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Huang Y, Xiong Q, Li J, Gan C, Zhang Y, Mo Q, Pang L, Cui J. Enhancing Systemic Translocation of Insecticides via Nanoformulations Incorporating β-Cyclodextrin Octadecarboxylate as a Carrier. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:3374-3387. [PMID: 38319593 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c07824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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The conversion of contact-killing pesticides into systemic pesticides can significantly enhance the bioavailability of pesticides, thereby reducing pesticide usage and environmental harm. A series of β-cyclodextrin fatty acid esters with varying branch chains were synthesized and employed as carriers in nanoformulation of insecticide. The investigation revealed that nanoformulations prepared using β-cyclodextrin octadecarboxylate (β-CDs) exhibited superior stability and remarkable systemic translocation within plants. Six contact-killing insecticide nanoformulations were developed utilizing β-CDs as carriers, and tests indicated that β-CDs significantly enhanced the systemic translocation of insecticides in plants compared to carrier-free nanoformulations. It was found that β-CDs increased the level of systemic translocation of insecticides by 5-12 times. Additionally, characterization results from λ-cyhalothrin-β-CDs nanoformulation demonstrated their superior ability to improve photolysis resistance, prolong release time, and extend insecticidal duration. Consequently, β-CDs can be utilized as a green additive in pesticide production to enhance the systemic translocation of pesticides in plants and increase their bioavailability.
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- Yanmin Huang
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Natural Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, P. R. China
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Xiao Y, Hu C, Hsiang T, Li J. Amino acid permease RcAAP1 increases the uptake and phloem translocation of an L-valine-phenazine-1-carboxylic acid conjugate. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1191250. [PMID: 37332709 PMCID: PMC10272580 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1191250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Amino acid conjugates of pesticides can promote the phloem translocation of parent ingredients, allowing for the reduction of usage, and decreased environmental pollution. Plant transporters play important roles in the uptake and phloem translocation of such amino acid-pesticide conjugates such as L-Val-PCA (L-valine-phenazine-1-carboxylic acid conjugate). However, the effects of an amino acid permease, RcAAP1, on the uptake and phloem mobility of L-Val-PCA are still unclear. Here, the relative expression levels of RcAAP1 were found to be up-regulated 2.7-fold and 2.2-fold by the qRT-PCR after L-Val-PCA treatments of Ricinus cotyledons for 1 h and 3 h, respectively. Subsequently, expression of RcAAP1 in yeast cells increased the L-Val-PCA uptake (0.36 μmol/107 cells), which was 2.1-fold higher than the control (0.17 μmol/107 cells). Pfam analysis suggested RcAAP1 with its 11 transmembrane domains belongs to the amino acid transporter family. Phylogenetic analysis found RcAAP1 to be strongly similar to AAP3 in nine other species. Subcellular localization showed that fusion RcAAP1-eGFP proteins were observed in the plasma membrane of mesophyll cells and phloem cells. Furthermore, overexpression of RcAAP1 for 72 h significantly increased the phloem mobility of L-Val-PCA in Ricinus seedlings, and phloem sap concentration of the conjugate was 1.8-fold higher than the control. Our study suggested that RcAAP1 as carrier was involved in the uptake and phloem translocation of L-Val-PCA, which could lay foundation for the utilization of amino acids and further development of vectorized agrochemicals.
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- Yongxin Xiao
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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Wang B, Yang C, Jiang X, Wen Y, Tian Y, Zhao C, Xu H. Design of new glycosyl-O-fipronil conjugates with improved hydrolysis efficiency assisted by molecular simulations. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:2667-2678. [PMID: 35365912 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND In a previous study, we showed that two glycosyl-pesticide conjugates with a β-d-glucoside moiety, N-{3-cyano-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)-sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazol-5-yl}-2-aminoethyl-β-d-glucopyranoside (GOF) and N-{3-cyano-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl) sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazol-5-yl}-1-(2-triazolethyl-β-d-glucopyranoside)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-methanamine (GOTF), can move in the phloem and be hydrolyzed by β-glucosidase at different rates. Simulations were carried out to investigate differences in the hydrolysis process in GOF, GOTF and p-nitrophenyl β-d-glucopyranoside (pNPG). A new series of glycosyl-O-fipronil conjugates was then designed and synthesized based on the simulation results. The phloem mobilities of the new conjugates were examined using a Ricinus model, and their hydrolysis efficiencies based on β-glucosidase were determined. RESULTS New glycosyl-O-fipronil conjugates GOE2-6 were designed and synthesized. To reduce steric hindrance, the conjugating site of the glycone moiety was moved to the 4'-sulfonyl group on the pyrrole ring. As a result, the hydrolysis efficiencies of the new conjugates were significantly improved, with GOE4 having the highest hydrolysis efficiency. All five conjugates could be transported in Ricinus phloem sap, consistent with previously studied glycosyl-O-fipronil conjugates. The insecticidal activities of the conjugates were tested against Plutella xylostella. CONCLUSION A strategy for the development of new phloem-mobile pesticides was proposed: linking a glycosyl group to the existing pesticide structure with a linear alkyl connection approximately four carbons in length. The resultant conjugates feature not only good phloem mobility, but also potential high bioactivity due to the efficient release of active pesticide components under the action of glucosidase. