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Mabesoone MFJ, Leopold-Messer S, Minas HA, Chepkirui C, Chawengrum P, Reiter S, Meoded RA, Wolf S, Genz F, Magnus N, Piechulla B, Walker AS, Piel J. Evolution-guided engineering of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases. Science 2024; 383:1312-1317. [PMID: 38513027 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj7621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
Bacterial multimodular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are giant enzymes that generate a wide range of therapeutically important but synthetically challenging natural products. Diversification of polyketide structures can be achieved by engineering these enzymes. However, notwithstanding successes made with textbook cis-acyltransferase (cis-AT) PKSs, tailoring such large assembly lines remains challenging. Unlike textbook PKSs, trans-AT PKSs feature an extraordinary diversity of PKS modules and commonly evolve to form hybrid PKSs. In this study, we analyzed amino acid coevolution to identify a common module site that yields functional PKSs. We used this site to insert and delete diverse PKS parts and create 22 engineered trans-AT PKSs from various pathways and in two bacterial producers. The high success rates of our engineering approach highlight the broader applicability to generate complex designer polyketides.
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- Mathijs F J Mabesoone
- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Chemical Biology Program, Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok 10210, Thailand
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, 1234 Stevenson Center Lane, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 465 21st Avenue S, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Fitzgerald S, Holland L, Ahmed W, Piechulla B, Fowler SJ, Morrin A. Volatilomes of human infection. Anal Bioanal Chem 2024; 416:37-53. [PMID: 37843549 PMCID: PMC10758372 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04986-z] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
Abstract
The human volatilome comprises a vast mixture of volatile emissions produced by the human body and its microbiomes. Following infection, the human volatilome undergoes significant shifts, and presents a unique medium for non-invasive biomarker discovery. In this review, we examine how the onset of infection impacts the production of volatile metabolites that reflects dysbiosis by pathogenic microbes. We describe key analytical workflows applied across both microbial and clinical volatilomics and emphasize the value in linking microbial studies to clinical investigations to robustly elucidate the metabolic species and pathways leading to the observed volatile signatures. We review the current state of the art across microbial and clinical volatilomics, outlining common objectives and successes of microbial-clinical volatilomic workflows. Finally, we propose key challenges, as well as our perspectives on emerging opportunities for developing clinically useful and targeted workflows that could significantly enhance and expedite current practices in infection diagnosis and monitoring.
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- Shane Fitzgerald
- SFI Insight Centre for Data Analytics, School of Chemical Sciences, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- SFI Insight Centre for Data Analytics, School of Chemical Sciences, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
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Magnus N, von Reuss SH, Braack F, Zhang C, Baer K, Koch A, Hampe PL, Sutour S, Chen F, Piechulla B. Non-canonical Biosynthesis of the Brexane-type Bishomosesquiterpene Chlororaphen via Two Consecutive Methylations in Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 & Variovorax boronicumulans PHE5-4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023:e202303692. [PMID: 37132448 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202303692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A non-canonical biosynthetic pathway furnishing the first natural brexane-type bishomosesquiterpene (chlororaphen, C17H28) was elucidated in the γ-proteobacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6. A combination of genome mining, pathway cloning, in vitro enzyme assays, and NMR spectroscopy revealed a three-step pathway initiated by C-10 methylation of farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP, C15) along with cyclization and ring contraction to furnish monocyclic γ-presodorifen pyrophosphate (γ-PSPP, C16). Subsequent C-methylation of γ-PSPP by a second C-methyltransferase furnishes the monocyclic α-prechlororaphen pyrophosphate (α-PCPP, C17), serving as the substrate for the terpene synthase. The same biosynthetic pathway was characterized in the β-proteobacterium Variovorax boronicumulans PHE5-4 demonstrating that non-canonical homo-sesquiterpene biosynthesis is more widespread in the bacterial domain than previously anticipated.
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- Nancy Magnus
- University of Rostock Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: Universitat Rostock Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultat, Microbiology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059, Rostock, GERMANY
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- University of Neuchatel Department of Chemistry: Universite de Neuchatel Institut de Chimie, Laboratory of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CH-2000, Neuchatel, SWITZERLAND
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- University of Rostock Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: Universitat Rostock Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultat, Biochemistry, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, Rostock, GERMANY
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- University of Tennessee System: The University of Tennessee System, Department of Plant Sciences, 2505 E J Chapman Drive, TN 37996, Knoxville, UNITED STATES
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- University of Rostock Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: Universitat Rostock Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultat, Microbiology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, GERMANY
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- University of Rostock Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: Universitat Rostock Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultat, Microbiology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, GERMANY
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- University of Rostock Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: Universitat Rostock Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultat, Microbiology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, GERMANY
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- University of Neuchatel Department of Chemistry: Universite de Neuchatel Institut de Chimie, Neuchatel Platform of Analytical Chemistry (NPAC), Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CH-2000, Neuchatel, SWITZERLAND
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- University of Tennessee System: The University of Tennessee System, Department of Plant Sciences, 2505 E J Chapman Drive, TN 37996, Knoxville, UNITED STATES
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- University of Rostock Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences: Universitat Rostock Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultat, Biochemistry, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, GERMANY
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Hemmerling F, Meoded RA, Fraley AE, Minas HA, Dieterich CL, Rust M, Ueoka R, Jensen K, Helfrich EJN, Bergande C, Biedermann M, Magnus N, Piechulla B, Piel J. Modular Halogenation, α-Hydroxylation, and Acylation by a Remarkably Versatile Polyketide Synthase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202116614. [PMID: 35020279 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202116614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Bacterial multimodular polyketide synthases (PKSs) are large enzymatic assembly lines that synthesize many bioactive natural products of therapeutic relevance. While PKS catalysis is mostly based on fatty acid biosynthetic principles, polyketides can be further diversified by post-PKS enzymes. Here, we characterized a remarkably versatile trans-acyltransferase (trans-AT) PKS from Serratia that builds structurally complex macrolides via more than ten functionally distinct PKS modules. In the oocydin PKS, we identified a new oxygenation module that α-hydroxylates polyketide intermediates, a halogenating module catalyzing backbone γ-chlorination, and modular O-acetylation by a thioesterase-like domain. These results from a single biosynthetic assembly line highlight the expansive biochemical repertoire of trans-AT PKSs and provide diverse modular tools for engineered biosynthesis from a close relative of E. coli.
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- Franziska Hemmerling
- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.,School of Marine Bioscience, Kitasato University, 1-15-1, Kitazato, Minami-ku, Sagamirhara-shi Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Molecular Bio Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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Das P, Effmert U, Baermann G, Quella M, Piechulla B. Impact of bacterial volatiles on phytopathogenic fungi: an in vitro study on microbial competition and interaction. J Exp Bot 2022; 73:596-614. [PMID: 34718549 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microorganisms in the rhizosphere are abundant and exist in very high taxonomic diversity. The major players are bacteria and fungi, and bacteria have evolved many strategies to prevail over fungi, among them harmful enzyme activities and noxious secondary metabolites. Interactions between plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and phytopathogenic fungi are potentially valuable since the plant would benefit from fungal growth repression. In this respect, the role of volatile bacterial metabolites in fungistasis has been demonstrated, but the mechanisms of action are less understood. We used three phytopathogenic fungal species (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Juxtiphoma eupyrena) as well as one non-phytopathogenic species (Neurospora crassa) and the plant growth promoting rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 in co-cultivation assays to investigate the influence of bacterial volatile metabolites on fungi on a cellular level. As a response to the treatment, we found elevated lipid peroxidation, which indirectly reflected the loss of fungal cell membrane integrity. An increase in superoxide dismutase, catalase, and laccase activities indicated oxidative stress. Acclimation to these adverse growth conditions completely restored fungal growth. One of the bioactive bacterial volatile compounds seemed to be ammonia, which was a component of the bacterial volatile mixture. Applied as a single compound in biogenic concentrations ammonia also caused an increase in lipid peroxidation and enzyme activities, but the extent and pattern did not fully match the effect of the entire bacterial volatile mixture.
