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The natural variation of plant-specialized metabolites represents the evolutionary adaptation of plants to their environments. However, the molecular mechanisms that account for the diversification of the metabolic pathways have not been fully clarified. Rice plants resist attacks from pathogens by accumulating diterpenoid phytoalexins. It has been confirmed that the composition of rice phytoalexins exhibits numerous natural variations. Major rice phytoalexins (momilactones and phytocassanes) are accumulated in most cultivars, although oryzalactone is a cultivar-specific compound. Here, we attempted to reveal the evolutionary trajectory of the diversification of phytoalexins by analyzing the oryzalactone biosynthetic gene in Oryza species. The candidate gene, KSLX-OL, which accounts for oryzalactone biosynthesis, was found around the single-nucleotide polymorphisms specific to the oryzalactone-accumulating cultivars in the long arm of chromosome 11. The metabolite analyses in Nicotiana benthamiana and rice plants overexpressing KSLX-OL indicated that KSLX-OL is responsible for the oryzalactone biosynthesis. KSLX-OL is an allele of KSL8 that is involved in the biosynthesis of another diterpenoid phytoalexin, oryzalexin S and is specifically distributed in the AA genome species. KSLX-NOL and KSLX-bar, which encode similar enzymes but are not involved in oryzalactone biosynthesis, were also found in AA genome species. The phylogenetic analyses of KSLXs, KSL8s, and related pseudogenes (KSL9s) indicated that KSLX-OL was generated from a common ancestor with KSL8 and KSL9 via gene duplication, functional differentiation, and gene fusion. The wide distributions of KSLX-OL and KSL8 in AA genome species demonstrate their long-term coexistence beyond species differentiation, suggesting a balancing selection between the genes.
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Diterpenos , Oryza , Sesquiterpenos , Oryza/genética , Oryza/metabolismo , Fitoalexinas , Sesquiterpenos/metabolismo , Filogenia , Diterpenos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismoRESUMEN
Host plant-derived strigolactones trigger hyphal branching in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, initiating a symbiotic interaction between land plants and AM fungi. However, our previous studies revealed that gibberellin-treated lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum, Gentianaceae) activates rhizospheric hyphal branching in AM fungi using unidentified molecules other than strigolactones. In this study, we analyzed independent transcriptomic data of E. grandiflorum and found that the biosynthesis of gentiopicroside (GPS) and swertiamarin (SWM), characteristic monoterpene glucosides in Gentianaceae, was upregulated in gibberellin-treated E. grandiflorum roots. Moreover, these metabolites considerably promoted hyphal branching in the Glomeraceae AM fungi Rhizophagus irregularis and Rhizophagus clarus. GPS treatment also enhanced R. irregularis colonization of the monocotyledonous crop chive (Allium schoenoprasum). Interestingly, these metabolites did not provoke the germination of the root parasitic plant common broomrape (Orobanche minor). Altogether, our study unveiled the role of GPS and SWM in activating the symbiotic relationship between AM fungi and E. grandiflorum.
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Liliaceae , Micorrizas , Orobanche , Micorrizas/fisiología , Giberelinas/metabolismo , Glucósidos/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Hongos , Hifa , Simbiosis/fisiología , PlantasRESUMEN
AIMS: Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum species is one of the most devastating diseases of fruits and crops. We isolated and identified an antifungal compound from the mushroom Coprinus comatus and investigated its inhibitory potential against anthracnose disease-causing fungi with the goal of discovering natural products that can suppress anthracnose-caused plant disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: The culture filtrate of C. comatus was subjected to a bioassay-guided isolation of antifungal compounds. The active compound was identified as orsellinaldehyde (2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde) based on mass spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses. Orsellinaldehyde displayed broad-spectrum inhibitory activity against different plant pathogenic fungi. Among the tested Colletotrichum species, it exhibited the lowest IC50 values on conidial germination and germ tube elongation of Colletotrichum orbiculare. The compound also showed remarkable inhibitory activity against Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes. The staining of Colletotrichum conidia with fluorescein diacetate and propidium iodide demonstrated that the compound is fungicidal. The postharvest in-vivo detached fruit assay indicated that orsellinaldehyde suppressed anthracnose lesion symptoms on mango and cucumber fruits caused by C. gloeosporioides and C. orbiculare, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Orsellinaldehyde was identified as a potent antifungal compound from the culture filtrate of C. comatus. The inhibitory and fungicidal activities of orsellinaldehyde against different Colletotrichum species indicate its potential as a fungicide for protecting various fruits against anthracnose disease-causing fungi.
