Apple latent spherical virus(ALSV)vector is a convenient alternative to genetic transformation in horticultural plants,especially in species recalcitrant to genetic transformation.ALSV,an RNA virus,can infect a wide v...Apple latent spherical virus(ALSV)vector is a convenient alternative to genetic transformation in horticultural plants,especially in species recalcitrant to genetic transformation.ALSV,an RNA virus,can infect a wide variety of plant species including major horticultural plants without inducing symptoms.Here,methodologies were developed for infection of ALSV vectors to strawberry seedlings and plantlets cultured in vitro.A seed-propagated F1 hybrid strawberry cultivar'Yotsuboshi'was aseptically grown on half-strength Murashige–Skoog medium for 1 month and true leaves were inoculated with an ALSV RNA preparation by particle bombardment.ALSV vector infection rates varied from 58 to 100%according to the insertion sequences,in‘Yotsuboshi’seedlings.Plantlets(‘Dover’)propagated in vitro could also be infected with ALSV vector at a similar infection rate.For virus-induced gene silencing(VIGS),we prepared an ALSV vector carrying a 201 nucleotide segment of the strawberry phytoene desaturase gene.‘Yotsuboshi’and‘Dover’plants infected by this vector generated completely white leaves at fifth or sixth true leaves and above.For virus-induced flowering(VIF),we used an ALSV vector expressing the Arabidopsis thaliana flowering locus T gene.Strawberry seedlings infected by this vector started to flower from about 2 months post inoculation and bore fruits with viable seeds.The ALSV vector was no longer detected in any of the seedlings from early-flowered strawberries.Thus,the ALSV vector may be beneficial for examination of gene functions by VIGS in strawberry,and VIF using ALSV vector constitutes an effective new plant breeding technique for the promotion of cross-breeding in strawberry.展开更多
The quality changes of shelled Pacific oysters(Crassostrea gigas)were examined in relation to the effects of superchilling storage at-1 C for 28 d by measuring changes in biochemical properties(microbial analysis,aden...The quality changes of shelled Pacific oysters(Crassostrea gigas)were examined in relation to the effects of superchilling storage at-1 C for 28 d by measuring changes in biochemical properties(microbial analysis,adenosine triphosphate(ATP)-related compounds,pH,free amino acids)and sensory evaluations in this study.The results indicated that microorganism growth was significantly inhibited during superchilling storage.Adenosine diphosphate(ADP)and adenosine monophosphate(AMP)accumulated while ATP rapidly decreased in the adductor muscle.ATP and ADP were the primary components in the other 3 tissues including mantle,gill,and body trunk of oysters,and they remained relatively stable over time.The pH and adenylate energy charge in the adductor muscle could be utilized as freshness indicators for shelled oysters.However,there were no significant differences(P>0.05)among the free amino acids during whole storage.According to the sensory evalu-ations,oysters could be alive and tolerated up to 21 d at-1℃storage.The study demonstrated that superchilling storage at-1℃could better maintain the eating quality of shelled oysters and the shelf life was extended to 21 d.展开更多
We supercooled fresh-cut onion at−5℃ for 12 h.After supercooling,the electric impedance properties of the samples were evaluated by electrical impedance spectroscopy over the frequency range of 42 Hz−5 MHz.The time-t...We supercooled fresh-cut onion at−5℃ for 12 h.After supercooling,the electric impedance properties of the samples were evaluated by electrical impedance spectroscopy over the frequency range of 42 Hz−5 MHz.The time-temperature profiles of samples indicated that the freezing point and supercooling point were−2.3℃±0.7℃ and−6.9℃±1.0℃,respectively.The results indicated that 34 of the 36 supercooled samples exhibited a definite circular arc in the Cole-Cole plot,which suggested that the cell membrane remained intact during supercooling.In the other two samples which did not exhibit a definite circular arc,the cell membrane had sustained serious damage during supercooling.Furthermore,there was large difference in drip loss percentage between supercooled samples exhibited a definite circular arc in the Cole-Cole plot and samples not exhibiting a definite circular arc.Our results suggest that fresh-cut onions can be supercooled at−5℃.展开更多
Scallop adductor muscle has great popularity for raw consumption in Japan,but conventionally shucking live scallops with high vitality by knife requires skill and is time-consuming.Flash-boil shucking is a convenient ...Scallop adductor muscle has great popularity for raw consumption in Japan,but conventionally shucking live scallops with high vitality by knife requires skill and is time-consuming.Flash-boil shucking is a convenient shucking method in sushi restaurants for live scallops.However,the effects of this treatment on the quality of its main edible part,the adductor muscle,are not clear.This study was conducted to investigate the impact of flash-boil shucking on the quality of raw-edible scallop adductor muscle,focusing on flavor-enhancing components and ultrastructure.Thermal treatment could contribute to the formation of flavor-enhancing nucleotides in the external layer of the adductor muscle.Adenosine monophosphate content increased with the boiling time,which significantly increased to 1.47±0.42μmol/g in the 30 s-boiled group compared with 0.38±0.13μmol/g in the control group(p<0.05).The