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Zou Z, Duley JA, Cowley DM, Reed S, Arachchige BJ, Shaw PN, Bansal N. Comprehensive biochemical and proteomic characterization of seasonal Australian camel milk. Food Chem 2022; 381:132297. [PMID: 35124492 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Although camel milk is increasingly becoming a popular alternative to bovine milk around the world including Australia, studies of Australian camel milk are still lacking. A comprehensive and systematic analysis of major nutritional components, physical properties, antimicrobial enzymes and whey proteomes of Australian camel milk obtained over four seasons was conducted, for the first time in present study. The composition and physical properties of Australian camel milk varied with season, milking frequency and yield. The highest lactoperoxidase and polyamine oxidase activity was observed in summer and winter, respectively. A total of 97 proteins were quantified, on a relative basis, across all the seasonal bulk milk samples. Summer camel milk contained higher amounts of functional whey proteins, such as lactotransferrin, peptidoglycan recognition protein 1, osteopontin and lactoperoxidase. These results contribute to a better understanding of the Australian camel milk and provide insights into processing of dairy products from this milk.
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- Zhengzheng Zou
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia; School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia.
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Liu G, Jiang W, Tian L, Fu Y, Tan L, Zhu Z, Sun C, Liu F. Polyamine oxidase 3 is involved in salt tolerance at the germination stage in rice. J Genet Genomics 2022; 49:458-468. [PMID: 35144028 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2022.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Soil salinity inhibits seed germination and reduces seedling survival rate, resulting in significant yield reductions in crops. Here, we report the identification of a polyamine oxidase, OsPAO3, conferring salt tolerance at the germination stage in rice (Oryza sativa L.), through map-based cloning approach. OsPAO3 is up-regulated under salt stress at the germination stage and highly expressed in various organs. Overexpression of OsPAO3 increases activity of polyamine oxidases, enhancing the polyamine content in seed coleoptiles. Increased polyamine may lead to the enhance of the activity of ROS-scavenging enzymes to eliminate over-accumulated H2O2 and to reduce Na+ content in seed coleoptiles to maintain ion homeostasis and weaken Na+ damage. These changes resulted in stronger salt tolerance at the germination stage in rice. Our findings not only provide a unique gene for breeding new salt-tolerant rice cultivars but also help to elucidate the mechanism of salt tolerance in rice.
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- Guangyu Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, MOE, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, MOE, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, MOE, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, MOE, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, MOE, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, MOE, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, MOE, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, MOE, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Sagor GHM, Inoue M, Kusano T, Berberich T. Expression profile of seven polyamine oxidase genes in rice ( Oryza sativa) in response to abiotic stresses, phytohormones and polyamines. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2021; 27:1353-1359. [PMID: 34220045 PMCID: PMC8212247 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-01006-1] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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UNLABELLED Polyamine levels are controlled by biosynthesis, intra- and inter-cellular flux by the respective transporters, and catabolism. The catabolism is catalyzed by two groups of enzymes. One is copper-containing amine oxidases and the other is polyamine oxidases (PAOs). In Oryza sativa, seven PAO genes exist and they are termed as OsPAO1 to OsPAO7. However, their physiological function has not been elucidated yet. Here, we examined the expressional changes of seven OsPAO genes upon abiotic and oxidative stress, phytohormone, and exogenous polyamines application. The transcript of extracellular polyamine oxidase OsPAO2 and OsPAO6 are strongly induced upon wounding, drought, salinity, oxidative stress (H2O2), and exogenous application of jasmonic acid, spermidine, spermine, thermospermine and negatively regulated upon indole acetic acid, isopentenyl adenine (iPT), gibberellic acid (GA), abscisic acid; OsPAO7 is to iPT, GA and all polyamines; OsPAO4 and OsPAO5 are mildly responsive to heat, cold, oxidative stress. These results suggest that polyamine oxidase encoding extracellular enzyme may play a pivotal role during exogenous stimulus to protect the plant cell. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-021-01006-1.
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- G. H. M. Sagor
- Plant Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202 Bangladesh
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- Laboratory Center, Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Sagor GHM, Simm S, Kim DW, Niitsu M, Kusano T, Berberich T. Effect of thermospermine on expression profiling of different gene using massive analysis of cDNA ends (MACE) and vascular maintenance in Arabidopsis. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2021; 27:577-586. [PMID: 33854285 PMCID: PMC7981342 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-00967-7] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana polyamine oxidase 5 gene (AtPAO5) functions as a thermospermine (T-Spm) oxidase. Aerial growth of its knock-out mutant (Atpao5-2) was significantly repressed by low dose(s) of T-Spm but not by other polyamines. To figure out the underlying mechanism, massive analysis of 3'-cDNA ends was performed. Low dose of T-Spm treatment modulates more than two fold expression 1,398 genes in WT compared to 3186 genes in Atpao5-2. Cell wall, lipid and secondary metabolisms were dramatically affected in low dose T-Spm-treated Atpao5-2, in comparison to other pathways such as TCA cycle-, amino acid- metabolisms and photosynthesis. The cell wall pectin metabolism, cell wall proteins and degradation process were highly modulated. Intriguingly Fe-deficiency responsive genes and drought stress-induced genes were also up-regulated, suggesting the importance of thermospermi'ne flux on regulation of gene network. Histological observation showed that the vascular system of the joint part between stem and leaves was structurally dissociated, indicating its involvement in vascular maintenance. Endogenous increase in T-Spm and reduction in H2O2 contents were found in mutant grown in T-Spm containing media. The results indicate that T-Spm homeostasis by a fine tuned balance of its synthesis and catabolism is important for maintaining gene regulation network and the vascular system in plants.
