SERRATE coordinates shoot meristem function and leaf axial patterning in Arabidopsis

Leaves of flowering plants are determinate organs produced by pluripotent structures termed shoot apical meristems. Once specified, leaves differentiate an adaxial (upper) side specialized for light capture, and an abaxial (lower) side specialized for gas exchange. A functional relationship between meristem activity and the differentiation of adaxial leaf fate has been recognized for over fifty years, but the molecular basis of this interaction is unclear. In Arabidopsis thaliana, activity of the class I KNOX (KNOTTED1-like homeobox) genes SHOOTMERISTEMLESS (STM) and BREVIPEDICELLUS (BP) is required for meristem function but excluded from leaves, whereas members of the HD-Zip III (class III homeodomain leucine zipper) protein family function to promote both meristem activity and adaxial leaf fate. Here we show that the zinc-finger protein SERRATE acts in a microRNA (miRNA) gene-silencing pathway to regulate expression of the HD-Zip III gene PHABULOSA (PHB) while also limiting the competence of shoot tissue to respond to KNOX expression. Thus, SERRATE acts to coordinately regulate meristem activity and leaf axial patterning.     

菠菜HD-ZIP III基因家族鉴定与表达分析

植物叶片在生长发育过程中,近-远轴极性的建立与维持是叶片正常行使光合效应、呼吸作用、蒸腾作用的结构基础. HD-ZIP III是重要的叶片近轴极性基因,本研究在菠菜（Spinacia oleracea）基因组中鉴定到3个HD-ZIP III基因家族成员,依次命名为SoHB1,SoHB2和SoHB3,并对其蛋白理化性质、保守结构域和进化关系进行了分析. 研究结果表明：3个HD-ZIP III蛋白都具有4个保守结构域. 共线性分析表明：菠菜SoHB1,SoHB2和SoHB3分别与拟南芥ATHB8,ATREV和ATHB15存在共线性关系. 启动子顺式作用元件预测结果表明：菠菜HD-ZIP III家族基因启动子上游包含光响应、逆境胁迫反应、激素响应等顺式作用元件. 在不同叶型菠菜种质中的表达模式分析结果表明：单戟型叶片的SoHBs表达量最高;此外,经干旱胁迫处理后,SoHB1,SoHB2和SoHB3的基因表达量普遍下降;对菠菜包括根、茎、薹叶、功能叶、薹叶柄、功能叶柄等部位进行表达分析,发现SoHB1在根部表达最为丰富,SoHB2和SoHB3在薹叶处表达最为丰富.     

蒲菜营养器官的解剖学研究

研究了蒲菜营养器官的形态结构。蒲菜不定根根冠、皮怃、维管柱起源于顶端分组织中各自大独立的３层原始细胞，表皮与皮层起源于共同的原始细胞，不定根具根毛，维管束为多原型。生长锥原套为２层，茎的维管束均分散在基本组织中，分为中央维管束和周围维管束，蒲叶两面均具栅栏组织，为等面叶，两表皮气孔器密度相似。     

8种柏科植物叶表皮的扫描电镜观察

为了探讨柏科植物叶的微形态学特征和差异,应用扫描电子显微镜对8种柏科植物叶表皮的微形态特征进行了观察．结果发现,本实验所取8种柏科植物叶的气孔器均为椭圆形,副卫细胞5～7个,气孔器主要分布在叶的近轴面上,在刺形叶的远轴面上无气孔;8种柏科植物的叶表皮细胞上一般覆盖着较厚的角质层和蜡质层,不同种柏科植物的叶表皮具有不同的角质和蜡质纹饰;同种柏科植物同型叶的新叶和成熟叶、绿色叶和白色叶的微特征间也有区别,成熟叶的表皮细胞上角质和蜡质较新叶多;日本花柏白色鳞形叶的气孔分布和蜡质纹饰都有一定的特殊性．不同种柏科植物叶的微特征有较大的差别,可以为柏科植物的分类提供一定的依据．     

Spatially restricted microRNA directs leaf polarity through ARGONAUTE1

Gene regulation by RNA interference requires the functions of the PAZ domain protein Argonaute. In plants, mutations in ARGONAUTE1 (AGO1) are associated with distinctive developmental defects that suggest a role for microRNA (miRNA) in organ polarity. Potential targets of miRNA regulation are the homeodomain/leucine zipper genes PHABULOSA (PHB) and PHAVOLUTA (PHV). These genes are expressed in a polar fashion in leaf primordia and are required for adaxial cell fate. Here we show that a 21-nucleotide miRNA that directs cleavage of PHB/PHV messenger RNA accumulates first in the embryonic meristem, and then in the abaxial domain of the developing leaf. miRNA distribution is disrupted by mutations in AGO1, indicating that AGO1 affects the regulation of miRNA. In addition, interactions between homeodomain/leucine zipper genes and an allelic series of ago1 indicate that miRNA acts as a signal to specify leaf polarity.     

