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Publication Open Access Efecto del glifosato en la expresión génica de la ruta del siquimato en Amaranthus palmeri(Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa, 2017) Fernández Escalada, Manuel; Zulet González, Ainhoa; Gil Monreal, Miriam; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Ciencias del Medio Natural; Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate PublikoaEste estudio ha abordado el efecto del herbicida glifosato en la regulación de la ruta del siquimato en la especie Amaranthus palmeri, comparando una población sensible a glifosato con una población resistente. Se han determinado, mediante PCR cuantitativa (qPCR), el efecto de dos dosis de glifosato sobre la expresión génica de los enzimas de la ruta del siquimato. También se ha determinado la actividad enzimática de los enzimas post-corismato antranilato sintasa (AS) y corismato mutasa (CM). Se ha podido observar que el gran aumento en el número de copias génicas del enzima EPSPS en la población resistente no tiene un efecto pleiotrópico basal en la expresión de los demás genes de esta ruta de síntesis de los aminoácidos aromáticos. Tras el tratamiento con glifosato, se observó, en ambas poblaciones, una inducción general de la expresión de los genes de la ruta del siquimato, dependiente de la dosis de glifosato. Es destacable que la aplicación del glifosato provoca el aumento de la expresión y actividad AS, y la tendencia opuesta en expresión CM, lo que conlleva un flujo preferente hacia la formación de triptófano en lugar de tirosina y fenilalanina.Publication Open Access Effects of EPSPS Copy Number Variation (CNV) and glyphosate application on the aromatic and branched chain amino acid synthesis pathways in Amaranthus palmeri(Frontiers Media, 2017) Fernández Escalada, Manuel; Zulet González, Ainhoa; Gil Monreal, Miriam; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Ravet, Karl; Gaines, Todd; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Ciencias del Medio Natural; Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate PublikoaA key enzyme of the shikimate pathway, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS; EC 2.5.1.19), is the known target of the widely used herbicide glyphosate. Glyphosate resistance in Amaranthus palmeri, one of the most troublesome weeds in agriculture, has evolved through increased EPSPS gene copy number. The aim of this work was to study the pleiotropic effects of (i) EPSPS increased transcript abundance due to gene copy number variation (CNV) and of (ii) glyphosate application on the aromatic amino acid (AAA) and branched chain amino acid (BCAA) synthesis pathways. Hydroponically grown glyphosate sensitive (GS) and glyphosate resistant (GR) plants were treated with glyphosate 3 days after treatment. In absence of glyphosate treatment, high EPSPS gene copy number had only a subtle effect on transcriptional regulation of AAA and BCAA pathway genes. In contrast, glyphosate treatment provoked a general accumulation of the transcripts corresponding to genes of the AAA pathway leading to synthesis of chorismate in both GS and GR. After chorismate, anthranilate synthase transcript abundance was higher while chorismate mutase transcription showed a small decrease in GR and remained stable in GS, suggesting a regulatory branch point in the pathway that favors synthesis toward tryptophan over phenylalanine and tyrosine after glyphosate treatment. This was confirmed by studying enzyme activities in vitro and amino acid analysis. Importantly, this upregulation was glyphosate dose dependent and was observed similarly in both GS and GR populations. Glyphosate treatment also had a slight effect on the expression of BCAA genes but no general effect on the pathway could be observed. Taken together, our observations suggest that the high CNV of EPSPS in A. palmeri GR populations has no major pleiotropic effect on the expression of AAA biosynthetic genes, even in response to glyphosate treatment. This finding supports the idea that the fitness cost associated with EPSPS CNV in A. palmeri may be limited.