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- Piyali Das
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Jahn L, Storm-Johannsen L, Seidler D, Noack J, Gao W, Schafhauser T, Wohlleben W, van Berkel WJH, Jacques P, Kar T, Piechulla B, Ludwig-Müller J. The Endophytic Fungus Cyanodermella asteris Influences Growth of the Nonnatural Host Plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2022; 35:49-63. [PMID: 34615362 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-03-21-0072-r] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Cyanodermella asteris is a fungal endophyte from Aster tataricus, a perennial plant from the northern part of Asia. Here, we demonstrated an interaction of C. asteris with Arabidopsis thaliana, Chinese cabbage, rapeseed, tomato, maize, or sunflower resulting in different phenotypes such as shorter main roots, massive lateral root growth, higher leaf and root biomass, and increased anthocyanin levels. In a variety of cocultivation assays, it was shown that these altered phenotypes are caused by fungal CO2, volatile organic compounds, and soluble compounds, notably astins. Astins A, C, and G induced plant growth when they were individually included in the medium. In return, A. thaliana stimulates the fungal astin C production during cocultivation. Taken together, our results indicate a bilateral interaction between the fungus and the plant. A stress response in plants is induced by fungal metabolites while plant stress hormones induced astin C production of the fungus. Interestingly, our results not only show unidirectional influence of the fungus on the plant but also vice versa. The plant is able to influence growth and secondary metabolite production in the endophyte, even when both organisms do not live in close contact, suggesting the involvement of volatile compounds.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Linda Jahn
- Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- MiPI, TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Joint Research Unit BioEcoAgro, UMRt 1158, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Lipofabrik, Cité Scientifique, Bât. Polytech-Lille, Avenue Langevin 59 655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Institute for Biological Science, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Menezes RC, Piechulla B, Warber D, Svatoš A, Kai M. Metabolic Profiling of Rhizobacteria Serratia plymuthica and Bacillus subtilis Revealed Intra- and Interspecific Differences and Elicitation of Plipastatins and Short Peptides Due to Co-cultivation. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:685224. [PMID: 34135882 PMCID: PMC8200778 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.685224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rhizobacteria live in diverse and dynamic communities having a high impact on plant growth and development. Due to the complexity of the microbial communities and the difficult accessibility of the rhizosphere, investigations of interactive processes within this bacterial network are challenging. In order to better understand causal relationships between individual members of the microbial community of plants, we started to investigate the inter- and intraspecific interaction potential of three rhizobacteria, the S. plymuthica isolates 4Rx13 and AS9 and B. subtilis B2g, using high resolution mass spectrometry based metabolic profiling of structured, low-diversity model communities. We found that by metabolic profiling we are able to detect metabolite changes during cultivation of all three isolates. The metabolic profile of S. plymuthica 4Rx13 differs interspecifically to B. subtilis B2g and surprisingly intraspecifically to S. plymuthica AS9. Thereby, the release of different secondary metabolites represents one contributing factor of inter- and intraspecific variations in metabolite profiles. Interspecific co-cultivation of S. plymuthica 4Rx13 and B. subtilis B2g showed consistently distinct metabolic profiles compared to mono-cultivated species. Thereby, putative known and new variants of the plipastatin family are increased in the co-cultivation of S. plymuthica 4Rx13 and B. subtilis B2g. Interestingly, intraspecific co-cultivation of S. plymuthica 4Rx13 and S. plymuthica AS9 revealed a distinct interaction zone and showed distinct metabolic profiles compared to mono-cultures. Thereby, several putative short proline-containing peptides are increased in co-cultivation of S. plymuthica 4Rx13 with S. plymuthica AS9 compared to mono-cultivated strains. Our results demonstrate that the release of metabolites by rhizobacteria alters due to growth and induced by social interactions between single members of the microbial community. These results form a basis to elucidate the functional role of such interaction-triggered compounds in establishment and maintenance of microbial communities and can be applied under natural and more realistic conditions, since rhizobacteria also interact with the plant itself and many other members of plant and soil microbiota.
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- Riya C Menezes
- Research Group Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Rostock, Germany
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- Research Group Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Research Group Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Rostock, Germany
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Piechulla B, Zhang C, Eisenschmidt-Bönn D, Chen F, Magnus N. Non-canonical substrates for terpene synthases in bacteria are synthesized by a new family of methyltransferases. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2021; 45:6232159. [PMID: 33864462 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuab024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The 'biogenetic isoprene rule', formulated in the mid 20th century, predicted that terpenoids are biosynthesized via polymerization of C5 isoprene units. The polymerizing enzymes have been identified to be isoprenyl diphosphate synthases, products of which are catalyzed by terpene synthases (TPSs) to achieve vast structural diversity of terpene skeletons. Irregular terpenes (e.g, C11, C12, C16, C17) are also frequently observed, and they have presumed to be synthesized by the modification of terpene skeletons. This review highlights the exciting discovery of an additional route to the biosynthesis of irregular terpenes which involves the action of a newly discovered enzyme family of isoprenyl diphosphate methyltransferases (IDMTs). These enzymes methylate, and sometimes cyclize, the classical isoprenyl diphosphate substrates to produce modified, non-canonical substrates for specifically evolved TPSs. So far, this new pathway has been found only in bacteria. Structure and sequence comparisons of the IDMTs strongly indicate a conservation of their active pockets and overall topologies. Some bacterial IDMTs and TPSs appear in small gene clusters, which may facilitate future mining of bacterial genomes for identification of irregular terpene-producing enzymes. The IDMT-TPS route for terpenoid biosynthesis presents another example of nature's ingenuity in creating chemical diversity, particularly terpenoids, for organismal fitness. IDMT isoprenyl diphosphate methyltransferases IDPMT isopentenyl diphosphate methyltransferase GDPMT geranyl diphosphate methyltransferase FDPMT farnesyl diphosphate methyltransferases BGC biosynthetic gene cluster TPS terpene synthase MIBS 2-methylisoborneol synthase MBS 2-methylenebornane synthase DMADP Dimethylallyl diphosphate SAM S-adenosyl-L-methionine.
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- Birgit Piechulla
- University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Lemfack MC, Brandt W, Krüger K, Gurowietz A, Djifack J, Jung JP, Hopf M, Noack H, Junker B, von Reuß S, Piechulla B. Reaction mechanism of the farnesyl pyrophosphate C-methyltransferase towards the biosynthesis of pre-sodorifen pyrophosphate by Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3182. [PMID: 33542330 PMCID: PMC7862628 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82521-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Classical terpenoid biosynthesis involves the cyclization of the linear prenyl pyrophosphate precursors geranyl-, farnesyl-, or geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GPP, FPP, GGPP) and their isomers, to produce a huge number of natural compounds. Recently, it was shown for the first time that the biosynthesis of the unique homo-sesquiterpene sodorifen by Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 involves a methylated and cyclized intermediate as the substrate of the sodorifen synthase. To further support the proposed biosynthetic pathway, we now identified the cyclic prenyl pyrophosphate intermediate pre-sodorifen pyrophosphate (PSPP). Its absolute configuration (6R,7S,9S) was determined by comparison of calculated and experimental CD-spectra of its hydrolysis product and matches with those predicted by semi-empirical quantum calculations of the reaction mechanism. In silico modeling of the reaction mechanism of the FPP C-methyltransferase (FPPMT) revealed a SN2 mechanism for the methyl transfer followed by a cyclization cascade. The cyclization of FPP to PSPP is guided by a catalytic dyad of H191 and Y39 and involves an unprecedented cyclopropyl intermediate. W46, W306, F56, and L239 form the hydrophobic binding pocket and E42 and H45 complex a magnesium cation that interacts with the diphosphate moiety of FPP. Six additional amino acids turned out to be essential for product formation and the importance of these amino acids was subsequently confirmed by site-directed mutagenesis. Our results reveal the reaction mechanism involved in methyltransferase-catalyzed cyclization and demonstrate that this coupling of C-methylation and cyclization of FPP by the FPPMT represents an alternative route of terpene biosynthesis that could increase the terpenoid diversity and structural space.
