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Cillingová A, Tóth R, Mojáková A, Zeman I, Vrzoňová R, Siváková B, Baráth P, Neboháčová M, Klepcová Z, Brázdovič F, Lichancová H, Hodorová V, Brejová B, Vinař T, Mutalová S, Vozáriková V, Mutti G, Tomáška Ľ, Gácser A, Gabaldón T, Nosek J. Transcriptome and proteome profiling reveals complex adaptations of Candida parapsilosis cells assimilating hydroxyaromatic carbon sources. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1009815. [PMID: 35255079 PMCID: PMC8929692 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009815] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Many fungal species utilize hydroxyderivatives of benzene and benzoic acid as carbon sources. The yeast Candida parapsilosis metabolizes these compounds via the 3-oxoadipate and gentisate pathways, whose components are encoded by two metabolic gene clusters. In this study, we determine the chromosome level assembly of the C. parapsilosis strain CLIB214 and use it for transcriptomic and proteomic investigation of cells cultivated on hydroxyaromatic substrates. We demonstrate that the genes coding for enzymes and plasma membrane transporters involved in the 3-oxoadipate and gentisate pathways are highly upregulated and their expression is controlled in a substrate-specific manner. However, regulatory proteins involved in this process are not known. Using the knockout mutants, we show that putative transcriptional factors encoded by the genes OTF1 and GTF1 located within these gene clusters function as transcriptional activators of the 3-oxoadipate and gentisate pathway, respectively. We also show that the activation of both pathways is accompanied by upregulation of genes for the enzymes involved in β-oxidation of fatty acids, glyoxylate cycle, amino acid metabolism, and peroxisome biogenesis. Transcriptome and proteome profiles of the cells grown on 4-hydroxybenzoate and 3-hydroxybenzoate, which are metabolized via the 3-oxoadipate and gentisate pathway, respectively, reflect their different connection to central metabolism. Yet we find that the expression profiles differ also in the cells assimilating 4-hydroxybenzoate and hydroquinone, which are both metabolized in the same pathway. This finding is consistent with the phenotype of the Otf1p-lacking mutant, which exhibits impaired growth on hydroxybenzoates, but still utilizes hydroxybenzenes, thus indicating that additional, yet unidentified transcription factor could be involved in the 3-oxoadipate pathway regulation. Moreover, we propose that bicarbonate ions resulting from decarboxylation of hydroxybenzoates also contribute to differences in the cell responses to hydroxybenzoates and hydroxybenzenes. Finally, our phylogenetic analysis highlights evolutionary paths leading to metabolic adaptations of yeast cells assimilating hydroxyaromatic substrates.
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- Andrea Cillingová
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- HCEMM-USZ Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- MTA-SZTE Lendület Mycobiome Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Applied Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- HCEMM-USZ Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- MTA-SZTE Lendület Mycobiome Research Group, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS), Barcelona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Gupta P, De B. Influence of calcium channel modulators on the production of serotonin, gentisic acid, and a few other biosynthetically related phenolic metabolites in seedling leaves of salt tolerant rice variety Nonabokra. Plant Signal Behav 2021; 16:1929732. [PMID: 34024248 PMCID: PMC8331021 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2021.1929732] [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] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Rice, a most salt-sensitive cereal plant, adopts diverse pathways to withstand sodium chloride-induced salinity-related adversities. During the present study, attempt was made to understand the role of calcium on metabolite profile of the leaves of salt tolerant rice seedlings of variety of Nonabokra under sodium chloride induced salinity, by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-based metabolomics approach. Calcium availability in the seedlings was reduced or enhanced applying inhibitors (vanadyl sulfate, lanthanum chloride, and verapamil) or promoters of calcium influx (calcimycin also known as calcium ionophore A23187) in the sodium chloride (100 mM) supplemented growth medium. Growth medium of ten-day-old seedlings was replaced by sodium chloride supplemented hydroponic solution with promotor or inhibitors of calcium channel. Fifteen days old seedlings were harvested. It was observed that depletion of calcium availability increased the level of serotonin and gentisic acid whereas increased calcium level decreased these metabolites. It was concluded from the results that production of the signaling molecules serotonin and gentisic acids was elevated in calcium-deficient seedlings under salt stress the condition that was considered as control during the experiment. The two signaling molecules probably help this tolerant rice variety Nonabokra to withstand the salt-induced adversities.
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- Poulami Gupta
- Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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Thomazella DPDT, Seong K, Mackelprang R, Dahlbeck D, Geng Y, Gill US, Qi T, Pham J, Giuseppe P, Lee CY, Ortega A, Cho MJ, Hutton SF, Staskawicz B. Loss of function of a DMR6 ortholog in tomato confers broad-spectrum disease resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2026152118. [PMID: 34215692 PMCID: PMC8271637 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2026152118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [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: 01/27/2023] Open
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Plant diseases are among the major causes of crop yield losses around the world. To confer disease resistance, conventional breeding relies on the deployment of single resistance (R) genes. However, this strategy has been easily overcome by constantly evolving pathogens. Disabling susceptibility (S) genes is a promising alternative to R genes in breeding programs, as it usually offers durable and broad-spectrum disease resistance. In Arabidopsis, the S gene DMR6 (AtDMR6) encodes an enzyme identified as a susceptibility factor to bacterial and oomycete pathogens. Here, we present a model-to-crop translational work in which we characterize two AtDMR6 orthologs in tomato, SlDMR6-1 and SlDMR6-2. We show that SlDMR6-1, but not SlDMR6-2, is up-regulated by pathogen infection. In agreement, Sldmr6-1 mutants display enhanced resistance against different classes of pathogens, such as bacteria, oomycete, and fungi. Notably, disease resistance correlates with increased salicylic acid (SA) levels and transcriptional activation of immune responses. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SlDMR6-1 and SlDMR6-2 display SA-5 hydroxylase activity, thus contributing to the elucidation of the enzymatic function of DMR6. We then propose that SlDMR6 duplication in tomato resulted in subsequent subfunctionalization, in which SlDMR6-2 specialized in balancing SA levels in flowers/fruits, while SlDMR6-1 conserved the ability to fine-tune SA levels during pathogen infection of the plant vegetative tissues. Overall, this work not only corroborates a mechanism underlying SA homeostasis in plants, but also presents a promising strategy for engineering broad-spectrum and durable disease resistance in crops.
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- Daniela Paula de Toledo Thomazella
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory, Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials, Campinas SP 13083-100, Brazil
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL 33598
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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Thomazella DPDT, Seong K, Mackelprang R, Dahlbeck D, Geng Y, Gill US, Qi T, Pham J, Giuseppe P, Lee CY, Ortega A, Cho MJ, Hutton SF, Staskawicz B. Loss of function of a DMR6 ortholog in tomato confers broad-spectrum disease resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2026152118. [PMID: 34215692 DOI: 10.1101/064824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [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: 05/21/2023] Open
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Plant diseases are among the major causes of crop yield losses around the world. To confer disease resistance, conventional breeding relies on the deployment of single resistance (R) genes. However, this strategy has been easily overcome by constantly evolving pathogens. Disabling susceptibility (S) genes is a promising alternative to R genes in breeding programs, as it usually offers durable and broad-spectrum disease resistance. In Arabidopsis, the S gene DMR6 (AtDMR6) encodes an enzyme identified as a susceptibility factor to bacterial and oomycete pathogens. Here, we present a model-to-crop translational work in which we characterize two AtDMR6 orthologs in tomato, SlDMR6-1 and SlDMR6-2. We show that SlDMR6-1, but not SlDMR6-2, is up-regulated by pathogen infection. In agreement, Sldmr6-1 mutants display enhanced resistance against different classes of pathogens, such as bacteria, oomycete, and fungi. Notably, disease resistance correlates with increased salicylic acid (SA) levels and transcriptional activation of immune responses. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SlDMR6-1 and SlDMR6-2 display SA-5 hydroxylase activity, thus contributing to the elucidation of the enzymatic function of DMR6. We then propose that SlDMR6 duplication in tomato resulted in subsequent subfunctionalization, in which SlDMR6-2 specialized in balancing SA levels in flowers/fruits, while SlDMR6-1 conserved the ability to fine-tune SA levels during pathogen infection of the plant vegetative tissues. Overall, this work not only corroborates a mechanism underlying SA homeostasis in plants, but also presents a promising strategy for engineering broad-spectrum and durable disease resistance in crops.
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- Daniela Paula de Toledo Thomazella
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory, Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials, Campinas SP 13083-100, Brazil
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL 33598
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704
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Portieles R, Xu H, Yue Q, Zhao L, Zhang D, Du L, Gao X, Gao J, Portal Gonzalez N, Santos Bermudez R, Borrás-Hidalgo O. Heat-killed endophytic bacterium induces robust plant defense responses against important pathogens. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12182. [PMID: 34108579 PMCID: PMC8190079 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91837-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Stress caused by pathogens strongly damages plants. Developing products to control plant disease is an important challenge in sustainable agriculture. In this study, a heat-killed endophytic bacterium (HKEB), Bacillus aryabhattai, is used to induce plant defense against fungal and bacterial pathogens, and the main defense pathways used by the HKEB to activate plant defense are revealed. The HKEB induced high protection against different pathogens through the salicylic and jasmonic acid pathways. We report the presence of gentisic acid in the HKEB for the first time. These results show that HKEBs may be a useful tool for the management of plant diseases.
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- Roxana Portieles
- Joint R&D Center of Biotechnology, RETDA, Yota Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd., 99 Shenzhen Road, Rizhao, 276826, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Joint R&D Center of Biotechnology, RETDA, Yota Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd., 99 Shenzhen Road, Rizhao, 276826, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academic of Science), Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academic of Science), Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- Joint R&D Center of Biotechnology, RETDA, Yota Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd., 99 Shenzhen Road, Rizhao, 276826, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Joint R&D Center of Biotechnology, RETDA, Yota Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd., 99 Shenzhen Road, Rizhao, 276826, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Joint R&D Center of Biotechnology, RETDA, Yota Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd., 99 Shenzhen Road, Rizhao, 276826, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Joint R&D Center of Biotechnology, RETDA, Yota Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd., 99 Shenzhen Road, Rizhao, 276826, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, No. 336, West Road of Nan Xinzhuang, Jinan, 250022, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, No. 336, West Road of Nan Xinzhuang, Jinan, 250022, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- Joint R&D Center of Biotechnology, RETDA, Yota Bio-Engineering Co., Ltd., 99 Shenzhen Road, Rizhao, 276826, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Shandong Provincial Key Lab of Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academic of Science), Jinan, People's Republic of China.
