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Yu YZ, Ma WT, Wang X, Tcherkez G, Schnyder H, Gong XY. Reconciling water-use efficiency estimates from carbon isotope discrimination of leaf biomass and tree rings: nonphotosynthetic fractionation matters. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 39360441 DOI: 10.1111/nph.20170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 09/16/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024]
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Carbon isotope discrimination (∆) in leaf biomass (∆BL) and tree rings (∆TR) provides important proxies for plant responses to climate change, specifically in terms of intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE). However, the nonphotosynthetic 12C/13C fractionation in plant tissues has rarely been quantified and its influence on iWUE estimation remains uncertain. We derived a comprehensive, ∆ based iWUE model (iWUEcom) which includes nonphotosynthetic fractionations (d) and characterized tissue-specific d-values based on global compilations of data of ∆BL, ∆TR and real-time ∆ in leaf photosynthesis (∆online). iWUEcom was further validated with independent datasets. ∆BL was larger than ∆online by 2.53‰, while ∆BL and ∆TR showed a mean offset of 2.76‰, indicating that ∆TR is quantitatively very similar to ∆online. Applying the tissue-specific d-values (dBL = 2.5‰, dTR = 0‰), iWUE estimated from ∆BL aligned well with those estimated from ∆TR or gas exchange. ∆BL and ∆TR showed a consistent iWUE trend with an average CO2 sensitivity of 0.15 ppm ppm-1 during 1975-2015. Accounting for nonphotosynthetic fractionations improves the estimation of iWUE based on isotope records in leaf biomass and tree rings, which is ultimate for inferring changes in carbon and water cycles under historical and future climate.
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- Yong Zhi Yu
- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, Université d'Angers, 42 rue Georges Morel, Beaucouzé, 49070, France
- Research School of Biology, ANU College of Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, Freising, 85354, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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Yu YZ, Liu HT, Yang F, Li L, Schäufele R, Tcherkez G, Schnyder H, Gong XY. δ13C of bulk organic matter and cellulose reveal post-photosynthetic fractionation during ontogeny in C4 grass leaves. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2024; 75:1451-1464. [PMID: 37943576 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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The 13C isotope composition (δ13C) of leaf dry matter is a useful tool for physiological and ecological studies. However, how post-photosynthetic fractionation associated with respiration and carbon export influences δ13C remains uncertain. We investigated the effects of post-photosynthetic fractionation on δ13C of mature leaves of Cleistogenes squarrosa, a perennial C4 grass, in controlled experiments with different levels of vapour pressure deficit and nitrogen supply. With increasing leaf age class, the 12C/13C fractionation of leaf organic matter relative to the δ13C of atmosphere CO2 (ΔDM) increased while that of cellulose (Δcel) was almost constant. The divergence between ΔDM and Δcel increased with leaf age class, with a maximum value of 1.6‰, indicating the accumulation of post-photosynthetic fractionation. Applying a new mass balance model that accounts for respiration and export of photosynthates, we found an apparent 12C/13C fractionation associated with carbon export of -0.5‰ to -1.0‰. Different ΔDM among leaves, pseudostems, daughter tillers, and roots indicate that post-photosynthetic fractionation happens at the whole-plant level. Compared with ΔDM of old leaves, ΔDM of young leaves and Δcel are more reliable proxies for predicting physiological parameters due to the lower sensitivity to post-photosynthetic fractionation and the similar sensitivity in responses to environmental changes.
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- Yong Zhi Yu
- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, D-85354 Freising, Germany
- College of Resources and Environment, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, D-85354 Freising, Germany
- College of Resources and Environment, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130117, China
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, D-85354 Freising, Germany
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- Research School of Biology, ANU Joint College of Science, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, INRAe, Université d'Angers, 42 rue Georges Morel, 49070 Beaucouzé, France
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, D-85354 Freising, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, D-85354 Freising, Germany
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology, Fuzhou, China
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Ma WT, Yu YZ, Wang X, Gong XY. Estimation of intrinsic water-use efficiency from δ 13C signature of C 3 leaves: Assumptions and uncertainty. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 13:1037972. [PMID: 36714771 PMCID: PMC9877432 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1037972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Carbon isotope composition (δ13C) has been widely used to estimate the intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) of plants in ecosystems around the world, providing an ultimate record of the functional response of plants to climate change. This approach relies on established relationships between leaf gas exchange and isotopic discrimination, which are reflected in different formulations of 13C-based iWUE models. In the current literature, most studies have utilized the simple, linear equation of photosynthetic discrimination to estimate iWUE. However, recent studies demonstrated that using this linear model for quantitative studies of iWUE could be problematic. Despite these advances, there is a scarcity of review papers that have comprehensively reviewed the theoretical basis, assumptions, and uncertainty of 13C-based iWUE models. Here, we 1) present the theoretical basis of 13C-based iWUE models: the classical model (iWUEsim), the comprehensive model (iWUEcom), and the model incorporating mesophyll conductance (iWUEmes); 2) discuss the limitations of the widely used iWUEsim model; 3) and make suggestions on the application of the iWUEmes model. Finally, we suggest that a mechanistic understanding of mesophyll conductance associated effects and post-photosynthetic fractionation are the bottlenecks for improving the 13C-based estimation of iWUE.
