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Alipour S, Wojciechowska N, Bujarska-Borkowska B, Kalemba EM. Distinct redox state regulation in the seedling performance of Norway maple and sycamore. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2023; 136:83-96. [PMID: 36385674 PMCID: PMC9831958 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-022-01419-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Norway maple and sycamore, two Acer genus species, have an important ecological value and different sensitivity to stressing factors being currently aggravated by climate change. Seedling growth is postulated to be the main barrier for successful plant establishment under the climate change scenarios. Therefore, the differences in redox regulation during the seedling performance of Norway maple and sycamore were investigated. Seeds of the two Acer species exhibited an identical high germination capacity, whereas seedling emergence was higher in sycamores. PCA analyses revealed that there is more diversification in the leaf characteristics than roots. Norway maple displayed a higher chlorophyll content index (CCI) with a similar leaf mass whereas sycamore seedlings exhibited a higher normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), higher water content, higher root biomass and higher shoot height. Based on NDVI, sycamore seedlings appeared as very healthy plants, whereas Norway maple seedlings displayed a moderate healthy phenotype. Therefore, redox basis of seedling performance was investigated. The total pool of glutathione was four times higher in sycamore leaves than in Norway maple leaves and was reflected in highly reduced half-cell reduction potential of glutathione. Sycamore leaves contained more ascorbate because the content of its reduced form (AsA) was twice as high as in Norway maple. Therefore, the AsA/DHA ratio was balanced in sycamore leaves, reaching 1, and was halved in Norway maple leaves. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate content was twice as high in sycamore leaves than in Norway maples; however, its reduced form (NADPH) was predominant in Norway maple seedlings. Norway maple leaves exhibited the highest anabolic and catabolic redox charge. The higher reduction capacity and the activity of NADPH-dependent reductases in Norway maple leaves possibly resulted in higher CCI, whereas the larger root system contributed to higher NDVI in sycamore. The different methods of controlling redox parameters in Acer seedlings grown at controlled conditions provided here can be useful in understanding how tree species can cope with a changing environment in the future.
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- Shirin Alipour
- Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Parkowa 5, 62035, Kórnik, Poland
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- Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Parkowa 5, 62035, Kórnik, Poland
- Department of General Botany, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Parkowa 5, 62035, Kórnik, Poland.
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Al-Mohanna T, Popescu GV, Popescu SC. Methods to Analyze the Redox Reactivity of Plant Proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2526:161-179. [PMID: 35657519 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2469-2_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Proteins can be covalently modified by a broad range of highly reactive chemicals and redox mechanisms. Reversible redox-mediated post-translational modifications of sensitive cysteine thiol groups in proteins impact protein characteristics such as interaction behavior and activity state. Evaluating the response of proteins to redox perturbation or reactive chemical species is critical for understanding the underlying mechanisms involved and their contribution to plant stress physiology. Here we provide a detailed workflow that includes procedures for (i) purification, processing, and analysis of protein samples with redox agents, (ii) determining redox-modulated monomer to oligomer transitions using size exclusion chromatography, and (iii) activity assays for monitoring the impact of redox agents on purified enzymes and in crude extracts from plants subjected to oxidative stress. We exemplified how to apply several of the methods discussed for analyzing redox-sensing metallopeptidases, such as thimet oligopeptidases. We anticipate that these protocols should find broad applications in monitoring biochemical properties of other classes of redox-sensitive plant proteins.
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- Thualfeqar Al-Mohanna
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
- Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA.