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- G. H. M. Sagor
- Plant Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202 Bangladesh
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- Department of Biosciences, Molecular Cell Biology of Plants, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama 370-0290 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Zou Z, Bouchereau-De Pury C, Hewavitharana AK, Al-Shehri SS, Duley JA, Cowley DM, Koorts P, Shaw PN, Bansal N. A sensitive and high-throughput fluorescent method for determination of oxidase activities in human, bovine, goat and camel milk. Food Chem 2020; 336:127689. [PMID: 32763736 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Milk oxidases are an integral part of milk immune system, and good indicators for milk thermal history. Current assay methods for milk oxidases are either insensitive, tedious or not cost-effective. In this study, a high-throughput fluorescence assay method for determination of xanthine oxidase (XO) and polyamine oxidase (PAO) activities in milk samples was developed. The hydrogen peroxide generated by XO catalysed oxidation of hypoxanthine, and PAO catalysed oxidation of spermine, was coupled to horseradish peroxidase conversion of Amplex® Red (1-(3,7-dihydroxyphenoxazin-10-yl)ethanone) to the fluorescent product resorufin. The assay was highly sensitive, with limits of detection of activity in milk being 3 × 10-7 and 7 × 10-7 U/mL for XO and PAO, respectively. Intra-run and inter-run results showed good assay repeatability and reproducibility. The assay was successfully applied to survey the XO and PAO activities in human, bovine, goat and camel milk samples, and it can be readily adapted for measurements of other oxidase activities.
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- Zhengzheng Zou
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia; Laïta, Brest Cedex, France
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- College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Neonatology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia; School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia.
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Chen J, Li H, Yang K, Wang Y, Yang L, Hu L, Liu R, Shi Z. Melatonin facilitates lateral root development by coordinating PAO-derived hydrogen peroxide and Rboh-derived superoxide radical. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 143:534-544. [PMID: 31520769 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Melatonin, a phytochemical, can regulate lateral root (LR) formation, but the downstream signaling of melatonin remains elusive. Here we investigated the roles of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and superoxide radical (O2•‾) in melatonin-promoted LR formation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) roots by using physiological, histochemical, bioinformatic, and biochemical approaches. The increase in endogenous melatonin level stimulated reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent development of lateral root primordia (LRP) and LR. Melatonin promoted LRP/LR formation and modulated the expression of cell cycle genes (SlCDKA1, SlCYCD3;1, and SlKRP2) by stimulating polyamine oxidase (PAO)-dependent H2O2 production and respiratory burst oxidase homologue (Rboh)-dependent O2•‾ production, respectively. Screening of SlPAOs and SlRbohs gene family combined with gene expression analysis suggested that melatonin-promoted LR formation was correlated to the upregulation of SlPAO1, SlRboh3, and SlRboh4 in LR-emerging zone. Transient expression analysis confirmed that SlPAO1 was able to produce H2O2 while SlRboh3 and SlRboh4 were capable of producing O2•‾. Melatonin-ROS signaling cassette was also found in the regulation of LR formation in rice root and lateral hyphal branching in fungi. These results suggested that SlPAO1-H2O2 and SlRboh3/4-O2•‾ acted as downstream of melatonin to regulate the expression of cell cycle genes, resulting in LRP initiation and LR development. Such findings uncover one of the regulatory pathways for melatonin-regulated LR formation, which extends our knowledge for melatonin-regulated plant intrinsic physiology.
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- Jian Chen
- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Food Science, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China.
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Megarity CF. Engineering enzyme catalysis: an inverse approach. Biosci Rep 2019; 39:BSR20181107. [PMID: 30700569 PMCID: PMC6900428 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20181107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Enzymes' inherent chirality confers their exquisite enantiomeric specificity and makes their use as green alternatives to chiral metal complexes or chiral organocatalysts invaluable to the fine chemical industry. The most prevalent way to alter enzyme activity in terms of regioselectivity and stereoselectivity for both industry and fundamental research is to engineer the enzyme. In a recent article by Keinänen et al., published in Bioscience Reports 2018, 'Controlling the regioselectivity and stereoselectivity of FAD-dependent polyamine oxidases with the use of amine-attached guide molecules as conformational modulators', an inverse approach was presented that focuses on the manipulation of the enzyme substrate rather than the enzyme. This approach not only uncovered dormant enantioselectivity in related enzymes but allowed for its control by the use of guide molecules simply added to the reaction solution or covalently linked to an achiral scaffold molecule.
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- Clare F Megarity
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, U.K.
