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Carpentier R, Lambert S, Brunetti E, Jabin I, Bartik K. Specific Binding of Primary Ammoniums in Aqueous Media by Homooxacalixarenes Incorporated into Micelles. J Org Chem 2022; 87:12749-12758. [PMID: 36149399 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The development of artificial receptors for efficient recognition of analytes in water is a challenging task. Homooxacalix[3]arene-based receptor 1, which is selective toward primary ammoniums in organic solvents, was transferred into water following two different strategies: direct solubilization and micellar incorporation. Extensive 1H NMR studies showed that recognition of ammoniums is only observed in the case of micellar incorporation, highlighting the beneficial effect of the microenvironment of the micellar core. The selectivity of the system for primary ammoniums over secondary and tertiary ones was also maintained. The hydrophobic effect plays an important role in the recognition properties, which are counterion-dependent due to the energy penalty for the dissociation of certain ammonium salts in the apolar micellar core. This study shows that the straightforward self-assembly process used for the encapsulation of artificial receptors in micelles is an efficient strategy for developing water-soluble nanosized supramolecular recognition systems.
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- Romain Carpentier
- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP165/64, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP160/06, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP165/64, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP160/06, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP165/64, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP160/06, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP160/06, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles, Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP165/64, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Nasal administration of vaccines is convenient for the potential stimulation of mucosal and systemic immune protection. Moreover the easy accessibility of the intranasal route renders it optimal for pandemic vaccination. Nanoparticles have been identified as ideal delivery systems and adjuvants for vaccine application. Heterogeneous protocols have been used for animal studies. This complicates the understanding of the formulation influence on the immune response and the comparison of the different nanoparticles approaches developed. Moreover anatomical and immunological differences between rodents and humans provide an additional hurdle in the rational development of nasal nanovaccines. This review will give a comprehensive expertise of the state of the art in nasal nanovaccines in animals and humans focusing on the nanomaterial used.
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- B Bernocchi
- Inserm, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France; Université de Lille, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France; CHRU de Lille, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Inserm, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France; Université de Lille, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France; CHRU de Lille, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Inserm, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France; Université de Lille, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France; CHRU de Lille, LIRIC-UMR 995, F-59000 Lille, France; University of Artois, 62000 Arras, France
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Carpentier R, Leblanc RM, Mimeault M. Monitoring electron transfer by photoacoustic spectroscopy in native and immobilized thylakoid membranes. Biotechnol Bioeng 2012; 32:64-7. [PMID: 18584719 DOI: 10.1002/bit.260320110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Photoacoustic spectroscopy was used to monitor photo synthetic electron transfer in native and immobilized thylakoid membranes. The photoacoustic parameter phi(r)' (the percentage of absorbed energy that is stored in photo chemical intermediates) and i(50) (the half-saturation modulated light intensity) were directly correlated to electron transfer rates. As previously shown, thylakoids immobilized in an albumin-glutaraldehyde matrix were more resistant to aging. The inhibitory effects of the immobilization procedure and of aging at 4 degrees C were detected as a decrease in i(50) values. In analogy with enzyme kinetic analysis, the effect could be characterized as a competitive type of inhibition. Photoacoustic measurements are performed in conditions similar to a working bioreactor cell with regards to the sample preparation.
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- R Carpentier
- Centre de Recherche en Photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières, Québec, G9A 5H7
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Chen SJS, Hellier P, Marchal M, Gauvrit JY, Carpentier R, Morandi X, Collins DL. An anthropomorphic polyvinyl alcohol brain phantom based on Colin27 for use in multimodal imaging. Med Phys 2012; 39:554-61. [PMID: 22225325 DOI: 10.1118/1.3673069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE In this paper, the method for the creation of an anatomically and mechanically realistic brain phantom from polyvinyl alcohol cryogel (PVA-C) is proposed for validation of image processing methods such as segmentation, reconstruction, registration, and denoising. PVA-C is material widely used in medical imaging phantoms because of its mechanical similarities to soft tissues. METHODS The phantom was cast in a mold designed using the left hemisphere of the Colin27 brain dataset [C. Holmes et al., "Enhancement of MR images using registration for signal averaging," J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 22(2), 324 (1998)]. Marker spheres and inflatable catheters were also implanted to enable good registration comparisons and to simulate tissue deformation, respectively. RESULTS The phantom contained deep sulci, a complete insular region, and an anatomically accurate left ventricle. It was found to provide good contrast in triple modality imaging, consisting of computed tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging. Multiple sets of multimodal data were acquired from this phantom. CONCLUSIONS The methods for building the anatomically accurate, multimodality phantom were described in this work. All multimodal data are made available freely to the image processing community (http://pvabrain.inria.fr). We believe the phantom images could allow for the validation and further aid in the development of novel medical image processing techniques.
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- Sean Jy-Shyang Chen
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2B4, Canada.
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Essemine J, Hasni I, Carpentier R, Thomas T, Tajmir-Riahi H. Binding of biogenic and synthetic polyamines to β-lactoglobulin. Int J Biol Macromol 2011; 49:201-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2011.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Hamdani S, Yaakoubi H, Carpentier R. Polyamines interaction with thylakoid proteins during stress. J Photochem Photobiol B 2011; 104:314-9. [PMID: 21377374 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Revised: 02/02/2011] [Accepted: 02/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The involvement of polyamines in plant responses to abiotic stresses is well investigated, while there has been few reports on the specific mode of action of polyamines on the photosynthetic apparatus. The objective of this review is thus to examine the mode of interaction of polyamines with proteins of photosystem II core and LHCII, including methylamine (monoamine) as a simplified model to better understand the mode of action of polyamines. Spectroscopic methods used to determine the binding mode of amines with PSII proteins showed that amines such as spermine, putrescine and methylamine interact with protein (H-bonding) through polypeptide C=O, C-N and N-H groups with major perturbations of protein secondary structure as the concentration of amines was raised. High concentration of amines added to PSII-enriched submembrane fractions causes a significant loss of PSII activity. However, at lower concentration, polyamines, especially spermine, improve the photosynthetic functions under stress. We concluded from this review that besides the conjugation of polyamines with LHC polypeptides, polyamines are likely to interact with extrinsic proteins and the hydrophilic part of intrinsic proteins of PSII by electrostatic interaction. This could stabilize the conformation of proteins under various stresses. However, at high concentration of polyamines a strong inhibition of PSII activity is observed.
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- S Hamdani
- Groupe de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Département de Chimie-Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C. P. 500, Trois-Rivières (Québec), Canada G9A 5H7
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Hamdani S, Tajmir-Riahi H, Carpentier R. Methylamine interaction with proteins of photosystem II: A comparison with biogenic polyamines. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 2009; 96:201-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2009.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2009] [Revised: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Polyamine analogues show antitumor activity in experimental models, and their ability to alter activity of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents in breast cancer is well documented. Association of polyamines with nucleic acids and protein is included in their mechanism of action. The aim of this study was to examine the interaction of human serum albumin (HSA) with several polyamine analogues, such as 1,11-diamino-4,8-diazaundecane (333), 3,7,11,15-tetrazaheptadecane.4HCl (BE-333), and 3,7,11,15,19-pentazahenicosane.5HCl (BE-3333), in aqueous solution at physiological conditions using a constant protein concentration and various polyamine contents (microM to mM). FTIR, UV-visible, and CD spectroscopic methods were used to determine the polyamine binding mode and the effects of polyamine complexation on protein stability and secondary structure. Structural analysis showed that polyamines bind nonspecifically (H-bonding) via polypeptide polar groups with binding constants of K333 = 9.30 x 10(3) M(-1), KBE-333 = 5.63 x 10(2) M(-1), and KBE-3333 = 3.66 x 10(2) M(-1). The protein secondary structure showed major alterations with a reduction of alpha-helix from 55% (free protein) to 43-50% and an increase of beta-sheet from 17% (free protein) to 29-36% in the 333, BE-333, and BE-3333 complexes, indicating partial protein unfolding upon polyamine interaction. HSA structure was less perturbed by polyamine analogues compared to those of the biogenic polyamines.
