乙酰水杨酸和乙烯处理对猕猴桃果实后熟软化的影响

以猕猴桃(Actinidia deliciosa(A.Chev.)C.F.Liang et A.R.Ferguson cv.Bruno)果实为试材,研究乙酰水杨酸(ASA)与乙烯处理对果实内源水杨酸(SA)含量变化以及后熟软化相关因子的影响,探讨SA在果实成熟衰老进程的作用.研究结果表明:果实后熟软化进程中,内源SA水平呈下降变化,组织中SA水平与果实硬度变化呈极显著正相关关系(r=0.969 4**),ASA处理可显著地维持组织中较高的SA水平,抑制脂氧合酶(LOX)和丙二烯氧合酶(AOS)活性增加,减低O-.2生成速率,维持细胞膜稳定性,进而抑制了乙烯生物合成或推迟乙烯跃变的到来,延缓了果实后熟软化进程,这些效应主要表现在乙烯跃变之前或乙烯跃变前期;相反,外源乙烯处理则显著降低果实组织中内源SA水平,促进LOX和AOS活性的增加,促使O-.2积累,增加了细胞膜透性,促使乙烯跃变的提前到来,加速了果实的后熟软化.推测组织中的内源SA水平与细胞膜脂过氧化作用密切相关,外源ASA可能作为一种O-.2等自由基的清除剂或是细胞膜稳定剂在组织成熟衰老过程中起作用.     

乙酰水杨酸处理对猕猴桃果实成熟衰老的影响及其作用机理

以不同后熟软化阶段猕猴桃果肉组织圆片为材料 ,在 2 0℃下用 1.0mmol L(pH 3.5 )的乙酰水杨酸(ASP)分别处理 4、12和 2 4h后 ,分析其对果实成熟衰老相关因子的影响。结果表明 ,随着果实成熟衰老 ,内源游离SA下降 ,LOX活性增加 ,超氧自由基 (O- ·2 )生成速率增加 ,乙烯释放量加大 ;ASP处理促使组织内源SA水平的增加 ,降低了O- ·2 生成速率 ,抑制了LOX、ACC合成酶和ACC氧化酶的活性以及乙烯的生成。推测ASP可能作为O- ·2 等自由基清除剂 ,通过负反馈调控LOX途径 ,延缓果实的成熟衰老     

采后黄花梨(Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai.)果实中丙二烯氧合酶的生理功能

以不同成熟时期黄花梨果实为材料 ,研究果实采后成熟衰老进程中丙二烯氧合酶 (AOS)与几个成熟衰老相关因子的关系 ,探讨AOS的生理功能。结果表明 :2 0℃下不同成熟时期果实成熟衰老进程中的AOS活性变化均为峰形曲线 ,活性峰值出现在采后 10～ 12d ,先于乙烯跃变峰 2～ 4d ;果实成熟衰老各种相关因子的变化峰值出现的先后顺序依次是 :脂氧合酶(LOX)、自由基 (O- ·2 )、AOS、ACC (1 氨基环丙烷 1 羧酸 )合成酶、ACC、ACC氧化酶 ,最后为乙烯跃变峰的出现。 1℃下贮藏果实的AOS活性、乙烯合成和其他成熟衰老相关酶活性均受到强烈抑制 ,ACC和O- ·2 含量也较低 ,果实衰老进程被显著延缓。推测AOS是乙烯合成的上游调控因子之一。     

脂氧合酶、茉莉酸和水杨酸对猕猴桃果实后熟软化进程中乙烯生物合成的调控

20℃下后熟果实的LOX活性增加先于自由基产生和乙烯生成;JA处理对果实后熟软化启动期(采后1d)和果实快速软化期(采后5d)果实切片中的LOX活性、自由基产生和乙烯生物合成有促进作用,至果实软化后期(采后7d)这种效应消失;亚油酸只在采后1d果实切片中促使LOX活性和乙烯生成;SA处理抑制了果实后熟进程中组织切片的LOX活性、自由基产生和乙烯的生物合成;SA和JA对LOX活性和乙烯生物合成具有明显的拮抗作用。     