rapid adenosine monophosphate accumulation after boiling resulted in a faster accumulation of inosine and hypoxanthine during subsequent refrigeration,which could bring bitterness to aquatic products.Flash-boil shucking had no discernible effect on the proportion of free amino acids relevant to the flavor of scallop adductor muscle,despite the possibility of a reduction in total free amino acids.The external layer of the scallop adductor muscle could be hardened after flash-boil shucking.At the ultrastructural level,muscle fibers tend to aggregate transversely and contract longitudinally depending on the heating time.Flash-boil shucking is ideal for consuming the raw-edible scallop adductor muscle promptly.Flash-boil shucking treatment is recommended for households,restaurants,and small factories for treating scallops with high vitality.展开更多
Arsenic contamination is a major environmental issue,as it may lead to serious health hazard.The reduced trivalent formof inorganic arsenic,arsenite,is in generalmore toxic to plants comparedwith the fully oxidized pe...Arsenic contamination is a major environmental issue,as it may lead to serious health hazard.The reduced trivalent formof inorganic arsenic,arsenite,is in generalmore toxic to plants comparedwith the fully oxidized pentavalent arsenate.Theuptakeof arsenite inplants hasbeenshown tobemediatedthrough a large subfamily of plant aquaglyceroporins,nodulin 26-like intrinsic proteins(NIPs).However,the efflux mechanisms,as well as themechanismof arsenite-induced root growth inhibition,remain poorly understood.Usingmolecular physiology,synchrotron imaging,and root transport assay approaches,we show that the cellular transport of trivalent arsenicals inArabidopsis thalianais stronglymodulatedbyPINFORMED2(PIN2)auxin efflux transporter.Root transport assay using radioactive arsenite,X-ray fluorescence imaging(XFI)coupled with X-ray absorption spectroscopy(XAS),and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis revealed that pin2 plants accumulate higher concentrations of arsenite in roots comparedwith the wild-type.At the cellular level,arsenite specifically targets intracellular sorting of PIN2 and thereby alters the cellular auxin homeostasis.Consistently,loss of PIN2 function results in arsenite hypersensitivity in roots.XFI coupled with XAS further revealed that loss of PIN2 function results in specific accumulation of arsenical species,but not the other metals such as iron,zinc,or calcium in the root tip.Collectively,these results suggest that PIN2 likely functions as an arsenite efflux transporter for the distribution of arsenical species in planta.展开更多
文摘Apple latent spherical virus(ALSV)vector is a convenient alternative to genetic transformation in horticultural plants,especially in species recalcitrant to genetic transformation.ALSV,an RNA virus,can infect a wide variety of plant species including major horticultural plants without inducing symptoms.Here,methodologies were developed for infection of ALSV vectors to strawberry seedlings and plantlets cultured in vitro.A seed-propagated F1 hybrid strawberry cultivar'Yotsuboshi'was aseptically grown on half-strength Murashige–Skoog medium for 1 month and true leaves were inoculated with an ALSV RNA preparation by particle bombardment.ALSV vector infection rates varied from 58 to 100%according to the insertion sequences,in‘Yotsuboshi’seedlings.Plantlets(‘Dover’)propagated in vitro could also be infected with ALSV vector at a similar infection rate.For virus-induced gene silencing(VIGS),we prepared an ALSV vector carrying a 201 nucleotide segment of the strawberry phytoene desaturase gene.‘Yotsuboshi’and‘Dover’plants infected by this vector generated completely white leaves at fifth or sixth true leaves and above.For virus-induced flowering(VIF),we used an ALSV vector expressing the Arabidopsis thaliana flowering locus T gene.Strawberry seedlings infected by this vector started to flower from about 2 months post inoculation and bore fruits with viable seeds.The ALSV vector was no longer detected in any of the seedlings from early-flowered strawberries.Thus,the ALSV vector may be beneficial for examination of gene functions by VIGS in strawberry,and VIF using ALSV vector constitutes an effective new plant breeding technique for the promotion of cross-breeding in strawberry.
基金supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(19H05611).
文摘The quality changes of shelled Pacific oysters(Crassostrea gigas)were examined in relation to the effects of superchilling storage at-1 C for 28 d by measuring changes in biochemical properties(microbial analysis,adenosine triphosphate(ATP)-related compounds,pH,free amino acids)and sensory evaluations in this study.The results indicated that microorganism growth was significantly inhibited during superchilling storage.Adenosine diphosphate(ADP)and adenosine monophosphate(AMP)accumulated while ATP rapidly decreased in the adductor muscle.ATP and ADP were the primary components in the other 3 tissues including mantle,gill,and body trunk of oysters,and they remained relatively stable over time.The pH and adenylate energy charge in the adductor muscle could be utilized as freshness indicators for shelled oysters.However,there were no significant differences(P>0.05)among the free amino acids during whole storage.According to the sensory evalu-ations,oysters could be alive and tolerated up to 21 d at-1℃storage.The study demonstrated that superchilling storage at-1℃could better maintain the eating quality of shelled oysters and the shelf life was extended to 21 d.