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- R. Beauchemin
- Département de Chimie-Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C. P. 500, Trois-Rivières (Québec), G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Département de Chimie-Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C. P. 500, Trois-Rivières (Québec), G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Department of Medicine and Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 USA
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- Department of Medicine and Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 USA
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- Département de Chimie-Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C. P. 500, Trois-Rivières (Québec), G9A 5H7, Canada
- Department of Medicine and Environmental and Occupational Medicine, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 USA
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- Département de Chimie-Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C. P. 500, Trois-Rivières (Québec), G9A 5H7, Canada
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Kreslavski VD, Carpentier R, Klimov VV, Murata N, Allakhverdiev SI. Molecular mechanisms of stress resistance of the photosynthetic apparatus. Biochem Moscow Suppl Ser A 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990747807030014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Beauchemin R, Harnois J, Rouillon R, Tajmir-Riahi H, Carpentier R. Interaction of polyamines with proteins of photosystem II: Cation binding and photosynthetic oxygen evolution. J Mol Struct 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2006.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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N' soukpoe-Kossi CN, St-Louis C, Beauregard M, Subirade M, Carpentier R, Hotchandani S, Tajmir-Riahi HA. Resveratrol Binding to Human Serum Albumin. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2006; 24:277-83. [PMID: 17054386 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2006.10507120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Resveratrol (Res), a polyphenolic compound found largely in the skin of red grape and wine, exhibits a wide range of pharmaceutical properties and plays a role in prevention of human cardiovascular diseases [Pendurthi et al., Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 19, 419-426 (1999)]. It shows a strong affinity towards protein binding and used as inhibitor for cyclooxygenase and ribonuclease reductase. The aim of this study was to examine the interaction of resveratrol with human serum albumin (HSA) in aqueous solution at physiological conditions, using a constant protein concentration (0.3 mM) and various pigment contents (microM to mM). FTIR, UV-Visible, CD, and fluorescence spectroscopic methods were used to determine the resveratrol binding mode, the binding constant and the effects of pigment complexation on protein secondary structure. Structural analysis showed that resveratrol bind non-specifically (H-bonding) via polypeptide polar groups with overall binding constant of K(Res) = 2.56 x 10(5) M(-1). The protein secondary structure, analysed by CD spectroscopy, showed no major alterations at low resveratrol concentrations (0.125 mM), whereas at high pigment content (1 mM), major increase of alpha-helix from 57% (free HSA) to 62% and a decrease of beta-sheet from 10% (free HSA) to 7% occurred in the resveratrol-HSA complexes. The results indicate a partial stabilization of protein secondary structure at high resveratrol content.
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- C N N' soukpoe-Kossi
- Département de Chimie-biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C. P. 500, Trois-Rivières, Québec, G9A 5H7, Canada
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Ahmed-Ouameur A, Diamantoglou S, Sedaghat-Herati MR, Nafisi S, Carpentier R, Tajmir-Riahi HA. The effects of drug complexation on the stability and conformation of human serum albumin: protein unfolding. Cell Biochem Biophys 2006; 45:203-13. [PMID: 16757821 DOI: 10.1385/cbb:45:2:203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We report different analytical methods used to study the effects of 3\'-azido-3\'-deoxythymidine, aspirin, taxol, cisplatin, atrazine, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic, biogenic polyamines, chlorophyll, chlorophyllin, poly(ethylene glycol), vanadyl cation, vanadate anion, cobalt-hexamine cation, and As2O3, on the stability and secondary structure of human serum albumin (HSA) in aqueous solution, using capillary electrophoresis, Fourier transform infrared, ultraviolet visible, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic methods. The concentrations of HSA used were 4% to 2% or 0.6 to 0.3 mM, while different ligand concentrations were 1 microM to 1 mM. Structural data showed drugs are mostly located along the polypeptide chains with both specific and nonspecific interactions. The stability of drug-protein complexes were in the order K(VO(2+)) 1.2 x 10(8) M(-1) > K(AZT) 1.9 x 10(6) M(-)1 > K(PEG) 4.1 x 10(5) M(-1) > K(atrazine) 3.5 x 10(4) M(-1) > K(chlorophyll) 2.9 x 10(4) M(-1) > K2,4-D 2.5 x 10(4) M-1 > K(spermine) 1.7 x 10(4) M(-1) > K(taxol) 1.43 x 10(4) M(-1) > K(Co(3+)) > 1.1 x 10(4) M(-1) > K(aspirin) 1.04 x 10(4)i(-1) > K(chlorophyllin) 7.0 x 10(3) M(-1) > K(VO(3)(-)) 6.0 x 103 M(-1) > K(spermidine) 5.4 x 10(3) M(-1) > K(putrescine) 3.9 x 10(3) M(-1) > K(As(2)O(3)) 2.2 x 10(3) M(-1)> K(cisplatin) 1.2 x 10(2) M(-1). The protein conformation was altered (infrared and CD results) with major reduction of alpha-helix from 60 to 55% (free HSA) to 49 to 40% and increase of beta-structure from 22 to 15% (free HSA) to 33 to 23% in the drug-protein complexes. The alterations of protein secondary structure are attributed to a partial unfolding of HSA on drug complexation.
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- A Ahmed-Ouameur
- Departement Chemistry-Biology, University of Quèbec at Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, TR (Quèbec), Canada G9A 5H7
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Ouameur AA, Mangier E, Diamantoglou S, Rouillon R, Carpentier R, Tajmir-Riahi HA. Effects of organic and inorganic polyamine cations on the structure of human serum albumin. Biopolymers 2004; 73:503-9. [PMID: 14991668 DOI: 10.1002/bip.10557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The presence of several high affinity binding sites on human serum albumin (HSA) makes it a possible target for many organic and inorganic molecules. Organic polyamines are widely distributed in living cells and their biological roles have been associated with their physical and chemical interactions with proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids. This study is designed to examine the effects of spermine, spermidine, putrescine, and cobalt [Co(III)]-hexamine cations on the solution structure of HSA using Fourier transform IR, UV-visible, and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic methods. The spectroscopic results show that polyamine cations are located along the polypeptide chains with no specific interaction. The order of perturbations is associated with the number of positive charges of the polyamine cation: spermine > Co(III)-hexamine > spermidine > putrescine. The overall binding constants are 1.7 x 10(4), 1.1 x 10(4), 5.4 x 10(3), and 3.9 x 10(3)M(-1), respectively. The protein conformation is altered (IR and CD data) with reductions of alpha helices from 60 to 55% for free HSA to 50-40% and with increases of beta structures from 22 to 15% for free HSA to 33-23% in the presence of polyamine cations.
