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Claudel C, Loiseau O, Silvestro D, Lev-Yadun S, Antonelli A. Patterns and drivers of heat production in the plant genus Amorphophallus. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 115:874-894. [PMID: 37340521 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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Thermogenesis - the ability to generate metabolic heat - is much more common in animals than in plants, but it has been documented in several plant families, most prominently the Araceae. Metabolic heat is produced in floral organs during the flowering time (anthesis), with the hypothesised primary functions being to increase scent volatilisation for pollinator attraction, and/or to provide a heat reward for invertebrate pollinators. Despite in-depth studies on the thermogenesis of single species, no attempts have yet been made to examine plant thermogenesis across an entire clade. Here, we apply time-series clustering algorithms to 119 measurements of the full thermogenic patterns in inflorescences of 80 Amorphophallus species. We infer a new time-calibrated phylogeny of this genus and use phylogenetic comparative methods to investigate the evolutionary determinants of thermogenesis. We find striking phenotypic variation across the phylogeny, with heat production in multiple clades reaching up to 15°C, and in one case 21.7°C above ambient temperature. Our results show that the thermogenic capacity is phylogenetically conserved and is also associated with inflorescence thickness. Our study paves the way for further investigations of the eco-evolutionary benefits of thermogenesis in plants.
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- Cyrille Claudel
- Institute for Plant Science and Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Ohnhorststraße 18, 22609, Hamburg, Germany
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- School of GeoSciences, King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
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- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, SE 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon, 36006, Israel
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- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, SE 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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Degradation of mitochondrial alternative oxidase in the appendices of Arum maculatum. Biochem J 2021; 477:3417-3431. [PMID: 32856714 PMCID: PMC7505559 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Cyanide-resistant alternative oxidase (AOX) is a nuclear-encoded quinol oxidase located in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Although the quality control of AOX proteins is expected to have a role in elevated respiration in mitochondria, it remains unclear whether thermogenic plants possess molecular mechanisms for the mitochondrial degradation of AOX. To better understand the mechanism of AOX turnover in mitochondria, we performed a series of in organello AOX degradation assays using mitochondria from various stages of the appendices of Arum maculatum. Our analyses clearly indicated that AOX proteins at certain stages in the appendices are degraded at 30°C, which is close to the maximum appendix temperature observed during thermogenesis. Interestingly, such temperature-dependent protease activities were specifically inhibited by E-64, a cysteine protease inhibitor. Moreover, purification and subsequent nano LC–MS/MS analyses of E-64-sensitive and DCG-04-labeled active mitochondrial protease revealed an ∼30 kDa protein with an identical partial peptide sequence to the cysteine protease 1-like protein from Phoenix dactylifera. Our data collectively suggest that AOX is a potential target for temperature-dependent E-64-sensitive cysteine protease in the appendices of A. maculatum. A possible retrograde signalling cascade mediated by specific degradation of AOX proteins and its physiological significance are discussed.
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Pham HM, Kebede H, Ritchie G, Trolinder N, Wright RJ. Alternative oxidase (AOX) over-expression improves cell expansion and elongation in cotton seedling exposed to cool temperatures. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:2287-2298. [PMID: 30069595 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3151-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Evidence that supports a relation between AOX expression and improvement in plant height, internode length, and total leaf area under cool temperature is shown. Cell expansion and elongation appear to be enhanced when AOX expression was increased. Cotton growth is sensitive to cool temperature during germination and early seedling development. Delayed emergence, seedling damage, and increased risk to disease are common. Late seasonal cool weather is a major factor limiting the consistent production of high-quality cotton lint in West Texas. Alternative oxidase functions in the inner membrane of the mitochondria via an alternative respiration pathway and serves as a multifunctional system for amelioration of abiotic and biotic stresses. Cotton seedling emergence and growth exposed to cool temperatures was examined in plants with enhanced AOX expression. Thirteen T1 seed lines showed 3 to 1 segregation for the T-DNA containing the tobacco AOX1 gene. Two over-expressing, single-copy, homozygous AOX lines (94-20T and 66-6T) and Null line (94-3N) were selected for examination. The transcript levels were ≈ 2 to 6 fold higher in the AOX lines compared to those of the Null line and wild-type in stem, leaf, root and boll tissues. The research examined the hypothesis that transgenic cotton with enhanced AOX expression will have enhanced growth traits under suboptimal cool temperatures. Improved plant height, internode length, plant height and internode length from second node, and total leaf area under cool temperatures were observed in AOX over-expression lines. This may be attributed to improved cell expansion and elongation characteristics in the AOX line.
