代谢基因工程提高作物产量的分子靶标

应用基因工程技术对植物细胞内的代谢途径进行遗传修饰,已成功地使细胞代谢发生改变或合成新的化合物。光合作用,淀粉合成,氮素同化和水分利用等是形成作物产量的基础代谢。对这些代谢途径中的关键步骤和靶分子进行基因修饰以提高作物产量的研究已取得长足的进展,并正在发展成为提高作物产量的新途径。本文着重论述应用代谢基因工程提高作物产量的技术策略,研究现状,存在的问题,所面临的挑战和应用前景。     

Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter region of interleukin-10 by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography.

Interleukin-10 (IL10), an anti-inflammatory cytokine, has been implicated in a variety of immune- and inflammatory-related diseases. We investigated the following SNPs: -1082, -819, -592 in the promoter region of IL10 in a normal (control) population and selected diseases: breast cancer (BrCa), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) and found distinct genotype and haplotype patterns. DHPLC was performed using the Transgenomic WAVE instrument, a mutational discovery tool that allows for high throughout analysis of SNPs. The principle of DHPLC is based on separation of homo- and heteroduplex formation of individual polymerase chain reaction products at specific melting temperatures and set gradients. The melting temperature selected for each SNP was based on size and sequence of the polymerase chain reaction product (for -1082, 57 degrees C; for -819, 58 degrees C; and for -592, 59.2 degrees C). Before fragment mutational analysis, all samples were denatured at 95 degrees C and slowly reannealed to allow for reassociation of different strands. Heteroduplex samples were easily distinguished from homoduplex samples. In order to identify wild type from homozygous mutant, two homoduplex polymerase chain reaction samples had to be mixed together, denatured at 95 degrees C and reannealed. The homozygous mutant, when combined with wild type, displayed a double peak on chromatogram. Once distinct chromatograms were established for each of the SNPs and the nucleotide changes confirmed by sequencing, genotype and haplotype frequencies were tabulated for the groups studied.     

新疆桑属植物栽培居群的遗传多样性研究

应用RAPD分子标记对新疆不同地区栽培的桑属植物2种3个分类群共11个居群进行了遗传多样性研究。结果表明,新疆桑属栽培植物中虽然存在较为丰富的遗传多样性,多态位点比率(PPB)为87．39％,Shannon多样性指数为0．3997,但在栽培居群内的遗传变异水平相对较低;在不同居群间遗传变异水平仔住很人差异,各居群的多态位点比率(PPB)为4．5％至45．95％,Shannon多样性指数为0．0312至0．2339;白桑(Morus alba L．)及其变种鞑靼桑(Morus alba L．var．tatarica)居群内的遗传变异水平远高于黑桑种(Morus nigra)。新疆桑属植物栽培居群内较低的遗传变异水平与其采用扦插等无性繁殖方式有关。分析全部的遗传变异显示,11个栽培居群之间的基因分化系数(Gst)为0．3541,其中桑及其变种9个居群间的基因分化系数为0．4597,黑桑种2个居群问的基因分化系数为0．4728。AMOVA分析表明,在全部遗传变异中,黑桑种和白桑种2个物种之间的遗传变异占59．16％,居群间遗传变异为17．46％。遗传距离和聚类分析也表明,黑桑种和白桑种及其变种鞑靼桑之间存在很大的遗传分化。     

改性瓜尔胶的研究进展

瓜尔胶是一种天然的半乳甘露聚糖,广泛用于食品、日化、医药等行业.改性瓜尔胶的性能具有较大改善,近年来瓜尔胶的改性研究成为热点.论述了瓜尔胶结构和性质以及改性瓜尔胶的研究进展,为瓜尔胶进一步开发研究提供参考.     

江苏省直立穗型粳稻品种主要农艺性状和品质性状分析

通过对江苏省淮北稻区种植的主要粳稻品种品质状况和近十年来育成的直立穗型粳稻品种(系)主要品质和农艺性状的分析,发现前期育成直立穗型粳稻品种相时半直立穗型粳稻品种加工品质低,垩白率高和垩白度大,蛋白质含量高;而近期育成直立穗型粳稻品种在上述品质指标上有了较大改进,食味品质也有了显著提高.在主要农艺性状中,近期育成品种呈现每穗总粒数上升、穗长变长、着粒密度下降趋势,产量水平的提高与每穗粒数的增加有着紧密相关.     

不同浓度NaCl溶液对水稻不同品种(系)幼苗生长的影响

在清水和0.25%、0.5%的NaCl溶液中分别砂培38份水稻品种(系),测芽长、根长、鲜重和干重,计算芽长敏感指数、根长敏感指数、鲜重敏感指数、干重敏感指数,研究水稻的耐盐性.根据相关分析,主成分分析和聚类分析,选出6个主成分(即芽长因子,干重因子,根敏感因子,芽敏感因子,低盐胁迫、鲜重敏感因子),将全部品系分成5个类群并筛选出8个综合品质特性较好的材料(即滇榆3号A,Kyongsan 2,Talsung 18,Kwangyang7-1,Keng Chi Ju,Thou Bir,Ma Gu Tsaw,Tie Gau Tsan).     

