碳代谢基因gabT调控生防菌Snea253的γ-氨基丁酸代谢途径影响杀线虫活性

【背景】委内瑞拉链霉菌Snea253是本实验室前期获得的具有杀植物线虫活性的生防放线菌,通过生物信息学分析,γ-氨基丁酸转氨酶基因(gabT)是参与Snea253碳代谢的重要基因之一。【目的】明确gabT基因通过调控Snea253的γ-氨基丁酸(γ-Aminobutyric acid,GABA)代谢通路,从而影响菌株的活性。【方法】以紫外诱变所得弱毒株(Snea253-R)为材料,以南方根结线虫为靶标,在弱毒株中过表达gabT基因,通过酶联免疫法(ELISA)和高效液相色谱法(HPLC)分别检测菌株中GABA和下游代谢产物琥珀酸的含量及杀线虫活性,同时检测在不同碳源培养条件下野生型菌株gabT基因表达水平、产物含量和杀线虫活性。【结果】过表达菌株R-p IB139的gabT基因上调表达,GABA含量降低,琥珀酸含量升高,杀线虫活性提高了39%;在8种不同碳源培养条件下,gabT基因在野生株中相对表达量较高的培养基碳源是可溶性淀粉和玉米淀粉,其发酵液中GABA含量较低,发酵液中下游代谢产物增多,杀线虫活性较高。【结论】通过改变gabT基因的表达,明确GABA支路在调控Snea253代谢以提高杀线虫的过程中发挥重要作用。     

遗鸥繁殖期新分布——内蒙古袄太湿地

2012年5月24日在内蒙古呼和浩特市袄太湿地观测到遗鸥(Larus relictus) 640只,包括285只坐巢个体.遗鸥集中分布在四个湖心岛上,仅利用高出水面20 ～ 50 cm左右的岛面营巢.此次发现属于我国遗鸥的新繁殖地.     

一种调控脂解的重要蛋白——围脂滴蛋白(Perilipin)

围脂滴蛋白（perilipin）是脂滴相关蛋白家族的核心成员之一,是定位于脂滴表面的高磷酸化的蛋白,对脂肪组织中甘油三酯的代谢有双重调节作用,既可通过阻止脂肪酶接近脂滴降低基础状态下的脂解,又可促进激素刺激的脂肪分解.Perilipin在脂代谢中发挥重要作用,其表达调控可能与肥胖及其相关代谢疾病如糖尿病、胰岛素抵抗等有重要关系.本文主要介绍了perilipin的发现、命名、结构特征以及激素和转录因子对perilipin的调控,并阐述了其与相关脂肪酶间的相互作用.目前的研究主要集中于围脂滴蛋白（perilipin）和激素敏感脂肪酶（HSL）之间,与新近发现的脂肪酶脂肪三酰甘油脂酶（ATGL）的相互作用则有待于进一步研究.     

香港四照花花芽分化的形态学观察

采用石蜡切片技术和形态观察对香港四照花(Dendrobenthamia hongkongensis(Hemsl.)Hutch.)花芽分化过程中花芽的形态变化进行观测,研究花芽外部形态与花芽分化之间的关系。结果显示,香港四照花的花芽分化开始于7月上旬,到9月底完成,形态分化过程可分为8个时期:未分化期、花序原基分化期、小花原基分化期、花萼原基分化期、花瓣原基分化期、雄蕊原基分化期、雌蕊原基分化期、雌蕊雄蕊形成期。与之对应的外部形态变化为:混合芽闭合,混合芽基部膨大,新叶展开露出圆形花序,花柄初现,花序膨大,花序表面小花突起,花柄伸长至4~6 mm,花序表面小花轮廓明显。香港四照花花芽外部形态能直观地反映出内部结构变化,可根据花芽外部形态特征推测花芽分化状况。研究结果可为香港四照花花期调控和栽培管理提供科学依据。     

Improvements of metabolites tolerance in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Clostridium acetobutylicum</Emphasis> by micronutrient zinc supplementation

Micronutrient zinc is of great importance for acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation by Clostridium acetobutylicum. The effect of zinc supplementation on toxic metabolites (formic, acetic, butyric acid and butanol) tolerance during ABE fermentation was investigated under various stress-shock conditions without pH control. Great improvements on cell growth, glucose utilization and butanol production were achieved. In the presence of 0.45 g/L formic acid, zinc contributed to 11.28 g/L butanol produced from 55.24 g/L glucose compared to only 5.27 g/L butanol from 29.49 g/L glucose in the control without zinc supplementation. More importantly, relatively higher levels of 7.5 g/L acetic acid, 5.5 g/L butyric acid and 18 g/L butanol could be tolerated by C. acetobutylicum with zinc supplementation while no fermentation was observed under the same stress-shock condition respectively, suggesting that the acids and butanol tolerance in C. acetobutylicum could be significantly facilitated by pleiotropic regulation of micronutrient zinc. Thus, this paper provides an efficient bioprocess engineering strategy for improving stress tolerance in Clostridium species.     

