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Soccio M, Marangi M, Laus MN. Genome-Wide Expression Analysis of Glyoxalase I Genes Under Hyperosmotic Stress and Existence of a Stress-Responsive Mitochondrial Glyoxalase I Activity in Durum Wheat ( Triticum durum Desf.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:934523. [PMID: 35832233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Glyoxalase I (GLYI) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of the glyoxalase pathway that, in the presence of GSH, detoxifies the cytotoxic molecule methylglyoxal (MG) into the non-toxic D-lactate. In plants, MG levels rise under various abiotic stresses, so GLYI may play a crucial role in providing stress tolerance. In this study, a comprehensive genome database analysis was performed in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.), identifying 27 candidate GLYI genes (TdGLYI). However, further analyses of phylogenetic relationships and conserved GLYI binding sites indicated that only nine genes encode for putative functionally active TdGLYI enzymes, whose distribution was predicted in three different subcellular compartments, namely cytoplasm, plastids and mitochondria. Expression profile by qRT-PCR analysis revealed that most of the putative active TdGLYI genes were up-regulated by salt and osmotic stress in roots and shoots from 4-day-old seedlings, although a different behavior was observed between the two types of stress and tissue. Accordingly, in the same tissues, hyperosmotic stress induced an increase (up to about 40%) of both GLYI activity and MG content as well as a decrease of GSH (up to about -60%) and an increase of GSSG content (up to about 7-fold) with a consequent strong decrease of the GSH/GSSG ratio (up to about -95%). Interestingly, in this study, we reported the first demonstration of the existence of GLYI activity in highly purified mitochondrial fraction. In particular, GLYI activity was measured in mitochondria from durum wheat (DWM), showing hyperbolic kinetics with Km and Vmax values equal to 92 ± 0.2 μM and 0.519 ± 0.004 μmol min-1 mg-1 of proteins, respectively. DWM-GLYI resulted inhibited in a competitive manner by GSH (Ki = 6.5 ± 0.7 mM), activated by Zn2+ and increased, up to about 35 and 55%, under salt and osmotic stress, respectively. In the whole, this study provides basis about the physiological significance of GLYI in durum wheat, by highlighting the role of this enzyme in the early response of seedlings to hyperosmotic stress. Finally, our results strongly suggest the existence of a complete mitochondrial GLYI pathway in durum wheat actively involved in MG detoxification under hyperosmotic stress.
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- Mario Soccio
- Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural resources and Engineering, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Clinic and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural resources and Engineering, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Soccio M, Marangi M, Laus MN. Genome-Wide Expression Analysis of Glyoxalase I Genes Under Hyperosmotic Stress and Existence of a Stress-Responsive Mitochondrial Glyoxalase I Activity in Durum Wheat ( Triticum durum Desf.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:934523. [PMID: 35832233 PMCID: PMC9272005 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.934523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Glyoxalase I (GLYI) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of the glyoxalase pathway that, in the presence of GSH, detoxifies the cytotoxic molecule methylglyoxal (MG) into the non-toxic D-lactate. In plants, MG levels rise under various abiotic stresses, so GLYI may play a crucial role in providing stress tolerance. In this study, a comprehensive genome database analysis was performed in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.), identifying 27 candidate GLYI genes (TdGLYI). However, further analyses of phylogenetic relationships and conserved GLYI binding sites indicated that only nine genes encode for putative functionally active TdGLYI enzymes, whose distribution was predicted in three different subcellular compartments, namely cytoplasm, plastids and mitochondria. Expression profile by qRT-PCR analysis revealed that most of the putative active TdGLYI genes were up-regulated by salt and osmotic stress in roots and shoots from 4-day-old seedlings, although a different behavior was observed between the two types of stress and tissue. Accordingly, in the same tissues, hyperosmotic stress induced an increase (up to about 40%) of both GLYI activity and MG content as well as a decrease of GSH (up to about -60%) and an increase of GSSG content (up to about 7-fold) with a consequent strong decrease of the GSH/GSSG ratio (up to about -95%). Interestingly, in this study, we reported the first demonstration of the existence of GLYI activity in highly purified mitochondrial fraction. In particular, GLYI activity was measured in mitochondria from durum wheat (DWM), showing hyperbolic kinetics with Km and Vmax values equal to 92 ± 0.2 μM and 0.519 ± 0.004 μmol min-1 mg-1 of proteins, respectively. DWM-GLYI resulted inhibited in a competitive manner by GSH (Ki = 6.5 ± 0.7 mM), activated by Zn2+ and increased, up to about 35 and 55%, under salt and osmotic stress, respectively. In the whole, this study provides basis about the physiological significance of GLYI in durum wheat, by highlighting the role of this enzyme in the early response of seedlings to hyperosmotic stress. Finally, our results strongly suggest the existence of a complete mitochondrial GLYI pathway in durum wheat actively involved in MG detoxification under hyperosmotic stress.
