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Durand G, Prosak RA, Han Y, Ortial S, Rockenbauer A, Pucci B, Villamena FA. Spin trapping and cytoprotective properties of fluorinated amphiphilic carrier conjugates of cyclic versus linear nitrones. Chem Res Toxicol 2009; 22:1570-81. [PMID: 19678661 DOI: 10.1021/tx900114v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nitrones have been employed as spin trapping reagent as well as pharmacological agent against neurodegenerative diseases and ischemia-reperfusion induced injury. The structure-activity relationship was explored for the two types of nitrones, i.e., cyclic (DMPO) and linear (PBN), which are conjugated to a fluorinated amphiphilic carrier (FAC) for their cytoprotective properties against hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), 3-morpholinosynonimine hydrochloride (SIN-1), and 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) induced cell death on bovine aortic endothelial cells. The compound FAMPO was synthesized and characterized, and its physical-chemical and spin trapping properties were explored. Cytotoxicity and cytoprotective properties of various nitrones either conjugated and nonconjugated to FAC (i.e., AMPO, FAMPO, PBN, and FAPBN) were assessed using a 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium (MTT) reduction assay. Results show that of all the nitrones tested, FAPBN is the most protective against H(2)O(2), but FAMPO and to a lesser extent its unconjugated form, AMPO, are more protective against SIN-1 induced cytotoxicity. However, none of the nitrones used protect the cells from HNE-induced cell death. The difference in the cytoprotective properties observed between the cyclic and linear nitrones may arise from the differences in their intrinsic antioxidant properties and localization in the cell.
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- Grégory Durand
- Laboratoire de Chimie BioOrganique et des Systèmes Moléculaires Vectoriels, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, 33 Rue Louis Pasteur, 84000 Avignon, France.
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Mitochondrial peroxiredoxin involvement in antioxidant defence and redox signalling. Biochem J 2009; 425:313-25. [PMID: 20025614 DOI: 10.1042/bj20091541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 375] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Prxs (peroxiredoxins) are a family of proteins that are extremely effective at scavenging peroxides. The Prxs exhibit a number of intriguing properties that distinguish them from conventional antioxidants, including a susceptibility to inactivation by hyperoxidation in the presence of excess peroxide and the ability to form complex oligomeric structures. These properties, combined with a high cellular abundance and reactivity with hydrogen peroxide, have led to speculation that the Prxs function as redox sensors that transmit signals as part of the cellular response to oxidative stress. Multicellular organisms express several different Prxs that can be categorized by their subcellular distribution. In mammals, Prx 3 and Prx 5 are targeted to the mitochondrial matrix. Mitochondria are a major source of hydrogen peroxide, and this oxidant is implicated in the damage associated with aging and a number of pathologies. Hydrogen peroxide can also act as a second messenger, and is linked with signalling events in mitochondria, including the induction of apoptosis. A simple kinetic competition analysis estimates that Prx 3 will be the target for up to 90% of hydrogen peroxide generated in the matrix. Therefore, mitochondrial Prxs have the potential to play a major role in mitochondrial redox signalling, but the extent of this role and the mechanisms involved are currently unclear.
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Gupta AB, Sankararamakrishnan R. Genome-wide analysis of major intrinsic proteins in the tree plant Populus trichocarpa: characterization of XIP subfamily of aquaporins from evolutionary perspective. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 9:134. [PMID: 19930558 PMCID: PMC2789079 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Accepted: 11/20/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Members of major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) include water-conducting aquaporins and glycerol-transporting aquaglyceroporins. MIPs play important role in plant-water relations. The model plants Arabidopsis thaliana, rice and maize contain more than 30 MIPs and based on phylogenetic analysis they can be divided into at least four subfamilies. Populus trichocarpa is a model tree species and provides an opportunity to investigate several tree-specific traits. In this study, we have investigated Populus MIPs (PtMIPs) and compared them with their counterparts in Arabidopsis, rice and maize. RESULTS Fifty five full-length MIPs have been identified in Populus genome. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that Populus has a fifth uncharacterized subfamily (XIPs). Three-dimensional models of all 55 PtMIPs were constructed using homology modeling technique. Aromatic/arginine (ar/R) selectivity filters, characteristics of loops responsible for solute selectivity (loop C) and gating (loop D) and group conservation of small and weakly polar interfacial residues have been analyzed. Majority of the non-XIP PtMIPs are similar to those in Arabidopsis, rice and maize. Additional XIPs were identified from database search and 35 XIP sequences from dicots, fungi, moss and protozoa were analyzed. Ar/R selectivity filters of dicots XIPs are more hydrophobic compared to fungi and moss XIPs and hence they are likely to transport hydrophobic solutes. Loop C is longer in one of the subgroups of dicot XIPs and most probably has a significant role in solute selectivity. Loop D in dicot XIPs has higher number of basic residues. Intron loss is observed on two occasions: once between two subfamilies of eudicots and monocot and in the second instance, when dicot and moss XIPs diverged from fungi. Expression analysis of Populus MIPs indicates that Populus XIPs don't show any tissue-specific transcript abundance. CONCLUSION Due to whole genome duplication, Populus has the largest number of MIPs identified in any single species. Non-XIP MIPs are similar in all four plant species considered in this study. Small and weakly polar residues at the helix-helix interface are group conserved presumably to maintain the hourglass fold of MIP channels. Substitutions in ar/R selectivity filter, insertion/deletion in loop C, increasing basic nature of loop D and loss of introns are some of the events occurred during the evolution of dicot XIPs.
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- Anjali Bansal Gupta
- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Ludewig U, Dynowski M. Plant aquaporin selectivity: where transport assays, computer simulations and physiology meet. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 66:3161-75. [PMID: 19565186 PMCID: PMC11115745 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0075-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Revised: 06/08/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Plants contain a large number of aquaporins with different selectivity. These channels generally conduct water, but some additionally conduct NH(3), CO(2) and/or H(2)O(2). The experimental evidence and molecular basis for the transport of a given solute, the validation with molecular dynamics simulations and the physiological impact of the selectivity are reviewed here. The aromatic/arginine (ar/R) constriction is most important for solute selection, but the exact pore requirements for efficient conduction of small solutes remain difficult to predict. Yeast growth assays are valuable for screening substrate selectivity and are explicitly shown for hydrogen peroxide and methylamine, a transport analog of ammonia. Independent assays need to address the relevance of different substrates for each channel in its physiological context. This is emphasized by the fact that several plant NIP channels, which conduct several solutes, are specifically involved in the transport of metalloids, such as silicic acid, arsenite, or boric acid in planta.
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- Uwe Ludewig
- Institute of Botany, Darmstadt University of Technology, Schnittspahnstr. 10, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Wudick MM, Luu DT, Maurel C. A look inside: localization patterns and functions of intracellular plant aquaporins. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2009; 184:289-302. [PMID: 19674338 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02985.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Aquaporins form a superfamily of intrinsic channel proteins in the plasma and intracellular membranes of plant cells. While a lot of research effort has substantiated the importance of plasma membrane aquaporins for the regulation of plant water homeostasis, comparably little is known about the function of intracellular aquaporins. Yet, various low-molecular-weight compounds, in addition to water, were recently shown to permeate some of these aquaporins. In this review, we examine the diversity of transport properties and localization patterns of intracellular aquaporins. The discussed profiles include, for example, water and ammonia transport across the tonoplast or CO2 transport through the chloroplast envelope. Furthermore, we try to assess to what extent the diverse aquaporin distribution patterns, in relation to the high degree of compartmentation of plant cells, can be linked to a wide range of cellular functions.
