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Thiour-Mauprivez C, Dayan FE, Terol H, Devers M, Calvayrac C, Martin-Laurent F, Barthelmebs L. Assessing the effects of β-triketone herbicides on HPPD from environmental bacteria using a combination of in silico and microbiological approaches. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:9932-9944. [PMID: 36068455 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22801-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) is the molecular target of β-triketone herbicides in plants. This enzyme, involved in the tyrosine pathway, is also present in a wide range of living organisms, including microorganisms. Previous studies, focusing on a few strains and using high herbicide concentrations, showed that β-triketones are able to inhibit microbial HPPD. Here, we measured the effect of agronomical doses of β-triketone herbicides on soil bacterial strains. The HPPD activity of six bacterial strains was tested with 1× or 10× the recommended field dose of the herbicide sulcotrione. The selected strains were tested with 0.01× to 15× the recommended field dose of sulcotrione, mesotrione, and tembotrione. Molecular docking was also used to measure and model the binding mode of the three herbicides with the different bacterial HPPD. Our results show that responses to herbicides are strain-dependent with Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 HPPD activity not inhibited by any of the herbicide tested, when all three β-triketone herbicides inhibited HPPD in Bacillus cereus ATCC14579 and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. These responses are also molecule-dependent with tembotrione harboring the strongest inhibitory effect. Molecular docking also reveals different binding potentials. This is the first time that the inhibitory effect of β-triketone herbicides is tested on environmental strains at agronomical doses, showing a potential effect of these molecules on the HPPD enzymatic activity of non-target microorganisms. The whole-cell assay developed in this study, coupled with molecular docking analysis, appears as an interesting way to have a first idea of the effect of herbicides on microbial communities, prior to setting up microcosm or even field experiments. This methodology could then largely be applied to other family of pesticides also targeting an enzyme present in microorganisms.
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- Clémence Thiour-Mauprivez
- University Perpignan Via Domitia, Biocapteurs-Analyses-Environnement, 66860 Perpignan, France; Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes, USR 3579 Sorbonne Universités (UPMC) Paris 6 et CNRS Observatoire Océanologique, 66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Unv. Bourgogne, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- Agricultural Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- University Perpignan Via Domitia, Biocapteurs-Analyses-Environnement, 66860 Perpignan, France; Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes, USR 3579 Sorbonne Universités (UPMC) Paris 6 et CNRS Observatoire Océanologique, 66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Unv. Bourgogne, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- University Perpignan Via Domitia, Biocapteurs-Analyses-Environnement, 66860 Perpignan, France; Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes, USR 3579 Sorbonne Universités (UPMC) Paris 6 et CNRS Observatoire Océanologique, 66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Agroécologie, INRAE, Institut Agro, Unv. Bourgogne, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- University Perpignan Via Domitia, Biocapteurs-Analyses-Environnement, 66860 Perpignan, France; Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes, USR 3579 Sorbonne Universités (UPMC) Paris 6 et CNRS Observatoire Océanologique, 66650, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France.
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Rocaboy-Faquet E, Noguer T, Romdhane S, Bertrand C, Dayan FE, Barthelmebs L. Novel bacterial bioassay for a high-throughput screening of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase inhibitors. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:7243-52. [PMID: 24816780 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5793-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Plant 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) is the molecular target of a range of synthetic β-triketone herbicides that are currently used commercially. Their mode of action is based on an irreversible inhibition of HPPD. Therefore, this inhibitory capacity was used to develop a whole-cell colorimetric bioassay with a recombinant Escherichia coli expressing a plant HPPD for the herbicide analysis of β-triketones. The principle of the bioassay is based on the ability of the recombinant E. coli clone to produce a soluble melanin-like pigment, from tyrosine catabolism through p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate and homogentisate. The addition of sulcotrione, a HPPD inhibitor, decreased the pigment production. With the aim to optimize the assay, the E. coli recombinant clone was immobilized in sol-gel or agarose matrix in a 96-well microplate format. The limit of detection for mesotrione, tembotrione, sulcotrione, and leptospermone was 0.069, 0.051, 0.038, and 20 μM, respectively, allowing to validate the whole-cell colorimetric bioassay as a simple and cost-effective alternative tool for laboratory use. The bioassay results from sulcotrione-spiked soil samples were confirmed with high-performance liquid chromatography.
