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Hydrogen peroxide pretreatment of roots enhanced oxidative stress response of tomato under cold stress 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Özlem Darcansoy İşeri Didem Aksoy Körpe Feride Iffet Sahin Mehmet Haberal 《Acta Physiologiae Plantarum》2013,35(6):1905-1913
In the view of physiological role of H2O2, we investigated whether exogenous H2O2 application would affect short-term cold response of tomato and induce acclimation. Pretreatments were performed by immersing roots into 1 mM H2O2 solution for 1 h when transferring seedlings from seedling substrate to soil (acclimated group). Cold stress (3 °C for 16 h) caused significant reduction in relative water content (RWC) of control and non-acclimated (distilled water treated) groups when compared with unstressed plants. H2O2 promoted maintenance of relatively higher RWC under stress. Anthocyanin level in leaves of acclimated plants under cold stress was significantly higher than that of unstressed control and non-acclimated plants. Malondialdehyde (MDA) levels demonstrated low temperature induced oxidative damage to control and non-acclimated plants. MDA remained around unstressed conditions in acclimated plants, which demonstrate that H2O2 acclimation protected tissues against cold induced lipid peroxidation. H2O2 acclimation caused proline accumulation in roots under cold stress. Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activity in roots of cold stressed and unstressed H2O2 acclimated plants increased when compared with control and non-acclimated plants, with highest increase in roots of acclimated plants under cold stress. CAT levels in roots of acclimated plants also increased, whereas levels remained unchanged in unstressed plants. Endogenous H2O2 levels significantly increased in roots of control and non-acclimated plants under cold stress. On the other hand, H2O2 content in roots of acclimated plants was significantly lower than control and non-acclimated plants under cold stress. The results presented here demonstrated that H2O2 significantly enhanced oxidative stress response by elevating the antioxidant status of tomato. 相似文献
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Katarzyna Jakimiuk Suat Sari Robert Milewski Claudiu T. Supuran Didem hretolu Micha Tomczyk 《Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry》2022,37(1):421
Flavonoids are widely distributed in plants and constitute the most common polyphenolic phytoconstituents in the human diet. In this study, the in vitro inhibitory activity of 44 different flavonoids (1–44) against mushroom tyrosinase was studied, and an in silico study and type of inhibition for the most active compounds were evaluated too. Tyrosinase inhibitors block melanogenesis and take part in melanin production or distribution leading to pigmentation diseases. The in vitro study showed that quercetin was a competitive inhibitor (IC50=44.38 ± 0.13 µM) and achieved higher antityrosinase activity than the control inhibitor kojic acid. The in silico results highlight the importance of the flavonoid core with a hydroxyl at C7 as a strong contributor of interference with tyrosinase activity. According to the developed statistical model, the activity of molecules depends on hydroxylation at C3 and methylation at C8, C7, and C3 in the benzo-γ-pyrane ring of the flavonoids. 相似文献
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The role of aromatic residues in the hydrophobic core of the villin headpiece subdomain 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
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Frank BS Vardar D Buckley DA McKnight CJ 《Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society》2002,11(3):680-687
Small autonomously folding proteins are of interest as model systems to study protein folding, as the same molecule can be used for both experimental and computational approaches. The question remains as to how well these minimized peptide model systems represent larger native proteins. For example, is the core of a minimized protein tolerant to mutation like larger proteins are? Also, do minimized proteins use special strategies for specifying and stabilizing their folded structure? Here we examine these questions in the 35‐residue autonomously folding villin headpiece subdomain (VHP subdomain). Specifically, we focus on a cluster of three conserved phenylalanine (F) residues F47, F51, and F58, that form most of the hydrophobic core. These three residues are oriented such that they may provide stabilizing aromatic–aromatic interactions that could be critical for specifying the fold. Circular dichroism and 1D‐NMR spectroscopy show that point mutations that individually replace any of these three residues with leucine were destabilized, but retained the native VHP subdomain fold. In pair‐wise replacements, the double mutant that retains F58 can adopt the native fold, while the two double mutants that lack F58 cannot. The folding of the double mutant that retains F58 demonstrates that aromatic–aromatic interactions within the aromatic cluster are not essential for specifying the VHP subdomain fold. The ability of the VHP subdomain to tolerate mutations within its hydrophobic core indicates that the information specifying the three dimensional structure is distributed throughout the sequence, as observed in larger proteins. Thus, the VHP subdomain is a legitimate model for larger, native proteins. 相似文献
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Microbial transformation of pentachloronitrobenzene under nitrate reducing conditions 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The effect of pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB) on denitrification was assessed with two denitrifying cultures (PCNB-free control
and PCNB-acclimated) developed from a contaminated estuarine sediment. PCNB was transformed to pentachloroaniline (PCA) in
the PCNB-acclimated culture repeatedly amended with 0.1 μM PCNB, but further dechlorination or degradation of PCA was not
observed for almost 1 year. The effect of PCNB on denitrification was also investigated with the PCNB-free control culture.
