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Gao G, Xia J, Yu J, Zeng X. Physiological response of a red tide alga (Skeletonema costatum) to nitrate enrichment, with special reference to inorganic carbon acquisition. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2018; 133:15-23. [PMID: 29174425 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2017] [Revised: 11/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A classical red tide alga Skeletonema costatum was cultured under various nitrate levels to investigate its physiological response to nitrate enrichment combined with CO2 limitation. The higher nitrate levels increased content of photosynthetic pigments (Chl a and Chl c), electron transport rate in photosystem II, photosynthetic O2 evolution, and thus growth rate in S. costatum. On the other hand, the lower CO2 levels (3.5-4.4 μmol kg-1 seawater) and higher pH (8.56-8.63) values in seawater were observed under higher nitrate conditions. Redox activity of plasma membrane and carbonic anhydrase in S. costatum was enhanced to address the reduced CO2 level at higher nitrate levels. In addition, the pH compensation point was enhanced and direct HCO3- use was induced at higher nitrate levels. These findings indicate that nitrate enrichment would stimulate the breakout of S. costatum dominated red tides via enhancing its photosynthetic performances, and maintain a quick growth rate under CO2 limitation conditions through improving its inorganic carbon acquisition capability. Our study sheds light on the mechanisms of S. costatum defeating CO2 limitation during algal bloom.
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- Guang Gao
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Marine Resources Development Institute of Jiangsu, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Chaudhary MK, Singh S, Rizvi SI. Redox imbalance in a model of rat mimicking Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 491:361-367. [PMID: 28728841 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.07.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Although several etiological factors contribute to the complexity of the aging process, the ultimate component of macromolecular damage and consequent cell death involves the altered redox balance inclined towards increased ROS production and/or decreased antioxidant protection. Given that, the chronic dihydrotachysterol (DHT) intoxication in rats induce Hutchinson Gilford progeria like syndrome, the present study provides the evidence for altered redox balance as evidenced by alteration in parameters of oxidative stress in blood plasma and erythrocytes including MDA, GSH, FRAP AOPP PMRS, AGEs, AChE and osmotic fragility which substantiate the suitability of the model for aging studies.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India.
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Castillo-Olivares AD, Rodríguez-Caso L, Márquez J, de Castro IN, Medina MÁ. Cytoplasmic pH modulates the activity of the plasma membrane electron transport system in Ehrlich ascites tumour cells. Redox Rep 2016; 2:285-7. [DOI: 10.1080/13510002.1996.11747063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Kumar D, Rizvi SI. A critical period in lifespan of male rats coincides with increased oxidative stress. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2014; 58:427-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Revised: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Any bilayer lipid membrane can support a membrane voltage. The combination of optical perturbation and optical readout of membrane voltage opens the door to studies of electrophysiology in a huge variety of systems previously inaccessible to electrode-based measurements. Yet, the application of optogenetic electrophysiology requires careful reconsideration of the fundamentals of bioelectricity. Rules of thumb appropriate for neuroscience and cardiology may not apply in systems with dramatically different sizes, lipid compositions, charge carriers, or protein machinery. Optogenetic tools are not electrodes; thus, optical and electrode-based measurements have different quirks. Here we review the fundamental aspects of bioelectricity with the aim of laying a conceptual framework for all-optical electrophysiology.
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- Adam E Cohen
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and
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Ding BL, Schopfer P. Oxygen Dependence of Elongation Growth and Oxygen Uptake in Maize Coleoptiles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1995.tb00509.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rinaldelli E, Panattoni A, Luvisi A, Triolo E. Effect of mycophenolic acid on trans-plasma membrane electron transport and electric potential in virus-infected plant tissue. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 60:137-40. [PMID: 22935477 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Mycophenolic acid (MPA) is an inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor whose antiviral mechanism of action is supposed to interfere with NAD(+)/NADH conversion. Its effects on trans-plasma membrane electron transport (t-PMET) and on trans-plasma membrane electric potential (t-PMEP), which are involved in the NAD(+)/NADH conversion, were investigated using microelectrochemical techniques in tobacco plants infected by Cucumber mosaic virus. In these tests, ferricyanide (Fe(3+)) was used as electron acceptor in assays performed with intact cells; ferricyanide is converted to ferrocyanide (Fe(2+)) by one-electron reduction, and the rate of this reduction can be monitored in order to investigate the effects on t-PMET or t-PMEP. Considering tests on t-PMEP, MPA treatment of samples induced membrane depolarization and this effect was greater in healthy samples compared to infected ones. In any case, complete repolarization was achieved, indicating no irreversible damage to the membrane due to MPA administration. Moreover, in samples pre-treated with MPA, the extent of depolarization caused by Fe(3+) administration was lower than in samples without pre-treatment but the MPA effect was not related to virus infection. With regard to tests on t-PMET, MPA caused a reduction in Fe(3+)/Fe(2+) conversion compared to untreated plants. However, infected samples were less sensitive to MPA treatment, which may be due to the concurrent entry of MPA within the symplast that, as indicated by t-PMEP tests, was lower in infected samples. In conclusion, MPA interferes with membrane activity linked to NAD(+)/NADH conversion, acting differently in infected or healthy samples during drug uptake by cells.