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- Emilie Rocaboy-Faquet
- Institut de Modélisation et d'Analyse en Géo-Environnement et Santé, Université Perpignan Via Domitia, EA 4218, 66860, Perpignan, France
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Białońska D, Dayan FE. Chemistry of the lichen Hypogymnia physodes transplanted to an industrial region. J Chem Ecol 2005; 31:2975-91. [PMID: 16365718 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-8408-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 04/01/2005] [Revised: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lichens produce a great number of secondary metabolites that participate in ecological interactions and respond to environmental changes. We examined the influence of heavy metal accumulations on lichen secondary metabolism. Thalli of Hypogymnia physodes were transplanted for 6 months to the Cracow-Silesia industrial region. Based on heavy metal accumulations in lichen, two of the investigated sites were classified as highly polluted. The highest concentrations of Cd, Pb, and Zn were found in lichens transplanted in the vicinity of a Zn-Pb smelter. Significant accumulations of Cr and Ni were detected in Hypogymnia transplanted near a chemical industry. Physodic, physodalic, hydroxyphysodic acids, and atranorin were identified and analyzed in extracts obtained from specimen samples. The most detrimental changes were observed in lichen transplanted into the vicinity of a chemical industry producing chromium, phosphor, and sulfur compounds that contained 340-fold higher Cr levels than control thalli. Decreases in the levels of physodic acid, hydroxyphysodic acid, and atranorin were detected, and one additional polar compound (probably product of degradation of lichen acids) appeared in the extract. The content of physodalic acid increased in every thalli sample transplanted, suggesting a possible role of this compound in defense against stress caused by accumulated pollutants. The levels of physodic acid decreased in thalli from both of the most polluted sites compared to those of the controls--but were not changed in thalli transplanted to less polluted sites. Our results illustrate that lichen compounds are sensitive to heavy metal accumulation and could be used as biomarkers in environmental studies.
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- D Białońska
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa St., 30-387 Cracow, Poland.
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Kobaisy M, Tellez MR, Webber CL, Dayan FE, Schrader KK, Wedge DE. Phytotoxic and fungitoxic activities of the essential oil of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) leaves and its composition. J Agric Food Chem 2001; 49:3768-3771. [PMID: 11513663 DOI: 10.1021/jf0101455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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: 05/23/2023]
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The chemical composition of the essential oil of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) was examined by GC-MS. Fifty-eight components were characterized from H. cannabinus with (E)-phytol (28.16%), (Z)-phytol (8.02%), n-nonanal (5.70%), benzene acetaldehyde (4.39%), (E)-2-hexenal (3.10%), and 5-methylfurfural (3.00%) as the major constituents. The oil was phytotoxic to lettuce and bentgrass and had antifungal activity against Colletotrichum fragariae, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and Colletotrichum accutatum but exhibited little or no algicidal activity.
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- M Kobaisy
- Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Box 8048, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA.
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Dayan FE, Meazza G, Bettarini F, Signorini E, Piccardi P, Romagni JG, Duke SO. Synthesis, herbicidal activity, and mode of action of IR 5790. J Agric Food Chem 2001; 49:2302-2307. [PMID: 11368593 DOI: 10.1021/jf001393o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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IR 5790, an arylthiadiazolone herbicide structurally related to oxadiargyl and oxadiazon, was synthesized. The herbicidal activity and mode of action of IR 5790 were investigated. This herbicide has broad-spectrum pre-emergence activity against both dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous weeds. The phenotypic responses of susceptible plants, such as interruption of growth and light-dependent development of necrotic areas on the foliage, are consistent with those observed with protoporphyrinogen oxidase-inhibiting herbicides. Tissues exposed to IR 5790 in darkness accumulated protoporphyrin IX, which led to a photodynamic loss of membrane integrity upon exposure to light. Consistent with these physiological symptoms, IR 5790 strongly inhibited protoporphyrinogen oxidase, with an I(50) value of 3 nM. The presence of a sulfur atom did not significantly alter the molecular properties of the thiadiazolone ring, relative to the oxadiazolone ring of oxadiargyl, which explains why IR 5790 has the same mode of action as this herbicide.
