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Manresa-Grao M, Pastor V, Sánchez-Bel P, Cruz A, Cerezo M, Jaques JA, Flors V. Mycorrhiza-induced resistance in citrus against Tetranychus urticae is plant species dependent and inversely correlated to basal immunity. Pest Manag Sci 2024. [PMID: 38446401 DOI: 10.1002/ps.8059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mycorrhizal plants show enhanced resistance to biotic stresses, but few studies have addressed mycorrhiza-induced resistance (MIR) against biotic challenges in woody plants, particularly citrus. Here we present a comparative study of two citrus species, Citrus aurantium, which is resistant to Tetranychus urticae, and Citrus reshni, which is highly susceptible to T. urticae. Although both mycorrhizal species are protected in locally infested leaves, they show very distinct responses to MIR. RESULTS Previous studies have indicated that C. aurantium is insensitive to MIR in systemic tissues and MIR-triggered antixenosis. Conversely, C. reshni is highly responsive to MIR which triggers local, systemic and indirect defense, and antixenosis against the pest. Transcriptional, hormonal and inhibition assays in C. reshni indicated the regulation of jasmonic acid (JA)- and abscisic acid-dependent responses in MIR. The phytohormone jasmonic acid isoleucine (JA-Ile) and the JA biosynthesis gene LOX2 are primed at early timepoints. Evidence indicates a metabolic flux from phenylpropanoids to specific flavones that are primed at 24 h post infestation (hpi). MIR also triggers the priming of naringenin in mycorrhizal C. reshni, which shows a strong correlation with several flavones and JA-Ile that over-accumulate in mycorrhizal plants. Treatment with an inhibitor of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis C4H enzyme impaired resistance and reduced the symbiosis, demonstrating that phenylpropanoids and derivatives mediate MIR in C. reshni. CONCLUSION MIR's effectiveness is inversely correlated to basal immunity in different citrus species, and provides multifaceted protection against T. urticae in susceptible C. reshni, activating rapid local and systemic defenses that are mainly regulated by the accumulation of specific flavones and priming of JA-dependent responses. © 2024 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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- María Manresa-Grao
- Plant Immunity and Biochemistry Laboratory, Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, Unidad Asociada al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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- Plant Immunity and Biochemistry Laboratory, Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, Unidad Asociada al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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- Plant Immunity and Biochemistry Laboratory, Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, Unidad Asociada al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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- Plant Immunity and Biochemistry Laboratory, Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, Unidad Asociada al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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- Plant Immunity and Biochemistry Laboratory, Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, Unidad Asociada al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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- Plant Immunity and Biochemistry Laboratory, Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, Unidad Asociada al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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- Plant Immunity and Biochemistry Laboratory, Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, Unidad Asociada al Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain
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Brzycki Newton C, Young EM, Roberts SC. Targeted control of supporting pathways in paclitaxel biosynthesis with CRISPR-guided methylation. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1272811. [PMID: 37915547 PMCID: PMC10616794 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1272811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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Introduction: Plant cell culture biomanufacturing is rapidly becoming an effective strategy for production of high-value plant natural products, such as therapeutic proteins and small molecules, vaccine adjuvants, and nutraceuticals. Many of these plant natural products are synthesized from diverse molecular building blocks sourced from different metabolic pathways. Even so, engineering approaches for increasing plant natural product biosynthesis have typically focused on the core biosynthetic pathway rather than the supporting pathways. Methods: Here, we use both CRISPR-guided DNA methylation and chemical inhibitors to control flux through the phenylpropanoid pathway in Taxus chinensis, which contributes a phenylalanine derivative to the biosynthesis of paclitaxel (Taxol), a potent anticancer drug. To inhibit PAL, the first committed step in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, we knocked down expression of PAL in Taxus chinensis plant cell cultures using a CRISPR-guided plant DNA methyltransferase (NtDRM). For chemical inhibition of downstream steps in the pathway, we treated Taxus chinensis plant cell cultures with piperonylic acid and caffeic acid, which inhibit the second and third committed steps in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis: cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) and 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (4CL), respectively. Results: Knockdown of PAL through CRISPR-guided DNA methylation resulted in a profound 25-fold increase in paclitaxel accumulation. Further, through the synergistic action of both chemical inhibitors and precursor feeding of exogenous phenylalanine, we achieve a 3.5-fold increase in paclitaxel biosynthesis and a similar reduction in production of total flavonoids and phenolics. We also observed perturbations to both activity and expression of PAL, illustrating the complex transcriptional co-regulation of these first three pathway steps. Discussion: These results highlight the importance of controlling the metabolic flux of supporting pathways in natural product biosynthesis and pioneers CRISPR-guided methylation as an effective method for metabolic engineering in plant cell cultures. Ultimately, this work demonstrates a powerful method for rewiring plant cell culture systems into next-generation chassis for production of societally valuable compounds.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States
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El Houari I, Klíma P, Baekelandt A, Staswick PE, Uzunova V, Del Genio CI, Steenackers W, Dobrev PI, Filepová R, Novák O, Napier R, Petrášek J, Inzé D, Boerjan W, Vanholme B. Non-specific effects of the CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE inhibitor piperonylic acid. Plant J 2023. [PMID: 37036146 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
Chemical inhibitors are often implemented for the functional characterization of genes to overcome the limitations associated with genetic approaches. Although it is well established that the specificity of the compound is key to success of a pharmacological approach, off-target effects are often overlooked or simply neglected in a complex biological setting. Here we illustrate the cause and implications of such secondary effects by focusing on piperonylic acid (PA), an inhibitor of CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE (C4H) that is frequently used to investigate the involvement of lignin during plant growth and development. When supplied to plants, we found that PA is recognized as a substrate by GRETCHEN HAGEN 3.6 (GH3.6), an amido synthetase involved in the formation of the indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) conjugate IAA-Asp. By competing for the same enzyme, PA interferes with IAA conjugation, resulting in an increase in IAA concentrations in the plant. In line with the broad substrate specificity of the GH3 family of enzymes, treatment with PA increased not only IAA levels but also those of other GH3-conjugated phytohormones, namely jasmonic acid and salicylic acid. Finally, we found that interference with the endogenous function of GH3s potentially contributes to phenotypes previously observed upon PA treatment. We conclude that deregulation of phytohormone homeostasis by surrogate occupation of the conjugation machinery in the plant is likely a general phenomenon when using chemical inhibitors. Our results hereby provide a novel and important basis for future reference in studies using chemical inhibitors.
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- Ilias El Houari
- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems, School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics, Coventry University, Prior Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Faculty of Science of Palacký University & Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany, Rozvojová 263, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 5, 128 43, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium
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Queiroz L, Rebello CM, Costa EA, Santana V, Rodrigues BCL, Rodrigues AE, Ribeiro AM, Nogueira IBR. Generating Flavor Molecules Using Scientific Machine Learning. ACS Omega 2023; 8:10875-10887. [PMID: 37008127 PMCID: PMC10061502 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Flavor is an essential component in the development of numerous products in the market. The increasing consumption of processed and fast food and healthy packaged food has upraised the investment in new flavoring agents and consequently in molecules with flavoring properties. In this context, this work brings up a scientific machine learning (SciML) approach to address this product engineering need. SciML in computational chemistry has opened paths in the compound's property prediction without requiring synthesis. This work proposes a novel framework of deep generative models within this context to design new flavor molecules. Through the analysis and study of the molecules obtained from the generative model training, it was possible to conclude that even though the generative model designs the molecules through random sampling of actions, it can find molecules that are already used in the food industry, not necessarily as a flavoring agent, or in other industrial sectors. Hence, this corroborates the potential of the proposed methodology for the prospecting of molecules to be applied in the flavor industry.
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- Luana
P. Queiroz
- LSRE-LCM-Laboratory
of Separation and Reaction Engineering-Laboratory of Catalysis and
Materials, Faculty of Engineering, University
of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- ALiCE-Associate
Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento
de Engenharia Química, Escola Politécnica (Polytechnic
Institute), Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40210-630 Salvador, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Engenharia Química, Escola Politécnica (Polytechnic
Institute), Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40210-630 Salvador, Brazil
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V. Santana
- LSRE-LCM-Laboratory
of Separation and Reaction Engineering-Laboratory of Catalysis and
Materials, Faculty of Engineering, University
of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- ALiCE-Associate
Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- LSRE-LCM-Laboratory
of Separation and Reaction Engineering-Laboratory of Catalysis and
Materials, Faculty of Engineering, University
of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- ALiCE-Associate
Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- LSRE-LCM-Laboratory
of Separation and Reaction Engineering-Laboratory of Catalysis and
Materials, Faculty of Engineering, University
of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- ALiCE-Associate
Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- LSRE-LCM-Laboratory
of Separation and Reaction Engineering-Laboratory of Catalysis and
Materials, Faculty of Engineering, University
of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto
Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- ALiCE-Associate
Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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- Chemical
Engineering Department, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology, Sem Sælandsvei 4, Kjemiblokk 5, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Werck-Reichhart D. Promiscuity, a Driver of Plant Cytochrome P450 Evolution? Biomolecules 2023; 13:biom13020394. [PMID: 36830762 PMCID: PMC9953472 DOI: 10.3390/biom13020394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Plant cytochrome P450 monooxygenases were long considered to be highly substrate-specific, regioselective and stereoselective enzymes, in this respect differing from their animal counterparts. The functional data that have recently accumulated clearly counter this initial dogma. Highly promiscuous P450 enzymes have now been reported, mainly in terpenoid pathways with functions in plant adaptation, but also some very versatile xenobiotic/herbicide metabolizers. An overlap and predictable interference between endogenous and herbicide metabolism are starting to emerge. Both substrate preference and permissiveness vary between plant P450 families, with high promiscuity seemingly favoring retention of gene duplicates and evolutionary blooms. Yet significant promiscuity can also be observed in the families under high negative selection and with essential functions, usually enhanced after gene duplication. The strategies so far implemented, to systematically explore P450 catalytic capacity, are described and discussed.
