橡胶树体胚发生过程中的生理生化特性

以巴西橡胶树花药为外植体,研究了巴西橡胶树花药体胚发生过程中抗氧化酶活性和某些生理参数的变化。结果表明,橡胶树花药体胚发生过程中,SOD活性变化表现在培养30 d达到最高值,而后下降平缓;丙二醛(MDA)含量在第60天达到最高。生理参数的变化表现为可溶性蛋白含量0 d含量最高,可溶性糖的含量在50 d达到最高,据此认为,SOD和MDA对橡胶树花药体胚的诱导起主导作用,可溶性蛋白含量与不定芽的发生密切相关。     

巴西橡胶树花药体细胞胚形成中乳管分化的研究

培育数量多、质量好的体细胞胚是当前巴西橡胶树花药组织培养的主要研究目标,而对于体细胞胚发育过程中是否有乳管分化目前尚不清楚。以不同发育阶段的正常体细胞胚以及不同形态的畸形胚为材料,对它们的乳管分化情况进行了研究。结果表明,球形胚、心形胚和鱼雷胚中都没有乳管分化,最早出现可辨识的乳管是早期子叶胚,而不同形态的畸形胚都有乳管分化。本研究为深入研究乳管分化的机制提供了基础。     

玉米受精胚囊的离体胚胎发生及植株再生研究

以授粉后1 d的玉米胚囊为外植体,通过改进胚囊分离方法、优化培养基激素成分,开展玉米受精胚囊的体外培养研究,建立玉米受精胚囊的离体胚胎发生及植株再生体系。结果表明,胚囊外植体获得形态正常胚的比例、胚再生为植株的比例均大大提高。经离体培养,约20%的玉米受精胚囊可以获得完整植株,建立了玉米受精胚囊的离体胚胎发生及植株再生体系。     

Ultrastructure of Fusion Product between Protoplasts from C3 and C4 Species of Amaranthaceae

Summary

This paper describes the ultrastructure of the electric field-induced fusion products of C₃ and C₄ species of Amaranthaceae at the early developmental stage. Protoplasts of C₃ species were isolated from a Ceiosia cristata L. cell suspension and, those of C₄ species were isolated from an Amaranthus tricolor L. cotyledon. Incompatibility occurred in the C₃/C₄ hybrid. The incompatibility reactions were detected in the newly formed hybrid cells accompanied with significant changes in the nucleolus (segregation of nucleolar components) and plastids (cup-like shape or amoeboid plastid enclosing cytoplasmic materials) of C₃ species parent. The structural changes in the organelles of the C₄ partner were less marked. After 5 days of culture, most organelles showed high cellular activity, and a normal dedifferentiation process of mesophyll chloroplasts was observed. At this stage nucleolar segregation was not detected and the C₃ species plastids were difficult to distinguish from the proplastids formed from mesophyll chloroplasts. In addition, some mitochondria showed bursting-like structure. However, under the culture condition used these somatic incompatibility did not seem to impair further growth of fusion products since they were still proliferating well resulting in callus formation.     

大豆突变体库构建研究进展

大豆突变体库是大豆农艺性状变异的重要来源,可以作为选育新品种资源和大豆基因功能研究的基础。综述了几种常用大豆突变体库的构建方法及其构建特点和应用范围,介绍了一些突变体库构建的新方法及其优缺点,并对这些新方法在大豆突变体库构建应用中进行了展望,为大豆育种实践和基因功能研究拓宽思路和提供参考。     

Tissue Culture Response from Seedling Explants of Commercial Barley Cultivars Grown in Bulgaria

Abstract

Only a few studies have been conducted in which regenerability of barley has been examined. In the current study, 17 barley genotypes (nine two-row malting type: Aster, Emon, Ruen, Jubiley, PV101, Körten, Krassi 2, Perun and Igri, and eight six-row feed types: Karnobat, Hemus, Jerun, Veslets, Aheloi 2, Diana, Panagon, and Izrgev) were evaluated for tissue-culture response from seedlings during a three-year period. Regenerable calli were obtained from all tested genotypes. Although there was much variation in regeneration capacity among the cultivars, plants were obtained from all cultivars. The majority of green plants grown to maturity were fertile and normal in appearance. The frequency of embryogénie callus induction and regenerability was influenced by genotype and growth conditions of the donor plants. Genotype was the most important determinant of the in vitro response. The best in vitro performance, based on ability to form regenerable calli and to regenerate plants was observed for Ruen, Aster, and Emon.     

