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Wang Y, Yang X, Xu M, Geissen V. Response of soil phosphatase activity and soil phosphorus fractions to the application of chloropicrin and azoxystrobin in ginger cultivation. J Sci Food Agric 2023; 103:7393-7402. [PMID: 37381879 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soil fumigation can change soil nutrient cycling processes by affecting soil beneficial microorganisms, which is a key issue for soil fertility. However, the effect of combined application of fumigant and fungicide on soil phosphorus (P) availability remains largely unclear. We investigated the effects of the fumigant chloropicrin (CP) and the fungicide azoxystrobin (AZO) on soil phosphatase activity and soil P fractions in ginger production using a 28-week pot experiment with six treatments: control (CK), a single application of AZO (AZO1), double applications of AZO (AZO2), CP-fumigated soil without AZO (CP), CP combined with AZO1 (CP + AZO1) and CP combined with AZO2 (CP + AZO2). RESULTS AZO application alone significantly increased the soil labile P fractions (Resin-P + NaHCO3 -Pi + NaOH-Pi) at 9 weeks after planting (WAP) but decreased the soil phosphatase activity at 28 WAP. CP fumigation significantly reduced the soil phosphatase activity but increased the proportions of soil labile P fractions (Resin-P + NaHCO3 -Pi + NaHCO3 -Po) to total P (TP) by 9.0-15.5% throughout the experiment. The combined application of CP and AZO had a synergistic effect on soil phosphatase activity and soil P fractions compared with a single application. CONCLUSION Although AZO application and CP fumigation can increase soil available P in the short term, they might negatively affect soil fertility in the long run by inhibiting soil phosphatase activity. Soil microbial activities, especially microorganisms related to P cycling, may be responsible for the variations in soil P availability, but further research is needed. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Yan Wang
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Quality Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Nutrient Resources, Institute of Eco-environment and Industrial Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, China
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Nicholaus R, Lukwambe B, Zheng Z. The effects of Cyclina sinensis bioturbation on alkaline phosphatase (APA) and total microbial hydrolytic activities (MBA) in marine clam-shrimp integrated ponds. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2023:7192429. [PMID: 37291704 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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This study investigated the influence of Venus clam Cyclina sinensis bioturbation activities on the total benthic microbial and phosphatase activities and selected sediment properties: total phosphorous TP, total organic nitrogen-TON and total organic carbon-TOC. Sediments samples from clam-shrimp integrated-pond and non-clam integrated-pond were sampled for the study in which microbial activity (MBA) and alkaline phosphatase activity (APA), sediment organic contents: TP, TON, TOC, TOM and water quality parameter (dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH and moisture content were analyzed. The p-nitrophenyl phosphate disodium (p-NPP) and Fluorescein diacetate-(FDA) were adopted to measure APA and MBA respectively. Results indicated that microbial activity-MBA and alkaline-phosphatase activity-APA in sediments significantly increased in the pond cultured with clam/shrimp compared to non-clam cultured pond. Phosphate concentration increased significantly and varied among months (p<0.05) implying increased nitrogen concentration in the sediments. The concentrations of total organic nitrogen and total organic carbon didn't differ significantly among months and with the treatments (p>0.05), implying increased TON mineralization. Correlation analyses showed that there was positive correlation with the total microbial activity, alkaline-phosphatase activity, phosphorous concentration and organic matter content within the sediments bioturbated by the Venus clam. The results suggest that, the Venus clam sediment reworking mechanisms in sediment influenced the sediment microbial and APA activities and mineralization thereby affecting the pond alkaline phosphatase enzyme related activities.
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- Regan Nicholaus
- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- Department of Natural Sciences, Mbeya University of Science and Technology, Mbeya, Tanzania
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- School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- School of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Technology, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Lei Y, Fu S, Yang Y, Chen J, Li B, Guo Z, Ye J. Identification and Functional Analysis of Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase Type 5b (TRAP5b) in Oreochromis niloticus. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:7179. [PMID: 37108342 PMCID: PMC10138680 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5 (TRAP5) is an enzyme that is highly expressed in activated macrophages and osteoclasts and plays important biological functions in mammalian immune defense systems. In the study, we investigated the functions of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5b from Oreochromis niloticus (OnTRAP5b). The OnTRAP5b gene has an open reading frame of 975 bp, which encodes a mature peptide consisting of 302 amino acids with a molecular weight of 33.448 kDa. The OnTRAP5b protein contains a metallophosphatase domain with metal binding and active sites. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that OnTRAP5b is clustered with TRAP5b of teleost fish and shares a high amino acid sequence similarity with other TRAP5b in teleost fish (61.73-98.15%). Tissues expression analysis showed that OnTRAP5b was most abundant in the liver and was also widely expressed in other tissues. Upon challenge with Streptococcus agalactiae and Aeromonas hydrophila in vivo and in vitro, the expression of OnTRAP5b was significantly up-regulated. Additionally, the purified recombinant OnTRAP5b ((r)OnTRAP5) protein exhibited optimal phosphatase activity at pH 5.0 and an ideal temperature of 50 °C. The Vmax, Km, and kcat of purified (r)OnTRAP5b were found to be 0.484 μmol × min-1 × mg-1, 2.112 mM, and 0.27 s-1 with respect to pNPP as a substrate, respectively. Its phosphatase activity was differentially affected by metal ions (K+, Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Mn2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, and Fe3+) and inhibitors (sodium tartrate, sodium fluoride, and EDTA). Furthermore, (r)OnTRAP5b was found to promote the expression of inflammatory-related genes in head kidney macrophages and induce reactive oxygen expression and phagocytosis. Moreover, OnTRAP5b overexpression and knockdown had a significant effect on bacterial proliferation in vivo. When taken together, our findings suggest that OnTRAP5b plays a significant role in the immune response against bacterial infection in Nile tilapia.
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- Yang Lei
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Subtropical Biodiversity and Biomonitoring, Institute of Modern Aquaculture Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Subtropical Biodiversity and Biomonitoring, Institute of Modern Aquaculture Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Environmentally-Friendly Aquaculture, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Subtropical Biodiversity and Biomonitoring, Institute of Modern Aquaculture Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Subtropical Biodiversity and Biomonitoring, Institute of Modern Aquaculture Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Subtropical Biodiversity and Biomonitoring, Institute of Modern Aquaculture Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Subtropical Biodiversity and Biomonitoring, Institute of Modern Aquaculture Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Subtropical Biodiversity and Biomonitoring, Institute of Modern Aquaculture Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Environmentally-Friendly Aquaculture, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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Lee JJ, Ramadesikan S, Black AF, Christoffer C, Pacheco AFP, Subramanian S, Hanna CB, Barth G, Stauffacher CV, Kihara D, Aguilar RC. Heterogeneity in Lowe Syndrome: Mutations Affecting the Phosphatase Domain of OCRL1 Differ in Impact on Enzymatic Activity and Severity of Cellular Phenotypes. Biomolecules 2023; 13:615. [PMID: 37189363 PMCID: PMC10135975 DOI: 10.3390/biom13040615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023] Open
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Lowe Syndrome (LS) is a condition due to mutations in the OCRL1 gene, characterized by congenital cataracts, intellectual disability, and kidney malfunction. Unfortunately, patients succumb to renal failure after adolescence. This study is centered in investigating the biochemical and phenotypic impact of patient's OCRL1 variants (OCRL1VAR). Specifically, we tested the hypothesis that some OCRL1VAR are stabilized in a non-functional conformation by focusing on missense mutations affecting the phosphatase domain, but not changing residues involved in binding/catalysis. The pathogenic and conformational characteristics of the selected variants were evaluated in silico and our results revealed some OCRL1VAR to be benign, while others are pathogenic. Then we proceeded to monitor the enzymatic activity and function in kidney cells of the different OCRL1VAR. Based on their enzymatic activity and presence/absence of phenotypes, the variants segregated into two categories that also correlated with the severity of the condition they induce. Overall, these two groups mapped to opposite sides of the phosphatase domain. In summary, our findings highlight that not every mutation affecting the catalytic domain impairs OCRL1's enzymatic activity. Importantly, data support the inactive-conformation hypothesis. Finally, our results contribute to establishing the molecular and structural basis for the observed heterogeneity in severity/symptomatology displayed by patients.
