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Lanteri ML, Lamattina L, Laxalt AM. Mechanisms of xylanase-induced nitric oxide and phosphatidic acid production in tomato cells. PLANTA 2011; 234:845-55. [PMID: 21643989 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1446-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The second messenger nitric oxide (NO), phosphatidic acid (PA) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in the plant defense response during plant-pathogen interactions. NO has been shown to participate in PA production in response to the pathogen-associated molecular pattern xylanase in tomato cell suspensions. Defense responses downstream of PA include ROS production. The goal of this work was to study the signaling mechanisms involved in PA production during the defense responses triggered by xylanase and mediated by NO in the suspension-cultured tomato cells. We analyzed the participation of protein kinases, guanylate cyclase and the NO-mediated posttranslational modification S-nitrosylation, by means of pharmacology and biochemistry. We showed that NO, PA and ROS levels are significantly diminished by treatment with the general protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine. This indicates that xylanase-induced protein phosphorylation events might be the important components leading to NO formation, and hence for the downstream regulation of PA and ROS levels. When assayed, a guanylate cyclase inhibitor or a cGMP analog did not alter the PA accumulation. These results suggest that a cGMP-mediated pathway is not involved in xylanase-induced PA formation. Finally, the inhibition of protein S-nitrosylation did not affect NO formation but compromised PA and ROS production. Data collectively indicate that upon xylanase perception, cells activate a protein kinase pathway required for NO formation and that, S-nitrosylation-dependent mechanisms are involved in downstream signaling leading to PA and ROS.
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- M Luciana Lanteri
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas (IIB-CONICET-UNMdP), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Tito A, Carola A, Bimonte M, Barbulova A, Arciello S, de Laurentiis F, Monoli I, Hill J, Gibertoni S, Colucci G, Apone F. A tomato stem cell extract, containing antioxidant compounds and metal chelating factors, protects skin cells from heavy metal-induced damages. Int J Cosmet Sci 2011; 33:543-52. [PMID: 21609336 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2494.2011.00668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Heavy metals can cause several genotoxic effects on cells, including oxidative stress, DNA sequence breakage and protein modification. Among the body organs, skin is certainly the most exposed to heavy metal stress and thus the most damaged by the toxic effects that these chemicals cause. Moreover, heavy metals, in particular nickel, can induce the over-expression of collagenases (enzymes responsible for collagen degradation), leading to weakening of the skin extracellular matrix. Plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to protect their cells from heavy metal toxicity, including the synthesis of metal chelating proteins and peptides, such as metallothioneins and phytochelatins (PC), which capture the metals and prevent the damages on the cellular structures. To protect human skin cells from heavy metal toxicity, we developed a new cosmetic active ingredient from Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato) cultured stem cells. This product, besides its high content of antioxidant compounds, contained PC, effective in the protection of skin cells towards heavy metal toxicity. We have demonstrated that this new product preserves nuclear DNA integrity from heavy metal damages, by inducing genes responsible for DNA repair and protection, and neutralizes the effect of heavy metals on collagen degradation, by inhibiting collagenase expression and inducing the synthesis of new collagen.
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- Annalisa Tito
- Arterra Bioscience srl, via B. Brin 69, Napoli, Italy
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He JM, Zhang Z, Wang RB, Chen YP. UV-B-induced stomatal closure occurs via ethylene-dependent NO generation in Vicia faba. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2011; 38:293-302. [PMID: 32480885 DOI: 10.1071/fp10219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The role of ethylene and the relationship between ethylene and nitric oxide (NO) in ultraviolet B (UV-B)-induced stomatal closure were investigated in Vicia faba L. (broad bean) plants by epidermal strip bioassay, laser-scanning confocal microscopy and assay of ethylene production. In response to UV-B radiation, the rise of NO level in guard cells was after ethylene evolution peak, but preceded stomatal closure. Both UV-B-induced NO generation in guard cells and subsequent stomatal closure were substantially inhibited not only by NO scavenger and nitrate reductase (NR) inhibitors, but also by interfering with ethylene synthesis or perception. Although exogenous NO could reverse the inhibitive effect of interfering with ethylene synthesis or perception on UV-B-induced stomatal closure, the inhibitive effect of NO scavenger and NR inhibitors on UV-B-induced stomatal closure could not be rescued by exogenous ethylene. Taken together, our results clearly show that ethylene participates in the UV-B-induced stomatal closure and acts upstream of the NR source of NO generation in V. faba.
