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Zhang S, Zhu H, Wang L, Zhang Y, Cen H, Xu T. Effects of Selenium on the Lignin Deposition Pattern and Stem Mechanical Properties of Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:9923-9936. [PMID: 38629800 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Lignin provides structural support to plants; however, it reduces their utilization rate. According to our previous studies, selenium (Se) reduces lignin accumulation in alfalfa, but the specific mechanism involved remains unclear. Therefore, at the seedling stage, four root irrigation treatments using 2.5, 50, and 5 μmol/L sodium selenite (S-RI), selenomethionine (SS-RI), Se nanoparticles (SSS-RI), and deionized water (CK-RI) were performed. At the branching stage, four treatments of foliar spraying with the three Se fertilizers described above at a concentration of 0.5 mmol/L (S-FS, SS-FS, and SSS-FS) and deionized water (CK-FS) were administered. The results revealed that all Se treatments chiefly reduced the level of deposition of syringyl (S) lignin in the first internode of alfalfa stems. SS-FS and SSS-FS treatments mainly reduced the deposition of S and guaiacyl (G) lignins in the sixth internode of alfalfa stems, respectively, while S-FS treatment only slightly reduced the deposition of G lignin. S, SS, and SSS-RI treatments reduced the level of deposition of S and G lignins in the sixth internode of alfalfa stems. Se application increased plant height, stem diameter, epidermis (cortex) thickness, primary xylem vessel number (diameter), and pith diameter of alfalfa but decreased primary xylem area and pith parenchyma cell wall thickness of the first internode, and SS(SSS)-FS treatment reduced the mechanical strength of alfalfa stems. Therefore, Se application could decrease lignin accumulation by regulating the organizational structure parameters of alfalfa stems and the deposition pattern of the lignin monomers.
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- Shimin Zhang
- College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, People's Republic of China
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- College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, People's Republic of China
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- College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, People's Republic of China
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- College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, People's Republic of China
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- College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, People's Republic of China
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- College of Grassland Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi 030801, People's Republic of China
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Guedes LM, Aguilera N, Gavilán E, Péndola JA, Villagrán NE. Vascular implications of Dasineura sp. galls' establishment on Peumus boldus stems. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2023; 25:965-972. [PMID: 37432095 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13561] [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: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Some chewing larvae are capable of inducing galls in the host vascular cylinder, e.g. Dasineura sp. (Cecidomyiidae) on Peumus boldus stems. Due to the medicinal and economic importance of P. boldus, the anatomical and functional implications of establishment of Dasineura sp. on P. boldus stems were investigated. We asked if establishment of Dasineura sp. in P. boldus stems induces abnormalities at the cellular and organizational level of the vascular system that increase during gall development in favour of the hydric status of the gall. Anatomical alterations induced in the stems during gall development were determined. Cytohistometric analyses in mature galls were compared to non-galled stems, and water potential and leaf area of non-galled stems were compared with galled stems. Dasineura sp. establishes in the vascular cambium, leading to delignification and rupture of xylem cells, inhibiting formation of phloem and perivascular sclerenchyma. Gall diameter increases together with larval feeding activity, producing a large larval chamber and numerous layers of nutritive tissue, vascular parenchyma, and sclerenchyma. These anatomical alterations do not affect the leaf area of galled stems but favour increased water flow towards these stems. The anatomical alterations induced by Dasineura sp. in P. boldus stems guarantee water and nutrient supply to the gall and larva. After the inducer exits stems, some host branches no longer have vascular connections with the plant body.
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- L M Guedes
- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Laboratorio de Semioquímica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Laboratorio de Semioquímica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Laboratorio de Semioquímica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Laboratorio de Semioquímica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Laboratorio de Semioquímica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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Allen H, Zeef L, Morreel K, Goeminne G, Kumar M, Gomez LD, Dean AP, Eckmann A, Casiraghi C, McQueen-Mason SJ, Boerjan W, Turner SR. Flexible and digestible wood caused by viral-induced alteration of cell wall composition. Curr Biol 2022; 32:3398-3406.e6. [PMID: 35732179 PMCID: PMC9616729 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Woody plant material represents a vast renewable resource that has the potential to produce biofuels and other bio-based products with favorable net CO2 emissions.1,2 Its potential has been demonstrated in a recent study that generated novel structural materials from flexible moldable wood.3 Apple rubbery wood (ARW) disease is the result of a viral infection that causes woody stems to exhibit increased flexibility.4 Although ARW disease is associated with the presence of an RNA virus5 known as apple rubbery wood virus (ARWV), how the unique symptoms develop is unknown. We demonstrate that the symptoms of ARWV infections arise from reduced lignification within the secondary cell wall of xylem fibers and result in increased wood digestibility. In contrast, the mid-lamellae region and xylem ray cells are largely unaffected by the infection. Gene expression and proteomic data from symptomatic xylem clearly show the downregulation of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), the enzyme catalyzing the first committed step in the phenylpropanoid pathway leading to lignin biosynthesis. A large increase in soluble phenolics in symptomatic xylem, including the lignin precursor phenylalanine, is also consistent with PAL downregulation. ARWV infection results in the accumulation of many host-derived virus-activated small interfering RNAs (vasiRNAs). PAL-derived vasiRNAs are among the most abundant vasiRNAs in symptomatic xylem and are likely the cause of reduced PAL activity. Apparently, the mechanism used by the virus to alter lignin exhibits similarities to the RNAi strategy used to alter lignin in genetically modified trees to generate comparable improvements in wood properties.6, 7, 8 Video abstract
Apple rubbery wood (ARW) symptoms are caused by decreased lignin in woody tissue RNA-seq, proteomics, and metabolomics suggest phenylalanine levels decrease Virus-activated small interfering RNAs (vasiRNAs) are generated in response to ARWV infection VasiRNAs cause siRNA-based downregulation of phenylalanine ammonia
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- Holly Allen
- School of Biological Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Biological Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Metabolomics Core Gent, VIB, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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- School of Biological Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- School of Biological Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- School of Biological Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Wang Q, Hu J, Yang T, Chang S. Anatomy and lignin deposition of stone cell in Camellia oleifera shell during the young stage. PROTOPLASMA 2021; 258:361-370. [PMID: 33106960 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-020-01568-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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As the by-products of edible oil production with rich lignin, the reserves of Camellia oleifera shell were abundant and had a great economic value. Lignin was the most important limiting factor during the conversion of plant biomass to pulp or biofuels, which mainly deposited in the stone cells of C. oleifera shells. Thus, its lignin deposition made the function of stone cells in the ripening process of the shell clearer, and provided a theoretical basis for the potential utilization of the biomass of C. oleifera shells. In this study, the paraffin embedding method was used to investigate the development and difference of stone cell in the fruitlet. The lignin deposition characteristics of stone cell were analyzed by the fluorescence microscopy and Wiesner and Mäule method. The chemical-functional group types of lignin in the stone cell of C. oleifera shell were examined by the ultraviolet spectrophotometer and transform infrared spectroscopy. The stone cells, vessels, parenchyma, and vascular tissue had existed during the young fruit growing period. The anatomical characteristics and the cell tissue ratio inverse relationship between stone cell and parenchymal cell suggested that stone cells developed from parenchymal cells. With the growth of shell, the stone cell wall thickened, and thickness-to-cavity ratio from 0 to 3.6. The fluorescent results showed that lignin content increased continuously; during shell development, the mean brightness of stone cell wall from 0 to 77.9 sections was stained with phloroglucinol-HCl, and Mäule revealed the presence of G-S-lignin in stone cells, and ImageJ results showed that G-lignin was distributed in the entire stone cell wall, while S-lignin deposition accounted for 48.59% of the cell wall area. In the FTIR spectra, the shell was identified as containing G-S-lignin.