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- Mario Soccio
- Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural resources and Engineering, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Clinic and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural resources and Engineering, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Kulawiak B, Szewczyk A. Current Challenges of Mitochondrial Potassium Channel Research. Front Physiol 2022; 13:907015. [PMID: 35711307 PMCID: PMC9193220 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.907015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this paper, the current challenges of mitochondrial potassium channels research were critically reviewed. Even though recent progress in understanding K+ traffic in mitochondria has been substantial, some basic issues of this process remain unresolved. Here, we focused on the critical discussion of the molecular identity of various mitochondrial potassium channels. This point helps to clarify why there are different potassium channels in specific mitochondria. We also described interactions of mitochondrial potassium channel subunits with other mitochondrial proteins. Posttranslational modifications of mitochondrial potassium channels and their import are essential but unexplored research areas. Additionally, problems with the pharmacological targeting of mitochondrial potassium channel were illustrated. Finally, the limitation of the techniques used to measure mitochondrial potassium channels was explained. We believe that recognizing these problems may be interesting for readers but will also help to progress the field of mitochondrial potassium channels.
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- Bogusz Kulawiak
- Laboratory of Intracellular Ion Channels, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Intracellular Ion Channels, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Kumari S, Chhillar H, Chopra P, Khanna RR, Khan MIR. Potassium: A track to develop salinity tolerant plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 167:1011-1023. [PMID: 34598021 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Salinity is one of the major constraints to plant growth and development across the globe that leads to the huge crop productivity loss. Salinity stress causes impairment in plant's metabolic and cellular processes including disruption in ionic homeostasis due to excess of sodium (Na+) ion influx and potassium (K+) efflux. This condition subsequently results in a significant reduction of the cytosolic K+ levels, eventually inhibiting plant growth attributes. K+ plays a crucial role in alleviating salinity stress by recasting key processes of plants. In addition, K+ acquisition and retention also serve as the perquisite trait to establish salt tolerant mechanism. In addition, an intricate network of genes and their regulatory elements are involved in coordinating salinity stress responses. Furthermore, plant growth regulators (PGRs) and other signalling molecules influence K+-mediated salinity tolerance in plants. Recently, nanoparticles (NPs) have also been found several implications in plants with respect to their roles in mediating K+ homoeostasis during salinity stress in plants. The present review describes salinity-induced adversities in plants and role of K+ in mitigating salinity-induced damages. The review also highlights the efficacy of PGRs and other signalling molecules in regulating K+ mediated salinity tolerance along with nano-technological perspective for improving K+ mediated salinity tolerance in plants.
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- Sarika Kumari
- Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110062, India
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- Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110062, India
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- Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110062, India.
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Checchetto V, Leanza L, De Stefani D, Rizzuto R, Gulbins E, Szabo I. Mitochondrial K + channels and their implications for disease mechanisms. Pharmacol Ther 2021; 227:107874. [PMID: 33930454 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2021.107874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The field of mitochondrial ion channels underwent a rapid development during the last decade, thanks to the molecular identification of some of the nuclear-encoded organelle channels and to advances in strategies allowing specific pharmacological targeting of these proteins. Thereby, genetic tools and specific drugs aided definition of the relevance of several mitochondrial channels both in physiological as well as pathological conditions. Unfortunately, in the case of mitochondrial K+ channels, efforts of genetic manipulation provided only limited results, due to their dual localization to mitochondria and to plasma membrane in most cases. Although the impact of mitochondrial K+ channels on human diseases is still far from being genuinely understood, pre-clinical data strongly argue for their substantial role in the context of several pathologies, including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases as well as cancer. Importantly, these channels are druggable targets, and their in-depth investigation could thus pave the way to the development of innovative small molecules with huge therapeutic potential. In the present review we summarize the available experimental evidence that mechanistically link mitochondrial potassium channels to the above pathologies and underline the possibility of exploiting them for therapy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy; CNR Institute of Neurosciences, Italy.
