寄主植物和接种物对丛枝菌根菌接种势的影响(英文)

在盆栽条件下研究了丛枝菌根菌(arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,AMF)单孢、多孢和菌根根段接种物及其寄主植物烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)、苏丹草(Sorghum sudanense(Piper)Stapf)和三叶草(Trifoliumrepens L.)对AMF Glomus macrocarpum Tul ＆ Tul、Glomus mosseae(Nicol ＆ Gerd.)Gerdemann ＆ Trappe、Glomusversiforme(Karsten)Berch和Sclerocystis sinuosa Gerdemann ＆ Bakhi发育和接种势值(value of inoculum poten-tial,VIP)的影响。用50个孢子或0.5g菌根根段接种物处理的感染迟缓期为28d,大大短于单孢接种处理(64d);前者的VIP和根系感染百分率(percentage of root colonization,PRC)均高于后者。50个孢子和0.5g菌根根段接种物两处理之间仅在感染的早期阶段存在差异。0.5g菌根根段接种物(烟草上G.versiforme菌除外)接种处理的VIP大于其他两种接种物的处理;而50个孢子或0.5g菌根根段接种物处理的PRC直至接种后70d仍高于单孢接种处理。三叶草上AMF的VIP显著大于其他两种寄主植物上的VIP。G.mosseae、G.versiforme和S.sinuosa的VIP则大于G.macrocarpum的处理。这表明不同AMF菌种能产生不同接种势值的接种物。烟草则是用于单孢接种和接种物生产的良好寄主植物。     

Physiological nitrogen efficiency in rice: Nitrogen utilization,photosynthesis, and yield potential

Characteristics of rice (Oryza sativa) as a crop plant are briefly introduced, and the relationship between formation of yield potential and nitrogen (N) nutrition is described on the basis of studies using 15N as a tracer. In addition, the relationship between the leaf photosynthetic capacity and leaf N, and the factors limiting leaf photosynthesis under different growth conditions are reviewed. Finally, targets for improving rice yield potential are discussed with a focus on the role of increased photosynthesis efficiency in relation to leaf N status and the photosynthetic components in the leaves.     

GroEL-mediated protein folding.

I. Architecture of GroEL and GroES and the reaction pathway A. Architecture of the chaperonins B. Reaction pathway of GroEL-GroES-mediated folding II. Polypeptide binding A. A parallel network of chaperones binding polypeptides in vivo B. Polypeptide binding in vitro 1. Role of hydrophobicity in recognition 2. Homologous proteins with differing recognition-differences in primary structure versus effects on folding pathway 3. Conformations recognized by GroEL a. Refolding studies b. Binding of metastable intermediates c. Conformations while stably bound at GroEL 4. Binding constants and rates of association 5. Conformational changes in the substrate protein associated with binding by GroEL a. Observations b. Kinetic versus thermodynamic action of GroEL in mediating unfolding c. Crossing the energy landscape in the presence of GroEL III. ATP binding and hydrolysis-driving the reaction cycle IV. GroEL-GroES-polypeptide ternary complexes-the folding-active cis complex A. Cis and trans ternary complexes B. Symmetric complexes C. The folding-active intermediate of a chaperonin reaction-cis ternary complex D. The role of the cis space in the folding reaction E. Folding governed by a "timer" mechanism F. Release of nonnative polypeptides during the GroEL-GroES reaction G. Release of both native and nonnative forms under physiologic conditions H. A role for ATP binding, as well as hydrolysis, in the folding cycle V. Concluding remarks.     

Influence of dissolved organic matter on copper binding, and calcium on cadmium binding, by gills of rainbow trout

Complexation of Cu by 5 mg Cl⁻¹ dissolved organic matter (DOM) from a marsh kept Cu from binding to gills of small rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in 9-day exposures to 0.5 μM Cu in soft water. The protective effect of DOM occurs because the formation of Cu-DOM complexes reduces the amount of free Cu in the water, so the disruptive effects of Cu on ionoregulation, such as inhibited Na uptake, cannot develop. The Cu-DOM complexes themselves do not bind to the gills. Calcium (1100 μm) reduced the accumulation of Cd by trout gills in short, 2-h exposures through competition for gill binding sites but not over longer, 7-day exposures to 0–14 μM Cd. However, the protective effect of Ca against Cd toxicity persisted throughout the longer experiment, likely due to the decrease in the electrochemical gradient for diffusive loss of Ca from the fish to the water. Rainbow trout and fathead minnows Pimephales promelas accumulated Cu and Cd on their gills in a similar manner; thus, binding constants for metal-gill interactions determined for one species of fish can be generalized to other fish species. When literature binding constants determined for fathead minnows were applied to our studies with rainbow trout, computer modelling of Cu-gill and Cu-DOM interactions simulated our results well. In contrast Cd-gill and Ca-gill modelling predicted the initial competitive effect of Ca against Cd accumulation by trout gills, but did not predict the longer-term accumulation of Cd by trout gills.     

