Isolation and Structure Elucidation of a Potent Growth Inhibitor, Helian, from Blue Light-Illuminated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Hypocotyls

Heterocycles ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosumi Yamada ◽  
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa ◽  
Shigenori Togo ◽  
Yosuke Hisamatsu ◽  
Kiyotake Suenaga ◽  
...  
ChemInform ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (31) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa ◽  
Shigenori Togo ◽  
Yosuke Hisamatsu ◽  
Kosumi Yamada ◽  
Kiyotake Suenaga ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (5) ◽  
pp. F747-F753
Author(s):  
M. M. Walsh-Reitz ◽  
R. I. Feldman ◽  
F. G. Toback

Cultures that achieved a higher cell density than expected were noted during study of growth regulation in monkey kidney epithelial cells of the BSC-1 line. Multiplication of the variant cells was accelerated, compared with parental cells, as the cultures approached confluence. Cytogenetic analysis, immunofluorescence antibody reactions with specific monkey serum, isoenzyme analysis, microbiological studies, and lack of growth in soft agar indicated that the variant cells were not a contaminating cell type, lacked new isoenzymes, were free of microbial contamination, and were not transformed. Confluent variant cultures did not respond to a purified growth inhibitor protein produced by BSC-1 cells that inhibits multiplication and reduces cell Na content in subconfluent variant and parental cells. Vasopressin, which is a mitogen for parental cells, was a potent growth inhibitor for confluent cultures of variant cells. Low-K or high-Na media, which stimulate proliferation of parental cells, had no effect on growth of the variant cell line. These results suggest that enhanced multiplication of the variant cells is mediated by altered signal transduction pathways and/or receptors for growth-regulatory molecules.


2013 ◽  
Vol 196 (3) ◽  
pp. 536-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keita Ito ◽  
Shiori Kuroki ◽  
Masato Kobayashi ◽  
Kenichiro Ono ◽  
Tsukimi Washizu ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Santos Henriques ◽  
Fernando Ariel Genta ◽  
Cícero Brasileiro Mello ◽  
Lucas Rangel Silva ◽  
Thaís Franco Codogno ◽  
...  

We evaluated the efficacy of the growth regulator triflumuron (TFM) in inducing mortality and disrupting both oviposition and egg hatching inRhodnius prolixusadult females. TFM was administered via feeding, topically or by continuous contact with impregnated surfaces. Feeding resulted in mild biological effects compared with topical and impregnated surfaces. One day after treatment, the highest mortality levels were observed with topical surface and 30 days later both topical and impregnated surfaces induced higher mortalities than feeding. Oral treatment inhibited oviposition even at lower doses, and hatching of eggs deposited by treated females was similarly affected by the three delivery modes. Topical treatment of eggs deposited by nontreated females significantly reduced hatching. However, treatment per contact of eggs oviposited by untreated females did not disrupt eclosion. Additionally, oral treatment increased the number of immature oocytes per female, and topical treatment reduced the mean size of oocytes. TFM also affected carcass chitin content, diuresis, and innate immunity of treated insects. These results suggest that TFM acts as a potent growth inhibitor ofR. prolixusadult females and has the potential to be used in integrated vector control programs against hematophagous triatomine species.


2006 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Jorqueira ◽  
Robson M. Gouvêa ◽  
Vitor F. Ferreira ◽  
Milton N. da Silva ◽  
Maria C. B. V. de Souza ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Fernández-Milmanda ◽  
C. D. Crocco ◽  
M. Reichelt ◽  
C. A. Mazza ◽  
T. G. Köllner ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTOne of the principal internal signals controlling plant growth and defense is jasmonate (JA), a potent growth inhibitor that is simultaneously a central regulator of plant immunity to herbivores and pathogens. When shade-intolerant plants perceive the proximity of competitors using the photoreceptor phytochrome B (phyB), they accelerate growth and down-regulate JA responses. However, the mechanisms by which photoreceptors relay light cues to the JA signaling pathway are not understood. Here we identify a sulfotransferase (ST2a) that is strongly up-regulated by plant proximity perceived by phyB via the phyB-Phytochrome Interacting Factor (PIF) signaling module. By catalyzing the formation of a sulfated JA derivative, ST2a acts to degrade bioactive forms of JA and represents a direct molecular link between photoreceptors and hormone signaling in plants. The enzyme provides a molecular mechanism for prioritizing shade avoidance over defense under close plant competition.


2019 ◽  
Vol 366 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keitarou Saiki ◽  
Yumiko Urano-Tashiro ◽  
Kiyoshi Konishi ◽  
Yukihiro Takahashi

ABSTRACT Chronic periodontitis is caused by dysbiosis of human oral commensals and especially by increase in Porphyromonas gingivalis. Inhibitors of P. gingivalis growth are expected to serve as effective drugs for the periodontal therapy. In the present study, we isolated new growth inhibitors of P. gingivalis using minimal media for P. gingivalis. The minimal media included the previously reported Globulin–Albumin (GA) and the newly developed Lactalbumin-Ferric chloride (LF) and Globulin-Calcium chloride (GC); all supported growth of the wild-type strain of P. gingivalis but did not support the growth of a mutant defective for a type IX secretion system. GC contains CaCl2, indicating that P. gingivalis requires a calcium ion for growth. Using LF and GA, we screened about 100 000 compounds and identified 73 that strongly inhibited the growth of P. gingivalis. More than half of these candidates would not have been obtained if these minimal media had not been used in our screen. One of our candidate inhibitors was diphenyleneiodonium chloride (DPIC), which showed strong bactericidal activity against P. gingivalis. Excess amounts of flavin adenine dinucleotide or flavin mononucleotide suppressed the inhibitory activity of DPIC, suggesting that DPIC would be a novel potent growth inhibitor.


1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. John Rogers ◽  
Eric Cundliffe ◽  
Thomas F. McCutchan

ABSTRACT The antibiotic micrococcin is a potent growth inhibitor of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, with a 50% inhibitory concentration of 35 nM. This is comparable to or less than the corresponding levels of commonly used antimalarial drugs. Micrococcin, like thiostrepton, putatively targets protein synthesis in the plastid-like organelle of the parasite.


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