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- A Ahmed Ouameur
- GREIB, Département de Chemie-Biologie, Université du Québec á Trois-Riviéres, C. P. 500, Québec G9A 5H7, Canada
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Neault JF, Malonga H, Diamantoglou S, Carpentier R, Stepp RL, Tajmir-Riahi HA. Secondary structural analysis of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase and its Na(+) (E(1)) and K(+) (E(2)) complexes by FTIR spectroscopy. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2002; 20:173-8. [PMID: 12354069 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2002.10506833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The Na(+),K(+)-ATPase is an integral membrane protein which transports sodium and potassium cations against an electrochemical gradient. The transport of Na(+) and K(+) ions is presumably connected to an oscillation of the enzyme between the two conformational states, the E(1) (Na(+)) and the E(2) (K(+)) conformations. The E(1) and E(2) states have different affinities for ligand interaction. However, the determination of the secondary structure of this enzyme in its sodium and potassium forms has been the subject of much controversy. This study was designed to provide a quantitative analysis of the secondary structure of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase in its sodium (E(1)) and potassium (E(2)) states in both H(2)O and D(2)O solutions at physiological pH, using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) with its self-deconvolution and second derivative resolution enhancement methods, as well as curve-fitting procedures. Spectroscopic analysis showed that the secondary structure of the sodium salt of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase in H(2)O solution contains alpha-helix 19.8+/-1%, beta-sheet 25.6+/-1%, turn 9.1+/-1%, and beta-anti 7.5+/-1%, whereas in D(2)O solution, the enzyme shows alpha-helix 16.8+/-1%, beta-sheet 24.5+/-1.5%, turn 10.9+/-1%, beta-anti 9.8+/-1%, and random coil 38.0+/-2%. Similarly, the potassium salt in H(2)O solution contains alpha-helix 16.6+/-1%, beta-sheet 26.4+/-1.5%, turn 8.9+/-1%, and beta-anti 8.1+/-1%, while in D(2)O solution it shows alpha-helix 16.2+/-1%, beta-sheet 24.5+/-1.5%, turn 10.3+/-1%, beta-anti 9.0+/-1%, and random coil 40+/-2%. Thus the main differences for the sodium and potassium forms of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase are alpha-helix 3.2% in H(2)O and 0.6% in D(2)O, beta-sheet (pleated and anti) 1.5% in H(2)O and random structure 2% (D(2)O), while for other minor components (turn structure), the differences are less than 1%.
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- J F Neault
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Rajagopal S, Bukhov N, Carpentier R. Changes in the structure of chlorophyll-protein complexes and excitation energy transfer during photoinhibitory treatment of isolated photosystem I submembrane particles. J Photochem Photobiol B 2002; 67:194-200. [PMID: 12167319 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(02)00326-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The activity of light-induced oxygen consumption, absorption spectra, low temperature (77 K) chlorophyll fluorescence emission and excitation spectra were studied in suspensions of photosystem (PS) I submembrane particles illuminated by 2000 microE m(-2) s(-1) strong white light (WL) at 4 degrees C. A significant stimulation of oxygen uptake was observed during the first 1-4 h of photoinhibitory treatment, which rapidly decreased during further light exposure. Chlorophyll (Chl) content gradually declined during the exposure of isolated PSI particles to strong light. In addition to the Chl photobleaching, pronounced changes were found in Chl absorption and fluorescence spectra. The position of the major peak in the red part of the absorption spectrum shifted from 680 nm towards shorter wavelengths in the course of strong light exposure. A 6-nm blue shift of that peak was observed after 5-h illumination. Even more pronounced changes were found in the characteristics of Chl fluorescence. The magnitude of the dominating long-wavelength emission band at 736 nm located in untreated particles was five times reduced after 2-h exposure, whereas the loss in absolute Chl contents did not exceed 10% of its initial value. The major peak in low-temperature Chl fluorescence emission spectra shifted from 736 to 721 nm after 6-h WL treatment. Individual Chl-protein complexes differed in the response of their absorption spectra to strong WL. Unlike light-harvesting complexes (LHC), LHCI-680 and LHC-730, which did not exhibit changes in the major peak position, its maximum was shifted from 678 to 671 nm in CPIa complex after PSI submembrane particles were irradiated with strong light for 6 h. The results demonstrated that excitation energy transfer represents the stage of photosynthetic utilization of absorbed quanta which is most sensitive to strong light in isolated PSI particles.
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- S Rajagopal
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, CP 500 Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada G9A 5H7
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Bukhov NG, Samson G, Carpentier R. Nonphotosynthetic reduction of the intersystem electron transport chain of chloroplasts following heat stress. The pool size of stromal reductants. Photochem Photobiol 2001; 74:438-43. [PMID: 11594058 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0438:nrotie>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The properties of a negative transient signal (negative peak) observed during the first seconds of the induction of the photoacoustic (PA) signal in dark-adapted barley leaves treated with methyl viologen (MV) and diuron and then exposed to high temperatures have been examined. Under those conditions no electron donation from photosystem II (PSII) occurred, and electron flow through PSI could be supported only by soluble reductants located in the chloroplast stroma. The negative peak was observed only if the PA signal had been monitored at low, and not high, frequencies. The peak obviously originated from the oxygen consumption by PSI. The size of the peak increased as the temperature of preheating was raised from 39 to 45 degrees C. The size of the peak decreased exponentially with a half-time of 3.7 s during illumination under low light. This decrease was found to be much faster under strong light. The recovery of the peak during dark acclimation required several minutes. It is concluded that the negative peak reflects the oxygen consumption supported by stromal reductants, their pool being rapidly exhausted under light in the presence of MV. The maximal size of the pool was calculated as 140 eq: P700 in dark-adapated leaves.
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- N G Bukhov
- K.A. Timiriazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Purcell M, Neault JF, Malonga H, Arakawa H, Carpentier R, Tajmir-Riahi HA. Interactions of atrazine and 2,4-D with human serum albumin studied by gel and capillary electrophoresis, and FTIR spectroscopy. Biochim Biophys Acta 2001; 1548:129-38. [PMID: 11451446 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(01)00229-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The herbicides 6-chloro-N-ethyl-N'-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine (atrazine) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) are widely used in agricultural practice to fight dicotyledon weeds mainly in maize, cereals, and lucerne. As a result, these compounds are found not only in the plants, soil, and water, but also in the cultivated ground in the following years as well as in agricultural products such as fruits, milk, butter, and sugar beet. The toxicological effects of herbicides occur in vivo, when transported to the target organ through the bloodstream. It has been suggested that human serum albumin (HSA) serves as a carrier protein to transport 2,4-D to molecular targets. This study was designed to examine the interaction of atrazine and 2,4-D with HSA in aqueous solution at physiological pH with herbicide concentrations of 0.0001-1 mM, and final protein concentration of 1% w/v. Gel and capillary electrophoresis, UV-visible and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic methods were used to determine the drug binding mode, the drug binding constant, and the protein secondary structure in aqueous solution. Structural analysis showed that different types of herbicide-HSA complexes are formed with stoichiometric ratios (drug/protein) of 3:1 and 11:1 for atrazine and 4.5:1 and 10:1 for 2,4-D complexes. Atrazine showed a weak binding affinity (K=3.50 x 10(4) M(-1)), whereas two bindings (K(1)=2.50 x 10(4) M(-1) and K(2)=8.0 x 10(3) M(-1)) were observed for 2,4-D complexes. The herbicide binding results in major protein secondary structural changes from that of the alpha-helix 55% to 45--39% and beta-sheet 22% to 24--32%, beta-anti 12% to 10--22% and turn 11% to 12--15%, in the drug-HSA complexes. The observed spectral changes indicate a partial unfolding of the protein structure, in the presence of herbicides in aqueous solution.
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- M Purcell
- Department of Chemistry--Biology, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada G9A 5H7
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Croisetière L, Rouillon R, Carpentier R. A simple mediatorless amperometric method using the cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis for the detection of phytotoxic pollutants. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2001; 56:261-4. [PMID: 11499941 DOI: 10.1007/s002530100652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The unicellular cyanobacterium Synechoccocus leopoliensis is used in a micro-electrochemical cell to generate photocurrents. The photocurrent is dependent on photosynthetic electron transport and is mediated by hydrogen peroxide formation following the reduction of oxygen on the acceptor side of photosystem I. This is the first known application of cyanobacteria in an electrochemical device where no artificial electroactive mediator is needed. The potential for the development of this micro-electrochemical cell for the detection of phytotoxic pollutants, such as herbicides and toxic metal cations, using the photosynthetic system of the cyanobacteria without interference from added electron acceptor is discussed.