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Mechchate H, Es-safi I, Mohamed Al kamaly O, Bousta D. Insight into Gentisic Acid Antidiabetic Potential Using In Vitro and In Silico Approaches. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26071932. [PMID: 33808152 PMCID: PMC8037080 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Numerous scientific studies have confirmed the beneficial therapeutic effects of phenolic acids. Among them gentisic acid (GA), a phenolic acid extensively found in many fruit and vegetables has been associated with an enormous confirmed health benefit. The present study aims to evaluate the antidiabetic potential of gentisic acid and highlight its mechanisms of action following in silico and in vitro approaches. The in silico study was intended to predict the interaction of GA with eight different receptors highly involved in the management and complications of diabetes (dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 (DPP4), protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFAR1), aldose reductase (AldR), glycogen phosphorylase (GP), α-amylase, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) and α-glucosidase), while the in vitro study studied the potential inhibitory effect of GA against α-amylase and α-glucosidase. The results indicate that GA interacted moderately with most of the receptors and had a moderate inhibitory activity during the in vitro tests. The study therefore encourages further in vivo studies to confirm the given results.
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- Hamza Mechchate
- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Environment, Agrifood, and Health, Department of Biology, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM-Fez 30050, Morocco; (I.E.-s.); (D.B.)
- Correspondence:
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Environment, Agrifood, and Health, Department of Biology, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM-Fez 30050, Morocco; (I.E.-s.); (D.B.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia;
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Environment, Agrifood, and Health, Department of Biology, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, FSDM-Fez 30050, Morocco; (I.E.-s.); (D.B.)
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Li N, Peng Q, Yao L, He Q, Qiu J, Cao H, He J, Niu Q, Lu Y, Hui F. Roles of the Gentisate 1,2-Dioxygenases DsmD and GtdA in the Catabolism of the Herbicide Dicamba in Rhizorhabdus dicambivorans Ndbn-20. J Agric Food Chem 2020; 68:9287-9298. [PMID: 32786824 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01523] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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3-Chlorogentisate is a key intermediate in the catabolism of the herbicide dicamba in R. dicambivorans Ndbn-20. In this study, we identified two gentisate 1,2-dioxygenases (GDOs), DsmD and GtdA, from Ndbn-20. The amino acid sequence similarity between DsmD and GtdA is 51%. Both of them are dimers and showed activities to gentisate and 3-chlorogentisate but not 3,6-dichlorogentisate (3,6-DCGA) or 6-chlorogentisate in vitro. The kcat/Km of DsmD for 3-chlorogentisate was 28.7 times higher than that of GtdA, whereas the kcat/Km of DsmD for gentisate was only one-fourth of that of GtdA. Transcription of dsmD was dramatically induced by 3-chlorogentisate but not gentisate, whereas gtdA was not induced. Disruption of dsmD resulted in a significant decline in the degradation rates of 3-chlorogentisate and dicamba but had no effect on the degradation of gentisate, whereas the result of disruption of gtdA was converse; the disruption of both dsmD and gtdA led to the inability to degrade 3-chlorogentisate and gentisate. This study revealed that 3-chlorogentisate but not gentisate or 3,6-DCGA is the ring-cleavage substrate in the dicamba degradation pathway in R. dicambivorans Ndbn-20; DsmD is specifically responsible for cleavage of 3-chlorogentisate, whereas GtdA is a general GDO involved in the catabolism of various natural aromatic compounds.
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- Na Li
- School of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan 473061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- School of Marine and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, Jiangsu 224002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan 473061, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan 473061, China
- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, Nanyang, Henan 473000, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan 473061, China
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Sankaranarayanan R, Kumar DR, Patel J, Bhat GJ. Do Aspirin and Flavonoids Prevent Cancer through a Common Mechanism Involving Hydroxybenzoic Acids?-The Metabolite Hypothesis. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25092243. [PMID: 32397626 PMCID: PMC7249170 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25092243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Despite decades of research to elucidate the cancer preventive mechanisms of aspirin and flavonoids, a consensus has not been reached on their specific modes of action. This inability to accurately pinpoint the mechanism involved is due to the failure to differentiate the primary targets from its associated downstream responses. This review is written in the context of the recent findings on the potential pathways involved in the prevention of colorectal cancers (CRC) by aspirin and flavonoids. Recent reports have demonstrated that the aspirin metabolites 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,3-DHBA), 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,5-DHBA) and the flavonoid metabolites 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzoic acid (2,4,6-THBA), 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (3,4-DHBA) and 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid (3,4,5-THBA) were effective in inhibiting cancer cell growth in vitro. Limited in vivo studies also provide evidence that some of these hydroxybenzoic acids (HBAs) inhibit tumor growth in animal models. This raises the possibility that a common pathway involving HBAs may be responsible for the observed cancer preventive actions of aspirin and flavonoids. Since substantial amounts of aspirin and flavonoids are left unabsorbed in the intestinal lumen upon oral consumption, they may be subjected to degradation by the host and bacterial enzymes, generating simpler phenolic acids contributing to the prevention of CRC. Interestingly, these HBAs are also abundantly present in fruits and vegetables. Therefore, we suggest that the HBAs produced through microbial degradation of aspirin and flavonoids or those consumed through the diet may be common mediators of CRC prevention.
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- Ranjini Sankaranarayanan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Translational Cancer Research Center, South Dakota State University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Brookings, SD 57007, USA; (R.S.); (J.P.)
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Translational Cancer Research Center, South Dakota State University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Brookings, SD 57007, USA; (R.S.); (J.P.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Translational Cancer Research Center, South Dakota State University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Brookings, SD 57007, USA; (R.S.); (J.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-605-688-6894
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Hosokawa S, Shukuya K, Sogabe K, Ejima Y, Morinishi T, Hirakawa E, Ohsaki H, Shimosawa T, Tokuhara Y. Novel absorbance peak of gentisic acid following the oxidation reaction. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0232263. [PMID: 32348369 PMCID: PMC7190133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232263] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Gentisic acid (GA), a metabolite of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), and homogentisic acid (HGA), which is excreted at high levels in alkaptonuria, are divalent phenolic acids with very similar structures. Urine containing HGA is dark brown in color due to its oxidation. We recently reported a new oxidation method of HGA involving the addition of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) with sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate (NaOCl·5H2O), which is a strong oxidant. In the present study, we attempted to oxidize GA, which has a similar structure to HGA, using our method. We herein observed color changes in GA solution and analyzed the absorption spectra of GA after the addition of NaOH with NaOCl·5H2O. We also examined the oxidation reaction of GA using a liquid chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LC/TOF-MS). The results obtained indicated that GA solution had a unique absorption spectrum with a peak at approximately 500 nm through an oxidation reaction following the addition of NaOH with NaOCl·5H2O. This spectrophotometric method enables GA to be detected in sample solutions without expensive analytical instruments or a complex method.
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- Sho Hosokawa
- Department of Medical Technology, Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Medical Technology and Sciences, School of Health Sciences at Fukuoka, International University of Health and Welfare, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kaneka Corporation, Vinyls and Chlor-Alkali Solutions Vehicle, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Medical Technology, Kagawa Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Technology, Kagawa Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan
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- Clinical Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Medical Technology, Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ehime, Japan
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Nagai A, Torres PB, Duarte LML, Chaves ALR, Macedo AF, Floh EIS, de Oliveira LF, Zuccarelli R, Dos Santos DYAC. Signaling pathway played by salicylic acid, gentisic acid, nitric oxide, polyamines and non-enzymatic antioxidants in compatible and incompatible Solanum-tomato mottle mosaic virus interactions. Plant Sci 2020; 290:110274. [PMID: 31779908 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Plants are exposed to a vast array of pathogens. The interaction between them may be classified in compatible and incompatible. Polyamines (PAs) are involved in defense responses, as well as salicylic acid (SA), gentisic acid (GA) and nitric oxide (NO), which can increase the content of reactive oxygen species (ROS), creating a harsh environment to the pathogen. ROS can also damage the host cell and they can be controlled by ascorbate and glutathione. Among phytopathogens, one of the major threats to tomato crops is tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV). Resistance against this virus probably involves the Tm-22 gene. This work aimed to analyze signaling and antioxidant molecules in the defense response against ToMMV in Solanum pimpinellifolium and in S. lycopersicum 'VFNT'. In S. pimpinellifolium plants inoculated with ToMMV, an increase in NO, SA, GA, ascorbate and oxidized glutathione and a decrease in the content of PAs were observed. Characteristic symptoms of diseased plants and high absorbance values in PTA-ELISA indicated a compatible interaction. In VFNT-inoculated plants, less significant differences were noticed. Symptoms and viral concentration were not detected, indicating an incompatible interaction, possibly associated with the effector-triggered immunity (ETI) response.
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- Alice Nagai
- Laboratório de Fitoquímica, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Fitoquímica, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Celular de Plantas, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Celular de Plantas, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Celular de Plantas, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia do Desenvolvimento Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Huang XX, Zhu GQ, Liu Q, Chen L, Li YJ, Hou BK. Modulation of Plant Salicylic Acid-Associated Immune Responses via Glycosylation of Dihydroxybenzoic Acids. Plant Physiol 2018; 176:3103-3119. [PMID: 29483147 PMCID: PMC5884596 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Salicylic acid (SA) plays a crucial role in plant innate immunity. The deployment of SA-associated immune responses is primarily affected by SA concentration, which is determined by a balance between SA biosynthesis and catabolism. However, the mechanisms regulating SA homeostasis are poorly understood. In this study, we characterized a unique UDP-glycosyltransferase, UGT76D1, which plays an important role in SA homeostasis and associated immune responses in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Expression of UGT76D1 was induced by treatment with both the pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) DC3000 and SA. Overexpression of UGT76D1 resulted in high SA accumulation, significant up-regulation of pathogen-related genes, and a hypersensitive response (HR)-like lesion mimic phenotype. This HR-like phenotype was not observed following UGT76D1 overexpression in SA-deficient NahG transgenic or sid2 plants, suggesting that the phenotype is SA dependent. Biochemical assays showed that UGT76D1 glycosylated 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,3-DHBA) and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,5-DHBA), the major catabolic forms of SA, to their Glc and Xyl conjugates in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, in a mutant background blocked in the formation of 2,3-DHBA and 2,5-DHBA, UGT76D1 overexpression did not cause a HR-like lesion mimic phenotype. Following infection with Pst DC3000, UGT76D1 knockout mutants displayed a delayed immune response, with reduced levels of DHBA glycosides and SA, and down-regulated SA synthase expression. By contrast, UGT76D1 overexpression lines showed an enhanced immune response and increased SA biosynthesis before and after pathogen infection. Thus, we propose that UGT76D1 plays an important role in SA homeostasis and plant immune responses by facilitating glycosylation of dihydroxybenzoic acids.
