脱水敏感的黄皮种子在发育中的可溶性蛋白变化

黄皮种子的子叶与胚轴,在发育前期蛋白质合成速率均高于后期。在发育过程中子叶的可溶性蛋白含量无明显变化,但在后期能新合成少数低分子量的热不稳定蛋白,可能是引起民种子萌发的水解酶类。胚轴中可溶性蛋白单位干重含量高于子叶,而其成分不随发育而变化。ＡＢＡ可促进发育后期黄皮种了胚轴中２０ｋＤ蛋白的合成,但不能改变种子的脱水敏感性。     

喜树种子萌发和幼苗发育过程中喜树碱含量的变化

在喜树种子萌发过程中 ,胚乳中喜树碱含量始终最高 ,但呈降低趋势 ;种皮中喜树碱含量较低 ,呈波动型上升 ;子叶和胚轴中喜树碱含量变化不明显。种子萌发后 ,随着幼苗的发育 ,子叶中喜树碱含量逐渐升高 ,出现最大值后迅速下降 ,胚轴、根和真叶中喜树碱含量持续降低 ,幼苗发育到一定时间后趋于稳定     

在蔗糖预培养诱导耐脱水性过程中黄皮胚轴的水分状态和可溶性蛋白含量的变化

逐步增加培养基的蔗糖浓度可提高黄皮胚轴的耐脱水性。用差示扫描量热仪（DSC）和SDS—PAGE方法探讨了黄皮胚轴在耐脱水性获得过程中的水分状态和可溶性蛋白的变化。DSC图谱显示,蔗糖预培养胚轴的升温图谱与对照不同,有比较明显的台阶式变化,有玻璃化形成的倾向;应用线性回归方程法或冰熔化热法计算黄皮胚轴的不可冻结水,发现蔗糖预培养胚轴的不可冻结水含量与对照胚轴无显著差异。蛋白分析表明,蔗糖预培养诱导黄皮胚轴中可溶性蛋白增加68％,其中尤以20kD蛋白的增幅最大。     

黄皮种子脱水敏感性与萌发事件的研究

黄皮种子对脱水非常敏感,含水量从51%下降至22．4%,种子的发芽率和发芽指数为零,是典型的顽拗性种子。自然脱水时,种子中可溶性糖的含量增加,淀粉的含量下降;磷酸化酶,异柠檬酸裂解酶以及胚轴中α-和β-淀粉酶的活性先增加然后下降;子叶中α-和β-淀粉酶的活性呈下降趋势．这些变化类似于吸水萌发的黄皮和豌豆种子。可以认为黄皮种子脱水敏感性的原因是在脱落时萌发。随着萌发过程的进行,水分成为限制因子,使种子生活力丧失。     

黄皮种子线粒体呼吸速率和活性氧清除酶活性对脱水的响应及其生态学意义

顽拗性种子脱落时具有较高的含水量和代谢活性, 对脱水高度敏感; 但顽拗性种子脱水敏感性的机理至今仍然不清楚。该文以顽拗性黄皮(Clausena lansium)种子为材料, 研究了种子和胚轴对水分丧失的响应, 在脱水过程中胚轴和子叶的呼吸速率, 胚轴和子叶线粒体的细胞色素c氧化酶(CCO)活性、外膜完整性、CCO和交替氧化酶(AOX)途径以及线粒体活性氧清除酶活性的变化。结果表明, 随着水分的丧失, 种子和胚轴的存活率逐渐下降, 种子的脱水敏感性大于胚轴; 胚轴和子叶的呼吸速率以及线粒体外膜的完整性降低。胚轴和子叶线粒体的CCO途径以及胚轴AOX途径的呼吸速率在脱水初期增加, 随着继续脱水下降, 胚轴线粒体AOX途径的呼吸速率则随着脱水显著下降。胚轴线粒体的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(APX)和谷胱甘肽还原酶(GR)活性和子叶线粒体的APX活性随着脱水迅速下降; 胚轴线粒体的脱氢抗坏血酸还原酶(DHAR)活性和子叶线粒体的SOD、DHAR和GR活性在脱水初期增加, 然后下降。这些数据表明黄皮种子的脱水敏感性与线粒体的呼吸速率和活性氧清除酶的活性降低密切相关, 也与长期适应热带/亚热带的生境有关。     

