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Plant Sciences
Yu Xiao, Lulu Zhang, Heting Zhang, Hongyu Feng, Zhe Li, Huiping Chen
Summary: The study reveals that endogenous H2O2 plays a crucial role in regulating gibberellic acid-induced programmed cell death (PCD) of rice aleurone layers by interacting with OsVPE3. Imbalance in intracellular H2O2 levels can lead to delayed or premature PCD in the aleurone layers.
PLANT CELL REPORTS
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lichao Huang, Yijing Liu, Xiaqin Wang, Cheng Jiang, Yanqiu Zhao, Mengzhu Lu, Jin Zhang
Summary: This article summarizes the generation and scavenging pathways of peroxisomal ROS and explains how peroxisome-derived ROS participate in cellular PCD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Massimo Malerba, Raffaella Cerana
Summary: Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically controlled suicide process present in all living beings, playing a crucial role in plant development and stress responses. Studying PCD in whole plants or complex tissues is challenging due to its occurrence in a small group of inaccessible cells. Cultured cells provide a useful tool with their uniformity, accessibility, and reproducibility for investigating various aspects of plant PCD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
T. Doronina, E. M. Lazareva
Summary: The study revealed structural changes in the nuclei of wheat embryo sac antipodal cells during programmed cell death, including rearrangement of giant polytene chromosomes, segregation of nucleoli components, release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, and DNA breaks. The results expand our understanding of plant cell changes with giant polytene chromosomes during programmed cell death.
Article
Plant Sciences
Mervat Sh Sadak, Rania S. Hanafy, Fatma M. A. M. Elkady, Asmaa M. Mogazy, Magdi T. Abdelhamid
Summary: Calcium application has a beneficial effect on salt-stressed wheat plants by increasing photosynthetic pigments, hormones, and antioxidant enzymes, reducing the accumulation of free radicals, and enhancing the osmotic adjustment of plants. It is an effective method to improve wheat plants' tolerance to salt stress and promote their growth.
Article
Plant Sciences
Ruifen Ren, Hao Zhou, Lingling Zhang, Xueru Jiang, Yan Liu
Summary: This study investigated the effects of changes in Ca2+ on programmed cell death (PCD) indices and reactive oxygen species (ROS) during the cryopreservation of Paeonia lactiflora 'Fen Yu Nu' pollen. The results showed that the increase in Ca2+ content after cryopreservation significantly influenced PCD indices and intracellular ROS content, indicating the involvement of Ca2+ in PCD during pollen cryopreservation.
PLANT CELL REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biology
Guoyu Liu, Runqi Zhang, Sen Li, Rehmat Ullah, Fengping Yang, Zihao Wang, Weilong Guo, Mingshan You, Baoyun Li, Chaojie Xie, Liangsheng Wang, Jie Liu, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun, Rongqi Liang
Summary: We report the regulatory mechanisms underlying early grain development in bread wheat through the interaction of TaMADS29 with TaNF-YB1. The mutants exhibited grain filling deficiency and excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), while overexpression of TaMADS29 increased grain width and weight. The regulatory complex of TaMADS29 and TaNF-YB1 inhibits ROS accumulation and promotes nutrient transportation for grain filling. Importantly, our work offers a new strategy for breeding high-yield wheat cultivars by controlling ROS levels.
SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Daisong Li, Yanyan Yang, Shizhong Wang, Xiangqin He, Meixin Liu, Baochen Bai, Chao Tian, Ruicong Sun, Tao Yu, Xianming Chu
Summary: This review highlights the key roles and research progress of acetylation in DOX-induced cardiotoxicity, suggesting that acetylation as a potential therapeutic target for cardiotoxicity requires further study to potentially improve treatment outcomes for cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Article
Plant Sciences
Shruti Jain, Padmaja Rai, Jaspreet Singh, Vijay Pratap Singh, Rajendra Prasad, Shweta Rana, Rupesh Deshmukh, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Shivesh Sharma
Summary: The study highlights the potential of exogenously added silicon in alleviating the toxic effects of Metsulfuron methyl herbicide in wheat seedlings. Silicon helps in reducing the harmful impact of the herbicide by activating the antioxidant system to scavenge free radicals generated under herbicide stress.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Brent R. Jaenisch, Lucas B. Munaro, Leonardo M. Bastos, Marden Moraes, Xiaomao Lin, Romulo P. Lollato
Summary: This study used Kansas, the largest wheat producing state in the U.S., as an initial assessment to quantify yield gaps and identify key management factors. The research discovered that management practices such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur fertilizer, as well as foliar fungicide, played significant roles in grain yield, with interactions varying across different seasons and regions.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Horticulture
Xin Zhang, Zhanlin Bei, Haijun Ma, Zhaojun Wei, Jun Zhou, Yufeng Ren, Wendi Xu, Peng Nan, Yuguo Wang, Linfeng Li, Wenju Zhang, Ji Yang, Yang Zhong, Zhiping Song
Summary: This study compared the main characteristic changes during pollen development in the male sterile line (Ningqi No. 5) and fertile line (Ningqi No. 1) of Lycium barbarum L. through anatomical observation, physiological detection, and gene expression analysis. It was found that abnormal tapetal programmed cell death is an important mechanism leading to male sterility in L. barbarum.
Article
Plant Sciences
Li-Lang Zhou, Kai-Yue Gao, Li-Sha Cheng, Yue-Li Wang, Yi-Keng Cheng, Qiu-Tao Xu, Xiang-Yi Deng, Ji-Wei Li, Fang-Zhu Mei, Zhu-Qing Zhou
Summary: The study demonstrated that short-term waterlogging induces autophagy and inhibits programmed cell death in wheat root cells. Waterlogging stress increased the number of autophagic structures and the occurrence of programmed cell death, while the autophagy promoter rapamycin reduced programmed cell death levels. The response mechanisms to waterlogging stress differed between cortex and stele cells, as well as between two wheat cultivars with differing waterlogging tolerance.
Review
Oncology
Zhe Chen, Suying Zheng, Jiongping Han, Leihua Fu, Jiaping Fu, Zhijian Zhang, Pan Hong, Weiying Feng
Summary: Cell death is a complex process that is necessary for maintaining homeostasis and occurs when cells are damaged or reach the end of their life cycle. While traditional forms of cell death, such as necrosis and apoptosis, cannot fully explain the phenomenon, new modalities like autophagic cell death and ferroptosis have been proposed. Ferroptosis, characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation and reactive oxygen species accumulation, is gaining increasing attention as a non-apoptotic cell death mechanism. It has been implicated in various disorders including ischemia-reperfusion injury, nervous system diseases, and blood diseases. However, further research is needed to fully understand the specific mechanisms by which ferroptosis contributes to the occurrence and development of leukemia. This review presents the recent progress in understanding the mechanism of ferroptosis and its role in leukemia, aiming to provide new theoretical basis and strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of hematological diseases.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Mengxin Zhao, Qing Chang, Yueni Liu, Peng Sang, Zhensheng Kang, Xiaojie Wang
Summary: MIF function and mechanism in wheat, similar to vertebrates, plays a crucial role in modulating immune responses by inhibiting programmed cell death and influencing tautomerase activity. Upregulation of TaMIF1 during Pst infection suggests its potential involvement in ROS signaling, ultimately altering immune responses in wheat. This study provides valuable insights into the cross-kingdom function and mechanism analysis of MIFs.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tingting Zhao, Delphine Arbelet-Bonnin, Daniel Tran, Emanuela Monetti, Arnaud Lehner, Patrice Meimoun, Takashi Kadono, Aurelien Dauphin, Rafik Errakhi, David Reboutier, Sylvie Cangemi, Tomonori Kawano, Stefano Mancuso, Hayat El-Maarouf-Bouteau, Patrick Laurenti, Francois Bouteau
Summary: Using Arabidopsis thaliana cultured cells, this study analyzed early cellular responses to sorbitol-induced hyperosmotic stress, revealing biphasic and dual responses in the cells. These responses included survival adaptation through signaling and osmotic adjustment, as well as programmed cell death in part of the cell population, raising questions about the induction of different behaviors in response to the same hyperosmotic condition.
