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Mulindwa J, Kaaya AN, Muganga L, Paga M, Musoli P, Sseremba G, Wagoire WW, Bitalo DN. Cup quality profiles of Robusta coffee wilt disease resistant varieties grown in three agro-ecologies in Uganda. J Sci Food Agric 2022; 102:1225-1232. [PMID: 34358355 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11460] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The recently developed Robusta coffee wilt disease resistant (CWD-r) varieties in Uganda outperform the local landraces, both in yield and resilience. However, their uptake has been slow due to limited information on their cup worth. This study profiled the cup worth of the five most commonly grown CWD-r across the Lake Victoria Crescent, Western Mid-altitude farmland and Central Wooded Savannah agro-ecologies. RESULTS Significant correlations (P ≤ 0.05) were observed between soil nutrients and coffee bean size but this was not the case for biochemical and cup quality. The proportion of coffee beans retained on screen 15; minimum acceptable size through coffee commercial markets, ranged from 58.09% in Mukono to 92.49% in Mityana. Interestingly, the bean size of variety KR4 was hardly influenced by environmental variations, with portions of beans retained on screen 15 being relatively the same (80.30% Ibanda, 89.50% Mukono, 98.20% Mityana). Coffee cup quality for most of the varieties was scored as premium (70-79%) across three agro-ecologies, with the exception of KR4, which was scored specialty grade (≥80%). Coffee blends generated were used to make coffee products with specialty score (82.25%) and a distinctive aroma complex. CONCLUSION In this study, blends of CWD-r resulted in superior cup scores (76-82%). These findings show that CWD-r varieties have a high cup worth with potential for wide adaptation in Uganda's Robusta coffee growing agro-ecologies. Most importantly, variety KR4 has resilience across three agro-ecologies with a consistent high bean size and superior cup quality, making it a candidate variety for the market and breeding. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Joseph Mulindwa
- National Agricultural Research Organization, National Coffee Research Institute, Mukono, Uganda
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- Department of Food Technology & Nutrition, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- National Agricultural Research Organization, National Coffee Research Institute, Mukono, Uganda
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- Department of Food Technology & Nutrition, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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- National Agricultural Research Organization, National Coffee Research Institute, Mukono, Uganda
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- National Agricultural Research Organization, National Coffee Research Institute, Mukono, Uganda
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- National Agricultural Research Organization, National Coffee Research Institute, Mukono, Uganda
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- National Agricultural Research Organization, National Coffee Research Institute, Mukono, Uganda
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Wang S, Sun X, Wang M, Deng Z, Niu B, Chen Q. Effect of roasted peanut allergen Ara h 3 protein on the sensitization of Caco-2 cells. J Sci Food Agric 2021; 101:5325-5336. [PMID: 33650104 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Roasted peanut is widely loved as a kind of food with rich taste. However, peanut allergy is one of the major threats to human health, which affects about 5% of children and 1.4-2% of adults in the world. RESULTS To evaluate the sensitization mechanism of peanut allergen Ara h 3, Caco-2 cells as the model, which has the similar structure and function to differentiated small intestinal epithelial cells. Compared with Ara h 3-raw (purified from raw peanut) group, more significant results such as the inhibited Caco-2 cell viability and proliferation, the increased secretion of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the decreased transepithelial electrical resistance were obtained in Ara h 3-roasted (purified from roasted peanut) group. Accordingly, oxidative stress and NF-κB signaling pathway were more imbalanced, which lead to the increased of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8 and monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1). Then, the gene expression of tight junction proteins ZO-1, occludin and JAM-1 were reduced, which proved that the integrity of the Caco-2 monolayer barrier is severely damaged. CONCLUSION These finding identify the mechanisms of the allergenicity of roasted peanut allergy proteins are probably associated with intestinal uptake and cytokine dependent allergies. The aggravated allergic reaction might be caused by the increment of TSLP, IL-6, IL-8 and MCP-1 due to the activated NF-κB signaling pathway, and the enhanced transport of Ara h 3-roasted protein by Caco-2 monolayer. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Shuo Wang
- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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Apolonia S, Maria Ł, Magdalena K, Maria F, Magdalena S, Anna B. Protective responses of tolerant and sensitive wheat seedlings to systemic and local zearalenone application - Electron paramagnetic resonance studies. BMC Plant Biol 2021; 21:393. [PMID: 34418972 PMCID: PMC8379791 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03177-1] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mycotoxins are among the environmental stressors whose oxidative action is currently widely studied. The aim of this paper was to investigate the response of seedling leaves to zearalenone (ZEA) applied to the leaves (directly) and to the grains (indirectly) in tolerant and sensitive wheat cultivars. RESULTS Biochemical analyses of antioxidant activity were performed for chloroplasts and showed a similar decrease in this activity irrespective of plant sensitivity and the way of ZEA application. On the other hand, higher amounts of superoxide radical (microscopic observations) were generated in the leaves of plants grown from the grains incubated in ZEA solution and in the sensitive cultivar. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) studies showed that upon ZEA treatment greater numbers of Mn - aqua complexes were formed in the leaves of the tolerant wheat cultivar than in those of the sensitive one, whereas the degradation of Fe-protein complexes occurred independently of the cultivar sensitivity. CONCLUSION The changes in the quantity of stable, organic radicals formed by stabilizing reactive oxygen species on biochemical macromolecules, indicated greater potential for their generation in leaf tissues subjected to foliar ZEA treatment. This suggested an important role of these radical species in protective mechanisms mainly against direct toxin action. The way the defense mechanisms were activated depended on the method of the toxin application.
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- Sieprawska Apolonia
- Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University, ul. Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University, ul. Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University, ul. Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University, ul. Podchorążych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland
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Konradsen JR, Borres MP, Nilsson C. Unusual and Unexpected Allergic Reactions Can Be Unraveled by Molecular Allergy Diagnostics. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2021; 182:904-916. [PMID: 33951642 PMCID: PMC8619793 DOI: 10.1159/000515708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The fifth class of immunoglobulin, immunoglobulin E (IgE) was discovered in 1967 and has had immense importance for the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of allergic disease. More than 50 years have passed and efforts to characterize, standardize, and refine allergens with the aim to improve clinical diagnosis and allergen-specific immunotherapy are still ongoing. Another important breakthrough was made in 1999 with the introduction of component-resolved diagnostics (CRD), making it possible to quantify IgE antibodies against individual allergen proteins for diagnostic purposes at a molecular level. The progress and developments made in allergy diagnosis often originate from clinical observations and case studies. Observant physicians and health-care personnel have reported their findings in the medical literature, which in turn has inspired researchers to become involved in clinical research. Allergists continuously encounter new allergies and are often asked by their patients how to prevent new reactions. In the current article, we focus on recent clinical observations that can now be explained by CRD. The examples taken concern allergic reactions toward peanuts, tree nuts, lemon kernels, health drinks, meat, insects, dog dander, cannabis, and semen. We now have an improved understanding of why patients may react in a serious or unexpected way, as illustrated by these examples, yet many other clinical observations remain unexplained. The aim of this review is to highlight the importance of clinical observations among allergic patients, focusing on systemic, or unusual and unexpected allergic reactions, where component-testing has further refined the diagnosis of IgE-mediated allergy.
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- Jon R. Konradsen
- Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Immunodiagnostics, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sach's Children's Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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Dreskin SC, Koppelman SJ, Andorf S, Nadeau KC, Kalra A, Braun W, Negi SS, Chen X, Schein CH. The importance of the 2S albumins for allergenicity and cross-reactivity of peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame seeds. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2021; 147:1154-1163. [PMID: 33217410 PMCID: PMC8035160 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [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: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame seeds are among the most important food-related causes of anaphylaxis. Important clinical questions include: Why is there a variable occurrence of coallergy among these foods and Is this immunologically mediated? The clinical and immunologic data summarized here suggest an immunologic basis for these coallergies that is based on similarities among the 2S albumins. Data from component resolved diagnostics have highlighted the relationship between IgE binding to these allergens and the presence of IgE-mediated food allergy. Furthermore, in vitro and in vivo experiments provide strong evidence that the 2S albumins are the most important allergens in peanuts for inducing an allergic effector response. Although the 2S albumins are diverse, they have a common disulfide-linked core with similar physicochemical properties that make them prime candidates to explain much of the observed coallergy among peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame seeds. The well-established frequency of cashew and pistachio nut coallergy (64%-100%) highlights how the structural similarities among their 2S albumins may account for observed clinical cross-reactivity. A complete understanding of the physicochemical properties of the 2S albumins in peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame seeds will enhance our ability to diagnose, treat, and ultimately prevent these allergies.
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- Stephen C Dreskin
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colo.
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- Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colo
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- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex
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- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colo
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex; Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex.
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Nida H, Girma G, Mekonen M, Tirfessa A, Seyoum A, Bejiga T, Birhanu C, Dessalegn K, Senbetay T, Ayana G, Tesso T, Ejeta G, Mengiste T. Genome-wide association analysis reveals seed protein loci as determinants of variations in grain mold resistance in sorghum. Theor Appl Genet 2021; 134:1167-1184. [PMID: 33452894 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-020-03762-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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GWAS analysis revealed variations at loci harboring seed storage, late embryogenesis abundant protein, and a tannin biosynthesis gene associated with sorghum grain mold resistance. Grain mold is the most important disease of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. It starts at the early stages of grain development due to concurrent infection by multiple fungal species. The genetic architecture of resistance to grain mold is poorly understood. Using a diverse set of 635 Ethiopian sorghum accessions, we conducted a multi-stage disease rating for resistance to grain mold under natural infestation in the field. Through genome-wide association analyses with 173,666 SNPs and multiple models, two novel loci were identified that were consistently associated with grain mold resistance across environments. Sequence variation at new loci containing sorghum KAFIRIN gene encoding a seed storage protein affecting seed texture and LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT 3 (LEA3) gene encoding a protein that accumulates in seeds, previously implicated in stress tolerance, were significantly associated with grain mold resistance. The KAFIRIN and LEA3 loci were also significant factors in grain mold resistance in accessions with non-pigmented grains. Moreover, we consistently detected the known SNP (S4_62316425) in TAN1 gene, a regulator of tannin accumulation in sorghum grain to be significantly associated with grain mold resistance. Identification of loci associated with new mechanisms of resistance provides fresh insight into genetic control of the trait, while the highly resistant accessions can serve as sources of resistance genes for breeding. Overall, our association data suggest the critical role of loci harboring seed protein genes and implicate grain chemical and physical properties in sorghum grain mold resistance.
