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Tyagi A, Sharma S, Ali S, Gaikwad K. Crosstalk between H 2 S and NO: an emerging signalling pathway during waterlogging stress in legume crops. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2022; 24:576-586. [PMID: 34693601 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13319] [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: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In legumes, waterlogging is a major detrimental factor leading to huge yield losses. Generally, legumes lack tolerance to submergence, and conventional breeding to develop tolerant varieties are limited due to the lack of tolerant germplasm and potential target genes. Moreover, our understanding of the various signalling cascades, their interactions and key pathways induced during waterlogging is limited. Here, we focus on the role of two important plant signalling molecules, viz. hydrogen sulphide (H2 S) and nitric oxide (NO), during waterlogging stress in legumes. Plants and soil microbes produce these signalling molecules both endogenously and exogenously under various stresses, including waterlogging. NO and H2 S are known to regulate key physiological pathways, such as stomatal closure, leaf senescence and regulation of numerous stress signalling pathways, while NO plays a pivotal role in adventitious root formation during waterlogging. The crosstalk between H2 S and NO is synergistic because of the resemblance of their physiological effects and proteomic functions, which mainly operate through cysteine-dependent post-translational modifications via S-nitrosation and persulfidation. Such knowledge has provided novel platforms for researchers to unravel the complexity associated with H2 S-NO signalling and interactions with plant stress hormones. This review provides an overall summary on H2 S and NO, including biosynthesis, biological importance, crosstalk, transporter regulation as well as understanding their role during waterlogging using 'multi-omics' approach. Understanding H2 S and NO signalling will help in deciphering the metabolic interactions and identifying key regulatory genes that could be used for developing waterlogging tolerance in legumes.
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- A Tyagi
- ICAR - National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR - National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- ICAR - National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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Grossi L, Casadei R. The crucial role of non-enzymatic NO-production in plants. An EPR study. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2021; 188:112794. [PMID: 34022441 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112794] [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: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polyamines and polyamides have a fundamental role in the biology of plants, and the presence of NO seems compulsory to account for their actions. In general, the NO production has claimed to occur through an enzymatic process, but not involving polyamines and polyamides. Nevertheless, a non-enzymatic mechanism, such as an electron transfer process among polyamines or polyamides and an acid nitrite solution, could account for rapid production of NO, even in anoxic conditions. EPR experiments, carried out with these substrates, proved the formation of NO. This evidence supports a non-enzymatic mechanism as an alternative source of NO, even in plants. So, since the NO production seems directly dependent on polyamines or polyamides presence, and these responsible for many activities in plants, it comes plausibly to consider crucial the involvement of NO in their actions. Furthermore, as for mammals, these results would confirm that, even in plants, NO production can occur through both enzymatic and non-enzymatic mechanisms.
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- Loris Grossi
- Dipartimento di "Scienze per la Qualità della Vita" - Università di Bologna, Campus di Rimini, Corso d'Augusto, 237 I-47921, Rimini, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di "Scienze per la Qualità della Vita" - Università di Bologna, Campus di Rimini, Corso d'Augusto, 237 I-47921, Rimini, Italy.
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Singh P, Singh I, Shah K. Reduced Activity of Nitrate Reductase Under Heavy Metal Cadmium Stress in Rice: An in silico Answer. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 9:1948. [PMID: 30697220 PMCID: PMC6341063 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Cadmium is a well known toxic heavy metal, which has various detrimental effects on plant system. In plants an important enzyme involved in the production of nitric oxide, nitrate reductase, is also affected by cadmium toxicity. According to many studies cadmium has an inhibitory effect on nitrate reductase activity. Similar effect of cadmium was found in our study where an inhibitory effect of cadmium on nitrate reductase activity was noted. However, the mechanism behind this inhibition has not been explored. With the help of homology, 3-D structure of rice-nitrate reductase is modeled in this study. Its binding with nitrate, nitrite and cadmium metal in silico has been explored. The bonds formed between the enzyme-substrate complex, enzyme-cadmium and differences in interactions in presence of cadmium has been studied in detail. The present study should help in understanding the modeled structure of rice-nitrate reductase in 3-D which may in turn guide enzyme related studies in silico. The present study also provides an insight as to how cadmium interacts with nitrate reductase to alter the enzyme activity.
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- Prerna Singh
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Faculty of Science, School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Mayer D, Mithöfer A, Glawischnig E, Georgii E, Ghirardo A, Kanawati B, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Schnitzler JP, Durner J, Gaupels F. Short-Term Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide Provides Basal Pathogen Resistance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 178:468-487. [PMID: 30076223 PMCID: PMC6130038 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) forms in plants under stress conditions, but little is known about its physiological functions. Here, we explored the physiological functions of NO2 in plant cells using short-term fumigation of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) for 1 h with 10 µL L-1 NO2. Although leaf symptoms were absent, the expression of genes related to pathogen resistance was induced. Fumigated plants developed basal disease resistance, or pattern-triggered immunity, against the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea and the hemibiotrophic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae Functional salicylic acid and jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathways were both required for the full expression of NO2-induced resistance against B. cinerea An early peak of salicylic acid accumulation immediately after NO2 exposure was followed by a transient accumulation of oxophytodienoic acid. The simultaneous NO2-induced expression of genes involved in jasmonate biosynthesis and jasmonate catabolism resulted in the complete suppression of JA and JA-isoleucine (JA-Ile) accumulation, which was accompanied by a rise in the levels of their catabolic intermediates 12-OH-JA, 12-OH-JA-Ile, and 12-COOH-JA-Ile. NO2-treated plants emitted the volatile monoterpene α-pinene and the sesquiterpene longifolene (syn. junipene), which could function in signaling or direct defense against pathogens. NO2-triggered B. cinerea resistance was dependent on enhanced early callose deposition and CYTOCHROME P450 79B2 (CYP79B2), CYP79B3, and PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT3 gene functions but independent of camalexin, CYP81F2, and 4-OH-indol-3-ylmethylglucosinolate derivatives. In sum, exogenous NO2 triggers basal pathogen resistance, pointing to a possible role for endogenous NO2 in defense signaling. Additionally, this study revealed the involvement of jasmonate catabolism and volatiles in pathogen immunity.
