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Chen BX, Li YB, Liu HP, Kurtenbach R. Putrescine transformation to other forms of polyamines in filling grain embryos functioned in enhancing the resistance of maize plants to drought stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 197:107654. [PMID: 36989984 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107654] [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: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Polyamines (PAs), one of plant growth regulators, play an important role in the plant resistance to drought stress. However, the precise function of putrescine (Put) transformation to other forms of PAs is not clear in filling maize grain embryos. In this study, two maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars, Yedan No. 13 (drought-resistant) and Xundan No. 22 (drought-sensitive), were used as experimental materials. Maize was planted in big plastic basins during whole growth period, and from the 25th day after fertilization, the plants were treated with drought (-1.0 MPa), PAs and inhibitors for 12 d. The experiments were performed during three consecutive years. The changes in the levels of three main free PAs, Put, spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm), covalently conjugated PAs (perchloric acid-soluble), covalently bound PAs (perchloric acid-insoluble), the activities of arginine decarboxylase, S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, and transglutaminase were investigated in embryos of filling grains. During drought stress, free Put increased from 109 to 367 nmol g-1 FW and from 107 to 142 nmol g-1 FW in Xundan 22 and in Yedan 13, respectively. Meanwhile, free Spd, free Spm and bound Put increased 2.7, 3.0 and 4.2 times in Yedan 13, respectively, and they merely increased about 1.5 times in Xundan 22. These results suggested that free Spd/Spm and bound Put, which were transformed from free Put, were possibly involved in drought resistance. Exogenous Spd treatment enhanced the drought-induced increase in endogenous free Spd/Spm content in drought-sensitive Xundan 22, coupled with the increase in drought resistance, as judged by the decrease in ear leaf relative plasma membrane permeability and increases in ear leaf relative water content, 1000-grain weight and grain number per ear. The suggestion was further testified with methylglyoxal-bis guanylhydrazone and o-phenanthrolin treatments. Collectively, it could be inferred that transformation of free Put to free Spd/Spm and bound Put in filling grain embryos functioned in enhancing the resistance of maize plants to soil drought.
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- Ben-Xue Chen
- Design College, Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, 466001, PR China
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- Design College, Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, 466001, PR China
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- Design College, Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, 466001, PR China.
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- College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, PR China
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Xu Y, Tang S, Jian C, Liu Y, Li K, Zhu K, Zhang W, Wang W, Wang Z, Yang J. Polyamines and ethylene interact in mediating the effect of nitrogen rates on synthesis of amino acids in rice grains. Food Energy Secur 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Yunji Xu
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Huaiyin Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province Huaian China
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- Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Jiangsu Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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Du H, Chen B, Li Q, Liu H, Kurtenbach R. Conjugated Polyamines in Root Plasma Membrane Enhanced the Tolerance of Plum Seedling to Osmotic Stress by Stabilizing Membrane Structure and Therefore Elevating H +-ATPase Activity. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 12:812360. [PMID: 35095985 PMCID: PMC8789876 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.812360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Polyamines are small positively charged molecules in plants and play important functions in many biological processes under various environmental stresses. One of the most confounding problems relating to polyamines (PAs) in stresses is the lack of understanding of the mechanisms underlying their function(s). Furthermore, a limited number of studies have addressed this issue at the sub-cellular level, especially in tree plants under drought stress. Therefore, in this research, by simulating natural drought stress with polyethylene glycol (PEG) osmotic stress, the relationship between the levels of conjugated polyamines and the activity of H+-ATPase in the plasma membrane was elucidated with the roots of two plum (Prunus salicina L.) cultivars, which were different in drought tolerance, as experimental materials. Furthermore, free PA levels and the activities of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC) and transglutaminase (TGase), which were closely associated with the levels of free and conjugated PAs, were also detected. Results showed that under osmotic stress, the increases of the levels of non-covalently conjugated (non-CC) spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm), covalently conjugated (CC) putrescine (Put) and Spd in the plasma membrane of drought-tolerant Ganli No. 5 were more significant than those of drought-sensitive Suli No. 3, indicating that these conjugated PAs might be involved in the tolerance of plum seedlings to stress. Furthermore, the conjugated PAs were closely correlated with plum seedling growth, water retention capacity, plasma membrane damage degree, and hydrogen (H+)-ATPase activity in the plasma membrane. To get more complementary pieces of evidence, we subjected plum seedlings to combined treatments of PEG and exogenous PA (Spd and Spm), and an inhibitor of SAMDC [methylglyoxal-bis (guanylhydrazone), (MGBG)] or TGase (o-phenanthroline). These results collectively suggested that non-CC Spd and Spm, CC Put and Spd in plasma membrane might function in enhancing the tolerance of plum seedlings to osmotic stress by stabilizing membrane structure and therefore elevating H+-ATPase activity.