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- Xu-Xu Huang
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Zhang Y, Zhao L, Zhao J, Li Y, Wang J, Guo R, Gan S, Liu CJ, Zhang K. S5H/DMR6 Encodes a Salicylic Acid 5-Hydroxylase That Fine-Tunes Salicylic Acid Homeostasis. Plant Physiol 2017; 175:1082-1093. [PMID: 28899963 PMCID: PMC5664462 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The phytohormone salicylic acid (SA) plays essential roles in biotic and abiotic responses, plant development, and leaf senescence. 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,5-DHBA or gentisic acid) is one of the most commonly occurring aromatic acids in green plants and is assumed to be generated from SA, but the enzymes involved in its production remain obscure. DMR6 (Downy Mildew Resistant6; At5g24530) has been proven essential in plant immunity of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), but its biochemical properties are not well understood. Here, we report the discovery and functional characterization of DMR6 as a salicylic acid 5-hydroxylase (S5H) that catalyzes the formation of 2,5-DHBA by hydroxylating SA at the C5 position of its phenyl ring in Arabidopsis. S5H/DMR6 specifically converts SA to 2,5-DHBA in vitro and displays higher catalytic efficiency (Kcat/Km = 4.96 × 104 m-1 s-1) than the previously reported S3H (Kcat/Km = 6.09 × 103 m-1 s-1) for SA. Interestingly, S5H/DMR6 displays a substrate inhibition property that may enable automatic control of its enzyme activities. The s5h mutant and s5hs3h double mutant overaccumulate SA and display phenotypes such as a smaller growth size, early senescence, and a loss of susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000. S5H/DMR6 is sensitively induced by SA/pathogen treatment and is expressed widely from young seedlings to senescing plants, whereas S3H is more specifically expressed at the mature and senescing stages. Collectively, our results disclose the identity of the enzyme required for 2,5-DHBA formation and reveal a mechanism by which plants fine-tune SA homeostasis by mediating SA 5-hydroxylation.
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- Yanjun Zhang
- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Biosciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, China
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Gupta P, De B. Metabolomics analysis of rice responses to salinity stress revealed elevation of serotonin, and gentisic acid levels in leaves of tolerant varieties. Plant Signal Behav 2017; 12:e1335845. [PMID: 28594277 PMCID: PMC5586353 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2017.1335845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A GC-MS based analytical approach was undertaken to understand the metabolomic responses of seedlings of 2 salt sensitive (Sujala and MTU 7029) and 2 tolerant varieties (Bhutnath, and Nonabokra) of indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) to NaCl induced stress. The 4 varieties responded differently to NaCl treatment with respect to the conserved primary metabolites (sugars, polyols, amino acids, organic acids and certain purine derivatives) of the leaf of rice seedlings. However, there were significant differences in salt induced production of chorismic acid derivatives. Serotonin level was increased in both the salt tolerant varieties in response to NaCl induced stress. In both the salt tolerant varieties, increased production of the signaling molecule gentisic acid in response to NaCl treatment was noticed. Salt tolerant varieties also produced increased level of ferulic acid and vanillic acid. In the salt sensitive varieties, cinnamic acid derivatives, 4-hydroxycinnamic acid (in Sujala) and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (in MTU 7029), were elevated in the leaves. So increased production of the 2 signaling molecules serotonin and gentisic acid may be considered as 2 important biomarker compounds produced in tolerant varieties contributing toward NaCl tolerance.
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- Poulami Gupta
- Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
- CONTACT Bratati De Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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Trivedi VD, Bharadwaj A, Varunjikar MS, Singha AK, Upadhyay P, Gautam K, Phale PS. Insights into metabolism and sodium chloride adaptability of carbaryl degrading halotolerant Pseudomonas sp. strain C7. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:907-916. [PMID: 28374062 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-017-1363-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 03/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pseudomonas sp. strain C7 isolated from sediment of Thane creek near Mumbai, India, showed the ability to grow on glucose and carbaryl in the presence of 7.5 and 3.5% of NaCl, respectively. It also showed good growth in the absence of NaCl indicating the strain to be halotolerant. Increasing salt concentration impacted the growth on carbaryl; however, the specific activity of various enzymes involved in the metabolism remained unaffected. Among various enzymes, 1-naphthol 2-hydroxylase was found to be sensitive to chloride as compared to carbaryl hydrolase and gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase. The intracellular concentration of Cl- ions remained constant (6-8 mM) for cells grown on carbaryl either in the presence or absence of NaCl. Thus the ability to adapt to the increasing concentration of NaCl is probably by employing chloride efflux pump and/or increase in the concentration of osmolytes as mechanism for halotolerance. The halotolerant nature of the strain will be beneficial to remediate carbaryl from saline agriculture fields, ecosystems and wastewaters.
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- Vikas D Trivedi
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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Chen HY, Li X. Identification of a residue responsible for UDP-sugar donor selectivity of a dihydroxybenzoic acid glycosyltransferase from Arabidopsis natural accessions. Plant J 2017; 89:195-203. [PMID: 27411741 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) plays a major role in the diversity and reactivity of plant specialized metabolites by catalyzing the transfer of the sugar moiety from activated UDP-sugars to various acceptors. Arabidopsis UGT89A2 was previously identified from a genome-wide association study as a key factor that affects the differential accumulation of dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) glycosides in distinct Arabidopsis natural accessions, including Col-0 and C24. The in vitro enzyme assays indicate that these distinct metabolic phenotypes reflect the divergence of UGT89A2 enzyme properties in the Col-0 and C24 accessions. UGT89A2 from Col-0 is highly selective toward UDP-xylose as the sugar donor, and the isoform from C24 can utilize both UDP-glucose and UDP-xylose but with a higher affinity to the glucose donor. The sequences of the two isozymes only differ at six amino acid residues. Examination of these amino acid residues in more natural accessions revealed a strong correlation between the amino acid polymorphism at position 153 and the DHBA glycoside accumulation pattern. Site-directed mutagenesis that swapped residue 153 between UGT89A2 from Col-0 and C24 reversed the UDP-sugar preferences, indicating that residue 153 plays an important role in determining sugar donor specificity of UGT89A2. This study provides insight into the key amino acid changes that confer sugar donor selectivity on UGTs, and demonstrates the usefulness of natural variation in understanding the structure-function relationship of enzymes involved in specialized metabolism.
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- Han-Yi Chen
- Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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Lee SY, Kim GH, Yun SH, Choi CW, Yi YS, Kim J, Chung YH, Park EC, Kim SI. Proteogenomic Characterization of Monocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation Pathways in the Aniline-Degrading Bacterium Burkholderia sp. K24. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154233. [PMID: 27124467 PMCID: PMC4849787 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Burkholderia sp. K24, formerly known as Acinetobacter lwoffii K24, is a soil bacterium capable of utilizing aniline as its sole carbon and nitrogen source. Genomic sequence analysis revealed that this bacterium possesses putative gene clusters for biodegradation of various monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MAHs), including benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX), as well as aniline. We verified the proposed MAH biodegradation pathways by dioxygenase activity assays, RT-PCR, and LC/MS-based quantitative proteomic analyses. This proteogenomic approach revealed four independent degradation pathways, all converging into the citric acid cycle. Aniline and p-hydroxybenzoate degradation pathways converged into the β-ketoadipate pathway. Benzoate and toluene were degraded through the benzoyl-CoA degradation pathway. The xylene isomers, i.e., o-, m-, and p-xylene, were degraded via the extradiol cleavage pathways. Salicylate was degraded through the gentisate degradation pathway. Our results show that Burkholderia sp. K24 possesses versatile biodegradation pathways, which may be employed for efficient bioremediation of aniline and BTX.
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- Sang-Yeop Lee
- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 305–764, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, 169–148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Bio-Analysis Science, University of Science & Technology, 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Garzón A, Bravo I, Carrión-Jiménez MR, Rubio-Moraga Á, Albaladejo J. Spectroscopic study on binding of gentisic acid to bovine serum albumin. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2015; 150:26-33. [PMID: 26010705 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2015.05.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 02/27/2015] [Revised: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The interaction of (gentisic acid) GA with (bovine serum albumin) BSA has been studied by different spectroscopic techniques. GA is a monoanionic specie at the working pH of 7.4, it was determined by combining UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. A set of fluorescence quenching experiments at different temperatures was carried out employing the native fluorescence of BSA. A Stern-Volmer constant (KSV) of (2.07±0.12)×10(4) mol(-1) L and a binding constant (Ka) of (8.47±4.39)×10(3) were determined at 310 K. The static quenching caused by the BSA-GA complex formation seems to play a significant role in the overall quenching process. A single binding site on BSA for GA was observed. ΔH=-55.6±0.2 kJ mol(-1) and ΔS=-104.3±0.6 J mol(-1) K(-1) were determined in a set of experiments on the dependence of Ka with the temperature. The binding process is, therefore, spontaneous and enthalpy-driven. Van der Waals forces and hydrogen bonds could also play the major role in the binding mode. The secondary structure changes of BSA in the absence and presence of GA were studied by FTIR and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy.
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- Andrés Garzón
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Paseo de los estudiantes, s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain.
