Les études entreprises depuis une douzaine d'années indiquent que le monoxyde d'azote (NO) est un médiateur physiologique impliqué dans de nombreux processus chez les plantes, incluant la germination, le développement des racines, la fermeture des stomates ou encore la réponse adaptative aux stress biotiques et abiotiques. Malgré cet important panel de fonctions, les mécanismes sous-jacents aux effets du NO ont été peu appréhendés et restent pour l'essentiel énigmatiques. Le travail présenté dans ce manuscrit s'inscrit dans cette problématique et a consisté en l'identification et la caractérisation de protéines cibles du NO chez le tabac dans le contexte de stress biotiques et abiotiques. Nous avons démontré que la cryptogéine, un éliciteur des réactions de défense, induit la S-nitrosylation rapide et transitoire de plusieurs protéines dans des suspensions cellulaires de tabac. Après purification, une douzaine de ces protéines ont été identifiées via une analyse par spectrométrie de masse. Celles-ci incluent notamment une protéine chaperonne de la famille des AAA-ATPase nommée CDC48 (Cell Division Cycle 48). Cette dernière a fait l'objet d'une étude structure/fonction approfondie afin d'appréhender l'impact de sa S-nitrosylation. Après avoir vérifié que la protéine recombinante était S-nitrosylable in vitro, nous avons démontré que ce processus n'affecte pas la structure secondaire de la protéine mais induit des modifications locales de sa structure tertiaire et une inhibition de son activité ATPasique. Le résidu cystéine 526, localisé dans le second domaine ATPasique de la protéine, a été identifié comme site probable de S-nitrosylation. Cette localisation stratégique pourrait expliquer l'effet inhibiteur du NO sur l'activité enzymatique de CDC48. La dernière partie de ce travail a été centrée sur l'analyse des mécanismes par lesquels le NO active la protéine kinase NtOSAK (Nicotiana tabacum stress activated protein kinase) chez le tabac. Nous avons démontré que NtOSAK forme un complexe constitutif avec la glycéraldéhyde 3 phosphate deshydrogénase (GAPDH). En réponse à un stress salin, le NO promeut l'activation de NtOSAK via la phosphorylation de deux résidus serine localisés dans la boucle d'activation de l'enzyme. De plus, il induit une S-nitrosylation rapide de la GAPDH, ce processus n'affectant pas la formation du complexe. Notre hypothèse est que ce complexe constituerait une plateforme de signalisation régulée par le NO et pouvant recruter les protéines cibles de NtOSAK lors de la réponse au stress salin.

Submitted by Marco Antônio de Ramos Chagas (mchagas@ufv.br) on 2017-04-27T13:57:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2630530 bytes, checksum: 112de5671b9d3e521f0446f6d6d7237e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-27T13:57:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2630530 bytes, checksum: 112de5671b9d3e521f0446f6d6d7237e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004-03-31 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Alguns aspectos da interação entre o gene de resistência Sw-5 e os tospovírus, foram analisados neste trabalho. A capacidade de Sw-5 conferir resistência em Nicotiana benthamiana foi avaliada em plantas transformadas com uma construção na qual a ORF e a região 3' do gene estavam sob controle do promotor 35S. As plantas transformadas foram resistentes à infecção por tospovírus. A comparação do espectro da resistência destas plantas com o observado para outras solanáceas , indica que as vias de sinalização e as respostas de defesa ativadas por Sw-5 estão conservadas nesta família, e que o polimorfismo genético nos componentes das vias de transdução de sinais pode resultar em diferentes níveis de resistência. A fim de identificar o gene de avirulência dos tospovírus, os genes N, NSm e NSs , foram expressos isoladamente ou em combinações, por meio do vetor viral PVX, em plantas com Sw-5. A expressão destes genes não foi capaz de desencadear a resposta de hipersensibilidade e tampouco interferiu na infecção da planta por PVX. Portanto, outro componente dos tospovírus deve ser responsável pelo desencadeamento da reação de resistência. Independentemente da presença do gene Sw-5, a expressão do gene NSs por meio do PVX , agravou os sintomas provocados por este vírus em algumas solanáceas, o que pode ter relação com a capacidade desta proteína de suprimir silenciamento gênico. Em plantas com Sw-5, a co-expressão da região 5' deste gene por meio do vetor PVX , favoreceu a infecção sistêmica por tospovírus. Uma vez que o efeito foi observado tanto para expressão senso quanto anti-senso, a