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Among the numerous molecular and physiological modifications induced by water deficit, one of the earliest events observed in maize mature leaves subjected to water deprivation was a strong enhancement of acid vacuolar
invertase
activity, which occurred before the classical reduction in gas exchange due to stomatal closure. The increase in
invertase
activity coincided with the rapid accumulation of glucose and fructose that reached 8-fold the control leaf value. In addition, acid vacuolar
invertase
activity appeared to be highly correlated with xylem sap
ABA
concentration. In order to investigate the nature of the relationship between
ABA
and
invertase
activity, and to disconnect
ABA
from a likely sucrose side-effect, excised leaves were supplied with
ABA
or sucrose. As a consequence of
ABA
supply, a peak in leaf
ABA
appeared 4 h later which was followed by an enhancement of vacuolar
invertase
activity.
ABA
supply also produced a second maximum in leaf
ABA
. The transcript level of the Ivr2 gene encoding one vacuolar
invertase
presented the same two peaks pattern as leaf
ABA
, with a 2 h lag. This response was specific since the other
invertase
genes were not responding. Thus,
ABA
appeared to be a powerful enhancer of the IVR2 vacuolar
invertase
activity and expression. In the present conditions, the addition of sucrose had no effect on the enzyme activity.
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PMID:The role of abscisic acid in the response of a specific vacuolar invertase to water stress in the adult maize leaf. 1292 69
Sucrose cleavage is vital to multicellular plants, not only for the allocation of crucial carbon resources but also for the initiation of hexose-based sugar signals in importing structures. Only the
invertase
and reversible sucrose synthase reactions catalyze known paths of sucrose breakdown in vivo. The regulation of these reactions and its consequences has therefore become a central issue in plant carbon metabolism. Primary mechanisms for this regulation involve the capacity of invertases to alter sugar signals by producing glucose rather than UDPglucose, and thus also two-fold more hexoses than are produced by sucrose synthase. In addition, vacuolar sites of cleavage by invertases could allow temporal control via compartmentalization. In addition, members of the gene families encoding either invertases or sucrose synthases respond at transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels to diverse environmental signals, including endogenous changes that reflect their own action (e.g. hexoses and hexose-responsive hormone systems such as abscisic acid [
ABA
] signaling). At the enzyme level, sucrose synthases can be regulated by rapid changes in sub-cellular localization, phosphorylation, and carefully modulated protein turnover. In addition to transcriptional control,
invertase
action can also be regulated at the enzyme level by highly localized inhibitor proteins and by a system that has the potential to initiate and terminate
invertase
activity in vacuoles. The extent, path, and site of sucrose metabolism are thus highly responsive to both internal and external environmental signals and can, in turn, dramatically alter development and stress acclimation.
...
PMID:Sucrose metabolism: regulatory mechanisms and pivotal roles in sugar sensing and plant development. 1513 43
Cold temperatures cause pollen sterility and large reductions in grain yield in temperate rice growing regions of the world. Induction of pollen sterility by cold involves a disruption of sugar transport in anthers, caused by the cold-induced repression of the apoplastic sugar transport pathway in the tapetum. Here we demonstrate that the phytohormone
ABA
is a potential signal for cold-induced pollen sterility (CIPS). Cold treatment of the cold-sensitive cultivar Doongara resulted in increased anther
ABA
levels. Exogenous
ABA
treatment at the young microspore stage induced pollen sterility and affected cell wall
invertase
and monosaccharide transporter gene expression in a way similar to cold treatment. In the cold-tolerant cultivar R31,
ABA
levels were significantly lower under normal circumstances and remained low after cold treatment. The differences in endogenous
ABA
levels in Doongara and R31 correlated with differences in expression of the
ABA
biosynthetic genes encoding zeaxanthin epoxidase (OSZEP1) and 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (OSNCED2, OSNCED3) in anthers. The expression of three
ABA
-8-hydroxylase genes (ABA8OX1, 2 and 3) in R31 anthers was higher under control conditions and was regulated differently by cold compared with Doongara. Our results indicate that the cold tolerance phenotype of R31 is correlated with lower endogenous
ABA
levels and a different regulation of
ABA
metabolism.