脂氧合酶与猕猴桃果实后熟软化的关系

２０℃下贮藏果实的脂氧合酶（ＬＯＸ）活性随着后熟进程保持上升,其活性与果实硬度的变化呈极显著负相关,油酸,亚油酸和亚麻酶等不饱和脂肪酸的组分比例变化较大,而棕榈酸和硬脂酸等饱和脂肪酸的组分比例变化很小;０℃贮藏果实中的ＬＯＸ活性被强烈抑制,果实后熟软化进程被明显延缓,５种脂肪酸组分比例变化均较平稳;外源乙烯处理显著促进了ＬＯＸ活性的增加,加速了果实后熟软化进程。     

脂氧合酶与猕猴桃果实后熟软化的关系

２０ ℃下贮藏果实的脂氧合酶（ＬＯＸ） 活性随着后熟进程持续上升,其活性与果实硬度的变化呈极显著负相关,油酸、亚油酸和亚麻酸等不饱和脂肪酸的组分比例变化较大,而棕榈酸和硬脂酸等饱和脂肪酸的组分比例变化很小;０ ℃贮藏果实中的ＬＯＸ 活性被强烈抑制,果实后熟软化进程被明显延缓,５ 种脂肪酸组分比例变化均较平稳;外源乙烯处理显著促进了ＬＯＸ 活性的增加,加速了果实后熟软化进程。     

番茄果实成熟过程中钙调素含量变化及其与乙烯生成的关系

应用酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)测定番茄(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill大红品种)果实成熟过程中钙调素(CaM)含量的变化。果实开始成熟(发白期),CaM含量随着呼吸跃变上升,成熟时(粉红期)达到最大,过熟衰老时则下降。果实内部乙烯浓度、ACC含量及其合成酶活性也随跃变而增加,随过熟衰老而降低。GaM含量在果实不同部位中的分布有明显差异,跃变上升期以子房腔组织含量最高,并由中心向外逐渐降低,外周果皮含量最低。此时用外源乙烯催熟处理促进各部位CaM增加。成熟衰老时子房腔组织首先衰老,CaM含量大为降低,但在中柱和果皮中却高于跃变上升期。外源乙烯促进衰老使CaM下降。Ca~(2+)促进番茄圆片CaM含量增高和乙烯产生,CaM抑制剂CPZ,TFP在降低CaM含量的同时也抑制乙烯的产生。     

IAA、ABA和乙烯利对梨枣采后某些生理指标的影响

梨枣采后乙烯释放量、丙二醛(MDA)含量和脂氧合酶(LOX)活性呈上升而硬度、维生素C(VC)含量和好果率呈逐渐下降趋势.IAA、ABA、乙烯利促进枣果采后初期的乙烯生成,提高梨枣中MDA含量和LOX活性,加速梨枣软化,降低梨枣的VC含量和好果率;ABA的作用更加明显.LOX活性与果肉硬度及好果率呈显著负相关,暗示LOX与枣果的软化衰老有一定关系.     

脂氧合酶,茉莉酸和水杨酸对猕猴桃果实后熟软化进程中乙烯？…

２０℃下后熟果实的ＬＯＸ活性增加先于自由基产生和乙烯生成;ＪＡ处理对果实后熟软化启动期（采后１ｄ）和果实快速软化期（采后５ｄ）果实切片中的ＬＯＸ活性、自由基产生和乙烯生物合成有促进作用,至果实软化后期（采后７ｄ）这种效应消失;亚油酸只在采后１ｄ果实切片中促使ＬＯＸ活性和乙烯生成;ＳＡ处理抑制了果实后熟进程中组织切片的ＬＯＸ活性、自由基产生和乙烯的生物合成;ＳＡ和ＪＡ对ＬＯＸ活性和乙烯生物合成具有明     

