宁夏枸杞器官发生和体细胞胚胎发生过程中DNA、RNA和蛋白质合成动态的比较研究

宁夏枸杞(Lycium barbarum L.)叶外植体来源的愈伤组织经筛选、繁殖后,将来源相同、状态较为一致的淡黄色愈伤组织转移至O型或E型培养基上,可以诱导出器官发生和体细胞胚胎发生。利用该体系,对两条离体再生途径进行了比较研究。结果表明:(1)在拟分生组织和胚性细胞形成之前,RNA合成首先被激活,随后DNA、蛋白质合成加速;而球形胚形成期间,先是DNA合成的加快,接着RNA、蛋白质的合成高峰出现,在不定芽形成期间却正好相反;(2)可溶性蛋白组分发生规律性变化;器官发生和体细胞胚胎发生的启动阶段都有-153.6kD多肽出现,一些多肽分子在分化早期逐渐消失,而随芽原基或球形胚的形成又重新合成;与形态发生相对应,两种再生体系都有作为各自分子标记的特异多肽(84.9kD、46.3kD和44kD、36.2kD)的表达。此外,还对两种离体再生体系之间的关系和发生机制进行了讨论。     

Efficient plant regeneration from cell suspension-derived callus of East Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.)

A procedure is outlined for the establishment of a proliferating cell suspension culture of East Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.) and efficient plant regeneration from callus derived from such cultures. Callus was induced from hypocotyl segments derived from 1-week-old axenic seedlings on Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium (MS) containing 10.8 μM naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 2.2 μM benzyladenine (BA). Calli were increased by subculturing on MS supplemented with same growth regulators and 10% coconut water (CW). Friable calli were used to initiate cell suspension cultures. Optimum cell proliferation occurred in MS containing 10.8 μM NAA, 2.2 μM BA and 10% CW, using an initial inoculum cell density of 2%. Cell clumps composed of 20–25 cells harvested from suspension cultures at the exponential growth phase readily formed callus within 3 weeks following plating on the semi-solid MS as above. High-frequency shoot-bud differentiation was induced in these calli on MS containing 2.7 μM NAA and 13.3 μM BA. The regeneration frequency declined at higher BA concentrations. The organogenic potential of the cell suspensions was influenced by the age of the culture. Regenerated shoots were rooted on half-strength MS containing 5.7 μM indole-3-acetic acid, 4.9 μM indole-3-butyric acid and 5.3 μM indole-3-propionic acid. The plantlets were acclimatized and established in soil. Received: 22 August 1997 / Revision received: 21 May 1998 / Accepted: 1 June 1998     

Regeneration of fertile plants from Helianthus nuttallii T&G and Helianthus giganteus L. mesophyll protoplasts

Interspecific hybridisation in the genus Helianthus via somatic cell fusion is thought to play an important role in future sunflower breeding programs. The establishment of this technique requires, however, the development of single-cell-regeneration protocols. For this purpose, we applied a regeneration protocol recently developed for Helianthus annuus L. to mesophyll protoplasts of two wild sunflowers (H. nuttallii T&G, H. giganteus L). Protoplasts of both species were embedded in agarose droplets and covered by liquid mKM medium. After 4–5 weeks, callus was transferred onto solid differentiation medium yielding plating efficencies of 1.5% (H. nuttallii) and 2.5% (H. giganteus). Emerging shoots were elongated on hormone-free medium, and root formation was induced by an NAA treatment. Regenerated plants were transferred to the greenhouse where they grew up to a height of 2 m and flowered after 3 months. Seeds were harvested from regenerated plants of both species. Received: 22 October 1996 / Revision received: 30 December 1996 / Accepted: 30 January 1997     

Regeneration of cassava plants via shoot organogenesis

A novel regeneration system based on direct shoot organogenesis is described for cassava. Plants could be regenerated at high frequency by inducing shoot primordia on explants derived from cotyledons of cassava somatic embryos. After a passage on elongation medium, the regenerated shoots were easily rooted in hormone-free medium and could be successfully transplanted to soil. Using the shoot-organogenesis-based regeneration method, up to eight transplantable plantlets per explant could be regenerated. The system was optimised first for one cassava cultivar, and then its transferability to three other cultivars was demonstrated. This method widens the scope of in vitro regeneration modes of cassava, and is also compatible with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. To develop an efficient system for production of somatic embryos for regeneration experiments, conditions for inducing primary and cycling somatic embryos were also studied, and highly efficient plant regeneration via germination of somatic embryos was achieved using maltose instead of sucrose in the culture medium, and combining paclobutrazol with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in the embryo induction medium. Received: 25 January 1997 / Revision received: 10 February 1997 / Accepted: 20 February 1997     