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PMID:ABA regulates apoplastic sugar transport and is a potential signal for cold-induced pollen sterility in rice. 1769 52
Invertase (beta-D-fructofuranosidase;
EC 3.2.1.26
) catalyzes the conversion of sucrose into glucose and fructose and is involved in an array of important processes, including phloem unloading, carbon partitioning, the response to pathogens, and the control of cell differentiation and development. Its importance may have caused the invertases to evolve into a multigene family whose members are regulated by a variety of different mechanisms, such as pH, sucrose levels, and inhibitor proteins. Although putative
invertase
inhibitors in the Arabidopsis genome are easy to locate, few studies have been conducted to elucidate their individual functions in vivo in plant growth and development because of their high redundancy. In this study we assessed the functional role of the putative
invertase
inhibitors in Arabidopsis by generating transgenic plants harboring a putative
invertase
inhibitor gene under the control of the CaMV35S promoter. A transgenic plant that expressed high levels of the putative
invertase
inhibitor transcript when grown under normal conditions was chosen for the current study. To our surprise, the stability of the
invertase
inhibitor transcripts was shown to be down-regulated by the phytohormone
ABA
(abscisic acid). It is well established that
ABA
enhances
invertase
activity in vivo but the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. Our results thus suggest that one way
ABA
regulates
invertase
activity is by down-regulating its inhibitor.
...
PMID:The ABA effect on the accumulation of an invertase inhibitor transcript that is driven by the CAMV35S promoter in ARABIDOPSIS. 1842 62
Following exposure to salinity, the root/shoot ratio is increased (an important adaptive response) due to the rapid inhibition of shoot growth (which limits plant productivity) while root growth is maintained. Both processes may be regulated by changes in plant hormone concentrations. Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv Moneymaker) were cultivated hydroponically for 3 weeks under high salinity (100 mM NaCl) and five major plant hormones (abscisic acid,
ABA
; the cytokinins zeatin, Z, and zeatin-riboside, ZR; the auxin indole-3-acetic acid, IAA; and the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid, ACC) were determined weekly in roots, xylem sap, and leaves. Salinity reduced shoot biomass by 50-60% and photosynthetic area by 20-25% both by decreasing leaf expansion and delaying leaf appearance, while root growth was less affected, thus increasing the root/shoot ratio.
ABA
and ACC concentrations strongly increased in roots, xylem sap, and leaves after 1 d (
ABA
) and 15 d (ACC) of salinization. By contrast, cytokinins and IAA were differentially affected in roots and shoots. Salinity dramatically decreased the Z+ZR content of the plant, and induced the conversion of ZR into Z, especially in the roots, which accounted for the relative increase of cytokinins in the roots compared to the leaf. IAA concentration was also strongly decreased in the leaves while it accumulated in the roots. Decreased cytokinin content and its transport from the root to the shoot were probably induced by the basipetal transport of auxin from the shoot to the root. The auxin/cytokinin ratio in the leaves and roots may explain both the salinity-induced decrease in shoot vigour (leaf growth and leaf number) and the shift in biomass allocation to the roots, in agreement with changes in the activity of the sink-related enzyme cell wall
invertase
.
...
PMID:Hormonal changes in relation to biomass partitioning and shoot growth impairment in salinized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants. 1903 41
Sugar acts as a signal molecule and plays a pivotal role in plant development and stress response. Neutral/alkaline invertases found only in photosynthetic bacteria and plants is sucrose-specific enzymes cleave sucrose into glucose and fructose. We have identified a gene for neutral/
alkaline invertase
in Arabidopsis designated as AtCYT-INV1 which is involved in sugar/
ABA
signaling and plays multiple roles in plant development and osmotic stress-induced inhibition on lateral root growth.
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PMID:AtCYT-INV1 in Arabidopsis Sugar Signaling. 1970 97
Since the initial biochemical study of a putative
invertase
inhibitor half a century ago, it has remained as a puzzle as whether such an inhibitory protein indeed limits
invertase
activity in vivo and, if it does, what is the developmental or physiological significance of such an interaction? Recently, we demonstrated that an
invertase
inhibitor, INVINH1, specifically inhibited cell wall
invertase
activity in tomato and Arabidopsis. Silencing INVINH1 expression in tomato released a significant amount of extra cell wall
invertase
activity. This posttranslational elevation of
invertase
activity resulted in a blockage of
ABA
-induced leaf senescence and an increase in fruit sugar levels and seed weight. Here, we discuss the implication of the findings and propose a model that the invertse inhibitor may act as a key modulator in controlling leaf longevity and seed development to ensure success during plant evolution. This may be achieved by optimizing carbon and nitrogen allocation and sugar signaling via interaction between
invertase
and inhibitor. The discoveries open up exciting new areas for exploring fundamental questions in sugar signaling, carbon allocation and plant development as well as avenues for improving crop productivity.
