Abstract:
:While ectopic overexpression of serotonin N-acetyltransferase (SNAT) in plants has been accomplished using animal SNAT genes, ectopic overexpression of plant SNAT genes in plants has not been investigated. Because the plant SNAT protein differs from that of animals in its subcellular localization and enzyme kinetics, its ectopic overexpression in plants would be expected to give outcomes distinct from those observed from overexpression of animal SNAT genes in transgenic plants. Consistent with our expectations, we found that transgenic rice plants overexpressing rice (Oryza sativa) SNAT1 (OsSNAT1) did not show enhanced seedling growth like that observed in ovine SNAT-overexpressing transgenic rice plants, although both types of plants exhibited increased melatonin levels. OsSNAT1-overexpressing rice plants did show significant resistance to cadmium and senescence stresses relative to wild-type controls. In contrast to tomato, melatonin synthesis in rice seedlings was not induced by selenium and OsSNAT1 transgenic rice plants did not show tolerance to selenium. T2 homozygous OsSNAT1 transgenic rice plants exhibited increased grain yield due to increased panicle number per plant under paddy field conditions. These benefits conferred by ectopic overexpression of OsSNAT1 had not been observed in transgenic rice plants overexpressing ovine SNAT, suggesting that plant SNAT functions differently from animal SNAT in plants.
journal_name
J Pineal Resjournal_title
Journal of pineal researchauthors
Lee K,Back Kdoi
10.1111/jpi.12392subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-04-01 00:00:00issue
3eissn
0742-3098issn
1600-079Xjournal_volume
62pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Previous human studies have indicated that daytime melatonin levels increase when the organism is subjected to the stress of fasting and exercise. Melatonin, epinephrine, and norepinephrine levels were measured during a mock run and in the course of treadmill exercise performed before (T-1), during (T-2), and followin...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1989.tb00666.x
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The oncostatic effects of melatonin on the mammary gland have been studied in transgenic mice carrying the N-ras proto-oncogene under the control of the MMTV-LTR. Female (4-week-old) virgin mice with positive transgenic pedigrees were injected with melatonin (200 micrograms/mouse/ day, five times a week) or vehicle la...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1997.tb00308.x
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Rabbitfish are a restricted lunar-synchronized spawner that spawns around a species-specific lunar phase. It is not known how the fish perceive changes in cues from the moon. One possible explanation is that rabbitfish utilize changes in moonlight intensity to establish synchrony. The purpose of the present study was ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00306.x
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin and somatostatin are known to exert similar effects on locomotor activity. We have previously demonstrated that acute melatonin treatment regulates somatostatin receptor function in the rat frontoparietal cortex. However, the effects of subchronic and chronic melatonin treatment on the somatostatin receptor-...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-079x.2002.02906.x
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that the pineal gland mediates the effects of changing day length and thereby synchronizes implantation within the population of spotted skunks. Intact, sham-superior cervical ganglionectomized (SCGx), SCGx, and SCGx/bilateral orbitally enucleated (B1) pregnant skunks w...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1986.tb00720.x
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Most contemporary progress in Alzheimer's disease (AD) stems from the study of a 42 43 amino acid peptide. called the amyloid beta protein (Abeta), as the main neuropathologic marker of the disorder. It has been demonstrated that Abeta has neurotoxic properties and that such effects are mediated by free-radicals. Expo...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1999.tb00619.x
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The binding characteristics of the tritiated pineal hormone, [3H] melatonin, were studied in brain tissues using in vitro binding techniques. In synaptosomal membranes prepared from rat hippocampus and subjected to preincubation at 37 degrees C and multiple washings, high-affinity binding of [3H] melatonin significant...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1987.tb00844.x
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examined plasma melatonin levels and the suppressant effect of light on melatonin production in the squirrel monkey. Monkeys were maintained on a 12:12 light-dark cycle (LD 12:12) with lights on from 07:00 to 19:00. Plasma levels of melatonin were determined by gas chromatography negative chemical ionizatio...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1990.tb00689.x
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a disease common in the South-East Asian population, has high lymph node metastatic ability. Melatonin, an endogenously produced substance present in animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria, has oncostatic activity via several mechanisms. The molecular mechanisms involved in melatonin-medi...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12365
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::As for many hormones, melatonin levels in the blood suggest that it is discharged from the pineal gland in a pulsatile manner. Recently, the existence of short-term episodes, superimposed on the circadian pattern of circulating melatonin, has been questioned. Because plasma melatonin levels reflect not only the secret...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1995.tb00151.x
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::5-Methoxycarbonylamino-N-acetyltryptamine (MCA-NAT) has been initially described as a ligand at non MT(1), non MT(2) melatonin binding site (MT3) selective versus MT(1) and MT(2), two membrane melatonin receptors. MCA-NAT activity has been reported by others in different models, in vivo, particularly in the intra-ocul...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2010.00746.x
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We previously reported that pharmacological melatonin administration to type 2 diabetic rats reduces hyperinsulinemia and improves the altered fatty-acid metabolism. To determine whether melatonin deficiency exacerbates diabetes-associated conditions, we investigated the effect of pinealectomy (i.e. melatonin-deficien...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-079x.2003.00083.x
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Liver fibrosis is scar tissue resulting from an uncontrolled wound-healing process in response to chronic liver injury. Liver damage generates an inflammatory reaction that activates hepatic stellate cells (HSC) that transdifferentiate from quiescent cells that control retinol metabolism to proliferative and migratory...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12271