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- Marie Chantal Lemfack
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany.
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle, Germany.
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120, Halle, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Weinberg 10, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany.,PIMAN Consultants, 12 Rue Barthelemy Danjou, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany.,Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach, Weg der Freundschaft 4, 07546, Gera, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Biosynthesis of Active Substances, Hoher Weg 8, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Biosynthesis of Active Substances, Hoher Weg 8, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Laboratory of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Neuchatel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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Elmassry MM, Farag MA, Preissner R, Gohlke BO, Piechulla B, Lemfack MC. Sixty-One Volatiles Have Phylogenetic Signals Across Bacterial Domain and Fungal Kingdom. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:557253. [PMID: 33101231 PMCID: PMC7554305 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.557253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Microorganisms are diverse in their genome sequences and subsequently in their encoded metabolic pathways, which enabled them to adapt to numerous environmental conditions. They produce thousands of small molecules, many of which are volatiles in nature and play important roles in signaling in intra- and inter-species to kingdom and domain interactions, survival, or virulence. Many of these compounds have been studied, characterized, and organized in the mVOC 2.0 database. However, such dataset has not been investigated comprehensively in terms of its phylogeny to determine key volatile markers for certain taxa. It was hypothesized that some of the volatiles described in the mVOC 2.0 database could function as a phylogenetic signal since their production is conserved among certain taxa within the microbial evolutionary tree. Our meta-analysis revealed that some volatiles were produced by a large number of bacteria but not in fungal genera such as dimethyl disulfide, acetic acid, 2-nonanone, dimethyl trisulfide, 2-undecanone, isovaleric acid, 2-tridecanone, propanoic acid, and indole (common bacterial compounds). In contrast, 1-octen-3-ol, 3-octanone, and 2-pentylfuran (common fungal compounds) were produced primarily by fungal genera. Such chemical information was further confirmed by investigating genomic data of publicly available databases revealing that bacteria or fungi harbor gene families involved in these volatiles’ biosynthesis. Our phylogenetic signal testing identified 61 volatiles with a significant phylogenetic signal as demonstrated by phylogenetic D statistic P-value < 0.05. Thirty-three volatiles were phylogenetically conserved in the bacterial domain (e.g., cyclocitral) compared to 17 volatiles phylogenetically conserved in the fungal kingdom (e.g., aristolochene), whereas 11 volatiles were phylogenetically conserved in genera from both bacteria and fungi (e.g., geosmin). These volatiles belong to different chemical classes such as heterocyclic compounds, long-chain fatty acids, sesquiterpenoids, and aromatics. The performed approaches serve as a starting point to investigate less explored volatiles with potential roles in signaling, antimicrobial therapy, or diagnostics.
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- Moamen M Elmassry
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.,Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Physiology and Science-IT, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology and Science-IT, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Science, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Science, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Piechulla B, Magnus N, Lemfack MC, von Reuss S. Terpenoid Cyclization by SAM-Dependent C-Methyl Transferase. Trends in Chemistry 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sense of smell in humans has the capacity to detect certain volatiles from bacterial infections. Our olfactory senses were used in ancient medicine to diagnose diseases in patients. As humans are considered holobionts, each person's unique odor consists of volatile organic compounds (VOCs, volatilome) produced not only by the humans themselves but also by their beneficial and pathogenic micro-habitants. In the past decade it has been well documented that microorganisms (fungi and bacteria) are able to emit a broad range of olfactory active VOCs [summarized in the mVOC database (http://bioinformatics.charite.de/mvoc/)]. During microbial infection, the equilibrium between the human and its microbiome is altered, followed by a change in the volatilome. For several decades, physicians have been trying to utilize these changes in smell composition to develop fast and efficient diagnostic tools, particularly because volatiles detection is non-invasive and non-destructive, which would be a breakthrough in many therapies. Within this review, we discuss bacterial infections including gastrointestinal, respiratory or lung, and blood infections, focusing on the pathogens and their known corresponding volatile biomarkers. Furthermore, we cover the potential role of the human microbiota and their volatilome in certain diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases. We also report on discrete mVOCs that affect humans.
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- Moamen M. Elmassry
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Lemfack MC, Gohlke BO, Toguem SMT, Preissner S, Piechulla B, Preissner R. mVOC 2.0: a database of microbial volatiles. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:D1261-D1265. [PMID: 29106611 PMCID: PMC5753297 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Metabolic capabilities of microorganisms include the production of secondary metabolites (e.g. antibiotics). The analysis of microbial volatile organic compounds (mVOCs) is an emerging research field with huge impact on medical, agricultural and biotechnical applied and basic science. The mVOC database (v1) has grown with microbiome research and integrated species information with data on emitted volatiles. Here, we present the mVOC 2.0 database with about 2000 compounds from almost 1000 species and new features to work with the database. The extended collection of compounds was augmented with data regarding mVOC-mediated effects on plants, fungi, bacteria and (in-)vertebrates. The mVOC database 2.0 now features a mass spectrum finder, which allows a quick mass spectrum comparison for compound identification and the generation of species-specific VOC signatures. Automatic updates, useful links and search for mVOC literature are also included. The mVOC database aggregates and refines available information regarding microbial volatiles, with the ultimate aim to provide a comprehensive and informative platform for scientists working in this research field. To address this need, we maintain a publicly available mVOC database at: http://bioinformatics.charite.de/mvoc.
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- Marie C Lemfack
- University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Structural Bioinformatics Group, Institute of Physiology & Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Philippstr. 12 / Lindenberger Weg 80, 10115 / 13125 Berlin, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Structural Bioinformatics Group, Institute of Physiology & Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Philippstr. 12 / Lindenberger Weg 80, 10115 / 13125 Berlin, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Structural Bioinformatics Group, Institute of Physiology & Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Philippstr. 12 / Lindenberger Weg 80, 10115 / 13125 Berlin, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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Wenke K, Kopka J, Schwachtje J, van Dongen JT, Piechulla B. Volatiles of rhizobacteria Serratia and Stenotrophomonas alter growth and metabolite composition of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2019; 21 Suppl 1:109-119. [PMID: 30030887 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The emission of volatiles is a common, but mostly neglected, ability of bacteria that is important for inter- and intraspecific interactions. Currently, limited information is available on how the bacterial volatile (mVOC) signal is integrated into a plant's life at the physiological, transcriptional and metabolic level. Previous results provided evidence for volatile-dependent regulation of WRKY18, a pathogen-responsive transcription factor of Arabidopsis thaliana in co-culture with two rhizobacteria, Serratia plymuthica HRO-C48 and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia R3089. Dual cultures of these bacteria and A. thaliana; application of the common mVOC 2-phenyl-ethanol; extraction of metabolites of A. thaliana after exposure to bacterial volatiles; and analysis of the metabolomes (GC-TOF/MS) were carried out. The prominent microbial aromatic compound 2-phenyl-ethanol, emitted by both bacteria, negatively affects growth of A. thaliana wild type, whereas WRKY18 T-DNA insertion mutants were significantly more tolerant than wild-type seedlings. This paper also demonstrates for the first time the impact of the rhizobacterial volatiles on the metabolome of A. thaliana. Upon mVOC exposure the plants rearrange their metabolism by accumulation of e.g. amino acids and TCA intermediates that potentially allow plants to cope with and survive this stress. Our findings illustrate the high degree of complexity of metabolic rearrangements underlying the interactions of bacterial volatile elicitors and resulting plant responses. Furthermore, the impact of the volatile 2-phenyl-ethanol as a signal in the WRKY18-dependent pathway highlights this compound as an important molecular player.
