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Blancquaert D, Van Daele J, Strobbe S, Kiekens F, Storozhenko S, De Steur H, Gellynck X, Lambert W, Stove C, Van Der Straeten D. Improving folate (vitamin B9) stability in biofortified rice through metabolic engineering. Nat Biotechnol 2015; 33:1076-8. [DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Blancquaert D, Van Daele J, Storozhenko S, Stove C, Lambert W, Van Der Straeten D. Rice folate enhancement through metabolic engineering has an impact on rice seed metabolism, but does not affect the expression of the endogenous folate biosynthesis genes. Plant Mol Biol 2013; 83:329-49. [PMID: 23771598 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0091-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Folates are key-players in one-carbon metabolism in all organisms. However, only micro-organisms and plants are able to synthesize folates de novo and humans rely entirely on their diet as a sole folate source. As a consequence, folate deficiency is a global problem. Although different strategies are currently implemented to fight folate deficiency, up until now, all of them have their own drawbacks. As an alternative and complementary means to those classical strategies, folate biofortification of rice by metabolic engineering was successfully achieved a couple of years ago. To gain more insight into folate biosynthesis regulation and the effect of folate enhancement on general rice seed metabolism, a transcriptomic study was conducted in developing transgenic rice seeds, overexpressing 2 genes of the folate biosynthetic pathway. Upon folate enhancement, the expression of 235 genes was significantly altered. Here, we show that rice folate biofortification has an important effect on folate dependent, seed developmental and plant stress response/defense processes, but does not affect the expression of the endogenous folate biosynthesis genes.
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- Dieter Blancquaert
- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Blancquaert D, Storozhenko S, Van Daele J, Stove C, Visser RGF, Lambert W, Van Der Straeten D. Enhancing pterin and para-aminobenzoate content is not sufficient to successfully biofortify potato tubers and Arabidopsis thaliana plants with folate. J Exp Bot 2013; 64:3899-909. [PMID: 23956417 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Folates are important cofactors in one-carbon metabolism in all living organisms. Since only plants and micro- organisms are capable of biosynthesizing folates, humans depend entirely on their diet as a folate source. Given the low folate content of several staple crop products, folate deficiency affects regions all over the world. Folate biofortification of staple crops through enhancement of pterin and para-aminobenzoate levels, precursors of the folate biosynthesis pathway, was reported to be successful in tomato and rice. This study shows that the same strategy is not sufficient to enhance folate content in potato tubers and Arabidopsis thaliana plants and concludes that other steps in folate biosynthesis and/or metabolism need to be engineered to result in substantial folate accumulation. The findings provide a plausible explanation why, more than half a decade after the proof of concept in rice and tomato, successful folate biofortification of other food crops through enhancement of para-aminobenzoate and pterin content has not been reported thus far. A better understanding of the folate pathway is required in order to determine an engineering strategy that can be generalized to most staple crops.
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- Dieter Blancquaert
- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Steur HD, Blancquaert D, Gellynck X, Storozhenko S, Liqun G, Lambert W, Straeten DVD, Viaene J. How negative product attributes alter consumer perceptions of folate biofortified rice in a high risk region of China. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1504/ijbt.2013.059256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Navarrete O, Van Daele J, Stove C, Lambert W, Storozhenko S, Van Der Straeten D. Isolation and characterisation of an antifolate insensitive (afi1) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2013; 15:37-44. [PMID: 22672761 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00602.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Antifolates can impair the synthesis and/or function of folates in living organisms. Mechanisms of resistance or tolerance to antifolates have been mainly described in plants using the drug methotrexate. In this work, the antifolate trimethoprim (TMP) was used with the aim of revealing a novel mechanism of resistance. EMS mutagenised seeds from Arabidopsis were screened to isolate individuals insensitive to TMP. Genetic analysis revealed a homozygous recessive mutation that segregates with the phenotype of tolerance to 50 μm TMP. Mapping analysis localised the mutation at the end of the short arm of chromosome 3. Preliminary characterisation demonstrated up-regulation of several genes from the folate biosynthetic pathway in the TMP insensitive mutant, and a slight increase in total folate content in the mutant as compared with the Col-0 control. Moreover, sequence analysis of the DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase) genes, which encode a known target for resistance to antifolates, did not reveal any changes. This study is the first report of a stable mutant insensitive (afi1) to the antifolate trimethoprim in plants, and suggests the existence of a novel mechanism of resistance to antifolates.