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- Qianqian Wang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, People's Republic of China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, People's Republic of China
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Guedes LM, Aguilera N, Ferreira BG, Riquelme S, Sáez-Carrillo K, Becerra J, Pérez C, Bustos E, Isaias RMS. Spatiotemporal variation in phenolic levels in galls of calophyids on Schinus polygama (Anacardiaceae). JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2019; 132:509-520. [PMID: 31250145 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-019-01118-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The expression of plant secondary metabolism is strongly controlled by plant both in time and space. Although the variation of secondary metabolites, such as soluble and structural phenolics (e.g., lignins), has been largely observed in gall-inducing insects, and compared to their non-galled host organs, only a few datasets recording such variation are available. Accordingly, the relative importance of spatiotemporal variability in phenolic contents, and the influence of gall developmental stages on the original composition of host organs are poorly discussed. To address this knowledge gap, we histochemically determined the sites of polyphenol and lignin accumulation, and the polyphenol contents in three developmental stages of two calophyid galls and their correspondent host organs. Current results indicate that the compartmentalization of phenolics and lignins on Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera follows a similar pattern in the two-calophyid galls, accumulating in the outer (the external tissue layers) and in the inner tissue compartments (the cell layers in contact with the gall chamber). The non-accumulation in the median compartment (median parenchyma layers of gall wall with vascular bundles, where gall inducer feeds) is important for the inducer, because its mouth apparatus enter in contact with the cells of this compartment. Also, the concentration of phenolics has opposite dynamics, decreasing in leaf galls and increasing in stem galls, in temporal scale, i.e., from maturation toward senescence. The concentration of phenolics in non-galled host organs, and in both galls indicated the extended phenotype of Calophya rubra (Blanchard) and C. mammifex Burckhardt & Basset (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea: Calophyidae) over the same host plant metabolic potentiality.
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- Lubia M Guedes
- Departamento de Silvicultura, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, CP 4030000, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Silvicultura, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, CP 4030000, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Unidad de Desarrollo Tecnológico (UDT), Universidad de Concepción, Ave. Cordillera 2634, CP 4191996, Coronel, Chile
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- Departamento de Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, CP 4030000, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, CP 4030000, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, CP 4030000, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, CP 4030000, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 31270-090, Brazil.
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Ferreira SS, Hotta CT, Poelking VGDC, Leite DCC, Buckeridge MS, Loureiro ME, Barbosa MHP, Carneiro MS, Souza GM. Co-expression network analysis reveals transcription factors associated to cell wall biosynthesis in sugarcane. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 91:15-35. [PMID: 26820137 PMCID: PMC4837222 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-016-0434-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Sugarcane is a hybrid of Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum, with minor contributions from other species in Saccharum and other genera. Understanding the molecular basis of cell wall metabolism in sugarcane may allow for rational changes in fiber quality and content when designing new energy crops. This work describes a comparative expression profiling of sugarcane ancestral genotypes: S. officinarum, S. spontaneum and S. robustum and a commercial hybrid: RB867515, linking gene expression to phenotypes to identify genes for sugarcane improvement. Oligoarray experiments of leaves, immature and intermediate internodes, detected 12,621 sense and 995 antisense transcripts. Amino acid metabolism was particularly evident among pathways showing natural antisense transcripts expression. For all tissues sampled, expression analysis revealed 831, 674 and 648 differentially expressed genes in S. officinarum, S. robustum and S. spontaneum, respectively, using RB867515 as reference. Expression of sugar transporters might explain sucrose differences among genotypes, but an unexpected differential expression of histones were also identified between high and low Brix° genotypes. Lignin biosynthetic genes and bioenergetics-related genes were up-regulated in the high lignin genotype, suggesting that these genes are important for S. spontaneum to allocate carbon to lignin, while S. officinarum allocates it to sucrose storage. Co-expression network analysis identified 18 transcription factors possibly related to cell wall biosynthesis while in silico analysis detected cis-elements involved in cell wall biosynthesis in their promoters. Our results provide information to elucidate regulatory networks underlying traits of interest that will allow the improvement of sugarcane for biofuel and chemicals production.
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
- Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Brazil
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Bennett AE, Grussu D, Kam J, Caul S, Halpin C. Plant lignin content altered by soil microbial community. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 206:166-174. [PMID: 25389017 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Questions have been raised in various fields of research about the consequences of plants with modified lignin production. As a result of their roles in nutrient cycling and plant diversity, plant-soil interactions should be a major focus of ecological studies on lignin-modified plants. However, most studies have been decomposition studies conducted in a single soil or in sterile soil. Thus, we understand little about plant-soil interactions in living lignin-modified plants. In lignin mutants of three different barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivars and their corresponding wild-types associated with three different soil microbial communities, we asked: do plant-soil microbiome interactions influence the lignin content of plants?; does a mutation in lignin production alter the outcome of plant-soil microbiome interactions?; does the outcome of plant-soil microbiome interactions depend on host genotype or the presence of a mutation altering lignin production? In roots, the soil community explained 6% of the variation in lignin content, but, in shoots, the soil community explained 21% of the variation in lignin content and was the only factor influencing lignin content. Neither genotype nor mutations in lignin production explained associations with fungi. Lignin content changes in response to a plant's soil microbial community, and may be a defensive response to particular components of the soil community.