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- L Croisetière
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Bukhov N, Carpentier R, Samson G. Heterogeneity of Photosystem I reaction centers in barley leaves as related to the donation from stromal reductants. Photosynth Res 2001; 70:273-9. [PMID: 16252172 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014741814581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The light-response curves of P700 oxidation and time-resolved kinetics of P700(+) dark re-reduction were studied in barley leaves using absorbance changes at 820 nm. Leaves were exposed to 45 degrees C and treated with either diuron or diuron plus methyl viologen (MV) to prevent linear electron flow from PS II to PS I and ferredoxin-dependent cyclic electron flow around PS I. Under those conditions, P700(+) could accept electrons solely from soluble stromal reductants. P700 was oxidized under weak far-red light in leaves treated with diuron plus MV, while identical illumination was nearly ineffective in diuron-treated leaves in the absence of MV. When heat-exposed leaves were briefly illuminated with strong far-red light, which completely oxidized P700, the kinetics of P700(+) dark reduction was fitted by a single exponential term with half-time of about 40 ms. However, two first-order kinetic components of electron flow to P700(+) (fast and slow) were found after prolonged leaf irradiation. The light-induced modulation of the kinetics of P700(+) dark reduction was reversed following dark adaptation. The fast component (half time of 80-90 ms) was 1.5 larger than the slow one (half time of about 1 s). No kinetic competition occurred between two pathways of electron donation to P700(+) from stromal reductants. This suggests the presence of two different populations of PS I.
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- N Bukhov
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, G9A 5H7, Canada,
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Exposure of isolated photosystem I (PSI) complexes to illumination (2300 microE m(-2) s(-1)) for various periods of time resulted in striking changes in their absorption spectra. A 6 nm blueshift of the absorption maximum in the red was detected after 100 min illumination. The fourth derivative of the absorption spectra verifies that the main change of the red peak was attributed to the 682 nm absorption band. Further, it was also shown that a shoulder in the absorption spectra located around 470 nm decreased after the first 5 min of illumination and almost disappeared after 40 min illumination, suggesting that chlorophyll b bound to light-harvesting complex I (LHCI) is also sensitive to excess light. A maximum inhibitory effect on the oxygen uptake rates and a strong stimulation were observed when the PSI complexes were exposed to illumination for about 20 and 40 min, respectively. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis shows that LHCI-680 started to degrade during the first 5 min of illumination and almost completely disappeared after 40 min of illumination. These observations demonstrated that LHCI was more sensitive to illumination than the PsaA/B subunits which also presented some degradation signs after 40 min illumination. In addition, insoluble-cohesive-denatured proteins also appeared between the stacking and resolving gel after prolonged illumination (100 min). A photoprotective function of LHCI for the PSI reaction center is proposed.
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- Y Hui
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Bukhov NG, Samson G, Carpentier R. Nonphotosynthetic reduction of the intersystem electron transport chain of chloroplasts following heat stress. Steady-state rate. Photochem Photobiol 2000; 72:351-7. [PMID: 10989606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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The consequence of elevated temperatures in the range of 39-51 degrees C on the steady-state rate of light-induced electron transport through photosystem I (PSI) supported by stromal reductants was studied in intact barley leaves using photoacoustic and chlorophyll fluorescence techniques. Measurable electron flow through PSI in diuron-treated leaves occurred only after exposure to temperatures above 37 degrees C. The steady-state rate of the above diuron-insensitive electron flow with methyl viologen as electron acceptor was estimated to be 3.7 mu eq m-2 s-1 or 0.018 mu eq mumol chlorophyll-1 s-1 in leaves exposed for 5 min to 45 degrees C.
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- N G Bukhov
- K. A. Timiriazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Hotchandani S, Ozdemir U, Allakhverdiev SI, Karacan N, Klimov VV, Kamat PV, Carpentier R. Redox characteristics of manganese and cobalt complexes obtained from pyridine N-oxide. Bioelectrochemistry 2000; 51:175-80. [PMID: 10910166 DOI: 10.1016/s0302-4598(00)00068-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Manganese and cobalt complexes, using pyridine N-oxide as ligand, have been synthesized, and their cyclic and square-wave voltammetric measurements have been carried out. The results reveal that the complexes exhibit different voltammetric pattern, which suggests that the redox processes are most probably metal-centered. In both complexes, extra redox activity is observed once the potential exceeds certain value of the voltage. The observation of an oxidation wave in manganese complex at + 0.75 V vs. Ag/AgCl or + 0.95 V vs. NHE strongly suggests that this complex can bring about oxidation of water and can, thus, serve as a synthetic analogue of water oxidizing complex (WOC) of PS II.
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- S Hotchandani
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivères, Canada.
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Zhang H, Yamamoto Y, Ishikawa Y, Carpentier R. Characterization of the secondary structure and thermostability of the extrinsic 16 kilodalton protein of spinach photosystem II by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. J Mol Struct 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2860(99)00107-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Allakhverdiev SI, Ozdemir U, Harnois J, Karacan N, Hotchandani S, Klimov VV, Murata N, Carpentier R. Reconstruction of the Water-Oxidizing Complex in Manganese-Depleted Photosystem II Preparations Using Mononuclear Manganese Complexes. Photochem Photobiol 1999. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb01949.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bograh A, Carpentier R, Tajmir-Riahi HA. The Effect of Cholesterol on the Solution Structure of Proteins of Photosystem II. Protein Secondary Structure and Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 1999; 210:118-122. [PMID: 9924113 DOI: 10.1006/jcis.1998.5949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cholesterol induces large perturbations in the physical properties of membranes, especially in the structural organization of the phospholipid bilayers and the aggregation and solubility of proteins at physiological temperatures. This study was designed to examine the interaction of cholesterol with lipid and proteins of chloroplasts photosystem II (PSII) submembrane fractions in air dried film at pH 6-7 with cholesterol concentrations of 0.01 to 20 mM. Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy with its self-deconvolution and second derivative methods as well as curve-fitting procedures are used, in order to determine the cholesterol binding mode, the protein conformational changes, and the structural properties of cholesterol-protein complexes. Correlations between the effect of cholesterol on the protein secondary structure and the rate of oxygen evolution in PSII are also established. Spectroscopic evidence showed that at low cholesterol concentration (0.01 and 0.1 mM), minor chol-protein and chol-lipid interactions (through hydrogen bonding) occur with no major perturbations of the protein secondary structure. As cholesterol concentration increases (5 and 10 and 20 mM), major alterations of the protein secondary structure are observed from that of the alpha-helix 47% (uncomplexed protein) to 43-39% (complexes) and the beta-sheet structure 18% (uncomplexed protein) to 22-26% (complexes). Those changes coincide with a partial decrease in the rate of the oxygen evolution (8-33%) is observed in the presence of cholesterol at high concentration. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
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- A Bograh
- Groupe de Recherche en Énergie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières, Québec, G9A 5H7, Canada
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Hotchandani S, Ozdemir U, Nasr C, Allakhverdiev SI, Karacan N, Klimov VV, Kamat PV, Carpentier R. Redox characteristics of Schiff base manganese and cobalt complexes related to water-oxidizing complex of photosynthesis. Bioelectrochem Bioenerg 1999; 48:53-9. [PMID: 10228570 DOI: 10.1016/s0302-4598(98)00235-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In an effort to obtain synthetic analogues of water-oxidizing complex (WOC) of photosystem II (PS II) of plant photosynthesis, a Schiff base manganese and a cobalt complex, employing Niten, a SALEN type ligand, have been prepared. Cyclic and square wave voltammetric measurements have been performed to assess their redox characteristics. Both complexes undergo several reduction processes in cathodic negative potential region at more or less similar potentials. In view of these reductions being independent of the nature of the metal, they are thought to be ligand-localized. Although similar in negative region, a marked difference in the behavior of the complexes is observed in anodic region. While the cobalt complex is electrochemically inactive in the positive potentials up to +1.0 V vs. Ag/AgCl, the manganese complex displays two oxidation waves at +0.25 and +0.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The presence of oxidation wave in manganese complex at +0.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl or +0.7 V vs. NHE suggests that this complex can catalyze the oxidation of water and can, thus, simulate the WOC of PS II.