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Saidani H, Léonetti M, Kmita H, Homblé F. The Open State Selectivity of the Bean Seed VDAC Depends on Stigmasterol and Ion Concentration. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22063034. [PMID: 33809742 PMCID: PMC8002290 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) is the major pathway for metabolites and ions transport through the mitochondrial outer membrane. It can regulate the flow of solutes by switching to a low conductance state correlated with a selectivity reversal, or by a selectivity inversion of its open state. The later one was observed in non-plant VDACs and is poorly characterized. We aim at investigating the selectivity inversion of the open state using plant VDAC purified from Phaseolus coccineus (PcVDAC) to evaluate its physiological role. Our main findings are: (1) The VDAC selectivity inversion of the open state occurs in PcVDAC, (2) Ion concentration and stigmasterol affect the occurrence of the open state selectivity inversion and stigmasterol appears to interact directly with PcVDAC. Interestingly, electrophysiological data concerning the selectivity inversion of the PcVDAC open state suggests that the phenomenon probably does not have a significant physiological effect in vivo.
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- Hayet Saidani
- Structure et Fonction des Membranes Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 206/2, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium;
- Laboratory of Functional Neurophysiology and Pathology, Research Unit, UR/11ES09, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, 1068 Tunis, Tunisia
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- Université de. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LRP, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland;
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- Structure et Fonction des Membranes Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 206/2, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +32-2-650-5383
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Sardans J, Peñuelas J. Potassium Control of Plant Functions: Ecological and Agricultural Implications. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:419. [PMID: 33672415 PMCID: PMC7927068 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Potassium, mostly as a cation (K+), together with calcium (Ca2+) are the most abundant inorganic chemicals in plant cellular media, but they are rarely discussed. K+ is not a component of molecular or macromolecular plant structures, thus it is more difficult to link it to concrete metabolic pathways than nitrogen or phosphorus. Over the last two decades, many studies have reported on the role of K+ in several physiological functions, including controlling cellular growth and wood formation, xylem-phloem water content and movement, nutrient and metabolite transport, and stress responses. In this paper, we present an overview of contemporary findings associating K+ with various plant functions, emphasizing plant-mediated responses to environmental abiotic and biotic shifts and stresses by controlling transmembrane potentials and water, nutrient, and metabolite transport. These essential roles of K+ account for its high concentrations in the most active plant organs, such as leaves, and are consistent with the increasing number of ecological and agricultural studies that report K+ as a key element in the function and structure of terrestrial ecosystems, crop production, and global food security. We synthesized these roles from an integrated perspective, considering the metabolic and physiological functions of individual plants and their complex roles in terrestrial ecosystem functions and food security within the current context of ongoing global change. Thus, we provide a bridge between studies of K+ at the plant and ecological levels to ultimately claim that K+ should be considered at least at a level similar to N and P in terrestrial ecological studies.
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- Jordi Sardans
- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, 08913 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain;
- CREAF, 08913 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, 08913 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain;
- CREAF, 08913 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
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Pottosin I, Olivas-Aguirre M, Dobrovinskaya O, Zepeda-Jazo I, Shabala S. Modulation of Ion Transport Across Plant Membranes by Polyamines: Understanding Specific Modes of Action Under Stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 11:616077. [PMID: 33574826 PMCID: PMC7870501 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.616077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This work critically discusses the direct and indirect effects of natural polyamines and their catabolites such as reactive oxygen species and γ-aminobutyric acid on the activity of key plant ion-transporting proteins such as plasma membrane H+ and Ca2+ ATPases and K+-selective and cation channels in the plasma membrane and tonoplast, in the context of their involvement in stress responses. Docking analysis predicts a distinct binding for putrescine and longer polyamines within the pore of the vacuolar TPC1/SV channel, one of the key determinants of the cell ionic homeostasis and signaling under stress conditions, and an additional site for spermine, which overlaps with the cytosolic regulatory Ca2+-binding site. Several unresolved problems are summarized, including the correct estimates of the subcellular levels of polyamines and their catabolites, their unexplored effects on nucleotide-gated and glutamate receptor channels of cell membranes and Ca2+-permeable and K+-selective channels in the membranes of plant mitochondria and chloroplasts, and pleiotropic mechanisms of polyamines' action on H+ and Ca2+ pumps.