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- Hongyang Du
- College of Life Science and Agronomy/Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy/Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy/Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy/Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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Du H, Dong Q, Liu H, Wang W, Kurtenbach R. Polyamines conjugated to plasma membrane functioned in enhancing the tolerance of cucumber seedlings to osmotic stress via elevating H +-ATPase activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2022; 170:64-74. [PMID: 34856458 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.11.040] [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: 10/30/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Polyamine (PA), one of the important plant growth regulators, is closely associated with drought stress. However, the function of conjugated PA is not still clear in the roots of cucumber seedlings under polyethylene glycol (PEG) osmotic stress. Therefore, in this study the relationship between the levels of conjugated polyamines and the activity of H+-ATPase in plasma membrane was elucidated with the roots of two cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) cultivars, which were different in drought tolerance, as experimental materials. Furthermore, the contents of free PAs and the activities of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC) and transglutaminase (TGase), which were closely related to the levels of conjugated polyamines, were also determined. Results showed that under osmotic stress, the increases of the levels of non-covalently conjugated (non-CC) spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm), covalently conjugated (CC) putrescine (Put) and Spd in plasma membrane of drought-tolerant Tangshan 5 were more obvious than those of drought-sensitive Jinyou 1. Furthermore, the conjugated PAs mentioned above were closely correlated with increase rate of seedling dry weight, plasma membrane permeability, water content and H+-ATPase activity in plasma membrane. Results of the additional tests, in which exogenous Spd, Spm and two inhibitors, MGBG and phenanthrolin were used, were complementary to the results above. From these results, it could be concluded that non-CC Spd and Spm, CC Put and Spd in plasma membrane functioned in enhancing the tolerance of cucumber seedlings to osmotic stress via elevating H+-ATPase activity.
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- Hongyang Du
- College of Life Science and Agronomy/Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, 466001, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy/Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, 466001, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy/Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, 466001, PR China.
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- College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy/Henan Key Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding and Bioreactor, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, 466001, PR China
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Xu Y, Jian C, Li K, Tian Y, Zhu K, Zhang W, Wang W, Wang Z, Yang J. The role of polyamines in regulating amino acid biosynthesis in rice grains. Food Energy Secur 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Yunji Xu
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Experimental Dairy Farm Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri‐product Safety of the Ministry of Education of China Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co‐Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops Yangzhou University Yangzhou China
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Liu DX, Liu HL, Du HY, Liu HP, Kurtenbach R. Relationship between polyamines conjugated to mitochondrion membrane and mitochondrion conformation from developing wheat embryos under drought stress. J Biosci 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-021-00155-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cui J, Pottosin I, Lamade E, Tcherkez G. What is the role of putrescine accumulated under potassium deficiency? PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2020; 43:1331-1347. [PMID: 32017122 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Biomarker metabolites are of increasing interest in crops since they open avenues for precision agriculture, whereby nutritional needs and stresses can be monitored optimally. Putrescine has the potential to be a useful biomarker to reveal potassium (K+ ) deficiency. In fact, although this diamine has also been observed to increase during other stresses such as drought, cold or heavy metals, respective changes are comparably low. Due to its multifaceted biochemical properties, several roles for putrescine under K+ deficiency have been suggested, such as cation balance, antioxidant, reactive oxygen species mediated signalling, osmolyte or pH regulator. However, the specific association of putrescine build-up with low K+ availability in plants remains poorly understood, and possible regulatory roles must be consistent with putrescine concentration found in plant tissues. We hypothesize that the massive increase of putrescine upon K+ starvation plays an adaptive role. A distinction of putrescine function from that of other polyamines (spermine, spermidine) may be based either on its specificity or (which is probably more relevant under K+ deficiency) on a very high attainable concentration of putrescine, which far exceeds those for spermidine and spermine. putrescine and its catabolites appear to possess a strong potential in controlling cellular K+ and Ca2+ , and mitochondria and chloroplasts bioenergetics under K+ stress.
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- Jing Cui
- Research School of Biology, ANU Joint College of Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Biomedical Centre, University of Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- UPR34 Performance des systèmes de culture des plantes pérennes, Département PERSYST, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Montpellier, France
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- Research School of Biology, ANU Joint College of Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Yang W, Li Y, Yin Y, Qin Z, Zheng M, Chen J, Luo Y, Pang D, Jiang W, Li Y, Wang Z. Involvement of ethylene and polyamines biosynthesis and abdominal phloem tissues characters of wheat caryopsis during grain filling under stress conditions. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46020. [PMID: 28383077 PMCID: PMC5382545 DOI: 10.1038/srep46020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Severe water deficit (SD) severely limited the photo-assimilate supply during the grain-filling stages. Although the ethylene and polyamines (PAs) have been identified as important signaling molecules involved in stress tolerance, it is yet unclear how 1-Aminocylopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) and PA biosynthesis involving wheat abdominal phloem characters mitigate SD-induced filling inhibition. The results obtained indicated that the SD down-regulated the TaSUT1 expression and decreased the activities of sucrose synthase (SuSase, EC2.4.1.13), ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase, EC2.7.7.27), soluble starch synthase (SSSase, EC2.4.1.21), then substantially limited grain filling. As a result, increased ACC and putrescine (Put) concentrations and their biosynthesis-related gene expression reduced spermidine (Spd) biosynthesis under SD condition. And, the ACC and PA biosynthesis in inferior grains was more sensitive to SD than that in superior grains. Intermediary cells (ICs) of caryopsis emerged prematurely under SD to compensate for the weakened photo-assimilate transport functions of sieve elements (SEs). Finally, plasmolysis and nuclear chromatin condensation of phloem parenchyma cells (PPC) and membrane degradation of SEs, as well as the decreased ATPase activity on plasma membranes of ICs and PPC at the later filling stage under SD were responsible for the considerably decreased weight of inferior grains.