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- Hanh M Pham
- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA.
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Kakizaki Y, Moore A, Ito K. Different molecular bases underlie the mitochondrial respiratory activity in the homoeothermic spadices of Symplocarpus renifolius and the transiently thermogenic appendices of Arum maculatum. Biochem J 2012; 445:237-46. [PMID: 22512685 PMCID: PMC3385843 DOI: 10.1042/bj20111978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Revised: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Symplocarpus renifolius and Arum maculatum are known to produce significant heat during the course of their floral development, but they use different regulatory mechanisms, i.e. homoeothermic compared with transient thermogenesis. To further clarify the molecular basis of species-specific thermogenesis in plants, in the present study we have analysed the native structures and expression patterns of the mitochondrial respiratory components in S. renifolius and A. maculatum. Our comparative analysis using Blue native PAGE combined with nano LC (liquid chromatography)-MS/MS (tandem MS) has revealed that the constituents of the respiratory complexes in both plants were basically similar, but that several mitochondrial components appeared to be differently expressed in their thermogenic organs. Namely, complex II in S. renifolius was detected as a 340 kDa product, suggesting an oligomeric or supramolecular structure in vivo. Moreover, the expression of an external NAD(P)H dehydrogenase was found to be higher in A. maculatum than in S. renifolius, whereas an internal NAD(P)H dehydrogenase was expressed at a similar level in both species. Alternative oxidase was detected as smear-like signals that were elongated on the first dimension with a peak at around 200 kDa in both species. The significance and implication of these data are discussed in terms of thermoregulation in plants.
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Key Words
- alternative oxidase (aox)
- blue native page
- mitochondrial respiratory chain
- thermogenic plants
- type ii nad(p)h dehydrogenase
- 1d, one-dimensional
- 2d, two-dimensional
- aox, alternative oxidase
- bca, bicinchoninic acid
- bn-page, blue native page
- cox, cytochrome c oxidase
- fp, flavoprotein
- ms/ms, tandem ms
- race, rapid amplification of cdna ends
- rt, reverse transcription
- tca, tricarboxylic acid
- utr, untranslated region
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- Yusuke Kakizaki
- *The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- †Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG, U.K
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- ‡Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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Yoshida K, Watanabe CK, Hachiya T, Tholen D, Shibata M, Terashima I, Noguchi K. Distinct responses of the mitochondrial respiratory chain to long- and short-term high-light environments in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2011; 34:618-28. [PMID: 21251020 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02267.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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In order to ensure the cooperative function with the photosynthetic system, the mitochondrial respiratory chain needs to flexibly acclimate to a fluctuating light environment. The non-phosphorylating alternative oxidase (AOX) is a notable respiratory component that may support a cellular redox homeostasis under high-light (HL) conditions. Here we report the distinct acclimatory manner of the respiratory chain to long- and short-term HL conditions and the crucial function of AOX in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Plants grown under HL conditions (HL plants) possessed a larger ubiquinone (UQ) pool and a higher amount of cytochrome c oxidase than plants grown under low light conditions (LL plants). These responses in HL plants may be functional for efficient ATP production and sustain the fast plant growth. When LL plants were exposed to short-term HL stress (sHL), the UQ reduction level was transiently elevated. In the wild-type plant, the UQ pool was re-oxidized concomitantly with an up-regulation of AOX. On the other hand, the UQ reduction level of the AOX-deficient aox1a mutant remained high. Furthermore, the plastoquinone pool was also more reduced in the aox1a mutant under such conditions. These results suggest that AOX plays an important role in rapid acclimation of the respiratory chain to sHL, which may support efficient photosynthetic performance.