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- Michael M Wudick
- Biochimie et physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Biochimie et physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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- Biochimie et physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France
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Galea AM, Brown AJ. Special relationship between sterols and oxygen: were sterols an adaptation to aerobic life? Free Radic Biol Med 2009; 47:880-9. [PMID: 19559787 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2009] [Revised: 06/19/2009] [Accepted: 06/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A fascinating link between sterols and molecular oxygen (O(2)) has been a common thread running through the fundamental work of Konrad Bloch, who elucidated the biosynthetic pathway for cholesterol, to recent work supporting a role of sterols in the sensing of O(2). Synthesis of sterols by eukaryotes is an O(2)-intensive process. In this review, we argue that increased levels of O(2) in the atmosphere not only made the evolution of sterols possible, but that these sterols may in turn have provided the eukaryote with an early defence mechanism against O(2). The idea that nature crafted sterols as a feedback loop to adapt to, or help protect against, the hazards of O(2) is novel and enticing. We marshal several lines of evidence to support this thesis: (1) coincidence of atmospheric O(2) and sterol evolution; (2) sterols regulate O(2) entry into eukaryotic cells and organelles; (3) sterols act as O(2) sensors across eukaryotic life; (4) sterols serve as a primitive cellular defence against O(2) (including reactive oxygen species). Therefore, sterols may have evolved in eukaryotes partially as an adaptive response to the rise of terrestrial O(2), rather than merely as a consequence of it.
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- Anne M Galea
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, 2052, Australia
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Contreras L, Mella D, Moenne A, Correa JA. Differential responses to copper-induced oxidative stress in the marine macroalgae Lessonia nigrescens and Scytosiphon lomentaria (Phaeophyceae). AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2009; 94:94-102. [PMID: 19581008 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Revised: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 06/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In order to help explain the absence of the brown kelp Lessonia nigrescens from a coastal environment chronically enriched with copper, we characterized the biochemical responses induced by copper stress in this kelp and compared them with those displayed by the copper tolerant brown alga Scytosiphon lomentaria. These algae were cultivated with increasing concentrations of copper (20, 40 and 100microgL(-1)) for 96h and the temporal production of hydrogen peroxide, superoxide anions and lipoperoxides as well as the activities of antioxidant enzymes catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GP), ascorbate peroxidase (AP), dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) and glutathione reductase (GR) and the activity of the defense enzyme lipoxygenase (LOX) were determined. In L. nigrescens and S. lomentaria, a single peak of hydrogen peroxide was detected, with similar maxima after 3h of copper exposure, although in L. nigrescens buffering took longer. Superoxide anions, on the other hand, were only detected in L. nigrescens. The production of lipoperoxides in L. nigrescens increased steadily at higher copper levels, in a pattern clearly different to their rapid stabilization in S. lomentaria. We suggest that the accumulation of lipoperoxides might be related to LOX, whose activity also increases with exposure time. Furthermore, activities of the antioxidant enzymes CAT, GP, AP and DHAR were lower in L. nigrescens than in S. lomentaria, and GP and DHAR were completely inhibited at higher copper concentrations. Since these enzymes also detoxify fatty acid hydroperoxides, their inhibition, together with the activation of LOX, may explain the persistent and copper-dependent levels of lipoperoxides in L. nigrescens. Based on terrestrial plant models demonstrating toxic effects of lipoperoxides, and on our results on organellar ultrastructural changes, we suggest that copper toxicity induced an uncontrolled lipoperoxide accumulation which may lead to cell damage and dysfunction in L. nigrescens, explaining at least partially, the absence of this kelp in a copper-enriched coastal environment.
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- Loretto Contreras
- Departamento de Ecología, Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Postal Code 6513677, Santiago, Chile
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Kathuria H, Giri J, Nataraja KN, Murata N, Udayakumar M, Tyagi AK. Glycinebetaine-induced water-stress tolerance in codA-expressing transgenic indica rice is associated with up-regulation of several stress responsive genes. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2009; 7:512-26. [PMID: 19490479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.), a non-accumulator of glycinebetaine (GB), is highly susceptible to abiotic stress. Transgenic rice with chloroplast-targeted choline oxidase encoded by the codA gene from Arthrobacter globiformis has been evaluated for inheritance of transgene up to R5 generation and water-stress tolerance. During seedling, vegetative and reproductive stages, transgenic plants could maintain higher activity of photosystem II and they show better physiological performance, for example, enhanced detoxification of reactive oxygen species compared to wild-type plants under water-stress. Survival rate and agronomic performance of transgenic plants is also better than wild-type following prolonged water-stress. Choline oxidase converts choline into GB and H2O2 in a single step. It is possible that H2O2/GB might activate stress response pathways and prepare transgenic plants to mitigate stress. To check this possibility, microarray-based transcriptome analysis of transgenic rice has been done. It unravelled altered expression of many genes involved in stress responses, signal transduction, gene regulation, hormone signalling and cellular metabolism. Overall, 165 genes show more than two-fold up-regulation at P-value < 0.01 in transgenic rice. Out of these, at least 50 genes are known to be involved in plant stress response. Exogenous application of H2O2 or GB to wild-type plants also induces such genes. Our data show that metabolic engineering for GB is a promising strategy for introducing stress tolerance in crop plants and which could be imparted, in part, by H2O2- and/or GB-induced stress response genes.
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- Hitesh Kathuria
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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Kristiansen KA, Jensen PE, Møller IM, Schulz A. Monitoring reactive oxygen species formation and localisation in living cells by use of the fluorescent probe CM-H(2)DCFDA and confocal laser microscopy. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2009; 136:369-83. [PMID: 19493304 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2009.01243.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) develop as a consequence of wounding, light stress and chemical imbalances but act also as signals in living cells. The integrity of cells is seriously endangered, if ROS cannot be controlled by scavenging molecules and other repair mechanisms of the cell. For studying ROS development and signalling under stress, a reliable indicator is needed. We have tested the ROS sensitive dye 5-(and-6) chloromethyl-2',7' dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate acetyl ester (CM-H(2)DCFDA) using onion bulb scale and leaf epidermis as well as Arabidopsis leaves and protoplasts. ROS were generated by several fundamentally different methods-externally applied hydrogen peroxide, heat shock, high light or wounding. Confocal microscopy and fluorescence quantification over time showed that the indicator responds in an additive and dose-dependent manner. The response to externally applied hydrogen peroxide followed saturation kinetics, consistent with a channel-mediated uptake of the stressor across the plasma membrane. An inherent problem of the tested indicator was the uneven uptake in tissues, as compared with protoplasts, making it difficult to discriminate an uneven indicator distribution from an uneven ROS distribution. However, in protoplasts and under carefully designed preparation conditions CM-H(2)DCFDA is a useful general ROS indicator. Subcellularly, the de-esterified probe localised to the cytosol, to mitochondria and to chloroplasts.
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- Kim Anker Kristiansen
- VKR Research Centre Pro-Active Plants, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Csordás G, Hajnóczky G. SR/ER-mitochondrial local communication: calcium and ROS. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:1352-62. [PMID: 19527680 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2009] [Revised: 06/04/2009] [Accepted: 06/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mitochondria form junctions with the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (SR/ER), which support signal transduction and biosynthetic pathways and affect organellar distribution. Recently, these junctions have received attention because of their pivotal role in mediating calcium signal propagation to the mitochondria, which is important for both ATP production and mitochondrial cell death. Many of the SR/ER-mitochondrial calcium transporters and signaling proteins are sensitive to redox regulation and are directly exposed to the reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced in the mitochondria and SR/ER. Although ROS has been emerging as a novel signaling entity, the redox signaling of the SR/ER-mitochondrial interface is yet to be elucidated. We describe here possible mechanisms of the mutual interaction between local Ca(2+) and ROS signaling in the control of SR/ER-mitochondrial function.