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Colletotrichum , Coprinus , Enfermedades de las Plantas , Colletotrichum/efectos de los fármacos , Enfermedades de las Plantas/microbiología , Enfermedades de las Plantas/prevención & control , Benzaldehídos/farmacología , Antifúngicos/farmacología , Fungicidas Industriales/farmacología , Esporas Fúngicas/efectos de los fármacosRESUMEN
Virulence pathways in pathogenic bacteria are regulated by quorum sensing mechanisms, particularly biofilm formation through autoinducer (AI) production and sensing. In this study, the culture filtrate extracted from an edible mushroom, Agaricus subrutilescens, was fractionated to isolate a compound that inhibits biofilm formation. Four gram-negative bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, and Enterobacter cloacae) and two gram-positive bacteria (Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus) were used for the bioassay. The bioassay-guided chromatographic separations of the culture filtrate extract resulted in the isolation of the compound. Further, spectroscopic analyses revealed the identity of the compound as 2,2'-azoxybisbenzyl alcohol (ABA). The minimum inhibitory and sub-inhibitory concentrations of the compound were also determined. Azoxybisbenzyl alcohol was significantly effective in inhibiting biofilm formation in all tested bacteria, with half-maximal inhibitory concentrations of 3-11 µg/mL. Additionally, the bioactivity of ABA was confirmed through the bioassays for the inhibition of exopolysaccharide matrixes and AI activities.
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Agaricus , Antibacterianos , Biopelículas , Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana , Biopelículas/efectos de los fármacos , Antibacterianos/farmacología , Antibacterianos/química , Antibacterianos/aislamiento & purificación , Agaricus/química , Percepción de Quorum/efectos de los fármacosRESUMEN
Strobilurins A and X, isolated from Mucidula venosolamellata culture extracts, demonstrated potent inhibition of human melanoma G-361 cell proliferation. Strobilurin X exhibited milder inhibitory effects on human fibroblast cells (NB1RGB) compared to strobilurin A. Additional strobilurin-related compounds were isolated from the other mushroom species. Oudemansins A and B displayed weaker activities on G-361 cells than strobilurins A and B, respectively, emphasizing the importance of a conjugated double-bond structure. Among isolated compounds, strobilurin G showed the lowest IC50 value for G-361 cells. Additional strobilurins bearing various substituents on the benzene ring were synthesized. Synthetic intermediates lacking the methyl ß-methoxyacrylate group and a strobilurin analogue bearing modified ß-methoxyacrylate moiety showed almost no inhibitory activity against G-361 cells. The introduction of long or bulky substituents at the 4' position of the benzene ring of strobilurins enhanced the activity and selectivity, suggesting differential recognition of the benzene ring by G-361 and NB1RGB cells.
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Agaricales , Fungicidas Industriales , Melanoma , Humanos , Estrobilurinas/química , Benceno , Proliferación Celular , Fungicidas Industriales/química , Fungicidas Industriales/farmacologíaRESUMEN
Antimicrobial compounds were purified from culture filtrates from 2 edible Pleurotus species. Using a bioassay-guided fractionation of the culture filtrate extracts, 3 compounds (1-3) were obtained from Pleurotus ostreatus, and another compound (4) was obtained from Pleurotus pulmonarius. Spectroscopic analysis revealed that 1-3 was identified as 5,7-dimethoxyphthalide, 4,6-dimethoxyphthalide, and cheimonophyllon E, respectively, while 4 were identified as pleuroton A. The minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of these compounds were determined against 6 pathogenic bacterial species, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter cloacae. Compounds 2 and 4 were inhibitory against all tested bacteria, while 1 and 4 were inhibitory against 3 and 2 species, respectively. In addition, 1-4 inhibited tyrosinase, with IC50 values of 0.10-0.30 mg/mL, and α-glucosidase, with IC50 values of 0.12-0.54 mg/mL. However, their antioxidant capacities were marginal.