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- O Navarrete
- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Navarrete O, Van Daele J, Stove C, Lambert W, Van Der Straeten D, Storozhenko S. A folate independent role for cytosolic HPPK/DHPS upon stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochemistry 2012; 73:23-33. [PMID: 21996493 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Revised: 09/17/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Cytosolic HPPK/DHPS (cytHPPK/DHPS) in Arabidopsis is a functional enzyme with activity similar to its mitochondrial isoform. Genomic complementation of the cytHPPK/DHPS knockout mutant with the wild type gene led to a complete rescue of the stress sensitive mutant phenotype in seed germination tests under abiotic stress conditions. Moreover, over-expression of the gene resulted in higher germination rate under stress as compared to the wild-type, confirming its role in stress resistance. Analysis of folates in seedlings, inflorescence and dry seeds showed unchanged levels in the wild-type, mutant and over-expressor line, upon stress and normal conditions, suggesting a role for cytHPPK/DHPS distinct from folate biosynthesis and a folate-independent stress resistance mechanism. This apparently folate-independent mechanism of stress resistance points towards a possible role of pterins, since the product of HPPK/DHPS is dihydropteroate.
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- Oscar Navarrete
- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, KL Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
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De Steur H, Gellynck X, Storozhenko S, Liqun G, Lambert W, Van Der Straeten D, Viaene J. Health impact in China of folate-biofortified rice. Nat Biotechnol 2010; 28:554-6. [DOI: 10.1038/nbt0610-554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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De Brouwer V, Storozhenko S, Stove CP, Van Daele J, Van Der Straeten D, Lambert WE. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS/MS) for the sensitive determination of folates in rice. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2010; 878:509-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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De Brouwer V, Storozhenko S, Van De Steene JC, Wille SM, Stove CP, Van Der Straeten D, Lambert WE. Optimisation and validation of a liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for folates in rice. J Chromatogr A 2008; 1215:125-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 10/22/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bekaert S, Storozhenko S, Mehrshahi P, Bennett MJ, Lambert W, Gregory JF, Schubert K, Hugenholtz J, Van Der Straeten D, Hanson AD. Folate biofortification in food plants. Trends Plant Sci 2008; 13:28-35. [PMID: 18083061 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2007.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2007] [Revised: 10/27/2007] [Accepted: 11/05/2007] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Folate deficiency is a global health problem affecting many people in the developing and developed world. Current interventions (industrial food fortification and supplementation by folic acid pills) are effective if they can be used but might not be possible in less developed countries. Recent advances demonstrate that folate biofortification of food crops is now a feasible complementary strategy to fight folate deficiency worldwide. The genes and enzymes of folate synthesis are sufficiently understood to enable metabolic engineering of the pathway, and results from pilot engineering studies in plants (and bacteria) are encouraging. Here, we review the current status of investigations in the field of folate enhancement on the eve of a new era in food fortification.
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- Samir Bekaert
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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De Brouwer V, Zhang GF, Storozhenko S, Straeten DVD, Lambert WE. pH stability of individual folates during critical sample preparation steps in prevision of the analysis of plant folates. Phytochem Anal 2007; 18:496-508. [PMID: 17624887 DOI: 10.1002/pca.1006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The stability and eventual interconversion of nine mono-glutamate folates (5-methyl-tetrahydrofolate, tetrahydrofolate, 5-formyltetrahydrofolate, 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate, dihydrofolate, 10-formylfolic acid, 10-formyltetrahydrofolate and folic acid) during the typical sample preparation steps (heat treatment for 10 min at 100 degrees C and incubation for 2 h at 37 degrees C) at different pH values have been investigated by LC-MS/MS. An LC-MS/MS method with isotopically labelled [(13)C(5)]5-methyltetrahydrofolate and [(13)C(5)] folic acid as internal standards has been developed with enhanced sensitivity using a Chromolith RP-18 column. 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate, folic acid and 10-formylfolic acid are relatively stable at different pHs (from 2 to 10) with and without heat treatment. Tetrahydrofolate shows instability at low pH. 5-Formyltetrahydrofolate and 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate can interconvert by changes in pH. Tetrahydrofolate and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate can interconvert with formaldehyde or by changes in pH. Incubation at 37 degrees C for 2 h is much less aggressive for most folates as compared with heat treatment at 100 degrees C. At 37 degrees C most folates are stable at pH values between 4 and 8 except tetrahydrofolate and dihydrofolate, which are degraded at low pH. 10-Formyltetrahydrofolate and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate cannot be quantified in the present method because these compounds are converted to 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate and tetrahydrofolate, respectively, in the acidic mobile phase. This study provides useful information for the analysis of folates in the future as well as for the interpretation of quantitative results from earlier work.
