基于荧光原位杂交技术的紫薇属植物核型分析

以紫薇(Lagerstroemia indica)、尾叶紫薇(L.caudata)、屋久岛紫薇(L.fauriei)和福建紫薇(L.limii)4种紫薇属植物为材料,利用染色体荧光原位杂交技术(FISH)获得了4种紫薇属植物的有丝分裂中期染色体FISH图及核型参数,分析了45SrDNA在紫薇属植物染色体上的数量和分布特点。结果表明,4种紫薇属植物染色体上均具有1对45SrDNA杂交位点,位于较长染色体短臂的近端部,紫薇、尾叶紫薇、屋久岛紫薇和福建紫薇的核型公式分别为2n=48=2M+24m+22sm、2n=48=30m+18sm、2n=48=2M+20m+26sm和2n=48=2M+32m+14sm,均为2A型。该研究首次获得了紫薇属植物45SrDNA荧光原位杂交核型,为紫薇属植物亲缘关系研究和细胞生物学研究提供了分子细胞学依据。     

棉花细菌人工染色体的荧光原位杂交(BAC-FISH)技术

细菌人工染色体荧光原位杂交(BAC-FISH)技术是植物染色体识别、物理作图等分子细胞遗传学研究的重要工具,但对于某些物种尤其是多倍体植物,由于大量重复序列的存在等问题,使得该技术应用受到很大的限制.通过选择棉花分子遗传图中高重组区的微卫星位点(simple sequence repeats,SSR)标记的策略,筛选到不含或含有少量重复序列的细菌人工染色体(BAC)克隆,同时,在通用FISH技术程序基础上,通过改进发根、变性、洗脱条件等步骤,构建出适合于棉花的BAC-FISH技术,简化了操作流程的同时,获得稳定的杂交结果及较高的检出率;并通过将一随机获得的BAC进行染色体的物理定位,进一步引入双探针、双色及重复杂交技术,显示了该技术的成熟与良好的应用前景和价值.     

FISH分析栽培高粱×拟高粱、甜高粱×拟高粱的染色体行为

采用荧光原位杂交技术对45S rDNA在栽培高粱×拟高粱、甜高粱×拟高粱F1的有丝分裂和减数分裂染色体进行定位研究。在有丝分裂中期染色体上2个杂种分别检测到2个杂交信号, 在减数分裂粗线期、终变期、中期Ⅰ染色体上45S rDNA位于一个二价体上, 说明这两个杂种携带45S rDNA的染色体为同源染色体。根据45S rDNA位点随细胞减数分裂过程的位置变化, 表明这两个杂种染色体配对行为正常, 平均构型为2n=2x=20(10Ⅱ), 证明45S rDNA可作为染色体的一个识别指标间接地观察细胞减数分裂过程染色体的变化行为。     

慈姑45S rDNA和端粒序列检测及核型分析

以45S r DNA和拟南芥型端粒序列为探针对慈姑(Sagittaria trifolia L.)有丝分裂中期染色体进行单色和双色荧光原位杂交分析,并用银染方法检测慈姑45S r DNA位点的表达,最后结合染色体测量数据和45S r DNA杂交信号建立慈姑的核型。结果显示,慈姑的单倍基因组总长度为76.9±1.38μm,最长染色体为11.55±0.10μm,最短染色体为4.54±0.27μm;慈姑的核型公式为:2n=22=2m+2sm+14st+4t,核型不对称性参数CI、A1、A2、As K(%)、AI分别为19.86±11.06、0.72、0.27、78.82、15.29,核型属于Stebbins类型中的3B型。慈姑具有3对45S r DNA位点,分别位于第8、9、10号染色体的短臂末端。拟南芥型端粒序列的杂交信号出现在慈姑每一条染色体的长、短臂末端。银染检测到6个Ag-NOR和6个核仁,表明3对45S r DNA位点在间期核都有表达。本研究结果为药食兼用植物慈姑提供了分子细胞遗传学基础资料。     