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- Habte Nida
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 81265, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 81265, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, 3007 Throckmorton PSC, 1712 Claflin Road, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
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Martínez-Aguilar K, Hernández-Chávez JL, Alvarez-Venegas R. Priming of seeds with INA and its transgenerational effect in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plants. Plant Sci 2021; 305:110834. [PMID: 33691968 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Priming is a mechanism of defense that prepares the plant's immune system for a faster and/or stronger activation of cellular defenses against future exposure to different types of stress. This enhanced resistance can be achieved by using inorganic and organic compounds which imitate the biological induction of systemic acquired resistance. INA (2,6 dichloro-isonicotinic acid) was the first synthetic compound created as a resistance inducer for plant-pathogen interactions. However, the use of INA to activate primed resistance in common bean, at the seed stage and during germination, remains experimentally unexplored. Here, we test the hypothesis that INA-seed treatment would induce resistance in common bean plants to Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola, and that the increased resistance is not accompanied by a tradeoff between plant defense and growth. Additionally, it was hypothesized that treating seeds with INA has a transgenerational priming effect. We provide evidence that seed treatment activates a primed state for disease resistance, in which low nucleosome enrichment and reduced histone activation marks during the priming phase, are associated with a defense-resistant phenotype, characterized by symptom appearance, pathogen accumulation, yield, and changes in gene expression. In addition, the priming status for induced resistance can be inherited to its offspring.
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Jiang Z, Zhao Q, Bai R, Yu R, Diao P, Yan T, Duan H, Ma X, Zhou Z, Fan Y, Wuriyanghan H. Host sunflower-induced silencing of parasitism-related genes confers resistance to invading Orobanche cumana. Plant Physiol 2021; 185:424-440. [PMID: 33721890 PMCID: PMC8133596 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Orobanche cumana is a holoparasitic plant that attaches to host-plant roots and seriously reduces the yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Effective control methods are lacking with only a few known sources of genetic resistance. In this study, a seed-soak agroinoculation (SSA) method was established, and recombinant tobacco rattle virus vectors were constructed to express RNA interference (RNAi) inducers to cause virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in sunflower. A host target gene HaTubulin was systemically silenced in both leaf and root tissues by the SSA-VIGS approach. Trans-species silencing of O. cumana genes were confirmed for 10 out of 11 target genes with silencing efficiency of 23.43%-92.67%. Knockdown of target OcQR1, OcCKX5, and OcWRI1 genes reduced the haustoria number, and silencing of OcEXPA6 caused further phenotypic abnormalities such as shorter tubercles and necrosis. Overexpression of OcEXPA6 caused retarded root growth in alfalfa (Medicago sativa). The results demonstrate that these genes play an important role in the processes of O. cumana parasitism. High-throughput small RNA (sRNA) sequencing and bioinformatics analyses unveiled the distinct features of target gene-derived siRNAs in O. cumana such as siRNA transitivity, strand polarity, hotspot region, and 21/22-nt siRNA predominance, the latter of which was confirmed by Northern blot experiments. The possible RNAi mechanism is also discussed by analyzing RNAi machinery genes in O. cumana. Taken together, we established an efficient host-induced gene silencing technology for both functional genetics studies and potential control of O. cumana. The ease and effectiveness of this strategy could potentially be useful for other species provided they are amenable to SSA.
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- Zhengqiang Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Forage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, P. R. China
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He S, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Li X, Cao X, Ye Y, Li J, Sun H. Effects of Low-pH Treatment on the Allergenicity Reduction of Black Turtle Bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Lectin and Its Mechanism. J Agric Food Chem 2021; 69:1379-1390. [PMID: 33464885 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c06524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 06/12/2023]
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A high content of potentially allergenic lectin in Phaseolus vulgaris L. beans is of increasing health concerns; however, understanding of the protein allergenicity mechanism on the molecular basis is scarce. In the present study, low-pH treatments were applied to modify black turtle bean lectin allergen, and a sensitization procedure was performed using the BALB/c mice for the allergenicity evaluation, while the conformational changes were monitored by the spectral analyses and the details were explored by the molecular dynamics simulation. Much milder anaphylactic responses were observed in BALB/c mice experiments. At the molecular level, the protein was unfolded in low acidic environments because of protonation, and α-helix was reduced with the exposure of trypsin cleavage sites, especially the improvement of protease accessibility for Lys121, 134, and 157 in the B cell epitope structural alterations. These results indicate that a low-pH treatment might be an efficient method to improve the safety of legume protein consumption.
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- Shudong He
- Engineering Research Center of Bio-process of Ministry of Education, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 255003, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec H9X 3 V9, Canada
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Engineering Research Center of Bio-process of Ministry of Education, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui, PR China
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- Engineering Research Center of Bio-process of Ministry of Education, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui, PR China
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- Engineering Research Center of Bio-process of Ministry of Education, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui, PR China
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University, Hefei 230009, Anhui PR China
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- Engineering Research Center of Bio-process of Ministry of Education, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui, PR China
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Matsumoto H, Fan X, Wang Y, Kusstatscher P, Duan J, Wu S, Chen S, Qiao K, Wang Y, Ma B, Zhu G, Hashidoko Y, Berg G, Cernava T, Wang M. Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice. Nat Plants 2021; 7:60-72. [PMID: 33398157 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-00826-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cereal crop production is severely affected by seed-borne bacterial diseases across the world. Locally occurring disease resistance in various crops remains elusive. Here, we have observed that rice plants of the same cultivar can be differentiated into disease-resistant and susceptible phenotypes under the same pathogen pressure. Following the identification of a seed-endophytic bacterium as the resistance-conferring agent, integration of high-throughput data, gene mutagenesis and molecular interaction assays facilitated the discovery of the underlying mode of action. Sphingomonas melonis that is accumulated and transmitted across generations in disease-resistant rice seeds confers resistance to disease-susceptible phenotypes by producing anthranilic acid. Without affecting cell growth, anthranilic acid interferes with the sigma factor RpoS of the seed-borne pathogen Burkholderia plantarii, probably leading to impairment of upstream cascades that are required for virulence factor biosynthesis. The overall findings highlight the hidden role of seed endophytes in the phytopathology paradigm of 'disease triangles', which encompass the plant, pathogens and environmental conditions. These insights are potentially exploitable for modern crop cultivation threatened by globally widespread bacterial diseases.
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- Haruna Matsumoto
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Ecological Chemistry, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Analysis Center of Agrobiology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environment Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Resources and Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Ecological Chemistry, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Płachno BJ, Kapusta M, Świątek P, Stolarczyk P, Kocki J. Immunodetection of Pectic Epitopes, Arabinogalactan Proteins, and Extensins in Mucilage Cells from the Ovules of Pilosella officinarum Vaill. and Taraxacum officinale Agg. (Asteraceae). Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E9642. [PMID: 33348898 PMCID: PMC7766254 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The main aim of this study was to compare the cytological difference between ovular mucilage cells in two Asteraceae species-Pilosella officinarum and Taraxacum officinale-in order to determine whether pectic epitopes, arabinogalactan proteins, or extensins are present. The immunocytochemical technique was used. Both the Taracacum and Pilosella genera have been used recently as models for understanding the mechanisms of apomixis. Knowledge of the presence of signal molecules (pectic epitopes, arabinogalactan proteins, and extensins) can help better understand the developmental processes in these plants during seed growth. The results showed that in Pilosella officinarum, there was an accumulation of pectins in the mucilage, including both weakly and highly esterified pectins, which was in contrast to the mucilage of Taraxacum officinale, which had low amounts of these pectins. However, Taraxacum protoplasts of mucilage cells were rich in weakly methyl-esterified pectins. While the mucilage contained arabinogalactan proteins in both of the studied species, the types of arabinogalactan proteins were different. In both of the studied species, extensins were recorded in the transmitting tissues. Arabinogalactan proteins as well as weakly and highly esterified pectins and extensins occurred in close proximity to calcium oxalate crystals in both Taraxacum and Pilosella cells.
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- Bartosz J. Płachno
- Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, 9 Gronostajowa St., 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, University of Gdańsk, 59. Wita Stwosza St., 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland;
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, 9 Bankowa St., 40-007 Katowice, Poland;
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- Department of Botany, Physiology and Plant Protection, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Kraków, 29 Listopada 54 Ave., 31-425 Kraków, Poland;
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Lublin, 11 Radziwiłowska St., 20-080 Lublin, Poland;
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Rolling WR, Dorrance AE, McHale LK. Testing methods and statistical models of genomic prediction for quantitative disease resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] germplasm collections. Theor Appl Genet 2020; 133:3441-3454. [PMID: 32960288 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-020-03679-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Genomic prediction of quantitative resistance toward Phytophthora sojae indicated that genomic selection may increase breeding efficiency. Statistical model and marker set had minimal effect on genomic prediction with > 1000 markers. Quantitative disease resistance (QDR) toward Phytophthora sojae in soybean is a complex trait controlled by many small-effect loci throughout the genome. Along with the technical and rate-limiting challenges of phenotyping resistance to a root pathogen, the trait complexity can limit breeding efficiency. However, the application of genomic prediction to traits with complex genetic architecture, such as QDR toward P. sojae, is likely to improve breeding efficiency. We provide a novel example of genomic prediction by measuring QDR to P. sojae in two diverse panels of more than 450 plant introductions (PIs) that had previously been genotyped with the SoySNP50K chip. This research was completed in a collection of diverse germplasm and contributes to both an initial assessment of genomic prediction performance and characterization of the soybean germplasm collection. We tested six statistical models used for genomic prediction including Bayesian Ridge Regression; Bayesian LASSO; Bayes A, B, C; and reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. We also tested how the number and distribution of SNPs included in genomic prediction altered predictive ability by varying the number of markers from less than 50 to more than 34,000 SNPs, including SNPs based on sequential sampling, random sampling, or selections from association analyses. Predictive ability was relatively independent of statistical model and marker distribution, with a diminishing return when more than 1000 SNPs were included in genomic prediction. This work estimated relative efficiency per breeding cycle between 0.57 and 0.83, which may improve the genetic gain for P. sojae QDR in soybean breeding programs.