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- Wei Ting Ma
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology, Fuzhou, China
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Bögelein R, Lehmann MM, Thomas FM. Differences in carbon isotope leaf-to-phloem fractionation and mixing patterns along a vertical gradient in mature European beech and Douglas fir. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:1803-1815. [PMID: 30740705 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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While photosynthetic isotope discrimination is well understood, the postphotosynthetic and transport-related fractionation mechanisms that influence phloem and subsequently tree ring δ13 C are less investigated and may vary among species. We studied the seasonal and diel courses of leaf-to-phloem δ13 C differences of water-soluble organic matter (WSOM) in vertical crown gradients and followed the assimilate transport via the branches to the trunk phloem at breast height in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). δ13 C of individual sugars and cyclitols from a subsample was determined by compound-specific isotope analysis. In beech, leaf-to-phloem δ13 C differences in WSOM increased with height and were partly caused by biochemical isotope fractionation between leaf compounds. 13 C-Enrichment of phloem sugars relative to leaf sucrose implies an additional isotope fractionation mechanism related to leaf assimilate export. In Douglas fir, leaf-to-phloem δ13 C differences were much smaller and isotopically invariant pinitol strongly influenced leaf and phloem WSOM. Trunk phloem WSOM at breast height reflected canopy-integrated δ13 C in beech but not in Douglas fir. Our results demonstrate that leaf-to-phloem isotope fractionation and δ13 C mixing patterns along vertical gradients can differ between tree species. These effects have to be considered for functional interpretations of trunk phloem and tree ring δ13 C.
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- Rebekka Bögelein
- Faculty of Regional and Environmental Sciences - Geobotany, University of Trier, Behringstraße 21, Trier, 54296, Germany
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- Forest Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute WSL Birmensdorf, Zuercherstrasse 111, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Regional and Environmental Sciences - Geobotany, University of Trier, Behringstraße 21, Trier, 54296, Germany
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Tea I, Tcherkez G. Natural Isotope Abundance in Metabolites: Techniques and Kinetic Isotope Effect Measurement in Plant, Animal, and Human Tissues. Methods Enzymol 2017; 596:113-147. [PMID: 28911768 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2017.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The natural isotope abundance in bulk organic matter or tissues is not a sufficient base to investigate physiological properties, biosynthetic mechanisms, and nutrition sources of biological systems. In fact, isotope effects in metabolism lead to a heterogeneous distribution of 2H, 18O, 13C, and 15N isotopes in metabolites. Therefore, compound-specific isotopic analysis (CSIA) is crucial to biological and medical applications of stable isotopes. Here, we review methods to implement CSIA for 15N and 13C from plant, animal, and human samples and discuss technical solutions that have been used for the conversion to CO2 and N2 for IRMS analysis, derivatization and isotope effect measurements. It appears that despite the flexibility of instruments used for CSIA, there is no universal method simply because the chemical nature of metabolites of interest varies considerably. Also, CSIA methods are often limited by isotope effects in sample preparation or the addition of atoms from the derivatizing reagents, and this implies that corrections must be made to calculate a proper δ-value. Therefore, CSIA has an enormous potential for biomedical applications, but its utilization requires precautions for its successful application.
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- Illa Tea
- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Cancer Metabolism and Genetics Group, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; EBSI Team, CEISAM, University of Nantes-CNRS UMR 6230, Nantes, France
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
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Mauve C, Giraud N, Boex-Fontvieille ERA, Antheaume I, Tea I, Tcherkez G. Kinetic commitment in the catalysis of glutamine synthesis by GS1 from Arabidopsis using 14N/ 15N and solvent isotope effects. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 108:203-211. [PMID: 27448794 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Glutamine synthetase (GS, EC 6.3.1.2) catalyzes the production of glutamine from glutamate, ammonium and ATP. Although being essential in plants for N assimilation and recycling, kinetic commitments and transition states of the reaction have not been clearly established yet. Here, we examined 12C/13C, 14N/15N and H2O/D2O isotope effects in Arabidopsis GS1 catalysis and compared to the prokaryotic (Escherichia coli) enzyme. A14N/15N isotope effect (15V/K ≈ 1.015, with respect to substrate NH4+) was observed in the prokaryotic enzyme, indicating that ammonium utilization (deprotonation and/or amidation) was partially rate-limiting. In the plant enzyme, the isotope effect was inverse (15V/K = 0.965), suggesting that the reaction intermediate is involved in an amidation-deamidation equilibrium favoring 15N. There was no 12C/13C kinetic isotope effect (13V/K = 1.000), suggesting that the amidation step of the catalytic cycle involves a transition state with minimal alteration of overall force constants at the C-5 carbon. Surprisingly, the solvent isotope effect was found to be inverse, that is, with a higher turn-over rate in heavy water (DV ≈ 0.5), showing that restructuration of the active site due to displacement of H2O by D2O facilitates the processing of intermediates.