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- S Hotchandani
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.
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Yahyaoui W, Harnois J, Carpentier R. Demonstration of thermal dissipation of absorbed quanta during energy-dependent quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence in photosynthetic membranes. FEBS Lett 1998; 440:59-63. [PMID: 9862425 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01430-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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When plant leaves or chloroplasts are exposed to illumination that exceeds their photosynthetic capacity, photoprotective mechanisms such as described by the energy-dependent (non-photochemical) quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence are involved. The protective action is attributed to an increased rate constant for thermal dissipation of absorbed quanta. We applied photoacoustic spectroscopy to monitor thermal dissipation in spinach thylakoid membranes together with simultaneous measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence in the presence of inhibitors of opposite action on the formation of delta pH across the thylakoid membrane (tentoxin and nigericin/valinomycin). A linear relationship between the appearance of fluorescence quenching during formation of the delta pH and the reciprocal variation of thermal dissipation was demonstrated. Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, which is known to prevent protonation of the minor light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II, significantly reduced the formation of fluorescence quenching and the concurrent increase in thermal dissipation. However, the addition of exogenous ascorbate to activate the xanthophyll de-epoxidase increased non-photochemical fluorescence quenching without affecting the measured thermal dissipation. It is concluded that a portion of energy-dependent fluorescence quenching that is independent of de-epoxidase activity can be readily measured by photoacoustic spectroscopy as an increase in thermal deactivation processes.
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- W Yahyaoui
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Zhang H, Ishikawa Y, Yamamoto Y, Carpentier R. Secondary structure and thermal stability of the extrinsic 23 kDa protein of photosystem II studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. FEBS Lett 1998; 426:347-51. [PMID: 9600264 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00371-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The secondary structure and thermal stability of the extrinsic 23 kDa protein (OEC23) of spinach photosystem II have been characterized in solution between 25 and 75 degrees C using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Quantitative analysis of the amide I band (1700-1600 cm(-1)) shows that OEC23 contains 5% alpha-helix, 37% beta-sheet, 24% turn, and 34% disorder structures at 25 degrees C. No appreciable conformational changes occur below 45 degrees C. At elevated temperatures, the beta-sheet structure is unfolded into the disorder structure with a major conformational transition occurring at 55 degrees C. Implications of these results for the functions of OEC23 in photosystem II are discussed.
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- H Zhang
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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OBJECTIVES To examine the dilemmas for children, family, and mental health professionals posed by the presence of a delusional parent in a family, including someone with induced psychotic disorder (IPD); to identify frequently unrecognized problems; and to propose practical suggestions for professionals. METHOD The pertinent literature on the effects of delusional parents on children, families, and professionals is reviewed. By way of 3 case vignettes, the dilemmas are identified and discussed. RESULTS Delusional disorders are underdiagnosed, resulting in poor anticipation of their implications. Unanticipated family factors, such as "pursuit of isolation" and the related heightened risk of violence, contribute to the failure of professional interventions, which has been described as "therapeutic systems paralysis." CONCLUSIONS These cases are complex, often requiring multisystemic involvement to reduce the risks of flight. violence, psychosis, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other psychiatric sequelae to children and other family members. The critical features of the innovative collaboration ("therapeutic consensus") required between professionals for successful therapeutic interventions with these families are described.
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- T P Ulzen
- George Hull Centre for Children and Families, Etobicoke, Ontario
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Allakhverdiev SI, Klimov VV, Carpentier R. Evidence for the involvement of cyclic electron transport in the protection of photosystem II against photoinhibition: influence of a new phenolic compound. Biochemistry 1997; 36:4149-54. [PMID: 9100008 DOI: 10.1021/bi962170n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Organisms that perform oxygenic photosynthesis are subjected to inhibition of their photosynthetic functions when they are exposed to excessive illumination. Photoinhibition occurs mainly at the level of photosystem II, where a cyclic electron transport has often been proposed to be involved in photoprotection. However, a demonstration of direct protection by cyclic photosystem II against photoinhibitory damage has been lacking. In this report, we used the newly characterized compound 4-[methoxybis(trifluoromethyl)methyl]-2,6-dinitrophenylhydrazine methyl ketone (K-15), known to stimulate cyclic electron transport between the acceptor and donor sides of the photosystem [Klimov, V. V., Zharmukhamedov, S. K., Allakhverdiev, S. I., Kolobanova, L. P., & Baskakov, Y. A. (1993) Biol. Membr. 6, 715-732], to verify if photosystem II is significantly protected by cyclic electron transport against aerobic and anaerobic photoinhibitory damage. The photoinhibitory quenching of the maximal level of fluorescence and the decrease of the absorbance change at 685 nm related to pheophytin photoreduction observed during photoinhibitory illumination of untreated or Mn-depleted photosystem II submembrane fractions are significantly attenuated in the presence of K-15. The photodegradation of cytochrome b559 and the photobleaching of beta-carotene and chlorophyll-670 measured in Mn-depleted photosystem II preparations are also strongly retarded when K-15 is present. The detection, by photoacoustic spectroscopy, of the energy stored during the cyclic electron transport is also reported in Mn-depleted photosystem II submembrane fractions and in photosystem II reaction center complexes. This reaction is also gradually photoinhibited due to the progressive photodegradation of the required electron transport intermediates but is significantly more stable in the presence of K-15. It is deduced that cyclic electron transport around photosystem II constitutes an effective protective mechanism against photoinhibitory damage.
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- S I Allakhverdiev
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université de Quèbec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Nahar S, Carpentier R, Tajmir-Riahi H. Interaction of trivalent Al and Ga cations with proteins of PSII. Cation binding mode and protein conformation by FTIR spectroscopy. J Inorg Biochem 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(96)00138-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Bograh A, Gingras Y, Tajmir-Riahi HA, Carpentier R. The effects of spermine and spermidine on the structure of photosystem II proteins in relation to inhibition of electron transport. FEBS Lett 1997; 402:41-4. [PMID: 9013855 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(96)01453-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Polyamines (PAs) are ubiquitous in cells of higher plants and play an important role in many biological functions. Because PAs affect photosynthetic oxygen evolution, this study is designed to investigate the interaction of spermine (Spm) and spermidine (Spd) cations with proteins of photosystem II (PSII) using PSII-enriched submembranes fraction with polyamine concentrations of 0.01-10 mM. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) difference spectroscopy with its self-deconvolution and second derivative resolution enhancement as well as curve-fitting procedures was applied, in order to determine the cation binding mode, the protein conformational changes and the structural properties of cation-protein complexes. It is shown that at low polyamine concentration, cation-protein interaction (H-bonding) is through the polypeptide C=O groups with no major perturbation of the protein secondary structure. As cation concentration increases, the polyamine complexation causes significant alterations of the protein secondary structure with a decrease of the alpha-helical domains from 47% (uncomplexed PSII) up to 37% (cation complexes) and an increase in the beta-sheet structure from 18% (uncomplexed PSII) up to 29% (cation complexes). Correlations between the effects of polyamines on protein secondary structure and on the rate of oxygen evolution in PSII are also established.
