Metabolomic plasticity in GM and non-GM potato leaves in response to aphid herbivory and virus infection     

Plischke A  Choi YH  Brakefield PM  Klinkhamer PG  Bruinsma M 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(6):1488-1493

An important aspect of ecological safety of genetically modified (GM) plants is the evaluation of unintended effects on plant-insect interactions. These interactions are to a large extent influenced by the chemical composition of plants. This study uses NMR-based metabolomics to establish a baseline of chemical variation to which differences between a GM potato line and its parent cultivar are compared. The effects of leaf age, virus infection, and aphid herbivory on plant metabolomes were studied. The metabolome of the GM line differed from its parent only in young leaves of noninfected plants. This effect was small when compared to the baseline. Consistently, aphid performance on excised leaves was influenced by leaf age, while no difference in performance was found between GM and non-GM plants. The metabolomic baseline approach is concluded to be a useful tool in ecological safety assessment.  相似文献   

The identification and interpretation of differences in the transcriptomes of organically and conventionally grown potato tubers     

van Dijk JP  Cankar K  Hendriksen PJ  Beenen HG  Zhu M  Scheffer S  Shepherd LV  Stewart D  Davies HV  Leifert C  Wilkockson SJ  Gruden K  Kok EJ 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(9):2090-2101

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Methionine oxidation enhances κ-casein amyloid fibril formation     

Koudelka T  Dehle FC  Musgrave IF  Hoffmann P  Carver JA 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(16):4144-4155

The effects of protein oxidation, for example of methionine residues, are linked to many diseases, including those of protein misfolding, such as Alzheimer's disease. Protein misfolding diseases are characterized by the accumulation of insoluble proteinaceous aggregates comprised mainly of amyloid fibrils. Amyloid-containing bodies known as corpora amylacea (CA) are also found in mammary secretory tissue, where their presence slows milk flow. The major milk protein κ-casein readily forms amyloid fibrils under physiological conditions. Milk exists in an extracellular oxidizing environment. Accordingly, the two methionine residues in κ-casein (Met(95) and Met(106)) were selectively oxidized and the effects on the fibril-forming propensity, cellular toxicity, chaperone ability, and structure of κ-casein were determined. Oxidation resulted in an increase in the rate of fibril formation and a greater level of cellular toxicity. β-Casein, which inhibits κ-casein fibril formation in vitro, was less effective at suppressing fibril formation of oxidized κ-casein. The ability of κ-casein to prevent the amorphous aggregation of target proteins was slightly enhanced upon methionine oxidation, which may arise from the protein's greater exposed surface hydrophobicity. No significant changes to κ-casein's intrinsically disordered structure occurred upon oxidation. The enhanced rate of fibril formation of oxidized κ-casein, coupled with the reduced chaperone ability of β-casein to prevent this aggregation, may affect casein-casein interaction within the casein micelle and thereby promote κ-casein aggregation and contribute to the formation of CA.  相似文献   

In vitro protein degradation of 38 sainfoin accessions and its relationship to tannin content by different assays     

Lorenz MM  Hayot Carbonero C  Smith L  Udén P 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(20):5071-5075

This study compared 38 sainfoin and 2 Lotus accessions to their respective tannin contents, N buffer solubility, and in vitro protein degradation. Tannin contents were measured by a protein precipitation method using either bovine serum albumin or Rubisco and by the colorimetric HCl/butanol method. Precipitation of bovine serum albumin and Rubisco was highly correlated (R(2) = 0.939). Correlations between the protein precipitation variants and the HCl/butanol method were relatively low (R(2) < 0.6). Protein degradation was measured at 4 h of incubation in an inhibited in vitro system and could not be explained by any of the tannin assays (R(2) < 0.03) and only partially by N buffer solubility (R(2) ≤ 0.433). Decisive factors other than the quantity of tannins or their ability to precipitate proteins must be considered. Resistance of soluble protein toward degradation can possibly be caused by tannin protein binding.  相似文献   

Characterization of the key odorants in raw Italian hazelnuts ( Corylus avellana L. var. Tonda Romana) and roasted hazelnut paste by means of molecular sensory science     

Burdack-Freitag A  Schieberle P 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(20):5057-5064

The concentrations of 19 odorants, recently characterized by GC-olfactometry and aroma extract dilution analysis as the most odor-active compounds in raw hazelnuts, were quantitated by stable isotope dilution assays (SIDA). Calculation of odor activity values (OAV) on the basis of odor thresholds in oil revealed high OAVs, in particular for linalool, 5-methyl-4-heptanone, 2-methoxy-3,5-dimethylpyrazine, and 4-methylphenol. A model mixture in sunflower oil containing the 13 odorants showing OAVs above 1 in their natural concentrations resulted in a good similarity compared to the overall nut-like, fruity aroma of the raw hazelnuts. Quantitation of the 25 most odor-active compounds in roasted hazelnut paste by SIDA showed clear changes in the concentrations of most odorants, and formation of new odor-active compounds induced by the roasting process was observed. The highest OAVs were calculated for 3-methylbutanal (malty), 2,3-pentanedione (buttery), 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn), and (Z)-2-nonenal (fatty), followed by dimethyl trisulfide, 2-furfurylthiol, 2,3-butanedione, and 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone. The aroma of a model mixture containing the 19 odorants with OAVs above 1 in their actual concentrations in the roasted nut material was judged to elicit a very good similarity to the popcorn-like, coffee-like, and sweet-smoky aroma of the roasted hazelnut paste. New SIDAs were developed for the quantitation of 5-methyl-4-heptanone, 5-methyl-(E)-2-hepten-4-one, 2-thenylthiol, and 3,5,5-trimethyl-2(5H)-furanone.  相似文献   