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- Caroline Mauve
- Plateforme Métabolisme-Métabolome, Institute of Plant Science of Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, UMR 8182, Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologies végétales appliquées aux Plantes aromatiques et médicinales, Université Jean Monnet, 42023, Saint Etienne Cedex 2, France
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- Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon Terre, Planètes, Environnement. UMR 5276, Université de Lyon, 69361, Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité: Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation, UMR 6230, Université de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 3, 44322, France; John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra ACT, 2601, Australia.
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Lamade E, Tcherkez G, Darlan NH, Rodrigues RL, Fresneau C, Mauve C, Lamothe-Sibold M, Sketriené D, Ghashghaie J. Natural (13) C distribution in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) and consequences for allocation pattern. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:199-212. [PMID: 26228944 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Oil palm has now become one of the most important crops, palm oil representing nearly 25% of global plant oil consumption. Many studies have thus addressed oil palm ecophysiology and photosynthesis-based models of carbon allocation have been used. However, there is a lack of experimental data on carbon fixation and redistribution within palm trees, and important C-sinks have not been fully characterized yet. Here, we carried out extensive measurement of natural (13) C-abundance (δ(13) C) in oil palm tissues, including fruits at different maturation stages. We find a (13) C-enrichment in heterotrophic organs compared to mature leaves, with roots being the most (13) C-enriched. The δ(13) C in fruits decreased during maturation, reflecting the accumulation in (13) C-depleted lipids. We further used observed δ(13) C values to compute plausible carbon fluxes using a steady-state model of (13) C-distribution including metabolic isotope effects ((12) v/(13) v). The results suggest that fruits represent a major respiratory loss (≈39% of total tree respiration) and that sink organs such as fruits are fed by sucrose from leaves. That is, glucose appears to be a quantitatively important compound in palm tissues, but computations indicate that it is involved in dynamic starch metabolism rather that C-exchange between organs.
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- Emmanuelle Lamade
- UPR34 Performance of Perennial Cropping Systems, CIRAD-PERSYST, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- Research School of Biology, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2601, Australia
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- Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute, IOPRI, Jl. Brigjen Katamso 51, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
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- ESE, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8079, Orsay cedex, 91405, France
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- Plateforme Métabolisme-Métabolome, Université Paris-Sud, IPS2, Orsay cedex, 91405, France
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- Plateforme Métabolisme-Métabolome, Université Paris-Sud, IPS2, Orsay cedex, 91405, France
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- ESE, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8079, Orsay cedex, 91405, France
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- ESE, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8079, Orsay cedex, 91405, France
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Rinne KT, Saurer M, Kirdyanov AV, Loader NJ, Bryukhanova MV, Werner RA, Siegwolf RTW. The relationship between needle sugar carbon isotope ratios and tree rings of larch in Siberia. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 35:1192-1205. [PMID: 26433019 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Significant gaps still exist in our knowledge about post-photosynthetic leaf level and downstream metabolic processes and isotopic fractionations. This includes their impact on the isotopic climate signal stored in the carbon isotope composition (δ(13)C) of leaf assimilates and tree rings. For the first time, we compared the seasonal δ(13)C variability of leaf sucrose with intra-annual, high-resolution δ(13)C signature of tree rings from larch (Larix gmelinii Rupr.). The trees were growing at two sites in the continuous permafrost zone of Siberia with different growth conditions. Our results indicate very similar low-frequency intra-seasonal trends of the sucrose and tree ring δ(13)C records with little or no indication for the use of 'old' photosynthates formed during the previous year(s). The comparison of leaf sucrose δ(13)C values with that in other leaf sugars and in tree rings elucidates the cause for the reported (13)C-enrichment of sink organs compared with leaves. We observed that while the average δ(13)C of all needle sugars was 1.2‰ more negative than δ(13)C value of wood, the δ(13)C value of the transport sugar sucrose was on an average 1.0‰ more positive than that of wood. Our study shows a high potential of the combined use of compound-specific isotope analysis of sugars (leaf and phloem) with intra-annual tree ring δ(13)C measurements for deepening our understanding about the mechanisms controlling the isotope variability in tree rings under different environmental conditions.