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- Igor Pottosin
- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, China
- Biomedical Center, University of Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- Food Genomics Department, Universidad de La Ciénega del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo, Sahuayo, Mexico
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, China
- Tasmanian Institute for Agriculture, College of Science and Engineering, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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First Evidence of a Protective Effect of Plant Bioactive Compounds against H 2O 2-Induced Aconitase Damage in Durum Wheat Mitochondria. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:antiox9121256. [PMID: 33321766 PMCID: PMC7763331 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9121256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In order to contribute to the understanding of the antioxidant behavior of plant bioactive compounds with respect to specific subcellular targets, in this study, their capability to protect aconitase activity from oxidative-mediated dysfunction was evaluated for the first time in plant mitochondria. Interest was focused on the Krebs cycle enzyme catalyzing the citrate/isocitrate interconversion via cis-aconitate, as it possesses a [4Fe-4S]2+ cluster at the active site, making it an early and highly sensitive target of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced oxidative damage. In particular, the effect on the aconitase reaction of five natural phenols, including ferulic acid, apigenin, quercetin, resveratrol, and curcumin, as well as of the isothiocyanate sulforaphane, was investigated in highly purified mitochondria obtained from durum wheat (DWM). Interestingly, a short-term (10 min) DWM pre-treatment with all investigated compounds, applied at 150 µM (75 µM in the case of resveratrol), completely prevented aconitase damage induced by a 15 min exposure of mitochondria to 500 µM H2O2. Curcumin and quercetin were also found to completely recover DWM-aconitase activity when phytochemical treatment was performed after H2O2 damage. In addition, all tested phytochemicals (except ferulic) induced a significant increase of aconitase activity in undamaged mitochondria. On the contrary, a relevant protective and recovery effect of only quercetin treatment was observed in terms of the aconitase activity of a commercial purified mammalian isoform, which was used for comparison. Overall, the results obtained in this study may suggest a possible role of phytochemicals in preserving plant mitochondrial aconitase activity, as well as energy metabolism, against oxidative damage that may occur under environmental stress conditions. Further investigations are needed to elucidate the physiological role and the mechanism responsible for this short-term protective effect.
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Cui J, Pottosin I, Lamade E, Tcherkez G. What is the role of putrescine accumulated under potassium deficiency? PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2020; 43:1331-1347. [PMID: 32017122 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Biomarker metabolites are of increasing interest in crops since they open avenues for precision agriculture, whereby nutritional needs and stresses can be monitored optimally. Putrescine has the potential to be a useful biomarker to reveal potassium (K+ ) deficiency. In fact, although this diamine has also been observed to increase during other stresses such as drought, cold or heavy metals, respective changes are comparably low. Due to its multifaceted biochemical properties, several roles for putrescine under K+ deficiency have been suggested, such as cation balance, antioxidant, reactive oxygen species mediated signalling, osmolyte or pH regulator. However, the specific association of putrescine build-up with low K+ availability in plants remains poorly understood, and possible regulatory roles must be consistent with putrescine concentration found in plant tissues. We hypothesize that the massive increase of putrescine upon K+ starvation plays an adaptive role. A distinction of putrescine function from that of other polyamines (spermine, spermidine) may be based either on its specificity or (which is probably more relevant under K+ deficiency) on a very high attainable concentration of putrescine, which far exceeds those for spermidine and spermine. putrescine and its catabolites appear to possess a strong potential in controlling cellular K+ and Ca2+ , and mitochondria and chloroplasts bioenergetics under K+ stress.
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- Jing Cui
- Research School of Biology, ANU Joint College of Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- Biomedical Centre, University of Colima, Colima, Mexico
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- UPR34 Performance des systèmes de culture des plantes pérennes, Département PERSYST, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Montpellier, France
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- Research School of Biology, ANU Joint College of Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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García-Martí M, Piñero MC, García-Sanchez F, Mestre TC, López-Delacalle M, Martínez V, Rivero RM. Amelioration of the Oxidative Stress Generated by Simple or Combined Abiotic Stress through the K⁺ and Ca 2+ Supplementation in Tomato Plants. Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:E81. [PMID: 30935085 PMCID: PMC6523471 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8040081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Abiotic stressors such as drought, heat, or salinity are major causes of yield loss worldwide due to the oxidative burst generated under these conditions. Recent studies have revealed that plant response to a combination of different environmental stressors is unique and cannot be deduced from the response developed to each stress when applied individually. Some studies have demonstrated that a different management of some nutrients in the irrigation solution may provide an advantage to the plants against abiotic stressors. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate if an increase in potassium (K⁺) and calcium (Ca2+) concentration in the nutrient solution may have a positive effect on the amelioration of oxidative stress which occurs under the combination of salinity and heat in tomato plants. Our results indicated that plants irrigated with an increase in K⁺ and Ca2+ concentrations in the irrigation solution from 7mM (K⁺) to 9.8 mM and from 4 mM (Ca2+) to 5.6 mM, respectively, induced a recovery of the biomass production compared to the plants treated with salinity or salinity + heat, and subsequently irrigated with the regular Hoagland solution. This was correlated with a better performance of all the photosynthetic parameters, a reduction in the foliar concentration of H₂O₂ and a lower lipid peroxidation rate, and with a better performance of the antioxidant enzymes ascorbate peroxidase ascorbate peroxidase (APX), dehydroascorbate reductactase (DHAR), glutathione reductase (GR), and NADPH oxidase. Our results showed that these enzymes were differentially regulated at the transcriptional level, showing a higher reactive oxygen species (ROS) detoxification efficiency under salinity and under the combination of salinity and heat, as compared to those plants irrigated with common Hoagland. An increase in K⁺ and Ca2+ in the irrigation solution also induced a lower Na+ accumulation in leaves and a higher K⁺/Na⁺ ratio. Thus, our study highlights the importance of the right management of the plant nutritional status and fertilization in order to counteract the deleterious effects of abiotic stress in plants.
