Apicomplexan parasites predominantly generate ATP and lactic acid through glycolysis and anaerobic glucose metabolism,incorporating CO_(2) into glycolysis via a stage-dependent phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC)mec...Apicomplexan parasites predominantly generate ATP and lactic acid through glycolysis and anaerobic glucose metabolism,incorporating CO_(2) into glycolysis via a stage-dependent phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC)mechanism.Although the role of PEPC in plant and bacterial carbon fixation is well documented,its function within Babesia remains largely unexplored.This study employs reverse genetics to probe the biological role of PEPC in Babesia gibsoni,noting its conservation across similar protozoa,suggesting a pivotal and conserved biological function.Western blotting and immunofluorescence(IFA)experiments using the BgPEPC-3×Flag strain revealed that the BgPEPC protein has a molecular weight of 105 kDa and localizes predominantly to the cytoplasm.Attempts to knock out the PEPC gene in BgPEPC-3×Flag strains failed under standard media conditions,succeeded only with the addition of 5 mM malate,an upstream metabolite of oxaloacetic acid(OAA).In addition to malate,the downstream metabolite of OAA can also partially compensate for the phenotypic defects caused by PEPC deficiency.This intervention alleviated severe growth deficits,underscoring the critical role of aspartate in the parasite lifecycle.Moreover,metabolic inhibitors such as L-cycloserine and triazamidine,which target aspartate aminotransferase and mitochondrial functions,respectively,demonstrated increased efficacy against BgPEPC knockout strains.The lack of a compensatory response to malic acid supplementation underscores the integral role of BgPEPC in intermediary carbon metabolism and its necessity in providing aspartate as a precursor to pyrimidine synthesis.Collectively,these findings suggest that PEPC could be a potential target for future drug development against B.gibsoni infections.展开更多
[ Objective] The aim of this study was to introduce Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase （PEPCase） gene into common wheat Linyou 145. [ Method] With the material of common wheat Linyou 145, Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxyla...[ Objective] The aim of this study was to introduce Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase （PEPCase） gene into common wheat Linyou 145. [ Method] With the material of common wheat Linyou 145, Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase （PEPCase） gene was introduced into wheat embryo callus by the agrobacterium-mediated transformation system, and then analyzed through successive selection with selective medium con- taing gygrornycin to detect the gene at the molecular level. [Result] The hyg-resistant plants were obtained, and GUS histochemical staining showed the leaf of resistant plants was stained dark blue. The target bands appeared in PCR analysis. [ Conclusion] Phosphoenolpyruvate Car- boxylase （PEPCase） gene has been primarily introduced into the recipient material.展开更多
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （PEPC） is widely distributed in plants and bacteria, and catalyzes the carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate to form oxaloacetate and inorganic phosphate. To investigate the molecular ...Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （PEPC） is widely distributed in plants and bacteria, and catalyzes the carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate to form oxaloacetate and inorganic phosphate. To investigate the molecular mechanisms of the regulation and control of peanut oil, with the degenerated primers and RACE-PCR approach, five PEPC genes were cloned from peanut, and designated as AhPEPC1, AhPEPC2, AhPEPC3, AhPEPC4, and AhPEPC5, respectively. The structure and phylogenetic analysis of PEPC protein indicated that AhPEPC1-4 genes encoded a typical plant-type PEPC-enzyme, and AhPEPC5 a bacterial-type. By real-time quantitative RT-PCR approach the expression pattern of each gene was detected in various tissues of normal and high oil-content peanut varieties. It was found that there was a lower expression level of AhPEPCs genes except for the AhPEPC2 in high-oil peanut than normal-oil peanut line. The results provide some fundamental information for the further investigation of plant PEPC proteins and their role in regulation of oil-content in peanut seeds.展开更多
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase（PEPC;EC 4.1.1.31） catalyses phosphoenolpyruvate（PEP） to yield oxaloacetate,which is involved in protein biosynthesis.Pyruvate kinase（PK;EC 2.7.1.40） catalyzes PEP to yield pyruvat...Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase（PEPC;EC 4.1.1.31） catalyses phosphoenolpyruvate（PEP） to yield oxaloacetate,which is involved in protein biosynthesis.Pyruvate kinase（PK;EC 2.7.1.40） catalyzes PEP to yield pyruvate,which is involved in fatty acid synthesis.In this study,five PEPC genes（AhPEPC1,AhPEPC2,AhPEPC3,AhPEPC4,and AhPEPC5） from peanut have been cloned.Using a quantitative real-time RT-PCR approach,the expression pattern of each gene was monitored during the seed development of four peanut varieties（E11,Hebeigaoyou,Naihan 1,and Huayu 26）.It was found that these five genes shared similar expression behaviors over the developmental stages of E11 with high expression levels at 30 and 40 d after pegging（DAP）;whereas these five genes showed irregular expression patterns during the seed development of Hebeigaoyou.In Naihan 1 and Huayu 26,the expression levels of the five genes remained relatively high in the first stage.The PEPC activity was monitored during the seed development of four peanut varieties and seed oil content was also characterized during whole period of seed development.The PEPC activity followed the oil accumulation pattern during the early stages of development but they showed a significantly negative correlation thereafter.These results suggested that PEPC may play an important role in lipid accumulation during the seed development of four peanut varieties tested.展开更多
Three F3 hybrids derived from the sterile rice lines Gang 46A, 776A and 2480A and the improved restorer line Shuhui 881 containing maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （pepc） gene were used to analyze the effect of...Three F3 hybrids derived from the sterile rice lines Gang 46A, 776A and 2480A and the improved restorer line Shuhui 881 containing maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （pepc） gene were used to analyze the effect of pepc gene on the heterosis and photosynthetic characteristics, while the F3 obtained by crossing Shuhui 881 with the above three sterile lines served as controls. The dynamics of photosynthetic characteristics in leaves of three F1 with pepc gene and their controls were determined at the initial-tillering, maxium-tillering, elongation, initial-heading, heading, maturity stages, and other different times after flag leaf fully expanded. The PEPCase activities of the three F1 with pepc gene increased significantly as compared with control plants during the whole developmental stages. Moreover, the net photosynthesis rate （Pn） also increased to certain extent. The data showed that PEPCase activity was significantly correlated to Pn with a correlation coefficient of 0.6081. The photosynthetic indexes of the three F1 with pepc gene were obviously superior to respective controls in apparent quantum efficiency, light compensation point and carboxylation efficiency, while the CO2 compensation point was lower than that of corresponding control. The Pn of the three F1 with pepc gene at light saturation point and CO2 saturation point was also higher than that of control plants. in addition, the three F1 with pepc gene had an average increase of 37.10% in grain yields per plant in comparison with control plants. The results indicated that the photosynthetic characteristics of hybrid rice containing pepc gene had been improved to some extent due to the introduction of pepc gene.展开更多
