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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Molecular Characterization of Two myo-Inositol Oxygenases in Arabidopsis thaliana

Alford, Shannon Recca 08 April 2009 (has links)
Understanding how plants respond to stress is of importance, considering the increasing need to feed a growing population and supply its energy. Plants have complex systems for detecting, and responding to stresses. One stress-responsive system involves myo-inositol (Ins). Ins is a precursor for cell wall components, inositol trisphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P3) and phosphatidylinositol phosphate signaling molecules, and an alternate ascorbic acid (AsA) synthesis pathway. The enzyme, myo-inositol oxygenase (MIOX) is encoded by four genes in Arabidopsis and catalyzes the first step of Ins catabolism producing D-glucuronic acid (DGlcA). This research focuses on MIOX metabolism of Ins during plant growth and stress responses. I have examined miox mutants for alterations in metabolism and signaling. MIOX2 and MIOX4 expression patterns correlate with miox mutant root growth in varying nutrient conditions, and changes in flowering time. In miox2 mutants, I found an increase in Ins in most tissues, which was accompanied by cold- and abscisic (ABA)- sensitivity; however, miox4 mutants are ABA- insensitive, and have a small increase of Ins in flowers. MIOX2:GFP fusion protein accumulates in the cytoplasm and MIOX4:GFP accumulates in the cytoplasm and nucleus. Overexpresser MIOX4+ plants provide a model system to examine how directing carbon from Ins into DGlcA impacts Ins levels and Ins signaling. I have examined MIOX4+ plants for alterations in MIOX4 RNA and protein, and measured Ins by gas chromatography (GC). My results indicate that MIOX4+ tissues are impacted differently by the MIOX4 transgene, with decreases in Ins after seed imbibition, and increased Ins levels later in development. Ins depletion in seedlings was correlated with a decrease in Ins(1,4,5)P3. To determine the impact of reducing Ins and Ins(1,4,5)P3 in MIOX4+ seedlings, I examined processes known to involve Ins(1,4,5)P3 signaling. MIOX4+ seed have increased seed dormancy, NaCl-sensitivity, and ABA-insensitivity. These results suggest MIOX affects Ins signaling in response to ABA. Together, these data indicate that transcriptional control of MIOX2 and MIOX4 results in distinct roles in plant growth, and that MIOX2 and MIOX4 function in metabolic and signaling processes critical for growth, nutrient sensing, and stress responses. / Ph. D.
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Efeito da superexpressão do gene miox2 de Arabidopsis, na composição de carboidratos de parede celular secundária de plantas transgênicas de tabaco / Effects of overexpression of the miox2 gene from Arabidopsis, in secondary cell-wall carbohydrate composition in transgenic tobacco plants

Conti, Gabriela 11 December 2007 (has links)
As paredes celulares vegetais são estruturas essenciais para o crescimento e desenvolvimento das plantas. Além das suas diversas funções biológicas, os componentes polissacarídicos constituintes das paredes celulares (celulose, hemiceluloses e pectinas) são de vital importância como fonte natural de fibras para a nutrição humana e animal e são considerados os principais recursos renováveis do planeta, utilizados como matéria-prima para diversos processos industriais, por exemplo nos processos de produção de polpa celulósica. Todos esses fatores têm despertado grande interesse no estudo da composição e biossíntese das paredes celulares. A biossíntese dos seus polímeros se inicia no citoplasma das células, onde ocorre a formação dos precursores por uma rota metabólica complexa de biossíntese de açúcares-nucleotídeo. O entendimento da regulação dessa rota metabólica é fundamental para modular a dinâmica de biossíntese desses açúcares e assim tentar manipular as propriedades bioquímicas das paredes celulares. Nesse contexto, o presente projeto de pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito da superexpressão do gene miox2 de Arabidopsis thaliana em plantas de Nicotiana tabacum. O produto desse gene é a enzima mio-inositol oxigenase (E.C. 1.13.99.1), cuja função é converter o mio-inositol