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- Enrico Rinaldelli
- Laboratory of Electrophysiology, Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science, University of Florence, sez. Arboriculture, Viale delle Idee, 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Kesharwani RK, Singh DV, Misra K, Rizvi SI. Plant polyphenols as electron donors for erythrocyte plasma membrane redox system: validation through in silico approach. Org Med Chem Lett 2012; 2:12. [PMID: 22475026 PMCID: PMC3355021 DOI: 10.1186/2191-2858-2-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The plasma membrane redox system (PMRS) has extensively been studied in erythrocytes. The PMRS plays an important role in maintaining plasma redox balance and provides a protective mechanism against oxidative stress. Earlier it was proposed that only NADH or NADPH provided reducing equivalents to PMRS; however, now it is acknowledged that some polyphenols also have the ability to donate reducing equivalents to PMRS. Methods Two different docking simulation softwares, Molegro Virtual Docker and Glide were used to study the interaction of certain plant polyphenols viz. quercetin, epigallocatechin gallate, catechin epicatechin and resveratrol with human erythroyte NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase, which is a component of PMRS and together with the identification of minimum pharmacophoric feature using Pharmagist. Results The derived common minimum pharmacophoric features show the presence of minimum bioactive component in all the selected polyphenols. Our results confirm wet lab findings which show that these polyphenols have the ability to interact and donate protons to the Human NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase. Conclusion With the help of these comparative results of docking simulation and pharmacophoric features, novel potent molecules can be designed with higher efficacy for activation of the PMRS system.
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Del Principe D, Avigliano L, Savini I, Catani MV. Trans-plasma membrane electron transport in mammals: functional significance in health and disease. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:2289-318. [PMID: 20812784 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Trans-plasma membrane electron transport (t-PMET) has been established since the 1960s, but it has only been subject to more intensive research in the last decade. The discovery and characterization at the molecular level of its novel components has increased our understanding of how t-PMET regulates distinct cellular functions. This review will give an update on t-PMET, with particular emphasis on how its malfunction relates to some diseases, such as cancer, abnormal cell death, cardiovascular diseases, aging, obesity, neurodegenerative diseases, pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, and genetically linked pathologies. Understanding these relationships may provide novel therapeutic approaches for pathologies associated with unbalanced redox state.
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- Domenico Del Principe
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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Użarowska A, Dionisio G, Sarholz B, Piepho HP, Xu M, Ingvardsen CR, Wenzel G, Lübberstedt T. Validation of candidate genes putatively associated with resistance to SCMV and MDMV in maize (Zea mays L.) by expression profiling. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 9:15. [PMID: 19187556 PMCID: PMC2669481 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2008] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND The potyviruses sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) and maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV) are major pathogens of maize worldwide. Two loci, Scmv1 and Scmv2, have ealier been shown to confer complete resistance to SCMV. Custom-made microarrays containing previously identified SCMV resistance candidate genes and resistance gene analogs were utilised to investigate and validate gene expression and expression patterns of isogenic lines under pathogen infection in order to obtain information about the molecular mechanisms involved in maize-potyvirus interactions. RESULTS By employing time course microarray experiments we identified 68 significantly differentially expressed sequences within the different time points. The majority of differentially expressed genes differed between the near-isogenic line carrying Scmv1 resistance locus at chromosome 6 and the other isogenic lines. Most differentially expressed genes in the SCMV experiment (75%) were identified one hour after virus inoculation, and about one quarter at multiple time points. Furthermore, most of the identified mapped genes were localised outside the Scmv QTL regions. Annotation revealed differential expression of promising pathogenesis-related candidate genes, validated by qRT-PCR, coding for metallothionein-like protein, S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, germin-like protein or 26S ribosomal RNA. CONCLUSION Our study identified putative candidate genes and gene expression patterns related to resistance to SCMV. Moreover, our findings support the effectiveness and reliability of the combination of different expression profiling approaches for the identification and validation of candidate genes. Genes identified in this study represent possible future targets for manipulation of SCMV resistance in maize.
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- Anna Użarowska
- Department of Plant Breeding, Technical University of Munich, Am Hochanger 2, 85350, Freising, Germany
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Research Centre Flakkebjerg, Slagelse, DK-4200, Denmark
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- General Motors Powertrain Germany GmbH, 65423, Rüsselsheim, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstrasse 23, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, 2 West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100094, PR China
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Technical University of Munich, Am Hochanger 2, 85350, Freising, Germany
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Research Centre Flakkebjerg, Slagelse, DK-4200, Denmark
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 1204 Agronomy Hall, 50011 Ames, Iowa, USA
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Wu H, Gao K. Ultraviolet radiation stimulated activity of extracellular carbonic anhydrase in the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2009; 36:137-143. [PMID: 32688633 DOI: 10.1071/fp08172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that reduced levels of solar UV radiation (280-400 nm) can enhance photosynthetic carbon fixation of marine phytoplankton, but the mechanisms are not known. The supply of CO2 for photosynthesis is facilitated by extracellular (periplasmic) carbonic anhydrase (CAe) in most marine phytoplankton species. The present study showed that the CAe activity of Skeletonema costatum (Greville) Cleve was stimulated when treated with UV-A (320-395 nm) or UV-A + UV-B (295-320 nm) in addition to visible radiation. The presence of UV-A and UV-B enhanced the activity by 28% and 24%, respectively, at a low irradiance (PAR 161, UV-A 28, UV-B 0.9 W m-2) and by 21% and 19%, respectively, at a high irradiance (PAR 328, UV-A 58, UV-B 1.9 W m-2) level after exposure for 1 h. Ultraviolet radiation stimulated CAe activity contributed up to 6% of the photosynthetic carbon fixation as a result of the enhanced supply of CO2, as revealed using the CAe inhibitor (acetazolamide). As a result, there was less inhibition of photosynthetic carbon fixation compared with the apparent quantum yield of PSII. The UV radiation stimulated CAe activity coincided with the enhanced redox activity at the plasma membrane in the presence of UV-A and/or UV-B. The present study showed that UV radiation can enhance CAe activity, which plays an important role in counteracting UV inhibition of photosynthesis.