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Monitoring Technology for Agro-products, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Agro-products, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Zhu X, Zhang M, Xiao Y, Hsiang T, Hu C, Li J. Systemic fungicidal activity of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid-valine conjugate against tobacco sore shin and its translocation and accumulation in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2022; 78:1117-1127. [PMID: 34796616 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tobacco sore shin caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kühn is a major soil-borne fungal disease of tobacco, gradually causing infected stems to become thin and dry, leading to great losses to China's tobacco industry. Fungicides with phloem mobility are needed for application to foliage to effectively control root or vascular system pathogens. In this study, phenazine-1-carboxylic acid-valine conjugate (PCA-Val) with strong phloem mobility was tested for control of tobacco sore shin. In vitro fungicidal activity, systemicity, and in vivo efficacy of PCA-Val against R. solani in tobacco seedling were evaluated. RESULTS In vitro fungicidal activity of PCA-L-Val against R. solani was lower than that of PCA or PCA-D-Val, but the in vivo protective activity and curative activity of PCA-L-Val was the highest among these chemicals tested. The systemicity tests in tobacco seedlings revealed that PCA did not possess phloem mobility, while PCA-L-Val and PCA-D-Val exhibited strong phloem mobility and could be transported and accumulated in the lower part of the seedling as well as throughout the phloem. In addition, we also found that, just like reported hormone amino acid conjugates, PCA-L-Val could be hydrolyzed by tobacco seedlings, to release free PCA. CONCLUSIONS The current research results indicated that PCA-L-Val possess good phloem transport in tobacco and promising in vivo antifungal activity against R. solani, which can be used as a phloem-mobile fungicide against tobacco sore shin in production practice.
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- Xiang Zhu
- Hubei Engineering Technology Center for Pest Forewarning and Management, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Hubei Engineering Technology Center for Pest Forewarning and Management, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Hubei Engineering Technology Center for Pest Forewarning and Management, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Hubei Engineering Technology Center for Pest Forewarning and Management, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Hubei Engineering Technology Center for Pest Forewarning and Management, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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Xiao Y, Zhang J, Li Y, Hsiang T, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Du X, Yin J, Li J. An efficient overexpression method for studying genes in Ricinus that transport vectorized agrochemicals. PLANT METHODS 2022; 18:11. [PMID: 35081982 PMCID: PMC8793271 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-022-00842-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant plasma membrane transporters play essential roles during the translocation of vectorized agrochemicals. Therefore, transporters associated with phloem loading of vectorized agrochemicals have drawn increasing attention. As a model system, castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) has been widely used to detect the phloem mobility of agrochemicals. However, there is still a lack of an efficient protocol for the Ricinus seedling model system that can be directly used to investigate the recognition and phloem loading functions of plasmalemma transporters toward vectorized agrochemicals. RESULTS Here, using vacuum infiltration strategy, we overexpressed the coding gene for enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) in R. communis seedlings by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation system. Strong fluorescence signals were observed in leaves, demonstrating that exogenous genes can be successfully overexpressed in seedlings. Subsequently, gene expression time and vacuum infiltration parameters were optimized. Observation of fluorescence and qRT-PCR analysis showed that eGFP strength and expression level reached a peak at 72 h after overexpression in seedlings. Parameter optimization showed Agrobacterium concentration at OD600 = 1.2, and infiltration for 20 min (0.09 MPa), return to atmospheric pressure, and then infiltration for another 20 min, were the suitable transformation conditions. To test the application of vacuum agroinfiltration in directly examining the loading functions of plasma membrane transporters to vectorized agrochemicals in seedlings, two LHT (lysine/histidine transporter) genes, RcLHT1 and RcLHT7, were overexpressed. Subcellular localization showed the strong fluorescent signals of the fusion proteins RcLHT1-eGFP and RcLHT7-eGFP were observed on the cell membrane of mesophyll cells, and their relative expression levels determined by qRT-PCR were up-regulated 47- and 52-fold, respectively. Furthermore, the concentrations of L-Val-PCA (L-valine-phenazine-1-carboxylic acid conjugate) in phloem sap collected from seedling sieve tubes were significantly increased 1.9- and 2.3-fold after overexpression of RcLHT1 and RcLHT7, respectively, implying their roles in recognition and phloem loading of L-Val-PCA. CONCLUSIONS We successfully constructed a transient expression system in Ricinus seedlings and laid the foundation for researchers to directly investigate the loading functions of plasma membrane transporters to vectorized agrochemicals in the Ricinus system.