基金This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI,grant number JP16H05001[Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)]JP16K15010[Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research].
文摘We supercooled fresh-cut onion at−5℃ for 12 h.After supercooling,the electric impedance properties of the samples were evaluated by electrical impedance spectroscopy over the frequency range of 42 Hz−5 MHz.The time-temperature profiles of samples indicated that the freezing point and supercooling point were−2.3℃±0.7℃ and−6.9℃±1.0℃,respectively.The results indicated that 34 of the 36 supercooled samples exhibited a definite circular arc in the Cole-Cole plot,which suggested that the cell membrane remained intact during supercooling.In the other two samples which did not exhibit a definite circular arc,the cell membrane had sustained serious damage during supercooling.Furthermore,there was large difference in drip loss percentage between supercooled samples exhibited a definite circular arc in the Cole-Cole plot and samples not exhibiting a definite circular arc.Our results suggest that fresh-cut onions can be supercooled at−5℃.
基金supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(No.19H05611).
文摘Scallop adductor muscle has great popularity for raw consumption in Japan,but conventionally shucking live scallops with high vitality by knife requires skill and is time-consuming.Flash-boil shucking is a convenient shucking method in sushi restaurants for live scallops.However,the effects of this treatment on the quality of its main edible part,the adductor muscle,are not clear.This study was conducted to investigate the impact of flash-boil shucking on the quality of raw-edible scallop adductor muscle,focusing on flavor-enhancing components and ultrastructure.Thermal treatment could contribute to the formation of flavor-enhancing nucleotides in the external layer of the adductor muscle.Adenosine monophosphate content increased with the boiling time,which significantly increased to 1.47±0.42μmol/g in the 30 s-boiled group compared with 0.38±0.13μmol/g in the control group(p<0.05).The rapid adenosine monophosphate accumulation after boiling resulted in a faster accumulation of inosine and hypoxanthine during subsequent refrigeration,which could bring bitterness to aquatic products.Flash-boil shucking had no discernible effect on the proportion of free amino acids relevant to the flavor of scallop adductor muscle,despite the possibility of a reduction in total free amino acids.The external layer of the scallop adductor muscle could be hardened after flash-boil shucking.At the ultrastructural level,muscle fibers tend to aggregate transversely and contract longitudinally depending on the heating time.Flash-boil shucking is ideal for consuming the raw-edible scallop adductor muscle promptly.Flash-boil shucking treatment is recommended for households,restaurants,and small factories for treating scallops with high vitality.
基金supported in part by the Iwate University President Fund(to A.R.)Global Innovation Fund,University of Saskatchewan(to I.P.,G.N.G.,and A.R.)+7 种基金supported by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(G.N.G.,I.P.)the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation(G.N.G.,I.P.)The University of Saskatchewan,and Canada Research Chairs(G.N.G.,I.P.)supported by the US Department of Energy(DOE)Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under contract no.DE-AC02-06CH11357supported by the US DOE,Office of Science,Office of Basic Energy Sciences under contract no.DE-AC02-76SF00515supported by the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Researchby the National Institutes of Health(NIH)National Institute of General Medical Sciences(NIGMS)(including P41GM103393)。
文摘Arsenic contamination is a major environmental issue,as it may lead to serious health hazard.The reduced trivalent formof inorganic arsenic,arsenite,is in generalmore toxic to plants comparedwith the fully oxidized pentavalent arsenate.Theuptakeof arsenite inplants hasbeenshown tobemediatedthrough a large subfamily of plant aquaglyceroporins,nodulin 26-like intrinsic proteins(NIPs).However,the efflux mechanisms,as well as themechanismof arsenite-induced root growth inhibition,remain poorly understood.Usingmolecular physiology,synchrotron imaging,and root transport assay approaches,we show that the cellular transport of trivalent arsenicals inArabidopsis thalianais stronglymodulatedbyPINFORMED2(PIN2)auxin efflux transporter.Root transport assay using radioactive arsenite,X-ray fluorescence imaging(XFI)coupled with X-ray absorption spectroscopy(XAS),and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis revealed that pin2 plants accumulate higher concentrations of arsenite in roots comparedwith the wild-type.At the cellular level,arsenite specifically targets intracellular sorting of PIN2 and thereby alters the cellular auxin homeostasis.Consistently,loss of PIN2 function results in arsenite hypersensitivity in roots.XFI coupled with XAS further revealed that loss of PIN2 function results in specific accumulation of arsenical species,but not the other metals such as iron,zinc,or calcium in the root tip.Collectively,these results suggest that PIN2 likely functions as an arsenite efflux transporter for the distribution of arsenical species in planta.