大豆体细胞胚胎发生系统组织学研究

通过对栽培大豆品种体细胞胚胎发生频率组织学进行研究,了解在农杆菌和卡那霉素存在的条件下,大豆未成熟子叶胚性细胞的发生、分化、发育过程和胚胎发生规律,为大豆未成熟子叶诱导体细胞胚发生高效转化体系提供理论依据。     

不同体细胞数对新鲜羊奶干酪品质的影响

体细胞(Somatic Cell Counts,SCC)是衡量乳质量和奶牛健康状况的指标。乳中SCC增加引起乳成分的改变,进而影响凝乳。本试验根据体细胞数的不同得到LSCC、MSCC、HSCC3组新鲜羊奶,对3组原料乳生产的干酪的组成成分及其质构指标进行测定。试验结果表明,从干酪真实出品率来看,LSCC组>MSCC组>HSCC组;从干酪组成成分来看,HSCC组干酪的脂肪、蛋白质含量显著低于其他两组,但HSCC组干酪水分含量最高;从干酪质构指标来看,HSCC组干酪软而粘。     

Functional genomics of microspore embryogenesis

Isolated plant microspores, when stressed and cultured in vitro, can be diverted from their normal gametophytic pathway towards sporophytic development, with the formation of haploid embryos and ultimately doubled-haploid plants. This process is called androgenesis or microspore embryogenesis, and is widely used in plant breeding programmes to generate homozygous lines for breeding purposes. Protocols for the induction of microspore embryogenesis and the subsequent regeneration of doubled haploid (DH) plants have been successfully developed for more than 200 species. These practical advances stand in stark contrast to our knowledge of the underlying molecular genetic mechanism controlling this process. The majority of information regarding the genetic and molecular control of the developmental switch from gametophytic to sporophytic development has been garnered from four intensely studied (crop) plants comprising two dicotyledonous species, rapeseed (Brassica napus) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), and two monocotyledonous species, wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare). In these species the efficiency of microspore embryogenesis is very high and reproducible, making them suitable models for molecular studies. In the past, molecular studies on microspore embryogenesis have focussed mainly on the identification of genes that are differentially expressed during this developmental transition and/or early in embryo development, and have identified a number of genes whose expression marks or predicts the developmental fate of stressed microspores. More recently, functional genomics approaches have been used to obtain a broad overview of the molecular processes that take place during the establishment of microspore embryogenesis. In this review we summarise accumulated molecular data obtained in rapeseed, tobacco, wheat and barley on embryogenic induction of microspores and define common aspects involved in the androgenic switch.     

A Cathepsin B Inhibitor,E-64, Improves the Preimplantation Development of Bovine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos

Bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is an important and powerful tool for basic research and biomedical and agricultural applications, however, the efficiency of SCNT has remained extremely low. In this study, we investigated the effects of cathepsin B inhibitor (E-64) supplementation of culture medium on in vitro development of bovine SCNT embryos. We initially used three concentrations of E-64 (0.1, 0.5, 1.0 μm), among which 0.5 μm resulted in the highest rate of blastocysts production after in vitro fertilization (IVF), and was therefore used for further experiments. Blastocyst development of SCNT embryos in the E-64 treatment group also increased relative to the control. Moreover, the cryosurvival rates of IVF and SCNT blastocysts were increased in E-64 treatment groups when compared with the control. On the other hand, we found that IVF and SCNT blastocysts derived from E-64-treated groups had increased total cell numbers and decreased apoptotic nuclei. Furthermore, assessment of the expression of apoptosis-related genes (Bax and Bcl-xL) in bovine IVF and SCNT blastocysts treated with E-64 by real-time RT-PCR analysis revealed suppressed expression of the pro-apoptotic gene Bax and stimulated expression of the anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-xL. Taken together, these finding indicate that addition of E-64 to embryo culture medium may have important implications for improving developmental competence and preimplantation quality in bovine IVF and SCNT embryos.