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- Danièle Werck-Reichhart
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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Vlaminck L, De Rouck B, Desmet S, Van Gerrewey T, Goeminne G, De Smet L, Storme V, Kyndt T, Demeestere K, Gheysen G, Inzé D, Vanholme B, Depuydt S. Opposing effects of trans- and cis-cinnamic acid during rice coleoptile elongation. Plant Direct 2022; 6:e465. [PMID: 36545006 PMCID: PMC9763633 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The phenylpropanoid cinnamic acid (CA) is a plant metabolite that can occur under a trans- or cis-form. In contrast to the proven bioactivity of the cis-form (c-CA), the activity of trans-CA (t-CA) is still a matter of debate. We tested both compounds using a submerged rice coleoptile assay and demonstrated that they have opposite effects on cell elongation. Notably, in the tip of rice coleoptile t-CA showed an inhibiting and c-CA a stimulating activity. By combining transcriptomics and (untargeted) metabolomics with activity assays and genetic and pharmacological experiments, we aimed to explain the underlying mechanistic processes. We propose a model in which c-CA treatment activates proton pumps and stimulates acidification of the apoplast, which in turn leads to the loosening of the cell wall, necessary for elongation. We hypothesize that c-CA also inactivates auxin efflux transporters, which might cause a local auxin accumulation in the tip of the coleoptile. For t-CA, the phenotype can partially be explained by a stimulation of cell wall polysaccharide feruloylation, leading to a more rigid cell wall. Metabolite profiling also demonstrated that salicylic acid (SA) derivatives are increased upon t-CA treatment. As SA is a known antagonist of auxin, the shift in SA homeostasis provides an additional explanation of the observed t-CA-mediated restriction on cell growth.
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- Lena Vlaminck
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and BioinformaticsGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
- VIB‐UGent Center for Plant Systems BiologyGhentBelgium
- Laboratory of Plant Growth AnalysisGhent University Global CampusIncheonSouth Korea
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- Laboratory of Plant Growth AnalysisGhent University Global CampusIncheonSouth Korea
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- Laboratory of Plant Growth AnalysisGhent University Global CampusIncheonSouth Korea
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- Department of BiotechnologyGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and BioinformaticsGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
- VIB‐UGent Center for Plant Systems BiologyGhentBelgium
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- Department of BiotechnologyGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
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- Department of Green Chemistry and TechnologyGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and BioinformaticsGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
- VIB‐UGent Center for Plant Systems BiologyGhentBelgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and BioinformaticsGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
- VIB‐UGent Center for Plant Systems BiologyGhentBelgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and BioinformaticsGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
- VIB‐UGent Center for Plant Systems BiologyGhentBelgium
- Laboratory of Plant Growth AnalysisGhent University Global CampusIncheonSouth Korea
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Karmakar S, Nag SK, Taher M, Kansara BT, Mazumdar S. Enhanced Substrate Specificity of Thermostable Cytochrome P450 CYP175A1 by Site Saturation Mutation on Tyrosine 68. Protein J 2022; 41:659-670. [PMID: 36273043 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-022-10084-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Thermostable cytochrome P450 (CYP175A1) cloned from Thermus thermophilus shows mid-point unfolding temperature (Tm) of 88 °C (361 K) along with high thermodynamic stability making it a potential industrially viable biocatalyst. Molecular docking analyses, and structural superposition with steroidogenic and fatty acid metabolizing cytochrome P450 s suggested that the tyrosine 68 may have important role in binding as well as metabolism of substrates by the enzyme. Site-saturation mutation of the tyrosine 68 residue was carried out and several unique mutations were obtained that were properly folded and showed high thermostability. We investigated the effects of variation of the single residue, Tyr68 at the substrate binding pocket of the enzyme on the substrate specificity of CYP175A1. Screening of the mutant colonies of CYP175A1 obtained after saturation mutagenesis of Tyr68 using saturated fatty acid, myristic acid and poly unsaturated fatty acids showed that the Y68K had notable binding and catalytic activity for mono-oxygenation of the saturated fatty acid (myristic acid), which had no major detectable binding affinity towards the WT enzyme. The Y68R mutant of CYP175A1, on the other hand was found to selectively bind and catalyse reaction of cholesterol. The wild type as well as both the mutants of the enzyme however bind poly unsaturated fatty acids. The results thus show that saturation mutation of a single amino acid at the substrate binding pocket of the thermostable cytochrome P450 could induce sufficient changes in the substrate binding pocket of the enzyme that can efficiently change substrate specificity of the enzyme.
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- Srabani Karmakar
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. .,Department of Biotechnology, Techno India University West Bengal, EM-4 Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata, 700091, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Techno India University West Bengal, EM-4 Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata, 700091, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.
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Bordoloi K, Kalita GD, Das P. Acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols to carboxylic acids by palladium nanoparticles supported on NiO: delving into metal-support cooperation in catalysis. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:9922-9934. [PMID: 35723167 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01311h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In this work, we have developed a simple NiO-supported Pd nanocatalyst (Pd@NiO) for oxidant-free dehydrogenative oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids along with hydrogen gas as a byproduct. The catalyst has been characterized by techniques like XRD, HRTEM, SEM-EDX, XPS and ICP-AES. The nanostructured Pd@NiO material showed excellent dehydrogenative oxidation activity and outperformed the activity of free NiO or Pd nanoparticles supported on silica/carbon as a catalyst, which could be attributed to synergistic effect of Pd and NiO. A diverse range of aromatic and aliphatic primary alcohols could be efficiently converted to their corresponding carboxylates in high yields with a catalyst loading as low as 0.08 mol%. Notably, highly challenging biomass derived heterocyclic alcohols such as furfuryl alcohol and piperonyl alcohol can also be efficiently converted to their corresponding acids. Moreover, our catalyst can convert benzyl alcohol to benzoic acid on a gram scale with 89% yield. Interestingly, the H2 gas liberated in the reaction can also be used as a substrate for the hydrogenation of 3a to 4a in 65% yield. The nanostructured catalyst is highly reusable and no significant decrease in activity was observed after six reaction cycles. A kinetic study revealed that the reaction followed first-order kinetics with a rate constant of k = 1.47 × 10-4 s-1, under optimized conditions. The extent of reactivity of different functionalities towards dehydrogenation was also investigated using a Hammett plot showing good linearity.
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- Krisangi Bordoloi
- Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 786004, Assam, India.
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Nkomo M, Gokul A, Ndimba R, Badiwe M, Keyster M, Klein A. Piperonylic acid alters growth, mineral content accumulation and reactive oxygen species-scavenging capacity in chia seedlings. AoB Plants 2022; 14:plac025. [PMID: 35734448 PMCID: PMC9206689 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plac025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
p-Coumaric acid synthesis in plants involves the conversion of phenylalanine to trans-cinnamic acid via phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), which is then hydroxylated at the para-position under the action of trans-cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase. Alternatively, some PAL enzymes accept tyrosine as an alternative substrate and convert tyrosine directly to p-coumaric acid without the intermediary of trans-cinnamic acid. In recent years, the contrasting roles of p-coumaric acid in regulating the growth and development of plants have been well-documented. To understand the contribution of trans-cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase activity in p-coumaric acid-mediated plant growth, mineral content accumulation and the regulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), we investigated the effect of piperonylic acid (a trans-cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase inhibitor) on plant growth, essential macroelements, osmolyte content, ROS-induced oxidative damage, antioxidant enzyme activities and phytohormone levels in chia seedlings. Piperonylic acid restricted chia seedling growth by reducing shoot length, fresh weight, leaf area measurements and p-coumaric acid content. Apart from sodium, piperonylic acid significantly reduced the accumulation of other essential macroelements (such as K, P, Ca and Mg) relative to the untreated control. Enhanced proline, superoxide, hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde contents were observed. The inhibition of trans-cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase activity significantly increased the enzymatic activities of ROS-scavenging enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, catalase and guaiacol peroxidase. In addition, piperonylic acid caused a reduction in indole-3-acetic acid and salicylic acid content. In conclusion, the reduction in chia seedling growth in response to piperonylic acid may be attributed to a reduction in p-coumaric acid content coupled with elevated ROS-induced oxidative damage, and restricted mineral and phytohormone (indole-3-acetic acid and salicylic) levels.
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- Mbukeni Nkomo
- Plant Omics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Life Science Building, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7530, South Africa
- Department of Agriculture, University of Zululand, Main Road, KwaDlagezwe 3886, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Qwaqwa Campus, University of the Free State, Phuthadithjaba 9866, South Africa
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- Radiation Biophysics Division, Ithemba LABS (Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences), Nuclear Medicine Department, National Research Foundation, Cape Town 8000, South Africa
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- Plant Omics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Life Science Building, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7530, South Africa
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- Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Life Science Building, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7530, South Africa
- Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville 7530, South Africa
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Perkins ML, Schuetz M, Unda F, Chen KT, Bally MB, Kulkarni JA, Yan Y, Pico J, Castellarin SD, Mansfield SD, Samuels AL. Monolignol export by diffusion down a polymerization-induced concentration gradient. Plant Cell 2022; 34:2080-2095. [PMID: 35167693 PMCID: PMC9048961 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Lignin, the second most abundant biopolymer, is a promising renewable energy source and chemical feedstock. A key element of lignin biosynthesis is unknown: how do lignin precursors (monolignols) get from inside the cell out to the cell wall where they are polymerized? Modeling indicates that monolignols can passively diffuse through lipid bilayers, but this has not been tested experimentally. We demonstrate significant monolignol diffusion occurs when laccases, which consume monolignols, are present on one side of the membrane. We hypothesize that lignin polymerization could deplete monomers in the wall, creating a concentration gradient driving monolignol diffusion. We developed a two-photon microscopy approach to visualize lignifying Arabidopsis thaliana root cells. Laccase mutants with reduced ability to form lignin polymer in the wall accumulated monolignols inside cells. In contrast, active transport inhibitors did not decrease lignin in the wall and scant intracellular phenolics were observed. Synthetic liposomes were engineered to encapsulate laccases, and monolignols crossed these pure lipid bilayers to form polymer within. A sink-driven diffusion mechanism explains why it has been difficult to identify genes encoding monolignol transporters and why the export of varied phenylpropanoids occurs without specificity. It also highlights an important role for cell wall oxidative enzymes in monolignol export.