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- K Wenke
- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Kai M, Piechulla B. Interspecies interaction of Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 and Bacillus subtilis B2g alters the emission of sodorifen. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2018; 365:5127042. [DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Marco Kai
- University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Meoded RA, Ueoka R, Helfrich EJN, Jensen K, Magnus N, Piechulla B, Piel J. A Polyketide Synthase Component for Oxygen Insertion into Polyketide Backbones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11644-11648. [PMID: 29898240 PMCID: PMC6174933 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Enzymatic core components from trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases (trans-AT PKSs) catalyze exceptionally diverse biosynthetic transformations to generate structurally complex bioactive compounds. Here we focus on a group of oxygenases identified in various trans-AT PKS pathways, including those for pederin, oocydins, and toblerols. Using the oocydin pathway homologue (OocK) from Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13 and N-acetylcysteamine (SNAC) thioesters as test surrogates for acyl carrier protein (ACP)-tethered intermediates, we show that the enzyme inserts oxygen into β-ketoacyl moieties to yield malonyl ester SNAC products. Based on these data and the identification of a non-hydrolyzed oocydin congener with retained ester moiety, we propose a unified biosynthetic pathway of oocydins, haterumalides, and biselides. By providing access to internal ester, carboxylate pseudostarter, and terminal hydroxyl functions, oxygen insertion into polyketide backbones greatly expands the biosynthetic scope of PKSs.
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- Roy A. Meoded
- Institute of MicrobiologyEigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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- Institute of MicrobiologyEigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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- Institute of MicrobiologyEigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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- Institute of MicrobiologyEigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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- Institute for Biological SciencesUniversity of RostockAlbert-Einstein-Straße 318059RostockGermany
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- Institute for Biological SciencesUniversity of RostockAlbert-Einstein-Straße 318059RostockGermany
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- Institute of MicrobiologyEigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) ZurichVladimir-Prelog-Weg 48093ZurichSwitzerland
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von Reuss S, Domik D, Lemfack MC, Magnus N, Kai M, Weise T, Piechulla B. Sodorifen Biosynthesis in the Rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica Involves Methylation and Cyclization of MEP-Derived Farnesyl Pyrophosphate by a SAM-Dependent C-Methyltransferase. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:11855-11862. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Stephan von Reuss
- Laboratory for Bioanalytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Neuchatel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knoell-Straße 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knoell-Straße 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany
- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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Meoded RA, Ueoka R, Helfrich EJN, Jensen K, Magnus N, Piechulla B, Piel J. A Polyketide Synthase Component for Oxygen Insertion into Polyketide Backbones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Roy A. Meoded
- Institute of Microbiology; Eigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology; Eigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology; Eigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology; Eigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute for Biological Sciences; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Straße 3 18059 Rostock Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Straße 3 18059 Rostock Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology; Eigenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich; Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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Magnus N, Weise T, Piechulla B. Carbon Catabolite Repression Regulates the Production of the Unique Volatile Sodorifen of Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2522. [PMID: 29312220 PMCID: PMC5742105 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02522] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Microorganisms are capable of synthesizing a plethora of secondary metabolites including the long-overlooked volatile organic compounds. Little knowledge has been accumulated regarding the regulation of the biosynthesis of such mVOCs. The emission of the unique compound sodorifen of Serratia plymuthica isolates was significantly reduced in minimal medium with glucose, while succinate elevated sodorifen release. The hypothesis of carbon catabolite repression (CCR) acting as a major control entity on the synthesis of mVOCs was proven by genetic evidence. Central components of the typical CCR of Gram-negative bacteria such as the adenylate cyclase (CYA), the cAMP binding receptor protein (CRP), and the catabolite responsive element (CRE) were removed by insertional mutagenesis. CYA, CRP, CRE1 mutants revealed a lower sodorifen release. Moreover, the emission potential of other S. plymuthica isolates was also evaluated.
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- Nancy Magnus
- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- EuroImmun, Medizinische Labordiagnostik AG, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Piechulla B. Considering Microbial CO 2 during Microbe-Plant Cocultivation. Plant Physiol 2017; 173:1529. [PMID: 28258120 PMCID: PMC5338671 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- Birgit Piechulla
- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Lemfack MC, Ravella SR, Lorenz N, Kai M, Jung K, Schulz S, Piechulla B. Novel volatiles of skin-borne bacteria inhibit the growth of Gram-positive bacteria and affect quorum-sensing controlled phenotypes of Gram-negative bacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:503-515. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Piechulla B, Bartelt R, Brosemann A, Effmert U, Bouwmeester H, Hippauf F, Brandt W. The α-Terpineol to 1,8-Cineole Cyclization Reaction of Tobacco Terpene Synthases. Plant Physiol 2016; 172:2120-2131. [PMID: 27729471 PMCID: PMC5129724 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Flowers of Nicotiana species emit a characteristic blend including the cineole cassette monoterpenes. This set of terpenes is synthesized by multiproduct enzymes, with either 1,8-cineole or α-terpineol contributing most to the volatile spectrum, thus referring to cineole or terpineol synthase, respectively. To understand the molecular and structural requirements of the enzymes that favor the biochemical formation of α-terpineol and 1,8-cineole, site-directed mutagenesis, in silico modeling, and semiempiric calculations were performed. Our results indicate the formation of α-terpineol by a nucleophilic attack of water. During this attack, the α-terpinyl cation is stabilized by π-stacking with a tryptophan side chain (tryptophan-253). The hypothesized catalytic mechanism of α-terpineol-to-1,8-cineole conversion is initiated by a catalytic dyad (histidine-502 and glutamate-249), acting as a base, and a threonine (threonine-278) providing the subsequent rearrangement from terpineol to cineol by catalyzing the autoprotonation of (S)-(-)-α-terpineol, which is the favored enantiomer product of the recombinant enzymes. Furthermore, by site-directed mutagenesis, we were able to identify amino acids at positions 147, 148, and 266 that determine the different terpineol-cineole ratios in Nicotiana suaveolens cineole synthase and Nicotiana langsdorffii terpineol synthase. Since amino acid 266 is more than 10 Å away from the active site, an indirect effect of this amino acid exchange on the catalysis is discussed.
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- Birgit Piechulla
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany (B.P., A.B., U.E., F.H.);
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany (R.B., W.B.); and
- Plant Sciences, University of Wageningen, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (H.B.)
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany (B.P., A.B., U.E., F.H.)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany (R.B., W.B.); and
- Plant Sciences, University of Wageningen, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (H.B.)
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany (B.P., A.B., U.E., F.H.)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany (R.B., W.B.); and
- Plant Sciences, University of Wageningen, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (H.B.)