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Paseo de los estudiantes, s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Paseo de los estudiantes, s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain
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- Instituto Botánico, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Paseo de los estudiantes, s/n, 02071 Albacete, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avenida Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
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Campos L, Granell P, Tárraga S, López-Gresa P, Conejero V, Bellés JM, Rodrigo I, Lisón P. Salicylic acid and gentisic acid induce RNA silencing-related genes and plant resistance to RNA pathogens. Plant Physiol Biochem 2014; 77:35-43. [PMID: 24531234 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We have observed that treatments with salicylic acid (SA) or gentisic acid (GA) induced resistance to RNA pathogens such as ToMV and CEVd in tomato and Gynura auriantiaca, respectively. Accumulation of SA and GA has been found to occur in plants infected by these pathogens, thus pointing out a possible defence role of both molecules. To study the molecular basis of the observed induced resistance to RNA pathogens the induction of silencing-related genes by SA and GA was considered. For that purpose, we searched for tomato genes which were orthologous to those described in Arabidopsis thaliana, such as AtDCL1, AtDCL2, AtDCL4, AtRDR1, AtRDR2 and AtRDR6, and we tracked their induction in tomato along virus and viroid infections. We observed that CEVd significantly induced all these genes in tomato, with the exception of ToRDR6, being the induction of ToDCL4 the most outstanding. Regarding the ToMV asymptomatic infection, with the exception of ToRDR2, we observed a significant induction of all the indicated silencing-related genes, being ToDCL2 the most induced gene. Subsequently, we analyzed their transcriptional activation by SA and at the time when ToMV was inoculated on plants. ToDCL2, ToRDR1 and ToRDR2 were significantly induced by both SA and GA, whereas ToDCL1 was only induced by SA. Such an induction resulted more effective by SA treatment, which is in agreement with the stronger SA-induced resistance observed. Our results suggest that the observed delay in the RNA pathogen accumulation could be due to the pre-induction of RNA silencing-related genes by SA or GA.
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- Laura Campos
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
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Romero-Silva MJ, Méndez V, Agulló L, Seeger M. Genomic and functional analyses of the gentisate and protocatechuate ring-cleavage pathways and related 3-hydroxybenzoate and 4-hydroxybenzoate peripheral pathways in Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56038. [PMID: 23418504 PMCID: PMC3572157 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 10/24/2012] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In this study, the gentisate and protocatechuate pathways in Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 were analyzed by genomic and functional approaches, and their role in 3-hydroxybenzoate (3-HBA) and 4-hydroxybenzoate (4-HBA) degradation was proposed. The LB400 genome possesses two identical mhbRTDHI gene clusters encoding the gentisate pathway and one mhbM gene encoding a 3-HBA 6-hydroxylase that converts 3-HBA into gentisate. The pca genes encoding the protocatechuate pathway and the pobA gene encoding the 4-HBA 3-monooxygenase that oxidizes 4-HBA into protocatechuate are arranged in gene clusters and single genes mainly at the minor chromosome, but also at the major chromosome and the megaplasmid. Strain LB400 was able to grow on gentisate, protocatechuate, 3-HBA and 4-HBA. Transcriptional analyses showed that the mhbD gene encoding the gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase was expressed during growth on 3-HBA, 4-HBA and gentisate, whereas the pcaG gene encoding the protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase was expressed only during growth on 4-HBA and protocatechuate. The mhbM gene encoding the 3-HBA 6-hydroxylase was transcribed in strain LB400 during growth on HBAs, gentisate, protocatechuate and glucose. The pobA gene encoding the 4-HBA 3-monooxygenase was expressed during growth on HBAs and glucose. 3-HBA- and 4-HBA-grown LB400 cells showed gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase activity, whereas protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase activity was observed only in 4-HBA-grown cells. The mhbR gene encoding a MarR-type transcriptional regulator that probably regulates the expression of the MhbT transporter, and the pcaQ and pcaR genes encoding LysR-type transcriptional regulators that regulate pcaHG and pcaIJBDC genes, respectively, were transcribed during growth on both HBAs, gentisate, protocatechuate and glucose, suggesting a basal constitutive expression. The results indicate active gentisate, protocatechuate, 3-HBA and 4-HBA catabolic pathways in B. xenovorans LB400 and suggest that 3-HBA is channeled exclusively through the gentisate route, whereas 4-HBA is funneled into the protocatechuate central pathway and potentially into the gentisate pathway.
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- María José Romero-Silva
- Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular y Biotecnología Ambiental, Departamento de Química and Center for Nanotechnology and Systems Biology, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular y Biotecnología Ambiental, Departamento de Química and Center for Nanotechnology and Systems Biology, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular y Biotecnología Ambiental, Departamento de Química and Center for Nanotechnology and Systems Biology, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular y Biotecnología Ambiental, Departamento de Química and Center for Nanotechnology and Systems Biology, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile
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Correnti C, Richardson V, Sia AK, Bandaranayake AD, Ruiz M, Rahmanto YS, Kovačević Ž, Clifton MC, Holmes MA, Kaiser BK, Barasch J, Raymond KN, Richardson DR, Strong RK. Siderocalin/Lcn2/NGAL/24p3 does not drive apoptosis through gentisic acid mediated iron withdrawal in hematopoietic cell lines. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43696. [PMID: 22928018 PMCID: PMC3424236 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Siderocalin (also lipocalin 2, NGAL or 24p3) binds iron as complexes with specific siderophores, which are low molecular weight, ferric ion-specific chelators. In innate immunity, siderocalin slows the growth of infecting bacteria by sequestering bacterial ferric siderophores. Siderocalin also binds simple catechols, which can serve as siderophores in the damaged urinary tract. Siderocalin has also been proposed to alter cellular iron trafficking, for instance, driving apoptosis through iron efflux via BOCT. An endogenous siderophore composed of gentisic acid (2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid) substituents was proposed to mediate cellular efflux. However, binding studies reported herein contradict the proposal that gentisic acid forms high-affinity ternary complexes with siderocalin and iron, or that gentisic acid can serve as an endogenous siderophore at neutral pH. We also demonstrate that siderocalin does not induce cellular iron efflux or stimulate apoptosis, questioning the role siderocalin plays in modulating iron metabolism.
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- Colin Correnti
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program, Discipline of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid, UVa-CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
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- Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program, Discipline of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program, Discipline of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Emerald Biostructures, Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States of America
- Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Diseases (SSGCID), Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Iron Metabolism and Chelation Program, Discipline of Pathology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- * E-mail: (DRR); (RKS)
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Xu Y, Wang SH, Chao HJ, Liu SJ, Zhou NY. Biochemical and molecular characterization of the gentisate transporter GenK in Corynebacterium glutamicum. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38701. [PMID: 22808015 PMCID: PMC3392265 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Gentisate (2,5-dihydroxybenzoate) is a key ring-cleavage substrate involved in various aromatic compounds degradation. Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032 is capable of growing on gentisate and genK was proposed to encode a transporter involved in this utilization by its disruption in the restriction-deficient mutant RES167. Its biochemical characterization by uptake assay using [(14)C]-labeled gentisate has not been previously reported. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this study, biochemical characterization of GenK by uptake assays with [(14)C]-labeled substrates demonstrated that it specifically transported gentisate into the cells with V(max) and K(m) of 3.06 ± 0.16 nmol/min/mg of dry weight and 10.71 ± 0.11 µM respectively, and no activity was detected for either benzoate or 3-hydoxybenzoate. When GenK was absent in strain RES167 ΔgenK, it retained 85% of its original transport activity at pH 6.5 compared to that of strain RES167. However, it lost 79% and 88% activity at pH 7.5 and 8.0, respectively. A number of competing substrates, including 3-hydroxybenzoate, benzoate, protocatechuate and catechol, significantly inhibited gentisate uptake by more than 40%. Through site-directed mutagenesis, eight amino acid residues of GenK, Asp-54, Asp-57 and Arg-386 in the hydrophobic transmembrane regions and Arg-103, Trp-309, Asp-312, Arg-313 and Ile-317 in the hydrophilic cytoplasmic loops were shown to be important for gentisate transport. When conserved residues Asp-54 and Asp-57 respectively were changed to glutamate, both mutants retained approximately 50% activity and were able to partially complement the ability of strain RES167 ΔgenK to grow on gentisate. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our results demonstrate that GenK is an active gentisate transporter in Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032. The GenK-mediated gentisate transport was also shown to be a limiting step for the gentisate utilization by this strain. This enhances our understanding of gentisate transport in the microbial degradation of aromatic compounds.
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- Ying Xu
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Subbotina NM, Kolomytseva MP, Golovleva LA. [3-hydroxybenzoate and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate metabolism in Rhodococcus opacus 1CP strain]. Mikrobiologiia 2012; 81:325-331. [PMID: 22880393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Wang N, Minatoguchi S, Arai M, Uno Y, Hashimoto K, Xue-Hai C, Fukuda K, Akao S, Takemura G, Fujiwara H. Lindera strychnifolia is Protective Against Post-ischemic Myocardial Dysfunction Through Scavenging Hydroxyl Radicals and Opening the Mitochondrial KATP Channels in Isolated Rat Hearts. Am J Chin Med 2012; 32:587-98. [PMID: 15481648 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x04002223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lindera strychnifolia (Tendai-Uyaku), a medicinal plant, has long been used for the treatment of cardiac, renal and rheumatic diseases in Japan. We aim to clarify (1) whether L. strychnifolia is protective against post-ischemic myocardial dysfunction, and (2) whether its effect is related to scavenging hydroxyl radicals and opening the mitochondrial K ATP channels in isolated rat hearts. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were orally given 1 ml/day of L. strychnifolia, which was extracted from 0.75 and 1.5 g/kg of roots of L. strychnifolia for 4 days. The rat hearts were excised and perfused on a Langendorff apparatus with Krebs-Henseleit solution with a gas mixture of 95% O 2 and 5% CO 2. The hearts were paced at 320 beats/min except during ischemia. Left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP, mmHg), ± dP/dt (mmHg/sec) and coronary flow (ml/min) were continuously monitored. All hearts were perfused for a total of 120 minutes consisting of a 30-minute pre-ischemic period followed by 30 minutes of global ischemia and 60 minutes of reperfusion with or without 5-HD, a mitochondrial K ATP channel blocker. The levels of lactate, LDH and 2,5-DHBA, an indicator of hydroxyl radicals, in the perfusate during reperfusion period were also measured. Treatment with L. strychnifolia significantly improved LVDP and ± dP/dt without altering coronary flow during reperfusion. The 100 μM of 5-HD in Krebs-Henseleit solution was perfused during the 10 minutes of pre-ischemic periods. Pretreatment with 5-HD abolished the improvement of LVDP and ± dP/dt by L. strychnifolia. L. strychnifolia significantly attenuated the levels of lactate, LDH and 2,5-DHBA during reperfusion, and which were restored by pretreatment with 5-HD. In conclusion, L. strychnifolia is protective against post-ischemic left ventricular dysfunction through scavenging hydroxyl radicals and opening the K ATP channels in the isolated rat heart.