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- Weibing Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China.,Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Engineering Research Center for Hybrid Wheat. Beijing, 100097, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing Engineering Research Center for Hybrid Wheat. Beijing, 100097, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, China
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Xu Y, Qiu M, Li Y, Qian X, Gu J, Yang J. Polyamines mediate the effect of post-anthesis soil drying on starch granule size distribution in wheat kernels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nahar K, Hasanuzzaman M, Rahman A, Alam MM, Mahmud JA, Suzuki T, Fujita M. Polyamines Confer Salt Tolerance in Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.) by Reducing Sodium Uptake, Improving Nutrient Homeostasis, Antioxidant Defense, and Methylglyoxal Detoxification Systems. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1104. [PMID: 27516763 PMCID: PMC4964870 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The physiological roles of PAs (putrescine, spermidine, and spermine) were investigated for their ability to confer salt tolerance (200 mM NaCl, 48 h) in mung bean seedlings (Vigna radiata L. cv. BARI Mung-2). Salt stress resulted in Na toxicity, decreased K, Ca, Mg, and Zn contents in roots and shoots, and disrupted antioxidant defense system which caused oxidative damage as indicated by increased lipid peroxidation, H2O2 content, [Formula: see text] generation rate, and lipoxygenase activity. Salinity-induced methylglyoxal (MG) toxicity was also clearly evident. Salinity decreased leaf chlorophyll (chl) and relative water content (RWC). Supplementation of salt affected seedlings with exogenous PAs enhanced the contents of glutathione and ascorbate, increased activities of antioxidant enzymes (dehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase) and glyoxalase enzyme (glyoxalase II), which reduced salt-induced oxidative stress and MG toxicity, respectively. Exogenous PAs reduced cellular Na content and maintained nutrient homeostasis and modulated endogenous PAs levels in salt affected mung bean seedlings. The overall salt tolerance was reflected through improved tissue water and chl content, and better seedling growth.
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- Kamrun Nahar
- Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa UniversityKagawa, Japan
- Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural UniversityDhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural UniversityDhaka, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa UniversityKagawa, Japan
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural UniversityDhaka, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa UniversityKagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa UniversityKagawa, Japan
- Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural UniversityDhaka, Bangladesh
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- Biomass Chemistry Laboratory, Bioresource Science for Manufacturing, Department of Applied Bioresource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa UniversityKagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa UniversityKagawa, Japan
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Pottosin I, Velarde-Buendía AM, Bose J, Fuglsang AT, Shabala S. Polyamines cause plasma membrane depolarization, activate Ca2+-, and modulate H+-ATPase pump activity in pea roots. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2463-72. [PMID: 24723394 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Polyamines regulate a variety of cation and K(+) channels, but their potential effects on cation-transporting ATPases are underexplored. In this work, noninvasive microelectrode ion flux estimation and conventional microelectrode techniques were applied to study the effects of polyamines on Ca(2+) and H(+) transport and membrane potential in pea roots. Externally applied spermine or putrescine (1mM) equally activated eosin yellow (EY)-sensitive Ca(2+) pumping across the root epidermis and caused net H(+) influx or efflux. Proton influx induced by spermine was suppressed by EY, supporting the mechanism in which Ca(2+) pump imports 2 H(+) per each exported Ca(2+). Suppression of the Ca(2+) pump by EY diminished putrescine-induced net H(+) efflux instead of increasing it. Thus, activities of Ca(2+) and H(+) pumps were coupled, likely due to the H(+)-pump inhibition by intracellular Ca(2+). Additionally, spermine but not putrescine caused a direct inhibition of H(+) pumping in isolated plasma membrane vesicles. Spermine, spermidine, and putrescine (1mM) induced membrane depolarization by 70, 50, and 35 mV, respectively. Spermine-induced depolarization was abolished by cation transport blocker Gd(3+), was insensitive to anion channels' blocker niflumate, and was dependent on external Ca(2+). Further analysis showed that uptake of polyamines but not polyamine-induced cationic (K(+)+Ca(2+)+H(+)) fluxes were a main cause of membrane depolarization. Polyamine increase is a common component of plant stress responses. Activation of Ca(2+) efflux by polyamines and contrasting effects of polyamines on net H(+) fluxes and membrane potential can contribute to Ca(2+) signalling and modulate a variety of transport processes across the plasma membrane under stress.
