与光强(μmol,m~(-2),s~(-1)的关系为PN=32.4 PFD×10~(-3)-0.04。气孔传导率(m mol,m~(-2),s~(-1)与光强(m mol,m~(-2),s~(-1)的关系为G=339.08 PFD+7.37。同时气体交换速率的饱和红光光强亦较白光的高。在蓝光光强低时,气体交换速率(μmol,m~(-2),s~(-1))与光强(μmol,m~(-2),s~(-1))的关系为PN=13.54 PFD×10~(-3)—0.17,而气孔传导率(m mol,m~(-2),s~(-1))与光强(mμmol,m~(-2),s~(-1))的关系为G=80.5 PFD+4.35。在低的蓝光下,体交换速率和气孔传导率与光强关系曲线的直线部分斜率显著较在白光和红光下的低。罗伞叶片气体交换对红光的反应敏感。     

Osmotically inactive volume, hydraulic conductivity, and permeability to dimethyl sulphoxide of human mature oocytes

Controlled ovarian stimulation during an in vitro fertilization cycle usually produces large numbers of oocytes and, consequently, it is likely that more embryos will be generated than can be transferred in a given cycle. It is desirable to freeze-bank surplus oocytes before insemination to avoid the ethical and legal complications of disposing of or storing embryos. Although many attempts have been made to cryopreserve human oocytes, to date, post-thaw survival has been poor, and viable pregnancies after in vitro fertilization have been rare. A possible explanation for the lack of success is that the freezing methods have been adapted from animal studies but have not been optimized for the human oocyte. In this study, video microscopy was used to determine the volumetric responses of mature human oocytes to changes in osmolarity during preparation for freezing. A Boyle van't Hoff plot of data collected in static experiments with fresh human oocytes gave a value of 0.19 +/- 0.01 (mean +/- SEM) for the osmotically inactive volume. Dynamic measurements during exposure to dimethyl sulphoxide at room temperature (22 degrees C) were analysed by a two-parameter transport model and produced values of 1.30 x 10(-6) cm atm-1 s-1 for the hydraulic conductivity of the plasma membrane and 3.15 x 10(-5) cm s-1 for dimethyl sulphoxide permeability (chi-squared = 0.43, df = 20) of fresh human oocytes. Oocytes that had failed to fertilize had a slightly lower hydraulic conductivity and dimethyl sulphoxide permeability and, after exposure to 1.5 mol dimethyl sulphoxide l-1, these cells appeared to become permeable to normally impermeable solutes. These permeability properties have been used to design a protocol for the addition and removal of dimethyl sulphoxide to control the magnitude of volumetric changes.     

柚树(Citrus grandis)叶片光合作用对补增UV-B辐射的响应

生长在人工光照 4 0 0μmol m- 2 s- 1 下的柚树幼树光合速率的最大值为 1 0 .2± 0 .5μmol m- 2 s- 1 ;而补增UV-B辐射 ( 3.8-4 .2μW cm- 2 ,2 4 5～ 2 97nm,4 5d)的叶片则为 6.4± 0 .8μmol m- 2 s- 1 ,较对照植株降低37.2 %。对照植物的表观量子产率 (固定 mol CO2 mol- 1量子 )为 0 .0 75± 0 .0 1 2 ,而经 UV-B辐射处理植株则为0 .0 4 1± 0 .0 0 8,明显较对照植株低。UV-B辐射处理使植株叶片的光呼吸和不包括光呼吸的 CO2 补偿点增高。对照植株叶片的最大值的 CO2 羧化速率 (μmol m- 2 s- 1 )为 57.1± 1 .5μmol m- 2 s- 1 ,较 UV-B辐射处理的高30 .9% ,而 UV-B辐射处理的植株的光合电子传递速率较对照低 30 %。同时 UV-B辐射植株叶片有较低的光能转化效率 ,其较对照低 39.1 % ,叶片亦含有较低的叶绿素含量。结果表明 ,UV-B辐射明显抑制叶片光合羧化速率和光合电子传递速率 ,UV-B辐射可能抑制包括 Rubisco羧化作用在内的多个光合生理过程 ,降低叶片光合速率。柚树叶片对 UV-B辐射敏感 ,选育抗 UV-B辐射的柚树品种势在必行。     

