scholarly journals Characterization of the hydroxyproline-rich protein core of an arabinogalactan-protein secreted from suspension-cultured Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass) endosperm cells

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (3) ◽  
pp. 857-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Gleeson ◽  
M McNamara ◽  
R E H Wettenhall ◽  
B A Stone ◽  
G B Fincher

An arabinogalactan-protein (AGP) purified from the filtrate of liquid-suspension-cultured Italian-ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) endosperm cells by affinity chromatography on myeloma protein J539-Sepharose was deglycosylated with trifluoromethanesulphonic acid to remove polysaccharide chains that are covalently associated with hydroxyproline residues in the peptide component of the proteoglycan. The protein core, which accounts for less than 10% (w/w) of the intact proteoglycan, was purified by h.p.l.c. It has an apparent Mr of 35,000, but reacts very poorly with both Coomassie Brilliant Blue R and silver stains. Amino-acid-sequence analysis of the N-terminus of the h.p.l.c.-purified protein core and of tryptic peptides generated from the unpurified protein reveals a high content of hydroxyproline and alanine. These are sometimes arranged in short (Ala-Hyp) repeat sequences of up to six residues. Polyclonal antibodies raised against the protein core do not cross-react with native AGP, the synthetic peptide (Ala-Hyp)4, poly-L-hydroxyproline or poly-L-proline. The results suggest that the polysaccharide chains in the native AGP render the protein core of the proteoglycan inaccessible to the antibodies and that the immunodominant epitopes include domains of the protein other than those rich in Ala-Hyp repeating units.

1984 ◽  
Vol 218 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Schibeci ◽  
A Pnjak ◽  
G B Fincher

Intracellular membranes from protoplasts of Italian-ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) endosperm cells have been fractionated on sucrose density gradients and identified on the basis of putative-marker-enzyme assays. Galactosyltransferases capable of incorporating galactose from UDP galactose into 66% ethanol-soluble products are associated with all membrane fractions. Affinity chromatography of the ethanol-insoluble products on (murine myeloma protein J539)-Sepharose reveals that the enzymes responsible for the synthesis of polymers containing (1→6)-beta-D-galactose residues are associated exclusively with subcellular fractions enriched in Golgi-derived membranes. This suggests that the Golgi apparatus plays an important part in the synthesis of the carbohydrate component of the ryegrass arabinogalactan-protein.


1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Mascara ◽  
GB Fincher

When mixed-membrane fractions from suspension-cultured Lolium multiflorum endosperm cells are incubated in vitro with UDP-[14C]galactose, 66% ethanol-insoluble products of apparent molecular weight greater than 60 000 are labelled in both galactosyl and glucosyl residues, suggesting that an active UDPgalactose 4-epimerase is present on the membrane fraction. The epimerase can be inhibited with ADPribose, to produce polymeric material in which [14C]galactosyl residues pre-dominate. While some of these residues appear to be associated with glycoproteins, affinity chromatography of the products on mouse myeloma protein J539-Sepharose provides evidence that β-galactans containing 1,6-linkages are amongst the products. Monosaccharide analyses and methylation data indicate that the mixed-membrane preparations contain associated polysaccharide of structure analogous to the 1,3;1,4-β-glucans, arabinoxylans and arabino-3,6-galactans normally found in cell walls or secreted into the medium.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 1593-1600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Piessanti Sandro ◽  
Cl aacute udia Langaro Ana ◽  
Dias Da Silva Gomes J eacute ssica ◽  
Schneider Theodoro ◽  
Vargas Leandro ◽  
...  

1978 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
BA Baldo ◽  
H Neukom ◽  
BA Stone ◽  
G Uhlenbruck

Plant, invertebrate and vertebrate proteins which show anti-galactan combining specificities were used in precipitation and inhibition studies with arabinogalactan preparations from wheat and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum). Of the agglutinins studied, only mouse anti-galactan myeloma protein J539 showed strong reactivity with wheat arabinoglactan-peptide. Weak reactions were observed with the agglutinins from the clam Tridacna maxima, the sponge Axinella polypoides and the anemone Cerianthus membranaceus. No reactions were detected with lectins from the plants Abrus precatorius and Ricinus communis. Reactions readily occurred between Lolium arabinogalactan-protein and the invertebrate and vertebrate agglutinins. Removal of terminal arabinosyl residues from the wheat and Lotium arabinogalactans either by mild acid hydrolysis or by treatment with an arabinofuranosidase increased the reactivity of both peptidoglycans with all of the agglutinins examined except the Ricinus RCAl lectin. Results obtained with wheat arabinogalactan indicate that few D-galactose units are terminal and available for reaction. The difference in reactivities between the wheat and Lotium arabinogalactans may be due to the differences in the galactose:arabinose ratios or to differences in linkage of the galactosyl residues on the two peptidoglycans, or both. Results indicate that the mouse anti-galactan could be a useful reagent for the subcellular localization of wheat arabinogalactan and that tridacnin and Axinella agglutinins could be used to localize the arabinogalactan in L. multiflorum cells.