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- Yongxin Xiao
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland/Institute of Pesticides/College of Agriculture/College of Life Science/College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland/Institute of Pesticides/College of Agriculture/College of Life Science/College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland/Institute of Pesticides/College of Agriculture/College of Life Science/College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland/Institute of Pesticides/College of Agriculture/College of Life Science/College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland/Institute of Pesticides/College of Agriculture/College of Life Science/College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland/Institute of Pesticides/College of Agriculture/College of Life Science/College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland/Institute of Pesticides/College of Agriculture/College of Life Science/College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Waterlogging Disaster and Agricultural Use of Wetland/Institute of Pesticides/College of Agriculture/College of Life Science/College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434025, Hubei, China.
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Wu H, Spagnolo A, Marivingt-Mounir C, Clément C, Fontaine F, Chollet JF. Evaluating the combined effect of a systemic phenylpyrrole fungicide and the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria Paraburkholderia phytofirmans (strain PsJN::gfp2x) against the grapevine trunk pathogen Neofusicoccum parvum. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2020; 76:3838-3848. [PMID: 32476198 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND A new chemical control strategy for grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) is to develop site-targeted fungicides to protect grapevine vascular tissues. Due to the complexity of GTDs, the effectiveness of a single method is limited. Investigation of the interactions between chemical and biological agents is an essential requirement for integrated control strategies. The effect of a phloem-mobile derivative of the fungicide fenpiclonil (SM 26) in combined use with the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, Paraburkholderia phytofirmans PsJN on the Neofusicoccum parvum strain Bourgogne (NpB) was evaluated. RESULTS SM 26 was found to be translocated to the shoot apices and roots of grapevines through both xylem and phloem after foliage application. In vitro studies demonstrated that SM 26 exhibited no inhibitory effect on the growth of PsJN and could be largely absorbed into the bacterial cells. In vivo evaluation showed that the combined use of SM 26 and PsJN was the most effective following artificial inoculation of NpB on the stems of rooted Chardonnay and Sauvignon cuttings. Finally, the expression of defence-related genes, including the genes associated with secondary metabolism (ANTS, PAL, STS, Vv17.3), defence proteins (GLUC, PR1, PGIP), redox status (GTS1) and ethylene synthesis (ACC), was found to be strongly upregulated in PsJN + SM 26 cotreated plants compared to non-treated plants (controls), especially for Chardonnay. CONCLUSION The systemic profungicide SM 26 interacts with the biocontrol agent PsJN to stimulate some plant defence responses, and their combined use may present a potential integrated control strategy against GTDs. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Hanxiang Wu
- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- SFR Condorcet - FR CNRS 3417, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Unité Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes (RIBP), Reims, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- SFR Condorcet - FR CNRS 3417, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Unité Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes (RIBP), Reims, France
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- SFR Condorcet - FR CNRS 3417, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Unité Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes (RIBP), Reims, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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Xiong Y, Zhu X, Hu J, Wang Y, Du X, Li J, Wu Q. Effect of introducing amino acids into phenazine-1-carboxylic acid on phloem mobility. Nat Prod Res 2020; 35:4373-4379. [PMID: 31984778 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1716347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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To develop new phenazine carboxylic acid derivatives with better phloem mobility, five novel 7-amino acid substituted phenazine-1-carboxylic acids were synthesised by introducing amino acids into PCA at the 7-position. The phloem mobility experiments in Ricinus communis seedlings showed that retaining the carboxyl group of PCA and conjugating amino acids to its phenazine ring can also endow PCA with phloem mobility. Comparing our previous research, we found the amino acids substituted at 7-position on phenazine ring of PCA could clearly enhance the phloem mobility of PCA than that of amino acids conjugated with carboxyl group. Especially, the phloem transport concentration of the compound 7-L-isoleucine substituted PCA (7d) was 21 times higher than PCA-L-isoleucine conjugate (8d). These data suggest that the introduction of amino acids at different structural sites on the phenazine ring could effectively enhance the phloem mobility of PCA and it is worth a further study.
