条斑紫菜孢子体与配子体PSII的特性以及单颗粒分析

选择条斑紫菜（Porphyra yezoensis）两个不同发育阶段（孢子体和配子体）作为研究对象，分别从孢子体与配子体的类囊体膜上分离到具有高放氧活性的PSII复合物。配子体PSII复合物的放氧活性为2269.77±152.94 μmolO2/chl(mg).h，孢子体PSII复合物的放氧活性为2256.33±141.81 μmolO2/chl(mg).h。对分离到的PSII复合物的稳定性和放氧活性进行了研究，结果表明：孢子体和配子体的PSII复合物，在4℃条件下保存比-80℃下放氧活性高，稳定性高。配子体跟孢子体比较，在-80℃保存条件下第六天就已经没有放氧活性，而此时-80℃下孢子体PSII复合物仍然具有放氧活性。同时对4℃下保存的PSII复合物进行分子筛柱层析，室温吸收光谱测定以及放氧活性测定，发现随着放氧活性逐渐降低的同时，蛋白大分子有聚合现象。室温吸收光谱表明经过长期的保存，吸收峰向短波长方向偏移，同时叶绿素易降解成为脱镁叶绿素。分别测定了配子体与孢子体PSII复合物的SDS-PAGE电泳蛋白条带的氨基酸序列，配子体PSII复合物经过SDS-PAGE电泳后的蛋白条带，经过质谱测定，鉴定出CP-47、D2、D1蛋白。孢子体PSII复合物，经过SDS-PAGE电泳后的蛋白条带，经过质谱分析鉴定出CP-47、CP-43、D2、D1蛋白。CP-47， CP-43蛋为PSII反应中心叶绿素P680的脱辅基蛋白，D1 与D2蛋白为PSII的反应中心蛋白。对纯化的PSII复合物，并首次采用单颗粒技术分析比较其形态结构，电镜观察证实纯化的PSII复合物为二聚体，颗粒大小约为13nm×7.8nm，经过计算总分子量约为500kDa，但是孢子体与配子体的PSII复合物在形态上有轻微差别，配子PSII复合物要略宽于孢子体复合物，孢子体PSII复合物周边棱角形较配子体明显。

红毛菜发育过程及其生理基础

红毛菜（Bangia Lyngb.）属于红藻门，与紫菜属同属红毛菜科，其味道和营养都优于紫菜。目前红毛菜栽培产业已在我国福建莆田展开，但栽培技术还有待提高。海藻栽培技术的发展和成熟依赖于对其生长发育过程的认识。本研究针对红毛菜发育过程及相关光合生理展开，并初步探讨了一采自山西娘子关泉淡水红毛菜群体（FWB）的系统地位。 色素突变标记的壳孢子萌发特征表明最初两次分裂产生的4细胞决定了完整植株的形态建成。成熟植株，为雌雄异体。雌性生殖器果胞的标志性分化结构为原始受精丝，环境因子是促发原始受精丝发展的外部因素，其膨大程度随受精的延迟而增大。原孢子是主要的无性生殖孢子类型，在不良环境中，藻体也会形成内生孢子或休眠包囊，或者藻体断裂后重新形成完整的植株。 红毛菜的生长发育很大程度上受环境因子的控制。高温不利于配子体的发育，15-20 ºC比较适宜。红毛菜无性繁殖的最适温度-光照组合为20 ºC-8 h，有性繁殖为15 ºC-12h。 不同发育阶段，PSII实际光合效率（Y(II)）与细胞的健康状况以及光合器官完整性及其在细胞内的分布有关，而与细胞的类型关系不大。健康的假根细胞、已分化未成熟的精子以及果孢子细胞均具有很高的Y(II)。色素体由中间位变为围周位，中央大液泡（营养藻丝）和大小纤维囊泡（成熟孢子与精子）的产生，使得细胞Y(II)降低。刚放散的壳孢子Y(II)很低，说明在壳孢子由贝壳基质释放到自由水体过程，光合作用受到一定程度抑制；而2h后，Y(II)开始恢复，rbcL的转录水平非常高，为孢子的萌发储备物质和能量需求。 在失水和低盐胁迫下，藻体均维持较高的Y(II)。干出处理至藻体重量不再变化，复水后Y(II)可回复初始水平。海生红毛菜在100％淡水培养基中（约20ºC）培养7天后，部分雄性藻体依然活着。从而体现了红毛菜位居高潮带的生理优势。 FWB终生行无性繁殖，藻体形态与发生以及染色体数目（4条）与海生群体没有区别。而rbcL-rbcS Spacer序列显示，红毛菜海生群体（无性和有性）具有完全相同的序列，而FWB与它们有5bp差异，但是与欧洲、北美地区的淡水群体仅1bp不同，初步说明所有淡水红毛菜群体具有共同的原始起源。

