滤减UV-B辐射对烤烟蛋白质组变化的影响

为研究不同UV-B辐射强度对烤烟生理代谢及调控途径的影响,应用蛋白质双向电泳联用质谱技术,以云南普遍种植的烤烟K326为试验材料,通过覆盖不同透明薄膜滤减UV-B辐射的方式,对75.8%(聚乙烯膜,处理1)和37.5%(麦拉膜,处理2)UV-B辐射透过率处理下K326的蛋白质组和相关生理性状进行了比较。结果表明:在蛋白质组中有10个蛋白在这两类处理下蛋白差异表达显著;与处理1相比,在处理2的K326叶片中有5个蛋白上调表达,5个蛋白下调表达;通过质谱分析共鉴定出8种功能明确的蛋白质,其中差异表达的10个蛋白中有3个与氧化还原相关,3个与光合作用相关,1个是参与能量代谢的激酶蛋白,1个是RNA结合蛋白,另外还有2个未知功能的蛋白待探明,在蛋白质组水平对不同UV-B辐射强度与烤烟生长发育的关系进行了初步研究;而在K326的生理成熟期、过渡期及工艺成熟期,处理2的净光合速率(Pn)均高于处理1,这与所鉴定出的3个与光合作用有光的蛋白在处理2中上调表达趋势一致;相比之下,处理1的K326发育进程较快,茎粗等形态指标及比叶重均比处理2高。     

水稻叶片对镉胁迫响应的蛋白质差异表达

为揭示水稻镉抗性的分子机理,以抗镉水稻品种P1312777和镉敏感水稻品种IR24为材料,在镉离子浓度为0(对照)、50和100 μmol·L-1条件下水培处理7 d,应用蛋白质组学方法分析了2种水稻叶片对镉胁迫响应的蛋白质差异表达.结果表明:镉胁迫下水稻PI312777叶片中共检测到差异表达蛋白质点31个,通过MALDI-TOF/MS分析,鉴定了其中的24个蛋白质(包括20个不同蛋白质,4个重复检出蛋白质);IR24叶片中共检测到差异表达蛋白质点19个,其中15个蛋白质得到鉴定.PI312777叶片鉴定出的20个蛋白质覆盖了IR24叶片鉴定的15个蛋白质,前者有4个与光合作用相关,11个与细胞防御代谢相关,3个与其他代谢相关,2个为功能未知蛋白.与对照相比,不同浓度镉胁迫下,抗镉水稻PI312777叶片中热激蛋白、谷胱甘肽还原酶、蛋白酶体α亚基6型、果糖1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶、硫氧还蛋白和DNA重组修复蛋白均上调表达;镉敏感水稻IR24叶片中热激蛋白、谷胱甘肽还原酶、蛋白酶体α亚基6型的表达无显著差异,果糖1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶和硫氧还蛋白则下调表达.此外,DNA重组修复蛋白仅在镉胁迫的PI312777叶片中表达.水稻PI312777比IR24具有更强的镉抗性与这些差异表达的蛋白质密切相关.     

增强UV-B辐射对拟南芥叶肉细胞蛋白的影响

采用不同剂量的UV-B辐射处理4周龄的野生型拟南芥幼苗(Columbia-0),分别采用丙酮沉淀法和TCA-丙酮法提取其叶肉细胞中的蛋白质,进而研究分析拟南芥叶肉细胞中蛋白质的含量与组成对不同强度UV-B辐射的响应。结果显示,两种方法相比较,TCA-丙酮法所提取得到的蛋白含量相对较多,更适合于分析增强UV-B辐射对拟南芥叶肉细胞蛋白质的影响;而两种方法所提取得到的蛋白质含量的变化趋势相同,随着UV-B辐射剂量的增加,蛋白质含量呈先增加后减少的趋势,B₂组达到了最大。此外,蛋白条带的数目和表达量也都发生了显著变化,同样也是以中剂量处理组（B₂组）变化最为明显,既有新增条带,又有消失条带。这可能是由于拟南芥在受到低剂量的UV-B辐射时,可以激活自身一些抗性基因的表达而诱导产生抗性蛋白,进而抵御UV-B的伤害;而当受到高剂量的UV-B辐射时,损伤自身的蛋白质合成途径,影响蛋白的合成。     