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- F E Dayan
- Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 8048, University, Mississippi 38677, USA.
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Canel C, Dayan FE, Ganzera M, Khan IA, Rimando A, Burandt CL, Moraes RM. High yield of podophyllotoxin from leaves of Podophyllum peltatum by in situ conversion of podophyllotoxin 4- O-beta-D-glucopyranoside. Planta Med 2001; 67:97-99. [PMID: 11270736 DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-10636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Rehydration of powdered tissues of Podophyllum peltatum L. prior to extraction with an organic solvent allows endogenous beta-glucosidases to hydrolyze lignan 4-O-beta-D-glucosides in situ and increase the yield of podophyllotoxin. Aqueous extraction of rhizomes and leaves of P. peltatum yielded 4- to 10-fold greater quantities of podophyllotoxin than the traditional ethanolic extraction. Most significantly, leaves were shown to contain over 52 mg of podophyllotoxin per g of dry weight (5.2%), exceeding levels previously reported from any source. These results point to the use of leaves harvested from cultivated P. peltatum as an attractive alternative to the destructive collection of natural populations.
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Romagni JG, Meazza G, Nanayakkara NP, Dayan FE. The phytotoxic lichen metabolite, usnic acid, is a potent inhibitor of plant p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase. FEBS Lett 2000; 480:301-5. [PMID: 11034349 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01907-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The lichen secondary metabolite usnic acid exists as a (-) and a (+) enantiomer, indicating a alpha or beta projection of the methyl group at position 9b, respectively. (-)-Usnic caused a dose-dependent bleaching of the cotyledonary tissues associated with a decrease of both chlorophylls and carotenoids in treated plants whereas no bleaching was observed with the (+) enantiomer. (-)-Usnic acid inhibited protophorphyrinogen oxidase activity (I50 = 3 microM), but did not lead to protoporphyrin IX accumulation. Bleaching appears to be caused by irreversible inhibition of the enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase by (-)-usnic acid (apparent IC50 = 50 nM).
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- J G Romagni
- USDA/ARS, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University of Mississippi, Lafayette Co 38677, USA.
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Dayan FE, Vincent AC, Romagni JG, Allen SN, Duke SO, Duke MV, Bowling JJ, Zjawiony JK. Amino- and urea-substituted thiazoles inhibit photosynthetic electron transfer. J Agric Food Chem 2000; 48:3689-93. [PMID: 10956171 DOI: 10.1021/jf9911545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Amino- and urea-substituted thiazoles exhibited in vivo herbicidal activity on duckweed (Lemna paucicostata Hegelm. strain 6746) cultures and appeared to act via inhibition of photosynthetic electron transport system. A small number of the thiazole derivatives tested were active but only at relatively high concentrations. The most active structures were the amino-substituted thiazoles with isopropyl and n-butyl side chains and the urea-substituted thiazole with p-chlorophenyl side chain. Decreasing the length of the side chain had a negative effect on the PSII inhibitory activity. The urea-substituted series was as a group less active than the amino series, and the free acid series had no biological activity. The most active compounds competed for the same binding site as atrazine on PSII. Computer modeling highlighted the structural similarities between some of the thiazoles and the commercial herbicides diuron and atrazine.
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- F E Dayan
- USDA-ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University, Mississippi 38677, USA.