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- Keisuke Yoshida
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Miller RE, Grant NM, Giles L, Ribas-Carbo M, Berry JA, Watling JR, Robinson SA. In the heat of the night--alternative pathway respiration drives thermogenesis in Philodendron bipinnatifidum. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 189:1013-1026. [PMID: 21118259 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03547.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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• Philodendron bipinnatifidum inflorescences heat up to 42 °C and thermoregulate. We investigated whether they generate heat via the cytochrome oxidase pathway uncoupled by uncoupling proteins (pUCPs), or the alternative oxidase (AOX). • Contribution of AOX and pUCPs to heating in fertile (FM) and sterile (SM) male florets was determined using a combination of oxygen isotope discrimination, protein and substrate analyses. • Both FM and SM florets thermoregulated independently for up to 30 h ex planta. In both floret types, AOX contributed > 90% of respiratory flux during peak heating. The AOX protein increased fivefold with the onset of thermogenesis in both floret types, whereas pUCP remained low throughout development. These data indicate that AOX is primarily responsible for heating, despite FM and SM florets potentially using different substrates, carbohydrates or lipids, respectively. Measurements of discrimination between O₂ isotopes in strongly respiring SM florets were affected by diffusion; however, this diffusional limitation was largely overcome using elevated O₂. • The first in vivo respiratory flux measurements in an arum show AOX contributes the bulk of heating in P. bipinnatifidum. Fine-scale regulation of AOX activity is post-translational. We also demonstrate that elevated O₂ can aid measurement of respiratory pathway fluxes in dense tissues.
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- Rebecca E Miller
- Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 260 Panama St, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Unitat de Fisiologia Vegetal, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 260 Panama St, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, The University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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Yoshida K, Shibata M, Terashima I, Noguchi K. Simultaneous determination of in vivo plastoquinone and ubiquinone redox states by HPLC-based analysis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:836-41. [PMID: 20375106 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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For a better understanding of the metabolic interaction between chloroplasts and mitochondria, it is important to analyze the in vivo redox states of the electron transport chains in both organelles at the same time. For this purpose, we devised an HPLC-based measurement system simultaneously analyzing plastoquinone (PQ) and ubiquinone (UQ) contents and redox states. Using this system, we discovered that, in addition to PQ, the reduction levels of UQ were elevated under high-light conditions. We also provide direct evidence that mitochondrial alternative oxidase contributes to alleviate UQ over-reduction under such conditions.
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- Keisuke Yoshida
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan.
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Sunderhaus S, Klodmann J, Lenz C, Braun HP. Supramolecular structure of the OXPHOS system in highly thermogenic tissue of Arum maculatum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2010; 48:265-272. [PMID: 20144873 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2009] [Revised: 01/07/2010] [Accepted: 01/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The protein complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain associate in defined ways forming supramolecular structures called respiratory supercomplexes or respirasomes. In plants, additional oxidoreductases participate in respiratory electron transport, e.g. the so-called "alternative NAD(P)H dehydrogenases" or an extra terminal oxidase called "alternative oxidase" (AOX). These additional enzymes were previously reported not to form part of respiratory supercomplexes. However, formation of respiratory supercomplexes might indirectly affect "alternative respiration" because electrons can be channeled within the supercomplexes which reduces access of the alternative enzymes towards their electron donating substrates. Here we report an investigation on the supramolecular organization of the respiratory chain in thermogenic Arum maculatum appendix mitochondria, which are known to have a highly active AOX for heat production. Investigations based on mild membrane solubilization by digitonin and protein separation by blue native PAGE revealed a very special organization of the respiratory chain in A. maculatum, which strikingly differs to the one described for the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana: (i) complex I is not present in monomeric form but exclusively forms part of a I + III(2) supercomplex, (ii) the III(2) + IV and I + III(2) + IV supercomplexes are detectable but of low abundance, (iii) complex II has fewer subunits than in A. thaliana, and (iv) complex IV is mainly present as a monomer in a larger form termed "complex IVa". Since thermogenic tissue of A. maculatum at the same time has high AOX and I + III(2) supercomplex abundance and activity, negative regulation of the alternative oxidase by supercomplex formation seems not to occur. Functional implications are discussed.