猕猴桃果实成熟进程中木葡聚糖内糖基转移酶mRNA水平的变化

以中华猕猴桃（ActinidiachinensisPlanch．）果实为试材,木葡聚糖内糖基转移酶（XET）cDNA为探针,研究果实成熟进程中XETmRNA的变化规律,探讨XET在果实后熟软化过程的作用。结果表明,20℃下外源乙烯处理可促进XETmRNA的积累,且这种效应因乙烯处理时间的加长而加强,进而加速了果实软化;0℃处理可抑制XETmRNA的增加,延缓果实软化,但当果实转入20℃后熟时,果实硬度迅速下降,而XETmRNA水平变化不明显。认为XET可能只是一种诱导酶,由它引起的细胞壁解聚并非是猕猴桃果实后熟软化的关键因子。     

Structure and function of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

In mammals, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AdoHcyase) is the only known enzyme to catalyze the breakdown of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine and adenosine. AdoHcy is the product of all adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent biological transmethylations. These reactions have a wide range of products, and are common in all facets of biometabolism. As a product inhibitor, elevated levels of AdoHcy suppress AdoMet-dependent transmethylations. Thus, AdoHcyase is a regulator of biological transmethylation in general. The three-dimensional structure of AdoHcyase complexed with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADH) and the inhibitor (1′R, 2′S, 3′R)-9-(2′,3′-dihyroxycyclopenten-1-yl)adenine (DHCeA) was solved by a combination of the crystallographic direct methods program, SnB, to determine the selenium atom substructure and by treating the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction data as a special case of multiple isomorphous replacement. The enzyme architecture resembles that observed for NAD-dependent dehydrogenases, with the catalytic domain and the cofactor binding domain each containing a modified Rossmann fold. The two domains form a deep active site cleft containing the cofactor and bound inhibitor molecule. A comparison of the inhibitor complex of the human enzyme and the structure of the rat enzyme, solved without inhibitor, suggests that a 17° rigid body movement of the catalytic domain occurs upon inhibitor/substrate binding.     

Land,livestock, and livelihoods: Changing dynamics of gender,caste, and ethnicity in a Nepalese Village

Over the past 10 years, Ghusel VDC, Lalitpur District has moved from primarily subsistence agriculture into the wider cash economy aided by the Small Farmers' Development Program (SFDP), which provides credit to farmers mainly for the purchase of buffalo for milk production, and by the National Dairy Corporation, which supports local dairy cooperatives. Analysis reveals that buffalo-keeping and milk sales are increasing the well-being of many households, while at the same time creating new inequalities in gender roles and responsibilities, greater inequities between Brahmin and Tamang residents in Ghusel, and placing pressures on the ecosystem for increased supplies of fodder and fuelwood. Evidence suggests that there is critical, need for attention to the social, and particularly gender-based, implications of maintaining livestock for milk sales and to the ecological underpinnings of this livelihood system.     

Tuning of electronic properties of one-dimensional cyano-bridged Cu-Ni, Cu-Pd, and Cu-Pt bimetallic assemblies by stereochemistry of ligands

Preparations, XPS and electronic spectroscopy, and magnetism of seven new one-dimensional cyano-bridged coordination polymers, chiral [Cu(RR-chxn)₂][Pd(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (1), [Cu(trans-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (2, 4, and 6 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt), and [Cu(cis-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (3, 5, and 7 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt) (RR-chxn = cyclohexane-(1R,2R)-diamine, trans-chxn = racemic trans-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine, and cis-chxn = racemic cis-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine) have been reported in view of tuning of their electronic properties by stereochemistry of chxn ligands and metal-substitution. Comparison of Cu 2p_1/2 and 2p_3/2 peaks of XPS and broad d-d bands around 18 000 cm⁻¹ of electronic spectra are described systematically for 1-7. Variable-temperature magnetic measurement shows that complexes 1-7 indicate weak antiferromagnetic interactions via cyano-bridges. Because of semi-coordination coupled with pseudo Jahn-Teller elongation and electrostatic interaction for 1, the axial Cu-N coordination bond distances of 2.330(7) and 3.092(8) Å are considerably longer than those of equatorial ones in the range from 2.016(6) to 2.030(6) Å. The former bond distances of 1 are intermediate values among the related Ni (2.324(6) and 3.120(8) Å) and Pt (2.34(1) and 3.09(1) Å) complexes.     