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- William R Rolling
- Center for Applied Plant Science and Center for Soybean Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, US
- Vegetable Crop Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Madison, WI, 53706, US
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- Center for Applied Plant Science and Center for Soybean Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, US
- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, US
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- Center for Applied Plant Science and Center for Soybean Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, US.
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, US.
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Wu D, Li D, Zhao X, Zhan Y, Teng W, Qiu L, Zheng H, Li W, Han Y. Identification of a candidate gene associated with isoflavone content in soybean seeds using genome-wide association and linkage mapping. Plant J 2020; 104:950-963. [PMID: 32862479 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Isoflavone, a secondary metabolite produced by Glycine max (L.) Merr. (soybean), is valuable for human and plant health. The genetic architecture of soybean isoflavone content remains unclear, however, despite several mapping studies. We generated genomic data for 200 soybean cultivars and 150 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) to localize putative loci associated with soybean seed isoflavone content. Using a genome-wide association study (GWAS), we identified 87 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were significantly associated with isoflavone concentration. Using linkage mapping, we identified 37 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) underlying the content of four isoflavones found in the RILs. A major locus on chromosome 8 (qISO8-1) was co-located by both the GWAS and linkage mapping. qISO8-1 was fine mapped to a 99.5-kb region, flanked by SSR_08_1651 and SSR_08_1656, in a BC2 F5 population. GmMPK1, encoding a mitogen-activated protein kinase, was identified as the causal gene in qISO8-1, and two natural GmMPK1 polymorphisms were significantly associated with isoflavone content. Overexpression of GmMPK1 in soybean hairy roots resulted in increased isoflavone concentrations. Overexpressing GmMPK1 in transgenic soybeans had greater resistance to Phytophthora root rot, suggesting that GmMPK1 might increase soybean resistance to biotic stress by influencing isoflavone content. Our results not only increase our understanding of the genetic architecture of soybean seed isoflavone content, but also provide a framework for the future marker-assisted breeding of high isoflavone content in soybean cultivars.
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- Depeng Wu
- Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology and Breeding/Genetics of Chinese Agriculture Ministry), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology and Breeding/Genetics of Chinese Agriculture Ministry), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology and Breeding/Genetics of Chinese Agriculture Ministry), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology and Breeding/Genetics of Chinese Agriculture Ministry), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology and Breeding/Genetics of Chinese Agriculture Ministry), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Bioinformatics Division, Biomarker Technologies Corporation, Beijing, 101300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology and Breeding/Genetics of Chinese Agriculture Ministry), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology and Breeding/Genetics of Chinese Agriculture Ministry), Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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Giacometti R, Jacobi V, Kronberg F, Panagos C, Edison AS, Zavala JA. Digestive activity and organic compounds of Nezara viridula watery saliva induce defensive soybean seed responses. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15468. [PMID: 32963321 PMCID: PMC7508886 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72540-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The stink bug Nezara viridula is one of the most threatening pests for agriculture in North and South America, and its oral secretion may be responsible for the damage it causes in soybean (Glycine max) crop. The high level of injury to seeds caused by pentatomids is related to their feeding behavior, morphology of mouth parts, and saliva, though information on the specific composition of the oral secretion is scarce. Field studies were conducted to evaluate the biochemical damage produced by herbivory to developing soybean seeds. We measured metabolites and proteins to profile the insect saliva in order to understand the dynamics of soybean-herbivore interactions. We describe the mouth parts of N. viridula and the presence of metabolites, proteins and active enzymes in the watery saliva that could be involved in seed cell wall modification, thus triggering plant defenses against herbivory. We did not detect proteins from bacteria, yeasts, or soybean in the oral secretion after feeding. These results suggest that the digestive activity and organic compounds of watery saliva may elicit a plant self-protection response. This study adds to our understanding of stink bug saliva plasticity and its role in the struggle against soybean defenses.
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- Romina Giacometti
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas / Instituto de Investigaciones en Biociencias Agrícolas y Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avda. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cátedra de Bioquímica, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avda. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas / Instituto de Investigaciones en Biociencias Agrícolas y Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avda. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas / Instituto de Investigaciones en Biociencias Agrícolas y Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avda. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cátedra de Bioquímica, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avda. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC), University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC), University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas / Instituto de Investigaciones en Biociencias Agrícolas y Ambientales, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avda. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Cátedra de Bioquímica, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avda. San Martín 4453, C1417DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Han G, Li C, Xiang F, Zhao Q, Zhao Y, Cai R, Cheng B, Wang X, Tao F. Genome-wide association study leads to novel genetic insights into resistance to Aspergillus flavus in maize kernels. BMC Plant Biol 2020; 20:206. [PMID: 32393173 PMCID: PMC7216483 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02404-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fungus infection in staple grains affects the food storage and threatens food security. The Aspergillus flavus is known to infect multiple grains and produce mycotoxin Aflatoxin B1, which is mutagenic, teratogenic and causes immunosuppression in animals. However, the molecular mechanism of maize resistance to A. flavus is largely unknown. RESULTS Here we used corn kernels to investigate resistance genes to A. flavus using genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 313 inbred lines. We characterized the resistance levels of kernels after inoculating with A. flavus. The GWAS with 558,529 SNPs identified four associated loci involving 29 candidate genes that were linked to seed development, resistance or infection, and involved in signal pathways, seed development, germination, dormancy, epigenetic modification, and antimicrobial activity. In addition, a few candidate genes were also associated with several G-protein signaling and phytohormones that might involve in synergistic work conferring different resistance during seed development. Expression of 16 genes out of 29 during kernel development was also associated with resistance levels. CONCLUSIONS We characterized the resistance levels of 313 maize kernels after inoculating with A. flavus, and found four associated loci and 16 candidate maize genes. The expressed 16 genes involved in kernel structure and kernel composition most likely contribute to mature maize kernels' resistance to A. flavus, and in particular, in the development of pericarp. The linked candidate genes could be experimentally transformed to validate and manipulate fungal resistance. Thus this result adds value to maize kernels in breeding programs.
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- Guomin Han
- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
- National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Stress Resistance Breeding, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
- National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Stress Resistance Breeding, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
- National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Stress Resistance Breeding, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, 30602 USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036 China
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Aznar-Fernández T, Barilli E, Cobos MJ, Kilian A, Carling J, Rubiales D. Identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling resistance to pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum) in a high-density integrated DArTseq SNP-based genetic map of pea. Sci Rep 2020; 10:33. [PMID: 31913335 PMCID: PMC6949260 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56987-7] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum) is a damaging insect pest affecting pea (Pisum sativum) production worldwide. No resistant cultivars are available, although some levels of incomplete resistance have been identified in Pisum germplasm. To decipher the genetic control underlying the resistance previously identify in P. sativum ssp. syriacum, a recombinant inbred line (RIL F8:9) population was developed. The RIL was genotyped through Diversity Arrays Technology PL's DArTseq platform and screened under field conditions for weevil seed infestation and larval development along 5 environments. A newly integrated genetic linkage map was generated with a subset of 6,540 markers, assembled into seven linkage groups, equivalent to the number of haploid pea chromosomes. An accumulated distance of 2,503 cM was covered with an average density of 2.61 markers cM-1. The linkage map allowed the identification of three QTLs associated to reduced seed infestation along LGs I, II and IV. In addition, a QTL for reduced larval development was also identified in LGIV. Expression of these QTLs varied with the environment, being particularly interesting QTL BpSI.III that was detected in most of the environments studied. This high-saturated pea genetic map has also allowed the identification of seven potential candidate genes co-located with QTLs for marker-assisted selection, providing an opportunity for breeders to generate effective and sustainable strategies for weevil control.
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Córdoba, E-14004, Spain.
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Córdoba, E-14004, Spain
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- Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd, University of Canberra, Kirinari St. Bruce, ACT2617, Australia
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- Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd, University of Canberra, Kirinari St. Bruce, ACT2617, Australia
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Córdoba, E-14004, Spain
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Takaiwa F, Yang L, Takagi H, Maruyama N, Wakasa Y, Ozawa K, Hiroi T. Development of Rice-Seed-Based Oral Allergy Vaccines Containing Hypoallergenic Japanese Cedar Pollen Allergen Derivatives for Immunotherapy. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:13127-13138. [PMID: 31682438 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b05421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Allergen-specific immunotherapy is the only available curative treatment for IgE-mediated allergen diseases. A safe hypoallergenic allergen derivative with high efficiency is required as a tolerogen to induce immune tolerance to the causitive allergens. In this study, to generate a rice-based oral allergy vaccine for Japanese cedar (JC) pollinosis, the tertiary structures of major JC pollen allergens, Cry j 1 and Cry j 2, were more completely destructed by shuffling than the previous ones without losing immunogenicity and then were specifically expressed in the endosperm of transgenic rice seed. They accumulated at high levels and were deposited in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and ER-derived protein bodies. The low allergenicity of these deconstructed Cry j 1 and Cry j 2 allergens was evaluated by examining their binding activities to the specific IgE antibody and by the basophil degranulation test.
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- Fumio Takaiwa
- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences , National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Kannondai 2-1-2 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8602 , Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences , National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Kannondai 2-1-2 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8602 , Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences , National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Kannondai 2-1-2 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8602 , Japan
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- Division of Agronomy and Horticultural Science, Graduate School of Agriculture , Kyoto University , Gokasho Uji, Kyoto 611-0011 , Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences , National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Kannondai 2-1-2 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8602 , Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences , National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Kannondai 2-1-2 , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-8602 , Japan
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- Allergy and Immunology Project , Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science , 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa , Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506 , Japan
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Cuny MAC, La Forgia D, Desurmont GA, Glauser G, Benrey B. Role of cyanogenic glycosides in the seeds of wild lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus: defense, plant nutrition or both? Planta 2019; 250:1281-1292. [PMID: 31240396 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-019-03221-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Cyanogenic glycosides present in the seeds of wild lima bean plants are associated with seedling defense but do not affect seed germination and seedling growth. Wild lima bean plants contain cyanogenic glycosides (CNGs) that are known to defend the plant against leaf herbivores. However, seed feeders appear to be unaffected despite the high levels of CNGs in the seeds. We investigated a possible role of CNGs in seeds as nitrogen storage compounds that influence plant growth, as well as seedling resistance to herbivores. Using seeds from four different wild lima bean natural populations that are known to vary in CNG levels, we tested two non-mutually exclusive hypotheses: (1) seeds with higher levels of CNGs produce seedlings that are more resistant against generalist herbivores and, (2) seeds with higher levels of CNGs germinate faster and produce plants that exhibit better growth. Levels of CNGs in the seeds were negatively correlated with germination rates and not correlated with seedling growth. However, levels of CNGs increased significantly soon after germination and seeds with the highest CNG levels produced seedlings with higher CNG levels in cotyledons. Moreover, the growth rate of the generalist herbivore Spodoptera littoralis was lower in cotyledons with high-CNG levels. We conclude that CNGs in lima bean seeds do not play a role in seed germination and seedling growth, but are associated with seedling defense. Our results provide insight into the potential dual function of plant secondary metabolites as defense compounds and storage molecules for growth and development.