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- Hongyan Wu
- Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Biswas S, Haque R, Bhuyan NR, Bera T. Participation of chlorobiumquinone in the transplasma membrane electron transport system of Leishmania donovani promastigote: Effect of near-ultraviolet light on the redox reaction of plasma membrane. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2008; 1780:116-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2007] [Revised: 09/08/2007] [Accepted: 09/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Awasthi V, Pandit S, Misra PC. Triton X-100 inhibition of yeast plasma membrane associated NADH-dependent redox activities. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2005; 20:205-9. [PMID: 15968826 DOI: 10.1080/14756360400021833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Plasma membrane (PM) vesicles isolated from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (wild-type NCIM 3078, and a MG 21290 mutant pma 1-1) were used to monitor the effect of the detergents, 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate (Chaps) and Triton X-100, on (H+)-ATPase (E.C. 3.6.1.35), NADH oxidase and NADH-hexacynoferrate (III)[HCF (III)] oxidoreductase (E.C. 1.6.99.3) activities. The results obtained show that Triton X-100 inhibited both membrane bound and solubilized NADH-dependent redox activities. The nature of this inhibition as determined for NADH-HCF(III) oxidoreductase was non-competitive and the Ki values for wild and mutant enzymes were 1.2 x 10(-5) M and 8.0 x 10(-6) M, respectively. The findings are interpreted, in view of the established reports, that the active site architecture of PM bound NADH-dependent oxidoreductase in yeast is likely to be different than in other eukaryotes.
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- Vineet Awasthi
- Department of Biochemistry, Lucknow University, Lucknow-226 007, India
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Menckhoff M, Lüthje S. Transmembrane electron transport in sealed and NAD(P)H-loaded right-side-out plasma membrane vesicles isolated from maize (Zea mays L.) roots. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2004; 55:1343-1349. [PMID: 15155782 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Electron transport across plasma membranes has been observed in vivo in several plant species and tissues after the application of ferricyanide (hexacyanoferrate III, HCF III). In the present work, a transmembrane electron flow was demonstrated in sealed and NAD(P)H-loaded right-side-out (apoplastic-side-out) plasma membrane vesicles isolated from maize (Zea mays L.) roots. HCF III was reduced at a rate of up to 126 nmol min(-1) mg(-1) protein by NADPH-loaded vesicles, while reduction rates with NADH-loaded vesicles were several-fold lower. Coincident with the reduction of HCF III, NAD(P)H oxidation was observed inside the vesicles. The dependence of reduction on K+ indicated an electrogenic transmembrane electron flow. Application of 100 microM calcium decreased HCF III reduction up to 66%, while pre-incubation with 200 microM warfarin or diphenylene iodonium inhibited transmembrane electron transport only weakly. Fe(3+)-EDTA was not reduced significantly by NADPH-loaded plasma membrane vesicles, whereas XTT was reduced at a rate of 765 pmol min(-1) mg(-1) protein. The results suggested a major function for NADPH in transmembrane electron flow and were discussed in conjunction with in vivo experiments.
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- Mathias Menckhoff
- Universität Hamburg, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek und Botanischer Garten, Ohnhorststrabetae 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany
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Awasthi D, Awasthi V, Misra PC. Concanavalin A induced activity change in yeast PM-bound NADH-HCF(III) oxidoreductase. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2004; 1672:21-6. [PMID: 15056489 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2004.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2003] [Revised: 02/06/2004] [Accepted: 02/11/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The activity of plasma membrane bound redox enzyme, NADH-HCF(III) oxidoreductase, in wild and mutant strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is modulated by Con A in a dose-dependent manner. The solubilized activity is enhanced at lower concentration and inhibited at higher concentration of Con A. The enzyme in mutant strain is more sensitive to inhibition. The activation of enzyme by Con A is suppressed in the presence of either alpha-methyl-D-mannoside or 2-deoxy-D-glucose, indicating the glycoproteic nature of enzyme as well as the resulting conformational change due to interaction with Con A as the factor for modulated activities. This was supported by recording the decrease in K(m) value of enzyme with respect to substrate NADH in the presence of lower concentration of Con A. The purified enzyme was more sensitive to lectin stimulation and, on the basis of comparative stimulatory effects of Con A and PSA on activity, it is likely that mannosyl moiety in enzyme is involved in binding the lectins to cause enzymic activation.
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- Deepa Awasthi
- Department of Biochemistry, Lucknow University, Lucknow 226 007, India
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Redox system in the plasma membranes of two ecotypes of reed (Phragmites communis Trin.) leaves from different habitats. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0927-7765(03)00157-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The notion of transmembrane electron transport is usually associated with mitochondria and chloroplasts. However, since the early 1970s, it has been known that this phenomenon also occurs at the level of the plasma membrane. Ever since, evidence has accumulated for the existence of a plethora of transplasma membrane electron transport enzymes. In this review, we discuss the various enzymes known, their molecular characteristics and their biological functions.
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- Jennifer D Ly
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Franck T, Gaspar T, Kevers C, Penel C, Dommes J, Hausman JF. Are hyperhydric shoots of Prunus avium L. energy deficient? PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2001; 160:1145-1151. [PMID: 11337071 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9452(01)00362-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The content of oxidized and reduced pyridine nucleotides and some enzymatic activities of the oxidative pentose phosphate and glycolytic pathways were compared in normal (NS, growing on agar) and hyperhydric (HS, growing on gelrite) shoots of Prunus avium L. after 4 weeks of in vitro culture. The chlorophyll fluorescence from leaves and the redox capacity of the plasma membrane (reduction of exogenously added ferricyanide) of both types of shoots were recorded. The pool of oxidized and reduced pyridine nucleotides was lower in HS than in NS. These results suggested a reduced metabolism of HS in comparison to normal ones. This hypothesis was also supported by other observations. First, chlorophyll fluorescence measurements showed a lower chlorophyll content and a slight reduction of the photosynthetic capacity in HS. Second, the low activity of some enzymes of oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (OPP) and glycolysis indicated a decline of these biochemical pathways in HS with the consequence of a reduced production of chemical energy in the form of NAD(P)H and ATP. Finally, the lower reduction of ferricyanide by HS suggested a lower rate of redox reactions at the level of the plasma membrane of these shoots in comparison to NS.