He-Ne激光和增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗蛋白质代谢的影响

采用He-Ne激光(5 mW.mm-2)和增强UV-B(10.08 kJ.m-2.d-1)辐照‘晋麦8号’小麦幼苗,5 d后测定各处理组小麦叶片的蛋白酶、转氨酶活性以及可溶性蛋白质含量与组成的变化。结果显示,增强UV-B辐射使小麦叶片蛋白酶活性极显著升高,转氨酶活性降低,可溶性蛋白质含量极显著下降,蛋白质谱带增加;单独He-Ne激光处理使蛋白酶活性下降,转氨酶活性升高,可溶性蛋白质含量增加,对蛋白质条带影响不明显;与单独UV-B辐射相比,经He-Ne激光辐照和UV-B辐射复合处理后,蛋白酶的活性明显降低,转氨酶的活性增加,可溶性蛋白质含量增加,并且使UV-B辐射诱导出的新带减弱或消失。研究发现,增强UV-B辐射能减弱小麦幼苗蛋白代谢中正常基因的表达,但又激活了一些抗性基因的表达而诱导产生新的胁迫蛋白;一定剂量的He-Ne激光辐照可解除UV-B对小麦幼苗正常基因表达的抑制而使其蛋白质代谢加强。     

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。     

陆生植物体内酶系统对UV-B辐射增强的响应

臭氧层减薄导致地表中波紫外线UV-B(280～320 nm)辐射的增强,UV-B辐射能量远高于可见光,且能被植物体内蛋白质和核酸等生物大分子吸收.酶是植物体内起催化作用的一类蛋白质,酶的数量和活性对UV-B辐射增强有强烈的响应.本文将近年来增强UV-B辐射对植物体内酶影响的研究工作进行了综述.主要包括抗氧化酶、核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶、硝酸还原酶和谷氨酰胺合成酶.并就今后该方面的研究提出建议.     

UV-B辐射对小麦叶片蛋白的影响

为研究增强的UV-B辐射对植物的影响,选取了生长于中国北方的经济作物冬小麦为研究对象,采用双向电泳的方法,分析了经UV-B辐射后小麦叶片蛋白的变化。结果显示,经UV-B辐射后,第4天、第8天的小麦叶片蛋白变化明显,双向电泳图谱显示发现15个蛋白差异点;通过质谱鉴定了3个蛋白差异点,分别为铜/锌过氧化物歧化酶、钙调素、Rubiso大亚基结合蛋白α亚基。结果表明增强的UV-B辐射可以通过调节小麦叶片基因编码蛋白而调节植物生长。     

补增UV-B辐射对香蕉叶片光合作用和叶氮在光合碳循环组分中分配的影响

补增UV－B辐射的香蕉叶片光下呼吸速率（Rd））和不包括光下呼吸的CO2补偿点（г*）,分别为0.33μmol·m-2·s-1和46.5μl·L-1,较对照植株分别高5.6％和10.0％。在较高CO2浓度（>340μl·L-1）条件下的An/θp关系最初直线部分斜率,即表观量子产率(α-A)为0.023±0.007,而补增UV-B辐射处理的植株则降低13.0％,光能转换效率（δ）亦降低28.6％,表明UV-B辐射明显降低αA和δ。在高θp（1100μmol·m-2·s-1）和Ci<200μl·L-1条件下,对照植株的An/Ci关系为An=0.028Ci+1.44,补增UV-B辐射处理的植株则为An=0.021Ci+1.01,UV-B辐射降低羧化限制速率。最大羧化速率（Vcmax）和电子传导速率的光饱和值（Jmax）亦较低,补增UV-B辐射的叶片,叶氮在Rubisco的分配系数（PR）和叶氮在生物力能学组分的分配系数（PB）分别较对照低8.1％和3.0％,叶氮分配到类囊体膜捕光色素蛋白组分的则略见增高,UV-B辐射降低叶氮在光合循环组分的分配。     