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Bordenave CD, Granados Mendoza C, Jiménez Bremont JF, Gárriz A, Rodríguez AA. Defining novel plant polyamine oxidase subfamilies through molecular modeling and sequence analysis. BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:28. [PMID: 30665356 PMCID: PMC6341606 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1361-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The polyamine oxidases (PAOs) catabolize the oxidative deamination of the polyamines (PAs) spermine (Spm) and spermidine (Spd). Most of the phylogenetic studies performed to analyze the plant PAO family took into account only a limited number and/or taxonomic representation of plant PAOs sequences. RESULTS Here, we constructed a plant PAO protein sequence database and identified four subfamilies. Subfamily PAO back conversion 1 (PAObc1) was present on every lineage included in these analyses, suggesting that BC-type PAOs might play an important role in plants, despite its precise function is unknown. Subfamily PAObc2 was exclusively present in vascular plants, suggesting that t-Spm oxidase activity might play an important role in the development of the vascular system. The only terminal catabolism (TC) PAO subfamily (subfamily PAOtc) was lost in Superasterids but it was present in all other land plants. This indicated that the TC-type reactions are fundamental for land plants and that their function could being taken over by other enzymes in Superasterids. Subfamily PAObc3 was the result of a gene duplication event preceding Angiosperm diversification, followed by a gene extinction in Monocots. Differential conserved protein motifs were found for each subfamily of plant PAOs. The automatic assignment using these motifs was found to be comparable to the assignment by rough clustering performed on this work. CONCLUSIONS The results presented in this work revealed that plant PAO family is bigger than previously conceived. Also, they delineate important background information for future specific structure-function and evolutionary investigations and lay a foundation for the deeper characterization of each plant PAO subfamily.
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- Cesar Daniel Bordenave
- Laboratorio de Fisiología de Estrés Abiótico en Plantas, Unidad de Biotecnología, INTECH - CONICET - UNSAM, Intendente Marino KM 8.2 - B7130IWA Chascomús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-367, Coyoacán, 04510, México City, Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICYT), San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología de Estrés Abiótico en Plantas, Unidad de Biotecnología, INTECH - CONICET - UNSAM, Intendente Marino KM 8.2 - B7130IWA Chascomús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología de Estrés Abiótico en Plantas, Unidad de Biotecnología, INTECH - CONICET - UNSAM, Intendente Marino KM 8.2 - B7130IWA Chascomús, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Yu Y, Zhou W, Zhou K, Liu W, Liang X, Chen Y, Sun D, Lin X. Polyamines modulate aluminum-induced oxidative stress differently by inducing or reducing H 2O 2 production in wheat. Chemosphere 2018; 212:645-653. [PMID: 30173111 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.08.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Polyamines are important bioactive molecules involved in regulating H2O2 homeostasis, which is recognized as a major stimulus of oxidative stress under aluminum (Al) exposure. In this study, we investigated the involvement of spermidine oxidation in Al-induced oxidative stress, and its modulation by exogenous putrescine (Put) in two wheat genotypes differing in Al tolerance. Aluminum caused more severe oxidative damage at the root apexes in the Al-sensitive genotype Yangmai-5 than in the tolerant Xi Aimai-1, but these effects were significantly reversed by exogenous Put and polyamine oxidase (PAO) inhibitors. Aluminum caused a more significant increase in cell wall-bound PAO (CW-PAO) activity in Yangmai-5 than in Xi Aimai-1. Inhibiting of CW-PAO reduced H2O2 accumulation, restored Spd decline in both genotypes, indicating its potential role in Al-induced H2O2 production through catalyzing Spd oxidation. Additionally, Al significantly increased the activity of plasma membrane-NADPH oxidase, another H2O2 generator, in wheat roots. Put application significantly inhibited the activity of CW-PAO and plasma membrane-NADPH oxidase, and reduced H2O2 accumulation in Al-stressed wheat roots. Antioxidant enzymes were significantly stimulated by Al, but not Put. Overall, Put may protect wheat roots against Al-induced oxidative stress through regulating H2O2 production by inhibiting CW-PAO and plasma membrane-NADPH oxidase.
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- Yan Yu
- School of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, PR China; MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China
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- School of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, 030801, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Subtropical Soil Science and Plant Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China.
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Hao Y, Huang B, Jia D, Mann T, Jiang X, Qiu Y, Niitsu M, Berberich T, Kusano T, Liu T. Identification of seven polyamine oxidase genes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and their expression profiles under physiological and various stress conditions. J Plant Physiol 2018; 228:1-11. [PMID: 29793152 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2018.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 05/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Polyamines (PAs) are implicated in developmental processes and stress responses of plants. Polyamine oxidases (PAOs), flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent enzymes that function in PA catabolism, play a critical role. Even though PAO gene families of Arabidopsis and rice have been intensely characterized and their expression in response to developmental and environmental changes has been investigated, little is known about PAOs in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). We found seven PAO genes in S. lycopersicum and named them SlPAO1∼7. Plant PAOs form four clades in phylogenetic analysis, of which SlPAO1 belongs to clade-I, SlPAO6 and SlPAO7 to clade-III, and the residual four (SlPAO2∼5) to clade-IV, while none belongs to clade-II. All the clade-IV members in tomato also retain the putative peroxisomal-targeting signals in their carboxy termini, suggesting their peroxisome localization. SlPAO1 to SlPAO5 genes consist of 10 exons and 9 introns, while SlPAO6 and SlPAO7 are intronless genes. To address the individual roles of SlPAOs, we analyzed their expression in various tissues and during flowering and fruit development. The expression of SlPAO2∼4 was constitutively high, while that of the other SlPAO members was relatively lower. We further analyzed the expressional changes of SlPAOs upon abiotic stresses, oxidative stresses, phytohormone application, and PA application. Based on the data obtained, we discuss the distinctive roles of SlPAOs.