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- Mendel L Perkins
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Wine Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Wine Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Desmedt W, Jonckheere W, Nguyen VH, Ameye M, De Zutter N, De Kock K, Debode J, Van Leeuwen T, Audenaert K, Vanholme B, Kyndt T. The phenylpropanoid pathway inhibitor piperonylic acid induces broad-spectrum pest and disease resistance in plants. Plant Cell Environ 2021; 44:3122-3139. [PMID: 34053100 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Although many phenylpropanoid pathway-derived molecules act as physical and chemical barriers to pests and pathogens, comparatively little is known about their role in regulating plant immunity. To explore this research field, we transiently perturbed the phenylpropanoid pathway through application of the CINNAMIC ACID-4-HYDROXYLASE (C4H) inhibitor piperonylic acid (PA). Using bioassays involving diverse pests and pathogens, we show that transient C4H inhibition triggers systemic, broad-spectrum resistance in higher plants without affecting growth. PA treatment enhances tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) resistance in field and laboratory conditions, thereby illustrating the potential of phenylpropanoid pathway perturbation in crop protection. At the molecular level, transcriptome and metabolome analyses reveal that transient C4H inhibition in tomato reprograms phenylpropanoid and flavonoid metabolism, systemically induces immune signalling and pathogenesis-related genes, and locally affects reactive oxygen species metabolism. Furthermore, C4H inhibition primes cell wall modification and phenolic compound accumulation in response to root-knot nematode infection. Although PA treatment induces local accumulation of the phytohormone salicylic acid, the PA resistance phenotype is preserved in tomato plants expressing the salicylic acid-degrading NahG construct. Together, our results demonstrate that transient phenylpropanoid pathway perturbation is a conserved inducer of plant resistance and thus highlight the crucial regulatory role of this pathway in plant immunity.
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- Willem Desmedt
- Epigenetics and Defence Group, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Applied Mycology and Phenomics, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Applied Mycology and Phenomics, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Epigenetics and Defence Group, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Applied Mycology and Phenomics, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Epigenetics and Defence Group, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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El Houari I, Van Beirs C, Arents HE, Han H, Chanoca A, Opdenacker D, Pollier J, Storme V, Steenackers W, Quareshy M, Napier R, Beeckman T, Friml J, De Rybel B, Boerjan W, Vanholme B. Seedling developmental defects upon blocking CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE are caused by perturbations in auxin transport. New Phytol 2021; 230:2275-2291. [PMID: 33728703 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The phenylpropanoid pathway serves a central role in plant metabolism, providing numerous compounds involved in diverse physiological processes. Most carbon entering the pathway is incorporated into lignin. Although several phenylpropanoid pathway mutants show seedling growth arrest, the role for lignin in seedling growth and development is unexplored. We use complementary pharmacological and genetic approaches to block CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE (C4H) functionality in Arabidopsis seedlings and a set of molecular and biochemical techniques to investigate the underlying phenotypes. Blocking C4H resulted in reduced lateral rooting and increased adventitious rooting apically in the hypocotyl. These phenotypes coincided with an inhibition in AUX transport. The upstream accumulation in cis-cinnamic acid was found to be likely to cause polar AUX transport inhibition. Conversely, a downstream depletion in lignin perturbed phloem-mediated AUX transport. Restoring lignin deposition effectively reestablished phloem transport and, accordingly, AUX homeostasis. Our results show that the accumulation of bioactive intermediates and depletion in lignin jointly cause the aberrant phenotypes upon blocking C4H, and demonstrate that proper deposition of lignin is essential for the establishment of AUX distribution in seedlings. Our data position the phenylpropanoid pathway and lignin in a new physiological framework, consolidating their importance in plant growth and development.
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- Ilias El Houari
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Metabolomics Core, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, Klosterneuburg, 3400, Austria
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, Ghent, B-9052, Belgium
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Andersen TG, Molina D, Kilian J, Franke RB, Ragni L, Geldner N. Tissue-Autonomous Phenylpropanoid Production Is Essential for Establishment of Root Barriers. Curr Biol 2021; 31:965-977.e5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Reyt G, Chao Z, Flis P, Salas-González I, Castrillo G, Chao DY, Salt DE. Uclacyanin Proteins Are Required for Lignified Nanodomain Formation within Casparian Strips. Curr Biol 2020; 30:4103-4111.e6. [PMID: 32857976 PMCID: PMC7575197 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Casparian strips (CSs) are cell wall modifications of vascular plants restricting extracellular free diffusion into and out of the vascular system [1]. This barrier plays a critical role in controlling the acquisition of nutrients and water necessary for normal plant development [2-5]. CSs are formed by the precise deposition of a band of lignin approximately 2 μm wide and 150 nm thick spanning the apoplastic space between adjacent endodermal cells [6, 7]. Here, we identified a copper-containing protein, Uclacyanin1 (UCC1), that is sub-compartmentalized within the CS. UCC1 forms a central CS nanodomain in comparison with other CS-located proteins that are found to be mainly accumulated at the periphery of the CS. We found that loss-of-function of two uclacyanins (UCC1 and UCC2) reduces lignification specifically in this central CS nanodomain, revealing a nano-compartmentalized machinery for lignin polymerization. This loss of lignification leads to increased endodermal permeability and, consequently, to a loss of mineral nutrient homeostasis.
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- Guilhem Reyt
- Future Food Beacon of Excellence & School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Future Food Beacon of Excellence & School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK
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- Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Future Food Beacon of Excellence & School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Future Food Beacon of Excellence & School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham LE12 5RD, UK.
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Lee MH, Jeon HS, Kim SH, Chung JH, Roppolo D, Lee HJ, Cho HJ, Tobimatsu Y, Ralph J, Park OK. Lignin-based barrier restricts pathogens to the infection site and confers resistance in plants. EMBO J 2019; 38:e101948. [PMID: 31559647 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019101948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Pathogenic bacteria invade plant tissues and proliferate in the extracellular space. Plants have evolved the immune system to recognize and limit the growth of pathogens. Despite substantial progress in the study of plant immunity, the mechanism by which plants limit pathogen growth remains unclear. Here, we show that lignin accumulates in Arabidopsis leaves in response to incompatible interactions with bacterial pathogens in a manner dependent on Casparian strip membrane domain protein (CASP)-like proteins (CASPLs). CASPs are known to be the organizers of the lignin-based Casparian strip, which functions as a diffusion barrier in roots. The spread of invading avirulent pathogens is prevented by spatial restriction, which is disturbed by defects in lignin deposition. Moreover, the motility of pathogenic bacteria is negatively affected by lignin accumulation. These results suggest that the lignin-deposited structure functions as a physical barrier similar to the Casparian strip, trapping pathogens and thereby terminating their growth.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul, Korea
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, and US Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Vanholme B, El Houari I, Boerjan W. Bioactivity: phenylpropanoids’ best kept secret. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2019; 56:156-162. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2018.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Yi Chou E, Schuetz M, Hoffmann N, Watanabe Y, Sibout R, Samuels AL. Distribution, mobility, and anchoring of lignin-related oxidative enzymes in Arabidopsis secondary cell walls. J Exp Bot 2018; 69:1849-1859. [PMID: 29481639 PMCID: PMC6018803 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Lignin is an important phenolic biopolymer that provides strength and rigidity to the secondary cell walls of tracheary elements, sclereids, and fibers in vascular plants. Lignin precursors, called monolignols, are synthesized in the cell and exported to the cell wall where they are polymerized into lignin by oxidative enzymes such as laccases and peroxidases. In Arabidopsis thaliana, a peroxidase (PRX64) and laccase (LAC4) are shown to localize differently within cell wall domains in interfascicular fibers: PRX64 localizes to the middle lamella whereas LAC4 localizes throughout the secondary cell wall layers. Similarly, laccases localized to, and are responsible for, the helical depositions of lignin in protoxylem tracheary elements. In addition, we tested the mobility of laccases in the cell wall using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. mCHERRY-tagged LAC4 was immobile in secondary cell wall domains, but mobile in the primary cell wall when ectopically expressed. A small secreted red fluorescent protein (sec-mCHERRY) was engineered as a control and was found to be mobile in both the primary and secondary cell walls. Unlike sec-mCHERRY, the tight anchoring of LAC4 to secondary cell wall domains indicated that it cannot be remobilized once secreted, and this anchoring underlies the spatial control of lignification.
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- Eva Yi Chou
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR 1318, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles Cedex, France
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Renault H, De Marothy M, Jonasson G, Lara P, Nelson DR, Nilsson I, André F, von Heijne G, Werck-Reichhart D. Gene Duplication Leads to Altered Membrane Topology of a Cytochrome P450 Enzyme in Seed Plants. Mol Biol Evol 2018; 34:2041-2056. [PMID: 28505373 PMCID: PMC5850782 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Evolution of the phenolic metabolism was critical for the transition of plants from water to land. A cytochrome P450, CYP73, with cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) activity, catalyzes the first plant-specific and rate-limiting step in this pathway. The CYP73 gene is absent from green algae, and first detected in bryophytes. A CYP73 duplication occurred in the ancestor of seed plants and was retained in Taxaceae and most angiosperms. In spite of a clear divergence in primary sequence, both paralogs can fulfill comparable cinnamate hydroxylase roles both in vitro and in vivo. One of them seems dedicated to the biosynthesis of lignin precursors. Its N-terminus forms a single membrane spanning helix and its properties and length are highly constrained. The second is characterized by an elongated and variable N-terminus, reminiscent of ancestral CYP73s. Using as proxies the Brachypodium distachyon proteins, we show that the elongation of the N-terminus does not result in an altered subcellular localization, but in a distinct membrane topology. Insertion in the membrane of endoplasmic reticulum via a double-spanning open hairpin structure allows reorientation to the lumen of the catalytic domain of the protein. In agreement with participation to a different functional unit and supramolecular organization, the protein displays modified heme proximal surface. These data suggest the evolution of divergent C4H enzymes feeding different branches of the phenolic network in seed plants. It shows that specialization required for retention of gene duplicates may result from altered protein topology rather than change in enzyme activity.
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- Hugues Renault
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.,Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), DRF/Joliot/SB2SM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), DRF/Joliot/SB2SM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.,Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Kamireddy K, Matam P, P S P, Parvatam G. Biochemical characterization of a key step involved in 2H4MB production in Decalepis hamiltonii. J Plant Physiol 2017; 214:74-80. [PMID: 28460278 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Decalepis hamiltonii is widely known for its flavour molecule 2-Hydroxy-4-Methoxy Benzaldehyde (2H4MB), a structural isomer of vanillin. As the biosynthetic pathway of 2H4MB is not known, we hypothesised 2H4MB origins could be from phenylpropanoid pathway (PPP). Accordingly, a study was conducted using PPP inhibitors (viz. piperonylic acid, MDCA and propanil) against in vitro root cultures of D. hamiltonii to find the branch of PPP which catalyses the 2H4MB formation. HPLC analysis was carried out to quantify 2H4MB levels in control and respective inhibitor treated root cultures in vitro. The results obtained revealed that piperonylic acid did not inhibit 2H4MB biosynthesis in the given period, whereas MDCA and propanil had the marked inhibitory effect. The inhibitory effect was evident with 13.2, 33.6 and 37.9% decrease in 2H4MB levels at 50, 100 and 150mM concentration of MDCA respectively in comparison with control roots. Similarly, the inhibitory effect of propanil on 2H4MB biosynthesis was obvious with 23.7, 49.5 and 57.9% decrease in 2H4MB levels at 50, 100 and 150μM concentration of inhibitor respectively when compared with control roots. Propanil showed a greater slow down effect on 2H4MB biosynthesis compared to MDCA. Incorporation of 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0mM ferulic acid as a precursor to in vitro root cultures of D. hamiltonii showed an increase in 2H4MB levels at the rate of 3.1, 107 and 94.1% respectively as quantified by HPLC analysis. However, ferulic acid in conjunction with propanil did not show any increase in 2H4MB levels. This clearly explains that ferulic acid is channelled through the 4-CL (4-coumarate CoA ligase) enzyme, where it would be converted to feruloyl-CoA and could be further converted to 2H4MB in D. hamiltonii.