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- Jennifer J. Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; (J.J.L.); (A.F.B.); (A.F.P.P.); (S.S.); (C.B.H.); (G.B.); (C.V.S.); (D.K.)
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Huang L, Li Y, Yuan J, Wan S, Colinas C, He X, Shi X, Wang Y, Yu F. Tuber indicum and T. lijiangense colonization differentially regulates plant physiological responses and mycorrhizosphere bacterial community of Castanopsis rockii seedlings. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1134446. [PMID: 37123847 PMCID: PMC10130384 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1134446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Black truffles and white truffles are widely studied around the world, but their effects on plant growth and physiological responses, and on the mycorrhizosphere bacterial community of the host plant remain unclear. Here, mycorrhizal colonization of Castanopsis rockii by Tuber indicum (Chinese black truffle) and T. lijiangense (Chinese white truffle), respectively, was induced in a greenhouse study, and their effects on host growth, physiological responses and mycorrhizosphere bacterial communities were compared. The results show that colonization of both Tuber species significantly increased leaf photosynthetic rate, leaf P concentration and mycorrhizosphere acid phosphatase activity, as well as richness of mycorrhizosphere bacterial communities of C. rockii seedlings. However, T. indicum colonization on the one hand significantly decreased tartrate content, bacterial acid phosphatase, phoC gene abundance in the mycorrhizosphere, and peroxidase (POD) activity of ectomycorrhizal root tips, but on the other hand increased mycorrhizosphere pH and superoxide dismutase (SOD) of ectomycorrhizal root tips, compared to T. lijiangense colonization. Moreover, principal coordinate and β-diversity analyses show significant differences in mycorrhizosphere bacterial community composition between T. indicum and T. lijiangese colonized C. rockii seedlings. Finally, the relative abundance of the bacterium Agromyces cerinus significantly correlated to mycorrhizosphere acid phosphatase activity and leaf P concentration, suggesting that this bacterium might play an important role in P mobilization and acquisition. Overall, these results suggest that T. indicum and T. lijiangense differently regulate their host plant's physiological responses and mycorrhizosphere bacterial community.
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- Lanlan Huang
- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
- The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Crop and Forest Science, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Centre of Excellence for Soil Biology, College of Resources and Environment, and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Guizhou Kangqunyuan Biotechnology Co., LTD, Liupanshui, Guizhou, China
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- The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- *Correspondence: Yanliang Wang, ; Fuqiang Yu,
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- The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- *Correspondence: Yanliang Wang, ; Fuqiang Yu,
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Gao YL, Fang F, Tang ZC, Zhang R, Jiang YX, Guo JS. [Distribution Characteristics of Soil Phosphorus Forms and Phosphatase Activity at Different Altitudes in the Soil of Water-Level-Fluctuation Zone in Pengxi River, Three Gorges Reservoir]. Huan Jing Ke Xue 2022; 43:4630-4638. [PMID: 36224148 DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202111002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Phosphatases play important roles in converting organic phosphorus into inorganic phosphorus in soil. However, studies from this perspective on the water-level-fluctuation zone (WLFZ) of the Three Gorges Reservoir are limited. In this study, phosphatase activity and the forms of phosphorus were analyzed. Soil samples were collected in the river basin of the Penxi River in the WLFZ during a drying period. The correlation between phosphatase activity and phosphorus forms and the impacts of phosphatase activity on the phosphorus forms were analyzed. The results showed that the contents of H2O-Pi, NaHCO3-Pi, and NaOH-Pi in the soils of the WLFZ were higher than those in the soils by the river. In addition, a higher altitude resulted in higher contents of bio-enzymatically hydrolysable phosphorus and NaOH-Po. Furthermore, redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that the contents of organic matter and amorphous Fe and Mn were the main factors affecting soil organic phosphorus forms. The average activities of acid phosphomonoesterase (ACP), alkaline phosphomonoesterase (ALP), phosphodiesterase (PDE) (all in p-NP), and phytase (PAE) (in P) in the soils of the WLFZ were 1.40, 2.60, 0.44, and 11.43 μmol·(g·h)-1, respectively. Moreover, the activities of different phosphatases increased with altitude. Soil plant biomass and microbial biomass were important reasons for the difference in spatial distribution of phosphatase activity in the soil of the WLFZ. Phosphatase activities were significantly positively correlated with the contents of organic phosphorus forms but negatively correlated with the content of bioavailable phosphorus. A higher soil phosphatase activity and a lower content of bioavailable phosphorus were usually detected in soil samples taken at a higher altitude. In the early stage of flooding, phosphatase converted organic phosphorus into inorganic phosphorus at a relatively high rate, and the risk of phosphorus release to the overlying water body was also high. This study contributed to a comprehensive understanding of the geochemical cycle of soil phosphorus in the soil of the WLFZ.
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- Yi-Lun Gao
- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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Lie Z, Zhou G, Huang W, Kadowaki K, Tissue DT, Yan J, Peñuelas J, Sardans J, Li Y, Liu S, Chu G, Meng Z, He X, Liu J. Warming drives sustained plant phosphorus demand in a humid tropical forest. Glob Chang Biol 2022; 28:4085-4096. [PMID: 35412664 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) is often one of the most limiting nutrients in highly weathered soils of humid tropical forests and may regulate the responses of carbon (C) feedback to climate warming. However, the response of P to warming at the ecosystem level in tropical forests is not well understood because previous studies have not comprehensively assessed changes in multiple P processes associated with warming. Here, we detected changes in the ecosystem P cycle in response to a 7-year continuous warming experiment by translocating model plant-soil ecosystems across a 600-m elevation gradient, equivalent to a temperature change of 2.1°C. We found that warming increased plant P content (55.4%) and decreased foliar N:P. Increased plant P content was supplied by multiple processes, including enhanced plant P resorption (9.7%), soil P mineralization (15.5% decrease in moderately available organic P), and dissolution (6.8% decrease in iron-bound inorganic P), without changing litter P mineralization and leachate P. These findings suggest that warming sustained plant P demand by increasing the biological and geochemical controls of the plant-soil P-cycle, which has important implications for C fixation in P-deficient and highly productive tropical forests in future warmer climates.
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- Zhiyang Lie
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
- Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CEAB-UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalonia, Spain
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CEAB-UAB, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalonia, Spain
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Noomuna P, Hausman JM, Sansoya R, Kalfa T, Risinger M, Low PS. Rapid degradation of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B in sickle cells: Possible contribution to sickle cell membrane weakening. FASEB J 2022; 36:e22360. [PMID: 35593742 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100809rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Although both protein tyrosine phosphatases and kinases are constitutively active in healthy human red blood cells (RBCs), the preponderance of phosphatase activities maintains the membrane proteins in a predominantly unphosphorylated state. We report here that unlike healthy RBCs, proteins in sickle cells are heavily tyrosine phosphorylated, raising the question regarding the mechanism underpinning this tyrosine phosphorylation. Upon investigating possible causes, we observe that protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), the major erythrocyte tyrosine phosphatase, is largely digested to a lower molecular weight fragment in sickle cells. We further find that the resulting truncated form of PTP1B is significantly less active than its intact counterpart, probably accounting for the intense tyrosine phosphorylation of Band 3 in sickle erythrocytes. Because this tyrosine phosphorylation of Band 3 promotes erythrocyte membrane weakening that causes release of both membrane vesicles and cell free hemoglobin that in turn initiates vaso-occlusive events, we conclude that cleavage of PTP1B could contribute to the symptoms of sickle cell disease. We further posit that methods to inhibit proteolysis of PTP1B could mitigate symptoms of the disease.