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Agaricales , Antiinfecciosos , Pleurotus , Sesquiterpenos , Agaricales/química , Antiinfecciosos/farmacología , Bacterias , Sesquiterpenos/química , Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana , Antibacterianos/farmacologíaRESUMEN
Phytoalexins play a pivotal role in plant-pathogen interactions. Whereas leaves of rice (Oryza sativa) cultivar Nipponbare predominantly accumulated the phytoalexin sakuranetin after jasmonic acid induction, only very low amounts accumulated in the Kasalath cultivar. Sakuranetin is synthesized from naringenin by naringenin 7-O-methyltransferase (NOMT). Analysis of chromosome segment substitution lines and backcrossed inbred lines suggested that NOMT is the underlying cause of differential phytoalexin accumulation between Nipponbare and Kasalath. Indeed, both NOMT expression and NOMT enzymatic activity are lower in Kasalath than in Nipponbare. We identified a proline to threonine substitution in Kasalath relative to Nipponbare NOMT as the main cause of the lower enzymatic activity. Expanding this analysis to rice cultivars with varying amounts of sakuranetin collected from around the world showed that NOMT induction is correlated with sakuranetin accumulation. In bioassays with Pyricularia oryzae, Gibberella fujikuroi, Bipolaris oryzae, Burkholderia glumae, Xanthomonas oryzae, Erwinia chrysanthemi, Pseudomonas syringae, and Acidovorax avenae, naringenin was more effective against bacterial pathogens and sakuranetin was more effective against fungal pathogens. Therefore, the relative amounts of naringenin and sakuranetin may provide protection against specific pathogen profiles in different rice-growing environments. In a dendrogram of NOMT genes, those from low-sakuranetin-accumulating cultivars formed at least two clusters, only one of which involves the proline to threonine mutation, suggesting that the low sakuranetin chemotype was acquired more than once in cultivated rice. Strains of the wild rice species Oryza rufipogon also exhibited differential sakuranetin accumulation, indicating that this metabolic diversity predates rice domestication.
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Antifúngicos/farmacología , Ciclopentanos/metabolismo , Flavonoides/metabolismo , Metiltransferasas/genética , Oryza/enzimología , Oxilipinas/metabolismo , Enfermedades de las Plantas/inmunología , Ascomicetos/efectos de los fármacos , Burkholderia/efectos de los fármacos , Comamonadaceae/efectos de los fármacos , Flavanonas/metabolismo , Fusarium/efectos de los fármacos , Variación Genética , Metiltransferasas/metabolismo , Oryza/genética , Oryza/inmunología , Oryza/microbiología , Enfermedades de las Plantas/microbiología , Xanthomonas/efectos de los fármacosRESUMEN
Plant defense responses are activated by various exogenous stimuli. We found that an aqueous extract of spent mushroom substrate used for the cultivation of Hypsizygus marmoreus induced defense responses in rice. Fractionation of the spent mushroom substrate extract indicated that the compounds responsible for this induction were neutral and hydrophilic molecules with molecular weights lower than 3 kDa. Compounds with these characteristics, namely glucose, fructose, and sucrose, were detected in the extract at concentrations of 17.4, 3.3, and 1.6 mM, respectively, and the treatment of rice leaves with these sugars induced defense responses. Furthermore, microarray analysis indicated that the genes involved in defense responses were commonly activated by the treatment of leaves with spent mushroom substrate extract and glucose. These findings indicate that the induction of defense responses by treatment with spent mushroom substrate extract is, at least in part, attributable to the sugar constituents of the extract.
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Agaricales/efectos de los fármacos , Oryza/fisiología , Azúcares/farmacología , Agaricales/química , Genes de Plantas , Peso Molecular , Oryza/genética , Agua/químicaRESUMEN
Strigolactones (SLs), a newly discovered class of carotenoid-derived phytohormones, are essential for developmental processes that shape plant architecture and interactions with parasitic weeds and symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Despite the rapid progress in elucidating the SL biosynthetic pathway, the perception and signalling mechanisms of SL remain poorly understood. Here we show that DWARF 53 (D53) acts as a repressor of SL signalling and that SLs induce its degradation. We find that the rice (Oryza sativa) d53 mutant, which produces an exaggerated number of tillers compared to wild-type plants, is caused by a gain-of-function mutation and is insensitive to exogenous SL treatment. The D53 gene product shares predicted features with the class I Clp ATPase proteins and can form a complex with the α/ß hydrolase protein DWARF 14 (D14) and the F-box protein DWARF 3 (D3), two previously identified signalling components potentially responsible for SL perception. We demonstrate that, in a D14- and D3-dependent manner, SLs induce D53 degradation by the proteasome and abrogate its activity in promoting axillary bud outgrowth. Our combined genetic and biochemical data reveal that D53 acts as a repressor of the SL signalling pathway, whose hormone-induced degradation represents a key molecular link between SL perception and responses.