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- Stephanie Sunderhaus
- Institute for Plant Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, D-30419 Hannover, Germany
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Kamata T, Matsukawa K, Kakizaki Y, Ito K. In vivo redox state of the ubiquinone pool in the spadices of the thermogenic skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus renifolius. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2009; 122:645-649. [PMID: 19462157 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-009-0240-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2008] [Accepted: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In vivo ubiquinone (UQ) reduction levels were determined in thermogenic stigma and post-thermogenic male stages of spadices of the skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus renifolius. In contrast to Arum maculatum, in which the UQ pool is almost fully reduced during thermogenesis, the reduction levels of UQ9 and UQ10 were not affected by the thermogenic status or developmental stage of individual S. renifolius spadices. Moreover, these levels were controlled within the ranges 40-75% and 35-60%, respectively. These results suggest that the reduction state of the UQ pool per se is not primarily involved in thermoregulation in S. renifolius.
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- Takashi Kamata
- Faculty of Agriculture, Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Iwate University, Ueda, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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Gandin A, Lapointe L, Dizengremel P. The alternative respiratory pathway allows sink to cope with changes in carbon availability in the sink-limited plant Erythronium americanum. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:4235-48. [PMID: 19710178 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Mechanisms that allow plants to cope with a recurrent surplus of carbon in conditions of imbalance between source and sink activity has not received much attention. The response of sink growth and metabolism to the modulation of source activity was investigated using elevated CO(2) and elevated O(3) growth conditions in Erythronium americanum. Sink activity was monitored via slice and mitochondrial respiratory rates, sucrose hydrolysis activity, carbohydrates, and biomass accumulation throughout the growth season, while source activity was monitored via gas exchanges, rubisco and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activities, carbohydrates, and respiratory rates. Elevated CO(2) increased the net photosynthetic rate by increasing substrate availability for rubisco. Elevated O(3) decreased the net photosynthetic rate mainly through a reduction in rubisco activity. Despite this modulation of the source activity, neither plant growth nor starch accumulation were affected by the treatments. Sucrose synthase activity was higher in the sink under elevated CO(2) and lower under elevated O(3), thereby modulating the pool of glycolytic intermediates. The alternative respiratory pathway was similarly modulated in the sink, as seen with both the activity and capacity of the pathway, as well as with the alternative oxidase abundance. In this sink-limited species, the alternative respiratory pathway appears to balance carbon availability with sink capacity, thereby avoiding early feedback-inhibition of photosynthesis in conditions of excess carbon availability.
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- Anthony Gandin
- Département de biologie et Centre d'étude de la forêt, Université Laval, Québec (QC), Canada.
