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Die Bedeutung von AQUAPORIN INTERACTOR 1 (AQI1) für die Zelltodregulation in Pflanzen
(2014) Glink, Eva Katharina; Pfitzner, Artur J. P.
Programmed cell death (PCD) is an important process during development, senescence and pathogen defence in plants and in animals. It is a genetically regulated and targeted cell suicide of single cells, for benefit of the whole organism. In plants, PCD is of great importance, especially in the course of the “hypersensitive response” (HR). For protecting themselves against harmful intruders, infected plant cells are directly deposed of by PCD. The developing local lesions act as a barrier between host plant and pathogen. This prevents the systemic expansion of biotrophic pathogens within the whole plant. The induction of PCD involves complex signal transduction pathways. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), in particular H₂O₂, play an important role as signal molecules during PCD. The transport of H₂O₂ across cell membranes is conducted by aquaporins. As the vitality of cells depends on intracellular H₂O₂-levels, a spatiotemporal control of this H₂O₂-transport is indispensable. AQUAPORIN INTERACTOR 1 (AQI1) was isolated as a potential regulator of the channel function of aquaporins. AQI1 is a plant protein with sequence homology to the mammal aminoacylase 1. It is known, that aminoacylases catalyse the hydrolysis of acyl-amino acids. However, the physiological function of these enzymes is still unclear. This study represents the first characterisation of an aminoacylase (AQI1) in plants. The physiological function of AQI1 as a regulator of aquaporins, as well as the underlying molecular mechanisms, have been analysed. In addition to deacetylation of amino acids, a second function of the protein AQI1 was discovered. AQI1 interferes with the channel activity of aquaporins by protein-protein interaction. In this way, AQI1 is able to inhibit the H₂O₂-, and to a certain extent also the H₂O-influx, through aquaporins. Probably, this happens by blocking the aquaporinpore. Due to this function, AQI1 is a major component in cell death regulation in plants. During the „hypersensitive response“ (HR), which is induced as a result of pathogen attack, AQI1 accumulates to high levels to prevent the influx of toxic amounts of H₂O₂ into neighbouring cells. This ensures a local control of PCD. In addition, AQI1 seems to be involved in regulation of senescence processes. It could be demonstrated, that AQI1 accumulates in a gradient from juvenile to senescent leaves, due to degradation in older tissues. By this age-dependent accumulation, AQI1 could contribute to the vitality of leaves, by preventing the influx of excessive amounts of H₂O₂ into the cell.
Die Bedeutung von Aquaporinen und ihren Interaktionspartnern für die Zelltodregulation in Pflanzen
(2011) Hoch, Tanja; Pfitzner, Artur J. P.
Programmed cell death (PCD, apoptosis) is an induced cell suicide process that plays an important role during the differentiation and pathogen defense responses of plants and animals. BHRF1 (?BamHI fragment H rightward open reading frame no. 1?) is a cell-death modulating protein of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a human lymphotrophic herpes virus. The expression of BHRF1 in transgenic plants led to the formation of necrotic lesions. Further experiments showed that BHRF1 associated necrotic lesions are caused due to stress, senescence and pathogen defense responses. Yeast-two-hybrid-screening of a tobacco cDNA library identified two different aquaporins as partners for interacting with BHRF1. Aquaporins were identified as water channels/carriers within red blood cells, but are also present in all other organisms. Over the last years, more information was gathered indicating that, apart from transporting water, aquaporins had other functional activities. E. g. Henzler and Steudle (2000) demonstrated that aquaporins can act as hydrogen peroxide channels in the algae Chara corallina. Furthermore, publications by Bienert et al. (2006), indicating that aquaporins in plants as well as in animals are also able to transport H2O2. Hydrogen peroxide and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) have long been recognized as important signal molecules during the pathogen defense response in plants, therefore establishing a logical connection between cell death and aquaporins for the first time. It was assumed that the aquaporins NtPIP2.2a, NtPIP2.2b und NtTIP1.1a identified during the yeast-two-hybrid-screen can act as H2O2 channels. In further experiments it could indeed be established that these aquaporins have the ability to transport H2O2 in yeast cells. Yeasts expressing aquaporins could be influenced in their H2O2 sensitivity by the expression of BHRF1. BHRF1 without transmembrane domain (BHRF1deltaTMwt) led to an enhanced H2O2 sensitivity and also to an increase in cell death. In addition, the transient expression of aquaporin could induce necrotic lesions and cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana. Deletion experiments identified a common binding domain for interacting with BHRF1 in these aquaporins. This binding domain consists of the conserved region containing the first NPA motive (?loop? B) that is also half of one pore. Further studies showed that BHRF1 interacts with all kinds of different aquaporins from plants, animals (rAQP8) and humans (hAQP1). BHRF1 most likely binds with the alpha3 helix to the highly conserved NPA region of aquaporins. A cellular protein showing sequence homology to M20 proteases and aminoacylases was isolated when looking for interaction partners of aquaporins in plants. Like BHRF1, this protein binds to the conserved NPA region of the aquaporins. Although the cellular substrate for this protein has to be found yet, an interesting observation was made. Co-expression of the isolated aminoacylase with NtTIP1.1a or NtPIP2.2b in Nicotiana benthamiana led to the inhibition of cell death induced by these aquaporins.