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- Maximilien A C Cuny
- Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Evolutive Entomology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Evolutive Entomology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030, Liege, Belgium
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- European Biological Control Laboratory (EBCL), USDA-ARS, 810 Avenue de Baillarguet, 34980, Montferrier sur Lez, France
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- Neuchâtel Platform of Analytical Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Evolutive Entomology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Albunni BA, Wessels H, Paschke-Kratzin A, Fischer M. Antibody Cross-Reactivity between Proteins of Chia Seed ( Salvia hispanica L.) and Other Food Allergens. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:7475-7484. [PMID: 31117490 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Chia seeds are becoming increasingly common in Europe because of their functional and nutritional properties. Despite this, few studies have focused on the allergic potential and antibody cross-reactivity among storage proteins in chia seed and other plants. The aim of this study was to identify chia seed's immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin E (IgE) binding proteins ( Salvia hispanica L.) and to investigate the antibody cross-reactivity among its storage proteins and those of other seeds. Extracted chia seed proteins were separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Immunodetection was performed with commercial antibodies against sesame seed, hazelnut, and peanut and sera from 33 patients with a hazelnut allergy and five with a sesame allergy. Cross-reactivity of certain antibodies with storage proteins of chia seed, sesame seed, and hazelnut was assessed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) inhibition, blot inhibition, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy. IgG binding proteins were identified at molecular weight (MW) 70, 49, 34, 23, and 20 kDa by applying commercial antibodies. Furthermore, the interaction of chia proteins with sera from sesame-allergic patients led to identify IgE binding proteins at MW 49, 45, 31, 20, and 12 kDa, while IgEs in sera from hazelnut-allergic patients reacted with proteins at MW 300, 140, 49, 45, 31, 20, and 6 kDa. The results of ELISA inhibition and blot inhibition indicated chia seed proteins are similar to sesame seed and hazelnut proteins in the primary structure. The antisesame antibodies' binding to sesame proteins was more strongly inhibited by the chia globulin fraction (GLO) than the antihazelnut antibodies' binding to hazelnut proteins. SPR results confirmed the presence of IgG binding proteins in GLO and the high similarity of epitopes on globulins of chia seed and sesame seed. Thus, chia seed consumption might lead to cross-sensitization in patients with a sesame allergy.
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- Ben Abdulrahman Albunni
- Hamburg School of Food Science; Institute of Food Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Grindelallee 117 , 20146 Hamburg , Germany
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- Hamburg School of Food Science; Institute of Food Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Grindelallee 117 , 20146 Hamburg , Germany
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- Hamburg School of Food Science; Institute of Food Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Grindelallee 117 , 20146 Hamburg , Germany
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- Hamburg School of Food Science; Institute of Food Chemistry , University of Hamburg , Grindelallee 117 , 20146 Hamburg , Germany
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Chen MX, Yang H, Ma YN, Mou RX, Zhu ZW, Cao ZY, Cheng FM. Absolute Quantification of Allergen Glb33 in Rice by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry using Two Isotope-Labeled Standard Peptides. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:5026-5032. [PMID: 30933518 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b06738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/09/2023]
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Allergen Glb33 is an important allergen in rice that can cause allergic reactions such as asthma and atopic dermatitis. However, knowledge of the content in rice is sparse. In the present work, an absolute protein quantification method was established for allergen Glb33 in rice samples using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. After extraction of allergen Glb33 from rice grains using salt solution, the isotope-labeled peptide internal standard was added to the extract, followed by enzymatic digestion with trypsin. The signature peptide and its isotope-labeled analogue from the tryptic hydrolysates of allergen Glb33 and the internal standard were detected by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The quantitative bias caused by tryptic efficiency and matrix effect was corrected by using two isotope-labeled standard peptides. The method exhibited good linearity in the range of 1-200 nM, with coefficients of determination of R2 > 0.998. A high sensitivity was observed, with a limit of quantification of 0.97 nM. Mean recoveries obtained from different rice matrices ranged from 82.7%-98.1% with precision <8.5% in intraday trials ( n = 6), while mean recoveries were from 75.1%-107.4% with precision <14.6% in interday trials ( n = 14). The developed method was successfully applied to the analysis of allergen Glb33 in 24 different rice cultivars.
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- Ming-Xue Chen
- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
- Rice Product Quality Inspection and Supervision Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs , China National Rice Research Institute , Hangzhou 310006 , China
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- Rice Product Quality Inspection and Supervision Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs , China National Rice Research Institute , Hangzhou 310006 , China
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- Rice Product Quality Inspection and Supervision Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs , China National Rice Research Institute , Hangzhou 310006 , China
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- Rice Product Quality Inspection and Supervision Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs , China National Rice Research Institute , Hangzhou 310006 , China
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- Rice Product Quality Inspection and Supervision Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs , China National Rice Research Institute , Hangzhou 310006 , China
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- Rice Product Quality Inspection and Supervision Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs , China National Rice Research Institute , Hangzhou 310006 , China
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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Almond is one of the tree nuts listed by U.S. FDA as a food allergen source. A food allergen identified with patient sera has been debated to be the 2S albumin or the 7S vicilin. However, neither of these proteins has been defined as a food allergen. The purpose of this study was to clone, express, and purify almond vicilin and test whether it is a food allergen. Western blot experiment was performed with 18 individual sera from patients with double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical almond allergy. The results showed that 44% of the sera contained IgE antibodies that recognized the recombinant almond vicilin, indicating that it is an almond allergen. Identifying this and additional almond allergens will facilitate the understanding of the allergenicity of seed proteins in tree nuts and their cross-reactivity.
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- Huilian Che
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering , China Agricultural University , No. 17 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District , Beijing 100038 , P. R. China
- Agricultural Research Service, Pacific West Area, Western Regional Research Center , U. S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street , Albany , California 94710 , United States
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- Agricultural Research Service, Pacific West Area, Western Regional Research Center , U. S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street , Albany , California 94710 , United States
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- Division of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics , Stanford University School of Medicine , 269 Campus Drive , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Division of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics , Stanford University School of Medicine , 269 Campus Drive , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Agricultural Research Service, Pacific West Area, Western Regional Research Center , U. S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street , Albany , California 94710 , United States
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Álvarez ML, Mera TDA, Baynova K, Zavala BB, Castaño MP. Anaphylaxis due to roasted sunflower seeds with tolerance to raw sunflower seeds. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2018; 120:330-331. [PMID: 29508721 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2017.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Department of Allergology, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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Juhász A, Belova T, Florides CG, Maulis C, Fischer I, Gell G, Birinyi Z, Ong J, Keeble-Gagnère G, Maharajan A, Ma W, Gibson P, Jia J, Lang D, Mayer KFX, Spannagl M, Tye-Din JA, Appels R, Olsen OA. Genome mapping of seed-borne allergens and immunoresponsive proteins in wheat. Sci Adv 2018; 4:eaar8602. [PMID: 30128352 PMCID: PMC6097586 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar8602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Wheat is an important staple grain for humankind globally because of its end-use quality and nutritional properties and its adaptability to diverse climates. For a small proportion of the population, specific wheat proteins can trigger adverse immune responses and clinical manifestations such as celiac disease, wheat allergy, baker's asthma, and wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA). Establishing the content and distribution of the immunostimulatory regions in wheat has been hampered by the complexity of the wheat genome and the lack of complete genome sequence information. We provide novel insights into the wheat grain proteins based on a comprehensive analysis and annotation of the wheat prolamin Pfam clan grain proteins and other non-prolamin allergens implicated in these disorders using the new International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium bread wheat reference genome sequence, RefSeq v1.0. Celiac disease and WDEIA genes are primarily expressed in the starchy endosperm and show wide variation in protein- and transcript-level expression in response to temperature stress. Nonspecific lipid transfer proteins and α-amylase trypsin inhibitor gene families, implicated in baker's asthma, are primarily expressed in the aleurone layer and transfer cells of grains and are more sensitive to cold temperature. The study establishes a new reference map for immunostimulatory wheat proteins and provides a fresh basis for selecting wheat lines and developing diagnostics for products with more favorable consumer attributes.
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- Angéla Juhász
- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- Applied Genomics Department, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Applied Genomics Department, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Applied Genomics Department, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria Research, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Technical University of Munich, School of Life Sciences, Campus Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Plant Genome and Systems Biology, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- Agriculture Victoria Research, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
- School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Peanut allergens have the potential to negatively impact on the health and quality of life of millions of consumers worldwide. The seeds of the peanut plant Arachis hypogaea contain an array of allergens that are able to induce the production of specific IgE antibodies in predisposed individuals. A lot of effort has been focused on obtaining the sequences and structures of these allergens due to the high health risk they represent. At present, 16 proteins present in peanuts are officially recognized as allergens. Research has also focused on their in-depth immunological characterization as well as on the design of modified hypoallergenic derivatives for potential use in clinical studies and the formulation of strategies for immunotherapy. Detailed research protocols are available for the purification of natural allergens as well as their recombinant production in bacterial, yeast, insect, and algal cells. Purified allergen molecules are now routinely used in diagnostic multiplex protein arrays for the detection of the presence of allergen-specific IgE. This review gives an overview on the wealth of knowledge that is available on individual peanut allergens.