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- K T Rinne
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland Present address: Natural Resources Institute Finland, PO Box 18, FI-01301 Vantaa, Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Department of Geography, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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Rinne KT, Saurer M, Kirdyanov AV, Bryukhanova MV, Prokushkin AS, Churakova Sidorova OV, Siegwolf RTW. Examining the response of needle carbohydrates from Siberian larch trees to climate using compound-specific δ(13) C and concentration analyses. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2015; 38:2340-2352. [PMID: 25916312 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Little is known about the dynamics of concentrations and carbon isotope ratios of individual carbohydrates in leaves in response to climatic and physiological factors. Improved knowledge of the isotopic ratio in sugars will enhance our understanding of the tree ring isotope ratio and will help to decipher environmental conditions in retrospect more reliably. Carbohydrate samples from larch (Larix gmelinii) needles of two sites in the continuous permafrost zone of Siberia with differing growth conditions were analysed with the Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA). We compared concentrations and carbon isotope values (δ(13) C) of sucrose, fructose, glucose and pinitol combined with phenological data. The results for the variability of the needle carbohydrates show high dynamics with distinct seasonal characteristics between and within the studied years with a clear link to the climatic conditions, particularly vapour pressure deficit. Compound-specific differences in δ(13) C values as a response to climate were detected. The δ(13) C of pinitol, which contributes up to 50% of total soluble carbohydrates, was almost invariant during the whole growing season. Our study provides the first in-depth characterization of compound-specific needle carbohydrate isotope variability, identifies involved mechanisms and shows the potential of such results for linking tree physiological responses to different climatic conditions.
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- K T Rinne
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), CH-5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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Sawicki M, Ait Barka E, Clément C, Gilard F, Tcherkez G, Baillieul F, Vaillant-Gaveau N, Jacquard C. Cold-night responses in grapevine inflorescences. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 239:115-27. [PMID: 26398796 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2015] [Revised: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Cold nights impact grapevine flower development and fruit set. Regulation at the female meiosis stepmay be of considerable importance for further understanding on how flower reacts to cold stress. In this study, the impact of chilling temperature (0 °C overnight) on carbon metabolism was investigated in the inflorescencesof two cultivars, Pinot noir (Pinot) and Gewurztraminer (Gewurtz.). Fluctuations in photosynthetic activity and carbohydrate metabolism were monitored by analyzing gas exchanges, simultaneous photosystem I and II activities, andcarbohydrate content. Further, the expression of PEPc, PC, FNR, ISO, OXO, AGPase, amylases and invertase genes, activities of various enzymes, as well as metabolomic analysis were attained. Results showed that the chilling night has different impacts depending on cultivars. Thus, in Gewurtz., net photosynthesis (Pn) was transiently increased whereas, in Pinot, the Pn increase was persistent and concomitant with an inhibition of respiration. However, during the days following the cold night, photosynthetic activity was decreased, and the cyclic electron flow was inhibited in Gewurtz., suggesting lower efficient energy dissipation. Likewise, metabolomic analysis revealed that several metabolites contents (namely alanine, GABA, lysine and succinate)were distinctly modulated in the two cultivars. Taking together, these results reflect a photosynthetic metabolism alteration or internal CO2 conductance in Gewurtz. explaining partly why Pinot is less susceptible to cold stress.
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- Mélodie Sawicki
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne-EA 4707, Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Moulin de la Housse-Bâtiment 18, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne-EA 4707, Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Moulin de la Housse-Bâtiment 18, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France.
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne-EA 4707, Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Moulin de la Housse-Bâtiment 18, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
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- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Université Paris Sud-CNRS, UMR 8618 Rue de Noetzlin-Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, Université Paris Sud-CNRS, UMR 8618 Rue de Noetzlin-Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne-EA 4707, Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Moulin de la Housse-Bâtiment 18, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne-EA 4707, Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Moulin de la Housse-Bâtiment 18, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Unité de Recherche Vignes et Vins de Champagne-EA 4707, Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes, Moulin de la Housse-Bâtiment 18, BP 1039, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
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Diomande DG, Martineau E, Gilbert A, Nun P, Murata A, Yamada K, Watanabe N, Tea I, Robins RJ, Yoshida N, Remaud GS. Position-Specific Isotope Analysis of Xanthines: A 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Method to Determine the 13C Intramolecular Composition at Natural Abundance. Anal Chem 2015; 87:6600-6. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Didier G. Diomande
- EBSI
team, Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling
(CEISAM), University of Nantes, CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 cedex 3 Nantes, France
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- EBSI
team, Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling
(CEISAM), University of Nantes, CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 cedex 3 Nantes, France