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- Dörte Mayer
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department Bioorganic Chemistry, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Technical University of Munich, D-85354 Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Nitric oxide synthase in plants: Where do we stand? Nitric Oxide 2016; 63:30-38. [PMID: 27658319 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2016.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Over the past twenty years, nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as an important player in various plant physiological processes. Although many advances in the understanding of NO functions have been made, the question of how NO is produced in plants is still challenging. It is now generally accepted that the endogenous production of NO is mainly accomplished through the reduction of nitrite via both enzymatic and non-enzymatic mechanisms which remain to be fully characterized. Furthermore, experimental arguments in favour of the existence of plant nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-like enzymes have been reported. However, recent investigations revealed that land plants do not possess animal NOS-like enzymes while few algal species do. Phylogenetic and structural analyses reveals interesting features specific to algal NOS-like proteins.
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Takahashi M, Furuhashi T, Ishikawa N, Horiguchi G, Sakamoto A, Tsukaya H, Morikawa H. Nitrogen dioxide regulates organ growth by controlling cell proliferation and enlargement in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 201:1304-1315. [PMID: 24354517 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12609] [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] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 10/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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• To gain more insight into the physiological function of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), we investigated the effects of exogenous NO₂ on growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. • Plants were grown in air without NO₂ for 1 wk after sowing and then grown for 1-4 wk in air with (designated treated plants) or without (control plants) NO₂. Plants were irrigated semiweekly with a nutrient solution containing 19.7 mM nitrate and 10.3 mM ammonium. • Five-week-old plants treated with 50 ppb NO₂ showed a ≤ 2.8-fold increase in biomass relative to controls. Treated plants also showed early flowering. The magnitude of the effects of NO₂ on leaf expansion, cell proliferation and enlargement was greater in developing than in maturing leaves. Leaf areas were 1.3-8.4 times larger on treated plants than corresponding leaves on control plants. The NO₂-induced increase in leaf size was largely attributable to cell proliferation in developing leaves, but was attributable to both cell proliferation and enlargement in maturing leaves. The expression of different sets of genes for cell proliferation and/or enlargement was induced by NO₂, but depended on the leaf developmental stage. • Collectively, these results indicated that NO₂ regulates organ growth by controlling cell proliferation and enlargement.
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- Misa Takahashi
- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, College of Science, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan
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Takahashi M, Morikawa H. Nitrogen dioxide is a positive regulator of plant growth. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2014; 9:e28033. [PMID: 24525764 PMCID: PMC4091254 DOI: 10.4161/psb.28033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Atmospheric nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) have long been recognized as either detrimental or beneficial for plant development. Recent research has established that NO is a phytohormone. Our present knowledge of the physiological role of NO₂ is incomplete. We do know, however, that exogenous NO₂ positively regulates the vegetative and reproductive growth of plants. We may therefore postulate that NO₂ is a positive growth regulator for plants. We are now in a position to coherently summarize what is known of NO₂ physiology; collated information on the topic is presented here.
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García-Mata C, Lamattina L. Gasotransmitters are emerging as new guard cell signaling molecules and regulators of leaf gas exchange. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 201-202:66-73. [PMID: 23352403 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Revised: 11/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Specialized guard cells modulate plant gas exchange through the regulation of stomatal aperture. The size of the stomatal pore is a direct function of the volume of the guard cells. The transport of solutes across channels in plasma membrane is a crucial process in the maintenance of guard cell water status. The fine tuned regulation of that transport requires an integrated convergence of multiple endogenous and exogenous signals perceived at both the cellular and the whole plant level. Gasotransmitters are novel signaling molecules with key functions in guard cell physiology. Three gasotransmitters, nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO), and hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) are involved in guard cell regulatory processes. These molecules are endogenously produced by plant cells and are part of the guard cells responses to drought stress conditions through ABA-dependent pathways. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of gasotransmitters as versatile molecules interacting with different components of guard cell signaling network and propose them as players in new paradigms to study ABA-independent guard cell responses to water deficit.
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- Carlos García-Mata
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UNMdP-CONICET, CC 1245, (7600) Mar del Plata, Argentina
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García-Río L, Parajó M, Pérez-Lorenzo M. Reply to “A further study of acetylacetone nitrosation”. Org Biomol Chem 2013; 11:1065-70. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob26719e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Astier J, Kulik A, Koen E, Besson-Bard A, Bourque S, Jeandroz S, Lamotte O, Wendehenne D. Protein S-nitrosylation: what's going on in plants? Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 53:1101-10. [PMID: 22750205 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Revised: 06/20/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is now recognized as a key regulator of plant physiological processes. Understanding the mechanisms by which NO exerts its biological functions has been the subject of extensive research. Several components of the signaling pathways relaying NO effects in plants, including second messengers, protein kinases, phytohormones, and target genes, have been characterized. In addition, there is now compelling experimental evidence that NO partly operates through posttranslational modification of proteins, notably via S-nitrosylation and tyrosine nitration. Recently, proteome-wide scale analyses led to the identification of numerous protein candidates for S-nitrosylation in plants. Subsequent biochemical and in silico structural studies revealed certain mechanisms through which S-nitrosylation impacts their functions. Furthermore, first insights into the physiological relevance of S-nitrosylation, particularly in controlling plant immune responses, have been recently reported. Collectively, these discoveries greatly extend our knowledge of NO functions and of the molecular processes inherent to signal transduction in plants.