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- Yanwei Hao
- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460-8042, USA
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- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460-8042, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama, 370-0290, Japan
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, Frankfurt am Main, D-60325, Germany
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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Polyamines are small aliphatic amines that are found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. These growth regulators have been implicated in abiotic and biotic stresses as well as plant development and morphogenesis. Several studies have also suggested a key role of polyamines during fruit set and early development. Polyamines have also been linked to fruit ripening and in the regulation of fruit quality-related traits.Recent studies indicate that during ripening of both climacteric and non-climacteric fruits, a decline in total polyamine contents is observed together with an increased catabolism of these growth regulators.In this review, we explore the current knowledge on polyamine biosynthesis and catabolism during fruit set and ripening. The study of the role of polyamine metabolism in fruit ripening indicates the possible application of these natural polycations to control ripening and postharvest decay as well as to improve fruit quality traits.
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- Ana Margarida Fortes
- Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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Takahashi Y, Ono K, Akamine Y, Asano T, Ezaki M, Mouri I. Highly-expressed polyamine oxidases catalyze polyamine back conversion in Brachypodium distachyon. J Plant Res 2018; 131:341-348. [PMID: 29063977 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-017-0989-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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To understand the polyamine (PA) catabolic pathways in Brachypodium distachyon, we focused on the flavin-containing polyamine oxidase enzymes (PAO), and characterized them at the molecular and biochemical levels. Five PAO isoforms were identified from database searches, and we named them BdPAO1 to BdPAO5. By gene expression analysis using above-ground tissues such as leaf, stem and inflorescence, it was revealed that BdPAO2 is the most abundant PAO gene in normal growth conditions, followed by BdPAO3 and BdPAO4. BdPAO1 and BdPAO5 were expressed at very low levels. All Arabidopsis thaliana and rice orthologs belonging to the same clade as BdPAO2, BdPAO3 and BdPAO4 have conserved peroxisome-targeting signal sequences at their C-termini. Amino acid sequences of BdPAO2 and BdPAO4 also showed such a sequence, but BdPAO3 did not. We selected the gene with the highest expression level (BdPAO2) and the peroxisome-targeting signal lacking PAO (BdPAO3) for biochemical analysis of substrate specificity and catabolic pathways. BdPAO2 catalyzed conversion of spermine (Spm) or thermospermine to spermidine (Spd), and Spd to putrescine, but its most-favored substrate was Spd. In contrast, BdPAO3 favored Spm as substrate and catalyzed conversion of tetraamines to Spd. These results indicated that the major PAOs in B. distachyon have back-conversion activity.
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- Yoshihiro Takahashi
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 813-8503, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 813-8503, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 813-8503, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 813-8503, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 813-8503, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2-3-1 Matsukadai Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 813-8503, Japan
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In this work a detailed description of the development of amine oxidase-based electrochemical biosensors for the selective determination of the biogenic amines is presented. The enzymes required for this operation are Polyamine Oxidase (PAO) and Spermine Oxidase (SMO) which are physically entrapped in poly(vinyl alcohol) bearing styrylpyridinium groups (PVA-SbQ), a photo-cross-linkable gel, onto screen printed electrode (SPE) surface. The developed biosensors are deeply characterized in the analysis of biogenic amines by using flow injection amperometric (FIA) technique. The enzymatic electrodes are characterized by good sensitivity, long-term stability, and reproducibility. To test the feasibility of the developed biosensors in the analysis of real matrices, they are used for the analysis of blood samples. The results obtained are in good agreement with those obtained with the GC-MS reference method.
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- Cristina Tortolini
- Department of Chemistry and Drug Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 500185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Drug Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 500185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Drug Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 500185, Rome, Italy.
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Mellidou I, Karamanoli K, Beris D, Haralampidis K, Constantinidou HIA, Roubelakis-Angelakis KA. Underexpression of apoplastic polyamine oxidase improves thermotolerance in Nicotiana tabacum. J Plant Physiol 2017; 218:171-174. [PMID: 28886452 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2017.08.006] [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] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Polyamines (PAs) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), the product of PA oxidation by polyamine oxidase (PAO), are potential players affecting plant growth, development and responses to abiotic/biotic stresses. Genetically modified Nicotiana tabacum plants with altered PA/H2O2 homeostasis due to over/underexpression of the ZmPAO gene (S-ZmPAO/AS-ZmPAO, respectively) were assessed under heat stress (HS). Underexpression of ZmPAO correlates with increased thermotolerance of the photosynthetic machinery and improved biomass accumulation, accompanied by enhanced levels of the enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, whereas ZmPAO overexpressors exhibit significant impairment of thermotolerance. These data provide important clues on PA catabolism/H2O2/thermotolerance, which merit further exploitation.