发育和早萌中花生胚胚轴与子叶内BAPAase活性的差异

花生胚发育过程中,子叶和胚轴中都出现BAPAase活性。花生种子萌发时,子叶和胚轴中的BAPAase活性迅速上升,子叶中无新的BAPAase合成,胚轴中能重新合成BAPAase。ABA抑制了子叶和胚轴中BAPAase的活性,抑制胚轴中BAPAase活性所需的外源ABA浓度更高,Act-D和CHM不能逆转ABA对BAPAase活性的抑制作用。     

花生种子发育和萌发过程中贮藏蛋白的合成和降解

以花生品种汕油5 2 3种子为材料,分离纯化花生球蛋白的41 kD和38.5 kD两种主要亚基及伴花生球蛋白的6 0.5 KD亚基并制备抗体.We stern blot分析表明,3种亚基在花生胚组织分化期的胚轴和子叶中就开始合成,其中60.5 kD亚基是最先在胚轴和子叶中大量合成和积累的贮藏蛋白,41 kD和38.5 kD亚基在随后的发育中积累量不断增加;种子萌发时这3种亚基的降解进程不一样,胚轴和子叶中41 kD和38.5kD亚基的降解均先于60.5 kD亚基.     

板栗种子发育期间ABA等生理指标与脱水耐性的相关性研究

对板栗种子发育期间胚轴和子叶中部分生理指标的变化以及它们与板栗种子脱水耐性的相关性进行研究.结果表明:随着板栗种子不断发育,在花后80 d胚轴和子叶中ABA、淀粉、可溶性蛋白质量分数同步达到最大值,可溶性糖质量分数达到最低,此时板栗种子的脱水耐性最强,可确定为板栗的最佳采收期.另外,通过相关分析可知,板栗种子在发育期间...     

花生种子内源ABA含量变化及其与活力的关系

花生（Ａｒａｃｈｉｓ ｈｙｐｏｇａｅａ Ｌ．）种子发育过程中,胚轴内源ＡＢＡ 含量一直是增加的;种皮内源ＡＢＡ含量在果针入土后４０ ｄ 最大,然后急剧下降;子叶内源ＡＢＡ 含量在果针入土后６０ ｄ 出现高峰,然后有轻微下降。种子活力指数和萌发时内源ＡＢＡ 的净下降量有密切关系。甘露醇可促进离体胚内源ＡＢＡ 合成,１－甲基－３－苯基－５（３－［三氟甲基］－苯基－４－（１氢）－吡啶）抑制子叶内源ＡＢＡ 的合成,子叶和胚轴存在不同的ＡＢＡ 合成途径。种子早熟和早萌处理时,内源ＡＢＡ 含量都下降,胚轴在种子由发育向萌发转换中起着十分重要的作用     

莲胚发育与核酸,蛋白质含量的变化

莲胚发育达到最大鲜重(开花后21d)前,胚轴和子叶的DNA,RNA都持续增长。开花13d后,蛋白、淀粉等贮藏物质显著积累,核酸增长速度加快。成熟胚轴的DNA和RNA含量很高,而子叶中积累大量的淀粉、可溶性糖和蛋白质。发育前期胚乳的生长速度较快,开花后16d左右鲜重和物质积累达到高峰。胚生长后期胚乳逐渐败育,贮藏物质和结构物质都减少,膨大的子叶逐步取代了胚乳的地位。 莲胚生物大分子物质含量的模式属于双子叶植物类型。讨论了莲胚细胞多倍化的问题。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

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.     

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.     

Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of hydrazone derivatives of 4-[3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid and 4-[3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid

Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an unresolved global concern, which needs urgent and coordinated action. One of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) to combat antibiotic resistance is the development of new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria. In our effort to find new antibiotics, we report the synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 30 new pyrazole derivatives. These novel molecules have been synthesized by using readily available starting materials and benign reaction conditions. Some of these molecules have shown activity with MIC values as low as 0.78?µg/mL against four bacterial strains; Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Furthermore, active molecules are non-toxic to mammalian cell line.

     

Novel compounds with potent CDK9 inhibitory activity for the treatment of myeloma

Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and Polo-like kinases (PLKs) play key role in the regulation of the cell cycle. The aim of our study was originally the further development of our recently discovered polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitors. A series of new 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized around the original hit, but their PLK1 inhibitory activity was very poor. However the novel compounds showed nanomolar CDK9 inhibitory activity and very good antiproliferative effect on multiple myeloma cell lines (RPMI-8226).