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- Yongtong Xiong
- School of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.,Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.,Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.,Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.,Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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Zhu X, Yu L, Hsiang T, Huang D, Xu Z, Wu Q, Du X, Li J. The influence of steric configuration of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid-amino acid conjugates on fungicidal activity and systemicity. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2019; 75:3323-3330. [PMID: 31021517 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Conjugating an amino acid onto existing fungicidal parent structures has been demonstrated to be an effective way to endow non-phloem mobile fungicides with phloem mobility. To alter the systemicity of the fungicide PCA (phenazine-1-carboxylic acid), 10 amino acids derivatives of this fungicide were designed and synthesized, and their synthesis, characterization, phloem and xylem mobility in Ricinus communis L, and their fungicidal activity in vitro are described. RESULTS The systemicity experiments in Ricinus communis system demonstrated that all conjugates exhibited obvious phloem mobility compared with non-phloem-mobile PCA, and the introduction of an L-amino acid to PCA more greatly enhanced the phloem mobility. The five D-amino acid conjugates exhibited higher xylem mobility than that of PCA and of each corresponding L-amino acid conjugate. Most conjugates were found to exhibit moderate in vitro fungicidal activities against six pathogenic fungi, which were lower than that of PCA. The results of the bioassay showed fungicidal activities of PCA-amino acid conjugates associated not only with different amino acids, but also with their conformation. Conjugation with D-amino acid contributed to the in vitro fungicidal activities of PCA-amino acid conjugates. CONCLUSIONS The current research offers a new strategy for enhancing the systemicity of non-phloem-mobile fungicides and presents some useful information on the effects of introducing amino acids of different steric configurations on the fungicidal activity, phloem and xylem mobility of the parent fungicide. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Xiang Zhu
- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
- Institute of Pesticides, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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Wu H, Xu H, Marivingt-Mounir C, Bonnemain JL, Chollet JF. Vectorizing agrochemicals: enhancing bioavailability via carrier-mediated transport. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2019; 75:1507-1516. [PMID: 30537141 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Systemicity of agrochemicals is an advantageous property for controlling phloem sucking insects, as well as pathogens and pests not accessible to contact products. After the penetration of the cuticle, the plasma membrane constitutes the main barrier to the entry of an agrochemical into the sap flow. The current strategy for developing systemic agrochemicals is to optimize the physicochemical properties of the molecules so that they can cross the plasma membrane by simple diffusion or ion trapping mechanisms. The main problem with current systemic compounds is that they move everywhere within the plant, and this non-controlled mobility results in the contamination of the plant parts consumed by vertebrates and pollinators. To achieve the site-targeted distribution of agrochemicals, a carrier-mediated propesticide strategy is proposed in this review. After conjugating a non-systemic agrochemical with a nutrient (α-amino acids or sugars), the resulting conjugate may be actively transported across the plasma membrane by nutrient-specific carriers. By applying this strategy, non-systemic active ingredients are expected to be delivered into the target organs of young plants, thus avoiding or minimizing subsequent undesirable redistribution. The development of this innovative strategy presents many challenges, but opens up a wide range of exciting possibilities. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Hanxiang Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources and Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources and Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7267, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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Design, Synthesis, Phloem Mobility, and Bioactivities of a Series of Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid-Amino Acid Conjugates. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23092139. [PMID: 30149611 PMCID: PMC6225111 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23092139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Developing fungicides with phloem mobility that can be applied to leaves to control root or vascular pathogens has long been desirable. To achieve this goal, an efficient and economical strategy involves introducing an amino acid into the existing highly active parent pesticide molecule. Hence, 12 L-phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA)-amino acid conjugates 4a⁻l were designed and synthesized via a simple synthetic route. In vitro bioassays results showed that all synthesized compounds 4a⁻l exhibited certain fungicidal activities against six tested fungi. Compound 4c exhibited relatively good fungicidal activity against Rhizoctonia solani, and the EC50 value was 0.084 ± 0.006 mmol/L. The phloem mobility experiments revealed that introducing an amino acid to PCA could effectively endow PCA with phloem mobility in R. communis L. Among them, nine conjugates were found in phloem sap, and L-PCA-Valine 4d exhibited the highest phloem mobility. Analysis results from the prediction of the Kleier model indicated that an active carrier-mediated mechanism may be involved in L-PCA-amino acid conjugates-a result that needs to be confirmed and complemented with further tests. The current research provides useful data for modifying non-phloem-mobile fungicidal molecules to phloem-mobile types.
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Mondello V, Songy A, Battiston E, Pinto C, Coppin C, Trotel-Aziz P, Clément C, Mugnai L, Fontaine F. Grapevine Trunk Diseases: A Review of Fifteen Years of Trials for Their Control with Chemicals and Biocontrol Agents. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:1189-1217. [PMID: 30673583 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-17-1181-fe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) represent one of the most important problems for viticulture worldwide. Beyond the original causes of this outbreak in some countries like France, the lack of efficient control protocols and the prohibition of using active ingredients such as sodium arsenite and benzimidazoles, until recently used to reduce the impact of some GTDs but deleterious for humans and the environment, have probably worsened the impact of the diseases, leading to increasing economic losses. Since 1990, searches have been made to find efficient tools to control GTDs, testing a wide range of active ingredients and biocontrol agents. This review provides readers with an overview of the results reported in the scientific literature over the last 15 years. In particular, the review focuses on the trials carried out applying chemicals or microorganisms to control Esca complex diseases, Botryosphaeria dieback, and Eutypa dieback, the most widespread GTDs.