Similar to other macroalgae,Saccharina japonica has CO_(2)-concentrating mechanism(CCM)that allows high photosynthesis efficiency and elevates biomass.Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK)in cytoplasm is an essenti...Similar to other macroalgae,Saccharina japonica has CO_(2)-concentrating mechanism(CCM)that allows high photosynthesis efficiency and elevates biomass.Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK)in cytoplasm is an essential component of CCM.However,no reports on cytosolic PEPCK of S.japonica are available.In this study,the full-length cDNA sequence of a PEPCK gene(SjPCK1)predicted to be localized in cytoplasm,was screened from the full-length transcriptome of S.japonica gametophytes and identified by RT-PCR.The complete cDNA sequence of SjPCK1 was 2174 bp in length,which encompassed an open reading frame(ORF)of 1734 bp,a 5′-untranslated region(UTR)of 216 bp and a 3′-UTR of 224 bp.In parallel,the genomic DNA of SjPCK1 was 21294 bp in length,characterized by the presence of 11 introns and 12 exons.It encoded a protein of 577 amino acids with a molecular weight of 63 kD and an isoelectric point of 8.47.Amino acid sequence alignment showed that the functional sites of PEPCK were highly conserved in the selected species.Phylogenetic analysis and sequence characterization showed that SjPCK1 was an ATP-dependent PEPCK.SjPCK1 gene was expressed by using Escherichia coli prokaryotic expression system,and the SjPCK1 protein with His 6 tag(rSjPCK1)was 81.93 kD in molecular weight.Enzyme activity assay results showed that the specific activity of carboxylase and decar-boxylase of rSjPCK1 was 1.91±0.29 U/mg prog and 11.3±1.97 U/mg prog,respectively.These findings provide valuable molecular and biochemical insights for a further analysis of the role of cytosolic PEPCK in the storage of inorganic carbon in S.japonica.展开更多
: Spraying a 1–2 mmol/L solution of NaHSO3 on the leaves of wild-type rice (Oryza sativa L.) Kitaake (WT), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) transgenic (PC) rice and PEPC+phosphate dikinase (PPDK) transgenic ric...: Spraying a 1–2 mmol/L solution of NaHSO3 on the leaves of wild-type rice (Oryza sativa L.) Kitaake (WT), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) transgenic (PC) rice and PEPC+phosphate dikinase (PPDK) transgenic rice (PC+PK), in which the germplasm was transformed with wild-type Kitaake as the gene receptor, resulted in an enhancement of the net photosynthetic rate by 23.0%, 28.8%, and 34.4%, respectively, for more than 3 d. It was also observed that NaHSO3 application caused an increase in the ATP content in leaves. Spraying PMS (a cofactor catalysing the photophosphorylation cycle) and NaHSO3 separately or together on leaves resulted in an increase in photosynthesis with all treatments. There was no additional effect on photosynthetic rate when the mixture was applied, suggesting that the mechanism by which NaHSO3 promotes photosynthesis is similar to the mechanism by which PMS acts and that both of compounds enhanced the supply of ATP. After spraying a solution of NaHSO3 on leaves, compared with the WT Kitaake rice, a greater enhancement of net photosynthetic rate was observed in PEPC transgenic (PC) and PEPC+PPDK transgenic (PC+PK) rice, with the greatest increase being observed in the latter group. Therefore ATP supply may become the limiting factor that concentrates CO2 in rice leaves transformed with an exogenous PEPC gene and exogenous PEPC+PPDK genes.展开更多
To elucidate the photosynthetic physiological characteristics and the physiological inherited traits of rice （Oryza sativa L.） hybrids and their parents, physiological indices of photosynthetic CO2 exchange and chlo...To elucidate the photosynthetic physiological characteristics and the physiological inherited traits of rice （Oryza sativa L.） hybrids and their parents, physiological indices of photosynthetic CO2 exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were measured in leaves of the maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （PEPC） transgenic rice as the male parent, sp. japonica rice cv. 9516 as the female parent, and the stable JAAS45 pollen line. The results revealed that the PEPC gene could be stably inherited and trans- ferred from the male parent to the JAAS45 pollen line. Moreover, the JAAS45 pollen line exhibited high levels of PEPC activity, manifesting higher saturated photosynthetic rates, photosynthetic apparent quantum yield （AQY）, photochemical efficiency of photosystem II and photochemical and non-photochemical quenching, which indicated that the JAAS45 pollen line has a high tolerance to photo-inhibition/photooxidation under strong light and high temperature. Furthermore, JAAS45 was confirmed to still be a C3 plant by δ^13C carbon isotope determination and was demonstrated to have a limited photosynthetic C4 microcycle by feeding with exogenous C4 primary products, such as oxaloacetate or malate, or phosphoenolpyruvate. The present study explains the physiological inherited properties of PEPC transgenic rice and provides an expectation for the integration of traditional breeding and biological technology.展开更多
Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of the antihyperglycemic agent metformin on the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene in hepatocytes and to determine whether the effects of me...Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of the antihyperglycemic agent metformin on the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene in hepatocytes and to determine whether the effects of metformin in hepatocytes are transmitted throughout the known insulin signaling pathways Methods Confluent H4IIE rat heptoma cells were cultured for 16 h with 0 1 mmol/L metformin either in absence or presence of 0 1 nmol/L insulin, and then stimulated with various agents The expression of PEPCK gene was examined by Northern blot analysis Results Therapeutic concentrations of metformin significantly inhibited basal PEPCK mRNA expression and also decreased cAMP and dexamethasone induced PEPCK gene expression through interaction with insulin In the presence of insulin signaling pathway inhibitors wortmannin and UO126, metformin reduced PEPCK mRNA levels, but wortmannin blocked inhibitory regulation of insulin on PEPCK gene expression Conclusion Metformin inhibits PEPCK gene expression via either an insulin independent or an interacting with insulin manner The results suggest that a possible mechanism by which metformin reduces gluconeogenesis could be associated with the inhibition of PEPCK gene expression展开更多
Background NF-KB p65 was shown to inhibit transcription of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase （PEPCK）, a rate-limiting enzyme in gluconeogenesis in the liver. To understand the mechanism of action of NF-KB p65, we in...Background NF-KB p65 was shown to inhibit transcription of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase （PEPCK）, a rate-limiting enzyme in gluconeogenesis in the liver. To understand the mechanism of action of NF-KB p65, we investigated the nuclear receptor corepressor in the regulation of PEPCK transcription. Methods Rat H411E cells, human hepatoma HepG2 cells and human embryo kidney （HEK） 293 cells were used in this study. The transcriptional activity of a rat PEPCK gene promoter （-490/＋100） was analyzed in HepG2 cells, a HepG2 super suppressor IkBa （sslkBa） stable cell line, and HEK 293 cells. The effects of p65 and sslkBa on a rat PEPCK gene promoter were observed using the PEPCK luciferase reporter system. The interaction of the cAMP-response- element-binding （CREB） protein, histone deacetylase 3 （HDAC3） and silencing mediator for retinoic and thyroid hormone receptors （SMRT） with the PEPCK gene promoter were investigated using the chromatin immunoprecipitation （CHIP） assay, p65 cotransfection and RNAi-mediated gene knockdown were used to determine the corepressor involved in the inhibition of PEPCK by NF-KB p65 and the transcriptional regulation of CREB by NF-KB p65. Results NF-KB p65 inhibited PEPCK expression and the inhibition was blocked by sslkBa. The inhibitory effect of p65 was completely blocked in a HepG2 stable cell line in which sslkBa was expressed. HDAC3 or SMRT knockdown led to a significant up-regulation of PEPCK reporter activity in the presence of p65 cotransfection. In the ChIP assay the interaction of HDAC3 and SMRT with the PEPCK gene promoter was induced by p65 activation, but the CREB signal was reduced. Transcriptional activity of CREB was inhibited by NF-kB p65 cotransfection. The inhibitory effect of NF-kB p65 was blocked by HDAC3 RNAi or SMRT RNAi. Conculsions The study showed that the inhibition of PEPCK by NF-kB p65 was dependent on HDAC3 and SMRT, which form a nuclear corepressor complex for transcriptional inhibition. The transcription factors NF-kB p65 and CREB share the same corepressor HDAC3-SMRT, and the corepressor exchange leads to inhibition of PEPCK gene transcription by NF-kB p65.展开更多
Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of the antihyperglycemic agent metformin on the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK)gene in hepatocytes and to determine whether the effects of metfo...Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of the antihyperglycemic agent metformin on the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK)gene in hepatocytes and to determine whether the effects of metformin in hepatocytes are transmitted throughout the known insulin signaling pathways.Methods Confluent H4lIE rat heptoma cells were cultured for 16 h with 0.1 mmol/L metformin either in absence or presence of 0.1nmol/L insulin,and then stimulated with various agents.The expression of PEPCK gene was examined by Northern blot analysis.Results Therapeutic concentrations of metformin significantly inhibited basal PEPCK mRNA expression and also decreased cAMP and dexamethasone induced PEPCK gene expression through interaction with insulin.In the presence of insulin signaling pathway inhibitors wortmannin and UO126,metformin reduced PEPCK mRNA levels,but wortmannin blocked inhibitory regulation of insulin on PEPCK gene expression.ConclusionMetformin inhibitsPEPCK gene expression via either an insulin-independent or an interacting-with-insulin manner.The results suggest that a possible mechanism by which metformin reduces gluconeogenesis could be associated with the inhibition of PEPCK gene expression.展开更多
Metabolic reprogramming reshapes the tumor microenvironment(TME)and facilitates metastasis,but its molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood.Here,we identified enolase 2(ENO2),a critical glycolytic enzyme,as...Metabolic reprogramming reshapes the tumor microenvironment(TME)and facilitates metastasis,but its molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood.Here,we identified enolase 2(ENO2),a critical glycolytic enzyme,as being associated with lymphatic metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carci-noma(HNSCC).Mechanistically,phosphoenolpyruvate(PEP),the metabolite secreted by ENO2-expressing HNSCC cells,drove histone H3 lysine 18 lactylation(H3K18la)-mediated M2 polarization in macrophages,which,in turn,enhanced the epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT)and invasiveness of HNSCC cells.Pharmacological inhibition of ENO2 with POMHEX effectively reversed M2 macrophage polarization and inhibited HNSCC lymphatic metastasis.Collectively,our findings underscore the prog-nostic significance of ENO2 and highlight its potential as a therapeutic target for metastatic HNSCC.Furthermore,we reveal a previously underappreciated role of PEP in modulating the tumor immune microenvironment and tumor metastasis via epigenetic modification.展开更多
Maize-specific pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase(PPDK) was overexpressed in rice independently or in combination with the maize C4-specific phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PCK). The wild-type(WT) cultivar Kitaake and t...Maize-specific pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase(PPDK) was overexpressed in rice independently or in combination with the maize C4-specific phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PCK). The wild-type(WT) cultivar Kitaake and transgenic plants were evaluated in independent field and tank experiments. Three soil moisture treatments,well-watered(WW), moderate drought(MD) and severe drought(SD), were imposed from 9d post-anthesis till maturity. Leaf physiological and biochemical traits, root activities,biomass, grain yield, and yield components in the untransformed WT and two transgenic rice lines(PPDK and PCK) were systematically studied. Compared with the WT, both transgenic rice lines showed increased leaf photosynthetic rate: by 20%–40% under WW, by45%–60% under MD, and by 80%–120% under SD. The transgenic plants produced 16.1%,20.2% and 20.0% higher grain yields than WT under the WW, MD and SD treatments,respectively. Under the same soil moisture treatments, activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC) and carbonic anhydrase(CA) in transgenic plants were 3–5-fold higher than those in WT plants. Compared with ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase, activities of PEPC and CA were less reduced under both MD and SD treatments. The transgenic plants also showed higher leaf water content, stomatal conductance, transpiration efficiency, and root oxidation activity and a stronger active oxygen scavenging system than the WT under all soil moisture treatments, especially MD and SD. The results suggest that drought tolerance is greatly enhanced in transgenic rice plants overexpressing C4photosynthesis enzymes. This study was performed under natural conditions and normal planting density to evaluate yield advantages on a field basis. It may open a new avenue to droughttolerance breeding via overexpression of C4enzymes in rice.展开更多
Cherry tomatoes （Lycopersicon esculentura Mill., cv. hongyangli） were hydroponically cultivated in a greenhouse to determine the effect of different nitrogen （N） forms on organic acid concentration and the activit...Cherry tomatoes （Lycopersicon esculentura Mill., cv. hongyangli） were hydroponically cultivated in a greenhouse to determine the effect of different nitrogen （N） forms on organic acid concentration and the activities of related enzymes involved in nitrogen and organic acid metabolism during cherry tomato fruit development. The results showed that fruit nitrate reductase （NR） activity was much higher following treatment with 100% NO3 and 75% NO3 ＋ 25% NH＋ than with 100% NH＋ except at maturity. Glutamine synthetase （GS） activity trended downward during fruit development under all three treatments. Plants fed 100% NH＋ had the lowest fruit citrate and malate levels at maturity, with the highest malate concentration at an early stage. The activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （PEPC） was found to be in accord with the malate concentration with every N source. Under all three N forms, the citrate synthase （CS） activity peaked one week before the citrate concentration.展开更多
Endogenous reference genes (ERGs) provide vital information regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The successful detection of ERGs can identity GMOs and the source of genes, verify stability and reliability...Endogenous reference genes (ERGs) provide vital information regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The successful detection of ERGs can identity GMOs and the source of genes, verify stability and reliability of the detection system, and calculate the level of genetically modified (GM) ingredients in mixtures. The reported ERGs in rice include sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS), phospholipase D (PLD), RBE4 and rice root-specific GOS9 genes. Based on the characteristics of ERGs, a new ERG gene, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), was selected, and further compared with the four existing genes. A total of 18 rice varieties and 29 non-rice crops were used to verify the interspecies specificity, intraspecies consistency, sensitivity, stability and reliability of these five ERGs using qualitative and quantitative PCR. Qualitative detection indicated that SPS and PEPC displayed sufficient specificity, and the detection sensitivity was 0.05% and 0.005%, respectively. Although the specificity of both RBE4 and GOS9 were adequate, the amplicons were small and easily confused with primer dimers. Non-specific amplification of the PLD gene was present in maize and potato. Real-time quantitative PCR detection indicated that PLD, SPS and PEPC displayed good specificity, with R2 of the standard curve greater than 0.98, while the amplification efficiency ranged between 90% and 110%. Both the detection sensitivities of PLD and PEPC were five copies and that of SPS was ten copies. RBE4 showed typical amplification in maize, beet and Arabidopsis, while GOS9 was found in maize, tobacco and oats. PEPC exhibited excellent detection sensitivity and species specificity, which made it a potentially useful application in GM-rice supervision and administration. Additionally, SPS and PLD are also suitable for GM-rice detection. This study effectively established a foundation for GMO detection, which not only provides vital technical support for GMO identification, but also is of great significance for enhancing the comparability of detection results, and the standardization of ERG testing in GM-rice.展开更多
