黄土高原冰草叶片抗坏血酸和谷胱甘肽合成及循环代谢对干旱胁迫的生理响应

通过盆栽实验, 对干旱胁迫下黄土高原地区冰草(Agropyron cristatum)叶片的抗坏血酸和谷胱甘肽合成及循环代谢相关酶及物质含量进行了研究。结果表明: 冰草可以通过增强叶片的抗坏血酸和谷胱甘肽合成及循环代谢酶: 抗坏血酸过氧化物酶、谷胱甘肽还原酶、脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶、L-半乳糖酸-1, 4-内酯脱氢酶和γ-谷氨酰半胱氨酸合成酶活性, 维持植物体内抗坏血酸和谷胱甘肽水平及氧化还原状态, 从而抵御干旱造成的氧化胁迫。但叶片抗坏血酸和谷胱甘肽合成及循环代谢对不同水平干旱胁迫的响应, 随胁迫时间的延长而不同。在胁迫24天以前, 严重干旱下叶片的抗坏血酸和谷胱甘肽合成及循环代谢增强较显著; 在胁迫24天后, 由于该胁迫下植物所遭受的氧化胁迫较为严重, 叶片中上述6种酶的活性均呈降低趋势。而在中度干旱下叶片抗坏血酸和谷胱甘肽合成及循环代谢相关的6种酶在整个胁迫过程中均保持较高的活性。这说明, 冰草能够长时间有效地抵御中度干旱所造成的氧化胁迫, 但只能在一定时间范围内有效地抵御严重干旱所造成的氧化胁迫, 胁迫时间延长则会降低其抵御严重干旱的能力。     

外来入侵种豚草对不同环境胁迫的生理响应

豚草（Ambrosia artemisiifolia）是一种外来入侵恶性杂草,本文研究了在人工模拟的不同环境胁迫（低温、高温、干旱和积水）下豚草叶片中丙二醛（MDA）和抗氧化系统的变化。结果表明：在4种环境胁迫下MDA含量、超氧化物歧化酶和过氧化氢酶活力都升高;过氧化氢酶活性在高温胁迫下升高,在其他3种胁迫下活性降低;还原型谷胱甘肽含量及抗超氧阴离子自由基活性在4种胁迫下降低。说明豚草抗逆机制多样,对高温、高湿的适应强,在华南及西南各省入侵潜力较大。     

温度胁迫对马铃薯叶片抗坏血酸代谢系统的影响

采用盆栽试验,研究了高温（40 ℃）和低温（5 ℃）胁迫下,马铃薯叶片抗坏血酸（AsA）含量、L-半乳糖-1,4-内酯脱氢酶（GalLDH）和脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶（DHAR）基因表达与相应酶活性,以及抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（APX）、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶（MDHAR）、谷胱甘肽还原酶（GR）活性及H₂O₂和丙二醛（MDA）含量的变化规律,探讨温度胁迫对AsA代谢系统的影响.结果表明：40 ℃下,AsA含量快速增加,在6 h达到最高值,最高值比对照增加43.7％,而后急速减少;5 ℃下,在9 h达到最高值,最高值比对照增加27.7％,而后也开始减少.GalLDH、DHAR、APX、MDHAR和GR活性在40 ℃和5 ℃下均呈先升后降的变化趋势;GalLDH和DHAR基因表达与其酶活性的变化趋势一致.温度胁迫下,H₂O₂和MDA含量均显著增加.说明在温度胁迫初期,马铃薯叶片以AsA为核心的抗氧化系统对抵御高温和低温胁迫发挥了重要作用,但是随着胁迫时间的延长,AsA代谢系统的抗氧化功能逐渐降低.     