应用荧光原位杂交(FISH)技术研究黑叶猴染色体易位

本文应用染色体荧光原位杂交(FISH)技术,利用人9号和14号染色体特异探针,对深低温冻存和长期传代的黑叶猴细胞株染色体畸变进行了分析.确定在长期冻存和传代过程中,一些黑叶猴细胞在No.12和No.17染色体之间发生了易位,一条 No.17染色体发生断裂,断裂点在17q13,断裂片段17q13-17qter易位到一条 No.12染色体长臂末端,形成一条小的中着丝粒的和一条具较长长臂的衍生染色体即 der(17) 和 der(12).结果表明,荧光原位杂交技术用人染色体特异探针不仅能检测出人类染色体畸变,也能有效地检测灵长类动物染色体畸变.     

不同染色技术和双色荧光原位杂交技术对宽翅菘蓝（Isatis violascens Bunge）的细胞遗传学分析

为了解十字花科菘蓝属植物宽翅菘蓝（宽翅菘蓝,Isatis violascens Bunge）的染色体结构,本文利用45SrDNA和5SrDNA双色荧光原位杂交、银染技术和CMA3对宽翅菘蓝进行分子细胞遗传学研究。45SrDNA和5SrDNA荧光原位杂交结果显示宽翅菘蓝染色体上有1对45SrDNA信号和1对5SrDNA信号;银染结果显示其中期染色体有1对银染点;CMA3染色结果发现宽翅菘蓝中期染色体存在1对CMA3信号。     

不同染色技术和双色荧光原位杂交技术对宽翅菘蓝 （Isatis violascens Bunge）的细胞遗传学分析

为了解十字花科菘蓝属植物宽翅菘蓝(宽翅菘蓝,Isatis violascens Bunge)的染色体结构,本文利用45SrDNA和5SrDNA双色荧光原位杂交、银染技术和CMA3对宽翅菘蓝进行分子细胞遗传学研究。45SrDNA和5SrDNA荧光原位杂交结果显示宽翅菘蓝染色体上有1对45SrDNA信号和1对5SrDNA信号;银染结果显示其中期染色体有1对银染点;CMA3染色结果发现宽翅菘蓝中期染色体存在1对CMA3信号。     

基于荧光原位杂交的藜属植物核型分析

为精确地识别藜属植物染色体组的核型特征,该文研究了4种来自青海高原的野生藜属植物(灰绿藜、藜、菊叶香藜及杂配藜)和1种从美国引进的栽培藜麦品种PI614932-HX(3)基于染色体荧光原位杂交(rDNA FISH)的核型。利用5S rDNA和45S rDNA对5种藜属植物有丝分裂中期的染色体进行FISH研究。藜属植物的核型分析结果表明:(1)藜属植物中存在二倍体(2n=2x=18)和四倍体(2n=4x=36)两种倍性,藜麦和灰绿藜为四倍体,其余3种为二倍体。(2)藜麦、灰绿藜、藜、菊叶香藜及杂配藜的核型公式分别为2n=4x=36=34m(2AST)+2sm,2n=4x=36=32m(4AST)+4sm,2n=2x=18=16m(4AST)+2sm,2n=2x=18=18m及2n=2x=18=16m+2sm。(3)染色体由大部分的中部着丝粒染色体(m)和少部分近中部着丝粒染色体(sm)组成。(4)核型类型除了菊叶香藜为1B以外,其余均属于2B类型。(5)在藜麦、灰绿藜及藜中具有分布位置不同、数量不等的双随体。5S rDNA、45S rDNA FISH结果表明:(1)藜麦和灰绿藜的染色体上存在2对5S rDNA位点和1对45S rDNA位点,藜、杂配藜的染色体上存在1对5S rDNA位点和1对45S rDNA位点,菊叶香藜的染色体上只存在1对5S rDNA位点。(2)5S rDNA和45S rDNA位点均位于染色体的短臂上。该研究首次获得了藜属植物基于5S rDNA和45S rDNA荧光原位杂交核型,为藜属植物亲缘关系研究和细胞生物学研究提供了分子细胞遗传学依据。     

