高等植物性别分化研究的某些进展

高等植物性别分化研究的某些进展邵宏波（四平师范学院生物工程研究室吉林四平１３６０００）关键词高等植物,性别分化,基因表达ＳＯＭＥＡＤＶＡＮＣＥＳＩＮＴＨＥＳＥＸＵＡＬＤＩＦＦＥＲＥＮＴＩＡＴＩＯＮＲＥＳＥＡＲＣＨＯＦＨＩＧＨＥＲＰＬＡＮＴＳ￥Ｓｈａｏ...     

南美斑潜蝇为害对黄瓜体内4种防御酶活性的影响

植物对昆虫取食产生的防御反应,在昆虫与植物相互作用关系中起着重要的作用。为明确南美斑潜蝇Liriomyza huidobrensis(Blanchard)取食与植物防御之间的作用关系,本文分别测定了南美斑潜蝇幼虫持续为害1、3、5、7及9d后黄瓜叶片中苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)、过氧化物酶(POD)及超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性的变化。结果表明：在南美斑潜蝇幼虫持续取食下,PAL、PPO、POD和SOD等4种酶活性显著上升;PAL、PPO和POD等3种酶活性随受害程度的加重而上升幅度加大,即重度受害>轻度受害>系统对照>健康对照,而SOD活性变化没有规律。在系统对照黄瓜叶片中,PAL、PPO、POD和SOD等4种酶活性最大值分别在第5、1、5和5d;在轻度受害黄瓜叶片中,PAL、PPO、POD和SOD等4种酶活性最大值分别在第5、9、5和9d;在重度受害黄瓜叶片中,PAL、PPO、POD和SOD等4种酶活性最大值分别在第7、7、5和5d。黄瓜叶片受害后,POD和PPO活性上升幅度较大,PAL和SOD活性上升幅度较小,说明POD和PPO对取食胁迫响应比PAL和SOD更灵敏。     

Triterpene Glycosides in the Leaves of Acanthopanax giraldii

Five triterpene glycosides have been isolated from the leaves of Acanthopanax giraldii Harms (Araliaceae), which are elucidated as: hederagenin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1→2) -α-L-arabinopyranoside ( Ⅰ ), hederagenin-28-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl- (1→4) -β -D-glu- copyranosyl-(1→6)-β -D-glucopyranosylester ( Ⅱ ), 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-hederagenin- 28-β -D-glucopyranosyl- ( 1→6 ) -β -D-glucopyranosylester ( Ⅲ ), 3-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl- hederagenin-28-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl- ( 1→4 ) -β -D-glucopyranosyl- ( 1→6 ) -β -D-glucopyra-nosylester ( Ⅳ ) and 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl- (1→2) -α-L-arabinopyranosyl-hederagenin-28-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-( 1→4 )-β -D-glucopyranosyl-( 1→6 )-β -D-glucopyranosylester ( Ⅴ ). All of them are reported in this genus for the first time. Perhaps the findings are valuable for chemotaxonomy of Acanthopanax genus.     

Core promoter binding by histone-like TAF complexes

A major function of TFIID is core promoter recognition. TFIID consists of TATA-binding protein (TBP) and 14 TBP-associated factors (TAFs). Most of them contain a histone fold domain (HFD) that lacks the DNA-contacting residues of histones. Whether and how TAF HFDs contribute to core promoter DNA binding are yet unresolved. Here we examined the DNA binding activity of TAF9, TAF6, TAF4b, and TAF12, which are related to histones H3, H4, H2A, and H2B, respectively. Each of these TAFs has intrinsic DNA binding activity adjacent to or within the HFD. The DNA binding domains were mapped to evolutionarily conserved and essential regions. Remarkably, HFD-mediated interaction enhanced the DNA binding activity of each of the TAF6-TAF9 and TAF4b-TAF12 pairs and of a histone-like octamer complex composed of the four TAFs. Furthermore, HFD-mediated interaction stimulated sequence-specific binding by TAF6 and TAF9. These results suggest that TAF HFDs merge with other conserved domains for efficient and specific core promoter binding.     