- Spectromaitrise, CAPACITÉS SAS, 26 boulevard Vincent Gâche, 44200 Nantes, France
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- Earth-Life
Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- EBSI
team, Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling
(CEISAM), University of Nantes, CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 cedex 3 Nantes, France
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- Institute
of Food Chemistry, Braunschweig University of Technology, Schleinitzstrasse
20, DE-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department
of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Engineering, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan
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- EBSI
team, Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling
(CEISAM), University of Nantes, CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 cedex 3 Nantes, France
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- EBSI
team, Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling
(CEISAM), University of Nantes, CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 cedex 3 Nantes, France
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- Earth-Life
Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- Department
of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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- EBSI
team, Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling
(CEISAM), University of Nantes, CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 cedex 3 Nantes, France
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Zhou Y, Stuart-Williams H, Grice K, Kayler ZE, Zavadlav S, Vogts A, Rommerskirchen F, Farquhar GD, Gessler A. Allocate carbon for a reason: priorities are reflected in the ¹³C/¹²C ratios of plant lipids synthesized via three independent biosynthetic pathways. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2015; 111:14-20. [PMID: 25576502 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2014] [Revised: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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It has long been theorized that carbon allocation, in addition to the carbon source and to kinetic isotopic effects associated with a particular lipid biosynthetic pathway, plays an important role in shaping the carbon isotopic composition ((13)C/(12)C) of lipids (Park and Epstein, 1961). If the latter two factors are properly constrained, valuable information about carbon allocation during lipid biosynthesis can be obtained from carbon isotope measurements. Published work of Chikaraishi et al. (2004) showed that leaf lipids isotopic shifts from bulk leaf tissue Δδ(13)C(bk-lp) (defined as δ(13)C(bulkleaftissue)-δ(13)C(lipid)) are pathway dependent: the acetogenic (ACT) pathway synthesizing fatty lipids has the largest isotopic shift, the mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway synthesizing sterols the lowest and the phytol synthesizing 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP) pathway gives intermediate values. The differences in Δδ(13)C(bk-lp) between C3 and C4 plants Δδ(13)C(bk-lp,C4-C3) are also pathway-dependent: Δδ(13)C(ACT)(bk-lp,C4-C3) > Δδ(13)C(DXP(bk-lp,C4-C3) > Δδ(13)C(MVA)(bk-lp,C4-C3). These pathway-dependent differences have been interpreted as resulting from kinetic isotopic effect differences of key but unspecified biochemical reactions involved in lipids biosynthesis between C3 and C4 plants. After quantitatively considering isotopic shifts caused by (dark) respiration, export-of-carbon (to sink tissues) and photorespiration, we propose that the pathway-specific differences Δδ(13)C(bk-lp,C4-C3) can be successfully explained by C4-C3 carbon allocation (flux) differences with greatest flux into the ACT pathway and lowest into the MVA pathways (when flux is higher, isotopic shift relative to source is smaller). Highest carbon allocation to the ACT pathway appears to be tied to the most stringent role of water-loss-minimization by leaf waxes (composed mainly of fatty lipids) while the lowest carbon allocation to the MVA pathway can be largely explained by the fact that sterols act as regulatory hormones and membrane fluidity modulators in rather low concentrations.
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- Youping Zhou
- Institute for Landscape Biogeochemistry, ZALF, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; SKLLQG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China; Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Landscape Biogeochemistry, ZALF, Germany; Swiss Federal Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Gessler A, Ferrio JP, Hommel R, Treydte K, Werner RA, Monson RK. Stable isotopes in tree rings: towards a mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation and mixing processes from the leaves to the wood. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 34:796-818. [PMID: 24907466 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The mechanistic understanding of isotope fractionation processes is increasing but we still lack detailed knowledge of the processes that determine the isotopic composition of the tree-ring archive over the long term. Especially with regard to the path from leaf photosynthate production to wood formation, post-assimilation fractionations/processes might cause at least a partial decoupling between the leaf isotope signals that record processes such as stomatal conductance, transpiration and photosynthesis, and the wood or cellulose signals that are stored in the paleophysiological record. In this review, we start from the rather well understood processes at the leaf level such as photosynthetic carbon isotope fractionation, leaf water evaporative isotope enrichment and the issue of the isotopic composition of inorganic sources (CO2 and H2O), though we focus on the less explored 'downstream' processes related to metabolism and transport. We further summarize the roles of cellulose and lignin as important chemical constituents of wood, and the processes that determine the transfer of photosynthate (sucrose) and associated isotopic signals to wood production. We cover the broad topics of post-carboxylation carbon isotope fractionation and of the exchange of organic oxygen with water within the tree. In two case studies, we assess the transfer of carbon and oxygen isotopic signals from leaves to tree rings. Finally we address the issue of different temporal scales and link isotope fractionation at the shorter time scale for processes in the leaf to the isotopic ratio as recorded across longer time scales of the tree-ring archive.