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Ito-Inaba Y, Sato M, Masuko H, Hida Y, Toyooka K, Watanabe M, Inaba T. Developmental changes and organelle biogenesis in the reproductive organs of thermogenic skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus renifolius). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:3909-22. [PMID: 19640927 PMCID: PMC2736897 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2009] [Revised: 05/26/2009] [Accepted: 06/29/2009] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Sex-dependent thermogenesis during reproductive organ development in the inflorescence is a characteristic feature of some of the protogynous arum species. One such plant, skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus renifolius), can produce massive heat during the female stage but not during the subsequent male stage in which the stamen completes development, the anthers dehisce, and pollen is released. Unlike other thermogenic species, skunk cabbage belongs to the bisexual flower group. Although recent studies have identified the spadix as the thermogenic organ, it remains unclear how individual tissues or intracellular structures are involved in thermogenesis. In this study, reproductive organ development and organelle biogenesis were examined during the transition from the female to the male stage. During the female stage, the stamens exhibit extensive structural changes including changes in organelle structure and density. They accumulate high levels of mitochondrial proteins, including possible thermogenic factors, alternative oxidase, and uncoupling protein. By contrast, the petals and pistils do not undergo extensive changes during the female stage. However, they contain a larger number of mitochondria than during the male stage in which they develop large cytoplasmic vacuoles. Comparison between female and male spadices suggests that mitochondrial number rather than their level of activity correlates with thermogenesis. Their spadices, even in the male, contain a larger amount of mitochondria that had greater oxygen consumption, compared with non-thermogenic plants. Taken together, our data suggest that the extensive maturation process in stamens produces massive heat through increased metabolic activities. The possible mechanisms by which petal and pistil metabolism may affect thermogenesis are also discussed.
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- Yasuko Ito-Inaba
- Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Iwate University, Morioka 020-8550, Japan.
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Petrussa E, Casolo V, Peresson C, Krajnáková J, Macrì F, Vianello A. Activity of a KATP+ channel in Arum spadix mitochondria during thermogenesis. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 165:1360-9. [PMID: 18177980 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2007.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/06/2007] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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This report demonstrates that mitochondria isolated from thermogenic Arum spadices possess an ATP-sensitive potassium channel--responsible for electrical potential (DeltaPsi) collapse and mitochondrial swelling--whose characteristics are similar to those previously described in pea and wheat mitochondria. In order to study the relationship between this K(ATP)(+) channel and the uncoupled respiration, linked to thermogenesis, K(+) transport activities were compared with those of mitochondria that were isolated from pea stems, soybean suspension cell cultures and Arum tubers. The channel from Arum spadices is highly active and its major features are (i) potassium flux is performed primarily in an inward-rectifying manner; (ii) the influx of K(+) is associated with a matrix volume increase in both energized and non-energized mitochondria; and (iii) its activity depends on the redox state of electron transport chain (ETC) and oxygen availability. In particular, this paper shows that the K(ATP)(+) channel is inwardly activated in parallel with the alternative oxidase (AO). The activation is linked to an ETC-oxidized state and to high oxygen consumption. The putative role of this K(ATP)(+) channel is discussed in relation to flowering of thermogenic Arum spadices.
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- Elisa Petrussa
- Department of Biology and Plant Protection, Section of Plant Biology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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Wagner AM, Krab K, Wagner MJ, Moore AL. Regulation of thermogenesis in flowering Araceae: the role of the alternative oxidase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1777:993-1000. [PMID: 18440298 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2008] [Revised: 03/31/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The inflorescences of several members of the Arum lily family warm up during flowering and are able to maintain their temperature at a constant level, relatively independent of the ambient temperature. The heat is generated via a mitochondrial respiratory pathway that is distinct from the cytochrome chain and involves a cyanide-resistant alternative oxidase (AOX). In this paper we have used flux control analysis to investigate the influence of temperature on the rate of respiration through both cytochrome and alternative oxidases in mitochondria isolated from the appendices of intact thermogenic Arum maculatum inflorescences. Results are presented which indicate that at low temperatures, the dehydrogenases are almost in full control of respiration but as the temperature increases flux control shifts to the AOX. On the basis of these results a simple model of thermoregulation is presented that is applicable to all species of thermogenic plants. The model takes into account the temperature characteristics of the separate components of the plant mitochondrial respiratory chain and the control of each process. We propose that 1) in all aroid flowers AOX assumes almost complete control over respiration, 2) the temperature profile of AOX explains the reversed relationship between ambient temperature and respiration in thermoregulating Arum flowers, 3) the thermoregulation process is the same in all species and 4) variations in inflorescence temperatures can easily be explained by variations in AOX protein concentrations.
