scholarly journals Sorbitol Dehydrogenase Activity of Apple Fruit is Affected by Defoliation and Girdling

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 683d-683
Author(s):  
Douglas D. Archbold
Keyword(s):  
Carbohydrate Metabolism ◽  
Dehydrogenase Activity ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
Fruit Growth ◽  
Sorbitol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Vascular Connection ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
June Drop

Following June drop, apple fruit growth depends on sorbitol import as the primary source of carbon. Sorbitol dehydrogenase plays a key role in carbohydrate metabolism by conversion of sorbitol to fructose, which then enters the general carbohydrate pool. Blocking the pathway and eliminating the source of sorbitol to the fruit by girdling the stem and defoliation after June drop resulted in a decline and eventual cessation of fruit growth. The fruit did not abscise however. Fruit sorbitol and starch levels declined while the fructose, glucose, and sucrose pools did not change. SDH activity declined to low levels and was not detectable in many fruit. The decline in SDH activity was evident 1 week after applying the treatments. A few fruit that resumed growth, presumably after the vascular connection was re-established across the girdle, exhibited normal SDH activity. Feeding sorbitol to whole fruit in vitro via the cut stem raised SDH activity in some fruit, although it was still below control levels.

scholarly journals Patterns of Sorbitol Metabolism and Availability during Apple Fruit Set

HortScience ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 887B-887
Author(s):  
Douglas D. Archbold* ◽  
Marta Nosarszewski
Keyword(s):  
Specific Antibody ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Sucrose Concentration ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
Fruit Growth ◽  
Sorbitol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Fruit Drop ◽  
June Drop ◽  
Sorbitol Metabolism

Acquiring sufficient carbohydrate is essential for successful apple fruit set. Sorbitol may be the dominant carbohydrate imported by growing fruit, and the rate of sorbitol accumulation may be a function of NAD-dependent sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH; EC 1.1.1.14) activity. Prior work indicated that SDH activity from whole fruit (seeds plus cortex) increased for 2 or 3 weeks after initiation of fruit growth and then declined through 5 weeks. Using SDH activity assays, an SDH-specific antibody, and SDH-specific probes in Northern analyses, it is evident that SDH is expressed and is active in both apple seed and cortex tissue during the first few weeks of fruit growth. On a per unit protein basis, SDH activity in seeds increased by the pattern described above while that in fruit was generally lower and constant. During this same period of time, the sorbitol content of the expressed sap of apple shoots was analyzed. The sorbitol concentration was 50- to 100-fold higher than the sucrose concentration. The concentrations of both carbohydrates changed in parallel to the change in SDH activity of whole fruit and seeds. The lowest SDH activity and sap sorbitol levels preceded and/or coincided with the beginning of the natural fruit drop (or June drop) period.

scholarly journals CULTIVAR VARIATION IN APPLE FRUIT GROWTH RATES, SORBITOL ACCUMULATION, AND TISSUE OSMOTIC POTENTIAL

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1070b-1070
Author(s):  
Dougles D. Archbold
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Osmotic Potential ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Fruit Growth ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Uptake Rates

Absolute and relative fruit growth rates (AGR and RGR) of 5 cultivars were calculated from the oven-dry weights of fruits harvested periodically throughout the growing season. Both AGR and RGR were higher for larger fruit of different cultivars with similar days to maturity, and for summer- versus fall-ripening cultivars. Seasonal variability in AGR and RGR was observed, Apple fruit cortex disks were incubated in 14C-sorbitol solutions in vitro to determine if uptake rates at the cellular level varied between cultivars. Rates of sorbitol accumulation, expressed es μg sorbitol per mg dry weight cortex tissue, declined as the season progressed. Within a cuitivar, uptake rates were not relatad to fruit size, nor were differences found between cortex tissue samples from competing fruit on a spur. Sorbitol uptake rates were significantly lower for the more slowly-growing cultivar. The osmotic potential of the expressed cortex sap, sampled on several dates, was consistently lower for the more rapidly-growing cultivar. Thus, inherent differences in fruit growth rates among cultivars may be due to variation in regulation of osmotic potential.

scholarly journals Cultivar-specific Apple Fruit Growth Rates in Vivo and Sink Activities in Vitro

1992 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas D. Archbold
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
Fruit Growth ◽  
Sink Strength ◽  
Golden Delicious ◽  
Days To Maturity ◽  
Physiological Constraint

Absolute and relative fruit growth rates (AGR and RGR) of apple (Malus domestics Borkh.) were calculated from the fruit dry weights of several cultivars harvested periodically following June drop during 1988-90. AGRs were constant or varied slightly, and RGRs generally declined as the season progressed. Generally, both AGR and RGR values were higher for relatively large fruit of several cultivars with similar days to maturity, e.g., `McIntosh' vs. `Jonathan' and for summervs. fall-ripening cultivars, e.g., `Stayman' vs. others. An exception was observed in 1990, when `Golden Delicious' exhibited a higher AGR but lower RGR than `Rome Beauty', yet ripened 1 month earlier. `Golden Delicious' AGR and RGR values were lower for both fruit of a pair on a spur than the values for a single fruit on a spur, and the dominant fruit of the pair exhibited higher growth rates than the inferior fruit. Rates of sorbitol accumulation (SAR) by cortex disks incubated in 14C-labeled sorbitol solutions in vitro declined as the season progressed. Within a cultivar, SARS were not related to fruit size, nor were differences found between cortex disks from competing fruit on a spur, although SARS were higher for both competing fruit on a spur as compared to that of a single fruit per spur. Due to a positive correlation between RGR and SAR values, the SAR of cortex cells may be regulated in such a manner as to be a physiological constraint on fruit sink strength and growth rate.

