Evaluation of peracid formation as the basis for resistance to infection in plants transformed with haloperoxidase

Nonheme haloperoxidase (HPO-P) isolated from Pseudomonas pyrrocinia catalyzed the peroxidation of alkyl acids to peracids. Among acids tested as substrates, acetic acid was most readily peroxidized. The reaction product peracetate possessed potent antifungal activity: 50% death (LD(50)) of Aspergillus flavus occurred at 25 microM peracetate. Viability of A. flavus was inhibited by up to 80% by leaf extracts of tobacco plants transformed with the HPO-P gene from P. pyrrocinia compared to viability of fungi exposed to extracts from controls. To elucidate if peracid formation by HPO-P was the basis for antifungal activity in transgenic leaf tissues, lethalities of hydrogen peroxide-acetate-HPO-P combinations against A. flavus were examined in vitro. LD(50) of A. flavus exposed to the combinations occurred at 30 mM acetate when concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and HPO-P were held constant. This value was identical to the LD(50) produced by 30 mM acetate in the absence of hydrogen peroxide-HPO-P and therefore did not account for enhanced antifungal activity in transgenic plants. For clarification, kinetics of the enzymic reaction were examined. According to the concentration of acetate needed for enzyme saturation (K(m) = 250 mM), acetate was lethal prior to its oxidation to peracetate. Results indicate that peracid generation by HPO-P was not the basis for enhanced antifungal activity in transgenic plants expressing the HPO-P gene.     

Transformation of the fungicide chlorothalonil by Fenton reagent

A modified Fenton reagent (Fe(3+)/H(2)O(2)) transformed the fungicide chlorothalonil within 60 min in aqueous solution at unadjusted pH. Transformation varied with ferric salt. Transformation was greatest with ferric nitrate and least when ferric sulfate was used. UV irradiation enhanced the transformation of chlorothalonil. The transformation of chlorothalonil was enhanced, which increased with ferric ion or hydrogen peroxide concentration. Maximum transformation was achieved at 2 mM ferric ion and 100 mM hydrogen peroxide. Additionally, chlorothalonil was more dechlorinated in the UV irradiation condition. The proposed reaction pathway includes reduction of chlorothalonil to trichloroisophthalonitrile, dichloroisophthalonitrile, and monochloroisophthalonitrile; oxidation of trichloroisophthalonitrile to trichloro-3-cyanobenzoic acid and 3-carbamyltrichlorobenzoic acid; and oxidation of hydroxychlorothalonil to trichloro-3-cyanohydroxybenzoic acid and trichlorocyanophenol.     

外源lea3基因转化紫花苜蓿的研究

将来源于大麦的lea3基因通过基因枪法导入紫花苜蓿栽培品种“中苜一号”的胚性愈伤组织中,经过膦丝菌素类除草剂(PPT)的4次筛选获得抗性愈伤组织,诱导分化后共获得21株抗性再生植株。经叶片涂抹除草剂试验和lea3基因的PCR分子检测证明,lea3基因已整合到紫花苜蓿的基因组中。与对照植株相比,获得的转基因植株具有显著增强的耐盐能力,表明遗传转化lea3基因可用于苜蓿抗旱耐盐新品种的选育。     

Melatonin alleviates cold‐induced oxidative damage in maize seedlings by up‐regulating mineral elements and enhancing antioxidant activity

Melatonin, known as an animal hormone and an antioxidant with a low molecular weight, is one of the most commonly used substances to improve plant resistance against various environmental stresses. However, there are no studies explaining the effects of melatonin on the relationship between defense system and mineral composition of plants under stressed and unstressed‐conditions. The present study was conducted to investigate whether the mitigating effect of melatonin is associated with its modulating influence on the mineral elements of cold‐stressed maize seedlings. The seedlings were treated with melatonin (1 mM) and cold stress (10/7°C) for 3 d separately and in combination. After 3 d, the seedlings were harvested to determine several physiological, biochemical, and molecular parameters. Melatonin application effectively mitigated the damages from cold stress, as demonstrated by higher relative water concentration, chlorophyll concentration and antioxidant enzyme activities (superoxide dismutase, guaiacol peroxidase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, and glutathione reductase), as well as lower superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and malondialdehyde concentrations. Similarly, melatonin significantly ameliorated cold‐induced reductions in the concentrations of potassium, phosphorus, sulfur, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, and zinc. Besides, it further increased calcium and boron concentrations compared to cold stress alone. Our results reveal that melatonin has an important modulating influence on the mineral element composition of plants and mitigates cold stress through up‐regulation of these elements and simultaneously enhanced antioxidant activity.     