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- György Csordás
- Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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Aquaporins are multifunctional water and solute transporters highly divergent in living organisms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1788:1213-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2008] [Revised: 03/09/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Fisher AB. Redox signaling across cell membranes. Antioxid Redox Signal 2009; 11:1349-56. [PMID: 19061438 PMCID: PMC2842114 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2008.2378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/06/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by plasma membrane-localized NADPH oxidase (Nox 2) is a major mechanism of cell signaling associated with activation of the enzyme by a variety of agonists. With activation, the integral membrane flavocytochrome of Nox 2 transfers an electron from intracellular NADPH to extracellular O(2), generating superoxide anion (O(2)(*-)). The latter dismutes to H(2)O(2) which can diffuse through aquaporin channels in the plasma membrane to elicit an intracellular signaling response. O(2)(*-) also can initiate intracellular signaling by penetration of the cell membrane through anion channels (Cl(-) channel-3, ClC-3). Endosomes containing Nox2 and ClC-3 (called signaling endosomes) are composed of internalized plasma membrane and generate O(2)(*-) in the endosomal lumen to initiate signaling at intracellular sites. Thus, cellular signaling by Nox2 is dependent on the transmembrane flux of ROS. The role of this pathway has only recently been described and will require additional investigation to appreciate its physiological significance fully.
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- Aron B Fisher
- University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Environmental Medicine, 1 John Morgan Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Demidchik V, Shang Z, Shin R, Thompson E, Rubio L, Laohavisit A, Mortimer JC, Chivasa S, Slabas AR, Glover BJ, Schachtman DP, Shabala SN, Davies JM. Plant extracellular ATP signalling by plasma membrane NADPH oxidase and Ca2+ channels. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 58:903-13. [PMID: 19220789 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03830.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Extracellular ATP regulates higher plant growth and adaptation. The signalling events may be unique to higher plants, as they lack animal purinoceptor homologues. Although it is known that plant cytosolic free Ca2+ can be elevated by extracellular ATP, the mechanism is unknown. Here, we have studied roots of Arabidopsis thaliana to determine the events that lead to the transcriptional stress response evoked by extracellular ATP. Root cell protoplasts were used to demonstrate that signalling to elevate cytosolic free Ca2+ is determined by ATP perception at the plasma membrane, and not at the cell wall. Imaging revealed that extracellular ATP causes the production of reactive oxygen species in intact roots, with the plasma membrane NADPH oxidase AtRBOHC being the major contributor. This resulted in the stimulation of plasma membrane Ca2+-permeable channels (determined using patch-clamp electrophysiology), which contribute to the elevation of cytosolic free Ca2+. Disruption of this pathway in the AtrbohC mutant impaired the extracellular ATP-induced increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS), the activation of Ca2+ channels, and the transcription of the MAP kinase3 gene that is known to be involved in stress responses. This study shows that higher plants, although bereft of purinoceptor homologues, could have evolved a distinct mechanism to transduce the ATP signal at the plasma membrane.
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- Vadim Demidchik
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB23EA, UK
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Stowe DF, Camara AKS. Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production in excitable cells: modulators of mitochondrial and cell function. Antioxid Redox Signal 2009; 11:1373-414. [PMID: 19187004 PMCID: PMC2842133 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2008.2331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2008] [Revised: 01/12/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The mitochondrion is a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Superoxide (O(2)(*-)) is generated under specific bioenergetic conditions at several sites within the electron-transport system; most is converted to H(2)O(2) inside and outside the mitochondrial matrix by superoxide dismutases. H(2)O(2) is a major chemical messenger that, in low amounts and with its products, physiologically modulates cell function. The redox state and ROS scavengers largely control the emission (generation scavenging) of O(2)(*-). Cell ischemia, hypoxia, or toxins can result in excess O(2)(*-) production when the redox state is altered and the ROS scavenger systems are overwhelmed. Too much H(2)O(2) can combine with Fe(2+) complexes to form reactive ferryl species (e.g., Fe(IV) = O(*)). In the presence of nitric oxide (NO(*)), O(2)(*-) forms the reactant peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)), and ONOOH-induced nitrosylation of proteins, DNA, and lipids can modify their structure and function. An initial increase in ROS can cause an even greater increase in ROS and allow excess mitochondrial Ca(2+) entry, both of which are factors that induce cell apoptosis and necrosis. Approaches to reduce excess O(2)(*-) emission include selectively boosting the antioxidant capacity, uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation to reduce generation of O(2)(*-) by inducing proton leak, and reversibly inhibiting electron transport. Mitochondrial cation channels and exchangers function to maintain matrix homeostasis and likely play a role in modulating mitochondrial function, in part by regulating O(2)(*-) generation. Cell-signaling pathways induced physiologically by ROS include effects on thiol groups and disulfide linkages to modify posttranslationally protein structure to activate/inactivate specific kinase/phosphatase pathways. Hypoxia-inducible factors that stimulate a cascade of gene transcription may be mediated physiologically by ROS. Our knowledge of the role played by ROS and their scavenging systems in modulation of cell function and cell death has grown exponentially over the past few years, but we are still limited in how to apply this knowledge to develop its full therapeutic potential.
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- David F Stowe
- Anesthesiology Research Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA.
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- Ron Mittler
- Department of Biochemistry, Mail Stop 200, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
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Bartosz G. Reactive oxygen species: Destroyers or messengers? Biochem Pharmacol 2009; 77:1303-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2008] [Revised: 11/08/2008] [Accepted: 11/10/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Foyer CH, Noctor G. Redox regulation in photosynthetic organisms: signaling, acclimation, and practical implications. Antioxid Redox Signal 2009; 11:861-905. [PMID: 19239350 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2008.2177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 729] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have multifaceted roles in the orchestration of plant gene expression and gene-product regulation. Cellular redox homeostasis is considered to be an "integrator" of information from metabolism and the environment controlling plant growth and acclimation responses, as well as cell suicide events. The different ROS forms influence gene expression in specific and sometimes antagonistic ways. Low molecular antioxidants (e.g., ascorbate, glutathione) serve not only to limit the lifetime of the ROS signals but also to participate in an extensive range of other redox signaling and regulatory functions. In contrast to the low molecular weight antioxidants, the "redox" states of components involved in photosynthesis such as plastoquinone show rapid and often transient shifts in response to changes in light and other environmental signals. Whereas both types of "redox regulation" are intimately linked through the thioredoxin, peroxiredoxin, and pyridine nucleotide pools, they also act independently of each other to achieve overall energy balance between energy-producing and energy-utilizing pathways. This review focuses on current knowledge of the pathways of redox regulation, with discussion of the somewhat juxtaposed hypotheses of "oxidative damage" versus "oxidative signaling," within the wider context of physiological function, from plant cell biology to potential applications.
