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Peracchi LM, Panahabadi R, Barros-Rios J, Bartley LE, Sanguinet KA. Grass lignin: biosynthesis, biological roles, and industrial applications. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1343097. [PMID: 38463570 PMCID: PMC10921064 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1343097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Lignin is a phenolic heteropolymer found in most terrestrial plants that contributes an essential role in plant growth, abiotic stress tolerance, and biotic stress resistance. Recent research in grass lignin biosynthesis has found differences compared to dicots such as Arabidopsis thaliana. For example, the prolific incorporation of hydroxycinnamic acids into grass secondary cell walls improve the structural integrity of vascular and structural elements via covalent crosslinking. Conversely, fundamental monolignol chemistry conserves the mechanisms of monolignol translocation and polymerization across the plant phylum. Emerging evidence suggests grass lignin compositions contribute to abiotic stress tolerance, and periods of biotic stress often alter cereal lignin compositions to hinder pathogenesis. This same recalcitrance also inhibits industrial valorization of plant biomass, making lignin alterations and reductions a prolific field of research. This review presents an update of grass lignin biosynthesis, translocation, and polymerization, highlights how lignified grass cell walls contribute to plant development and stress responses, and briefly addresses genetic engineering strategies that may benefit industrial applications.
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- Luigi M. Peracchi
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Division of Plant Sciences and Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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Yactayo-Chang JP, Block AK. The impact of climate change on maize chemical defenses. Biochem J 2023; 480:1285-1298. [PMID: 37622733 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20220444] [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] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Climate change is increasingly affecting agriculture, both at the levels of crops themselves, and by altering the distribution and damage caused by insect or microbial pests. As global food security depends on the reliable production of major crops such as maize (Zea mays), it is vital that appropriate steps are taken to mitigate these negative impacts. To do this a clear understanding of what the impacts are and how they occur is needed. This review focuses on the impact of climate change on the production and effectiveness of maize chemical defenses, including volatile organic compounds, terpenoid phytoalexins, benzoxazinoids, phenolics, and flavonoids. Drought, flooding, heat stress, and elevated concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, all impact the production of maize chemical defenses, in a compound and tissue-specific manner. Furthermore, changes in stomatal conductance and altered soil conditions caused by climate change can impact environmental dispersal and effectiveness certain chemicals. This can alter both defensive barrier formation and multitrophic interactions. The production of defense chemicals is controlled by stress signaling networks. The use of similar networks to co-ordinate the response to abiotic and biotic stress can lead to complex integration of these networks in response to the combinatorial stresses that are likely to occur in a changing climate. The impact of multiple stressors on maize chemical defenses can therefore be different from the sum of the responses to individual stressors and challenging to predict. Much work remains to effectively leverage these protective chemicals in climate-resilient maize.
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- Jessica P Yactayo-Chang
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Chemistry Research Unit, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Chemistry Research Unit, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A
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López-Malvar A, Malvar RA, Souto XC, Gomez LD, Simister R, Encina A, Barros-Rios J, Pereira-Crespo S, Santiago R. Elucidating the multifunctional role of the cell wall components in the maize exploitation. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:251. [PMID: 34078286 PMCID: PMC8170779 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03040-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Besides the use of maize grain as food and feed, maize stover can be a profitable by-product for cellulosic ethanol production, whereas the whole plant can be used for silage production. However, yield is reduced by pest damages, stem corn borers being one of the most important yield constraints. Overall, cell wall composition is key in determining the quality of maize biomass, as well as pest resistance. This study aims to evaluate the composition of the four cell wall fractions (cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin and hydroxycinnamates) in diverse maize genotypes and to understand how this composition influences the resistance to pests, ethanol capacity and digestibility. RESULTS The following results can be highlighted: (i) pests' resistant materials may show cell walls with low p-coumaric acid and low hemicellulose content; (ii) inbred lines showing cell walls with high cellulose content and high diferulate cross-linking may present higher performance for ethanol production; (iii) and inbreds with enhanced digestibility may have cell walls poor in neutral detergent fibre and diferulates, combined with a lignin polymer composition richer in G subunits. CONCLUSIONS Results evidence that there is no maize cell wall ideotype among the tested for optimal performance for various uses, and maize plants should be specifically bred for each particular application.
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- Ana López-Malvar
- Facultad, de Biología, Departamento de Biología Vegetal Y Ciencias del Suelo, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain.
- Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos Y Plantas (UVIGO), Unidad Asociada a La MBG (CSIC), Vigo, Spain.
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Pazo de Salcedo, Carballeira 8, 36143, Pontevedra, Spain
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- E.E. Forestales, Dpto. Ingenieria Recursos Naturales Y Medio Ambiente, 36005, Pontevedra, Spain
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- CNAP, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, York, UK
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- Dpto. Ingeniería Y Ciencias Agrarias, Área de Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071, León, Spain
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- BioDiscovery Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, #311428, Denton, TX, 76203-5017, USA
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- Laboratorio Interprofesional Galego de Análise Do Leite (LIGAL), Mabegondo, 15318, A Coruña, Abegondo, Spain
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- Facultad, de Biología, Departamento de Biología Vegetal Y Ciencias del Suelo, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
- Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos Y Plantas (UVIGO), Unidad Asociada a La MBG (CSIC), Vigo, Spain
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Gesteiro N, Butrón A, Estévez S, Santiago R. Unraveling the role of maize (Zea mays L.) cell-wall phenylpropanoids in stem-borer resistance. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2021; 185:112683. [PMID: 33582589 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The cell wall putatively plays a role in host-plant resistance to phytopathogens. Here, we investigated which cell wall-bound phenolic compounds have determining roles in maize (Zea mays) resistance to attack by the Mediterranean corn borer Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre). Diverse sets of maize genotypes having contrasting hydroxycinnamate contents and borer resistance levels were evaluated. The interdependent relationships among some cell wall-bound phenolic compounds, such as ferulic acid and its dimers, or p-coumaric acid and syringyl lignin subunits, were analyzed. Both p-coumaric acid and syringyl momoners showed significant negative correlations with damage, as assessed by tunnel lengths, caused by S. nonagrioides larvae. Thus, the use of cell wall-bound p-coumaric acid in pest-resistant crop breeding programs is advisable.
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- Noemi Gesteiro
- Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Apartado 28, 36080, Pontevedra, Spain; Departamento Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Facultad de Biología, UA Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Apartado 28, 36080, Pontevedra, Spain.
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- Departamento Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Facultad de Biología, UA Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Facultad de Biología, UA Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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Saeed F, Hussain M, Arshad MS, Afzaal M, Munir H, Imran M, Tufail T, Anjum FM. Functional and nutraceutical properties of maize bran cell wall non-starch polysaccharides. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD PROPERTIES 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10942912.2020.1858864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Farhan Saeed
- Department of Food Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Food Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- University Institute of Diet & Nutritional Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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- University Institute of Diet & Nutritional Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
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López-Castillo LM, González-Leyzaola A, Diaz-Flores-Rivera MF, Winkler R, Wielsch N, García-Lara S. Modulation of Aleurone Peroxidases in Kernels of Insect-Resistant Maize ( Zea mays L.; Pob84-C3R) After Mechanical and Insect Damage. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:781. [PMID: 32595673 PMCID: PMC7300834 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Peroxidases (PODs) have many biological functions during the plant life cycle. In maize kernels, endosperm PODs have been identified as biochemical contributors to resistance against Sitophilus zeamais, but their identities have not been determined. In this study, we identified these PODs and determined whether their contributions are basal or inducible. Semi-purification and LC-MS/MS analyses showed that the protein ZmPrx35 is the predominant soluble endosperm POD from kernels of Pob84-C3R. Subsequent time-course analyses after mechanical damage showed that POD activity was regulated in a fluctuating kinetics pattern and that zmprx35 mRNA expression levels reflected this pattern. After 48 h of infestation with S. zeamais or Prostephanus truncatus, soluble endosperm POD activities were 1.38- or 0.85-fold, respectively. Under the same conditions, zmprx35 expression was induced 1.61-fold (S. zeamais infestation) and 1.17-fold (P. truncatus infestation). These findings suggest that ZmPrx35 contributes to the protective responses of aleurone cells against wounding and pest attacks, which could be enhanced/repressed by insect factors. Our data also provide evidence that the mechanisms of resistance of maize Pob84-C3R kernels toward the insect pests S. zeamais and P. truncatus are independent.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, CINVESTAV Unidad Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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López-Malvar A, Butrón A, Samayoa LF, Figueroa-Garrido DJ, Malvar RA, Santiago R. Genome-wide association analysis for maize stem Cell Wall-bound Hydroxycinnamates. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:519. [PMID: 31775632 PMCID: PMC6882159 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2135-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The structural reinforcement of cell walls by hydroxycinnamates has a significant role in defense against pests and pathogens, but it also interferes with forage digestibility and biofuel production. Elucidation of maize genetic variations that contribute to variation for stem hydroxycinnamate content could simplify breeding for cell wall strengthening by using markers linked to the most favorable genetic variants in marker-assisted selection or genomic selection approaches. RESULTS A genome-wide association study was conducted using a subset of 282 inbred lines from a maize diversity panel to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with stem cell wall hydroxycinnamate content. A total of 5, 8, and 2 SNPs were identified as significantly associated to p-coumarate, ferulate, and total diferulate concentrations, respectively in the maize pith. Attending to particular diferulate isomers, 3, 6, 1 and 2 SNPs were related to 8-O-4 diferulate, 5-5 diferulate, 8-5 diferulate and 8-5 linear diferulate contents, respectively. This study has the advantage of being done with direct biochemical determinations instead of using estimates based on Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) predictions. In addition, novel genomic regions involved in hydroxycinnamate content were found, such as those in bins 1.06 (for FA), 4.01 (for PCA and FA), 5.04 (for FA), 8.05 (for PCA), and 10.03 and 3.06 (for DFAT and some dimers). CONCLUSIONS The effect of individual SNPs significantly associated with stem hydroxycinnamate content was low, explaining a low percentage of total phenotypic variability (7 to 10%). Nevertheless, we spotlighted new genomic regions associated with the accumulation of cell-wall-bound hydroxycinnamic acids in the maize stem, and genes involved in cell wall modulation in response to biotic and abiotic stresses have been proposed as candidate genes for those quantitative trait loci (QTL). In addition, we cannot rule out that uncharacterized genes linked to significant SNPs could be implicated in dimer formation and arobinoxylan feruloylation because genes involved in those processes have been poorly characterized. Overall, genomic selection considering markers distributed throughout the whole genome seems to be a more appropriate breeding strategy than marker-assisted selection focused in markers linked to QTL.
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- A López-Malvar
- Facultad de Biología, Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain.
- Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas (UVIGO), Unidad Asociada a la MBG (CSIC), Vigo, Spain.
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Pazo de Salcedo, Carballeira 8, 36143, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7620, USA
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- Facultad de Biología, Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
- Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas (UVIGO), Unidad Asociada a la MBG (CSIC), Vigo, Spain
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Pazo de Salcedo, Carballeira 8, 36143, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Facultad de Biología, Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
- Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas (UVIGO), Unidad Asociada a la MBG (CSIC), Vigo, Spain
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Jiménez-Galindo JC, Malvar RA, Butrón A, Santiago R, Samayoa LF, Caicedo M, Ordás B. Mapping of resistance to corn borers in a MAGIC population of maize. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:431. [PMID: 31623579 PMCID: PMC6796440 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2052-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Corn borers constitute an important pest of maize around the world; in particular Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, named Mediterranean corn borer (MCB), causes important losses in Southern Europe. Methods of selection can be combined with transgenic approaches to increase the efficiency and durability of the resistance to corn borers. Previous studies of the genetic factors involved in resistance to MCB have been carried out using bi-parental populations that have low resolution or using association inbred panels that have a low power to detect rare alleles. We developed a Multi-parent Advanced Generation InterCrosses (MAGIC) population to map with high resolution the genetic determinants of resistance to MCB. RESULTS We detected multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of low effect associated with resistance to stalk tunneling by MCB. We dissected a wide region related to stalk tunneling in multiple studies into three smaller regions (at ~ 150, ~ 155, and ~ 165 Mb in chromosome 6) that closely overlap with regions associated with cell wall composition. We also detected regions associated with kernel resistance and agronomic traits, although the co-localization of significant regions between traits was very low. This indicates that it is possible the concurrent improvement of resistance and agronomic traits. CONCLUSIONS We developed a mapping population which allowed a finer dissection of the genetics of maize resistance to corn borers and a solid nomination of candidate genes based on functional information. The population, given its large variability, was also adequate to map multiple traits and study the relationship between them.