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- Jéremy Astier
- Université de Bourgogne, UMR 1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000 Dijon, France
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Rayson MS, Mackie JC, Kennedy EM, Dlugogorski BZ. Accurate Rate Constants for Decomposition of Aqueous Nitrous Acid. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:2178-85. [DOI: 10.1021/ic202081z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mark S. Rayson
- Process Safety
and Environment Protection Research
Group, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- Process Safety
and Environment Protection Research
Group, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- Process Safety
and Environment Protection Research
Group, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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- Process Safety
and Environment Protection Research
Group, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia
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Chen J, Wu FH, Liu TW, Chen L, Xiao Q, Dong XJ, He JX, Pei ZM, Zheng HL. Emissions of nitric oxide from 79 plant species in response to simulated nitrogen deposition. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2012; 160:192-200. [PMID: 22035944 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 08/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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To assess the potential contribution of nitric oxide (NO) emission from the plants grown under the increasing nitrogen (N) deposition to atmospheric NO budget, the effects of simulated N deposition on NO emission and various leaf traits (e.g., specific leaf area, leaf N concentration, net photosynthetic rate, etc.) were investigated in 79 plant species classified by 13 plant functional groups. Simulated N deposition induced the significant increase of NO emission from most functional groups, especially from conifer, gymnosperm and C(3) herb. Moreover, the change rate of NO emission was significantly correlated with the change rate of various leaf traits. We conclude that the plants grown under atmospheric N deposition, especially in conifer, gymnosperm and C(3) herb, should be taken into account as an important biological source of NO and potentially contribute to atmospheric NO budget.
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- Juan Chen
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Wetland Ecosystem Research of MOE, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005 PR China
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Dordas C. Nonsymbiotic hemoglobins and stress tolerance in plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 176:433-40. [PMID: 26493132 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2009.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Revised: 01/09/2009] [Accepted: 01/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Hemoglobins (Hbs) are heme containing proteins found in most organisms including animals, bacteria, and plants. Their structure, size, and function are quite diverse among the different organisms. There are three different types of hemoglobins in plants: symbiotic (sHb), nonsymbiotic (nsHb), and truncated hemoglobins (trHb). The nonsymbiotic hemoglobins are divided into: class 1 hemoglobins (nsHb-1s), which have a very high affinity for oxygen: and class 2 hemoglobins (nsHb-2s), which have lower affinity for oxygen, are similar to the sHbs. nsHb-1s are expressed under hypoxia, osmotic stress, nutrient deprivation, cold stress, rhizobial infection, nitric oxide exposure, and fungal infection. Tolerance to stress is very important for the survival of the plant. Hemoglobins are one of many different strategies that plants have evolved to overcome stress conditions and survive. Hbs also react with NO produced under different stress conditions. Class 1 nsHbs are involved in a metabolic pathway involving NO. Those hemoglobins provide an alternative type of respiration to mitochondrial electron transport under limiting oxygen concentrations. Class 1 nsHbs in hypoxic plants act as part of a soluble, terminal, NO dioxygenase system, yielding nitrate from the reaction of oxyHb with NO. The overall reaction sequence, referred to as the nsHb/NO cycle, consumes NADH and maintains ATP levels via an as yet unknown mechanism. Class 2 nsHbs seem to scavenge NO in a similar fashion as class 1 Hbs and are involved in reducing flowering time in Arabidopsis. nsHbs also show peroxidase-like activity and NO metabolism and possibly protect against nitrosative stress in plant-pathogen interaction and in symbiotic interactions. nsHbs may be involved in other stress conditions such as osmotic, nutrient and cold stress together with NO and the function of nsHbs can be in NO metabolism and signal transduction. However, other possible functions cannot be precluded as Hbs have many different functions in other organisms.
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- Christos Dordas
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Laboratory of Agronomy, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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It has been known for many years that oxygen (O2) may have toxic effects on aerobically growing microorganisms, mainly due to the threat arising from reactive oxygen species (ROS). In submerged culture industrial fermentation processes, maintenance of adequate levels of O2 (usually measured as dissolved oxygen tension (DOT)) can often be critical to the success of the manufacturing process. In viscous cultures of filamentous cultures, actively respiring, supplying adequate levels of O2 to the cultures by conventional air sparging is difficult and various strategies have been adopted to improve or enhance O2 transfer. However, adoption of those strategies to maintain adequate levels of DOT, that is, to avoid O2 limitation, may expose the fungi to potential oxidative damage caused by enhanced flux through the respiratory system. In the past, there have been numerous studies investigating the effects of DOT on fungal bioprocesses. Generally, in these studies moderately enhanced levels of O2 supply resulted in improvement in growth, product formation and acceptable morphological changes, while the negative impact of higher levels of DOT on morphology and product synthesis were generally assumed to be a consequence of "oxidative stress." However, very little research has actually been focused on investigation of this implicit link, and the mechanisms by which such effects might be mediated within industrial fungal processes. To elucidate this neglected topic, this review first surveys the basic knowledge of the chemistry of ROS, defensive systems in fungi and the effects of DOT on fungal growth, metabolism and morphology. The physiological responses of fungal cells to oxidative stress imposed by artificial and endogenous stressors are then critically reviewed. It is clear that fungi have a range of methods available to minimize the negative impacts of elevated ROS, but also that development of the various defensive systems or responses, can itself have profound consequences upon many process-related parameters. It is also clear that many of the practically convenient and widely used experimental methods of simulating oxidative stress, for example, addition of exogenous menadione or hydrogen peroxide, have effects on fungal cultures quite distinct from the effects of elevated levels of O2, and care must thus be exercised in the interpretation of results from such studies. The review critically evaluates our current understanding of the responses of fungal cultures to elevated O2 levels, and highlights key areas requiring further research to remedy gaps in knowledge.