用于生产重组蛋白药物的抗凋亡CHO宿主细胞株的建立

哺乳动物工程细胞在大规模培养生产重组蛋白时很容易发生细胞凋亡,从而导致生产过程提前终止,造成生产成本高昂。细胞代谢产物氨已被证明可以促进细胞凋亡,而线粒体膜整合蛋白Bcl-2可以通过促进线粒体膜完整性而抑制细胞凋亡。本实验应用谷氨酰胺合成酶加压系统在CHO工程细胞中高效表达中国仓鼠Bcl-2蛋白,使细胞具有抗凋亡能力的同时,利用谷氨酸和氨合成谷氨酰胺而有效降低培养基中氨的含量,从而达到抑制细胞凋亡的目的。     

Effects of extraction methods on physicochemical properties and hypoglycemic activities of polysaccharides from coarse green tea

Glycoconjugate Journal - Coarse tea is made of mature tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.) shoots and is generally discarded as a worthless crop product, but has been proved an excellent material for...     

Variations in the C3, C3a receptor, and C5 genes affect susceptibility to bronchial asthma

Bronchial asthma (BA) is a common chronic inflammatory disease characterized by hyperresponsive airways, excess mucus production, eosinophil activation, and the production of IgE. The complement system plays an immunoregulatory role at the interface of innate and acquired immunities. Recent studies have provided evidence that C3, C3a receptor, and C5 are linked to airway hyperresponsiveness. To determine whether genetic variations in the genes of the complement system affect susceptibility to BA, we screened single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in C3, C5, the C3a receptor gene (C3AR1), and the C5a receptor gene (C5R1) and performed association studies in the Japanese population. The results of this SNP case-control study suggested an association between 4896C/T in the C3 gene and atopic childhood BA (P=0.0078) as well as adult BA (P=0.010). When patient data were stratified according to elevated total IgE levels, 4896C/T was more closely associated with adult BA (P=0.0016). A patient-only association study suggested that severity of childhood BA was associated with 1526G/A of the C3AR1 gene (P=0.0057). We identified a high-risk haplotype of the C3 gene for childhood (P=0.0021) and adult BA (P=0.0058) and a low-risk haplotype for adult BA (P=0.00011). We also identified a haplotype of the C5 gene that was protective against childhood BA (P=1.4×10^–6) and adult BA (P=0.00063). These results suggest that the C3 and C5 pathways of the complement system play important roles in the pathogenesis of BA and that polymorphisms of these genes affect susceptibility to BA.     

Calcium fluxes modulate the radiation-induced bystander responses in targeted glioma and fibroblast cells

Bystander responses have been reported to be a major determinant of the response of cells to radiation exposure at low doses, including those of relevance to therapy. This study investigated the role of changes in calcium levels in bystander responses leading to chromosomal damage in nonirradiated T98G glioma cells and AG01522 fibroblasts that had been either exposed to conditioned medium from irradiated cells or co-cultured with a population where a fraction of cells were individually targeted through the nucleus or cytoplasm with a precise number of microbeam helium-3 particles. After the recipient cells were treated with conditioned medium from T98G or AG01522 cells that had been irradiated through either nucleus or cytoplasm, rapid calcium fluxes were monitored in the nonirradiated recipient cells. Their characteristics were dependent on the source of the conditioned medium but had no dependence on radiation dose. When recipient cells were co-cultured with an irradiated population of either T98G or AG01522 cells, micronuclei were induced in the nonirradiated cells, but this response was eliminated by treating the cells with calcicludine (CaC), a potent blocker of Ca(2+) channels. Moreover, both the calcium fluxes and the bystander effect were inhibited when the irradiated T98G cells were treated with aminoguanidine, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and when the irradiated AG01522 cells were treated with DMSO, a scavenger of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which indicates that NO and ROS were involved in the bystander responses generated from irradiated T98G and AG01522 cells, respectively. Our findings indicate that calcium signaling may be an early response in radiation-induced bystander effects leading to chromosome damage.