拟南芥ASL25/LBD28基因过量表达对叶片形态建成的影响

为研究ASL25/LBD28基因在植物发育过程中的作用,该研究构建了拟南芥ASL25/LBD28的过量表达载体并将其转入野生型拟南芥中,结果发现,ASL25/LBD28基因的过量表达可导致转基因拟南芥的叶片变得狭长;在叶极性发育突变体as2中,ASL25/LBD28基因过量表达导致部分转基因植株在形成1～3片畸形叶后顶端分生组织的发育会终止;而许多转基因植株则会形成许多"针状"叶.扫描电镜观察表明,不正常的叶片近轴面或"针状"叶的表皮细胞具有远轴面化的长条形细胞,说明在as2突变体中过量表达ASL25/LBD28基因影响叶片的极性发育.     

高表达水稻WRKY72基因影响拟南芥生长素信号传导

植物转录调控因子WRKY基因家族是一个拥有众多成员的超家族,功能涵盖了植物生长发育的控制与抗病耐逆的调节。我们主要分析了OsWRKY72基因在外源植物拟南芥中的生物学功能。通过转基因拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)的遗传学研究发现外源高表达该基因不单明显地抑制转基因植株的顶端优势,增强植株侧枝的生长,还改变了转基因植株叶片和角果的发育。进一步分析证实,高表达OsWRKY72基因所导致转基因拟南芥植株的表型和其它生理现象都与生长素信号通路改变所导致的表型和生理变化极其相近。这些结果说明OsWRKY72基因在外源植物拟南芥体内高表达后很可能改变了其正常的生长素信号通路。     

大豆诱导型启动子驱动类受体蛋白激酶GmSARK转基因植物分析

植物LRR型类受体蛋白激酶在植物生命活动中发挥着重要作用。前期研究发现,大豆（Glycine max）LRR型类受体蛋白激酶基因GmSARK可能参与调控大豆叶片的衰老过程。利用CaMV35S启动子驱动组成型过表达GmSARK基因可导致转基因植株出现致死表型,据此构建了可诱导型启动子GVG驱动GmSARK基因过表达的双元表达载体,转化野生型拟南芥（Arabidopsis thaliana）并获得了多株转基因植株。研究结果表明,外源施加诱导物地塞米松可引起GmSARK基因在转基因植株中过表达,并导致转基因植株出现叶片变黄下卷和生长受抑制等表型;外源细胞分裂素处理可以抑制GmSARK的表达,但是不能逆转GmSARK过表达所引起的上述变化。     

干扰HD-zipnl家族成员OsHox33的表达加速水稻叶片的衰老

HD—ZipⅢ基因家族成员在植物生长发育中起重要作用,主要涉及调控植物胚的发育模式、茎顶端分生组织的形成、叶片极性的形成、维管系统的发育等多个方面．尤其在植物叶片的发育中起重要作用．尽管HD-ZipⅢ家族成员在陆生植物中高度保守,但基于拟南芥多重突变体的遗传分析揭示了HD-ZipⅢ家族的功能在进化过程中已有所分化．本文报道了一个HD-ZipⅢ家族成员OsHox33,并分析了其功能,研究结果表明,其在水稻叶片衰老中起重要作用．为了揭示OsHox33的功能,本研究构建两个特异的RNkd载体（一个干涉片段来自OsHox33的5’端,另一个来自OsHox33的3’非翻译区）干扰OsHox33的表达,结果表明,两个载体的转基因植株都展示了叶片早衰的相似表型,表明干扰OsHox33的表达加速了水稻叶片的衰老．pOsHox33：：GUS及RT．PCR分析表明,OsHox33在水稻幼嫩的器官中有较高的表达,尤其在茎顶端分生组织、居间分生组织及愈伤等幼嫩组织有较高的表达．不同时期叶片实时定量PCR分析表明,OsHox33在水稻幼叶中有较高的表达,但在衰老叶片中表达降低．另外,不同时期叶片叶绿体电子显微镜超微结构显示,OsHox33RNAi转基因植株加速了叶绿体结构的降解,与OsHox33RNAi转基因植株的表型相一致．基因表达调控结果显示,OsHox33可以调控水稻叶片衰老特性基因GSI和GS2的表达,干扰OsHox33的表达降低了GSl的表达,但增加了GS2的表达．本文对于HD—zipⅢ家族在植物生长发育中的功能提供了新的理解．     