THE EFFECT OF ANTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONES ON CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM IN VITRO IN THE PREPUBERTAL RAT OVARY

1968 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICIA W. MAJOR ◽  
D. T. ARMSTRONG
Keyword(s):  
Carbohydrate Metabolism ◽  
Anterior Pituitary ◽  
Lactic Acid Production ◽  
Pituitary Hormones ◽  
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone ◽  
Anterior Pituitary Hormones ◽  
The Media ◽  
Rat Ovary ◽  
Low Levels

SUMMARY Small doses of luteinizing hormone (LH) have been shown to exert a stimulating effect on the in vitro carbohydrate metabolism of the prepubertal rat ovary. In order to determine the specificity of the response, studies were undertaken comparing the effects caused by LH with those of other anterior pituitary hormones. Preparations of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) caused responses similar to those caused by LH, when added to the media in which prepubertal rat ovaries were incubated. A detailed study of the effects of TSH preparations (prepared by different procedures with known low levels of LH contamination) on lactic acid production, has been undertaken. All TSH preparations tested caused considerably greater stimulation of glycolysis than could be accounted for on the basis of their contamination with LH when the latter was appraised by the ovarian ascorbic acid depletion assay.

scholarly journals 684 Thinning and Crop Load Effects on Apple Fruit Growth

HortScience ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 516E-517
Author(s):  
Duane W. Greene
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Pollen Germination ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
Fruit Growth ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Crop Load ◽  
Specific Chemical ◽  
Load Effects ◽  
Viable Seeds ◽  
June Drop

Chemical thinners can be classified as either blossom thinners or postbloom thinners. Blossom thinners act by inhibit further pollination, pollen germination, or pollen tube growth. At petal fall it is not possible to distinguish between fruit that have been injured by blossom thinners, and those that will persist and continue to grow. The receptacles of blossom thinned fruit do not grow, whereas fruit that has not been treated and that also contain viable seeds, resumes growth within 4 to 6 days, depending upon temperature. Abscission of fruit treated with postbloom thinners does not usually occur until 1.5 to 3 weeks after application. Frequently, it is possible to identify fruit that will abscise and to make an initial assessment of thinning efficacy, within 4 to 6 days following application by measuring fruit growth rate. A reduction in fruit growth by as little as 15% to 20% less than rapidly growing fruit is usually sufficient to assume that the fruit will abscise sometime during the June drop period. The effects of specific chemical thinners on fruit growth and subsequent thinning will be discussed.

Effects of Unfractionated and Low Molecular Weight Heparins on Platelet Thromboxane Biosynthesis “In Vivo”

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (06) ◽  
pp. 942-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Landolfi ◽  
Erica De Candia ◽  
Bianca Rocca ◽  
Giovanni Ciabattoni ◽  
Armando Antinori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Unfractionated Heparin ◽  
Low Molecular Weight Heparin ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Heparin Administration ◽  
To Receive

SummarySeveral “in vitro” and “in vivo” studies indicate that heparin administration may affect platelet function. In this study we investigated the effects of prophylactic heparin on thromboxane (Tx)A2 biosynthesis “in vivo”, as assessed by the urinary excretion of major enzymatic metabolites 11-dehydro-TxB2 and 2,3-dinor-TxB2. Twenty-four patients who were candidates for cholecystectomy because of uncomplicated lithiasis were randomly assigned to receive placebo, unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin or unfractionaed heparin plus 100 mg aspirin. Measurements of daily excretion of Tx metabolites were performed before and during the treatment. In the groups assigned to placebo and to low molecular weight heparin there was no statistically significant modification of Tx metabolite excretion while patients receiving unfractionated heparin had a significant increase of both metabolites (11-dehydro-TxB2: 3844 ± 1388 vs 2092 ±777, p <0.05; 2,3-dinor-TxB2: 2737 ± 808 vs 1535 ± 771 pg/mg creatinine, p <0.05). In patients randomized to receive low-dose aspirin plus unfractionated heparin the excretion of the two metabolites was largely suppressed thus suggesting that platelets are the primary source of enhanced thromboxane biosynthesis associated with heparin administration. These data indicate that unfractionated heparin causes platelet activation “in vivo” and suggest that the use of low molecular weight heparin may avoid this complication.