干旱胁迫下黄土高原4种乡土禾草抗氧化特性

采用盆栽实验,对干旱胁迫下黄土高原4种乡土禾草冰草、长芒草、无芒隐子草和白羊草叶片过氧化氢(H₂O₂)、丙二醛(MDA)含量、抗氧化酶超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)、谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)、脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(DHAR)、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(MDHAR)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPX)活性和非酶抗氧化物质还原型抗坏血酸(AsA)、还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)、类胡萝卜素(Car)含量进行了测定。 结果表明:随着干旱胁迫程度的加剧,4种乡土禾草叶片H₂O₂、MDA含量均呈增加趋势,这说明它们均遭受了干旱所造成的氧化胁迫,且干旱程度越大其遭受的氧化胁迫也越大。由于4种乡土禾草均为禾本科植物并生存于相同的生态环境中,它们在抗氧化特性上具有一定共性。在60%FC和45%FC干旱胁迫下,4种乡土禾草均可以通过增加抗氧化酶SOD、CAT、APX、GR、DHAR、MDHAR、GPX活性和非酶抗氧化物质AsA含量来抵御干旱所造成的氧化胁迫。由于种属差异,4种乡土禾草的抗氧化特性也存在差异。在60%FC和45%FC干旱胁迫下,冰草、无芒隐子草和白羊草还通过增加非酶抗氧化物质Car含量增强抗氧化能力,长芒草和白羊草则还可通过增加POD活性抵御干旱。在60%FC干旱胁迫下,冰草还可通过增加非酶抗氧化物质GSH含量提高其抗氧化性。采用隶属函数法对4种乡土草种抗氧化能力的综合评价表明,冰草的抗氧化能力最强,其次为无芒隐子草和白羊草,长芒草的抗氧化能力最差。     

环境胁迫和抗坏血酸的氧化还原状态

为了解环境胁迫对植物体中抗坏血酸含量及氧化还原状态的影响,以不同强度的冰冻和干旱两种胁迫为例,研究了它们对沈阳几种针叶树离体叶抗坏血酸、脱氢抗坏血酸含量以及抗坏血酸-谷胱甘肽循环中4种酶活性的影响.结果表明,两种胁迫达到一定强度后,都能使还原态抗坏血酸含量下降而使脱氢抗坏血酸含量上升.冰冻使抗坏血酸过氧化酶和单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶活性下降.轻度失水使这两种酶活性上升,失水加重后转而趋于下降.脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶和谷胱甘肽还原酶活性对两种胁迫反应均不如前两种酶敏感.结合以前的研究结果,认为这一H2O2清除系统在导致驯化(acclimation)的轻度胁迫作用下可以得到加强,而当胁迫强度过大时则其清除能力下降并使组织受到伤害.文中还报告了沈阳几种针叶树抗寒性和针叶中抗坏血酸含量及上述4种酶活性之间的相关关系.     

环境胁迫和抗坏血酸的氧化还原状态

为了解环境胁迫对植物体中抗坏血酸含量及氧化还原状态的影响，以不同强度的冰冻和干旱两种胁迫为例，研究了它们对沈阳几种针叶树离体叶抗坏血酸、脱氢抗坏血酸含量以及抗坏血酸-谷胱甘肽循环中4种酶活性的影响。结果表明，两种胁迫达到一定强度后，都能使还原态抗坏血酸含量下降而使脱氢抗坏血酸含量上升。冰冻使抗坏血酸过氧化酶和单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶活性下降。轻度失水使这两种酶活性上升，失水加重后转而趋于下降。脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶和谷胱甘肽还原酶活性对两种胁迫反应均不如前两种酶敏感。结合以前的研究结果，认为这一H2O2清除系统在导致驯化(acclimation)的轻度胁迫作用下可以得到加强，而当胁迫强度过大时则其清除能力下降并使组织受到伤害。文中还报告了沈阳几种针叶树抗寒性和针叶中抗坏血酸含量及上述4种酶活性之间的相关关系。     

NaCl胁迫对螺旋藻生长及抗氧化酶活性的影响

在０１％～５．０％ＮａＣｌ浓度范围的培养基中培养极大螺旋藻（Ｓｐｉｒｕｌｉｎａｍａｘｉｍａ）,发现ＮａＣｌ浓度高于２．０％时螺旋藻生长受到明显抑制。培养７天后测定超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（ＡＳＡＰＯＤ）、过氧化氢酶（ＣＡＴ）活性和丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量。结果表明：在盐胁迫下,ＳＯＤ酶活性升高;抗坏血酸过氧化物酶和过氧化氢酶活性在低盐胁迫下活性升高,高盐胁迫下抗坏血酸过氧化物酶活性迅速降低,过氧化物酶则完全失活;ＭＤＡ含量先随盐胁迫程度增加而降低,后随盐胁迫的进一步增强恢复至对照水平。     