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- A Bograh
- Groupe de Recherche en Energie et Information Biomoléculaires, Université du Québec at Trois-Rivieres, Canada
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Allakhverdiev SI, Feyziev YM, Ahmed A, Hayashi H, Aliev JA, Klimov VV, Murata N, Carpentier R. Stabilization of oxygen evolution and primary electron transport reactions in photosystem II against heat stress with glycinebetaine and sucrose. J Photochem Photobiol B 1996; 34:149-57. [PMID: 22872909 DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07276-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The protective action of co-solutes, such as sucrose and glycinebetaine, against the thermal inactivation of photosystem II function was studied in untreated and Mn-depleted photosystem II preparations. It was shown that, in addition to the reactions that depend on the oxygen evolving activity of the photosystem, those that implicate more intimately the reaction center itself are protected by high concentrations of osmolytes. However, the temperature required to inhibit oxygen evolution totally in the presence of osmolytes is lower than that required to eliminate reactions, such as P680 (primary electron donor in photosystem II) photo-oxidation and pheophytin photo reduetion, which only involve charge separation and primary electron transport processes. The energy storage measured from the thermal dissipation yield during photoacoustic experiments and the yield of variable fluorescence are also protected to a significant degree (up to 30%) at temperatures at which oxygen evolution is totally inhibited. It is suggested that a cyclic electron transport reaction around photosystem II may be preserved under these conditions and may be responsible for the energy storage measured at relatively high temperatures. This interpretation is also supported by thermoluminescence data involving the recombination between reduced electron acceptors and oxidized electron donors at - 30 and - 55 °C. The data also imply that a high concentration of osmolyte allows the stabilization of the photosystem core complex together with the oxygen-evolving complex. The stabilization effect is understood in terms of the minimization of protein-water interactions as proposed by the theory of Arakawa and Timasheff (Biophys. J., 47 (1985) 411--414).
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Bukhov NG, Carpentier R. The efficiency of electron transfer from QA (-) to the donor side of Photosystem II decreases during induction of photosynthesis: Evidences from chlorophyll fluorescence and photoacoustic techniques. Photosynth Res 1996; 47:13-20. [PMID: 24301703 DOI: 10.1007/bf00017749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/1995] [Accepted: 10/03/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The amplitudes ratio of the fast and slow phases (Afast/Aslow) in the kinetics of the dark relaxation of variable chlorophyll fluorescence (FV) was studied after various periods of illumination of dark-adapted primary barley leaves. Simultaneously, photosynthetic activity was monitored using the photoacoustic technique and the photochemical and non-photochemical fluorescence quenching parameters. The ratio Afast/Aslow changed with the preceding illumination time in a two-step manner. During the first stage of photosynthetic induction (0-20 s of illumination), characterized by a drop in O2-dependent photoacoustic signal following an initial spike and by a relatively stable small value of photochemical FV quenching, the ratio Afast/Aslow remained practically unaltered. During the second stage (20-60 s of illumination), when both the rate of O2 evolution and the photochemical FV quenching were found to be sharply developed, a marked increase in the above ratio was also observed. A linear correlation was found between the value of the photochemical quenching and the ratio Afast/Aslow during the second phase of photosynthetic induction. It is concluded that the slow phase appearing in the kinetics of FV dark relaxation is not due to the existence of Photosystem II reaction centres lacking the ability to reduce P700(+) with high rates, but is instead related to the limitation of electron release from Photosystem I during the initial stage of the induction period of photosynthesis. This limitation keeps the intersystem electron carriers in the reduced state and thus increases the probability of back electron transfer from QA (-) to the donor side of Photosystem II.
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- N G Bukhov
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, G9A 5H7, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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Markovic DZ, Carpentier R. Relationship between quenching of variable fluorescence and thermal dissipation in isolated thylakoid membranes: similar terminology and mathematical treatments may be used. Biochem Cell Biol 1995; 73:247-52. [PMID: 8829370 DOI: 10.1139/o95-030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Simultaneous measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence and thermal emission using photoacoustic spectroscopy have been done in isolated thylakoid membranes to study the relationship between the photochemical quenching of fluorescence (qPF) and energy storage measured in photoacoustic experiments. It is shown that energy storage can be interpreted as the photochemical quenching of a variable component of thermal dissipation termed qPH. The parameters qPF were similarly sensitive to light intensity as demonstrated by their half-saturation light intensity. However, the nonvariable part of thermal dissipation (Ho) represented a greater proportion of the maximal thermal dissipation yield in comparison with the corresponding non-variable component of fluorescence (Fo) as a result of the thermal energy losses occurring during electron transport. A residual qPH found when qPF was removed indicated the participation of cyclic photosystem I or photosystem II in the measured qPH. The participation of cyclic photosystem I was also suggested by a low constant K, representing the quasi equilibria between (re)oxidized and reduced photosystem II quinone acceptors as determined from the logarithmic plots of the hyperbolic relationship obtained between qPH and light intensity. It is finally concluded that the terminology and mathematical treatments used for fluorescence measurements can be applied to thermal dissipation.
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- D Z Markovic
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Ahmed A, Tajmir-Riahi HA, Carpentier R. A quantitative secondary structure analysis of the 33 kDa extrinsic polypeptide of photosystem II by FTIR spectroscopy. FEBS Lett 1995; 363:65-8. [PMID: 7729557 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00282-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In chloroplast photosystem II, the extrinsic polypeptide of 33 kDa is involved in the stabilization the Mn cluster in charge of water splitting and in the fulfilment of the Ca(2+)-cofactor requirement for oxygen evolution. The conformational analysis of the purified 33 kDa extrinsic polypeptide was carried out using FTIR spectroscopy with its self-deconvolution and second derivative resolution enhancement as well as curve-fitting procedures. The FTIR spectroscopic results showed that the isolated polypeptide is characterized by a major proportion beta-sheet conformation (36%) with 27% alpha-helix, 24% turn, and 13% beta-antiparallel structures.
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- A Ahmed
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université du Québec a Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Bernier M, Carpentier R. The action of mercury on the binding of the extrinsic polypeptides associated with the water oxidizing complex of photosystem II. FEBS Lett 1995; 360:251-4. [PMID: 7883042 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00101-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Mercury (Hg2+), a sulfhydryl group reactant, was used to probe structure-function relationships in photosystem II (PSII). In the present work, we investigated the impact of mercury on the polypeptide composition of PSII submembrane preparations. Electrophoretic analysis revealed that the incubation of the membranes in the presence of mercury produces the depletion of a polypeptide of molecular weight of 33 kDa. This polypeptide corresponds to the extrinsic protein EP33 of the oxygen evolving complex removed following urea treatment. However, the two closely related extrinsic polypeptides of 16 and 23 kDa, usually removed concomitantly after urea treatment, remained unaffected after the mercury treatment. These data demonstrated the existence of an intrinsic binding site for EP23. The molecular mode of action of mercury in the oxygen evolving complex of PSII is discussed.
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- M Bernier
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Velitehkova MY, Carpentier R. Variable thermal dissipation in a Photosystem I submembrane fraction. Photosynth Res 1994; 40:263-268. [PMID: 24309944 DOI: 10.1007/bf00034775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/1994] [Accepted: 02/18/1994] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Photoacoustic spectroscopy was used to study the thermal deactivation processes in a Photosystem I submembrane fraction isolated from spinach. A large part of the thermal dissipation was variable. The yield of this variable thermal emission depended on the redox state of the Photosystem. It increased with the measuring modulated light intensity coinciding with the gradual closure of the reaction centers. Thermal deactivation was maximal when the reaction centers were closed by a saturating illumination. Extrapolation of the data at zero light intensity indicated that the yield of non-variable thermal emission represented about 37% of the maximal emission. The presence of methylviologen as artificial electron acceptor decreased the yield of variable thermal emission whereas inhibition following heat stress treatments increased it. The significance of the variable and non-variable components of thermal dissipation is discussed and the measured energy storage is suggested to originate from the reduction of the plastoquinone pool during cyclic electron transport around Photosystem I.