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- Alison E Bennett
- Ecological Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Ecological Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee at the James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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Sebaa HS, Harche MK. Anatomical structure and ultrastructure of the endocarp cell walls of Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels (Sapotaceae). Micron 2014; 67:100-106. [PMID: 25125280 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2014.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2014] [Revised: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The anatomical and histochemical study of young and adult endocarps of Argania spinosa (sampled from Tindouf; Algeria) shows a general structure that is similar to that of majority of stone fruits. These samples consist of tissues that contain lignified and cellulosic cell walls. The majority of the tissues are composed of sclerenchyma cells; with very thick lignified cell walls and conducting tissues. Coniferyl lignins are abundant in the majority of the lignified tissues. However, the coniferyl lignins appear at the primary xylem during lignification. Syringyl lignins are present in small quantities. The electron microscopy observation of the sclerenchyma cell walls of the young endocarp shows polylamellate strates and, cellular microfibrils in arced patterns. This architecture is observed in the cell walls of the adult endocarp only after the incubation of the tissue in methylamine. These configurations (arcs) are the result of a regular and complete rotation with a 180° variation in the microfibril angle; the complete and symmetrical arcs show a helicoidal mode of construction. The observation of the sclerenchyma cells revealed the capacity of helicoidal morphogenesis to adjust itself under the influence of topological constraints, such as the presence of a large number of pit canals, which maintain symplastic transport.
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- H S Sebaa
- Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Végétales et Microbiennes, Département deBiotechnologie, Université des sciences et de la technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB), BP 1505, El M'naouer, Oran, Algérie.
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- Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Végétales et Microbiennes, Département deBiotechnologie, Université des sciences et de la technologie d'Oran Mohamed Boudiaf (USTO-MB), BP 1505, El M'naouer, Oran, Algérie.
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Sengupta S, Majumder AL. Physiological and genomic basis of mechanical-functional trade-off in plant vasculature. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:224. [PMID: 24904619 PMCID: PMC4035604 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Some areas in plant abiotic stress research are not frequently addressed by genomic and molecular tools. One such area is the cross reaction of gravitational force with upward capillary pull of water and the mechanical-functional trade-off in plant vasculature. Although frost, drought and flooding stress greatly impact these physiological processes and consequently plant performance, the genomic and molecular basis of such trade-off is only sporadically addressed and so is its adaptive value. Embolism resistance is an important multiple stress- opposition trait and do offer scopes for critical insight to unravel and modify the input of living cells in the process and their biotechnological intervention may be of great importance. Vascular plants employ different physiological strategies to cope with embolism and variation is observed across the kingdom. The genomic resources in this area have started to emerge and open up possibilities of synthesis, validation and utilization of the new knowledge-base. This review article assesses the research till date on this issue and discusses new possibilities for bridging physiology and genomics of a plant, and foresees its implementation in crop science.
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- Sonali Sengupta
- Division of Plant Biology, Acharya J C Bose Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Bose InstituteKolkata, India
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Hao Z, Mohnen D. A review of xylan and lignin biosynthesis: Foundation for studying Arabidopsisirregular xylemmutants with pleiotropic phenotypes. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 49:212-41. [DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2014.889651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Capron A, Chang XF, Hall H, Ellis B, Beatson RP, Berleth T. Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling fibre length and lignin content in Arabidopsis thaliana stems. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:185-97. [PMID: 23136168 PMCID: PMC3528028 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Fibre properties and the biochemical composition of cell walls are important traits in many applications. For example, the lengths of fibres define the strength and quality of paper, and lignin content is a critical parameter for the use of biomass in biofuel production. Identifying genes controlling these traits is comparatively difficult in woody species, because of long generation times and limited amenability to high-resolution genetic mapping. To address this problem, this study mapped quantitative trait loci (QTLs) defining fibre length and lignin content in the Arabidopsis recombinant inbred line population Col-4 × Ler-0. Adapting high-throughput phenotyping techniques for both traits for measurements in Arabidopsis inflorescence stems identified significant QTLs for fibre length on chromosomes 2 and 5, as well as one significant QTL affecting lignin content on chromosome 2. For fibre length, total variation within the population was 208% higher than between parental lines and the identified QTLs explained 50.58% of the observed variation. For lignin content, the values were 261 and 26.51%, respectively. Bioinformatics analysis of the associated intervals identified a number of candidate genes for fibre length and lignin content. This study demonstrates that molecular mapping of QTLs pertaining to wood and fibre properties is possible in Arabidopsis, which substantially broadens the use of Arabidopsis as a model species for the functional characterization of plant genes.
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- Arnaud Capron
- University of Toronto-CSB, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 3B2
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- British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5G 3H2
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- University of British Columbia – Michael Smith Laboratories, #301–2185 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- University of British Columbia – Michael Smith Laboratories, #301–2185 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5G 3H2
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- University of Toronto-CSB, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 3B2
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Laser microdissection and genetic manipulation technologies to probe lignin heterogeneity and configuration in plant cell walls. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 908:229-50. [PMID: 22843403 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-956-3_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Single and multiple T-DNA knockouts of genes encoding arogenate dehydratases (ADTs) in Arabidopsis were obtained in homozygous form. These were analyzed for potential differences in lignin contents and compositions, as well as for distinct phenotypes over growth and development. Of these different lines, distinct reductions in lignin contents were obtained, with those having different G:S ratios depending upon the combination of ADT genes being knocked out. Results from pyrolysis GC/MS analyses indicated that differential carbon flux occurred into the vascular bundles (vb) and interfascicular fibers (if). These results provide additional new insight into factors controlling lignin heterogeneity and configuration.
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Eynck C, Séguin-Swartz G, Clarke WE, Parkin IAP. Monolignol biosynthesis is associated with resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Camelina sativa. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2012; 13:887-99. [PMID: 22487550 PMCID: PMC6638904 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00798.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a necrotrophic plant pathogen with an extremely broad host range. It causes stem rot in Camelina sativa, a crucifer with great potential as an alternative oilseed crop. Lignification is a common phenomenon in the expression of resistance against necrotrophs, but the molecular mechanisms underlying this defence response are poorly understood. We present histochemical, gene expression and biochemical data investigating the role of monolignols in the resistance of C. sativa to S. sclerotiorum. Comparative studies with resistant and susceptible lines of C. sativa revealed substantial differences in constitutive transcript levels and gene regulation patterns for members of the gene family encoding cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), the first enzyme specifically committed to the synthesis of lignin monomers. These differences were associated with anatomical and metabolic factors. While the induction of CsCCR2 expression after inoculation with S. sclerotiorum was associated with the deposition of lignin mainly derived from guaiacyl monomers, high constitutive levels of CsCCR4 paralleled a high syringyl lignin content in healthy stems of resistant plants. The results provide evidence that plant cell wall strengthening plays a role in the resistance of C. sativa to S. sclerotiorum, and that both constitutive and inducible defence mechanisms contribute to reduced symptom development in resistant germplasm. This study provides the first characterization of quantitative resistance in C. sativa to S. sclerotiorum.
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- Christina Eynck
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7N 0X2.
