水稻低植酸突变基因和外源铁蛋白基因的聚合

对所获得的2份低植酸突变系和2份铁蛋白(Fer)转基因富铁系稻米进行了无机磷、种子GUS、叶片PCR、稻米矿质元素含量检测和简单的遗传分析,表明这些材料作为低植酸突变种质和Fer富铁种质具有良好的实用价值。对所配杂种F1进行了花药培养,并对愈伤组织诱导、分化、生根和花培苗倍数性、成活率、结实性等性状进行考察,认为低植酸基因和铁蛋白外源基因对花培过程影响不明显。在大量的花培后代中筛选到31份低植酸基因和外源铁蛋白基因双重表达的花培纯系,经检测,该批材料富铁效果极为显著,是难得的低植酸富铁转基因优良新种质。     

Involvement of Iron and Ferritin in the Potato–Phytophthora infestans Interaction

This work shows that the infection of potato (Solanum tuberosum) detached leaves by the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans, was drastically reduced by adding deferoxamine, an exogenous iron chelator. Reactive oxygen species in leaves inoculated with P. infestans were also reduced after adding deferoxamine. A leaf ferritin cDNA fragment was obtained by PCR and used as probe for screening a tuber cDNA library. A cDNA (named StF1) encoding the iron-storing potato ferritin was cloned. StF1 is 915 bp in length and has an open reading frame of 230 amino acids that contains the information for the mature 28 kDa subunit of potato ferritin. StF1 was used as probe in northern blot hybridizations to analyze expression of the ferritin gene. In leaves, ferritin mRNA accumulated in response to pathogen attack. In tubers, ferritin mRNA increased upon treatment with the elicitor eicosapentaenoic acid. These results suggest that iron plays a role in the potato-P. infestans interaction.     

Localization and Characterization of Ferritin in Demospongiae: A Possible Role on Spiculogenesis

Iron, as inorganic ion or as oxide, is widely used by biological systems in a myriad of biological functions (e.g., enzymatic, gene activation and/or regulation). In particular, marine organisms containing silica structures—diatoms and sponges—grow preferentially in the presence of iron. Using primary sponge cell culture from S. domuncula–primmorphs—as an in vitro model to study the Demospongiae spiculogenesis, we found the presence of agglomerates 50 nm in diameter exclusively inside sponge specialized cells called sclerocytes. A clear phase/material separation is observed between the agglomerates and the initial stages of intracellular spicule formation. STEM-HRTEM-EDX analysis of the agglomerates (30–100 nm) showed that they are composed of pseudohexagonal nanoparticles between 5 and 15 nm in size, displaying lattice parameters corresponding to hematite (Fe₂O₃) and mixed iron oxide phases typically attributed to ferritin. Further analysis, using western blotting, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), sequence alignment analysis, immunostaining and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), of mature spicule filaments confirm the presence of ferritin within these organic structures. We suggest that S. domuncula can be classified as a dual biomineralizating organism, i.e., within the same cellular structure two distinct biomineralizing processes can occur as a result of the same cellular/metabolic function, spiculogenesis.     

铁蛋白纳米载体及其在生物医学领域的应用潜力

铁蛋白是广泛存在于几乎所有生命体中的储铁蛋白,具有储存和转化铁、维持细胞铁代谢平衡以及保护细胞免受氧化损伤等功能.铁蛋白亚基能够自组装成纳米笼,装载和运输各种金属、药物、显影剂等多种物质,并且铁蛋白具有易被修饰以及良好的生物相容性和靶向性等特点,使其成为生物医学领域应用潜力巨大的非病毒天然纳米材料.本文重点综述了铁蛋白...     

A Study on the Presence of Ferritin-binding Proteins in Fetal Horse Plasma

In mammal circulation, ferritin-binding proteins (FBPs) are thought to be involved in clearance of circulating ferritin after complex formation with it through receptor-mediated uptake. However, there is no report on fetal FBP in fetal circulation. Although iron concentrations of fetal horse plasma were higher than those of adult horse plasma, plasma ferritin concentrations and ferritin-binding activities were found to be significantly lower in fetus than in adult. FBPs were purified from fetal or adult horse plasma on horse spleen ferritin-Sepharose 4B affinity column. Partially affinity-purified fetal horse plasma FBPs were mainly separated into 65 and 41 kDa bands in addition to minor bands with higher molecular masses ranged from 102 to 140 kDa on SDS-PAGE under reducing condition. The adult horse plasma FBPs were separated into 74, 54 and 28 kDa bands, and the 74 and 54 kDa bands reacted with antibodies specific for horse IgM and IgG heavy chains, respectively, by immunoblotting analyses. On the other hand, no antibodies to horse immunoglobulin classes detected any bands in fetal horse plasma FBPs. The affinity-purified adult and fetal horse plasma FBPs did not contain fibrinogen as a plasma specific FBP, probably due to its lower affinity to the ligand ferritin. These results demonstrate the presence of FBPs which are different from adult horse plasma FBPs including anti-ferritin autoantibodies in fetal plasma.     