菠菜rDNA及端粒多色荧光原位杂交分析

以拟南芥25S rDNA、5S rDNA以及端粒序列为探针对菠菜的中期染色体进行了多色荧光原位杂交分析, 其中25S rDNA用生物素标记, 端粒序列用地高辛标记, 5S rDNA用生物素和地高辛共同标记。杂交结果显示, 菠菜中期染色体25S rDNA杂交位点为6个, 分别位于3号、5号和6号染色体的随体部位; 5S rDNA杂交位点为4个, 分别位于3号和5号染色体长臂, 端粒序列杂交位点位于6号染色体端部以及其余染色体的端部和着丝粒部位。     

植物染色体分带及其荧光原位杂交技术研究进展

染色体分带和荧光原位杂交技术是植物研究中较重要和常用的技术手段。从它们的产生开始一直不断发展,已应用到植物研究中的很多方面。介绍了这两个技术的发展、原理和在植物研究中的进展。     

Isolation and characterization of some proteolytic enzyme inhibitors in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Ten trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4) inhibitors have been isolated and purified by gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography from the tubers of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). The molecular weights of the three most active inhibitors were estimated by molecular sieve chromatography and found to be 12 000, 10 000 and 9300, respectively. They showed maximum activity at pH 7.5–8.5 as well as maximum K_i within this pH range. They displayed different trypsin inhibitory activity, and this activity was completely lost on boiling for 40 min.     

Calcium chloride enhances the antioxidative system of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) under flooding stress

Three sweet potato varieties, Taoyuan 2, Simon 1 and Sushu 18, were pretreated with four levels of CaCl₂ (0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha^?1) weekly for 50 days from planting before being subjected to non‐flooding (control) and flooding conditions. The experiment used a randomised complete block design with a split‐split plot arrangement of treatments. Young, fully expanded leaves from each plant were clipped for measuring enzyme activities and antioxidant contents. The three genotypes exhibited unique abilities and specificities through the antioxidative systems in response to flooding stress. The level of activity of the antioxidative system in sweet potato leaves was related to CaCl₂ pretreatment during flooding. The ascorbate peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase, reduced ascorbate, total ascorbate, reduced glutathione and malondialdehyde contents of the three sweet potato varieties under flooding stress significantly increased because of pretreatment with 60 and 120 kg ha^?1 of CaCl₂. Moreover, pretreatment with 60 and 120 kg ha^?1 CaCl₂ enhanced the flooding tolerance of all three sweet potato varieties and mitigated the effects of flooding stress. However, pretreatment with 180 kg ha^?1 CaCl₂ markedly decreased some enzyme activities and antioxidant contents under a flooded condition. Calcium most likely played a role in the antioxidative system in the leaves of these three sweet potato varieties under flooding stress, as an optimum amount strengthened their oxidative systems.     

Involvement of nitrogen in storage root growth and related gene expression in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

• Nitrogen (N) could affect storage root growth and development of sweet potato. To manage external N concentration fluctuations, plants have developed a wide range of strategies, such as growth changes and gene expression.
• Five sweet potato cultivars were used to analyse the functions of N in regulating storage root growth. Growth responses and physiological indicators were measured to determine the physiological changes regulated by different N concentrations. Expression profiles of related genes were analysed via microarray hybridization data and qRT‐PCR analysis to reveal the molecular mechanisms of storage root growth regulated by different N concentrations.
• The growth responses and physiological indicators of the five cultivars were changed by N concentration. The root fresh weight of two of the sweet potato cultivars, SS19 and GS87, was higher under low N concentrations compared with the other cultivars. SS19 and GS87 were found to be having greater tolerance to low N concentration. The expression of N metabolism and storage root growth related genes was regulated by N concentration in sweet potato.
• These results reveal that N significantly regulated storage root growth. SS19 and GS87 were more tolerant to low N concentration and produced greater storage root yield (at 30 days). Furthermore, several N response genes were involved in both N metabolism and storage root growth.