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Liu L, Stein A, Wittkop B, Sarvari P, Li J, Yan X, Dreyer F, Frauen M, Friedt W, Snowdon RJ. A knockout mutation in the lignin biosynthesis gene CCR1 explains a major QTL for acid detergent lignin content in Brassica napus seeds. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2012; 124:1573-86. [PMID: 22350089 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1811-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2011] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Seed coat phenolic compounds represent important antinutritive fibre components that cause a considerable reduction in value of seed meals from oilseed rape (Brassica napus). The nutritionally most important fibre compound is acid detergent lignin (ADL), to which a significant contribution is made by phenylpropanoid-derived lignin precursors. In this study, we used bulked-segregant analysis in a population of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from a cross of the Chinese oilseed rape lines GH06 (yellow seed, low ADL) and P174 (black seed, high ADL) to identify markers with tight linkage to a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) for seed ADL content. Fine mapping of the QTL was performed in a backcross population comprising 872 BC(1)F(2) plants from a cross of an F(7) RIL from the above-mentioned population, which was heterozygous for this major QTL and P174. A 3:1 phenotypic segregation for seed ADL content indicated that a single, dominant, major locus causes a substantial reduction in ADL. This locus was successively narrowed to 0.75 cM using in silico markers derived from a homologous Brassica rapa sequence contig spanning the QTL. Subsequently, we located a B. rapa orthologue of the key lignin biosynthesis gene CINNAMOYL CO-A REDUCTASE 1 (CCR1) only 600 kbp (0.75 cM) upstream of the nearest linked marker. Sequencing of PCR amplicons, covering the full-length coding sequences of Bna.CCR1 homologues, revealed a locus in P174 whose sequence corresponds to the Brassica oleracea wild-type allele from chromosome C8. In GH06, however, this allele is replaced by a homologue derived from chromosome A9 that contains a loss-of-function frameshift mutation in exon 1. Genetic and physical map data infer that this loss-of-function allele has replaced a functional Bna.CCR1 locus on chromosome C8 in GH06 by homoeologous non-reciprocal translocation.
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- Liezhao Liu
- Department of Plant Breeding, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Corea ORA, Ki C, Cardenas CL, Kim SJ, Brewer SE, Patten AM, Davin LB, Lewis NG. Arogenate dehydratase isoenzymes profoundly and differentially modulate carbon flux into lignins. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:11446-59. [PMID: 22311980 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.322164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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How carbon flux differentially occurs in vascular plants following photosynthesis for protein formation, phenylpropanoid metabolism (i.e. lignins), and other metabolic processes is not well understood. Our previous discovery/deduction that a six-membered arogenate dehydratase (ADT1-6) gene family encodes the final step in Phe biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana raised the fascinating question whether individual ADT isoenzymes (or combinations thereof) differentially modulated carbon flux to lignins, proteins, etc. If so, unlike all other lignin pathway manipulations that target cell wall/cytosolic processes, this would be the first example of a plastid (chloroplast)-associated metabolic process influencing cell wall formation. Homozygous T-DNA insertion lines were thus obtained for five of the six ADTs and used to generate double, triple, and quadruple knockouts (KOs) in different combinations. The various mutants so obtained gave phenotypes with profound but distinct reductions in lignin amounts, encompassing a range spanning from near wild type levels to reductions of up to ∼68%. In the various KOs, there were also marked changes in guaiacyl:syringyl ratios ranging from ∼3:1 to 1:1, respectively; these changes were attributed to differential carbon flux into vascular bundles versus that into fiber cells. Laser microscope dissection/pyrolysis GC/MS, histochemical staining/lignin analyses, and pADT::GUS localization indicated that ADT5 preferentially affects carbon flux into the vascular bundles, whereas the adt3456 knock-out additionally greatly reduced carbon flux into fiber cells. This plastid-localized metabolic step can thus profoundly differentially affect carbon flux into lignins in distinct anatomical regions and provides incisive new insight into different factors affecting guaiacyl:syringyl ratios and lignin primary structure.
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- Oliver R A Corea
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340, USA
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Tamasloukht B, Wong Quai Lam MSJ, Martinez Y, Tozo K, Barbier O, Jourda C, Jauneau A, Borderies G, Balzergue S, Renou JP, Huguet S, Martinant JP, Tatout C, Lapierre C, Barrière Y, Goffner D, Pichon M. Characterization of a cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 (CCR1) mutant in maize: effects on lignification, fibre development, and global gene expression. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:3837-48. [PMID: 21493812 PMCID: PMC3134344 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), which catalyses the first committed step of the lignin-specific branch of monolignol biosynthesis, has been extensively characterized in dicot species, but few data are available in monocots. By screening a Mu insertional mutant collection in maize, a mutant in the CCR1 gene was isolated named Zmccr1(-). In this mutant, CCR1 gene expression is reduced to 31% of the residual wild-type level. Zmccr1(-) exhibited enhanced digestibility without compromising plant growth and development. Lignin analysis revealed a slight decrease in lignin content and significant changes in lignin structure. p-Hydroxyphenyl units were strongly decreased and the syringyl/guaiacyl ratio was slightly increased. At the cellular level, alterations in lignin deposition were mainly observed in the walls of the sclerenchymatic fibre cells surrounding the vascular bundles. These cell walls showed little to no staining with phloroglucinol. These histochemical changes were accompanied by an increase in sclerenchyma surface area and an alteration in cell shape. In keeping with this cell type-specific phenotype, transcriptomics performed at an early stage of plant development revealed the down-regulation of genes specifically associated with fibre wall formation. To the present authors' knowledge, this is the first functional characterization of CCR1 in a grass species.
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- Barek Tamasloukht
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- INRA/CNRS - URGV 2, rue Gaston Crémieux, CP5708, 91057 Evry cedex, France
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- INRA/CNRS - URGV 2, rue Gaston Crémieux, CP5708, 91057 Evry cedex, France
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- INRA/CNRS - URGV 2, rue Gaston Crémieux, CP5708, 91057 Evry cedex, France
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- Biogemma, Campus universitaire des Cézeaux, 24 Avenue des Landais, 63170 Aubière, France
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- Biogemma, Campus universitaire des Cézeaux, 24 Avenue des Landais, 63170 Aubière, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR 1318 AgroParisTech/INRA, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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- INRA, Unité de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes Fourragères, BP6, 86600 Lusignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, UMR 5546 UPS/CNRS, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales,24 chemin de Borde Rouge, B.P. 42617 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Voelker SL, Lachenbruch B, Meinzer FC, Strauss SH. Reduced wood stiffness and strength, and altered stem form, in young antisense 4CL transgenic poplars with reduced lignin contents. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 189:1096-1109. [PMID: 21158867 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03572.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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• Reduced lignin content in perennial crops has been sought as a means to improve biomass processability for paper and biofuels production, but it is unclear how this could affect wood properties and tree form. • Here, we studied a nontransgenic control and 14 transgenic events containing an antisense 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase (4CL) to discern the consequences of lignin reduction in poplar (Populus sp.). During the second year of growth, trees were grown either free-standing in a field trial or affixed to stakes in a glasshouse. • Reductions in lignin of up to 40% gave comparable losses in wood strength and stiffness. This occurred despite the fact that low-lignin trees had a similar wood density and up to three-fold more tension wood. In free-standing and staked trees, the control line had twice the height for a given diameter as did low-lignin trees. Staked trees had twice the height for a given diameter as free-standing trees in the field, but did not differ in wood stiffness. • Variation in tree morphogenesis appears to be governed by lignin x environment interactions mediated by stresses exerted on developing cells. Therefore our results underline the importance of field studies for assessing the performance of transgenic trees with modified wood properties.