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Lactonas/metabolismo , Oryza/metabolismo , Reguladores del Crecimiento de las Plantas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Proteolisis , Proteínas Ligasas SKP Cullina F-box/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Clonación Molecular , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutación/genética , Oryza/genética , Fenotipo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/metabolismo , Unión ProteicaRESUMEN
Tyrosinase is the key enzyme that controls melanin formation. We found that a hot water extract of the lyophilized fruiting body of the fungus Lyophyllum decastes inhibited tyrosinase from Agaricus bisporus. The extract was fractionated by ODS column chromatography, and an active compound was obtained by purification through successive preparative HPLC using an ODS and a HILIC column. Using spectroscopic data, the compound was identified to be an uncommon amino acid, 6-hydroxytryptophan. 6-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan and 6-hydroxy-D-tryptophan were prepared through a Fenton reaction from L-tryptophan and D-tryptophan, respectively. The active compound was determined to be 6-hydroxy-L-tryptophan by comparison of their circular dichroism spectra and retention time on HPLC analysis of the Nα-(5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl)-L-leuciamide derivative with those of 6-hydroxy-L-tryptophan and 6-hydroxy-D-tryptophan. A Lineweaver-Burk plot of the enzyme reaction in the presence of 6-hydroxy-L-tryptophan indicated that this compound was a competitive inhibitor. The IC50 values of 6-hydroxy-L-tryptophan was 0.23 mM.
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5-Hidroxitriptófano/aislamiento & purificación , Agaricales/metabolismo , Inhibidores Enzimáticos/farmacología , Monofenol Monooxigenasa/antagonistas & inhibidores , 5-Hidroxitriptófano/farmacología , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Concentración 50 InhibidoraRESUMEN
Phytoalexins are inducible antimicrobial metabolites in plants, and have been indicated to be important for the rejection of microbial infection. HPLC analysis detected the induced accumulation of three compounds 1-3 in barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots infected by Fusarium culmorum, the causal agent of Fusarium root rot. Compounds 1-3 were identified as cinnamic acid amides of 9-hydroxy-8-oxotryptamine, 8-oxotryptamine, and (1H-indol-3-yl)methylamine, respectively, by spectroscopic analysis. Compounds 1 and 2 had been previously reported from wheat, whereas 3 was an undescribed compound. We named 1-3 as triticamides A-C, respectively, because they were isolated from barley and wheat, which belong to the Triticeae tribe. These compounds showed antimicrobial activities, indicating that triticamides function as phytoalexins in barley. The administration of deuterium-labeled N-cinnamoyl tryptamine (CinTry) to barley roots resulted in the effective incorporation of CinTry into 1 and 2, which suggested that they were synthesized through the oxidation of CinTry. Nine putative tryptamine hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (THT)-encoding genes (HvTHT1-HvTHT9) were identified by database search on the basis of homology to known THT gene sequences from rice. Since HvTHT7 and HvTHT8 had the same sequences except one base, we measured their expression levels in total by RT-qPCR. HvTHT7/8 were markedly upregulated in response to infection by F. culmorum. The HvTHT7 and HvTHT8 enzymes preferred cinnamoyl- and feruloyl-CoAs as acyl donors and tryptamine as an acyl acceptor, and (1H-indol-3-yl)methylamine was also accepted as an acyl acceptor. These findings suggested that HvTHT7/8 are responsible for the induced accumulation of triticamides in barley.
