黄檀属两种树木形成层的活动周期和次生韧皮部的季节变化

观察了南岭黄檀（Ｄａｌｂｅｒｇｉａ ｂａｌａｎｓａｅ Ｐｒａｉｎ）主干、思茅黄檀（Ｄ．ｓｚｅｍ ａｏｅｎｓｉｓＰｒａｉｎ）枝条形成层活动的周期,次生韧皮部的季节变化和筛管寿命。结果表明：１．形成层均为叠生型。２． 南岭黄檀形成层于４ 月末开始分裂,１１月初停止活动。韧皮部于１１ 月初完成分化,木质部到１２月才完成分化。思茅黄檀形成层于４ 月中旬到１０ 月下旬活动,１１ 月下旬韧皮部和木质部都已完成分化。３． 具功能韧皮部区在秋季最宽,达４００—６００ μｍ ;２—４ 月最窄,仅为２００—３７０μｍ ,此时筛管分子仍具Ｐ－蛋白质,筛板孔开放。４． 南岭黄檀、思茅黄檀的筛管寿命分别为８—１２ 个月和９—１１ 个月。５． 形成层休眠时韧皮薄壁组织细胞中有淀粉与草酸钙结晶积累,形成层活动时量渐减少,夏季很少或无     

Ultrastructural Observation of Changes of Polysaccharide Grains in Dormant Shoots of Eucommia ulmoides

Cytochemical and ultrastructural studies indicated that compound spherical bodies observed near the sieve plate in the sieve tube members during the period of cambial dormancy in the shoots of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. were polysaccharide bodies different from the polysaccharide grains in other parenchyma cells in shoots, and were similar to cell walls in their staining properties. The compound spherical bodies occurred in the sieve elements during the period of cambial rest and disappeared in the sieve elements during the period of cambial quiescence and activity.     

拟南芥花蜜腺筛分子及蜜腺组织发育过程中的细胞学研究

应用高压冷冻和低温替代技术,对拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana L.)花蜜腺发育过程中细胞的超微结构变化进行了研究.蜜腺组织中深色细胞的超微结构与筛分子早期分化的超微结构十分相似:细胞核中染色质逐渐出现凝集并且边缘化;细胞器分布异常;细胞质浓稠.这些超微结构特征与近年来报道的动植物细胞程序性死亡的超微结构相似.在筛分子和深色细胞分化中,细胞核及一些细胞器的逐渐解体与原蜜汁的运输、加工和蜜汁的分泌有直接联系.这反映了蜜腺发育过程中筛分子和蜜腺组织的细胞学变化是与蜜腺的生长、发育和生理功能的完善联系在一起的.     

Analysis of particle motion in sieve tubes of Heracleum

Abstract. We have cine-filmed the random motion of microscopic particles, mostly starch grains from ruptured plastids, in sieve tubes of Heracleum mantegazzianum L. and H. sphohdylium Somm. and Lev. Our frame-by-frame analysis of the positions of the particles shows that they move much less than calculated when generally accepted estimates for the viscosity of sieve-lube sap are inserted in the Stokes-Einstein and other equations for Brownian motion. Our analysis of a film, of similar particles, made by previous workers leads us to disagree with their conclusion that particle movement in sieve tubes was greater than should be expected for ordinary Brownian motion. Particles in their film and in ours moved less than expected even when we allow for the possibility that the particles are restricted by cell walls and by each other. We suggest that the particles move less than expected because the viscosity of sieve-lube sap may be higher than has been assumed by physiologists.     

The Tie-dyed pathway promotes symplastic trafficking in the phloem

The tie-dyed1 (tdy1) and tdy2 mutants of maize exhibit leaf regions with starch hyperaccumulation and display unusual genetic interactions, suggesting they function in the same physiological process. Tdy2 encodes a putative callose synthase and is expressed in developing vascular tissues of immature leaves. Radiolabelling experiments and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed symplastic trafficking within the phloem was perturbed at the companion cell/sieve element interface. Here, we show that as reported for tdy2 mutants, tdy1 yellow leaf regions display an excessive oil-droplet phenotype in the companion cells. Based on the proposed function of Tdy2 as a callose synthase, our previous work characterizing Tdy1 as a novel, transmembrane-localized protein, and the present findings, we speculate how TDY1 and TDY2 might interact to promote symplastic transport of both solutes and developmentally instructive macromolecules during vascular development at the companion cell/sieve element interface.     