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- Panae Noomuna
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.,Institute for Drug Discovery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Lin CC, Suen KM, Jeffrey PA, Wieteska L, Lidster JA, Bao P, Curd AP, Stainthorp A, Seiler C, Koss H, Miska E, Ahmed Z, Evans SD, Molina-París C, Ladbury JE. Receptor tyrosine kinases regulate signal transduction through a liquid-liquid phase separated state. Mol Cell 2022; 82:1089-1106.e12. [PMID: 35231400 PMCID: PMC8937303 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
The recruitment of signaling proteins into activated receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) to produce rapid, high-fidelity downstream response is exposed to the ambiguity of random diffusion to the target site. Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) overcomes this by providing elevated, localized concentrations of the required proteins while impeding competitor ligands. Here, we show a subset of phosphorylation-dependent RTK-mediated LLPS states. We then investigate the formation of phase-separated droplets comprising a ternary complex including the RTK, (FGFR2); the phosphatase, SHP2; and the phospholipase, PLCγ1, which assembles in response to receptor phosphorylation. SHP2 and activated PLCγ1 interact through their tandem SH2 domains via a previously undescribed interface. The complex of FGFR2 and SHP2 combines kinase and phosphatase activities to control the phosphorylation state of the assembly while providing a scaffold for active PLCγ1 to facilitate access to its plasma membrane substrate. Thus, LLPS modulates RTK signaling, with potential consequences for therapeutic intervention.
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- Chi-Chuan Lin
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Hirano Y, Kitayama K, Imai N. Interspecific differences in the responses of root phosphatase activities and morphology to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization in Bornean tropical rain forests. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e8669. [PMID: 35309744 PMCID: PMC8901874 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Soil organic phosphorus (P) compounds can be the main P source for plants in P-limited tropical rainforests. Phosphorus occurs in diverse chemical forms, including monoester P, diester P, and phytate, which require enzymatic hydrolysis by phosphatase into inorganic P before assimilation by plants. The interactions between plant interspecific differences in organic P acquisition strategies via phosphatase activities with root morphological traits would lead to P resource partitioning, but they have not been rigorously evaluated. We measured the activities of three classes of phosphatases (phosphomonoesterase, PME; phosphodiesterase, PDE; and phytase, PhT), specific root length (SRL), root diameter, and root tissue density in mature tree species with different mycorrhizal associations (ectomycorrhizal [ECM] or arbuscular mycorrhizal [AM]) and different successional status (climax or pioneer species) in Sabah, Malaysia. We studied nitrogen (N)- and P-fertilized plots to evaluate the acquisition strategies for organic P under P-limited conditions 7 years after fertilization was initiated. P fertilization reduced the PME activity in all studied species and reduced PhT and PDE activities more in climax species than in the two pioneer species, irrespective of the mycorrhizal type. PDE activity increased in some climax species after N fertilization, suggesting that these species allocate excess N to the synthesis of PDE. Moreover, PME and PhT activities, but not PDE activity, correlated positively with SRL. We suggest that climax species tend to be more strongly dependent on recalcitrant organic P (i.e., phytate and/or diester P) than pioneer species, regardless of the mycorrhizal type. We also suggest that trees in which root PME or PhT activity is enhanced can increase their SRL to acquire P efficiently. Resource partitioning of soil organic P would occur among species through differences in their phosphatase activities, which plays potentially ecologically important role in reducing the competition among coexisting tree species in lowland tropical rainforests.
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- Yu Hirano
- Department of Forest ScienceTokyo University of AgricultureSetagayaJapan
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- Department of Forest ScienceTokyo University of AgricultureSetagayaJapan
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Fang W, Williams PN, Zhang H, Yang Y, Yin D, Liu Z, Sun H, Luo J. Combining Multiple High-Resolution In Situ Techniques to Understand Phosphorous Availability Around Rice Roots. Environ Sci Technol 2021; 55:13082-13092. [PMID: 34554745 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c05358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 06/13/2023]
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Resolving chemical/biological drivers of P behavior around lowland/flooded rice roots remains a challenge because of the heterogeneity of the plant-soil interactions, compounded by sampling and analytical constraints. High-spatial-resolution (sub-mm) visualization enables these processes to be isolated, characterized, and deciphered. Here, three advanced soil imaging systems, diffusive gradients in thin-film technique coupled with laser ablation-ICPMS (DGT-LA-ICPMS), O2 planar optode, and soil zymography, were integrated. This trio of approaches was then applied to a rice life cycle study to quantify solute-P supply, through two dimensions, in situ, and low-disturbance high-resolution (HR) chemical imaging. This allowed mechanisms of P release to be delineated by O2, Fe, and phosphatase activity mapping at the same scale. HR-DGT revealed P depletion around both living and dead rice roots but with highly spatially variable Fe/P ratios (∼0.2-12.0) which aligned with changing redox conditions and root activities. Partnering of HR-DGT and soil zymography revealed concurrent P depletion and phosphatase hotspots in the rhizosphere and detritusphere zones (Mantel: 0.610-0.810, p < 0.01). This close affinity between these responses (Pearson correlation: -0.265 to -0.660, p < 0.01) cross-validates the measurements and reaffirms that P depletion stimulates phosphatase activity and Porg mineralization. The μ-scale biogeochemical landscape of rice rhizospheres and detritusphere, as documented here, needs greater consideration when implementing interventions to improve sustainable P nutrition.
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- Wen Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5BN, Northern Ireland
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
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Cabugao KG, Yaffar D, Stenson N, Childs J, Phillips J, Mayes MA, Yang X, Weston DJ, Norby RJ. Bringing function to structure: Root-soil interactions shaping phosphatase activity throughout a soil profile in Puerto Rico. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:1150-1164. [PMID: 33598120 PMCID: PMC7863403 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Large areas of highly productive tropical forests occur on weathered soils with low concentrations of available phosphorus (P). In such forests, root and microbial production of acid phosphatase enzymes capable of mineralizing organic phosphorus is considered vital to increasing available P for plant uptake.We measured both root and soil phosphatase throughout depth and alongside a variety of root and soil factors to better understand the potential of roots and soil biota to increase P availability and to constrain estimates of the biochemical mineralization within ecosystem models.We measured soil phosphatase down to 1 m, root phosphatase to 30 cm, and collected data on fine-root mass density, specific root length, soil P, bulk density, and soil texture using soil cores in four tropical forests within the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico.We found that soil phosphatase decreased with soil depth, but not root phosphatase. Furthermore, when both soil and root phosphatase were expressed per soil volume, soil phosphatase was 100-fold higher that root phosphatase.Both root and soil factors influenced soil and root phosphatase. Soil phosphatase increased with fine-root mass density and organic P, which together explained over 50% of the variation in soil phosphatase. Over 80% of the variation in root phosphatase per unit root mass was attributed to specific root length (positive correlation) and available (resin) P (negative correlation). Synthesis: Fine-root traits and soil P data are necessary to understand and represent soil and root phosphatase activity throughout the soil column and across sites with different soil conditions and tree species. These findings can be used to parameterize or benchmark estimates of biochemical mineralization in ecosystem models that contain fine-root biomass and soil P distributions throughout depth.