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Fu N, Sugiura K, Kondo K, Nakamura S, Wakabayashi KI, Hisabori T. Monitoring cellular redox dynamics using newly developed BRET-based redox sensor proteins. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101186. [PMID: 34517006 PMCID: PMC8487062 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Reactive oxygen species are key factors that strongly affect the cellular redox state and regulate various physiological and cellular phenomena. To monitor changes in the redox state, we previously developed fluorescent redox sensors named Re-Q, the emissions of which are quenched under reduced conditions. However, such fluorescent probes are unsuitable for use in the cells of photosynthetic organisms because they require photoexcitation that may change intracellular conditions and induce autofluorescence, primarily in chlorophylls. In addition, the presence of various chromophore pigments may interfere with fluorescence-based measurements because of their strong absorbance. To overcome these problems, we adopted the bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) mechanism for the sensor and developed two BRET-based redox sensors by fusing cyan fluorescent protein–based or yellow fluorescent protein–based Re-Q with the luminescent protein Nluc. We named the resulting redox-sensitive BRET-based indicator probes “ROBINc” and “ROBINy.” ROBINc is pH insensitive, which is especially vital for observation in photosynthetic organisms. By using these sensors, we successfully observed dynamic redox changes caused by an anticancer agent in HeLa cells and light/dark-dependent redox changes in the cells of photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Since the newly developed sensors do not require excitation light, they should be especially useful for visualizing intracellular phenomena caused by redox changes in cells containing colored pigments.
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- Nae Fu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan; Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan; Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
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Jemth AS, Scaletti E, Carter M, Helleday T, Stenmark P. Crystal Structure and Substrate Specificity of the 8-oxo-dGTP Hydrolase NUDT1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemistry 2019; 58:887-899. [PMID: 30614695 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana NUDT1 (AtNUDT1) belongs to the Nudix family of proteins, which have a diverse range of substrates, including oxidized nucleotides such as 8-oxo-dGTP. The hydrolysis of oxidized dNTPs is highly important as it prevents their incorporation into DNA, thus preventing mutations and DNA damage. AtNUDT1 is the sole Nudix enzyme from A. thaliana shown to have activity against 8-oxo-dGTP. We present the structure of AtNUDT1 in complex with 8-oxo-dGTP. Structural comparison with bacterial and human homologues reveals a conserved overall fold. Analysis of the 8-oxo-dGTP binding mode shows that the residues Asn76 and Ser89 interact with the O8 atom of the substrate, a feature not observed in structures of protein homologues solved to date. Kinetic analysis of wild-type and mutant AtNUDT1 confirmed that these active site residues influence 8-oxo-dGTP hydrolysis. A recent study showed that AtNUDT1 is also able to hydrolyze terpene compounds. The diversity of reactions catalyzed by AtNUDT1 suggests that this Nudix enzyme from higher plants has evolved in a manner distinct to those from other organisms.
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- Ann-Sofie Jemth
- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm S-171 21 , Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Stockholm University , Stockholm S-106 91 , Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Stockholm University , Stockholm S-106 91 , Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm S-171 21 , Sweden.,Sheffield Cancer Centre, Department of Oncology and Metabolism , University of Sheffield , Sheffield S10 2RX , United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Stockholm University , Stockholm S-106 91 , Sweden.,Department of Experimental Medical Science , Lund University , Lund 221 00 , Sweden
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Herlina, Aziz SA, Kurniawati A, Faridah DN. Changes of Thymoquinone, Thymol, and Malondialdehyde Content of Black Cumin ( Nigella sativa L.) in Response to Indonesia Tropical Altitude Variation. HAYATI JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hjb.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Cui H, Kong D, Wei P, Hao Y, Torii KU, Lee JS, Li J. SPINDLY, ERECTA, and its ligand STOMAGEN have a role in redox-mediated cortex proliferation in the Arabidopsis root. MOLECULAR PLANT 2014; 7:1727-39. [PMID: 25267734 PMCID: PMC4261839 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssu106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are harmful to all living organisms and therefore they must be removed to ensure normal growth and development. ROS are also signaling molecules, but so far little is known about the mechanisms of ROS perception and developmental response in plants. We here report that hydrogen peroxide induces cortex proliferation in the Arabidopsis root and that SPINDLY (SPY), an O-linked glucosamine acetyltransferase, regulates cortex proliferation by maintaining cellular redox homeostasis. We also found that mutation in the leucine-rich receptor kinase ERECTA and its putative peptide ligand STOMAGEN block the effect of hydrogen peroxide on root cortex proliferation. However, ERECTA and STOMAGEN are expressed in the vascular tissue, whereas extra cortex cells are produced from the endodermis, suggesting the involvement of intercellular signaling. SPY appears to act downstream of ERECTA, because the spy mutation still caused cortex proliferation in the erecta mutant background. We therefore have not only gained insight into the mechanism by which SPY regulates root development but also uncovered a novel pathway for ROS signaling in plants. The importance of redox-mediated cortex proliferation as a protective mechanism against oxidative stress is also discussed.
