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Jiao J, Xia Y, Zhang Y, Wu X, Liu C, Feng J, Zheng X, Song S, Bai T, Song C, Wang M, Pang H. Phenylalanine 4-Hydroxylase Contributes to Endophytic Bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens' Melatonin Biosynthesis. Front Genet 2021; 12:746392. [PMID: 34868217 PMCID: PMC8634680 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.746392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Melatonin acts both as an antioxidant and as a growth regulatory substance in plants. Pseudomonas fluorescens endophytic bacterium has been shown to produce melatonin and increase plant resistance to abiotic stressors through increasing endogenous melatonin. However, in bacteria, genes are still not known to be melatonin-related. Here, we reported that the bacterial phenylalanine 4-hydroxylase (PAH) may be involved in the 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) biosynthesis and further influenced the subsequent production of melatonin in P. fluorescens. The purified PAH protein of P. fluorescens not only hydroxylated phenylalanine but also exhibited l-tryptophan (l-Trp) hydroxylase activity by converting l-Trp to 5-HTP in vitro. However, bacterial PAH displayed lower activity and affinity for l-Trp than l-phenylalanine. Notably, the PAH deletion of P. fluorescens blocked melatonin production by causing a significant decline in 5-HTP levels and thus decreased the resistance to abiotic stress. Overall, this study revealed a possible role for bacterial PAH in controlling 5-HTP and melatonin biosynthesis in bacteria, and expanded the current knowledge of melatonin production in microorganisms.
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- Jian Jiao
- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Fruit and Cucurbit Biology, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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Zhang J, Yao Z, Zhang R, Mou Z, Yin H, Xu T, Zhao D, Chen S. Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Profile of the SNAT Gene Family in Tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum). Front Genet 2020; 11:591984. [PMID: 33193735 PMCID: PMC7652900 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.591984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Melatonin plays key roles in development and confers stress tolerance to plants. Serotonin N-acetyltransferase (SNAT) is either the enzyme involved in the last step or the penultimate enzyme of phytomelatonin biosynthesis. To date, SNAT genes have not been characterized in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), an economically important plant species. The sequence of the Acetyltransf_7 conserved domain was used as a query sequence, and 12 NtSNAT candidate genes were in turn identified in the genome of tobacco. These NtSNATs could be divided into two groups based on the phylogenetic tree. NtSNAT1 and NtSNAT2 clustered together with the other typical SNATs, but the other 10 NtSNATs separately clustered outside of the typical SNATs. These 10 NtSNATs have only motif 1, whereas representative SNATs, such as NtSNAT1 and NtSNAT2 or a SNAT from cyanobacteria, have five motifs. In addition, NtSNAT1 and NtSNAT2 are highly homologous to the characterized OsSNAT1, 62.95 and 71.36%, respectively; however, the homology between the other 10 NtSNAT genes and OsSNAT1 is low. Concomitantly, it is hypothesized that NtSNAT1 and NtSNAT2 are the homolog of SNATs, whereas the other 10 candidates could be considered NtSNAT-like genes. Furthermore, both Nicotiana tomentosiformis and Nicotiana sylvestris, two diploid ancestor species of N. tabacum, have two SNAT candidates; therefore, it is speculated that gene rearrangement or deletion during the process of genomic stabilization after whole-genome duplication or polyploidization led to the preservation of NtSNAT1 and NtSNAT2 during the evolution of tobacco from the ancestral diploid to the allotetraploid. NtSNAT and NtSNAT-like genes were differentially expressed in all organs under different stress conditions, indicating that these genes potentially associated with plant growth and development and stress resistance. Under different stress conditions, the expression of NtSNAT1 was significantly upregulated upon high-temperature and cadmium stresses, while the expression of NtSNAT2 did not significantly increase under any of the tested stress treatments. These results provide valuable information for elucidating the evolutionary relationship of SNAT genes in tobacco and genetic resources for improving tobacco production in the future.
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- Jiemei Zhang
- Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Plant Disease and Pest, Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Crop Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Plant Disease and Pest, Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Crop Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Plant Disease and Pest, Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Crop Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Plant Disease and Pest, Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Crop Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Wenshan Branch of Yunnan Tobacco Company, Wenshan, China
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- Wenshan Branch of Yunnan Tobacco Company, Wenshan, China
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- Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Plant Disease and Pest, Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Crop Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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- Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Plant Disease and Pest, Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Crop Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.,School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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Anagnostou VK, Doussis-Anagnostopoulou I, Tiniakos DG, Karandrea D, Agapitos E, Karakitsos P, Kittas C. Ontogeny of intrinsic innervation in the human thymus and spleen. J Histochem Cytochem 2007; 55:813-20. [PMID: 17438351 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6a7168.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The ontogeny of the innervation of human lymphoid organs has not been studied in detail. Our aim was to assess the nature and distribution of parenchymal nerves in human fetal thymus and spleen. We used the peroxidase immunohistochemical technique with antibodies specific to neuron-specific enolase (NSE), neurofilaments (NF), PGP9.5, S100 protein, and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and evaluated our results with image analysis. In human fetal thymus, NSE-, NF-, S100-, PGP9.5-, and TH-positive nerves were identified associated with large blood vessels from 18 gestational weeks (gw) onwards, increasing in density during development. Their branches penetrated the septal areas at 20 gw, reaching the cortex and the corticomedullary junction between 20 and 23 gw. Few nerve fibers were seen in the medulla in close association with Hassall's corpuscles. In human fetal spleen, NSE-, NF-, S100-, PGP9.5-, and TH-positive nerve fibers were localized in the connective tissue surrounding the splenic artery at 18 gw. Perivascular NSE-, NF-, S100-, PGP9.5-, and TH-positive nerve fibers were seen extending into the white pulp, mainly in association with the central artery and its branches, increasing in density during gestation. Scattered NSE-, NF-, S100-, PGP9.5-, and TH-positive nerve fibers and endings were localized in the red pulp from 18 gw onward. The predominant perivascular distribution of most parenchymal nerves implies that thymic and splenic innervation may play an important functional role during intrauterine life.