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- Kristine Grace Cabugao
- Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate EducationUniversity of Tennessee KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
- Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Tennessee KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTNUSA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
- Biosciences DivisionOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate EducationUniversity of Tennessee KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTNUSA
- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science InstituteOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
- Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Tennessee KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTNUSA
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Chowdhury T, Dasgupta S, Khatua S, Acharya K, Das D. Executing a Series of Zinc(II) Complexes of Homologous Schiff Base Ligands for a Comparative Analysis on Hydrolytic, Antioxidant, and Antibacterial Activities. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2020; 3:4348-4357. [PMID: 35025433 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Six zinc(II) complexes, namely, [Zn(HL1H)Cl2] (1), [Zn(HL1H)Br2] (2), [Zn2(HL1H)2(OH)I2]·I (3), [Zn(HL2)Cl] (4), [Zn2(HL2)Br3] (5), and [Zn(HL2)I] (6) have been manufactured by using two homologous Schiff base ligands H2L1 and H2L2 for the purpose of perlustrating their phosphatase-like activity, antioxidant activity, and antibacterial activity. Complexes 1, 2, 4, and 5 have been reported earlier by us, whereas complexes 3 and 6 have been synthesized and structurally characterized by regular physicochemical methods The hydrolytic property of the six complexes has been evaluated by checking the hydrolysis of the P-O bond of a widely used substrate, namely, disodium salt of (para-nitrophenyl)phosphate (PNPP) in 97.5% (v/v) mixture of N,N-dimethylformamide and water (DMF-water). Complexes 2-5 have profound efficiency toward hydrolysis of phosphate ester bonds, and complexes 1 and 6 were noted to be inactive toward hydrolysis. Complex 3 displayed the highest efficacy among the six complexes. Additionally, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of the complexes were studied thoroughly. A detailed study of their antioxidant property revealed that complex 3 manifested superior radical scavenging activity, thus exhibiting the highest antioxidant property. The antibacterial activity was tested using four investigating bacteria, specifically Listeria monocytogenes ATCC19111, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 700699, Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 23564, and Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 by determining minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values using the microdilution method. Here as well, complex 3 exhibited the highest activity to both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. The chemistry behind these experimental findings has been manifested by shedding light upon the structural features of the complexes. The suitable choice of ligand H2L1 where one methylene group is less than its homologous ligand and metal precursor (ZnI2) imparts a unique hydroxo-bridged molecular geometry and 2D hydrogen bonding network which in turn probably enhances the hydrolytic and biological activities of complex 3.
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- Tania Chowdhury
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019 West Bengal, India
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- Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019 West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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Schleuss PM, Widdig M, Heintz-Buschart A, Kirkman K, Spohn M. Interactions of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling promote P acquisition and explain synergistic plant-growth responses. Ecology 2020; 101:e03003. [PMID: 32020599 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Plant growth is often co-limited by nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). Plants might use one element to acquire another (i.e., trading N for P and P for N), which potentially explains synergistic growth responses to NP addition. We studied a 66-yr-old grassland experiment in South Africa that consists of four levels of N addition with and without P addition. We investigated the response of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) to N and P addition over the last 66 yr. Further, we tested whether phosphatase activity and plant P uptake depend on N availability, and vice versa, whether non-symbiotic N2 fixation and plant N uptake depend on P availability. We expected that the interaction of both elements promote processes of nutrient acquisition and contribute to synergistic plant growth effects in response to NP addition. We found synergistic N and P co-limitation of ANPP for the period from 1951 to 2017 but the response to N and P addition diminished over time. In 2017, aboveground P stocks, relative rRNA operon abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and soil organic P storage increased with N fertilization rate when N was added with P compared to the treatment in which only N was added. Further, N addition increased phosphatase activity, which indicates that plants used N to acquire P from organic sources. In contrast, aboveground N stocks and non-symbiotic N2 fixation did not change significantly due to P addition. Taken together, our results indicate that trading N for P likely contributes to synergistic plant-growth response. Plants used added N to mobilize and take up P from organic sources, inducing stronger recycling of P and making the plant community less sensitive to external nutrient inputs. The latter could explain why indications of synergistic co-limitation diminished over time, which is usually overlooked in short-term nutrient addition experiments.
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- Per Marten Schleuss
- Department of Soil Biogeochemistry, Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Soil Biogeochemistry, Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany.,Bioinformatics Unit, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Soil Biogeochemistry, Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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Domingues MF, Callai-Silva N, Piovesan AR, Carlini CR. Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase and Brain Cholesterol Metabolism. Front Mol Neurosci 2020; 12:325. [PMID: 32063836 PMCID: PMC7000630 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The bifunctional enzyme soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is found in all regions of the brain. It has two different catalytic activities, each assigned to one of its terminal domains: the C-terminal domain presents hydrolase activity, whereas the N-terminal domain exhibits phosphatase activity. The enzyme’s C-terminal domain has been linked to cardiovascular protective and anti-inflammatory effects. Cholesterol-related disorders have been associated with sEH, which plays an important role in the metabolism of cholesterol precursors. The role of sEH’s phosphatase activity has been so far poorly investigated in the context of the central nervous system physiology. Given that brain cholesterol disturbances play a role in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as well as of other neurodegenerative diseases, understanding the functions of this enzyme could provide pivotal information on the pathophysiology of these conditions. Moreover, the sEH phosphatase domain could represent an underexplored target for drug design and therapeutic strategies to improve symptoms related to neurodegenerative diseases. This review discusses the function of sEH in mammals and its protein structure and catalytic activities. Particular attention was given to the distribution and expression of sEH in the human brain, deepening into the enzyme’s phosphatase activity and its participation in brain cholesterol synthesis. Finally, this review focused on the metabolism of cholesterol and its association with AD.
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- Michelle Flores Domingues
- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center of Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,Laboratory of Neurotoxins, Brain Institute (BRAINS-InsCer), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neurotoxins, Brain Institute (BRAINS-InsCer), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neurotoxins, Brain Institute (BRAINS-InsCer), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center of Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,Laboratory of Neurotoxins, Brain Institute (BRAINS-InsCer), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Papadaki A, Boleti H. Measurement of Acid Ecto- phosphatase Activity in Live Leishmania donovani Parasites. Bio Protoc 2019; 9:e3384. [PMID: 33654880 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Acid ecto-phosphatases are enzymes that hydrolyze phosphomonoesters in the acidic pH range with their active sites facing the extacellular medium. Their activities can be measured in living cells. In bacteria and protozoan pathogens, acid ecto-phosphatases have been associated with the survival of intracellular pathogens within phagocytes through inhibition of the respiratory burst, suggesting that they act as virulence factors. Extracellular acid phosphatase activity in Leishmania (L.) donovani has been associated with the degree of promastigote virulence/infectivity. The levels of acid ecto-phosphatase activity in different Leishmania sp or even strains of the same species vary and this has been linked to their virulence. It may also be related to their ability to survive and multiply in the insect host. Acid phosphatase enzymatic activity can be measured in crude membrane fractions and in membrane fractions enriched in plasma membrane, however, in these cases, the intracellular acid phosphatases, mainly localized in lysosomes, contribute to the final result. Therefore, measuring phosphatase activity at the surface of live cells in acidic pH range is the only accurate way to measure acid ecto-phosphatase activity. This assay is performed at 25 °C or 37 °C for 30 min using as substrate the generic phosphatase substrate p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP), in a citrate buffer, with or without sodium tartrate (L(+)-tartaric acid), as histidine acid phosphatases are classified according to their sensitivity to tartate inhibition. The steps of the protocol consist of pelleting cells in suspension, in this case Leishmania promastigotes, washing twice with HEPES buffer, resuspending the cells in the substrate reaction mixture and terminating the reaction by the addition of 0.5 N NaOH. The cells are removed by centrifugation and the absorbance of the reaction product (p-nitrophenolate=pNP) in the supernatant is measured at 405 nm. The enzymatic activity (A405 values) is normalized for the mean number of cells/ml used for each independent experiment.
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- Amalia Papadaki
- Intracellular Parasitism Laboratory, Microbiology Department, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens 11521, GREECE
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- Intracellular Parasitism Laboratory, Microbiology Department, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens 11521, GREECE.,Light Microscopy Unit, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens 11521, GREECE
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Chen Q, Liu S. Identification and Characterization of the Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacterium Pantoea sp. S32 in Reclamation Soil in Shanxi, China. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2171. [PMID: 31608027 PMCID: PMC6761231 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) can convert insoluble forms of phosphorus (P) to accessible forms. Five highly efficient PSB strains, H22, Y11, Y14, Y34, and S32, were screened and isolated from an alfalfa rhizosphere in heavy metal-contaminated reclamation area in Shanxi Province, China. Based on morphological observations, 16S rRNA sequencing, cellular fatty acid composition analysis, and the BIOLOG test, H22, Y11, and Y34 were identified as Pseudomonas sp., while Y14 and S32 were identified as Pantoea sp. Among them, S32 showed the highest P-solubilizing efficiency in culture medium containing Ca3(PO4)2, lecithin, and powered phosphate rock. The culture medium conditions to obtain the highest P-solubilization efficiency were optimized as follows: the culture temperature was 30°C; the incubation time was 5 days; the initial pH was 7.0; and glucose served as the carbon source. Furthermore, the P-solubilization efficiency of S32 in media containing CaHPO4, lecithin, phosphate rock (PR), FePO4, or AlPO4 was determined to be 18.38, 3.07, 0.16, 0.51, or 2.62%, respectively. In addition, the acid and alkali phosphatase activities of S32 were tested as 6.94 U/100 mL and 4.12 U/100 mL, respectively. The soil inoculation experiment indicated that inoculation with S32 resulted in an obvious improvement in the available P of both the experimental and reclaimed soil. The rice seedling growth experiment also suggested that the application of S32 significantly increased the plant height, biomass, root growth, and P uptake of rice in both experimental and reclaimed soil. Taken together, the isolated S32 strain showed high P-solubilization capacity for both Pi and Po, and its ameliorative effect on reclaimed soil recovery provides the theoretical basis for crop development in the reclaimed soil of mine field.
