Molecular characerization of the interaction between the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum and tomato

The fungus Cladosprium fulvum is a biotrophic leaf pathogen of tomato. The fungus develops in the intercellular space without forming specialized feeding structures and does not affect the leaf tissue. The outcome of the C. fulvum-tomato interaction can be described by the gene-for-gene model. Failure of infection is expressed by a hypersensitive response. Two fungal proteins, ECP1 and ECP2, have been isolated and their corresponding genes have been cloned. In a compatible interaction including many physiological races ECP1 and ECP2 are highly produced and a role in pathogenicity is suggestive. The ecp1 gene shows some homology with tumor necrosis factor receptors (TNFRs) while the ecp2 gene shows no homology with sequences known in data bases. However, disruption of one of the two genes showed no reduced pathogenicity of the fungus. Two race-specific elicitors, AVR4 and AVR9, have been isolated and their corresponding genes have been cloned. The avirulence genes Avr4 and Avr9 are only present in C. fulvum avirulent on Cf-4 and Cf-9 cultivars, respectively. The expression of these two genes is, like the expression of the ecp genes, highly induced when the fungus grows in planta. Disruption of the Avr9 gene in wild type avirulent races leads to virulence on tomato genotypes carrying the complementary resistance gene Cf-9. A single base-pair change in the avirulence gene Avr4 leads to virulence on tomato genotypes carrying the Cf-4 resistance gene. Isolation, characterization and possible function of ECP1, ECP2, AVR4, and AVR9 will be discussed.     

诱抗剂对水稻幼苗耐盐性的诱导作用

本试验对水稻幼苗做诱抗剂处理并进行盐胁迫,测定了不同品种幼苗各性状耐盐性诱导率,并进一步对品种R6幼苗的生理特性分析。结果表明,诱抗剂对不同水稻品种幼苗的耐盐性诱导率有明显差异,品种R6的根长诱导率最高;用诱抗剂处理水稻品种R6后,耐盐能力比盐胁迫对照显著提高,表现为增加了根系活跃吸收表面积、叶绿素含量和可溶性糖含量,明显增强了根系活力,降低丙二醛含量。诱抗剂还具有调节IAA和ABA内源激素含量及其分布的作用。     

微生物诱导剂浸种对小麦萌发期的抗旱诱导效果

试验结果表明,在正常供水和水分胁迫条件下,经微生物诱导剂处理,可增加小麦萌发时期的根冠比,而且在水分胁迫条件下的增加幅度大于正常供水条件。微生物诱导剂可在水分胁迫条件下促进根系生长发育,提高根系干物质积累。这些性状的改善有利于提高小麦的抗旱能力。但诱导剂处理后在一定程度上抑制了小麦种子萌发率以及小麦芽和根的伸长生长。     

杨盘二孢激发子的分离及稳定性研究

 从杨盘二孢的培养滤液和菌丝中获得2种激发子粗提物,分别测定其糖和蛋白质的含量,发现滤液激发子粗提物(CFE)糖和蛋白质的含量分别为41.07和40mg/mL,菌丝激发子粗提物(CME)糖和蛋白质含量分别为48.07和55mg/mL。滤液激发子粗提物对温度不敏感而对碱性条件敏感;菌丝激发子粗提物对酸碱不敏感而对温度敏感。用Sephadex G-100柱层析的方法初步纯化2种激发子,并且菌丝激发子粗提物过柱后得到2个活性组分J14和J25;滤液激发子粗提物过柱后获得2个活性组分L9和L16。将4个组分进行烟草叶片过敏反应和I-895杨酶活性的诱导,结果表明,菌丝激发子强活性物质集中在J14组分;而滤液激发子强活性物质集中在L9组分。     

Chitosan Stimulates Defense Reactions in Grapevine Leaves and Inhibits Development of Botrytis Cinerea

Chitosan (β-1,4-linked glucosamine oligomer) derived from crab shells conferred a high protection of grapevine leaves against grey mould caused by Botrytis cinerea. Under controlled conditions, it was shown to be an efficient elicitor of some defense reactions in grapevine leaves and to inhibit directly the in vitro development of B. cinerea. Treatment of grapevine leaves by chitosan led to marked induction of lipoxygenase (LOX), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and chitinase activities, three markers of plant defense responses. Dose-response curves show that maximum defense reactions (PAL and chitinase activities) and strong reduction of B. cinerea infection were achieved with 75–150 mg l⁻¹ chitosan. However, greater concentrations of chitosan did not protect grapevine leaves with the same efficiency, but inhibited mycelial growth in vitro. Present results underlined the potency of chitosan in inducing some defense responses in grapevine leaves which in turn might improve resistance to grey mould.     