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Tellez MR, Dayan FE, Schrader KK, Wedge DE, Duke SO. Composition and some biological activities of the essential oil of Callicarpa americana (L.). J Agric Food Chem 2000; 48:3008-3012. [PMID: 10898657 DOI: 10.1021/jf991026g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [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: 05/23/2023]
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The essential oil profile of Callicarpa americana was examined. Samples were collected from Lafayette county in north central Mississippi, and GC-MS data and retention indices were used to identify 67 oil components. Humulene epoxide II (13.9%), alpha-humulene (10.0%), 7-epi-alpha-eudesmol (9.4%), beta-pinene (8.8%), and 1-octen-3-ol (8.5%) were the major components of the steam-distilled oil. The oil was selectively toxic toward the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria perornata compared to Oscillatoria agardhii and the green alga Selenastrum capricornutum, with complete growth inhibition at 28.5 microgram/mL. The oil was only mildly phytotoxic and antifungal.
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- M R Tellez
- Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Box 8048, Oxford, Mississippi 38677, USA.
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Romagni JG, Duke SO, Dayan FE. Inhibition of plant asparagine synthetase by monoterpene cineoles. Plant Physiol 2000; 123:725-32. [PMID: 10859202 PMCID: PMC59040 DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.2.725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2000] [Accepted: 03/03/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Asparagine (Asn) synthetase (AS) is the key enzyme in Asn biosynthesis and plays an important role in nitrogen mobilization. Despite its important physiological function, little research has been done documenting inhibitors of plant AS. Plant growth inhibition caused by the natural monoterpene 1,4-cineole and its structurally related herbicide cinmethylin was reversed 65% and 55%, respectively, by providing 100 microM Asn exogenously. Reversion of the phytotoxic effect was dependent on the concentration of Asn. The presence of either 1,4-cineole or cinmethylin stimulated root uptake of [(14)C]Asn by lettuce (Lactuca sativa) seedlings. Although the physiological responses suggested that both compounds affected Asn biosynthesis, biochemical analysis of AS activity showed that the natural monoterpene was a potent inhibitor (I(50) = approximately 0. 5 microM) of the enzyme, whereas the commercial product was not inhibitory up to levels of 10 mM. Analysis of the putative metabolite, 2-hydroxy-1,4-cineole, showed that the cis-enantiomer was much more active than the trans-enantiomer, suggesting that the hydroxyl group was involved in the specific ligand/active site interaction. This is the first report that AS is a suitable herbicide target site, and that cinmethylin is apparently a proherbicide that requires metabolic bioactivation via cleavage of the benzyl-ether side chain.
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- J G Romagni
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University, MS 38677, USA
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Asparagine synthetase B (AS) is the primary enzyme responsible for asparagine synthesis in plants. Routine biochemical studies of this enzyme's activity have been hindered by several problems including enzyme instability and rapid physiological turnover, endogenous inhibitors, competing pathways, and asparaginase activity. We describe an extraction procedure and assay conditions that provide a reliable, direct assay for the determination of AS activity in crude plant extracts. This assay performed well with several leguminous species and the enzyme preparation retained activity for up to 3 weeks when stored at -80 degrees C. Radio-HPLC detection enabled quantitative measurement of de novo aspargine synthesis in the extracts. Optimal activity was obtained with 1 mM glutamine and 10 mM ATP in the reaction assay. Aminooxyacetic acid (AOA, 1 mM) which prevents the assimilation of aspartate into the TCA cycle, was necessary to measure AS activity in peas, but not in lupine or soybean.
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- J G Romagni
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, University, Mississippi 38677, USA.
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Podophyllin, an ethanolic extract of Podophyllum peltatum L. or P. emodi Wall (syn. P. hexandnum Royle), is a good source of the aryltetralin-type lignan, podophyllotoxin. The latter compound, as well as its congeners and derivatives exhibit pronounced biological activity mainly as strong antiviral agents and as antineoplastic drugs. The podophyllotoxin derivatives etoposide, etopophos (etoposide phosphate), and teniposide are thus successfully utilized in the treatment of a variety of malignant conditions. Continued research on the Podophyllum lignans is currently focused on structure optimization to generate derivatives with superior pharmacological profiles and broader therapeutic scope, and the development of alternative and renewable sources of podophyllotoxin.