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Amidas/metabolismo , Hordeum/microbiología , Sesquiterpenos/metabolismo , Amidas/química , Antiinfecciosos/farmacología , Espectroscopía de Resonancia Magnética con Carbono-13 , Fusarium/efectos de los fármacos , Fusarium/fisiología , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas/efectos de los fármacos , Hordeum/efectos de los fármacos , Hordeum/genética , Indoles/metabolismo , Cinética , Metaboloma , Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana , Filogenia , Extractos Vegetales/análisis , Hojas de la Planta/efectos de los fármacos , Hojas de la Planta/metabolismo , Hojas de la Planta/microbiología , Raíces de Plantas/efectos de los fármacos , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Raíces de Plantas/microbiología , Espectroscopía de Protones por Resonancia Magnética , Sesquiterpenos/química , FitoalexinasRESUMEN
Reductive metabolism of strigolactones (SLs) in several plants was investigated. Analysis of aquaculture filtrates of cowpea and sorghum each fed with four stereoisomers of GR24, the most widely used synthetic SL, revealed stereospecific reduction of the double bond at C-3' and C-4' in the butenolide D-ring with preference for an unnatural 2'S configuration. The cowpea metabolite converted from 2'-epi-GR24 and the sorghum metabolite converted from ent-GR24 had the methyl group at C-4' in the trans configuration with the substituent at C-2', different from the cis configuration of the synthetic H2-GR24 reduced with Pd/C catalyst. The plants also reduced the double bond in the D-ring of 5-deoxystrigol isomers with a similar preference. The metabolites and synthetic H2-GR24 stereoisomers were much less active than were the GR24 stereoisomers in inducing seed germination of the root parasitic weeds Striga hermonthica, Orobanche crenata, and O. minor. These results provide additional evidence of the importance of the D-ring for bioactivity of SLs.
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4-Butirolactona/análogos & derivados , Lactonas/metabolismo , Orobanche/química , Striga/química , 4-Butirolactona/química , 4-Butirolactona/aislamiento & purificación , 4-Butirolactona/metabolismo , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Lactonas/química , Estructura Molecular , Orobanche/metabolismo , Oxidación-Reducción , Raíces de Plantas/química , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Estereoisomerismo , Striga/metabolismo , Relación Estructura-ActividadRESUMEN
Rice plants accumulate various specialized metabolites, including phenylamides, in response to pathogen attack. We prepared 25 phenylamides, and developed a method of analyzing them by multiple reaction monitoring with liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. We analyzed phenylamides in rice leaves infected with Cochliobolus miyabeanus and Xanthomonas oryzae. The phenylamides induced included benzoyltryptamine, cinnamoyl-, p-coumaroyl-, feruloyl-, and benzoylserotonins, cinnamoyl and benzoyltyramines, feruloylagmatine, and feruloylputrescine. Some of the phenylamides exhibited antimicrobial activity against C. miyabeanus and X. oryzae, indicating that they are phytoalexins. Treatment with jasmonic acid, salicylic acid, 6-benzylaminopurine, and ethephone also induced phenylamide accumulation. The compositions of the induced amides varied depending on the plant hormone used, and cinnamoyltryptamine, cinnamoylserotonin, and cinnamoyltyramine were not induced by the plant hormones. These findings suggest that several plant hormones and additional factors are involved in phenylamide accumulation in response to pathogen infection in rice.
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Amidas/metabolismo , Ascomicetos/fisiología , Oryza/efectos de los fármacos , Oryza/microbiología , Reguladores del Crecimiento de las Plantas/farmacología , Xanthomonas/fisiología , Amidas/farmacología , Antiinfecciosos/metabolismo , Antiinfecciosos/farmacología , Oryza/metabolismo , Hojas de la Planta/efectos de los fármacos , Hojas de la Planta/metabolismo , Hojas de la Planta/microbiologíaRESUMEN
Tyrosinase is the key enzyme that controls melanin formation in the human skin. We performed a screening of 96 extracts of mushroom cultures and fruiting bodies for examining their inhibitory activity against mushroom tyrosinase. The ethyl acetate extracts of culture filtrate of Neolentinus lepideus exhibited the strongest inhibitory activity. The active compounds 1 and 2 were purified by repeated chromatographic separations from the extract. On the basis of spectroscopic analyses, 1 and 2 were identified to be 1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-4,5,7-triol and 5-methoxy-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-4,7-diol, respectively. Lineweaver-Burk plot of the enzyme reaction in the presence of 1 indicated that 1 was a potent competitive inhibitor. The respective IC50 values of 1 and 2 were 173 and 263 µg/mL. Compound 1 at 15 µg/mL suppressed melanin accumulation stimulated by α-MSH in the murine melanoma B16 cells, as well as the induced accumulation of both tyrosinase transcript and protein without inhibiting cell proliferation.