不同土地利用对土壤有机碳储量及土壤呼吸的影响

为了探讨土地利用方式对土壤碳储及土壤呼吸的影响,对安徽沿淮洼地杞柳纯林、杞柳-杨树混交林及杨树纯林3种不同土地利用方式下土壤有机碳储量及土壤呼吸特点进行了比较。结果表明:杞柳纯林、杞柳-杨树混交林、杨树纯林0～30cm土壤有机碳含量分别为6.80、8.50和7.71g·kg-1,土壤有机碳密度分别为2.88、3.26和2.95kg·m-2,土壤有机碳含量和土壤碳密度随土层深度的增加而降低。不同土地利用类型土壤呼吸年平均值分别为1.68μmol·m-2·s-1(杞柳纯林)、2.33μmol·m-2·s-1(杞柳-杨树混交林)、1.61μmol·m-2·s-1(杨树纯林),土壤呼吸日均值最高出现在夏季(6.64μmol·m-2·s-1),最低为冬季(0.13μmol·m-2·s-1)。相关分析表明,土壤呼吸速率与地表气温之间呈显著的指数关系,杞柳纯林、杞柳-杨树混交林、杨树纯林的相关系数R2分别为0.71、0.62、0.54。杞柳-杨树混交林较杞柳纯林有利于土壤有机碳的固定,杞柳纯林土壤有机碳储量偏低,与其粗放经营有关。在今后的栽植管理中,应采取合理的耕作施肥措施,在提高土壤肥力的同时增强土壤的碳固定。     

西双版纳山地三种土地利用方式的旱季土壤呼吸

为了解西双版纳山地不同土地利用方式土壤呼吸旱季变化特征,本研究对古树茶园、台地茶园和次生林中土壤呼吸速率及其相关因素进行定位观测。结论如下：三种土地利用方式土壤呼吸速率日变化有显著的差异性（P<0.05）;土壤呼吸速率日最高值大多出现在14∶00-16∶00;旱雨季交错期是土壤呼吸速率和土壤湿度变化最剧烈的阶段;土壤呼吸速率日均值表现为古树茶园（2.62μmol·m-2s-1）<台地茶园（2.73μmol·m-2s-1）<次生林（3.01μmol·m-2s-1）;土壤湿度过高和过低都会阻碍土壤呼吸的进行;三种土地利用方式土壤呼吸速率均与土壤湿度(0~10cm)和空气日均温具有相关关系;降水会引起土壤呼吸较大的波动。     

NaCl胁迫对互花米草细胞膜和光响应曲线特征参数的影响

以大米草的互花米草为材料,研究了不同盐浓度对其细胞膜透性、丙二醛(MDA)含量和光响应曲线的特征参数的变化情况。结果表明:盐浓度低于300mmol·L-1时,互花米草细胞膜透性和MDA含量较对照组无显著差异;其较高的最大光合速率(>30μmol·m-2·s-1),表观量子效率(>0.05mol·mol-1Photons)以及较低的暗呼吸速率(<1.5μmolCO2·m-2·s-1)和光补偿点(<20μmol·m-2·s-1)为其有机物质积累、竞争、建立种群并扩散提供条件。盐浓度高于500mmol·L-1时,互花米草膜透性和MDA含量显著上升,最大光合速率(Amax)及表观量子效率(Q)显著下降,暗呼吸速率(Rday)和光补偿点(LCP)上升。表明细胞膜和光合作用有关酶受到迫害,抑制了其正常生长。盐胁迫下互花米草光合速率降低,但蒸腾速率的显著下降提高了单叶水分利用效率,从而部分缓解了渗透势变化对细胞的迫害,为其生存和生长提供条件。     