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- Igor Pottosin
- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, University of Colima, Ave 25 de julio 965, Villa de San Sebastian, 28045 Colima, Colima, México School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
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- Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, University of Colima, Ave 25 de julio 965, Villa de San Sebastian, 28045 Colima, Colima, México
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- School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- School of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
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Pottosin I, Shabala S. Polyamines control of cation transport across plant membranes: implications for ion homeostasis and abiotic stress signaling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:154. [PMID: 24795739 PMCID: PMC4006063 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Polyamines are unique polycationic metabolites, controlling a variety of vital functions in plants, including growth and stress responses. Over the last two decades a bulk of data was accumulated providing explicit evidence that polyamines play an essential role in regulating plant membrane transport. The most straightforward example is a blockage of the two major vacuolar cation channels, namely slow (SV) and fast (FV) activating ones, by the micromolar concentrations of polyamines. This effect is direct and fully reversible, with a potency descending in a sequence Spm(4+) > Spd(3+) > Put(2+). On the contrary, effects of polyamines on the plasma membrane (PM) cation and K(+)-selective channels are hardly dependent on polyamine species, display a relatively low affinity, and are likely to be indirect. Polyamines also affect vacuolar and PM H(+) pumps and Ca(2+) pump of the PM. On the other hand, catabolization of polyamines generates H2O2 and other reactive oxygen species (ROS), including hydroxyl radicals. Export of polyamines to the apoplast and their oxidation there by available amine oxidases results in the induction of a novel ion conductance and confers Ca(2+) influx across the PM. This mechanism, initially established for plant responses to pathogen attack (including a hypersensitive response), has been recently shown to mediate plant responses to a variety of abiotic stresses. In this review we summarize the effects of polyamines and their catabolites on cation transport in plants and discuss the implications of these effects for ion homeostasis, signaling, and plant adaptive responses to environment.
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- Igor Pottosin
- Biomedical Centre, Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, University of ColimaColima, Mexico
- School of Land and Food, University of TasmaniaHobart, TAS, Australia
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- School of Land and Food, University of TasmaniaHobart, TAS, Australia
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Jiménez-Bremont JF, Marina M, Guerrero-González MDLL, Rossi FR, Sánchez-Rangel D, Rodríguez-Kessler M, Ruiz OA, Gárriz A. Physiological and molecular implications of plant polyamine metabolism during biotic interactions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:95. [PMID: 24672533 PMCID: PMC3957736 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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During ontogeny, plants interact with a wide variety of microorganisms. The association with mutualistic microbes results in benefits for the plant. By contrast, pathogens may cause a remarkable impairment of plant growth and development. Both types of plant-microbe interactions provoke notable changes in the polyamine (PA) metabolism of the host and/or the microbe, being each interaction a complex and dynamic process. It has been well documented that the levels of free and conjugated PAs undergo profound changes in plant tissues during the interaction with microorganisms. In general, this is correlated with a precise and coordinated regulation of PA biosynthetic and catabolic enzymes. Interestingly, some evidence suggests that the relative importance of these metabolic pathways may depend on the nature of the microorganism, a concept that stems from the fact that these amines mediate the activation of plant defense mechanisms. This effect is mediated mostly through PA oxidation, even though part of the response is activated by non-oxidized PAs. In the last years, a great deal of effort has been devoted to profile plant gene expression following microorganism recognition. In addition, the phenotypes of transgenic and mutant plants in PA metabolism genes have been assessed. In this review, we integrate the current knowledge on this field and analyze the possible roles of these amines during the interaction of plants with microbes.
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- Juan F. Jiménez-Bremont
- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis PotosíMéxico
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- UB3, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasChascomús, Argentina
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- UB3, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasChascomús, Argentina
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis PotosíMéxico
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- UB1, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasChascomús, Argentina
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- UB3, Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasChascomús, Argentina
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Pottosin I, Velarde-Buendía AM, Bose J, Zepeda-Jazo I, Shabala S, Dobrovinskaya O. Cross-talk between reactive oxygen species and polyamines in regulation of ion transport across the plasma membrane: implications for plant adaptive responses. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:1271-83. [PMID: 24465010 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Many stresses are associated with increased accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and polyamines (PAs). PAs act as ROS scavengers, but export of putrescine and/or PAs to the apoplast and their catabolization by amine oxidases gives rise to H2O2 and other ROS, including hydroxyl radicals ((•)OH). PA catabolization-based signalling in apoplast is implemented in plant development and programmed cell death and in plant responses to a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses. Central to ROS signalling is the induction of Ca(2+) influx across the plasma membrane. Different ion conductances may be activated, depending on ROS, plant species, and tissue. Both H2O2 and (•)OH can activate hyperpolarization-activated Ca(2+)-permeable channels. (•)OH is also able to activate both outward K(+) current and weakly voltage-dependent conductance (ROSIC), with a variable cation-to-anion selectivity and sensitive to a variety of cation and anion channel blockers. Unexpectedly, PAs potentiated (•)OH-induced K(+) efflux in vivo, as well as ROSIC in isolated protoplasts. This synergistic effect is restricted to the mature root zone and is more pronounced in salt-sensitive cultivars compared with salt-tolerant ones. ROS and PAs suppress the activity of some constitutively expressed K(+) and non-selective cation channels. In addition, both (•)OH and PAs activate plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase and affect H(+) pumping. Overall, (•)OH and PAs may provoke a substantial remodelling of cation and anion conductance at the plasma membrane and affect Ca(2+) signalling.