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany (B.P., A.B., U.E., F.H.)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany (R.B., W.B.); and
- Plant Sciences, University of Wageningen, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (H.B.)
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany (B.P., A.B., U.E., F.H.)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany (R.B., W.B.); and
- Plant Sciences, University of Wageningen, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (H.B.)
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany (B.P., A.B., U.E., F.H.)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany (R.B., W.B.); and
- Plant Sciences, University of Wageningen, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (H.B.)
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany (B.P., A.B., U.E., F.H.)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany (R.B., W.B.); and
- Plant Sciences, University of Wageningen, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands (H.B.)
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Schröder L, Richter DU, Piechulla B, Chrobak M, Kuhn C, Schulze S, Abarzua S, Jeschke U, Weissenbacher T. Effects of Phytoestrogen Extracts Isolated from Elder Flower on Hormone Production and Receptor Expression of Trophoblast Tumor Cells JEG-3 and BeWo, as well as MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells. Nutrients 2016; 8:nu8100616. [PMID: 27740591 PMCID: PMC5084004 DOI: 10.3390/nu8100616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Hereinwe investigated the effect of elderflower extracts (EFE) and of enterolactone/enterodiol on hormone production and proliferation of trophoblast tumor cell lines JEG-3 and BeWo, as well as MCF7 breast cancer cells. The EFE was analyzed by mass spectrometry. Cells were incubated with various concentrations of EFE. Untreated cells served as controls. Supernatants were tested for estradiol production with an ELISA method. Furthermore, the effect of the EFE on ER/ER/PR expression was assessed by immunocytochemistry. EFE contains a substantial amount of lignans. Estradiol production was inhibited in all cells in a concentration-dependent manner. EFE upregulated ER in JEG-3 cell lines. In MCF7 cells, a significant ER downregulation and PR upregulation were observed. The control substances enterolactone and enterodiol in contrast inhibited the expression of both ER and of PR in MCF7 cells. In addition, the production of estradiol was upregulated in BeWo and MCF7 cells in a concentration dependent manner. The downregulating effect of EFE on ER expression and the upregulation of the PR expression in MFC-7 cells are promising results. Therefore, additional unknown substances might be responsible for ER downregulation and PR upregulation. These findings suggest potential use of EFE in breast cancer prevention and/or treatment and warrant further investigation.
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- Lennard Schröder
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich 80337, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Rostock 18059, Germany.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock 18059, Germany.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock 18059, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich 80337, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich 80337, Germany.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock 18059, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich 80337, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich 80337, Germany.
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Piechulla B, Schnitzler JP. Circumvent CO2 Effects in Volatile-Based Microbe-Plant Interactions. Trends Plant Sci 2016; 21:541-543. [PMID: 27236609 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Birgit Piechulla
- University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Research Unit Environmental Simulation (EUS), Ingolstädter Landstr.1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Domik D, Magnus N, Piechulla B. Analysis of a new cluster of genes involved in the synthesis of the unique volatile organic compound sodorifen ofSerratia plymuthica4Rx13. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2016; 363:fnw139. [DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnw139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Domik D, Thürmer A, Weise T, Brandt W, Daniel R, Piechulla B. A Terpene Synthase Is Involved in the Synthesis of the Volatile Organic Compound Sodorifen of Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:737. [PMID: 27242752 PMCID: PMC4872519 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00737] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bacteria release a plethora of volatile organic compounds, including compounds with extraordinary structures. Sodorifen (IUPAC name: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8-heptamethyl-3-methylenebicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-ene) is a recently identified and unusual volatile hydrocarbon that is emitted by the rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica 4R×13. Sodorifen comprises a bicyclic ring structure solely consisting of carbon and hydrogen atoms, where every carbon atom of the skeleton is substituted with either a methyl or a methylene group. This unusual feature of sodorifen made a prediction of its biosynthetic origin very difficult and so far its biosynthesis is unknown. To unravel the biosynthetic pathway we performed genome and transcriptome analyses to identify candidate genes. One knockout mutant (SOD_c20750) showed the desired negative sodorifen phenotype. Here it was shown for the first time that this gene is indispensable for the synthesis of sodorifen and strongly supports the hypothesis that sodorifen descends from the terpene metabolism. SOD_c20750 is the first bacterial terpene cyclase isolated from Serratia spp. and Enterobacteriales. Homology modeling revealed a 3D structure, which exhibits a functional role of amino acids for intermediate cation stabilization (W325) and putative proton acception (Y332). Moreover, the size and hydrophobicity of the active site strongly indicates that indeed the enzyme may catalyze the unusual compound sodorifen.
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- Dajana Domik
- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock Rostock, Germany
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Kai M, Effmert U, Piechulla B. Bacterial-Plant-Interactions: Approaches to Unravel the Biological Function of Bacterial Volatiles in the Rhizosphere. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:108. [PMID: 26903987 PMCID: PMC4746483 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [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] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rhizobacteria produce an enormous amount of volatile compounds, however, the function of these metabolites is scarcely understood. Investigations evaluating influences on plants performed in various laboratories using individually developed experimental setups revealed different and often contradictory results, e.g., ranging from a significant plant growth promotion to a dramatic suppression of plant development. In addition to these discrepancies, these test systems neglected properties and complexity of the rhizosphere. Therefore, to pursue further investigations of the role of bacterial volatiles in this underground habitat, the applied methods have to simulate its natural characteristics as much as possible. In this review, we will describe and discuss pros and cons of currently used bioassays, give insights into rhizosphere characteristics, and suggest improvements for test systems that would consider in natura conditions and would allow gaining further knowledge of the potential function and significance of rhizobacterial volatiles in plant life.
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- Marco Kai
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Science, University of Rostock Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Science, University of Rostock Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Science, University of Rostock Rostock, Germany
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Kottb M, Gigolashvili T, Großkinsky DK, Piechulla B. Trichoderma volatiles effecting Arabidopsis: from inhibition to protection against phytopathogenic fungi. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:995. [PMID: 26483761 PMCID: PMC4586454 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [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] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Trichoderma species are present in many ecosystems and some strains have the ability to reduce the severity of plant diseases by activating various defense pathways via specific biologically active signaling molecules. Hence we investigated the effects of low molecular weight volatile compounds of Trichoderma asperellum IsmT5 on Arabidopsis thaliana. During co-cultivation of T. asperellum IsmT5 without physical contact to A. thaliana we observed smaller but vital and robust plants. The exposed plants exhibit increased trichome numbers, accumulation of defense-related compounds such as H2O2, anthocyanin, camalexin, and increased expression of defense-related genes. We conclude that A. thaliana perceives the Trichoderma volatiles as stress compounds and subsequently initiates multilayered adaptations including activation of signaling cascades to withstand this environmental influence. The prominent headspace volatile of T. asperellum IsmT5 was identified to be 6-pentyl-α-pyrone (6PP), which was solely applied to A. thaliana to verify the growth and defense reactions. Most noticeable is that A. thaliana preexposed to 6PP showed significantly reduced symptoms when challenged with Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria brassicicola, indicating that defense-activated plants subsequently became more resistant to pathogen attack. Together, these results support that products that are based on Trichoderma volatiles have the potential being a useful biocontrol agent in agriculture.