redução dos níveis de mRNA de Sw-5 provocada por silenciamento gênico , poderia ser a causa desta interferência na resistência, embora a análise de Northern blot não tenha demonstrado tal redução. Uma seqüência homóloga a Sw-5 contendo uma ORF sem deleções ou interrupções prematuras foi clonada a partir do acesso LA371-20 de Lycopersicon peruvianum. Análises moleculares demonstraram que esta seqüência é originada do loco Sw-5 ou de região próxima a este e que segrega com a resistência a tospovírus. A capacidade deste e de outros três homólogos oriundos de distintos acessos de tomateiro de conferir resistência a tospovírus, foi avaliada em plantas transgênicas de tomateiro e tabaco. As plantas transformadas foram suscetíveis ao vírus. A não-funcionalidade destes homólogos pode ser devido à estrutura das construções utilizadas na transformação. Alternativamente, outros homólogos presentes nestes acessos de tomateiro podem ser os responsáveis pela resistência. / In this work some aspects of the tospovirus - Sw-5 interaction was analyzed. The capacity of the Sw-5 to confer resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana was evaluated in transgenic plants transformed with Sw-5 ORF containing its own 3 ́ UTR region under 35S promoter control. Transgenic plants were resistant to tospovirus infection. Comparisons of the resistance spectrum with other members of the Solanaceae suggest that the signal transduction pathways and resistance responses triggered by Sw-5 are conservated in solanaceae and that the genetic polymorphism in the signal transduction components may result in different resistance levels. The N, NSm and NSs genes isolated or in combination were expressed by PVX vector in plants harboring Sw-5 in order to detect the tospovirus avirulence gene. These genes were not able to trigger the hypersensitive response and to affect PVX infection in Sw-5 plants, which suggest that another tospovirus component is the elicitor of the resistance response. Independently of the Sw-5 gene, PVX clones harboring NSs gene induced more severe symptoms in some solanaceae plants. Gene silencing may be the cause of this symptoms. In transgenic plants harboring Sw-5 gene, the co-expression of the 5 ́ region of this gene by PVX favored tospovirus infection. As this effect was observed both for 5 ́ sense and anti- sense constructions it is possible that it has been caused by reduction on mRNA levels by gene silencing, although Northern blot analysis did not agree with this hypothesis. An Sw-5 homolog was cloned from LA371-20 accession. This homolog is localized in or near of Sw-5 locus and segregated with tospovirus resistance. The capacity of this and other three homologs originated from others accessions to confer tospovirus resistance was evaluated in tobacco and tomato transgenic plants. All the transformants were susceptible to the virus. Other homologs presents in the different accessions evaluated may be responsible for the resistance, although problems in the structure of the constructions can not be discarded. / Tese importada do Alexandria

Células de Nicotiana tabacum cv BY-2 foram tratadas por cinco dias com 0,075 e 0,750 mM de NiCl2. A relação entre a toxidade do níquel (Ni) e as reações oxidativas foram estudadas nas células durante a acumulação do metal. A atividade da superóxido dismutase não se alterou na presença do Ni. Entretanto, as atividades da catalase e da guaiacol peroxidase aumentaram às 36 e 72h depois do tratamento com o metal. As atividades da glutationa redutase, da glutationa-Stransferase e da ascorbato peroxidase aumentaram nas primeiras horas do tratamento. A peroxidação lipídica da membrana aumentou somente às 24h do tratamento com o metal. Os resultados sugerem que a desordem oxidativa é resultante dos efeitos da toxidade do Ni nas células de Nicotiana tabacum cv BY-2. / Células de Nicotiana tabacum cv BY-2 foram tratadas por cinco dias com 0,075 e 0,750 mM de NiCl2. A relação entre a toxidade do níquel (Ni) e as reações oxidativas foram estudadas nas células durante a acumulação do metal. A atividade da superóxido dismutase não se alterou na presença do Ni. Entretanto, as atividades da catalase e da guaiacol peroxidase aumentaram às 36 e 72h depois do tratamento com o metal. As atividades da glutationa redutase, da glutationa-Stransferase e da ascorbato peroxidase aumentaram nas primeiras horas do tratamento. A peroxidação lipídica da membrana aumentou somente às 24h do tratamento com o metal. Os resultados sugerem que a desordem oxidativa é resultante dos efeitos da toxidade do Ni nas células de Nicotiana tabacum cv BY-2.