Dekontamination von pharmazeutischen Isolatoren mit verdampftem Wasserstoffperoxid : Charakterisierung von Einflussparametern und Optimierung des Maschinendesigns
(2010) Unger-Bimczok, Beatriz; Kottke, Volker
In the pharmaceutical industry sterile drugs, which can not be terminally sterilized, have to be prepared and handled under aseptic conditions. The application of isolator technology with physical separation of the process from the environment and the operator is commonly used. Prior to the aseptic processing, the inner isolator surfaces have to be treated with a sterilant to reduce the microbial contamination to a defined acceptable level. Today vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VPHP) is most commonly used for this purpose. Different parameters like hydrogen peroxide concentration, humidity, and condensation have an influence onto the microbicidal activity of the decontamination cycle. Also isolator design factors (e.g. material of construction, geometrical structure) can impact the inactivation results. The objective of the presented thesis was to investigate the mode of action of the VPHP and the relationship between different influencing cycle parameters in order to develop a recommendation for optimum decontamination conditions. An additional goal was to analyze the impact of different construction materials, surface finish and geometrical structures onto the inactivation efficiency of the sterilant to improve the design of aseptic processing machines regarding VPHP decontamination. For the studies an pharmaceutical isolator connected to a VPHP generator was used. Standard decontamination cycles with varying combinations of hydrogen peroxide and water concentration, cycle time and condensation levels were developed. Biological indicators (BIs) with defined initial spore population of Geobacillus stearothermophilus were exposed to the different VPHP cycles. By determination of inactivation kinetics for the microbial test challenge, the sporicidal activity for each set of cycle conditions was evaluated. The applied microbial methods were Most Probable Number (MPN) technique as well as the determination of decimal reduction times (D-values). BIs were not only tested when openly exposed to the sterilizing atmosphere, but also inside of defined gaps to challenge the penetration capability of the VPHP into small lumens under diffusive conditions. Different construction materials were inoculated with defined spore populations to investigate the resistance behaviour of the spores on varying surfaces. Supplementary the physico-chemical characteristics of the respective materials were analyzed in detail to draw conclusions regarding correlation of surface quality and inactivation properties. The results demonstrate that the decisive factor for a successful decontamination is the overall microscopic interaction with the bioburden on the surface. It is shown, that the microcondensation in the sub-visible range is effective for good inactivation performance and that further condensation in the visible range does not enhance the microbicidal activity. The data illustrate that the microbial inactivation is accelerated by increasing hydrogen peroxide concentration. An H2O2 level of 800 ppm ensures a sufficient deposition of sterilant onto the surface and results in excellent and reproducible kill. For sterilant levels > 800 ppm no further improvement in inactivation is detectable. It is shown that for openly exposed BIs a lower H2O2 level (400 ppm) can be compensated by higher humidity. The elevated water content in the decontamination atmosphere promotes the sterilant deposition. The higher the hydrogen peroxide level is, the more independent from humidity becomes the inactivation effect. For H2O2 levels of 800 ppm, the microbicidal activity of the VPHP is found to be independent from the water concentration. In contrast to the openly exposed BIs, for the inactivation of spores exposed under diffusive conditions inside of gaps, a lower hydrogen peroxide level can not be compensated by higher humidity. Solely the hydrogen peroxide concentration and the overall cycle duration are able to influence the decontamination success inside of the trenches. It is demonstrated that in principle complex structures can be decontaminated by the means of VPHP but the penetration capability is limited. The inactivation is impeded with decreasing gap cross section and with increasing gap depth. It is shown that different construction materials and surface textures have an impact onto the resistance behaviour of spores towards VPHP.