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Environmental Sciences
Paula Huertas-Abril, Juan Jurado, Maria-Jose Prieto-Alamo, Tamara Garcia-Barrera, Nieves Abril
Summary: Metals and pharmaceuticals contaminate water and food worldwide, forming mixtures where they can interact to enhance their individual toxicity. In this study, a shotgun proteomic approach was used to evaluate the toxicity of a pollutant mixture (PM) of metals (As, Cd, Hg) and pharmaceuticals (diclofenac, flumequine) on mice liver proteostasis. The study found that the antioxidant trace element selenium can partially ameliorate liver damage caused by exposure to environmental mixtures.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Biochemical Research Methods
Klara Kosova, Ilja Tom Prasil, Miroslav Klima, Zdenek Nesvadba, Pavel Vitamvas, Jaroslava Ovesna
Summary: Wheat and barley, as part of the Triticeae group, show a wide range of genotypes and phenotypic plasticity. The publication and annotation of reference genome sequences for spring barley Morex and Chinese Spring wheat have allowed for precise identification and annotation of proteins. Proteomic studies in wheat and barley focus on their responses to environmental stresses, with a particular emphasis on differentially abundant proteins between genotypes.
JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Haitham G. Abo-Al-Ela, Caterina Faggio
Summary: Bivalve mollusks are important aquatic organisms used for biological monitoring, with miRNAs playing a critical role in regulating their response to environmental stresses, making them a valuable model for research and monitoring.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Ilva Licaj, Maria Chiara Di Meo, Anna Fiorillo, Simone Samperna, Mauro Marra, Mariapina Rocco
Summary: The aim of this study was to compare the effect and response of roots from the seedlings of two durum wheat cultivars, Svevo and Saragolla, to Polyethylene glycol-simulated drought stress. Analysis was done on the effect of water stress on root growth and its relation to biochemical and molecular data.
Review
Plant Sciences
Xin Wang, Setsuko Komatsu
Summary: Climate change poses a threat to soybean production through reduced seed yield and quality. This review summarizes the morphophysiological changes in soybeans under abiotic stress and discusses cellular metabolisms and regulatory mechanisms in response to organellar stress using subcellular proteomics. The communication pathways involving reactive oxygen species scavenging, molecular chaperones, and phytohormone signals among subcellular compartments are highlighted. Given the complexity of climate change and plant limitations in coping with multiple abiotic stresses, a generic response involving calcium and abscisic acid signals in subcellular organelles is proposed. This review provides an overview of subcellular proteomics research on stressed soybeans and discusses the future potential of subcellular proteomics in enhancing climate-tolerant crops.
Article
Plant Sciences
Rui Yang, Murong Li, Matthew Tom Harrison, Shah Fahad, Mingmei Wei, Xiu Li, Lijun Yin, Aihua Sha, Meixue Zhou, Ke Liu, Xiaoyan Wang
Summary: In this study, a novel iTRAQ-based proteomic strategy was used to investigate protein synthesis and regulation responses to waterlogging in tolerant and sensitive genotypes. Several differentially expressed proteins were identified, suggesting that waterlogging stress may redirect protein synthesis and reduce chlorophyll synthesis and enzyme abundance involved in photorespiration, thereby influencing synthesis of other metabolic enzymes. These differentially expressed proteins could be used as biological markers for enhancing waterlogging tolerance in future crop breeding programs.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Liwei Fei, Jinpeng Chu, Xiu Zhang, Shuxin Dong, Xinglong Dai, Mingrong He
Summary: Delayed sowing of winter wheat was found to increase photosynthetic rate and yield under heat stress, by enhancing antioxidant capacity and maintaining high assimilation capacity of the photosynthetic system, thus improving heat stress tolerance.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
George Bawa, Zhixin Liu, Yaping Zhou, Shuli Fan, Qifeng Ma, David T. Tissue, Xuwu Sun
Summary: This article reviews the research progress in cotton proteomics under changing environmental conditions and highlights the importance of single-cell proteomics in plant research.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Sunita Jindal, Pavel Kerchev, Miroslav Berka, Martin Cerny, Halidev Krishna Botta, Ashverya Laxmi, Bretislav Brzobohaty
Summary: The study shows that type-A ARRs play an important role in heat stress response in Arabidopsis by affecting the redox homeostasis, thereby improving the efficiency of plant responses to stress stimuli.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carola Murano, Simona Nonnis, Francesca Grassi Scalvini, Elisa Maffioli, Ilaria Corsi, Gabriella Tedeschi, Anna Palumbo
Summary: It is crucial to thoroughly study the mechanisms underlying the toxicity of microplastics (MPs) in key Mediterranean organisms, as the Mediterranean Sea is currently one of the major hotspots for MPs pollution. In this study, sea urchins were exposed to different concentrations of polystyrene-microbeads (micro-PS) to investigate the immune cells profile and proteome changes. The results showed that MPs exposure led to the internalization of micro-PS in sea urchin tissues and altered the protein profile of coelomocytes, indicating severe disruption of cellular metabolic pathways.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Kasinathan Rakkammal, Arumugam Priya, Subramani Pandian, Theivanayagam Maharajan, Periyasamy Rathinapriya, Lakkakula Satish, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Soo-In Sohn, Manikandan Ramesh
Summary: Cereals have developed various tolerance mechanisms to cope with abiotic stress. The omics field, including genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, has made significant progress in understanding these mechanisms. Integrated omics and bioinformatics approaches are crucial for studying genome-wide stress-regulation mechanisms.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Huiying Guo, Lili Wang, Ying Deng, Jinshao Ye
Summary: The relationship among genome expression, proteome alteration, metabolism regulation, and phenotype change under environmental stresses is unclear. Traditional research methods struggle to uncover the scientific mechanisms behind these connections at the molecular and systematic levels, making proteomics a valuable tool for understanding biological functions and metabolic networks.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Setsuko Komatsu, Hisateru Yamaguchi, Keisuke Hitachi, Kunihiro Tsuchida, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Toshihisa Ohno
Summary: Plant-derived smoke solution improves wheat growth and enhances tolerance against flooding stress by regulating photosynthesis, glycolysis, and amino-acid metabolism.
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Lamei Zheng, Wuyun Wu, Qingyu Chen, Genfa Zhang, Fei Gao, Yijun Zhou
Summary: This study investigated the metabolic pathways and molecular mechanisms associated with heat stress response in jojoba leaves using a combination of physiological and multi-omics techniques. The results showed that protein folding and sorting, photosynthesis, signal pathways, ROS scavenging, energy metabolism, and carbohydrate metabolism were closely related to the heat stress response of jojoba. Metabolomics analysis identified significant changes in the content of certain metabolites under heat stress. Multi-omics analysis revealed the important roles of soluble sugars and amino acids in maintaining osmotic balance and alleviating heat stress-induced damage.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pouya Khalili, Badrul Masud, Budong Qian, Symon Mezbahuddin, Miles Dyck, Monireh Faramarzi
Summary: This study highlights the potential impact of nitrogen stress on spring wheat yield in the future, despite some regions benefiting from higher precipitation, warmer weather, and early snowmelts.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)