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- Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University Campus, Ilisia, 15784 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University Campus, Ilisia, 15784 Athens, Greece
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Samasil K, Lopes de Carvalho L, Mäenpää P, Salminen TA, Incharoensakdi A. Biochemical characterization and homology modeling of polyamine oxidase from cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant Physiol Biochem 2017; 119:159-169. [PMID: 28869871 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.08.018] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The intracellular polyamine contents are regulated not only by polyamine biosynthesis and transport but also by polyamine degradation catalyzed by copper-dependent amine oxidase (DAO) and FAD-dependent polyamine oxidase (PAO). The genome sequence of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 reveals the presence of at least one putative polyamine oxidase gene, slr5093. The open reading frame of slr5093 encoding Synechocystis polyamine oxidase (SynPAO, E.C. 1.5.3.17) was expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified recombinant enzyme had the characteristic absorption spectrum of a flavoprotein with absorbance peaks at 380 and 450 nm. The optimum pH and temperature for the oxidation of both spermidine and spermine are 8.5 and 30 °C, respectively. The enzyme catalyzed the conversion of spermine and spermidine to spermidine and putrescine, respectively, with higher catalytic efficiency when spermine served as substrate. These results suggest that SynPAO is a polyamine oxidase involved in a polyamine back-conversion pathway. Based on the structural analysis, Gln94, Tyr403 and Thr440 in SynPAO are predicted to be important residues in the active site.
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- Khanittha Samasil
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, FI20520 Turku, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, FI20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, FI20014 Turku, Finland
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- Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, FI20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) provide powerful probes of the mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. In this chapter, we describe the use of continuous-flow mass spectrometry to determine the deuterium KIE for the enzyme N-acetylpolyamine oxidase based on the ratio of labeled and unlabeled products in mass spectra of whole reaction mixtures.
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- University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, United States.
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Gémes K, Mellidou Ι, Karamanoli K, Beris D, Park KY, Matsi T, Haralampidis K, Constantinidou HI, Roubelakis-Angelakis KA. Deregulation of apoplastic polyamine oxidase affects development and salt response of tobacco plants. J Plant Physiol 2017; 211:1-12. [PMID: 28135604 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2016.12.012] [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] [Received: 09/03/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Polyamine (PA) homeostasis is associated with plant development, growth and responses to biotic/abiotic stresses. Apoplastic PA oxidase (PAO) catalyzes the oxidation of PAs contributing to cellular homeostasis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and PAs. In tobacco, PAs decrease with plant age, while apoplastic PAO activity increases. Our previous results with young transgenic tobacco plants with enhanced/reduced apoplastic PAO activity (S-ZmPAO/AS-ZmPAO, respectively) established the importance of apoplastic PAO in controlling tolerance to short-term salt stress. However, it remains unclear if the apoplastic PAO pathway is important for salt tolerance at later stages of plant development. In this work, we examined whether apoplastic PAO controls also plant development and tolerance of adult plants during long-term salt stress. The AS-ZmPAO plants contained higher Ca2+ during salt stress, showing also reduced chlorophyll content index (CCI), leaf area and biomass but taller phenotype compared to the wild-type plants during salt. On the contrary, the S-ZmPAO had more leaves with slightly greater size compared to the AS-ZmPAO and higher antioxidant genes/enzyme activities. Accumulation of proline in the roots was evident at prolonged stress and correlated negatively with PAO deregulation as did the transcripts of genes mediating ethylene biosynthesis. In contrast to the strong effect of apoplastic PAO to salt tolerance in young plants described previously, the effect it exerts at later stages of development is rather moderate. However, the different phenotypes observed in plants deregulating PAO reinforce the view that apoplastic PAO exerts multifaceted roles on plant growth and stress responses. Our data suggest that deregulation of the apoplastic PAO can be further examined as a potential approach to breed plants with enhanced/reduced tolerance to abiotic stress with minimal associated trade-offs.
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- Katalin Gémes
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Voutes University Campus, 70013 Heraklion, Greece; Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-6726 Szeged, Temesvari krt. 62, Hungary
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- Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biology, Sunchon National University, 57922 Chonnam, South Korea
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- School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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Tormos JR, Suarez MB, Fitzpatrick PF. 13C kinetic isotope effects on the reaction of a flavin amine oxidase determined from whole molecule isotope effects. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 612:115-119. [PMID: 27815088 PMCID: PMC5257176 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.10.018] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A large number of flavoproteins catalyze the oxidation of amines. Because of the importance of these enzymes in metabolism, their mechanisms have previously been studied using deuterium, nitrogen, and solvent isotope effects. While these results have been valuable for computational studies to distinguish among proposed mechanisms, a measure of the change at the reacting carbon has been lacking. We describe here the measurement of a 13C kinetic isotope effect for a representative amine oxidase, polyamine oxidase. The isotope effect was determined by analysis of the isotopic composition of the unlabeled substrate, N, N'-dibenzyl-1,4-diaminopropane, to obtain a pH-independent value of 1.025. The availability of a 13C isotope effect for flavoprotein-catalyzed amine oxidation provides the first measure of the change in bond order at the carbon involved in this carbon-hydrogen bond cleavage and will be of value to understanding the transition state structure for this class of enzymes.
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- José R Tormos
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX 78228, United States
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- Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, United States.
