scholarly journals Tomato ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter SlABCB4 Is Involved in Auxin Transport in the Developing Fruit

Plants ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ofori ◽  
Markus Geisler ◽  
Martin di Donato ◽  
Hao Pengchao ◽  
Shungo Otagaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Development ◽  
Auxin Transport ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Multi Drug Resistance ◽  
Fleshy Fruit ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Resistance Proteins ◽  
Auxin Distribution ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette

Plant ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters are membrane proteins that are important for transporting a wide range of compounds, including secondary metabolites and phytohormones. In Arabidopsis, some members of the ABCB subfamily of ABC transporter, also known as Multi-Drug Resistance proteins (MDRs), have been implicated in auxin transport. However, reports on the roles of the auxin-mediated ABCBs in fleshy fruit development are rare. Here, we present that SlABCB4, a member of the tomato ABCB subfamily, transports auxin in the developing fruit of tomato. Transient expression of SlABCB4-GFP fusion proteins in tobacco cells showed plasma membrane localization. The transport activity of SlABCB4, expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana protoplasts, revealed substrate specificity for indole-3-acetic acid export. Gene expression analysis of SlABCB4 revealed high expression levels at the early stages of fruit development. Therefore, SlABCB4 is considered to facilitate auxin distribution in tomato fruit, which is important for tomato fruit development.

Transmembrane Transport of Endo- and Xenobiotics by Mammalian ATP-Binding Cassette Multidrug Resistance Proteins

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 849-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger G. Deeley ◽  
Christopher Westlake ◽  
Susan P. C. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistance ◽  
Alkylating Agents ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Multidrug Resistance Proteins ◽  
Resistance Proteins ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette

Multidrug Resistance Proteins (MRPs), together with the cystic fibrosis conductance regulator (CFTR/ABCC7) and the sulfonylurea receptors (SUR1/ABCC8 and SUR2/ABCC9) comprise the 13 members of the human “C” branch of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) superfamily. All C branch proteins share conserved structural features in their nucleotide binding domains (NBDs) that distinguish them from other ABC proteins. The MRPs can be further divided into two subfamilies “long” (MRP1, -2, -3, -6, and -7) and “short” (MRP4, -5, -8, -9, and -10). The short MRPs have a typical ABC transporter structure with two polytropic membrane spanning domains (MSDs) and two NBDs, while the long MRPs have an additional NH2-terminal MSD. In vitro, the MRPs can collectively confer resistance to natural product drugs and their conjugated metabolites, platinum compounds, folate antimetabolites, nucleoside and nucleotide analogs, arsenical and antimonial oxyanions, peptide-based agents, and, under certain circumstances, alkylating agents. The MRPs are also primary active transporters of other structurally diverse compounds, including glutathione, glucuronide, and sulfate conjugates of a large number of xeno- and endobiotics. In vivo, several MRPs are major contributors to the distribution and elimination of a wide range of both anticancer and non-anticancer drugs and metabolites. In this review, we describe what is known of the structure of the MRPs and the mechanisms by which they recognize and transport their diverse substrates. We also summarize knowledge of their possible physiological functions and evidence that they may be involved in the clinical drug resistance of various forms of cancer.

scholarly journals Fusarium graminearum ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Gene FgABCC9 Is Required for Its Transportation of Salicylic Acid, Fungicide Resistance, Mycelial Growth and Pathogenicity towards Wheat

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 2351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng-Fei Qi ◽  
Ya-Zhou Zhang ◽  
Cai-Hong Liu ◽  
Jing Zhu ◽  
Qing Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Fusarium Graminearum ◽  
Mycelial Growth ◽  
Tertiary Structure ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Head Blight ◽  
Transporter Family ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters hydrolyze ATP to transport a wide range of substrates. Fusarium graminearum is a major causal agent of Fusarium head blight, which is a severe disease in wheat worldwide. FgABCC9 (FG05_07325) encodes an ABC-C (ABC transporter family C) transporter in F. graminearum, which was highly expressed during the infection in wheat and was up-regulated by the plant defense hormone salicylic acid (SA) and the fungicide tebuconazole. The predicted tertiary structure of the FgABCC9 protein was consistent with the schematic of the ABC exporter. Deletion of FgABCC9 resulted in decreased mycelial growth, increased sensitivity to SA and tebuconazole, reduced accumulation of deoxynivalenol (DON), and less pathogenicity towards wheat. Re-introduction of a functional FgABCC9 gene into ΔFgABCC9 recovered the phenotypes of the wild type strain. Transgenic expression of FgABCC9 in Arabidopsis thaliana increased the accumulation of SA in its leaves without activating SA signaling, which suggests that FgABCC9 functions as an SA exporter. Taken together, FgABCC9 encodes an ABC exporter, which is critical for fungal exportation of SA, response to tebuconazole, mycelial growth, and pathogenicity towards wheat.

scholarly journals A 20(S)-protopanoxadiol derivative overcomes multi-drug resistance by antagonizing ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1 transporter function

Oncotarget ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 9388-9403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Chen ◽  
Junhua Liu ◽  
Wantao Chen ◽  
Qin Xu ◽  
Meng Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Multi Drug Resistance ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette

scholarly journals Regulation von ABC-Transportern durch FKBPs

BIOspektrum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-134
Author(s):  
Markus Geisler
Keyword(s):  
Abc Transporter ◽  
Abc Transporters ◽  
Plant Hormone ◽  
Auxin Transport ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Fk506 Binding Protein ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette

AbstractThe plant hormone auxin is distributed in the plant by a sophisticated network of importers and exporters, including members of the ABCB subclass of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. ABCB-mediated auxin transport is controlled by Twisted Dwarf1, a member of the FK506-binding protein (FKBP) family. Here, we summarize current knowledge on ABC transporter regulation by FKBPs, which seems to be conserved over kingdoms and ABC subfamilies arguing for conserved mechanism of plant and mammalian post-translational transporter regulation.

