短期氮-水处理对刨花楠幼苗细根根序形态的影响

以种子来源于江西遂川的1年生刨花楠扦插苗为材料,设置田间持水量的80%、40% 2个水分水平,以及不添加(0 kg N·hm^-2)、低氮(50 kg N·hm^-2)、高氮(100 kg N·hm^-2) 3个氮添加水平共6种处理的氮-水交互受控试验,测定不同处理刨花楠幼苗3个根序细根比根长、比表面积、平均直径和根组织密度,分析短期氮添加、干旱胁迫及两者交互作用对刨花楠幼苗细根的影响.结果表明: 刨花楠幼苗细根平均直径、比根长在不同根序间差异显著.随根序的增加,刨花楠幼苗细根平均直径增加,其中3级根最大,为0.97 mm;而比根长降低,3级根最小,为238.99 cm·g^-1.氮添加对刨花楠细根的比表面积、平均直径、比根长和根组织密度无显著影响,而水分对刨花楠细根平均直径、比根长、根组织密度影响显著.干旱胁迫明显促进幼苗3级细根直径的增加,降低了1、2级细根根组织密度.干旱环境下幼苗3级根的比根长明显低于正常供水环境下幼苗.氮水交互作用对刨花楠细根形态影响不显著.     

黄瓜花叶病毒坏死型卫星RNA的cDNA克隆和全序列分析

从田间发生坏死病害的番茄病株中分离得到黄瓜花叶病毒TN分离物,经研究证实TN分离物带有1株坏死型卫星RNA(TN-SatRNA).利用已知CMV卫星RNA的两端序列作引物扩增并克隆了TN-SatRNA的cDNA.序列分析显示TN-SatRNA全长为390个核苷酸.比较TN-SatRNA与富有代表性的CMV卫星RNA的结构表明,这几种卫星RNA中具有4个结构同源区(Ⅰ:1～81nt,Ⅱ:216～261nt,Ⅲ:278～338nt;Ⅳ:349～390nt),而在82～215nt的区域几种卫星RNA的结构变化较大.在TN-SatRNA的3’端具有已报道的坏死型卫星RNA特征性序列结构.经3’RACE方法确定TN-SatRNA的3’端自然序列,与PCR扩增引物有1个核苷酸的差别.     

Contribution of spontaneous L-type Ca2+ channel activation to the genesis of Ca2+ sparks in resting cardiac myocytes

Ca²⁺ sparks are the elementary events of intracellular Ca²⁺ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiac myocytes. In order to investigate whether spontaneous L-type Ca²⁺ channel activation contributes to the genesis of spontaneous Ca²⁺ sparks, we used confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluo-4 to visualize local Ca²⁺ sparks in intact rat ventricular myocytes. In the presence of 0.2 mmol/L CdCI₂ which inhibits spontaneous L-type Ca²⁺ channel activation, the rate of occurrence of spontaneous Ca²⁺ sparks was halved from 4.20 to 2.04 events/(100 μm · s), with temporal and spatial properties of individual Ca²⁺ sparks unchanged. Analysis of the Cd²⁺-sensitive spark production revealed an open probability of ~10 ^-5 for L-type channels at the rest membrane potentials (-80 mV). Thus, infrequent and stochastic openings of sarcolemmal L-type Ca²⁺ channels in resting heart cells contribute significantly to the production of spontaneous Ca²⁺ sparks.     