褪黑素对高温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗抗坏血酸代谢系统的影响

以‘津春4号’黄瓜幼苗为试材,采用叶面喷施的方法,研究了外源褪黑素对高温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗叶片抗坏血酸代谢系统的影响.结果表明:高温胁迫后,黄瓜幼苗叶片过氧化氢(H2O2)和丙二醛(MDA)含量明显增加;还原型抗坏血酸(AsA)和还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量持续下降,脱氢抗坏血酸(DHA)和氧化型谷胱甘肽(GSSG)含量逐渐升高,AsA/DHA和GSH/GSSG大幅下降;抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APx)、单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(MDHAR)、脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(DHAR)和谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)活性明显升高,并在12 h达到最大.外施褪黑素能有效抑制高温胁迫下黄瓜幼苗叶片H2O2和MDA的积累,提高抗氧化物质AsA和GSH含量及抗坏血酸代谢相关酶APx、MDHAR、DHAR和GR活性,从而增强对H2O2的清除能力,抑制活性氧的产生,维持细胞膜的稳定性,减轻高温对植株造成的伤害,提高黄瓜幼苗抵御高温胁迫的能力.     

温度对福寿螺抗氧化酶活性和 丙二醛含量的影响

福寿螺（Pomacea canaliculata）是外来入侵物种,对中国南方大部分地区的生态环境造成严重威胁,其生长和繁殖受到温度影响。本文研究了15 ℃（低温）、25 ℃（对照组）和36 ℃（高温）三种温度条件下,不同时间点（0、6、12、24、48、72 h）福寿螺体内超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH-Px）活性及丙二醛（MDA）含量的变化。实验结果表明,在低温（15 ℃）和高温（36 ℃）胁迫下,福寿螺肝胰脏和鳃中超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活性以及丙二醛含量均呈现先升高后降低的趋势,并且在72 h时恢复到对照组（25 ℃）水平。低温和高温胁迫下,福寿螺鳃中的过氧化氢酶活性和肝胰脏中的超氧化物歧化酶活性在12 h、24 h和48 h时均显著高于对照组（P < 0.05）,并在48 h时达到最大值（P < 0.01）。鳃和肝胰脏中的谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活性在12 h升高并在24 h时达到最大值。低温和高温胁迫下,丙二醛含量分别在24 h和12 h达到最大值。结果表明,温度能够诱导福寿螺抗氧化应激反应。福寿螺可以通过增加体内抗氧化物酶活力来缓解温度胁迫所造成的压力。鳃中抗氧化物酶活性变化快于肝胰脏抗氧化物酶活性变化,福寿螺氧化应激反应表现出组织特异性。     

海藻酸铈配合物对毒死蜱胁迫下菠菜叶片抗坏血酸-谷胱甘肽循环的影响

以菠菜(Spinacia oleracea L.)为材料,研究了毒死蜱胁迫下海藻酸铈配合物对菠菜叶片抗坏血酸-谷胱甘肽循环的影响。结果表明,在毒死蜱胁迫下,菠菜叶片中H2O2积累量比对照明显增加,非酶促抗氧化物质-抗坏血酸(AsA)和还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量明显降低,抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)、谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)、脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(DHAR)和单脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(MDAR)的活性明显升高。在毒死蜱胁迫下,喷施不同浓度的海藻酸铈配合物使菠菜叶片中的H2O2积累量减少,AsA和GSH含量升高,APX、GR、DHAR和MDAR等抗氧化酶活性也有所提高,缓解了毒死蜱胁迫。试验表明,适宜浓度的海藻酸铈配合物处理可使菠菜叶片对毒死蜱胁迫有一定的缓解作用。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.