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- Zhonghu Bai
- Strathclyde Fermentation Center, Department of Bioscience, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK
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Tian QY, Sun DH, Zhao MG, Zhang WH. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) underlies aluminum-induced inhibition of root elongation in Hibiscus moscheutos. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 174:322-331. [PMID: 17388895 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02005.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Aluminum (Al) is toxic to plants when solubilized into Al(3+) in acidic soils, and becomes a major factor limiting plant growth. However, the primary cause for Al toxicity remains unknown. Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule modulating numerous physiological processes in plants. Here, we investigated the role of NO in Al toxicity to Hibiscus moscheutos. Exposure of H. moscheutos to Al(3+) led to a rapid inhibition of root elongation, and the inhibitory effect was alleviated by NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP). NO scavenger and inhibitors of NO synthase (NOS) and nitrate reductase had a similar inhibitory effect on root elongation. The inhibition of root elongation by these treatments was ameliorated by SNP. Aluminum inhibited activity of NOS and reduced endogenous NO concentrations. The alleviation of inhibition of root elongation induced by Al, NO scavenger and NOS inhibitor was correlated with endogenous NO concentrations in root apical cells, suggesting that reduction of endogenous NO concentrations resulting from inhibition of NOS activity could underpin Al-induced arrest of root elongation in H. moscheutos.
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- Qiu-Ying Tian
- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China
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Arnaud N, Murgia I, Boucherez J, Briat JF, Cellier F, Gaymard F. An iron-induced nitric oxide burst precedes ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation for Arabidopsis AtFer1 ferritin gene expression. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:23579-88. [PMID: 16782706 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m602135200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Ferritins play an essential role in iron homeostasis by sequestering iron in a bioavailable and non-toxic form. In plants, ferritin mRNAs are highly and quickly accumulated in response to iron overload. Such accumulation leads to a subsequent ferritin protein synthesis and iron storage, thus avoiding oxidative stress to take place. By combining pharmacological and imaging approaches in an Arabidopsis cell culture system, we have identified several elements in the signal transduction pathway leading to the increase of AtFer1 transcript level after iron treatment. Nitric oxide quickly accumulates in the plastids after iron treatment. This compound acts downstream of iron and upstream of a PP2A-type phosphatase to promote an increase of AtFer1 mRNA level. The AtFer1 gene transcription has been previously shown to be repressed under low iron conditions with the involvement of the cis-acting element iron-dependent regulatory sequence identified within the AtFer1 promoter sequence. We show here that the repressor is unlikely a transcription factor directly bound to the iron-dependent regulatory sequence; such a repressor is ubiquitinated upon iron treatment and subsequently degraded through a 26 S proteasome-dependent pathway.
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- Nicolas Arnaud
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR 5004 Agro-M/CNRS/INRA/UMII, Bat 7, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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Crawford NM. Mechanisms for nitric oxide synthesis in plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2006; 57:471-8. [PMID: 16356941 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The discovery that nitric oxide (NO) acts as a signal fundamentally shifted our understanding of free radicals from toxic by-products of oxidative metabolism to key regulators of cellular functions. This discovery has led to intense investigation into the synthesis of NO in both animals and plants. Nitric oxide synthases (NOS) are the primary sources of NO in animals and are complex, highly regulated enzymes that oxidize arginine to NO and citrulline. Plant NO synthesis, however, appears more complex and includes both nitrite and arginine-dependent mechanisms. The components of the arginine pathway have been elusive as no known orthologues of animal NOS exist in plants. An Arabidopsis gene (AtNOS1) has been identified that is needed for NO synthesis in vivo and has biochemical properties similar to animal cNOS, yet it has no sequence similarity to any known animal NOS. An Atnos1 insertion mutant has been useful for genetic studies of NO regulation and for uncovering new roles for NO signalling. The elucidation of plant NO synthesis promises to yield novel mechanisms that may be applicable to animal systems.
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- Nigel M Crawford
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA.
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Perazzolli M, Romero-Puertas MC, Delledonne M. Modulation of nitric oxide bioactivity by plant haemoglobins. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2006; 57:479-88. [PMID: 16377734 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a highly reactive signalling molecule that has numerous targets in plants. Both enzymatic and non-enzymatic synthesis of NO has been detected in several plant species, and NO functions have been characterized during diverse physiological processes such as plant growth, development, and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. This wide variety of effects reflects the basic signalling mechanisms that are utilized by virtually all mammalian and plant cells and suggests the necessity of detoxification mechanisms to control the level and functions of NO. During the last two years an increasing number of reports have implicated non-symbiotic haemoglobins as the key enzymatic system for NO scavenging in plants, indicating that the primordial function of haemoglobins may well be to protect against nitrosative stress and to modulate NO signalling functions. The biological relevance of plant haemoglobins during specific conditions of plant growth and stress, and the existence of further enzymatic and non-enzymatic NO scavenging systems, suggest the existence of precise NO modulation mechanisms in plants, as observed for different NO sources.