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- Steven L Voelker
- Department of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA
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- Department of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA
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- Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA
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Voelker SL, Lachenbruch B, Meinzer FC, Jourdes M, Ki C, Patten AM, Davin LB, Lewis NG, Tuskan GA, Gunter L, Decker SR, Selig MJ, Sykes R, Himmel ME, Kitin P, Shevchenko O, Strauss SH. Antisense down-regulation of 4CL expression alters lignification, tree growth, and saccharification potential of field-grown poplar. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 154:874-86. [PMID: 20729393 PMCID: PMC2949011 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.159269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Transgenic down-regulation of the Pt4CL1 gene family encoding 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase (4CL) has been reported as a means for reducing lignin content in cell walls and increasing overall growth rates, thereby improving feedstock quality for paper and bioethanol production. Using hybrid poplar (Populus tremula × Populus alba), we applied this strategy and examined field-grown transformants for both effects on wood biochemistry and tree productivity. The reductions in lignin contents obtained correlated well with 4CL RNA expression, with a sharp decrease in lignin amount being observed for RNA expression below approximately 50% of the nontransgenic control. Relatively small lignin reductions of approximately 10% were associated with reduced productivity, decreased wood syringyl/guaiacyl lignin monomer ratios, and a small increase in the level of incorporation of H-monomers (p-hydroxyphenyl) into cell walls. Transgenic events with less than approximately 50% 4CL RNA expression were characterized by patches of reddish-brown discolored wood that had approximately twice the extractive content of controls (largely complex polyphenolics). There was no evidence that substantially reduced lignin contents increased growth rates or saccharification potential. Our results suggest that the capacity for lignin reduction is limited; below a threshold, large changes in wood chemistry and plant metabolism were observed that adversely affected productivity and potential ethanol yield. They also underline the importance of field studies to obtain physiologically meaningful results and to support technology development with transgenic trees.
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- Department of Wood Science and Engineering (S.L.V., B.L.) and Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society (O.S., S.H.S.), Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331; United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 (F.C.M.); Washington State University, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Pullman, Washington 99164–6340 (M.J., C.K., A.M.P., L.B.D., N.G.L.); BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831–6422 (G.A.T., L.G., S.R.D., M.J.S., R.S., M.E.H.); National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401 (S.R.D.,M.J.S., R.S., M.E.H.); Laboratory for Wood Biology and Xylarium, Royal Museum for Central Africa, B–3080 Tervuren, Belgium (P.K.)
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Distinct cinnamoyl CoA reductases involved in parallel routes to lignin in Medicago truncatula. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:17803-8. [PMID: 20876124 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012900107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Cinnamoyl CoA reductases (CCR) convert hydroxycinnamoyl CoA esters to their corresponding cinnamyl aldehydes in monolignol biosynthesis. We identified two CCR genes in the model legume Medicago truncatula. CCR1 exhibits preference for feruloyl CoA, but CCR2 prefers caffeoyl and 4-coumaroyl CoAs, exhibits sigmoidal kinetics with these substrates, and is substrate-inhibited by feruloyl and sinapoyl CoAs. M. truncatula lines harboring transposon insertions in CCR1 exhibit drastically reduced growth and lignin content, whereas CCR2 knockouts grow normally with moderate reduction in lignin levels. CCR1 fully and CCR2 partially complement the irregular xylem gene 4 CCR mutation of Arabidopsis. The expression of caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT) is up-regulated in CCR2 knockout lines; conversely, knockout of CCoAOMT up-regulates CCR2. These observations suggest that CCR2 is involved in a route to monolignols in Medicago whereby coniferaldehyde is formed via caffeyl aldehyde which then is 3-O-methylated by caffeic acid O-methyltransferase.
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Moinuddin SGA, Jourdes M, Laskar DD, Ki C, Cardenas CL, Kim KW, Zhang D, Davin LB, Lewis NG. Insights into lignin primary structure and deconstruction from Arabidopsis thaliana COMT (caffeic acid O-methyl transferase) mutant Atomt1. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:3928-46. [PMID: 20652169 DOI: 10.1039/c004817h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Arabidopsis mutant Atomt1 lignin differs from native lignin in wild type plants, in terms of sinapyl (S) alcohol-derived substructures in fiber cell walls being substituted by 5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol (5OHG)-derived moieties. During programmed lignin assembly, these engender formation of benzodioxane substructures due to intramolecular cyclization of their quinone methides that are transiently formed following 8-O-4' radical-radical coupling. Thioacidolytic cleavage of the 8-O-4' inter-unit linkages in the Atomt1 mutant, relative to the wild type, indicated that cleavable sinapyl (S) and coniferyl (G) alcohol-derived monomeric moieties were stoichiometrically reduced by a circa 2 : 1 ratio. Additionally, lignin degradative analysis resulted in release of a 5OHG-5OHG-G trimer from the Atomt1 mutant, which then underwent further cleavage. Significantly, the trimeric moiety released provides new insight into lignin primary structure: during polymer assembly, the first 5OHG moiety is linked via a C8-O-X inter-unit linkage, whereas subsequent addition of monomers apparently involves sequential addition of 5OHG and G moieties to the growing chain in a 2 : 1 overall stoichiometry. This quantification data thus provides further insight into how inter-unit linkage frequencies in native lignins are apparently conserved (or near conserved) during assembly in both instances, as well as providing additional impetus to resolve how the overall question of lignin macromolecular assembly is controlled in terms of both type of monomer addition and primary sequence.
