Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, and their interactions play different roles in Cupressus lusitanica cell death and phytoalexin biosynthesis
Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, and their interactions play different roles in Cupressus lusitanica cell death and phytoalexin biosynthesis
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02109.x
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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9.4
通讯作者:
Sakai, Kokki
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作者:
Zhao, Jian;Fujita, Koki;Sakai, Kokki
beta-Thujaplicin is a natural troponoid with strong antifungal, antiviral, and anticancer activities. beta-Thujaplicin production in yeast elicitor-treated Cupressus lusitanica cell culture and its relationships with reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) production and hypersensitive cell death were investigated.Superoxide anion radical (O-2(center dot-)) induced cell death and inhibited beta-thujaplicin accumulation, whereas hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) induced beta-thujaplicin accumulation but did not significantly affect cell death. Both elicitor and O-2(center dot-) induced programmed cell death, which can be blocked by protease inhibitors, protein kinase inhibitors, and Ca2+ chelators.Elicitor-induced NO generation was nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-dependent. Inhibition of NO generation by NOS inhibitors and NO scavenger partly blocked the elicitor-induced beta-thujaplicin accumulation and cell death, and NO donors strongly induced cell death.Interaction among NO, H2O2, and O-2(center dot-) shows that NO production and H2O2 production are interdependent, but NO and O-2(center dot-) accumulation were negatively related because of coconsumption of NO and O-2(center dot-). NO- and O-2(center dot-)-induced cell death required each other, and both were required for elicitor-induced cell death. A direct interaction between NO and O-2(center dot-) was implicated in the production of a potent oxidant peroxynitrite, which might mediate the elicitor-induced cell death.