干旱沙区２种梨树光合特性的研究

通过对沙地栽培的苹果梨和锦丰梨２种梨树光合速率(Pn)日变化、季节变化的测度研究表明,苹果梨Ｐn日变化呈单峰曲线,峰值出现在上午９：００为１０．１５８μmol.m^-2.s^-1.。锦丰梨Ｐn变化呈双峰曲线,和一峰值在上午９：００,第二峰值在下午１３：００,第一峰值高于第二峰值Ｐn分别为１４．５６６μmol.m^-2.s^-1.和１０．９７２μmol.m^-2.s^-1.。并分析得出２种梨树Ｐn与其蒸腾速率（ＴＲＡＮ）、胞间ＣＯ２浓度（ＣＩＮＴ）、水平气压缺（ＶＰＤ）等影响因子之间存在着极显著相关关系和回归方程,以及２种梨树的水分利用效率（ＷＵＥ）。     

不同光照强度和温度对金钗石斛生长的影响

为了系统地研究不同光照强度下温度对金钗石斛(Dendrobium nobile)生长的影响,在金钗石斛分蘖期,于80μmol·m-2·s-1、160μmol·m-2·s-1、320μmol·m-2·s-1、640μmol·m-2·s-1的不同光强下,各设置5个温度(15℃、20℃、25℃、30℃、35℃)梯度对石斛进行处理。结果表明：石斛的生长与代谢随温度由低到高,表现出弱—强—弱的变化规律;80μmol·m-2·S-1光强下,石斛生长以25～30℃较为适宜;160μmol·m-2·s-1光强下则以20～25℃为适宜温度范围;320μmol·m-2·s-1与640μmol·m-2·s-1的中、强光照下,25℃处理石斛的生长优势尤为明显;不同光强下,石斛鲜重的增长大多以25℃处理更快,繁殖力则以20℃与25℃处理较高,各光强下的MDA含量随温度升高而先降后升,且均以25℃最低;可溶性蛋白质、可溶性总糖及叶绿素含量则表现出随温度由低到高而先增后减的趋势,其含量最高点均出现在25℃左右;净光合速率和叶绿素含量随光强和温度的变化趋势基本一致;各种光强下的暗呼吸速率均随温度升高而增大。因此,在不同的光照条件下,石斛生长的适宜温度均在25℃左右。光温处理引起石斛生理生化过程明显的相应变化表现出：高温和弱光照条件有利于石斛的株高增长,但不利于产量和质量提高;石斛的生长与MDA含量呈显著负相关(r80＝-0.9082、r160＝-0.9816、r320＝-0.8075、r640＝-0.8586),与可溶性糖含量呈一定正相关(r80＝0.7673、r160＝0.8892、r320＝0.8179、r640＝0.9278),并且石斛的生长与可溶性蛋白质含量、叶绿素含量、光合速率之间的变化趋势基本一致。     

胡杨不同叶形光合特性、水分利用效率及其对加富CO2的响应

 胡杨（Populus euphratica Oliv.）叶形多变化,大致归纳为杨树叶（卵圆形叶）和柳树叶（披针形叶）两大类。在内蒙古额济纳旗胡杨林自然保护区,选择成年树同时具有卵圆形叶和披针形叶的标准株,将枝条拉至同一高度,通过活体测定,比较了其光合特征、水分利用效率及对CO2加富的响应。结果表明：在目前大气CO2浓度下,当光强为1 000 μmol·m－2·s－1时,卵圆形叶（成年树主要叶片）（A）和披针形叶（成年树下部萌条叶片）(B)的净光合速率（Pn）分别为16.40 μmol CO2·m－2·s－1和9.38 μmol CO2·m－2·s－1;水分利用效率（WUE）分别为1.52 mmol CO2·mol－1 H2O和1.18 mmol CO2·mol－1 H2O;A的光饱和点和补偿点分别为1 600 μmol·m－2·s－1和79 μmol·m－2·s－1,B的相对应值则为1 500 μmol·m m－2·s－1和168 μmol·m－2·s－1。当CO2浓度加富到450 μmol·mol－1时,A的光饱和点升高了150 μmol·m－2·s－1,光补偿点降低了36 μmol·m－2·s－1;而B的光饱和点降低了272 μmol·m－2·s－1,光补偿点则升高了32 μmol·m－2·s－1。这表明,柳树叶的光合效率较低,以维持生长为主;随着树体长大,柳树叶难以维系其生长,出现杨树叶,杨树叶更能耐大气干旱,光合效率高,通过积累光合产物,使胡杨在极端逆境下得以生存并能达到较高的生长量,这就是胡杨从幼苗到成年树叶形变化的原因。随着CO2加富,两种叶片表现出截然相反的响应,柳树叶的光合时间缩短,光能利用率减小;而杨树叶的光合时间延长,光能利用率提高。如果地下水位下降,近地层空气变干燥,或随着大气CO2浓度升高,气候变暖,柳树叶可能会逐渐减少以至消失。     

