Ultrastructural and Extracellular Protein Changes in Cell Suspension Cultures of Populus euphratica Associated with Low Temperature-induced Cold Acclimation

Populus euphratica Olive is the only tree species that can grow in the saline land and also survive cold winters in northwest China, and it plays a very important role in stabilizing the vulnerable ecosystem there. A cell suspension culture was initiated from callus derived from plantlets of Populus euphratica. Cold acclimation was induced (LT50 of 17.5 ℃) in cell suspension at 45 ℃ in the dark for 30 days and the freezing tolerance increased from LT50 of 12.5 ℃ in nonacclimated cells to LT50 of 17.5 ℃ in cold-acclimated cells. Microvacuolation, cytoplasmic augmentation and accumulation of starch granules were observed in cells that were cold-acclimated by exposure to low temperatures. Several qualitative and quantitative changes in proteins were noted during cold acclimation. Antibodies to carrot extracellular (apoplastic) 36 kD antifreeze protein did not cross react on immunoelectroblots with extracellular proteins in cell suspension culture medium of Populus euphratica, indicating no common epitopes in the carrot 36 kD antifreeze protein and P. euphratica extracellular proteins. The relationship of these changes to cold acclimation in Populus euphratica cell cultures was discussed.

秀丽隐杆线虫模型在抗衰老研究中的应用

随着人口老龄化问题的凸显,衰老相关的研究越来越被重视。秀丽隐杆线虫(Caenorhabditis elegans)是抗衰老研究领域中非常重要的生物模型,具有生命周期短、易于培养和观察等优点,但与其他哺乳动物模型相比仍有一些局限性,如DNA甲基化的缺乏等。本文主要综述了秀丽隐杆线虫模型在抗衰老研究和药物筛选中的应用,包括抗衰老药物对线虫寿命和抗性的测定与评估、药物筛选以及健康衰老研究中的应用,并概括了该模型的优势和局限性,为秀丽隐杆线虫模型在抗衰老研究中的应用提供理论依据。