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- Christine H Foyer
- School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Agriculture Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
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Sichel C, Fernández-Ibáñez P, de Cara M, Tello J. Lethal synergy of solar UV-radiation and H(2)O(2) on wild Fusarium solani spores in distilled and natural well water. WATER RESEARCH 2009; 43:1841-1850. [PMID: 19217637 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Revised: 01/18/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Environmentally-friendly disinfection methods are needed in many industrial applications. As a natural metabolite of many organisms, hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-based disinfection may be such a method as long as H(2)O(2) is used in non-toxic concentrations. Nevertheless, when applied alone as a disinfectant, H(2)O(2) concentrations need to be high enough to achieve significant pathogen reduction, and this may lead to phytotoxicity. This paper shows how H(2)O(2) disinfection concentrations could be significantly reduced by using the synergic lethality of H(2)O(2) and sunlight the first time for fungi and disinfection. Experiments were performed on spores of Fusarium solani, the ubiquitous, pytho- and human pathogenic fungus. Laboratory (250-mL bottles) and pilot plant solar reactors (2 x 14 L compound parabolic collectors, CPCs) were employed with distilled water and real well water under natural sunlight. This opens the way to applications for agricultural water resources, seed disinfection, curing of fungal skin infections, etc.
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- C Sichel
- Plataforma Solar de Almería, 04200 Tabernas, Almería, Spain
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Gavella M, Garaj-Vrhovac V, Lipovac V, Antica M, Gajski G, Car N. Ganglioside GT1b protects human spermatozoa from hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA and membrane damage. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 33:536-44. [PMID: 19490186 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00962.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We have reported previously that various gangliosides, the sialic acid containing glycosphingolipids, provide protection against sperm injury caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this study, we investigated the effect of treatment of human spermatozoa with ganglioside GT1b on hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-induced DNA fragmentation and plasma membrane damage. Single-cell gel electrophoresis (Comet assay) used in the assessment of sperm DNA integrity showed that in vitro supplemented GT1b (100 microm) significantly reduced DNA damage induced by H(2)O(2) (200 microm) (p < 0.05). Measurements of Annexin V binding in combination with the propidium iodide vital dye labelling demonstrated that the spermatozoa pre-treated with GT1b exhibited a significant increase (p < 0.05) in the percentage of live cells with intact membrane and decreased phosphatidylserine translocation after exposure to H(2)O(2). Flow cytometry using the intracellular ROS-sensitive fluorescence dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate dye employed to investigate the transport of the extracellularly supplied H(2)O(2) into the cell interior revealed that ganglioside GT1b completely inhibited the passage of H(2)O(2) through the sperm membrane. These results suggest that ganglioside GT1b may protect human spermatozoa from H(2)O(2)-induced damage by rendering sperm membrane more hydrophobic, thus inhibiting the diffusion of H(2)O(2) across the membrane.
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- Mirjana Gavella
- Department for Cell Biochemistry, Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic for Diabetes, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Kleine T, Voigt C, Leister D. Plastid signalling to the nucleus: messengers still lost in the mists? Trends Genet 2009; 25:185-92. [PMID: 19303165 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2009.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2009] [Revised: 02/17/2009] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The concept of plastid signalling posits that signals originating from chloroplasts modulate nuclear gene expression (NGE). Put simply, it claims that signalling factors are exported from the chloroplast, traverse the cytosol, and act in the nucleus. Pertinent signals are thought to derive from various sources, including the tetrapyrrole pathway, protein synthesis, reactive oxygen species, or the redox state of the organelle. Recent studies have cast doubt on the most popular candidate signalling molecule, the tetrapyrrole pathway intermediate Mg-protoporphyrin IX, indicating that chloroplast activity might control NGE indirectly by affecting cytosolic metabolite levels or redox states (metabolic signalling). Here, we focus on recent developments and confusions in the field of plastid signalling research and highlight alternative scenarios of plastid-nucleus signal transduction. Future analyses of chloroplast-nucleus communication should focus on providing an integrated view of plastid signalling under physiologically relevant conditions.
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- Tatjana Kleine
- Department of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Li DD, Wu YJ, Ruan XM, Li B, Zhu L, Wang H, Li XB. Expressions of three cotton genes encoding the PIP proteins are regulated in root development and in response to stresses. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2009; 28:291-300. [PMID: 18956193 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-008-0626-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2008] [Revised: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 10/08/2008] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), the most important textile crop worldwide, often encounters water stress such as drought or waterlog during its growth season (Summer). To investigate molecular mechanism of water regulation in cotton plants, three cDNAs encoding the plasma membrane intrinsic protein (PIP) were isolated from cotton root cDNA library, and designated GhPIP1;1, GhPIP2;1 and GhPIP2;2, respectively. All of the three PIP proteins displayed water channel activity in Xenopus laevis oocytes. GhPIP2;1 and GhPIP2;2 proteins, however, showed much higher water transport activity than that of the GhPIP1;1 protein. Northern blot analysis revealed that all of the three genes were preferentially expressed in young roots. Further analysis by Real-time quantitative RT-PCR revealed that the transcripts of all the three genes were accumulated at high levels in 3-day-old young roots, but dramatically declined to much lower levels in 6-14 days old roots during seedling development, suggesting that expressions of the isolated GhPIP genes are developmentally regulated in roots. Additionally, expressions of the three genes were remarkably up-regulated or down-regulated under different stresses such as NaCl, cold, PEG (polyethylene glycol) treatments. Collectively, the results suggest that these genes may be involved in root development and in response to stresses.
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- Deng-Di Li
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, College of Life Sciences, HuaZhong Normal University, Wuhan, China
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The production of ROS (reactive oxygen species) by mammalian mitochondria is important because it underlies oxidative damage in many pathologies and contributes to retrograde redox signalling from the organelle to the cytosol and nucleus. Superoxide (O2•−) is the proximal mitochondrial ROS, and in the present review I outline the principles that govern O2•− production within the matrix of mammalian mitochondria. The flux of O2•− is related to the concentration of potential electron donors, the local concentration of O2 and the second-order rate constants for the reactions between them. Two modes of operation by isolated mitochondria result in significant O2•− production, predominantly from complex I: (i) when the mitochondria are not making ATP and consequently have a high Δp (protonmotive force) and a reduced CoQ (coenzyme Q) pool; and (ii) when there is a high NADH/NAD+ ratio in the mitochondrial matrix. For mitochondria that are actively making ATP, and consequently have a lower Δp and NADH/NAD+ ratio, the extent of O2•− production is far lower. The generation of O2•− within the mitochondrial matrix depends critically on Δp, the NADH/NAD+ and CoQH2/CoQ ratios and the local O2 concentration, which are all highly variable and difficult to measure in vivo. Consequently, it is not possible to estimate O2•− generation by mitochondria in vivo from O2•−-production rates by isolated mitochondria, and such extrapolations in the literature are misleading. Even so, the description outlined here facilitates the understanding of factors that favour mitochondrial ROS production. There is a clear need to develop better methods to measure mitochondrial O2•− and H2O2 formation in vivo, as uncertainty about these values hampers studies on the role of mitochondrial ROS in pathological oxidative damage and redox signalling.
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Pedroso N, Matias AC, Cyrne L, Antunes F, Borges C, Malhó R, de Almeida RFM, Herrero E, Marinho HS. Modulation of plasma membrane lipid profile and microdomains by H2O2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Free Radic Biol Med 2009; 46:289-98. [PMID: 19027845 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the rate of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) diffusion through the plasma membrane decreases during adaptation to H(2)O(2) by a still unknown mechanism. Here, adaptation to H(2)O(2) was observed to modulate rapidly the expression of genes coding for enzymes involved in ergosterol and lipid metabolism. Adaptation to H(2)O(2) also alters plasma membrane lipid composition. The main changes were the following: (a) there was a decrease in oleic acid (30%) and in the ratio between unsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids; (b) the phosphatidylcholine:phosphatidylethanolamine ratio increased threefold; (c) sterol levels were unaltered but there was an increased heterogeneity of sterol-rich microdomains and increased ordered domains; (d) the levels of the sterol precursor squalene increased twofold, in agreement with ERG1 gene down-regulation; and (e) C26:0 became the major very long chain fatty acid owing to an 80% decrease in 2-hydroxy-C26:0 levels and a 50% decrease in C20:0 levels, probably related to the down-regulation of fatty acid elongation (FAS1, FEN1, SUR4) and ceramide synthase (LIP1, LAC1) genes. Therefore, H(2)O(2) leads to a reorganization of the plasma membrane microdomains, which may explain the lower permeability to H(2)O(2), and emerges as an important regulator of lipid metabolism and plasma membrane lipid composition.