The full-length of intact Zea mays gene for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene （ZmC4Ppc） is 6 781 bp. The products of PCR for this gene were not clear with poor repeatability, resulting in that it was difficult fo...The full-length of intact Zea mays gene for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene （ZmC4Ppc） is 6 781 bp. The products of PCR for this gene were not clear with poor repeatability, resulting in that it was difficult for marker-assisted selection （MAS） both in rice and maize. For selecting the markers for MAS, sequences presented only in maize rather than in rice were identified by BLAST, and used for primer design using Primer Premier 5.0. A pair of specific primer termed MRpc （Forward： 5＇ AAGCAGGGAAGCGAGACG 3＇, Reverse： 5＇ GATTGCCGCCAGCAGTAG 3＇） was used for selection of transformed rice, and ZmC4Ppc could be highly and constitutively expressed at each tested developmental stages in the transformed rice selected by using MRpc. Thus, MRpc was used for MAS of progenies carrying ZmC4Ppc gene in rice and some restorer lines with ZmC4Ppc （e.g. FPM881） derived from ZmC4Ppc-transformed Kitaake backcrossed with a restorer line Shuhui 881 were obtained. The analyses on genetic background, PEPCase activity, net photosynthetic rate, general combining ability （GCA） and specific combining ability （SCA） of FPM881 showed that similarity of genetic background reached above 95%, the PEPCase and net photosynthetic rate were higher than those of the control, and some of the progenies carrying ZmC4Ppc gene had better GCA and SCA for grain yield per plant, number of panicles per plant, and 1000-grain weight than those of the control. This suggested that the introduction of maize ZmC4Ppc gene via MAS and its stable expression could increase grain yield of rice and would likely provide a pathway for rice varietal improvement.展开更多
In this study,phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose-4-phosphate are efficiently supplied by collaborative design of Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas(EMP)pathway and pentose phosphate(PP)pathway in Escherichia coli,thus increasing t...In this study,phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose-4-phosphate are efficiently supplied by collaborative design of Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas(EMP)pathway and pentose phosphate(PP)pathway in Escherichia coli,thus increasing the L-tryptophan production.Firstly,the effects of disrupting EMP pathway on L-tryptophan production were studied,and the results indicated that the strain with deletion of phosphofructokinase A(i.e.,E.coli JW-5ΔpfkA)produced 23.4±2.1 g/L of L-tryptophan production.However,deletion of phosphofructokinase A and glucosephosphate isomerase is not conducive to glucose consumption and cell growth,especially deletion of glucosephosphate isomerase.Next,the carbon flux in PP pathway was enhanced by introduction of the desensitized glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase(zwf)and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase(gnd)and thus increasing the L-tryptophan production(i.e.,26.5±3.2 g/L vs.21.7±1.3 g/L)without obviously changing the cell growth(i.e.,0.41 h^(-1) vs.0.44 h^(-1))as compared with the original strain JW-5.Finally,the effects of co-modifying EMP pathway and PP pathway on L-tryptophan production were investigated.It was found that the strain with deletion of phosphofructokinase A as well as introduction of the desensitized zwf and gnd(i.e.,E.coli JW-5 zwf243 gnd361ΔpfkA)produced 31.9±2.7 g/L of L-tryptophan,which was 47.0%higher than that of strain JW-5.In addition,the glucose consumption rate of strain JW-5 zwf243 gnd361ΔpfkA was obviously increased despite of the bad cell growth as compared with strain JW-5.The results of this study have important reference value for the following application of metabolic engineering to improve aromatic amino acids producing strains.展开更多
LncRNAs and metabolism represents two factors involved in cancer initiation and progression.However,the interaction between lncRNAs and metabolism remains to be fully explored.In this study,lncRNA FEZF1-AS1(FEZF1-AS1)...LncRNAs and metabolism represents two factors involved in cancer initiation and progression.However,the interaction between lncRNAs and metabolism remains to be fully explored.In this study,lncRNA FEZF1-AS1(FEZF1-AS1)was found upregulated in colon cancer after screening all the lncRNAs of colon cancer tissues deposited in TCGA,the result of which was further confirmed by RNAscope staining on a colon tissue chip.The results obtained using FEZF1-AS1 knockout colon cancer cells(SW480 KO and HCT-116 KO)constructed using CRISPR/Cas9 system confirmed the proliferation,invasion,and migration-promoting function of FEZF1-AS1 in vitro.Mechanistically,FEZF1-AS1 associated with the mitochondrial protein phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PCK2),which plays an essential role in regulating energy metabolism in the mitochondria.Knockdown of FEZF1-AS1 greatly decreased PCK2 protein levels,broke the homeostasis of energy metabolism in the mitochondria,and inhibited proliferation,invasion,and migration of SW480 and HCT-116 cells.PCK2 overexpression in FEZF1-AS1 knockout cells partially rescued the tumor inhibitory effect on colon cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo.Moreover,PCK2 overexpression specifically rescued the abnormal accumulation of Flavin mononucleotide(FMN)and succinate,both of which play an important role in oxidative phosphorylation(OXPHOS).Overall,these results indicate that FEZF1-AS1 is an oncogene through regulating energy metabolism of the cell.This research reveals a new mechanism for lncRNAs to regulate colon cancer and provides a potential target for colon cancer diagnosis and treatment.展开更多
To understand the function of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase,we introduced PtPEPCK1 gene under the control of 35S promoter into 84K poplar(Populus alba×P.glandulosa).PtPEPCK1 gene is well-known for its ro...To understand the function of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase,we introduced PtPEPCK1 gene under the control of 35S promoter into 84K poplar(Populus alba×P.glandulosa).PtPEPCK1 gene is well-known for its role in gluconeogenesis.However,our data confi rmed that it has signifi cant eff ects on amino acid biosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism.Immunohistochemistry and fl uorescence microscopy indicate that PtPEPCK1 is specifi cally expressed in the cytoplasm of the spongy and palisade tissues.Overexpression of PtPEPCK1 was characterized through transcriptomics and metabolomics.The metabolites concentration of the ornithine cycle and its precursors also increased,of which N-acetylornithine was up-regulated almost 50-fold and ornithine 33.7-fold.These were accompanied by a massive increase in levels of several amino acids.Therefore,overexpression of PtPEPCK1 increases amino acid levels with urea cycle disorder.展开更多
Rising atmospheric CO_(2)(carbon dioxide)concentrations and salinization are manifestations of climate change that affect plant growth and productivity.Species with an intermediate C_(3)-C_(4)type of photosynthesis li...Rising atmospheric CO_(2)(carbon dioxide)concentrations and salinization are manifestations of climate change that affect plant growth and productivity.Species with an intermediate C_(3)-C_(4)type of photosynthesis live in a wide range of precipitation,temperature,and soil quality,but are more often found in warm and dry habitats.One of the intermediate C_(3)-C_(4)photosynthetic type is C_(2)photosynthesis with a carbon concentration mechanism(CCM)that reassimilates CO_(2)released via photorespiration.However,the ecological significance under which C_(2)photosynthesis has advantages over C_(3)and C_(4)plants remains largely unexplored.Salt tolerance and functioning of CCM were studied in plants from two populations(P1 and P2)of Sedobassia sedoides(Pall.)Freitag&G.Kadereit Asch.species with C_(2)photosynthesis exposed to 4 d and 10 d salinity(200 mM NaCl)at ambient(785.7 mg/m^(3),aCO_(2)and elevated(1571.4 mg/m^(3),eCO_(2))CO_(2).On the fourth day of salinity,an increase in Na+content,activity catalase,and superoxide dismutase was observed in both populations.P2 plants showed an increase in proline content and a decrease in photosynthetic enzyme content:rubisco,phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC),and glycine decarboxylase(GDC),which indicated a weakening of C_(2)and C_(4)characteristics under salinity.Treatment under 10 d salinity led to an increased Na^(+)content and activity of cyclic electron flow around photosystem I(PSI CEF),a decreased content of K^(+)and GDC in both populations.P1 plants showed greater salt tolerance,which was assessed by the degree of reduction in photosynthetic enzyme content,PSI CEF activity,and changes in relative growth rate(RGR).Differences between populations were evident under the combination of eCO_(2)and salinity.Under long-term salinity and eCO_(2),more salt-tolerant P1 plants had a higher dry biomass(DW),which was positively correlated with PSI CEF activity.In less salt-tolerant P2 plants,DW correlated with transpiration and dark respiration.Thus,S.sedoides showed a high degree of photosynthetic plasticity under the influence of salinity and eCO_(2)through strengthening(P1 plants)and weakening C_(4)characteristics(P2 plants).展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32172879)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD1801700 and 2022YFD1800200)the Top-notch Young Talent Supporting Program to Lan He.Additionally,funding was obtained from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2662020DKPY016 and 2262022DKYJ001).