新生儿脐血红细胞铁蛋白含量的测定

用放射免疫测定法检测１２６名足月新生儿脐血红细胞铁蛋白含量的结果表明：１２６例新生儿脐血红细胞铁蛋白为１６１．４±６７．５ａｇ／ｃｅｌｌ，脐血红细胞铁蛋白含量与血清铁蛋白及血红蛋白含量均呈显著正相关。红细胞铁蛋白含量与体内铁储备密切相关，它不受其他因素的影响，对评价新生儿铁储备的作用优于血清铁蛋白。     

IRON STRESS INDUCES PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MICRONUTRIENT STRESSES IN HIGH YIELDING TROPICAL RICE

Two indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars, viz. ‘Swarna’ and ‘Kalinga III’ were compared for their response to iron (Fe) stress. The cultivars were raised with four Fe levels viz. 0.05, 1, 5, 10 mg L^?1 in hydroponic culture. Plant growth, soluble protein, chlorophyll content and phytoferritin of leaves increased significantly with increase in Fe concentration up to 5 mg L^?1, but decreased at 10 mg L^?1. In contrast, lipid peroxidation, decreased up to 5 mg L^?1 then increased at 10 mg L^?1. However, at 10 mg L^?1 of Fe these parameters were more adversely affected in ‘Swarna’ than ‘Kalinga III’. The later also accumulated relatively more Fe, zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and copper (Cu) from the growing medium. Zinc concentrations of the tissue, on the other hand, exhibited the opposite trend. Iron stress may, thus lead to secondary metallic ion stresses and under such situations cultivars like ‘Kalinga III’ will perform better than ‘Swarna’.     

Absence of binding and impermeability to ferritins of gill endothelium in marine teleosts

The surface binding characteristics and permeability properties of the endothelium of secondary lamellae from the gills of several species of marine teleosts were investigated by introducing cationized ferritin and native ferritin into the microcirculation under normal environmental conditions. Neither type of ferritin bound to the luminal surface of the gill endothelium. No transcellular movement of cationized ferritin was detected, either via transendothelial channels or individual vesicles, nor was passage of cationized ferritin through the tight intercellular junctions of the endothelium observed. Anionic binding sites in the endothelial basement membranes could not be identified. Binding and transport of ferritin were unaffected by normal changes in environmental temperatures over the range of -2 to + 15°C. These findings suggest that the endothelial cell surface of the gills from these fishes is a primary barrier to the extracapillary movement of blood borne constituents.     

Measurement of ferritin and anti‐ferritin autoantibodies in serum and colostrum of Holstein and Japanese Black cows

Anti‐ferritin autoantibody is a ferritin‐binding protein commonly found in mammals; it is thought to form an immune complex with ferritin and thereby mediate the rapid clearance of circulating ferritin. The aim of this study is to determine concentrations of ferritin and anti‐ferritin autoantibodies (immunoglobulin (Ig)M, IgG and IgA) in serum and colostrum of Holstein (H) and Japanese Black (JB) cows within 24 h of normal calving. Blood and colostrum samples were collected from cows of various ages (2–11 years) and calving number (1–8 live births). Mean ferritin concentrations were higher in colostrum than in serum for both breeds, and higher colostrum ferritin concentrations were found in H than JB cows. IgA antibodies in serum and colostrum from both breeds had negligible ferritin‐binding activity. For both breeds, IgM and IgG antibodies had higher ferritin‐binding activity in colostrum than in serum. There was a significant correlation between IgM and IgG ferritin‐binding activities in serum and colostrum of H and JB cows. These results suggest that ferritin and IgM and IgG autoantibodies are actively transferred from the blood stream to the colostrum at prepartum or early lactation.     

植物铁蛋白的研究进展

铁蛋白(ferritin)是一种铁结合和存储蛋白,广泛存在于动物、植物和微生物体内,是生物体内的一种保守性较高的多功能多亚基蛋白。植物铁蛋白作为专门的贮铁蛋白,是植物光合作用和固氮等生化反应的铁源,不仅调节体内铁的含量,而且是一种重要的胁迫反应蛋白,调控铁生物功能,在植物的发育、抵抗氧化损害等方面发挥重要的作用。本研究从铁蛋白的结构、功能及基因克隆、表达和遗传转化等方面,概述了其在植物分子生物学中的研究进展及其应用情况。