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Summary Using the facultative root hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor and Hordeum vulgare as a host, several aspects of water relations, the flows and partitioning of mineral nutrients, the flows, depositions and metabolism of abscisic acid (ABA) and zeatin type cytokinins (zeatin Z, zeatin riboside ZR, zeatin nucleotide ZN) within the host, the parasite and between host and parasite and the flows and partitioning of the transport metabolites mannitol in the parasite, and of sucrose in the host, have been studied during the study period 41 to 54 days after planting, i.e about 30 to 43 days after successful attachment of the parasite to the host. Water relations Extraction of xylem sap by the parasite from the host’s roots is facilitated by considerably higher transpiration per leaf area in the parasite than in the host and by the fact that stomata of attached Rhinanthus were wide open all day and night despite extremely high ABA concentrations in the leaves. By comparison, another related root hemiparasite, Melampyrum arvense, parasitising on various grasses in the field (botanic garden), showed normal diurnal stomatal behaviour. The abnormal behaviour of Rhinanthus stomata was not due to anatomical reasons as closure could be induced by applying high external ABA concentrations. Remarkable differences have been detected between the hydraulic conductance of barley seminal roots showing relatively low values, and that of Rhinanthus the seminal root showing very high values. The latter could be related to the observed high ABA concentrations in these roots. Whole plant water uptake, transpirational losses, growth-dependent deposition and the flows of water within the plants have been measured in singly growing Rhinanthus and Hordeum plants and in the parasitic association between the two. Water uptake, deposition and transpiration in Rhinanthus were dramatically increased after attachment to the barley host; most of the water used by the parasite was extracted as xylem sap from the host, thereby scavenging 20% of the total water taken up by the host’s roots. This water uptake by the parasitised host, however, due to a parasite induced reduction in the hosts growth, was decreased by 22% as compared to non- parasitised barley. The overall changes in growth-related water deposition in host and parasite pointed to decreased shoot and relatively favoured root growth in the host and to strongly favoured shoot growth and less strongly increased root growth only in the parasite. These changes in the host became more severe, when more than one Rhinanthus was parasitising one barley plant. Mineral nutrients relations 5 mM NO3- supply In parasitising Rhinanthus shoot growth was 12-fold, but root growth only twofold increased compared to the non-parasitising (very small) plants. On the other hand, in the Hordeum host, shoot dry matter growth was clearly reduced, by 33% in leaf laminae and by 52% in leaf sheaths, whereas root growth was only slightly reduced as a consequence of parasitism. Growth-dependent increments of total N and P and of K, Ca and Mg in parasitising Rhinanthus shoot were strongly increased, particularly increments of total N and P, which were 18 and 42 times, respectively, higher than in the small solitary Rhinanthus. On the other hand, increments of the above mineral nutrients in leaf sheaths of parasitised Hordeum vulgare were more strongly decreased than in leaf laminae in response to parasitic attack. Estimation of the flows of nutrients revealed that Rhinanthus withdrew from the host xylem sap about the same percentage of each nutrients: 18% of total N, 22% of P and 20% of K. Within the host almost all net flows of nutrient ions were decreased due to parasitism, but retranslocation from shoot to root-as related to xylem flow-was somewhat increased for all nutrients. Quantitative information is provided to show that the substantially increased growth in the shoot of attached Rhinanthus and the observed decrease in Hordeum shoot growth after infection were related to strongly elevated supply of nitrogen and phosphorus in the parasite and to incipient deficiency of these nutrients in the parasitised host. The flows of nutrients between host and parasite are discussed in terms of low selectivity of nutrient abstraction from the host xylem by the hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor. 1 mM NO3- or 1 mM NH4+ supply Rhinanthus shoot growth as measured by dry matter increase, was 19-fold (1 mM NO3-) and 15-fold (1 mM NH4+), but root growth only twofold (1 mM NO3-) and 2.9-fold (1 mM NH4+) increased-relative to singly growing Rhinanthus-when parasitising on host barley. In the Hordeum host, shoot dry matter growth was clearly reduced, whereas root growth was only slightly affected. Growth-dependent increments of total N and P and of K, Ca and Mg in parasitising Rhinanthus shoot were strongly increased, particularly increments of total N or of P, which were 20 or 53 times (1 mM NO3-) and 18 or 51 times (1 mM NH4+) , respectively, higher than those in solitary Rhinanthus. Within the host almost all net flows of nutrient ions were decreased due to parasitism. Flows of mannitol in parasite and sucrose flows in host barley When the plants were supplied with 5 mM NO3-, the biosynthesis of mannitol in Rhinanthus shoots increased 16-fold by parasitism, resulting in a 15-fold higher mannitol flow in the phloem and a 10-fold higher deposition in the shoot. Also the backward transport of mannitol in the xylem were increased 10-fold after attachment. Lower level nitrogen supply increased the deposition of mannitol in both single and attached Rhinanthus shoot and root. No mannitol was found in barley roots even in the direct vicinity of the haustoria. This indicates there are no backward transport of xylem sap from parasite to host. Compared to unparasitised barley, the net biosynthesis and deposition of sucrose in the shoot and the phloem flow was decreased substantially when plants were supplied with 5 mM NO3- or 1 mM NO3-. No sucrose has