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- Kiran Kamireddy
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (CSIR-CFTRI campus, Mysore), India; Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore-570020, India
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- Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore-570020, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (CSIR-CFTRI campus, Mysore), India; Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore-570020, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (CSIR-CFTRI campus, Mysore), India; Plant Cell Biotechnology Department, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore-570020, India.
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Nandha B, Nargund LG, Nargund SL, Bhat K. Design and Synthesis of Some Novel Fluorobenzimidazoles Substituted with Structural Motifs Present in Physiologically Active Natural Products for Antitubercular Activity. Iran J Pharm Res 2017; 16:929-942. [PMID: 29201084 PMCID: PMC5610749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Abstract
Keeping in view the drawbacks associated with research on anti-TB drugs based on plant extracts and the non-availability of fluorinated natural products with antitubercular activity has prompted us to make an effort towards the synthesis and characterization of a novel series of fifteen substituted fluorobenzimidazoles. The newly synthesized compounds were characterized by I.R, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, Mass, and elemental analysis. The synthesized compounds 4(a-f) and 5(b-j) have been evaluated for their in-vitro antimycobacterial activity against H37Rv strain (ATCC 27294) by MABA method. Incorporation of methylenedioxyphenyl moiety at 2- and 6-position of the benzimidazole ring furnished compounds 4d and 5i with antitubercular activity comparable or more potent than the naturally occurring compounds with reported antitubercular activity. Among the fifteen tested compounds, 4d and 5i emerged as promising hits characterized by MIC lower than that determined for sesamin against the pathogenic H37Rv strain. Antitubercular activity results indicate that these compounds may be suitable for further lead optimization. The cytotoxic effect of these active compounds on THP-1 cell line was assessed by MTT assay and the results suggest that these two molecules are potential candidates for further development as antitubercular agents.
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- Bangalore Nandha
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Vivekananda College of Pharmacy, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore-560055, Karnataka, India.,Corresponding author: E-mail: *
| | - Laxmivenkatesh Gurachar Nargund
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Nargund College of Pharmacy, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore-560085, Karnataka, India.
| | - Shachindra Laxmivenkatesh Nargund
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Nargund College of Pharmacy, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore-560085, Karnataka, India.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Maratha Mandalʹs NGH Institute of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Belgaum-590010, Karnataka, India.
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Steenackers W, Klíma P, Quareshy M, Cesarino I, Kumpf RP, Corneillie S, Araújo P, Viaene T, Goeminne G, Nowack MK, Ljung K, Friml J, Blakeslee JJ, Novák O, Zažímalová E, Napier R, Boerjan W, Vanholme B. cis-Cinnamic Acid Is a Novel, Natural Auxin Efflux Inhibitor That Promotes Lateral Root Formation. Plant Physiol 2017; 173:552-565. [PMID: 27837086 PMCID: PMC5210711 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Auxin steers numerous physiological processes in plants, making the tight control of its endogenous levels and spatiotemporal distribution a necessity. This regulation is achieved by different mechanisms, including auxin biosynthesis, metabolic conversions, degradation, and transport. Here, we introduce cis-cinnamic acid (c-CA) as a novel and unique addition to a small group of endogenous molecules affecting in planta auxin concentrations. c-CA is the photo-isomerization product of the phenylpropanoid pathway intermediate trans-CA (t-CA). When grown on c-CA-containing medium, an evolutionary diverse set of plant species were shown to exhibit phenotypes characteristic for high auxin levels, including inhibition of primary root growth, induction of root hairs, and promotion of adventitious and lateral rooting. By molecular docking and receptor binding assays, we showed that c-CA itself is neither an auxin nor an anti-auxin, and auxin profiling data revealed that c-CA does not significantly interfere with auxin biosynthesis. Single cell-based auxin accumulation assays showed that c-CA, and not t-CA, is a potent inhibitor of auxin efflux. Auxin signaling reporters detected changes in spatiotemporal distribution of the auxin response along the root of c-CA-treated plants, and long-distance auxin transport assays showed no inhibition of rootward auxin transport. Overall, these results suggest that the phenotypes of c-CA-treated plants are the consequence of a local change in auxin accumulation, induced by the inhibition of auxin efflux. This work reveals a novel mechanism how plants may regulate auxin levels and adds a novel, naturally occurring molecule to the chemical toolbox for the studies of auxin homeostasis.
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- Ward Steenackers
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Petr Klíma
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Mussa Quareshy
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Igor Cesarino
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Robert P Kumpf
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Sander Corneillie
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Pedro Araújo
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Tom Viaene
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Geert Goeminne
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Moritz K Nowack
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Karin Ljung
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Jiří Friml
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Joshua J Blakeslee
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Ondřej Novák
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Eva Zažímalová
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Richard Napier
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.)
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.)
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.)
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.)
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.)
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.)
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Wout Boerjan
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.);
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.);
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.);
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.);
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.);
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.);
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.P.K., S.C., P.A., T.V., G.G., M.K.N., W.B., B.V.);
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-16502 Prague, Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Butantã, São Paulo 03178-200, Brazil (I.C.);
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.);
- Institute of Science and Technology, Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria (J.F.);
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691 (J.J.B.); and
- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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Steenackers W, Cesarino I, Klíma P, Quareshy M, Vanholme R, Corneillie S, Kumpf RP, Van de Wouwer D, Ljung K, Goeminne G, Novák O, Zažímalová E, Napier R, Boerjan W, Vanholme B. The Allelochemical MDCA Inhibits Lignification and Affects Auxin Homeostasis. Plant Physiol 2016; 172:874-888. [PMID: 27506238 PMCID: PMC5047068 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
The phenylpropanoid 3,4-(methylenedioxy)cinnamic acid (MDCA) is a plant-derived compound first extracted from roots of Asparagus officinalis and further characterized as an allelochemical. Later on, MDCA was identified as an efficient inhibitor of 4-COUMARATE-CoA LIGASE (4CL), a key enzyme of the general phenylpropanoid pathway. By blocking 4CL, MDCA affects the biosynthesis of many important metabolites, which might explain its phytotoxicity. To decipher the molecular basis of the allelochemical activity of MDCA, we evaluated the effect of this compound on Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Metabolic profiling revealed that MDCA is converted in planta into piperonylic acid (PA), an inhibitor of CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE (C4H), the enzyme directly upstream of 4CL. The inhibition of C4H was also reflected in the phenolic profile of MDCA-treated plants. Treatment of in vitro grown plants resulted in an inhibition of primary root growth and a proliferation of lateral and adventitious roots. These observed growth defects were not the consequence of lignin perturbation, but rather the result of disturbing auxin homeostasis. Based on DII-VENUS quantification and direct measurement of cellular auxin transport, we concluded that MDCA disturbs auxin gradients by interfering with auxin efflux. In addition, mass spectrometry was used to show that MDCA triggers auxin biosynthesis, conjugation, and catabolism. A similar shift in auxin homeostasis was found in the c4h mutant ref3-2, indicating that MDCA triggers a cross talk between the phenylpropanoid and auxin biosynthetic pathways independent from the observed auxin efflux inhibition. Altogether, our data provide, to our knowledge, a novel molecular explanation for the phytotoxic properties of MDCA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ward Steenackers
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
| | - Bartel Vanholme
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (W.S., I.C., R.V., S.C., R.P.K., D.V.d.W., G.G., W.B., B.V.);Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, 05508-090 Butantã, São Paulo, Brazil (I.C.);Institute of Experimental Botany, the Czech Academy of Sciences, 16502 Prague, the Czech Republic (P.K., E.Z.);School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom (M.Q., R.N.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden (K.L., O.N.); andLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany CAS and Faculty of Science of Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic (O.N.)
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Van de Wouwer D, Vanholme R, Decou R, Goeminne G, Audenaert D, Nguyen L, Höfer R, Pesquet E, Vanholme B, Boerjan W. Chemical Genetics Uncovers Novel Inhibitors of Lignification, Including p-Iodobenzoic Acid Targeting CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE. Plant Physiol 2016; 172:198-220. [PMID: 27485881 PMCID: PMC5074639 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Plant secondary-thickened cell walls are characterized by the presence of lignin, a recalcitrant and hydrophobic polymer that provides mechanical strength and ensures long-distance water transport. Exactly the recalcitrance and hydrophobicity of lignin put a burden on the industrial processing efficiency of lignocellulosic biomass. Both forward and reverse genetic strategies have been used intensively to unravel the molecular mechanism of lignin deposition. As an alternative strategy, we introduce here a forward chemical genetic approach to find candidate inhibitors of lignification. A high-throughput assay to assess lignification in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings was developed and used to screen a 10-k library of structurally diverse, synthetic molecules. Of the 73 compounds that reduced lignin deposition, 39 that had a major impact were retained and classified into five clusters based on the shift they induced in the phenolic profile of Arabidopsis seedlings. One representative compound of each cluster was selected for further lignin-specific assays, leading to the identification of an aromatic compound that is processed in the plant into two fragments, both having inhibitory activity against lignification. One fragment, p-iodobenzoic acid, was further characterized as a new inhibitor of CINNAMATE 4-HYDROXYLASE, a key enzyme of the phenylpropanoid pathway synthesizing the building blocks of the lignin polymer. As such, we provide proof of concept of this chemical biology approach to screen for inhibitors of lignification and present a broad array of putative inhibitors of lignin deposition for further characterization.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dorien Van de Wouwer
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.V.d.W., R.V., G.G., R.H., B.V., W.B.);Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umea, Sweden (R.D., E.P.);Compound Screening Facility, VIB, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium (D.A., L.N.); andArrhenius Laboratories, Department of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 160 91 Stockholm, Sweden (E.P.)