细菌几丁质酶结构、功能及分子设计的研究进展

几丁质是仅次于纤维素的第二大天然多糖,由N-乙酰-D-氨基葡萄糖聚合而成,具有重要的应用价值。自然界中几丁质可被细菌高效降解。细菌可分泌多种几丁质降解酶类,主要分布在GH18家族和GH19家族中。细菌中几丁质降解酶基因存在明显的基因扩增及多结构域组合现象,不同家族、不同作用模式的几丁质酶系协同作用打破复杂的抗降解屏障,完成结晶几丁质的高效降解。因此,深入分析细菌几丁质酶结构与功能,对几丁质高效降解与高值转化应用具有重要意义。本文介绍了细菌几丁质酶的分类、结构特点与催化作用机制;总结了不同细菌胞外几丁质降解酶系的协同降解模式;针对几丁质酶家族分子改造的研究进展,展望了以结构生物信息学及大数据深度学习为基础的蛋白质工程设计策略在今后改造中的作用,为几丁质酶的设计与理性改造提供新的视角与思路。     

土壤碳矿化潜力对沙坡头人工固沙植被演变的响应

土壤呼吸是土壤有机C矿化分解,释放无机养分的重要生物化学过程。本研究通过实验室培养的方法,分析了沙坡头地区人工固沙区不同固沙年限土壤碳矿化潜力的变化。经过103d的室内培养,土壤CO2-C的释放量表现为55龄>47龄>30龄>24龄>21龄>流动沙丘,在垂直方向上表现为0～5cm>5～10cm>10～20cm。而流沙区土壤碳矿化潜力为10～20cm土层最高。不同固沙年限土壤碳矿化潜力、全氮、有机碳、电导率有明显的差异,均表现为随植被恢复年限的延长而增加,随深度的增加而递减。相关性分析表明,土壤碳矿化潜力与土壤有机碳、总氮、C/N、pH、电导率、温度、土壤水分含量呈极显著相关,土壤各环境因子之间亦呈极显著相关。土壤养分含量随着恢复时间的延长而得到明显的改善,土壤碳矿化潜力与土壤养分状况改善程度一致。人工固沙植被的建立促进了土壤微生物活性,通过潜在的土壤呼吸得到表征。植被恢复和凋落物积累使土壤免遭风蚀,显著增加了土壤有机质的输入,因而显著作用于大气C的固存。     

Direct Imaging of ER Calcium with Targeted-Esterase Induced Dye Loading (TED)

Visualization of calcium dynamics is important to understand the role of calcium in cell physiology. To examine calcium dynamics, synthetic fluorescent Ca²⁺ indictors have become popular. Here we demonstrate TED (= targeted-esterase induced dye loading), a method to improve the release of Ca²⁺ indicator dyes in the ER lumen of different cell types. To date, TED was used in cell lines, glial cells, and neurons in vitro. TED bases on efficient, recombinant targeting of a high carboxylesterase activity to the ER lumen using vector-constructs that express Carboxylesterases (CES). The latest TED vectors contain a core element of CES2 fused to a red fluorescent protein, thus enabling simultaneous two-color imaging. The dynamics of free calcium in the ER are imaged in one color, while the corresponding ER structure appears in red. At the beginning of the procedure, cells are transduced with a lentivirus. Subsequently, the infected cells are seeded on coverslips to finally enable live cell imaging. Then, living cells are incubated with the acetoxymethyl ester (AM-ester) form of low-affinity Ca²⁺ indicators, for instance Fluo5N-AM, Mag-Fluo4-AM, or Mag-Fura2-AM. The esterase activity in the ER cleaves off hydrophobic side chains from the AM form of the Ca²⁺ indicator and a hydrophilic fluorescent dye/Ca²⁺ complex is formed and trapped in the ER lumen. After dye loading, the cells are analyzed at an inverted confocal laser scanning microscope. Cells are continuously perfused with Ringer-like solutions and the ER calcium dynamics are directly visualized by time-lapse imaging. Calcium release from the ER is identified by a decrease in fluorescence intensity in regions of interest, whereas the refilling of the ER calcium store produces an increase in fluorescence intensity. Finally, the change in fluorescent intensity over time is determined by calculation of ΔF/F₀.     