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- María García-Martí
- Department of Plant Nutrition, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, CEBAS-CSIC, Ed 25, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Salud, Campus de los Jerónimos, UCAM (Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia), s/n, 30107 Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, CEBAS-CSIC, Ed 25, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, CEBAS-CSIC, Ed 25, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, CEBAS-CSIC, Ed 25, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, CEBAS-CSIC, Ed 25, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, CEBAS-CSIC, Ed 25, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, CEBAS-CSIC, Ed 25, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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Moretti-Almeida G, Thomazella DPT, Pereira GAG, Monteiro G. Heterologous expression of an alternative oxidase from Moniliophthora perniciosa in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Antioxidant function and in vivo platform for the study of new drugs against witches' broom disease. Fungal Genet Biol 2019; 126:50-55. [PMID: 30794952 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa is the causal agent of witches' broom disease (WBD), one of the most devastating diseases of cacao, the chocolate tree. Many strategies to control WBD have been tested so far, including the use of agrochemicals such as the strobilurins. Strobilurins are fungicides of the QoI family, and they are used in the control of a wide array of fungal diseases in many different crops, including cereals, field crops, fruits, tree nuts, and vegetables. These drugs act by specifically inhibiting fungal respiration at the Qo site of complex III, which is a component of the main mitochondrial respiratory chain. However, M. perniciosa is resistant to this family of chemicals. It has been postulated that this resistant phenotype is, at least in part, a result of the strong ability of this fungus to counteract the oxidative stress generated by the impairment of the main mitochondrial respiratory chain, through the activation of an alternative oxidase (Mp-AOX). To test this hypothesis, we expressed functional mitochondria-localized Mp-AOX in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We demonstrated that heterologous expression of Mp-AOX strongly inhibits hydrogen peroxide production by mitochondria. It also diminishes the total cell amount of oxidized glutathione (GSSG), resulting in a fifty-fold higher GSH/GSSG ratio in cells expressing Mp-AOX than in wild type cells. In addition, Mp-AOX activity decreases yeast growth rate and leads to low biomass production. Therefore, we propose the use of this heterologous expression system to direct the development of new inhibitors of fungal AOX by comparing the differences in optical density of Mp-AOX-expressing cells in the presence and absence of potential AOX inhibitors. Together, our results confirm the antioxidant role of Mp-AOX and provide an in vivo platform to be used in the screening of new fungicides based on Mp-AOX inhibition.
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- G Moretti-Almeida
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia Industrial de Microrganismos, Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica e Expressão, Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil; Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Laboratório de Genômica e Expressão, Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia Industrial de Microrganismos, Departamento de Tecnologia Bioquímico-Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil.
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De Col V, Petrussa E, Casolo V, Braidot E, Lippe G, Filippi A, Peresson C, Patui S, Bertolini A, Giorgio V, Checchetto V, Vianello A, Bernardi P, Zancani M. Properties of the Permeability Transition of Pea Stem Mitochondria. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1626. [PMID: 30524297 PMCID: PMC6262314 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
In striking analogy with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, etiolated pea stem mitochondria did not show appreciable Ca2+ uptake. Only treatment with the ionophore ETH129 (which allows electrophoretic Ca2+ equilibration) caused Ca2+ uptake followed by increased inner membrane permeability, membrane depolarization and Ca2+ release. Like the permeability transition (PT) of mammals, yeast and Drosophila, the PT of pea stem mitochondria was stimulated by diamide and phenylarsine oxide and inhibited by Mg-ADP and Mg-ATP, suggesting a common underlying mechanism; yet, the plant PT also displayed distinctive features: (i) as in mammals it was desensitized by cyclosporin A, which does not affect the PT of yeast and Drosophila; (ii) similarly to S. cerevisiae and Drosophila it was inhibited by Pi, which stimulates the PT of mammals; (iii) like in mammals and Drosophila it was sensitized by benzodiazepine 423, which is ineffective in S. cerevisiae; (iv) like what observed in Drosophila it did not mediate swelling and cytochrome c release, which is instead seen in mammals and S. cerevisiae. We find that cyclophilin D, the mitochondrial receptor for cyclosporin A, is present in pea stem mitochondria. These results indicate that the plant PT has unique features and suggest that, as in Drosophila, it may provide pea stem mitochondria with a Ca2+ release channel.