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- Qian Chen
- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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Cui X, Wang T, Wang W, Wang H, Wang Z. Peroxidase from proso millet exhibits endonuclease-like activity. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2019; 51:688-696. [PMID: 31168624 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmz049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In this study, the mechanism of DNA cleavage by cationic peroxidase from proso millet (PmPOD) was investigated. PmPOD cleaved supercoiled circular DNA into both nicked circular and linear forms via a cleavage mechanism that resembles those of native endonucleases. Inhibition and ligation studies demonstrated that reactive oxygen species and the ferriprotoporphyrin IX moiety in PmPOD are not involved in PmPOD-mediated DNA cleavage. Similar to other endonucleases, Mg ions considerably enhance the DNA cleavage activity of PmPOD. Further studies suggested that PmPOD can disrupt phosphodiester bonds in DNA and mononucleotides, indicating that it is a phosphatase. The phosphatase activity of PmPOD is higher than that of horseradish peroxidase (HRP), but the peroxidase activity of PmPOD was lower than that of HRP. PmPOD-mediated hydrolytic cleavage of DNA observed in this study is different from those reported for heme proteins. This study provides valuable insights into the distinct mechanisms underlying DNA cleavage by heme proteins.
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- Xiaodong Cui
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Biotechnology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Biotechnology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Biotechnology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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Salvi F, Trebacz M, Kokot T, Hoermann B, Rios P, Barabas O, Kӧhn M. Effects of stably incorporated iron on protein phosphatase-1 structure and activity. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:4028-4038. [PMID: 30403291 PMCID: PMC6587554 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Protein phosphatase‐1 (PP1) drives a large amount of phosphoSer/Thr protein dephosphorylations in eukaryotes to counteract multiple kinases in signaling pathways. The phosphatase requires divalent metal cations for catalytic activity and contains iron naturally. Iron has been suggested to have an influence on PP1 activity through Fe2+ and Fe3+ oxidation states. However, much biochemical and all structural data have been obtained with recombinant PP1 containing Mn2+ ions. Purifying iron‐containing PP1 from Escherichia coli has thus far not been possible. Here, we present the preparation, characterization, and structure of iron‐bound PP1α in inactive and active states. We establish a key role for the electronic/redox properties of iron in PP1 activity and shed light on the difference in substrate specificity between iron‐ and manganese‐containing PP1.
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- Francesca Salvi
- Genome Biology UnitEuropean Molecular Biology LaboratoryHeidelbergGermany
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- Faculty of Biology and Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS)University of FreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of Biology and Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS)University of FreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of Biology and Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS)University of FreiburgGermany
- Faculty of BiosciencesCollaboration for Joint PhD Degree between EMBL and Heidelberg UniversityGermany
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- Faculty of Biology and Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS)University of FreiburgGermany
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- Structural and Computational Biology UnitEuropean Molecular Biology LaboratoryHeidelbergGermany
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- Genome Biology UnitEuropean Molecular Biology LaboratoryHeidelbergGermany
- Faculty of Biology and Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS)University of FreiburgGermany
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Mehta M, Brzostek J, Chen EW, Tung DWH, Chen S, Sankaran S, Yap J, Rybakin V, Gascoigne NRJ. Themis-associated phosphatase activity controls signaling in T cell development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E11331-40. [PMID: 30413615 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720209115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Thymocyte-expressed molecule involved in selection (Themis) regulates T cell selection. Absence of Themis leads to severely reduced numbers of CD4 and CD8 T cells, indicating a defect in T cell selection. The molecular mechanism of Themis involvement is not clear. Themis was shown to bind to Src-homology domain containing phosphatase-1 (Shp1), which is a known negative regulator of T cell receptor signaling. Here, using a very sensitive technique to measure phosphatase activity from immunoprecipitated proteins, we find that Themis positively regulates Shp1 phosphatase activity in thymocytes. Shp1 activity is reduced in the absence of Themis, thus providing an explanation for why Themis-deficient thymocytes respond more strongly to positive-selecting ligands, resulting in fewer thymocytes reaching maturity. Thymocyte-expressed molecule involved in selection (Themis) has been shown to be important for T cell selection by setting the threshold for positive versus negative selection. Themis interacts with the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) Src-homology domain containing phosphatase-1 (Shp1), a negative regulator of the T cell receptor (TCR) signaling cascade. However, how Themis regulates Shp1 is still not clear. Here, using a very sensitive phosphatase assay on ex vivo thymocytes, we have found that Themis enhances Shp1 phosphatase activity by increasing its phosphorylation. This positive regulation of Shp1 activity by Themis is found in thymocytes, but not in peripheral T cells. Shp1 activity is modulated by different affinity peptide MHC ligand binding in thymocytes. Themis is also associated with phosphatase activity, due to its constitutive interaction with Shp1. In the absence of Shp1 in thymocytes, Themis interacts with Shp2, which leads to almost normal thymic development in Shp1 conditional knockout (cKO) mice. Double deletion of both Themis and Shp1 leads to a thymic phenotype similar to that of Themis KO. These findings demonstrate unequivocally that Themis positively regulates Shp1 phosphatase activity in TCR-mediated signaling in developing thymocytes.
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Soboleva SE, Burkova EE, Dmitrenok PS, Bulgakov DV, Menzorova NI, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. Extremely stable high molecular mass soluble multiprotein complex from eggs of sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius with phosphatase activity. J Mol Recognit 2018; 31:e2753. [PMID: 30109746 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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It was proposed that most biological processes are performed by different protein complexes. In contrast to individual proteins and enzymes, their complexes usually have other biological functions, and their formation may be important system process for the expansion of diversity and biological functions of different molecules. Identification and characterization of embryonic components including proteins and their multiprotein complexes seem to be very important for an understanding of embryo function. We have isolated and analyzed for the first time a very stable multiprotein complex (SPC; approximately 1100 kDa) from the soluble fraction of extracts of the sea urchin embryos. By fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) gel filtration the SPC was well separated from other extract proteins. Stable multiprotein complex is stable in different drastic conditions but dissociates moderately in the presence of 8M urea + 1.0M NaCl. According to sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis data, this complex contains many major, moderate and minor proteins with molecular masses from 10 to 95 kDa. The SPC was destroyed by 8M urea or SDS, and its components were separated using thin layer chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, gel filtration, and reverse phase chromatography. Using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of partially dissociated SPC, it was shown that the complex contains not only proteins (10-95 kDa) but also few dozens of peptides with molecular masses from 2 to 9.5 kDa. Short peptides form very strong complexes, which at the treatment of SPC with urea or SDS can be partially break down into smaller complexes having different peptide compositions. Reverse phase chromatography of these complexes after all type of abovementioned chromatographies led to detection from 6 to 11 distinct peaks corresponding to new complexes containing up to a few dozens of peptides. The SPCs possess alkaline phosphatase activity. Progress in the study of embryos protein complexes can help to understand their biological functions.