拟南芥金属蛋白酶FtSH4通过生长素与活性氧调控叶片衰老

植物金属蛋白酶Ft SH基因家族在拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)中有12个成员,目前各基因的功能还不清楚。该文利用细胞生物学和遗传学方法初步分析了拟南芥FtSH4在叶片衰老中的功能。ftsh4-4突变体叶片中H_2O_2含量及细胞死亡率增加,叶绿素含量降低;此外,突变体中过氧化物酶基因表达上调,过氧化物酶活性增加,出现早衰表型。外源抗氧化剂As A、内源和外源生长素能够通过降低ftsh4-4体内H_2O_2含量、过氧化物酶基因的表达及过氧化物酶活性,恢复ftsh4-4叶片的衰老表型。ftsh4-4突变体中生长素响应因子基因ARF2和ARF7上调表达,外源生长素和抗氧化剂能够降低ARF2和ARF7的表达,并且ARF2突变能够降低ftsh4-4的H_2O_2含量并恢复其早衰表型。以上结果表明,FtSH4基因通过生长素与活性氧在调控植物叶片衰老中起重要作用。     

毛竹中NYE基因的分离及功能分析

AtNYE1是拟南芥叶片衰老过程中叶绿素降解的重要调控基因,本文用AtNYE1为诱饵基因,通过NCBI tblastn在毛竹的cDNA文库中找到3个与其相似性较高的cDNA全长序列,分别命名为PeNYE1、PeNYE2和PeNYE3。为了验证其是否具有AtNYE1相似的功能,分别将它们的编码区构建到带有花椰菜花叶病毒35S强启动子的植物表达载体上,并通过冻融法将这3个表达载体导入GV3101农杆菌。通过农杆菌介导法,将这3个基因分别在烟草叶片中瞬时表达及在拟南芥植株中稳定表达,结果显示,瞬时过表达和组成型过表达PeNYE1均导致了叶片的黄化,而瞬时或组成型过表达PeNYE2或PeNYE3均未观察到黄化表型。这些结果表明PeNYE1是毛竹中叶绿素降解的重要调控基因。     

拟南芥种皮色素形成突变体的筛选与表型鉴定

类黄酮在植物应答各种环境胁迫和种皮发育调控中起着重要作用。通过甲基磺酸乙酯（EMS）诱变筛选获得1个透明种皮突变体,与野生型拟南芥（Arabidopsis thaliana）(Col-0)相比,突变体成熟的种子颜色为黄色,其表型性状由隐性单基因控制。利用图位克隆和精细定位技术将突变基因定位于5号染色体MAH20的BAC上,是TT4(At5G13930)基因的第1 299位碱基C突变为T,使得第324位氨基酸甘氨酸突变为谷氨酸。TT4(transparent testa 4)编码1个类黄酮合成的结构基因查尔酮合酶（CHS）,突变后种皮透明,种子颜色为黄色,突变体命名为tt4-1。利用功能回补突变体恢复褐色种皮表型,进一步证明了TT4在调节种皮颜色发育过程的重要作用。启动子偶联GUS基因组织表达分析显示TT4基因在植株幼苗的根、茎、叶和花中均有表达,生理表型分析结果显示与野生型相比,突变体tt4-1种子萌发早,幼苗主根短、侧根和根毛较多,成苗叶片气孔开度大和失水率高等特性。该研究将为进一步阐述TT4基因功能奠定理论依据。     

抱茎独行菜MUM4基因的克隆及分析

抱茎独行菜(Lepidium perfoliatum L.)为十字花科具典型粘液繁殖体植物,为探究该植物中种皮粘液质基因（MUCILAGE-MODIFIED4,MUM4,该基因在拟南芥中编码NDP-L-鼠李糖合成酶)的功能,通过生物信息学分析设计引物克隆得到抱茎独行菜MUM4基因,命名为LpMUM4。同源比对分析结果表明,LpMUM4与拟南芥AtMUM4基因具有很高的一致性。qRT-PCR结果表明,该基因在抱茎独行菜各组织中均有表达,在角果和根中的表达量最高,且其表达量随角果的发育表现出渐强的趋势。免疫组织化学定位分析表明,LpMUM4基因于角果发育的早期阶段在内珠被和外珠被都有表达,而在外珠被的表皮和亚表皮中表达量更高,至角果发育的最后阶段,其表达集中于表皮和亚表皮层,这可能与抱茎独行菜的外珠被发育成种皮及粘液质的生成有关。将LpMUM4基因转化拟南芥,该基因的过表达对位于粘液质合成途径中的上游基因AtTTG1具有显著的抑制作用。表型比对观察显示,转基因拟南芥与其野生型植株形态无显著差异,这可能是因为抱茎独行菜种皮的发育和粘液质的形成是一个多基因调控的复杂过程,某一基因的过表达或许不会引起明显的表型变化。     