84K杨叶片再生系统的建立

选用84K杨的叶片作为外植体,MS作为基本培养基,采用不同浓度组合的BA和NAA对84K杨再生系统进行了研究.结果表明,在MS培养基中单独添加2.0mg/L BA时,不定芽分化率为90%,单独添加0.3mg/L NAA时,不定根产生率最高(90%),但无不定芽生成.采用1.5mg/LBA 0.3mg/LNAA组合搭配时,不定芽分化率最高(95%).在此基础上,采用M1(MS 1.5mg/L BA 0.3mg/L NAA)培养基,研究了不同着生位置的叶片、同一着生位置叶片的不同切段以及叶片在培养基上的放置方式对84K杨叶片再生的影响,结果表明带有叶柄的下切段比其余叶片切段不定芽再生率高,幼嫩叶片比老化叶片再生率高,叶片近轴端向下接触培养基比远轴端向下接触培养基再生率高.叶片再生系统的建立为开展84K杨的工厂化育苗和遗传转化奠定了基础.     

6种竹子叶器官的解剖结构比较

【目的】探究竹子营养叶与秆箨之间的关系,揭示竹子不同功能叶器官的结构差异,为竹类植物的基础生物学研究提供新的理论信息。【方法】以6种竹子即勃氏甜龙竹(Dendrocalamus brandisii)、慈竹(Bambusa emeiensis)、绵竹(Lingnania intermedia)、香竹(Chimonocalamus delicatus)、云南箭竹(Fargesia yunnanensis)和美竹(Phyllostachys mannii)的营养叶、秆箨和叶枝为研究对象,观察它们的显微结构,并对其各项指标进行测量与比较。【结果】竹子营养叶解剖结构具有指状臂细胞或梅花状细胞的分化,并且具有薄壁维管鞘细胞;秆上部的箨片形态更接近于叶片,而下部的箨片具有较厚的角质层,无叶肉细胞的分化,与叶片形态差异明显。竹子营养叶的叶片、叶柄、叶鞘和叶枝维管束韧皮部的面积占比均高于木质部,与秆箨(笋箨)有显著差异。秆箨(笋箨)的箨鞘与箨片维管束木质部面积占比更高,虽然秆上部箨片形状和大小都与叶片接近,但与叶片相比,其维管束木质部面积占比更高。叶鞘和箨鞘的解剖结构与叶片和箨片的有区别,与叶柄的结构基...     

两个水稻叶片反向卷曲突变体的表型及遗传分析

为了揭示水稻叶片卷曲的形态建成,分析了水稻Ac/Ds转座子插入突变体库中的2个叶片反向卷曲突变体的表型及组织形态.研究发现,与野生型平展叶片相比,内卷突变体和外卷突变体叶片中泡状细胞数目明显减少,这可能是造成水稻叶片卷曲的重要原因.另外,内卷突变体叶片主脉薄壁细胞少,薄壁细胞崩裂形成的气腔面积较大.对2个卷叶突变体的纤维素含量进行测定发现,内卷突变体叶片及茎杆中纤维素含量明显减少,而外卷突变体叶片及茎杆的纤维素含量与野生型没有显著差异,说明2个卷叶突变体叶片的卷曲可能由不同基因突变造成.分析了2个水稻卷叶突变体的遗传规律,结果表明,二者均由隐性单基因控制.     

A re-examination of proximodistal patterning during vertebrate limb development

The 'progress zone' model provides a framework for understanding progressive development of the vertebrate limb. This model holds that undifferentiated cells in a zone of fixed size at the distal tip of the limb bud (the progress zone) undergo a progressive change in positional information such that their specification is altered from more proximal to more distal fates. This positional change is thought to be driven by an internal clock that is kept active as long as the cells remain in the progress zone. However, owing to cell division, the most proximal of these cells are continually pushed outside the confines of the zone. As they exit, clock function ceases and cells become fixed with the positional value last attained while within the zone. In contrast to this model, our data suggest that the various limb segments are 'specified' early in limb development as distinct domains, with subsequent development involving expansion of these progenitor populations before differentiation. We also find, however, that the distal limb mesenchyme becomes progressively 'determined', that is, irreversibly fixed, to a progressively limited range of potential proximodistal fates.     