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Jasso-Robles FI, Jiménez-Bremont JF, Becerra-Flora A, Juárez-Montiel M, Gonzalez ME, Pieckenstain FL, García de la Cruz RF, Rodríguez-Kessler M. Inhibition of polyamine oxidase activity affects tumor development during the maize-Ustilago maydis interaction. Plant Physiol Biochem 2016; 102:115-24. [PMID: 26926794 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 09/08/2015] [Revised: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Ustilago maydis is a biotrophic plant pathogenic fungus that leads to tumor development in the aerial tissues of its host, Zea mays. These tumors are the result of cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia, and are accompanied by the reprograming of primary and secondary metabolism of infected plants. Up to now, little is known regarding key plant actors and their role in tumor development during the interaction with U. maydis. Polyamines are small aliphatic amines that regulate plant growth, development and stress responses. In a previous study, we found substantial increases of polyamine levels in tumors. In the present work, we describe the maize polyamine oxidase (PAO) gene family, its contribution to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production and its possible role in tumor development induced by U. maydis. Histochemical analysis revealed that chlorotic lesions and maize tumors induced by U. maydis accumulate H2O2 to significant levels. Maize plants inoculated with U. maydis and treated with the PAO inhibitor 1,8-diaminooctane exhibit a notable reduction of H2O2 accumulation in infected tissues and a significant drop in PAO activity. This treatment also reduced disease symptoms in infected plants. Finally, among six maize PAO genes only the ZmPAO1, which encodes an extracellular enzyme, is up-regulated in tumors. Our data suggest that H2O2 produced through PA catabolism by ZmPAO1 plays an important role in tumor development during the maize-U. maydis interaction.
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- Francisco Ignacio Jasso-Robles
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Salvador Nava Mtz. s/n, Zona Universitaria, C.P. 78290, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Camino a la Presa de San José 2055, Apartado Postal 3-74 Tangamanga, 78210, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Camino a la Presa de San José 2055, Apartado Postal 3-74 Tangamanga, 78210, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Camino a la Presa de San José 2055, Apartado Postal 3-74 Tangamanga, 78210, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas-Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH, UNSAM-CONICET), Chascomús, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas-Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH, UNSAM-CONICET), Chascomús, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Manuel Nava Mtz, Zona Universitaria, C.P. 78290, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Salvador Nava Mtz. s/n, Zona Universitaria, C.P. 78290, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
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Sagor GHM, Inoue M, Kim DW, Kojima S, Niitsu M, Berberich T, Kusano T. The polyamine oxidase from lycophyte Selaginella lepidophylla (SelPAO5), unlike that of angiosperms, back-converts thermospermine to norspermidine. FEBS Lett 2015. [PMID: 26348400 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.xyb08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In the phylogeny of plant polyamine oxidases (PAOs), clade III members from angiosperms, such as Arabidopsis thaliana PAO5 and Oryza sativa PAO1, prefer spermine and thermospermine as substrates and back-convert both of these substrates to spermidine in vitro. A clade III representative of lycophytes, SelPAO5 from Selaginella lepidophylla, also prefers spermine and thermospermine but instead back-converts these substrates to spermidine and norspermidine, respectively. This finding indicates that the clade III PAOs of lycophytes and angiosperms oxidize thermospermine at different carbon positions. We discuss the physiological significance of this difference.
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- G H M Sagor
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki aza Aoba 6-3, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama 350-0295, Japan
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- Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Laboratory Center, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
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Sagor GHM, Inoue M, Kim DW, Kojima S, Niitsu M, Berberich T, Kusano T. The polyamine oxidase from lycophyte Selaginella lepidophylla (SelPAO5), unlike that of angiosperms, back-converts thermospermine to norspermidine. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:3071-8. [PMID: 26348400 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In the phylogeny of plant polyamine oxidases (PAOs), clade III members from angiosperms, such as Arabidopsis thaliana PAO5 and Oryza sativa PAO1, prefer spermine and thermospermine as substrates and back-convert both of these substrates to spermidine in vitro. A clade III representative of lycophytes, SelPAO5 from Selaginella lepidophylla, also prefers spermine and thermospermine but instead back-converts these substrates to spermidine and norspermidine, respectively. This finding indicates that the clade III PAOs of lycophytes and angiosperms oxidize thermospermine at different carbon positions. We discuss the physiological significance of this difference.
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- G H M Sagor
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki aza Aoba 6-3, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama 350-0295, Japan
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- Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Laboratory Center, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
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Wang H, Liu B, Li H, Zhang S. Identification and biochemical characterization of polyamine oxidases in amphioxus: Implications for emergence of vertebrate-specific spermine and acetylpolyamine oxidases. Gene 2015; 575:429-437. [PMID: 26367330 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.09.017] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Polyamine oxidases (PAOs) have been identified in a wide variety of animals, as well as in fungi and plant. Generally, plant PAOs oxidize spermine (Spm), spermidine (Spd) and their acetylated derivatives, N(1)-acetylspermine (N(1)-Aspm) and N(1)-acetylspermidine (N(1)-Aspd), while yeast PAOs oxidize Spm, N(1)-Aspm and N(1)-Aspd, but not Spd. By contrast, two different enzymes, namely spermine oxidase (SMO) and acetylpolyamine oxidase (APAO), specifically catalyze the oxidation of Spm and N(1)-Aspm/N(1)-Aspd, respectively. However, our knowledge on the biochemical and structural characterization of PAOs remains rather limited, and their evolutionary history is still enigmatic. In this study, two amphioxus (Branchiostoma japonicum) PAO genes, named Bjpao1 and Bjpao2, were cloned and characterized. Both Bjpao1 and Bjpao2 displayed distinct tissue-specific expression patterns. Notably, rBjPAO1 oxidized both spermine and spermidine, but not N(1)-acetylspermine, whereas rBjPAO2 oxidizes both spermidine and N(1)-acetylspermine, but not spermine. To understand structure-function relationship, the enzymatic activities of mutant BjPAOs that were generated by site-directed mutagenesis and expressed in E. coli were examined, The results indicate that the residues H64, K301 and T460 in rBjPAO1, and H69, K315 and T467 in rBjPAO2 were all involved in substrate binding and enzyme catalytic activity to some extent. Based on our results and those of others, a model depicting the divergent evolution and functional specialization of vertebrate SMO and APAO genes is proposed.