Enhanced Increases in Cytosolic Ca2+ in ADP-Stimulated Platelets from Patients with Delta-Storage Pool Deficiency – A Possible Indicator of Interactions between Granule-Bound ADP and the Membrane ADP Receptor

1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (02) ◽  
pp. 376-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Lages ◽  
Harvey J Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Dense Granule ◽  
Receptor Desensitization ◽  
Fura 2 ◽  
Storage Pool ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Right

SummaryThe possible involvement of secreted platelet substances in agonist- induced [Ca2+]i increases was investigated by comparing these increases in aspirin-treated, fura-2-loaded normal platelets and platelets from patients with storage pool deficiencies (SPD). In the presence and absence of extracellular calcium, the [Ca2+]i response induced by 10 µM ADP, but not those induced by 0.1 unit/ml thrombin, 3.3 µM U46619, or 20 µM serotonin, was significantly greater in SPD platelets than in normal platelets, and was increased to the greatest extent in SPD patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), in whom the dense granule deficiencies are the most severe. Pre-incubation of SPD-HPS and normal platelets with 0.005-5 µM ADP produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the [Ca2+]i response induced by 10 µ M ADP, but did not alter the [Ca2+]i increases induced by thrombin or U46619. Within a limited range of ADP concentrations, the dose-inhibition curve of the [Ca2+]i response to 10 µM ADP was significantly shifted to the right in SPD-HPS platelets, indicating that pre-incubation with greater amounts of ADP were required to achieve the same extent of inhibition as in normal platelets. These results are consistent with a hypothesis that the smaller ADP-induced [Ca2+]i increases seen in normal platelets may result from prior interactions of dense granule ADP, released via leakage or low levels of activation, with membrane ADP receptors, causing receptor desensitization. Addition of apyrase to platelet-rich plasma prior to fura-2 loading increased the ADP-induced [Ca2+]i response in both normal and SPD-HPS platelets, suggesting that some release of ADP derived from both dense granule and non-granular sources occurs during in vitro fura-2 loading and platelet washing procedures. However, this [Ca2+]i response was also greater in SPD-HPS platelets when blood was collected with minimal manipulation directly into anticoagulant containing apyrase, raising the possibility that release of dense granule ADP resulting in receptor desensitization may also occur in vivo. Thus, in addition to enhancing platelet activation, dense granule ADP could also act to limit the ADP-mediated reactivity of platelets exposed in vivo to low levels of stimulation.

Insulin-like action of proinsulin on rat liver carbohydrate metabolism in vitro

Diabetes ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 415-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Probst ◽  
H. Hartmann ◽  
K. Jungermann ◽  
W. Creutzfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Carbohydrate Metabolism ◽  
Rat Liver

Immuno-compatibility of desaminotyrosine and desaminotyrosyl tyrosine functionalized star-shaped oligo(ethylene glycol)s with different molecular weights

2015 ◽  
Vol 1718 ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toralf Roch ◽  
Konstanze K. Julich-Gruner ◽  
Axel T. Neffe ◽  
Nan Ma ◽  
Andreas Lendlein
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Ethylene Glycol ◽  
Average Molecular Weight ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Immunological Effects ◽  
Microbial Products ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Chain Lengths ◽  
Immunological Evaluation

ABSTRACTPolymer-based therapeutic strategies require biomaterials with properties and functions tailored to the demands of specific applications leading to an increasing number of newly designed polymers. For the evaluation of those new materials, comprehensive biocompatibility studies including cyto-, tissue-, and immunocompatibility are essential. Recently, it could be demonstrated that star-shaped amino oligo(ethylene glycol)s (sOEG) with a number average molecular weight of 5 kDa and functionalized with the phenol-derived moieties desaminotyrosine (DAT) or desaminotyrosyl tyrosine (DATT) behave in aqueous solution like surfactants without inducing a substantial cytotoxicity, which may qualify them as solubilizer for hydrophobic drugs in aqueous solution. However, for biomedical applications the polymer solutions need to be free of immunogenic contaminations, which could result from inadequate laboratory environment or contaminated starting material. Furthermore, the materials should not induce uncontrolled or undesired immunological effects arising from material intrinsic properties. Therefore, a comprehensive immunological evaluation as perquisite for application of each biomaterial batch is required. This study investigated the immunological properties of sOEG-DAT(T) solutions, which were prepared using sOEG with number average molecular weights of 5 kDa, 10 kDa, and 20 kDa allowing analyzing the influence of the sOEG chain lengths on innate immune mechanisms. A macrophage-based assay was used to first demonstrate that all DAT(T)-sOEG solutions are free of endotoxins and other microbial contaminations such as fungal products. In the next step, the capacity of the different DAT(T)-functionalized sOEG solutions to induce cytokine secretion and generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was investigated using whole human blood. It was observed that low levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin(IL)-1β and IL-6 were detected for all sOEG solutions but only when used at concentrations above 250 µg·mL-1. Furthermore, only the 20 kDa sOEG-DAT induced low amounts of ROS-producing monocytes. Conclusively, the data indicate that the materials were not contaminated with microbial products and do not induce substantial immunological adverse effectsin vitro,which is a prerequisite for future biological applications.

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