Isolation and characterization of rl（t）, a gene that controls leaf rolling in rice

Moderate leaf rolling is one of the most important morphological traits in rice breeding for plant ideotype. Previous studies have shown that the rl（t） gene has a high breeding potential for developing hybrid-rice varieties with an ideal ideotype, because it leads to an appropriate leaf rolling index （LRI） of about 30 % in the heterozygous state, and had a positive effect on grain yield. In this study, we isolated rl（t） and performed a preliminary investigation of its function in regulating leaf rolling in rice. DNA sequencing identified a single base change （G to T） in the finely mapped region （11 kb） containing rl（t）, and this is located in 3′-untranslated region （3′-UTR） of the only predicted gene, Roc5 （Rice outermost cell-specific）. The expression level of Roc5 is significantly higher in the rl（t） mutant than in the wild-type. Using RNAi and overexpression analysis, we found that the expression level of Roc5 correlated with LRI and leaf bulliform area, and wasalso associated with leaf abaxial or adaxial rolling. These results confirmed that Roc5 controls leaf rolling in a dosagedependent manner. Bioinformatics analysis revealed a conserved 17-nt sequence （called the GU-rich element） in the 3′-UTR of HD-GL2 （Homeodomain-Glabra2） family genes including Roc5. Based on the model of this element in regulating mRNA stability in mammals, we speculate that the single nucleotide change in this element accounts for the higher expression level of Roc5 in the rl（t） mutant compared to the wild-type, which ultimately leads to adaxial rolling of the leaf. This discovery further enhances our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying leaf rolling in rice.     

Plant retinoblastoma homologues control nuclear proliferation in the female gametophyte

Haploid spores of plants divide mitotically to form multicellular gametophytes. The female spore (megaspore) of most flowering plants develops by means of a well-defined programme into the mature megagametophyte consisting of the egg apparatus and a central cell. We investigated the role of the Arabidopsis retinoblastoma protein homologue and its function as a negative regulator of cell proliferation during megagametophyte development. Here we show that three mutant alleles of the gene for the Arabidopsis retinoblastoma-related protein, RBR1 (ref. 4), are gametophytic lethal. In heterozygous plants 50% of the ovules are aborted when the mutant allele is maternally inherited. The mature unfertilized mutant megagametophyte fails to arrest mitosis and undergoes excessive nuclear proliferation in the embryo sac. Supernumerary nuclei are present at the micropylar end of the megagametophyte, which develops into the egg apparatus and central cell. The central cell nucleus, which gives rise to the endosperm after fertilization, initiates autonomous endosperm development reminiscent of fertilization-independent seed (fis) mutants. Thus, RBR1 has a novel and previously unrecognized function in cell cycle control during gametogenesis and in the repression of autonomous endosperm development.     

F-box proteins in flowering plants

In eukaryotes, the ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation pathway has been shown to control several key biological processes such as cell division, development, metabolism and immune response. F-box proteins, as a part of SCF (Skp1-Cullin (or Cdc53)-F-box) complex, functioned by interacting with substrate proteins, leading to their subsequent degradation by the 26S proteasome. To date, several F-box proteins identified in Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum have been shown to play important roles in auxin signal transduction, floral organ formation, flowering and leaf senescence. Arabidopsis genome sequence analysis revealed that it encodes over 1000 predicted F-box proteins accounting for about 5% of total predicted proteins. These results indicate that the ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation involving the F-box proteins is an important mechanism controlling plant gene expression. Here, we review the known F-box proteins and their functionsin flowering plants.     

Strategic information perception methods and practices in the open source intelligence

Open source intelligence is one of the most important public data sources for strategic information analysis. One of the primary and core issues of strategic information research is information perception,so this paper mainly expounds the perception method for strategic information perception in the open source intelligence environment as well as the framework and basic process of information perception. This paper argues that in order to match the information perception result with the information depiction result,it conducts practical exploration for the results of information acquisition,perception,depiction and analysis. This paper introduces and develops a monitoring platform for information perception. The results show that the method proposed in this paper is feasible.