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- Syed G A Moinuddin
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA
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Patten AM, Jourdes M, Cardenas CL, Laskar DD, Nakazawa Y, Chung BY, Franceschi VR, Davin LB, Lewis NG. Probing native lignin macromolecular configuration in Arabidopsis thaliana in specific cell wall types: further insights into limited substrate degeneracy and assembly of the lignins of ref8, fah 1-2 and C4H::F5H lines. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2009; 6:499-515. [PMID: 20174679 DOI: 10.1039/b819206e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interest in renewable, plant-derived, bioenergy/biofuels has resulted in a renaissance of plant cell-wall/lignin research. Herein, effects of modulating lignin monomeric compositions in a single plant species, Arabidopsis, are described. The earliest stage of putative "AcBr/Klason lignin" deposition was apparently unaffected by modulating p-coumarate 3-hydroxylase or ferulate 5-hydroxylase activities. This finding helps account for the inability of many other studies to fully suppress the reported putative levels of lignin deposition through monolignol biosynthesis manipulation, and also underscores limitations in frequently used lignin analytical protocols. The overall putative lignin content was greatly reduced (circa 62%) in a plant line harboring an H-(p-hydroxyphenyl) enriched lignin phenotype. This slightly increased H-monomer deposition level apparently occurred in cell-wall domains normally harboring guaiacyl (G) and/or syringyl (S) lignin moieties. For G- and S-enriched lignin phenotypes, the overall lignification process appeared analogous to wild type, with only xylem fiber and interfascicular fiber cells forming the S-enriched lignins. Laser microscope dissection of vascular bundles and interfascicular fibers, followed by pyrolysis GC/MS, supported these findings. Some cell types, presumably metaxylem and possibly protoxylem, also afforded small amounts of benzodioxane (sub)structures due to limited substrate degeneracy (i.e. utilizing 5-hydroxyconiferyl alcohol rather than sinapyl alcohol). For all plant lines studied, the 8-O-4' inter-unit frequency of cleavable H, G and/or S monomers was essentially invariant of monomeric composition for a given (putative) lignin content. These data again underscore the need for determination of lignin primary structures and identification of all proteins/enzymes involved in control of lignin polymer assembly/macromolecular configuration.
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- Ann M Patten
- The Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA
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Ruel K, Berrio-Sierra J, Derikvand MM, Pollet B, Thévenin J, Lapierre C, Jouanin L, Joseleau JP. Impact of CCR1 silencing on the assembly of lignified secondary walls in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2009; 184:99-113. [PMID: 19674336 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02951.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 knockout mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana was investigated for the consequences of lignin synthesis perturbation on the assembly of the cell walls. The mutant displayed a dwarf phenotype and a strong collapse of its xylem vessels corresponding to lower lignin content and a loss of lignin units of the noncondensed type. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the transformation considerably impaired the capacity of interfascicular fibers and vascular bundles to complete the assembly of cellulose microfibrils in the S(2) layer, the S(1) layer remaining unaltered. Such disorder in cellulose was correlated with X-ray diffraction showing altered organization. Semi-quantitative immunolabeling of lignins showed that the patterns of distribution were differentially affected in interfascicular fibers and vascular bundles, pointing to the importance of noncondensed lignin structures for the assembly of a coherent secondary wall. The use of laser capture microdissection combined with the microanalysis of lignins and polysaccharides allowed these polymers to be characterized into specific cell types. Wild-type A. thaliana displayed a two-fold higher syringyl to guaiacyl ratio in interfascicular fibers compared with vascular bundles, whereas this difference was less marked in the cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 knockout mutant.
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- Katia Ruel
- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV-CNRS), UPR 5301, Associée à l'Université Joseph Fourier (UJF), Grenoble, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV-CNRS), UPR 5301, Associée à l'Université Joseph Fourier (UJF), Grenoble, France
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- UMR 206 Chimie Biologique AgroParisTech-INRA, AgroParisTech Centre de Grignon, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- UMR 206 Chimie Biologique AgroParisTech-INRA, AgroParisTech Centre de Grignon, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Biologie Cellulaire, IJPB, INRA, 78026 Versailles cedex, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV-CNRS), UPR 5301, Associée à l'Université Joseph Fourier (UJF), Grenoble, France
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Guerra A, Elissetche JP, Norambuena M, Freer J, Valenzuela S, Rodríguez J, Balocchi C. Influence of Lignin Structural Features on Eucalyptus globulus Kraft Pulping. Ind Eng Chem Res 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ie800320d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mir Derikvand M, Sierra JB, Ruel K, Pollet B, Do CT, Thévenin J, Buffard D, Jouanin L, Lapierre C. Redirection of the phenylpropanoid pathway to feruloyl malate in Arabidopsis mutants deficient for cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1. PLANTA 2008; 227:943-56. [PMID: 18046574 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0669-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 11/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1 (CCR1, gene At1g15950) is the main CCR isoform implied in the constitutive lignification of Arabidopsis thaliana. In this work, we have identified and characterized two new knockout mutants for CCR1. Both have a dwarf phenotype and a delayed senescence. At complete maturity, their inflorescence stems display a 25-35% decreased lignin level, some alterations in lignin structure with a higher frequency of resistant interunit bonds and a higher content in cell wall-bound ferulic esters. Ferulic acid-coniferyl alcohol ether dimers were found for the first time in dicot cell walls and in similar levels in wild-type and mutant plants. The expression of CCR2, a CCR gene usually involved in plant defense, was increased in the mutants and could account for the biosynthesis of lignins in the CCR1-knockout plants. Mutant plantlets have three to four-times less sinapoyl malate (SM) than controls and accumulate some feruloyl malate. The same compositional changes occurred in the rosette leaves of greenhouse-grown plants. By contrast and relative to the control, their stems accumulated unusually high levels of both SM and feruloyl malate as well as more kaempferol glycosides. These findings suggest that, in their hypolignified stems, the mutant plants would avoid the feruloyl-CoA accumulation by its redirection to cell wall-bound ferulate esters, to feruloyl malate and to SM. The formation of feruloyl malate to an extent far exceeding the levels reported so far indicates that ferulic acid is a potential substrate for the enzymes involved in SM biosynthesis and emphasizes the remarkable plasticity of Arabidopsis phenylpropanoid metabolism.