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- Vincenzo Mondello
- SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URVVC EA 4707, Laboratoire Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, BP 1039, Reims, Cedex 2 51687, France
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- SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URVVC EA 4707, Laboratoire Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, BP 1039, Reims, Cedex 2 51687, France
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- SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URVVC EA 4707, Laboratoire Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, BP 1039, Reims, Cedex 2 51687, France, and Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente - Sezione Patologia Vegetale ed Entomologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze I-50144, Italy
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- SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URVVC EA 4707, Laboratoire Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, BP 1039, Reims, Cedex 2 51687, France
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- SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URVVC EA 4707, Laboratoire Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, BP 1039, Reims, Cedex 2 51687, France
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- SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URVVC EA 4707, Laboratoire Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, BP 1039, Reims, Cedex 2 51687, France
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- SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URVVC EA 4707, Laboratoire Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, BP 1039, Reims, Cedex 2 51687, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente - Sezione Patologia Vegetale ed Entomologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze I-50144, Italy
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- SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, URVVC EA 4707, Laboratoire Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, BP 1039, Reims, Cedex 2 51687, France
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Wu H, Marhadour S, Lei ZW, Yang W, Marivingt-Mounir C, Bonnemain JL, Chollet JF. Vectorization of agrochemicals: amino acid carriers are more efficient than sugar carriers to translocate phenylpyrrole conjugates in the Ricinus system. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:14336-14349. [PMID: 27966081 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-8107-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Producing quality food in sufficient quantity while using less agrochemical inputs will be one of the great challenges of the twenty-first century. One way of achieving this goal is to greatly reduce the doses of plant protection compounds by improving the targeting of pests to eradicate. Therefore, we developed a vectorization strategy to confer phloem mobility to fenpiclonil, a contact fungicide from the phenylpyrrole family used as a model molecule. It consists in coupling the antifungal compound to an amino acid or a sugar, so that the resulting conjugates are handled by active nutrient transport systems. The method of click chemistry was used to synthesize three conjugates combining fenpiclonil to glucose or glutamic acid with a spacer containing a triazole ring. Systemicity tests with the Ricinus model have shown that the amino acid promoiety was clearly more favorable to phloem mobility than that of glucose. In addition, the transport of the amino acid conjugate is carrier mediated since the derivative of the L series was about five times more concentrated in the phloem sap than its counterpart of the D series. The systemicity of the L-derivative is pH dependent and almost completely inhibited by the protonophore carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP). These data suggest that the phloem transport of the L-derivative is governed by a stereospecific amino acid carrier system energized by the proton motive force.
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- Hanxiang Wu
- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
- Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7267, Université de Poitiers, 3 rue Jacques Fort, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Guizhou Tea Reasearch Institute, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Science, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550009, China
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- Guizhou Tea Reasearch Institute, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Science, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550009, China
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7267, Université de Poitiers, 3 rue Jacques Fort, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France.
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Niu J, Nie D, Yu D, Wu Q, Yu L, Yao Z, Du X, Li J. Synthesis, fungicidal activity and phloem mobility of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid-alanine conjugates. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 143:8-13. [PMID: 29183614 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) is a natural product that has been proven effective against a number of soil-borne fungal phytopathogens and registered for biofungicide against rice sheath blight in China. In order to improve the phloem mobility of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA), four PCA derivatives were designed and synthesized by conjugating PCA with l-alanine methyl ester, d-alanine methyl ester, l-alanine and d-alanine respectively. In vitro and planta bioassays results showed that conjugates L-PAM and D-PAM exhibited higher fungicidal activities against Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn than PCA while L-PA and D-PA were less active than PCA. The concentration of conjugates in Ricinus communis phloem sap was determined by HPLC. The results showed that only L-PA exhibited phloem mobility among these conjugates, and its concentration in Ricinus communis phloem sap increased with the increase of time (the maximum concentration was 12.69μM within 5h). However, the results of pot experiments showed that L-PA and other conjugates didn't exhibited the inhibition for the growth of Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn in the lower leaves after treatment in the upper leaves of rice seedlings. This may be due to the poor plant absorbility for them or their too little amount of accumulation in the lower leaves.
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- Junfan Niu
- Agricultural School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, PR China
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- Agricultural School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, PR China
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- Agricultural School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, PR China
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- Agricultural School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, PR China
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- Agricultural School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, PR China
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- Agricultural School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, PR China
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- Agricultural School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, PR China.