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- T Franck
- Centre de Recherche Public-Gabriel Lippmann, CREBS, Avenue de la Faïencerie, 162a, L-1511, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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del Castillo-Olivares A, Núñez de Castro I, Medina MA. Dual role of plasma membrane electron transport systems in defense. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2001; 35:197-220. [PMID: 10907796 DOI: 10.1080/10409230091169203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Because oxidative stress is one of the main sources of severe cellular damage, cells have different defense weapons against reactive oxygen species. Ubiquitous plasma membrane redox systems play a role in defense against oxidative stress damage. On the other hand, a tightly controlled and localized production of reactive oxygen species by a plasma membrane NADPH oxidase can be used as a potent microbicidal weapon. This dual, prooxidant and antioxidant role of plasma membrane electron transport systems in defense is studied and discussed.
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- A del Castillo-Olivares
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0614, USA
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Larbi A, Morales F, López-Millán AF, Gogorcena Y, Abadía A, Moog PR, Abadía J. Technical advance: reduction of Fe(III)-chelates by mesophyll leaf disks of sugar beet. Multi-component origin and effects of Fe deficiency. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 42:94-105. [PMID: 11158448 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pce012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The characteristics of the Fe(III)-chelate reductase activity have been investigated in mesophyll disks of Fe-sufficient and Fe-deficient sugar beet leaves. The Fe(III)-chelate reductase activity of mesophyll disks was light dependent and increased markedly when the epidermis was removed. Iron(III)-citrate was photo-reduced directly by light in the absence of plant tissue. Total reductase activity was the sum of enzymatic mesophyll reduction, enzymatic reduction carried out by organelles exposed at the disk edge and reduction caused by the release of substances both by exposed mesophyll cells and at the disk edge. Compounds excreted were shown by HPLC to include organic anions, mainly oxalate, citrate and malate. When expressed on a leaf surface basis, Fe deficiency decreased the total mesophyll Fe(III)-chelate reductase activity. However, Fe-sufficient disks reduced less Fe than the Fe-deficient ones when expressed on a chlorophyll basis. The optimal pH values for Fe(III) reduction were always in the range 6.0-6.7. In control leaves Fe(III)-citrate and Fe(III)-malate were the substrates that led to the highest Fe reduction rates. In Fe-deficient leaves Fe(III)-malate led to the highest Fe reduction rates, followed by Fe(III)-EDTA and then Fe(III)-citrate. K:(m) values for the total reductase activity, enzymatic mesophyll reduction and enzymatic reduction carried out by organelles at the disk edge were obtained.
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- A Larbi
- Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, C.S.I.C., Apdo. 202, E-50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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Bethke PC, Jones RL. Cell death of barley aleurone protoplasts is mediated by reactive oxygen species. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 25:19-29. [PMID: 11169179 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2001.00930.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The barley aleurone layer is a terminally differentiated secretory tissue whose activity is hormonally controlled. The plant hormone gibberellic acid (GA) stimulates the secretion of hydrolytic enzymes and triggers the onset of programmed cell death (PCD). Abscisic acid (ABA) antagonizes the effects of GA and inhibits enzyme secretion and PCD. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are key players in many types of PCD, and data presented here implicate ROS in hormonally regulated death of barley aleurone cells. Incubation of aleurone layers or protoplasts in H(2)O(2)-containing media results in death of GA-treated but not ABA-treated aleurone cells. Cells that are programmed to die are therefore less able to withstand ROS than cells that are programmed to remain alive. Illumination of barley aleurone protoplasts with blue or UV-A light results in a rapid increase in intracellular H(2)O(2) production. GA-treated protoplasts die rapidly in response to this increase in intracellular H(2)O(2) production, but ABA-treated protoplasts do not die. The rate of light-induced death could be slowed by antioxidants, and incubating protoplasts in the dark with the antioxidant butylated hydroxy toluene reduces the rate of hormonally induced death. Taken together, these data demonstrate that GA-treated aleurone protoplasts are less able than ABA-treated protoplasts to tolerate internally generated or exogenously applied H(2)O(2), and strongly suggest that ROS are components of the hormonally regulated cell death pathway in barley aleurone cells.
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- P C Bethke
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3102, USA.
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Rojas-Beltran JA, Dejaeghere F, Abd Alla Kotb M, Du Jardin P. Expression and activity of antioxidant enzymes during potato tuber dormancy. POTATO RESEARCH 2000; 43:383-393. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02360542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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González-Vallejo EB, Morales F, Cistué L, Abadía A, Abadía J. Iron deficiency decreases the Fe(III)-chelate reducing activity of leaf protoplasts. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 122:337-44. [PMID: 10677427 PMCID: PMC58871 DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.2.337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/1999] [Accepted: 10/14/1999] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The ferric-chelate reductase (FC-R) activity of mesophyll protoplasts isolated from Fe-sufficient (control) and Fe-deficient sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) leaves has been characterized. Measurements were made in an ionic environment similar to that in the apoplastic space of the sugar beet mesophyll cells. The FC-R activity of Fe-sufficient and Fe-deficient protoplasts was dependent on light. Fe deficiency decreased markedly the FC-R activity per protoplast surface unit. The optimal pH for the activity of the FC-R in mesophyll protoplasts was in the range 5.5 to 6.0, typical of the apoplastic space. Beyond pH 6.0, the activity of the FC-R in mesophyll protoplasts decreased markedly in both Fe-sufficient and Fe-deficient protoplasts. These data suggest that both the intrinsic decrease in FC-R activity per protoplast surface and a possible shift in the pH of the apoplastic space could lead to the accumulation of physiologically inactive Fe pools in chlorotic leaves.