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- Arthur Gessler
- Institute for Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalderstr. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Crop and Forest Science-AGROTECNIO Center, University of Lleida, Avda Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain
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- Institute for Landscape Biogeochemistry, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Eberswalderstr. 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Landscape Dynamics, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitaetsstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment and Laboratory for Tree Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Gilbert A, Robins RJ, Remaud GS, Tcherkez GGB. Intramolecular 13C pattern in hexoses from autotrophic and heterotrophic C3 plant tissues. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:18204-9. [PMID: 23074255 PMCID: PMC3497804 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211149109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The stable carbon isotope (13)C is used as a universal tracer in plant eco-physiology and studies of carbon exchange between vegetation and atmosphere. Photosynthesis fractionates against (13)CO(2) so that source sugars (photosynthates) are on average (13)C depleted by 20‰ compared with atmospheric CO(2). The carbon isotope distribution within sugars has been shown to be heterogeneous, with relatively (13)C-enriched and (13)C-depleted C-atom positions. The (13)C pattern within sugars is the cornerstone of (13)C distribution in plants, because all metabolites inherit the (13)C abundance in their specific precursor C-atom positions. However, the intramolecular isotope pattern in source leaf glucose and the isotope fractionation associated with key enzymes involved in sugar interconversions are currently unknown. To gain insight into these, we have analyzed the intramolecular isotope composition in source leaf transient starch, grain storage starch, and root storage sucrose and measured the site-specific isotope fractionation associated with the invertase (EC 3.2.1.26) and glucose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.5) reactions. When these data are integrated into a simple steady-state model of plant isotopic fluxes, the enzyme-dependent fractionations satisfactorily predict the observed intramolecular patterns. These results demonstrate that glucose and sucrose metabolism is the primary determinant of the (13)C abundance in source and sink tissue and is, therefore, of fundamental importance to the interpretation of plant isotopic signals.
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- Alexis Gilbert
- L'Université Nantes Angers Le Mans, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique- University of Nantes Unité Mixte de Recherche 6230, F-44322 Nantes, France.
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Gilbert A, Silvestre V, Robins RJ, Remaud GS, Tcherkez G. Biochemical and physiological determinants of intramolecular isotope patterns in sucrose from C3, C4 and CAM plants accessed by isotopic 13C NMR spectrometry: a viewpoint. Nat Prod Rep 2012; 29:476-86. [DOI: 10.1039/c2np00089j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tcherkez G, Mahé A, Hodges M. (12)C/(13)C fractionations in plant primary metabolism. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2011; 16:499-506. [PMID: 21705262 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Revised: 05/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Natural (13)C abundance is now an unavoidable tool to study ecosystem and plant carbon economies. A growing number of studies take advantage of isotopic fractionation between carbon pools or (13)C abundance in respiratory CO(2) to examine the carbon source of respiration, plant biomass production or organic matter sequestration in soils. (12)C/(13)C isotope effects associated with plant metabolism are thus essential to understand natural isotopic signals. However, isotope effects of enzymes do not influence metabolites separately, but combine to yield a (12)C/(13)C isotopologue redistribution orchestrated by metabolic flux patterns. In this review, we summarise key metabolic isotope effects and integrate them into the corpus of plant primary carbon metabolism.
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- Guillaume Tcherkez
- Institut de Biologie des Plantes, CNRS UMR 8618, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
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Gilbert A, Silvestre V, Segebarth N, Tcherkez G, Guillou C, Robins RJ, Akoka S, Remaud GS. The intramolecular ¹³C-distribution in ethanol reveals the influence of the CO₂ -fixation pathway and environmental conditions on the site-specific ¹³C variation in glucose. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2011; 34:1104-1112. [PMID: 21410708 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02308.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Efforts to understand the cause of ¹²C versus ¹³C isotope fractionation in plants during photosynthesis and post-photosynthetic metabolism are frustrated by the lack of data on the intramolecular ¹³C-distribution in metabolites and its variation with environmental conditions. We have exploited isotopic carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (¹³C NMR) spectrometry to measure the positional isotope composition (δ¹³C(i) , ‰) in ethanol samples from different origins: European wines, liquors and sugars from C₃, C₄ and crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants. In C₃-ethanol samples, the methylene group was always ¹³C-enriched (∼2‰) relative to the methyl group. In wines, this pattern was correlated with both air temperature and δ(18)O of wine water, indicating that water vapour deficit may be a critical defining factor. Furthermore, in C₄-ethanol, the reverse relationship was observed (methylene-C relatively ¹³C-depleted), supporting the concept that photorespiration is the key metabolic process leading to the ¹³C distribution in C₃-ethanol. By contrast, in CAM-ethanol, the isotopic pattern was similar to but stronger than C₃-ethanol, with a relative ¹³C-enrichment in the methylene-C of up to 13‰. Plausible causes of this ¹³C-pattern are briefly discussed. As the intramolecular δ¹³C(i) -values in ethanol reflect that in source glucose, our data point out the crucial impact on the ratio of metabolic pathways sustaining glucose synthesis.