Evolution probing for semiochemicals based on secondary metabolites in the cuticles of three species of Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

We developed methods for characterizing semiochemicals in the cuticles of the sea-skater Halobates (Gerridae). Such substances may be involved in chemical communication at the sea surface and have been shown to act as sexual pheromones for a related marine insect Trochopus plumbeus (Veliidae). We identified 86 volatile compounds in extracts from three Halobates species ( H. micans Eschscholtz, H. hawaiiensis Usinger and H. sobrinus White) and used them to reconstruct the phylogeny of the clade. Sixty-seven of the compounds were found to be parsimony-informative. Suspected semiochemicals appear to be specific autapomorphies in the phylogram, and our results indicated that chemical profiles may be used to predict the phylogenetic history of Halobates . Moreover, the phylogenetic tree derived from our data is congruent with a previously published one based on morphology and mitochondrial DNA sequence (780 bp in the COI gene). The potential role of each compound to be used for chemical communication was also reviewed. At appropriate concentrations, some of the cuticular compounds, being partly hydrophobic and partly hydrophilic, could disperse on the sea surface and thereby play an energetically efficient role in chemical communication, e.g. mate location. Less dispersible components might act as 'sun-screens' and provide protection from UV-irradiation during daylight hours.  © 2003 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2003, 80 , 671–688.     

Effect of strain-specific hypersensitive resistance on spatial patterns of virus spread

Spatial patterns of spread were compared between strains of Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) that differ in causing systemic necrotic (hypersensitive) or non‐necrotic symptoms in narrow‐leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius). Both types of BYMV were spread naturally by aphids from adjacent infected pasture into a large lupin block (‘natural spread site’), or from clover plants introduced as virus sources into two field experiments with lupin. Cumulative spatial data for plants with disease symptoms from a range of times in the growing period were assessed using Spatial Analysis by Distance IndicEs (SADIE). At the‘natural spread site’, with non‐necrotic BYMV, the extent of clustering of plants with symptoms increased gradually over time, while with necrotic BYMV there was less clustering and no increase over time. In both experiments, for the type of BYMV that was introduced into a plot, there was a gradual increase in clustering, but with this being greater with non‐necrotic BYMV. In the second experiment, there was also significant clustering of plants with symptoms of non‐necrotic BYMV in plots without introduced non‐necrotic foci but not for necrotic BYMV in plots without introduced necrotic foci. When clustering data for plants with newly recorded symptoms was tested for spatial association between successive assessment dates, association was positive for both BYMV types though stronger for the non‐necrotic type, declining as the temporal lag increased. Generally, association was strongest for assessments 2–3 wk apart, corresponding approximately to the period for BYMV to move systemically in plants and for obvious symptoms to appear in shoot tips. Contour maps for local association between dates showed that the strongest spatial associations were from coincidence of infection gaps rather than infection patches. The combination of information from clustering and association analysis showed that spread of non‐necrotic BYMV is less diffuse, with considerably more localised infection surrounding the infection sources. This work demonstrates how spatial virus spread can be diminished when hypersensitive (necrotic) resistance is deployed, and the limitations associated with employing hypersensitivity that is strain specific.     