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- M Y Velitehkova
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Univeristé du Québec à Tris-Rivìères, C.P. 500, G9A 5H7, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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The structure of the primary electron donor of photosystem II, P680, is still under debate. It is not decided if it is composed of a chlorophyll (Chl) monomer or dimer. In this study, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to analyze the changes in the vibration modes occurring upon photooxidation of P680 in a Mn-depleted PS II preparation. It is demonstrated that illumination of the above in the presence of artificial electron acceptors results in a light-minus-dark absorbance change typical of the formation of P680+. The light-minus-dark difference FTIR spectrum obtained under similar conditions is characterized by two negative peaks located at 1694 and 1652 or 1626 cm-1 that can be assigned to the 9-keto groups of the P680 Chl, the latter band being indicative of a strongly associated group. These vibrations are shifted to 1714 and 1676 cm-1, respectively, in the positive features of the difference spectrum attributed to P680+. The occurrence of two pairs of bands attributed to 9-keto groups is discussed in terms of P680 being formed of a Chl dimer.
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- S I Allakhverdiev
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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In photosynthetic systems, the absorbed light energy is used to generate electron transport or it is lost in the form of fluorescence and thermal emission. While fluorescence can be readily measured, the detection of thermal deactivation processes can be achieved by the photoacoustic technique. In that case, the pressure wave generated by the thermal deactivations in a sample irradiated with modulated light is detected by a sensitive microphone. The relationships between the yield of fluorescence and thermal emissions measured simultaneously were analyzed by using a spinach photosystem II (PSII)-enriched preparation. It is shown that the quenching of fluorescence due to the photochemical activity of the preparations (photochemical quenching) increases in proportion to the fraction of thermal deactivations that is not immediately released as heat but is stored in photochemical intermediates (energy-storage yield) as the intensity of the photoacoustic modulated measuring beam (35 Hz) is decreased. Maximal levels of fluorescence and thermal emissions were both decreased in similar proportions upon photoreduction of pheophytin (Pheo), the primary acceptor of PSII. The variable components of fluorescence and thermal emissions were strongly decreased upon depletion of Mn from the Mn complex that catalyzes water oxidation and were recovered proportionally during reconstitution with Mn2+ at various Mn2+/reaction center ratios. Finally, depletion of Mn from the Mn complex together with the Fe of the QA-Fe-QB complex that is composed of the secondary quinone acceptors of PSII resulted in an increased initial level of fluorescence Fo and in the loss of the variable components of fluorescence and thermal emissions. The initial Fo and the variable components could be partially recovered by reconstitution of both donor and acceptor sides with Mn2+, Co2+, HCO3- and plastoquinone. It is concluded that the photochemical fluorescence quenching is correlated with a simultaneous "quenching" of a variable component of thermal emission. It is proposed that the measured component of variable thermal emission is related to the decay of the pair [P680+ Pheo-]. The suggestion is also made that a bicarbonate-induced protonation of reduced QA or QB or conformational change in the PSII complex, or both, adds an additional entropic factor to the variable thermal emission component.
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- S I Allakhverdiev
- Centre de Recherche en Photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, PQ, Canada
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Mercury is an environmental contaminant that strongly inhibits photosynthetic electron transport, photosystem II being the most sensitive target. We investigated in greater detail the effect of mercury using photosystem II submembrane fractions of higher plants. Oxygen evolution was strongly inhibited and variable chlorophyll fluorescence was severely quenched by mercury. Chloride, an inorganic cofactor known to be essential for the optimal function of photosystem II, significantly reversed the inhibitory effect of mercury. However, calcium, another essential cofactor, showed no reversal capacity. It is concluded that on the donor side of PSII, mercury exerts its action by perturbing chloride binding and/or function. Considering the exceptional affinity of mercury for sulfhydryl groups of proteins, the results suggest the implication of cystein residue(s) in maintaining structural and functional integrity of photosystem II.
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- M Bernier
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université du Québec, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Boucher N, Carpentier R. Heat-stress stimulation of oxygen uptake by Photosystem I involves the reduction of superoxide radicals by specific electron donors. Photosynth Res 1993; 35:213-218. [PMID: 24318751 DOI: 10.1007/bf00016552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/1992] [Accepted: 08/12/1992] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A Photosystem I submembrane fraction isolated from spinach was used to study the mechanism of heat-stress stimulation of oxygen uptake by the photosystem. Various artificial electron donors were shown to generate electron transport reactions with various degrees of thermally induced stimulation. A strong stimulation was observed with durohydroquinone as electron donor with a maximal effect at 50 °C. The degree of stimulation obtained was independent from the redox potential of the electron donors and from their oxidation site because the enzyme superoxide dismutase fully inhibited the stimulation. Instead, it is proposed that thermal stress causes the release of membrane bound superoxide dismutase from the thylakoids thus allowing the reduced form of electron donors with specific properties to reduce O2 (-) radicals to H2O2 besides the usual disproportionation of O2 (-) into O2 and H2O2.
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- N Boucher
- Centre de Recherche en Photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, G9A 5H7, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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Rashid A, Bernier M, Pazdernick L, Carpentier R. Interaction of Zn(2+) with the donor side of Photosystem II. Photosynth Res 1991; 30:123-130. [PMID: 24415261 DOI: 10.1007/bf00042010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/1991] [Accepted: 09/19/1991] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The inhibitory effect of Zn(2+) on photosynthetic electron transport was investigated in native and CaCl2-treated (depleted in extrinsic polypeptides) Photosystem II (PS II) submembrane preparations. Inhibition of 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol photoreduction by Zn(2+) was much stronger in protein-depleted preparations in comparison to the native form. It was found that Ca(2+) significantly reduced the inhibition in the native PS II preparations, as did Mn(2+) in a combination with H2O2 in the protein-depleted counterparts. No other tested monovalent or divalent cations could replace Ca(2+) or Mn(2+) in the respective experiments. Diphenylcarbazide could partially relieve (40-45%) the inhibition in both types of preparations. The above indicates the presence of an active Zn(2+) inhibitory site on the donor side of PS II. However, neither Ca(2+) nor Mn(2+) could completely prevent inhibition by high concentrations of Zn(2+) (>1 mM). We propose that elevated levels of Zn(2+) strongly perturb the conformation of the PS II core complex and might also affect the acceptor side of the photosystem.
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- A Rashid
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, C.P. 500, G9A 5H7, Trois-Rivières, (Québec), Canada
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Lapointe L, Huner NP, Carpentier R, Ottander C. Resistance to low temperature photoinhibition is not associated with isolated thylakoid membranes of winter rye. Plant Physiol 1991; 97:804-10. [PMID: 16668470 PMCID: PMC1081078 DOI: 10.1104/pp.97.2.804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In vivo measurements of chlorophyll a fluorescence indicate that cold-hardened winter rye (Secale cereale L. cv Musketeer) develops a resistance to low temperature-induced photoinhibition compared with nonhardened rye. After 7.2 hours at 5 degrees C and 1550 micromoles per square meter per second, the ratio of variable fluorescence/maximum fluorescence was depressed by only 23% in cold-hardened rye compared with 46% in nonhardened rye. We have tested the hypothesis that the principal site of this resistance to photoinhibition resides at the level of rye thylakoid membranes. Thylakoids were isolated from cold-hardened and nonhardened rye and exposed to high irradiance (1000-2600 micromoles per square meter per second) at either 5 or 20 degrees C. The photoinhibitory response measured by room temperature fluorescence induction, photosystem II electron transport, photoacoustic spectroscopy, or [(14)C]atrazine binding indicates that the differential resistance to low temperature-induced photoinhibition in vivo is not observed in isolated thylakoids. Similar results were obtained whether isolated rye thylakoids were photoinhibited or thylakoids were isolated from rye leaves preexposed to a photoinhibitory treatment. Thus, we conclude that increased resistance to low temperature-induced photoinhibition is not a property of thylakoid membranes but is associated with a higher level of cellular organization.