     

Chromosomal organization of ribosomal genes and NOR-associated heterochromatin, and NOR activity in some populations of Allium commutatum Guss. (Alliaceae)

The position and the number of 18S-5.8S-26S and 5S rDNA loci, characterization of nucleolar organizing region (NOR)-associated heterochromatin and NOR activity assessment are given for six south-eastern Adriatic populations of Allium commutatum Guss. The karyotype characteristics were identical for all the populations studied, even those of distant islands. Diploid karyotypes (2 n = 16) always possessed two NOR-bearing chromosome pairs with pericentric and median secondary constrictions (SCs) on the short arm of the chromosomes VII and VIII. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) confirmed that these were the only sites of 18S-5.8S-26S rRNA genes. NOR-associated heterochromatin was of the constitutive character as shown after C-banding. Differential fluorochrome banding with Chromomycin A3 (CMA) and 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) revealed that this heterochromatin comprises both GC- and AT-rich DNA segments. Heteromorphism of C- and CMA-bands was noticed between homologous NOR-bearing chromosomes. The maximum number of four active NORs was correlated with the maximum number of four nucleoli in interphase. Variability of NOR-activity, expressed as number and size of silver stained NORs, existed between cells and between individuals of the same population. The different size of homologous and nonhomologous silver stained NORs was correlated with the extension of SCs. The only 5S rDNA locus was in an intercalary position on short arm of the chromosome VI, at the region of AT-rich constitutive heterochromatin. Dimorphism of C-bands and DAPI/Hoechst(H)-fluorescent bands was noticed between homologous chromosomes VI. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2002, 139 , 99–108.     

Enzymatic release of ferulic acid fromIpomoea batatas L. (sweet potato) stem

Ferulic acid is a phenolic compound that serves as a major biosynthetic precursor of vanillin in higher plants. We investigated the ability of the 3 commercial enzymes—Ultraflo L, Viscozyme L, and α-Amylase—to induce the release ferulic acid from theIpomoea batatas L. (sweet potato) stem. The rate of release for ferulic acid was optimal when Ultraflo L (1.0%) was used compared with the other enzymes, whereas Viscozyme L was most effective for the release of vanillic acid and vanillin. Thus, these enzymes may be useful for the large-scale production of ferulic acid and other phenolic compounds from sweet potato stem.     

Variation in chromosome numbers, CMA bands and 45S rDNA sites in species of Selaginella (Pteridophyta)

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Selaginella is the largest genus of heterosporous pteridophytes, but karyologically the genus is known only by the occurrence of a dysploid series of n=7-12, and a low frequency of polyploids. Aiming to contribute to a better understanding of the structural chromosomal variability of this genus, different staining methods were applied in species with different chromosome numbers. METHODS: The chromosome complements of seven species of Selaginella were analysed and, in four of them, the distribution of 45S rDNA sites was determined by fluorescent in situ hybridization. Additionally, CMA/DA/DAPI and silver nitrate staining were performed to investigate the correlation between the 45S rDNA sites, the heterochromatic bands and the number of active rDNA sites. KEY RESULTS: The chromosome numbers observed were 2n=18, 20 and 24. The species with 2n=20 exhibited chromosome complement sizes smaller and less variable than those with 2n=18. The only species with 2n=24, S. convoluta, had relatively large and asymmetrical chromosomes. The interphase nuclei in all species were of the chromocentric type. CMA/DA/DAPI staining showed only a weak chromosomal differentiation of heterochromatic bands. In S. willdenowii and S. convoluta eight and six CMA+ bands were observed, respectively, but no DAPI+ bands. The CMA+ bands corresponded in number, size and location to the rDNA sites. In general, the number of rDNA sites correlated with the maximum number of nucleoli per nucleus. Ten rDNA sites were found in S. plana (2n=20), eight in S. willdenowii (2n=18), six in S. convoluta (2n=24) and two in S. producta (2n=20). CONCLUSIONS: The remarkable variation in chromosome size and number and rDNA sites shows that dramatic karyological changes have occurred during the evolution of the genus at the diploid level. These data further suggest that the two putative basic numbers of the genus, x=9 and x=10, may have arisen two or more times independently.     