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Alkaloids are a class of plant secondary metabolites produced in about 20% of plant families. Domesticated tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum produces nicotine as the predominant alkaloid. The biosynthesis of nicotine occurs exclusively in the roots of tobacco, yet accumulates in the leaves of tobacco where it is acts as a defense compound to deter insect herbivory. The research detailed in this dissertation addresses two aspects of nicotine physiology in tobacco: 1) an investigation of hypothesized protein-protein interactions among nicotine biosynthetic enzymes and 2) the characterization of a novel nicotine transporter. A hypothesized metabolic channel including the two nicotine biosynthetic enzymes putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT), N-methylputrescine Oxidase (MPO) and the S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) recycling enzyme S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAHH) has been proposed. To further explore this hypothesis, protein-protein interactions among nicotine biosynthetic enzymes PMT, MPO and SAHH were investigated using yeast two-hybrid assays and co-immunoprecipitation experiments. The yeast two-hybrid was conducted as both a directed screen to detect interactions between the hypothesized metabolic channel members and as a library screen to detect interactions between hypothesized metabolic channel members and proteins from a tobacco root cDNA library. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments were conducted using proteins produced in an in vitro transcription/ translation system and using native proteins from a tobacco root extract. The outcome of these experiments provided no further evidence of a nicotine metabolic channel and a discussion of the methods and outcomes of the experiments conducted is presented. The nicotine uptake permease, NUP1, was identified in tobacco roots and was shown to preferentially transport nicotine when expressed in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. This report presents the characterization of tobacco plants and hairy roots with diminished NUP1 transcripts created by using RNAi. The NUP1-RNAi hairy roots and plants showed a decreased level of nicotine and the hairy root cultures displayed an altered distribution of nicotine from the root to the culture medium. Additionally NUP1-GFP was used to determine that NUP1 localized to the plasma membrane of tobacco BY-2 protoplasts. Potential models for the role of NUP1 in nicotine physiology will be discussed. / Ph. D.