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- Huihui Wang
- Laboratory for Evolution & Development, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Laboratory for Evolution & Development, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Laboratory for Evolution & Development, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Laboratory for Evolution & Development, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Wang W, Liu JH. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the polyamine oxidase gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Gene 2015; 555:421-9. [PMID: 25445392 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Polyamine oxidases (PAOs) are FAD-dependent enzymes associated with polyamine catabolism. In plants, increasing evidences support that PAO genes play essential roles in abiotic and biotic stresses response. In this study, six putative PAO genes (CsPAO1-CsPAO6) were unraveled in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) using the released citrus genome sequences. A total of 203 putative cis-regulatory elements involved in hormone and stress response were predicted in 1.5-kb promoter regions at the upstream of CsPAOs. The CsPAOs can be divided into four major groups, with similar organizations with their counterparts of Arabidopsis thaliana. Transcripts of CsPAOs were detected in leaf, stem, cotyledon, and root, with the highest levels detected in the roots. The CsPAOs displayed various responses to exogenous treatments with polyamines and ABA and were differentially altered by abiotic stresses, including cold, salt, and mannitol. Overexpression of CsPAO3 in tobacco demonstrated that spermidine and spermine were decreased in the transgenic line, while putrescine was significantly enhanced, implying a potential role of this gene in polyamine back conversion. These data provide valuable knowledge for understanding the roles of the PAO genes in the future.
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- Wei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Wang W, Liu JH. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the polyamine oxidase gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Gene 2015. [PMID: 25445392 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.(2014).11.042] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Polyamine oxidases (PAOs) are FAD-dependent enzymes associated with polyamine catabolism. In plants, increasing evidences support that PAO genes play essential roles in abiotic and biotic stresses response. In this study, six putative PAO genes (CsPAO1-CsPAO6) were unraveled in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) using the released citrus genome sequences. A total of 203 putative cis-regulatory elements involved in hormone and stress response were predicted in 1.5-kb promoter regions at the upstream of CsPAOs. The CsPAOs can be divided into four major groups, with similar organizations with their counterparts of Arabidopsis thaliana. Transcripts of CsPAOs were detected in leaf, stem, cotyledon, and root, with the highest levels detected in the roots. The CsPAOs displayed various responses to exogenous treatments with polyamines and ABA and were differentially altered by abiotic stresses, including cold, salt, and mannitol. Overexpression of CsPAO3 in tobacco demonstrated that spermidine and spermine were decreased in the transgenic line, while putrescine was significantly enhanced, implying a potential role of this gene in polyamine back conversion. These data provide valuable knowledge for understanding the roles of the PAO genes in the future.
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- Wei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (MOE), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Liu T, Kim DW, Niitsu M, Maeda S, Watanabe M, Kamio Y, Berberich T, Kusano T. Polyamine oxidase 7 is a terminal catabolism-type enzyme in Oryza sativa and is specifically expressed in anthers. Plant Cell Physiol 2014; 55:1110-22. [PMID: 24634478 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Polyamine oxidase (PAO), which requires FAD as a cofactor, functions in polyamine catabolism. Plant PAOs are classified into two groups based on their reaction modes. The terminal catabolism (TC) reaction always produces 1,3-diaminopropane (DAP), H2O2, and the respective aldehydes, while the back-conversion (BC) reaction produces spermidine (Spd) from tetraamines, spermine (Spm) and thermospermine (T-Spm) and/or putrescine from Spd, along with 3-aminopropanal and H2O2. The Oryza sativa genome contains seven PAO-encoded genes termed OsPAO1-OsPAO7. To date, we have characterized four OsPAO genes. The products of these genes, i.e. OsPAO1, OsPAO3, OsPAO4 and OsPAO5, catalyze BC-type reactions. Whereas OsPAO1 remains in the cytoplasm, the other three PAOs localize to peroxisomes. Here, we examined OsPAO7 and its gene product. OsPAO7 shows high identity to maize ZmPAO1, the best characterized plant PAO having TC-type activity. OsPAO7 seems to remain in a peripheral layer of the plant cell with the aid of its predicted signal peptide and transmembrane domain. Recombinant OsPAO7 prefers Spm and Spd as substrates, and it produces DAP from both substrates in a time-dependent manner, indicating that OsPAO7 is the first TC-type enzyme identified in O. sativa. The results clearly show that two types of PAOs co-exist in O. sativa. Furthermore, OsPAO7 is specifically expressed in anthers, with an expressional peak at the bicellular pollen stage. The physiological function of OsPAO7 in anthers is discussed.
