Manipulation of plant methylglyoxal metabolic and signaling pathways for improving tolerance to drought stress

Drought stress is considered one of the major constraints to crop production with devastating effects worldwide. Methylglyoxal (MG) homeostasis plays an essential role in promoting plant growth, development, metabolic adaptation, signal transduction, and thereby responses to drought stress. Manipulation of genes encoding aldose-aldehyde reductases (ALRs), aldo– keto reductases (AKRs), genes that are involved in maintaining high ascorbate:glutathione (AsA:GSH), glutathione:glutathione disulfide (GSH:GSSG) contents and ratios, as well as jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis are of critical importance for improving MG detoxification, and thereby tolerance to drought stress. MG detoxification by maintaining optimal abscisic acid (ABA), JA, salicyclic acid (SA), and brassinosteroid (BR) homeostasis and crosstalk is also essential to optimize plant performance under both normal and drought stress conditions.     

鳞翅目昆虫生物钟的研究进展与展望

经过长期的自然演化,昆虫生命活动和行为中有着明显的昼夜和季节的节律性周期变化——生物钟(circadian clock)。鳞翅目昆虫是当前物种最丰富的昆虫群体,包括蝴蝶和飞蛾约16万种,其中近70%的重要农林害虫属于鳞翅目。而鳞翅目昆虫生物钟的研究进展对于深入剖析鳞翅目昆虫丰富多变的生理行为调控机制,有效开展鳞翅目经济昆虫的生产及农林害虫防治具有重要意义。总结了昼夜节律生物钟对鳞翅目昆虫孵化与取食、生长与变态、生殖与滞育、求偶与迁飞等生理行为的影响,重点概述了鳞翅目昆虫生物钟分子调控机制、生物钟与内分泌激素协同调控机制等重要研究进展,并基于生物钟原理探讨了鳞翅目昆虫与植物协同进化关系及重要生态意义,展望了将生物钟理论应用于农业害虫防治和经济昆虫饲养改良的应用前景。     

A behavioural sensor for fish stress

Due to water turbidity, fish stress might be difficult to observe. Evaluation of fish stress by blood sampling requires removing a fish from the water, which is in itself a stressful event. Therefore, we designed and built a sensor to detect fish behaviour that reflects stress. The electronic sensor detected early signs of fish stress by scoring the fish's inactivity. LEDs and detectors are embedded on a steel wand that is held underwater by an operator. In this preliminary (feasibility) study, the new sensor was validated for Tilapia (Cichlidae) and Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone). We induced stressful situations in the fish tanks by manipulating oxygen and temperature levels.ResultsLowering the temperature and oxygen levels both significantly increased the average number of signals identified by the sensor, which indicate stress. The effect of reducing water temperature from 24 °C to 15 °C was three times stronger than was the effect of lowering the oxygen saturation level from 85% to 50%. The difference in the number of signals between the good and stressful conditions was statistically significant, amounting to approximately eight sensor signals, 10.57 compared to 2.49 respectively. Lowering the temperature increased the mean number of signals by 5.85 and 6.06 at 85% and 50% oxygen saturation respectively, whereas lowering oxygen levels increased the mean number of signals by 2.02 and 2.23 at 24 °C and 15 °C, respectively. The results indicate that the stress status of cultured fish can be evaluated using the proposed behavioural sensor. The new sensor may provide an earlier indication of a problem in a fish tank or pond than was heretofore possible. This early warning can enable the fish farmer to take action before many fish are harmed.     

一氧化碳(CO)在植物体内的生理生化作用研究进展

为了促进一氧化碳(CO)在植物生理生化方面的研究,本文归纳了CO在植物体中的生物合成途径,CO作为信号分子对植物各种生理功能的调控,以及CO与其他信号分子之间的相互作用。经过分析得出,CO在植物生物胁迫过程中的作用及其作用机制方面的研究还很少,因此,CO在这方面的研究将会成为今后的研究重点。     