增强UV-B辐射和干旱对春小麦光合作用及其生长的影响

在室外盆栽条件下研究了UV-B辐射和土壤干旱对春小麦 '和尚头'生长和光合作用的影响.结果显示:(1)干旱、UV-B辐射、干旱+UV-B(复合)处理均可使叶片类黄酮含量增加,且干旱+UV-B处理增加显著高于其他处理(P<0.05).UV-B辐射和干旱单独处理均能显著降低叶片光合色素含量,但UV-B辐射的副作用大于干旱,复合处理对光合色素的影响介于UV-B和干旱之间.(2)各处理间的光合速率日均值大小次序为:对照>UV-B+干旱>UV-B>干旱;增强UV-B对净光合速率的抑制作用大于干旱,而UV-B+干旱处理的抑制作用较二者单独处理有所减轻.(3)UV-B辐射和干旱单独处理后总生物量比对照减少15%,且抑制作用为:干旱>UV-B>复合处理; UV-B辐射和干旱胁迫不但影响春小麦的生物量,而且影响小穗特征和产量.研究表明,UV-B辐射和干旱之间存在交互作用,说明一种胁迫可以减缓(轻)另外一种胁迫对春小麦的抑制作用.     

UV-B辐射增强对马铃薯叶片结构及光合参数的影响

叶片作为植物进行光合作用的主要器官,在长期进化过程中形成了对不同光照环境条件的形态可塑性和相应的适应机制,以保证植物能在变化的、非适宜环境下的生存与繁衍。随着大气臭氧层衰减引起地表UV-B辐射增强,其对植物叶片结构和光合作用的影响显著,但这种气候变化趋势对马铃薯叶片形态结构、光合作用的影响尚不明确。设置增强UV-B辐射2.5 kJm~(-2)d~(-1)(T1)、5.0 kJm~(-2)d~(-1)(T2)、自然光(CK)3个处理,以6个马铃薯品种(系)为材料,研究增强辐射对不同基因型马铃薯叶片结构和光合参数的影响。结果表明:增强的UV-B辐射使马铃薯叶片解剖结构不同程度增厚,叶片厚度增加;叶片气孔和非腺毛的密度增加明显,腺毛有增多倾向。扫描电镜显示处理后的近轴面叶片角质层厚度增加,蜡质晶体增多,但表皮细胞变小且失水萎缩,细胞轮廓模糊;气孔、腺毛及非腺毛附属结构受胁迫影响呈萎缩状态。透射电镜显示处理后的叶肉细胞中基粒类囊体肿胀,结构层次紊乱,胁迫引起细胞质壁分离,细胞壁扭曲并有较多的沉淀物;部分品种过氧化物酶体可见清晰的过氧化氢酶晶体。叶片缩小增厚、腺毛增多、角质层和蜡质增厚、胞内积累过氧化氢酶的形态适应和生理响应并未能有效减少UV-B辐射对光合参数和光合效率的影响,合作88、丽薯6号、师大6号的净光合速率、气孔导度等参数均受到抑制,光能利用效率明显降低,属于UV-B辐射敏感型品种;剑川红21-3、21-1和转心乌3个品种(系)的相关光合特性几乎不受影响,显示云南地方品种具有较强的UV-B辐射耐受性,有待于进一步从生理生化和分子水平探究更多的适应机制。     

Identification key for European strand-forming house-rot fungi

An identification key for 20 common strand-forming indoor wood decay fungi is given. The key is based on observations of material from affected buildings and on wood samples that have been incubated in the laboratory. The key is with macro- and microscopic photographs.     

Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of South Viet Nam

Between 1974 and 1978, 2,842 identifications of plant-parasitic nematodes were made from more than 1,700 soil and plant samples collected in eight provinces of South Viet Nam. Species in nine genera—Helicotylenchus, Criconemoides, Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, Tylenchorhynchus, Hoplolaimus, Hirschmanniella, Xiphinema, and Rotylenchulus—comprised 96.1% of the identifications; the remaining 3.9% were species of 11 genera. Fourteen genera were associated with rice which was grown on about 2,500,000 ha in 1970. Of these, Ditylenchus, Hirschmanniella, and Meloidogyne were most important. Ditylenchus angustus caused severe damage to about 50,000 ha of flooded rice in the Mekong Delta in 1976. Hirschmanniella spp. were found in all samples examined from flooded rice fields. Meloidogyne spp. were common in rice seedbeds, upland rice, and rice not kept flooded continuously. Meloidogyne and Pratylenchus spp. were found in roots of 22 of the 32 crop plants sampled. Little or no attempt was made in South Viet Nam to control nematodes.     