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Vassão DG, Davin LB, Lewis NG. Metabolic Engineering of Plant Allyl/Propenyl Phenol and Lignin Pathways: Future Potential for Biofuels/Bioenergy, Polymer Intermediates, and Specialty Chemicals? BIOENGINEERING AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANT PATHWAYS 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1755-0408(07)01013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ralph J, Kim H, Lu F, Grabber JH, Leplé JC, Berrio-Sierra J, Derikvand MM, Jouanin L, Boerjan W, Lapierre C. Identification of the structure and origin of a thioacidolysis marker compound for ferulic acid incorporation into angiosperm lignins (and an indicator for cinnamoyl CoA reductase deficiency). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 53:368-79. [PMID: 18184422 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03345.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A molecular marker compound, derived from lignin by the thioacidolysis degradative method, for structures produced when ferulic acid is incorporated into lignin in angiosperms (poplar, Arabidopsis, tobacco), has been structurally identified as 1,2,2-trithioethyl ethylguaiacol [1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,2,2-tris(ethylthio)ethane]. Its truncated side chain and distinctive oxidation state suggest that it derives from ferulic acid that has undergone bis-8-O-4 (cross) coupling during lignification, as validated by model studies. A diagnostic contour for such structures is found in two-dimensional (13)C-(1)H correlated (HSQC) NMR spectra of lignins isolated from cinnamoyl CoA reductase (CCR)-deficient poplar. As low levels of the marker are also released from normal (i.e. non-transgenic) plants in which ferulic acid may be present during lignification, notably in grasses, the marker is only an indicator for CCR deficiency in general, but is a reliable marker in woody angiosperms such as poplar. Its derivation, together with evidence for 4-O-etherified ferulic acid, strongly implies that ferulic acid is incorporated into angiosperm lignins. Its endwise radical coupling reactions suggest that ferulic acid should be considered an authentic lignin precursor. Moreover, ferulic acid incorporation provides a new mechanism for producing branch points in the polymer. The findings sharply contradict those reported in a recent study on CCR-deficient Arabidopsis.
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- John Ralph
- US Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Davin LB, Jourdes M, Patten AM, Kim KW, Vassão DG, Lewis NG. Dissection of lignin macromolecular configuration and assembly: Comparison to related biochemical processes in allyl/propenyl phenol and lignan biosynthesis. Nat Prod Rep 2008; 25:1015-90. [DOI: 10.1039/b510386j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Koutaniemi S, Warinowski T, Kärkönen A, Alatalo E, Fossdal CG, Saranpää P, Laakso T, Fagerstedt KV, Simola LK, Paulin L, Rudd S, Teeri TH. Expression profiling of the lignin biosynthetic pathway in Norway spruce using EST sequencing and real-time RT-PCR. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 65:311-28. [PMID: 17764001 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9220-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Accepted: 08/02/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Lignin biosynthesis is a major carbon sink in gymnosperms and woody angiosperms. Many of the enzymes involved are encoded for by several genes, some of which are also related to the biosynthesis of other phenylpropanoids. In this study, we aimed at the identification of those gene family members that are responsible for developmental lignification in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). Gene expression across the whole lignin biosynthetic pathway was profiled using EST sequencing and quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Stress-induced lignification during bending stress and Heterobasidion annosum infection was also studied. Altogether 7,189 ESTs were sequenced from a lignin forming tissue culture and developing xylem of spruce, and clustered into 3,831 unigenes. Several paralogous genes were found for both monolignol biosynthetic and polymerisation-related enzymes. Real-time RT-PCR results highlighted the set of monolignol biosynthetic genes that are likely to be responsible for developmental lignification in Norway spruce. Potential genes for monolignol polymerisation were also identified. In compression wood, mostly the same monolignol biosynthetic gene set was expressed, but peroxidase expression differed from the vertically grown control. Pathogen infection in phloem resulted in a general up-regulation of the monolignol biosynthetic pathway, and in an induction of a few new gene family members. Based on the up-regulation under both pathogen attack and in compression wood, PaPAL2, PaPX2 and PaPX3 appeared to have a general stress-induced function.
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- Sanna Koutaniemi
- Department of Applied Biology, University of Helsinki, Latokartanonkaari 7, PO Box 27, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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Patten AM, Jourdes M, Brown EE, Laborie MP, Davin LB, Lewis NG. Reaction tissue formation and stem tensile modulus properties in wild-type and p-coumarate-3-hydroxylase downregulated lines of alfalfa, Medicago sativa (Fabaceae). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2007; 94:912-25. [PMID: 21636460 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.6.912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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To our knowledge, xylary reaction tissue has never been reported in a forage crop species. Here we report the discovery of reaction tissue in a transgenic line of Medicago sativa (pC3H, for the gene for p-coumarate-3-hydroxylase) with reduced lignin content and in the wild-type (WT) line. Based on microscopy and biomechanical testing of internodal alfalfa branch sections, the transgenic (pC3H-I) line, relative to the WT (1) apparently formed more reaction tissue containing gelatinous fibers with adjacent thick-walled fibers (presumed to be "intermediate" tissue) more rapidly, (2) had more xylem tissue, and (3) had comparable tensile dynamic modulus properties. These findings thus establish the (limited) ability of this perennial angiosperm to form (inducible) reaction tissue in a manner somewhat analogous to that of woody arborescent angiosperms. The potential of effectuating reductions in lignin amounts in (woody) angiosperms with increased formation of reaction (tension wood) tissue is discussed because reaction tissues are often viewed as a deleterious trait in processing for many agronomic/industrial applications, especially with the current interest in biofuels.
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- Ann M Patten
- The Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6340 USA
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Davin LB, Lewis NG. Dirigent phenoxy radical coupling: advances and challenges. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2007; 16:398-406. [PMID: 16023845 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2005] [Revised: 06/01/2005] [Accepted: 06/29/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The past seven years have witnessed significant progress in the biochemical characterization of dirigent (monolignol radical binding) proteins in vitro, as well as in the delineation of their associated metabolic networks in planta. Interestingly, both the stereoselective and regiospecific control over phenoxy radical-radical coupling appears to have evolved during the transition of plants to a land base for lignan, norlignan and ellagitannin biosynthesis.
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- Laurence B Davin
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164-6340, USA
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Laskar DD, Jourdes M, Patten AM, Helms GL, Davin LB, Lewis NG. The Arabidopsis cinnamoyl CoA reductase irx4 mutant has a delayed but coherent (normal) program of lignification. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 48:674-86. [PMID: 17092316 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02918.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Previous studies have indicated that the Arabidopsis thalianairregular xylem 4 (irx4) mutant is severely lignin-deficient, forming abnormal lignin from aberrant monomers. Studies of lignin structure in dwarfed cinnamoyl CoA reductase (CCR)-downregulated tobacco were also previously reported to incorporate feruloyl tyramine derivatives. The lignin in the Arabidopsis irx4 mutant was re-investigated at 6 weeks and at maturation (9 weeks). Application of (1)H, (13)C, 2D Heteronuclear Multiple Quantum Coherence and 2D Heteronuclear Multiple Bond Coherence spectroscopic analyses to the lignin-enriched isolates from both Arabidopsis wild-type (Ler) and the CCR-irx4 mutant at both developmental stages revealed that only typical guaiacyl/syringyl lignins were formed. For the irx4 mutant, the syringyl content at 6 weeks growth was lower, in accordance with a delayed but coherent program of lignification. At maturation, however, the syringyl/guaiacyl ratio of the irx4 mutant approached that of wild-type. There was no evidence for feruloyl tyramines, or homologues thereof, accumulating as a chemical signature in lignins resulting from CCR mutation. Nor were there any noticeable increases in other phenolic components, such as hydroxycinnamic acids. These findings were further confirmed by application of thioacidolysis, alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation and acetyl bromide analyses. Moreover, in the case of CCR downregulation in tobacco, there were no NMR spectroscopic correlations that demonstrated feruloyl tyramines being incorporated into the lignin biopolymers. This study thus found no evidence that abnormal lignin formation occurs when CCR activity is modulated.