Plant alkaloids are secondary metabolites that may be synthesized in an inducible defense response to herbivory (Baldwin 1999). Genetic engineering of secondary metabolic pathways in plants to enhance or reduce metabolite production is limited by the current understanding of these pathways and their regulation in response to environmental conditions. This study was intended to provide new insights into the mechanism and regulation of alkaloid biosynthesis in N. tabacum by identifying genes that are coordinately regulated during conditions that induce alkaloid biosynthesis and by comparing their expression in regulatory mutant backgrounds that differ at two quantitative alkaloid loci, A and B. In order to identify novel genes that are differentially expressed during alkaloid biosynthesis, the transcriptional profiling procedure, fluorescent differential display (FDD), was used to screen total RNA isolated from Burley 21 (WT, AABB) and LA21 (low alkaloid regulatory mutant, aabb) tobacco root cultures that were induced for alkaloid synthesis. Four of thirteen cloned FDD fragments showed sequence homology to genes with defense-related functions. The differential expression of genes represented by selected FDD gene fragments was confirmed by comparing Northern blots of transcripts of those genes to known alkaloid biosynthetic genes, putrescine methyl transferase (PMT3), ornithine decarboxylase (ODC3), arginine decarboxylase (ADC1), and quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase (QPRT). The role of the A and B loci in differential expression of genes represented by FDD clones and of known nicotine biosynthetic genes was examined using quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) to measure transcript levels of these genes in four tobacco genotypes differing in alkaloid content, Burley 21(AABB), HI21 (AAbb), LI21(aaBB), and LA21 (aabb). Results of this study suggest that the A/B regulon is not limited to alkaloid biosynthetic genes, but includes multiple genes with defense-related functions. QRT-PCR analysis of nicotine biosynthetic genes and genes represented by confirmed differentially expressed FDD clones showed increased mRNA accumulation in response to alkaloid induction in all the tested genotypes, which suggests that the A and B mutations affect overall mRNA accumulation levels, rather than gene inducibility, per se. Baldwin, I.T. 1999. Inducible nicotine production in native Nicotiana as an example of adaptive phenotypic plasticity. Journal of Chem. Ecol. 25: 3-30. / Master of Science

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The incidences of suspected Boron (B) deficiency have increased recently in Kentucky tobacco fields, potentially due to recent changes in management practices. The symptoms observed in the field include; hollow stalk, stunted growth, deformed or no bud formation, small slits on the lower leaf midrib and uncontrollable breaking of the midrib approximately two inches from the stalk. B is a micronutrient tobacco needs in minute amounts, however excessive additions of B could cause toxicity. The objectives of this work were to 1) establish critical points for B sufficiency, 2) describe and define B deficiency and toxicity symptoms and 3) develop field strategies to aid in the mitigation of B deficiency. A general nutrient response curve was generated utilizing solution culture experiments. The peak of the response curve appeared to occur at solution B concentration of 100 µM. Trace-levels of B contamination and small plant size in the solution culture limited the development of deficiency symptoms. Toxicity was observed at solution concentrations of 400 µM and above. Despite choosing sites with a history of B deficiency, deficiency symptoms were not observed during this study. Toxicity was observed when 0.56 kg B/ha or greater was applied as simulated transplant water treatments. No toxicity was observed when B was applied as a soil broadcast or foliar application. Recommendations are to apply B with caution as a broadcast application to avoid potential problems with toxicity. Additional research is required to refine the nutrient response curve and better understand B deficiency.