抱茎独行菜种皮粘液质相关基因TTG1的克隆、表达分析及功能鉴定

抱茎独行菜（Lepidium perfoliatum L.）为十字花科具典型粘液质繁殖体植物,而TTG1基因（Transpa-rent testa glabra 1）所编码的蛋白是调控种皮细胞分化并影响粘液质释放的转录因子。目前关于TTG1基因在粘液质繁殖体植物中的研究报道较少,为探究TTG1基因在抱茎独行菜粘液质发育中的作用,本研究利用同源克隆技术获得抱茎独行菜TTG1基因cDNA开放阅读框（ORF）序列,命名为LpTTG1。序列分析表明,该基因ORF全长为1032 bp,编码343个氨基酸,含有WD40基序;qRT-PCR分析结果显示,该基因在抱茎独行菜各组织中均有表达,反映了该基因功能的多样性;免疫组织化学定位结果表明,LpTTG1在种子发育过程中内珠被和外珠被的表达水平变化与外珠被粘液质的合成过程相一致,推测该基因可能参与调控抱茎独行菜种皮的发育及粘液质的形成。将LpTTG1基因转化拟南芥,该基因的过量表达显著促进了粘液质合成途径下游基因AtMUM4在角果中的表达,表明该基因有可能参与粘液质合成途径调控,并促进下游产物MUM4的产生。然而,对LpTTG1转基因拟南芥与野生型植株表型的比较发现,两者种子形态及粘液质分泌与释放方式均无显著差异,这可能是因为抱茎独行菜种皮发育和粘液质形成是一个多基因调控的复杂过程,某一基因的过量表达也许不会引起明显的表型变化。     

水稻OsMS2基因在花药发育中的功能分析

拟南芥MS2（MALE STERILITY2）是一个调控花药花粉发育的关键基因。水稻OsMS2（Os03g07140）基因与拟南芥MS2的序列具有高度同源性。利用RNA干扰技术研究OsMS2基因在水稻花药发育过程中的功能。与野生型水稻相比,转基因植株营养生长阶段正常,但雄性育性降低。转基因植株雄性育性降低与RNA干扰引起的OsMS2基因表达水平降低有关。进一步对转基因植株花药进行细胞学观察,结果表明OsMS2基因表达水平的降低导致绒毡层细胞退化延迟,小孢子壁的形成出现异常。扫描电镜观察结果显示,小孢子壁光滑,不能形成正常的外壁。以上结果表明OsMS2基因在水稻花药发育过程中起重要作用。     

Stomatal development in Arabidopsis and grasses: differences and commonalities

Stomata, found on the epidermis of all terrestrial plants, consist of two specialized cells called guard cells, which surround a tiny pore. Major advances have been made in our understanding of the genetic control of stomatal development in Arabidopsis and grasses. In Arabidopsis, three basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) genes control the successive steps that lead to stomatal formation. SPEECHLESS (SPCH) drives the cell division that initiates the stomatal cell lineage, MUTE induces the formation of the immediate stomatal precursor cell, and FAMA causes the stomatal precursor cell to divide into the two guard cells. Recent results demonstrate that these genes share functions with their grass homologs, and that MUTE is expressed later in development than its grass counterparts. Other differences in stomatal development between these two plant groups are exemplified by the PANGLOSS1 (PAN1) gene of maize. PAN1, which encodes a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase with an inactive kinase domain, promotes polarization of the subsidiary mother cell and orients its cell division plane. Because such events do not exist in Arabidopsis, it is likely that the PAN1-like genes of Arabidopsis and PAN1 are paralogs. Together, these results indicate that distinctions in the regulation of gene expression and protein function are both responsible for the divergence of stomatal development between Arabidopsis and grasses.     