em ácido D-glucurônico, composto central da rota de biossíntese de açúcares-nucleotídeo. Foram determinadas quatro isoformas tecido-específicas para o gene miox (miox1, miox2, miox4 e miox5) em Arabidopsis, sendo que a isoforma miox2 é a predominante em caules. Esse gene foi clonado em trabalhos anteriores realizados no laboratório e no presente trabalho, o cDNA do gene miox2 foi superexpresso em plantas de tabaco (Nicotiana tabacum) a fim de se avaliar o efeito da superexpressão na composição de carboidratos de parede celular secundária. As linhagens de plantas transgênicas obtidas, não mostraram diferenças visualmente perceptíveis em comparação aos controles, indicando ausência de alterações fisiológicas e morfológicas. Foram quantificados os monossacarídeos de paredes celulares secundárias (arabinose, ramnose, galactose, glicose, xilose, manose), os ácidos urônicos (ácido galacturônico e glucurônico) e as ligninas (solúvel e insolúvel), a partir de tecido xilemático e parênquima medular do caule. A ausência de modificações significativas nas proporções desses metabólitos, indica que as plantas exercem um estrito controle na regulação da biossíntese de paredes celulares secundárias de forma que a superexpressão do gene miox2 não provocou nenhuma alteração altamente significativa. Outros genes candidatos e os mecanismos envolvidos na sua regulação deverão ser testados quanto ao nível de transcrição, modificações pós-trancricionais e pós-traducionais a fim de entender a regulação do fluxo de carbono para a biossíntese de paredes celulares. / Cell-walls are essential structures for plant development and growth. Apart from its biological functions, the polyssacharides that make cell-walls (cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins) are the principal natural fibrous materials used for human and animal nutrition. They are also considered the most important renewable resource on earth and their use as industrial raw material is inevitable. An example is the use of wood in the production of pulp and paper. For all these reasons, the study of molecular composition and biosynthesis of plant cell-walls has been a matter of great interest for researchers over the past few years. Cell-wall polyssacharides biosynthesis begins at the cytoplasm, where a pool of UDP-glucose and other activated sugar nucleotide precursors are generated by multiple and complex interconvertion reactions. Understanding how cells control the metabolic pathways responsible for sugar nucleotide precursors synthesis, would be a primary requirement for manipulating them in an attempt to generate plants with improved properties for human use. In that context, tha aim of this research work was to analyze the effects of Arabidopsis thaliana miox2 gene overexpression in a plant model system (Nicotiana tabacum). The product of miox2 gene is myo-inositol oxygenase enzyme 2 (E.C.1.13.99.1) which converts D-glucuronic acid, an important sugar nucleotide precursor, from its substrate myo-inositol. Four isoforms of miox gene, with apparent tissue specific expression (miox1, miox2, miox4 and miox5) were already determined, but miox2 is the one primarily expressed in stems. Its cDNA was cloned from Arabidopsis thaliana in previous works and overexpressed in tobacco plants. Five normal transgenic lines were obtained, showing no phenotypically differences relative to the control line. This fact implied that miox2 overexpression did not alter any physiological nor morphological aspect of plant development. The cell-wall monossacharides (arabinose, rhamnose, galactose, glucose, xylose and mannose), uronic acids (galacturonic and glucuronic acid) and lignins (soluble and insoluble) from stem xylem and parenchymal tissue were quantified. The absence of major changes in any of the compounds measured for the transgenic lines indicated that they were able to adjust their level of carbohydrate composition. Plants seem to regulate the proportions of sugar nucleotide precursors through highly complex metabolic pathways that establish strong compensatory mechanisms. It will be necessary to study other candidate genes and some aspects of their regulation at transcriptional, postranscriptional and postransaltional level, as an attempt to understand the cell-wall carbohydrate flux.