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Chen T, Xu Y, Wang J, Wang Z, Yang J, Zhang J. Polyamines and ethylene interact in rice grains in response to soil drying during grain filling. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:2523-38. [PMID: 23606413 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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This study tested the hypothesis that the interaction between polyamines and ethylene may mediate the effects of soil drying on grain filling of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Two rice cultivars were pot grown. Three treatments, well-watered, moderate soil drying (MD), and severe soil drying (SD), were imposed from 8 d post-anthesis until maturity. The endosperm cell division rate, grain-filling rate, and grain weight of earlier flowering superior spikelets showed no significant differences among the three treatments. However, those of the later flowering inferior spikelets were significantly increased under MD and significantly reduced under SD when compared with those which were well watered. The two cultivars showed the same tendencies. MD increased the contents of free spermidine (Spd) and free spermine (Spm), the activities of S-adenosyl-L-methionine decarboxylase and Spd synthase, and expression levels of polyamine synthesis genes, and decreased the ethylene evolution rate, the contents of 1-aminocylopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) and hydrogen peroxide, the activities of ACC synthase, ACC oxidase, and polyamine oxidase, and the expression levels of ethylene synthesis genes in inferior spikelets. SD exhibited the opposite effects. Application of Spd, Spm, or an inhibitor of ethylene synthesis to rice panicles significantly reduced ethylene and ACC levels, but significantly increased Spd and Spm contents, grain-filling rate, and grain weight of inferior spikelets. The results were reversed when ACC or an inhibitor of Spd and Spm synthesis was applied. The results suggest that a potential metabolic interaction between polyamines and ethylene biosynthesis responds to soil drying and mediates the grain filling of inferior spikelets in rice.
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- Tingting Chen
- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Roychoudhury A, Basu S, Sengupta DN. Amelioration of salinity stress by exogenously applied spermidine or spermine in three varieties of indica rice differing in their level of salt tolerance. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 168:317-28. [PMID: 20728960 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2010] [Revised: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/23/2010] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We present here the comparative protective potentiality of exogenously applied polyamines (PAs), namely spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm), in mitigating NaCl toxicity and inducing short-term salinity tolerance in three indica rice varieties, namely M-1-48 (salt-sensitive), Nonabokra (salt-tolerant) and Gobindobhog (highly sensitive). The retardation in root length or shoot length and toxic Na(+) accumulation or K(+) loss, the considerable increment in malondialdehyde/H(2)O(2) accumulation or lipoxygenase activity, all of which were particularly noteworthy in M-1-48 and Gobindobhog during salinity stress, was appreciably reduced by co-treatment with Spd or Spm. Both the PAs also inhibited the extent of salt-induced protein carbonylation in all the varieties and enhanced protease activity, especially in Gobindobhog. The prevention of chlorophyll degradation was better with Spd in Nonabokra and Gobindobhog. While the salt-induced increase in anthocyanin or reducing sugar level was further prompted by Spd or Spm in all the varieties, the proline content was elevated by Spd particularly in Gobindobhog. During salinity stress, both the PAs were effective in lowering the putrescine accumulation in M-1-48 and Gobindobhog, and strikingly increasing the Spm level in all the varieties, the highest being in Gobindobhog. In addition, they enhanced the activity of peroxidases and compensated for the decreased catalase activity in all the varieties. Thus the two PAs could recuperate all the three varieties from salt-induced damages to different degrees. The salt injuries, encountered in M-1-48 and Gobindobhog, both of which showed greater susceptibility to salinity stress, were more pronouncedly alleviated and counteracted by the PAs, than the salt-tolerant Nonabokra. The reversal of inhibitory effect of salinity stress was conferred by preventing growth inhibition or various forms of cellular damages, maintaining proper K(+)/Na(+) balance or triggering the level of osmolytes and activity of antioxidant enzymes. Our communication offers a referenced evidence for an understanding of the mechanism by which higher PAs relieve the damages particularly in salt-sensitive rice varieties.