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Commisso M, Toffali K, Strazzer P, Stocchero M, Ceoldo S, Baldan B, Levi M, Guzzo F. Impact of Phenylpropanoid Compounds on Heat Stress Tolerance in Carrot Cell Cultures. Front Plant Sci 2016; 7:1439. [PMID: 27713760 PMCID: PMC5031593 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The phenylpropanoid and flavonoid families include thousands of specialized metabolites that influence a wide range of processes in plants, including seed dispersal, auxin transport, photoprotection, mechanical support and protection against insect herbivory. Such metabolites play a key role in the protection of plants against abiotic stress, in many cases through their well-known ability to inhibit the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, the precise role of specific phenylpropanoid and flavonoid molecules is unclear. We therefore investigated the role of specific anthocyanins (ACs) and other phenylpropanoids that accumulate in carrot cells cultivated in vitro, focusing on their supposed ability to protect cells from heat stress. First we characterized the effects of heat stress to identify quantifiable morphological traits as markers of heat stress susceptibility. We then fed the cultures with precursors to induce the targeted accumulation of specific compounds, and compared the impact of heat stress in these cultures and unfed controls. Data modeling based on projection to latent structures (PLS) regression revealed that metabolites containing coumaric or caffeic acid, including ACs, correlate with less heat damage. Further experiments suggested that one of the cellular targets damaged by heat stress and protected by these metabolites is the actin microfilament cytoskeleton.
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- Mauro Commisso
- Department of Biotechnology, University of VeronaVerona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of VeronaVerona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of VeronaVerona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of VeronaVerona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of VeronaVerona, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of VeronaVerona, Italy
- *Correspondence: Flavia Guzzo,
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Erb M, Robert CAM, Marti G, Lu J, Doyen GR, Villard N, Barrière Y, French BW, Wolfender JL, Turlings TCJ, Gershenzon J. A Physiological and Behavioral Mechanism for Leaf Herbivore-Induced Systemic Root Resistance. Plant Physiol 2015; 169:2884-94. [PMID: 26430225 PMCID: PMC4677881 DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Indirect plant-mediated interactions between herbivores are important drivers of community composition in terrestrial ecosystems. Among the most striking examples are the strong indirect interactions between spatially separated leaf- and root-feeding insects sharing a host plant. Although leaf feeders generally reduce the performance of root herbivores, little is known about the underlying systemic changes in root physiology and the associated behavioral responses of the root feeders. We investigated the consequences of maize (Zea mays) leaf infestation by Spodoptera littoralis caterpillars for the root-feeding larvae of the beetle Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, a major pest of maize. D. virgifera strongly avoided leaf-infested plants by recognizing systemic changes in soluble root components. The avoidance response occurred within 12 h and was induced by real and mimicked herbivory, but not wounding alone. Roots of leaf-infested plants showed altered patterns in soluble free and soluble conjugated phenolic acids. Biochemical inhibition and genetic manipulation of phenolic acid biosynthesis led to a complete disappearance of the avoidance response of D. virgifera. Furthermore, bioactivity-guided fractionation revealed a direct link between the avoidance response of D. virgifera and changes in soluble conjugated phenolic acids in the roots of leaf-attacked plants. Our study provides a physiological mechanism for a behavioral pattern that explains the negative effect of leaf attack on a root-feeding insect. Furthermore, it opens up the possibility to control D. virgifera in the field by genetically mimicking leaf herbivore-induced changes in root phenylpropanoid patterns.
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- Matthias Erb
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R.);Root-Herbivore Interactions Group, Department of Biochemistry (M.E., C.A.M.R., J.L.), and Department of Biochemistry (J.G.), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, DE-07745 Jena, Germany;Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, University of Neuchâtel, CH-2009 Neuchatel, Switzerland (M.E., C.A.M.R., G.R.D., N.V., T.C.J.T.);Phytochemistry and Bioactive Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland (G.M., J.-L.W.);Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, INRA, 86600 Lusignan, France (Y.B.); andUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Brookings, South Dakota 57006 (B.W.F.)
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Szatmári Á, Zvara Á, Móricz ÁM, Besenyei E, Szabó E, Ott PG, Puskás LG, Bozsó Z. Pattern triggered immunity (PTI) in tobacco: isolation of activated genes suggests role of the phenylpropanoid pathway in inhibition of bacterial pathogens. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102869. [PMID: 25101956 PMCID: PMC4125134 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pattern Triggered Immunity (PTI) or Basal Resistance (BR) is a potent, symptomless form of plant resistance. Upon inoculation of a plant with non-pathogens or pathogenicity-mutant bacteria, the induced PTI will prevent bacterial proliferation. Developed PTI is also able to protect the plant from disease or HR (Hypersensitive Response) after a challenging infection with pathogenic bacteria. Our aim was to reveal those PTI-related genes of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) that could possibly play a role in the protection of the plant from disease. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Leaves were infiltrated with Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae hrcC- mutant bacteria to induce PTI, and samples were taken 6 and 48 hours later. Subtraction Suppressive Hybridization (SSH) resulted in 156 PTI-activated genes. A cDNA microarray was generated from the SSH clone library. Analysis of hybridization data showed that in the early (6 hpi) phase of PTI, among others, genes of peroxidases, signalling elements, heat shock proteins and secondary metabolites were upregulated, while at the late phase (48 hpi) the group of proteolysis genes was newly activated. Microarray data were verified by real time RT-PCR analysis. Almost all members of the phenyl-propanoid pathway (PPP) possibly leading to lignin biosynthesis were activated. Specific inhibition of cinnamic-acid-4-hydroxylase (C4H), rate limiting enzyme of the PPP, decreased the strength of PTI--as shown by the HR-inhibition and electrolyte leakage tests. Quantification of cinnamate and p-coumarate by thin-layer chromatography (TLC)-densitometry supported specific changes in the levels of these metabolites upon elicitation of PTI. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE We believe to provide first report on PTI-related changes in the levels of these PPP metabolites. Results implicated an actual role of the upregulation of the phenylpropanoid pathway in the inhibition of bacterial pathogenic activity during PTI.
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- Ágnes Szatmári
- Department of Pathophysiology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Cheesman MJ, Traylor MJ, Hilton ME, Richards KE, Taylor MC, Daborn PJ, Russell RJ, Gillam EMJ, Oakeshott JG. Soluble and membrane-bound Drosophila melanogaster CYP6G1 expressed in Escherichia coli: purification, activity, and binding properties toward multiple pesticides. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2013; 43:455-465. [PMID: 23470655 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 CYP6G1 has been implicated in the resistance of Drosophila melanogaster to numerous pesticides. While in vivo and in vitro studies have provided insight to the diverse functions of this enzyme, direct studies on the isolated CYP6G1 enzyme have not been possible due to the need for a source of recombinant enzyme. In the current study, the Cyp6g1 gene was isolated from D. melanogaster and re-engineered for heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. Approximately 460 nmol L⁻¹ of P450 holoenzyme were obtained in 500 mL cultures. The recombinant enzyme was located predominantly within the bacterial cytosol. A two-step purification protocol using Ni-chelate affinity chromatography followed by removal of detergent on a hydroxyapatite column produced essentially homogenous enzyme from both soluble and membrane fractions. Recombinant CYP6G1 exhibited p-nitroanisole O-dealkylation activity but was not active against eleven other typical P450 marker substrates. Substrate-induced binding spectra and IC₅₀ values for inhibition of p-nitroanisole O-dealkylation were obtained for a wide selection of pesticides, namely DDT, imidacloprid, chlorfenvinphos, malathion, endosulfan, dieldrin, dicyclanil, lufenuron and carbaryl, supporting previous in vivo and in vitro studies on Drosophila that have suggested that the enzyme is involved in multi-pesticide resistance in insects.
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- Matthew J Cheesman
- CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
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Pesquet E, Zhang B, Gorzsás A, Puhakainen T, Serk H, Escamez S, Barbier O, Gerber L, Courtois-Moreau C, Alatalo E, Paulin L, Kangasjärvi J, Sundberg B, Goffner D, Tuominen H. Non-cell-autonomous postmortem lignification of tracheary elements in Zinnia elegans. Plant Cell 2013; 25:1314-28. [PMID: 23572543 PMCID: PMC3663270 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.110593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Revised: 03/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Postmortem lignification of xylem tracheary elements (TEs) has been debated for decades. Here, we provide evidence in Zinnia elegans TE cell cultures, using pharmacological inhibitors and in intact Z. elegans plants using Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy, that TE lignification occurs postmortem (i.e., after TE programmed cell death). In situ RT-PCR verified expression of the lignin monomer biosynthetic cinnamoyl CoA reductase and cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase in not only the lignifying TEs but also in the unlignified non-TE cells of Z. elegans TE cell cultures and in living, parenchymatic xylem cells that surround TEs in stems. These cells were also shown to have the capacity to synthesize and transport lignin monomers and reactive oxygen species to the cell walls of dead TEs. Differential gene expression analysis in Z. elegans TE cell cultures and concomitant functional analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana resulted in identification of several genes that were expressed in the non-TE cells and that affected lignin chemistry on the basis of pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis. These data suggest that living, parenchymatic xylem cells contribute to TE lignification in a non-cell-autonomous manner, thus enabling the postmortem lignification of TEs.
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- Edouard Pesquet
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 90187 Umea, Sweden.
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Naseer S, Lee Y, Lapierre C, Franke R, Nawrath C, Geldner N. Casparian strip diffusion barrier in Arabidopsis is made of a lignin polymer without suberin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:10101-6. [PMID: 22665765 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205726109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Casparian strips are ring-like cell-wall modifications in the root endodermis of vascular plants. Their presence generates a paracellular barrier, analogous to animal tight junctions, that is thought to be crucial for selective nutrient uptake, exclusion of pathogens, and many other processes. Despite their importance, the chemical nature of Casparian strips has remained a matter of debate, confounding further molecular analysis. Suberin, lignin, lignin-like polymers, or both, have been claimed to make up Casparian strips. Here we show that, in Arabidopsis, suberin is produced much too late to take part in Casparian strip formation. In addition, we have generated plants devoid of any detectable suberin, which still establish functional Casparian strips. In contrast, manipulating lignin biosynthesis abrogates Casparian strip formation. Finally, monolignol feeding and lignin-specific chemical analysis indicates the presence of archetypal lignin in Casparian strips. Our findings establish the chemical nature of the primary root-diffusion barrier in Arabidopsis and enable a mechanistic dissection of the formation of Casparian strips, which are an independent way of generating tight junctions in eukaryotes.