...
PMID:Capping invertase activity by its inhibitor: roles and implications in sugar signaling, carbon allocation, senescence and evolution. 1957 37
A field trial with high fiher quality cotton cultivar Kemian 1 was conducted in Nanjing (lower reaches of Yangtze River) in 2006-2007 to study the effects of growth regulators 6-BA and
ABA
on the boll and fiber development and related physiological mechanisms under low temperature stress. The cotton seeds were sown on April 25 and May 25, respectively, which could result in different temperature for the bolls on the same positions, and the growth regulators were sprayed at flowering stage. Spraying 6-BA increased the boll weight and fiber quality under both normal and low temperature conditions; whereas spraying
ABA
induced the decrease of fiber quality under normal temperature but decreased the reduction magnitude of fiber quality under low temperature condition. 6-BA increased significantly the boll sucrose content and sucrose synthase and sucrose phosphate synthase activities, while
ABA
only increased boll beta-1, 3-glucanase activity. Both 6-BA and
ABA
had less effects on the activity of sucrose
invertase
, a key enzyme for fiber development. Under low temperature condition, spraying 6-BA or
ABA
improved fiber quality, but the action mechanisms were different. 6-BA improved fiber quality via enhancing the activities of relevant enzymes; while
ABA
improved fiber quality via increasing the stress resistance of cotton plants.
...
PMID:[Physiological mechanisms of growth regulators 6-BA and ABA in mitigating low temperature stress of cotton fiber development]. 2181
The profiling of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) genes under water deficit was specifically targeted to sugar transporters. Leaf water status was characterized by physiological parameters and soluble sugars content. The expression analysis provided evidence that VvHT1 hexose transporter gene was strongly down-regulated by the increased sugar content under mild water-deficit. The genes of monosaccharide transporter VvHT5, sucrose carrier VvSUC11, vacuolar
invertase
VvGIN2 and grape ASR (
ABA
, stress, ripening) were up-regulated under severe water stress. Their regulation in a drought-
ABA
signalling network and possible roles in complex interdependence between sugar subcellular partitioning and cell influx/efflux under Grapevine acclimation to dehydration are discussed.
...
PMID:Profiling of sugar transporter genes in grapevine coping with water deficit. 2526 Dec 50
Key concerns in the ecological evaluation of GM crops are undesirably spread, gene flow, other environmental impacts, and consequences on soil microorganism's biodiversity. Numerous reports have highlighted the effects of transgenic plants on the physiology of non-targeted rhizospheric microbes and the food chain via causing adverse effects. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop transgenics with insignificant toxic on environmental health. In the present study, SUV3 overexpressing salt tolerant transgenic rice evaluated in New Delhi and Cuttack soil conditions for their effects on physicochemical and biological properties of rhizosphere. Its cultivation does not affect soil properties viz., pH, Eh, organic C, P, K, N, Ca, Mg, S, Na and Fe(2+). Additionally, SUV3 rice plants do not cause any change in the phenotype, species characteristics and antibiotic sensitivity of rhizospheric bacteria. The population and/or number of soil organisms such as bacteria, fungi and nematodes were unchanged in the soil. Also, the activity of bacterial enzymes viz., dehydrogenase,
invertase
, phenol oxidases, acid phosphatases, ureases and proteases was not significantly affected. Further, plant growth promotion (PGP) functions of bacteria such as siderophore, HCN, salicylic acid, IAA, GA, zeatin,
ABA
, NH3, phosphorus metabolism, ACC deaminase and iron tolerance were, considerably, not influenced. The present findings suggest ecologically pertinent of salt tolerant SUV3 rice to sustain the health and usual functions of the rhizospheric organisms.
...
PMID:Salt tolerant SUV3 overexpressing transgenic rice plants conserve physicochemical properties and microbial communities of rhizosphere. 2530 66
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