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- Jun-Min He
- School of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 199 South Chang'an Road, Xi'an 710062, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 199 South Chang'an Road, Xi'an 710062, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 199 South Chang'an Road, Xi'an 710062, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710075, People's Republic of China
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Poutrain P, Guirimand G, Mahroug S, Burlat V, Melin C, Ginis O, Oudin A, Giglioli-Guivarc'h N, Pichon O, Courdavault V. Molecular cloning and characterisation of two calmodulin isoforms of the Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2011; 13:36-41. [PMID: 21143723 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00325.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Involvement of Ca(2+) signalling in regulation of the biosynthesis of monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIA) in Catharanthus roseus has been extensively studied in recent years, albeit no protein of this signalling pathway has been isolated. Using a PCR strategy, two C. roseus cDNAs encoding distinct calmodulin (CAM) isoforms were cloned and named CAM1 and CAM2. The deduced 149 amino acid sequences possess four Ca(2+) binding domains and exhibit a close identity with Arabidopsis CAM isoforms (>91%). The ability of CAM1 and CAM2 to bind Ca(2+) was demonstrated following expression of the corresponding recombinant proteins. Furthermore, transient expression of CAM1-GFP and CAM2-GFP in C. roseus cells showed a typical nucleo-cytoplasm localisation of both CAMs, in agreement with the wide distribution of CAM target proteins. Using RNA blot analysis, we showed that CAM1 and CAM2 genes had a broad pattern of expression in C. roseus organs and are constitutively expressed during a C. roseus cell culture cycle, with a slight inhibitory effect of auxin for CAM1. Using RNA in situ hybridisation, we also detected CAM1 and CAM2 mRNA in the vascular bundle region of young seedling cotyledons. Finally, using specific inhibitors, we also showed that CAMs are required for MIA biosynthesis in C. roseus cells by acting on regulation of expression of genes encoding enzymes that catalyse early steps of MIA biosynthesis, such as 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase and geraniol 10-hydroxylase.
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- P Poutrain
- Université François Rabelais de Tours, EA 2106 Biomolécules et Biotechnologies Végétales, IFR 135 Imagerie fonctionnelle, Tours, France
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Ramani S, Patil N, Jayabaskaran C. UV-B induced transcript accumulation of DAHP synthase in suspension-cultured Catharanthus roseus cells. J Mol Signal 2010; 5:13. [PMID: 20704760 PMCID: PMC2930624 DOI: 10.1186/1750-2187-5-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 08/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The enzyme 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase (EC 4.1.2.15) catalyzes the first committed step in the shikimate pathway of tryptophan synthesis, an important precursor for the production of terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs). A full-length cDNA encoding nuclear coded chloroplast-specific DAHP synthase transcript was isolated from a Catharanthus roseus cDNA library. This had high sequence similarity with other members of plant DAHP synthase family. This transcript accumulated in suspension cultured C. roseus cells on ultraviolet (UV-B) irradiation. Pretreatment of C.roseus cells with variety of agents such as suramin, N-acetyl cysteine, and inhibitors of calcium fluxes and protein kinases and MAP kinase prevented this effect of UV-B irriadiation. These data further show that the essential components of the signaling pathway involved in accumulation DAHP synthase transcript in C. roseus cells include suramin-sensitive cell surface receptor, staurosporine-sensitive protein kinase and MAP kinase.