波兰小麦和矮兰麦45S rDNA和5S rDNA基因位点FISH分析

采用双色荧光原位杂交技术, 以45S rDNA和5S rDNA基因为探针, 对波兰小麦(Triticum polonicum L.)和矮兰麦(T. turgidum L. cv. Ailanmai)进行了分析。结果表明, 高秆波兰小麦(T. polonicum L. High)和矮兰麦的45S rDNA和5S rDNA基因位点高度一致, 都显示4个45S rDNA和6个5S rDNA基因位点; 矮秆波兰小麦(T. polonicum L. Dwarf)的45S rDNA基因位点与高秆波兰小麦和矮兰麦也一致表现出4个位点, 而其5S rDNA基因位点有8个。同时讨论了rDNA基因位点的数目和分布位置在种间和种内存在差异的原因。     

植物45S rDNA的染色体位置的CPD染色和FISH分析

采用PI和DAPI组合(CPD)染色结合45SrDNA探针的荧光原位杂交(FISH)对分属6个科的16种植物的45S rDNA的染色体位置进行了分析。在所有供试植物中,共检测到53个45S rDNA位点。大多数45S rDNA位点分布在染色体的短臂;位于染色体臂内和染色体末端的位点的比例大体相当;多数位于染色体臂内的45S rDNA位点有次缢痕形成,但rDNA重复单位簇所处的位置存在差异。根据45S rDNA所处的染色体臂的不同、距着丝粒远近的差异、形成次缢痕与否以及rDNA重复单位簇相对于次缢痕的位置等特征,将植物的45S rDNA位点划分为12种染色体分布类型。基于我们的结果和其他的报道对45S rDNA位点、核仁组织区(NOR)、次缢痕和随体相互之间的关系进行了分析。     

45S rDNA和5S rDNA在南瓜、丝瓜和冬瓜染色体上的比较定位

首次利用荧光原位杂交和双色荧光原位杂交技术对45S和5S rDNA在南瓜(Cucurbita moschata Duch)、丝瓜(Luffa cylindrical Roem)、冬瓜(Benincasa hispida Cogn)的有丝分裂中期染色体上进行了物理定位分析。南瓜有5对45S rDNA位点, 2对5S rDNA位点; 丝瓜具有5对45S rDNA位点, 1对5S rDNA位点; 冬瓜具有2对45S rDNA位点, 1对5S rDNA位点, 5S rDNA位点与其中一对45S rDNA位点都位于7号染色体短臂上, 并在物理位置上紧密相邻。45S rDNA在这3种作物染色体上数目变化较大, 但在染色体上都倾向分布在短臂末端, 其分布模式较为一致。5S rDNA在这3种作物染色体上数目相对保守, 但在染色体上分布的位置变化较大。文中讨论了45S rDNA和5S rDNA在植物基因组中不同的进化趋势。     

黄褐棉45S rDNA的FISH定位及核型分析

黄褐棉是棉属5个四倍体棉种之一,利用荧光原位杂交技术将45S rDNA定位在黄褐棉2、4、9号染色体,2号染色体上的45S rDNA特别大,信号位于随体并覆盖了染色体的短臂,比二倍体和四倍体棉种的45SrDNA都要大得多;另外的2对信号很小,形状与陆地棉中的弱信号类似。黄褐棉的核型公式为：2n=4x=52=50m（2SAT）＋2sm,属于2B类型,第2对染色体为亚中着丝粒染色体,其余都为中部着丝粒染色体。黄褐棉的核型、随体数、45S rDNA与其他四倍体棉种区别很大,黄褐棉是一个非常特殊的四倍体棉种。