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- Svetlana E Soboleva
- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- G. B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Vladivostok, Russia
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- G. B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Fan L, Liu MH, Guo M, Hu CX, Yan ZW, Chen J, Chen GQ, Huang Y. FAM122A, a new endogenous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A. Oncotarget 2018; 7:63887-63900. [PMID: 27588481 PMCID: PMC5325411 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The regulation of the ubiquitously expressed protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is essential for various cellular functions such as cell proliferation, transformation, and fate determination. In this study, we demonstrate that the highly conserved protein in mammals, designated FAM122A, directly interacts with PP2A-Aα and B55α rather than B56α subunits, and inhibits the phosphatase activity of PP2A-Aα/B55α/Cα complex. Further, FAM122A potentiates the degradation of catalytic subunit PP2A-Cα with the increased poly-ubiquitination. In agreement, FAM122A silencing inhibits while its overexpression enhances cell growth and colony-forming ability. Collectively, we identify FAM122A as a new endogenous PP2A inhibitor and its physiological and pathophysiological significances warrant to be further investigated.
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- Li Fan
- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.,Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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Lek S, Vargas-Medrano J, Villanueva E, Marcus B, Godfrey W, Perez RG. Recombinant α- β- and γ-Synucleins Stimulate Protein Phosphatase 2A Catalytic Subunit Activity in Cell Free Assays. J Vis Exp 2017:55361. [PMID: 28829427 PMCID: PMC5614314 DOI: 10.3791/55361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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α-Synuclein (aSyn), β-Synuclein (bSyn), and γ-Synuclein (gSyn) are members of a conserved family of chaperone-like proteins that are highly expressed in vertebrate neuronal tissues. Of the three synucleins, only aSyn has been strongly implicated in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, and Multiple System Atrophy. In studying normal aSyn function, data indicate that aSyn stimulates the activity of the catalytic subunit of an abundantly expressed dephosphorylating enzyme, PP2Ac in vitro and in vivo. Prior data show that aSyn aggregation in human brain reduces PP2Ac activity in regions with Lewy body pathology, where soluble aSyn has become insoluble. However, because all three synucleins have considerable homology in the amino acid sequences, experiments were designed to test if all can modulate PP2Ac activity. Using recombinant synucleins and recombinant PP2Ac protein, activity was assessed by malachite green colorimetric assay. Data revealed that all three recombinant synucleins stimulated PP2Ac activity in cell-free assays, raising the possibility that the conserved homology between synucleins may endow all three homologs with the ability to bind to and activate the PP2Ac. Co-immunoprecipitation data, however, suggest that PP2Ac modulation likely occurs through endogenous interactions between aSyn and PP2Ac in vivo.
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- Sovanarak Lek
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Emphasis in Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso;
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Rangarajan M, Aduse-Opoku J, Hashim A, McPhail G, Luklinska Z, Haurat MF, Feldman MF, Curtis MA. LptO (PG0027) Is Required for Lipid A 1- Phosphatase Activity in Porphyromonas gingivalis W50. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:e00751-16. [PMID: 28320881 PMCID: PMC5424252 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00751-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Porphyromonas gingivalis produces outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) rich in virulence factors, including cysteine proteases and A-LPS, one of the two lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) produced by this organism. Previous studies had suggested that A-LPS and PG0027, an outer membrane (OM) protein, may be involved in OMV formation. Their roles in this process were examined by using W50 parent and the ΔPG0027 mutant strains. Inactivation of PG0027 caused a reduction in the yield of OMVs. Lipid A from cells and OMVs of P. gingivalis W50 and the ΔPG0027 mutant strains were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Lipid A from W50 cells contained bis-P-pentaacyl, mono-P-pentaacyl, mono-P-tetraacyl, non-P-pentaacyl, and non-P-tetraacyl species, whereas lipid A from ΔPG0027 mutant cells contained only phosphorylated species; nonphosphorylated species were absent. MALDI-TOF/TOF tandem MS of mono-P-pentaacyl (m/z 1,688) and mono-P-tetraacyl (m/z 1,448) lipid A from ΔPG0027 showed that both contained lipid A 1-phosphate, suggesting that the ΔPG0027 mutant strain lacked lipid A 1-phosphatase activity. The total phosphatase activities in the W50 and the ΔPG0027 mutant strains were similar, whereas the phosphatase activity in the periplasm of the ΔPG0027 mutant was lower than that in W50, supporting a role for PG0027 in lipid A dephosphorylation. W50 OMVs were enriched in A-LPS, and its lipid A did not contain nonphosphorylated species, whereas lipid A from the ΔPG0027 mutant (OMVs and cells) contained similar species. Thus, OMVs in P. gingivalis are apparently formed in regions of the OM enriched in A-LPS devoid of nonphosphorylated lipid A. Conversely, dephosphorylation of lipid A through a PG0027-dependent process is required for optimal formation of OMVs. Hence, the relative proportions of nonphosphorylated and phosphorylated lipid A appear to be crucial for OMV formation in this organism.IMPORTANCE Gram-negative bacteria produce outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) by "blebbing" of the outer membrane (OM). OMVs can be used offensively as delivery systems for virulence factors and defensively to aid in the colonization of a host and in the survival of the bacterium in hostile environments. Earlier studies using the oral anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis as a model organism to study the mechanism of OMV formation suggested that the OM protein PG0027 and one of the two lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) synthesized by this organism, namely, A-LPS, played important roles in OMV formation. We suggest a novel mechanism of OMV formation in P. gingivalis involving dephosphorylation of lipid A of A-LPS controlled/regulated by PG0027, which causes destabilization of the OM, resulting in blebbing and generation of OMVs.
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- Minnie Rangarajan
- Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Cellular Pathology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Nanovision Centre, Advanced Electron Microscopy, School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Deng M, Liu L, Sun Z, Piao S, Ma Y, Chen Y, Wang J, Qiao C, Wang X, Li P. Increased phosphate uptake but not resorption alleviates phosphorus deficiency induced by nitrogen deposition in temperate Larix principis-rupprechtii plantations. New Phytol 2016; 212:1019-1029. [PMID: 27400237 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The imbalance between nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) deposition may shift temperate ecosystems from N- to P-limitation. However, it is unclear how the imbalanced N : P input affects the strategies of plants to acquire P and, therefore, the growth of plants and the competition among species. We conducted a 4-yr N-addition experiment in young and mature larch (Larix principis-rupprechtii) stands. Plant growth and P acquisition strategies were assessed for larch and understorey vegetation. N addition stimulated the aboveground productivity of understorey vegetation in the young stand and larch in the mature stand, with other species unaffected. The competitive advantages of understorey vegetation in the young stand and larch in the mature stand were associated with their high stoichiometric homoeostasis. To maintain the N : P homoeostasis of these species, an increase in phosphatase activity but not P resorption efficiency increased the supply of P. Additionally, N addition accelerated P mineralization by decreasing the fungal-to-bacterial ratios and improved uptake of soil P by increasing the arbuscular mycorrhizas-to-ectomycorrhizas ratios. Our results suggest that plants with high stoichiometric homoeostasis could better cope with N deposition-induced P-deficiency. Although P resorption efficiency showed little plasticity in response, plants activated a variety of P-acquisition pathways to alleviate the P-deficiency caused by N deposition.
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- Meifeng Deng
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu, Beijing, 100049, China
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Pellizza LA, Smal C, Ithuralde RE, Turjanski AG, Cicero DO, Arán M. Structural and functional characterization of a cold-adapted stand-alone TPM domain reveals a relationship between dynamics and phosphatase activity. FEBS J 2016; 283:4370-4385. [PMID: 27754607 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The TPM domain constitutes a family of recently characterized protein domains that are present in most living organisms. Although some progress has been made in understanding the cellular role of TPM-containing proteins, the relationship between structure and function is not clear yet. We have recently solved the solution and crystal structure of one TPM domain (BA42) from the Antarctic bacterium Bizionia argentinensis. In this work, we demonstrate that BA42 has phosphoric-monoester hydrolase activity. The activity of BA42 is strictly dependent on the binding of divalent metals and retains nearly 70% of the maximum at 4 °C, a typical characteristic of cold-adapted enzymes. From HSQC, 15 N relaxation measurements, and molecular dynamics studies, we determine that the flexibility of the crossing loops was associated to the protein activity. Thermal unfolding experiments showed that the local increment in flexibility of Mg2+ -bound BA42, when compared with Ca2+ -bound BA42, is associated to a decrease in global protein stability. Finally, through mutagenesis experiments, we unambiguously demonstrate that the region comprising the metal-binding site participates in the catalytic mechanism. The results shown here contribute to the understanding of the relationship between structure and function of this new family of TPM domains providing important cues on the regulatory role of Mg2+ and Ca2+ and the molecular mechanism underlying enzyme activity at low temperatures.