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- Ningyuan Wang
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine 40 Tsukasa-Machi, Gifu, 500-8705, Japan
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Holesova Z, Jakubkova M, Zavadiakova I, Zeman I, Tomaska L, Nosek J. Gentisate and 3-oxoadipate pathways in the yeast Candida parapsilosis: identification and functional analysis of the genes coding for 3-hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase and 4-hydroxybenzoate 1-hydroxylase. Microbiology (Reading) 2011; 157:2152-2163. [PMID: 21474535 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.048215-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The pathogenic yeast Candida parapsilosis degrades various hydroxy derivatives of benzenes and benzoates by the gentisate and 3-oxoadipate pathways. We identified the genes MNX1, MNX2, MNX3, GDX1, HDX1 and FPH1 that code for enzymes involved in these pathways in the complete genome sequence of C. parapsilosis. Next, we demonstrated that MNX1, MNX2, MNX3 and GDX1 are inducible and transcriptionally controlled by hydroxyaromatic substrates present in cultivation media. Our results indicate that MNX1 and MNX2 code for flavoprotein monooxygenases catalysing the first steps in the 3-oxoadipate and gentisate pathways, respectively (i.e. 4-hydroxybenzoate 1-hydroxylase and 3-hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase). Moreover, we found that the two pathways differ by their intracellular localization. The enzymes of the 3-oxoadipate pathway, Mnx1p and Mnx3p, localize predominantly in the cytosol. In contrast, intracellular localization of the components of the gentisate pathway, Mnx2p and Gdx1p, depends on the substrate in the cultivation medium. In cells growing on glucose these proteins localize in the cytosol, whereas in media containing hydroxyaromatic compounds they associate with mitochondria. Finally, we showed that the overexpression of MNX1 or MNX2 increases the tolerance of C. parapsilosis cells to the antifungal drug terbinafine.
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- Zuzana Holesova
- Department of Genetics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynska dolina B-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
- Department of Biochemistry, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynska dolina CH-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynska dolina CH-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Genetics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynska dolina B-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynska dolina CH-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Genetics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynska dolina B-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynska dolina CH-1, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Tárraga S, Lisón P, López-Gresa MP, Torres C, Rodrigo I, Bellés JM, Conejero V. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel tomato xylosyltransferase specific for gentisic acid. J Exp Bot 2010; 61:4325-38. [PMID: 20729481 PMCID: PMC2955746 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 05/27/2010] [Revised: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 07/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The importance of salicylic acid (SA) in the signal transduction pathway of plant disease resistance has been well documented in many incompatible plant-pathogen interactions, but less is known about signalling in compatible interactions. In this type of interaction, tomato plants have been found to accumulate high levels of 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (gentisic acid, GA), a metabolic derivative of SA. Exogenous GA treatments induce in tomato plants a set of PR proteins that differ from those induced by salicylic acid. While SA accumulates in tomato plants mainly as 2-O-β-D-glucoside, GA has only been found as 5-O-β-D-xyloside. To characterize this step of the GA signalling pathway further, the present work focuses on the study of the GA-conjugating activity in tomato plants. A gentisate glycosyltransferase (GAGT) cDNA has been isolated and overexpressed in Pichia pastoris, and GA-conjugating activity was confirmed by detecting the xylosylated GA. The purified plant protein is highly specific for GA, showing no activity toward many other phenolic compounds, including SA. In addition, it shows an outstanding selectivity for UDP-xylose as the sugar donor, which differentiates this enzyme from most glycosyltransferases. Both the GA-conjugating activity and the corresponding mRNA show a strong, rapid, and transient induction upon treatment of tomato plants with GA or SA. Furthermore, its expression is rapidly induced by compatible infections. However, neither the gene nor the activity seems to respond to incompatible infections or wounding. The unique properties of this new glycosyltransferase suggest a specific role in regulating the free GA levels in compatible plant-pathogen interactions.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación (CPI), Ed. 8E, C/Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, E-46022 Valencia, Spain
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Park M, Jeon Y, Jang HH, Ro HS, Park W, Madsen EL, Jeon CO. Molecular and biochemical characterization of 3-hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase from Polaromonas naphthalenivorans CJ2. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:5146-52. [PMID: 17586666 PMCID: PMC1950974 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00782-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Prior research revealed that Polaromonas naphthalenivorans CJ2 carries and expresses genes encoding the gentisate metabolic pathway for naphthalene. These metabolic genes are split into two clusters, comprising nagRAaGHAbAcAdBFCQEDJI'-orf1-tnpA and nagR2-orf2I''KL (C. O. Jeon, M. Park, H. Ro, W. Park, and E. L. Madsen, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:1086-1095, 2006). BLAST homology searches of sequences in GenBank indicated that the orf2 gene from the small cluster likely encoded a salicylate 5-hydroxylase, presumed to catalyze the conversion of salicylate into gentisate. Here, we report physiological and genetic evidence that orf2 does not encode salicylate 5-hydroxylase. Instead, we have found that orf2 encodes 3-hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase, the enzyme which catalyzes the NADH-dependent conversion of 3-hydroxybenzoate into gentisate. Accordingly, we have renamed orf2 nagX. After expression in Escherichia coli, the NagX enzyme had an approximate molecular mass of 43 kDa, as estimated by gel filtration, and was probably a monomeric protein. The enzyme was able to convert 3-hydroxybenzoate into gentisate without salicylate 5-hydroxylase activity. Like other 3-hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylases, NagX utilized both NADH and NADPH as electron donors and exhibited a yellowish color, indicative of a bound flavin adenine dinucleotide. An engineered mutant of P. naphthalenivorans CJ2 defective in nagX failed to grow on 3-hydroxybenzoate but grew normally on naphthalene. These results indicate that the previously described small catabolic cluster in strain CJ2 may be multifunctional and is essential for the degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate. Because nagX and an adjacent MarR-type regulatory gene are both closely related to homologues in Azoarcus species, this study raises questions about horizontal gene transfer events that contribute to operon evolution.
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- Minjeong Park
- Division of Applied Life Science, EB-NCRC, PMBBRC, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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Zhao B, Yeo CC, Tan CL, Poh CL. Proteome analysis of heat shock protein expression inPseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867 in response to gentisate exposure and elevated growth temperature. Biotechnol Bioeng 2007; 97:506-14. [PMID: 17149773 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867 (strain P25X) degrades xylenols and cresols via the gentisate pathway. P25X expresses two isofunctional gentisate 1,2-dioxygenases (GDO I and GDO II). The expression of both GDOs was not detected when P25X cells were grown at 42 degrees C, even in the presence of gentisate. A total of 19 heat shock proteins (Hsps) belonging to the Hsp100, Hsp90, Hsp70, Hsp60, Hsp45, and small heat shock protein (sHsp) families were identified among the protein spots that were either newly detected or were expressed at levels of at least twofold higher when P25X cells were cultured at 32 or 42 degrees C in the presence and absence of gentisate. Among these, 16 Hsps were commonly expressed at 42 degrees C. Two additional Hsps (H5 and H13) from the Hsp90 and Hsp60 families, respectively, were expressed only when P25X cells were grown at 42 degrees C and in the presence of gentisate. A protein of the sHsp (H16) family was expressed only in the presence of gentisate at 32 degrees C but not at 42 degrees C. The GroEL chaperonins of the Hsp60 family comprised the largest group of Hsps identified and exhibited high level of expression at 42 degrees C following gentisate exposure.
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- Bing Zhao
- Programme in Environmental Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Block MD4, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore
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Tallur PN, Megadi VB, Kamanavalli CM, Ninnekar HZ. Biodegradation of p-cresol by Bacillus sp. strain PHN 1. Curr Microbiol 2006; 53:529-33. [PMID: 17106800 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-006-0309-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A bacterium capable of utilizing p-cresol as sole source of carbon and energy was isolated from soil and identified as a Bacillus species. The organism also utilized phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and gentisic acid as growth substrates. The organism degraded p-cresol to 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, which was further metabolized by a gentisate pathway, as evidenced by isolation and identification of metabolites and enzyme activities in the cell-free extract. Such a bacterial strain can be used for bioremediation of environments contaminated with phenolic compounds.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Karnataka University, Dharwad, 580003, India
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Onogi H, Minatoguchi S, Chen XH, Bao N, Kobayashi H, Misao Y, Yasuda S, Yamaki T, Maruyama R, Uno Y, Arai M, Takemura G, Fujiwara H. EDARAVONE REDUCES MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE AND IMPROVES CARDIAC FUNCTION AND REMODELLING IN RABBITS. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2006; 33:1035-41. [PMID: 17042911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2006.04483.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. In the present study, we investigated the effect of 3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one (edaravone), a free radical scavenger, on myocardial infarct (MI) size and cardiac function in an in vivo model of MI in rabbits. We further investigated the contribution of hydroxyl radicals, superoxide and nitric oxide (NO) to its effects. 2. Anaesthetized open-chest Japanese white male rabbits were subjected to 30 min coronary occlusion and 48 h reperfusion. The control group (n = 10) was injected with saline 10 min before reperfusion. The edaravone group (n = 10) was injected with a bolus of 3 mg/kg edaravone 10 min before reperfusion. The edaravone + N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) group (n = 5) was given 10 mg/kg, i.v., L-NAME 10 min before the administration of 3 mg/kg edaravone. The L-NAME group (n = 5) was given 10 mg/kg, i.v., L-NAME 20 min before reperfusion. Infarct size was measured using the triphenyl tetrazolium chloride method and is expressed as a percentage of area at risk. Cardiac function was assessed by echocardiography 14 days after infarction. 3. In another series of experiments, rabbits were subjected to 30 min coronary occlusion and 30 min reperfusion and myocardial interstitial 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) and 2,5-DHBA levels, indicators of hydroxyl radical, were measured using a microdialysis technique. 4. Infarct size in the edaravone group was significantly reduced compared with that in the control group (27.4 +/- 6.8 vs 43.4 +/- 6.8%, respectively; P < 0.05). The edaravone-induced reduction of infarct size was abolished by pretreatment with L-NAME. Myocardial interstitial levels of 2,3-DHBA and 2,5-DHBA increased 20 and 30 min after ischaemia and peaked at 10 min reperfusion in the control group. Edaravone significantly inhibited the increase in 2,3-DHBA and 2,5-DHBA levels seen during reperfusion. Dihydroethidium staining showing in situ detection of superoxide was less intense in ischaemic myocardium in the edaravone-treated group compared with the control group. Edaravone improved cardiac function and left ventricular remodelling 14 days after infarction. 5. In conclusion, edaravone significantly reduces MI size and improves cardiac function and LV remodelling by decreasing hydroxyl radicals and superoxide in the myocardium and increasing the production of NO during reperfusion in rabbits.