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- Hongchang Cui
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295, USA Present address: Biotechnical Group, Institute of Rice Research, Anhui Agricultural Academy of Science, 40#, Nongke South Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, China
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295, USA
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He Z, Lan M, Lu D, Zhao H, Yuan H. Antioxidant Activity of 50 Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials Varies with Total Phenolics. Chin Med 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/cm.2013.44018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Galetskiy D, Lohscheider JN, Kononikhin AS, Popov IA, Nikolaev EN, Adamska I. Phosphorylation and nitration levels of photosynthetic proteins are conversely regulated by light stress. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 77:461-73. [PMID: 21901528 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9824-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Using a label-free mass spectrometric approach, we investigated light-induced changes in the distribution of phosphorylated and nitrated proteins within subpopulations of native photosynthetic complexes in the thylakoid membrane of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves adapted to growth light (GL) and subsequently exposed to high light (HL). Eight protein phosphorylation sites were identified in photosystem II (PSII) and the phosphorylation level of seven was regulated by HL as determined based on peak areas from ion chromatograms of phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated peptides. Although the phosphorylation of PSII proteins was reported in the past, we demonstrated for the first time that two minor antenna LHCB4 isoforms are alternately phosphorylated under GL and HL conditions in PSII monomers, dimers and supercomplexes. A role of LHCB4 phosphorylation in state transition and monomerization of PSII under HL conditions is proposed. We determined changes in the nitration level of 23 tyrosine residues in five photosystem I (PSI) and nine PSII proteins and demonstrated for the majority of them a lower nitration level in PSI and PSII complexes and supercomplexes under HL conditions, as compared to GL. In contrast, the nitration level significantly increased in assembled/disassembled PSI and PSII subcomplexes under HL conditions. A possible role of nitration in (1) monomerization of LHCB1-3 trimers under HL conditions (2) binding properties of ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase to photosystem I, and (3) PSII photodamage and repair cycle, is discussed. Based on these data, we propose that the conversely regulated phosphorylation and nitration levels regulate the stability and turnover of photosynthetic complexes under HL conditions.
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- Dmitry Galetskiy
- Department of Physiology and Plant Biochemistry, University of Konstanz, Constance, Germany
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Lushchak VI. Adaptive response to oxidative stress: Bacteria, fungi, plants and animals. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2011; 153:175-90. [PMID: 20959147 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are continuously produced and eliminated by living organisms normally maintaining ROS at certain steady-state levels. Under some circumstances, the balance between ROS generation and elimination is disturbed leading to enhanced ROS level called "oxidative stress". The primary goal of this review is to characterize two principal mechanisms of protection against oxidative stress - regulation of membrane permeability and antioxidant potential. The ancillary goals of this work are to describe up to date knowledge on the regulation of the previously mentioned mechanisms and to identify areas of prospective research and emerging directions in investigation of adaptation to oxidative stress. The ubiquity for challenges leading to oxidative stress development calls for identification of common mechanisms. They are cysteine residues and [Fe,S]-clusters of specific regulatory proteins. The latter mechanism is realized via SoxR bacterial protein, whereas the former mechanism is involved in operation of bacterial OxyR regulon, yeast H(2)O(2)-stimulon, plant NPR1/TGA and Rap2.4a systems, and animal Keap1/Nrf2, NF-κB and AP-1, and others. Although hundreds of studies have been carried out in the field with different taxa, the comparative analysis of adaptive response is quite incomplete and therefore, this work aims to cover a plethora of phylogenetic groups to delineate common mechanisms. In addition, this article raises some questions to be elucidated and points out future directions of this research. The comparative approach is used to shed light on fundamental principles and mechanisms of regulation of antioxidant systems. The idea is to provide starting points from which we can develop novel tools and hypothesis to facilitate meaningful investigations in the physiology and biochemistry of organismic response to oxidative stress.