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Schmid-Siegert E, Loscos J, Farmer EE. Inducible malondialdehyde pools in zones of cell proliferation and developing tissues in Arabidopsis. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:8954-62. [PMID: 22298768 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.322842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Malondialdehyde (MDA) is a natural and widespread genotoxin. Given its potentially deleterious effects, it is of interest to establish the identities of the cell types containing this aldehyde. We used in situ chemical trapping with 2-thiobarbituric acid and mass spectrometry with a deuterated standard to characterize MDA pools in the vegetative phase in Arabidopsis thaliana. In leaves, MDA occurred predominantly in the intracellular compartment of mesophyll cells and was enriched in chloroplasts where it was derived primarily from triunsaturated fatty acids (TFAs). High levels of MDA (most of which was unbound) were found within dividing cells in the root tip cell proliferation zone. The bulk of this MDA did not originate from TFAs. We confirmed the localization of MDA in transversal root sections. In addition to MDA in proliferating cells near the root tip we found evidence for the presence of MDA in pericyle cells. Remodeling of non-TFA-derived MDA pools occurred when seedlings were infected with the fungus Botrytis cinerea. Treatment of uninfected seedlings with mediators of plant stress responses (jasmonic acid or salicylic acid) increased seedling MDA levels over 20-fold. In summary, major pools of MDA are associated with cell division foci containing stem cells. The aldehyde is pathogen-inducible in these regions and its levels are increased by cellular mediators that impact defense and growth.
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- Emanuel Schmid-Siegert
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Biophore, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Venkataraman H, de Beer SBA, van Bergen LAH, van Essen N, Geerke DP, Vermeulen NPE, Commandeur JNM. A Single Active Site Mutation Inverts Stereoselectivity of 16-Hydroxylation of Testosterone Catalyzed by Engineered Cytochrome P450 BM3. Chembiochem 2012; 13:520-3. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201100750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Guo D, Wong WS, Xu WZ, Sun FF, Qing DJ, Li N. Cis-cinnamic acid-enhanced 1 gene plays a role in regulation of Arabidopsis bolting. Plant Mol Biol 2011; 75:481-95. [PMID: 21298397 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9746-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2010] [Accepted: 01/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Cis-cinnamic acid (CA) is one of many cis-phenylpropanoids found in both monocots and dicots. It is produced in planta via sunlight-mediated isomerization of trans-cinnamic acid. This pair of isomers plays a differential role in regulation of plant growth. A functional proteomics approach has been adopted to identify genes of cis/trans-CA mixture-enhanced expression. Out of 1,241 proteins identified by mass spectrometry, 32 were CA-enhanced and 13 repressed. Further analysis with the molecular biology approach revealed 2 cis-CA (Z usammen-CA)-E nhanced genes, named ZCE1 and ZCE2, which encode members of the major latex protein-like (MLPL) gene family. The transcript accumulation of both genes is positively correlated with the amount of cis-CA applied externally, ranging from 1 to 100 μM. ZCE1 transcript accumulation is enhanced largely by cis-CA and slightly by other cis-phenylpropanoids. Treatment of several well-characterized plant growth regulator perception-deficient mutants with cis-CA is able to promote ZCE1 transcript accumulation, suggestive of distinct signaling pathways regulating cis-CA response. The zce1 loss-of-function mutant produced via the RNA-interference technique produces an earlier bolting phenotype in Arabidopsis, suggesting that ZCE1 plays a role in promoting vegetative growth and delay flowering.
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- Di Guo
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear water bay, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Hanif M, Hussain M, Ali S, Bhatti MH, Ahmed MS, Mirza B, Stoeckli-Evans H. In vitro biological studies and structural elucidation of organotin(IV) derivatives of 6-nitropiperonylic acid: Crystal structure of {[(CH2O2C6H2(o-NO2)COO)SnBu2]2O}2. Polyhedron 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2009.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sircar D, Mitra A. Accumulation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid in hairy roots of Daucus carota 2: confirming biosynthetic steps through feeding of inhibitors and precursors. J Plant Physiol 2009; 166:1370-1380. [PMID: 19342120 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Revised: 02/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Biosynthesis of hydroxybenzoates even at enzymatic level is poorly understood. In this report, effect of feeding of putative biosynthetic precursors and pathway-specific enzyme inhibitors of early phenylpropanoid pathway on p-hydroxybenzoic acid accumulation in chitosan-elicited hairy roots of Daucus carota was studied. Three selective metabolic inhibitors of plant phenylpropanoid pathway, namely, aminooxyacetic acid (AOAA), piperonylic acid (PIP) and 3,4-methylenedioxycinnamic acid (MDCA), which are known to inhibit phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H) and 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) respectively, the three early enzymes of phenylpropanoid metabolism, were chosen with the anticipation that selective inhibition of these enzymes in vivo may provide information on the metabolic route to p-hydroxybenzoic acid formation. Supplementation of AOAA (0.2-1.0 mM) and PIP (0.2-1.0 mM) resulted in the reduced accumulation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid in the wall-bound fraction. However, addition of MDCA (0.2-1.25 mM), did not suppress p-hydroxybenzoic acid accumulation but suppressed lignin and total flavonoid accumulation, suggesting that 4CL enzyme activity is not required for p-hydroxybenzoic acid formation. Feeding of elicited hairy roots with phenylalanine, coumaric acid and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde had a stimulatory effect on p-hydroxybenzoic acid accumulation; however, maximum stimulatory effect was shown by p-hydroxybenzaldehyde. This suggests that p-hydroxybenzaldehyde might be the immediate precursor in p-hydroxybenzoic acid biosynthesis. Finally, in vitro conversion of p-coumaric acid to p-hydroxybenzoic acid with p-hydroxybenzaldehyde as intermediate using cell-free extract provided an unequivocal support for CoA-independent and non-beta-oxidative route of p-hydroxybenzoic acid biosynthesis in Daucus carota.
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- Debabrata Sircar
- Natural Product Biotechnology Group, Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302, India
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Chakraborty M, Karun A, Mitra A. Accumulation of phenylpropanoid derivatives in chitosan-induced cell suspension culture of Cocos nucifera. J Plant Physiol 2009; 166:63-71. [PMID: 18448193 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Revised: 02/18/2008] [Accepted: 02/18/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Chitosan-induced elicitation responses of dark-incubated Cocos nucifera (coconut) endosperm cell suspension cultures led to the rapid formation of phenylpropanoid derivatives, which essentially mimics the defense-induced biochemical changes in coconut palm as observed under in vivo conditions. An enhanced accumulation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid as the major wall-bound phenolics was evident. This was followed by p-coumaric acid and ferulic acid. Along with enhanced peroxidases activities in elicited lines, the increase in activities of the early phenylpropanoid pathway enzymes such as, phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), p-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (4CL) and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde dehydrogenase (HBD) in elicited cell cultures were also observed. Furthermore, supplementation of specific inhibitors of PAL, C4H and 4CL in elicited cell cultures led to suppressed accumulation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, which opens up interesting questions regarding the probable route of the biosynthesis of this phenolic acid in C. nucifera.
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- Moumita Chakraborty
- Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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Hong Y, Cho M, Yuan YC, Chen S. Molecular basis for the interaction of four different classes of substrates and inhibitors with human aromatase. Biochem Pharmacol 2007; 75:1161-9. [PMID: 18184606 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2007] [Revised: 11/16/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Aromatase cytochrome P450 (CYP19) converts androgen to estrogen. In this study, the interactions of four classes of compounds, 17beta-estradiol (the product of aromatase), 17-methyltestosterone (a synthetic androgen), dibenzylfluorescein (a synthetic substrate of aromatase), and coumestrol (a phytoestrogen), with aromatase were investigated through spectral analysis using purified human recombinant aromatase and site-directed mutagenesis studies using CHO cells expressing wild-type human aromatase or five aromatase mutants, E302D, D309A, T310S, S478T and H480Q. Spectral analysis showed that a type I binding spectrum was produced by the binding of 17-methyltestosterone to aromatase and a novel binding spectrum of aromatase was induced by dibenzylfluorescein. Mutagenesis experiments demonstrated that residues S478 and H480 in the beta-4 sheet play an important role in the binding of all four compounds. Computer-assisted docking of these compounds into the three-dimensional model of aromatase revealed that: (1) weak interaction between 17beta-estradiol and the beta-4 sheet of aromatase facilitates the release of 17beta-estradiol from the active site of aromatase; (2) 17-methyl group of 17-methyltestosterone affects its binding to aromatase; (3) dibenzylfluorescein binds to the active site of aromatase with its O-dealkylation site near the heme iron and residue T310; and (4) coumestrol binds to aromatase in a manner such that rings A and C of coumestrol mimic rings A and B of steroid. These structure-function studies help us to evaluate the structural model of aromatase, and to accelerate the structure-based design for new aromatase inhibitors.
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- Yanyan Hong
- Department of Surgical Research and Division of Information Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, United States
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Zhou N, Lu L, Zhu X, Yang X, Wang X, Zhu J, Cheng Z. Synthesis of 1,3-benzodioxole end-functionalized polymers via reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. J Appl Polym Sci 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/app.22918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Wong WS, Guo D, Wang XL, Yin ZQ, Xia B, Li N. Study of cis-cinnamic acid in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol Biochem 2005; 43:929-37. [PMID: 16310363 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2005.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2005] [Revised: 06/17/2005] [Accepted: 08/28/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Trans-cinnamic acid (CA) can be isomerized to cis-CA in Arabidopsis thaliana extract under sunlight. Piperonylic acid treatment of Arabidopsis under ultraviolet (UV) light increased the level of cis-CA in these treated tissues. Similarly, cis-CA was also detected from Oryza sativa seedlings grown under sunlight. These results suggest that cis-CA may occur in planta. Application of cis-CA to seedlings of both wild type Arabidopsis and auxin-insensitive mutants, aux1 and axr2, resulted in nearly identical dose response curves in root growth, indicating that the mode of action by which cis-CA affects plant growth is different from that of auxins. According to root growth inhibition assay, cis-CA is nearly 10 times more active than trans-CA. These results suggest that cis-CA is a unique plant growth regulator but its in vivo function remains to be elucidated.