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- C Canel
- USDA, ARS, NPURU, National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University 38677, USA
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Schrader KK, Dayan FE, Allen SN, de Regt MQ, Tucker CS, Paul Jr RN. 9,10-Anthraquinone Reduces the Photosynthetic Efficiency of Oscillatoria perornata and Modifies Cellular Inclusions. Int J Plant Sci 2000; 161:265-270. [PMID: 10777450 DOI: 10.1086/314255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/1999] [Revised: 12/01/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The natural compound 9,10-anthraquinone was found to inhibit the growth of the musty odor-producing cyanobacterium Oscillatoria perornata at a low concentration (1 µM) in previous laboratory studies. In this study, the mode of action of 9,10-anthraquinone was investigated by observing ultrastructural changes in O. perornata and by monitoring chlorophyll fluorescence as an indicator of photosynthetic efficiency. Results indicate that 9,10-anthraquinone inhibits photosynthetic electron transport, probably at PSII, and thereby affects growth. Moreover, 9,10-anthraquinone treatment caused thylakoid disorganization and reduced the number of ribosomes in O. perornata. The thylakoid disorganization is identical to reported modification in a cyanobacterium treated with simazine, a PSII inhibitor.
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Bioassay-guided fractionation of the hexane:ethyl acetate (1:1) extract of the leaves of Leucophyllum frutescens (Berl.) I.M.Johnst (Scrophulariaceae) led to the isolation of its phytotoxic constituents diayangambin (1), epiyangambin (2), diasesartemin (3) and epiashantin (4). Phytotoxicity was demonstrated as inhibition of seed germination of Agrostis stolonifera cv. penncross (Poaceae) and inhibition of development of Lactuca sativa L. (Asteraceae) seedlings in a microassay using 24-well plates. Compound 1 was the most phytotoxic to L. sativa, showing strong inhibitory activity at 110 microM. Compound 1 was more active than 2 and 3 in inhibiting the growth of A. stolonifera with I(50) values of 160, 670 and 930 microM, respectively. At a concentration of 500 microM, these compounds inhibited all phases of onion root cell division. This is the first demonstration of antimitotic activity of these furofuran lignans, and the first report of their isolation from this species.
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- A M Rimando
- USDA ARS, Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, P.O. Box 8048, University, MS 38677, USA
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Jacobs NJ, Kruszyna HG, Hier JS, Dayan FE, Duke SO, Pont F, Montforts FP. Glutathione-dependent oxidative modification of protoporphyrin and other dicarboxylic porphyrins by mammalian and plant peroxidases. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 259:195-200. [PMID: 10334939 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protoporphyrin, an intermediate in heme and chlorophyll biosynthesis, can accumulate in human and plant tissues under certain pathological conditions and is a photosensitizer used in cancer phototherapy. We previously showed that protoporphyrin and the related non-natural dicarboxylic porphyrin deuteroporphyrin are rapidly oxidized by horseradish peroxidase in the presence of some thiols, especially glutathione. This study reports that bovine lactoperoxidase, but not leucocyte myeloperoxidase, can also catalyze this reaction and that Tween and ascorbic acid are inhibitors. Exogenous hydrogen peroxide is not required and cannot replace glutathione. Deuteroporphyrin was oxidized to a unique green chlorin product with two oxygen functions added directly to the characteristic reduced pyrrole ring of the chlorin. Spectroscopic and chromatographic results suggest that protoporphyrin was oxidized not to a green chlorin, but to a much more polar red porphyrin modified by oxidative addition to the two vinyl side chains. Two related nonnatural dicarboxylic porphyrins, with ethyl or hydroxyethyl instead of vinyl side chains, are not substrates or products for this enzymatic conversion.
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- N J Jacobs
- Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755, USA.
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Protoporphyrin IX (PP) is the last porphyrin intermediate in common between heme and chlorophyll biosynthesis. This pigment normally does not accumulate in plants because its highly photodynamic nature makes it toxic. While the steps leading to heme and chlorophylls are well characterized, relatively little is known of the metabolic fate of excess PP in plants. We have discovered that plant peroxidases can rapidly degrade this pigment in the presence of thiol-containing substrates such as glutathione and cysteine. This thiol-dependent degradation of PP by horseradish peroxidase consumes oxygen and is inhibited by ascorbic acid.