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- Volodymyr I Lushchak
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vassyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 57 Shevchenko Str., 76025, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
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Sanchez A, Shin J, Davis SJ. Abiotic stress and the plant circadian clock. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:223-31. [PMID: 21325898 PMCID: PMC3121982 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.2.14893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In this review, we focus on the interaction between the circadian clock of higher plants to that of metabolic and physiological processes that coordinate growth and performance under a predictable, albeit changing environment. In this, the phytochrome and cryptochrome photoreceptors have shown to be important, but not essential for oscillator control under diurnal cycles of light and dark. From this foundation, we will examine how emerging findings have firmly linked the circadian clock, as a central mediator in the coordination of metabolism, to maintain homeostasis. This occurs by oscillator synchronization of global transcription, which leads to a dynamic control of a host of physiological processes. These include the determination of the levels of primary and secondary metabolites, and the anticipation of future environmental stresses, such as mid-day drought and midnight coldness. Interestingly, metabolic and stress cues themselves appear to feedback on oscillator function. In such a way, the circadian clock of plants and abiotic-stress tolerance appear to be firmly interconnected processes.
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- Alfredo Sanchez
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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Galetskiy D, Lohscheider JN, Kononikhin AS, Popov IA, Nikolaev EN, Adamska I. Mass spectrometric characterization of photooxidative protein modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana thylakoid membranes. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:184-90. [PMID: 21154902 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Oxidative and nitrosative stress leaves footprints in the plant chloroplast in the form of oxidatively modified proteins. Using a mass spectrometric approach, we identified 126 tyrosine and 12 tryptophan nitration sites in 164 nitrated proteolytic peptides, mainly from photosystem I (PSI), photosystem II (PSII), cytochrome b(6) /f and ATP-synthase complexes and 140 oxidation products of tyrosine, tryptophan, proline, phenylalanine and histidine residues. While a high number of nitration sites were found in proteins from four photosynthetic complexes indicating that the nitration belongs to one of the prominent posttranslational protein modifications in photosynthetic apparatus, amino acid oxidation products were determined mostly in PSII and to a lower extent in PSI. Exposure of plants to light stress resulted in an increased level of tyrosine and tryptophan nitration and tryptophan oxidation in proteins of PSII reaction center and the oxygen-evolving complex, as compared to low light conditions. In contrast, the level of nitration and oxidation of these amino acid residues strongly decreased for all light-harvesting proteins of PSII under the same conditions. Based on these data, we propose that oxidative modifications of proteins by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species might represent an important regulatory mechanism of protein turnover under light stress conditions, especially for PSII and its antenna proteins.
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- Dmitry Galetskiy
- Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Effects of high temperature on malondialdehyde content, superoxide production and growth changes in wheat seedlings ( Triticum aestivum L.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.2478/v10055-010-0004-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hadacek F, Bachmann G, Engelmeier D, Chobot V. Hormesis and a Chemical Raison D'être for Secondary Plant Metabolites. Dose Response 2010; 9:79-116. [PMID: 21431080 PMCID: PMC3057638 DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.09-028.hadacek] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In plants, accumulation in specific compartments and huge structural diversity of secondary metabolites is one trait that is not understood yet. By exploring the diverse abiotic and biotic interactions of plants above- and belowground, we provide examples that are characterized by nonlinear effects of the secondary metabolites. We propose that redox chemistry, specifically the reduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and, in their absence, reduction of molecular oxygen by the identical secondary metabolite, is an important component of the hormetic effects caused by these compounds. This is illustrated for selected phenols, terpenoids, and alkaloids. The redox reactions are modulated by the variable availability of transition metals that serve as donors of electrons in a Fenton reaction mode. Low levels of ROS stimulate growth, cell differentiation, and stress resistance; high levels induce programmed cell death. We propose that provision of molecules that can participate in this redox chemistry is the raison d'être for secondary metabolites. In this context, the presence or absence of functional groups in the molecule is more essential than the whole structure. Accordingly, there exist no constraints that limit structural diversity. Redox chemistry is ubiquitous, from the atmosphere to the soil.