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- Valentina De Col
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova and CNR Neuroscience Institute, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova and CNR Neuroscience Institute, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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Soccio M, Laus MN, Alfarano M, Pastore D. Measuring Activity of Native Plant Sirtuins - The Wheat Mitochondrial Model. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:961. [PMID: 30026749 PMCID: PMC6041729 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Sirtuins are NAD+-dependent deacetylase enzymes that have gained considerable interest in mammals for their recognized importance in gene silencing and expression and in cell metabolism. Conversely, knowledge about plant sirtuins remains limited, although a sirtuin-mediated regulation of mitochondrial energy metabolism has been recently reported in Arabidopsis. However, so far, no information is available about direct measurement of intracellular plant sirtuin activity, i.e., in cell extracts and/or subcellular organelles. In this study, a novel approach was proposed for reliable evaluation of native sirtuin activity in plant samples, based on (i) an adequate combinatory application of enzymatic assays very different for chemical basis and rationale and (ii) a comparative measurement of activity of a recombinant sirtuin isoform. In particular, two sirtuin assays were applied, based on bioluminescence emission and Homogeneous Time-Resolved Fluorescence (HTRF®) technology, and the human SIRT1 isoform (hSIRT1) was used for comparison. For the first time in plants, this new approach allowed measuring directly a high and nicotinamide-sensitive sirtuin activity in highly purified mitochondrial fraction obtained from durum wheat (WM). WM-sirtuin activity was 268 ± 10 mU⋅mg-1 protein, as measured by HTRF® assay, and 166 ± 12 ng hSIRT1 eq.⋅mg-1 protein, as evaluated by the bioluminescent assay and calculated on the basis of the hSIRT1 calibration curve. Moreover, effects of resveratrol and quercetin, reported as potent hSIRT1 activators, but whose activation mechanism is still debated, were also studied. No effect of resveratrol was found on both WM-sirtuin and hSIRT1 activities, while only a slight increase, up to about 20%, of hSIRT1 activity by quercetin was observed. In the whole, results of this study indicate that WM may represent a good system for studying native plant sirtuins. In fact, the high yield of purified WM and their high sirtuin activity, together with use of microplate readers, allow performing a large number of measurements from the same preparation, so qualifying the approach for application to large-scale high-throughput screening. Moreover, WM may also represent an excellent tool to investigate physiological role and modulation of plant sirtuins under experimental conditions more physiologically relevant with respect to recombinant purified enzymes.
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Schwarzländer M, Fuchs P. Plant mitochondrial membranes: adding structure and new functions to respiratory physiology. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 40:147-157. [PMID: 28992511 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The membranes of mitochondria are focal points of cellular physiology and respiratory energy transformation. Recent discoveries have started painting a refined picture of plant mitochondrial membranes as platforms in which structure and function have evolved in an interconnected and dynamically regulated manner. Hosting ancillary functions that interact with other mitochondrial properties gives mitochondria the characteristics of multitasking and integrated molecular mega machines. We review recent insights into the makeup and the plasticity of the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes, their intimate relationship with respiratory function and regulation, and their properties in mediating solute transport. Synthesizing recent research advances we hypothesize that plant mitochondrial membranes are a privileged location for incorporation of a wide range of processes, some of which collaborate with respiratory function, including plant immunity, metabolic regulation and signal transduction, to underpin flexibility in the acclimation to changing environments.
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- Markus Schwarzländer
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144, D-53113 Bonn, Germany; Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossplatz 8, D-48143 Münster, Germany.
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144, D-53113 Bonn, Germany; Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossplatz 8, D-48143 Münster, Germany
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Mlayeh L, Krammer EM, Léonetti M, Prévost M, Homblé F. The mitochondrial VDAC of bean seeds recruits phosphatidylethanolamine lipids for its proper functioning. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2017; 1858:786-794. [PMID: 28666835 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The voltage-dependent anion-selective channel (VDAC) is the main pathway for inorganic ions and metabolites through the mitochondrial outer membrane. Studies recently demonstrated that membrane lipids regulate its function. It remains, however, unclear how this regulation takes place. In this study, we show that phospholipids are key regulators of Phaseolus VDAC function and, furthermore, that the salt concentration modulates this regulation. Both selectivity and voltage dependence of Phaseolus VDAC are very sensitive to a change in the lipid polar head from PC to PE. Interestingly enough, this dependence is observed only at low salt concentration. Furthermore, significant changes in VDAC functional properties also occur with the gradual methylation of the PE group pointing to the role of subtle chemical variations in the lipid head group. The dependence of PcVDAC gating upon the introduction of a small mole fraction of PE in a PC bilayer has prompted us to propose the existence of a specific interaction site for PE on the outer surface of PcVDAC. Eventually, comparative modeling and molecular dynamics simulations suggest a potential mechanism to get insight into the anion selectivity enhancement of PcVDAC observed in PE relative to PC.