PtaRHE1 is a poplar (Populus tremula x P. alba) gene encoding a REALLY INTERESTING NEW GENE (RING) domain-containing protein. RING proteins are largely represented in plants and play important roles in the regulation of many developmental processes as well as in plant-environment interactions. In this thesis, we present a functional characterization of PtaRHE1. To gain further insight into the role of this gene, molecular and genetic alteration approaches were used. The results of in vitro ubiquitination assays indicate that PtaRHE1 protein is a functional E3 ligase and this activity was shown to be specific with the human UbCH5a, among the tested ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. Histochemical GUS stainings showed that the PtaRHE1 promoter is induced by plant pathogens and by elicitors such as salicylic acid and cellulase and is also developmentally regulated. In silico predictions and the transient expression of PtaRHE1-GFP fusion protein in N. tabacum epidermal cells revealed that PtaRHE1 is localized both in the plasma membrane and in the nucleus. The localization of expression of PtaRHE1 in poplar stem by in situ hybridization indicated that PtaRHE1 transcripts are localized within the cambial zone mainly in ray cells, suggesting a role of this gene in vascular tissue development and/or functioning. The overexpression of PtaRHE1 in tobacco resulted in a pleiotropic phenotype characterized by a curling of leaves, the formation of necrotic lesions on leaf blades, growth retardation as well as a delay in flower transition. Plant genes expression responses to PtaRHE1 overexpression provided evidence for the up-regulation of defence and/or programmed cell death (PCD) related genes. Moreover, genes coding for WRKY transcription factors as well as for MAPK, such as WIPK, were also found to be induced in the transgenic lines as compared to the wild type (WT). Taken together, our results suggest that the E3 ligase PtaRHE1 plays a role in the signal transduction pathways leading to defence responses against biotic and abiotic stresses. Identification of PtaRHE1 target(s) is required in order to fully assess the role of this E3 ligase in the ubiquitination-mediated regulation of defence response./<p>RÉSUMÉ<p><p><p>PtaRHE1 est un gène qui code pour une protéine possédant un domaine RING (REALLY INTERESTING NEW GENE) chez le peuplier (Populus tremula x P. alba). Les protéines de type RING sont très répandues chez les végétaux où elles jouent de rôles importants dans la régulation de plusieurs processus de développement et également dans les interactions plantes-environnement. Dans le cadre de ce travail, nous avons procédé à la caractérisation fonctionnelle du gène PtaRHE1. Dans le but de découvrir la fonction de ce gène, nous avons adopté une stratégie faisant usage d’approches moléculaires ainsi que de l’altération de l’expression génique. Les résultats obtenus montrent que la protéine PtaRHE1 est une E3 ligase et que cette activité enzymatique est spécifique à l’Ubiquitin-Conjugating enzym humaine UbCH5a. Les résultats du test histochimique GUS ont montré que le promoteur du gène PtaRHE1 est induit par des pathogènes et aussi par l’acide salicylique et la cellulase. Par ailleurs, ce promoteur est aussi régulé au cours du développement végétal. Les prédictions in silico et l’expression transitoire d’une fusion traductionnelle GFP-PtaRHE1, au niveau de l’épiderme des feuilles du tabac N. tabacum, ont révélé que la protéine PtaRHE1 se situe tant au niveau de la membrane cytoplasmique qu’au niveau du noyau. La localisation de l’expression du gène PtaRHE1, par les techniques d’hybridation in situ, montre que les transcrits de ce gène se retrouvent principalement au niveau des cellules de rayon, dans la zone cambiale, suggérant que ce gène pourrait jouer un rôle dans le développement ou la formation du tissu vasculaire. La surexpression du gène PtaRHE1 chez le tabac a conduit à l’obtention d’un phénotype pléiotropique caractérisé par un recroquevillement (incurvation) des feuilles, la formation des lésions nécrotiques sur le limbe, un retard de croissance ainsi qu’un retard dans la transition florale. L’analyse de la réponse de l’expression de différents gènes à la surexpression de PtaRHE1 a mis en évidence l’induction des gènes liés à la défense et ou à la mort cellulaire programmée. En outre, l’expression des gènes codant pour des facteurs de transcription WRKY et aussi des MAPKs, tel que WIPK, était aussi plus élevée chez les plantes transgéniques comparées au type sauvage. Les résultats de ce travail suggèrent que PtaRHE1, comme E3 ligase, pourrait jouer un rôle dans la transduction des signaux cellulaires conduisant aux réactions de défense contre les stress biotiques et abiotiques. L’identification de la (des) cible(s) de PtaRHE1 est indispensable pour la compréhension du rôle de cette protéine dans la régulation des réponses de défense par l’intermédiaire de l’ubiquitination.