Lipase-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of (R,R)-lactide from alkyl lactate to produce PDLA (poly D-lactic acid) and stereocomplex PLA (poly lactic acid)

R-lactide, a pivotal monomer for the production of poly (D-lactic acid) (PDLA) or stereocomplex poly (lactic acid) (PLA) was synthesized from alkyl (R)-lactate through a lipase-catalyzed reaction without racemization. From among several types of lipase, only lipase B from Candida antarctica (Novozym 435; CAL-B) was effective in the reaction that synthesized (R,R)-lactide. Enantiopure (R,R)-lactide, which consisted of over 99% enantiomeric excess, was synthesized from methyl (R)-lactate through CAL-B catalysis. Removal of the methanol by-product was critical to obtain a high level of lactide conversion. The (R,R)-lactide yield was 56% in a reaction containing 100 mg of Novozym 435, 10 mM methyl (R)-lactate and 1500 mg of molecular sieve 5 A in methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). The important monomer (R,R)-lactide that is required for the production of the widely recognized bio-plastic PDLA and the PLA stereocomplex can be obtained using this novel synthetic method.     

ZSM-5(38)/Al-MCM-41复合分子筛对纤维素催化热解的影响

以纤维素为原料,以自制的不同硅铝比ZSM-5(38)/Al-MCM-41微-介孔复合分子筛为催化剂,在固定床反应器上进行了催化热解实验。采用XRD表征分子筛,采用GC-MS分析生物油成分,考查了催化剂的改变对生物质热解产物及生物油成分的影响。实验结果表明:添加催化剂后,生物油产率降低,且其含水率也有所增加。与未添加催化剂相比,生物油中D L-2,3-丁二醇有明显提高。其中,ZSM-5(38)/Al-MCM-41(20)最有利于苯酚、愈创木酚(2-甲氧基-苯酚)的生成。此外,这几种催化剂均有利于小分子化合物的生成,其中,ZSM-5(38)有利于C4~C5化合物的生成,微-介孔复合分子筛则有利于C6~C8化合物的生成。     

Spatial and temporal regulation of the forisome gene <Emphasis Type="Italic">for1</Emphasis> in the phloem during plant development

Forisomes are protein aggregates found uniquely in the sieve elements of Fabaceaen plants. Upon wounding they undergo a reversible, calcium-dependent conformational switch which enables them to act as cellular stopcocks. Forisomes begin to form in young sieve elements at an early stage of metaphloem differentiation. Genes encoding forisome components could therefore be useful as markers of early sieve element development. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of the developmental expression profile of for1, which encodes such a forisome component. The for1 gene is highly conserved among Fabaceaen species and appears to be unique to this phylogenetic lineage since no orthologous genes have been found in other plants, including Arabidopsis and rice. Even so, transgenic tobacco plants expressing reporter genes under the control of the for1 promoter display reporter activity exclusively in immature sieve elements. This suggests that the regulation of sieve element development is highly conserved even in plants where mature forisomes have not been detected. The promoter system could therefore provide a powerful tool for the detailed analysis of differentiation in metaphloem sieve elements in an unexpectedly broad range of plant species. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Tailed forisomes of Canavalia gladiata: a new model to study Ca2+-driven protein contractility

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Forisomes are Ca(2+)-dependent contractile protein bodies that form reversible plugs in sieve tubes of faboid legumes. Previous work employed Vicia faba forisomes, a not entirely unproblematic experimental system. The aim of this study was to seek to establish a superior model to study these intriguing actuators. METHODS: Existing isolation procedures were modified to study the exceptionally large, tailed forisomes of Canavalia gladiata by differential interference contrast microscopy in vitro. To analyse contraction/expansion kinetics quantitatively, a geometric model was devised which enabled the computation of time-courses of derived parameters such as forisome volume from simple parameters readily determined on micrographs. KEY RESULTS: Advantages of C. gladiata over previously utilized species include the enormous size of its forisomes (up to 55 microm long), the presence of tails which facilitate micromanipulation of individual forisomes, and the possibility of collecting material repeatedly from these fast-growing vines without sacrificing the plants. The main bodies of isolated Canavalia forisomes were box-shaped with square cross-sections and basically retained this shape in all stages of contraction. Ca(2+)-induced a 6-fold volume increase within about 10-15 s; the reverse reaction following Ca(2+)-depletion proceeded in a fraction of that time. CONCLUSIONS: The sword bean C. gladiata provides a superior experimental system which will prove indispensable in physiological, biophysical, ultrastructural and molecular studies on the unique ATP-independent contractility of forisomes.