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Zinc Deficiency and Anther Development in Maize 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Sharma Parma Nand; Chatterjee Chitralekha; Sharma Chandra Prakash; Agarwala Shirish Chandra 《Plant & cell physiology》1987,28(1):11-18
With the onset of male reproductive phase at 28 days, zinc waswithdrawn from fifty percent of maize (Zea mays L. cv. Ganga2) plants grown in refined sand at 0.13 mg Zn liter1.Plants from which zinc was withdrawn developed zinc deficiencysymptoms in young leaves after 38 days and were low in tissuezinc. Their tassel formation and pollen development was retarded.Anthers failed to develop beyond freshly liberated young pollengrain stage and vessels were formed in place of sporogenoustissue in sixty percent anthers of the younger of the two florets.Anthers from these plants showed low zinc concentration andstimulated specific activities of catalase, peroxidase, ribonucleaseand acid phosphatase. On resuming normal zinc (0.13 mg Zn liter1) through rootsto the plants from which it was withdrawn for 17 days, vegetativegrowth was partially renewed and short axillary buds were formedbut the development of anthers remained retarded. (Received April 11, 1986; Accepted October 15, 1986) 相似文献
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The pathogenesis underlying the selective degeneration of nigral dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease is not fully understood but several lines of evidence implicate the role of oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. Depletion in levels of the thiol reducing agent glutathione (GSH + GSSG) is the earliest reported biochemical event to occur in the Parkinsonian substantia nigra prior to selective loss of complex I (CI) activity associated with the disease believed to contribute to subsequent dopaminergic cell death. Recent studies from our laboratory have demonstrated that acute reduction in both cellular and mitochondrial glutathione levels results in increased oxidative stress and a decrease in mitochondrial function linked to a selective decrease in CI activity through an NO-mediated mechanism (Jha, N.; Jurma, O.; Lalli, G.; Liu, Y.; Pettus, E. H.; Greenamyre, J. T.; Liu, R. M.; Forman, H. J.; Andersen, J. K. Glutathione depletion in PC12 results in selective inhibition of mitochondrial complex I activity. Implications for Parkinson's disease J. Biol. Chem. 275: 26096-26101; 2000. Hsu, M.; Srinivas, B.; Kumar, J.; Subramanian, R.; Andersen, J. Glutathione depletion resulting in selective mitochondrial complex I inhibition in dopaminergic cells is via an NO-mediated pathway not involving peroxynitrite: implications for Parkinson's disease J. Neurochem. 92: 1091-1103.2005.). However, the effect of prolonged glutathione depletion on dopaminergic cells is not known. In this present study, using low concentrations of buthionine-S-sulfoximine, a chemical inhibitor of the de novo glutathione synthesizing enzyme glutamate cysteine ligase, we developed a chronic model in which glutathione depletion in dopaminergic N27 cells for a 7-day period was found to lead to inhibition of CI activity via a peroxynitrite-mediated event which is reversible by the thiol reducing agent, dithiothreitol, and coincides with increased S-nitrosation of mitochondrial proteins. 相似文献
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Jasmonic acid induced changes in protein pattern, antioxidative enzyme activities and peroxidase isozymes in peanut seedlings 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
G. J. Kumari A. M. Reddy S. T. Naik S. G. Kumar J. Prasanthi G. Sriranganayakulu P. C. Reddy Chinta Sudhakar 《Biologia Plantarum》2006,50(2):219-226
Protein pattern, ammonia content, glutamine synthetase activity, lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase
and peroxidase isoforms were studied in the leaves and roots of 7-d-old peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. cv. JL-24) seedlings treated by 25, 100 and 250 μM jasmonic acid (JA). SDS-PAGE protein profile of leaves and roots after
JA application showed a significant increase in 18, 21, 30, 45, 47 and 97.4 kDa proteins and significant decrease in 22 and
36 kDa proteins. Pathogenesis related PR-18 was specific in leaves at 250 μM JA and PR-21 have cross reacted differently with
21 and 30 kDa proteins in leaves and roots treated by all JA concentrations. Further, the immunoblot analysis with glutamine
synthetase, GS-45 antibodies revealed a specific cross reaction with 45 and 47 kDa proteins of both control and JA treated
leaves, however, higher at 100 and 250 μM JA treated leaves than control ones. Further, the malondialdehyde (MDA) content
significantly increased in leaves and roots treated with JA, indicated membrane damage with JA treatments that led to the
generation of peroxidation products. The peroxidase isozymic pattern showed two specific isoforms. Besides, the activities
of SOD and catalase were significantly elevated in JA treated leaves. 相似文献
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Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is an acute form of hepatic encephalopathy resulting from severe inflammatory or necrotic
liver damage without any previously established liver damage. This develops as a complication due to viral infections, and
drug abuse. FHF also occurs in acute disorders like Reye’s syndrome. Although the exact mechanisms in the etiology of FHF
are not understood, elevated levels of brain ammonia have been consistently reported. Such increased ammonia levels are suggested
to alter neurotransmission signals and impair cerebral energy metabolism due to mitochondrial dysfunctions. In the present
study we have examined the role of cerebral electron transport chain complexes, including complex I, II, III IV, and pyruvate
dehydrogenase in the non-synaptic mitochondria isolated from the cortex of the thioacetamide-induced FHF rats. Further, we
have examined if the structure of mitochondria is altered. The results of the current study demonstrated a decrease in the
activity of the complex I by 31 and 48% at 18 and 24 h respectively after the thioacetamide injection. Similarly, the activity
of electron transport chain complex III was inhibited by 35 and 52% respectively, at 18 and 24 h, respectively. The complex