文摘Apicomplexan parasites predominantly generate ATP and lactic acid through glycolysis and anaerobic glucose metabolism,incorporating CO_(2) into glycolysis via a stage-dependent phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC)mechanism.Although the role of PEPC in plant and bacterial carbon fixation is well documented,its function within Babesia remains largely unexplored.This study employs reverse genetics to probe the biological role of PEPC in Babesia gibsoni,noting its conservation across similar protozoa,suggesting a pivotal and conserved biological function.Western blotting and immunofluorescence(IFA)experiments using the BgPEPC-3×Flag strain revealed that the BgPEPC protein has a molecular weight of 105 kDa and localizes predominantly to the cytoplasm.Attempts to knock out the PEPC gene in BgPEPC-3×Flag strains failed under standard media conditions,succeeded only with the addition of 5 mM malate,an upstream metabolite of oxaloacetic acid(OAA).In addition to malate,the downstream metabolite of OAA can also partially compensate for the phenotypic defects caused by PEPC deficiency.This intervention alleviated severe growth deficits,underscoring the critical role of aspartate in the parasite lifecycle.Moreover,metabolic inhibitors such as L-cycloserine and triazamidine,which target aspartate aminotransferase and mitochondrial functions,respectively,demonstrated increased efficacy against BgPEPC knockout strains.The lack of a compensatory response to malic acid supplementation underscores the integral role of BgPEPC in intermediary carbon metabolism and its necessity in providing aspartate as a precursor to pyrimidine synthesis.Collectively,these findings suggest that PEPC could be a potential target for future drug development against B.gibsoni infections.
文摘[ Objective] The aim of this study was to introduce Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase （PEPCase） gene into common wheat Linyou 145. [ Method] With the material of common wheat Linyou 145, Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase （PEPCase） gene was introduced into wheat embryo callus by the agrobacterium-mediated transformation system, and then analyzed through successive selection with selective medium con- taing gygrornycin to detect the gene at the molecular level. [Result] The hyg-resistant plants were obtained, and GUS histochemical staining showed the leaf of resistant plants was stained dark blue. The target bands appeared in PCR analysis. [ Conclusion] Phosphoenolpyruvate Car- boxylase （PEPCase） gene has been primarily introduced into the recipient material.
基金supported by the National High Tech-nology Research and Development Program of China(2006AA10A114)the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB116212)+1 种基金the Natural Science Fundation of Shangdong Province, China(ZR2009DQ004)the Key Technology Research Project of Qingdao, China (07-1-4-16-nsh)
文摘Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （PEPC） is widely distributed in plants and bacteria, and catalyzes the carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate to form oxaloacetate and inorganic phosphate. To investigate the molecular mechanisms of the regulation and control of peanut oil, with the degenerated primers and RACE-PCR approach, five PEPC genes were cloned from peanut, and designated as AhPEPC1, AhPEPC2, AhPEPC3, AhPEPC4, and AhPEPC5, respectively. The structure and phylogenetic analysis of PEPC protein indicated that AhPEPC1-4 genes encoded a typical plant-type PEPC-enzyme, and AhPEPC5 a bacterial-type. By real-time quantitative RT-PCR approach the expression pattern of each gene was detected in various tissues of normal and high oil-content peanut varieties. It was found that there was a lower expression level of AhPEPCs genes except for the AhPEPC2 in high-oil peanut than normal-oil peanut line. The results provide some fundamental information for the further investigation of plant PEPC proteins and their role in regulation of oil-content in peanut seeds.
基金supported by the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-14)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31000728,31100205)+2 种基金the Natural Science Fundation of Shangdong Province,China(ZR2009DQ004,ZR2011CQ036)the Promotive Research Fund for Young and Middle-Aged Scientisits of Shandong Province,China (BS2010NY023)the Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Plan Project,China (11-2-4-9-(3)-jch,11-2-3-26-nsh)
文摘Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase（PEPC;EC 4.1.1.31） catalyses phosphoenolpyruvate（PEP） to yield oxaloacetate,which is involved in protein biosynthesis.Pyruvate kinase（PK;EC 2.7.1.40） catalyzes PEP to yield pyruvate,which is involved in fatty acid synthesis.In this study,five PEPC genes（AhPEPC1,AhPEPC2,AhPEPC3,AhPEPC4,and AhPEPC5） from peanut have been cloned.Using a quantitative real-time RT-PCR approach,the expression pattern of each gene was monitored during the seed development of four peanut varieties（E11,Hebeigaoyou,Naihan 1,and Huayu 26）.It was found that these five genes shared similar expression behaviors over the developmental stages of E11 with high expression levels at 30 and 40 d after pegging（DAP）;whereas these five genes showed irregular expression patterns during the seed development of Hebeigaoyou.In Naihan 1 and Huayu 26,the expression levels of the five genes remained relatively high in the first stage.The PEPC activity was monitored during the seed development of four peanut varieties and seed oil content was also characterized during whole period of seed development.The PEPC activity followed the oil accumulation pattern during the early stages of development but they showed a significantly negative correlation thereafter.These results suggested that PEPC may play an important role in lipid accumulation during the seed development of four peanut varieties tested.
文摘Three F3 hybrids derived from the sterile rice lines Gang 46A, 776A and 2480A and the improved restorer line Shuhui 881 containing maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （pepc） gene were used to analyze the effect of pepc gene on the heterosis and photosynthetic characteristics, while the F3 obtained by crossing Shuhui 881 with the above three sterile lines served as controls. The dynamics of photosynthetic characteristics in leaves of three F1 with pepc gene and their controls were determined at the initial-tillering, maxium-tillering, elongation, initial-heading, heading, maturity stages, and other different times after flag leaf fully expanded. The PEPCase activities of the three F1 with pepc gene increased significantly as compared with control plants during the whole developmental stages. Moreover, the net photosynthesis rate （Pn） also increased to certain extent. The data showed that PEPCase activity was significantly correlated to Pn with a correlation coefficient of 0.6081. The photosynthetic indexes of the three F1 with pepc gene were obviously superior to respective controls in apparent quantum efficiency, light compensation point and carboxylation efficiency, while the CO2 compensation point was lower than that of corresponding control. The Pn of the three F1 with pepc gene at light saturation point and CO2 saturation point was also higher than that of control plants. in addition, the three F1 with pepc gene had an average increase of 37.10% in grain yields per plant in comparison with control plants. The results indicated that the photosynthetic characteristics of hybrid rice containing pepc gene had been improved to some extent due to the introduction of pepc gene.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.41376136)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant No.2018YFD0901500).