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- Nuno Pedroso
- Centro de QuImica e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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Sharma SS, Dietz KJ. The relationship between metal toxicity and cellular redox imbalance. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2009; 14:43-50. [PMID: 19070530 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 497] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2008] [Revised: 10/20/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The relationship between cellular redox imbalances leading to oxidative stress and metal toxicity in plants has been studied intensely over the past decades. This interdependency was often considered to reflect a rather indirect metal effect of cellular disregulation and progressive secondary damage development. By contrast, recent experiments revealed a clear relationship between metal stress and redox homeostasis and antioxidant capacity. Analysis of plants expressing targeted modifications of components of the antioxidant system, the comparison of closely related plant species with different degrees of toxic metal sensitivity and effector studies with, for instance, salicylic acid have established a link between the degree of plant tolerance to metals and the level of antioxidants.
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- Shanti S Sharma
- Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla 171 005, India
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Beitz E, Becker D, von Bülow J, Conrad C, Fricke N, Geadkaew A, Krenc D, Song J, Wree D, Wu B. In vitro analysis and modification of aquaporin pore selectivity. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2009:77-92. [PMID: 19096773 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79885-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Aquaporins enable the passage of a diverse set of solutes besides water. Many novel aquaporin permeants, such as antimonite and arsenite, silicon, ammonia, and hydrogen peroxide, have been described very recently. By the same token, the number of available aquaporin sequences has rapidly increased. Yet, sequence analyses and structure models cannot reliably predict permeability properties. Even the contribution to pore selectivity of individual residues in the channel layout is not fully understood. Here, we describe and discuss established in vitro assays for water and solute permeability. Measurements of volume change due to flux along osmotic or chemical gradients yield quantitative biophysical data, whereas phenotypic growth assays can hint at the relevance of aquaporins in the physiological setting of a certain cell. We also summarize data on the modification of pore selectivity of the prototypical water-specific mammalian aquaporin-1. We show that replacing residues in the pore constriction region allows ammonia, urea, glycerol, and even protons to pass the aquaporin pore.
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- Eric Beitz
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kiel, Gutenbergstrasse 76, Kiel, 24118, Germany.
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Churakov AV, Prikhodchenko PV, Howard JAK, Lev O. Glycine and l-serine crystalline perhydrates. Chem Commun (Camb) 2009:4224-6. [DOI: 10.1039/b906801e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The human aquaporins,AQP3,AQP7, AQP8,AQP9, and possibly AQP10, are permeable to ammonia, and AQP7, AQP9, and possibly AQP3, are permeable to urea. In humans, these aquaporins supplement the ammonia transport of the Rhesus (Rh) proteins and the urea transporters (UTs). The mechanism by which ammonium is transported by aquaporins is not fully resolved. A comparison of transport equations, models, and experimental data shows that ammonia is transported in its neutral form, NH(3). In the presence of NH(3), the aquaporin stimulates H(+) transport. Consequently, this transport of H(+) is only significant at alkaline pH. It is debated whether the H(+) ion passes via the aquaporin or by some external route; the investigation of this problem requires the aquaporin-expressing cell to be voltage-clamped. The ammonia-permeable aquaporins differ from other aquaporins by having a less restrictive aromatic/arginine region, and an exclusively water-permeable aquaporin can be transformed into an ammonia-permeable aquaporin by single point mutations in this region. The ammonia-permeable aquaporins fall into two groups: those that are permeable (AQP3, 7, 9, 10) and those that are impermeable (AQP8) to glycerol. The two groups differ in the amino acid composition of their aromatic/arginine regions. The location of the ammonia-permeable aquaporins in the body parallels that of the Rh proteins. This applies to erythrocytes and to cells associated with nitrogen homeostasis and high rates of anabolism. In the liver, AQPs 8 and 9 are found together with Rh proteins in cells exposed to portal blood coming from the intestine. In the kidney, AQP3 might participate in the excretion of NH(4) (+) in the collecting duct. The interplay between the ammonia-permeable aquaporins and the other types of ammonia- and urea-permeable proteins is not well understood.
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- Thomas Litman
- Exiqon A/S, Department of Biomarker Discovery, Bygstubben 16, Vedbaek, 2950, Denmark
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Heinen RB, Ye Q, Chaumont F. Role of aquaporins in leaf physiology. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:2971-85. [PMID: 19542196 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Playing a key role in plant growth and development, leaves need to be continuously supplied with water and carbon dioxide to fulfil their photosynthetic function. On its way through the leaf from the xylem to the stomata, water can either move through cell walls or pass from cell to cell to cross the different tissues. Although both pathways are probably used to some degree, evidence is accumulating that living cells contribute substantially to the overall leaf hydraulic conductance (K(leaf)). Transcellular water flow is facilitated and regulated by water channels in the membranes, named aquaporins (AQPs). This review addresses how AQP expression and activity effectively regulate the leaf water balance in normal conditions and modify the cell membrane water permeability in response to different environmental factors, such as irradiance, temperature, and water supply. The role of AQPs in leaf growth and movement, and in CO(2) transport is also discussed.
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- Robert B Heinen
- Institut des Sciences de la Vie, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 5-15, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Chetsawang B, Chetsawang J, Govitrapong P. Protection against cell death and sustained tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation in hydrogen peroxide- and MPP-treated human neuroblastoma cells with melatonin. J Pineal Res 2009; 46:36-42. [PMID: 18507712 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.2008.00605.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Neuroprotective effects of melatonin against oxidative stress-induced neuronal cell degeneration in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells were investigated in this report. The results demonstrate that exogenous administration of H(2)O(2) and 1-methyl, 4-phenyl, pyridinium ion (MPP(+)) significantly decreased cell viability in SH-SY5Y cultured cells. Desipramine, a monoamine uptake blocker was able to abolish the toxic effects of MPP(+) but not H(2)O(2) in reduction of cell viability. Conversely, melatonin reversed the toxic effects of H(2)O(2) and MPP(+) on cell viability. In addition, the reduction of phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate limiting enzyme in dopamine synthesis, and phosphorylation of cyclic AMP responsive element-binding protein by H(2)O(2) and MPP(+) was also diminished by melatonin. These results demonstrate some effective roles of melatonin on neuroprotection and its action on the modulation of tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation.
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- Banthit Chetsawang
- Neuro-Behavioural Biology Center, Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom, Thailand.
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Van den Ende W, Valluru R. Sucrose, sucrosyl oligosaccharides, and oxidative stress: scavenging and salvaging? JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:9-18. [PMID: 19036839 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In nature, no single plant completes its life cycle without encountering environmental stress. When plant cells surpass stress threshold stimuli, chemically reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated that can cause oxidative damage or act as signals. Plants have developed numerous ROS-scavenging systems to minimize the cytotoxic effects of ROS. The role of sucrosyl oligosaccharides (SOS), including fructans and the raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs), is well established during stress physiology. They are believed to act as important membrane protectors in planta. So far a putative role for sucrose and SOS during oxidative stress has largely been neglected, as has the contribution of the vacuolar compartment. Recent studies suggest a link between SOS and oxidative defence and/or scavenging. SOS might be involved in stabilizing membrane-associated peroxidases and NADPH oxidases, and SOS-derived radicals might fulfil an intermediate role in oxido-reduction reactions taking place in the vicinity of membranes. Here, these emerging features are discussed and perspectives for future research are provided.