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- Veerle De Brouwer
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Storozhenko S, De Brouwer V, Volckaert M, Navarrete O, Blancquaert D, Zhang GF, Lambert W, Van Der Straeten D. Folate fortification of rice by metabolic engineering. Nat Biotechnol 2007; 25:1277-9. [PMID: 17934451 DOI: 10.1038/nbt1351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2007] [Accepted: 09/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Rice, the world's major staple crop, is a poor source of essential micronutrients, including folates (vitamin B9). We report folate biofortification of rice seeds achieved by overexpressing two Arabidopsis thaliana genes of the pterin and para-aminobenzoate branches of the folate biosynthetic pathway from a single locus. We obtained a maximal enhancement as high as 100 times above wild type, with 100 g of polished raw grains containing up to four times the adult daily folate requirement.
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- Sergei Storozhenko
- Unit Plant Hormone Signalling and Bio-imaging, Department of Molecular Genetics, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Storozhenko S, Navarrete O, Ravanel S, De Brouwer V, Chaerle P, Zhang GF, Bastien O, Lambert W, Rébeillé F, Van Der Straeten D. Cytosolic Hydroxymethyldihydropterin Pyrophosphokinase/Dihydropteroate Synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:10749-61. [PMID: 17289662 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701158200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In plants, 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase/7,8-dihydropteroate synthase (mitHPPK/DHPS) is a bifunctional mitochondrial enzyme, which catalyzes the first two consecutive steps of tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis. Mining the Arabidopsis genome data base has revealed a second gene encoding a protein that lacks a potential transit peptide, suggesting a cytosolic localization of the isoenzyme (cytHPPK/DHPS). When the N-terminal part of the cytHPPK/DHPS was fused to green fluorescent protein, the fusion protein appeared only in the cytosol, confirming the above prediction. Functionality of cytHPPK/DHPS was addressed by two parallel approaches: first, the cytHPPK/DHPS was able to rescue yeast mutants lacking corresponding activities; second, recombinant cytHPPK/DHPS expressed and purified from Escherichia coli displayed both HPPK and DHPS activities in vitro. In contrast to mitHPPK/DHPS, which was ubiquitously expressed, the cytHPPK/DHPS gene was exclusively expressed in reproductive tissue, more precisely in developing seeds as revealed by histochemical analysis of a transgenic cytHPPK/DHPS promoter-GUS line. In addition, it was observed that expression of cytHPPK/DHPS mRNA was induced by salt stress, suggesting a potential role of the enzyme in stress response. This was supported by the phenotype of a T-DNA insertion mutant in the cytHPPK/DHPS gene, resulting in lower germination rates as compared with the wild-type upon application of oxidative and osmotic stress.
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- Sergei Storozhenko
- Unit of Plant Hormone Signaling and Bio-imaging, Department of Molecular Genetics, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Zhang GF, Storozhenko S, Van Der Straeten D, Lambert WE. Investigation of the extraction behavior of the main monoglutamate folates from spinach by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2005; 1078:59-66. [PMID: 16007982 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.04.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 11/15/2022]
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An LC-MS/MS method has been developed for the determination of main monoglutamate folates in spinach with folic acid as an internal standard. A sample preparation with ultrafiltration (molecular weight cut-off membrane, 5 kDa) was followed by a chromatographic run of 14.2 min, rendering the method very simple and fast. The LODs in diluted spinach matrix were 0.02, 0.09, 0.05 and 0.03 ng/mL (0.037, 0.17, 0.092 and 0.055 microg/100 g calculated according to the fresh weight of spinach) for 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, tetrahydrofolate, 5-formyltetrahydrofolate, and 10-formylfolic acid, respectively. Using this method, the extraction behaviour of the main naturally occurring monoglutamate folates has been investigated in detail. It is found that 10 min of heating at 100 degrees C, incubation with rat serum at 37 degrees C (0.05 M phosphate buffer, pH = 6.5) for 4 h and the ratio of 10 (volume of extraction buffer versus the weight of sample, mL/g) are the optimal parameters for folate extraction from spinach. The final quantitative result of the individual folates in spinach is highly influenced by the pH (from 2.9 to 8.6) of the extraction buffer.