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- Aryadeep Roychoudhury
- Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, 30 Mother Teresa Sarani, Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Zhou Q, Yu B. Changes in content of free, conjugated and bound polyamines and osmotic adjustment in adaptation of vetiver grass to water deficit. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2010; 48:417-425. [PMID: 20363642 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Revised: 03/07/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Osmotic adjustment and alteration of polyamines (PAs) have been suggested to play roles in plant adaptation to water deficit/drought stress. In this study, the changes in cell intactness, photosynthesis, compatible solutes and PAs [including putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm) each in free, conjugated and bound forms] were investigated in leaves of vetiver grass exposed to different intensity of water deficit stress and subsequent rewatering. The results showed that, when vetiver grass was exposed to the moderate (20% and 40% PEG-6000 solutions) and severe (60% PEG solution) water deficit for 6days, the plant injury degree (expressed as the parameters of plant growth, cell membrane integrity, water relations and photosynthesis) increased and contents of free and conjugated Put decreased with the rise of PEG concentration. Under the moderate water deficit, the plants could survive by the reduced osmotic potential (psi(s)), increased free and conjugated Spd and Spm in leaves. After subsequent rewatering, the osmotic balance was re-established, most of the above investigated physiological parameters were fully or partly recovered to the control levels. However, it was not the case for the severely-stressed and rewatering plants. It indicates that, vetiver grass can cope well with the moderate water deficit/drought stress by using the strategies of osmotic adjustment and maintenance of total contents of free, conjugated and bound PAs in leaves.
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- Qiang Zhou
- Lab of Plant Stress Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Road 1#, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210095, PR China
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Pandolfi C, Pottosin I, Cuin T, Mancuso S, Shabala S. Specificity of Polyamine Effects on NaCl-induced Ion Flux Kinetics and Salt Stress Amelioration in Plants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 51:422-34. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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TAN GL, ZHANG H, FU J, WANG ZQ, LIU LJ, YANG JC. Post-Anthesis Changes in Concentrations of Polyamines in Superior and Inferior Spikelets and Their Relation with Grain Filling of Super Rice. ZUOWU XUEBAO 2009. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1006.2009.02225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Yang J, Yunying C, Zhang H, Liu L, Zhang J. Involvement of polyamines in the post-anthesis development of inferior and superior spikelets in rice. PLANTA 2008; 228:137-149. [PMID: 18340459 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0725-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2007] [Accepted: 02/29/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Early-flowered superior spikelets usually exhibit a faster grain filling rate and heavier grain weight than late-flowered inferior spikelets in rice (Oryza sativa L.). But the intrinsic factors responsible for the variations between the two types of spikelets are unclear. This study investigated whether and how polyamines (PAs) are involved in regulating post-anthesis development of rice spikelets. Six rice genotypes differing in grain filling rate were field grown, and PA levels and activities of the enzymes involved in PA biosynthesis were measured in both superior and inferior spikelets. The results showed that superior spikelets exhibited higher levels of free spermidine (Spd) and free spermine (Spm) and higher activities of arginine decarboxylase (ADC, EC 4.1.1.19), S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC, EC 4.1.1.50) and Spd synthase (EC 2.5.1.16) than inferior spikelets at the early endosperm cell division and grain filling stage. The maximum concentrations of free Spd and free Spm and the maximum activities of ADC, SAMDC and Spd synthase were significantly correlated with the maximum cell division and grain filling rates, maximum cell number and grain weight. Application of Spd and Spm to panicles resulted in significantly higher rates of endosperm cell division and grain filling in inferior spikelets along with the activities of sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13), ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase (EC 2.7.7.27) and soluble starch synthase (EC 2.4.1.21), suggesting that these PAs are involved in the sucrose-starch metabolic pathway. The results indicate that the poor development of inferior spikelets is attributed, at least partly, to the low PA level and its low biosynthetic activity.
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- Jianchang Yang
- Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Havis ND, Walters DR, Foster SA, Martin WP, Cook FM, Robins DJ. Fungicidal activity of the synthetic putrescine analogue, (E)-l,4-diaminobut-2-ene, and derivatives. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/ps.2780410111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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. MM. Ultrastructure of Sperm Tail Differentiation of the Lizard Stenodactylus dorie (Squamata, Reptilia). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.187.192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Capell T, Bassie L, Christou P. Modulation of the polyamine biosynthetic pathway in transgenic rice confers tolerance to drought stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:9909-14. [PMID: 15197268 PMCID: PMC470772 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0306974101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have generated transgenic rice plants expressing the Datura stramonium adc gene and investigated their response to drought stress. We monitored the steady-state mRNA levels of genes involved in polyamine biosynthesis (Datura adc, rice adc, and rice samdc) and polyamine levels. Wild-type plants responded to the onset of drought stress by increasing endogenous putrescine levels, but this was insufficient to trigger the conversion of putrescine into spermidine and spermine (the agents that are believed to protect plants under stress). In contrast, transgenic plants expressing Datura adc produced much higher levels of putrescine under stress, promoting spermidine and spermine synthesis and ultimately protecting the plants from drought. We demonstrate clearly that the manipulation of polyamine biosynthesis in plants can produce drought-tolerant germplasm, and we propose a model consistent with the role of polyamines in the protection of plants against abiotic stress.
