<Emphasis Type="Italic">Physcomitrella patens</Emphasis> is highly tolerant against drought,salt and osmotic stress

In order to determine the degree of tolerance of the moss Physcomitrella patens to different abiotic stress conditions, we examined its tolerance against salt, osmotic and dehydration stress. Compared to other plants like Arabidopsis thaliana, P. patens exhibits a high degree of abiotic stress tolerance, making it a valuable source for the identification of genes effecting the stress adaptation. Plants that had been treated with NaCl tolerated concentrations up to 350 mM. Treatments with sorbitol revealed that plants are able to survive concentrations up to 500 mM. Furthermore, plants that had lost 92% water on a fresh-weight basis were able to recover successfully. For molecular analyses, a P. patens expressed sequence tag (EST) database was searched for cDNA sequences showing homology to stress-associated genes of seed plants and bacteria. 45 novel P. patens genes were identified and subjected to cDNA macroarray analyses to define their expression pattern in response to water deficit. Among the selected cDNAs, we were able to identify a set of genes that is specifically up-regulated upon dehydration. These genes encode proteins exerting their function in maintaining the integrity of the plant cell as well as proteins that are known to be members of signaling networks. The identified genes will serve as molecular markers and potential targets for future functional analyses.     

The promoter of the pepper pathogen-induced membrane protein gene <Emphasis Type="Italic">CaPIMP1</Emphasis> mediates environmental stress responses in plants

The promoter of the pepper pathogen-induced membrane protein gene CaPIMP1 was analyzed by an Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression assay in tobacco leaves. Several stress-related cis-acting elements (GT-1, W-box and ABRE) are located within the CaPIMP1 promoter. In tobacco leaf tissues transiently transformed with a CaPIMP1 promoter-β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene fusion, serially 5′-deleted CaPIMP1 promoters were differentially activated by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci, ethylene, methyl jasmonate, abscisic acid, and nitric oxide. The −1,193 bp region of the CaPIMP1 gene promoter sequence exhibited full promoter activity. The −417- and −593 bp promoter regions were sufficient for GUS gene activation by ethylene and methyl jasmonate treatments, respectively. However, CaPIMP1 promoter sequences longer than −793 bp were required for promoter activation by abscisic acid and sodium nitroprusside treatments. CaPIMP1 expression was activated in pepper leaves by treatment with ethylene, methyl jasmonate, abscisic acid, β-amino-n-butyric acid, NaCl, mechanical wounding, and low temperature, but not with salicylic acid. Overexpression of CaPIMP1 in Arabidopsis conferred hypersensitivity to mannitol, NaCl, and ABA during seed germination but not during seedling development. In contrast, transgenic plants overexpressing CaPIMP1 exhibited enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress induced by methyl viologen during germination and early seedling stages. These results suggest that CaPIMP1 expression may alter responsiveness to environmental stress, as well as to pathogen infection. The nucleotide sequence data reported here has been deposited in the GenBank database under the accession number DQ356279.     

细胞培养技术在植物抗性生理研究领域中的应用

本文综述了近10年来有关利用细胞培养技术所进行的抗性生理领域的研究成果,包括在培养过程中植物细胞对外界胁迫的反应、有关利用细胞培养技术研究植物的抗逆性反应,以及植物抗逆性的理论在实际中的应用。大量的实验证明,细胞培养技术在植物抗逆性研究领域具有广阔的应用前景。     

Expression of a novel <Emphasis Type="Italic">OSPGYRP</Emphasis> (rice proline-, glycine- and tyrosine-rich protein) gene,which is involved in vesicle trafficking,enhanced cold tolerance in <Emphasis Type="Italic">E. coli</Emphasis>

A novel OSPGYRP gene encoding a rice proline-, glycine- and tyrosine-rich protein was isolated from cold-stress treated rice seedlings using suppression subtractive hybridization. Both amino acid sequence analysis and subcellular localization confirm that OsPGYRP is a novel protein involved in vesicle trafficking. The expression of the OSPGYRP gene was induced by cold, salt, and osmotic stress. In addition, expression of the OSPGYRP gene in E. coli increased the resistance to cold stress. These results show that OsPGYRP is a novel protein involved in vesicle trafficking and plays an important role in plant adaptation to stress. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