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- Lamia Mlayeh
- Structure et Fonction des Membranes Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 206/2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Structure et Fonction des Membranes Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 206/2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- I.R.P.H.E., Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Technopôle de Château-Gombert, F-13384, Marseille Cedex 13, France.
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- Structure et Fonction des Membranes Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 206/2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Structure et Fonction des Membranes Biologiques, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 206/2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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Palmeros-Suárez PA, Massange-Sánchez JA, Sánchez-Segura L, Martínez-Gallardo NA, Espitia Rangel E, Gómez-Leyva JF, Délano-Frier JP. AhDGR2, an amaranth abiotic stress-induced DUF642 protein gene, modifies cell wall structure and composition and causes salt and ABA hyper-sensibility in transgenic Arabidopsis. PLANTA 2017; 245:623-640. [PMID: 27988887 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2635-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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An amaranth DGR gene, induced under abiotic stress, modifies cell wall structure and causes hypersensitivity to ABA and salt when overexpressed in Arabidopsis. DUF642 is a highly conserved plant-specific family of unknown cell wall-associated proteins. The AhDGR2 gene, coding for a DUF642 protein, was significantly induced in grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) plants subjected to water-deficit and salinity stress, thereby suggesting its participation in abiotic stress tolerance in this plant. A role in development was also inferred from the higher AhDGR2 expression rates detected in young tissues. Subsequent overexpression of AhDGR2 in transgenic Arabidopsis plants (OE-AhDGR2) supported its possible role in development processes. Thus, OE-AhDGR2 plants generated significantly longer roots when grown in normal MS medium. However, they showed a hypersensitivity to increasing concentrations of abscisic acid or NaCl in the medium, as manifested by shorter root length, smaller and slightly chlorotic rosettes, as well as highly reduced germination rates. Contrary to expectations, OE-AhDGR2 plants were intolerant to abiotic stress. Moreover, cell walls in transgenic plants were thinner, in leaves, and more disorganized, in roots, and had significantly modified pectin levels. Lower pectin methylesterase activity detected in leaves of OE-AhDGR2 plants, but not in roots, was contrary to previous reports associating DUF642 proteins and decreased pectin esterification levels in cell walls. Nonetheless, microarray data identified candidate genes whose expression levels explained the phenotypes observed in leaves of OE-AhDGR2 plants, including several involved in cell wall integrity and extension, growth and development, and resistance to abiotic stress. These results support the role of DUF642 proteins in cell wall-related processes and offer novel insights into their possible role(s) in plants.
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- Paola A Palmeros-Suárez
- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Instituto Tecnológico de Tlajomulco, Jalisco, km 10 Carretera a San Miguel Cuyutlán, CP 45640, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Biotechnology and Biochemistry Department, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N., Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, CP 36821, Irapuato, GTO., Mexico
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- Biotechnology and Biochemistry Department, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N., Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, CP 36821, Irapuato, GTO., Mexico
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- Biotechnology and Biochemistry Department, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N., Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, CP 36821, Irapuato, GTO., Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Km 13.5 Carrretera Los Reyes-Texcoco, CP 56250, Coatlinchán Texcoco, Estado de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Instituto Tecnológico de Tlajomulco, Jalisco, km 10 Carretera a San Miguel Cuyutlán, CP 45640, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Biotechnology and Biochemistry Department, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N., Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, CP 36821, Irapuato, GTO., Mexico.