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- Chiara Palladino
- Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Betekhtin A, Milewska-Hendel A, Lusinska J, Chajec L, Kurczynska E, Hasterok R. Organ and Tissue-Specific Localisation of Selected Cell Wall Epitopes in the Zygotic Embryo of Brachypodium distachyon. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19030725. [PMID: 29510511 PMCID: PMC5877586 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The plant cell wall shows a great diversity regarding its chemical composition, which may vary significantly even during different developmental stages. In this study, we analysed the distribution of several cell wall epitopes in embryos of Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium). We also described the variations in the nucleus shape and the number of nucleoli that occurred in some embryo cells. The use of transmission electron microscopy, and histological and immunolocalisation techniques permitted the distribution of selected arabinogalactan proteins, extensins, pectins, and hemicelluloses on the embryo surface, internal cell compartments, and in the context of the cell wall ultrastructure to be demonstrated. We revealed that the majority of arabinogalactan proteins and extensins were distributed on the cell surface and that pectins were the main component of the seed coat and other parts, such as the mesocotyl cell walls and the radicula. Hemicelluloses were localised in the cell wall and outside of the radicula protodermis, respectively. The specific arrangement of those components may indicate their significance during embryo development and seed germination, thus suggesting the importance of their protective functions. Despite the differences in the cell wall composition, we found that some of the antibodies can be used as markers to identify specific cells and the parts of the developing Brachypodium embryo.
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- Alexander Betekhtin
- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland.
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- Department of Animal Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, 28 Jagiellonska Street, 40-032 Katowice, Poland.
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Siddaiah CN, Prasanth KVH, Satyanarayana NR, Mudili V, Gupta VK, Kalagatur NK, Satyavati T, Dai XF, Chen JY, Mocan A, Singh BP, Srivastava RK. Chitosan nanoparticles having higher degree of acetylation induce resistance against pearl millet downy mildew through nitric oxide generation. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2485. [PMID: 29410438 PMCID: PMC5802724 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-19016-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Downy mildew of pearl millet caused by the biotrophic oomycete Sclerospora graminicola is the most devastating disease which impairs pearl millet production causing huge yield and monetary losses. Chitosan nanoparticles (CNP) were synthesized from low molecular weight chitosan having higher degree of acetylation was evaluated for their efficacy against downy mildew disease of pearl millet caused by Sclerospora graminicola. Laboratory studies showed that CNP seed treatment significantly enhanced pearl millet seed germination percentage and seedling vigor compared to the control. Seed treatment with CNP induced systemic and durable resistance and showed significant downy mildew protection under greenhouse conditions in comparison to the untreated control. Seed treatment with CNP showed changes in gene expression profiles wherein expression of genes of phenylalanine ammonia lyase, peroxidase, polyphenoloxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase were highly upregulated. CNP treatment resulted in earlier and higher expression of the pathogenesis related proteins PR1 and PR5. Downy mildew protective effect offered by CNP was found to be modulated by nitric oxide and treatment with CNP along with NO inhibitors cPTIO completely abolished the gene expression of defense enzymes and PR proteins. Further, comparative analysis of CNP with Chitosan revealed that the very small dosage of CNP performed at par with recommended dose of Chitosan for downy mildew management.
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- Chandra Nayaka Siddaiah
- Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 570006, Karnataka, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Mysore, 570 020, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Studies in Microbiology, Karnataka State Open University, Mukthagangotri, Mysore, 570006, Karnataka, India
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- Microbiology Division, DRDO-BU-Centre for Life sciences, Bharathiar University Campus, Coimbatore, 641046, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Microbiology Division, DRDO-BU-Centre for Life sciences, Bharathiar University Campus, Coimbatore, 641046, Tamil Nadu, India
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- All India Coordinated Research Project on Pearl Millet, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Mandor, Jodhpur, 342 304, Rajasthan, India
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hațieganu", Ghe. Marinescu 23, 400337, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Molecular Microbiology and Systematics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, 502324, Telangana, India.
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Ramsey NB, Tuano KTS, Davis CM, Dillard K, Hanson C. Annatto seed hypersensitivity in a pediatric patient. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2017; 117:331-3. [PMID: 27613468 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Nicole B Ramsey
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
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Czubinski J, Montowska M, Pospiech E, Lampart-Szczapa E. Proteomic analysis of Lupinus angustifolius (var. Zeus and Bojar) and Lupinus luteus (var. Lord and Parys) seed proteins and their hydrolysates. J Sci Food Agric 2017; 97:5423-5430. [PMID: 28516510 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8436] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Proteins enzymatic digestion is a very complex process, during which some components are degraded, whereas others remain in an unchanged form. Moreover, enzymatic hydrolysis is one of the most popular methods used to reduce the allergenicity of food proteins. In the present study, the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis of lupin seed proteins was assessed by proteomic analysis as performed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) coupled with mass spectrometry identification. Two digestion systems were used: oriented digestion carried out by trypsin and model in vitro digestion mimicking the conditions present in the gastrointestinal tract. RESULTS The comparisons of 2-DE maps of proteins isolated form different lupin seed species revealed that the differences in proteins expression were observed mainly in the central parts of gels (i.e. in the molecular weight range from 20 to 70 kDa, and the pH range 5-7). In total, 27 differentially expressed proteins spots were successfully identified by mass spectrometry analysis. An important reduction in the number of proteins spots on 2-DE maps was observed when trypsin and the in vitro digestion model were applied. The protein spot insensitive to digestion in both hydrolysis systems was identified as β-conglutin. CONCLUSIONS The results of the present study provide insight into the nature of the digestion process that may take place after lupin seed protein intake and highlight the important fact that some of the proteins are insensitive to digestive enzyme activity. Moreover, evaluation of digestion activity of trypsin towards lupin seed proteins may be used for the development of specific processes with respect to hypoallergenic food production. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Jaroslaw Czubinski
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Analysis, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Meat Technology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Meat Technology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Food Analysis, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Boukid F, Prandi B, Buhler S, Sforza S. Effectiveness of Germination on Protein Hydrolysis as a Way To Reduce Adverse Reactions to Wheat. J Agric Food Chem 2017; 65:9854-9860. [PMID: 29059515 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In this work, the aim is to study the effectiveness of germination on wheat protein degradation, with a specific focus on proteins involved in adverse reactions to wheat. The effects of 8 days of germination at 25 °C on the chemical composition and the protein profile were determined. Germination did not have a significant effect on starch, protein, lipid, and ash contents. General protein profile, as indicated by SDS-PAGE analysis, revealed that germination induced a relevant degradation in protein fraction. After in vitro gastrointestinal digestion, gluten peptides involved in celiac disease (CD) were identified and quantified using UPLC/ESI-MS technique. Also, CM3 protein, involved in baker's asthma and intestinal inflammation, was quantified by measuring a marker peptide. Statistical analysis underlined that germination and genotype had significant impact on the amount of both components. Regarding gluten peptides related to CD, germination enabled an average reduction of 47% in peptides eliciting adaptive immune response and 46% in peptides eliciting innate immune response. CM3 protein showed also a high average reduction (56%). Thus, this study suggests that germination might be a good bioalternative to provide a low "impact" raw ingredient for special wheat-based foodstuffs.
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- Fatma Boukid
- Department of Food and Drug and ‡Interdepartmental Center SITEIA.PARMA, University of Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug and ‡Interdepartmental Center SITEIA.PARMA, University of Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug and ‡Interdepartmental Center SITEIA.PARMA, University of Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug and ‡Interdepartmental Center SITEIA.PARMA, University of Parma , Parco Area delle Scienze 27/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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Song GC, Choi HK, Kim YS, Choi JS, Ryu CM. Seed defense biopriming with bacterial cyclodipeptides triggers immunity in cucumber and pepper. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14209. [PMID: 29079796 PMCID: PMC5660235 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14155-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Seed priming is to expose seeds to specific compounds to enhance seed germination. Few studies of plant immune activation through seed priming have been conducted. Here, we introduce an emerging technology that combines seed priming with elicitation of plant immunity using biologically active compounds. This technology is named 'seed defense biopriming' (SDB). We prepared heat-stable metabolites from 1,825 root-associated Bacillus spp. isolated from the rhizosphere in South Korea. These preparations were tested for their ability to induce SDB in cucumber and pepper seeds and trigger plant immunity. SDB with heat-stable metabolites of the selected Bacillus gaemokensis strain PB69 significantly reduced subsequent bacterial diseases under in vitro and field conditions and increased fruit yield. Transcriptional analysis of induced resistance marker genes confirmed the upregulation of salicylic acid, ethylene, and jasmonic acid signaling. Mortality of the insect pest Spodoptera litura increased when larvae fed on SDB-treated cucumber tissues. Analysis of the causative bacterial metabolites identified a leucine-proline cyclodipeptide and a commercially obtained leucine-proline cyclodipeptide induced similar results as treatment with the bacterial preparation. Our results indicate that SDB treatment with the heat-stable bacterial metabolite effectively elicited immunity and controlled disease in seedlings to whole plants, thereby increasing yield even under field conditions.
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- Geun Cheol Song
- Molecular Phytobacteriology Laboratory, KRIBB, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea
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- Molecular Phytobacteriology Laboratory, KRIBB, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea
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- Eco-Friendly New Materials Research Center, KRICT, Daejeon, 34114, South Korea
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- Eco-Friendly New Materials Research Center, KRICT, Daejeon, 34114, South Korea
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- Molecular Phytobacteriology Laboratory, KRIBB, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea.
- Biosystems and Bioengineering Program, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea.
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Liu J, Sniezko RA, Zamany A, Williams H, Wang N, Kegley A, Savin DP, Chen H, Sturrock RN. Saturated genic SNP mapping identified functional candidates and selection tools for the Pinus monticola Cr2 locus controlling resistance to white pine blister rust. Plant Biotechnol J 2017; 15:1149-1162. [PMID: 28176454 PMCID: PMC5552481 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 05/08/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Molecular breeding incorporates efficient tools to increase rust resistance in five-needle pines. Susceptibility of native five-needle pines to white pine blister rust (WPBR), caused by the non-native invasive fungus Cronartium ribicola (J.C. Fisch.), has significantly reduced wild populations of these conifers in North America. Major resistance (R) genes against specific avirulent pathotypes have been found in several five-needle pine species. In this study, we screened genic SNP markers by comparative transcriptome and genetic association analyses and constructed saturated linkage maps for the western white pine (Pinus monticola) R locus (Cr2). Phenotypic segregation was measured by a hypersensitive reaction (HR)-like response on the needles and disease symptoms of cankered stems post inoculation by the C. ribicola avcr2 race. SNP genotypes were determined by HRM- and TaqMan-based SNP genotyping. Saturated maps of the Cr2-linkage group (LG) were constructed in three seed families using a total of 34 SNP markers within 21 unique genes. Cr2 was consistently flanked by contig_2142 (encoding a ruvb-like protein) and contig_3772 (encoding a delta-fatty acid desaturase) across the three seed families. Cr2 was anchored to the Pinus consensus LG-1, which differs from LGs where other R loci of Pinus species were mapped. GO annotation identified a set of NBS-LRR and other resistance-related genes as R candidates in the Cr2 region. Association of one nonsynonymous SNP locus of an NBS-LRR gene with Cr2-mediated phenotypes provides a valuable tool for marker-assisted selection (MAS), which will shorten the breeding cycle of resistance screening and aid in the restoration of WPBR-disturbed forest ecosystems.