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- Anneke M Wagner
- Institute of Molecular Cell Biology, VU Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fiorani F, Umbach AL, Siedow JN. The alternative oxidase of plant mitochondria is involved in the acclimation of shoot growth at low temperature. A study of Arabidopsis AOX1a transgenic plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 139:1795-805. [PMID: 16299170 PMCID: PMC1310560 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.070789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The alternative oxidase (AOX) pathway of plant mitochondria uncouples respiration from mitochondrial ATP production and may ameliorate plant performance under stressful environmental conditions, such as cold temperatures, by preventing excess accumulation of reactive oxygen species. We tested this model in whole tissues by growing AtAOX1a-transformed Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants at 12 degrees C. For the first time, to our knowledge, in plants genetically engineered for AOX, we identified a vegetative shoot growth phenotype. Compared with wild type at day 21 after sowing, anti-sense and overexpressing lines showed, on average, 27% reduced leaf area and 25% smaller rosettes versus 30% increased leaf area and 33% larger rosette size, respectively. Lines overexpressing a mutated, constitutively active AOX1a showed smaller phenotypic effects. These phenotypic differences were not the result of a major alteration of the tissue redox state because the changes in levels of lipid peroxidation products, reflecting oxidative damage, and the expression of genes encoding antioxidant and electron transfer chain redox enzymes did not correspond with the shoot phenotypes. However, the observed phenotypes were correlated with the amount of total shoot anthocyanin at low temperature and with the transcription of the flavonoid pathway genes PAL1 and CHS. These results demonstrate that (1) AOX activity plays a role in shoot acclimation to low temperature in Arabidopsis, and that (2) AOX not only functions to prevent excess reactive oxygen species formation in whole tissues under stressful environmental conditions but also affects metabolism through more pervasive effects, including some that are extramitochondrial.
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- Fabio Fiorani
- Developmental, Cell, and Molecular Biology Group/Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-1000, USA
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Gibernau M, Barabé D, Moisson M, Trombe A. Physical constraints on temperature difference in some thermogenic aroid inflorescences. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2005; 96:117-25. [PMID: 15883130 PMCID: PMC4246816 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2004] [Revised: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 03/09/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS Thermogenesis in reproductive organs is known from several plant families, including the Araceae. A study was made of the relationship between temperature increase and spadix size in the subfamily Aroideae in order to determine whether the quantitative variation of heat production among species and inflorescences of different sizes follows a physical law of heat transfer. * METHODS Spadix temperature was measured in 18 species from eight genera of tropical Araceae from the basal clade of Aroideae, both in French Guiana and in the glasshouses of the Montreal Botanical Garden. * KEY RESULTS A significant logarithmic relationship was found between the volume of the thermogenic spadix zone and the maximum temperature difference between the spadix and ambient air. Four heat transfer models were applied to the data (conductive heat transfer alone, convective heat transfer alone, radiative heat transfer alone, and convective and radiative heat transfers) to test if physical (geometric and thermic) constraints apply. Which heat transfer model was the most probable was determined by using the criterion of a classical minimization process represented by the least-squares method. Two heat transfer models appeared to fit the data well and were equivalent: conductive heat transfer alone, and convective plus radiative heat transfers. * CONCLUSIONS The increase in the temperature difference between the spadix and ambient air appears to be physically constrained and corresponds to the value of a thermal model of heat conduction in an insulated cylinder with an internal heat source. In the models, a heat metabolic rate of 29.5 mW g(-1) was used, which was an acceptable value for an overall metabolic heat rate in aroid inflorescences.
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- Marc Gibernau
- Laboratoire d'Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
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Mitochondrial Functions in the Light and Significance to Carbon-Nitrogen Interactions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48138-3_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Vanlerberghe GC, Ordog SH. Alternative Oxidase: Integrating Carbon Metabolism and Electron Transport in Plant Respiration. ADVANCES IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION 2002. [DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48138-3_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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