SE145:/MS3

Sample Set Information

ID	TSE1302
Title	Effects of Combined Low Glutathione with Mild Oxidative and Low Phosphorus Stress on the Metabolism of Arabidopsis thaliana
Description	Plants possess highly sensitive mechanisms that monitor environmental stress levels for a dose-dependent fine-tuning of their growth and development. Differences in plant responses to severe and mild abiotic stresses have been recognized. Although many studies have revealed that glutathione can contribute to plant tolerance to various environmental stresses, little is known about the relationship between glutathione and mild abiotic stress, especially the effect of stress-induced altered glutathione levels on the metabolism. Here, we applied a systems biology approach to identify key pathways involved in the gene-to-metabolite networks perturbed by low glutathione content under mild abiotic stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. We used glutathione synthesis mutants (cad2-1 and pad2-1) and plants overexpressing the gene encoding γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase, the first enzyme of the glutathione biosynthetic pathway. The plants were exposed to two mild stress conditions—oxidative stress elicited by methyl viologen and stress induced by the limited availability of phosphate. We observed that the mutants and transgenic plants showed similar shoot growth as that of the wild-type plants under mild abiotic stress. We then selected the synthesis mutants and performed multi-platform metabolomics and microarray experiments to evaluate the possible effects on the overall metabolome and the transcriptome. As a common oxidative stress response, several flavonoids that we assessed showed overaccumulation, whereas the mild phosphate stress resulted in increased levels of specific kaempferol- and quercetin-glycosides. Remarkably, in addition to a significant increased level of sugar, osmolytes, and lipids as mild oxidative stress-responsive metabolites, short-chain aliphatic glucosinolates over-accumulated in the mutants, whereas the level of long-chain aliphatic glucosinolates and specific lipids decreased. Coordinated gene expressions related to glucosinolate and flavonoid biosynthesis also supported the metabolite responses in the pad2-1 mutant. Our results suggest that glutathione synthesis mutants accelerate transcriptional regulatory networks to control the biosynthetic pathways involved in glutathione-independent scavenging metabolites, and that they might reconfigure the metabolic networks in primary and secondary metabolism, including lipids, glucosinolates, and flavonoids. This work provides a basis for the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms involved in the metabolic and transcriptional regulatory networks in response to combined low glutathione content with mild oxidative and nutrient stress in A. thaliana.
Authors	Fukushima A, Iwasa M, Nakabayashi R, Kobayashi M, Nishizawa T, Okazaki Y, Saito K, Kusano M.
Reference	Front Plant Sci. 2017 Aug 28;8:1464.
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Analytical Method Details Information

ID	MS3
Title	LC-q-TOF-MS (to detect lipids)
Instrument	HPLC, Waters Acquity UPLC system; MS, Waters Xevo G2 Qtof
Instrument Type	UPLC-QTOF-MS
Ionization	ESI
Ion Mode	Positive
Description	Extraction for LC-q-TOF-MS to detect lipids Each frozen samplewas milled using mixer mill MM301 (Retsch) at a frequency of 20 Hz for 2 min at 4°C. After that, frozen powder was extracted with 20 fold volume of extraction solvent (chloroform/methanol/waer[50 : 100 : 31.45, v/v])containing 0.25mM of 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (SIGMA). Samples were vigorously mixed using a vortex mixture. 52.5 μl of water and 52.5 μl of chloroform were added to 200 μl of extract and then vigorously mixed for 5 min at room temperature. After standing for 15 min on ice, the samples were centrifuged at 1,000 ×g at 5°C for 5 min. The supernatant (85 μl) was transferred to a 2 ml tube with insert. Each extract was evaporated to dryness by SPD2010 SpeedVac® concentrator (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The residue was dissolved in 162μl of ethanol, and centrifuged at 10,000×g at 45°C for 15 min. Two hundred microliter of the supernatant was transferred to a glass tube for lipid analysis. LC-q-TOF-MS conditions to detect lipids Sample extracts (1 μl) were analyzed using an LC-MS system equipped with an electrospray ionization (ESI) interface (HPLC, Waters Acquity UPLC system; MS, Waters Xevo G2 Qtof). Two-solvent (A and B) system was used for separation of each metabolite. Compositions of these solvents were as follows: solvent A, acetonitrile: water:1 M ammonium acetate:formic acid = (158 g:800g:10 ml:1 ml); solvent B, acetonitrile:2-propanol:water:1 M ammonium acetate:formic acid = (79 g:711 g:10 ml:1 ml). The analytical conditions were as follows. HPLC: column, Acquity UPLC HSS T3 (pore size 1.8 μm, 1.0 i.d × 50 mm long, Waters); gradient program, 35% B at 0 min, 70% B at 3 min, 85% B at 7 min, 90% B at 10 min, 90% B at 12 min and 35% B at 12.5 min; flow rate, 0.15 ml/min; temperature, 55°C; MS detection: capillary voltage, +3.0 kV; cone voltage, 20 V for positive mode and 40 V for negative mode; source temperature, 120°C; desolvation temperature, 450°C; cone gas flow, 50 l/h; desolvation gas flow, 450 l/h; collision energy, 6 V; detection mode, scan (m/z 100–2000; scan time, 0. 5 sec; centroid). The scans were repeated for 15 min in a single run. The data were recorded using MassLynx version 4.1 software (Waters).
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