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Lee CP, Maksaev G, Jensen GS, Murcha MW, Wilson ME, Fricker M, Hell R, Haswell ES, Millar AH, Sweetlove LJ. MSL1 is a mechanosensitive ion channel that dissipates mitochondrial membrane potential and maintains redox homeostasis in mitochondria during abiotic stress. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 88:809-825. [PMID: 27505616 PMCID: PMC5195915 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Mitochondria must maintain tight control over the electrochemical gradient across their inner membrane to allow ATP synthesis while maintaining a redox-balanced electron transport chain and avoiding excessive reactive oxygen species production. However, there is a scarcity of knowledge about the ion transporters in the inner mitochondrial membrane that contribute to control of membrane potential. We show that loss of MSL1, a member of a family of mechanosensitive ion channels related to the bacterial channel MscS, leads to increased membrane potential of Arabidopsis mitochondria under specific bioenergetic states. We demonstrate that MSL1 localises to the inner mitochondrial membrane. When expressed in Escherichia coli, MSL1 forms a stretch-activated ion channel with a slight preference for anions and provides protection against hypo-osmotic shock. In contrast, loss of MSL1 in Arabidopsis did not prevent swelling of isolated mitochondria in hypo-osmotic conditions. Instead, our data suggest that ion transport by MSL1 leads to dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential when it becomes too high. The importance of MSL1 function was demonstrated by the observation of a higher oxidation state of the mitochondrial glutathione pool in msl1-1 mutants under moderate heat- and heavy-metal-stress. Furthermore, we show that MSL1 function is not directly implicated in mitochondrial membrane potential pulsing, but is complementary and appears to be important under similar conditions.
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- Chun Pong Lee
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Bayliss Building M316, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, One Brookings Drive, Mailcode 1137, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, One Brookings Drive, Mailcode 1137, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Bayliss Building M316, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, One Brookings Drive, Mailcode 1137, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, One Brookings Drive, Mailcode 1137, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Bayliss Building M316, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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Carraretto L, Checchetto V, De Bortoli S, Formentin E, Costa A, Szabó I, Teardo E. Calcium Flux across Plant Mitochondrial Membranes: Possible Molecular Players. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:354. [PMID: 27065186 PMCID: PMC4814809 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Plants, being sessile organisms, have evolved the ability to integrate external stimuli into metabolic and developmental signals. A wide variety of signals, including abiotic, biotic, and developmental stimuli, were observed to evoke specific spatio-temporal Ca(2+) transients which are further transduced by Ca(2+) sensor proteins into a transcriptional and metabolic response. Most of the research on Ca(2+) signaling in plants has been focused on the transport mechanisms for Ca(2+) across the plasma- and the vacuolar membranes as well as on the components involved in decoding of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) signals, but how intracellular organelles such as mitochondria are involved in the process of Ca(2+) signaling is just emerging. The combination of the molecular players and the elicitors of Ca(2+) signaling in mitochondria together with newly generated detection systems for measuring organellar Ca(2+) concentrations in plants has started to provide fruitful grounds for further discoveries. In the present review we give an updated overview of the currently identified/hypothesized pathways, such as voltage-dependent anion channels, homologs of the mammalian mitochondrial uniporter (MCU), LETM1, a plant glutamate receptor family member, adenine nucleotide/phosphate carriers and the permeability transition pore (PTP), that may contribute to the transport of Ca(2+) across the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes in plants. We briefly discuss the relevance of the mitochondrial Ca(2+) homeostasis for ensuring optimal bioenergetic performance of this organelle.
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- Department of Biology, University of PadovaPadova, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of PadovaPadova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of PadovaPadova, Italy
- Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, University of FerraraFerrara, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of MilanMilan, Italy
- CNR, Institute of Biophysics, Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheMilan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of PadovaPadova, Italy
- CNR, Institute of NeurosciencesPadova, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of PadovaPadova, Italy
- CNR, Institute of NeurosciencesPadova, Italy
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Checchetto V, Teardo E, Carraretto L, Leanza L, Szabo I. Physiology of intracellular potassium channels: A unifying role as mediators of counterion fluxes? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:1258-1266. [PMID: 26970213 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Revised: 03/06/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Plasma membrane potassium channels importantly contribute to maintain ion homeostasis across the cell membrane. The view is emerging that also those residing in intracellular membranes play pivotal roles for the coordination of correct cell function. In this review we critically discuss our current understanding of the nature and physiological tasks of potassium channels in organelle membranes in both animal and plant cells, with a special emphasis on their function in the regulation of photosynthesis and mitochondrial respiration. In addition, the emerging role of potassium channels in the nuclear membranes in regulating transcription will be discussed. The possible functions of endoplasmic reticulum-, lysosome- and plant vacuolar membrane-located channels are also referred to. Altogether, experimental evidence obtained with distinct channels in different membrane systems points to a possible unifying function of most intracellular potassium channels in counterbalancing the movement of other ions including protons and calcium and modulating membrane potential, thereby fine-tuning crucial cellular processes. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'EBEC 2016: 19th European Bioenergetics Conference, Riva del Garda, Italy, July 2-7, 2016', edited by Prof. Paolo Bernardi.
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- Vanessa Checchetto
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padova 35131, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padova 35131 Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padova 35131, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padova 35131, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padova 35131, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padova 35131, Italy; CNR Institute of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, Padova 35131, Italy.
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