中国石榴品种资源经济性状研究

本文测定了34个中国石榴主栽品种的单果重、可溶性固形物含量、糖酸比等9个经济性状,根据测定结果对各品种果实品质进行了模糊综合评判.结果表明,皖榴3号、皖榴2号、皖榴1号、大笨子等品种品质最佳;提出了评判结果等级划分的方法;各品种经济性状的相关与回归分析结果显示,果实百粒重与出汁率,可溶性固形物含量、可溶性糖含量与糖酸比,出汁率与糖酸比,糖酸比与可溶性糖含量均呈极显著正相关(α=0.01,F＞F0.01);出汁率与果皮光洁度呈极显著负相关(a=0.01,F＞0.01);主成分分析结果表明,前5个主成分累积方差贡献率达到87.67%,基本概括了全部9个性状的主要信息.     

微管骨架在轮藻节间细胞伸长生长中的作用

利用免疫荧光定位及激光共聚焦扫描显微镜,结合细胞生长曲线的定量测定,对不同生长阶段的轮藻节间细胞微管骨架进行了观察研究,结果如下:轮藻顶端生长活跃的新生细胞中,与细胞长轴垂直的周质微管(cortical microtubules)占绝对优势,随着生长速率的减慢,周质微管由垂直于细胞长轴逐渐转为平行排列;基部生长基本停止的节间细胞中,胞内微管则以平行细胞长轴为主;不同生长阶段节间细胞的微管骨架,对微管特异解聚剂黄草消(oryzalin)处理的敏感性表现不相同。顶端生长活跃的节间细胞经oryzalin处理40min后,绝大多数周质微管发生解聚;而基部生长基本停止的老细胞中,即使延长处理时间,仍残留一些尚未完全解聚的微管片段;10μmol/L微管解聚剂oryzalin处理轮藻顶端新生细胞,在高精度的细胞伸长生长测定装置监测下,发现oryzalin对细胞的伸长生长速率有明显的抑制作用,去掉药剂后,伸长生长又有一定的恢复。并且发现,经o-ryzalin处理后,微管的解聚(40min左右)与顶端节间细胞伸长生长的停止(100min左右)两者间存在着时间上的差异,即微管解聚在先,细胞伸长停止在后。以上结果均说明微管骨架在轮藻节间细胞生长中具有重要作用。     

体外化学诱导人骨髓间充质干细胞分化为心肌样细胞

为了探讨人骨髓间充质干细胞(MSCs)的体外培养及化学诱导向心肌细胞分化的过程及条件,我们用1.073g/mL密度梯度离心法分离健康人骨髓单个核细胞,经骨髓间充质干细胞培养基传代培养后用流式细胞仪检测细胞表面抗原,在完全培养基中分别加入3、5、10μmol/L的5氮胞苷(每组n=5)进行化学诱导分化,阴性对照组采用完全培养基培养,诱导后21天细胞爬片免疫荧光法鉴定,透射电镜观察细胞超微结构。结果显示人MSCs为形态均一的梭形细胞,生长旺盛时呈旋涡样分布,流式细胞仪检测细胞表面CD44阳性,CD34、CD45阴性;5、10μmol/L的5氮胞苷进行化学诱导后细胞形态变长,诱导后14天时20%-30%细胞融合形成多核肌管样结构,3μmol/L组MSCs未出现肌管结构,诱导后21天5、10μmol/L组MSCs中desmin、心肌早期转录因子GATA4、心肌特异性cTnI及闰盘蛋白connexin43的表达阳性,10μmol/L组cTnI阳性染色细胞数目(65.3±4.7%)高于5μmol/L诱导组(48.2±5.4%)(p<0.05);3μmol/L组及阴性对照组无心肌特异性蛋白的表达。细胞诱导后28天透射电镜下可见肌丝形成。本实验说明,人MSCs在体外经化学诱导可分化为心肌样细胞,而且5-氮胞苷对于心肌相关蛋白的表达呈浓度依赖性正相关。     

Swelling behaviour of alginate–chitosan microcapsules prepared by external gelation or internal gelation technology

Swelling behaviour is one of the important properties for microcapsules made by hydrogels, which always affects the diffusion and release of drugs when the microcapsules are applied in drug delivery systems. In this paper, alginate–chitosan microcapsules were prepared by different technologies called external or internal gelation process respectively. With the volume swelling degree (S_w) as an index, the effect of properties of chitosan on the swelling behaviour of both microcapsules was investigated. It was demonstrated that the microcapsules with low molecular weight and high concentration of chitosan gave rise to low S_w. Considering the need of maintaining drug activity and drug loading, neutral pH and short gelation time were favorable. It was also noticed that S_w of internal gelation microcapsules was lower than that of external gelation microcapsules, which was interpreted by the structure analysis of internal or external gelation Ca–alginate beads with the aid of confocal laser scanning microscope.