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- Franz Hadacek
- Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
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Sun Y, Reinders A, LaFleur KR, Mori T, Ward JM. Transport activity of rice sucrose transporters OsSUT1 and OsSUT5. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:114-22. [PMID: 19965875 PMCID: PMC2807175 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Expression in Xenopus oocytes and electrophysiology was used to test for transport activity of the five sucrose transporter (SUT) homologs from rice. Expression of OsSUT1 and OsSUT5 resulted in sucrose-dependent currents that were analyzed by two-electrode voltage clamping. We examined the transport kinetics, substrate specificity and pH dependence of sucrose transport and K(0.5) for sucrose. OsSUT1 showed similar features to those of other type II SUTs from monocots examined previously, with a K(0.5) value of 7.50 mM at pH 5.6. In contrast, OsSUT5 had a higher substrate affinity (K(0.5) = 2.32 mM at pH 5.6), less substrate specificity and less pH dependence compared with all type II SUTs tested to date. Regulation of the rice SUTs, as well as ZmSUT1 from maize and HvSUT1 from barley, by reduced (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG) forms of glutathione was tested. GSSG and GSH were found to have no significant effect on the activity of sucrose transporters when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. In conclusion, differences in transport activity between OsSUT1 and OsSUT5 indicate that type II SUTs have a range of transport activities that are tuned to their function in the plant.
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- *Corresponding author: E-mail, ; Fax, +1-612-625-1738
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Jorrín-Novo JV, Maldonado AM, Echevarría-Zomeño S, Valledor L, Castillejo MA, Curto M, Valero J, Sghaier B, Donoso G, Redondo I. Plant proteomics update (2007–2008): Second-generation proteomic techniques, an appropriate experimental design, and data analysis to fulfill MIAPE standards, increase plant proteome coverage and expand biological knowledge. J Proteomics 2009; 72:285-314. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2009.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Baebler S, Krecic-Stres H, Rotter A, Kogovsek P, Cankar K, Kok EJ, Gruden K, Kovac M, Zel J, Pompe-Novak M, Ravnikar M. PVY(NTN) elicits a diverse gene expression response in different potato genotypes in the first 12 h after inoculation. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2009; 10:263-75. [PMID: 19236574 PMCID: PMC6640473 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00530.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Host gene expression changes in the early response to potato virus Y(NTN) interaction were compared in two differently sensitive potato cultivars: the resistant cultivar Santé and the sensitive cultivar Igor. Hybridization of potato TIGR cDNA microarrays allowed us to monitor the expression of approximately 10,000 genes simultaneously at 0.5 and 12 h post-inoculation (hpi). Microarray data, analysed by statistics and data mining, were complemented by subtraction library construction and sequence analysis to validate the findings. The expression profiles of the two cultivars were similar and faint at 0.5 hpi, but they differed substantially at 12 hpi. Although, at 0.5 hpi, cv. Santé responded by the differential expression of a greater number of genes, at 12 hpi the number was higher in cv. Igor. The majority of genes in this cultivar were down-regulated at 12 hpi, indicating a host gene shut-off. Suites of genes that exhibited altered transcript abundance in response to the virus were identified, and included genes involved in the processes of photosynthesis, perception, signalling and defence responses. The expression of the considerable number of genes associated with photosynthesis was surprisingly up-regulated as early as 0.5 hpi and down-regulated at 12 hpi in both cultivars. The expression of genes involved in perception and signalling was increased in the sensitive cultivar at 12 hpi. By contrast, a simultaneous strong defence response at the transcriptional level was evident in the resistant cultivar, as shown by the up-regulation of genes involved in brassinosteroid, polyamine and secondary metabolite biosynthesis, and of genes coding for pathogenesis-related proteins.
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- Spela Baebler
- Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, National Institute of Biology, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Despite recent elucidation of the three-dimensional structure of major photosynthetic complexes, our understanding of light energy conversion in plant chloroplasts and microalgae under physiological conditions requires exploring the dynamics of photosynthesis. The photosynthetic apparatus is a flexible molecular machine that can acclimate to metabolic and light fluctuations in a matter of seconds and minutes. On a longer time scale, changes in environmental cues trigger acclimation responses that elicit intracellular signaling between the nucleo-cytosol and chloroplast resulting in modification of the biogenesis of the photosynthetic machinery. Here we attempt to integrate well-established knowledge on the functional flexibility of light-harvesting and electron transfer processes, which has greatly benefited from genetic approaches, with data derived from the wealth of recent transcriptomic and proteomic studies of acclimation responses in photosynthetic eukaroytes.