铜绿假单胞菌fur基因缺失突变株的构建及其表型分析

铁摄取调节蛋白(ferric uptake regulator, Fur)是控制铜绿假单胞菌铁代谢和毒力的关键调节因子。许多课题组尝试构建铜绿假单胞菌fur的缺失突变株均失败,因此铜绿假单胞菌的fur一直被认为是必需基因,这导致其生物学功能一直未得到全面的解析。【目的】构建铜绿假单胞菌fur的缺失突变株,并对该突变株的表型进行分析。【方法】以铜绿假单胞菌PAO1为亲本菌株,通过同源重组的方法构建fur缺失突变株,研究该基因对铜绿假单胞菌生长、铁载体生物合成、抗氧胁迫能力、鞭毛形成、生物被膜形成和毒力等的影响。同时,通过遗传分析对fur缺失突变株生长缺陷表型的原因进行探究。【结果】本研究成功构建了铜绿假单胞菌fur基因的缺失突变株,发现缺失突变fur极大地限制了铜绿假单胞菌的生长能力,并降低了该菌对限铁环境的生长适应性,但不影响该菌对高铁环境的生长适应性。铜绿假单胞菌Δfur的这种生长缺陷表型是细胞生长增殖变慢造成的,而不是诱导细胞死亡引起的。然而,其他异源的fur基因能完全互补Δfur的这种生长缺陷表型,暗示铜绿假单胞菌的Fur蛋白在功能上不存在独特性。尽管Fur与毒素-抗毒素系统PacTA存在功能关联性,但是铜绿假单胞菌Δfur的这种生长缺陷表型却与PacT毒素无关。除了影响铜绿假单胞菌的生长表型,缺失突变fur还使铜绿假单胞菌丧失了对铁载体生物合成的抑制作用,导致该菌对H₂O₂更敏感并丧失了鞭毛的形成能力,同时降低了该菌对大蜡螟幼虫的毒力。此外,缺失突变fur还显著提升了铜绿假单胞菌的胞内环二鸟苷酸(cyclic diguanylate, c-di-GMP)水平,从而诱导pelF和pslA基因的表达,进而促进铜绿假单胞菌生物被膜的形成。【结论】fur是可以缺失的非必需基因,在铜绿假单胞菌的正常生长、铁载体生物合成、抗氧胁迫能力、鞭毛形成、生物被膜形成和毒力等方面都发挥着十分重要的作用,这为针对铜绿假单胞菌的疫苗和抗菌药物开发奠定了基础。     

东亚飞蝗(Locusta migratoria manilensis Meyen)腹听器在胚胎期内的发生

1.本文以东亚飞蝗(Locusta migratoria manilensis Meyen)为材料,仔细地研究了它的腹听器在胚胎期内的发生过程。 2.东亚飞蝗的腹听器中的剑鞘器是由胚胎的表皮细胞内陷,经过细胞分裂、分化而形成;因此,我们可以肯定剑鞘器中的感觉细胞是在胚胎某一时期从表皮起源的。 3.东亚飞蝗腹听神经节在胚胎期中发生时经过以下的步骤:(1)第6天初期的胚胎表皮细胞开始内陷;(2)第6天到第7天内陷口加深;(3)第7天和第8天,内陷的原腹听神经节呈梨状,近表皮的一端较大,细胞尚无分化;(4)第9天,原腹听神经节的细胞已开始分化为5种;横列的明区开始出现;(5)第10天,内陷口逐渐愈合;本天后期,轴丝已出现,剑鞘体隐约可见,鞘顶结尚未形成;(6)第11天,轴丝、剑鞘体和鞘顶结已全部出现,剑鞘体数目约60～70个;(7)第12～13天,各种细胞进一步分化,与第14天孵出的蝗蝻的听 神经节大致相同,剑鞘体的数目约90～100个。 4.轴丝具有强烈的嗜银性,剑鞘体则缺乏。它们虽然大致同时出现,但我们就发生形态方面的事据推断,剑鞘体是由中间细胞分泌而成,轴丝是由感觉细胞所产生。     

Microsatellite analysis of the genetic relationships between wild and cultivated giant grouper in the South China Sea

The giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) is a coral fish with high commercial value in Southeast Asia. In the present study, we isolated 11 microsatellite DNA markers, and analysed the genetic diversity and differentiation between cultured stocks and wild populations of the giant grouper originating from the South China Sea. A total of 390 alleles at 11 microsatellite loci were detected in 130 individuals from five different populations. The expected heterozygosity varied from 0.131 to 0.855 with a mean value of 0.623 and the observed heterozygosity varied from 0.145 to 0.869 with a mean value of 0.379. The allelic richness and heterozygosity studies revealed that the genetic diversity of the cultured population was significantly reduced when compared with that of the wild population. The F_is, pairwise F_st values, analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA), three-dimensional factorial correspondence analysis and structure analysis revealed significant population differentiation between the cultured stocks and the wild populations, among the three cultured populations and between the two wild populations. These differences may be caused by random genetic drift, the effects of artificial selection and founder effects. Our results will be useful in the management of cultured stocks and conservation of wild populations of the giant grouper.