文摘Similar to other macroalgae,Saccharina japonica has CO_(2)-concentrating mechanism(CCM)that allows high photosynthesis efficiency and elevates biomass.Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK)in cytoplasm is an essential component of CCM.However,no reports on cytosolic PEPCK of S.japonica are available.In this study,the full-length cDNA sequence of a PEPCK gene(SjPCK1)predicted to be localized in cytoplasm,was screened from the full-length transcriptome of S.japonica gametophytes and identified by RT-PCR.The complete cDNA sequence of SjPCK1 was 2174 bp in length,which encompassed an open reading frame(ORF)of 1734 bp,a 5′-untranslated region(UTR)of 216 bp and a 3′-UTR of 224 bp.In parallel,the genomic DNA of SjPCK1 was 21294 bp in length,characterized by the presence of 11 introns and 12 exons.It encoded a protein of 577 amino acids with a molecular weight of 63 kD and an isoelectric point of 8.47.Amino acid sequence alignment showed that the functional sites of PEPCK were highly conserved in the selected species.Phylogenetic analysis and sequence characterization showed that SjPCK1 was an ATP-dependent PEPCK.SjPCK1 gene was expressed by using Escherichia coli prokaryotic expression system,and the SjPCK1 protein with His 6 tag(rSjPCK1)was 81.93 kD in molecular weight.Enzyme activity assay results showed that the specific activity of carboxylase and decar-boxylase of rSjPCK1 was 1.91±0.29 U/mg prog and 11.3±1.97 U/mg prog,respectively.These findings provide valuable molecular and biochemical insights for a further analysis of the role of cytosolic PEPCK in the storage of inorganic carbon in S.japonica.
基金国家自然科学基金，the National Key Project of the International Cooperation for Science and Technology
文摘: Spraying a 1–2 mmol/L solution of NaHSO3 on the leaves of wild-type rice (Oryza sativa L.) Kitaake (WT), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) transgenic (PC) rice and PEPC+phosphate dikinase (PPDK) transgenic rice (PC+PK), in which the germplasm was transformed with wild-type Kitaake as the gene receptor, resulted in an enhancement of the net photosynthetic rate by 23.0%, 28.8%, and 34.4%, respectively, for more than 3 d. It was also observed that NaHSO3 application caused an increase in the ATP content in leaves. Spraying PMS (a cofactor catalysing the photophosphorylation cycle) and NaHSO3 separately or together on leaves resulted in an increase in photosynthesis with all treatments. There was no additional effect on photosynthetic rate when the mixture was applied, suggesting that the mechanism by which NaHSO3 promotes photosynthesis is similar to the mechanism by which PMS acts and that both of compounds enhanced the supply of ATP. After spraying a solution of NaHSO3 on leaves, compared with the WT Kitaake rice, a greater enhancement of net photosynthetic rate was observed in PEPC transgenic (PC) and PEPC+PPDK transgenic (PC+PK) rice, with the greatest increase being observed in the latter group. Therefore ATP supply may become the limiting factor that concentrates CO2 in rice leaves transformed with an exogenous PEPC gene and exogenous PEPC+PPDK genes.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （30571119）, Sichuan Science and Technology Foundation （047Q026-036）, and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University （NCET-05-0786）.
文摘To elucidate the photosynthetic physiological characteristics and the physiological inherited traits of rice （Oryza sativa L.） hybrids and their parents, physiological indices of photosynthetic CO2 exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were measured in leaves of the maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （PEPC） transgenic rice as the male parent, sp. japonica rice cv. 9516 as the female parent, and the stable JAAS45 pollen line. The results revealed that the PEPC gene could be stably inherited and trans- ferred from the male parent to the JAAS45 pollen line. Moreover, the JAAS45 pollen line exhibited high levels of PEPC activity, manifesting higher saturated photosynthetic rates, photosynthetic apparent quantum yield （AQY）, photochemical efficiency of photosystem II and photochemical and non-photochemical quenching, which indicated that the JAAS45 pollen line has a high tolerance to photo-inhibition/photooxidation under strong light and high temperature. Furthermore, JAAS45 was confirmed to still be a C3 plant by δ^13C carbon isotope determination and was demonstrated to have a limited photosynthetic C4 microcycle by feeding with exogenous C4 primary products, such as oxaloacetate or malate, or phosphoenolpyruvate. The present study explains the physiological inherited properties of PEPC transgenic rice and provides an expectation for the integration of traditional breeding and biological technology.
文摘Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of the antihyperglycemic agent metformin on the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene in hepatocytes and to determine whether the effects of metformin in hepatocytes are transmitted throughout the known insulin signaling pathways Methods Confluent H4IIE rat heptoma cells were cultured for 16 h with 0 1 mmol/L metformin either in absence or presence of 0 1 nmol/L insulin, and then stimulated with various agents The expression of PEPCK gene was examined by Northern blot analysis Results Therapeutic concentrations of metformin significantly inhibited basal PEPCK mRNA expression and also decreased cAMP and dexamethasone induced PEPCK gene expression through interaction with insulin In the presence of insulin signaling pathway inhibitors wortmannin and UO126, metformin reduced PEPCK mRNA levels, but wortmannin blocked inhibitory regulation of insulin on PEPCK gene expression Conclusion Metformin inhibits PEPCK gene expression via either an insulin independent or an interacting with insulin manner The results suggest that a possible mechanism by which metformin reduces gluconeogenesis could be associated with the inhibition of PEPCK gene expression
基金This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 30570885）, 973 Program of China （No. 2006CB503902） （to WENG Jian-ping）, the National Institutes of Health Grant （No. DK068036） and American Diabetes Association Research Award （No. 7-04-RA-139） （to YE ,lian-ping）Acknowledgements： We would like to be grateful to Ms. Wei Tseng, Dr. HE Qin and Dr. YIN Jun for their excellent technical assistance.
文摘Background NF-KB p65 was shown to inhibit transcription of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase （PEPCK）, a rate-limiting enzyme in gluconeogenesis in the liver. To understand the mechanism of action of NF-KB p65, we investigated the nuclear receptor corepressor in the regulation of PEPCK transcription. Methods Rat H411E cells, human hepatoma HepG2 cells and human embryo kidney （HEK） 293 cells were used in this study. The transcriptional activity of a rat PEPCK gene promoter （-490/＋100） was analyzed in HepG2 cells, a HepG2 super suppressor IkBa （sslkBa） stable cell line, and HEK 293 cells. The effects of p65 and sslkBa on a rat PEPCK gene promoter were observed using the PEPCK luciferase reporter system. The interaction of the cAMP-response- element-binding （CREB） protein, histone deacetylase 3 （HDAC3） and silencing mediator for retinoic and thyroid hormone receptors （SMRT） with the PEPCK gene promoter were investigated using the chromatin immunoprecipitation （CHIP） assay, p65 cotransfection and RNAi-mediated gene knockdown were used to determine the corepressor involved in the inhibition of PEPCK by NF-KB p65 and the transcriptional regulation of CREB by NF-KB p65. Results NF-KB p65 inhibited PEPCK expression and the inhibition was blocked by sslkBa. The inhibitory effect of p65 was completely blocked in a HepG2 stable cell line in which sslkBa was expressed. HDAC3 or SMRT knockdown led to a significant up-regulation of PEPCK reporter activity in the presence of p65 cotransfection. In the ChIP assay the interaction of HDAC3 and SMRT with the PEPCK gene promoter was induced by p65 activation, but the CREB signal was reduced. Transcriptional activity of CREB was inhibited by NF-kB p65 cotransfection. The inhibitory effect of NF-kB p65 was blocked by HDAC3 RNAi or SMRT RNAi. Conculsions The study showed that the inhibition of PEPCK by NF-kB p65 was dependent on HDAC3 and SMRT, which form a nuclear corepressor complex for transcriptional inhibition. The transcription factors NF-kB p65 and CREB share the same corepressor HDAC3-SMRT, and the corepressor exchange leads to inhibition of PEPCK gene transcription by NF-kB p65.