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- Michele Perazzolli
- Università degli Studi di Verona. Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico. Strada le Grazie, 15, I-37134 Verona, Italy
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Guo FQ, Crawford NM. Arabidopsis nitric oxide synthase1 is targeted to mitochondria and protects against oxidative damage and dark-induced senescence. THE PLANT CELL 2005; 17:3436-50. [PMID: 16272429 PMCID: PMC1315380 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.037770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The Arabidopsis thaliana protein nitric oxide synthase1 (NOS1) is needed for nitric oxide (NO) synthesis and signaling during defense responses, hormonal signaling, and flowering. The cellular localization of NOS1 was examined because it is predicted to be a mitochondrial protein. NOS1-green fluorescent protein fusions were localized by confocal microscopy to mitochondria in roots. Isolated mitochondria from leaves of wild-type plants supported Arg-stimulated NO synthesis that could be inhibited by NOS inhibitors and quenched by a NO scavenger; this NOS activity is absent in mitochondria isolated from nos1 mutant plants. Because mitochondria are a source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which participate in senescence and programmed cell death, these parameters were examined in the nos1 mutant. Dark-induced senescence of detached leaves and intact plants progressed more rapidly in the mutant compared with the wild type. Hydrogen peroxide, superoxide anion, oxidized lipid, and oxidized protein levels were all higher in the mutant. These results demonstrate that NOS1 is a mitochondrial NOS that reduces ROS levels, mitigates oxidative damage, and acts as an antisenescence agent.
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- Fang-Qing Guo
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0116, USA.
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Plants have four nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzymes. NOS1 appears mitochondrial, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) chloroplastic. Distinct peroxisomal and apoplastic NOS enzymes are predicted. Nitrite-dependent NO synthesis is catalyzed by cytoplasmic nitrate reductase or a root plasma membrane enzyme, or occurs nonenzymatically. Nitric oxide undergoes both catalyzed and uncatalyzed oxidation. However, there is no evidence of reaction with superoxide, and S-nitrosylation reactions are unlikely except during hypoxia. The only proven direct targets of NO in plants are metalloenzymes and one metal complex. Nitric oxide inhibits apoplastic catalases/ascorbate peroxidases in some species but may stimulate these enzymes in others. Plants also have the NO response pathway involving cGMP, cADPR, and release of calcium from internal stores. Other known targets include chloroplast and mitochondrial electron transport. Nitric oxide suppresses Fenton chemistry by interacting with ferryl ion, preventing generation of hydroxyl radicals. Functions of NO in plant development, response to biotic and abiotic stressors, iron homeostasis, and regulation of respiration and photosynthesis may all be ascribed to interaction with one of these targets. Nitric oxide function in drought/abscisic acid (ABA)-induction of stomatal closure requires nitrate reductase and NOS1. Nitric oxide synthasel likely functions to produce sufficient NO to inhibit photosynthetic electron transport, allowing nitrite accumulation. Nitric oxide is produced during the hypersensitive response outside cells undergoing programmed cell death immediately prior to loss of plasma membrane integrity. A plasma membrane lipid-derived signal likely activates apoplastic NOS. Nitric oxide diffuses within the apoplast and signals neighboring cells via hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-dependent induction of salicylic acid biosynthesis. Response to wounding appears to involve the same NOS and direct targets.
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- Allan D Shapiro
- Biotechnology Program, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers Florida 33965-6565, USA
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Meyer C, Lea US, Provan F, Kaiser WM, Lillo C. Is nitrate reductase a major player in the plant NO (nitric oxide) game? PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2005; 83:181-9. [PMID: 16143851 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-004-3548-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 07/12/2004] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a diffusible, very reactive gas that is involved in the regulation of many processes in plants. Several enzymatic sources of NO production have been identified in recent years. Nitrate reductase (NR) is one of them and it has been shown that this well-known plant protein, apart from its role in nitrate reduction and assimilation, can also catalyse the reduction of nitrite to NO. This reaction can produce large amounts of NO, or at least more than is needed for signalling, as some escape of NO to the outside medium can be detected after NR activation. A role for NO and NR in stomata functioning in response to abscisic acid has also been proposed. The question that remains is whether this NR-derived NO is a signalling molecule or the mere product of an enzymatic side reaction like the products generated by the oxygenase activity of RuBisCO.
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- Christian Meyer
- Unité de Nutrition Azotée des Plantes, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France.
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Perazzolli M, Dominici P, Romero-Puertas MC, Zago E, Zeier J, Sonoda M, Lamb C, Delledonne M. Arabidopsis nonsymbiotic hemoglobin AHb1 modulates nitric oxide bioactivity. THE PLANT CELL 2004; 16:2785-94. [PMID: 15367716 PMCID: PMC520971 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.025379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2004] [Accepted: 07/29/2004] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a widespread signaling molecule, and numerous targets of its action exist in plants. Whereas the activity of NO in erythrocytes, microorganisms, and invertebrates has been shown to be regulated by several hemoglobins, the function of plant hemoglobins in NO detoxification has not yet been elucidated. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana nonsymbiotic hemoglobin AHb1 scavenges NO through production of S-nitrosohemoglobin and reduces NO emission under hypoxic stress, indicating its role in NO detoxification. However, AHb1 does not affect NO-mediated hypersensitive cell death in response to avirulent Pseudomonas syringae, suggesting that it is not involved in the removal of NO bursts originated from acute responses when NO mediates crucial defense signaling functions.