Mouse ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters Conferring Multi-Drug Resistance

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuaizhang Li ◽  
Wen Zhang ◽  
Xuejiao Yin ◽  
Shilai Xing ◽  
Heidi Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Resistance ◽  
Abc Transporters ◽  
Multi Drug Resistance ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette

scholarly journals Beauvericin potentiates the activity of pesticides by neutralizing the ATP-binding cassette transporters in arthropods

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charbel Al Khoury ◽  
Nabil Nemer ◽  
Georges Nemer
Keyword(s):  
Abc Transporters ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Multi Drug Resistance ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette Transporters ◽  
Drug Treatments ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
Abc Transporter Genes ◽  
Atp Binding Cassette

AbstractMulti-drug resistance is posing major challenges in suppressing the population of pests. Many herbivores develop resistance, causing a prolonged survival after exposure to a previously effective pesticide. Consequently, resistant pests reduce the yield of agricultural production, causing significant economic losses and reducing food security. Therefore, overpowering resistance acquisition of crop pests is a must. The ATP binding cassette transporters (ABC transporters) are considered as the main participants to the pesticide efflux and their neutralization will greatly contribute to potentiate failed treatments. Real-Time PCR analysis of 19 ABC transporter genes belonging to the ABCB, ABCC, ABCG, and ABCH revealed that a broad range of efflux pumps is activated in response to the exposure to pesticides. In this study, we used beauvericin (BEA), a known ABC transporters modulator, to resensitize different strains of Tetranychus urticae after artificial selection for resistance to cyflumetofen, bifenazate, and abamectin. Our results showed that the combinatorial treatment of pesticide (manufacturer’s recommended doses) + BEA (sublethal doses: 0.15 mg/L) significantly suppressed the resistant populations of T. urticae when compared to single-drug treatments. Moreover, after selective pressure for 40 generations, the LC50 values were significantly reduced from 36.5, 44.7, and 94.5 (pesticide) to 8.3, 12.5, and 23.4 (pesticide + BEA) for cyflumetofen, bifenazate, and abamectin, respectively. While the downstream targets for BEA are still elusive, we demonstrated hereby that it synergizes with sub-lethal doses of different pesticides and increases their effect by inhibiting ABC transporters. This is the first report to document such combinatorial activity of BEA against higher invertebrates paving the way for its usage in treating refractory cases of resistance to pesticides. Moreover, we demonstrated, for the first time, using in silico techniques, the higher affinity of BEA to ABC transformers subfamilies when compared to xenobiotics; thus, elucidating the pathway of the mycotoxin.

scholarly journals Micro RNA Targeted Transcription Factors for Fruit Quality Improvement

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzahi Arazi ◽  
Vivian Irish ◽  
Asaph Aharoni
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Fruit Development ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Fleshy Fruit ◽  
Green Fruit ◽  
Transcription Factor Target ◽  
Ripening Mutants

Fruits are unique to flowering plants and represent an important component of human and animal diets. Development and maturation of tomato fruit is a well-programmed process, and yet, only a limited number of factors involved in its regulation have been characterized. Micro-RNAs (miRNAs) are small, endogenous RNAs that regulate gene expression in animals and plants. Plant miRNAs have a vital role in the generation of plant forms through post-transcriptional regulation of the accumulation of developmental regulators, especially transcription factors. Recently, we and others have demonstrated that miRNAs and other type of small RNAs are expressed in tomato fruit, and target putative transcription factors during its development and maturation. The original objectives of the approved proposal were: 1. To identify fruit miRNA transcription factor target genes through a bioinformatic approach. 2. To identify fruit miRNA transcription factor target genes up-regulated in tomato Dicer-like 1 silenced fruit. 3. To establish the biological functions of selected transcription factors and examine their utility for improving fleshy fruit quality trait. This project was approved by BARD as a feasibility study to allow initial experiments to peruse objective 2 as described above in order to provide initial evidence that miRNAs do play a role in fruit development. The approach planned to achieve objective 2, namely to identify miRNA transcription factor targets was to clone and silence the expression of a tomato DCL1 homolog in different stages of fruit development and examine alterations to gene expression in such a fruit in order to identify pathways and target genes that are regulated by miRNA via DCL1. In parallel, we characterized two transcription factors that are regulated by miRNAs in the fruit. We report here on the cloning of tomato DCL1 homolog, characterization of its expression in fruit flesh and peel of wild type and ripening mutants and generation of transgenic plants that silence SlDCL1 specifically in the fruit. Our results suggest that the tomato homolog of DCL1, which is the major plant enzyme involved in miRNA biogenesis, is present in fruit flesh and peel and differentially expressed during various stages of fruit development. In addition, its expression is altered in ripening mutants. We also report on the cloning and expression analysis of Sl_SBP and Sl_ARF transcription factors, which serve as targets of miR157 and miR160, respectively. Our data suggest that Sl_SBP levels are highest during fruit ripening supporting a role for this gene in that process. On the other hand Sl_ARF is strongly expressed in green fruit up to breaker indicating a role for that gene at preripening stage which is consistent with preliminary in_situ analyses that suggest expression in ovules of immature green fruit. The results of this feasibility study together with our previous results that miRNAs are expressed in the fruit indeed provide initial evidence that these regulators and their targets play roles in fruit development and ripening. These genes are expected to provide novel means for genetic improvement of tomato fleshy fruit.  

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