Total conversion of bifunctional catalase-peroxidase (KatG) to monofunctional peroxidase by exchange of a conserved distal side tyrosine

Catalase-peroxidases (KatGs) are unique peroxidases exhibiting a high catalase activity and a peroxidase activity with a wide range of artificial electron donors. Exchange of tyrosine 249 in Synechocystis KatG, a distal side residue found in all as yet sequenced KatGs, had dramatic consequences on the bifunctional activity and the spectral features of the redox intermediate compound II. The Y249F variant lost catalase activity but retained a peroxidase activity (substrates o-dianisidine, pyrogallol, guaiacol, tyrosine, and ascorbate) similar to the wild-type protein. In contrast to wild-type KatG and similar to monofunctional peroxidases, the formation of the redox intermediate compound I could be followed spectroscopically even by addition of equimolar hydrogen peroxide to ferric Y249F. The corresponding bimolecular rate constant was determined to be (1.1 +/- 0.1) x 107 m-1 s-1 (pH 7 and 15 degrees C), which is typical for most peroxidases. Additionally, for the first time a clear transition of compound I to an oxoferryl-like compound II with peaks at 418, 530, and 558 nm was monitored when one-electron donors were added to compound I. Rate constants of reaction of compound I and compound II with tyrosine ((5.0 +/- 0.3) x 104 m-1 s-1 and (1.7 +/- 0.4) x 102 m-1 s-1) and ascorbate ((1.3 +/- 0.2) x 104 m-1 s-1 and (8.8 +/- 0.1) x 101 m-1 s-1 at pH 7 and 15 degrees C) were determined by using the sequential stopped-flow technique. The relevance of these findings is discussed with respect to the bifunctional activity of KatGs and the recently published first crystal structure.     

Chloroplast Movement in the Shade Plant Tradescantia albiflora Helps Protect Photosystem II against Light Stress

The role of high-light-induced chloroplast movement in the photoprotection of the facultative shade plant Tradescantia albiflora was investigated by comparison with pea (Pisum sativum L.) leaves, both grown in 50 [mu]mol photons m-2 s-1. Photoinactivation of photosystem II (PSII) in vivo was induced in 1.1% CO2 by varying either duration (0-2 h) of illumination (fixed at 1800 [mu]mol m-2 s-1) or irradiance (0-3000 [mu]mol m-2 s-1) at a fixed duration (1 h) after infiltration of leaves with water or lincomycin (an inhibitor of chloroplast-encoded protein synthesis). At all photon exposures, PSII of T. albiflora leaves showed a greater resistance to light stress than pea leaves, although both utilization of absorbed light by photosynthesis and psbA gene product synthesis were smaller than for pea leaves. This greater tolerance was not due to differences in PSII antenna size or the index of susceptibility of PSII to light stress, because these two parameters were comparable in both plants. However, the transmittance increase mediated by chloroplast movement was greater in T. albiflora than pea, resulting in a 10% decrease of absorbed light at high light. We suggest that the greater tolerance of PSII against light stress in T. albiflora may be partly ascribed to its light-induced chloroplast rearrangement.     