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- Wim Van den Ende
- Laboratory for Molecular Plant Physiology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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The study of water transport began long before the molecular identification of water channels with studies of water-permeable tissues. The discovery of the first aquaporin, AQP1, occurred during experiments focused on the identity of the Rh blood group antigens. Since then the field has expanded dramatically to study aquaporins in all types of organisms. In mammals, some of the aquaporins transport only water. However, there are some family members that collectively transport a diverse set of solutes. The aquaporins can be regulated by factors that affect channel permeability or subcellular localization. An extensive set of studies examines the physiological role of many of the mammalian aquaporins. However, much is still to be discovered about the physiological role of this membrane protein family.
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Rodakowska E, Derba-Maceluch M, Kasprowicz A, Zawadzki P, Szuba A, Kierzkowski D, Wojtaszek P. Signaling and Cell Walls. SIGNALING IN PLANTS 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89228-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Aquaporin water channels in mammals. Clin Exp Nephrol 2008; 13:107-117. [PMID: 19085041 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-008-0118-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 252] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Water channels, aquaporins (AQPs), are a family of small integral plasma membrane proteins that primarily transport water across the plasma membrane. There are 13 members (AQP0-12) in humans. This number is final as the human genome project has been completed. They are divided into three subgroups based on the primary sequences: water selective AQPs (AQP0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8), aquaglyceroporins (AQP3, 7, 9, 10), and superaquaporins (AQP11, 12). Since no specific inhibitors are yet available, functional roles of AQPs are suggested by AQP null mice and humans. Abnormal water metabolism was shown with AQP1, 2, 3, 4, 5 null mice, especially with AQP2 null mice: fatal at neonate due to diabetes insipidus. Abnormal glycerol transport was shown with AQP3, 7, 9 null mice, although they appeared normal. AQP0 null mice suffer from cataracts, although the pathogenesis is not clear. Unexpectedly, AQP11 null mice die from uremia as a result of polycystic kidneys. Interestingly, AQP6, 8, 10, 12 null mice are almost normal. AQP null humans have been reported with AQP0, 1, 2, 3, 7: only AQP2 null humans show an outstanding phenotype, diabetes insipidus. This review summarizes the current knowledge on all mammalian AQPs and hopefully will stimulate future research in both clinical and basic fields.
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Lehmann GL, Larocca MC, Soria LR, Marinelli RA. Aquaporins: Their role in cholestatic liver disease. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14:7059-67. [PMID: 19084912 PMCID: PMC2776835 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.7059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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This review focuses on current knowledge on hepatocyte aquaporins (AQPs) and their significance in bile formation and cholestasis. Canalicular bile secretion results from a combined interaction of several solute transporters and AQP water channels that facilitate water flow in response to the osmotic gradients created. During choleresis, hepatocytes rapidly increase their canalicular membrane water permeability by modulating the abundance of AQP8. The question was raised as to whether the opposite process, i.e. a decreased canalicular AQP8 expression would contribute to the development of cholestasis. Studies in several experimental models of cholestasis, such as extrahepatic obstructive cholestasis, estrogen-induced cholestasis, and sepsis-induced cholestasis demonstrated that the protein expression of hepatocyte AQP8 was impaired. In addition, biophysical studies in canalicular plasma membranes revealed decreased water permeability associated with AQP8 protein downregulation. The combined alteration in hepatocyte solute transporters and AQP8 would hamper the efficient coupling of osmotic gradients and canalicular water flow. Thus cholestasis may result from a mutual occurrence of impaired solute transport and decreased water permeability.
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Schüssler MD, Alexandersson E, Bienert GP, Kichey T, Laursen KH, Johanson U, Kjellbom P, Schjoerring JK, Jahn TP. The effects of the loss of TIP1;1 and TIP1;2 aquaporins in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 56:756-67. [PMID: 18643996 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03632.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Loss of aquaporin TIP1;1 in Arabidopsis has been suggested to result in early senescence and plant death. This was based on the fact that a partial reduction of TIP1;1 by RNA interference (RNAi) led to gradual phenotypes, ranging from indistinguishable from wild type to lethality, depending on the degree of downregulation of the target messenger, and displaying pleiotropic effects in primary metabolism and cell signalling. A hypothesis was put forward to suggest that TIP1;1, apart from its transport function, may play an essential role in vesicle routing. Here we identify an Arabidopsis transposon insertion line tip1;1-1 that is completely devoid of TIP1;1 protein, as demonstrated by western blotting and immunolocalization using an isoform-specific antibody. Strikingly, the complete absence of the protein did not result in any significant effect on metabolism or elemental composition of the plants. Microarray analysis did not indicate increased expression of other aquaporins to compensate for the lack of TIP1;1 in tip1;1-1. We further developed a double mutant of TIPs in Arabidopsis, lacking both TIP1;1 and its closest paralog TIP1;2. Arabidopsis mutants lacking both TIP1;1 and TIP1;2 showed a minor increase in anthocyanin content, and a reduction in catalase activity, but showed no changes in water status. In contrast to earlier reports, plants lacking TIP1;1 and TIP1;2 aquaporins are alive and thriving. We suggest that RNAi directed towards TIP1;1 may have resulted in off-target gene silencing, a notion that is potentially interesting for various studies analysing gene function by RNAi.
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- Manuela Désirée Schüssler
- Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Li GW, Peng YH, Yu X, Zhang MH, Cai WM, Sun WN, Su WA. Transport functions and expression analysis of vacuolar membrane aquaporins in response to various stresses in rice. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 165:1879-88. [PMID: 18707797 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Revised: 05/02/2008] [Accepted: 05/05/2008] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The vacuole, a multifunctional organelle of most plant cells, has very important roles in space filling, osmotic adjustment, storage and digestion. Previous researches suggested that aquaporins in the tonoplast were involved in vacuolar functions. The rice genome contains 33 aquaporin genes, 10 of which encode tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs). However, the function of each individual TIP isoform and the integrated function of TIPs under various physiological conditions remain elusive. Here, five rice TIP members were characterized with water and/or glycerol transport activities using the Xenopus oocyte expression system. OsTIP1;2, OsTIP2;2, OsTIP4;1 and OsTIP5;1 possessed water transport activity. OsTIP1;2, OsTIP3;2 and OsTIP4;1 were demonstrated with glycerol transport activity. Rice TIP expression patterns under various abiotic stress conditions including dehydration, high salinity, abscisic acid (ABA) and during seed germination were investigated by real-time PCR. OsTIP1s (OsTIP1;1 and OsTIP1;2) were highly expressed during seed germination, whereas OsTIP3s (OsTIP3;1 and OsTIP3;2) were specifically expressed in mature seeds with a decrease in expression levels upon germination. The results of this research provided a functional and expression profiles of rice TIPs.