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- Alexis Gilbert
- 1Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis,Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), University of Nantes – CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de laHoussinière, BP 92208, F-44322 Nantes, France
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Gilbert A, Silvestre V, Robins RJ, Tcherkez G, Remaud GS. A 13C NMR spectrometric method for the determination of intramolecular δ13C values in fructose from plant sucrose samples. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 191:579-588. [PMID: 21388380 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03690.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Recent developments in (13) C NMR spectrometry have allowed the determination of intramolecular (13) C/(12) C ratios with high precision. However, the analysis of carbohydrates requires their derivatization to constrain the anomeric carbon. Fructose has proved to be particularly problematic because of a byproduct occurring during derivatization and the complexity of the NMR spectrum of the derivative. Here, we describe a method to determine the intramolecular (13) C/(12) C ratios in fructose by (13) C NMR analysis of the acetyl-isopropylidene derivative. We have applied this method to measure the intramolecular (13) C/(12) C distribution in the fructosyl moiety of sucrose and have compared this with that in the glucosyl moiety. Three prominent features stand out. First, in sucrose from both C(3) and C(4) plants, the C-1 and C-2 positions of the glucosyl and fructosyl moieties are markedly different. Second, these positions in C(3) and C(4) plants show a similar profile. Third, the glucosyl and fructosyl moieties of sucrose from Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) metabolism have a different profile. These contrasting values can be interpreted as a result of the isotopic selectivity of enzymes that break or make covalent bonds in glucose metabolism, whereas the distinctive (13) C pattern in CAM sucrose probably indicates a substantial contribution of gluconeogenesis to glucose synthesis.
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- Alexis Gilbert
- Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), University of Nantes-CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 Nantes, France
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- Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), University of Nantes-CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 Nantes, France
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- Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), University of Nantes-CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 Nantes, France
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- Plant Biology Institute (IBP), CNRS UMR 8618, University of Paris Sud 11, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), University of Nantes-CNRS UMR 6230, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, F-44322 Nantes, France
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Molero G, Aranjuelo I, Teixidor P, Araus JL, Nogués S. Measurement of 13C and 15N isotope labeling by gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry to study amino acid fluxes in a plant-microbe symbiotic association. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:599-607. [PMID: 21290446 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We have developed a method based on a double labeling with stable isotopes and gas chromatography/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) analyses to study amino acid exchange in a symbiotic plant-microbe association. Isotopic precision was studied for 21 standards including 15 amino acid derivatives, three N-protected amino acid methyl esters, three amines and one international standard. High correlations were observed between the δ(13)C and δ(15)N values obtained by GC/C/IRMS and those obtained by an elemental analyzer (EA) coupled to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (R(2) = 0.9868 and 0.9992, respectively). The mean precision measured was 0.04‰ for δ(13)C and 0.28‰ for δ(15)N (n = 15). This method was applied in vivo to the symbiotic relationship between alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and N(2)-fixing bacteria. Plants were simultaneously labeled over 10 days with (13)C-depleted CO(2) ((12)CO(2)), which was assimilated through photosynthesis by leaves, and (15)N(2) fixed via nodules. Subsequently, the C and N isotope compositions (i.e. δ(13)C and δ(15)N) of free amino acids were analyzed in leaves and nodules by GC/C/IRMS. The method revealed the pattern of C and N exchange between leaves and nodules, highlighting that γ-aminobutanoic acid and glycine may represent an important form of C transport from leaves to the nodules. The results confirmed the validity, reliability and accuracy of the method for assessing C and N fluxes between plants and symbiotic bacteria and support the use of this technique in a broad range of metabolic and fluxomic studies.
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- Gemma Molero
- Unitat de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
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Tcherkez G, Mauve C, Lamothe M, Le Bras C, Grapin A. The 13C/12C isotopic signal of day-respired CO2 in variegated leaves of Pelargonium × hortorum. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2011; 34:270-283. [PMID: 20955224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02241.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In leaves, although it is accepted that CO(2) evolved by dark respiration after illumination is naturally (13) C-enriched compared to organic matter or substrate sucrose, much uncertainty remains on whether day respiration produces (13) C-depleted or (13) C-enriched CO(2). Here, we applied equations described previously for mesocosm CO(2) exchange to investigate the carbon isotope composition of CO(2) respired by autotrophic and heterotrophic tissues of Pelargonium × hortorum leaves, taking advantage of leaf variegation. Day-respired CO(2) was slightly (13) C-depleted compared to organic matter both under 21% O(2) and 2% O(2). Furthermore, most, if not all CO(2) molecules evolved in the light came from carbon atoms that had been fixed previously before the experiments, in both variegated and green leaves. We conclude that the usual definition of day respiratory fractionation, that assumes carbon fixed by current net photosynthesis is the respiratory substrate, is not valid in Pelargonium leaves under our conditions. In variegated leaves, total organic matter was slightly (13) C-depleted in white areas and so were most primary metabolites. This small isotopic difference between white and green areas probably came from the small contribution of photosynthetic CO(2) refixation and the specific nitrogen metabolism in white leaf areas.