Influence of Fluoride on Rat Kidney Antioxidant System: Effects of Methionine and Vitamin E

The aim of the study has been to determine and compare the influence upon the kidney antioxidative system, exercised by administration of vitamin E, and vitamin E in combination with methionine, under conditions of oxidative stress induced by sodium fluoride. The experiment was carried out on Wistar FL rats (adult males) that, for 35 days, were administered water, NaF, NaF with vitamin E, or vitamin E with methionine (doses: 10 mg NaF/kg of body mass/24 h, 3 mg vitamin E per 10 μl per rat for 24 h, 2 mg methionine per rat for 24 h). The influence of administered sodium fluoride and antioxidants upon the antioxidative system in kidney was examined by analyzing the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of the most important antioxidative enzymes (SOD, total and both its isoenzymes, GPX, GST, GR, and CAT). The studies carried out confirmed the disadvantageous effect of the administered dose of NaF upon the antixodiative system in rats (increase in the concentration MDA, decrease activity of all antioxidative enzymes). The administration of vitamin E increased the activity of studied enzymes with the exception of glutathione reductase GR; it also reduced the procesess of lipid peroxidation. It has been found that combined doses of vitamin E and methionine were most effective in inhibiting lipid peroxidation processes. The results confirmed the antioxidative properties of methionine.     

Reorientation of Microfibrils and Microtubules at the Outer Epidermal Wall of Maize Coleoptiles During Auxin-Mediated Growth

Auxin-mediated elongation growth of isolated subapical coleoptile segments of maize (Zea mays L.) is controlled by the extensibility of the outer cell wall of the outer epidermis (Kutschera et al., 1987). Here we investigate the hypothesis that auxin controls the extensibility of this wall by changing the orientation of newly deposited microfibrils through a corresponding change in the orientation of cortical microtubules. On the basis of electron micrographs it is shown that cessation of growth after removal of the endogenous source of auxin is correlated with a relative increase of longitudinally orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. Conversely, reinduction of growth by exogenous auxin is correlated with a relative increase of transversely orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. These changes can be detected 30–60 min after the removal and addition of auxin, respectively. The functional significance of directional changes of newly desposited wall microfibrils for the control of elongation growth is discussed.     

邻苯二甲酸二丁酯对翡翠贻贝抗氧化酶及脂质过氧化水平的影响

实验室条件下,研究了不同浓度邻苯二甲酸二丁酯(DBP)长期胁迫(15 d)对翡翠贻贝内脏团和外套膜抗氧化酶(超氧化物歧化酶SOD、过氧化氢酶CAT)及脂质过氧化(LPO)水平(以MDA含量表示)的影响,以及受胁迫翡翠贻贝在清洁海水中恢复阶段上述生化指标的变化特征.结果表明:胁迫阶段,0.5和2.5 mg.L-1DBP下翡翠贻贝内脏团SOD活性表现为先抑制后逐渐恢复,12.5和62.5 mg.L-1下则持续受到显著抑制;不同浓度组CAT活性均明显被抑制.LPO水平明显升高.外套膜中,2.5 mg.L-1下SOD活性受到持续诱导,其他浓度组则先被抑制,后随曝露时间延长逐渐被诱导;各浓度组CAT的变化波动较大,没有明显规律;而LPO水平明显升高.净化恢复阶段,12.5和62.5 mg.L-1DBP胁迫下的内脏团SOD和CAT活性恢复较慢,其LPO水平随时间延长逐渐恢复至对照组水平;外套膜中SOD活性呈持续升高趋势,CAT活性和LPO水平则随时间延长恢复到对照组水平.     