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- Dhrubojyoti D Laskar
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA
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Chen F, Srinivasa Reddy MS, Temple S, Jackson L, Shadle G, Dixon RA. Multi-site genetic modulation of monolignol biosynthesis suggests new routes for formation of syringyl lignin and wall-bound ferulic acid in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 48:113-24. [PMID: 16972868 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Genes encoding seven enzymes of the monolignol pathway were independently downregulated in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) using antisense and/or RNA interference. In each case, total flux into lignin was reduced, with the largest effects arising from the downregulation of earlier enzymes in the pathway. The downregulation of l-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, 4-coumarate 3-hydroxylase, hydroxycinnamoyl CoA quinate/shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase, ferulate 5-hydroxylase or caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase resulted in compositional changes in lignin and wall-bound hydroxycinnamic acids consistent with the current models of the monolignol pathway. However, downregulating caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase neither reduced syringyl (S) lignin units nor wall-bound ferulate, inconsistent with a role for this enzyme in 3-O-methylation ofS monolignol precursors and hydroxycinnamic acids. Paradoxically, lignin composition differed in plants downregulated in either cinnamate 4-hydroxylase or phenylalanine ammonia-lyase. No changes in the levels of acylated flavonoids were observed in the various transgenic lines. The current model for monolignol and ferulate biosynthesis appears to be an over-simplification, at least in alfalfa, and additional enzymes may be needed for the 3-O-methylation reactions of S lignin and ferulate biosynthesis.
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- Fang Chen
- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401, USA
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Costa MA, Bedgar DL, Moinuddin SGA, Kim KW, Cardenas CL, Cochrane FC, Shockey JM, Helms GL, Amakura Y, Takahashi H, Milhollan JK, Davin LB, Browse J, Lewis NG. Characterization in vitro and in vivo of the putative multigene 4-coumarate:CoA ligase network in Arabidopsis: syringyl lignin and sinapate/sinapyl alcohol derivative formation. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2005; 66:2072-91. [PMID: 16099486 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2005] [Accepted: 06/20/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A recent in silico analysis revealed that the Arabidopsis genome has 14 genes annotated as putative 4-coumarate:CoA ligase isoforms or homologues. Of these, 11 were selected for detailed functional analysis in vitro, using all known possible phenylpropanoid pathway intermediates (p-coumaric, caffeic, ferulic, 5-hydroxyferulic and sinapic acids), as well as cinnamic acid. Of the 11 recombinant proteins so obtained, four were catalytically active in vitro, with fairly broad substrate specificities, confirming that the 4CL gene family in Arabidopsis has only four members. This finding is in agreement with our previous phylogenetic analyses, and again illustrates the need for comprehensive characterization of all putative 4CLs, rather than piecemeal analysis of selected gene members. All 11 proteins were expressed with a C-terminal His6-tag and functionally characterized, with one, At4CL1, expressed in native form for kinetic property comparisons. Of the 11 putative His6-tagged 4CLs, isoform At4CL1 best utilized p-coumaric, caffeic, ferulic and 5-hydroxyferulic acids as substrates, whereas At4CL2 readily transformed p-coumaric and caffeic acids into the corresponding CoA esters, while ferulic and 5-hydroxyferulic acids were converted quite poorly. At4CL3 also displayed broad substrate specificity efficiently converting p-coumaric, caffeic and ferulic acids into their CoA esters, whereas 5-hydroxyferulic acid was not as effectively utilized. By contrast, while At4CL5 is the only isoform capable of ligating sinapic acid, the two preferred substrates were 5-hydroxyferulic and caffeic acids. Indeed, both At4CL1 and At4CL5 most effectively utilized 5-hydroxyferulic acid with kenz approximately 10-fold higher than that for At4CL2 and At4CL3. The remaining seven 4CL-like homologues had no measurable catalytic activity (at approximately 100 microg protein concentrations), again bringing into sharp focus both the advantages to, and the limitations of, current database annotations, and the need to unambiguously demonstrate true enzyme function. Lastly, although At4CL5 is able to convert both 5-hydroxyferulic and sinapic acids into the corresponding CoA esters, the physiological significance of the latter observation in vitro was in question, i.e. particularly since other 4CL isoforms can effectively convert 5-hydroxyferulic acid into 5-hydroxyferuloyl CoA. Hence, homozygous lines containing T-DNA or enhancer trap inserts (knockouts) for 4cl5 were selected by screening, with Arabidopsis stem sections from each mutant line subjected to detailed analyses for both lignin monomeric compositions and contents, and sinapate/sinapyl alcohol derivative formation, at different stages of growth and development until maturation. The data so obtained revealed that this "knockout" had no significant effect on either lignin content or monomeric composition, or on the accumulation of sinapate/sinapyl alcohol derivatives. The results from the present study indicate that formation of syringyl lignins and sinapate/sinapyl alcohol derivatives result primarily from methylation of 5-hydroxyferuloyl CoA or derivatives thereof rather than sinapic acid ligation. That is, no specific physiological role for At4CL5 in direct sinapic acid CoA ligation could be identified. How the putative overlapping 4CL metabolic networks are in fact organized in planta at various stages of growth and development will be the subject of future inquiry.
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- Michael A Costa
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA
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Davin LB, Lewis NG. Lignin primary structures and dirigent sites. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2005; 16:407-15. [PMID: 16023847 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2005] [Revised: 06/10/2005] [Accepted: 06/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Although lignin is the second most abundant plant substance in vascular plants, its mode of synthesis is still the subject of much debate. However, recent progress has provided crucial evidence to support the theory that lignin primary structure is controlled at the proteinaceous level. Evidence for control over lignin assembly has been demonstrated with the discovery of monomer-invariant aryl-O-ether linkages in lignins that upon alkaline cleavage release the corresponding monomers in equimolar amounts, regardless of monolignol composition. Current evidence would indicate that there are only a few native lignin primary structures, the entire sequences of which now need to be fully determined. A provisional mechanistic model is proposed to account for macromolecular lignin assembly through the participation of proteins harboring arrays of dirigent (monolignol radical binding) sites.
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- Laurence B Davin
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164-6340, USA
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