been detected in barley xylem sap and consequently there was no indication of a sucrose transfer from the host to the parasite. A possible involvement of mannitol in the abscisic acid relations of the parasite is discussed. ABA relations When the plants were supplied with 5 mM NO3-, there were weak or no effects of parasitism on ABA flows, biosynthesis and ABA degradation in barley. However, ABA growth-dependent deposition was significantly increased in the leaf laminae (3 fold) and in leaf sheath (2.4 fold), but not in roots. Dramatic changes in ABA flows, metabolism and deposition on a per plant basis, however, have been observed in Rhinanthus. Biosynthesis in the roots was 12-fold higher after attachment resulting in 14-fold higher ABA flows in the xylem. A large portion of this ABA was metabolised, a small portion was deposited. Phloem flows of ABA were increased 13-fold after attachment. The concentrations of ABA in tissues and xylem sap were higher in attached Rhinanthus by an order of magnitude than in host tissues and xylem sap. Similar dramatic difference existed when comparing the high concentrations in the xylem sap of single Rhinanthus with unparasitised barley. As compared to 5 mM NO3-, lower NO3- or 1 mM NH4+ supply doubled the ABA concentrations in barley leaf laminae, while having only small or no significant effects in the other organs. The possible special functions of ABA for the parasite are discussed. Zeatin type cytokinins relations Parasitism decreased, in the case of zeatin (Z), the synthesis (by 57%) in the root, xylem flows (by 56%) and metabolism (by 71%) in leaf laminae, however, increased the phloem flows of zeatin massively (3-fold) in host barley. The deposition of zeatin in the root of Rhinanthus and the flowing in xylem and phloem were 24, 12, 29-fold, respectively, increased after successfully attaching to the host barley. However, net biosynthesis of zeatin in Rhinanthus roots decreased by 39% after attachment. This indicates that a large portion (70%) of xylem flow of zeatin in attached Rhinanthus was extracted from the host. In singly growing Rhinanthus plants, the balance of zeatin deposition in the shoot was negative, i.e. zeatin was metabolised and exported back to root in the phloem. The xylem flows of zeatin riboside (ZR) in barley decreased by 39% after infected by Rhinanthus; phloem flow, which was 117% relative to xylem flow was less decreased (by 13%) after infection. Deposition of ZR has not been significantly affected in the leaf laminae, in leaf sheaths and roots. After parasitising on the host barley depositions in root, xylem flow and phloem flow increased 12, 18, 88–fold respectively in Rhinanthus. A large portion (57%) of xylem flow of ZR in attached Rhinanthus was extracted from the host. In single Rhinanthus increament of shoot zeatin riboside was negative and a substantial portion was degraded in shoot and the rest was retranslocated back to the root in the phloem. A significant depositions of Z and ZR were detected in the haustoria of the Rhinanthus/barley association. Flows and deposition of zeatin nucleotides also have been investigated. The possible physiological functions of the large quantities of Z and ZR derived from the host barley, for the improved growth and the stomatal opening in the parasitising Rhinanthus are discussed.
Nitric oxide production by tobacco plants and cell cultures under normal conditions and under stress
(2004)
Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous free radical involved in the regulation of diverse biochemical and physiological processes in animals. During the last decade, evidence has accumulated that NO might also play an important role as a second messenger in plants. Of special interest were observations that NO was involved in a signal chain leading to the hypersensitive response (HR) in incompatible plant-pathogen interactions. In contrast to animals, plants have probably several enzymes that may produce NO. Potential candidates are: Cytosolic nitrate reductase (NR; EC 1.6.6.1), plasma-membrane (PM)-nitrite: NO reductase (Ni:NOR), nitric oxide synthase (NOS; EC 1.14.13.39) and Xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH; EC 1.1.1.204). The major goal of this work was to quantify NO production by plants, and to identify the enzymes responsible for NO production. As a major method, NO production by tobacco leaves or cell suspensions was followed under normal, non-stress conditions, and under biotic stress, through on-line measurement of NO emission into the gas phase (chemiluminescence). Plants used were tobacco wild-type (N. tabacum cv Xanthi or cv Gatersleben), NR-free mutants grown on ammonium in order to prevent NR induction, plants grown on tungstate to inhibit synthesis of functional MoCoenzymes, and a NO-overproducing nitrite reductase (NiR)-deficient transformant. Induction of HR in tobacco leaves and in cell suspensions was achieved using the fungal peptide elicitor cryptogein. Non-elicited leaves from nitrate-grown plants showed a typical NO-emission pattern where NO-emission was low in dark, higher in the light and very high under dark-anaerobic conditions. Even at maximum rates, NO production in vivo was only a few percent of total NR activity (NRA). Consistent with that, with a solution of purified NR as a simple, “low quenching” system, NO-emission was also about 1 % of NRA. Thus, NO scavenging by leaves and stirred cell suspensions appeared small and NO-emission into purified air should give a reliable estimate of NO production. NO-emission was always high in a NiR-deficient transformant which accumulated nitrite, and NO-emission was completely absent in plants or cell suspensions which did not contain NR. Thus, in healthy plants or cell suspensions, NO-emission was exclusively due to the reduction of nitrite to NO, mainly by cytosolic NR. In addition to nitrite, cytosolic NADH appears as an important factor limiting NO production. Unexpectedly, plants (in absence of NR) were able to reduce nitrite to NO under anaerobic conditions through an unknown enzyme system that was not a MoCo-enzyme