Errata

In south-eastern Arizona, heterostylous (often trimorphic) populations of Oxalis alpina (Rose) Knuth are visited most commonly by females of the solitary bee Heterosarus bakeri Cockerell. Bees collect pollen from flowers and are presumed to be the major pollinators of O. alpina in this region. Analysis of pollen loads from the corbiculae of H. bakeri suggests that individual bees may specialize temporally on different floral forms. However, the apparent preferential collection of pollen probably results from spatial segregation of morphs and the localized foraging behaviour of bees rather than preference on the part of individual bees for particular stylar forms. As a group, bees appear to visit floral morphs of O. alpina indiscriminately, even though individual bees may have a preponderance of pollen from one morph type. Despite spatial segregation leading to pollinator flights between members of the same incompatibility group, capsule and seed production in populations of O. alpina is high for all forms. Loss of the mid form in some populations cannot be attributed to pollinator preferences for individual style morphs.     

过表达亚甲基四氢叶酸脱氢酶对高山被孢霉脂质合成的影响

高山被孢霉是一种富含多不饱和脂肪酸的丝状真菌,但其脂质过程中NADPH的来源还没有研究透彻。以高山被孢霉(尿嘧啶营养缺陷型)作为出发菌株,研究亚甲基四氢叶酸脱氢酶(MTHFD1)对高山被孢霉脂质合成的影响。首先构建了过表达载体pBIG2-ura5s-MTHFD1,采用根癌土壤杆菌介导转化真菌的方法,将二元表达载体转化进高山被孢霉CCFM501中,在筛选培养基SC-CS平板上进行筛选,进而得到稳定遗传MTHFD1基因的过表达菌株(MA-MTHFD1);其次提取MA-MTHFD1菌株基因组进行PCR鉴定,并结合qPCR分析结果,表明MTHFD1基因成功在高山被孢霉中实现了过量表达;最后通过对MA-MTHFD1中的脂肪酸含量、NADPH含量及NADPH合成途径中相关基因转录水平进行分析,研究MTHFD1基因过表达对脂质合成的影响。实验结果表明,过表达MTHFD1基因可以提高高山被孢霉脂质合成能力。与原养型高山被孢霉相比,MA-MTHFD1菌株中脂肪酸含量提高了40.13%,NADPH的含量提高了26.45%,而且NADPH合成途径中其他相关基因苹果酸酶(ME)和异柠檬酸脱氢酶(IDH)的转录水平也发生了上调。这一系列研究结果表明,在高山被孢霉脂质合成还原力形成中,MTHFD1基因起到了关键作用。这为解析高山被孢霉中NADPH来源及深入研究脂质合成机制,从而对其胞内脂肪酸代谢通路进行分子水平上的改建提供了一定的理论依据。     

Microsatellite markers isolated from polyploid wood‐sorrel Oxalis alpina (Oxalidaceae)

Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated from polyploid alpine wood‐sorrel, Oxalis alpina (Oxalidaceae), and optimized for future studies of its breeding system. The loci were screened for variability among 72 individuals from Pinos Altos, New Mexico. The primers amplified loci with allele number ranging from two to 17 per locus and with estimates of Nei's genetic diversity varying from 0.10 to 0.99. These primers provide an opportunity to use polymorphic DNA markers to study the causes of breeding system variability in this species.     

Arachidonic acid production by Mortierella alpina with growth-coupled lipid synthesis

The fungus Mortierella alpina LPM 301, a producer of arachidonic acid (ARA), was found to possess a unique property of a growth-coupled lipid synthesis. An increase in specific growth rate (μ) from 0.03 to 0.05 h⁻¹ resulted in a two-fold increase in the specific rate of lipid synthesis (milligram lipid (gram per lipid-free biomass) per hour). Under batch cultivation in glucose-containing media with urea or potassium nitrate as nitrogen sources, the ARA content was 46.0 and 60.4% of lipid; 16.4 and 18.8% of dry biomass; and 4.2 and 4.5 g l⁻¹, respectively. Under continuous cultivation of the strain, the productivity of ARA synthesis was 16.2 and 19.2 mg l⁻¹ h⁻¹ at μ=0.05 and 0.03 h⁻¹, respectively.     

Resistance to photoinhibition of photosystem II and catalase and antioxidative protection in high mountain plants

In leaves of three alpine high mountain plants, Homogyne alpina, Ranunculus glacialis and Soldanella alpina, both photosystem II (PSII) and the enzyme catalase appeared to he highly resistant to photoinactivation under natural field conditions. While the Dl protein of PSII and catalase have a rapid turnover in light and require continuous new protein synthesis in non-adapted plants, little apparent photoinactivation of PSII or catalase was induced in the alpine plants by translation inhibitors or at low temperature, suggesting that turnover of the Dl protein and catalase was slow in these leaves. In vitro PSII was rapidly inactivated in light in isolated thylakoids from H. alpina and R. glacialis. In isolated intact chloroplasts from R. glacialis, photoinactivation of PSII was slower than in thylakoids. Partially purified catalase from R. glacialis and S. alpina was as sensitive to photoinactivation in vitro as catalases from other sources. Catalase from H. alpina had, however, a 10-fold higher stability in light. The levels of xanthophyll cycle carotenoids, of the antioxidants ascorbate and glulathione, and of the activities of catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione reductase were very high in S. alpina, intermediate in H. alpina, but very low in R. glacialis. However, isolated chloroplasts from all three alpine species contained much higher concentrations of ascorbate and glutathione than chloroplasts from lowland plants.     