On the Stability of Clathrate Hydrates Encaging Polar Guest Molecules: Contrast in the Hydrogen Bonds of Methylamine and Methanol Hydrates

Abstract

The stability of clathrate hydrates encaging highly polar guests has been investigated in order to explain the experimental observation that some amines form clathrate hydrates but alcohols act as inhibitor to hydrate formation. We choose methylamine and methanol as guest species and examine the stable structure, at which the total potential energy has a minimum value. At the local minima of those two hydrates, the potential energies of water-water and guest-water, and their hydrogen bonded networks are compared. It is found that methanol does not retain the host lattice structure, while the host-network structure is kept in the presence of methylamine. It is shown that the difference in the magnitude of the partial charge on the hydrogen atom between the hydroxyl and amino groups plays a much more significant role on the stability of both clathrate hydrates than the difference in molecular geometry. This is supported from the result of a methylamine-like model that has the same partial charges on the atoms in the hydrophilic site as methanol.     

匹伐他汀钙与阿托伐他汀钙治疗冠心病的临床疗效及安全性比较

目的:观察和比较匹伐他汀钙与阿托伐他汀钙治疗冠心病的临床疗效及安全性。方法:选取2016年3月到2018年12月于我院就诊的冠心病患者共100例,将其按照入院编号随机分为两组,匹伐他汀钙组(50例)与阿托伐他汀钙组(50例)。在服药前及服药后第6、12个月,检测和比较两组血糖(Glu)、糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)、超敏C反应蛋白(hsCRP)、总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C)、谷丙转苷酶(ALT)、谷草转氨酶(AST)、肌酐(Cr)、肌酸激酶(CK)水平的变化。结果:治疗后6、12个月,匹伐他汀钙组血清HDL-C水平较治疗前显著升高(P0.05),而血清hsCRP水平明显降低(P0.05),阿托伐他汀钙组HDL-C、hsCRP与治疗前比较差异均没有统计学意义(P0.05)。治疗后12个月,阿托伐他汀钙组HbA1c较治疗前显著升高(P0.05),而匹伐他汀钙组与治疗前比较差异没有统计学意义(P0.05)。治疗后6、12个月,两组患者血清TC、LDL-C水平均较治疗前明显降低(P0.05),两组患者血清TG、Glu、ALT、AST、Cr、CK水平较治疗前差异无明显统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:匹伐他汀钙和阿托伐他汀钙治疗均能够降低冠心病患者的血清LDL-C、TC、TG水平,而匹伐他汀钙同时可升高HDL-C,降低血清hs CRP水平,并且不增加新发糖尿病的风险。     

Protection from Cell Death by mcl-1 Is Mediated by Membrane Hyperpolarization Induced By K+ Channel Activation

Mcl-1, a member of the Bcl-2 family, has been identified as an inhibitor of apoptosis induced by anticancer agents and radiation in myeloblastic leukemia cells. The molecular mechanism underlying this phenomenon, however, is not yet understood. In the present study, we report that hyperpolarization of the membrane potential is required for prevention of mcl-1 mediated cell death in murine myeloblastic FDC-P1 cells. In cells transfected with mcl-1, the membrane potential, measured by the whole-cell patch clamp, was hyperpolarized more than −30 mV compared with control cells. The membrane potential was repolarized by increased extracellular K⁺ concentration (56 mV per 10-fold change in K⁺ concentration). Using the cell-attached patch-clamp technique, K⁺ channel activity was 1.7 times higher in mcl-1 transfected cells (NP _o = 22.7 ± 3.3%) than control cells (NP _o = 13.2 ± 1.9%). Viabilities of control and mcl-1 transfected cells after treatment with the cytotoxin etoposide (20 μg/ml), were 37.9 ± 3.9% and 78.2 ± 2.0%, respectively. Suppression of K⁺ channel activity by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) before etoposide treatment significantly reduced the viability of mcl-1 transfected cells to 49.0 ± 4.6%. These results indicate that as part of the prevention of cell death, mcl-1 causes a hyperpolarization of membrane potential through activation of K⁺ channel activity. Received: 30 March 1999/Revised: 20 July 1999