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- Metwally Kottb
- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of RostockRostock, Germany
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- Biocenter, Botanical Institute and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, University of CologneCologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, University of CopenhagenTaastrup, Denmark
- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of GrazGraz, Austria
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of RostockRostock, Germany
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Schenkel D, Lemfack MC, Piechulla B, Splivallo R. A meta-analysis approach for assessing the diversity and specificity of belowground root and microbial volatiles. Front Plant Sci 2015; 6:707. [PMID: 26442022 PMCID: PMC4568395 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Volatile organic compounds are secondary metabolites emitted by all organisms, especially by plants and microbes. Their role as aboveground signals has been established for decades. Recent evidence suggests that they might have a non-negligible role belowground and might be involved in root-root and root-microbial/pest interactions. Our aim here was to make a comprehensive review of belowground volatile diversity using a meta-analysis approach. At first we synthesized current literature knowledge on plant root volatiles and classified them in terms of chemical diversity. In a second step, relying on the mVOC database of microbial volatiles, we classified volatiles based on their emitters (bacteria vs. fungi) and their specific ecological niche (i.e., rhizosphere, soil). Our results highlight similarities and differences among root and microbial volatiles and also suggest that some might be niche specific. We further explored the possibility that volatiles might be involved in intra- and inter-specific root-root communication and discuss the ecological implications of such scenario. Overall this work synthesizes current knowledge on the belowground volatilome and the potential signaling role of its constituents. It also highlights that the total diversity of belowground volatiles might be orders of magnitude larger that the few hundreds of compounds described to date.
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- Denis Schenkel
- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
- Integrative Fungal Research ClusterFrankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of RostockRostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of RostockRostock, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany
- Integrative Fungal Research ClusterFrankfurt, Germany
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Schröder L, Piechulla B, Chorbak M, Kuhn C, Schulze S, Abarzua S, Weißenbacher T, Jescke U. The effects of phytoestrogen extracts isolated from elder flower on hormone production and proliferation of trophoblast tumour and breast cancer cell lines. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1388507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Peñuelas J, Asensio D, Tholl D, Wenke K, Rosenkranz M, Piechulla B, Schnitzler JP. Biogenic volatile emissions from the soil. Plant Cell Environ 2014; 37:1866-91. [PMID: 24689847 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [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: 12/16/2013] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Volatile compounds are usually associated with an appearance/presence in the atmosphere. Recent advances, however, indicated that the soil is a huge reservoir and source of biogenic volatile organic compounds (bVOCs), which are formed from decomposing litter and dead organic material or are synthesized by underground living organism or organs and tissues of plants. This review summarizes the scarce available data on the exchange of VOCs between soil and atmosphere and the features of the soil and particle structure allowing diffusion of volatiles in the soil, which is the prerequisite for biological VOC-based interactions. In fact, soil may function either as a sink or as a source of bVOCs. Soil VOC emissions to the atmosphere are often 1-2 (0-3) orders of magnitude lower than those from aboveground vegetation. Microorganisms and the plant root system are the major sources for bVOCs. The current methodology to detect belowground volatiles is described as well as the metabolic capabilities resulting in the wealth of microbial and root VOC emissions. Furthermore, VOC profiles are discussed as non-destructive fingerprints for the detection of organisms. In the last chapter, belowground volatile-based bi- and multi-trophic interactions between microorganisms, plants and invertebrates in the soil are discussed.
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- J Peñuelas
- Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CEAB-CSIC-UAB, CSIC, Catalonia, Spain; CREAF, Catalonia, Spain
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Fähnrich A, Neumann M, Piechulla B. Characteristic alatoid 'cineole cassette' monoterpene synthase present in Nicotiana noctiflora. Plant Mol Biol 2014; 85:135-45. [PMID: 24493662 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0176-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Nicotiana species of the section Alatae emit a characteristic floral scent comprising the' cineole cassette' monoterpenes 1,8-cineole, limonene, myrcene, β-pinene, α-pinene, sabinene and α-terpineol. All previously isolated 'cineole cassette'-monoterpene synthase genes are multi product enzymes that synthesize the seven compounds of the 'cineole cassette'. Interestingly, so far this 'alatoid' trait was only shared with the eponymous species Nicotiana suaveolens of the sister section Suaveolentes. To determine the origin of the 'cineole cassette' monoterpene phenotype other potential parent species of section Noctiflorae or Petunoides as well as of the distantly related section Trigonophyllae were analysed. A monoterpene synthase producing the set of 'cineole cassette' compounds was isolated from N. noctiflorae. N. obtusifolia emitted solely 1,8-cineole and no monoterpenes were found in floral scents of N. petunoides and N. palmeri. Interestingly, the phylogenetic analysis clustered the new gene of N. noctiflora closely to the terpineol synthase genes of e.g. N. alata rather than to cineole synthase genes of e.g. N. forgetiana.
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- Anke Fähnrich
- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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Piechulla B, Degenhardt J. The emerging importance of microbial volatile organic compounds. Plant Cell Environ 2014; 37:811-2. [PMID: 24329873 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Birgit Piechulla
- Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, D-18059, Rostock, Germany
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Weise T, Thürmer A, Brady S, Kai M, Daniel R, Gottschalk G, Piechulla B. VOC emission of various Serratia species and isolates and genome analysis of Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2014; 352:45-53. [PMID: 24341572 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 09/27/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bacteria emit a wealth of volatile organic compounds. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry analysis of five Serratia strains revealed ketones, dimethyl di- and trisulfide and 2-phenylethanol commonly released in this genus. The polymethylated bicyclic hydrocarbon sodorifen was uniquely released by the rhizobacterium Serratia plymuthica 4Rx13. Of 10 Serratia strains, only S. plymuthica isolates originating from plants grown on fields near Rostock (Germany) released this new and unusual compound. Since the biosynthetic pathway of sodorifen was unknown, the genome sequence of S. plymuthica 4Rx13 was determined and annotated. Genome comparison of S. plymuthica 4Rx13 with sodorifen non-producing Serratia species highlighted 246 unique candidate open reading frames.
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- Teresa Weise
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Scents are well known to be emitted from flowers and animals. In nature, these volatiles are responsible for inter- and intra-organismic communication, e.g. attraction and defence. Consequently, they influence and improve the establishment of organisms and populations in ecological niches by acting as single compounds or in mixtures. Despite the known wealth of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from species of the plant and animal kingdom, in the past, less attention has been focused on volatiles of microorganisms. Although fast and affordable sequencing methods facilitate the detection of microbial diseases, however, the analysis of signature or fingerprint volatiles will be faster and easier. Microbial VOCs (mVOCs) are presently used as marker to detect human diseases, food spoilage or moulds in houses. Furthermore, mVOCs exhibited antagonistic potential against pathogens in vitro, but their biological roles in the ecosystems remain to be investigated. Information on volatile emission from bacteria and fungi is presently scattered in the literature, and no public and up-to-date collection on mVOCs is available. To address this need, we have developed mVOC, a database available online at http://bioinformatics.charite.de/mvoc.
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- Marie Chantal Lemfack
- University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Rostock 18059, Germany, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Structural Bioinformatics Group, Institute of Physiology & Experimental Clinical Research Center, Berlin 13125, Germany and Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Berlin 13353, Germany
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Richter D, Abarzua S, Chrobak M, Vrekoussis T, Weissenbacher T, Kuhn C, Schulze S, Kupka MS, Friese K, Briese V, Piechulla B, Makrigiannakis A, Jeschke U, Dian D. Effects of Phytoestrogen Extracts Isolated from Pumpkin Seeds on Estradiol Production and ER/PR Expression in Breast Cancer and Trophoblast Tumor Cells. Nutr Cancer 2013; 65:739-45. [DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2013.797000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Many and complex plant-bacteria inter-relationships are found in the rhizosphere, since plants release a variety of photosynthetic exudates from their roots and rhizobacteria produce multifaceted specialized compounds including rich mixtures of volatiles, e.g., the bouquet of Serratia odorifera 4Rx13 is composed of up to 100 volatile organic and inorganic compounds. Here we show that when growing on peptone-rich nutrient medium S. odorifera 4Rx13 and six other rhizobacteria emit high levels of ammonia, which during co-cultivation in compartmented Petri dishes caused alkalization of the neighboring plant medium and subsequently reduced the growth of A. thaliana. It is argued that in nature high-protein resource degradations (carcasses, whey, manure and compost) are also accompanied by bacterial ammonia emission which alters the pH of the rhizosphere and thereby influences organismal diversity and plant-microbe interactions. Consequently, bacterial ammonia emission may be more relevant for plant colonization and growth development than previously thought.