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:32:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_gabriel_klafke.pdf: 1619582 bytes, checksum: dcdfb7127ef88b680dc43b41887f2c86 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-18 / During the past decades, the development of genetically modified plants became a consolidated reality. Taking advantage of the genetic engineering process, it is possible to obtain modified plants to use as bioreactors in the production of tissue or organs expressing antigens which can be easily used as vaccines. The plant-based expression systems as tomato and lettuce, which attend as models for that process, present innumerous advantages such as conservation of eukaryotic machinery, which promote pos-translational modifications, possibility of large-scale production and development of safer and economically more attractive vaccines. Taking use of that strategy, the Swine mycoplasm hyopneumoniae (SMP) disease can be one important and possible target to either be eradicated or controlled. The SMP, caused by fastidious bacterium Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, is one of the most important respiratory disease in swine breeding, due to its very high prevalence coupled with associated losses all over the whorld, and has in the recombinant DNA technology a viable alternative in the development of more effective and safe vaccines The objective of my work was to genetically manipulate tobacco plants in order to use them as bioreactor in the production of an antigen against PMS. Tobacco leaves and internodes were cultured in different concentrations of BAP and AIA hormones. The best regeneration results for both explants were seen with 1,5mg.L-1 BAP and 0,1mg.L-1 AIA. The selection test with the kanamycin antibiotic appeared to be highly effective, showing a total inhibition of regeneration with 30 mg.L-1 and 100 mg.L-1 for leaves and internodes respectively. The recombinant colonies of A. tumefaciens, containing ltb-r, were co-cultivated with the internodes and leaves from plants germinated in vitro. The next step, the explants were transferred to the selection medium in order to induce the selection of the putatively transformed cells. The genomic DNA from regenerated and putatively transformed plants were extracted and amplified by PCR, where it was detected the presence of a band referent to ltb r1. The analyses of the integration and the transcription of ltb-r1 were carried out by Southern blot and RT-PCR, respectively. In both techniques, it was possible to confirm the presence of one band which corresponds to the expected size of ltb-r1, supporting the integration and expression of the gene. However, with the tests used here, it was not possible to detect with accuracy the recombinant protein / Nas últimas décadas, o desenvolvimento de plantas geneticamente modificadas tornou-se uma realidade consolidada. Nesse sentido, utilizando-se da engenharia genética, é possível obter plantas servindo como biorreatores na produção de tecidos ou orgãos expressando antígenos que podem ser facilmente utilizados como vacina. Os sistemas de expressão em plantas como tomate, alface, tabaco que servem como modelos desse processo, apresentam várias vantagens, entre elas, a conservação da maquinaria eucariótica que promove as modificações póstraducionais das proteínas e ainda a possibilidade de produção em larga escala. Dentro desta estratégia de produção de proteínas, pode-se citar a pneumonia micoplásmica suína (PMS), causada pelo agente Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, uma das principais doenças de suínos que provoca elevadas perdas econômicas em todo mundo, e tem, na tecnologia do DNA recombinante, uma alternativa de desenvolvimento de vacinas mais efetivas. O objetivo do trabalho foi transformar plantas de tabaco para sua utilização como biorreator na produção de um antígeno vacinal contra a PMS. Folhas e entrenós foram cultivados em diferentes concentrações de BAP e AIA. As melhores taxas de regeneração foram encontradas utilizando 1,5 mg.L-1 de BAP e 0,1 mg.L-1 de AIA para segmentos de folhas e entrenós. O teste de seleção utilizando canamicina mostrou-se altamente eficiente, obtendo-se a supressão da regeneração com 30 mg.L-1 e 100 mg.L-1 para segmentos de folhas e entrenós, respectivamente. Colônias recombinantes de A. tumefaciens contendo ltb-r1 foram co-cultivadas com entrenós e segmentos foliares de plantas germinadas in vitro. Após esta etapa, os explantes foram transferidos para meios de seleção, visando selecionar células possivelmente transformadas. O DNA genômico das plantas regeneradas e putativamente transformadas foi extraído e amplificado por PCR, na qual foi possível visualizar uma banda referente ao ltb-r1. A detecção da integração e transcrição do gene foi realizada por Southern blot e RTPCR, respectivamente. Em ambas as técnicas, foi possível verificar a presença de uma banda do tamanho esperado para ltb-r1, demonstrando assim, a integração e expressão do gene. Entretanto, não foi possível detectar com precisão, através dos testes utilizados, a proteína recombinante.