可可毛色二孢全基因组分泌蛋白的预测及分析

【目的】可可毛色二孢（Lasiodiplodia theobromae）是一种世界性分布的重要植物病原真菌,可引起严重的葡萄溃疡病（Botryosphaeria dieback）,影响果木品质并造成巨大的经济损失。本研究预测并分析可可毛色二孢基因组范围内的分泌蛋白,并明确其基本特征,为该病菌分泌蛋白致病机理的研究打下基础。【方法】依据已公布的可可毛色二孢全基因组序列,利用信号肽预测软件SignalP v5.0、跨膜结构分析软件TMHMM v2.0、细胞器定位分析软件ProtComp v9.0、GPI锚定预测软件big-PI Fungal Predictor和亚细胞器定位分析软件TargetP v2.0生物信息学软件对该菌中的典型分泌蛋白进行筛选。对分泌蛋白N端信号肽的长度、氨基酸使用频率及其切割位点进行统计分析。依据蛋白序列的同源性,应用BLASTP程序对分泌组蛋白进行功能注释分析,预测其生物学功能。采用蔗糖酶缺陷的酵母分泌系统,对所选分泌蛋白的信号肽进行活性检测。利用qRT-PCR方法检测所选分泌蛋白基因在可可毛色二孢侵染葡萄中的表达情况。【结果】在可可毛色二孢全基因组编码蛋白中共筛选获得552个潜在的具有典型信号肽的分泌蛋白,占全基因组预测蛋白总数的4.3%,其编码蛋白长度集中于101—400 aa。信号肽统计分析表明,其信号肽长度以18—20 aa的序列最为集中,信号肽长度为20 aa的蛋白数量最多。信号肽中使用频率最高的氨基酸为丙氨酸;非极性、疏水的氨基酸使用频率最高,占氨基酸总数的60.2%。其信号肽的-3至-1位置上的氨基酸相对保守,切割位点属于A-X-A类型,可被Sp I型信号肽酶识别并切割。336个分泌蛋白具有功能注释,其功能较多集中于细胞壁降解有关的酶类以及致病相关蛋白,并且这些蛋白在分子量、等电点、脂肪族氨基酸指数等方面均存在差异。通过蔗糖酶缺陷的酵母分泌系统证实,挑选的9个分泌蛋白信号肽均具有分泌活性。qRT-PCR检测结果表明,所选分泌蛋白基因在该病菌侵染初期的表达发生变化。【结论】利用生物信息学分析技术从可可毛色二孢全基因组中共预测获得552个经典分泌蛋白。其信号肽氨基酸长度分布广泛,氨基酸组成中非极性、疏水的氨基酸使用频率最高。功能注释主要集中在细胞壁组分降解相关的酶类、致病侵染相关的坏死诱导相关蛋白以及几丁质结合蛋白等。     

H2S的信号分子作用及其对果蔬采后生理代谢的调控研究进展

硫化氢（H2S）作为气体信号分子，参与调控植物体的一系列生命活动，并在果蔬采后生理代谢过程中发挥着重要作用。本文综述了H2S的理化性质、发展应用历史及其在果蔬采后生理调控机制中的信号分子作用，讨论了H2S对果蔬生理代谢的调控作用，包括对果蔬采后抗逆性和品质的影响，以期为采后果蔬的贮藏保鲜提供理论参考。     

桉树人工林中433MHz信道LoRa信号的传播特性

LoRa技术是最新出现的一种无线通信技术,具有低功耗、距离远、工作在非授权波段等特点,与ZigBee等现在常用的无线通信技术相比,其在人工林无线传感器网中更具潜力。然而由于LoRa的传输受环境影响较大,目前在人工林中传播特性的研究还处于空白。本研究基于Shadowing信号衰减模型,在广西东门林场中测试了433 MHz信道LoRa信号在两种天线高度下(1.5,2.0 m)和3种不同环境下(开阔环境、3 a林龄桉树人工林,5 a林龄桉树人工林)LoRa信号接收强度(RSSI)随距离变化的情况,每种条件下得到了两组数据。首先利用其中一组数据对模型进行拟合,拟合结果表明,LoRa信号传输遵从Shadowing模型,拟合度在0.886~0.982。然后利用另一组数据对模型的精度进行验证,验证结果表明,模型精度较高,模型的精度介于0.780~0.961。最后分析了桉树人工林中影响LoRa信号传输的主要因素。本研究的方法和获得的信号衰减系数可以为桉树人工林无线传感器网络监测中LoRa节点的组网和部署提供依据和参考。     

巨噬细胞极化形成的影响因素研究进展

巨噬细胞是生物体中宿主防御的重要调节者。为了满足机体不同的需要,巨噬细胞可以在不同刺激因子作用下转化为具有不同功能表型的状态,这个过程称为极化。不同影响因素下的静息巨噬细胞(M0)可极化形成不同的表型,促炎表型(M1)和抗炎表型(M2)。极化后的巨噬细胞也可通过逆转它们的表型进一步重新编程。巨噬细胞极化和重编程在维持免疫系统的稳定状态中发挥重要作用,并参与许多疾病的发生发展过程。论文对巨噬细胞极化形成的影响因素进行了论述提供参考。     

Effect of ERK1/2/c-Fos signal pathway on angiotensin-(1-7) inhibiting proliferation of rat glomerular mesangial cell strain induced by angiotensin Ⅱ

AIM: To investigate the effect of ERK1/2/c-Fos signal pathway during angiotensin-(1-7) inhibiting proliferation of rat glomerular mesangial cell strain (GMCS) induced by angiotensin Ⅱ. METHODS: Rat glomerular mesangial cells (GMC) were co-cultured with angiotensin Ⅱ and different doses of angiotensin-(1-7). The numbers of GMC were evaluated by crystal violet staining. The amounts of p-ERK1/2 and c-Fos expressions were detected by Western blotting. RESULTS: Angiotensin- (1-7) showed its inhibitory effects on GMC number increasing induced by angiotensin Ⅱ as well as the amounts of p-ERK1/2 and c-Fos expressions in a concentration dependent manner. CONCLUSION: ERK/c-Fos signal pathway is involved in the inhibitory effects of angiotensin-(1-7) on angiotensin Ⅱ -induced GMC proliferation.