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- E B González-Vallejo
- Department of Plant Nutrition, Aula Dei Experimental Station, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 202, E-50080 Zaragoza, Spain
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Nimer, Brownlee, Merrett. Extracellular carbonic anhydrase facilitates carbon dioxide availability for photosynthesis in the marine dinoflagellate prorocentrum micans. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 120:105-12. [PMID: 10318688 PMCID: PMC59241 DOI: 10.1104/pp.120.1.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/1998] [Accepted: 02/02/1999] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This study investigated inorganic carbon accumulation in relation to photosynthesis in the marine dinoflagellate Prorocentrum micans. Measurement of the internal inorganic carbon pool showed a 10-fold accumulation in relation to external dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). Dextran-bound sulfonamide (DBS), which inhibited extracellular carbonic anhydrase, caused more than 95% inhibition of DIC accumulation and photosynthesis. We used real-time imaging of living cells with confocal laser scanning microscopy and a fluorescent pH indicator dye to measure transient pH changes in relation to inorganic carbon availability. When steady-state photosynthesizing cells were DIC limited, the chloroplast pH decreased from 8.3 to 6.9 and cytosolic pH decreased from 7.7 to 7.1. Re-addition of HCO3- led to a rapid re-establishment of the steady-state pH values abolished by DBS. The addition of DBS to photosynthesizing cells under steady-state conditions resulted in a transient increase in intracellular pH, with photosynthesis maintained for 6 s, the amount of time needed for depletion of the intracellular inorganic carbon pool. These results demonstrate the key role of extracellular carbonic anhydrase in facilitating the availability of CO2 at the exofacial surface of the plasma membrane necessary to maintain the photosynthetic rate. The need for a CO2-concentrating mechanism at ambient CO2 concentrations may reflect the difference in the specificity factor of ribulose-1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in dinoflagellates compared with other algal phyla.
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- Nimer
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom (N.A.N., M.J.M.)
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Roos W, Dordschbal B, Steighardt J, Hieke M, Weiss D, Saalbach G. A redox-dependent, G-protein-coupled phospholipase A of the plasma membrane is involved in the elicitation of alkaloid biosynthesis in Eschscholtzia californica. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1448:390-402. [PMID: 9990291 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(98)00148-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In cultured cells of California poppy formation of benzophenanthridine alkaloids can be triggered by a yeast elicitor preparation independently of the hypersensitive reaction. A plasma membrane (PM) bound phospholipase A (PLA) is likely to play a role in the signalling process: PLA activity was detectable in individual cells, cell suspensions and PM vesicles with the fluorogenic phospholipid bis-BODIPY FL C11-PC and was sensitive to known inhibitors of PLA2. In microscopic assays, enzyme activity increased after elicitor contact of cells that were pretreated with non-saturating concentrations of PLA2 inhibitors. In PM vesicles a PLA2-like protein as well as G alpha- and G beta-proteins were detected immunologically. Anti-G alpha or anti-G beta antisera or mastoparan stimulated PLA activity thus indicating a G-protein-controlled enzyme. Elicitation of alkaloid production was sensitive to aristolochic acid and enhanced by PLA2 products such as lysophosphatidylcholine and linolenic acid. Pretreatment of the cells with the artificial electron acceptors hexabromoiridate(V) or ferricyanide(III) reversibly abolished the effect of subsequent elicitation and reduced the activity of PLA both in intact cells and in PM vesicles. It appears, therefore, that PLA2 is a point of interference of redox control with the signal path.
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- W Roos
- Department of Cellular Physiology, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany.
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Brczi A, Mller IM. NADH-Monodehydroascorbate oxidoreductase is one of the redox enzymes in spinach leaf plasma membranes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 116:1029-36. [PMID: 9501135 PMCID: PMC35072 DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.3.1029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/1997] [Accepted: 11/13/1997] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Amino acid analysis of internal sequences of purified NADH-hexacyanoferrate(III) oxidoreductase (NFORase), obtained from highly purified plasma membranes (PM) of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves, showed 90 to 100% homology to internal amino acid sequences of monodehydroascorbate (MDA) reductases (EC 1.6.5.4) from three different plant species. Specificity, kinetics, inhibitor sensitivity, and cross-reactivity with anti-MDA reductase antibodies were all consistent with this identification. The right-side-out PM vesicles were subjected to consecutive salt washing and detergent (polyoxyethylene 20 dodecylether and 3-[(3-cholamido-propyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate [CHAPS]) treatments, and the fractions were analyzed for NFORase and MDA reductase activities. Similar results were obtained when the 300 mm sucrose in the homogenization buffer and in all steps of the salt-washing and detergent treatments had been replaced by 150 mm KCl to mimic the conditions in the cytoplasm. We conclude that (a) MDA reductase is strongly associated with the inner (cytoplasmic) surface of the PM under in vivo conditions and requires washing with 1.0 m KCl or CHAPS treatment for removal, (b) the PM-bound MDA reductase activity is responsible for the majority of PM NFORase activity, and (c) there is another redox enzyme(s) in the spinach leaf PM that cannot be released from the PM by salt-washing and/or CHAPS treatment. The PM-associated MDA reductase may have a role in reduction of ascorbate in both the cytosol and the apoplast.