Two common and problematic leucochrysine species – Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider) and L. (L.) pretiosa (Banks) (Neuroptera,Chrysopidae): redescriptions and synonymies

We dedicate this article to the memory of Sergio de Freitas, FCAV-UNESP, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil (deceased, 2012). He was an active and enthusiastic Neuropterist and the cherished mentor and friend of Francisco Sosa.Leucochrysa McLachlan is the largest genus in the Chrysopidae, yet it has received relatively little taxonomic attention. We treat two problematic and common Leucochrysa species – Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider, 1851) and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa (Banks, 1910). Both are highly variable in coloration and were described before the systematic importance of chrysopid genitalia was recognized. Recent studies show that these species occur within a large complex of cryptic species and that they have accumulated a number of taxonomic problems. We identify new synonymies for each of the species–for Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) ampla (Walker, 1853), Leucochrysa internata (Walker, 1853), and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) walkerina Navás, 1913; for Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) erminea Banks, 1946. The synonymy of Leucochrysa delicata Navás, 1925 with Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa is stabilized by the designation of a neotype. The following species, which were previously synonymized with Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia or Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa, are reinstated as valid: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) phaeocephala Navás, 1929, Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) angrandi (Navás, 1911), and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) variata (Navás, 1913). To help stabilize Leucochrysa taxonomy, lectotypes are designated for Allochrysa pretiosa and Allochrysa variata. Finally, Leucochrysa vegana Navás, 1917 is considered a nomen dubium.     

Gene polymorphism analysis of Yersinia enterocolitica outer membrane protein A and putative outer membrane protein A family protein

Background

Yersinia enterocolitica outer membrane protein A (OmpA) is one of the major outer membrane proteins with high immunogenicity. We performed the polymorphism analysis for the outer membrane protein A and putative outer membrane protein A (p-ompA) family protein gene of 318 Y. enterocolitica strains.

Results

The data showed all the pathogenic strains and biotype 1A strains harboring ystB gene carried both ompA and p-ompA genes; parts of the biotype 1A strains not harboring ystB gene carried either ompA or p-ompA gene. In non-pathogenic strains (biotype 1A), distribution of the two genes and ystB were highly correlated, showing genetic polymorphism. The pathogenic and non-pathogenic, highly and weakly pathogenic strains were divided into different groups based on sequence analysis of two genes. Although the variations of the sequences, the translated proteins and predicted secondary or tertiary structures of OmpA and P-OmpA were similar.

Conclusions

OmpA and p-ompA gene were highly conserved for pathogenic Y. enterocolitica. The distributions of two genes were correlated with ystB for biotype 1A strains. The polymorphism analysis results of the two genes probably due to different bio-serotypes of the strains, and reflected the dissemination of different bio-serotype clones of Y. enterocolitica.     

Uniquely derived upper molar morphology of Eocene Amphipithecidae (Primates: Anthropoidea): Homology and phylogeny

The extinct Southeast Asian primate family Amphipithecidae is regularly cited in discussions of anthropoid origins, but its phylogenetic position remains controversial. In part, the lack of consensus regarding amphipithecid relationships can be attributed to uncertainty regarding the homology of upper molar structures in this group. Here, we describe a virtually pristine upper molar of Pondaungia cotteri from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar, which is the first example of a relatively unworn and well-preserved amphipithecid upper molar ever recovered. The distolingual upper molar cusp in this new specimen of Pondaungia appears to be a lingually displaced and enlarged metaconule, rather than a hypocone or pseudohypocone as previous workers have thought. Reassessment of the upper molar morphology of other amphipithecids and putative amphipithecids reveals a very similar pattern in Siamopithecus, Myanmarpithecus and Ganlea, all of which are interpreted as having upper molars showing many of the same derived features apparent in Pondaungia. In contrast, the upper molar morphology of Bugtipithecus diverges radically from that of undoubted amphipithecids, and the latter taxon is excluded from Amphipithecidae on this basis. Phylogenetic analyses of several character–taxon matrices culled from the recent literature and updated to reflect the new information on amphipithecid upper molar morphology yield similar results. Consensus tree topologies derived from these analyses support amphipithecid monophyly and stable relationships within Amphipithecidae. Amphipithecids appear to be stem members of the anthropoid clade.