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Efeito da superexpressão do gene miox2 de Arabidopsis, na composição de carboidratos de parede celular secundária de plantas transgênicas de tabaco / Effects of overexpression of the miox2 gene from Arabidopsis, in secondary cell-wall carbohydrate composition in transgenic tobacco plants

Gabriela Conti 11 December 2007 (has links)
As paredes celulares vegetais são estruturas essenciais para o crescimento e desenvolvimento das plantas. Além das suas diversas funções biológicas, os componentes polissacarídicos constituintes das paredes celulares (celulose, hemiceluloses e pectinas) são de vital importância como fonte natural de fibras para a nutrição humana e animal e são considerados os principais recursos renováveis do planeta, utilizados como matéria-prima para diversos processos industriais, por exemplo nos processos de produção de polpa celulósica. Todos esses fatores têm despertado grande interesse no estudo da composição e biossíntese das paredes celulares. A biossíntese dos seus polímeros se inicia no citoplasma das células, onde ocorre a formação dos precursores por uma rota metabólica complexa de biossíntese de açúcares-nucleotídeo. O entendimento da regulação dessa rota metabólica é fundamental para modular a dinâmica de biossíntese desses açúcares e assim tentar manipular as propriedades bioquímicas das paredes celulares. Nesse contexto, o presente projeto de pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito da superexpressão do gene miox2 de Arabidopsis thaliana em plantas de Nicotiana tabacum. O produto desse gene é a enzima mio-inositol oxigenase (E.C. 1.13.99.1), cuja função é converter o mio-inositol em ácido D-glucurônico, composto central da rota de biossíntese de açúcares-nucleotídeo. Foram determinadas quatro isoformas tecido-específicas para o gene miox (miox1, miox2, miox4 e miox5) em Arabidopsis, sendo que a isoforma miox2 é a predominante em caules. Esse gene foi clonado em trabalhos anteriores realizados no laboratório e no presente trabalho, o cDNA do gene miox2 foi superexpresso em plantas de tabaco (Nicotiana tabacum) a fim de se avaliar o efeito da superexpressão na composição de carboidratos de parede celular secundária. As linhagens de plantas transgênicas obtidas, não mostraram diferenças visualmente perceptíveis em comparação aos controles, indicando ausência de alterações fisiológicas e morfológicas. Foram quantificados os monossacarídeos de paredes celulares secundárias (arabinose, ramnose, galactose, glicose, xilose, manose), os ácidos urônicos (ácido galacturônico e glucurônico) e as ligninas (solúvel e insolúvel), a partir de tecido xilemático e parênquima medular do caule. A ausência de modificações significativas nas proporções desses metabólitos, indica que as plantas exercem um estrito controle na regulação da biossíntese de paredes celulares secundárias de forma que a superexpressão do gene miox2 não provocou nenhuma alteração altamente significativa. Outros genes candidatos e os mecanismos envolvidos na sua regulação deverão ser testados quanto ao nível de transcrição, modificações pós-trancricionais e pós-traducionais a fim de entender a regulação do fluxo de carbono para a biossíntese de paredes celulares. / Cell-walls are essential structures for plant development and growth. Apart from its biological functions, the polyssacharides that make cell-walls (cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins) are the principal natural fibrous materials used for human and animal nutrition. They are also considered the most important renewable resource on earth and their use as industrial raw material is inevitable. An example is the use of wood in the production of pulp and paper. For all these reasons, the study of molecular composition and biosynthesis of plant cell-walls has been a matter of great interest for researchers over the past few years. Cell-wall polyssacharides biosynthesis begins at the cytoplasm, where a pool of UDP-glucose and other activated sugar nucleotide precursors are generated by multiple and complex interconvertion reactions. Understanding how cells control the metabolic pathways responsible for sugar nucleotide precursors synthesis, would be a primary requirement for manipulating them in an attempt to generate plants with improved properties for human use. In that context, tha aim of this research work was to analyze the effects of Arabidopsis thaliana miox2 gene overexpression in a plant model system (Nicotiana tabacum). The product of miox2 gene is myo-inositol oxygenase enzyme 2 (E.C.1.13.99.1) which converts D-glucuronic acid, an important sugar nucleotide precursor, from its substrate myo-inositol. Four isoforms of miox gene, with apparent tissue specific expression (miox1, miox2, miox4 and miox5) were already determined, but miox2 is the one primarily expressed in stems. Its cDNA was cloned from Arabidopsis thaliana in previous works and overexpressed in tobacco plants. Five normal transgenic lines were obtained, showing no phenotypically differences relative to the control line. This fact implied that miox2 overexpression did not alter any physiological nor morphological aspect of plant development. The cell-wall monossacharides (arabinose, rhamnose, galactose, glucose, xylose and mannose), uronic acids (galacturonic and glucuronic acid) and lignins (soluble and insoluble) from stem xylem and parenchymal tissue were quantified. The absence of major changes in any of the compounds measured for the transgenic lines indicated that they were able to adjust their level of carbohydrate composition. Plants seem to regulate the proportions of sugar nucleotide precursors through highly complex metabolic pathways that establish strong compensatory mechanisms. It will be necessary to study other candidate genes and some aspects of their regulation at transcriptional, postranscriptional and postransaltional level, as an attempt to understand the cell-wall carbohydrate flux.

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