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Kim D, Kocz R, Boone L, Keyes WJ, Lynn DG. On becoming a parasite: evaluating the role of wall oxidases in parasitic plant development. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 1998; 5:103-17. [PMID: 9495831 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(98)90144-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The temporal and spatial control of the transition from vegetative to parasitic growth is critical to any parasite, but is essential to the sessile parasitic plants. It has been proposed that this transition in Striga spp. is controlled simply by an exuded oxidase that converts host cell-surface phenols into benzoquinones which act as developmental signals that mediate the transition. An understanding of this mechanism may identify the critical molecular events that made possible the evolution of parasitism in plants. RESULTS PoxA and PoxB are identified as the only apoplastic phenol oxidases in Striga asiatica seedlings, and the genes encoding them have been cloned and sequenced. These peroxidase enzymes are capable of oxidizing the 60 known inducing phenols into a small set of benzoquinones, and it is these quinones that induce parasitic development. Analysis of the reaction requirements and comparisons to host enzymes, however, lead us to argue that PoxA and PoxB are not necessary for host recognition. CONCLUSIONS A new model is proposed where constitutive production of an activated oxygen species (in the case of Striga, H2O2) mediates host recognition. This strategy would allow a parasite to exploit abundant host enzymes to produce the diffusible recognition signals by converting a standard host defense into a parasitic offense.
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- D Kim
- Searle Chemistry Laboratory, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Medina MA, del Castillo-Olivares A, Núñez de Castro I. Multifunctional plasma membrane redox systems. Bioessays 1997; 19:977-84. [PMID: 9394620 DOI: 10.1002/bies.950191107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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All the biological membranes contain oxidoreduction systems actively involved in their bioenergetics. Plasma membrane redox systems seem to be ubiquitous and they have been related to several important functions, including not only their role in cell bioenergetics, but also in cell defense through the generation of reactive oxygen species, in iron uptake, in the control of cell growth and proliferation and in signal transduction. In the last few years, an increasing number of mechanistic and molecular studies have deeply widened our knowledge on the function of these plasma membrane redox systems. The aim of this review is to summarize what is currently known about the components and physiological roles of these systems.
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- M A Medina
- Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
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López-Huertas E, Sandalio LM, Gómez M, Del Río LA. Superoxide radical generation in peroxisomal membranes: evidence for the participation of the 18 kDa integral membrane polypeptide. Free Radic Res 1997; 26:497-506. [PMID: 9212343 DOI: 10.3109/10715769709097820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Peroxisomes were isolated from pea (Pisum sativum L.) leaves and the peroxisomal membranes were purified by treatment with Na2CO3. The production of superoxide radicals (O2) induced by NADH was investigated in peroxisomal membranes from intact organelles incubated with proteases (pronase E and proteinase K). Under isoosmotic conditions, in the presence of pronase E, the production of O2-. radicals was inhibited by 80%. SDS-PAGE of peroxisomal membranes after protease treatment demonstrated a decrease in the 18-kDa PMP. This suggests that this polypeptide has a small fragment exposed to the cytosolic side of the peroxisomal membrane which is essential for O2-. production. The 18-kDa PMP was purified by preparative SDS-PAGE and in the reconstituted protein the NADH-driven production of O2-. radicals was investigated. The isolated polypeptide showed a high generation rate of superoxide (about 300 nmol O2-. x mg-1 protein x min-1) which was completely inhibited by 50 mM pyridine. The 18-kDa PMP was recognized by a polyclonal antibody against Cyt b5 from human erythrocytes. The presence of b-type cytochrome in peroxisomal membranes was demonstrated by difference spectroscopy. Results obtained show that in the NADH-dependent O2-. radical generating system of peroxisomal membranes, the 18-kDa integral membrane polypeptide, which appears to be Cyt b5, is clearly involved in superoxide radical production.
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- E López-Huertas
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, Spain
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Lüthje S, Döring O, Heuer S, Lüthen H, Böttger M. Oxidoreductases in plant plasma membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1331:81-102. [PMID: 9325436 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4157(96)00016-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Electron transporting oxidoreductases at biological membranes mediate several physiological processes. While such activities are well known and widely accepted as physiologically significant for other biological membranes, oxidoreductase activities found at the plasma membrane of plants are still being neglected. The ubiquity of the oxidoreductases in the plasma membrane suggests that the activity observed is of major importance in fact up to now no plant without redox activity at the plasmalemma is known. Involvement in proton pumping, membrane energization, ion channel regulation, iron reduction, nutrient uptake, signal transduction, and growth regulation has been proposed. However, positive proof for one of the numerous theories about the physiological function of the system is still missing. Evidence for an involvement in signalling and regulation of growth and transport activities at the plasma membrane is strong, but the high activity of the system displayed in some experiments also suggests function in defense against pathogens.