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- José Cruz Jiménez-Galindo
- Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Apartado 28, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
- National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), Ave. Hidalgo 1213, Cd. Cuauhtémoc, 31500 Chihuahua, Mexico
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Apartado 28, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Apartado 28, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Unidad Asociada BVE1-UVIGO y MBG (CSIC), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Vigo, Campus As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- North Carolina State University, 4210 Williams Hall 101, Derieux Place, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7620 USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), 170315 Quito, Ecuador
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Apartado 28, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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Cao A, Butrón A, Malvar RA, Figueroa-Garrido D, Santiago R. Effect of Long-Term Feeding by Borers on the Antibiotic Properties of Corn Stems. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 2019; 112:1439-1446. [PMID: 30834938 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toz035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Plant long-term response against chewing insects could become stronger than initial reactions and even turn into systemic. The objectives of the present study were 1) to evaluate whether the long-running attack to the stem by corn borers can improve the stem antibiotic properties; 2) to check whether hydroxycinnamic acids could be involved in this antibiotic response; 3) and to check whether elicitation by Sesamia nonagrioides Lef. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) regurgitant could activate long-term plant responses. In this sense, we observed that long-term feeding by S. nonagrioides larvae induced genotype-dependent changes in stem antibiosis and phenolic profiles, but the hydroxycinnamate content does not have a significant role in the systemic defense induced by the attack. In addition, response to long-term feeding by larvae could not be fully mimicked by elicitation using S. nonagrioides regurgitant alone. For the first time, it has been demonstrated that 'long-term' attack to the stem by corn borers can increase the stem antibiotic properties, and this has to be considered attending to breeding strategies.
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- Ana Cao
- CSIC-Misión Biológica de Galicia, Grupo de Genética y Mejora de Maíz, Pontevedra, España
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- CSIC-Misión Biológica de Galicia, Grupo de Genética y Mejora de Maíz, Pontevedra, España
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- CSIC-Misión Biológica de Galicia, Grupo de Genética y Mejora de Maíz, Pontevedra, España
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- Universidad de Vigo, Facultad de Biología, Dpto. Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Unidad Asociada BVE1-UVIGO y Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Campus As Lagoas Marcosende, Vigo, Spain
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- Universidad de Vigo, Facultad de Biología, Dpto. Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Unidad Asociada BVE1-UVIGO y Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Campus As Lagoas Marcosende, Vigo, Spain
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Hernández-García L, Sandoval-Lira J, Rosete-Luna S, Niño-Medina G, Sanchez M. Theoretical study of ferulic acid dimer derivatives: bond dissociation enthalpy, spin density, and HOMO-LUMO analysis. Struct Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-018-1107-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Santiago R, López-Malvar A, Souto C, Barros-Ríos J. Methods for Determining Cell Wall-Bound Phenolics in Maize Stem Tissues. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:1279-1284. [PMID: 29336154 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b05752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We compared two methods with different sample pretreatment, hydrolysis, and separation procedures to extract cell wall-bound phenolics. The samples were pith and rind tissues from six maize inbred lines reportedly containing different levels of cell wall-bound phenolics. In method 1, pretreated samples were extracted with a C18 solid-phase extraction cartridge, and it took 6 days to complete. In method 2, phenolics were extracted from crude samples with ethyl acetate, it took 2 days to complete, and the cost per sample was reduced more than 60%. Both methods extracted more 4-coumarate than ferulate. Overall, method 1 yielded more 4-coumarate, while method 2 yielded more ferulate. The lack of a genotype × method interaction and significant correlations between the results obtained using the two methods indicate that both methods are reliable for use in large-scale plant breeding programs. Method 2, scaled, is proposed for general plant biology research.
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- Rogelio Santiago
- Departamento Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Unidad Asociada BVE1-UVIGO y Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Universidad de Vigo , Campus As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Unidad Asociada BVE1-UVIGO y Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Universidad de Vigo , Campus As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Departmento Ingeniería Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, E.E. Forestales , Pontevedra 36005, Spain
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- BioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas , Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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Bento-Silva A, Vaz Patto MC, do Rosário Bronze M. Relevance, structure and analysis of ferulic acid in maize cell walls. Food Chem 2017; 246:360-378. [PMID: 29291861 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2017] [Revised: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Phenolic compounds in foods have been widely studied due to their health benefits. In cereals, phenolic compounds are extensively linked to cell wall polysaccharides, mainly arabinoxylans, which cross-link with each other and with other cell wall components. In maize, ferulic acid is the phenolic acid present in the highest concentration, forming ferulic acid dehydrodimers, trimers and tetramers. The cross-linking of polysaccharides is important for the cell wall structure and growth, and may protect against pathogen invasion. In addition to the importance for maize physiology, ferulic acid has been recognized as an important chemical structure with a wide range of health benefits when consumed in a diet rich in fibre. This review paper presents the different ways ferulic acid can be present in maize, the importance of ferulic acid derivatives and the methodologies that can be used for their analysis.