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- Agricultural School, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, PR China.
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Marhadour S, Wu H, Yang W, Marivingt-Mounir C, Bonnemain JL, Chollet JF. Vectorisation of agrochemicals via amino acid carriers: influence of the spacer arm structure on the phloem mobility of phenylpyrrole conjugates in the Ricinus system. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2017; 73:1972-1982. [PMID: 28321972 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Excessive agrochemical use poses significant threats to environmental safety and human health. Reducing pesticide use without reducing yield is necessary for sustainable agriculture. Therefore, we developed a vectorisation strategy to enhance agrochemical delivery through plant amino acid carriers. RESULTS In addition to a fenpiclonil conjugate recently described, three new amino acid conjugates were synthesised by coupling fenpiclonil to an l-α-amino acid. Phloem mobility of these conjugates, which exhibit different structures of the spacer arm introduced between fenpiclonil and the α-amino acid function, was studied using the Ricinus model. Conjugate L-14, which contains a triazole ring with the shortest amino acid chain, showed the best phloem systemicity among the four conjugates. By contrast, removing the triazole ring in the spacer arm did not improve systemicity. L-14 exhibited phloem systemicity at all reported pH values (pH values from 5.0 to 6.5) of the foliar apoplast, while acidic derivatives of fenpiclonil were translocated only at pH values near 5.0. CONCLUSION The conjugates were recognised by a pH-dependent transporter system and translocated at distance in the phloem. They exhibited a broader phloem systemicity than fenpiclonil acidic derivatives within the pH value range of the foliar apoplast. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Sophie Marhadour
- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
- Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Guizhou Tea Reasearch Institute, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Science, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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Rocher F, Roblin G, Chollet JF. Modifications of the chemical structure of phenolics differentially affect physiological activities in pulvinar cells of Mimosa pudica L. II. Influence of various molecular properties in relation to membrane transport. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:6910-6922. [PMID: 26820642 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6048-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Early prediction of compound absorption by cells is of considerable importance in the building of an integrated scheme describing the impact of a compound on intracellular biological processes. In this scope, we study the structure-activity relationships of several benzoic acid-related phenolics which are involved in many plant biological phenomena (growth, flowering, allelopathy, defense processes). Using the partial least squares (PLS) regression method, the impact of molecular descriptors that have been shown to play an important role concerning the uptake of pharmacologically active compounds by animal cells was analyzed in terms of the modification of membrane potential, variations in proton flux, and inhibition of the osmocontractile reaction of pulvinar cells of Mimosa pudica leaves. The hydrogen bond donors (HBD) and hydrogen bond acceptors (HBA), polar surface area (PSA), halogen ratio (Hal ratio), number of rotatable bonds (FRB), molar volume (MV), molecular weight (MW), and molar refractivity (MR) were considered in addition to two physicochemical properties (logD and the amount of non-dissociated form in relation to pKa). HBD + HBA and PSA predominantly impacted the three biological processes compared to the other descriptors. The coefficient of determination in the quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models indicated that a major part of the observed seismonasty inhibition and proton flux modification can be explained by the impact of these descriptors, whereas this was not the case for membrane potential variations. These results indicate that the transmembrane transport of the compounds is a predominant component. An increasing number of implicated descriptors as the biological processes become more complex may reflect their impacts on an increasing number of sites in the cell. The determination of the most efficient effectors may lead to a practical use to improve drugs in the control of microbial attacks on plants.
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- Françoise Rocher
- IC2MP (Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers), UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, F-86073, Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire EBI (Écologie et Biologie des Interactions), UMR CNRS 7267, Équipe SEVE (Sucres, Échanges Végétaux, Environnement), Université de Poitiers, 3 rue Jacques Fort, TSA 51106, F-86073, Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- IC2MP (Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers), UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, F-86073, Poitiers cedex 9, France.
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Synthesis and bioactivities of amino acid ester conjugates of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:5384-5386. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Xia Q, Wen YJ, Wang H, Li YF, Xu HH. β-Glucosidase involvement in the bioactivation of glycosyl conjugates in plants: synthesis and metabolism of four glycosidic bond conjugates in vitro and in vivo. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2014; 62:11037-46. [PMID: 25354662 DOI: 10.1021/jf5034575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Mobile glucose-pesticide conjugates in the phloem are often restricted by decreases in biological activity. However, plants can bioactivate endogenous glucosides, which are assumed as able to bioactivate exogenous conjugates. In this study, four glycosidic bonds (O-, S-, N-, and C-glycosidic bonds) of glucose-pesticide conjugates were designed and synthesized, and then metabolism assays were carried out in vitro and in vivo. Results showed that β-glucosidases played a role in the hydrolysis of O-glycosidic bond conjugates in Ricinus communis L. The liberated aglycons possessed insecticidal activities against Plutella xylostella L. and Spodoptera litura F. These results could help establish methods of circumventing the mutual exclusivity of phloem mobility and biological activity by hydrolyzing endogenous β-glucosidases.