PCNB at an initial concentration of 13 μM was transformed to PCA simultaneously with nitrate reduction but only after the
nitrate concentration was at or below 20 mg N/l. PCNB addition at an initial concentration of 13 μM to the control denitrifying
culture developed as PCNB-free culture resulted in a transient accumulation of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Similarly to the PCNB-acclimated culture, PCNB transformation to PCA started when the nitrate concentration decreased
to about 20 mg N/l. A low degree of nitro group removal resulting in the formation of pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) was also observed
in the control culture when amended with 13 μM PCNB. Further transformation or degradation of PCA was not observed in all
cultures maintained under active nitrate reducing conditions. Based on the results of this study, the presence of nitrate
at low concentrations in anoxic/anaerobic soil and sediments is not expected to negatively affect the biotransformation of
PCNB to PCA, but dechlorination or degradation of PCA is not expected under active nitrate reducing conditions. 相似文献
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Didem Turgut Coşan Faruk Saydam Cansu Özbayer Fulya Doğaner Ahu Soyocak Hasan Veysi Güneş İrfan Değirmenci Hülyam Kurt Mehmet Cengiz Üstüner Cengiz Bal 《Cytotechnology》2015,67(1):97-105
Hypertension is a major health problem with increasing prevalence around the world. Tannic acid is water-soluble polyphenol that is present in tea, green tea, coffee, red wine, nuts, fruits and many plant foods. It has been reported to serve as an antioxidant or a pro-oxidant depending on the type of cells and its concentration. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effect of tannic acid on systolic blood pressure, oxidative stress and some urinary parameters in the rat model of essential hypertension. Blood pressures of all rats were measured using the tail-cuff method. The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N (omega)-nitro-L-arginine was administered orally at a dose of 0.5 g/l/day for 15 days to rats in order to create an animal model of hypertension. Tannic acid was intraperitoneally injected at a dose of 50 mg/kg for 15 days. Superoxide dismutase, catalase activity and the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) were determined in blood plasma and homogenates of heart, liver and kidney. In order to evaluate renal functions, urine pH, urine volume, urine creatine, uric acid, and urea nitrogen values were measured. Compared with the hypertension group, a decrease in MDA concentrations of heart tissue (p < 0.01), urea nitrogen values (p < 0.01) and urine volumes (p < 0.001) were established in hypertension + tannic acid group. There was also a decrease in blood pressure values (20th and 30th days) of this group, but there was no a statistical difference according to hypertension group. The findings of our research show the effect of tannic acid in lowering blood pressure in hypertensive rats. 相似文献
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Kirkali G Keles D Canda AE Terzi C Reddy PT Jaruga P Dizdaroglu M Oktay G 《DNA Repair》2011,10(11):1114-1120
Carcinogenesis may involve overproduction of oxygen-derived species including free radicals, which are capable of damaging DNA and other biomolecules in vivo. Increased DNA damage contributes to genetic instability and promote the development of malignancy. We hypothesized that the repair of oxidatively induced DNA base damage may be modulated in colorectal malignant tumors, resulting in lower levels of DNA base lesions than in surrounding pathologically normal tissues. To test this hypothesis, we investigated oxidatively induced DNA damage in cancerous tissues and their surrounding normal tissues of patients with colorectal cancer. The levels of oxidatively induced DNA lesions such as 4,6-diamino-5-formamidopyrimidine, 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine, 8-hydroxyguanine and (5'S)-8,5'-cyclo-2'-deoxyadenosine were measured by gas chromatography/isotope-dilution mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/isotope-dilution tandem mass spectrometry. We found that the levels of these DNA lesions were significantly lower in cancerous colorectal tissues than those in surrounding non-cancerous tissues. In addition, the level of DNA lesions varied between colon and rectum tissues, being lower in the former than in the latter. The results strongly suggest upregulation of DNA repair in malignant colorectal tumors that may contribute to the resistance to therapeutic agents affecting the disease outcome and patient survival. The type of DNA base lesions identified in this work suggests the upregulation of both base excision and nucleotide excision pathways. Development of DNA repair inhibitors targeting both repair pathways may be considered for selective killing of malignant tumors in colorectal cancer. 相似文献
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While typical intracellular protein modules have only one ligand-binding site, there are rare examples of single modules that bind two different ligands at distinct binding sites. Here we present a detailed mutational and energetic analysis of one such domain, the phosphotyrosine binding (PTB) domain of Disabled-1 (Dab1), which binds to both peptide and phosphoinositide (PI) ligands simultaneously at structurally distinct binding sites. Through the techniques of isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), analysis of Dab1 PTB domain mutants, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), we have evaluated the characteristics of binding of the Dab1 PTB domain to various peptide and PI ligands. These studies reveal that the presence of saturating concentrations of one ligand has little effect on the binding constant for a second ligand at the other site. In addition, proteins with single-point mutations in the peptide-binding site retain native affinity for PI ligands, while proteins with mutations that prevent PI binding retain native affinity for peptide. NMR titrations show that the final structure of the ternary complex is the same independent of the order of addition of the two ligands. Together, these studies show that binding of peptide and PI ligands is energetically independent and noncooperative. 相似文献
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Cansaran D Kahya D Yurdakulola E Atakol O 《Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences》2006,61(11-12):773-776
Six species of lichens, such as Usnea florida, Usnea barbata, Usnea longissima, Usnea rigida, Usnea hirta and Usnea subflorida, were collected from different areas of Anatolia (district of Antalya, Karabük, Qankiri, Giresun and Trabzon) in Turkey. Their usnic acid amounts in acetone extracts were determined by HPLC. In addition, antimicrobial activities of these extracts were determined against Escherichia coli (ATCC 35218), Enterococcus faecalis (RSKK 508), Proteus mirabilis (Pasteur Ens. 235), Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium. It was shown that with increasing amount of usnic acid, the antimicrobial activity increased. Usnic acid contents of Usnea species varied between 0.22-6.49% of dry weight. 相似文献