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- Andreia Bento-Silva
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (FFULisboa), Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-019, Lisbon, Portugal; Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica (iBET), Apartado 12, 2780-901, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Santiago R, Cao A, Butrón A, López-Malvar A, Rodríguez VM, Sandoya GV, Malvar RA. Defensive changes in maize leaves induced by feeding of Mediterranean corn borer larvae. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 17:44. [PMID: 28202014 PMCID: PMC5312564 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-0991-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plants can respond to insect attack via defense mechanisms that reduce insect performance. In this study, we examined the effects of several treatments applied to two maize genotypes (one resistant, one susceptible) on the subsequent growth and survival of Sesamia nonagrioides Lef. (Mediterranean corn borer, MCB) larvae. The treatments were infestation with MCB larvae, application of MCB regurgitant upon wounding, wounding alone, or exposure to methyl jasmonate, and they were applied at the V6-V8 stage of maize development. We also monitored changes in the concentrations of compounds known to be involved in constitutive resistance, such as cell wall-bound hydroxycinnamates and benzoxazinoids. RESULTS In both maize genotypes, the leaves of plants pre-infested with MCB larvae were less suitable for larval development than those from untreated plants. Application of MCB regurgitant upon wounding, and wounding itself, resulted in leaf tissues becoming less suitable for larval growth than those of pre-infested plants, suggesting that there could be herbivore-associated effector molecules that suppress some wounding responses. A single application of MCB regurgitant did not seem to mimic feeding by MCB larvae, although the results suggested that regurgitant deposited during feeding may have enhanced ferulates and diferulates synthesis in infested vs. control plants. Jasmonic acid may play a role in mediating the maize response to MCB attack, but it did not trigger hydroxycinnamate accumulation in the leaves to a level comparable to that induced by larval leaf feeding. The EP39 maize genotype showed an increase in leaf cell wall strength by increasing hemicellulose cross-linking in response to MCB attack, while induced defenses in the EP42 plants appeared to reflect a broader array of resistance mechanisms. CONCLUSIONS The results indicated that leaf feeding by MCB larvae can increase leaf antibiosis against MCB in two maize genotypes with contrasting levels of resistance against this borer. Also, the larval regurgitant played a positive role in eliciting a defense response. We determined the effects of the plant response on larval growth, and detected defense compounds related to borer resistance.
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- Rogelio Santiago
- Universidad de Vigo, Agrobiología Ambiental Calidad de Suelos & Plantas UVIGO, Unidad Asociada MBG CSIC, Vigo, 36310, Spain.
- Dept. Biología Vegetal & Ciencias Suelo, Facultad de Biología, Campus Lagoas Marcosende, Vigo, 36310, Spain.
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- Universidad de Vigo, Agrobiología Ambiental Calidad de Suelos & Plantas UVIGO, Unidad Asociada MBG CSIC, Vigo, 36310, Spain
- Misión Biológica de Galicia CSIC, Apartado 28, Pontevedra, 36080, Spain
- Dept. Biología Vegetal & Ciencias Suelo, Facultad de Biología, Campus Lagoas Marcosende, Vigo, 36310, Spain
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia CSIC, Apartado 28, Pontevedra, 36080, Spain
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- Universidad de Vigo, Agrobiología Ambiental Calidad de Suelos & Plantas UVIGO, Unidad Asociada MBG CSIC, Vigo, 36310, Spain
- Dept. Biología Vegetal & Ciencias Suelo, Facultad de Biología, Campus Lagoas Marcosende, Vigo, 36310, Spain
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- The Genome Center and Department Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis - USDA-ARS. 1636 E. Alisal St., Salinas, CA, 93905, USA
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia CSIC, Apartado 28, Pontevedra, 36080, Spain
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Yu M, Liu G, Zhang Y, Feng T, Xu M, Xu H. Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Isoxazolines/Oxime Sulfonates of 2'(2',6')-(Di)Chloropodophyllotoxins as Insecticidal Agents. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33062. [PMID: 27667584 PMCID: PMC5036094 DOI: 10.1038/srep33062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A series of 2′(2′,6′)-(di)halogeno-isoxazolopodophyllic acids-based esters, and oxime sulfonates of 2′(2′,6′)-(di)halogenopodophyllones were prepared by structural modifications of podophyllotoxin as insecticidal agents against Mythimna separata Walker. It was found that when 2′(2′,6′)-(di)halogenopodophyllones or 2′(2′,6′)-(di)chloropicropodophyllones reacted with hydroxylamine hydrochloride, the desired products were related with the configuration of their lactones. Three key single-crystal structures of Ie, IIe and IIIb were determined by X-ray diffraction. Especially compounds IIc and Vc showed the highest insecticidal activity. Moreover, some interesting results of structure-insecticidal activity relationships of tested compounds were also observed.