1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
RL Anderson ◽  
AE Clarke ◽  
MA Jermyn ◽  
RB Knox ◽  
BA Stone

Water-soluble arabinogalactan-proteins have been isolated from tissue-cultured rye grass endosperm cells and their culture medium by precipitation with the β-glucosyl Yariv artificial antigen. The intracellular and extracellular polymers are similar in composition and molecular size (apparent mol. wt 2.2 — 2.8 × 105). The protein portion represents up to 7% of the molecule and is rich in hydroxyproline, alanine and serine. The carbohydrate portion (84%) consists solely of arabinose (36%) and galactose (64%) and methylation analysis shows it to be a branched 1,3 : 1,6-galactan substituted by arabinofuranosyl residues. The carbohydrate compositions and methylation analyses for polymers precipitated by the β-glucosyl Yariv antigen from lima beans, cashew, tomato, silver beet and asparagus and an arabinogalactan-peptide from wheat endosperm are compared. As a group, they show homologies both in their peptide and polysaccharide portions. A histochemical method, based on precipitation with the β-glucosyl Yariv antigen, showed the binding polymers to be localized in discrete irregular vesicles in the tissue-cultured rye grass endosperm cells. Native rye grass endosperm cells show staining between starch granules, and staining is also seen in the aleurone cells of barley, wheat and rye grass.


2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.J Jang ◽  
K.R. Kim ◽  
Y.B. Yun ◽  
S.S. Kim ◽  
Y.I Kuk

1991 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1321-1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
A D Snow ◽  
R Bramson ◽  
H Mar ◽  
T N Wight ◽  
R Kisilevsky

Previous histochemical studies have suggested a close temporal relationship between the deposition of highly sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and amyloid during experimental AA amyloidosis. In the present investigation, we extended these initial observations by using specific immunocytochemical probes to analyze the temporal and ultrastructural relationship between heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) accumulation and amyloid deposition in a mouse model of AA amyloidosis. Antibodies against the basement membrane-derived HSPG (either protein core or GAG chains) demonstrated a virtually concurrent deposition of HSPGs and amyloid in specific tissue sites regardless of the organ involved (spleen or liver) or the induction protocol used (amyloid enhancing factor + silver nitrate, or daily azocasein injections). Polyclonal antibodies to AA amyloid protein and amyloid P component also demonstrated co-localization to sites of HSPG deposition in amyloid sites, whereas no positive immunostaining was observed in these locales with a polyclonal antibody to the protein core of a dermatan sulfate proteoglycan (known as "decorin"). Immunogold labeling of HSPGs (either protein core or GAG chains) in amyloidotic mouse spleen or liver revealed specific localization of HSPGs to amyloid fibrils. In the liver, heparan sulfate GAGs were also immunolocalized to the lysosomal compartment of hepatocytes and/or Kupffer cells adjacent to sites of amyloid deposition, suggesting that these cells are involved in HSPG production and/or degradation. The close temporal and ultrastructural relationship between HSPGs and AA amyloid further implies an important role for HSPGs during the initial stages of AA amyloidosis.


Euphytica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 217 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenqing Tan ◽  
Di Zhang ◽  
Nana Yuyama ◽  
Jun Chen ◽  
Shinichi Sugita ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Keum-Ah Lee ◽  
Youngnam Kim ◽  
Hossein Alizadeh ◽  
David W.M. Leung

Abstract Seed priming with water (hydropriming or HP) has been shown to be beneficial for seed germination and plant growth. However, there is little information on the effects of seed priming with amino acids and casein hydrolysate (CH) compared with HP, particularly in relation to early post-germinative seedling growth under salinity stress. In this study, Italian ryegrass seeds (Lolium multiflorum L.) were primed with 1 mM of each of the 20 protein amino acids and CH (200 mg l−1) before they were germinated in 0, 60 and 90 mM NaCl in Petri dishes for 4 d in darkness. Germination percentage (GP), radicle length (RL) and peroxidase (POD) activity in the root of 4-d-old Italian ryegrass seedlings were investigated. Generally, when the seeds were germinated in 0, 60 and 90 mM NaCl, there was no significant difference in GP of seeds among various priming treatments, except that a higher GP was observed in seeds of HP treatment compared with the non-primed seeds when incubated in 60 mM NaCl. When incubated in 60 and 90 mM NaCl, seedlings from seeds primed with L-methionine or CH exhibited greater RL (greater protection against salinity stress) and higher root POD activity than those from non-primed and hydro-primed seeds. Under salinity stress, there were higher levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) in the root of 4-d-old Italian ryegrass seedlings, a marker of oxidative stress, but seed priming with CH was effective in reducing the salinity-triggered increase in MDA content. These results suggest that priming with L-methionine or CH would be better than HP for the protection of seedling root growth under salinity stress and might be associated with enhanced antioxidative defence against salinity-induced oxidative stress.


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