and was cyanide-sensitive. When infiltrated into leaves at nanomolar concentrations, the fungal elicitor cryptogein provoked cell death in tobacco leaves and cell suspensions. The HR could be prevented by the NO-scavengers PTIO or c-PTIO, suggesting that NO production was indeed required for the HR. However, the product of the reaction of c-PTIO with NO, c-PTI, also prevented cell death without quenching NO emission. Thus, prevention of cell death by c- PTIO is no proof for an involvement of NO. No differences were found in the HR induction between NR-free plants and/or cell suspensions and WT plants. Thus, NR appears not necessary for the HR. Further, and in contrast to literature suggestions, a continuously high NO-overproduction by a NiR-free mutant did not interfere with the development of the HR. Most surprisingly, no additional NO-emission from tobacco leaves was induced by cryptogein at any phase of the HR. In contrast, some NO-emission, paralleled by nitrite accumulation, was detected 3-6 h after cryptogein addition with nitrate grown cell suspensions, but not with NR free, ammonium- grown cells. Thus, induction of NO-emission by cryptogein appeared somehow correlated with NR and nitrite, at least in cell suspensions. But since cryptogein induced the HR even in NR-free cell suspensions, this nitrite-related NO- emission was not required for cell death. NOS inhibitors neither prevented cell death nor did they affect nitrite-dependent NO-emission. Thus, in total these data question the often proposed role of NO as a signal in the HR, and of NOS as source for NO.
Plants have evolved an elaborate system to cope with a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses. Typically, under stress conditions an appropriate defense response is invoked which is accompanied by changes in the metabolic status of the plant. Photosynthesis is downregulated and sucrose is imported into the tissue, which provides a faster and more constant flux of energy and carbon skeletons to perform the defense response. Interestingly, these processes are co-ordinately regulated and the signal transduction chains underlying these cellular programs appear to share at least some common elements. Both the induction of sink metabolism and defense response is dependent on signal transduction pathways involving protein phosphorylation. Furthermore, regulation of extracellular invertase (INV) and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) which are markers for sink metabolism and defense response is preceded by the transient activation of MAP kinases. In depth analysis of MAP kinase activation by partial purification led to the discovery that, depending on the stimulus, different subsets of MAP kinases are activated. This differential MAPK activation is likely to possess a signal encoding function. In addition, the partial purification of MAP kinases was found to be suitable to address specific cellular functions to individual MAP kinase isoenzymes. By this way, LpWIPK was identified as the major MAP kinase activity induced after stimulation of tomato cells with different elicitors. LpWIPK is thus considered as a key regulator of defense response together with sink induction in tomato. A study using nonmetabolisable sucrose analogs revealed that the regulation of photosynthesis is not directly coupled to this signal transduction pathway since it is independent of MAP kinase activation. Nonetheless, downregulation is induced by the same stimuli that induce the defense response and sink metabolism and it will therefore be interesting to uncover the branch points of this signalling network in the future. MAP kinases are not only central components regulating the response to biotic stresses. In addition to e.g. pathogens, MAP kinases are as well involved in signal transduction events invoked by abiotic stresses like cold and drought. In a recent study, we could show that a MAP kinase is activated by heat stress, under conditions a plant will encounter in nature. This previously unknown MAP kinase is able to specifically recognise the heat stress transcription factor HsfA3 as a substrate, which supports a role of this MAP kinase in the regulation of the heat stress response. Moreover, the observation that HsfA3 is phosphorylated by the heat activated MAP kinase in vitro provides a promising basis to identify HsfA3 as the first physiological substrate of a plant MAP kinase. Intracellular protons have been implicated in the signal transduction of defense related signals. In a study using Chenopodium rubrum cells, we could show that cytosolic changes in pH values do not precede the regulation of the marker genes INV and PAL. Depending on the stimulus applied, cytosolic acidification or alkalinisation can be observed, which excludes a role for protons as signals in this pathway. Together with the concomitant changes of the pH value of the extracellular space, these variations can thus be considered as terminal part of the defense response itself rather than as a second messenger. WRKY transcription factors have only recently been identified as indirect targets of a central plant MAP kinase cascade. In addition, the identification of cognate binding sites in the promoters of INV and PAL supports a role for these proteins in the co-ordinate regulation of defense response and sink induction. A novel elicitor responsive WRKY transcription factor, LpWRKY1, was cloned from tomato and characterised with respect to its posttranslational modification. This immediate early transcription factor is transiently induced upon pathogen attack and the induction is dependent on phosphorylation. Furthermore, it was shown for the first time with respect to WRKY transcription factors, that LpWRKY1 is phosphorylated in vivo. Analysis of the role of this phosphorylation by in gel assays using recombinant WRKY protein as the substrate revealed two protein kinases that are transiently activated during the defense response to phosphorylate LpWRKY1. This data demonstrates that WRKY proteins require phosphorylation to modulate their DNA binding or transactivating activity.
