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::There are functional inter-relationships between the beta cells of the endocrine pancreas and the pineal gland, where the synchronizing circadian molecule melatonin originates. The aim of this study was to elucidate a putative interaction between insulin and melatonin in diabetic patients and a diabetic rat model. We ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00287.x
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::N-acetylserotonin methyltransferase (ASMT) is the final enzyme in a biosynthetic pathway that produces melatonin. ASMT may play a rate-limiting role in the production of this bioactive molecule in plants. There are three ASMT genes (ASMT1-ASMT3) in the rice genome, but only ASMT1 has been functionally characterized. A...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12088
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12109
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1998.tb00381.x
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter/neuromodulator involved in cell-to-cell communication within the central nervous system, is now believed to play a role in neuroendocrine function. In this study we describe a single, saturable, stereospecific, and temperature-, time-, and pH-dependent binding site for glutama...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1993.tb00483.x
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of melatonin (0.1 microM) on freshly isolated islets from adult rats was investigated. Melatonin caused a marked decrease of insulin secretion by islets in response to glucose. The mechanism involved was then examined. Melatonin did not interfere with glucose metabolism as indicated by the measurement of gl...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-079x.2002.02903.x
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin is a powerful scavenger of oxygen free radicals. In humans, melatonin is rapidly transferred from the maternal to the fetal circulation. To investigate whether or not maternal melatonin administration can protect the fetal rat brain from radical-induced damage by increasing the activities of antioxidant enzy...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-079x.2001.280204.x
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of melatonin on oxidative stress occurring in the brain after routine lobectomy neurosurgery procedures. Different concentrations of melatonin (5, 15 and 150 mg/kg) were administered 1 hr before lobectomy in a rodent surgical brain injury (SBI) model. Neurological o...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00607.x
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Our objective was to suppress the daily surge of melatonin in serum of prepubertal dairy heifers by manipulating intensity of light (Experiment 1) and duration of exposure to light (Experiment 2). Heifers in Experiment 1 were exposed to either 12 hr of darkness (000 lux, control), or 400, 800, or 1,200 lux of light du...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1992.tb00046.x
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2005.00279.x
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have studied the postnatal evolution of the glial cells in the rat pineal gland after its chemical pre- and perinatal denervation, by the assessment of the immunocytochemical expression of three antigens characteristic of glial cells i.e., vimentin (VIM), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and S-100 protein. T...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1995.tb00160.x
更新日期:1995-05-01 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::Aging induces changes in several organs and tissues, such as the liver, and this process might be due to oxidative damage caused by free radicals and inflammatory mediators. Melatonin is a secretory product with well-known antioxidant properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of melatonin adminis...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2004.00199.x
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::To examine the role of melatonin in pathological hyperprolactinemia we compared untreated young females (N = 5) with hyperprolactinemic amenorrhea owing to pituitary microadenoma to healthy female controls (N = 6). Serum samples for melatonin, prolactin, and luteinizing hormone (LH) concentrations were obtained every ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1996.tb00242.x
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin secretion is an endogenous synchronizer, and it may possess some anti-aging properties. Thus we examined melatonin levels in physiological aging, in extreme senescence and in senile dementia. In healthy old (age 66-94 yr) and young subjects (age 23-39 yr) and in demented patients (age 68-91 yr) plasma melato...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2004.00125.x
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Impaired Ca2+ homeostasis and smooth muscle contractility co-exist in acute cholecystitis (AC) leading to gallbladder dysfunction. There is no pharmacological treatment for this pathological condition. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of melatonin treatment on Ca2+ signaling pathways and contractility altered by ch...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00520.x
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The presence of melatonin and the enzymes (transcripts and activities) involved in its synthesis, i.e. arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) and hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase (HIOMT), was investigated in the eggs and early embryos of Japanese quail at Hamburger-Hamilton stages 1-10. Melatonin was present in ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00421.x
更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin influences plant innate immunity through the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. However, the most upstream MAPK component in melatonin signaling and the dependence of generation of a reactive oxygen species (ROS) burst on melatonin synthesis and signaling remain unclear. In this study, treatmen...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12379
更新日期:2017-03-01 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::Bisphenol A (BPA) has been reported to adversely affect the mammalian reproductive system in both sexes. However, the underlying mechanisms regarding how BPA disrupts the mammalian oocyte quality and how to prevent it have not been fully defined. Here, we document that BPA weakens oocyte quality by impairing both oocy...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12396
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin (MEL) has been found in some medicinal and food plants, including grapevine, a commodity of particular interest for the production of wine, a beverage of economic relevance. It has also been suggested that MEL in wine may, at least in part, contribute to the health-promoting properties attributed to this bev...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12223
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin, a major pineal secretory product, exerts a range of physiological and neuroprotective effects. However, the functional significance of melatonin in determining neural identity, and the mechanisms by which this may occur, is unknown. In this study, P19 cells were used as a model system and cell behavior was ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/jpi.12153
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of various cations on activity of hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase (HIOMT) and N-acetyltransferase (NAT) from pineal gland was studied. Copper inhibited both enzymes while calcium and magnesium inhibited HIOMT; the mechanisms of these inhibitions are unknown at this stage. Calcium, magnesium, potassium, an...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1987.tb00852.x
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Experiments were conducted to determine whether daily melatonin injections could influence reentrainment of circadian locomotor activity rhythms in male Long-Evans rats after phase shifts of the light dark (LD) cycle. When exposed to a 5-h advance of the LD cycle, six out of 15 rats injected daily with melatonin at th...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1988.tb00782.x
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin is known to regulate a variety of physiological processes including control of circadian rhythms, regulation of seasonal reproductive function, regulation of body temperature, and so forth. Accumulating evidence from in vitro and in vivo experiments using rodent and chicken has also suggested that melatonin ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2006.00410.x
更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin, which is contained in certain vegetables, may have an influence on circulatory melatonin concentrations. This study examined the effects of the consumption of vegetables on 6-sulfatoxymelatonin concentrations in morning urine. Ninety-four healthy women aged 24-55 were recruited through a city public health ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00549.x
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Female Syrian hamsters were kept in a light (14:10 h light:dark cycle, lights on 0600 h)- and temperature (22 or 30 degrees C)-controlled room; some groups were treated with an afternoon s.c. injection of melatonin (6.25, 12.5, or 25 micrograms/day) for 11 or 14 weeks. The melatonin-induced suppression of the reproduc...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1988.tb00656.x
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Our daily rhythmicity is controlled by a circadian clock with a specific set of genes located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the hypothalamus. Mast cells (MCs) are major effector cells that play a protective role against pathogens and inflammation. MC distribution and activation are associated with the circadian rh...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/jpi.12699
更新日期:2020-10-05 00:00:00
abstract::Melatonin, the main secretary product of the pineal gland, is potentially effective in the prevention of a number of diseases in which free radical processes are involved. The development of hypercholesterolemia is a multifactorial process in which elevated oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) levels play a centr...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00595.x
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We studied the role of nocturnal illuminance as a possible regulatory factor in the production and secretion of reproductive hormones. Adult male rats were kept under artificial lighting conditions (LD 12/12 hours) where the daily illuminance was 520-550 lx and the nocturnal illuminance 0, less than 0.1, or 1-1.5 lx. ...
journal_title:Journal of pineal research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-079x.1989.tb00911.x
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00