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- Guo-Fang Zhang
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Storozhenko S, Ravanel S, Zhang GF, Rébeillé F, Lambert W, Van Der Straeten D. Folate enhancement in staple crops by metabolic engineering. Trends Food Sci Technol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2005.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhang GF, Mortier KA, Storozhenko S, Van De Steene J, Van Der Straeten D, Lambert WE. Free and total para-aminobenzoic acid analysis in plants with high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2005; 19:963-9. [PMID: 15759312 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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para-Aminobenzoic acid (PABA), a precursor in the synthesis of folates in plants, is determined by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). In plants PABA can be converted into its beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester (PABA-Glc) and can also exist in its free form. In this work, we developed and validated a quantitative method to study free and total PABA in plants. The total PABA (free PABA plus PABA-Glc) can be evaluated after acid hydrolysis at 80 degrees C for 2 hours. The plant material is homogenized and the PABA content is quantified using the standard addition procedure. The validated method is selective, sensitive, simple, accurate, has a recovery between 99.6 to 102.5%, is reproducible (RSD between 1.4 and 4.4%), and is linear between 2.5 and 1538 ng/mL. Free and total PABA determinations in five vegetables showed that different plant species had different amounts of free and total PABA, and that the ratios of total versus free PABA were also variable. This new method could be valuable for studies of folate synthesis in plants.
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- Guo-Fang Zhang
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Zhang GF, Maudens KE, Storozhenko S, Mortier KA, Van Der Straeten D, Lambert WE. Determination of total folate in plant material by chemical conversion into para-aminobenzoic acid followed by high performance liquid chromatography combined with on-line postcolumn derivatization and fluorescence detection. J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51:7872-7878. [PMID: 14690367 DOI: 10.1021/jf034808p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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: 05/24/2023]
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A procedure involving chemical conversion of all forms of folate present in plant material into para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and a liquid chromatographic-fluorimetric determination with on-line postcolumn derivatization is reported. All folates are cleaved with liberation of PABA by hydrogen peroxide followed by acid hydrolysis using concentrated hydrochloric acid (37%) at 110 degrees C for 6 h. The reaction yield for individual folates conversion to PABA ranged from 44.4 to 97.3%. PABA could be determined sensitively by on-line postcolumn derivatization with fluorescamine, the detection limit for PABA being 3.02 nM. On the basis of this principle, a method for the determination of total folate in plant material, including a purification step on an affinity column, is presented, which offers a sufficient sensitivity and selectivity for routine analysis of total folate in natural samples. The total folate contents of tomatoes, carrots, white cabbage, and spinach were determined, and the results were quite comparable to the data reported. The recovery of PABA and the comparison of total folate analysis in spinach on different occasions (over 6 months) are also reported. The method is reliable, universal for all folates, including polyglutamate and monoglutamate forms, and eliminates the need for a deconjugation step and multiple conversion reactions.
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- Guo-Fang Zhang
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Storozhenko S, Belles-Boix E, Babiychuk E, Hérouart D, Davey MW, Slooten L, Van Montagu M, Inzé D, Kushnir S. Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase in transgenic tobacco plants. Cellular localization, processing, and biochemical properties. Plant Physiol 2002; 128:1109-19. [PMID: 11891265 PMCID: PMC152222 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2001] [Revised: 10/11/2001] [Accepted: 12/06/2001] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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gamma-Glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GT) is a ubiquitous enzyme that catalyzes the first step of glutathione (GSH) degradation in the gamma-glutamyl cycle in mammals. A cDNA encoding an Arabidopsis homolog for gamma-GT was overexpressed in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants. A high level of the membrane-bound gamma-GT activity was localized outside the cell in transgenic plants. The overproduced enzyme was characterized by a high affinity to GSH and was cleaved post-translationally in two unequal subunits. Thus, Arabidopsis gamma-GT is similar to the mammalian enzymes in enzymatic properties, post-translational processing, and cellular localization, suggesting analogous biological functions as a key enzyme in the catabolism of GSH.
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- Sergei Storozhenko
- Vakgroep Moleculaire Genetica, Departement Plantengenetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Storozhenko S, Inzé D, Van Montagu M, Kushnir S. Arabidopsis coactivator ALY-like proteins, DIP1 and DIP2, interact physically with the DNA-binding domain of the Zn-finger poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase. J Exp Bot 2001; 52:1375-1380. [PMID: 11432957] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Two novel homologous Arabidopsis proteins, DIP1 and DIP2, interact with the DNA-binding domain of plant poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in the yeast two-hybrid system and in vitro. Their homology to the transcriptional coactivator ALY suggests that plant PARP may play a role in the regulation of transcription.