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- Guillaume Tcherkez
- Plateforme Métabolisme-Métabolome IFR87, Institut de Biologie des Plantes, UMR CNRS 8618, Bâtiment 630, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405 Orsay cedex, France.
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Determination of the natural abundance δ15N of nortropane alkaloids by gas chromatography–isotope ratio mass spectrometry of their ethylcarbamate esters. Anal Bioanal Chem 2009; 396:1405-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3354-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Revised: 11/25/2009] [Accepted: 11/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gilbert A, Silvestre V, Robins RJ, Remaud GS. Accurate Quantitative Isotopic 13C NMR Spectroscopy for the Determination of the Intramolecular Distribution of 13C in Glucose at Natural Abundance. Anal Chem 2009; 81:8978-85. [DOI: 10.1021/ac901441g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Alexis Gilbert
- Elucidation of Biosynthesis by Isotopic Spectrometry Group, CNRS-University of Nantes Unit for Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), UMR CNRS6230, 2 Rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, Nantes 44322 Cedex 3, France
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- Elucidation of Biosynthesis by Isotopic Spectrometry Group, CNRS-University of Nantes Unit for Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), UMR CNRS6230, 2 Rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, Nantes 44322 Cedex 3, France
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- Elucidation of Biosynthesis by Isotopic Spectrometry Group, CNRS-University of Nantes Unit for Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), UMR CNRS6230, 2 Rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, Nantes 44322 Cedex 3, France
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- Elucidation of Biosynthesis by Isotopic Spectrometry Group, CNRS-University of Nantes Unit for Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM), UMR CNRS6230, 2 Rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, Nantes 44322 Cedex 3, France
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Bathellier C, Tcherkez G, Mauve C, Bligny R, Gout E, Ghashghaie J. On the resilience of nitrogen assimilation by intact roots under starvation, as revealed by isotopic and metabolomic techniques. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:2847-2856. [PMID: 19670342 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The response of root metabolism to variations in carbon source availability is critical for whole-plant nitrogen (N) assimilation and growth. However, the effect of changes in the carbohydrate input to intact roots is currently not well understood and, for example, both smaller and larger values of root:shoot ratios or root N uptake have been observed so far under elevated CO(2). In addition, previous studies on sugar starvation mainly focused on senescent or excised organs while an increasing body of data suggests that intact roots may behave differently with, for example, little protein remobilization. Here, we investigated the carbon and nitrogen primary metabolism in intact roots of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plants maintained under continuous darkness for 4 days. We combined natural isotopic (15)N/(14)N measurements, metabolomic and (13)C-labeling data and show that intact roots continued nitrate assimilation to glutamate for at least 3 days while the respiration rate decreased. The activity of the tricarboxylic acid cycle diminished so that glutamate synthesis was sustained by the anaplerotic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase fixation. Presumably, the pentose phosphate pathway contributed to provide reducing power for nitrate reduction. All the biosynthetic metabolic fluxes were nevertheless down-regulated and, consequently, the concentration of all amino acids decreased. This is the case of asparagine, strongly suggesting that, as opposed to excised root tips, protein remobilization in intact roots remained very low for 3 days in spite of the restriction of respiratory substrates.
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- Camille Bathellier
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution (ESE), CNRS-UMR 8079 - IFR 87, Bâtiment 362, Université Paris-Sud, 91405-Orsay cedex, France.
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Maunoury-Danger F, Bathellier C, Laurette J, Fresneau C, Ghashghaie J, Damesin C, Tcherkez G. Is there any 12C/13C fractionation during starch remobilisation and sucrose export in potato tubers? RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:2527-2533. [PMID: 19603460 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
The delta(13)C (carbon isotope composition) variations in respired CO(2), total organic matter, proteins, sucrose and starch have been measured during tuber sprouting of potato (Solanum tuberosum) in darkness. Measurements were carried out both on tubers and on their growing sprouts for 23 days after the start of sprout development. Sucrose was slightly (13)C-depleted compared with starch in tubers, suggesting that starch breakdown was associated with a small isotope fractionation. In sprouts, all biochemical fractions including sucrose were (13)C-enriched compared with source tuber-sucrose, suggesting that sucrose translocation from tuber to sprouts fractionated against (12)C. However, both apparent fractionations were explained by the consumption of (13)C-depleted carbon for respiration or growth that enriched in the (13)C sucrose molecules left behind. In addition, whole tuber sucrose is constantly composed of recent sucrose from starch breakdown and old sucrose associated with an inherited, slightly (13)C-depleted pool. We therefore conclude that any fractionation at either the starch breakdown or the sucrose translocation level is unlikely under our conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Florence Maunoury-Danger
- Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR 8079, Orsay cedex, F-91405, France
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