异硫氰酸苄酯对于黄曲霉生长速率和产毒情况的影响

为明确异硫氰酸苄酯(BITC)在不同条件下对黄曲霉的抑制效果,本研究以熏蒸法,在28℃培养条件下,分别以花生和玉米为培养基质,研究不同浓度(0、5、10、15、20 mg·L-1)异硫氰酸苄酯在不同水分活度(aw)(0.930、0.960、0.980、0.995)下对黄曲霉(Aspergillus flavus)生长和...     

Structure-antifungal activity relationship of cinnamic acid derivatives

A structure-antifungal activity relationship (SAR) study of 22 related cinnamic acid derivatives was carried out. Attention was focused on the antifungal activities exhibited against Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus terreus, and Aspergillus niger. (E)-3-(4-methoxy-3-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)phenyl)acrylic acid (16) exhibited antifungal activity against A. niger, comparable to that of miconazole and a significant antifungal effect against A. flavus and A. terreus as well. A structure-activity relationship (SAR) study of related cinnamic acid derivatives has allowed a model to be proposed for the recognition of the minimal structural requirements for the antifungal effect in this series.     

Isolation and characterization of superoxide dismutase from wheat seedlings

Two major superoxide dismutases (SODs; SODs I and II) were found in the crude enzyme extract of wheat seedlings after heat treatment, ammonium sulfate fractionation, anionic exchange chromatography, and gel permeation chromatography. The purification fold for SODs I and II were 154 and 98, and the yields were 11 and 2.4%, respectively. SOD I was further characterized. It was found that SOD I from wheat seedlings is a homodimer, with a subunit molecular mass of 23 kDa. Isoelectric focusing electrophoresis (IEF) and zymogram staining results indicated that the isoelectric point of SOD I is 3.95. It belongs to the MnSOD category due to the fact that it was insensitive to KCN or hydrogen peroxide inhibitor. This MnSOD from wheat seedlings was found to be stable over pH 7-9, with an optimum pH of 8, but was sensitive to extreme pH, particularly to acidic pH. It was stable over a wide range of temperatures (5-50 degrees C). Thermal inactivation of wheat seedling MnSOD followed first-order reaction kinetics, and the temperature dependence of rate constants was in agreement with the Arrhenius equation. The activation energy for thermal inactivation of wheat seedling MnSOD in the temperature range of 50-70 degrees C was found to be 150 kJ/mol. HgCl2 and SDS at a concentration of 1.0 mM significantly inhibited enzyme activity. Chemical modification agents, including diethyl pyrocarbonate (2.5 mM) and Woodward's reagent K (50 mM), significantly inhibited the activity of wheat seedling SOD, implying that imidazole groups from histidine and carboxyl groups from aspartic acid and glutamic acid are probably located at or near the active site of the enzyme.     

Inheritance and Resistance to Insect in CryIA(c) Transgenic Cabbage

以结球甘蓝（Brassica oleracea var. capitata ）下胚轴为外植体，通过根癌农杆菌（Agrobacterium tumefaciecin）介导法将苏云金芽孢杆菌（Bacillus thuringiensis,Bt）杀虫蛋白基因CryIA(c)导入结球甘蓝栽培品种中，共获得56株卡那霉素抗性植株。分别以CryIA(c)和NPTⅡ基因引物进行PCR扩增，结果43株均扩增出了预期的目的带。以CryIA(c)基因为探针，进行Southern blot分析，证明外源基因已经整合到甘蓝基因组中，且多数转基因植株只含有单拷贝的外源基因。离体叶片抗虫实验表明，转基因植株幼虫校正死亡率为40%，平均单虫重达到极显著水平，叶片损害程度差异明显，转基因植株抗性较对照显著提高。通过卡那霉素涂抹叶片和PCR扩增两种方法鉴定，表明外源基因在转基因甘蓝自交后代呈孟德尔单基因遗传。     

The Function of a Maize-Derived Phosphoenol pyruvate Carboxylase (PEPC) in Phosphorus-Deficient Transgenic Rice