Summary Background: In a previous study, nitrate reductase (NR, EC 1.6.6.1) from leaves of Ricinus communis L. showed different regulatory properties from most other higher plants NR's by an unusually strong Mg2+-sensitivity, a different pH-activity profile and only little ATP-dependent inactivation. The aim of this work was to elucidate the deviating properties of Ricinus NR in more details, from both molecular and physiological aspects. For that purpose, the NR gene from R. communis was cloned, expressed heterologously and characterized. Results: The deduced protein sequence showed that Ricinus NR shared high similarity with other NRs, apart from the N-terminal region. In the N-terminal region, the Ricinus NR possesses an acidic stretch which is conserved only in higher plants. Within the Moco-binding domain the Ricinus NR contained few amino acid residues which were unique in comparison with 17 plant NRs, including His103, Gln123, Val266 and Ala284 where other NRs possess asparagine, arginine, aspartate and praline. In the Dimer interface and Hinge 1 regions, the Ricinus NR also had some unique residues like Asn460 and Ala498 where other NRs have isoleucine and glycine instead. The Ricinus NR possesses an Arg482 which provides an additional predicted Trypsin cleavage site within 481KRHK484 (while most of plant-NRs possess KPHK). Additionally, the Ricinus NR contains a serine phosphorylation site (Ser-526) within the potential 14-3-3 binding motif 523KSVS*TP528, which is a common characteristic of nitrate reductases. In the C-Terminus of Ricinus NR a sequence 886CGPPP890 confirmed that Ricinus NR is a NADH-specific enzyme. Functional Ricinus NR protein was expressed in Pichia pastoris and compared with the features of Arabidopsis NR2 synthesized by the same expression system (AtNR2). The recombinant Ricinus NR (RcNR) itself was unresponsive to the incubation with MgATP, and so was AtNR2. As yeast extracts might lack factors required for NR regulation, desalted leaf extracts containing NR kinases and 14-3-3s were prepared from 4-day darkened (and therefore NR-free) leaves of Arabidopsis (ADL), spinach (SDL) and Ricinus (RDL), and added to the assay of RcNR and AtNR2 to check for ATP-dependent inactivation and Mg2+-sensitivity. When RcNR was combined with the NR-free extracts described above, it's unusually high Mg2+-sensitivity was restored only by incubation with RDL, but it remained unresponsive to ATP. In contrast, AtNR2 became inactive when incubated with the protein mixtures and ATP. It is obvious that one or some factors existing in RDL could interact with RcNR and therefore provide its high Mg2+-sensitivity. Interestingly, incubation of AtNR2 with different NR-free leaf extracts gave a significant activation of the enzyme activities, both in Mg2+ and EDTA, which were not observed in the case of RcNR. Moreover, using ammonium sulfate to fractionation the RDL revealed that about 0.2 mg of the protein factor(s) from 0-35% of ammonium sulfate precipitation was sufficient to provide the maximum inhibition of the RcNR. Conclusions: The insensitivity to ATP appears an inherent property of Ricinus NR, whereas the high Mg2+-sensitivity depends on one or several factors in Ricinus leaves. This as yet unknown factor(s) was boiling-sensitive and could be precipitated by ammonium sulfate. It appeared to interact specifically with recombinant Ricinus-NR to provide the Mg2+-sensitivity of the authentic leaf enzyme. Presumably, there is also a positive regulatory factor(s) for nitrate reductase existing in the leaves of higher plants.