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- Mingqiao Yu
- Research Institute of Pesticidal Design &Synthesis, College of Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Pesticidal Design &Synthesis, College of Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Pesticidal Design &Synthesis, College of Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Pesticidal Design &Synthesis, College of Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Pesticidal Design &Synthesis, College of Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China
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- Research Institute of Pesticidal Design &Synthesis, College of Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China.,Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products &Chemical Biology, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, P. R. China
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Santiago R, Malvar RA, Barros-Rios J, Samayoa LF, Butrón A. Hydroxycinnamate Synthesis and Association with Mediterranean Corn Borer Resistance. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:539-51. [PMID: 26690311 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Previous results suggest a relationship between maize hydroxycinnamate concentration in the pith tissues and resistance to stem tunneling by Mediterranean corn borer (MCB, Sesamia nonagrioides Lef.) larvae. This study performs a more precise experiment, mapping an F2 derived from the cross between two inbreds with contrasting levels for hydroxycinnamates EP125 × PB130. We aimed to co-localize genomic regions involved in hydroxycinnamate synthesis and resistance to MCB and to highlight the particular route for each hydroxycinnamate component in relation to the better known phenylpropanoid pathway. Seven quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for p-coumarate, two QTLs for ferulate, and seven QTLs for total diferulates explained 81.7, 26.9, and 57.8% of the genotypic variance, respectively. In relation to borer resistance, alleles for increased hydroxycinnamate content (affecting one or more hydroxycinnamate compounds) could be associated with favorable effects on stem resistance to MCB, particularly the putative role of p-coumarate in borer resistance.
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- Rogelio Santiago
- Agrobiologı́a Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas (UVIGO), Unidad Asociada a la Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC); Departamento Biologı́a Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Facultad de Biologı́a, Universidad de Vigo , Campus As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC) , Apartado 28, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas , 1155 Union Circle #305220, Denton, Texas 76203, United States
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC) , Apartado 28, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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López-Castillo LM, López-Arciniega JAI, Guerrero-Rangel A, Valdés-Rodríguez S, Brieba LG, García-Lara S, Winkler R. Identification of B6T173 (ZmPrx35) as the prevailing peroxidase in highly insect-resistant maize (Zea mays, p84C3) kernels by activity-directed purification. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:670. [PMID: 26379694 PMCID: PMC4553411 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Plant peroxidases (PODs) are involved in diverse physiological processes, including defense against pathogens and insects. Contrary to their biological importance, only very few plant PODs have been proven on protein level, because their low abundance makes them difficult to detect in standard proteomics work-flows. A statistically significant positive correlation between POD activity and post-harvest insect resistance has been found for maize (Zea mays, p84C3) kernels. In combining activity-directed protein purification, genomic and proteomic tools we found that protein B6T173 (ZmPrx35) is responsible for the majority of the POD activity of the kernel. We successfully produced recombinant ZmPrx35 protein in Escherichia coli and demonstrate both, in vitro activity and the presence of a haem (heme) cofactor of the enzyme. Our findings support the screening for insect resistant maize variants and the construction of genetically optimized maize plants.
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- Laura M. López-Castillo
- Laboratory of Biochemical and Instrumental Analysis, Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Cinvestav Unidad IrapuatoIrapuato, Mexico
- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados – Instituto Politécnico NacionalIrapuato, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Instrumental Analysis, Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Cinvestav Unidad IrapuatoIrapuato, Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados – Instituto Politécnico NacionalIrapuato, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Instrumental Analysis, Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Cinvestav Unidad IrapuatoIrapuato, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Robert Winkler, Laboratory of Biochemical and Instrumental Analysis, Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Cinvestav Unidad Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico,
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