Transgenic rice ( Oryza sativa L., a C₃ plant) lines carrying a complete phospho enol pyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) gene from maize (a C₄ plant) were tested for their performance in terms of organic acid synthesis and organic acid exudation into the rhizosphere under phosphorus (P)-deficient conditions. High PEPC activity increased the fraction of photosynthetically fixed carbon allocated to the organic acid pool, and P deficiency enhanced oxalate exudation from the roots of the transgenic plants. There was no evidence that the transformed PEPC was involved in internal P recycling in the plant. However, the root PEPC activity was positively correlated with the oxalate exudation and negatively correlated with the root P concentration, and a higher root PEPC activity led to a higher oxalate exudation. Thus, it is suggested that C₄-PEPC transgenic rice plants had acquired the ability to exude oxalate, which enhanced their capacity to adapt to low P soil conditions.     

Interactive effect of salinity and silver nanoparticles on photosynthetic and biochemical parameters of wheat

The present study investigated the influence of seed priming with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), 0, 2, 5 and 10 mM, on growth and biochemical parameters of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under salt stress. As expected, 150 mM of NaCl decreased the shoot fresh and dry weights and chlorophyll contents and increased the catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) activities. Salinity enhanced the concentration of proline, soluble sugars, malondialdehyde and hydrogen peroxide. Seed priming with Ag NPs increased the shoot fresh and dry weight of normal and salt-stressed plants. Lower concentration of Ag NPs decreased the total soluble sugars and proline contents, while the higher Ag NPs levels increased these contents compared to the control. The combined application of Ag NPs and salt stress increased the soluble sugars and proline contents, while it decreased CAT activity and increased POD activity compared to the respective Ag NPs treatments alone. Overall, our results demonstrated that Ag NPs enhanced the salt tolerance in wheat, but the long-term response of Ag NPs under salt stress needs further investigation.     

植物乳杆菌抑制黄曲霉活性代谢物的初步研究

植物乳杆菌（Lactobacillus plantarum）能够抑制黄曲霉生长,但起主要抑菌作用的物质尚未明确。该研究采用非靶向代谢组学技术比较分析了8株抑菌活性较好（S组）和8株抑菌活性较差（W组）的L. plantarum发酵上清液。结果显示,两组L. plantarum发酵上清液的代谢组存在显著差异（P<0.05）。通过数据库比对鉴定得到咪唑乙酸、酪氨酸等30个显著差异代谢物（P<0.05）,其中有机酸、脂肪酸等酸性物质较多为22个。通过与已报道的乳酸菌产生的抗真菌物质相比较,找到十八烷酸、吲哚乙酸等结构一致或结构类似物,表明上清液中酸性物质起主要的抑菌作用,且其抑菌活性依赖于低 pH 值的酸性环境。在L. plantarum产生的主要有机酸中,乳酸、乙酸、丙酸的抑菌活性良好,其抑制黄曲霉活性从大到小依次为丙酸、乙酸、乳酸。当乙酸浓度为2.64g/L、丙酸浓度为1.76 g/L时,可完全抑制浓度为106个/mL的黄曲霉孢子生长。综合表明,植物乳杆菌代谢物中有机酸和脂肪酸为主要抑菌物质,且抑菌活性随酸性物质浓度增大而增强。     

胡杨果糖-1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶的定位及功能研究

将从胡杨中克隆的果糖-1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶基因（PeALD）构建到pGEX-4T—1载体上,经IPTG诱导成功获得融合蛋白GST：PeALD,并将蛋白进行纯化,其大小约为52kD,转化大肠杆菌的耐盐性实验表明,PeALD基因的成功表达有利于提高大肠杆菌菌株的耐盐性。为研究该基因编码蛋白在植物细胞中的定位,将基因的ORF区构建到定位表达载体pMDC85上,通过PEG介导的拟南芥瞬时转化法观察融合蛋白PeALD：GFP在细胞中的定位情况,结果显示该蛋白定位于胞质中,由此说明实验克隆得到的该胡杨果糖-1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶基因编码的是胞质蛋白。烟草种子在盐培养基上的萌发实验结果显示转基因烟草具有更高的耐盐性;烟草水培苗经200mmol／LNaCl处理一周后,可溶性糖的质谱检测结果显示转基因植株中葡萄糖的含量有很大提高。表明胡杨果糖-1,6-二磷酸醛缩酶通过促进糖酵解和有氧呼吸途径来提高植物对盐胁迫的适应性。     