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- Teresa Weise
- University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Rostock, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Rostock, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Rostock, Germany
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Engel N, Lisec J, Piechulla B, Nebe B. Metabolic profiling reveals sphingosine-1-phosphate kinase 2 and lyase as key targets of (phyto-) estrogen action in the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and not in MCF-12A. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47833. [PMID: 23112854 PMCID: PMC3480432 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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To search for new targets of anticancer therapies using phytoestrogens we performed comparative metabolic profiling of the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and the non-tumorigenic breast cell line MCF-12A. Application of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) revealed significant differences in the metabolic levels after exposure with 17ß-estradiol, genistein or a composition of phytoestrogens within a native root flax extract. We observed the metabolites 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-lactic acid, cis-aconitic acid, 11-beta-hydroxy-progesterone, chenodeoxycholic acid and triacontanoic acid with elevated levels due to estrogen action. Particularly highlighted were metabolites of the sphingolipid metabolism. Sphingosine and its dihydro derivate as well as ethanolaminephosphate were significantly altered after exposure with 1 nM 17ß-estradiol in the cell line MCF-7, while MCF-12A was not affected. Treatment with genistein and the flax extract normalized the sphingosine concentrations to the basic levels found in MCF-12A cells. We could further demonstrate that the expression levels of the sphingosine metabolizing enzymes: sphingosine-1-phosphate kinase (Sphk) and lyase (S1P lyase) were significantly influenced by estrogens as well as phytoestrogens. The isoform Sphk2 was overexpressed in the tumorigenic cell line MCF-7, while S1P lyase was predominantly expressed in the non-tumorigenic cell line MCF-12A. Importantly, in MCF-7 the weak S1P lyase expression could be significantly increased after exposure with 10 µM genistein and 1 µg/ml root flax extract. Here, we present, for the first time, an analysis of metabolic response of phytoestrogens to breast cancer cell lines. The contrasting regulation of sphingolipid enzymes in MCF-7 and MCF-12A render them as preferred targets for future anticancer strategies.
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- Nadja Engel
- University of Rostock, Department of Cell Biology, Rostock, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Department of Biochemistry, Rostock, Germany
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- University of Rostock, Department of Cell Biology, Rostock, Germany
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Fähnrich A, Brosemann A, Teske L, Neumann M, Piechulla B. Synthesis of 'cineole cassette' monoterpenes in Nicotiana section Alatae: gene isolation, expression, functional characterization and phylogenetic analysis. Plant Mol Biol 2012; 79:537-53. [PMID: 22669744 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9933-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The scent bouquets of flowers of Nicotiana species, particularly those of section Alatae, are rich in monoterpenes, including 1,8-cineole, limonene, β-myrcene, α- and β-pinene, sabinene, and α-terpineol. New terpene synthase genes were isolated from flowers of Nicotiana bonariensis, N. forgetiana, N. longiflora, and N. mutabilis. The recombinant enzymes synthesize simultaneously the characteristic 'cineole cassette' monoterpenes with 1,8-cineole as the dominant volatile product. Interestingly, amino acid sequence comparison and phylogenetic tree construction clustered the newly isolated cineole synthases (CIN) of section Alatae together with the catalytically similar CIN of N. suaveolens of section Suaveolentes, thus suggesting a common ancestor. These CIN genes of N. bonariensis, N. forgetiana, N. longiflora, and N. mutabilis are distinct from the terpineol synthases (TERs) of the taxonomically related N. alata and N. langsdorfii (both Alatae), thus indicating gene diversification of monoterpene synthases in section Alatae. Furthermore, the presence of CINs in species of the American section Alatae supports the hypothesis that one parent of the Australian section Suaveolentes was a member of the present section Alatae. Amino acid sequences of the Nicotiana CINs and TERs were compared to identify relevant amino acids of the cyclization reaction from α-terpineol to 1,8-cineole.
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- Anke Fähnrich
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Soil is one of the major habitats of bacteria and fungi. In this arena their interactions are part of a communication network that keeps microhabitats in balance. Prominent mediator molecules of these inter- and intraorganismic relationships are inorganic and organic microbial volatile compounds (mVOCs). In this review the state of the art regarding the wealth of mVOC emission is presented. To date, ca. 300 bacteria and fungi were described as VOC producers and approximately 800 mVOCs were compiled in DOVE-MO (database of volatiles emitted by microorganisms). Furthermore, this paper summarizes morphological and phenotypical alterations and reactions that occur in the organisms due to the presence of mVOCs. These effects might provide clues for elucidating the biological and ecological significance of mVOC emissions and will help to unravel the entirety of belowground' volatile-wired' interactions.
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- Uta Effmert
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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Wenke K, Wanke D, Kilian J, Berendzen K, Harter K, Piechulla B. Volatiles of two growth-inhibiting rhizobacteria commonly engage AtWRKY18 function. Plant J 2012; 70:445-59. [PMID: 22188129 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04891.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Interactions with the (a)biotic environment play key roles in a plant's fitness and vitality. In addition to direct surface-to-surface contact, volatile chemicals can also affect the physiology of organism. Volatiles of Serratia plymuthica and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia significantly inhibited growth and induced H(2) O(2) production in Arabidopsis in dual culture. Within 1 day, transcriptional changes were observed by promoter-GUS assays using a stress-inducible W-box-containing 4xGST1 construct. Expression studies performed at 6, 12 and 24 h revealed altered transcript levels for 889 genes and 655 genes in response to Se. plymuthica or St. maltophilia volatiles, respectively. Expression of 162 genes was altered in both treatments. Meta-analysis revealed that specifically volatile-responsive genes were significantly overlapping with those affected by abiotic stress. We use the term mVAMP (microbial volatile-associated molecular pattern) to describe these volatile-specific responses. Genes responsive to both treatments were enriched for W-box motifs in their promoters, and were significantly enriched for transcription factors (ERF2, ZAT10, MYB73 and WRKY18). The susceptibility of wrky18 mutant lines to volatiles was significantly delayed, suggesting an indispensable role for WRKY18 in bacterial volatile responses.