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica e IQUIBICEN-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica e IQUIBICEN-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Italy
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, IIBBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Zalamea PC, Turner BL, Winter K, Jones FA, Sarmiento C, Dalling JW. Seedling growth responses to phosphorus reflect adult distribution patterns of tropical trees. New Phytol 2016; 212:400-8. [PMID: 27282142 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Soils influence tropical forest composition at regional scales. In Panama, data on tree communities and underlying soils indicate that species frequently show distributional associations to soil phosphorus. To understand how these associations arise, we combined a pot experiment to measure seedling responses of 15 pioneer species to phosphorus addition with an analysis of the phylogenetic structure of phosphorus associations of the entire tree community. Growth responses of pioneers to phosphorus addition revealed a clear tradeoff: species from high-phosphorus sites grew fastest in the phosphorus-addition treatment, while species from low-phosphorus sites grew fastest in the low-phosphorus treatment. Traits associated with growth performance remain unclear: biomass allocation, phosphatase activity and phosphorus-use efficiency did not correlate with phosphorus associations; however, phosphatase activity was most strongly down-regulated in response to phosphorus addition in species from high-phosphorus sites. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that pioneers occur more frequently in clades where phosphorus associations are overdispersed as compared with the overall tree community, suggesting that selection on phosphorus acquisition and use may be strongest for pioneer species with high phosphorus demand. Our results show that phosphorus-dependent growth rates provide an additional explanation for the regional distribution of tree species in Panama, and possibly elsewhere.
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- Paul-Camilo Zalamea
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado, 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama.
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado, 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado, 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado, 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331-2902, USA
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado, 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado, 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Zhang L, Xu M, Liu Y, Zhang F, Hodge A, Feng G. Carbon and phosphorus exchange may enable cooperation between an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and a phosphate-solubilizing bacterium. New Phytol 2016; 210:1022-32. [PMID: 27074400 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) transfer plant photosynthate underground which can stimulate soil microbial growth. In this study, we examined whether there was a potential link between carbon (C) release from an AMF and phosphorus (P) availability via a phosphate-solubilizing bacterium (PSB). We investigated the outcome of the interaction between the AMF and the PSB by conducting a microcosm and two Petri plate experiments. An in vitro culture experiment was also conducted to determine the direct impact of AMF hyphal exudates on growth of the PSB. The AMF released substantial C to the environment, triggering PSB growth and activity. In return, the PSB enhanced mineralization of organic P, increasing P availability for the AMF. When soil available P was low, the PSB competed with the AMF for P, and its activity was not stimulated by the fungus. When additional P was added to increase soil available P, the PSB enhanced AMF hyphal growth, and PSB activity was also stimulated by the fungus. Our results suggest that an AMF and a free-living PSB interacted to the benefit of each other by providing the C or P that the other microorganism required, but these interactions depended upon background P availability.
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- Lin Zhang
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Research Center for Resources, the Environment and Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Research Center for Resources, the Environment and Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Research Center for Resources, the Environment and Food Safety, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Manrique-Ramírez P, Galofré-Milà N, Serrano M, Aragón V. Identification of a class B acid phosphatase in Haemophilus parasuis. Int Microbiol 2015; 17:141-7. [PMID: 26419453 DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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An acid phosphatase activity was detected in the supernatant of Haemophilus parasuis, a Gram-negative pleomorphic bacillus and the causative agent of Glässer's disease in pigs. To identify the gene responsible for the secreted activity, a genomic library of H. parasuis strain ER-6P was produced in Escherichia coli. Screening of the library allowed identification of two homologs to known phosphatases: PgpB and AphA. PgpB was predicted to be located in the bacterial membrane through six transmembrane domains while AphA was predicted to have a signal peptide. The aphA gene was cloned and expressed in E. coli. Characterization of H. parasuis AphA indicated that this protein belongs to the class B nonspecific acid phosphatases. AphA contained sequence signatures characteristic of this family of phosphatases and its activity was inhibited by EDTA. The optimal pH of recombinant AphA differed from that of the phosphatase activity found in H. parasuis supernatants. In addition, the phosphatase activity from H. parasuis supernatants was not inhibited by EDTA, indicating that H. parasuis AphA does not account for the phosphatase activity observed in the supernatants. Our results demonstrate the presence of a class B acid phosphatase (AphA) in H. parasuis and suggest that the bacterium would also secrete another, as yet unidentified phosphatase.
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- Paula Manrique-Ramírez
- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Barcelona, Spain
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Diaz-de-Quijano D, Palacios P, Horňák K, Felip M. 3D restoration microscopy improves quantification of enzyme-labeled fluorescence-based single-cell phosphatase activity in plankton. Cytometry A 2014; 85:841-53. [PMID: 24845646 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22486] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The ELF or fluorescence-labeled enzyme activity (FLEA) technique is a culture-independent single-cell tool for assessing plankton enzyme activity in close-to-in situ conditions. We demonstrate that single-cell FLEA quantifications based on two-dimensional (2D) image analysis were biased by up to one order of magnitude relative to deconvolved 3D. This was basically attributed to out-of-focus light, and partially to object size. Nevertheless, if sufficient cells were measured (25-40 cells), biases in individual 2D cell measurements were partially compensated, providing useful and comparable results to deconvolved 3D. We also discuss how much caution should be used when comparing the single-cell enzyme activities of different sized bacterio- and/or phytoplankton populations measured on 2D images. Finally, a novel method based on deconvolved 3D images (wide field restoration microscopy; WFR) was devised to improve the discrimination of similar single-cell enzyme activities, the comparison of enzyme activities between different size cells, the measurement of low fluorescence intensities, the quantification of less numerous species, and the combination of the FLEA technique with other single-cell methods. These improvements in cell enzyme activity measurements will provide a more precise picture of individual species' behavior in nature, which is essential to understand their functional role and evolutionary history.
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- Daniel Diaz-de-Quijano
- Unitat de Limnologia, Departament d'Ecologia i Centre de Recerca d'Alta Muntanya, CEAB-CSIC-Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Dowding JM, Das S, Kumar A, Dosani T, McCormack R, Gupta A, Sayle TXT, Sayle DC, von Kalm L, Seal S, Self WT. Cellular interaction and toxicity depend on physicochemical properties and surface modification of redox-active nanomaterials. ACS Nano 2013; 7:4855-68. [PMID: 23668322 PMCID: PMC3700371 DOI: 10.1021/nn305872d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The study of the chemical and biological properties of CeO2 nanoparticles (CNPs) has expanded recently due to its therapeutic potential, and the methods used to synthesize these materials are diverse. Moreover, conflicting reports exist regarding the toxicity of CNPs. To help resolve these discrepancies, we must first determine whether CNPs made by different methods are similar or different in their physicochemical and catalytic properties. In this paper, we have synthesized several forms of CNPs using identical precursors through a wet chemical process but using different oxidizer/reducer; H2O2 (CNP1), NH4OH (CNP2), or hexamethylenetetramine (HMT-CNP1). Physicochemical properties of these CNPs were extensively studied and found to be different depending on the preparation methods. Unlike CNP1 and CNP2, HMT-CNP1 was readily taken into endothelial cells and the aggregation can be visualized using light microscopy. Exposure to HMT-CNP1 also reduced cell viability at a 10-fold lower concentration than CNP1 or CNP2. Surprisingly, exposure to HMT-CNP1 led to substantial decreases in ATP levels. Mechanistic studies revealed that HMT-CNP1 exhibited substantial ATPase (phosphatase) activity. Though CNP2 also exhibits ATPase activity, CNP1 lacked ATPase activity. The difference in catalytic (ATPase) activity of different CNPs preparation may be due to differences in their morphology and oxygen extraction energy. These results suggest that the combination of increased uptake and ATPase activity of HMT-CNP1 may underlie the biomechanism of the toxicity of this preparation of CNPs and may suggest that ATPase activity should be considered when synthesizing CNPs for use in biomedical applications.