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Agaricales , Inhibidores Enzimáticos/química , Monofenol Monooxigenasa/antagonistas & inhibidores , Extractos Vegetales , Agaricales/química , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Inhibidores Enzimáticos/farmacología , Concentración 50 Inhibidora , Melaninas/antagonistas & inhibidores , Melanoma Experimental , Extractos Vegetales/química , Extractos Vegetales/farmacologíaRESUMEN
The Poaceae is a large taxonomic group consisting of approximately 12,000 species and is classified into 12 subfamilies. Gramine and benzoxazinones (Bxs), which are biosynthesized from the tryptophan pathway, are well-known defensive secondary metabolites in the Poaceae. We analyzed the presence or absence of garamine and Bxs in 64 species in the Poaceae by LC-MS/MS. We found that Hordeum brachyantherum and Hakonechloa macra accumulated gramine, but the presence of gramine was limited to small groups of species. We also detected Bxs in four species in the Pooideae and six species in the Panicoideae. In particular, four species in the Paniceae tribe in Panicoideae accumulaed Bxs, indicating that this tribe is a center of the Bx distribution. Bxs were absent in the subfamilies other than Pooideae and Panicoideae. These findings provide an overview of biased distribution of gramine and Bxs in Poaceae species.
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Alcaloides/metabolismo , Benzoxazinas/metabolismo , Poaceae/metabolismo , Triptófano/metabolismo , Alcaloides/análisis , Benzoxazinas/análisis , Cromatografía Liquida/métodos , Alcaloides Indólicos , Redes y Vías Metabólicas , Metabolismo Secundario , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem/métodos , ortoaminobenzoatos/análisis , ortoaminobenzoatos/metabolismoRESUMEN
The inducible metabolites were analyzed in barley leaves inoculated with Bipolaris sorokiniana, the causal agent of spot blotch of barley. HPLC analysis revealed that B. sorokiniana-infected leaves accumulated 4 hydrophilic compounds. They were purified by ODS column chromatography and preparative HPLC. Spectroscopic analyses revealed that they were tyramine (1), 3-(2-aminoethyl)-3-hydroxyindolin-2-one (2), serotonin (3), and 5,5'-dihydroxy-2,4'-bitryptamine (4). Among these, 2 and 4 have not been reported as natural products. They showed antifungal activity in an assay of inhibition of B. sorokiniana conidia germination, suggesting that they play a role in the chemical defense of barley as phytoalexins. The accumulation of 1-4 was examined also in the leaves of rice and foxtail millet. Rice leaves accumulated 2, 3, and 4, whereas foxtail millet leaves accumulated 3 and 4 in response to pathogen attack, suggesting the generality of accumulation of 3 and 4 in the Poaceae species.
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Antifúngicos/inmunología , Hordeum/inmunología , Enfermedades de las Plantas/inmunología , Saccharomycetales/efectos de los fármacos , Sesquiterpenos/inmunología , Esporas Fúngicas/efectos de los fármacos , Antifúngicos/metabolismo , Antifúngicos/farmacología , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Hordeum/metabolismo , Hordeum/microbiología , Interacciones Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Indoles/inmunología , Indoles/metabolismo , Indoles/farmacología , Oryza/inmunología , Oryza/metabolismo , Oryza/microbiología , Enfermedades de las Plantas/microbiología , Inmunidad de la Planta , Hojas de la Planta/inmunología , Hojas de la Planta/metabolismo , Hojas de la Planta/microbiología , Saccharomycetales/patogenicidad , Saccharomycetales/fisiología , Serotonina/biosíntesis , Serotonina/inmunología , Serotonina/farmacología , Sesquiterpenos/metabolismo , Sesquiterpenos/farmacología , Setaria (Planta)/inmunología , Setaria (Planta)/metabolismo , Setaria (Planta)/microbiología , Especificidad de la Especie , Esporas Fúngicas/patogenicidad , Esporas Fúngicas/fisiología , Triptaminas/biosíntesis , Triptaminas/inmunología , Triptaminas/farmacología , Tiramina/biosíntesis , Tiramina/inmunología , Tiramina/farmacología , FitoalexinasRESUMEN
Bioconversion of GR24, the most widely used synthetic strigolactone (SL), by hydroponically grown sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and biological activities of hydroxylated GR24 stereoisomers were studied. Analysis of extracts and exudates of sorghum roots previously fed with a racemic and diastereomeric mixture of GR24, using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM), confirmed uptake of GR24 and suggested its conversion to mono-hydroxylated products. Two major GR24 metabolites, 7-hydroxy-GR24 and 8-hydroxy-GR24, were identified in the root extracts and exudates by direct comparison of chromatographic behavior with a series of synthetic mono-hydroxylated GR24 analogues. Separate feeding experiments with each of the GR24 stereoisomers revealed that the hydroxylated products were derived from 2'-epi-GR24, an evidence of sterical recognition of the GR24 molecule by sorghum. Trans-4-hydroxy-GR24 isomers derived from all GR24 stereoisomers were detected in the exudates as minor metabolites. The synthetic hydroxy-GR24 isomers induced germination of Striga hermonthica in decreasing order of C-8>C-7>C-6>C-5>C-4. In contrast the stereoisomers having the same configuration of orobanchol, irrespective of position of hydroxylation, induced germination of Striga gesnerioides. The results confirm previous reports on structural requirements of SLs and ascribe a critical role to hydroxylation, but not to the position of the hydroxyl group in the AB part of the molecule, in induction of S. gesnerioides seed germination.