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- Wai Shing Wong
- Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Fofana B, Benhamou N, McNally DJ, Labbé C, Séguin A, Bélanger RR. Suppression of induced resistance in cucumber through disruption of the flavonoid pathway. Phytopathology 2005; 95:114-23. [PMID: 18943844 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-95-0114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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ABSTRACT In this study, cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus) expressing induced resistance against powdery mildew (caused by Podosphaera xanthii) were infiltrated with inhibitors of cinnamate 4-hydroxylase, 4-coumarate:CoA ligase (4CL), and chalcone synthase (CHS) to evaluate the role of flavonoid phytoalexin production in induced disease resistance. Light and transmission electron microscopy demonstrated ultrastructural changes in inhibited plants, and biochemical analyses determined levels of CHS and beta-glucosidase enzyme activity and 4CL protein accumulation. Our results showed that elicited plants displayed a high level of induced resistance. In contrast, down regulation of CHS, a key enzyme of the flavonoid pathway, resulted in nearly complete suppression of induced resistance, and microscopy confirmed the development of healthy fungal haustoria within these plants. Inhibition of 4CL ligase, an enzyme largely responsible for channeling phenylpropanoid metabolites into the lignin pathway, had little effect on induced disease resistance. Biochemical analyses revealed similar levels of 4CL protein accumulation for all treatments, suggesting no alterations of nontargeted functions within inhibited plants. Collectively, the results of this study support the idea that induced resistance in cucumber is largely correlated with rapid de novo biosynthesis of flavonoid phytoalexin compounds.
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Ménard R, Alban S, de Ruffray P, Jamois F, Franz G, Fritig B, Yvin JC, Kauffmann S. Beta-1,3 glucan sulfate, but not beta-1,3 glucan, induces the salicylic acid signaling pathway in tobacco and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2004; 16:3020-32. [PMID: 15494557 PMCID: PMC527195 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.024968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2004] [Accepted: 08/23/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Sulfate substituents naturally occurring in biomolecules, such as oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, can play a critical role in major physiological functions in plants and animals. We show that laminarin, a beta-1,3 glucan with elicitor activity in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), becomes, after chemical sulfation, an inducer of the salicylic acid (SA) signaling pathway in tobacco and Arabidopsis thaliana. In tobacco cell suspensions, the oxidative burst induced by the laminarin sulfate PS3 was Ca2+ dependent but partially kinase independent, whereas laminarin triggered a strickly kinase-dependent oxidative burst. Cells treated with PS3 or laminarin remained fully responsive to a second application of laminarin or PS3, respectively, suggesting two distinct perception systems. In tobacco leaves, PS3, but not laminarin, caused electrolyte leakage and triggered scopoletin and SA accumulation. Expression of different families of Pathogenesis-Related (PR) proteins was analyzed in wild-type and mutant tobacco as well as in Arabidopsis. Laminarin induced expression of ethylene-dependent PR proteins, whereas PS3 triggered expression of ethylene- and SA-dependent PR proteins. In Arabidopsis, PS3-induced PR1 expression was also NPR1 (for nonexpressor of PR genes1) dependent. Structure-activity analysis revealed that (1) a minimum chain length is essential for biological activity of unsulfated as well as sulfated laminarin, (2) the sulfate residues are essential and cannot be replaced by other anionic groups, and (3) moderately sulfated beta-1,3 glucans are active. In tobacco, PS3 and curdlan sulfate induced immunity against Tobacco mosaic virus infection, whereas laminarin induced only a weak resistance. The results open new routes to work out new molecules suitable for crop protection.
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- Rozenn Ménard
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Louis Pasteur, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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de la Torre R, Farré M, Roset PN, Pizarro N, Abanades S, Segura M, Segura J, Camí J. Human pharmacology of MDMA: pharmacokinetics, metabolism, and disposition. Ther Drug Monit 2004; 26:137-44. [PMID: 15228154 DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200404000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, ecstasy) is a widely misused psychostimulant drug abused among large segments of the young population. Pharmacologically it displays effects related to amphetamine-type drugs and a set of distinctive effects (closeness to others, facilitation to interpersonal relationship, and empathy) that have been named by some authors "entactogen" properties. MDMA is a potent releaser and/or reuptake inhibitor of presynaptic serotonin (5-HT), dopamine (DA), and norepinephrine (NE). These actions result from the interaction of MDMA with the membrane transporters involved in neurotransmitter reuptake and vesicular storage systems. The most frequent effects after MDMA/ecstasy administration are euphoria, well-being, happiness, stimulation, increased energy, extroversion, feeling close to others, increased empathy, increased sociability, enhanced mood, mild perceptual disturbances, changed perception of colors and sounds, somatic symptoms related to its cardiovascular and autonomic effects (blood pressure and heart rate increase, mydriasis), and moderate derealization but not hallucinations. Acute toxic effects are related to its pharmacologic actions. The serotonin syndrome (increased muscle rigidity, hyperreflexia, and hyperthermia), among others, is characteristic of acute toxicity episodes. MDMA metabolism is rather complex and includes 2 main metabolic pathways: (1) O-demethylenation followed by catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT)-catalyzed methylation and/or glucuronide/sulfate conjugation; and (2) N-dealkylation, deamination, and oxidation to the corresponding benzoic acid derivatives conjugated with glycine. The fact that the polymorphic enzyme CYP2D6 partially regulates the O-demethylenation pathway prompted some expectations that subjects displaying the poor metabolizer phenotype may be at higher risk of acute toxicity episodes. In this metabolic pathway a mechanism-based inhibition of the enzyme operates because the formation of an enzyme-metabolite complex that renders all subjects, independently of genotype, phenotypically poor metabolizers after the administration of 2 consecutive doses. Therefore, the impact of CYP2D6 pharmacogenetics on acute toxicity is limited. One of the interesting features of MDMA metabolism is its potential involvement in the development of mid- to long-term neurotoxic effects as a result of progressive neurodegeneration of the serotonergic neurotransmission system.
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- Rafael de la Torre
- Unitat de Recerca en Farmacologia, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Médica, Barcelona, Spain.
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Behrens M, Brockhoff A, Kuhn C, Bufe B, Winnig M, Meyerhof W. The human taste receptor hTAS2R14 responds to a variety of different bitter compounds. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 319:479-85. [PMID: 15178431 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The recent advances in the functional expression of TAS2Rs in heterologous systems resulted in the identification of bitter tastants that specifically activate receptors of this family. All bitter taste receptors reported to date exhibit a pronounced selectivity for single substances or structurally related bitter compounds. In the present study we demonstrate the expression of the hTAS2R14 gene by RT-PCR analyses and in situ hybridisation in human circumvallate papillae. By functional expression in HEK-293T cells we show that hTAS2R14 displays a, so far, unique broad tuning towards a variety of structurally diverse bitter compounds, including the potent neurotoxins, (-)-alpha-thujone, the pharmacologically active component of absinthe, and picrotoxinin, a poisonous substance of fishberries. The observed activation of heterologously expressed hTAS2R14 by low concentrations of (-)-alpha-thujone and picrotoxinin suggests that the receptor is sufficiently sensitive to caution us against the ingestion of toxic amounts of these substances.
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- Maik Behrens
- Department of Molecular Genetics, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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Farré M, de la Torre R, Mathúna BO, Roset PN, Peiró AM, Torrens M, Ortuño J, Pujadas M, Camí J. Repeated doses administration of MDMA in humans: pharmacological effects and pharmacokinetics. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2004; 173:364-75. [PMID: 15071716 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-004-1789-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2003] [Accepted: 12/23/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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RATIONALE 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy") is increasingly used by young people for its euphoric and empathic effects. MDMA presents non-linear pharmacokinetics, probably by inhibition of cytochrome P450 isoform 2D6. Users are known to often take more than one dose per session. This practice could have serious implications for the toxicity of MDMA. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the pharmacological effects and pharmacokinetics of MDMA following the administration of two repeated doses of MDMA (24 h apart). METHODS A randomised, double-blind, cross-over, placebo controlled trial was conducted in nine healthy male subjects. Variables included physiological, psychomotor performance, subjective effects, endocrine response and pharmacokinetics. MDMA 100 mg or placebo was administered in two successive doses separated by an interval of 24 h. RESULTS MDMA produced the prototypical effects of the drug. Following a second dose, plasma concentrations of MDMA increased (AUC 77% and Cmax 29%) in comparison with the first. The increase is greater than those expected by simple accumulation and indicates metabolic inhibition. The pharmacological effects after the second dose were slightly higher than those observed after the first in the majority of variables including blood pressure, heart rate, most subjective effects and cortisol concentrations. The effects were similar in the case of pupil diameter, esophoria and prolactin. CONCLUSIONS Pharmacological effects after the second administration were higher than those following the first but lower than expected. A disproportionate increase in plasma concentrations in MDMA and MDA was observed most likely due to metabolic inhibition. This inhibition lasts at least 24 h. Further experiments need to be conducted to evaluate its duration.
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- M Farré
- Pharmacology Unit, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, Doctor Aiguader 80, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
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Gravot A, Larbat R, Hehn A, Lièvre K, Gontier E, Goergen JL, Bourgaud F. Cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase mechanism-based inactivation by psoralen derivatives: cloning and characterization of a C4H from a psoralen producing plant-Ruta graveolens-exhibiting low sensitivity to psoralen inactivation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004; 422:71-80. [PMID: 14725859 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2003.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H, EC 1.14.13.11) complete cDNA was cloned from the leaves of Ruta graveolens, a psoralen producing plant. The recombinant enzyme (classified CYP73A32) was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mechanism-based inactivation was investigated using various psoralen derivatives. Only psoralen and 8-methoxypsoralen were found to inactivate C4H. The inactivation was dependent on the presence of NADPH, time of pre-incubation, and inhibitor concentration. Inactivation stoichiometry was 0.9 (+/-0.2) for CYP73A1 and 1.1 (+/-0.2) for CYP73A32. SDS-PAGE analysis demonstrated that [3H]psoralen was irreversibly bound to the C4H apoprotein. K(i) and k(inact) for psoralen and 8-methoxypsoralen inactivation on the two C4H revealed a lower sensitivity for CYP73A32 compared to CYP73A1. Inactivation kinetics were also determined for CYP73A10, a C4H from another furocoumarin-producing plant, Petroselinum crispum. This enzyme was found to behave like CYP73A32, with a weak sensitivity to psoralen and 8-MOP inactivation. Cinnamic acid hydroxylation is a key step in the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoid compounds, psoralen derivatives included. Our results suggest a possible evolution of R. graveolens and P. crispum C4H that might tolerate substantial levels of psoralen derivatives in the cytoplasmic compartment without a depletive effect on C4H and the general phenylpropanoid metabolism.