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- Michele Perazzolli
- Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
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Romero-Puertas MC, Perazzolli M, Zago ED, Delledonne M. Nitric oxide signalling functions in plant-pathogen interactions. Cell Microbiol 2004; 6:795-803. [PMID: 15272861 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00428.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a highly reactive molecule that rapidly diffuses and permeates cell membranes. During the last few years NO has been detected in several plant species, and the increasing number of reports on its function in plants have implicated NO as a key molecular signal that participates in the regulation of several physiological processes; in particular, it has a significant role in plant resistance to pathogens by triggering resistance-associated cell death and by contributing to the local and systemic induction of defence genes. NO stimulates signal transduction pathways through protein kinases, cytosolic Ca2+ mobilization and protein modification (i.e. nitrosylation and nitration). In this review we will examine the synthesis of NO, its effects, functions and signalling giving rise to the hypersensitive response and systemic acquired resistance during plant-pathogen interactions.
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- María C Romero-Puertas
- Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Verona, Strada le Grazie, 15. 37134 Verona, Italy
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Xu YC, Cao YL, Guo P, Tao Y, Zhao BL. Detection of nitric oxide in plants by electron spin resonance. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2004; 94:402-407. [PMID: 18944117 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.2004.94.4.402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ABSTRACT Three methods to detect nitric oxide (NO()) are reported here. The first method was determining NO() in extracted plant tissue. NO() was trapped by spin trapping reagent containing diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC) and FeSO(4), extracted by ethyl acetate, and determined with an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometer. The second method was indirectly determining NO() in live wheat leaves. Seedlings were cultured in a medium containing FeSO(4), and the leaves were brushed by DETC. Then, the leaves were ground and the complex of (DETC)(2)-Fe(2+)-NO was extracted and determined with an ESR spectrometer. The third method was directly determining NO* in live wheat leaves. After treating plant materials as in the second method, part of the water in leaves was transpired, and the leaf disks were inserted directly into quartz tubes to determine NO() with an ESR spectrometer. The NO() scavenger 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5,-tetramethylimidazoline- 1-oxyl 3-oxide (PTIO) decreased NO() signal detected either by an indirect or a direct method. This result indicates that both methods could detect NO() in the live plant. Using the first methods, we detected NO() change in wheat infected by Puccinia striiformis race CY22-2 pathogen (incompatible interaction) at different inoculation times, and it was found that the NO() content dramatically increased at 24 h postinoculation, quickly decreased at 48 h, and increased again at 96 h.
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Métraux JP, Durner J. The Role of Salicylic Acid and Nitric Oxide in Programmed Cell Death and Induced Resistance. ECOLOGICAL STUDIES 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-08818-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Don J Durzan
- Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8587, USA.
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Sakihama Y, Nakamura S, Yamasaki H. Nitric oxide production mediated by nitrate reductase in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: an alternative NO production pathway in photosynthetic organisms. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 43:290-7. [PMID: 11917083 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcf034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Biological activity of nitric oxide (NO) production was investigated in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. An NO specific electrode detected a rapid increase in signal when nitrite (NO(2)(-)) was added into a suspension of C. reinhardtii intact cells in the dark. The addition of KCN or the NO quencher bovine hemoglobin completely abolished the signal, verifying that the nitrite-dependent increase in signal is due to enzymatic NO production. L-arginine, the substrate for NO synthase, did not induce detectable NO production and the NOS inhibitor N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine showed no inhibitory effect on the nitrite-dependent production of NO. Illuminating cells showed a significant suppressive effect on NO production. When the photosynthetic electron transport inhibitor 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea was present in the suspension, C. reinhardtii cells produced NO after the addition of nitrite even under illumination. Kinetic and microscopic observations, using the intracellular fluorescent NO probe 4,5-diaminofluorescein-2 diacetate, both demonstrated that NO was produced within the cells in response to the addition of nitrite. The Chlamydomonas mutant cc-2929, which lacks nitrate reductase (NR) activity, did not display any of the responses observed in the wild-type cells. The results presented here provide direct in vivo evidence to confirm that NR is involved in the nitrite-dependent NO production in the green alga.
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- Yasuko Sakihama
- Laboratory of Cell and Functional Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213, Japan
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a bioactive molecule involved in diverse physiological functions in plants. Here we demonstrate that NO is capable of regulating the activity of photophosphorylation in chloroplasts. The electron transport activity in photosystem II determined from chlorophyll a fluorescence was inhibited by NO. NO also inhibited light-induced DeltapH formation across the thylakoid membrane. High concentrations of nitrite and nitrate did not show such inhibitory effects, suggesting that the inhibition is not due to uncoupling effects of the oxidized products of NO. ATP synthesis activity upon illumination was severely inhibited by NO (IC(50)=0.7 microM). The inhibition was found to be temporary and the activity was completely recovered by removing NO. Bovine hemoglobin and bicarbonate were effective in preventing NO-dependent inhibition of photophosphorylation. These results indicate that NO is a reversible inhibitor of photosynthetic ATP synthesis.