BASL and EPF2 act independently to regulate asymmetric divisions during stomatal development

The initiation of stomatal development in the developing Arabidopsis epidermis is characterized by an asymmetric ‘entry’ division in which a small cell, known as a meristemoid, and a larger daughter cell is formed. The meristemoid may undergo further asymmetric divisions, regenerating a meristemoid each time, before differentiating into a guard mother cell which divides symmetrically to form a pair of guard cells surrounding a stomatal pore. Recently EPF2 and BASL have emerged as regulators of these asymmetric divisions and here we present results indicating that these two factors operate independently to control stomatal developmentKey words: stomata, development, meristemoids, asymmetric cell division, leaf epidermis, cell polarity, peptide signal     

Nucleostemin-like 1 is required for embryogenesis and leaf development in Arabidopsis

Arabidopsis NSN1 encodes a nucleolar GTP-binding protein and is required for flower development. Defective flowers were formed in heterozygous nsn1/+?plants. Homozygous nsn1 plants were dwarf and exhibited severe defects in reproduction. Arrests in embryo development in nsn1 could occur at any stage of embryogenesis. Cotyledon initiation and development during embryogenesis were distorted in nsn1 plants. At the seedling stage, cotyledons and leaves of nsn1 formed upward curls. The curled leaves developed meristem-like outgrowths or hyperplasia tissues in the adaxial epidermis. Long and enlarged pavement cells, characteristic of the abaxial epidermis of wild type plants, were found in the adaxial epidermis in nsn1 leaves, suggesting a disoriented leaf polarity in the mutant. The important role of NSN1 in embryo development and leaf differentiation was consistent with the high level expression of the NSN1 gene in the developing embryos and the primordia of cotyledons and leaves. The CLAVATA 3 (CLV3) gene, a stem cell marker in the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem (SAM), was expressed in expanded regions surrounding the SAM of nsn1 plants, and induced ectopically in the meristem-like outgrowths in cotyledons and leaves. The nsn1 mutation up-regulated the expression levels of several genes implicated in the meristem identity and the abaxial cell fate, and repressed the expression of other genes related to the specification of cotyledon boundary and abaxial identity. These results demonstrate that NSN1 represents a novel GTPase required for embryogenesis, leaf development and leaf polarity establishment in Arabidopsis.     

麦冬、土麦冬和阔叶土麦冬叶表皮形态结构的观察

用光镜和扫描电镜观察了麦冬（Ophiopogon japonicus（L．f）Ker—Gawl.]、土麦冬（Liriope spicata Lour．）和阔叶土麦冬（L．platyphylla Wanget Tang）叶表皮显微结构、亚显微结构和角质层内表面的形态结构。结果表明,气孔主要分布于麦冬、土麦冬和阔叶土麦冬叶片的下表皮,气孔密度分别为76．4、114．3和99．8个·mm^-2;仅阔叶土麦冬叶片上表皮有少量气孔分布。3种植物的气孔器均不具有副卫细胞,并在叶脉间形成纵向气孔带。表皮细胞长方形,气孔带与非气孔带处表皮细胞的形态和大小差异较明显。麦冬气孔周围的表皮细胞平周壁具明显瘤状突起,导致气孔下陷;土麦冬气孔周围的表皮细胞平周壁呈波浪状突起,使气孔相对下陷;阔叶土麦冬气孔周围的表皮细胞平周壁基本无突起,气孔不下陷。3种植物的叶表皮均有发达的角质层和丰富的蜡质,且蜡质主要分布于下表皮气孔带处。这些结构特征可能与它们所具有的喜阳、耐阴和耐旱等特性有一定的相关性。     