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Lactonas/química , Sorghum/química , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Dicroismo Circular , Germinación/efectos de los fármacos , Hidroxilación , Lactonas/síntesis química , Lactonas/farmacología , Espectrometría de Masas , Raíces de Plantas/química , Raíces de Plantas/metabolismo , Semillas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Semillas/metabolismo , Sorghum/metabolismo , Estereoisomerismo , Striga/crecimiento & desarrollo , Striga/metabolismoRESUMEN
Aflatoxins (AFs) are highly toxic mycotoxins produced by the fungi, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. AFs pose severe health risks owing to their acute toxicity and carcinogenic properties. The control of AF contamination remains significantly challenging despite the extensive efforts toward controlling it. Here, we investigated the potential of mushroom extracts as a source of AF biosynthetic inhibitors. The A. parasiticus mutant strain, NFRI-95, that accumulates an AF biosynthesis intermediate, norsolorinic acid, was used in the bioassay to detect the inhibitory activity against AF biosynthesis. The screening of 195 mushroom extracts revealed that the culture filtrate extract of Chondrostereum purpureum exhibited strong inhibitory activity against AF biosynthesis. Next, large-scale culturing of C. purpureum was performed to isolate the compounds accounting for the inhibitory activity. The culture filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate, after which the active compound was isolated by silica gel column chromatography and preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The active compound was identified as cyclo(Val-Pro) by spectroscopic analyses. Further, four stereoisomers of cyclo(Val-Pro) were synthesized by the condensation of the N-Boc derivatives of d- and l-valine with the methyl esters of d- and l-proline. The naturally isolated compound was identified as cyclo(l-Val-l-Pro) by comparing its retention time with those of synthetic compounds by chiral HPLC analysis and CD spectra. The IC50 value of cyclo(L-Val-L-Pro) was 2.4 mM, whereas the LD, DL, and DD isomers exhibited weaker activities, with IC50 values of >5 mM.
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants accumulate antimicrobial compounds known as phytoalexins in response to pathogen attack. To date, more than 20 compounds have been isolated as phytoalexins from rice, mostly diterpenoids. However, the quantitative analysis of diterpenoid phytoalexins in various cultivars has revealed that the cultivar 'Jinguoyin' does not accumulate these compounds at detectable concentrations. Therefore, in this study, we attempted to detect a new class of phytoalexins from Bipolaris oryzae infected leaves of 'Jinguoyin'. We detected five compounds in the leaves of the target cultivar, whereas these compounds were not detected in the leaves of 'Nipponbare' or 'Kasalath', which are representative cultivars of the japonica and indica subspecies. Subsequently, we isolated these compounds from ultraviolet (UV)-light-irradiated leaves and determined their structures by spectroscopic analysis and the crystalline sponge method. All the compounds were diterpenoids containing a benzene ring and were detected from the pathogen-infected rice leaves for the first time. Because the compounds showed antifungal activity against B. oryzae and Pyricularia oryzae, we propose that they function as phytoalexins in rice and named them abietoryzins A-E. The abietoryzins tended to accumulate at high concentrations in cultivars that accumulated low levels of known diterpenoid phytoalexins after UV-light irradiation. Of the total of 69 cultivars in the WRC, 30 cultivars accumulated at least one of the abietoryzins, and, in 15 cultivars, the amounts of some abietoryzins were the highest among those of the analyzed phytoalexins. Therefore, abietoryzins are a major phytoalexin group in rice, although their presence has, to date, been overlooked.