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- Hirohito Onogi
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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Xu Y, Yan DZ, Zhou NY. Heterologous expression and localization of gentisate transporter Ncg12922 from Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 346:555-61. [PMID: 16765316 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.05.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ralstonia sp. strain U2 metabolizes naphthalene via gentisate (2,5-dihydroxybenzoate) to central metabolites, but it was found unable to utilize gentisate as growth substrate. A putative gentisate transporter encoded by ncg12922 from Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 was functionally expressed in Ralstonia sp. strain U2, converting strain U2 to a gentisate utilizer. After ncg12922 was inserted into plasmid pGFPe with green fluorescence protein gene gfp, the expressed fusion protein Ncg12922-GFP could be visualized in the periphery of Escherichia coli cells under confocal microscope, consistent with a cytoplasmic membrane location. In contrast, GFP was ubiquitous in the cytoplasm of E. coli cells carrying pGFPe only. Gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase activity was present in the cell extract from strain U2 induced with gentisate but at a much lower level (one-fifth) than that obtained with salicylate. However, it exhibited a similar level in strain U2 containing Ncg12922 induced either by salicylate or gentisate.
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- Ying Xu
- Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Feng J, Che Y, Milse J, Yin YJ, Liu L, Rückert C, Shen XH, Qi SW, Kalinowski J, Liu SJ. The gene ncgl2918 encodes a novel maleylpyruvate isomerase that needs mycothiol as cofactor and links mycothiol biosynthesis and gentisate assimilation in Corynebacterium glutamicum. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:10778-85. [PMID: 16481315 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513192200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Data mining of the Corynebacterium glutamicum genome identified 4 genes analogous to the mshA, mshB, mshC, and mshD genes that are involved in biosynthesis of mycothiol in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis. Individual deletion of these genes was carried out in this study. Mutants mshC- and mshD- lost the ability to produce mycothiol, but mutant mshB- produced mycothiol as the wild type did. The phenotypes of mutants mshC- and mshD- were the same as the wild type when grown in LB or BHIS media, but mutants mshC- and mshD- were not able to grow in mineral medium with gentisate or 3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sources. C. glutamicum assimilated gentisate and 3-hydroxybenzoate via a glutathione-independent gentisate pathway. In this study it was found that the maleylpyruvate isomerase, which catalyzes the conversion of maleylpyruvate into fumarylpyruvate in the glutathione-independent gentisate pathway, needed mycothiol as a cofactor. This mycothiol-dependent maleylpyruvate isomerase gene (ncgl2918) was cloned, actively expressed, and purified from Escherichia coli. The purified mycothiol-dependent isomerase is a monomer of 34 kDa. The apparent Km and Vmax values for maleylpyruvate were determined to be 148.4 +/- 11.9 microM and 1520 +/- 57.4 micromol/min/mg, respectively (mycothiol concentration, 2.5 microM). Previous studies had shown that mycothiol played roles in detoxification of oxidative chemicals and antibiotics in streptomycetes and mycobacteria. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that mycothiol is essential for growth of C. glutamicum with gentisate or 3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sources and the first characterization of a mycothiol-dependent maleylpyruvate isomerase.
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- Jie Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources at Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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Yassin FH, Marynick DS. Computational Study of Matrix−Peptide Interactions in MALDI Mass Spectrometry: Interactions of 2,5- and 3,5-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid with the Tripeptide Valine−Proline−Leucine. J Phys Chem A 2006; 110:3820-5. [PMID: 16526668 DOI: 10.1021/jp058257c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanism of matrix-to-analyte proton transfer in matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) has been investigated computationally by modeling the matrix-analyte interaction of potential MALDI matrixes such as 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,5-DHB) and 3,5-DHB with the tripeptide valine-proline-leucine (VPL). A combination of molecular dynamics/simulated annealing calculations followed by density functional theory geometry optimization using a reasonably large basis set has been done on a large number of clusters in an attempt to study the ionization energy of each matrix in the cluster environment and the intracluster proton transfer from the matrix to the tripeptide. The calculations show a substantial reduction in the IP for both matrixes in their cluster environments. In the 2,5-system, proton transfer can sometimes occur in the neutral clusters (preformed ions), whereas proton transfer in the cationic clusters, which is actually a double proton transfer, is spontaneous and exoergic. Even though it is more acidic from a thermodynamic perspective, the radical cation of 3,5-DHB is a less efficient proton donor to VPL. The thermodynamics of proton transfer in the cationic clusters is discussed in detail.
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- Faten H Yassin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019-0065, USA
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Bellés JM, Garro R, Pallás V, Fayos J, Rodrigo I, Conejero V. Accumulation of gentisic acid as associated with systemic infections but not with the hypersensitive response in plant-pathogen interactions. Planta 2006; 223:500-11. [PMID: 16331468 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0109-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2005] [Accepted: 04/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In the present work we have studied the accumulation of gentisic acid (2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, a metabolic derivative of salicylic acid, SA) in the plant-pathogen systems, Cucumis sativus and Gynura aurantiaca, infected with either prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) or the exocortis viroid (CEVd), respectively. Both pathogens produced systemic infections and accumulated large amounts of the intermediary signal molecule gentisic acid as ascertained by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) coupled on line with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The compound was found mostly in a conjugated (beta-glucoside) form. Gentisic acid has also been found to accumulate (although at lower levels) in cucumber inoculated with low doses of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, producing a nonnecrotic reaction. In contrast, when cucumber was inoculated with high doses of this pathogen, a hypersensitive reaction occurred, but no gentisic-acid signal was induced. This is consistent with our results supporting the idea that gentisic-acid signaling may be restricted to nonnecrotizing reactions of the host plant (Bellés et al. in Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 12:227-235, 1999). In cucumber and Gynura plants, the activity of gentisic acid as inducing signal was different to that of SA, thus confirming the data found for tomato. Exogenously supplied gentisic acid was able to induce peroxidase activity in both Gynura and cucumber plants in a similar way as SA or pathogens. However, gentisic-acid treatments strongly induced polyphenol oxidase activity in cucumber, whereas pathogen infection or SA treatment resulted in a lower induction of this enzyme. Nevertheless, gentisic acid did not induce other defensive proteins which are induced by SA in these plants. This indicates that gentisic acid could act as an additional signal to SA for the activation of plant defenses in cucumber and Gynura plants.
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- José M Bellés
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Fayos J, Bellés JM, López-Gresa MP, Primo J, Conejero V. Induction of gentisic acid 5-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside in tomato and cucumber plants infected by different pathogens. Phytochemistry 2006; 67:142-8. [PMID: 16321412 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2005] [Revised: 10/11/2005] [Accepted: 10/12/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Tomato plants infected with the citrus exocortis viroid exhibited strongly elevated levels of a compound identified as 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (gentisic acid, GA) 5-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside. The compound accumulated early in leaves expressing mild symptoms from both citrus exocortis viroid-infected tomato, and prunus necrotic ringspot virus-infected cucumber plants, and progressively accumulated concomitant with symptom development. The work presented here demonstrates that GA, mainly associated with systemic infections in compatible plant-pathogen interactions [Bellés, J.M., Garro, R., Fayos, J., Navarro, P., Primo, J., Conejero, V., 1999. Gentisic acid as a pathogen-inducible signal, additional to salicylic acid for activation of plant defenses in tomato. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 12, 227-235], is conjugated to xylose. Notably, this result contrasts with those previously found in other plant-pathogen interactions in which phenolics analogues of GA as benzoic or salicylic acids, are conjugated to glucose.
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- Joaquín Fayos
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Tan CL, Yeo CC, Khoo HE, Poh CL. Replacement of tyrosine 181 by phenylalanine in gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase I from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867 enhances catalytic activities. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:7543-5. [PMID: 16237038 PMCID: PMC1272980 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.21.7543-7545.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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xlnE, encoding gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.4), from Pseudomonas alcaligenes (P25X) was mutagenized by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant enzyme, Y181F, demonstrated 4-, 3-, 6-, and 16-fold increases in relative activity towards gentisate and 3-fluoro-, 4-methyl-, and 3-methylgentisate, respectively. The specific mutation conferred a 13-fold higher catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/Km) on Y181F towards 3-methylgentisate than that of the wild-type enzyme.
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- Chew Ling Tan
- Programme in Environmental Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117597
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Human homogentisate dioxygenase is an Fe(II)-dependent enzyme responsible for aromatic ring cleavage. The mechanism of its catalytic reaction has been investigated with the hybrid density functional method B3LYP. A relatively big model of the active site was first used to determine the substrate binding mode. It was found that binding of the substrate dianion with a vacant position trans to Glu341 is most favorable. The model was then truncated to include only the most relevant parts of the active-site residues involved in iron coordination and substrate binding. Thus, methylimidazole was used to model His292, His335, His365, and His371, while propionate modeled Glu341. The computational results suggest that the catalytic reaction of homogentisate dioxygenases involves three major chemical steps: formation of the peroxo intermediate, homolytic cleavage of the O-O bond leading to an arene oxide radical, and finally, cleavage of the six-membered ring. Calculated barriers for alternative reaction paths are markedly higher than for the proposed mechanism, and thus the computational results successfully explain the product specificity of the enzyme. Interestingly, the results indicate that the type of ring scission, intra or extra with respect to the substituents coordinating to iron, is controlled by the barrier heights for the decay of the arene oxide radical intermediate.
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- Tomasz Borowski
- Department of Physics, Stockholm Center for Physics, Astronomy and Biotechnology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Shen XH, Jiang CY, Huang Y, Liu ZP, Liu SJ. Functional identification of novel genes involved in the glutathione-independent gentisate pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:3442-52. [PMID: 16000747 PMCID: PMC1169049 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.7.3442-3452.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Corynebacterium glutamicum used gentisate and 3-hydroxybenzoate as its sole carbon and energy source for growth. By genome-wide data mining, a gene cluster designated ncg12918-ncg12923 was proposed to encode putative proteins involved in gentisate/3-hydroxybenzoate pathway. Genes encoding gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (ncg12920) and fumarylpyruvate hydrolase (ncg12919) were identified by cloning and expression of each gene in Escherichia coli. The gene of ncg12918 encoding a hypothetical protein (Ncg12918) was proved to be essential for gentisate-3-hydroxybenzoate assimilation. Mutant strain RES167Deltancg12918 lost the ability to grow on gentisate or 3-hydroxybenzoate, but this ability could be restored in C. glutamicum upon the complementation with pXMJ19-ncg12918. Cloning and expression of this ncg12918 gene in E. coli showed that Ncg12918 is a glutathione-independent maleylpyruvate isomerase. Upstream of ncg12920, the genes ncg12921-ncg12923 were located, which were essential for gentisate and/or 3-hydroxybenzoate catabolism. The Ncg12921 was able to up-regulate gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase, maleylpyruvate isomerase, and fumarylpyruvate hydrolase activities. The genes ncg12922 and ncg12923 were deduced to encode a gentisate transporter protein and a 3-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase, respectively, and were essential for gentisate or 3-hydroxybenzoate assimilation. Based on the results obtained in this study, a GSH-independent gentisate pathway was proposed, and genes involved in this pathway were identified.