H2S位于SOS上游参与盐胁迫诱导的拟南芥气孔关闭

以拟南芥野生型、SOS突变体印tsosl、Atsos2和Atsos3）、H2S合成相关酶L-／D-半胱氨酸脱巯基酶（L-／D-CDes）基因缺失突变体（Atl-cdes和Atd-cdes）和过表达株系（OEL—CDes和OED-CDes）为材料研究了H,s和SOS信号转导途径在盐胁迫诱导拟南芥气孔关闭中的作用及其相互关系。结果表明,盐胁迫能够引起拟南芥叶片H,S含量、L-／D-CDes活性及其基因表达量显著升高,诱导野生型拟南芥和OEL—CDes和OED．CDes叶片气孔关闭,但对Atl-cdes和Atd-cdes气孔开度无显著影响;而H2S清除剂次牛磺酸（hypotaurine,HT）可减弱盐胁迫诱导的拟南芥气孔关闭的作用,表明H2S参与盐胁迫诱导的拟南芥气孔关闭过程。外源H2S诱导野生型拟南芥气孔关闭,但对SOS突变体气孔开度无显著影响;同时盐胁迫下Atsosl、Atsos2和Atsos3亦表现出H2S含量及L-／D-CDes活性显著升高,且与野生型相比,盐胁迫对Atl-cdes和Atd-cdes叶片AtSOS基因表达量无显著影响。表明盐胁迫诱导气孔关闭过程中H2S位于SOS上游。     

Phospholipase A2beta mediates light-induced stomatal opening in Arabidopsis

Phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) catalyses the hydrolysis of phospholipids into lysophospholipids and free fatty acids. Physiological studies have indicated that PLA(2) is involved in stomatal movement. However, genetic evidence of a role of PLA(2) in guard cell signalling has not yet been reported. To identify PLA(2) gene(s) that is (are) involved in light-induced stomatal opening, stomatal movement was examined in Arabidopsis thaliana plants in which the expression of PLA(2) isoforms was reduced or knocked-out. Light-induced stomatal opening in PLA(2)alpha knockout plants did not differ from wild-type plants. Plants in which PLA(2)beta was silenced by RNA interference exhibited delayed light-induced stomatal opening, and this phenotype was reversed by exogenous lysophospholipids, which are products of PLA(2). Stomatal opening in transgenic plants that over-expressed PLA(2)beta was faster than wild-type plants. The expression of PLA(2)beta was localized to the endoplasmic reticulum of guard cells, and increased in response to light in the mature leaf. Aristolochic acid, which inhibits light-induced stomatal opening, inhibited the activity of purified PLA(2)beta. Collectively, these results provide evidence that PLA(2)beta is involved in light-induced stomatal opening in Arabidopsis.     

拟南芥中两个可能的SDD1新等位基因的鉴定与分析

SDD1是气孔发育过程中的关键调控基因,编码一个类枯草杆菌（Bacillus subtilis）蛋白酶的丝氨酸蛋白酶。从EMS诱变的拟南芥（Arabidopsis thaliana）中筛选到2株类似sdd1-1的气孔密度突变体,即e281和g204。其气孔密度和指数均比野生型增加约1.5倍,气孔成簇。遗传分析和基因测序证实它们是2个不同的SDD1新等位基因,其突变分别导致了底物结合位点N区域和催化三联体之一--S区域的氨基酸变化,分别为S变成T及S变为F。形态学和生理学研究表明,SDD1基因不同位点发生突变可导致不同的生物学效应;而且SDD1等位基因间存在拮抗作用,其可能属于基因转应作用中的负效应。     

Plasma membrane aquaporins play a significant role during recovery from water deficit

The role of plasma membrane aquaporins (PIPs) in water relations of Arabidopsis was studied by examining plants with reduced expression of PIP1 and PIP2 aquaporins, produced by crossing two different antisense lines. Compared with controls, the double antisense (dAS) plants had reduced amounts of PIP1 and PIP2 aquaporins, and the osmotic hydraulic conductivity of isolated root and leaf protoplasts was reduced 5- to 30-fold. The dAS plants had a 3-fold decrease in the root hydraulic conductivity expressed on a root dry mass basis, but a compensating 2.5-fold increase in the root to leaf dry mass ratio. The leaf hydraulic conductance expressed on a leaf area basis was similar for the dAS compared with the control plants. As a result, the hydraulic conductance of the whole plant was unchanged. Under sufficient and under water-deficient conditions, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, plant hydraulic conductance, leaf water potential, osmotic pressure, and turgor pressure were similar for the dAS compared with the control plants. However, after 4 d of rewatering following 8 d of drying, the control plants recovered their hydraulic conductance and their transpiration rates faster than the dAS plants. Moreover, after rewatering, the leaf water potential was significantly higher for the control than for the dAS plants. From these results, we conclude that the PIPs play an important role in the recovery of Arabidopsis from the water-deficient condition.