Calcium and nitric oxide modulate phytosterol production in cyclodextrins-elicited carrot cells
摘要
Carrot suspension-cultured cells (SCC) were treated with different inhibitors to analyze the involvement of calcium (Ca2+), nitric oxide (NO), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and phosphorylation/dephosphorylation events in the phytosterol production triggered by 50 mM methyl-β-cyclodextrins (M-β-CD). The results demonstrated that the accumulation of phytosterols triggered by M-β-CD depends on an uptake of Ca2+ from the extracellular medium. Similarly, protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation events are involved in the signal transduction pathways mediated by M-β-CD as the phytosterol production is dependent on both the activity of tyrosine phosphatases and the phosphorylation status of serin/threonine protein kinases. Finally, the results indicated that NO also partially contributed to extracellular accumulation of phytosterols triggered by M-β-CD in carrot plant suspension-cultured cells. However, no change in the extracellular accumulation of phytosterols was observed in the presence of H2O2 inhibitor, suggesting that H2O2 does not play a key role in the signaling pathway triggered by M-β-CD for the extracellular accumulation of these metabolites.