Membrane-mediated assembly of the prothrombinase complex

Prothrombinase assembly was studied on macroscopic planar bilayers consisting of 20% dioleoyl-phosphatidylserine (DOPS) and 80% dioleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DOPC). The dissociation constant for the binding of factor Xa to the bilayer, measured by ellipsometry, was Kd = 47 +/- 8 nM (mean +/- S.D.) and this value was lowered to Kd = 2.2 +/- 0.3 pM by preadsorption of factor Va. This latter value was determined from direct measurement of steady-state thrombin production. A comparable value of Kd = 1.0 +/- 0.1 pM was found by repeating these experiments in suspensions of phospholipid vesicles, and it was verified that prothrombinase assembly was not influenced by the addition of prothrombin. Using a minute amount (0.094 fmol cm-2) of preadsorbed factor Va, it was found that the rate of prothrombinase assembly exceeds the rate of collisions between Xa molecules from the buffer and the sparse Va molecules on the bilayer. Apparently, factor Xa adsorbs first to the membrane and then associates rapidly with factor Va by lateral diffusion. The data indicate almost instantaneous equilibrium of this complex formation on the surface with a lower limit for the bimolecular rate constant of kon = 2.8 x 10(13) (mol/cm2)-1 s-1. In suspensions of small phospholipid vesicles, prothrombinase assembly is collisionally limited and the value of kon should be proportional to vesicle diameter. This was verified with a method for estimation of kon values from thrombin generation curves. Values of 0.36 x 10(9) and 1.6 x 10(9) M-1 s-1 were found for vesicles of 20-30- and 60-80-nm diameter, respectively.     

Photosystem II Excitation Pressure and Development of Resistance to Photoinhibition (I. Light-Harvesting Complex II Abundance and Zeaxanthin Content in Chlorella vulgaris)

The basis of the increased resistance to photoinhibition upon growth at low temperature was investigated. Photosystem II (PSII) excitation pressure was estimated in vivo as 1 - qp (photochemical quenching). We established that Chlorella vulgaris exposed to either 5[deg]C/150 [mu]mol m-2 s-1 or 27[deg]C/2200 [mu]mol m-2 s-1 experienced a high PSII excitation pressure of 0.70 to 0.75. In contrast, Chlorella exposed to either 27[deg]C/150 [mu]mol m-2 s-1 or 5[deg]C/20 [mu]mol m-2 s-1 experienced a low PSII excitation pressure of 0.10 to 0.20. Chlorella grown under either regime at high PSII excitation pressure exhibited: (a) 3-fold higher light-saturated rates of O2 evolution; (b) the complete conversion of PSII[alpha] centers to PSII[beta] centers; (c) a 3-fold lower epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle intermediates; (d) a 2.4-fold higher ratio of chlorophyll a/b; and (e) a lower abundance of light-harvesting polypeptides than Chlorella grown at either regime at low PSII excitation pressure. In addition, cells grown at 5[deg]C/150 [mu]mol m-2 s-1 exhibited resistance to photoinhibition comparable to that of cells grown at 27[deg]C/2200 [mu]mol m-2 s-1 and were 3- to 4-fold more resistant to photoinhibition than cells grown at either regime at low excitation pressure. We conclude that increased resistance to photoinhibition upon growth at low temperature reflects photosynthetic adjustment to high excitation pressure, which results in an increased capacity for nonradiative dissipation of excess light through zeaxanthin coupled with a lower probability of light absorption due to reduced chlorophyll per cell and decreased abundance of light-harvesting polypeptides.     