硒对氧化应激诱导的胎盘滋养层细胞增殖与凋亡的影响

摘要 目的：检测硒（NaSe）对CoCl₂氧化应激诱导人胎盘滋养层细胞(JEG-3) 增殖与凋亡的影响及其可能机制。方法：体外培养JEG-3 细胞,在加入CoCl₂（500 μM）氧化应激诱导前先加入NaSe(100nM) 预处理24小时,MTT 实验检测硒对氧化应激JEG-3的增殖促进作用; 利用细胞流式术（FCM）检测硒对氧化应激JEG-3细胞凋亡的影响;用Western blot检测硒影响氧化应激JEG-3细胞增殖与凋亡的可能分子生物学机制。结果：MTT 提示硒能够增加氧化应激诱导的JEG-3细胞的增殖活性(P＜0.05) ,降低氧化应激JEG-3细胞凋亡率(P＜0.01) ,同时硒蛋白Gpx1表达上调(P＜0.05) ,脂质过氧化物MDA表达下降（P＜0.05）。结论：硒通过上调硒蛋白Gpx1 表达,降低脂质过氧化物MDA表达,进而降低氧化应激JEG-3细胞凋亡率而发挥其促进增殖活性,提示硒的补充对子痫前期的预防和治疗具有重要的意义。     

TRPM离子通道与人类疾病

TRPM蛋白家族是一类表达于多种哺乳动物细胞中广泛存在的离子通道。近年来发现它们在维持某些特定生理功能中起关 键作用且与人类疾病密切相关。研究显示氧化应激可使TRPM离子通道功能异常导致疾病发生、发展。TRPM亚家族的三个成 员,TRPM2,TRPM4 和TRPM7 均受氧化应激的调控,其功能改变、增加或缺失与炎症及免疫系统的激活、神经退行性疾病和神经 系统疾病、心血管疾病、癌症及糖尿病,代谢紊乱和骨疾病等疾病紧密联系。本文就近年来氧化应激调控的TRPM离子通道与人 类疾病的关系做简要综述。此外,文章也将探讨它们作为药物设计靶点和工具的应用前景。     

应激和肠道菌群在肠易激综合征内脏疼痛中的机制研究

内脏痛是一种躯体内脏器官引起的疼痛,是功能性胃肠病（FGIDs）如肠易激综合征（irritable bowel syndrome,IBS）最常见的临床症状。慢性应激被认为是IBS的发病病因之一,应激可调节脑—肠轴的结构和功能,同时激活肠道免疫,破坏肠道黏膜屏障以及引起内脏感觉过敏。近年来,肠道微生物与脑—肠轴的双向交流及相互作用逐渐被认识,本研究就应激与肠道菌群在IBS内脏疼痛的机制研究作一综述。     

氨基酸型肠内营养制剂支持后克罗恩病患者肠道微生物和非靶向代谢组学指标的分析

探讨氨基酸型肠内营养制剂支持后克罗恩病患者的肠道微生物和非靶向代谢组学指标的变化,为该类患者的治疗提供参考。

选择我院收治的20例克罗恩病活动期患者作为研究对象,所有患者均采用氨基酸型肠内营养制剂进行支持治疗。比较患者治疗前后肠道菌群结构、菌群多样性以及非靶向代谢组学检测结果的差异。

治疗后,患者肠道乳杆菌属（t=5.200,P＜0.001）、大肠埃希菌（t=11.974,P＜0.001）、克雷伯菌属（t=15.033,P＜0.001）、糖单胞菌（t=12.166,P＜0.001）、恶臭假单胞菌（t=31.063,P＜0.001）、肠球菌属（t=28.867,P＜0.001）数量均显著升高;同时患者肠道菌群OUTs（t=40.435,P＜0.001）、Observed species（t=5.475,P＜0.001）、Chao1指数（t=12.348,P＜0.001）、Simpson指数（t=2.961,P=0.005）、Shannon指数（t=3.330,P=0.002）均显著升高。相比治疗前,治疗后患者血清以及粪便中的氨基酸、多肽、脂肪酸、胆固醇及碳水化合物水平均显著改善。

氨基酸型肠内营养制剂支持后,克罗恩病患者肠道菌群丰度提高,同时患者脂质代谢的改善可能与氧化应激反应通路相关联。

     

Regulation and integration of plant jasmonate signaling: a comparative view of monocot and dicot

The phytohormone jasmonate plays a pivotal role in various aspects of plant life, including developmental programs and defense against pests and pathogens. A large body of knowledge on jasmonate biosynthesis, signal transduction as well as its functions in diverse plant processes has been gained in the past two decades. In addition, there exists extensive crosstalk between jasmonate pathway and other phytohormone pathways, such as salicylic acid(SA) and gibberellin(GA), in co-regulation of plant...