坛紫菜中藻胆蛋白和多糖的化学结构特征研究

本文对北移坛紫菜（Porphyra haitanensis）中的藻胆蛋白和多糖进行了深入的研究，并发现其化学结构特征与南方坛紫菜存在一定差异，其主要结果如下：坛紫菜的水溶性色素粗提物经过耱酸铵沉淀和羟基磷灰石（HA）柱层析后，分离到三种藻胆蛋白，即藻蓝蛋白（RPC）、藻红蛋白（RPE）和变藻蓝蛋白（APC）。在中性介质中，其吸收光谱和荧光发射光谱与文献报告基本一致，但在酸性（PH_3）或碱性（PH_(12)）介质中，吸收光谱有明显改变，原有的荧光性质也消失。RPC和APC只分离到一种聚集体，但RPE有两种不同的聚体，用Sephadex G-100凝胶过滤方法，测得藻胆蛋白的分子量分别为：RPC 117，000，APC 122，000，小分子RPE 34，000，大分子RPE 232，000。 而且RPE的两种聚集体的吸收光谱、荧光光谱以及等电点等物理性质都有所差异。对RPE的氨基酸分析结果表明，以天冬氨酸、丙氨酸和谷氨酸为主，且酸性氨基酸的含量大于碱性基酸的含量。用分级法对南北方两种坛紫菜的热水和冷水提取多糖进行了层析分级，用~(13)C-NMR和红外光谱研究了各级分的化学结构特征，南北方坛紫菜琼胶分别主要由用1.0M和0.5M NaCl从DEAE-Sephadex A50层析柱洗脱下的带电荷的琼胶分子组成，~(13)C-NMR谱图表明坛紫菜主要由琼胶糖结构及其生物前体（硫酸基结合在L-半乳糖的第6位碳上）构成，且甲基化琼胶糖在南方坛紫菜中的含量明显比北移坛紫菜高，这是坛紫菜由南方移植北方后的明显差异，这种差异对于进一步研究坛紫菜的生理学特点是有意义的。

Extraction of the polysaccharides from five algae and their potential antioxidant activity in vitro

The sulfated polysaccharides extracted from algae possess excellent antioxidant activities. In this study, we prepared five polysaccharides extracted from five algae including one brown alga Laminaria japonica. one red alga Porphyra haitanensis and three green algae Ulva pertusa, Enteromorpha linza and Bryopsis plumose. And then the antioxidant activities of all the samples were investigated including scavenging effects of superoxide and hydroxyl radicals, and reducing power. The chemical analysis and FT-IR spectrum showed these extracts were polysaccharides. And in addition, we found that certain polysaccharide exhibited stronger antioxidant activity in certain antioxidant activity. Factors effecting and attributing to radical scavenging effect need to be further studied. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Effects of N supply on the accumulation of photosynthetic pigments and photoprotectors in Gracilaria tenuistipitata (Rhodophyta) cultured under UV radiation

We have studied the effects of nitrate supply under photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) plus ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure on photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a and carotenoids), photoprotective UV screen mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), and photosynthetic parameters, including the maximum quantum yield (F(v)/F(m)) and electron transport rate (ETR) on the red agarophyte Gracilaria tenuistipitata. Apical tips of G. tenuistipitata were cultivated under ten different concentrations of NO(3)(-) for 7 days. It has been shown that G. tenuistipitata cultured under laboratory conditions has the ability to accumulate high amounts of MAAs following a nitrate concentration-dependent manner under PAR+UVR. Two MAAs were identified, shinorine and porphyra-334. The relative concentration of the first increased under high concentrations of nitrate, while the second one decreased. The presence of antheraxanthin is reported for the first time in this macro-algae, which also contains zeaxanthin, lutein, and beta-carotene. The accumulation of pigments, photoprotective compounds, and photosynthetic parameters of G. tenuistipitata is directly related to N availability. All variables decreased under low N supplies and reached constant maximum values with supplements higher than 0.5 mM NO(3)(-). Our results suggest a high potential to acclimation and photoprotection against stress factors (including high PAR and UVR) directly related to N availability for G. tenuistipitata.

Palythine-threonine, a major novel mycosporine-like amino acid (MAA) isolated from the hermatypic coral Pocillopora capitata

Using a high-resolution reverse-phase liquid chromatography method we found that the tissues of the hermatypic coral Pocillopora capitato (collected in Santiago Bay, Mexico) contain a high diversity of primary and secondary mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) typical of some reef-building coral species: mycosporine-glycine, shinorine, porphyra-334, mycosporine-methylamine-serine, mycosporine-methylamine-threonine, palythine-serine, palythine and one additional novel predominant MAA, with an absorbance maximum of 320 nm. Here we document the isolation and characterization of this novel MAA from the coral A capitata. Using low multi-stage mass analyses of deuterated and non deuterated compounds, high-resolution mass analyses (Time of Flight, TOF) and other techniques, this novel compound was characterized as palythine-threonine. Palythine-threonine was also present in high concentrations in the corals Pocillopora eydouxi and Stylophora pistillata indicating a wider distribution of this MAA among reef-building corals. From structural considerations we suggest that palythine-threonine is formed by decarboxylation of porphyra-334 followed by demethylation of mycosporine-methylamine-threonine. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the agarophyte Gracilaria tenuistipitata (Rhodophyta)