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- Qing Xia
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources and Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, People's Republic of China
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Rocher F, Dédaldéchamp F, Saeedi S, Fleurat-Lessard P, Chollet JF, Roblin G. Modifications of the chemical structure of phenolics differentially affect physiological activities in pulvinar cells of Mimosa pudica L. I. Multimode effect on early membrane events. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 84:240-250. [PMID: 25306527 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A study of the structure-activity relationship carried out on several benzoic acid-related phenolics indicates that this type of compounds hinders the osmocontractile reaction of pulvinar cells in the range of 0-100%. Tentatively, we tried to find a way that could explain this differential action. With this aim, the relationship between the inhibitory effect and important molecular physico-chemical parameters (namely lipophilicity and degree of dissociation) was drawn. In addition, the effect of a variety of these compounds was investigated on their capacity to modify the electrical transmembrane potential and induce modifications in proton fluxes. Finally, using plasma membrane vesicles purified from pulvinar tissues, we examined the effects of some selected compounds on the proton pump activity and catalytic activity of the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase. Taken together, the results indicate that a modification of the molecular structure of phenolics may induce important variation in the activity of the compound on these early membrane events. Among the tested phenolics, salicylic acid (SA) and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, aspirin) are of particuler note, as they showed atypical effects on the physiological processes studied.
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- Françoise Rocher
- IC2MP (Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers), UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire EBI (Écologie et Biologie des Interactions), UMR CNRS 7267, Équipe SEVE (Sucres, Échanges Végétaux, Environnement), Université de Poitiers, 3 rue Jacques Fort, TSA 51106, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France.
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- Laboratoire EBI (Écologie et Biologie des Interactions), UMR CNRS 7267, Équipe SEVE (Sucres, Échanges Végétaux, Environnement), Université de Poitiers, 3 rue Jacques Fort, TSA 51106, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire EBI (Écologie et Biologie des Interactions), UMR CNRS 7267, Équipe SEVE (Sucres, Échanges Végétaux, Environnement), Université de Poitiers, 3 rue Jacques Fort, TSA 51106, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- IC2MP (Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers), UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire EBI (Écologie et Biologie des Interactions), UMR CNRS 7267, Équipe SEVE (Sucres, Échanges Végétaux, Environnement), Université de Poitiers, 3 rue Jacques Fort, TSA 51106, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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Guglielmi MA, Rocher F, Legros S, Bonnemain JL, Chollet JF. A non-destructive method for testing two components of the behaviour of soil-applied agricultural chemicals over a long period. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2012; 68:897-905. [PMID: 22271588 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2011] [Revised: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Owing to the complexity of soil composition, accurate predictions of both apoplastic systemicity of lipophilic xenobiotics and their leaching from the soil are made difficult. Therefore, a non-destructive method to assess directly these two components of the spatial behaviour of soil-applied phytochemicals is needed. RESULTS The plant selected was a dwarf tomato, which can exude an abundant apoplastic fluid through large stomata for several months. The feasibility and reliability of the method were assayed using three triazoles exhibiting different log D values. HPLC-MS analyses indicated that triadimenol (log D = 2.97) was clearly the most mobile compound within the apoplast, especially its diastereoisomer A. Propiconazole (log D = 3.65) and penconazole (log D = 4.64) exhibited a similar low systemicity. The data remained the same when the three fungicides were applied together on the soil. Long time-course studies (1.5 months) of penconazole behaviour indicated that, in contrast to leaching, which decrease sharply, root-to-shoot translocation remained almost unchanged during the whole experiment, in spite of the high lipophilicity of this fungicide. CONCLUSION This method must contribute to a better knowledge of the behaviour of commercial soil-applied phytochemicals. It can also be used to screen new xenobiotics within strategies to satisfy environmental requirements.
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- Marie-Anne Guglielmi
- Laboratoire Synthèse et Réactivité des Substances Naturelles, Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 6514, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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Yang W, Wu HX, Xu HH, Hu AL, Lu ML. Synthesis of glucose-fipronil conjugate and its phloem mobility. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2011; 59:12534-42. [PMID: 22029402 DOI: 10.1021/jf2031154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Phloem-mobile insecticides are preferred to achieve economically useful activity. However, only a few phloem-mobile synthetic insecticides are available. One approach to converting nonmobile insecticides into phloem-mobile types is introducing sugar to the parent compound. To test whether the addition of a glucose group to a non-phloem-mobile insecticide enables conversion into phloem-mobile, N-[3-cyano-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazol-5-yl]-1-(β-D-glucopyranosyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-methanamine (GTF) was prepared through click chemistry. A phloem-mobility test in Ricinus communis L. seedlings confirmed that GTF was mobile in the sieve tubes. Although GTF exhibited lower insecticidal activity against the third-instar larvae of Pzlutella xylostella than fipronil did, it can be reconverted into fipronil in adult plants of castor bean, thereby offsetting the decrease of insecticidal activity. Therefore, the presence of a glucose core confers phloem mobility to fipronil.