Induction of hypericins and hyperforin in Hypericum perforatum L. in response to biotic and chemical elicitors

Hypericum perforatum L. produces hyperforins, a family of antimicrobial acylphloroglucinols; and hypericins, a family of phototoxic anthraquinones exhibiting anti-microbial, anti-viral, and anti-herbivore properties in vitro. To determine whether these secondary metabolites are part of the specific plant defense systems that are mediated by methyl jasmonate or salicylic acid, we used meristem cultures to assess the effects of exposure to exogenous application of these chemical elicitors. Levels of hypericins in plant tissue increased in response to both elicitor treatments; total hypericin levels increased as much as 3.3 times control levels when treated with 200 μ methyl jasmonate for 14 days. Increased hyperforin concentrations were detected when plantlets were treated with 1 m salicylic acid or 50 μ methyl jasmonate. For assessing responses to a biotic elicitor, greenhouse-grown plant materials were inoculated with the plant pathogen, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Levels of hypericins increased twice as much as the control when inoculated with 1 × 10⁴ spores per ml; higher doses of spores overwhelmed the plant defenses. The elevation of hypericins and hyperforin in response to chemical and biotic elicitors suggests that these secondary metabolites are components in the inducible plant defense responses of H. perforatum.     

水稻条斑病细菌类Harpin蛋白的纯化与特性研究

 用硫酸铵沉淀、制备等电聚焦电泳、阴离子交换层析等方法从水稻条斑病细菌(Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola,Xooc) RS105菌株突变体M51菌体破碎液中纯化出可激发烟草产生过敏性反应(hypersensitive response,HR)的蛋白类物质,分子量约为25.5 kDa。该物质与梨火疫病菌(Erwinia amylovora))的HarpinEa和水稻白叶枯病菌(Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae,Xoo)的Harpin_Xoo具有相似的生物活性和理化特性:可激发烟草产生典型的HR反应;对热稳定,对蛋白酶K敏感;RNA转录抑制剂放线菌素D、蛋白质合成抑制剂环己酰亚铵和钙离子通道阻断剂氯化镧能够抑制该物质激发烟草产生HR;该物质具有诱导烟草抗TMV的功能。据此,将该物质命名为类Harpin蛋白(Harpin-like protein,HLP_Xooc)。     

稻瘟菌激发子CSB I专化性及相关性质研究

 以一套水稻抗稻瘟病近等基因系为材料,接种稻瘟菌(Magnaporthe grisea)细胞壁来源的糖蛋白激发子CSB I,其诱导植保素的积累在高度非亲和性互作水稻远高于亲和性互作水稻;研究同时表明,CSB I可专化性诱导完全非亲和性互作和高度非亲和性互作水稻的过敏性坏死反应;表明该激发子具有小种-品种专化性。经热、胰蛋白酶和过碘酸钠处理后的生物活性检测结果表明,CSB I的活性位点为糖基部分。经pH稳定性检测,CSB I在酸性及相对弱碱性条件下较稳定;而在强碱性条件下,激发子活性下降较多,甚至完全丧失。对CSB I诱导活性的有效浓度测定表明,激发子诱导水稻叶片酶活性升高的最低有效浓度为0.07~0.70 nmol/L。     

提高红曲霉发酵产品Monacolin K含量的研究

采用物理、化学及生物的方法均能有效提高红曲产品Monacolin K的含量。其中,UV和LiCl复合诱变Monascus purpureusZZ红曲菌,获得Monacolin K的含量比对照高3倍,其诱变和原始出发株的液体摇瓶发酵单位分别是219.9μg/mL和65.4μg/mL;采用优质大米培养基质及优化发酵培养条件使其Monascus purpureusGX红曲菌发酵的红曲米Monacolin K含量高达14.54 mg/g,比对照2.65 mg/g提高近6倍;尤其在红曲培养过程中添加真菌激发子,一种担子菌的无性型液体发酵物Hxa能明显提高Monascus purpureusZZ液态及固态发酵产品Monacolin K含量达1330.4μg/mL和34.99 mg/g,分别为原始出发株65.4μg/mL和2.48 mg/g的20倍和17倍。