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- Antoine Gravot
- UMR 1121 Agronomie Environnement INPL-INRA, ENSAIA 2, av. de la Forêt de Haye, 54505 Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy Cedex, France
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Ro DK, Douglas CJ. Reconstitution of the entry point of plant phenylpropanoid metabolism in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae): implications for control of metabolic flux into the phenylpropanoid pathway. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:2600-7. [PMID: 14607837 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309951200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H), and the C4H redox partner cytochrome p450 reductase (CPR) are important in allocating significant amounts of carbon from phenylalanine into phenylpropanoid biosynthesis in plants. It has been proposed that multienzyme complexes (MECs) containing PAL and C4H are functionally important at this entry point into phenylpropanoid metabolism. To evaluate the MEC model, two poplar PAL isoforms presumed to be involved in either flavonoid (PAL2) or in lignin biosynthesis (PAL4) were independently expressed together with C4H and CPR in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, creating two yeast strains expressing either PAL2, C4H and CPR or PAL4, C4H and CPR. When [(3)H]Phe was fed, the majority of metabolized [(3)H]Phe was incorporated into p-[(3)H]coumarate, and Phe metabolism was highly reduced by inhibiting C4H activity. PAL alone expressers metabolized very little phenylalanine into cinnamic acid. To test for intermediate channeling between PAL and C4H, we fed [(3)H]Phe and [(14)C]cinnamate simultaneously to the triple expressers, but found no evidence for channeling of the endogenously synthesized [(3)H]cinnamate into p-coumarate. Therefore, efficient carbon flux from Phe to p-coumarate via reactions catalyzed by PAL and C4H does not appear to require channeling through a MEC in yeast, and instead biochemical coupling of PAL and C4H is sufficient to drive carbon flux into the phenylpropanoid pathway. This may be the primary mechanism by which carbon allocation into phenylpropanoid metabolism is controlled in plants.
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- Dae-Kyun Ro
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Schoch GA, Attias R, Belghazi M, Dansette PM, Werck-Reichhart D. Engineering of a water-soluble plant cytochrome P450, CYP73A1, and NMR-based orientation of natural and alternate substrates in the active site. Plant Physiol 2003; 133:1198-208. [PMID: 14576280 PMCID: PMC281615 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.020305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2003] [Revised: 06/01/2003] [Accepted: 08/13/2003] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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CYP73A1 catalyzes cinnamic acid hydroxylation, a reaction essential for the synthesis of lignin monomers and most phenolic compounds in higher plants. The native CYP73A1, initially isolated from Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), was engineered to simplify purification from recombinant yeast and improve solublity and stability in the absence of detergent by replacing the hydrophobic N terminus with the peptitergent amphipathic sequence PD1. Optimized expression and purification procedures yielded 4 mg engineered CYP73A1 L(-1) yeast culture. This water-soluble enzyme was suitable for 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) investigation of substrate positioning in the active site. The metabolism and interaction with the enzyme of cinnamate and four analogs were compared by UV-visible and 1H-NMR analysis. It was shown that trans-3-thienylacrylic acid, trans-2-thienylacrylic acid, and 4-vinylbenzoic acid are good ligands and substrates, whereas trans-4-fluorocinnamate is a competitive inhibitor. Paramagnetic relaxation effects of CYP73A1-Fe(III) on the 1H-NMR spectra of cinnamate and analogs indicate that their average initial orientation in the active site is parallel to the heme. Initial orientation and distances of ring protons to the iron do not explain the selective hydroxylation of cinnamate in the 4-position or the formation of single products from the thienyl compounds. Position adjustments are thus likely to occur during the later steps of the catalytic cycle.
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- Guillaume A Schoch
- Department of Plant Stress Response, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Unité Propre de Recherche 2357, Université Louis Pasteur, 28 rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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Schoch GA, Attias R, Le Ret M, Werck-Reichhart D. Key substrate recognition residues in the active site of a plant cytochrome P450, CYP73A1. Homology guided site-directed mutagenesis. Eur J Biochem 2003; 270:3684-95. [PMID: 12950252 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03739.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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CYP73 enzymes are highly conserved cytochromes P450 in plant species that catalyse the regiospecific 4-hydroxylation of cinnamic acid to form precursors of lignin and many other phenolic compounds. A CYP73A1 homology model based on P450 experimentally solved structures was used to identify active site residues likely to govern substrate binding and regio-specific catalysis. The functional significance of these residues was assessed using site-directed mutagenesis. Active site modelling predicted that N302 and I371 form a hydrogen bond and hydrophobic contacts with the anionic site or aromatic ring of the substrate. Modification of these residues led to a drastic decrease in substrate binding and metabolism without major perturbation of protein structure. Changes to residue K484, which is located too far in the active site model to form a direct contact with cinnamic acid in the oxidized enzyme, did not influence initial substrate binding. However, the K484M substitution led to a 50% loss in catalytic activity. K484 may affect positioning of the substrate in the reduced enzyme during the catalytic cycle, or product release. Catalytic analysis of the mutants with structural analogues of cinnamic acid, in particular indole-2-carboxylic acid that can be hydroxylated with different regioselectivities, supports the involvement of N302, I371 and K484 in substrate docking and orientation.
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- Guillaume A Schoch
- Department of Plant Stress Response, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France; Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, Université Paris V, 45 Paris, France
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Schoch GA, Nikov GN, Alworth WL, Werck-Reichhart D. Chemical inactivation of the cinnamate 4-hydroxylase allows for the accumulation of salicylic acid in elicited cells. Plant Physiol 2002; 130:1022-31. [PMID: 12376665 PMCID: PMC166627 DOI: 10.1104/pp.004309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2002] [Revised: 05/10/2002] [Accepted: 06/23/2002] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The cinnamate (CA) 4-hydroxylase (C4H) is a cytochrome P450 that catalyzes the second step of the main phenylpropanoid pathway, leading to the synthesis of lignin, pigments, and many defense molecules. Salicylic acid (SA) is an essential trigger of plant disease resistance. Some plant species can synthesize SA from CA by a mechanism not yet understood. A set of specific inhibitors of the C4H, including competitive, tight-binding, mechanism-based irreversible, and quasi-irreversible inhibitors have been developed with the main objective to redirect cinnamic acid to the synthesis of SA. Competitive inhibitors such as 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoic acid and the heme-coordinating compound 3-(4-pyridyl)-acrylic acid allowed strong inhibition of C4H activity in a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Bright Yellow [BY]) cell suspension culture. This inhibition was however rapidly relieved either because of substrate accumulation or because of inhibitor metabolism. Substrate analogs bearing a methylenedioxo function such as piperonylic acid (PIP) or a terminal acetylene such as 4-propynyloxybenzoic acid (4PB), 3-propynyloxybenzoic acid, and 4-propynyloxymethylbenzoic acid are potent mechanism-based inactivators of the C4H. PIP and 4PB, the best inactivators in vitro, were also efficient inhibitors of the enzyme in BY cells. Inhibition was not reversed 46 h after cell treatment. Cotreatment of BY cells with the fungal elicitor beta-megaspermin and PIP or 4PB led to a dramatic increase in SA accumulation. PIP and 4PB do not trigger SA accumulation in nonelicited cells in which the SA biosynthetic pathway is not activated. Mechanism-based C4H inactivators, thus, are promising tools for the elucidation of the CA-derived SA biosynthetic pathway and for the potentiation of plant defense.
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- Guillaume A Schoch
- Department of Plant Stress Response, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Unité Propre de Recherche 2357, Université Louis Pasteur, 28 Rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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McCUE PATRICK, SHETTY KALBDAS. CLONAL HERBAL EXTRACTS AS ELICITORS OF PHENOLIC SYNTHESIS IN DARK-GERMINATED MUNGBEANS FOR IMPROVING NUTRITIONAL VALUE WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SAFETY. J Food Biochem 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2002.tb00853.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Harvey PJ, Campanella BF, Castro PML, Harms H, Lichtfouse E, Schäffner AR, Smrcek S, Werck-Reichhart D. Phytoremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, anilines and phenols. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2002; 9:29-47. [PMID: 11885416 DOI: 10.1007/bf02987315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Phytoremediation technologies based on the combined action of plants and the microbial communities that they support within the rhizosphere hold promise in the remediation of land and waterways contaminated with hydrocarbons but they have not yet been adopted in large-scale remediation strategies. In this review plant and microbial degradative capacities, viewed as a continuum, have been dissected in order to identify where bottle-necks and limitations exist. Phenols, anilines and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were selected as the target classes of molecule for consideration, in part because of their common patterns of distribution, but also because of the urgent need to develop techniques to overcome their toxicity to human health. Depending on the chemical and physical properties of the pollutant, the emerging picture suggests that plants will draw pollutants including PAHs into the plant rhizosphere to varying extents via the transpiration stream. Mycorrhizosphere-bacteria and -fungi may play a crucial role in establishing plants in degraded ecosystems. Within the rhizosphere, microbial degradative activities prevail in order to extract energy and carbon skeletons from the pollutants for microbial cell growth. There has been little systematic analysis of the changing dynamics of pollutant degradation within the rhizosphere; however, the importance of plants in supplying oxygen and nutrients to the rhizosphere via fine roots, and of the beneficial effect of microorganisms on plant root growth is stressed. In addition to their role in supporting rhizospheric degradative activities, plants may possess a limited capacity to transport some of the more mobile pollutants into roots and shoots via fine roots. In those situations where uptake does occur (i.e. only limited microbial activity in the rhizosphere) there is good evidence that the pollutant may be metabolised. However, plant uptake is frequently associated with the inhibition of plant growth and an increasing tendency to oxidant stress. Pollutant tolerance seems to correlate with the ability to deposit large quantities of pollutant metabolites in the 'bound' residue fraction of plant cell walls compared to the vacuole. In this regard, particular attention is paid to the activities of peroxidases, laccases, cytochromes P450, glucosyltransferases and ABC transporters. However, despite the seemingly large diversity of these proteins, direct proof of their participation in the metabolism of industrial aromatic pollutants is surprisingly scarce and little is known about their control in the overall metabolic scheme. Little is known about the bioavailability of bound metabolites; however, there may be a need to prevent their movement into wildlife food chains. In this regard, the application to harvested plants of composting techniques based on the degradative capacity of white-rot fungi merits attention.
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- Patricia J Harvey
- University of Greenwich, School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PF, UK.
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