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- Xi-Hui Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources at the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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Zhao B, Yeo CC, Poh CL. Proteome investigation of the global regulatory role of σ54 in response to gentisate induction inPseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867. Proteomics 2005; 5:1868-76. [PMID: 15815998 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200401081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867 (strain P25X) utilizes the gentisate pathway for the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. The gene encoding the alternative sigma (sigma) factor sigma(54), rpoN, was cloned from strain P25X and a rpoN knock-out strain, designated G54, was constructed by insertional inactivation with a kanamycin resistance gene cassette. The role of sigma(54) in the physiological response of P. alcaligenes P25X to gentisate induction was assessed by comparing the global protein expression profiles of the wild-type P25X with the rpoN mutant strain G54. Analysis of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gels showed that 39 out of 355 prominent protein spots exhibited differential expression as a result of the insertional inactivation of rpoN. Identification of the protein spots by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight/time of flight revealed a wide diversity of proteins that are affected by the sigma(54) mutation, the largest group being proteins that are involved in carbon metabolism. The strictly inducible gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase, one of two isofunctional copies of the key enzyme in the gentisate pathway, and enzymes of the TCA cycle, pyruvate metabolism and gluconeogenesis were part of this group. Other proteins that are part of the sigma(54) regulon include enzymes implicated in nitrogen metabolism, transport proteins, stress-response proteins and proteins involved in cell motility. The results of this study showed that sigma(54) plays a global regulatory role in the expression of a wide variety of genes in P. alcaligenes, including the wild-type response to the presence of the aromatic inducer, gentisate.
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- Bing Zhao
- Programme in Environmental Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore
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3-Hydroxybenzoate 6-hydroxylase from Klebsiella pneumoniae M5a1 is an enzyme that utilizes 3-hydroxybenzoate (3-HBA) as substrate yielding gentisate. Site-directed mutagenesis was carried out to define which residues may be involved in catalytic reaction. Substitution of arginine to glutamate at position 169 of the enzyme resulted in the complete loss of catalytic activity. This indicated Arg169 may play an important role in 3-HBA 6-hydroxylase catalysis.
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- D Q Liu
- Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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Juárez Olguín H, Flores Pérez J, Lares Asseff I, Loredo Abdalá A, Carbajal Rodríguez L. Comparative pharmacokinetics of acetyl salicylic acid and its metabolites in children suffering from autoimmune diseases. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2004; 25:1-7. [PMID: 14716747 DOI: 10.1002/bdd.379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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UNLABELLED The aim of the present study was to compare the effect produced by juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) or rheumatic fever (RF) on the pharmacokinetics of acetyl salicylic acid (ASA) and its metabolites in children with autoimmune diseases (AD). METHODS A prospective, open labelled study was performed in 17 children with JRA and 17 with RF who received a single dose of 25 mg ASA/kg orally. The pharmacokinetics of ASA and its metabolites were determined. The blood and urine levels of each salicylate collected during 24 h were measured by HPLC. A group of 15 healthy teenage volunteers was included as a control group. RESULTS The maximum plasma concentration, half-life time, area under the curve and the amount of salicylates excreted were statistically different between the JRA and the RF groups, as well as between the RF group and the controls, however, there were no significant differences between the JRA group and the controls. CONCLUSIONS Dosage schemes must be adjusted for JRA patients, since the half life in these patients is longer than in RF patients. However, due to ample variability of pharmacokinetic parameters it is recommended that dose schemes are individualized on the type of autoimmune disease considered.
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- Hugo Juárez Olguín
- Laboratorio de Farmacología, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría (INP), México.
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Wang N, Minatoguchi S, Chen X, Uno Y, Arai M, Lu C, Takemura G, Fujiwara T, Fujiwara H. Antidiabetic drug miglitol inhibits myocardial apoptosis involving decreased hydroxyl radical production and Bax expression in an ischaemia/reperfusion rabbit heart. Br J Pharmacol 2004; 142:983-90. [PMID: 15210576 PMCID: PMC1575111 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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1 We examined whether antidiabetic drug miglitol could reduce ischaemia/reperfusion-induced myocardial apoptosis by attenuating production. 2 Japanese white rabbits were subjected to 30-min coronary occlusion followed by 4-h reperfusion with miglitol (10 mg kg(-1), i.v., n=20) or saline (n=20). The infarct area was determined by myoglobin staining, and the infarct size (IS) was expressed as a percentage of the area at risk. DNA fragmentation was assessed by TUNEL method and DNA ladder formation. The expression of Bcl-XL and Bax was detected by immunohistochemical analysis and Western blot analysis. Myocardial interstitial 2,5-DHBA levels, an indicator of hydroxyl radicals, were measured during 30-min ischaemia and 30-min reperfusion in the absence (n=10) or presence of miglitol (10 mg kg(-1), i.v., n=10) using a microdialysis technique. 3 The IS was significantly reduced in the miglitol group (22.4+/-3.4%, n=10) compared to the control group (52.8+/-3.5%, n=10). Miglitol significantly decreased the 2,5-DHBA level during ischaemia and reperfusion and suppressed the incidence of TUNEL-positive myocytes in the ischaemic region (from 10.7+/-3.4 to 4.1+/-3.0%) and the intensity of DNA ladder formation. Miglitol significantly decreased the incidence of Bax-positive myocytes in the ischaemic region (7.4+/-1.7 vs 13.7+/-1.9% of the control) and significantly attenuated the upregulation of Bax protein in the ischaemic regions (from 179+/-17 to 90+/-12% of sham). There was no difference in the expression of Bcl-XL between the two groups. 4 These data suggest that miglitol reduces myocardial apoptosis by attenuating production of hydroxyl radicals and suppressing the upregulation of the expression of Bax protein.
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- Ningyuan Wang
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa Machi, Gifu 500, Japan
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa Machi, Gifu 500, Japan
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa Machi, Gifu 500, Japan
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa Machi, Gifu 500, Japan
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa Machi, Gifu 500, Japan
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa Machi, Gifu 500, Japan
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa Machi, Gifu 500, Japan
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa Machi, Gifu 500, Japan
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A novel salicylate-degrading Streptomyces sp., strain WA46, was identified by UV fluorescence on solid minimal medium containing salicylate; trace amounts of gentisate were detected by high-pressure liquid chromatography when strain WA46 was grown with salicylate. PCR amplification of WA46 DNA with degenerate primers for gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (GDO) genes produced an amplicon of the expected size. Sequential PCR with nested GDO primers was then used to identify a salicylate degradation gene cluster in a plasmid library of WA46 chromosomal DNA. The nucleotide sequence of a 13.5-kb insert in recombinant plasmid pWD1 (which was sufficient for the complete degradation of salicylate) showed that nine putative open reading frames (ORFs) (sdgABCDEFGHR) were involved. Plasmid pWD1 derivatives disrupted in each putative gene were transformed into Streptomyces lividans TK64. Disruption of either sdgA or sdgC blocked salicylate degradation; constructs lacking sdgD accumulated gentisate. Cell extracts from Escherichia coli DH5 alpha transformants harboring pUC19 that expressed each of the sdg ORFs showed that conversions of salicylate to salicylyl-coenzyme A (CoA) and salicylyl-CoA to gentisyl-CoA required SdgA and SdgC, respectively. SdgA required CoA and ATP as cofactors, while NADH was required for SdgC activity; SdgC was identified as salicylyl-CoA 5-hydroxylase. Gentisyl-CoA underwent spontaneous cleavage to gentisate and CoA. SdgA behaved as a salicylyl-CoA ligase despite showing amino acid sequence similarity to an AMP-ligase. SdgD was identified as a GDO. These results suggest that Streptomyces sp. strain WA46 degrades salicylate by a novel pathway via a CoA derivative. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and reverse transcriptase-PCR studies indicated that salicylate induced expression of the sdg cluster.
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- Daisuke Ishiyama
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Rauca C, Wiswedel I, Zerbe R, Keilhoff G, Krug M. The role of superoxide dismutase and α-tocopherol in the development of seizures and kindling induced by pentylenetetrazol - influence of the radical scavenger α-phenyl-N-tert-butyl nitrone. Brain Res 2004; 1009:203-12. [PMID: 15120598 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.01.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [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] [Accepted: 01/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Previous experiments have shown that the generation of free hydroxyl radicals in rat brain homogenates is increased following pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) kindling. The present study was performed in order to evaluate the involvement of endogeneous radical defence systems as the superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the level of alpha-tocopherol, an important lipid-soluble and membrane-bound antioxidant in brain homogenate of rats after acute seizure and kindling induced by PTZ. The activities of the total SOD were significantly reduced after acute seizure and tend towards an enhancement in kindled animals. Western blot analysis shows an upregulation of Mn-SOD in rat brain homogenates after kindling. The level of the chain-breaking antioxidant alpha-tocopherol was reduced in acutely convulsing rats and was not modified in kindled rats. Second, we studied the influence of exogeneously supplied radical scavenger alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butyl-nitrone (PBN) on seizure and kindling following PTZ treatment. After a single injection of PTZ at a dose evoking clonic-tonic seizures, PBN did not modify either the formation of free hydroxyl radicals measured by the levels of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) and 2,5-DHBA or the susceptibility to PTZ. In the kindling group, subchronic treatment with PBN (over a period of 4 weeks) prevented the increase in the formation of free hydroxyl radicals, and the susceptibility to PTZ was transiently decreased during the development of kindling, but PBN did not influence the susceptibility to PTZ in fully kindled rats. Pretreatment with PBN increased the activities of total SOD and the protein content of Mn-SOD and decreased the level of alpha-tocopherol in comparison to saline controls. The results suggest that the formation of free hydroxyl radicals is not reflected by an enhanced susceptibility to PTZ classified according to the modified RACINE scale. Additionally, it may be assumed that the increased generation of hydroxyl radicals in kindled animals is not primary caused by an exhaustion of both the defence systems measured. Adaptive mechanisms, as the induction of Mn-SOD, may be taken into consideration to counteract oxidative stress-mediated free radical formation.