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- Valsamo K Anagnostou
- Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 M. Asias Str, 11527 Athens, Greece.
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Casrouge A, Veitia R, Kirchner J, Bevan MJ, Kanellopoulos J. The human and mouse orthologous LIM-only proteins respectively encoded in chromosome 6 and 17 show a different expression pattern. Microbes Infect 2004; 6:1063-72. [PMID: 15380775 PMCID: PMC2778486 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2004] [Accepted: 06/04/2004] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Thymocytes interact with various subpopulations of thymic epithelial cells (TECs) at different stages of their development. To identify new molecules specifically expressed in TECs and/or thymic nurse cells (TNCs), we used representational difference analysis. We identified a LIM protein located on mouse chromosome 17 (m17TLP) and belonging to the family of the LIM-only proteins (LIMo). We found a new splice variant in addition to the two described A and B isoforms. The three alternative species of m17TLP are found strictly in the thymic stroma. This protein is expressed on a subpopulation of TECs and TNCs. Strikingly, we found that the human ortholog of m17TLP, located on chromosome 6 (h6LIMo), is expressed in most tissues, but not in skeletal muscle. We have identified four human splice variants of h6LIMo which differ in their carboxy-terminal regions. The sequence comprising the genomic structure suggests that CRP2 is the closest known relative of m17TLP. Although the human and mouse nucleotide sequences are 88-97% homologous, this homology is reduced to 47% in the promoter regions, which strongly suggests that their differential expression is related to their promoter regulatory activity.
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- Armanda Casrouge
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène, Inserm U277-Institut Pasteur, 75724-Paris cedex 15, France
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- Immunogénétique humaine, Institut Pasteur, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- Department of Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Laboratoire Activation Cellulaire et Transduction des Signaux, IBBMC, CNRS-UMR 8619, Université Paris-Sud Centre d’Orsay, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +33-1-69-15-48-25; fax: +33-1-69-85-37-15. (J. Kanellopoulos)
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Imachi H, Murao K, Hiramine C, Sayo Y, Sato M, Hosokawa H, Ishida T, Kodama T, Quehenberger O, Steinberg D, Takahara J. Human scavenger receptor B1 is involved in recognition of apoptotic thymocytes by thymic nurse cells. J Transl Med 2000; 80:263-70. [PMID: 10701695 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Recognition and uptake of apoptotic cells by neighboring phagocytes is essential for the clearance of dying cells without accompanying inflammation or tissue damage. In the thymus, many apoptotic cells are generated in the process of negative selection, and both thymic macrophages (professional phagocytes) and nursing thymic epithelial cells (nursing TEC; nonprofessional phagocytes) recognize and ingest them. However the receptors responsible for this recognition and uptake have not been identified. In the present study, we have established a human nursing TEC line and examined the expression of several genes of the scavenger receptor family considered to be potential receptors for apoptotic cells. Human scavenger receptor-B1 (hSR-B1)/CLA-1, previously shown to recognize apoptotic cells, was strongly expressed in nursing TEC, whereas there was little or no expression of the other scavenger receptors tested: scavenger receptor class A, CD36, or CD68. Suppression of hSR-B1/CLA-1 expression using antisense oligonucleotides decreased the binding of apoptotic thymocytes to nursing TEC by more than 40%. These results indicate that hSR-B1/CLA-1 may play a major role in the clearance of apoptotic cells in the thymus, mediating the recognition and ingestion of apoptotic thymocytes by nursing TEC.
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- H Imachi
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Japan.
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Kaneda R, Iwabuchi K, Kasai M, Murakami M, Uede T, Onoé K. Selective antigen presenting activity of cortical thymic epithelial cells against CD4+ T cells associated with both lack of costimulatory molecules and inefficient presentation of MHC-peptide ligands. Cell Immunol 1997; 181:163-71. [PMID: 9398403 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1997.1192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Selective activation among several effector functions of a T cell clone, DB14, specific for pigeon cytochrome c 43-58 (p43-58) and restricted to I-Ab/d was induced by antigen (Ag) presentation with nonprofessional Ag-presenting cells (APC), cortical thymic epithelial cells (c-TEC) (B7-1- CD40-), whereas full activation of the DB14 was induced with another nonprofessional APC, I-Ab L cell (B7-1+ CD40+). In the present study, to elucidate the mechanism underlying the selective activation of DB14 cells by c-TEC, we established c-TEC transfected with human CD40 alone (huCD40-c-TEC) or both human CD40 and murine B7-1 (huCD40/mB7-1-c-TEC), and compared the APC functions with those of the original c-TEC and I-Ab L cell. IFN-gamma production but not the proliferative response of DB14 was elevated by Ag presentation with huCD40-c-TEC as compared with unmanipulated c-TEC. On the other hand, upon stimulation with Ag plus huCD40/mB7-1-c-TEC both a significant proliferative response and IFN-gamma production were induced in DB14. However, the level of these responses did not reach that induced in the presence of I-Ab L cell. A similar pattern of APC functions was demonstrated with the other B7-independent T cell clone, PAB3, or T cell hybridomas (DBhy22 and BD7-5) which are basically independent of costimulation for the activation. The present finding along with our previous report that several structural differences of I-Ab molecules are present between c-TEC and I-Ab L cell suggests that the distinct APC activity of c-TEC is attributable not only to a lack of B7-1 and CD40 but also to inefficient presentation of MHC-peptide complex on the c-TEC.
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- R Kaneda
- Section of Pathology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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