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- S Storozhenko
- Vakgroep Moleculaire Genetica, Departement Plantengenetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, KL Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Kushnir S, Babiychuk E, Storozhenko S, Davey MW, Papenbrock J, De Rycke R, Engler G, Stephan UW, Lange H, Kispal G, Lill R, Van Montagu M. A mutation of the mitochondrial ABC transporter Sta1 leads to dwarfism and chlorosis in the Arabidopsis mutant starik. Plant Cell 2001; 13:89-100. [PMID: 11158531 PMCID: PMC102216 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.13.1.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2000] [Accepted: 10/18/2000] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A mutation in the Arabidopsis gene STARIK leads to dwarfism and chlorosis of plants with an altered morphology of leaf and cell nuclei. We show that the STARIK gene encodes the mitochondrial ABC transporter Sta1 that belongs to a subfamily of Arabidopsis half-ABC transporters. The severity of the starik phenotype is suppressed by the ectopic expression of the STA2 homolog; thus, Sta1 function is partially redundant. Sta1 supports the maturation of cytosolic Fe/S protein in Deltaatm1 yeast, substituting for the ABC transporter Atm1p. Similar to Atm1p-deficient yeast, mitochondria of the starik mutant accumulated more nonheme, nonprotein iron than did wild-type organelles. We further show that plant mitochondria contain a putative l-cysteine desulfurase. Taken together, our results suggest that plant mitochondria possess an evolutionarily conserved Fe/S cluster biosynthesis pathway, which is linked to the intracellular iron homeostasis by the function of Atm1p-like ABC transporters.
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- S Kushnir
- Vakgroep Moleculaire Genetica and Departement Plantengenetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
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Storozhenko S, De Pauw P, Van Montagu M, Inzé D, Kushnir S. The heat-shock element is a functional component of the Arabidopsis APX1 gene promoter. Plant Physiol 1998; 118:1005-14. [PMID: 9808745 PMCID: PMC34773 DOI: 10.1104/pp.118.3.1005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/1998] [Accepted: 07/09/1998] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Ascorbate peroxidases are important enzymes that detoxify hydrogen peroxide within the cytosol and chloroplasts of plant cells. To better understand their role in oxidative stress tolerance, the transcriptional regulation of the apx1 gene from Arabidopsis was studied. The apx1 gene was expressed in all tested organs of Arabidopsis; mRNA levels were low in roots, leaves, and stems and high in flowers. Steady-state mRNA levels in leaves or cell suspensions increased after treatment with methyl viologen, ethephon, high temperature, and illumination of etiolated seedlings. A putative heat-shock cis element found in the apx1 promoter was shown to be recognized by the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) heat-shock factor in vitro and to be responsible for the in vivo heat-shock induction of the gene. The heat-shock cis element also contributed partially to the induction of the gene by oxidative stress. By using in vivo dimethyl sulfate footprinting, we showed that proteins interacted with a G/C-rich element found in the apx1 promoter.
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- S Storozhenko
- Laboratorium voor Genetica, Departement Genetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Belgium
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Babiychuk E, Cottrill PB, Storozhenko S, Fuangthong M, Chen Y, O'Farrell MK, Van Montagu M, Inzé D, Kushnir S. Higher plants possess two structurally different poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases. Plant J 1998; 15:635-45. [PMID: 9778846 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00240.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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One of the immediate reactions of the mammalian cell to many environmental stresses is a massive synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose), catalyzed by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Most of the biological functions attributed to PARP are inferred from experimentation with mammalian cells. In plants, the biology of PARP may be more complicated and diverse than was previously thought. Two poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase homologues were found in plants, the classical Zn-finger-containing polymerase (ZAP) and the structurally non-classical PARP proteins (APP and NAP), which lack the characteristic N-terminal Zn-finger domain. By enzymatic and cytological experiments the recombinant APP protein was shown to be located in the nucleus and to possess DNA-dependent poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity in yeast. The nuclear localization was further confirmed by the analysis of transgenic tobacco plants that expressed a translational gene fusion between APP and the bacterial beta-glucuronidase. The app promoter was transcriptionally up-regulated in cells pre-determined to die because of deficiency in a DNA ligase I.
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- E Babiychuk
- Departement Genetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Storozhenko S, De Pauw P, Kushnir S, Van Montagu M, Inzé D. Identification of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA encoding a HSP70-related protein belonging to the HSP110/SSE1 subfamily. FEBS Lett 1996; 390:113-8. [PMID: 8706819 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00640-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Heat-shock protein 70 (HSP70)-related proteins are classified in two main subfamilies: the DnaK subfamily and the HSP110/SSE1 subfamily. We have characterized the first plant member of the HSP110/SSE1 subfamily, HSP91. At least two, tightly linked genes encoding HSP91 are present per haploid Arabidopsis genome. HSP91 is constitutively expressed in non-stressed Arabidopsis plants and is transiently induced by heat shock.
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- S Storozhenko
- Department of Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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