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- Stephan Eberhard
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, F-75005 Paris, France
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Wu L, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Wang XC, Huang R. Transcriptional modulation of ethylene response factor protein JERF3 in the oxidative stress response enhances tolerance of tobacco seedlings to salt, drought, and freezing. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 148:1953-63. [PMID: 18945933 PMCID: PMC2593663 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.126813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2008] [Accepted: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Abiotic stresses such as drought, cold, and salinity affect normal growth and development in plants. The production and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) cause oxidative stress under these abiotic conditions. Recent research has elucidated the significant role of ethylene response factor (ERF) proteins in plant adaptation to abiotic stresses. Our earlier functional analysis of an ERF protein, JERF3, indicated that JERF3-expressing tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) adapts better to salinity in vitro. This article extends that study by showing that transcriptional regulation of JERF3 in the oxidative stress response modulates the increased tolerance to abiotic stresses. First, we confirm that JERF3-expressing tobacco enhances adaptation to drought, freezing, and osmotic stress during germination and seedling development. Then we demonstrate that JERF3-expressing tobacco imparts not only higher expression of osmotic stress genes compared to wild-type tobacco, but also the activation of photosynthetic carbon assimilation/metabolism and oxidative genes. More importantly, this regulation of the expression of oxidative genes subsequently enhances the activities of superoxide dismutase but reduces the content of ROS in tobacco under drought, cold, salt, and abscisic acid treatments. This indicates that JERF3 also modulates the abiotic stress response via the regulation of the oxidative stress response. Further assays indicate that JERF3 activates the expression of reporter genes driven by the osmotic-responsive GCC box, DRE, and CE1 and by oxidative-responsive as-1 in transient assays, suggesting the transcriptional activation of JERF3 in the expression of genes involved in response to oxidative and osmotic stress. Our results therefore establish that JERF3 activates the expression of such genes through transcription, resulting in decreased accumulation of ROS and, in turn, enhanced adaptation to drought, freezing, and salt in tobacco.
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- Lijun Wu
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Jing HC, Hebeler R, Oeljeklaus S, Sitek B, Stühler K, Meyer HE, Sturre MJG, Hille J, Warscheid B, Dijkwel PP. Early leaf senescence is associated with an altered cellular redox balance in Arabidopsis cpr5/old1 mutants. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2008; 10 Suppl 1:85-98. [PMID: 18721314 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00087.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are the inevitable by-products of essential cellular metabolic and physiological activities. Plants have developed sophisticated gene networks of ROS generation and scavenging systems. However, ROS regulation is still poorly understood. Here, we report that mutations in the Arabidopsis CPR5/OLD1 gene may cause early senescence through deregulation of the cellular redox balance. Genetic analysis showed that blocking stress-related hormonal signalling pathways, such as ethylene, salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, abscisic acid and sugar, did not affect premature cell death and leaf senescence. We took a bioinformatics approach and analysed publicly available transcriptome data of presymptomatic cpr5/old1 mutants. The results demonstrate that many genes in the ROS gene network show at least fivefold increases in transcripts in comparison with those of wild-type plants, suggesting that presymptomatic cpr5/old1 mutants are in a state of high-cellular oxidative stress. This was further confirmed by a comparative, relative quantitative proteomics study of Arabidopsis wild-type and cpr5/old1 mutant plants, which demonstrated that several Phi family members of glutathione s-transferases significantly increased in abundance. In summary, our genetic, transcriptomic and relative quantitative proteomics analyses indicate that CPR5 plays a central role in regulating redox balance in Arabidopsis.