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- Jun‐Jun Liu
- Canadian Forest ServiceNatural Resources CanadaVictoriaCanada
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- Canadian Forest ServiceNatural Resources CanadaVictoriaCanada
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- Canadian Forest ServiceNatural Resources CanadaVictoriaCanada
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- Canadian Forest ServiceNatural Resources CanadaVictoriaCanada
- Academy of Agriculture and Forestry ScienceQinghai UniversityXiningChina
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- Dorena Genetic Resource CenterUSDA Forest ServiceCottage GroveORUSA
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- Dorena Genetic Resource CenterUSDA Forest ServiceCottage GroveORUSA
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- Canadian Forest ServiceNatural Resources CanadaVictoriaCanada
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Hill RC, Oman TJ, Wang X, Shan G, Schafer B, Herman RA, Tobias R, Shippar J, Malayappan B, Sheng L, Xu A, Bradshaw J. Development, Validation, and Interlaboratory Evaluation of a Quantitative Multiplexing Method To Assess Levels of Ten Endogenous Allergens in Soybean Seed and Its Application to Field Trials Spanning Three Growing Seasons. J Agric Food Chem 2017; 65:5531-5544. [PMID: 28635260 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 12/16/2023]
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As part of the regulatory approval process in Europe, comparison of endogenous soybean allergen levels between genetically engineered (GE) and non-GE plants has been requested. A quantitative multiplex analytical method using tandem mass spectrometry was developed and validated to measure 10 potential soybean allergens from soybean seed. The analytical method was implemented at six laboratories to demonstrate the robustness of the method and further applied to three soybean field studies across multiple growing seasons (including 21 non-GE soybean varieties) to assess the natural variation of allergen levels. The results show environmental factors contribute more than genetic factors to the large variation in allergen abundance (2- to 50-fold between environmental replicates) as well as a large contribution of Gly m 5 and Gly m 6 to the total allergen profile, calling into question the scientific rational for measurement of endogenous allergen levels between GE and non-GE varieties in the safety assessment.
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- Ryan C Hill
- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- Dow AgroSciences LLC , 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, United States
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- EAG Laboratories , 4780 Discovery Drive, Columbia, Missouri 65201, United States
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- Covance Laboratories , 3301 Kinsman Blvd., Madison, Wisconsin 53704, United States
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- Critical Path Services LLC , 3070 McCann Farm Drive, Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania 19060, United States
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- EPL Bioanalytical Services , 9095 W. Harristown Blvd, Niantic, Illinois 62551, United States
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- Primera Analytical Solutions , 259 Wall Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- Pyxant Laboratories , 4720 Forge Road #106, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907, United States
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Rosales-Mendoza S, Sández-Robledo C, Bañuelos-Hernández B, Angulo C. Corn-based vaccines: current status and prospects. Planta 2017; 245:875-888. [PMID: 28349257 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-017-2680-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Corn is an attractive host for vaccine production and oral delivery. The present review provides the current outlook and perspectives for this field. Among seed-crops, corn represents a key source of biomass for food, fuel production, and other applications. Since the beginning of the development of plant-based vaccines, corn was explored for the production and delivery of vaccines. About a dozen of pathogens have been studied under this technology with distinct degrees of development. A vaccine prototype against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was evaluated in a phase I clinical trial and several candidates targeting bacterial and viral diseases are under preclinical evaluation. The present review provides an updated outlook on this topic highlighting the employed expression strategies; perspectives for the field are also provided.
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- Sergio Rosales-Mendoza
- Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava 6, San Luis Potosí, SLP, 78210, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, BCS, 23096, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biofarmacéuticos Recombinantes, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava 6, San Luis Potosí, SLP, 78210, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, SC, Instituto Politécnico Nacional 195, Playa Palo de Santa Rita Sur, La Paz, BCS, 23096, Mexico
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de Paula AF, Dinato NB, Vigna BBZ, Fávero AP. Recombinants from the crosses between amphidiploid and cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea) for pest-resistance breeding programs. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175940. [PMID: 28423007 PMCID: PMC5396913 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Peanut is a major oilseed crop worldwide. In the Brazilian peanut production, silvering thrips and red necked peanut worm are the most threatening pests. Resistant varieties are considered an alternative to pest control. Many wild diploid Arachis species have shown resistance to these pests, and these can be used in peanut breeding by obtaining hybrid of A and B genomes and subsequent polyploidization with colchicine, resulting in an AABB amphidiploid. This amphidiploid can be crossed with cultivated peanut (AABB) to provide genes of interest to the cultivar. In this study, the sterile diploid hybrids from A. magna V 13751 and A. kempff-mercadoi V 13250 were treated with colchicine for polyploidization, and the amphidiploids were crossed with A. hypogaea cv. IAC OL 4 to initiate the introgression of the wild genes into the cultivated peanut. The confirmation of the hybridity of the progenies was obtained by: (1) reproductive characterization through viability of pollen, (2) molecular characterization using microsatellite markers and (3) morphological characterization using 61 morphological traits with principal component analysis. The diploid hybrid individual was polyploidized, generating the amphidiploid An 13 (A. magna V 13751 x A. kempff-mercadoi V 13250)4x. Four F1 hybrid plants were obtained from IAC OL 4 × An 13, and 51 F2 seeds were obtained from these F1 plants. Using reproductive, molecular and morphological characterizations, it was possible to distinguish hybrid plants from selfed plants. In the cross between A. hypogaea and the amphidiploid, as the two parents are polyploid, the hybrid progeny and selves had the viability of the pollen grains as high as the parents. This fact turns the use of reproductive characteristics impossible for discriminating, in this case, the hybrid individuals from selfing. The hybrids between A. hypogaea and An 13 will be used in breeding programs seeking pest resistance, being subjected to successive backcrosses until recovering all traits of interest of A. hypogaea, keeping the pest resistance.
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- Ailton Ferreira de Paula
- Departamendo de Morfologia e Patologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Departamendo de Morfologia e Patologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil
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Müller V, Bonacci G, Batthyany C, Amé MV, Carrari F, Gieco J, Asis R. Peanut Seed Cultivars with Contrasting Resistance to Aspergillus parasiticus Colonization Display Differential Temporal Response of Protease Inhibitors. Phytopathology 2017; 107:474-482. [PMID: 27841959 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-09-16-0346-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Significant efforts are being made to minimize aflatoxin contamination in peanut seeds and one possible strategy is to understand and exploit the mechanisms of plant defense against fungal infection. In this study we have identified and characterized, at biochemical and molecular levels, plant protease inhibitors (PPIs) produced in peanut seeds of the resistant PI 337394 and the susceptible Forman cultivar during Aspergillus parasiticus colonization. With chromatographic methods and 2D-electrophoresis-mass spectrometry we have isolated and identified four variants of Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor (BBTI) and a novel Kunitz-type protease inhibitor (KPI) produced in response to A. parasiticus colonization. KPI was detected only in the resistant cultivar, while BBTI was produced in the resistant cultivar in a higher concentration than susceptible cultivar and with different isoforms. The kinetic expression of KPI and BBTI genes along with trypsin inhibitory activity was analyzed in both cultivars during infection. In the susceptible cultivar an early PPI activity response was associated with BBTI occurrence. Meanwhile, in the resistant cultivar a later response with a larger increase in PPI activity was associated with BBTI and KPI occurrence. The biological significance of PPI in seed defense against fungal infection was analyzed and linked to inhibitory properties on enzymes released by the fungus during infection, and to the antifungal effect of KPI.
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- Virginia Müller
- First, second, fourth, and seventh authors: Departamento de Bioquímica/CIBICI, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre interseccion Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP5000, Córdoba, Argentina; third author: Unidad de Bioquímica y Proteómica Analítica, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; fifth author: Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and sixth author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Manfredi, Córdoba, Argentina
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- First, second, fourth, and seventh authors: Departamento de Bioquímica/CIBICI, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre interseccion Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP5000, Córdoba, Argentina; third author: Unidad de Bioquímica y Proteómica Analítica, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; fifth author: Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and sixth author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Manfredi, Córdoba, Argentina
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- First, second, fourth, and seventh authors: Departamento de Bioquímica/CIBICI, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre interseccion Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP5000, Córdoba, Argentina; third author: Unidad de Bioquímica y Proteómica Analítica, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; fifth author: Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and sixth author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Manfredi, Córdoba, Argentina
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- First, second, fourth, and seventh authors: Departamento de Bioquímica/CIBICI, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre interseccion Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP5000, Córdoba, Argentina; third author: Unidad de Bioquímica y Proteómica Analítica, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; fifth author: Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and sixth author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Manfredi, Córdoba, Argentina
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- First, second, fourth, and seventh authors: Departamento de Bioquímica/CIBICI, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre interseccion Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP5000, Córdoba, Argentina; third author: Unidad de Bioquímica y Proteómica Analítica, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; fifth author: Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and sixth author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Manfredi, Córdoba, Argentina
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- First, second, fourth, and seventh authors: Departamento de Bioquímica/CIBICI, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre interseccion Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP5000, Córdoba, Argentina; third author: Unidad de Bioquímica y Proteómica Analítica, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; fifth author: Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and sixth author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Manfredi, Córdoba, Argentina
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- First, second, fourth, and seventh authors: Departamento de Bioquímica/CIBICI, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre interseccion Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP5000, Córdoba, Argentina; third author: Unidad de Bioquímica y Proteómica Analítica, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo; fifth author: Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and sixth author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Manfredi, Córdoba, Argentina
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Li X, Xiang ZP, Chen WQ, Huang QL, Liu TG, Li Q, Zhong SF, Zhang M, Guo JW, Lei L, Luo PG. Reevaluation of Two Quantitative Trait Loci for Type II Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat Germplasm PI 672538. Phytopathology 2017; 107:92-99. [PMID: 27571309 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-04-16-0170-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Fusarium head blight (FHB), mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a destructive disease in wheat. A population consisting of 229 F2 and F2:3 plants derived from the cross PI 672538 × L661 was used to evaluate the reactions to FHB. The FHB resistance data distribution in the F2 population indicates that some quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were controlling the FHB resistance in PI 672538. We further detected two major QTLs (Qfhs-2B, Qfhs-3B) from analysis of the resistance data and the PCR-amplified results using WinQTLCart 2.5 software. Qfhs-2B, flanked by Xbarc55-2B and Xbarc1155-2B, explained more than 11.6% of the phenotypic variation of the percentage of diseased spikelets (PDS), and Qfhs-3B, flanked by Xwmc54-3B and Xgwm566-3B, explained more than 10% of the PDS phenotypic variation in the F2:3 population. In addition, Qfhs-3B was different from Fhb1 in terms of the pedigree, inheritance, resistance response, chromosomal location, and marker diagnosis. We also detected QTLs for other disease resistance indices, including the percentage of damaged kernels and 1,000-grain weight, in similar chromosomal regions. Therefore, the FHB resistance of PI 672538 was mainly controlled by two major QTLs, mapped on 2B (FhbL693a) and 3B (FhbL693b). PI 672538 could be a useful germplasm for improving wheat FHB resistance.