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- Guo-Wei Li
- Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Margittai É, Löw P, Szarka A, Csala M, Benedetti A, Bánhegyi G. Intraluminal hydrogen peroxide induces a permeability change of the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:4131-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Revised: 11/01/2008] [Accepted: 11/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Soto G, Alleva K, Mazzella MA, Amodeo G, Muschietti JP. AtTIP1;3 and AtTIP5;1, the only highly expressed Arabidopsis pollen-specific aquaporins, transport water and urea. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:4077-82. [PMID: 19022253 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2008] [Revised: 11/04/2008] [Accepted: 11/05/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pollination includes processes where water and/or solute movements must be finely regulated, suggesting participation of aquaporins. Using information available from different transcriptional profilings of Arabidopsis thaliana mature pollen, we showed that the only aquaporins that are selectively and highly expressed in mature pollen are two TIPs: AtTIP1;3 and AtTIP5;1. Pollen exhibited a lower number and more exclusive type of aquaporin expressed genes when compared to other single cell transcriptional profilings. When characterized using Xenopus oocyte swelling assays, AtTIP1;3 and AtTIP5;1 showed intermediate water permeabilities. Although they displayed neither glycerol nor boric acid permeability they both transported urea. In conclusion, these results suggest a function for AtTIP1;3 and AtTIP5;1 as specific water and urea channels in Arabidopsis pollen.
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- Gabriela Soto
- Instituto de Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular (INGEBI-CONICET), Vuelta de Obligado 2490 Piso 2, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pogson BJ, Woo NS, Förster B, Small ID. Plastid signalling to the nucleus and beyond. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2008; 13:602-9. [PMID: 18838332 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2008] [Revised: 08/21/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Communication between the compartments or organelles of cells is essential for plant growth and development. There is an emerging understanding of signals generated within energy-transducing organelles, such as chloroplasts and mitochondria, and the nuclear genes that respond to them, a process known as retrograde signalling. A recent series of unconnected breakthroughs have given scientists a glimpse inside the 'black box' of organellar signalling thanks to the identification of some of the factors involved in generating and propagating signals to the nucleus and, in some instances, systemically throughout photosynthetic tissues. This review will focus on recent developments in our understanding of retrograde and systemic signals generated by organelles, with an emphasis on chloroplasts.
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- Barry J Pogson
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
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Shao N, Beck CF, Lemaire SD, Krieger-Liszkay A. Photosynthetic electron flow affects H2O2 signaling by inactivation of catalase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANTA 2008; 228:1055-66. [PMID: 18781324 PMCID: PMC2757591 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0807-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2008] [Accepted: 08/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A specific signaling role for H(2)O(2) in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was demonstrated by the definition of a promoter that specifically responded to this ROS. Expression of a nuclear-encoded reporter gene driven by this promoter was shown to depend not only on the level of exogenously added H(2)O(2) but also on light. In the dark, the induction of the reporter gene by H(2)O(2) was much lower than in the light. This lower induction was correlated with an accelerated disappearance of H(2)O(2) from the culture medium in the dark. Due to a light-induced reduction in catalase activity, H(2)O(2) levels in the light remained higher. Photosynthetic electron transport mediated the light-controlled down-regulation of the catalase activity since it was prevented by 3-(3'4'-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU), an inhibitor of photosystem II. In the presence of light and DCMU, expression of the reporter gene was low while the addition of aminotriazole, a catalase inhibitor, led to a higher induction of the reporter gene by H(2)O(2) in the dark. The role of photosynthetic electron transport and thioredoxin in this regulation was investigated by using mutants deficient in photosynthetic electron flow and by studying the correlation between NADP-malate dehydrogenase and catalase activities. It is proposed that, contrary to expectations, a controlled down-regulation of catalase activity occurs upon a shift of cells from dark to light. This down-regulation apparently is necessary to maintain a certain level of H(2)O(2) required to activate H(2)O(2)-dependent signaling pathways.
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- Ning Shao
- Fakultät für Biologie, Institut für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam/Golm, Germany
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- Fakultät für Biologie, Institut für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, CNRS URA 2096, Service de Bioénergétique, Biologie Structurale et Mécanisme, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Samuilov VD, Kiselevsky DB, Shestak AA, Nesov AV, Vasil'ev LA. Reactive oxygen species in programmed death of pea guard cells. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2008; 73:1076-84. [PMID: 18991553 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297908100039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide potentiates CN(-)-induced apoptosis of guard cells recorded as destruction of cell nuclei in the epidermis from pea leaves. A still stronger effect was exerted by the addition of H2O2 and NADH, which are the substrates of the plant cell wall peroxidase producing O2*- coupled to the oxidation of NADH. The CN(-)-or (CN(-) + H2O2)-induced destruction of guard cell nuclei was completely removed by nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) oxidizing O2*- and preventing there-by the subsequent generation of H2O2. The reduced NBT was deposited in the cells as formazan crystals. Cyanide-induced apoptosis was diminished by mannitol and ethanol, which are OH* traps. The dyes Rose Bengal (RB) and tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester (TMRE) photosensitizing singlet oxygen production suppressed the CN(-)-induced destruction of the cell nuclei in the light. This suppression was removed by exogenous NADH, which reacts with 1O2 yielding O2*-. Incubation of leaf slices with RB in the light lowered the photosynthetic O2 evolution rate and induced the permeability of guard cells for propidium iodide, which cannot pass across intact membranes. Inhibition of photosynthetic O2 evolution by 3-(3',4'-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea or bromoxynil prevented CN(-)-induced apoptosis of guard cells in the light but not in the dark. RB in combination with exogenous NADH caused H2O2 production that was sensitive to NBT and estimated from dichlorofluorescein (DCF) fluorescence. Data on NBT reduction and DCF and TMRE fluorescence obtained using a confocal microscope and data on the NADH-dependent H2O2 production are indicative of generation of reactive oxygen species in the chloroplasts, mitochondria, and nuclear region of guard cells as well as with participation of apoplastic peroxidase. Cyanide inhibited generation of reactive oxygen species in mitochondria and induced their generation in chloroplasts. The results show that H2O2, OH*, and O2*- resources utilized for H2O2 production are involved in apoptosis of guard cells. It is likely that singlet oxygen generated by RB in the light, judging from the permeability of the plasmatic membrane for propidium iodide, makes Photosystem II of chloroplasts inoperative and induces necrosis of the guard cells.
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- V D Samuilov
- Department of Physiology of Microorganisms, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Boursiac Y, Boudet J, Postaire O, Luu DT, Tournaire-Roux C, Maurel C. Stimulus-induced downregulation of root water transport involves reactive oxygen species-activated cell signalling and plasma membrane intrinsic protein internalization. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 56:207-218. [PMID: 18573191 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03594.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The water uptake capacity of plant roots (i.e. their hydraulic conductivity, Lp(r)) is determined in large part by aquaporins of the plasma membrane intrinsic protein (PIP) subfamily. In the present work, we investigated two stimuli, salicylic acid (SA) and salt, because of their ability to induce an accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and an inhibition of Lp(r) concomitantly in the roots of Arabidopsis plants. The inhibition of Lp(r) by SA was partially counteracted by preventing the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) with exogenous catalase. In addition, exogenous H(2)O(2) was able to reduce Lp(r) by up to 90% in <15 min. Based on the lack of effects of H(2)O(2) on the activity of individual aquaporins in Xenopus oocytes, and on a pharmacological dissection of the action of H(2)O(2) on Lp(r), we propose that ROS do not gate Arabidopsis root aquaporins through a direct oxidative mechanism, but rather act through cell signalling mechanisms. Expression in transgenic roots of PIP-GFP fusions and immunogold labelling indicated that external H(2)O(2) enhanced, in <15 min, the accumulation of PIPs in intracellular structures tentatively identified as vesicles and small vacuoles. Exposure of roots to SA or salt also induced an intracellular accumulation of the PIP-GFP fusion proteins, and these effects were fully counteracted by co-treatment with exogenous catalase. In conclusion, the present work identifies SA as a novel regulator of aquaporins, and delineates an ROS-dependent signalling pathway in the roots of Arabidopsis. Several abiotic and biotic stress-related stimuli potentially share this path, which involves an H(2)O(2)-induced internalization of PIPs, to downregulate root water transport.