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- Taibo Liu
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577 Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama, 370-0290 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577 JapanShokei Gakuin University, 4-10-1 Yurigaoka, Natori, Miyagi, 981-1295 Japan
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- Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Laboratory Centre, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577 Japan
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Liu T, Dobashi H, Kim DW, Sagor GHM, Niitsu M, Berberich T, Kusano T. Arabidopsis mutant plants with diverse defects in polyamine metabolism show unequal sensitivity to exogenous cadaverine probably based on their spermine content. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2014; 20:151-9. [PMID: 24757319 PMCID: PMC3988325 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-014-0227-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Arabidopsis plants do not synthesize the polyamine cadaverine, a five carbon-chain diamine and structural analog of putrescine. Mutants defective in polyamine metabolic genes were exposed to exogenous cadaverine. Spermine-deficient spms mutant grew well while a T-DNA insertion mutant (pao4-1) of polyamine oxidase (PAO) 4 was severely inhibited in root growth compared to wild type (WT) or other pao loss-of-function mutants. To understand the molecular basis of this phenomenon, polyamine contents of WT, spms and pao4-1 plants treated with cadaverine were analyzed. Putrescine contents increased in all the three plants, and spermidine contents decreased in WT and pao4-1 but not in spms. Spermine contents increased in WT and pao4-1. As there were good correlations between putrescine (or spermine) contents and the degree of root growth inhibition, effects of exogenously added putrescine and spermine were examined. Spermine mimicked the original phenomenon, whereas high levels of putrescine evenly inhibited root growth, suggesting that cadaverine-induced spermine accumulation may explain the phenomenon. We also tested growth response of cadaverine-treated WT and pao4-1 plants to NaCl and found that spermine-accumulated pao4-1 plant was not NaCl tolerant. Based on the results, the effect of cadaverine on Arabidopsis growth and the role of PAO during NaCl stress are discussed.
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- Taibo Liu
- />Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- />Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- />Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- />Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- />Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama 350-0295 Japan
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- />Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK-F), Bio Campus-Westend, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- />Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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Agudelo-Romero P, Ali K, Choi YH, Sousa L, Verpoorte R, Tiburcio AF, Fortes AM. Perturbation of polyamine catabolism affects grape ripening of Vitis vinifera cv. Trincadeira. Plant Physiol Biochem 2014; 74:141-55. [PMID: 24296250 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Grapes are economically the most important fruit worldwide. However, the complexity of biological events that lead to ripening of nonclimacteric fruits is not fully understood, particularly the role of polyamines' catabolism. The transcriptional and metabolic profilings complemented with biochemical data were studied during ripening of Trincadeira grapes submitted to guazatine treatment, a potent inhibitor of polyamine oxidase activity. The mRNA expression profiles of one time point (EL 38) corresponding to harvest stage was compared between mock and guazatine treatments using Affymetrix GrapeGen(®) genome array. A total of 2113 probesets (1880 unigenes) were differentially expressed between these samples. Quantitative RT-PCR validated microarrays results being carried out for EL 35 (véraison berries), EL 36 (ripe berries) and EL 38 (harvest stage berries). Metabolic profiling using HPLC and (1)H NMR spectroscopy showed increase of putrescine, proline, threonine and 1-O-ethyl-β-glucoside in guazatine treated samples. Genes involved in amino acid, carbohydrate and water transport were down-regulated in guazatine treated samples suggesting that the strong dehydrated phenotype obtained in guazatine treated samples may be due to impaired transport mechanisms. Genes involved in terpenes' metabolism were differentially expressed between guazatine and mock treated samples. Altogether, results support an important role of polyamine catabolism in grape ripening namely in cell expansion and aroma development.
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- Patricia Agudelo-Romero
- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, BioFIG, Campo Grande 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Natural Products Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Natural Products Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Statistics and Operational Research, CEAUL, FCUL, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Natural Products Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- University of Barcelona, Pharmacy Faculty, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, BioFIG, Campo Grande 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Agudelo-Romero P, Bortolloti C, Pais MS, Tiburcio AF, Fortes AM. Study of polyamines during grape ripening indicate an important role of polyamine catabolism. Plant Physiol Biochem 2013; 67:105-19. [PMID: 23562795 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Grapevine (Vitis species) is the most economically important fruit crop worldwide. Ripening of non-climacteric fruits such as grapes has been the subject of intense research. Despite this interest, little is known on the role played by polyamines in the onset of ripening of non-climacteric fruits. These growth regulators have been involved in plant development and stress responses. Molecular and biochemical studies were developed in three important Portuguese cultivars (Trincadeira, Touriga Nacional and Aragonês) during the year 2008 and in Trincadeira during 2007 in order to gather insights on the role of polyamines in grape ripening. Microarray and real-time qPCR studies revealed up-regulation of a gene coding for arginine decarboxylase (ADC) during grape ripening in all the varieties. This increase was not accompanied by an increase in free and conjugated polyamines that presented a strong decrease. Putrescine and Spermidine levels were higher at earlier stages of development, while Spermine level remained constant. Berries of Trincadeira cultivar presented the highest content in total free and conjugated polyamines at earlier stages of fruit development in particular in the year 2007. The decrease in polyamines content during grape ripening was accompanied by up-regulation of genes coding for diamine oxidase (CuAO) and polyamine oxidase (PAO), together with a significant increase in their enzymatic activity and in the hydrogen peroxide content. These results provide, for the first time, strong evidence of a role of polyamine catabolism in grape ripening possibly through interaction with other growth regulators.
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- Patricia Agudelo-Romero
- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, BioFIG, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- University of Barcelona, Pharmacy Faculty, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, BioFIG, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, BioFIG, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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