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- F E Dayan
- USDA/ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University, MS 38677, USA.
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Rimando AM, Dayan FE, Czarnota MA, Weston LA, Duke SO. A new photosystem II electron transfer inhibitor from sorghum bicolor. J Nat Prod 1998; 61:1456. [PMID: 9834180 DOI: 10.1021/np980325h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Our study of the mechanism(s) by which sorgoleone (1) acts as a photosystem II (PS II) inhibitor led to the isolation of a new benzoquinone derivative, 2-hydroxy-5-ethoxy-3-[(Z,Z)-8',11', 14'-pentadecatriene]-rho-benzoquinone (2), from the root exudate of sorghum. The structure of 2, which is being given the name 5-ethoxy-sorgoleone, was determined by spectroscopic means. A methoxy derivative (3) of 1 was also prepared. Both 2 and 3 caused a reduction in oxygen evolution by thylakoid membranes and induced variable chlorophyll fluorescence. These compounds, however, were less active inhibitors of PS II than 1.
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- A M Rimando
- USDA-ARS-NPURU, P.O. Box 8048, University, Mississippi 38677, USA.
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Chlorins are cyclic tetrapyrrole derivatives of great interest for use in photodynamic therapy. We have found that horseradish peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) (HRP) can convert deuteroporphyrin IX (Deutero) into chlorins. Some characteristics of this enzymatic transformation were investigated. The formation of chlorins was determined spectrophotometrically by monitoring the change in absorbance in the Q-band region (638 nm). The reaction occurred without addition of H2O2 and had a pH optimum of 7.5. The presence of thiol-containing reductants, with a great preference for reduced glutathione, was required and could not be substituted by adding H2O2. Ascorbic acid acted as a potent inhibitor of the reaction, while other organic acids (citric and benzoic) had little to no inhibitory effect. The requirement for O2 was suggested by the inhibitory effect of sodium hydrosulfite and was confirmed by carrying the assay in nitrogen-saturated solutions. Though the reaction occurred without adding H2O2, low amounts of H2O2 (3-30 microM) were stimulatory to the assay. However, concentrations of 300 microM H2O2 or higher were inhibitory. Similarly, light was not required, but was stimulatory at low levels and inhibitory at high levels. Catalase and deferoxamine were inhibitory, but superoxide dismutase and mannitol had no effects. Kinetic analysis and respiratory studies suggest that HRP may initially react with reduced glutathione in a reaction that does not consume much oxygen. The ensuing steps, probably involving an oxygen free radical and porphyrin radical intermediates, consume a large amount of O2 to oxidize Deutero into chlorin.
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- F E Dayan
- USDA/ARS/NPURU, National Center for the Development of Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, 38677, USA.
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Jacobs JM, Jacobs NJ, Kuhn CB, Gorman N, Dayan FE, Duke SO, Sinclair JF, Sinclair PR. Oxidation of porphyrinogens by horseradish peroxidase and formation of a green pyrrole pigment. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1996; 227:195-9. [PMID: 8858124 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.1488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
When humans or plants are exposed to certain chemicals which interfere with heme biosynthetic enzymes, porphyrinogen intermediates accumulate and are oxidized to cytotoxic porphyrins. Here we have investigated the role of peroxidases in porphyrinogen oxidation. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) rapidly oxidizes uroporphyrinogen to uroporphyrin and this is inhibited by ascorbic acid. HRP also oxidizes deuteroporphyrinogen (a synthetic porphyrin similar to protoporphyrinogen), but the yield of porphyrin is lower than with uroporphyrinogen as substrate. This low yield is in part due to a rapid, HRP-dependent conversion of deuteroporphyrin (but not uroporphyrin) to a green compound with spectral characteristics of a chlorin with a large peak at 638 nm. This reaction requires addition of a sulfhydryl reductant such as glutathione and is inhibited by ascorbic acid. These findings suggest that cellular peroxidases and ascorbic acid levels may play a role in modifying the phototoxic tetrapyrroles which accumulate in plants and humans after certain environmental exposures.
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Affiliation(s)
- J M Jacobs
- Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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