文摘Objective To investigate the effect and mechanism of the antihyperglycemic agent metformin on the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PEPCK)gene in hepatocytes and to determine whether the effects of metformin in hepatocytes are transmitted throughout the known insulin signaling pathways.Methods Confluent H4lIE rat heptoma cells were cultured for 16 h with 0.1 mmol/L metformin either in absence or presence of 0.1nmol/L insulin,and then stimulated with various agents.The expression of PEPCK gene was examined by Northern blot analysis.Results Therapeutic concentrations of metformin significantly inhibited basal PEPCK mRNA expression and also decreased cAMP and dexamethasone induced PEPCK gene expression through interaction with insulin.In the presence of insulin signaling pathway inhibitors wortmannin and UO126,metformin reduced PEPCK mRNA levels,but wortmannin blocked inhibitory regulation of insulin on PEPCK gene expression.ConclusionMetformin inhibitsPEPCK gene expression via either an insulin-independent or an interacting-with-insulin manner.The results suggest that a possible mechanism by which metformin reduces gluconeogenesis could be associated with the inhibition of PEPCK gene expression.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82204428,U24A20815,82304526,82204427,82201001,82430108,82293681(82293680),82273941)the National High-level Personnelof Special Support Program(to Dongmei Zhang and Minfeng Chen)+5 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2023A1515010361 and 2022A1515011813)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2024B1515020098)the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou(SL2024A04J00410,SL2024A04J00374,SL2024A04J00280)the Fundamental Research Funds for The Central Universities(21624103)the Science and Technology Projects in Guangzhou(2023A03J1030,202201010173,202102070001)the Clinical Frontier Technology Program of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University,China(JNU1AF-CFTP-2022-a01210).
文摘Metabolic reprogramming reshapes the tumor microenvironment(TME)and facilitates metastasis,but its molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood.Here,we identified enolase 2(ENO2),a critical glycolytic enzyme,as being associated with lymphatic metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carci-noma(HNSCC).Mechanistically,phosphoenolpyruvate(PEP),the metabolite secreted by ENO2-expressing HNSCC cells,drove histone H3 lysine 18 lactylation(H3K18la)-mediated M2 polarization in macrophages,which,in turn,enhanced the epithelial-mesenchymal transition(EMT)and invasiveness of HNSCC cells.Pharmacological inhibition of ENO2 with POMHEX effectively reversed M2 macrophage polarization and inhibited HNSCC lymphatic metastasis.Collectively,our findings underscore the prog-nostic significance of ENO2 and highlight its potential as a therapeutic target for metastatic HNSCC.Furthermore,we reveal a previously underappreciated role of PEP in modulating the tumor immune microenvironment and tumor metastasis via epigenetic modification.
基金the National Basic Research Program (973 Program, 2012CB114306)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31061140457+6 种基金 31071360 31271641)the National Key Technology Support Program of China (2011BAD16B14 2012BAD04B08)China National Public Welfare Industry (Agriculture) Plan (200803030 201203079)Jiangsu Advantages of Key Construction Projects (JS 2011)
文摘Maize-specific pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase(PPDK) was overexpressed in rice independently or in combination with the maize C4-specific phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PCK). The wild-type(WT) cultivar Kitaake and transgenic plants were evaluated in independent field and tank experiments. Three soil moisture treatments,well-watered(WW), moderate drought(MD) and severe drought(SD), were imposed from 9d post-anthesis till maturity. Leaf physiological and biochemical traits, root activities,biomass, grain yield, and yield components in the untransformed WT and two transgenic rice lines(PPDK and PCK) were systematically studied. Compared with the WT, both transgenic rice lines showed increased leaf photosynthetic rate: by 20%–40% under WW, by45%–60% under MD, and by 80%–120% under SD. The transgenic plants produced 16.1%,20.2% and 20.0% higher grain yields than WT under the WW, MD and SD treatments,respectively. Under the same soil moisture treatments, activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC) and carbonic anhydrase(CA) in transgenic plants were 3–5-fold higher than those in WT plants. Compared with ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase, activities of PEPC and CA were less reduced under both MD and SD treatments. The transgenic plants also showed higher leaf water content, stomatal conductance, transpiration efficiency, and root oxidation activity and a stronger active oxygen scavenging system than the WT under all soil moisture treatments, especially MD and SD. The results suggest that drought tolerance is greatly enhanced in transgenic rice plants overexpressing C4photosynthesis enzymes. This study was performed under natural conditions and normal planting density to evaluate yield advantages on a field basis. It may open a new avenue to droughttolerance breeding via overexpression of C4enzymes in rice.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30600382)the foundation of the Institute of Soil Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 055131)
文摘Cherry tomatoes （Lycopersicon esculentura Mill., cv. hongyangli） were hydroponically cultivated in a greenhouse to determine the effect of different nitrogen （N） forms on organic acid concentration and the activities of related enzymes involved in nitrogen and organic acid metabolism during cherry tomato fruit development. The results showed that fruit nitrate reductase （NR） activity was much higher following treatment with 100% NO3 and 75% NO3 ＋ 25% NH＋ than with 100% NH＋ except at maturity. Glutamine synthetase （GS） activity trended downward during fruit development under all three treatments. Plants fed 100% NH＋ had the lowest fruit citrate and malate levels at maturity, with the highest malate concentration at an early stage. The activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase （PEPC） was found to be in accord with the malate concentration with every N source. Under all three N forms, the citrate synthase （CS） activity peaked one week before the citrate concentration.
文摘Endogenous reference genes (ERGs) provide vital information regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The successful detection of ERGs can identity GMOs and the source of genes, verify stability and reliability of the detection system, and calculate the level of genetically modified (GM) ingredients in mixtures. The reported ERGs in rice include sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS), phospholipase D (PLD), RBE4 and rice root-specific GOS9 genes. Based on the characteristics of ERGs, a new ERG gene, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), was selected, and further compared with the four existing genes. A total of 18 rice varieties and 29 non-rice crops were used to verify the interspecies specificity, intraspecies consistency, sensitivity, stability and reliability of these five ERGs using qualitative and quantitative PCR. Qualitative detection indicated that SPS and PEPC displayed sufficient specificity, and the detection sensitivity was 0.05% and 0.005%, respectively. Although the specificity of both RBE4 and GOS9 were adequate, the amplicons were small and easily confused with primer dimers. Non-specific amplification of the PLD gene was present in maize and potato. Real-time quantitative PCR detection indicated that PLD, SPS and PEPC displayed good specificity, with R2 of the standard curve greater than 0.98, while the amplification efficiency ranged between 90% and 110%. Both the detection sensitivities of PLD and PEPC were five copies and that of SPS was ten copies. RBE4 showed typical amplification in maize, beet and Arabidopsis, while GOS9 was found in maize, tobacco and oats. PEPC exhibited excellent detection sensitivity and species specificity, which made it a potentially useful application in GM-rice supervision and administration. Additionally, SPS and PLD are also suitable for GM-rice detection. This study effectively established a foundation for GMO detection, which not only provides vital technical support for GMO identification, but also is of great significance for enhancing the comparability of detection results, and the standardization of ERG testing in GM-rice.