Two isoforms of human CD23 (CD23a and CD23b) have been described. They differ by only 6-7 residues in the N-terminal cytoplasmic tail. CD23a is restrictively expressed on B-cells while CD23b is inducible on B-cells, as well as monocytes, eosinophils, macrophages and a variety of other cell types, after IL-4 stimulation. The two isoforms seems to have different functions. CD23a appears to be the isoform associated with endocytosis of IgE immune complexes and mediating antigen presentation on B-cells. CD23b has a phagocytosis motif and seems to be involved in the phagocytosis of IgE-coated particles, cytokine release and the generation of superoxides. Previous studies indicate that the two isoforms connect to different signal transduction pathways. Comparing the cells that express only one or both CD23 isoforms suggests that CD23b is involved in upregulating cAMP and iNOS, whereas CD23a mediates an increase in intracellular calcium. In the main part of the study we investigated how the CD23a B-cell specific expression is regulated. Pax-5 is a B-cell restricted transcription factor with an essential role in early and late B-cell development. Putative Pax-5 binding sites have been predicted in the CD23a proximal promoter. Analyses of the CD23a promoter revealed three putative Pax-5 binding sites with more than 50% homology to the consensus sequence. One of these sites, named CD23-1 can compete a high affinity Pax-5 binding site or can directly bind Pax-5 protein in electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Introducing mutations into this site abrogates the binding. A different approach, in which overlapping peptides covering the length of the CD23a promoter were tested in competition assays against a high affinity binding site, also revealed CD23-1 as the only site that directly binds Pax-5 protein. Expression of Pax-5 in 293 cells resulted in a 7-fold activation of a CD23a core promoter construct. Co-transfection together with STAT6 showed that Pax-5 cooperates with this transcription factor in enhancing the level of transcription of a CD23a extended promoter construct. Most importantly, ectopic expression of Pax-5 in the monocytic cell line U-937 that regularly expresses only the CD23b isoform enabled a significant CD23a expression after stimulation with IL-4 and PMA. Our results suggest that Pax-5 is a key regulator of the B-cell restricted expression of the CD23a isoform. In the second part of the project, we used a yeast two-hybrid system (CytoTrapTM from Stratagene) in order to look for cytoplasmic interaction partners for the CD23 receptor. The system was established in order to reach a high efficiency of transformation and different bait vector constructs were made. The screening was performed using a human spleen library cloned in the target vector of the system. The first bait constructs used (pSosCD23a and pSosCD23b) expressed the very short (22 amino acids) cytoplasmic tails of the isoforms at the C-terminal end of the fusion protein (human SOS). Improved bait constructs, (pSosCD23a+Linker and pSos CD23b+Linker) expressed the cytoplasmic tail of CD23a/b at the N-terminal side of the human SOS and had in consequence the N-terminal part free as a bait, as it occurs in vivo. A flexible linker region separated the fusion proteins in order to make the small amino acid bait chain more obvious. Approximately three million library clones were screened with these various constructs. No “true positive” interaction was detected. A relatively high number of “false positive” clones were obtained and checked in another two-hybrid system. A new bait construct, in which the tyrosine residue in the cytoplasmic tail of CD23a was replaced by a glutamic acid residue will be used for future screening. The system was also used in order to test the interaction between CD23 and p59fyn, a member of the Src family of protein kinases that was mentioned to associate with CD23a. No interaction was detected by using the CytoTrap two-hybrid system. In conclusion, the key result of the study demonstrates that Pax-5 is a main regulator of the B-cell specific expression of the CD23a isoform. In addition, a two-hybrid system was established and employed in order to look for cytoplasmic interaction partners for CD23.
The presented work shows the analysis of the correlation between the spatial and temporal expression pattern of NtAQP1 and its function in water relation in planta. In situ immunological studies indicated NtAQP1-protein accumulation in the root exodermis and endodermis, in the cortex, close to vascular bundles, in the xylem parenchyma and in cells of the stomatal cavities. The aquaporin was also found to be abundant in longitudinal cell-rows in the petioles. Expression studies with generated transgenic plants (Ntaqp1-promoter::gus or luc) confirmed the Ntaqp1 accumulation in the root, stem and petioles but also revealed further localization in pollen grains, adventitious roots and leaf glandular hairs. Ntaqp1-expression was induced during growth processes, like stem bending after gravistimulation or photostimulation, seed germination and hypocotyl elongation as well as during the comparatively fast circadian leaf movement. The expression was further stimulated by phytohormones, especially gibberellic acid (GA) and osmotic stress. Further analysis displayed a diurnal and even circadian expression of Ntaqp1 in roots and petioles. The functional analysis of the aquaporin was accomplished by reverse genetics and biophysical studies. The antisense technique was used to reduce NtAQP1-expression in tobacco plants. The antisense (AS) plants exhibited a severe reduction of Ntaqp1-mRNA, less reduction of the highly homologous NtPIP1a RNA and no effect on expression of other aquaporin family genes (PIP2, TIP). The function of NtAQP1 at the cellular level was investigated by a newly developed experimental setup to record the osmotically induced increase in protoplast volume. The reduction of NtAQP1 by the antisense expression decreased the overall cellular waterpermeability Pos for more than 50 %. Function of NtAQP1 at the whole plant level was e.g. measured by the “high-pressure flow meter method”. Those measurements revealed that the root hydraulic conductivity per unit root surface area (KRA) of roots from the AS-lines was reduced by more than 50 %. KRA displayed a strong diurnal and circadian variation with a maximum in the middle of the light period, similar to the expression pattern of Ntaqp1 in roots. Gas exchange-, stem (Ystem) and leaf (Yleaf) water potential measurement gave dissimilar values in AS and control plants under well-watered conditions. Under a water-limiting environment the Y of AS-plants remained at more negative water values, even though a further decrease in transpiration of AS-plants was detected. Quantitative analysis displayed a much stronger wilting reaction in the AS than in the control plants. Quantitative studies of the leaf movement in AS compared to control plants exhibited a dramatic reduction in velocity and also in the extent of the process. The following conclusions can be drawn. NtAQP1 was expressed at sites of anticipated high water fluxes from and to the apoplast or symplast. Additionally, the specific distribution pattern and temporal expression of NtAQP1 in petioles and the bending stem strongly indicate a role in transcellular movement of water. The reduction of NtAQP1 by the antisense expression decreased the overall cellular Pos. Conclusively, NtAQP1-function increases membrane water permeability of tobacco root protoplasts. The decrease of the specific root hydraulic conductivity (KRA) was in the same order of magnitude as the mean cellular water permeability reduction, indicating that aquaporin expression is essential in maintaining a natural root hydraulic conductance. Reduction of KRA in AS plants might be the first definitive proof that the pathway of water uptake from the root surface to the xylem involves passage across membranes. The absence of NtAQP1 resulted in a water stress signal, causing a certain stomatal closure. NtAQP1 seems to contribute to water stress avoidance in tobacco. NtAQP1 plays an essential role in fast plant movements and transcellular water shift.