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin is an endogenous indoleamine, produced mainly by the pineal gland. Melatonin has been proven to have chronobiotic, antioxidant, antihypertensive, anxiolytic and sedative properties. There are also experimental and clinical data supporting an analgesic role of melatonin. In experimental studies, melatonin sho...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2011.00895.x
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Exposure of rats to light during darkness or blockade of the pineal beta-adrenoceptor in stimulated pineal glands results in a rapid fall in pineal N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity. Maintenance of a high level of NAT activity requires continuous stimulation of the pineal beta-adrenoceptors. It is not known what fact...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1992.tb00026.x
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chronic hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor in cardiovascular diseases and neurodegeneration. Among the putative mechanisms of homocysteine-induced neurotoxicity, an increased production of reactive oxygen species has been suggested. However, elevated homocysteine levels might disturb neurogenesis during brain devel...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00506.x
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of melatonin on kainic acid (KA)-induced neurodegeneration in the hippocampus were evaluated in vivo. It has been suggested that the pineal secretory product, melatonin, protects neurons in vitro from excitotoxicity mediated by kainate-sensitive glutamate receptors, and fr...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-079x.2003.00010.x
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The rod outer segment (ROSg) membranes are essentially lipoprotein complexes. Rhodopsin, the major integral protein of ROSg, is surrounded by phospholipids highly enriched in docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n3). This fluid environment plays an important role for conformational changes after photo-activation. Thus, ROSg mem...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2006.00352.x
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Retinopathy of prematurity is a vision-threatening disease associated with retinal hypoxia-ischemia, leading to the death of retinal neurons and chronic neuronal degeneration. During this study, we used the oxygen-induced retinopathy mice model to mimic retinal hypoxia-ischemia phenotypes to investigate further the ne...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12716
更新日期:2021-01-11 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin has been shown to have a direct inhibitory action on the proliferation of estrogen-responsive MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in culture. In the present study, we examined by flow cytometry whether this inhibitory effect might be exerted on the G1 phase of the cell cycle, thus causing a transition delay into...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1991.tb00007.x
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Day and nighttime melatonin production in the pineal gland was compared in normal and cardiomyopathic (polydystrophic) adult male Syrian hamsters. These strains of hamsters were selected for comparison because the cardiomyopathetic hamster displays a deficient transmembrane Ca(2+)-pump in a number of tissues, and intr...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1991.tb00472.x
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Grapes are an important economic crop and are widely cultivated around the world. Most grapes are grown in arid or semi-arid regions, and droughts take a heavy toll in grape and wine production areas. Developing effective drought-resistant cultivation measures is a priority for viticulture. Melatonin, an indoleamine, ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12159
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The ultrastructure of the pineal gland in the adult cat is described and compared with that of other mammals. Connective tissue spaces showed capillaries with nonfenestrated endothelia and numerous unmyelinated nerve fibers. In the proximal region of the gland, myelinated nerve fibers coming from the anterior commissu...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1995.tb00148.x
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent studies implicate melatonin in the antinociceptive activity of sensory neurons. However, the underlying mechanisms are still largely unknown. Here, we identify a critical role of melatonin in functionally regulating Cav3.2 T-type Ca2+ channels (T-type channel) in trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons. Melatonin inhi...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12476
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Glaucoma may be associated with circadian disruption due to its association with a loss of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. Clinical evidence demonstrating an association between glaucoma and circadian disruption is limited, and no large-scale studies have been performed. The purpose of this cross-...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12662
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The permeability of the pineal gland to lanthanum was investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis. Different pineal cell populations were studied. Light pinealocytes as well as glial cells were not permeated by the tracer lanthanum, which normally stays extracellularly. Dark pinea...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1992.tb00031.x
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Oxidative stress is involved in ischemia-reperfusion injury and allograft rejection after transplantation. We studied two well-known antioxidants, melatonin and ascorbic acid (AA), in relation to the survival of a pancreas transplantation model without immunosuppression. Forty-eight Landrace pigs were divided into thr...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2011.00908.x
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The serum levels of the pineal hormone melatonin were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA) in 4-h intervals throughout a 24-h period in elderly men with different types of prostate tumors: benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, n = 13), incidental carcinoma (PCi, n = 5), and nonmetastasizing carcinoma (PC, n = 9), as well...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1985.tb00633.x
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Urotoxicity is one of the major problems associated with cyclophosphamide (CP) chemotherapy in cancer patients. Melatonin is a potent antioxidant and reduces CP-induced urotoxicity. However, the molecular mechanisms of protection offered by melatonin are not yet clear. The present study investigated the role of nuclea...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2010.00756.x
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent investigations of our group established that melatonin modulates hormone secretion of pancreatic islets via melatonin receptor types MT1 and MT2. Expression of MT1 and MT2 has been shown in mouse, rat, and human pancreatic islets as well as in the β-, α-, and δ-cell lines INS-1, αTC1.9, and QGP-1. In view of th...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12480
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00