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- S Lüthje
- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Hamburg, Germany
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Jäger-Vottero P, Dorne AJ, Jordanov J, Douce R, Joyard J. Redox chains in chloroplast envelope membranes: spectroscopic evidence for the presence of electron carriers, including iron-sulfur centers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:1597-602. [PMID: 11038604 PMCID: PMC19837 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.4.1597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have shown that envelope membranes from spinach chloroplasts contain (i) semiquinone and flavosemiquinone radicals, (ii) a series of iron-containing electron-transfer centers, and (iii) flavins (mostly FAD) loosely associated with proteins. In contrast, we were unable to detect any cytochrome in spinach chloroplast envelope membranes. In addition to a high spin [1Fe]3+ type protein associated with an EPR signal at g = 4.3, we observed two iron-sulfur centers, a [4Fe-4S]1+ and a [2Fe-2S]1+, associated with features, respectively, at g = 1.921 and g = 1.935, which were detected after reduction by NADPH and NADH, respectively. The [4Fe-4S] center, but not the [2Fe-2S] center, was also reduced by dithionite or 5-deazaflavin/oxalate. An unusual Fe-S center, named X, associated with a signal at g = 2.057, was also detected, which was reduced by dithionite but not by NADH or NADPH. Extremely fast spin-relaxation rates of flavin- and quinone-free radicals suggest their close proximity to the [4Fe-4S] cluster or the high-spin [1Fe]3+ center. Envelope membranes probably contain enzymatic activities involved in the formation and reduction of semiquinone radicals (quinol oxidase, NADPH-quinone, and NADPH-semiquinone reductases). The physiological significance of our results is discussed with respect to (i) the presence of desaturase activities in envelope membranes and (ii) the mechanisms involved in the export of protons to the cytosol, which partially regulate the stromal pH during photosynthesis. The characterization of such a wide variety of electron carriers in envelope membranes opens new fields of research on the functions of this membrane system within the plant cell.
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- P Jäger-Vottero
- Département de Biologie Moléculaire et Structurale, Unité de Recherche Associée Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique n degrees 576, Université Joseph Fourier et Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique-Grenoble, F-38054, Grenoble cédex 9, France
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Iglesias-Rodriguez MD, Merrett MJ. Dissolved inorganic carbon utilization and the development of extracellular carbonic anhydrase by the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 1997; 135:163-168. [PMID: 33863155 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00625.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The presence of extracellular carbonic anhydrase (CA) in relation to medium composition was investigated using cultures of the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin. Large-volume cultures, with low initial cell inocula were grown on ASP-2 (no dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), 550 μM NOa - ), f/2 (2-0 mM DIC, 880μM NO3 - ) and modified f/2 (2.0 mM DIC, 20 μM NO3 - media. Cells growing on ASP-2 showed extracellular CA in the early stages of growth, whereas extracellular CA was not detected until partial depletion of total DIC in the stationary phase for cultures on f/2 or modified f/2. Both HCO3 - and CO2 were important in carbon limitation, extracellular CA being present when the free-CO2 concentration fell below 5 μM, but the HCO3 - concentration needed to be below 1 mM. When carbon-replete cells were transferred to carbon-limited conditions, extracellular CA was recorded within minutes, the process being light-dependent and completely inhibited by 3,3,4-dichlorophenyl-l, 1-dimethylurea (DCMU). The addition of DIC to carbon-limited cells resulted in a rapid decrease in extracellular CA activity. The membrane-impermeable inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase, dextran-bound sulphonamide (DBS) was used to inhibit extracellular CA activity in relation to photosynthetic rate in carbon-replete and carbon-limited cells. At the lowest DIC concentration (O'lOniM), for cells with maximum external CA activity, DBS gave over 80% inhibition of the photosynthetic rate, demonstrating the key role of external CA in maintaining high photosynthetic rate under conditions of carbon limitation. It is proposed that the key factor in the regulation of extracellular CA activity is the total Hux of inorganic carbon (C.) into the cell. This determines the Ci , flux into the chloroplast and when this is inadequate to support the photosynthetic rate attained by a carbon-replete chloroplast at optimum photon flux density, extracellular CA is activated. This mechanism would explain the observed interaction of CO2 and HCO3 - in the regulation of extracellular CA activity.
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- M D Iglesias-Rodriguez
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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Imbalances in Free Radical Metabolism: Roles in the Induction of Hypersensitive Response and Local Acquired Resistance of Plants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5472-7_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Döring O, Lüthje S. Molecular components and biochemistry of electron transport in plant plasma membranes (review). Mol Membr Biol 1996; 13:127-42. [PMID: 8905641 DOI: 10.3109/09687689609160589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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It is worthwhile emphasizing the importance of electron transport across lipid membranes. Mitochondrial and electron transport in chloroplasts were elucidated in great detail many years ago. Plasma membrane-bound electron transfer may be involved in several processes such as membrane energization, signalling, regulation of transport and/or growth, and generation or scavenging of free radicals. We here give an overview of plasma membrane-bound electron transfer, of possible compounds of the electron transporting systems isolated from plasma membranes, and of their biochemical characteristics. Both the progress made in purification of redox enzymes and compounds and data from biochemical characterization of the activities found, support the discussion concerning models of the molecular structure of the electron transport systems of plant plasma membranes.
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- O Döring
- Universität Hamburg, Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Germany
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McDonald R, Fieuw S, Patrick JW. Sugar uptake by the dermal transfer cells of developing cotyledons of Vicia faba L. : Mechanism of energy coupling. PLANTA 1996; 198:502-509. [PMID: 28321659 DOI: 10.1007/bf00262635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/1995] [Accepted: 07/12/1995] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The mechanism of carrier-mediated sucrose uptake by the dermal transfer cells of developing Vicia faba L. cotyledons was studied using excised cotyledons and isolated transfer cell protoplasts. Addition of sucrose resulted in a transitory alkalinization of the bathing solution whereas additions of glucose, fructose or raffinose had no effect. Dissipating the proton motive force by exposing cotyledons and isolated transfer cell protoplasts to an alkaline pH, carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, weak acids (propionic acid and 5,5'-dimethyl-oxazolidine-2,4-dione) or tetraphenylphos-phonium ion resulted in a significant reduction of sucrose uptake. The ATPase inhibitors, erythrosin B (EB), diethylstilbestrol (DES) and N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) were found to abolish the sucrose-induced medium alkanization as well as reduce sucrose uptake. Cytochemical localization of the ATPase, based on lead precipitation, demonstrated that the highest activity was present in the plasma membranes located in wall ingrowth regions of the dermal transfer cells. The presence of a transplasma-membrane redox system was detected by the extracellular reduction of the electron acceptor, hexacyanoferrate III. The reduction of the ferric ion was coupled to a release of protons. The redox-induced proton extrusion was abolished by the ATPase inhibitors EB, DES and DCCD suggesting that proton extrusion was solely through the H+-ATPase. Based on these findings, it is postulated that cotyledonary dermal transfer cells take up sucrose by a proton symport mechanism with the proton motive force being generated by a H + -ATPase. Sucrose uptake by the storage parenchyma and inner epidermal cells of the cotyledons did not exhibit characteristics consistent with sucrose-proton symport.