文摘The full-length of intact Zea mays gene for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene （ZmC4Ppc） is 6 781 bp. The products of PCR for this gene were not clear with poor repeatability, resulting in that it was difficult for marker-assisted selection （MAS） both in rice and maize. For selecting the markers for MAS, sequences presented only in maize rather than in rice were identified by BLAST, and used for primer design using Primer Premier 5.0. A pair of specific primer termed MRpc （Forward： 5＇ AAGCAGGGAAGCGAGACG 3＇, Reverse： 5＇ GATTGCCGCCAGCAGTAG 3＇） was used for selection of transformed rice, and ZmC4Ppc could be highly and constitutively expressed at each tested developmental stages in the transformed rice selected by using MRpc. Thus, MRpc was used for MAS of progenies carrying ZmC4Ppc gene in rice and some restorer lines with ZmC4Ppc （e.g. FPM881） derived from ZmC4Ppc-transformed Kitaake backcrossed with a restorer line Shuhui 881 were obtained. The analyses on genetic background, PEPCase activity, net photosynthetic rate, general combining ability （GCA） and specific combining ability （SCA） of FPM881 showed that similarity of genetic background reached above 95%, the PEPCase and net photosynthetic rate were higher than those of the control, and some of the progenies carrying ZmC4Ppc gene had better GCA and SCA for grain yield per plant, number of panicles per plant, and 1000-grain weight than those of the control. This suggested that the introduction of maize ZmC4Ppc gene via MAS and its stable expression could increase grain yield of rice and would likely provide a pathway for rice varietal improvement.
基金This work as financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2100900)the Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology,Ministry of Education,Jiangnan University(KLIB-KF 202004)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[No.JUSRP115A19].
文摘In this study,phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose-4-phosphate are efficiently supplied by collaborative design of Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas(EMP)pathway and pentose phosphate(PP)pathway in Escherichia coli,thus increasing the L-tryptophan production.Firstly,the effects of disrupting EMP pathway on L-tryptophan production were studied,and the results indicated that the strain with deletion of phosphofructokinase A(i.e.,E.coli JW-5ΔpfkA)produced 23.4±2.1 g/L of L-tryptophan production.However,deletion of phosphofructokinase A and glucosephosphate isomerase is not conducive to glucose consumption and cell growth,especially deletion of glucosephosphate isomerase.Next,the carbon flux in PP pathway was enhanced by introduction of the desensitized glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase(zwf)and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase(gnd)and thus increasing the L-tryptophan production(i.e.,26.5±3.2 g/L vs.21.7±1.3 g/L)without obviously changing the cell growth(i.e.,0.41 h^(-1) vs.0.44 h^(-1))as compared with the original strain JW-5.Finally,the effects of co-modifying EMP pathway and PP pathway on L-tryptophan production were investigated.It was found that the strain with deletion of phosphofructokinase A as well as introduction of the desensitized zwf and gnd(i.e.,E.coli JW-5 zwf243 gnd361ΔpfkA)produced 31.9±2.7 g/L of L-tryptophan,which was 47.0%higher than that of strain JW-5.In addition,the glucose consumption rate of strain JW-5 zwf243 gnd361ΔpfkA was obviously increased despite of the bad cell growth as compared with strain JW-5.The results of this study have important reference value for the following application of metabolic engineering to improve aromatic amino acids producing strains.
基金supported by the GDAS Special Project of Science and Technology Development (2019GDASYL-0103058)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation,Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2019A1515011456).
文摘LncRNAs and metabolism represents two factors involved in cancer initiation and progression.However,the interaction between lncRNAs and metabolism remains to be fully explored.In this study,lncRNA FEZF1-AS1(FEZF1-AS1)was found upregulated in colon cancer after screening all the lncRNAs of colon cancer tissues deposited in TCGA,the result of which was further confirmed by RNAscope staining on a colon tissue chip.The results obtained using FEZF1-AS1 knockout colon cancer cells(SW480 KO and HCT-116 KO)constructed using CRISPR/Cas9 system confirmed the proliferation,invasion,and migration-promoting function of FEZF1-AS1 in vitro.Mechanistically,FEZF1-AS1 associated with the mitochondrial protein phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase(PCK2),which plays an essential role in regulating energy metabolism in the mitochondria.Knockdown of FEZF1-AS1 greatly decreased PCK2 protein levels,broke the homeostasis of energy metabolism in the mitochondria,and inhibited proliferation,invasion,and migration of SW480 and HCT-116 cells.PCK2 overexpression in FEZF1-AS1 knockout cells partially rescued the tumor inhibitory effect on colon cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo.Moreover,PCK2 overexpression specifically rescued the abnormal accumulation of Flavin mononucleotide(FMN)and succinate,both of which play an important role in oxidative phosphorylation(OXPHOS).Overall,these results indicate that FEZF1-AS1 is an oncogene through regulating energy metabolism of the cell.This research reveals a new mechanism for lncRNAs to regulate colon cancer and provides a potential target for colon cancer diagnosis and treatment.
基金supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.3180030530)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2572019BA14)
文摘To understand the function of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase,we introduced PtPEPCK1 gene under the control of 35S promoter into 84K poplar(Populus alba×P.glandulosa).PtPEPCK1 gene is well-known for its role in gluconeogenesis.However,our data confi rmed that it has signifi cant eff ects on amino acid biosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism.Immunohistochemistry and fl uorescence microscopy indicate that PtPEPCK1 is specifi cally expressed in the cytoplasm of the spongy and palisade tissues.Overexpression of PtPEPCK1 was characterized through transcriptomics and metabolomics.The metabolites concentration of the ornithine cycle and its precursors also increased,of which N-acetylornithine was up-regulated almost 50-fold and ornithine 33.7-fold.These were accompanied by a massive increase in levels of several amino acids.Therefore,overexpression of PtPEPCK1 increases amino acid levels with urea cycle disorder.
基金partially supported by the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development(SATREPS)in collaboration with the Japan Science and Technology Agency(JPMJSA2001)the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation(122042700044-6).
文摘Rising atmospheric CO_(2)(carbon dioxide)concentrations and salinization are manifestations of climate change that affect plant growth and productivity.Species with an intermediate C_(3)-C_(4)type of photosynthesis live in a wide range of precipitation,temperature,and soil quality,but are more often found in warm and dry habitats.One of the intermediate C_(3)-C_(4)photosynthetic type is C_(2)photosynthesis with a carbon concentration mechanism(CCM)that reassimilates CO_(2)released via photorespiration.However,the ecological significance under which C_(2)photosynthesis has advantages over C_(3)and C_(4)plants remains largely unexplored.Salt tolerance and functioning of CCM were studied in plants from two populations(P1 and P2)of Sedobassia sedoides(Pall.)Freitag&G.Kadereit Asch.species with C_(2)photosynthesis exposed to 4 d and 10 d salinity(200 mM NaCl)at ambient(785.7 mg/m^(3),aCO_(2)and elevated(1571.4 mg/m^(3),eCO_(2))CO_(2).On the fourth day of salinity,an increase in Na+content,activity catalase,and superoxide dismutase was observed in both populations.P2 plants showed an increase in proline content and a decrease in photosynthetic enzyme content:rubisco,phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC),and glycine decarboxylase(GDC),which indicated a weakening of C_(2)and C_(4)characteristics under salinity.Treatment under 10 d salinity led to an increased Na^(+)content and activity of cyclic electron flow around photosystem I(PSI CEF),a decreased content of K^(+)and GDC in both populations.P1 plants showed greater salt tolerance,which was assessed by the degree of reduction in photosynthetic enzyme content,PSI CEF activity,and changes in relative growth rate(RGR).Differences between populations were evident under the combination of eCO_(2)and salinity.Under long-term salinity and eCO_(2),more salt-tolerant P1 plants had a higher dry biomass(DW),which was positively correlated with PSI CEF activity.In less salt-tolerant P2 plants,DW correlated with transpiration and dark respiration.Thus,S.sedoides showed a high degree of photosynthetic plasticity under the influence of salinity and eCO_(2)through strengthening(P1 plants)and weakening C_(4)characteristics(P2 plants).