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- Yann Boursiac
- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
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Hermo L, Schellenberg M, Liu LY, Dayanandan B, Zhang T, Mandato CA, Smith CE. Membrane domain specificity in the spatial distribution of aquaporins 5, 7, 9, and 11 in efferent ducts and epididymis of rats. J Histochem Cytochem 2008; 56:1121-35. [PMID: 18796408 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2008.951947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Water content within the epididymis of the male reproductive system is stringently regulated to promote sperm maturation. Several members of the aquaporin (AQP) family of water channel-forming integral membrane proteins have been identified in epididymal cells, but expression profiling for this epithelium is presently incomplete, and no AQP isoform has yet been identified on basolateral plasma membranes of these cells. In this study, we explored AQP expression by RT-PCR and light microscopy immunolocalizations using peroxidase and wide-field fluorescence techniques. The results indicate that several AQPs are coexpressed in the epididymis including AQP 5, 7, 9, and 11. Immunolocalizations suggested complex patterns in the spatial distribution of these AQPs. In principal cells, AQP 9 and 11 were present mainly on microvilli, whereas AQP 7 was localized primarily to lateral and then to basal plasma membranes in a region-specific manner. AQP 5 was also expressed regionally but was associated with membranes of endosomes. Additionally, AQPs were expressed by some but not all basal (AQP 7 and 11), clear (AQP 7 and 9), and halo (AQP 7 and 11) cells. These findings indicate unique associations of AQPs with specific membrane domains in a cell type- and region-specific manner within the epididymis of adult animals.
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- Louis Hermo
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B2.
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Cernadas RA, Camillo LR, Benedetti CE. Transcriptional analysis of the sweet orange interaction with the citrus canker pathogens Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. aurantifolii. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2008; 9:609-31. [PMID: 19018992 PMCID: PMC6640372 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00486.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac) and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. aurantifolii pathotype C (Xaa) are responsible for citrus canker disease; however, while Xac causes canker on all citrus varieties, Xaa is restricted to Mexican lime, and in sweet oranges it triggers a defence response. To gain insights into the differential pathogenicity exhibited by Xac and Xaa and to survey the early molecular events leading to canker development, a detailed transcriptional analysis of sweet orange plants infected with the pathogens was performed. Using differential display, suppressed subtractive hybridization and microarrays, we identified changes in transcript levels in approximately 2.0% of the approximately 32,000 citrus genes examined. Genes with altered expression in response to Xac/Xaa surveyed at 6 and 48 h post-infection (hpi) were associated with cell-wall modifications, cell division and expansion, vesicle trafficking, disease resistance, carbon and nitrogen metabolism, and responses to hormones auxin, gibberellin and ethylene. Most of the genes that were commonly modulated by Xac and Xaa were associated with basal defences triggered by pathogen-associated molecular patterns, including those involved in reactive oxygen species production and lignification. Significantly, we detected clear changes in the transcriptional profiles of defence, cell-wall, vesicle trafficking and cell growth-related genes in Xac-infected leaves between 6 and 48 hpi. This is consistent with the notion that Xac suppresses host defences early during infection and simultaneously changes the physiological status of the host cells, reprogramming them for division and growth. Notably, brefeldin A, an inhibitor of vesicle trafficking, retarded canker development. In contrast, Xaa triggered a mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling pathway involving WRKY and ethylene-responsive transcriptional factors known to activate downstream defence genes.
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- Raúl Andrés Cernadas
- Center for Molecular and Structural Biology, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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H(2)O(2) is a relatively long-lived reactive oxygen species that signals between cells and organisms. H(2)O(2) signalling in plants is essential for response to stress, defence against pathogens and the regulation of programmed cell death. Although H(2)O(2) diffusion across membranes is often considered as a passive property of lipid bilayers, native membranes represent significant barriers for H(2)O(2). In the present study we addressed the question of whether channels might facilitate H(2)O(2) conduction across plasma membranes. The expression of several plant plasma membrane aquaporins in yeast, including PIP2;1 from Arabidopsis (where PIP is plasma membrane intrinsic protein), enhanced the toxicity of H(2)O(2) and increased the fluorescence of dye-loaded yeast when exposed to H(2)O(2). The sensitivity of aquaporin-expressing yeast to H(2)O(2) was altered by mutations that alter gating and the selectivity of the aquaporins. The conduction of water, H(2)O(2) and urea was compared, using molecular dynamics simulations based on the crystal structure of SoPIP2;1 from spinach. The calculations identify differences in the conduction between the substrates and reveal channel residues critically involved in H(2)O(2) conduction. The results of the calculations on tetramers and monomers are in agreement with the biochemical data. Taken together, the results strongly suggest that plasma membrane aquaporin pores determine the efficiency of H(2)O(2) signalling between cells. Aquaporins are present in most species and their capacity to facilitate the diffusion of H(2)O(2) may be of physiological significance in many organisms and particularly in communication between different species.
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Function of reactive oxygen species during animal development: Passive or active? Dev Biol 2008; 320:1-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 262] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2007] [Revised: 04/25/2008] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Avshalumov MV, Patel JC, Rice ME. AMPA receptor-dependent H2O2 generation in striatal medium spiny neurons but not dopamine axons: one source of a retrograde signal that can inhibit dopamine release. J Neurophysiol 2008; 100:1590-601. [PMID: 18632893 DOI: 10.1152/jn.90548.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Dopamine-glutamate interactions in the striatum are critical for normal basal ganglia-mediated control of movement. Although regulation of glutamatergic transmission by dopamine is increasingly well understood, regulation of dopaminergic transmission by glutamate remains uncertain given the apparent absence of ionotropic glutamate receptors on dopaminergic axons in dorsal striatum. Indirect evidence suggests glutamatergic regulation of striatal dopamine release is mediated by a diffusible messenger, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), generated downstream from glutamatergic AMPA receptors (AMPARs). The mechanism of H2O2-dependent inhibition of dopamine release involves activation of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels. However, the source of modulatory H2O2 is unknown. Here, we used whole cell recording, fluorescence imaging of H2O2, and voltammetric detection of evoked dopamine release in guinea pig striatal slices to examine contributions from medium spiny neurons (MSNs), the principal neurons of striatum, and dopamine axons to AMPAR-dependent H2O2 generation. Imaging studies of H2O2 generation in MSNs provide the first demonstration of AMPAR-dependent H2O2 generation in neurons in the complex brain-cell microenvironment of brain slices. Stimulation-induced increases in H2O2 in MSNs were prevented by GYKI-52466, an AMPAR antagonist, or catalase, an H2O2 metabolizing enzyme, but amplified by mercaptosuccinate (MCS), a glutathione peroxidase inhibitor. By contrast, dopamine release evoked by selective stimulation of dopamine axons was unaffected by GYKI-52466 or MCS, arguing against dopamine axons as a significant source of modulatory H2O2. Together, these findings suggest that glutamatergic regulation of dopamine release via AMPARs is mediated through retrograde signaling by diffusible H2O2 generated in striatal cells, including medium spiny neurons, rather than in dopamine axons.
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- Marat V Avshalumov
- Department of Neurosurgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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