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- Wen Yang
- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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Hu AL, Yang W, Xu HH. Novel fluorescent conjugate containing glucose and NBD and its carrier-mediated uptake by tobacco cells. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2010; 101:215-23. [PMID: 20692850 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Revised: 07/09/2010] [Accepted: 07/09/2010] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Some compounds that contain glucose groups can be transported across the plasma membrane into the cells through hexose transporters. To test the hypothesis that glucose-conjugated insecticides also have similar uptake and translocation properties, a novel fluorescent conjugate (12) was prepared by conjugating glucose and 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole with 4-iodo-1-phenylpyrazoles. Its fluorescence spectra and uptake by suspension-cultured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.cv.) cells were studied. The fluorescence spectra showed long wavelengths with maximum emission at 530nm. After incubating tobacco cell suspensions in 10μM conjugate for 0.5h, green fluorescence of 12 was clearly visible in the cells under fluorescence microscopy. After 2h of incubation, more than 70% of 12 was absorbed. Carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, phloridzin and glucose drastically inhibited uptake. In concentration-dependent uptakes, the uptake rate of 12 showed a saturable component and was in accordance with Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The results proved that the glucose moiety can guide 12 into tobacco cells and that hexose transporters mediated the uptake.
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- An-Long Hu
- South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China
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Kemmitt GM, DeBoer G, Ouimette D, Iamauti M. Systemic properties of myclobutanil in soybean plants, affecting control of Asian soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2008; 64:1285-93. [PMID: 18683908 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2008] [Accepted: 05/13/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide myclobutanil can be an effective component of spray programmes designed to control the highly destructive plant pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhizi Syd. & P. Syd., causal agent of Asian soybean rust. Myclobutanil is known from previous studies in grapevines to be xylem mobile. This study investigates the mobility profile of myclobutanil in soybean as an important component of its effective field performance. RESULTS Over a 12 day period under greenhouse conditions, a constant uptake of myclobutanil from leaflet surfaces into the leaflet tissue was observed. Once in the leaflet, myclobutanil was seen to redistribute throughout the tissue, although no movement out of leaflets occurred owing to a lack of phloem mobility. The ability of myclobutanil to redistribute over distance within the soybean plant was revealed when visualizing movement of the compound to foliage above the point of application on the plant stem. An efficacy bioassay demonstrated that the systemic properties of myclobutanil allow control of disease at a point remote from the initial site of compound application. CONCLUSION It is suggested that the high degree of xylem systemicity displayed by myclobutanil in soybean foliage is a contributory factor towards its commercial effectiveness for control of Asian soybean rust.
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Rocher F, Chollet JF, Jousse C, Bonnemain JL. Salicylic acid, an ambimobile molecule exhibiting a high ability to accumulate in the phloem. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 141:1684-93. [PMID: 16778012 PMCID: PMC1533928 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.082537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2006] [Revised: 05/02/2006] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The ability of exogenous salicylic acid (SA) to accumulate in castor bean (Ricinus communis) phloem was evaluated by HPLC and liquid scintillation spectrometry analyses of phloem sap collected from the severed apical part of seedlings. Time-course experiments indicated that SA was transported to the root system via the phloem and redistributed upward in small amounts via the xylem. This helps to explain the peculiarities of SA distribution within the plant in response to biotic stress and exogenous SA application. Phloem loading of SA at 1, 10, or 100 microm was dependent on the pH of the cotyledon incubating solution, and accumulation in the phloem sap was the highest (about 10-fold) at the most acidic pH values tested (pH 4.6 and 5.0). As in animal cells, SA uptake still occurred at pH values close to neutrality (i.e. when SA is only in its dissociated form according to the calculations made by ACD LogD suite software). The analog 3,5-dichlorosalicylic acid, which is predicted to be nonmobile according to the models of Bromilow and Kleier, also moved in the sieve tubes. These discrepancies and other data may give rise to the hypothesis of a possible involvement of a pH-dependent carrier system translocating aromatic monocarboxylic acids in addition to the ion-trap mechanism.
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Affiliation(s)
- Françoise Rocher
- Laboratoire Synthèse et Réactivité des Substances Naturelles, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6514, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Poitiers, 86022 Poitiers cedex, France
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