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- Shunichi Takahashi
- Laboratory of Cell and Functional Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, 903-0213, Okinawa, Japan
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Soluble and Plasma Membrane-bound Enzymes Involved in Nitrate and Nitrite Metabolism. ADVANCES IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48138-3_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Nitric Oxide Synthesis by Plants and its Potential Impact on Nitrogen and Respiratory Metabolism. ADVANCES IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48138-3_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rockel P, Strube F, Rockel A, Wildt J, Kaiser WM. Regulation of nitric oxide (NO) production by plant nitrate reductase in vivo and in vitro. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2002. [PMID: 11741046 DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/53.366.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 385] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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NO (nitric oxide) production from sunflower plants (Helianthus annuus L.), detached spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea L.), desalted spinach leaf extracts or commercial maize (Zea mays L.) leaf nitrate reductase (NR, EC 1.6.6.1) was continuously followed as NO emission into the gas phase by chemiluminescence detection, and its response to post-translational NR modulation was examined in vitro and in vivo. NR (purified or in crude extracts) in vitro produced NO at saturating NADH and nitrite concentrations at about 1% of its nitrate reduction capacity. The K(m) for nitrite was relatively high (100 microM) compared to nitrite concentrations in illuminated leaves (10 microM). NO production was competitively inhibited by physiological nitrate concentrations (K(i)=50 microM). Importantly, inactivation of NR in crude extracts by protein phosphorylation with MgATP in the presence of a protein phosphatase inhibitor also inhibited NO production. Nitrate-fertilized plants or leaves emitted NO into purified air. The NO emission was lower in the dark than in the light, but was generally only a small fraction of the total NR activity in the tissue (about 0.01-0.1%). In order to check for a modulation of NO production in vivo, NR was artificially activated by treatments such as anoxia, feeding uncouplers or AICAR (a cell permeant 5'-AMP analogue). Under all these conditions, leaves were accumulating nitrite to concentrations exceeding those in normal illuminated leaves up to 100-fold, and NO production was drastically increased especially in the dark. NO production by leaf extracts or intact leaves was unaffected by nitric oxide synthase inhibitors. It is concluded that in non-elicited leaves NO is produced in variable quantities by NR depending on the total NR activity, the NR activation state and the cytosolic nitrite and nitrate concentration.
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- Peter Rockel
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Biologie des Stoffaustauschs, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
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NO Production in Plants: Nitrate Reductase Versus Nitric Oxide Synthase. PROGRESS IN BOTANY 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56276-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Rockel P, Strube F, Rockel A, Wildt J, Kaiser WM. Regulation of nitric oxide (NO) production by plant nitrate reductase in vivo and in vitro. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2002. [PMID: 11741046 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/53.366.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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NO (nitric oxide) production from sunflower plants (Helianthus annuus L.), detached spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea L.), desalted spinach leaf extracts or commercial maize (Zea mays L.) leaf nitrate reductase (NR, EC 1.6.6.1) was continuously followed as NO emission into the gas phase by chemiluminescence detection, and its response to post-translational NR modulation was examined in vitro and in vivo. NR (purified or in crude extracts) in vitro produced NO at saturating NADH and nitrite concentrations at about 1% of its nitrate reduction capacity. The K(m) for nitrite was relatively high (100 microM) compared to nitrite concentrations in illuminated leaves (10 microM). NO production was competitively inhibited by physiological nitrate concentrations (K(i)=50 microM). Importantly, inactivation of NR in crude extracts by protein phosphorylation with MgATP in the presence of a protein phosphatase inhibitor also inhibited NO production. Nitrate-fertilized plants or leaves emitted NO into purified air. The NO emission was lower in the dark than in the light, but was generally only a small fraction of the total NR activity in the tissue (about 0.01-0.1%). In order to check for a modulation of NO production in vivo, NR was artificially activated by treatments such as anoxia, feeding uncouplers or AICAR (a cell permeant 5'-AMP analogue). Under all these conditions, leaves were accumulating nitrite to concentrations exceeding those in normal illuminated leaves up to 100-fold, and NO production was drastically increased especially in the dark. NO production by leaf extracts or intact leaves was unaffected by nitric oxide synthase inhibitors. It is concluded that in non-elicited leaves NO is produced in variable quantities by NR depending on the total NR activity, the NR activation state and the cytosolic nitrite and nitrate concentration.
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- Peter Rockel
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Biologie des Stoffaustauschs, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
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Joseph-Horne T, Hollomon DW, Wood PM. Fungal respiration: a fusion of standard and alternative components. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1504:179-95. [PMID: 11245784 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00251-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In animals, electron transfer from NADH to molecular oxygen proceeds via large respiratory complexes in a linear respiratory chain. In contrast, most fungi utilise branched respiratory chains. These consist of alternative NADH dehydrogenases, which catalyse rotenone insensitive oxidation of matrix NADH or enable cytoplasmic NADH to be used directly. Many also contain an alternative oxidase that probably accepts electrons directly from ubiquinol. A few fungi lack Complex I. Although the alternative components are non-energy conserving, their organisation within the fungal electron transfer chain ensures that the transfer of electrons from NADH to molecular oxygen is generally coupled to proton translocation through at least one site. The alternative oxidase enables respiration to continue in the presence of inhibitors for ubiquinol:cytochrome c oxidoreductase and cytochrome c oxidase. This may be particularly important for fungal pathogens, since host defence mechanisms often involve nitric oxide, which, whilst being a potent inhibitor of cytochrome c oxidase, has no inhibitory effect on alternative oxidase. Alternative NADH dehydrogenases may avoid the active oxygen production associated with Complex I. The expression and activity regulation of alternative components responds to factors ranging from oxidative stress to the stage of fungal development.