Normoxic and anoxic metabolism of Nicotiana tabacum transformants lacking root nitrate reductase
(2002)
The aim of this work was to find out whether and how nitrate reduction in roots would facilitate survival of hypoxic and anoxic (flooding)-phases. For that purpose, we compared the response of roots of hydroponically grown tobacco wildtype (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Gatersleben) and of a transformant (LNR-H) with no nitrate reductase (NR) in the roots but almost normal NR in leaves (based on a nia2-double mutant). As an additional control we used occasionally a 35S-transformant of the same nia2-double mutant, which on the same genetic background constitutively expressed NR in all organs. In some cases, we also compared the response of roots from WT plants, which had been grown on tungstate for some time in order to completely suppress NR activity. The following root parameters were examined: 1) Growth and morphology 2) Root respiration rates and leaf transpiration 3) Metabolite contents in roots (ATP, hexosemonophosphates, free sugars, starch, amino acids, total protein) 4) Inorganic cation and anion contents 5) Lactate and ethanol production 6) Extractable LDH-and ADH-activities 7) Cytosolic pH values (by 31P-NMR) 8) NO Cation and anion contents of roots from WT and LNR-H were only slightly different, confirming that these plants would be better suited for our purposes than the widely used comparison of nitrate-versus ammonium-grown plants, which usually show up with dramatic differences in their ion contents. Normoxia: LNR-H-plants had shorter and thicker roots than WT with a lower roots surface area per leaf FW. This was probably the major cause for the significantly lower specific leaf transpiration of LNR-H. WT-roots had lower respiration rates, lower ATP-and HMP-contents, slightly lower sugar- and starch contents and somewhat lower amino acid contents than LNR-H roots. However, total protein/FW was almost identical. Obviously the LNR-H transformants did not suffer from N-defciency, and their energy status appeared even better than that of WT-roots. Data from the 35S-transformant were similar to those of WT. This indicates that the observed differences between WT and LNR-H were not due to unknown factors of the genetic nia2-background, but that they could be really traced back to the presence resp. absence of nitrate reduction. Anoxia: Under short-term anoxia (2h) LNR-H plants, but not WT-plants exhibited clear symptoms of wilting, although leaf transpiration was lower with LNR-H. Reasons are not known yet. LNR-H roots produced much more ethanol (which was excreted) and lactate compared to WT, but extractable ADH and LDH activities, were not induced by anoxia. However, the LDH activity background was twice as high as that of the WT troughout the time period studied. Tungstate-treated WT-roots also gave higher fermentation rates than normal WT roots. Sugar- and HMP-contents remained higher in LNR-H roots than in WT. NR in WT roots was activated under anoxia and roots accumulated nitrite, which was also released to the medium. 31P-NMR spectroscopy showed that LNR-H- roots, in spite of their better energy status, acidified their cytosol more than WT roots. Conclusions: Obviously nitrate reduction affects - by as yet unknown mechanisms - root growth and morphology. The much lower anoxic fermentation rates of WT-roots compared to LNR-H roots could not be traced back to an alternative NADH consumption by nitrate reduction, since NR activity was too low for that. An overall estimation of H+-production by glycolysis, fermentation and nitrate reduction (without nitrite reduction, which was absent under anoxia) indicated that the stronger cytosolic acidification of anoxic LNR-H roots was based on their higher fermentation rates. Thus, nitrate reduction under anoxia appears advantageous because of lower fermentation rates and concomitantly lower cytosolic acidification. However, it remained unclear why fermentation rates were so different. Perspective: Preliminary experiments had indicated that WT-roots produced more nitric oxide (NO) under anoxia than LNR-H-roots. Accordingly, we suggest that nitrate reduction, beyond a merely increased NADH-consumption, would lead to advantageous changes in metabolism, eventually via NO-production, which is increasingly recognized as an important signaling compound regulating many plant functions.