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- Shilpa Ramani
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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Peebles CA, Shanks JV, San KY. The role of the octadecanoid pathway in the production of terpenoid indole alkaloids inCatharanthus roseushairy roots under normal and UV-B stress conditions. Biotechnol Bioeng 2009; 103:1248-54. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.22350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Dubrovina AS, Kiselev KV, Veselova MV, Isaeva GA, Fedoreyev SA, Zhuravlev YN. Enhanced resveratrol accumulation in rolB transgenic cultures of Vitis amurensis correlates with unusual changes in CDPK gene expression. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 166:1194-1206. [PMID: 19285358 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2008] [Revised: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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It has been established that transformation of Vitis amurensis callus culture with the plant oncogene rolB of Agrobacterium rhizogenes results in a high level of resveratrol production in the transformed culture. In the present report, we investigated two rolB transgenic V. amurensis cell cultures with different levels of rolB expression and resveratrol production. We examined whether the calcium ion flux and later steps of the calcium-mediated signal transduction pathway play a role in resveratrol biosynthesis in the rolB transgenic cultures. It has been shown that the calcium channel blockers, LaCl(3), verapamil, and niflumic acid, significantly reduced the accumulation of resveratrol in the rolB transgenic cultures. The number of the calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) transcript variants and abundance of some of the transcripts were considerably altered in the rolB transgenic cell cultures, as revealed by frequency analysis of RT-PCR products and real-time PCR. Some unusual CDPK transcripts with deletions and insertions in the kinase domain were isolated from cDNA probes of rolB-transformed cells. These results suggest that active resveratrol biosynthesis in rolB transgenic cultures of V. amurensis is Ca2+ dependent. We propose that the rolB gene has an important role in regulation of calcium-dependent transduction pathways in transformed cells.
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- Alexandra S Dubrovina
- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia.
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Zhang WJ, Björn LO. The effect of ultraviolet radiation on the accumulation of medicinal compounds in plants. Fitoterapia 2009; 80:207-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2009.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2009] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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UV-B radiation is a key environmental signal that initiates diverse responses in plants that affect metabolism, development, and viability. Many effects of UV-B involve the differential regulation of gene expression. The response to UV-B depends on the nature of the UV-B treatment, the extent of adaptation and acclimation to UV-B, and interaction with other environmental factors. Responses to UV-B are mediated by both nonspecific signaling pathways, involving DNA damage, reactive oxygen species, and wound/defense signaling molecules, and UV-B-specific pathways that mediate photomorphogenic responses to low levels of UV-B. Importantly, photomorphogenic signaling stimulates the expression of genes involved in UV-protection and hence promotes plant survival in UV-B. Photomorphogenic UV-B signaling is mediated by the UV-B-specific component UV RESISTANCE LOCUS8 (UVR8). Both UVR8 and CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS1 (COP1) are required for UV-B-induced expression of the ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) transcription factor, which plays a central role in the regulation of genes involved in photomorphogenic UV-B responses.
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- Gareth I. Jenkins
- Plant Science Group, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Rochester JR, Klasing KC, Stevenson L, Denison MS, Berry W, Millam JR. Dietary red clover (Trifolium pratense) induces oviduct growth and decreases ovary and testes growth in Japanese quail chicks. Reprod Toxicol 2008; 27:63-71. [PMID: 19103282 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2008.11.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2008] [Revised: 11/12/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To determine whether drought-stress alters phytoestrogens in red clover and whether red clover in the diet influences sexual development in Japanese quail, we fed chicks diets containing irrigated or non-irrigated clover. Irrigation altered phytoestrogenic activity of red clover (determined using an in vitro bioassay), with extracts of irrigated clover diet containing more estrogenic activity than extracts of non-irrigated clover diet. Chick growth was negatively correlated with the amount of irrigated or non-irrigated clover in the diet. Dietary red clover also depressed both absolute and relative gonad weights; however, relative oviduct weight was increased by the irrigated diet. Diets did not affect serum vitellogenin. These results reveal a negative influence of drought-stress on phytoestrogenic potency of clover, and that red clover in the diet can inhibit avian growth and development independent of irrigation state. Thus, phytoestrogens may affect reproductive development in wild birds, and environmental stressors may influence levels of phytoestrogens in the field.
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- Johanna R Rochester
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States.
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