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- X Li
- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- First, second, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; first, third, fifth, and eleventh authors: State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Food Science and Technology, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610100, China; sixth author: Department of Biology and Chemistry, Chongqing Industry and Trade Polytechnic Institute, Fuling District of Chongqing 408000, China; and tenth author: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is a diploid (2n = 18) with a genome size of 2,600 Mbp, and belongs to the family Compositae. Bacterial leaf spot (BLS), caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. vitians, is a major disease of lettuce worldwide. Leaf lettuce PI 358001-1 has been characterized as an accession highly resistant to BLS and has white seed. In order to understand inheritance of the high resistance in this germplasm line, an F3 population consisting of 163 families was developed from the cross PI 358001-1 × 'Tall Guzmaine' (a susceptible Romaine lettuce variety with black seed). The segregation ratio of reaction to disease by seedling inoculation with X. campestris pv. vitians L7 strain in the F3 families was shown to be 32:82:48 homozygous resistant/heterozygous/homozygous susceptible, fitting to 1:2:1 (n = 162, χ2 = 3.19, P = 0.20). The segregation ratio of seed color by checking F2 plants was 122:41 black/white, fitting to 3:1 (n = 163, χ2 = 0.002, P = 0.96). The results indicated that both BLS resistance and seed color were inherited as a dominant gene mode. A genetic linkage map based on 124 randomly selected F2 plants was developed to enable molecular mapping of the BLS resistance and the seed color trait. In total, 199 markers, comprising 176 amplified fragment length polymorphisms, 16 simple-sequence repeats, 5 resistant gene candidate markers, and 2 cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences (CAPS) markers were assigned to six linkage groups. The dominant resistance gene to BLS (Xcvr) was mapped on linkage group 2 and the gene locus y for seed color was identified on linkage group 5. Due to the nature of a single gene inheritance, the high-resistance gene should be readily transferred to adapted lettuce cultivars to battle against the devastating disease of lettuce.
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- Yunwen Wang
- First and second authors: Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Belle Glade 33430; and third author: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, Washington State University, Pullman 99164
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- First and second authors: Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Belle Glade 33430; and third author: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, Washington State University, Pullman 99164
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- First and second authors: Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Belle Glade 33430; and third author: United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, Washington State University, Pullman 99164
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Zhang Y, Lee B, Du WX, Lyu SC, Nadeau KC, Grauke LJ, Zhang Y, Wang S, Fan Y, Yi J, McHugh TH. Identification and Characterization of a New Pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch] Allergen, Car i 2. J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:4146-4151. [PMID: 27128197 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The 7S vicilin and 11S legumin seed storage globulins belong to the cupin protein superfamily and are major food allergens in many foods from the "big eight" food allergen groups. Here, for the first time, pecan vicilin was found to be a food allergen. Western blot experiments revealed that 30% of 27 sera used in this study and 24% of the sera from 25 patients with double-blind, placebo controlled clinical pecan allergy contained IgE antibodies specific to pecan vicilin. This allergen consists of a low-complexity region at its N-terminal and a structured domain at the C-terminal that contains two cupin motifs and forms homotrimers. The crystal structure of recombinant pecan vicilin was determined. The refined structure gave R/Rfree values of 0.218/0.262 for all data to 2.65 Å. There were two trimeric biological units in the crystallographic asymmetric unit. Pecan vicilin is also a copper protein. These data may facilitate the understanding of the nutritional value and the allergenicity relevance of the copper binding property of seed storage proteins in tree nuts.
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- Yuzhu Zhang
- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
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- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
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- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine , 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Division of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine , 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Crop Germplasm Research, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS-SPA , 2881 F&B Road, College Station, Texas 77845, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology , Tianjin, 300222, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology , Tianjin, 300222, China
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- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University , 214122, Wuxi, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Western Regional Research Center, Pacific West Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California 94710, United States
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Sundaresha S, Rohini S, Appanna VK, Arthikala MK, Shanmugam NB, Shashibhushan NB, Kishore CMH, Pannerselvam R, Kirti PB, Udayakumar M. Co-overexpression of Brassica juncea NPR1 (BjNPR1) and Trigonella foenum-graecum defensin (Tfgd) in transgenic peanut provides comprehensive but varied protection against Aspergillus flavus and Cercospora arachidicola. Plant Cell Rep 2016; 35:1189-203. [PMID: 26956134 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-1945-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Coexpression of two antifungal genes ( NPR1 and defensin ) in transgenic peanut results in the development of resistance to two major fungal pathogens, Aspergillus flavus and Cercospora arachidicola. Fungal diseases have been one of the principal causes of crop losses with no exception to peanut (Arachis hypogeae L.), a major oilseed crop in Asia and Africa. To address this problem, breeding for fungal disease resistance has been successful to some extent against specific pathogens. However, combating more than one fungal pathogen via breeding is a major limitation in peanut. In the present study, we demonstrated the potential use of co-overexpression of two genes, NPR1 and defensin isolated from Brassica juncea and Trigonella foenum-graecum respectively; that offered resistance towards Aspergillus flavus in peanut. The transgenic plants not only resisted the mycelial growth but also did not accumulate aflatoxin in the seeds. Resistance was also demonstrated against another pathogen, Cercospora arachidicola at varied levels; the transgenic plants showed both reduction in the number of spots and delay in the onset of disease. PCR, Southern and Western blot analysis confirmed stable integration and expression of the transgenes in the transgenic plants. The combinatorial use of the two pathogen resistance genes presents a novel approach to mitigate two important fungal pathogens of peanut.
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- S Sundaresha
- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
- Department of Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
- ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, HP, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, LBS Centre, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
- Department of Botany, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
- Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), León, 37684, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Botany, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India.
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Bruchus pisorum (L.) is one of the most intractable pest problems of cultivated pea in Europe. Development of resistant cultivars is very important to environmental protection and would solve this problem to a great extent. Therefore, the resistance of five spring pea cultivars was studied to B. pisorum: Glyans, Modus; Kamerton and Svit and Pleven 4 based on the weevil damage and chemical composition of seeds. The seeds were classified as three types: healthy seeds (type one), damaged seeds with parasitoid emergence holes (type two) and damaged seeds with bruchid emergence holes (type three). From visibly damaged pea seeds by pea weevil B. pisorum was isolated the parasitoid Triaspis thoracica Curtis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Modus, followed by Glyans was outlined as resistant cultivars against the pea weevil. They had the lowest total damaged seed degree, loss in weight of damaged seeds (type two and type three) and values of susceptibility coefficients. A strong negative relationship (r = -0.838) between the weight of type one seeds and the proportion of type three seeds was found. Cultivars with lower protein and phosphorus (P) content had a lower level of damage. The crude protein, crude fiber and P content in damaged seeds significantly or no significantly were increased as compared with the healthy seeds due to weevil damage. The P content had the highest significant influence on pea weevil infestation. Use of chemical markers for resistance to the creation of new pea cultivars can be effective method for defense and control against B. pisorum.
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- I Nikolova
- Department of technology and ecology of forage crops,Institute of Forage Crops General Vladimir Vazov 89,5800 Pleven,Bulgaria
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Jimenez-Lopez JC, Zafra A, Palanco L, Florido JF, Alché JDD. Identification and Assessment of the Potential Allergenicity of 7S Vicilins in Olive (Olea europaea L.) Seeds. Biomed Res Int 2016; 2016:4946872. [PMID: 27034939 PMCID: PMC4789380 DOI: 10.1155/2016/4946872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Olive seeds, which are a raw material of interest, have been reported to contain 11S seed storage proteins (SSPs). However, the presence of SSPs such as 7S vicilins has not been studied. In this study, following a search in the olive seed transcriptome, 58 sequences corresponding to 7S vicilins were retrieved. A partial sequence was amplified by PCR from olive seed cDNA and subjected to phylogenetic analysis with other sequences. Structural analysis showed that olive 7S vicilin contains 9 α-helixes and 22 β-sheets. Additionally, 3D structural analysis displayed good superimposition with vicilin models generated from Pistacia and Sesamum. In order to assess potential allergenicity, T and B epitopes present in these proteins were identified by bioinformatic approaches. Different motifs were observed among the species, as well as some species-specific motifs. Finally, expression analysis of vicilins was carried out in protein extracts obtained from seeds of different species, including the olive. Noticeable bands were observed for all species in the 15-75 kDa MW interval, which were compatible with vicilins. The reactivity of the extracts to sera from patients allergic to nuts was also analysed. The findings with regard to the potential use of olive seed as food are discussed.