大豆种皮色相关基因研究进展

大豆种皮色在从野生大豆到栽培大豆的演变过程中逐渐从黑色变成黄色,是重要的形态标记,因此,大豆种皮色相关基因研究无论对进化理论还是育种实践都具有重要的意义。种皮颜色是通过各种花色苷的沉积而形成的。虽然很多植物色素沉积的分子调控机制比较明晰,但大豆中控制种皮颜色形成的基因尚未被完全了解。文章综述了控制大豆种皮色基因与位点的相关研究进展,主要有I、T、W1、R、O 5个经典遗传位点,其中I位点被定位在第8号染色体(A2连锁群)一个富含查尔酮合成酶(CHS)的区域,CHS基因在大豆中是多基因家族且同源性较高;定位于第6号染色体(C2连锁群)T位点的基因F3’H已被克隆和转基因验证,由于碱基缺失导致所编码的氨基酸缺少了保守域GGEK,从而不能与血红素结合而丧失功能;R位点定位在第9号染色体(K连锁群)A668-1与K387-1两标记之间,可能是R2R3类MYB转录因子,也可能是UDP类黄酮3-O糖基转移酶;O位点定位在第8号染色体(A2连锁群)Satt207与Satt493两标记之间,其分子特性尚不清楚;W1位点可能由F3’5’H基因控制遗传。     

EGCG对猪前体脂肪细胞增殖和分化的作用

表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯（Epigallocatechin-3-gallate,EGCG）是绿茶提取物EGCG的生物活性成分,为了探讨其对猪前体脂肪细胞增殖和分化的影响,以不同浓度EGCG处理猪前体脂肪细胞,MTT法测定EGCG对猪前体脂肪细胞生长的影响;油红O染色检测猪前体脂肪细胞的形态学变化;油红O染色提取法定量分析脂肪细胞充脂量的变化;半定量RT-PCR检测分化转录因子过氧化物酶体增生物激活受体佗（PPARγ2）和CCAAT／增强子结合蛋白α（C／EBPα）mRNA表达水平变化。结果显示：EGCG随着浓度的递增显著抑制猪前体脂肪细胞的增殖（P〈0．01）;低浓度的EGCG（5μmol／L）不影响脂肪细胞分化,而高浓度EGCG（200μmol／L）显著抑制猪前体脂肪细胞分化,同时下调PPARγ2和C／EBPαmRNA表达,本研究结果表明EGCG可抑制猪前体脂肪细胞的增殖和分化。     

Comparative proteomic analysis of apomictic monosomic addition line of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Beta corolliflora</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Beta vulgaris</Emphasis> L. in sugar beet

Apomixis refers to a process in which plants produce seed without fertilization through female syngamy that produces embryos genetically identical to the maternal parent. In sugar beet, interspecific hybrids between diploid Beta vulgaris and tetraploid Beta corolliflora were established and monosomic addition line M14 was selected because of the apomictic phenotype. By using two-dimensional electrophoresis gels we identified the proteins which were differently expressed between the M14 and B. vulgaris. A total of 27 protein spots which varied expressed between lines were isolated and successfully identified with MALDI-TOF MS. Among them five protein spots were found to be only presented in M14 and two protein spots only expressed in Beta. According to their functional annotations described in Swissprot database, these proteins were, respectively, involved in important biological pathways, such as cell division, functionally classified using the KEGG functional classification system. The result may be useful for us to better understand the genetic mechanism of apomixes.     

Diversity of culturable actinobacteria from Qinghai–Tibet plateau,China

To investigate the diversity of culturable actinobacteria and further screen for microbial pharmaceutics, seven different media were chosen to isolate actinobacteria from 87 soil samples collected from Qinghai–Tibet plateau. A total of 1930 strains was isolated and identified to belong to 11 suborders, i.e., Actinopolysporineae, Corynebacterineae, Frankineae, Glycomycineae, Kineosporiineae, Micrococcineae, Micromonosporineae, Propionibacterineae, Pseudonocardineae, Streptomycineae and Streptosporangineae, and 16 families, i.e., Nocardioidaceae, Actinopolysporaceae, Actinosynnemataceae, Dermacoccaceae, Geodermatophilaceae, Glycomycetaceae, Kineosporiaceae, Microbacteriaceae, Micromonosporaceae, Nocardiaceae, Promicromonosporaceae, Propionibacteriaceae, Pseudonocardiaceae, Streptomycetaceae, Streptosporangiaceae and Thermomonosporaceae. A primary taxonomic study showed that at least 22 genera of actinobacteria were identified from the soil samples, among which ten isolates represented hitherto unknown species. The results showed that there was abundant actinobacterial species diversity in the soil samples from the Qinghai–Tibet plateau.