New insights into the formation of aroma-active strecker aldehydes from 3-oxazolines as transient intermediates     

Granvogl M  Beksan E  Schieberle P 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2012,60(25):6312-6322

2-Substituted-5-methyl-3-oxazolines, a novel class of aroma precursors that are able to release the respective Strecker aldehydes by hydrolysis, were identified. Hydrolysis can take place after the addition of water or with human saliva during mastication, respectively. 2-Isobutyl-, 2-sec-isobutyl-, 2-isopropyl, and 2-benzyl-5-methyl-3-oxazolines were synthesized and structurally identified by means of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in the electron impact mode and in the chemical ionization mode as well as by one- and two-dimensional NMR experiments. With these compounds at hand, a variety of stability experiments were performed using headspace-GC-MS or proton transfer reaction-MS techniques on the basis of stable isotope dilution assays, proving the ability to release the respective Strecker aldehydes was dependent on the pH value as well as on the hydrolysis time. After the addition of water at 37 °C, for example, >70 mol % of 3-methylbutanal or >40 mol % of phenylacetaldehyde was liberated from a solution of 2-isobutyl-5-methyl-3-oxazoline or 2-benzyl-5-methyl-3-oxazoline, respectively, after 5 min. Furthermore, the presence of 2-isobutyl-5-methyl-3-oxazoline in dark chocolate containing 70% cocoa was proven by GC-MS.  相似文献   

Bacterial Physiological State in Wastewater: Monitoring Maintenance and Production with Leu/TdR Ratio for Less Pollution     

Melissa Wos  Peter Pollard 《Water, air, and soil pollution》2012,223(7):4507-4513

In domestic wastewater, bacterial physiology controls cell production (growth, replication) and cell maintenance, determining how energy is allocated between these two processes. The aim here was to develop a method to quantify these cellular processes so that the bacterial physiological state could be manipulated to lower this source of pollution. We simultaneously used the incorporation of radiolabelled thymidine into DNA (a measure of new cell synthesis) and leucine into protein in wastewater to quantitatively distinguish bacterial growth from maintenance processes. We found that DNA and protein syntheses were coupled in wastewater after substrate enrichment (with glucose or acetate)??balanced growth. Once the substrate was depleted, the two processes became uncoupled??unbalanced growth. In this physiological state, the bacteria were synthesising protein, but fewer bacteria were replicating. More energy was allocated to cell maintenance than replication. A mean Leu/TdR ratio of 7.4 was determined for wastewater and was similar to natural aquatic ecosystems. As the bacterial growth rate decreased, the Leu/TdR ratios increased. We show how the simultaneous measurement of [³H]Leu and [³H]TdR quantitatively distinguishes balanced from unbalanced growth. Low [³H]Leu/[³H]TdR ratios indicated bacteria were physiologically stressed, an ideal state for biological wastewater treatment processes (WWTP) as the bacteria divert more energy to maintenance activities instead of growth. Leu/TdR ratios of 70 have been recorded in natural aquatic ecosystems which suggests WWTP have potential to be manipulated to achieve much higher Leu/TdR ratios than we report here. Changes to plant operation to improve operation efficiency include finding the optimum rate of substrate (pollution supply) or alternating aerobic and anaerobic periods to maximise the Leu/TdR ratio to achieve less biomass production for land disposal and more cost-effective operation that generates less pollution in the effluent.  相似文献   

Conservation cornerstones: Capitalising on the endeavours of long-term monitoring projects     

Greg J. Holland  Jerry S.A. Alexander  Peter Johnson  Andrew H. Arnold  Merril Halley  Andrew F. Bennett 《Biological conservation》2012,145(1):95-101

Ecological monitoring is widely used to measure change through time in ecosystems. The current extinction crisis has resulted in a wealth of monitoring programs focussed on tracking the status of threatened species, and the perceived importance of monitoring has seen it become the cornerstone of many biodiversity conservation programs. However, many monitoring programs fail to produce useful outcomes due to inherent flaws. Here we use a monitoring program from south-eastern Australia as a case study to illustrate the potential of such endeavours. The threatened carnivorous marsupial, the brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), has been monitored at various locations between 2000 and 2010. We present strong evidence for a decline in relative abundance during this period, and also describe relationships with environmental variables. These results provide insights likely to be valuable in guiding future management of the species. In the absence of the monitoring program, informed management would not be possible. While early detection of population declines is important, knowledge of the processes driving such declines is required for effective intervention. We argue that monitoring programs will be most effective as a tool for enhanced conservation management if they test specific hypotheses relating to changes in population trajectories. Greater emphasis should be placed on rigorous statistical analysis of monitoring datasets in order to capitalise on the resources devoted to monitoring activities. Many datasets are likely to exist for which careful analysis of results would have benefits for determining management directions.  相似文献   

Major nutrients,heavy metals and PBDEs in soils after long-term sewage sludge application   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Longhua Wu  Miaomiao Cheng  Zhu Li  Jing Ren  Libo Shen  Songfeng Wang  Yongming Luo  Peter Christie 《Journal of Soils and Sediments》2012,12(4):531-541

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Typical indoor concentrations and emission rates of particulate matter at building level: A case study to setup a measuring strategy for pig fattening facilities     

Nele Van Ransbeeck  Herman Van Langenhove  Stephanie Van Weyenberg  Dominiek Maes  Peter Demeyer 《Biosystems Engineering》2012,111(3):280-289

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