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- Janet M. Dowding
- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
- Corresponding Authors, , (407) 823-4262, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Bldg. 20 Room 124, Orlando, FL 32816-2364. , 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Eng 1, Room 381, Orlando, FL 32816
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Science, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
- Corresponding Authors, , (407) 823-4262, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Bldg. 20 Room 124, Orlando, FL 32816-2364. , 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Eng 1, Room 381, Orlando, FL 32816
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Reeder JE, Sowden MP, Messing EM, Klover P, Villa-Moruzzi E, Ludlow JW. Inducible expression of catalytically active type 1 serine/threonine protein phosphatase in a human carcinoma cell line. Cancer Cell Int 2003; 3:12. [PMID: 12914669 PMCID: PMC183861 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-3-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2003] [Accepted: 07/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND: One of the major cellular serine/threonine protein phosphatases is protein phosphatase type 1 (PP1). Studies employing many eukaryotic systems all point to a crucial role for PP1 activity in controlling cell cycle progression. One physiological substrate for PP1 appears to be the product of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (pRB), a demonstrated tumor suppressor. The growth suppressive activity of pRB is regulated by its phosphorylation state. Of critical importance is the question of the in vivo effect of PP1 activity on pRB and growth regulation. As a first step towards addressing this question, we developed an inducible PP1 expression system to investigate the regulation of PP1 activity. RESULTS: We have established a cell line for inducing protein expression of the type 1, alpha-isotype, serine/threonine protein phosphatase (PP1alpha). A plasmid encoding a fusion protein of the catalytic subunit of PP1alpha with a 6-histidine peptide (6His) and a peptide from hemagluttinin (HA) was transfected into the UMUC3 transitional cell carcinoma cell line, previously transfected with the reverse tetracycline transactivator plasmid pUHD172-1neo. A stable cell line designated LLWO2F was established by selection with hygromycin B. 6His-HA-PP1alpha protein appeared in cell lysates within two hours following addition of doxycycline to the culture medium. This protein localizes to the nucleus as does endogenous PP1alpha, and was shown to associate with PNUTS, a PP1-nuclear targeting subunit. Like endogenous PP1alpha, immunocomplexed 6His-HA-PP1alpha is active toward phosphorylase a and the product of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene, pRB. When forcibly overexpressing 6His-HA-PP1alpha, there is a concomitant decrease in endogenous PP1alpha levels. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest the existence of an autoregulatory mechanism by which PP1alpha protein levels and activity remain relatively constant. RT-PCR analyses of isolated polysome fractions support the notion that this putative autoregulatory mechanism is exerted, at least in part, at the translational level. Implications of these findings for the study of PP1alpha function in vivo are discussed.
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- Jay E Reeder
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA
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- Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Pisa, Via Roma 55, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA
- University of Rochester Cancer Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14642, USA
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Van Aarle IM, Olsson PA, Söderström B. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi respond to the substrate pH of their extraradical mycelium by altered growth and root colonization. New Phytol 2002; 155:173-182. [PMID: 33873298 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00439.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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• To test the response of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi to a difference in soil pH, the extraradical mycelium of Scutellospora calospora or Glomus intraradices, in association with Plantago lanceolata, was exposed to two different pH treatments, while the root substrate pH was left unchanged. • Seedlings of P. lanceolata, colonized by one or other of the fungal symbionts, and nonmycorrhizal controls, were grown in mesh bags placed in pots containing pH-buffered sand (pH around 5 or 6). The systems were harvested at approximately 2-wk intervals between 20 and 80 d. • Both fungi formed more extraradical mycelium at the higher pH. Glomus intraradices formed almost no detectable extraradical mycelium at lower pH. The extraradical mycelium of S. calospora had higher acid phosphatase activity than that of G. intraradices. Total AM root colonization decreased for both fungi at the higher pH, and high pH also reduced arbuscule and vesicle formation in G. intraradices. • In conclusion, soil pH influences AM root colonization as well as the growth and phosphatase activities of extraradical mycelium, although the two fungi responded differently.
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- Ingrid M Van Aarle
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Ecology Building, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Krautheim A, Brechlin P, Becker K, Winkler M, Steinfelder HJ. Hamster pancreatic beta cell lines with altered sensitivity towards apoptotic signalling by phosphatase inhibitors. Br J Pharmacol 2000; 129:687-94. [PMID: 10683193 PMCID: PMC1571898 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703113] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Specific inhibitors of serine/threonine phosphatases like okadaic acid can induce apoptotic cell death in the pancreatic beta cell line HIT. Cultivation in stepwise increased concentrations of okadaic acid enabled the isolation of HIT100R cells which proliferate at 100 nM okadaic acid (8 - 10 times the initially lethal concentration). These two cell lines were used to characterize the events triggered by okadaic acid that led to apoptosis. Biochemical markers, e.g. cytochrome c release from mitochondria and increase of caspase-3-like activity, revealed that induction of apoptosis by 100 nM okadaic acid in parental HIT cells started with the release of cytochrome c. In HIT100R cells 500 nM okadaic acid were necessary to induce alterations comparable to those observed with 100 nM okadaic acid in non-resistant HIT cells. In contrast to okadaic acid, the potency of the structurally different phosphatase inhibitor cantharidic acid to induce cytochrome c release, increase of caspase-3-like activity and DNA fragmentation was comparable in HIT and HIT100R cells. Thus, no cross-resistance between these phosphatase inhibitors seemed to exist. Phosphatase activity in extracts from HIT and HIT100R cells did not differ in its total amount or in its sensitivity for okadaic acid. Since higher concentrations of okadaic acid were needed to induce apoptosis in HIT100R cells, a compromised intracellular accumulation of the toxin appeared likely. Functional and structural analysis revealed that this was achieved by the development of the multidrug resistance phenotype in HIT100R cells. The underlying mechanism appeared to be the enhanced expression of the pgp1 but not the pgp2 gene.
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- Andrea Krautheim
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Göttingen, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Göttingen, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Göttingen, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Göttingen, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Göttingen, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Krtolica A, Krucher NA, Ludlow JW. Molecular analysis of selected cell cycle regulatory proteins during aerobic and hypoxic maintenance of human ovarian carcinoma cells. Br J Cancer 1999; 80:1875-83. [PMID: 10471034 PMCID: PMC2363144 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We have previously reported on the development of an in vitro model system for studying the effect of hypoxia on ovarian carcinoma cell proliferation and invasion (Krtolica and Ludlow, 1996). These data indicate that the cell division cycle is reversibly arrested during the G1 phase. Here, we have continued this study to include the proliferation properties of both aerobic and hypoxic human ovarian carcinoma cells at the molecular level. The growth suppressor product of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene, pRB, appears to be functional in these cells as determined by SV40 T-antigen binding studies. Additional G1-to-S cell cycle regulatory proteins, cyclins D and E, cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks) 4 and 2, and cdk inhibitors p27 and p18, also appear to be intact based on their apparent molecular weights and cell cycle stage-specific abundance. During hypoxia, there is a decrease in abundance of cyclins D and E, with an increase in p27 abundance. cdk4 activity towards pRB and cdk2 activity towards histone H1 are also decreased. Co-precipitation studies revealed an increased amount of p27 complexing with cyclin E-cdk2 during hypoxia than during aerobic cell growth. In addition, pRB-directed phosphatase activity was found to be greater in hypoxic than aerobic cells. Taken together, a model is suggested to explain hypoxia-induced cell cycle arrest in SKA human ovarian carcinoma cells.
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- A Krtolica
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY, USA
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