Improvement of drought tolerance in Tobacco (Nicotiana rustica L.) plants by Silicon

Ameliorative effect of silicon (Si) (2 mM as sodium silicate (Na₂SiO₃)) was studied in tobacco (Nicotiana rustica L.) plants grown under control at 100% field capacity (FC), mild drought (60% FC), and severe drought (30% FC) conditions. Si-treated plants had higher biomass of particularly above-ground parts both under drought and control conditions. Plants with Si supply had significantly higher net assimilation rates but lower transpiration rates. Silicon supply enhanced osmotic potentials only in the leaves, but not in the roots. A considerable rise in the concentrations of soluble sugars was observed particularly in the leaves under both drought and Si treatments. Soluble proteins, free α-amino acids, and proline concentrations increased in Si-treated plants under all watering treatments. Si enhanced the activity of antioxidative enzymes and decreased hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) concentrations. Results indicate that Si supplementation alleviates drought stress via improvement of water relation parameters, enhancement of photosynthesis, and elevation of antioxidant defenses.     

大熊猫生长激素基因Am-GH的表达载体构建及其表达研究

植物反应器生产药品成本低,具有改变传统制药方法的光明前景。本研究 以PCR法克隆的大熊猫生长激素基因Am-GH,构建了原核表达载体pEGX-AmGH和植物表达载体pCAMBIA13011-GH。pEGX-AmGH转化E. coli得到高效表达。pCAMBIA13011-GH通过根癌农杆菌GV3101的介导转化烟草无菌叶片外植体,经过四轮潮霉素(Hygromycin, Hyg)递增筛选,获得抗性植株。其中部分Hyg抗性植株经GUS和PCR检测为阳性。鉴定结果表明Am-GH 已成功整合到烟草基因组中。为进一步探讨大熊猫生长激素基因Am-GH在烟草中的表达奠定了基础。     

西红柿原系统素基因转化水稻的抗虫性研究

构建了两个含西红柿原系统素基因的双元载体pNAR304（UbiI5’+Prosystemin+NOS3’）和pNAR305 (UbiI5’+Prosystemin+NOS3’+ PinⅡ5’+PinⅡ+PinⅡ3’)，并用农杆菌介导方法将其转入水稻品种秀水63、合江19和日本晴。经潮霉素抗性、PCR和Southern blot确证，共获得转基因水稻14株。Northern blot检测表明，原系统素基因(Prosystemin)和马铃薯蛋白酶抑制剂基因(PinⅡ)在这些转基因植株中都能转录表达。然而，植株的二化螟和褐飞虱抗虫性鉴定表明：单独转入Prosystemin（pNAR304）不能提高转基因水稻的抗虫能力；Prosystemin和PinⅡ双价（pNAR305）转基因植株能明显提高水稻的抗虫性，但其抗性水平与PinⅡ单个基因的转基因水稻植株间并无显著差异。 这表明，Prosystemin基因转入水稻并不能有效调节转基因水稻PinII基因的表达量。据此试验结果推测，水稻中可能不存在类似于西红柿系统素的信号途径，很可能水稻的伤害信号转导是经由与双子叶植物系统素体系不同的其它途径来实现的。     

Piceid (resveratrol glucoside) synthesis in stilbene synthase transgenic apple fruit

A stilbene synthase gene along with the selectable marker gene bar for herbicide resistance was transferred via Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation into apple (Malus domesticaBorkh.) cvs. 'Elstar' and 'Holsteiner Cox'. The stilbene synthase catalyzes the conversion of 1 molecule of p-coumaroyl-CoA and 3 molecules of malonyl-CoA into 3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene, commonly known as resveratrol. This phytoalexin has implications in both phytopathology and human health. Greenhouse-grown transgenic and nontransformed control plants were grafted onto dwarfing rootstock M27. Flowering and fruiting occurred within the following years, offering the opportunity to analyze transgenic apple fruit and fertility of transgenic plants as well as inheritance of the transgenes into the seedling progeny. Molecular analysis revealed that the stilbene synthase is expressed in transgenic plants and in the skin and flesh of transgenic apple fruit. After formation, resveratrol is modified by the addition of a hexose sugar. The resulting component was characterized as piceid. With the aim of characterizing the influence of the novel biosynthetic pathway on the accumulation of other phenolic compounds naturally present in apple fruit, the amounts of flavanols, flavonols, phloretin derivatives and hydroxycinnamic acids in wild type and transgenic fruit were determined by HPLC. In all investigated transformed lines that accumulated piceid, no negative correlation between levels of piceid and the above-mentioned compounds was observed, except for the flavonol contents, which slightly decreased. Inheritance of the transgenes was confirmed in the seedling progeny, which were obtained after pollination of transgenic plants with nontransgenic pollen and vice versa after pollination of nontransgenic plants with pollen obtained from transgenic plants. The fertility of stilbene synthase transgenic plants was demonstrated. To the authors' knowledge this is the first time that data are available on piceid synthesis in transgenic apple fruit and the effects of its accumulation on levels of other phenolic compounds present in the fruit.     