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- Christine Rauca
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Street 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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In this study, we have shown that recombinant BH1999 from Bacillus halodurans catalyzes the hydrolysis of gentisyl coenzyme A (CoA) (2,5-dihydroxybenzoyl-coenzyme A) at physiological pH with a k(cat)/K(m) of 1.6 x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1) and the hydrolysis of 3-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA with a k(cat)/K(m) of 3.0 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1). All other acyl-CoA thioesters tested had low or no substrate activity. The BH1999 gene is juxtaposed with a gene cluster that contains genes believed to function in gentisate oxidative degradation. It is hypothesized that BH1999 functions as a gentisyl-CoA thioesterase. Gentisyl-CoA thioesterase shares the backbone fold and the use of an active site aspartate residue to mediate catalysis with the 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA thioesterase of the hotdog fold enzyme superfamily. A comparative study of these two enzymes showed that they differ greatly in the rate contribution made by the catalytic aspartate, in the pH dependence of catalysis, and in substrate specificity.
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- Zhihao Zhuang
- Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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Yeo CC, Wong MVM, Feng Y, Song KP, Poh CL. Molecular characterization of an inducible gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase gene, xlnE, from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867. Gene 2003; 312:239-48. [PMID: 12909360 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(03)00619-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867 (strain P25X) produces isofunctional enzymes of the gentisate pathway that enables the degradation of xylenols and cresols via gentisate. Previous reports had indicated that one set of enzymes is constitutively expressed whereas the other set is strictly inducible by aromatic hydrocarbon substrates. The gene encoding gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (GDO), the enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of the gentisate aromatic ring, was cloned from strain P25X. The GDO gene, designated xlnE, is 1,044 bp, and is part of a 5.4 kb operon which consists of six genes, xlnEFGHID. Transcription of this operon was driven by a sigma 70-type promoter, PxlnE, located 123 bp upstream of the xlnE start codon. Primer extension analysis showed that the xlnE transcription start point is located at the -87 adenine residue. In a P25X xlnE knockout mutant, GDO activity could only be detected when cells were grown in the presence of aromatic substrates, suggesting that xlnE encodes for the constitutive copy of GDO. This was verified by constructing a P25X strain with xlnE transcriptionally fused to a promoterless catechol 2,3-dioxygenase gene. In this strain, catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activity was detected in cells that were grown in the absence of aromatic inducers. However, catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activity increased up to four fold when these cells were grown in the presence of aromatic substrates, in particular 3-hydroxybenzoate. Thus, xlnE is in fact, inducible and the constitutive activity observed under non-inducing conditions was due to its relatively high basal levels of expression.
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- Chew Chieng Yeo
- Programme in Environmental Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Naranjo MA, Romero C, Bellés JM, Montesinos C, Vicente O, Serrano R. Lithium treatment induces a hypersensitive-like response in tobacco. Planta 2003; 217:417-24. [PMID: 14520568 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1017-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2002] [Accepted: 02/12/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Treatment of tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants with lithium induces the formation of necrotic lesions and leaf curling as in the case of incompatible pathogen interactions. Further similarities at the molecular level include accumulation of ethylene and of salicylic and gentisic acids, and induced expression of pathogenesis-related PR-P, PR5 and PR1 genes. With the exception of PR1 induction, lithium produced the same effects in transgenic tobacco plants that do not accumulate salicylate because of overexpression of the bacterial hydroxylase gene nahG. On the other hand, inhibition of ethylene biosynthesis with aminoethoxyvinylglycine prevented lithium-induced cell death and PR5 expression. These results suggest that lithium triggers a hypersensitive-like response where ethylene signalling is essential.
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- Miguel A Naranjo
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia-C.S.I.C., Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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Hashimoto T, Yonetani M, Nakamura H. Selective brain hypothermia protects against hypoxic-ischemic injury in newborn rats by reducing hydroxyl radical production. Kobe J Med Sci 2003; 49:83-91. [PMID: 14970751] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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We hypothesized that selective brain hypothermia (SBHT) decreases production of hydroxyl radicals (*OH) induced by hypoxia-ischemia (H-I) and reperfusion and attenuates neuronal damage in neonatal rat brain. Anesthetized 7-day-old rats were divided into a normothermia (NT) group (n=6) and a SBHT group (n=7) and subjected to 90-min H-I, followed by a 90-min recovery period. Brain temperature (BT) was regulated by a water-cooled metallic plate placed under the head. The BT of the SBHT group was set at 31.0+/-1.0 degrees C during the H-I and recovery period. Microdialysis and the salicylate-trapping method were used to detect *OH in the striatum. Neuronal damage was quantified by counting the surviving neurons at 120 hr after reperfusion. The NT group had significant increases in 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) (223+/-166%) and 2,5-DHBA (321+/-153%) above baseline levels. The increases in 2,3-DHBA (127+/-40%) and 2,5-DHBA (133+/-33%) were significantly lower (p < 0.01) in the SBHT group. The number of surviving neurons was decreased significantly in the NT group but not in the SBHT group. We conclude that SBHT reduces *OH production during H-I and reperfusion and has protective effects against neuronal damage.
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- Takashi Hashimoto
- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
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Furuya A, Kashimoto S, Kumazawa T. Effects of nicorandil on myocardial function and metabolism in the post-ischaemic reperfused heart with or without inhalation anaesthetics. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2002; 46:24-9. [PMID: 11903068 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460105.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nicorandil, which is an ATP-sensitive K channel opener, has been reported to protect the ischaemic myocardium. However, its interaction with inhalation anaesthetics on the ischaemic myocardium has not been well elucidated. So, we have investigated whether isoflurane or sevoflurane modify the effects of nicorandil on cardiac function and metabolism in the rat heart-lung preparation. METHODS Animals were allocated to 4 groups as follows: Control group, no drug; Nic group, nicorandil; Nic+Iso group, nicorandil and isoflurane; Nic+Sev group, nicorandil and sevoflurane. Seven minutes after the start of perfusion, nicorandil was administered and 10 min after the start of perfusion, the heart was rendered globally ischaemic for 10 min, and then the heart was reperfused for 10 min. RESULTS LVdP/dt max in the Nic group was higher than those in the other groups. Right atrial pressure in the Nic+Iso and Nic+Sev groups was significantly higher than in the Control and Nic groups. Myocardial ATP in the Nic group was higher than in the other groups. DHBA levels in the perfusate in the Nic and Nic+Iso groups were lower than those in the Control and Nic+Sev groups, but those in the Nic+Sev group were higher than those in the other groups. CONCLUSIONS Nicorandil improved post-ischaemic cardiac function and preserved high-energy phosphates. However, these beneficial effects of nicorandil were abolished by the combination with isoflurane or sevoflurane. In addition, sevoflurane increased hydroxyl radical formation in the post-ischaemic reperfused heart.
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- A Furuya
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Yamanashi Medical University, Yamanashi, Japan
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Di Gennaro P, Rescalli E, Galli E, Sello G, Bestetti G. Characterization of Rhodococcus opacus R7, a strain able to degrade naphthalene and o-xylene isolated from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Res Microbiol 2001; 152:641-51. [PMID: 11605984 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2508(01)01243-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rhodococcus opacus R7 was isolated from a soil contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for its ability to grow on naphthalene. The strain was also able to degrade o-xylene, the isomer of xylenes most recalcitrant to microbial degradation. The catabolic pathways for naphthalene and o-xylene were investigated by identification of metabolites in R. opacus R7 cultures performed with the two hydrocarbons and by evaluation of some enzymes involved in the metabolism of these compounds. 1,2-Dihydro-1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene, salicylic and gentisic acids were identified as metabolites in cultures exposed to naphthalene. This suggests that the degradation occurs through the dioxygenation of the aromatic ring with the formation of 1,2-dihydro-1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene, dehydrogenated to the corresponding 1,2-dihydroxy derivative which is further oxidized to salicylic acid, a key intermediate of naphthalene metabolism; this compound is converted to gentisic acid cleaved by a gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase. From R. opacus R7 cultures supplied with o-xylene, 2,3-dimethylphenol and 3,4-dimethylcatechol were observed. The pathway of o-xylene involves the monooxygenation of the benzene nucleus leading to dimethylphenol which is further metabolised to 3,4-dimethylcatechol, followed by a meta cleavage reaction, catalyzed by the catechol 2,3-dioxygenase. R. opacus R7 is the first strain thus far described both in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria which has the ability to degrade both a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon such as naphthalene and a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon such as o-xylene.
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- P Di Gennaro
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Themann C, Teismann P, Kuschinsky K, Ferger B. Comparison of two independent aromatic hydroxylation assays in combination with intracerebral microdialysis to determine hydroxyl free radicals. J Neurosci Methods 2001; 108:57-64. [PMID: 11459618 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(01)00370-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The phenylalanine- and salicylate assay were compared to investigate the production of hydroxyl free radicals. In vitro experiment: Phenylalanine (100 micromol/l) or salicylic acid (100 micropmol/l) were incubated in a hydroxyl radical generating in vitro Fenton system with increasing concentrations (1.25--40 micromol/l) of equimolar hydrogen peroxide and ferrous ions. Both, phenylalanine and salicylic acid were able to trap hydroxyl radicals in a reliable way indicated by the linear relationship between the concentration of the Fenton reagents and either the phenylalanine derived products (ortho-, meta-, para-tyrosine) or the salicylic acid-derived products (2,3- and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA)). In vivo experiment: Wistar rats were implanted with microdialysis probes and striatal perfusion with either 5 mmol/l phenylalanine or 5 mmol/l salicylic acid was performed. Addition of the dopaminergic neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (100 micromol/l, flow rate 2 microl/min, 60 min) to the perfusion fluid significantly increased the concentrations of ortho- and meta-tyrosine or 2,3-DHBA in comparison to control animals. All increases determined were rapidly reversible after changing back to pre-stimulation conditions. The results demonstrate that aromatic hydroxylation of phenylalanine or salicylic acid is a useful technique to investigate hydroxyl free radical formation in vitro and in vivo. Advantages and disadvantages of both methods are discussed.
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- C Themann
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Marburg, Ketzerbach 63, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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