II and complex IV, on the other hand, revealed unaltered activity. Further the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase at 18 and
24 h after the induction of FHF was inhibited by 29 and 43%, respectively. Our results also suggest mitochondrial swelling
in FHF induced rats. The inhibition of the respiratory complexes III and I and pyruvate dehydrogenase might lead to the increased
production of free radical resulting in oxidative stress and cerebral energy disturbances thereby leading to mitochondrial
swelling and further contributing to the pathogenesis of FHF. 相似文献
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P. Chandra Obul Reddy G. Sairanganayakulu M. Thippeswamy P. Sudhakar Reddy M.K. Reddy Chinta Sudhakar 《Plant science》2008,175(3):372-384
Abiotic stresses adversely affect the agricultural productivity worldwide. Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.) is a legume crop that can tolerate severe adverse environmental conditions such as drought, salinity and heavy metal contamination. As a first step towards characterization of genes that contribute to combating abiotic stresses, construction and analysis of subtracted cDNA library is reported here. Using this strategy a total of 1050 ESTs were isolated, sequenced, 959 high quality ESTs were obtained and clustered. Further, our analysis revealed that of these 531 sequences are unique and 30% of these have no homology to known proteins in the database. This observation has great relevance since horsegram is a stress-adapted legume crop. Further, to validate the identified differentially expressed genes, expression profiles of selected clones were analyzed using reverse-northern, northern blot analysis and we show that indeed these clones are differentially expressed under various abiotic stress conditions. The implications of the analyzed genes in abiotic stress tolerance also discussed. 相似文献
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M. Manjulatha Rohini Sreevathsa A. Manoj Kumar Chinta Sudhakar T. G. Prasad Narendra Tuteja M. Udayakumar 《Molecular biotechnology》2014,56(2):111-125
Peanut, a major edible oil seed crop globally is predominantly grown under rainfed conditions and suffers yield losses due to drought. Development of drought-tolerant varieties through transgenic technology is a valid approach. Besides superior water relation traits like water mining, intrinsic cellular level tolerance mechanisms are important to sustain the growth under stress. To achieve this objective, the focus of this study was to pyramid drought adaptive traits by overexpressing a stress responsive helicase, PDH45 in the background of a genotype with superior water relations. PCR, Southern, and RT-PCR analyses confirmed stable integration and expression of the PDH45 gene in peanut transgenics. At the end of T3 generation, eight transgenic events were identified as promising based on stress tolerance and improvement in productivity. Several transgenic lines showed stay-green phenotype and increased chlorophyll stability under stress and reduced chlorophyll retardation under etherel-induced simulated stress conditions. Stress-induced root growth was also substantially higher in the case of transformants. This was reflected in increased WUE (low Δ13C) and improved growth rates and productivity. The transgenics showed 17.2 and 26.75 % increase in yield under non-stress and stress conditions over wild type ascertaining the feasibility of trait pyramiding strategy for the development of drought-tolerant peanut. 相似文献
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Millar JG Chinta SP McElfresh JS Robinson LJ Morse JG 《Journal of economic entomology》2012,105(2):497-504
As a result of relaxation of importation restrictions ordered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shipments of fresh avocados from Mexico began entering California year-round in 2007, despite the fact that these shipments were heavily infested with a number of exotic and potentially invasive armored scale species that are not thought to be present in California. Here, we report the identification of the sex pheromone of one of these species, Acutaspis albopicta (Cockerell), from a quarantine colony of these insects initiated from specimens collected from commercial shipments of Mexican avocados. The compound was identified as [(1S,3S)-2,2-dimethyl-3-(prop-1-en-2-yl)cyclobutyl)]methyl (R)-2-methylbutanoate, and was similar in structure to the pheromones of several other scale and mealybug species. In laboratory bioassays, the pheromone was highly attractive to male scales in microgram doses. The pheromone will provide a very sensitive and selective tool for detection of the scale to try and prevent its permanent establishment in California. 相似文献
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Cerebral edema with a rise in intracranial pressure is the hallmark of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) and acute hyperammonemic (HA) states and is characterized by a poor survival rate. Astrocytes are the cells in brain which are swollen in these conditions. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the mechanism of cerebral edema in FHF and treatment strategies have evolved based on these putative mechanisms. Treatment with a mixture of ornithine and aspartate has been proven to be clinically beneficial as it reduces edema and improves the neurological status. It has been suggested that these two amino acids generate the glutamate required for the synthesis of glutamine and that they also enhance urea synthesis in surviving hepatocytes in FHF and HA. Presently, we report that of these two amino acids, only aspartate is effective in suppressing ammonia-induced swelling in primary cultures of astrocytes, while ornithine is ineffective. These results are discussed in relation to the metabolism of aspartate and ornithine in astrocytes, with an emphasis on glutamine synthesis and the malate-aspartate shuttle (MAS). We propose that the ability of aspartate to generate glutamate in the cytosol for glutamine synthesis and oxaloacetate in mitochondria to support the citric acid cycle play a role in its ability to reduce ammonia-induced swelling in astrocytes. 相似文献