Identification of phenolics for control of Aspergillus flavus using Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a model target-gene bioassay

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was used in a high-throughput bioassay to identify phenolic agents for control of the aflatoxigenic fungus Aspergillus flavus. Veratraldehyde, 1, cinnamic acid, 5, and the respective benzoic acid derivatives vanillin, 2, vanillic acid, 3, and vanillylacetone, 4, and cinnamic acid derivatives o-coumaric acid, 6, m-coumaric acid, 7, and p-coumaric acid, 8, showed significant antifungal activities (from highest to lowest, 2, 5 > 1 > 6, 7 > 4 > 3, 8) in the yeast system, with caffeic acid, 9, having little to no effect. Antifungal activity levels against A. flavus were similar. This similarity in antifungal activity demonstrated the usefulness of the S. cerevisiae bioassay for screening antifungal compounds. Assays using deletion mutants of yeast identified signal transduction and antioxidative stress response genes important to fungal tolerance. Targeting the antioxidative stress response system with certain compounds (e.g., 4) in combination with strobilurin fungicides had a synergistic effect against both fungi.     

CHI-PAT双价基因遗传转化贵州禾来拢

以贵州禾来拢幼胚为转化受体,用农杆菌介导法将几丁质酶和抗除草剂抗性双价基因（CHI-PAT）导入来拢幼胚,筛选出抗性愈伤组织并获得抗性植株.抗性植株经GUS组织化学及PCR检测呈阳性,转基因植株对50 mg/L的Basta溶液有抗性.初步证明CHI和PAT基因已整合进了水稻基因组中.     

反向重复RNA介导转基因烟草对花生条纹病毒抗性

构建携带花生条纹病毒（Peanut stripe virus, PStV）外壳蛋白基因（cp）反向重复序列植物表达载体pKcp，转化农杆菌菌株GV3101，叶盘法转化本生烟，卡那霉素筛选得到的转化植株5~6叶期摩擦接种PStV。通过症状观察和ELISA检测，T0代转基因烟草植株87%表现免疫，T1代不同系植株的免疫比例为60~100%，T2代多数系植株免疫比例达到100%。利用PStVcp特异探针对转基因植株T1代进行特异siRNA的Northern blot检测，转基因植株都含有不同量的特异siRNA，而非转基因植株不含特异siRNA；接种前，免疫植株比感病植株体内siRNA含量高；不同转化系免疫植株在接种前、接种15天和50天后的叶片中都检测到特异siRNA，同一植株不同时期，siRNA含量相对稳定；不同转化系植株体内siRNA含量存在差异。本试验成功利用dsRNA获得对PStV具有较高比例抗性的转基因烟草植株。     

由根癌农杆菌介导将葡萄糖氧化酶基因转入水稻

摘要:将具有广谱抗病作用的葡萄糖氧化酶（glucose oxidase , GO）基因插入具有潮霉素抗性选择标记的双元载体pCAMBIA1301，新构建了水稻高效表达载体pCAG1301。将此质粒导入根癌农杆菌（Agrobacterium tumefaciens ）菌株LBA4404后,转化粳稻(Oryza. sativa L.ssp.japonica )品种日本晴(Nipponbare)的幼胚，并由筛选出的潮霉素抗性愈伤组织分化再生植株。对所得潮霉素抗性水稻植株的Southern杂交分析表明，GO基因已整合到受体基因组。淀粉-碘化钾显色反应检测到了转基因植株产生的过氧化氢，证实GO基因表达产生的葡萄糖氧化酶已经在水稻中发挥功能。抗病性鉴定表明，所得转基因水稻对稻瘟菌(Magnaporthe grisea )具有良好的抗性。