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- R McDonald
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Newcastle, 2308, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Newcastle, 2308, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Newcastle, 2308, NSW, Australia.
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Ahmad M, Cashmore AR. Seeing blue: the discovery of cryptochrome. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 30:851-861. [PMID: 8639745 DOI: 10.1007/bf00020798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- M Ahmad
- Plant Science Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelpha, 19104, USA
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Villalba JM, Córdoba F, Navas P. Ascorbate and the plasma membrane. A new view of cell growth control. Subcell Biochem 1996; 25:57-8. [PMID: 8821969 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0325-1_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- J M Villalba
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
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Jenns AE, Scott DL, Bowden EF, Daub ME. ISOLATION OF MUTANTS OF THE FUNGUSCercospora nicotianaeALTERED IN THEIR RESPONSE TO SINGLET-OXYGEN-GENERATING PHOTOSENSITIZERS. Photochem Photobiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1995.tb02350.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Macrì F, Braidot E, Petrussa E, Vianello A. Lipoxygenase activity associated to isolated soybean plasma membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1215:109-14. [PMID: 7947991 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(94)90098-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Highly purified soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) plasma membranes exhibit a lipoxygenase activity with a pH optimum in the acidic (5.5-6.0) range and with a Km value of 200 microM for both linolenic and linoleic acids. This activity is inhibited by nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM) and propyl gallate, stimulated by CaCl2 up to 0.25 mM, H2O2 (5 to 10 nM range) and by some nucleotide triphosphates (125 to 1000 nM range) in the following order ATP > GTP = UTP > CTP. The enzyme is not released by treatment of the membranes with 0.05% Brij 58 and its activity is approx. 65% inhibited by the impermeant p-chloromercuryphenyl-sulfonate only in 0.01% Triton X-100-treated membrane vesicles. These results indicate that soybean cells have an acid lipoxygenase, associated to the plasmalemma, with the catalytic site on the cytoplasmic surface. It may be distinguished from the soluble counterpart, because the latter is not stimulated by nucleotide triphosphates. The plasma membrane vesicles also show a lipoxygenase, active in the alkaline (9.0-9.5) range, inhibited by NDGA, SHAM and propyl gallate, stimulated by H2O2, but with a lower Km value (60 microM) and less sensitive to calcium stimulation than the acidic one. The possible involvement of acid lipoxygenase in senescence and in the response of plant cells to wounding and pathogen infection is discussed.
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- F Macrì
- Cattedre di Fisiologia Vegetale e Biochimica Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
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Ascorbate and related enzymes are involved in the control of several plant growth processes. Ascorbate modulates cell growth by controlling (i) the biosynthesis of hydroxyproline-rich proteins required for the progression of G1 and G2 phases of the cell cycle, (ii) the cross-linking of cell wall glycoproteins and other polymers, and (iii) redox reactions at the plasma membrane involved in elongation mechanisms. The effect of ascorbate on onion root elongation is reviewed here. The ascorbate free radical induces a high vacuolization responsible for elongation. This effect may be dependent on the activity of the redox system linked to the plasma membrane. Current data are discussed on the basis of the modulation of the plasma membrane energetic state derived from the ascorbate-induced hyperpolarization and the activity of an intrinsic transplasmalemma ascorbate-regenerating enzyme.
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Affiliation(s)
- F Córdoba
- Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, Universidad de Huelva, Spain
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de Marco A, Jia C, Fischer-Sehliebs E, Varanini Z, Lüttge U. Evidence for two different nitrate-reducing activities at the plasma membrane in roots of Zea mays L. PLANTA 1994; 194:557-564. [PMID: 24624488 DOI: 10.1007/bf00714470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Plasma-membrane (PM) vesicles isolated from 6-d-old corn roots by sucrose gradient centrifugation or two-phase partitioning showed an NADH-dependent nitrate reductase (NR) activity averaging at 40 nmol per milligram PM protein per hour. This membrane-associated NR activity could not be removed from two-phase partitioned PM vesicles by salt washing, osmotic shock treatment, sonication, or freeze-thawing to reverse vesicle sidedness. Therefore, it could not be attributed to contamination of membrane vesicles by the soluble, cytosolic NR. Plasma-membrane vesicles reduced NO~ in the presence of the electron donors NADH or NADPH at an activity ratio of 2.2. The NADH- and NADPH-dependent NR activities of outside-out oriented PM vesicles differed in their sensitivity toward the detergent Brij 58,leading to a latency of 65% or 29% using NADH or NADPH as electron donor, respectively. The activities of NO 3 reduction in the presence of saturating concentrations of NADH and NADPH were additive. Furthermore,both activities were characterized by a different pH dependence with a pH optimum of 7.5 for the NADH-dependent activity and of 6.8 for the NADPH-dependent activity. The membrane-associated NAD(P)H-dependent NR activities responded to different nitrogen nutrition of plants in a manner different from the soluble forms of the enzyme. The data confirm the existence of a corn PM NR and suggest that there may be two different NO₃-reducing enzymes located at the PM of corn roots.
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