In vitro adventitious budding on Pinus pinaster cotyledons and needles

Adventitious budding can be induced on two types of Pinus pinaster Ait. organs. Cotyledons (10-mm-long), derived from 8 to 10-day-old seedlings, show morpho-genetic response when an appropriate mineral solution is used (NH₄⁺/K⁺= 1). Of the various cytokinin concentrations added to this optimal mineral medium, 0.8 μM BAP (6-benzylaminopurine), with 5 n M NAA (1-naphtaleneacetic acid), promoted organogenesis best. Buds were induced from outer mesophyll layers.
Short shoots and the elongating needles (70-mm-long) were collected from cuttings of a mature tree (10-years-old). These cuttings benefited from physiological advantages of a well-developed root system (by heating the substrate). In order to stimulate in vitro organogenesis, they had been sprayed every week from March to May with 10 μ M BAP.
When cultivated in the presence of 10 μ M BAP and 25 n M NAA, 79% of the explants produced buds from dome-shaped meristematic cell clusters that pre-existed at the top of the short shoots. Moreover, among these, 42% gave rise to adventitious buds induced from proliferating mesophyll cells at the needle base. The morphologies of the two kinds of shoots were similar. Adventitious budding on these two different explants should allow vegetative multiplication of selected seedlings and elite trees.     

A histological study of tissue proliferation,embryogenesis, and organogenesis from tissue cultures ofDactylis glomerata L.

Summary Histological information is presented on the origin of initial tissue proliferation and on embryogenesis and organogenesis in sub-cultured tissue derived from mature orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) embryos. Embryos were plated on an LS agar medium containing 20 M 2,4-D. Examination of cultures between 96 and 144 hours after plating showed parenchyma proliferation originating primarily from the coleorhiza, especially the basal portion. Within 28 days after plating, the tissue showed various degrees and kinds of organized structures including lobed meristematic regions with vascular tissue. These are thought to develop ultimately into aerial roots which are common in grass tissue cultures. Subcultured tissue on 1.0 M 2,4-D medium showed somatic embryos completely isolated from the tissue mass suggestingde novo embryogenesis. Organogenesis was evident by shoot apical meristems existing on the surface of the tissue mass without attached roots and root meristems without shoots within the tissue. The observations are discussed in relation to the anatomy of the grass embryo.This research was supported in part by the Competitive Research Grants Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture under Agreement No. 5901-0410-9-0331-0.     

Morphogenesis in in vitro Culture of Terminal Floral Apex of Banana

The technique by which plantlets was able to be regenerated via organogenesis or and somatic embryogenesis in fruit banana were developed in this experiment. Somatic embryogenesis was induced and the embryoid of banana possessed typlcal structure of embryo: scutellum, coleoptile and coleorhiza in monocotyledon embryo.     

The embryonic development of the flatworm <Emphasis Type="Italic">Macrostomum</Emphasis> sp.

Macrostomid flatworms represent a group of basal bilaterians with primitive developmental and morphological characteristics. The species Macrostomum sp., raised under laboratory conditions, has a short generation time of about 2–3 weeks and produces a large number of eggs year round. Using live observation, histology, electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry we have carried out a developmental analysis of Macrostomum sp. Cleavage (stages 1–2) of this species follows a modified spiral pattern and results in a solid embryonic primordium surrounded by an external yolk layer. During stage 3, cells at the anterior and lateral periphery of the embryo evolve into the somatic primordium which gives rise to the body wall and nervous system. Cells in the center form the large yolk-rich gut primordium. During stage 4, the brain primordium and the pharynx primordium appear as symmetric densities anterior-ventrally within the somatic primordium. Organ differentiation commences during stage 5 when the neurons of the brain primordium extend axons that form a central neuropile, and the outer cell layer of the somatic primordium turns into a ciliated epidermal epithelium. Cilia also appear in the lumen of the pharynx primordium, in the protonephridial system and, slightly later, in the lumen of the gut. Ultrastructurally, these differentiating cells show the hallmarks of platyhelminth epithelia, with a pronounced apical assembly of microfilaments (terminal web) inserting at the zonula adherens, and a wide band of septate junctions underneath the zonula. Terminal web and zonula adherens are particularly well observed in the epidermis. During stage 6, the somatic primordium extends around the surface dorsally and ventrally to form a complete body wall. Muscle precursors extend myofilaments that are organized into a highly regular orthogonal network of circular, diagonal and longitudinal fibers. Neurons of the brain primordium differentiate a commissural neuropile that extends a single pair of ventro-lateral nerve trunks (the main longitudinal cords) posteriorly. The primordial pharynx lumen fuses with the ventral epidermis anteriorly and the gut posteriorly, thereby generating a continuous digestive tract. The embryo adopts its final shape during stages 7 and 8, characterized by the morphallactic lengthening of the body into a U-shaped form and the condensation of the nervous system.Edited by J. Campos-Ortega