高山被孢霉产花生四烯酸及其遗传改造的研究进展

花生四烯酸作为一种重要的多价不饱和脂肪酸,因其具有多种生理功能而被认为是潜在的食品添加剂和药物。近年来,利用高山被孢霉合成花生四烯酸已成为研究热点。前期相关研究主要集中在菌种选育及发酵调控方面。随着研究的不断深入,关于高山被孢霉合成花生四烯酸的代谢途径的研究取得了较大进展。以下简要概述前期工作进展,着重论述花生四烯酸合成途径的关键酶及其高山被孢霉的遗传改造的研究情况,包括生物合成花生四烯酸代谢途径、关键酶及其应用、高山被孢霉的遗传操作系统的构建以及遗传改造的应用,并对其研究前景进行了展望。     

花生四烯酸产生菌高山被孢霉的高糖驯化研究

【目的】提高花生四烯酸(Arachidonic acid,ARA)产量,克服ARA产生菌高山被孢霉(Mortierella alpina)在长期的保存及使用过程中易受到外界条件影响发生退化,从而导致菌种耗糖量降低、影响菌种摄入营养的能力和不利于工业化生产的缺点。【方法】首先采用固体培养基驯化,将菌种逐级涂布于梯度高糖PDA平板(含糖量分别为2%、5%、7%、10%和15%)培养,挑选经固体驯化后能耐受10%高糖浓度平板的菌种,转接到两种含不同氮源的梯度高糖(含糖量分别为3%、4%、5%和6%)液体培养基中进行驯化,最后对驯化后的菌种进行2 L发酵罐放大实验。【结果】当培养基中以酵母粉为氮源时,驯化后菌体的最高耗糖量由3 g/(L.d)提高到12 g/(L.d);当培养基中以玉米浆为氮源时,驯化后菌体的最高耗糖量由7 g/(L.d)提高到12 g/(L.d)。摇瓶驯化实验结果表明以玉米浆为氮源驯化的菌种发酵效果较好,发酵罐实验结果显示菌体生物量为50 g/L,总油脂为18 g/L,目的产物ARA产量为8 g/L。相比未驯化之前的发酵结果,生物量和总油脂含量提高了近3倍,ARA产量提高了近4倍。【结论】经过高糖驯化,菌种的耗糖能力得到提高,生物量、总油脂及ARA的产量也都有所增加,从而可以使菌种在保存和使用过程中不易退化,保持稳定。     

Isolating Mortierella alpina strains of high yield of arachidonic acid

AIMS: To develop a fast isolation method for arachidonic acid-producing fungi of high yield. METHODS AND RESULTS: Relation between the staining degree of mycelia of Mortierella alpina stained with triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) and arachidonic acid content in the fungal lipids was investigated. Results showed that staining degree of mycelia stained with TTC increased when arachidonic acid content in mycelia lipids increased. This finding was used to isolate strains of high arachidonic acid yield. Arachidonic acid producing fungi were selectively isolated from soil at a low temperature of 4 degrees C and the mycelia of these isolates were stained with TTC. CONCLUSIONS: The strain M. alpina M6 that had the highest staining degree had the highest arachidonic acid content (72.3%). The yield of arachidonic acid in this strain reached 4.82 g l(-1). SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: A fast and effective method to isolate strains of high arachidonic acid yield was established according to the finding that staining degree of mycelia of M. alpina was positively correlated with arachidonic acid content in mycelia lipid.     

被孢霉γ-亚麻酸高产菌株选育

利用紫外线复合氯化锂诱变高山被孢霉SM96,筛选出一株高产γ-亚麻酸的菌株TM11,产量比出发菌株(25mg/L)提高了近3倍。对影响其多不饱和脂肪酸产生的因子Mg2+,VB6,营养盐溶液,磷源,碳源,氮源酵母膏进行了正交试验,选出TM11最佳的培养基配方:MgSO4·7H2O1.0g,VB6150mg/L,酵母膏6g/L,葡萄糖100g/L,营养盐溶液1mL/L,K2HPO42g/L。在上述最佳培养基中TM11的生物量达18.0213g/L,总脂达10.8128g/L,GLA量达668mg/L。     

寄生高山毛顶蛾的姬蜂科(膜翅目)中国一新纪录种

报道采自青海寄生高山毛顶蛾Eriocrania semipurpurella alpina Xu,1990(寄主新纪录)的姬蜂科中国1新纪录种:基镰尾姬蜂Grypocentrus basalis Ruthe,1855,对其形态特征进行了重新描述并配有特征图.