Water transporting properties of hepatocyte basolateral and canalicular plasma membrane domains

Previous work from our laboratory supports an important role for aquaporins (AQPs), a family of water channel proteins, in bile secretion by hepatocytes. To further define the pathways and molecular mechanisms for water movement across hepatocytes, we directly assessed osmotic water permeability (Pf) and activation energy (Ea) in highly purified, rat hepatocytes basolateral membrane vesicles (BLMV) and canalicular membrane (CMV) vesicles by measuring scattered light intensity using stopped-flow spectrophotometry. The time course of scattered light for BLMV and CMV fit well to a single-exponential function. In BLMV, Pf was 108 +/- 4 mum.s-1 (25 degrees C) with an Ea of 7.7 kcal/mol; in CMV, Pf was 86 +/- 5 mum.s-1 (25 degrees C) with an Ea of 8.0 kcal/mol. The AQP blocker, dimethyl sulfoxide, significantly inhibited the Pf of both basolateral (81 +/- 4 mum.s-1; -25%) and canalicular (59 +/- 4 mum.s-1; -30%) membrane vesicles. When CMV were isolated from hepatocytes treated with dibutyryl cAMP, a double-exponential fit was needed, implying two functionally different vesicle populations; one population had Pf and Ea values similar to those of CMV from untreated hepatocytes, but the other population had a very high Pf (655 +/- 135 mum.s-1, 25 degrees C) and very low Ea (2.8 kcal/mol). Dimethyl sulfoxide completely inhibited the high Pf value in this second vesicle population. In contrast, Pf and Ea of BLMV were unaltered by cAMP treatment of hepatocytes. Our results are consistent with the presence of both lipid- and AQP-mediated pathways for basolateral and canalicular water movement across the hepatocyte plasma membrane barrier. Our data also suggest that the hepatocyte canalicular membrane domain is rate-limiting for transcellular water transport and that this domain becomes more permeable to water when hepatocytes are exposed to a choleretic agonist, presumably by insertion of AQP molecules. These data suggest a molecular mechanism for the efficient coupling of osmotically active solutes and water transport during canalicular bile formation.     

Deoxygenation affects fluorescence photobleaching recovery measurements of red cell membrane protein lateral mobility.

We have used the fluorescence photobleaching recovery technique to study the dependence on oxygen tension of the lateral mobility of fluorescently labeled band 3, the phospholipid analogue fluorescein phosphatidylethanolamine, and glycophorins in normal red blood cell membranes. Band 3 protein and sialic acid moieties on glycophorins were labeled specifically with eosin maleimide and fluorescein thiosemicarbazide, respectively. The band 3 diffusion rate increased from 1.7 x 10(-11) cm2 s-1 to 6.0 x 10(-11) cm2 s-1 as oxygen tension was decreased from 156 to 2 torr, and a further increase to 17 x 10(-11) cm2 s-1 occurred as oxygen tension was decreased from 2 to 0 torr. The fractional mobility of band 3 decreased from 58 to 32% as oxygen tension was decreased from 156 to 0 torr. The phospholipid diffusion coefficient remained constant as oxygen tension was decreased from 156 to 20 torr, but increased from 2.3 x 10(-9) cm2 s-1 to 7.1 x 10(-9) cm2 s-1 as oxygen tension was decreased from 20 to 0 torr. Neither the diffusion coefficient nor the fractional mobility of glycophorins changed significantly at low oxygen tension. Under non-bleaching excitation conditions, intensities of fluorescence emission were identical for oxygenated and deoxygenated eosin-labeled RBCs. Deoxygenated eosin-labeled RBCs required 160-fold greater laser intensities than did oxygenated RBCs to achieve comparable extents of photobleaching, however. Oxygen seems to act as a facilitator of fluorophore photobleaching and may thereby protect the fluorescently labeled red cell membrane from photodamage.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