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- H-C Jing
- Department of Molecular Biology of Plants, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
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Spínola MC, Pérez-Ruiz JM, Pulido P, Kirchsteiger K, Guinea M, González M, Cejudo FJ. NTRC new ways of using NADPH in the chloroplast. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2008; 133:516-524. [PMID: 18346073 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2008.01088.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Despite being the primary source of energy in the biosphere, photosynthesis is a process that inevitably produces reactive oxygen species. Chloroplasts are a major source of hydrogen peroxide production in plant cells; therefore, different systems for peroxide reduction, such as ascorbate peroxidase and peroxiredoxins (Prxs), are found in this organelle. Most of the reducing power required for hydrogen peroxide reduction by these systems is provided by Fd reduced by the photosynthetic electron transport chain; hence, the function of these systems is highly dependent on light. Recently, it was described a novel plastidial enzyme, stated NTRC, formed by a thioredoxin reductase (NTR) domain at the N-terminus and a thioredoxin (Trx) domain at the C-terminus. NTRC is able to conjugate both NTR and Trx activities to efficiently reduce 2-Cys Prx using NADPH as a source of reducing power. Based on these results, it was proposed that NTRC is a new pathway to transfer reducing power to the chloroplast detoxification system, allowing the use of NADPH, besides reduced Fd, for such function. In this article, the most important features of NTRC are summarized and the implications of this novel activity in the context of chloroplast protection against oxidative damage are discussed.
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- María C Spínola
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla y CSIC, Avda Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Recent research has established redox-dependent thiol modification of proteins as a major regulatory layer superimposed on most cell functional categories in plants. Modern proteomics and forward as well as reverse genetics approaches have enabled the identification of a high number of novel targets of redox regulation. Redox-controlled processes range from metabolism to transport, transcription and translation. Gene activity regulation by transcription factors such as TGA, Athb-9 and RAP2 directly or indirectly is controlled by the redox state. Knowledge on putative redox sensors such as the peroxiredoxins, on redox transmitters including thioredoxins and glutaredoxins and biochemical mechanisms of their linkage to the metabolic redox environment has emerged as the framework of a functional redox regulatory network. Its basic principle is similar in eukaryotic cells and particularly complex in the photosynthesizing chloroplast. Methods and knowledge are now at hand to develop a quantitative understanding of redox signalling and the redox regulatory network in the eukaryotic cell.
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- Karl-Josef Dietz
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, W5-134, Bielefeld University, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany.
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Yoshimura K, Ogawa T, Ueda Y, Shigeoka S. AtNUDX1, an 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase, is responsible for eliminating oxidized nucleotides in Arabidopsis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 48:1438-49. [PMID: 17804481 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Cellular DNA, RNA and their precursor nucleotides are at high risk of being oxidized by reactive oxygen species. An oxidized base, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-(deoxy)guanosine, can pair with both adenine and cytosine, and thus would cause both replicational and translational errors. Previously, we have reported that an Arabidopsis Nudix hydrolase, AtNUDX1, acts to hydrolyze an oxidized deoxyribonucleotide, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-triphosphate (8-oxo-dGTP). Here we showed that 8-oxo-dGTP pyrophosphohydrolase activity is not exhibited by any other Arabidopsis Nudix hydrolase. AtNUDX1 acted on an oxidized ribonucleotide, 8-oxo-GTP, with high affinity (K(m) 28.1 microM). In a transcriptional mutational analysis using the lacZ reporter gene, the phenotypic suppression of the lacZ amber mutation in a mutT-deficient Escherichia coli strain caused by the misincorporation of 8-oxo-GTP into the mRNA was significantly diminished by expression of AtNUDX1. These findings suggest that AtNUDX1 prevents transcriptional errors in vivo. A confocal microscopic analysis using a green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein demonstrated that AtNUDX1 is distributed in the cytosol, where the main pool of nucleotides in the cells exists. The level of 8-oxo-guanosine in genomic DNA was significantly increased in knockout nudx1 plants compared with wild-type plants under normal and oxidative stress (3 microM paraquat) conditions. The results obtained here indicate that AtNUDX1 functions in cellular defense against oxidative DNA and RNA damage through the sanitization of their precursor pools in the cytosol in Arabidopsis cells.
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- Kazuya Yoshimura
- Department of Food and Nutritional Science, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi, 487-8501 Japan
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