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- T Joseph-Horne
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK.
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Yamasaki H. Nitrite-dependent nitric oxide production pathway: implications for involvement of active nitrogen species in photoinhibition in vivo. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2000; 355:1477-88. [PMID: 11128001 PMCID: PMC1692879 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Air pollution studies have shown that nitric oxide (NO), a gaseous free radical, is a potent photosynthetic inhibitor that reduces CO2 uptake activity in leaves. It is now recognized that NO is not only an air pollutant but also an endogenously produced metabolite, which may play a role in regulating plant cell functions. Although many studies have suggested the presence of mammalian-type NO synthase (NOS) in plants, the source of NO is still not clear. There has been a number of studies indicating that plant cells possess a nitrite-dependent NO production pathway which can be distinguished from the NOS-mediated reaction. Nitrate reductase (NR) has been recently found to be capable of producing NO through one-electron reduction of nitrite using NAD(P)H as an electron donor. This review focuses on current understanding of the mechanism for the nitrite-dependent NO production in plants. Impacts of NO produced by NR on photosynthesis are discussed in association with photo-oxidative stress in leaves.
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- H Yamasaki
- Laboratory of Cell and Functional Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
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Yamasaki H, Sakihama Y. Simultaneous production of nitric oxide and peroxynitrite by plant nitrate reductase: in vitro evidence for the NR-dependent formation of active nitrogen species. FEBS Lett 2000; 468:89-92. [PMID: 10683447 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01203-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We examined the ability of plant nitrate reductase (NR) to produce nitric oxide (NO) using in vitro assays. Electrochemical and fluorometric measurements both showed that NO is produced by corn NR in the presence of nitrite and NADH at pH 7. The NO production was inhibited by sodium azide, a known inhibitor for NR. During the reaction, absorbance of 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein increased markedly. This change was completely suppressed by sodium azide, glutathione or depletion of oxygen. We conclude that plant NR produces both NO and its toxic derivative, peroxynitrite, under aerobic conditions when nitrite is provided as the substrate for NR.
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- H Yamasaki
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.
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Photosynthesis, Carbohydrate Metabolism and Respiration in Leaves of Higher Plants. PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48137-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Molecular, genetic and biochemical studies have identified key players in the signaling pathways regulating growth and development, as well as defense responses in plants. Recently, nitric oxide (NO) - the versatile and powerful effector of animal redox-regulated signaling and immune responses - was shown to mediate plant defense responses against pathogens. Interestingly, several key components involved in NO-mediated signaling in animals also appear to be operative in plants.
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- J Durner
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany.
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Goshima N, Mukai T, Suemori M, Takahashi M, Caboche M, Morikawa H. Short communication: emission of nitrous oxide (N2O) from transgenic tobacco expressing antisense NiR mRNA. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 19:75-80. [PMID: 10417728 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00494.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The emission of N2 and N2O from intact transgenic tobacco (clone 271) expressing antisense nitrite reductase (NiR) mRNA, and wild-type plants grown aseptically, on NO3-, NO2- or NH4+ -containing medium was investigated. 15N contents of gas sampled from gas-sealed pots, in which the plants were grown on 15N-containing medium, were analyzed by gas chromato- graphy and mass spectrometry (GC-MS). No emission of N2 was detected in either of the gas samples from plant clone 271 or the wild-type grown on NO3--containing medium. N2O emission from clone 271 grown on NO3--containing medium was detected, but not from the wild-type plants. The N2O emission rate of clone 271 was 106 ng N2O mg-1 incorporated N week-1 and the N2O emission was inhibited by tungstate (a nitrate reductase inhibitor). No emission of N2O was found from clone 271 or wild-type plants grown on medium containing NH4+. Emission of N2O also was detected from clone 271 grown on NO2--containing medium and its emission rate increased with increasing NO2- levels in plants. We speculate that NO3- is reduced to NO2- and that a part of NO2- is metabolized to N2O in clone 271.
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Yamasaki H, Sakihama Y, Takahashi S. An alternative pathway for nitric oxide production in plants: new features of an old enzyme. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 1999; 4:128-129. [PMID: 10322545 DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(99)01393-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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- H Yamasaki
- Laboratory of Cell and Functional Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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Wildt J, Kley D, Rockel A, Rockel P, Segschneider HJ. Emission of NO from several higher plant species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1029/96jd02968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Millar AH, Day DA. Nitric oxide inhibits the cytochrome oxidase but not the alternative oxidase of plant mitochondria. FEBS Lett 1996; 398:155-8. [PMID: 8977097 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(96)01230-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Oxygen consumption via the cytochrome pathway in isolated soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) cotyledon mitochondria was inhibited by nitric oxide (NO) while respiration via the cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase was not significantly affected. Inhibition of cytochrome pathway activity was rapidly reversible upon depletion of the added NO. NO production was also detected in solutions of NaNO2 plus ascorbate and the extent of cytochrome pathway inhibition was dependent on the NO2- concentration. Little inhibition of alternative pathway respiration was observed under similar conditions. The alternative oxidase may play a role in nitric oxide tolerance in higher plants and in organisms such as trypanosomes which contain a plant-like alternative oxidase.
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- A H Millar
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and The Cooperative Research Centre for Plant Science, Australian National University, Canberra
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