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- Katrin Wenke
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, Albert Einstein Straße 3, D-18059 Rostock, Germany
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Weise T, Kai M, Gummesson A, Troeger A, von Reuß S, Piepenborn S, Kosterka F, Sklorz M, Zimmermann R, Francke W, Piechulla B. Volatile organic compounds produced by the phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria 85-10. Beilstein J Org Chem 2012; 8:579-96. [PMID: 22563356 PMCID: PMC3343284 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.8.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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] [Received: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Xanthomonas campestris is a phytopathogenic bacterium and causes many diseases of agricultural relevance. Volatiles were shown to be important in inter- and intraorganismic attraction and defense reactions. Recently it became apparent that also bacteria emit a plethora of volatiles, which influence other organisms such as invertebrates, plants and fungi. As a first step to study volatile-based bacterial-plant interactions, the emission profile of Xanthomonas c. pv. vesicatoria 85-10 was determined by using GC/MS and PTR-MS techniques. More than 50 compounds were emitted by this species, the majority comprising ketones and methylketones. The structure of the dominant compound, 10-methylundecan-2-one, was assigned on the basis of its analytical data, obtained by GC/MS and verified by comparison of these data with those of a synthetic reference sample. Application of commercially available decan-2-one, undecan-2-one, dodecan-2-one, and the newly synthesized 10-methylundecan-2-one in bi-partite Petri dish bioassays revealed growth promotions in low quantities (0.01 to 10 μmol), whereas decan-2-one at 100 μmol caused growth inhibitions of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani. Volatile emission profiles of the bacteria were different for growth on media (nutrient broth) with or without glucose.
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- Teresa Weise
- University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Richter DU, Abarzua S, Chrobak M, Piechulla B, Vrekoussis T, Makrigiannakis A, Scholz C, Kuhn C, Schulze S, Kupka MS, Friese K, Jeschke U. Effects of phytoestrogen extracts isolated from flax on hormone production of trophoblast tumour cells Jeg 3 and BeWo. Gynecol Endocrinol 2012; 28:330-5. [PMID: 22114766 DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2011.631626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED AIM AND SETTING: To test the effects of crude extracts from flax (Linum usitatissimum) on progesterone and estradiol and ERα and β/PR production in choriocarcinoma cell lines Jeg 3 and BeWo. Tumor trophoblast cells (Jeg 3 and BeWo) were incubated in the presence of different concentrations of the flax crude extracts. Estradiol and progesterone production was measured. Estrogen receptor α and β as well as progesterone receptor expressions were also assessed. RESULTS In Jeg 3 cells, progesterone production was downregulated by flax root and leaves extract, while in BeWo cells only flax root extract did manage to downregulate progesterone production. ERβ expression was significantly downregulated by flax root and flax leaves extract in both cell lines; on the contrary, ERα expression was increased by flax leaves extract in BeWo cells. PR expression was downregulated by flax leaves extract in Jeg 3 and by flax root extract in BeWo cells. CONCLUSION Flax extracts derived from leaves and especially from roots can modify progesterone and possibly estradiol production, while at the same time they seem to alter ERβ expression. Further studies on animal models and adequately designed retrospective epidemiological studies are imperative to clarify this role upon progesterone.
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- D U Richter
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Huang R, Hippauf F, Rohrbeck D, Haustein M, Wenke K, Feike J, Sorrelle N, Piechulla B, Barkman TJ. Enzyme functional evolution through improved catalysis of ancestrally nonpreferred substrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:2966-71. [PMID: 22315396 PMCID: PMC3286912 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019605109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In this study, we investigated the role for ancestral functional variation that may be selected upon to generate protein functional shifts using ancestral protein resurrection, statistical tests for positive selection, forward and reverse evolutionary genetics, and enzyme functional assays. Data are presented for three instances of protein functional change in the salicylic acid/benzoic acid/theobromine (SABATH) lineage of plant secondary metabolite-producing enzymes. In each case, we demonstrate that ancestral nonpreferred activities were improved upon in a daughter enzyme after gene duplication, and that these functional shifts were likely coincident with positive selection. Both forward and reverse mutagenesis studies validate the impact of one or a few sites toward increasing activity with ancestrally nonpreferred substrates. In one case, we document the occurrence of an evolutionary reversal of an active site residue that reversed enzyme properties. Furthermore, these studies show that functionally important amino acid replacements result in substrate discrimination as reflected in evolutionary changes in the specificity constant (k(cat)/K(M)) for competing substrates, even though adaptive substitutions may affect K(M) and k(cat) separately. In total, these results indicate that nonpreferred, or even latent, ancestral protein activities may be coopted at later times to become the primary or preferred protein activities.
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- Ruiqi Huang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; and
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; and
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, University of Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; and
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Wenke K, Weise T, Warnke R, Valverde C, Wanke D, Kai M, Piechulla B. Bacterial Volatiles Mediating Information Between Bacteria and Plants. Biocommunication of Plants 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23524-5_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Fähnrich A, Krause K, Piechulla B. Product variability of the 'cineole cassette' monoterpene synthases of related Nicotiana species. Mol Plant 2011; 4:965-84. [PMID: 21527560 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Nicotiana species of the section Alatae characteristically emit the floral scent compounds of the 'cineole cassette' comprising 1,8-cineole, limonene, myrcene, α-pinene, β-pinene, sabinene, and α-terpineol. We successfully isolated genes of Nicotiana alata and Nicotiana langsdorfii that encoded enzymes, which produced the characteristic monoterpenes of this 'cineole cassette' with α-terpineol being most abundant in the volatile spectra. The amino acid sequences of both terpineol synthases were 99% identical. The enzymes cluster in a monophyletic branch together with the closely related cineole synthase of Nicotiana suaveolens and monoterpene synthase 1 of Solanum lycopersicum. The cyclization reactions (α-terpineol to 1,8-cineole) of the terpineol synthases of N. alata and N. langsdorfii were less efficient compared to the 'cineole cassette' monoterpene synthases of Arabidopsis thaliana, N. suaveolens, Salvia fruticosa, Salvia officinalis, and Citrus unshiu. The terpineol synthases of N. alata and N. langsdorfii were localized in pistils and in the adaxial and abaxial epidermis of the petals. The enzyme activities reached their maxima at the second day after anthesis when flowers were fully opened and the enzyme activity in N. alata was highest at the transition from day to night (diurnal rhythm).
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- Anke Fähnrich
- University of Rostock, Institute for Biological Sciences, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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Abarzua S, Serikawa T, Szewczyk M, Richter DU, Piechulla B, Briese V. Antiproliferative activity of lignans against the breast carcinoma cell lines MCF 7 and BT 20. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2011; 285:1145-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-2120-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kellmann JW, Hoffrogge R, Piechulla B. Transcriptional Regulation of Oscillating Steady-State Lhc mRNA Levels: Characterization of two Lhca Promoter Fragments in Transgenic Tobacco Plants. BIOL RHYTHM RES 2010. [DOI: 10.1076/brhm.30.3.264.3048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Richter DU, Abarzua S, Chrobak M, Scholz C, Kuhn C, Schulze S, Kupka MS, Friese K, Briese V, Piechulla B, Jeschke U. Effects of phytoestrogen extracts isolated from flax on estradiol production and ER/PR expression in MCF7 breast cancer cells. Anticancer Res 2010; 30:1695-1699. [PMID: 20592363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND In this study, we tested the effects of crude extracts from flax (Linum usitatissimum) on the production of estradiol and expression of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) in human breast cancer MCF7 cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Isoflavone and lignan extracts from flax plant Linum usitatissimum were obtained, using different extraction methods. Breast carcinoma cells (MCF7) were incubated with various concentrations of the isolated extracts. Untreated MCF7 cells were used as controls. Supernatants were removed at designated times and tested for estradiol with an ELISA method. Furthermore, the effect of phytoestrogen extracts on the production of ERa and ERbeta as well as on PR was examined. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Production of estradiol is elevated in MCF7 cells in a concentration-dependent manner after stimulation with isoflavone and lignan extracts from Linum usitatissimum. Expression of ERalpha is up-regulated after stimulation with lower concentrations of lignan extracts from flax plants, unchanged at median concentrations and down-regulated at high concentrations. Expression of ERbeta is down-regulated in a concentration-dependent manner.
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- D-U Richter
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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