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- Teresa Capell
- Department of Crop Genetics and Biotechnology, Fraunhofer IME, Auf dem Aberg 1, D-57392 Schmallenberg, Germany.
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Panicot M, Masgrau C, Borrell A, Cordeiro A, Tiburcio AF, Altabella T. Effects of putrescine accumulation in tobacco transgenic plants with different expression levels of oat arginine decarboxylase. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2002; 114:281-287. [PMID: 11903975 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2002.1140214.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Arginine decarboxylase (ADC; EC 4.1.1.19) is a key enzyme in one of the two possible ways to synthesize putrescine (Put) in plants. In previous work (Masgrau et al. 1997), we observed an altered phenotype (growth inhibition, leaf chlorosis and necrosis) in tobacco transgenic plants (Nicotiana tabacum L. var. Wisconsin-38) containing the oat ADC cDNA under the control of a tetracycline inducible promoter, the severity of which was correlated with Put content. Now we have analysed the T2 generation of a selected transgenic line (line 52), which in previous generations was characterized by presenting a moderate increase in ADC activity and polyamine levels, but no phenotype alterations. Studying two selected individuals, one with a high expression level of the transgene and the other with a moderate expression level, we demonstrate that only the one with increased polyamine content displays the altered (toxic) phenotype. The possible causes of toxicity have been analysed. The results suggest that either Put or its oxidation products, via diamine oxidase (DAO; EC 1.4.3.6), are the responsible factors for the deleterious effects observed in the transgenic plants.
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- Mireia Panicot
- Unitat de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avenida Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Lester GE. Polyamines and their cellular anti-senescence properties in honey dew muskmelon fruit. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2000; 160:105-112. [PMID: 11164582 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9452(00)00369-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Activated oxygen free radicals cause peroxidative damage to all membranes and hasten senescence. Polyamines (PAs) are effective scavengers of these free radicals produced by lipoxygenase (LOX) and phospholipase-D (PL-D). Five days prior to abscission (harvest), 'Honey Brew' (Cucumis melo L. (Inodorus group)) fruit have a change in the ratio of endogenous spermidine (SPD) to putrescine (PUT), from SPD>PUT to SPD<PUT, which coincides with the onset of fruit senescence. Hypodermal-mesocarp tissues from harvested fruit incubated in mannitol with exogenous SPD or spermine, at 0.25 or 0.5 M, had more chlorophyll (less senescence) following 6 or 48 h of darkness than tissues incubated in mannitol without PAs. Polyamine-incubated tissues versus no PA has less membrane peroxidation as indicated by less malondialdehyde production, and LOX and PL-D activities, and less plasma membrane perturbation as indicated by greater H(+)-ATPase activity, and protein and phospholipid contents. Prolonging the duration of endogenous SPD content, whereby, it is greater then PUT content, in harvested (fully-ripened) 'Honey Brew' fruit, could delay melon senescence and promote a longer marketable life.
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- G E. Lester
- Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 2413 E. Bus. Hwy. 83, 78596, Weslaco, TX, USA
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Growth and polyamine metabolism inPyrenophora avenae exposed to cyclohexylamine and norspermidine. Amino Acids 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01372598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Andreadakis A, Kotzabasis K. Changes in the biosynthesis and catabolism of polyamines in isolated plastids during chloroplast photodevelopment. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07240-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Hongliang W, Chenglie Z, Houguo L. Seasonal changes of polyamines in habitat adaptation of different ecotypes of reed plants. Oecologia 1995; 101:119-123. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00328908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/1994] [Accepted: 09/21/1994] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Doltchinkov V, Milkov D, Naidenov N. Effect of polyamines on surface charge and light-scattering changes in thylakoid membranes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0302-4598(93)80022-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ditomaso JM, Hart JJ, Linscott DL, Kochian LV. Effect of inorganic cations and metabolic inhibitors on putrescine transport in roots of intact maize seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1992; 99:508-14. [PMID: 16668915 PMCID: PMC1080492 DOI: 10.1104/pp.99.2.508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The specificity and regulation of putrescine transport was investigated in roots of intact maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings. In concentration-dependent transport studies, the kinetics for putrescine uptake could be resolved into a single saturable component that was noncompetitively inhibited by increasing concentrations of Ca(2+) (50 micromolar to 5 millimolar). Similarly, other polyvalent cations, including Mg(2+) (1.8 millimolar) and La(3+) (200 micromolar), almost completely abolished the saturable component for putrescine uptake. This suggests that putrescine does not share a common transport system with other divalent or polyvalent inorganic cations. Further characterization of the putrescine transport system indicated that 0.3 millimolar N-ethyl-maleimide had no effect on putrescine uptake, and 2 millimolar p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonic acid only partially inhibited transport of the diamine (39% inhibition). Metabolic inhibitors, including carbonylcyanide-m-chlorphenylhydrazone (20 micromolar) and KCN (0.5 millimolar), also partially inhibited the saturable component for putrescine uptake (V(max) reduced 48-60%). Increasing the time of exposure to carbonylcyanide-m-chlorphenylhydrazone from 30 minutes to 2 hours did not significantly increase the inhibition of putrescine uptake. Electrophysiological evidence indicates that the inhibitory effect on putrescine uptake by these inhibitors is correlated to a depolarization of the membrane potential, suggesting that the driving force for putrescine uptake is the transmembrane electrical potential across the plasmalemma.