Low-molecular mass natural products from bacteria, fungi, plants and marine organisms exhibit unique structural diversity which are of interest for the identification of new lead structures for medicinals and agrochemicals. In the search for bioactive compounds from marine sponges and sponge-associated fungi, this research work resulted to the isolation of twenty-six compounds, eight of which are new metabolites. The sponges were collected from the Indo-pacific regions, particularly those from Indonesian and Philippine waters, as well as those from the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Elba in Italy. A combination of the chemically- and biologically-driven approach for drug discovery was employed, wherein extracts were screened for antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities. In addition to the bioassay-guided approach to purify the compounds responsible for the activity of the extract, TLC, UV and MS were also used to isolate the chemically most interesting substances. Hence, purified compounds which are not responsible for the initial bioscreening activity may have a chance to be evaluated for other bioactivities. Enumerated below are the compounds which have been isolated and structurally elucidated and whose bioactivities have been further characterized. 1. The extract of the fungus Cladosporium herbarum associated with the sponge Callyspongia aerizusa afforded seven structurally related polyketides, including two new twelve-membered macrolides: pandangolide 3 and 4, and a new acetyl congener of the previously isolated 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furoic acid. The two furoic acid analogues isolated were found to be responsible for the antimicrobial activity of the extract. The isolation of the known phytotoxin Cladospolide B from Cladosporium herbarum, which was originally known from Cladosporium cladosporioides and C. tenuissimum, indicates the possibility that Cladospolide B may be a chemotaxonomic marker of particular Cladosporium species. 2. The extract of the fungus Curvularia lunata associated with the Indonesian sponge Niphates olemda yielded three compounds, namely the new antimicrobially-active anthraquinone lunatin, the known bisanthraquinone cytoskyrin A, and the known plant hormone abscisic acid. The co-occurrence of the two structurally-related anthraquinones suggests that the monomeric lunatin may be a precursor in the biosynthesis of the bisanthraquinone cytoskyrin A. 3. The fungus Penicillium spp. associated with the Mediterranean sponge Axinella verrucosa yielded six compounds, namely the known antifungal griseofulvin and its less active dechloro analogue; the known toxin oxaline; and the known cytotoxic metabolite communesin B and its two new congeners communesin C and D. The new communesins were less active than communesin B in the brine-shrimp lethality test. 4. An unidentified fungus which was also isolated from the same Mediterranean sponge Axinella verrucosa as Penicillium spp. yielded the known compound monocerin which has been reported to possess phytotoxic and insecticidal activities. 5. The fungus Aspergillus flavus associated with the Philippine sponge Hyrtios aff. reticulatus yielded the known toxin a-cyclopiazonic acid. 6. The Indonesian sponge Agelas nakamurai yielded four bromopyrrole alkaloids namely the new compound 4-bromo-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid, and the known compounds: 4-bromo-pyrrole-2-carboxamide, mukanadin B and mukanadin C. All of the four compounds except mukanadin B were found to be antimicrobially-active. Bromopyrrole alkaloids are well-known metabolites of the genus Agelas and are proven to play an important role in the chemical defense of the sponge against predation from fishes. 7. The Indonesian sponge Jaspis splendens yielded three known substances which are known for their antiproliferative activities, namely the depsipeptides jaspamide (jasplakinolide), and its derivatives jaspamide B and jaspamide C.
Beans, roots and leaves
(2001)
The author presents the first detailed review of the pharmacological therapy of parkinsonism from ancient times until the near present (1980). It is not clear whether parkinsonism as it is now defined – a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of the basal ganglia characterized by sharply reduced striatal dopamine levels, particularly in the striatum – has always affected a significant minority of aged persons, but suggestive evidence to this effect in the older literature is reviewed. The major discussion commences, however, with the administration of various plant alkaloids to parkinsonian patients in the second half of the 19th century. Antiparkinsonian therapy since this time may be divided into a number of phases: 1. The employment of alkaloids derived from solanaceous plants: initially hyoscyamine, then hyoscine/scopolamine and atropine. The discovery and characterization of these alkaloids, and the gradual recognition that other pharmacologically useful solanaceous alkaloids (such as duboisine) were identical with one or other of these three compounds, is discussed. 2. With the outbreak of encephalitis lethargica following the First World War, parkinsonian patient numbers increased dramatically, leading to a multiplicity of new directions, including the use of another solanaceous plant, stramonium, of extremely high atropine doses, and of harmala alkaloids. 3. The so-called “Bulgarian treatment” was popularized in western Europe in the mid-1930s. It was also a belladonna alkaloid-based therapy, but associated with greater efficacy and fewer side effects. This approach, whether as actual plant extracts or as defined combinations of belladonna alkaloids, remained internationally dominant until the end of the 1940s. 4. Synthetic antiparkinsonian agents were examined following the Second World War, with the aim of overcoming the deficiencies of belladonna alkaloid therapy. These agents fell into two major classes: synthetic anticholinergic (= antimuscarinic) agents, such as benzhexol, and antihistaminergic drugs, including diphenhydramine. These agents were regarded as more effective than plant-based remedies, but certainly not as cures for the disease. 5. A complete change in direction was heralded by the discovery in 1960 of the striatal dopamine deficit in parkinsonism. This led to the introduction of L-DOPA therapy for parkinsonism, the first approach directed against an identified physiological abnormality in the disorder. 6. Subsequent developments have thus far concentrated on refinement or supplementation of the L-DOPA effect. Recent attempts to develop neuroprotective or -restorative approaches are also briefly discussed. The thesis also discusses the mechanisms by which the various types of antiparkinsonian agent achieved their effects, and also the problems confronting workers at various periods in the design and assessment of novel agents. The impact of attitudes regarding the etiology and nature of parkinsonism, particularly with regard to symptomatology, is also considered. Finally, the history of antiparkinsonian therapy is discussed in context of the general development of both clinical neurology and fundamental anatomical, physiological and biochemical research. In particular, the deepening understanding of the neurochemical basis of central nervous system function is emphasized, for which reason the history of dopamine research is discussed in some detail. This history of antiparkinsonian therapy also illustrates the fact that the nature of experimental clinical pharmacology has markedly changed throughout this period: No longer the preserve of individual physicians, it is now based firmly on fundamental laboratory research, the clinical relevance of which is not always immediately apparent, and which is only later examined in (large scale) clinical trials. It is concluded that antiparkinsonian therapy was never irrational or without basis, but has always been necessarily rooted in current knowledge regarding neural and muscular function. The achievements of L-DOPA therapy, the first successful pharmacological treatment for a neurodegenerative disorder, derived from the fruitful union of the skills and contributions of different types by laboratory scientists, pharmacologists and clinicians.