光照强度对小麦苗期草酸氧化酶活性的影响

以小麦品种‘烟优361’(Triticum aestivum L.cv.Yanyou 361)萌发4 d幼苗为试验材料,分析了草酸氧化酶(OxO)在幼苗中的定位和表达,以及光照强度处理对小麦幼苗OxO活性的影响。实验结果显示,萌发后小麦幼苗的OxO分布在子叶与根的连接处和成熟的根中,其活性随光照强度的增加而下降;200μmol.m-2.s-1的强光显著抑制了OxO活性,该处理培养4 d幼苗的OxO活性仅为40μmol.m-2.s-1光照培养条件下的18.7%;强光还缩短OxO在苗期的表达时间,抑制了OxO的mRNA表达量。同时,光照强度还能影响小麦幼苗中H2O2的含量,200μmol.m-2.s-1处理幼苗的H2O2的含量显著下降,其培养4 d的幼苗H2O2含量仅为40μmol.m-2.s-1光照强度培养条件下的18.0%。研究发现,光照强度可通过调节OxO的活性和表达量来控制H2O2的产量,从而影响幼苗的生长发育。     

Glutaraldehyde treatment of proteinaceous gas vesicles from cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae

As potential gas microcarriers, gas vesicles (GVs) were isolated from cultures of the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae and treated with glutaraldehyde. The effects of glutaraldehyde treatment on the stability of GVs, against elevated temperatures (40-121 degrees C) and protein-stripping agents such as urea and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), were then examined with the pressure collapse curves generated using pressure nephelometry. The treatment was very beneficial to GVs against the exposure to SDS and urea; however, it did not make the evolution-optimized vesicle structure stronger or more temperature-resistant. In the presence of these protein-stripping agents, the treated vesicles had higher median (50%) collapse pressures (by > or =1 atm) than the untreated ones, at both room temperature and 40 degrees C. This increase has been presumably attributed to the cross-linking of the large GvpC protein to the ribbed GvpA shell, thereby resisting the stripping of GvpC that provides the primary mechanical strength to the vesicle wall. The glutaraldehyde treatment also restored the strength of GVs weakened by a 5-week storage in a refrigerator and, therefore, is expected to improve the stability of GVs for long-term storage. GVs could not be autoclaved. If necessary for the intended applications, glutaraldehyde treatment may also serve to chemically sterilize the vesicles, with the glutaraldehyde subsequently removed by dialysis.     

亚热带季风阔叶林不同林地几种植物光合作用的比较研究

比较了亚热带季风阔叶林不同林地几种植物的叶特性、叶含氮量、叶绿素含量、光合速率和气孔对CO_2的传导率,表明疏林的桃金娘(Rhodomyrtus tomentoso)和荷树(Schima superba)的叶厚和栅栏组织厚度较九节(Psychotria rubra)小,但单位面积干重较九节大,叶含氮量(N mg/g干重)较密林的罗伞(Ardisia quinquegona)低,疏林的桃金娘和荷树的光合作用饱和光强为600和550 μmol 光量子m~(-2),S~(-1),光补偿点分别为12和20 μmol,光量子m~(-2),s~(-1),两种植物的平均最大光合速率分别为11.9±0.4和7.5±1.8 μol CO_2,m~(-2),S~(-1),光合量子产率分别为0.056和0.048,而密林的罗伞光合速率变化对光强变化反应敏感,暗呼吸速率较低。光补偿点为5μmol,光量子m~(-2),S~(-1),显著低于疏林植物,疏林植物有着较高的Ci/Ca值和水分利用效率。亚热带季风阔叶林的不同林地的植物有着不同的光合作用特性,这可能与植物生境的光状况有关。     

野外条件下光强对盾叶薯蓣影响的初步研究

通过在野外栽培条件下的笼罩实验(4个光强等级1855～2104,913～1004,525～615,141～215μmol*m-2*s-1),发现光强影响盾叶薯蓣的根状茎发芽率、叶面积、叶片丙二醛(MDA)含量、叶片过氧化物酶活性(POD)、叶片含水量以及整个植株的生物量.弱光可能因带入的热能少而对根状茎发芽不利.叶片含水量随光照强度的降低而增多.叶面积随光照强度的减小而增加,在525～615μmol*m-2*s-1光强下,盾叶薯蓣叶片的MDA含量最低,POD活性最低,地上生物量最高,对于地下部分而言,最适光强是913～1004μ*mol*m-2*s-1,在此光强下,根状茎生物量增加近3倍.故在生产中,一定程度的强光逆境是有利的.