眶额叶微量注射谷氨酸和γ-氨基丁酸对胃运动的影响及其机制探讨

目的:研究眶额叶(OFC)的谷氨酸(Glu)和γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)含量变化对胃运动的影响及其调节神经机制。方法:实验采用了大鼠眶额叶微量注射给药,结合核团损毁的方法,以记录胃内压,统计胃收缩幅度作为胃运动变化的指标。结果:①OFC注射Glu可显著降低胃收缩幅度,损毁杏仁核后可反转该效应,胃收缩幅度显著增强;损毁蓝斑核后,Glu的作用无显著性变化。②OFC注射GABA可显著增强胃的收缩幅度,损毁蓝斑核后消除该效应;损毁杏仁核后,胃收缩幅度进一步增强。结论:外源性增加OFC区Glu含量导致的抑胃效应可能是通过增强了杏仁核的经常性抑胃作用而引起的;而增加OFC区GABA的含量引起的胃运动增强与蓝斑核密切相关。     

In vitro studies of the rabbit immune system. IV. Differential mitogen responses of isolated T and B cells.

The mitogenic responses of separated rabbit lymphocyte populations functionally analogous to mouse T and B cells have been tested in vitro. Purified T cells were prepared by passage over nylon wool (NW) and purified B cells prepared by treatment with antithymocyte serum and complement (ATS + C). ATS + C kills 70% of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL's) and 50% of the spleen cells while passage over NW yields 40% of the applied PBL's and 5–23% of the applied spleen cells. NW-purified T cells from the spleen or PBL's respond fully to concanavalin A (Con A) but have a reduced response to phytohemaglutinin (PHA) and little or no response to goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin (anti-Ig). PBL's that survive ATS + C (B cells) are stimulated by anti-Ig but not by Con A or PHA. B cells purified from spleen do not respond to Con A or PHA but will respond to anti-Ig under appropriate conditions. A full spleen B-cell response to anti-Ig required removal of Ig produced by the cultures that blocked anti-Ig stimulation. It is concluded that, for rabbit lymphocytes, Con A and PHA are primarily T-cell mitogens and that anti-Ig is primarily a B-cell mitogen. However, the mitogen response of unfractionated PBL or spleen cell populations indicates an overlap in reactivity. This could be due to cells sharing T and B properties, alteration of cell populations by the fractionation procedures used, or recruitment of one population in the presence of a mitogenic response of the other population.     

X-ray induction of dominant lethals in late spermatids and mature spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster: the role of oxygenation

The role of oxygenation in determining the sensitivity to the induction of dominant lethals was examined in late spermatids and mature spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster. 0–2-h-old or 7-day-old Oregon-K males were irradiated with different X-ray exposures in nitrogen, air or in oxygen and the frequencies of dominant lethals induced in these stages were studied. The results obtained confirm and extend Sobels' earlier observations and the interpretation derived therefrom namely, that under normal conditions in air, mature spermatozoa are characterised by a higher degree of oxygenation than late spermatids and this difference is sufficient to explain the differential response of these stages. Similar Oxygen-Enhancement-Ratios(OERs) (of about 2) were obtained for both the cell stages. The present data also revealed that late spermatids are significantly less sensitive than mature spermatozoa to the X-ray-induction of dominant lethals in a nitrogen atmosphere. A plausible mechanism is suggested to explain this observation.     

Comparison of the inhibitory potential towards carbonic anhydrase,acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase of chalcone and chalcone epoxide

Chalcones and chalcone epoxides are important synthetic intermediates in organic and medicinal chemistry. Chalcones possess a broad spectrum of biological activities; however, 1,3‐diphenyl‐2‐propenone or chalcone has not been given the attention it deserve as its substituted derivatives. In this study, the inhibition effects of chalcone and its epoxidated derivative chalcone epoxide against human carbonic anhydrase isozymes I and II (hCA I and hCA II), acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) were evaluated. The results obtained showed that both compounds exhibited potent inhibitory activity, with IC₅₀ values less than 10 µM. IC ₅₀ values in the submicromolar (hCA I and hCA II) to low micromolar range (AChE and BuChE) were observed for both compounds. The mechanism of inhibition and the inhibitory constants ( K _i values) for each compound were also determined. Furthermore, chalcone epoxide was docked within the active sites of hCA I, hCA II, AChE, and BuChE to explore its binding mode with the enzymes.