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- J M Ditomaso
- Department of Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Sciences, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Station, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Ditomaso JM, Hart JJ, Kochian LV. Transport kinetics and metabolism of exogenously applied putrescine in roots of intact maize seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1992; 98:611-20. [PMID: 16668685 PMCID: PMC1080234 DOI: 10.1104/pp.98.2.611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Putrescine metabolism, uptake, and compartmentation were studied in roots of hydroponically grown intact maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings. In vivo analysis of exogenously applied putrescine indicated that the diamine is primarily metabolized by a cell wall-localized diamine oxidase. Time-dependent kinetics for putrescine uptake could be resolved into a rapid phase of uptake and binding within the root apoplasm, followed by transport across the plasma membrane that was linear for 30 to 40 minutes. Concentration-dependent kinetics for putrescine uptake (between 0.05 and 1.0 millimolar putrescine) appeared to be nonsaturating but could be resolved into a saturable (V(max) 0.397 micromoles per gram fresh weight per hour; K(m) 120 micromolar) and a linear component. The linear component was determined to be cell wall-bound putrescine that was not removed during the desorption period following uptake of [(3)H]putrescine. These results suggest that a portion of the exogenously applied putrescine can be metabolized in maize root cell walls by diamine oxidase activity, but the bulk of the putrescine is transported across the plasmalemma by a carrier-mediated process, similar to that proposed for animal systems.
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- J M Ditomaso
- Department of Soil, Crop, and Atmospheric Sciences, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Ditomaso JM, Brown PH, Stowe AE, Linscott DL, Kochian LV. Effects of diclofop and diclofop-methyl on membrane potentials in roots of intact oat, maize, and pea seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 95:1063-9. [PMID: 16668091 PMCID: PMC1077652 DOI: 10.1104/pp.95.4.1063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Growth and electrophysiological studies in roots of intact diclofop-methyl susceptible and resistant seedlings were conducted to test the hypothesis that the herbicide acts primarily as a proton ionophore. The ester formulation of diclofop, at 0.2 micromolar, completely inhibited root growth in herbicide-susceptible oat (Avena sativa L.) after a 96 hour treatment, but induced only a delayed transient depolarization of the membrane potential in oat root cortical cells. Root growth in susceptible maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings was dramatically reduced by exposure to 0.8 micromolar diclofop-methyl, while the same diclofop-methyl exposure hyperpolarized the membrane potential within 48 hours after treatment. Furthermore, exposure of maize roots to the protonophore, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) (50 nanomolar), inhibited growth by only 31%, 96 hours after treatment, while the same CCCP exposure depolarized the resting potential by an average of 32 millivolts. Thus, the protonophore hypothesis cannot account for a differential membrane response to phytotoxic levels of diclofop-methyl in two susceptible species. From the results of others, much of the evidence to support the protonophore hypothesis was obtained using high concentrations of diclofop acid (100 micromolar). At a similar concentration, we also report a rapid (3 minute) diclofop-induced depolarization of the membrane potential in roots of susceptible oat and maize, moderately tolerant barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), and resistant pea (Pisum sativum L.) seedlings. Moreover, 100 micromolar diclofop acid inhibited growth in excised cultured pea roots. In contrast, 100 micromolar diclofop-methyl did not inhibit root growth. Since the membrane response to 100 micromolar diclofop acid does not correspond to differential herbicide sensitivity under field conditions, results obtained with very high levels of diclofop acid are probably physiologically irrelevant. The results of this study suggest that the effect of diclofop-methyl on the membrane potentials of susceptible species is probably unrelated to the primary inhibitory effect of the herbicide on plant growth.
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Affiliation(s)
- J M Ditomaso
- Department of Soil, Crop and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Slocum RD, Furey MJ. Electron-microscopic cytochemical localization of diamine and polyamine oxidases in pea and maize tissues. PLANTA 1991; 183:443-50. [PMID: 11538270 DOI: 10.1007/bf00197744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
An electron-microscopic cytochemical method was used to localize diamine oxidase (DAO) in pea and polyamine oxidase (PAO) in maize (Zea mays L.). The method, based on the precipitation of amine-oxidase-generated H2O2 by CeCl3, was shown to be specific for DAO and PAO and permitted their localization in plant tissues with a high degree of resolution. Both enzymes are localized exclusively in the cell wall. Both DAO- and PAO-activity staining is most intense in the middle lamellar region of the wall and in cells exhibiting highly lignified walls. The oxidases could provide H2O2 for peroxidase-mediated cross-linking reactions in the cell wall and may, in this capacity, play a role in the regulation of plant growth.
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- R D Slocum
- Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA
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