A total of 3,631 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were established from two size-selected cDNA libraries made from the tetrasporophytic phase of the agarophytic red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata. The average sizes of the inserts in the two libraries were 1,600 bp and 600 bp, with an average length of the edited sequences of 850 bp. Clustering gave 2,387 assembled sequences with a redundancy of 53%. Of the ESTs, 65% had significant matches to sequences deposited in public databases, 11% to proteins without known function, and 35% were novel. The most represented ESTs were a Na/K-transporting ATPase, a hedgehog-like protein, a glycine dehydrogenase and an actin. Most of the identified genes were involved in primary metabolism and housekeeping. The largest functional group was thus genes involved in metabolism with 14% of the ESTs; other large functional categories included energy, transcription, and protein synthesis and destination. The codon usage was examined using a subset of the data, and the codon bias was found to be limited with all codon combinations used.

Valorización de la biomasa de macroalgas en acuicultura multitrófica integrada (AMTI): aplicaciones en cosmética y nutraceútica (fotoprotectores y antioxidantes)

[ES] La radiación UV puede producir efectos perjudiciales en la salud humana. Los fotoprotectores tópicos reducen las dosis eritemáticas aminorando el daño potencial de la radiación UV. Inicialmente las cremas fotoprotectoras se diseñaron para filtrar la radiación UV-B (l=280-320 nm) por su efecto fotocarcinogénico, pero actualmente también se incluyen filtros contra la radiación UV-A (l=320-400 nm), porque al favorecer el daño oxidativo esta banda de radiación tiene un efecto directo sobre el fotoenvejecimiento de la piel pero también indirecto sobre la fotocarcinogénesis. Entre las nuevas sustancias naturales con alta capacidad de filtración de UV-A y con propiedades antioxidantes se encuentran los aminoácidos tipo micosporina (MAAs) presentes especialmente en macroalgas rojas. Los MAAs se estimulan por radiación UV y al ser sustancias nitrogenadas, el contenido interno está también modulado por la disponibilidad de nitrato o amonio. Se ha conseguido duplicar los contenidos internos de MAAs en algas crecidas en altas concentraciones de amonio (>150). Por otro lado se ha demostrado una alta capacidad antioxidante en varios MAAs aislados de líquenes (micosporina-glicina) y de algas rojas (porphyra-334, chinorina y asterina-330). Estas dos propiedades, alta capacidad de filtración de la radiación UV y actividad antioxidante, hacen que los MAAs sean unos excelentes candidatos para su aplicación como fotoprotectores en preparados cosméticos. La limitación se encuentra en la necesidad de producir y garantizar biomasa suficiente para la extracción del producto. La recolección de algas del medio natural resulta insostenible y está sujeta a variaciones estacionales. Ahí es donde la acuicultura multitrófica integrada (AMTI) aparece como una estrategia alternativa muy interesante ya que los nutrientes (especialmente amonio) de los efluentes de las acuiculturas animales son aprovechados por las macroalgas para incrementar la producción de biomasa e inducen la acumulación de compuestos nitrogenados entre los que se encuentran los MAAs.

(Table 1) Presence of sublittoral macroalgae in the investigated profiles in Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica

The vegetation of a small fjord and its adjacent open shore was documented by subaquatic video. The distribution of individual species of macroalgae and the composition of assemblages were compared with gradients of light availability, hydrography, slope inclination, substratum, and exposition to turbulence and ice. The sublittoral fringe is usually abraded by winterly ice floes and devoid of large, perennial algae. Below this zone, the upper sublittoral is dominated by Desmarestia menziesii on steep rock faces, where water movements become irregular, or by Ascoseira mirabilis and Palmaria decipiens on weakly inclined slopes with steady rolling water movements. In the central sublittoral above 15 m, where turbulence is still active, Desmarestia anceps is outcompeting all other species on solid substratum, However, the species is not able to persist on loose material under these conditions. Instead, Himantothallus grandifolius may occur. Deeper, where turbulence usually is negligible, Desmarestia anceps also covers loose material. The change of dominance to Himantothallus grandifolius in the deep sublittoral cannot completely be explained at present. Himantothallus grandifolius also prevails in a mixed assemblage under the influence of grounding icebergs. Most of the smaller algae are opportunists with different degrees of tolerance for turbulence, but some apparently need more stable microhabitats and thus are dependent from continuing suppression of competitive large phaeophytes.