Article
Plant Sciences
Wanli You, Jinglin Zhang, Xueyin Ru, Feng Xu, Zhengguo Wu, Peng Jin, Yonghua Zheng, Shifeng Cao
Summary: This study investigated the effect of calcium chloride (CaCl2) treatment on GABA accumulation in fresh-cut cantaloupe and the underlying mechanisms. The results showed that CaCl2 treatment increased GABA content and the activities of GAD and SSADH enzymes, while reducing glutamate content and GABA-T activity. Additionally, CaCl2 treatment upregulated the expressions of CmCML11 and CmCAMTA5, as well as several GABA shunt genes, through the transcriptional activation by CmCAMTA5. Furthermore, the interaction between CmCML11 and CmCAMTA5 enhanced the transcriptional activation of GABA shunt genes. Overall, this study reveals that CaCl2 treatment promotes GABA accumulation in fresh-cut cantaloupe through the combined effect of CmCML11 and CmCAMTA5 in regulating the expressions of GABA shunt genes.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Min Wang, Yupeng Wang, Xiaohui Wang, Guangwei Wei, Huiyi Yang, Xi Yang, Tinghai Shen, Huijie Qu, Sheng Fang, Ziming Wu
Summary: This study identified the high nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) black sesame variety 17-156 and analyzed its underlying physiological and molecular mechanisms. The results showed that 17-156 possesses a sophisticated nitrogen metabolizing machinery to uptake and assimilate higher quantities of inorganic nitrogen, simultaneously improving carbon metabolism and growth. Many important genes were up-regulated in 17-156 under high nitrogen condition. Additionally, 38 potential candidate genes were identified for future studies to improve sesame's NUE. These findings provide valuable resources for understanding the regulatory network of nitrogen metabolism and developing sesame cultivars with improved NUE.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
He Dong, Chongmei Xu, Chengtao Zhang, Li Zhang, Yaqin Yao, Suiqi Zhang
Summary: The study found that short cells in maize leaves not only improve leaf mechanical support and photosynthetic performance, enhance drought resistance, but also participate in stomatal regulation.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Na Liu, Wenyan Shang, Mengxin Guan, Jibin Xiao, Guangxiang Tian, Baozhan Ma, Wenjing Shang, Xu Li, Shijia Zhao, Chuang Li, Kun Cheng, Wenming Zheng
Summary: This study cloned the full-length cDNA sequence of TaSPX3 gene in wheat and found that TaSPX3 responds to low phosphorus stress in multiple wheat genotypes. Overexpressing TaSPX3 can alleviate phosphorus deficiency symptoms and promote plant growth in Arabidopsis. The study also revealed the interaction of TaSPX3 with other genes related to the phosphorus starvation signaling pathway.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Kongyuan Wu, Lizhen Wang, Zihan Wu, Ziqing Liu, Zengfei Li, Jun Shen, Shengjie Shi, Hong Liu, Christopher Rensing, Renwei Feng
Summary: Selenium (Se) can reduce uptake and translocation of cadmium (Cd) in plants by regulating root morphology. This study investigated the effects of Se(IV) on root exudates, root morphology, root endogenous hormones, and Cd uptake efficiency in rice under Cd stress. The results showed that Se(IV) significantly reduced Cd concentrations in shoots and roots, and decreased Cd uptake efficiency via root hairs. Se(IV) also affected root morphology, root exudates, and the synthesis of hormones like IAA and JA. However, transcriptome analysis revealed no upregulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in IAA synthesis.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Di Wang, Huaifang Zhang, Xuefei Hu, Haizhen Zhang, Shuang Feng, Aimin Zhou
Summary: This study identified a cell number regulator gene called SlCNR8 in willow, which enhances resistance to trace metals in transgenic poplar seedlings. SlCNR8 reduces Cd uptake and accumulation, and can be used as a candidate gene for genetic improvement of phytostabilisation of trace metals.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)