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- Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez
- Plant Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Plant Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, 18008 Granada, Spain
- Elayo Group, Castillo de Locubín, 23670 Jaén, Spain
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- Plant Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Plant Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, 18008 Granada, Spain
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Natarajan S, Khan F, Song Q, Lakshman S, Cregan P, Scott R, Shipe E, Garrett W. Characterization of Soybean Storage and Allergen Proteins Affected by Environmental and Genetic Factors. J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:1433-45. [PMID: 26807503 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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There is limited information on the influence of genetic and environmental variability on soybean protein composition. This study aimed to determine the role of genotype (G), environments (E), and the interrelationship of genotype and environment (G×E) on soybean seed protein. Three sets of nine soybean genotypes were grown in replicated trials at Maryland, South Carolina, and South Dakota. At each location, the nine genotypes were grown with two planting/sowing dates. We applied two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to study the variability of soybean storage and allergen proteins. Statistical analysis of 47 storage and 8 allergen proteins, in terms of differentially expressed protein spots significant at the p<0.005 level, was performed. We found more spots that showed statistically significant differences in expression among E compared to G and G×E interaction.
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- Savithiry Natarajan
- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Crop Production and Protection, Oilseeds & Bioscience, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Clemson University , Department of Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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Sobolev VS, Krausert NM, Gloer JB. New Monomeric Stilbenoids from Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Seeds Challenged by an Aspergillus flavus Strain. J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:579-584. [PMID: 26672388 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 06/05/2023]
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Two new stilbene derivatives have been isolated from peanut seeds challenged by an Aspergillus flavus strain, along with chiricanine B, which has not been previously reported from peanuts, as well as a stilbenoid reported previously only as a synthetic product. The structures of these new putative phytoalexins were determined by analysis of (1)H and (13)C NMR, HRESIMS, MS(n), and UV data. The new stilbenoids were named arahypin-13 (21), arahypin-14 (22), and arahypin-15 (23). Together with other known bioactive peanut stilbenoids that were also produced in the challenged seeds, these new compounds may play a defensive role against invasive fungi.
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- Victor S Sobolev
- National Peanut Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , P.O. Box 509, Dawson, Georgia 39842, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , 230 North Madison Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , 230 North Madison Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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Recombinant hypoallergenic derivative is the next generation of tolerogen replacing the natural allergen extract to increase safety and efficacy. Japanese cedar pollinosis is the predominant seasonal allergy disease in Japan. A rice seed-based oral vaccine containing the recombinant hypoallergens derived from these allergens was developed. Efficacy of this rice-based allergy vaccine was evaluated by oral administration in animal models.
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- Hidenori Takagi
- Functional Crop Research and Development Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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- Functional Crop Research and Development Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan.
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Wang J, Ye B, Yin J, Yuan C, Zhou X, Li W, He M, Wang J, Chen W, Qin P, Ma B, Wang Y, Li S, Chen X. Characterization and fine mapping of a light-dependent leaf lesion mimic mutant 1 in rice. Plant Physiol Biochem 2015; 97:44-51. [PMID: 26410574 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 04/20/2015] [Revised: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Plants that spontaneously produce lesion mimics or spots, without any signs of obvious adversity, such as pesticide and mechanical damage, or pathogen infection, are so-called lesion mimic mutants (lmms). In rice, many lmms exhibit enhanced resistance to pathogens, which provides a unique opportunity to uncover the molecular mechanism underlying lmms. We isolated a rice light-dependent leaf lesion mimic mutant 1 (llm1). Lesion spots appeared in the leaves of the llm1 mutant at the tillering stage. Furthermore, the mutant llm1 had similar agronomic traits to wild type rice. Trypan blue and diamiobenzidine staining analyses revealed that the lesion spot formation on the llm1 mutant was due to programmed cell death and reactive oxygen species. The chloroplasts were severely damaged in the llm1 mutant, suggesting that chloroplast damage was associated with the formation of lesion spots in llm1. More importantly, llm1 exhibited enhanced resistance to bacterial blight pathogens within increased expression of pathogenesis related genes (PRs). Using a map-based cloning approach, we delimited the LLM1 locus to a 121-kb interval between two simple sequence repeat markers, RM17470 and RM17473, on chromosome 4. We sequenced the candidate genes on the interval and found that a base mutation had substituted adenine phosphate for thymine in the last exon of LOC_Os04g52130, which led to an amino acid change (Asp(388) to Val) in the llm1 mutant. Our investigation showed that the putative coproporphyrinogen III oxidase (CPOX) encoded by LOC_Os04g52130 was produced by LLM1 and that amino acid Asp(388) was essential for CPOX function. Our study provides the basis for further investigations into the mechanism underlying lesion mimic initiation associated with LLM1.
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- Jing Wang
- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin at Sichuan, Chengdu 611130, China.
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Hernández-Velázquez A, López-Quesada A, Ceballo-Cámara Y, Cabrera-Herrera G, Tiel-González K, Mirabal-Ortega L, Pérez-Martínez M, Pérez-Castillo R, Rosabal-Ayán Y, Ramos-González O, Enríquez-Obregón G, Depicker A, Pujol-Ferrer M. Tobacco seeds as efficient production platform for a biologically active anti-HBsAg monoclonal antibody. Transgenic Res 2015; 24:897-909. [PMID: 26109093 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-015-9890-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The use of plants as heterologous hosts is one of the most promising technologies for manufacturing valuable recombinant proteins. Plant seeds, in particular, constitute ideal production platforms for long-term applications requiring a steady supply of starting material, as they combine the general advantages of plants as bioreactors with the possibility of biomass storage for long periods in a relatively small volume, thus allowing manufacturers to decouple upstream and downstream processing. In the present work we have used transgenic tobacco seeds to produce large amounts of a functionally active mouse monoclonal antibody against the Hepatitis B Virus surface antigen, fused to a KDEL endoplasmic reticulum retrieval motif, under control of regulatory sequences from common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) seed storage proteins. The antibody accumulated to levels of 6.5 mg/g of seed in the T3 generation, and was purified by Protein A affinity chromatography combined with SEC-HPLC. N-glycan analysis indicated that, despite the KDEL signal, the seed-derived plantibody bore both high-mannose and complex-type sugars that indicate partial passage through the Golgi compartment, although its performance in the immunoaffinity purification of HBsAg was unaffected. An analysis discussing the industrial feasibility of replacing the currently used tobacco leaf-derived plantibody with this seed-derived variant is also presented.
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- Abel Hernández-Velázquez
- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba.
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Department of Carbohydrate Chemistry, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Plant-made Antibodies and Immunogens, Ghent, Belgium
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- Plant Biotechnology Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), PO Box 6162, 10600, Havana, Havana, Cuba
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Armentia A, Pineda F, Martín-Armentia B, Palacios R. A useful method to detect opioid allergies. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2015; 3:829-830. [PMID: 26362557 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Alicia Armentia
- Allergy Unit, Rio Hortega University Hospital, Valladolid, Spain.
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Van Gasse AL, Hagendorens MM, Sabato V, Bridts CH, De Clerck LS, Ebo DG. Reply: To PMID 25956313. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2015; 3:830-831. [PMID: 26362558 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2015.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Athina L Van Gasse
- Department of Immunology-Allergology-Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Immunology-Allergology-Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium; Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Immunology-Allergology-Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Immunology-Allergology-Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Immunology-Allergology-Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Immunology-Allergology-Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium.
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Lanubile A, Maschietto V, De Leonardis S, Battilani P, Paciolla C, Marocco A. Defense Responses to Mycotoxin-Producing Fungi Fusarium proliferatum, F. subglutinans, and Aspergillus flavus in Kernels of Susceptible and Resistant Maize Genotypes. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2015; 28:546-57. [PMID: 26024441 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-14-0269-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Developing kernels of resistant and susceptible maize genotypes were inoculated with Fusarium proliferatum, F. subglutinans, and Aspergillus flavus. Selected defense systems were investigated using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to monitor the expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes (PR1, PR5, PRm3, PRm6) and genes protective from oxidative stress (peroxidase, catalase, superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase) at 72 h postinoculation. The study was also extended to the analysis of the ascorbate-glutathione cycle and catalase, superoxide dismutase, and cytosolic and wall peroxidases enzymes. Furthermore, the hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde contents were studied to evaluate the oxidation level. Higher gene expression and enzymatic activities were observed in uninoculated kernels of resistant line, conferring a major readiness to the pathogen attack. Moreover expression values of PR genes remained higher in the resistant line after inoculation, demonstrating a potentiated response to the pathogen invasions. In contrast, reactive oxygen species-scavenging genes were strongly induced in the susceptible line only after pathogen inoculation, although their enzymatic activity was higher in the resistant line. Our data provide an important basis for further investigation of defense gene functions in developing kernels in order to improve resistance to fungal pathogens. Maize genotypes with overexpressed resistance traits could be profitably utilized in breeding programs focused on resistance to pathogens and grain safety.
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- Alessandra Lanubile
- 1Istituto di Agronomia, Genetica e Coltivazioni erbacee, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
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- 1Istituto di Agronomia, Genetica e Coltivazioni erbacee, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
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- 2Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Bari "Aldo Moro", via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- 3Istituto di Entomologia e Patologia vegetale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
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- 2Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Bari "Aldo Moro", via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- 1Istituto di Agronomia, Genetica e Coltivazioni erbacee, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
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Chandran M, Chu Y, Maleki SJ, Ozias-Akins P. Stability of transgene expression in reduced allergen peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) across multiple generations and at different soil sulfur levels. J Agric Food Chem 2015; 63:1788-1797. [PMID: 25616282 DOI: 10.1021/jf504892f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 06/04/2023]
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Transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) containing a gene designed for RNA interference (RNAi) showed stable complete silencing of Ara h 2 and partial silencing of Ara h 6, two potent peanut allergens/proteins, along with minimal collateral changes to other allergens, Ara h 1 and Ara h 3, across three generations (T3, T4, and T5) under field conditions. Different soil sulfur levels (0.012, 0.3, and 3.0 mM) differentially impacted sulfur-rich (Ara h 2, Ara h 3, and Ara h 6) versus sulfur-poor (Ara h 1) proteins in non-transgenic versus transgenic peanut. The sulfur level had no effect on Ara h 1, whereas low sulfur led to a significant reduction of Ara h 3 in transgenic and non-transgenic seeds and Ara h 2 and Ara h 6 in non-transgenic but not in transgenic peanuts because these proteins already were reduced by gene silencing. These results demonstrate stability of transgene expression and the potential utility of RNAi in allergen manipulation.
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- Manju Chandran
- Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia , Tifton, Georgia 31793-5766, United States
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