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- L Lapointe
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7
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Chapados C, Lemieux S, Carpentier R. Protein and chlorophyll in photosystem II probed by infrared spectroscopy. Biophys Chem 1991; 39:225-39. [PMID: 17014768 DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(91)80001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/1989] [Revised: 07/23/1990] [Accepted: 07/26/1990] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The infrared spectra of photosystem II (PS II) enriched submembrane fractions isolated from spinach are obtained in water and in heavy water suspension Other spectra are obtained after a photooxidation reaction was performed on PS II to bleach the pigments. The water bands are removed by computer subtraction and the amide bands (A, B, I, II, and III) of the protein are identified. Computer enhancement techniques are used to narrow the bandwidth of the bands that the weak chlorophyll bands, buried in the much stronger protein bands, can be observed. Comparing the spectra of native and photooxidized PS II pr in water and in heavy water, we determine that three polypeptide domains are present in the native material. The first domain, which contains 22% of th is situated in the peripheral region of the PS II system. The polypeptides in this region are unfolded and devoid of chlorophyll. The second domain con of the polypeptides, is more organized, and contains the chlorophylls. The third domain has an alpha-helix configuration, does not contain chlorophyll, a affected by the photooxidation reaction or by the proton/deuteron exchange. Three different types of chlorophyll organisation are identified: two have carbonyl groups non-bonded, differing from one another only in their hydrophobic milieux; the third is weakly bonded to another unidentified group. Other forms of chlorophyll organisation are present but could not be observed because their absorption is buried in the protein amide I band.
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- C Chapados
- Département de chimie-biologie Trois-Rivières, Québec G9A 5H7, Canada
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Oxygen uptake using methyl viologen as the terminal electron acceptor was recorded in digitonin-derived photosystem I submembrane fractions incubated at either 25 or 50 degrees C. A two- to four-fold heat-stress stimulation of electron flow was detected at 50 degrees C when reduced 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol was used as the primary electron donor. However, no stimulation was seen with N,N,N',N'-tetramethylphenylenediamine as the donor. The stimulation was enhanced by specific cations (Mg2+, Na+, K+), but not by Mn2 or Ca2+. The enhancement obtained with Mg2+ could be eliminated by incubating for a prolonged period. It is proposed that the observed heat-stress stimulation is due to a conformational change at the level of the cytochrome b6-f complex. This change increased the affinity of the protein complex for 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol at its oxidation sites. The involvement of a conformational modification is demonstrated by the absence of heat-stress stimulation in submembrane fractions immobilized in an albumin-glutaraldehyde cross-linked matrix.
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- N Boucher
- Centre de recherche en photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Rashid A, Carpentier R. The 16 and 23 kDa extrinsic polypeptides and the associated Ca(2+) and Cl (-) modify atrazine interaction with the photosystem II core complex. Photosynth Res 1990; 24:221-227. [PMID: 24420074 DOI: 10.1007/bf00032309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/1989] [Accepted: 12/27/1989] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The oxygen evolving complex of photosystem II (PS II) contains three extrinsic polypeptides of approximate molecular weights 16, 23 and 33 kDa. These polypeptides are associated with the roles of Cl(-), Ca(2+) and Mn(2+) in oxygen evolution. We have shown that selective removal of 16 and 23 kDa polypeptides from the above complex by NaCl washing of PS II enriched membrane fragments renders the PS II core complex more susceptible to the herbicide atrazine. On the other hand, when both native and depleted preparations were resupplied with exogenous Ca(2+) and Cl(-), we obtained a reduction of atrazine inhibition which was much stronger in the depleted preparations than in the native ones. It is concluded that removal of 16 and 23 kDa polypeptides in general, and disorganization of associated Ca(2+) and Cl(-) in particular, enhances atrazine penetration to its sites of action in the vicinity of the PS II complex. The above could be interpreted if we assume a reduced plastoquinone affinity at the QB (secondary plastoquinone electron acceptor) pocket of D1 polypeptide following transmembranous modifications caused by the depletion of these polypeptides.
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- A Rashid
- Centre de Recherche en Photobiophysique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351, Boul. des Forges, C.P. 500, G9A 5H7, Trois-Rivières, (Québec), Canada
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Owens TG, Carpentier R, Leblanc RM. Detection of photosynthetic energy storage in a photosystem I reaction center preparation by photoacoustic spectroscopy. Photosynth Res 1990; 24:201-208. [PMID: 24420072 DOI: 10.1007/bf00032307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/1989] [Accepted: 12/18/1989] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Thermal emission and photochemical energy storage were examined in photosystem I reaction center/core antenna complexes (about 40 Chl a/P700) using photoacoustic spectroscopy. Satisfactory signals could only be obtained from samples bound to hydroxyapatite and all samples had a low signal-to-noise ratio compared to either PS I or PS II in thylakoid membranes. The energy storage signal was saturated at low intensity (half saturation at 1.5 W m(-2)) and predicted a photochemical quantum yield of >90%. Exogenous donors and acceptors had no effect on the signal amplitudes indicating that energy storage is the result of charge separation between endogenous components. Fe(CN)6 (-3) oxidation of P700 and dithionite-induced reduction of acceptors FA-FB inhibited energy storage. These data are compatible with the hypothesis that energy storage in PS I arises from charge separation between P700 and Fe-S centers FA-FB that is stable on the time scale of the photoacoustic modulation. High intensity background light (160 W m(-2)) caused an irreversible loss of energy storage and correlated with a decrease in oxidizable P700; both are probably the result of high light-induced photoinhibition. By analogy to the low fluorescence yield of PS I, the low signal-to-noise ratio in these preparations is attributed to the short lifetime of Chl singlet excited states in PS I-40 and its indirect effect on the yield of thermal emission.
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- T G Owens
- Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, 14853-5908, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Carpentier R, Leblanc RM, Mimeault M. On the nature of the photosynthetic energy storage monitored by photoacoustic spectroscopy. Photosynth Res 1990; 23:313-318. [PMID: 24419654 DOI: 10.1007/bf00034861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/1989] [Accepted: 09/17/1989] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The photosynthetic energy storage yield of uncoupled thylakoid membranes was monitored by photoacoustic spectroscopy at various measuring beam intensities. The energy storage rate as evaluated by the half-saturation measuring beam intensity (i50) was inhibited by 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1 dimethylurea, by heat inactivation or by artificial electron acceptors specific for photosystem I or photosystem II; and was activated by electron donors to photosystem I. The reactions involving both photosystems were all characterized by a similar maximal energy storage yield of 16±2 percent. The data could be interpreted if we assumed that the energy storage elicited by the photosystems at 35 Hz is detected at the level of the plastoquinone pool.
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- R Carpentier
- Centre de Recherche en Photobiophysique, Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351, Boul. des Forges, C.P. 500, G9A 5H7, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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Photosynthetic activities of Anacystis nidulans can be detected by photoacoustic spectroscopy. Algae treated by a photosynthetic inhibitor are used to provide the signal from the photochemically inactive sample. The results of these measurements correspond well with the activities which can be monitored by conventional biochemical assays. Acoustic data from A. nidulans are used to obtain the action spectrum for photochemical energy storage. It is concluded that phycocyanin harvests light for both photoreactions but that chlorophyll alpha molecules convey most of their excitation energy to photoreaction I. As judged from the relationship between the modulation frequency and the acoustic signal intensity, at least 60% of the photons absorbed at 630 nm perform photochemical work and about half of the useful energy is stored at stable products. Although it cannot be separated from the purely thermal effect, the contribution of modulated oxygen evolution to the acoustic signal of algae is estimated to be relatively small. Due to structural peculiarities, the opposite situation predominates in low frequency measurements performed with leaves from Impatiens petersiana.
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