The understanding of the mechanisms underlying the establishment and maintenance of the extraordinary biodiversity in tropical forests is a major challenge for modern biology. In this context, epiphytes are presumed to play an important role. To investigate the biological reality of this persistent yet insufficiently investigated notion, I conducted the present study. The main questions I intended to clarify were: (1) do epiphytes affect arthropod abundance and diversity in tropical tree crowns? and (2) what might be the driving forces behind this potential influence? I studied the arthropod fauna of 25 tree crowns bearing different epiphyte assemblages, and the resident fauna of 90 individual epiphytes. I also quantified the mitigating influence of epiphytes on the microclimate in tree crowns. In total, more than 277,000 arthropods were collected and about 700 morphospecies determined. Epiphytes had a significant moderating influence on canopy microclimate (Chapter 3), both at various microsites within a tree crown and among tree crowns with different epiphyte growth. On hot dry season days, they provided microsites with lower temperatures and reduced evaporative water loss compared to epiphyte-free spaces within the same tree crown. Quantitative sampling of the arthropods inhabiting three different epiphyte species provided compelling evidence for the specificity of epiphyte-associated faunas (Chapter 4). Epiphytes proved to be microhabitats for a diverse and numerous arthropod fauna, and different epiphyte species fostered both taxonomically and ecologically very distinct arthropod assemblages: among epiphyte hosts, the inhabitant faunas showed remarkably little species overlap, and guild composition differed strongly. In the subsequent chapters I investigated if this pronounced effect scaled up to the level of entire tree crowns. Arthropods were captured with three different trap types to obtain an ample spectrum of the canopy fauna (Chapter 2). Four tree categories were classified, three of which were dominated by a different species of epiphyte, and an epiphyte-free control group. On a higher taxonomic level, there were no detectable effects of epiphytes on the fauna: the ordinal composition was similar among tree categories and indifferent of the amount of epiphytes in a tree crown (Chapter 5). I examined three focal groups (ants, beetles and spiders) on species level. The diversity and abundance of ants was not influenced by the epiphyte load of the study trees (Chapter 6). Although many species readily used the epiphytes as nesting site and shelter, they seemed to be highly opportunistic with respect to their host plants. Likewise, the species richness and abundance of beetles, as well as their guild composition were entirely unaffected by the presence of epiphytes in the study trees (Chapter 7). Focusing on herbivorous beetles did not alter these results. Spiders, however, were strongly influenced by the epiphyte assemblages of the host trees (Chapter 8). Overall spider abundance and species richness did not differ among trees, but particular families and guilds exhibited marked differences in abundance between the tree categories. Most remarkable were the substantial differences in spider species composition across trees with different epiphyte assemblages. Conclusion Thus, the prevalent notion that epiphytes positively influence arthropod diversity in tropical canopies seems justified, but not without reservation. Whether an influence of epiphytes on the fauna was discernible depended greatly on (1) the scale of the investigated system: clear faunal distinctions at the microhabitat level were absent or much more subtle at the level of tree crowns. (2) the focal taxa: different arthropod orders allowed for completely different statements concerning the importance of epiphytes for canopy fauna. I therefore recommend a multitaxon approach for the investigation of large-scale ecological questions. In conclusion, I resume that epiphytes are associated with a species-specific inhabiting fauna,and that epiphytes impose an influence on certain, but not all, taxa even at the level of entire tree crowns. Although I could only hypothesize about the potential causes for this influence, this study provided the first comprehensive investigation of the role of epiphytes in determining arthropod abundance and diversity in tropical tree crowns.