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    Physiological approach to the use of the natural compound quinate in the control of sensitive and resistant Papaver rhoeas
    (MDPI, 2020) Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Zulet González, Ainhoa; Barco Antoñanzas, María; Eceiza, Mikel Vicente; Gil Monreal, Miriam; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMAB; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    Quinate (1,3,4,5-tetrahydroxycyclohexanecarboxylate) is a compound synthesized in plants through a side-branch of the shikimate biosynthesis pathway, which is accumulated after glyphosate and acetolactate synthase inhibiting herbicides (ALS-inhibitors) and has phytotoxic potential. The objective of this study was to evaluate the phytotoxicity of quinate on several weed species. Among the species evaluated, Cynodon dactylon, Bromus diandrus, Lolium rigidum, Sinapis alba, and Papaver rhoeas, P. rhoeas was the most sensitive, and its growth was controlled with quinate concentrations above 100 mM at the phenological stage of 6–8 true leaves. A physiological study, including the shikimate pathway and the physiological markers of ALS-inhibitors (carbohydrates and amino acids), was performed in the sensitive and resistant plants treated with sulfonylureas or quinate. The typical physiological effects of ALS-inhibitors were detected in the sensitive population (free amino acid and carbohydrate accumulation) and not detected in the resistant population. The mode of action of quinate appeared to be related to general perturbations in their carbon/nitrogen metabolism rather than to specific changes in the shikimate pathway. These results suggest the possibility of using quinate in the weed control management of P. rhoeas.
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    Role of oxidative stress in the physiology of sensitive and resistant Amaranthus palmeri populations treated with herbicides inhibiting acetolactate synthase
    (Frontiers Media, 2023) Eceiza, Mikel Vicente; Barco Antoñanzas, María; Gil Monreal, Miriam; Huybrechts, Michiel; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Cuypers, Ann; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMAB; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    The aim of the present study was to elucidate the role of oxidative stress in the mode of action of acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibiting herbicides. Two populations of Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson from Spain (sensitive and resistant to nicosulfuron, due to mutated ALS) were grown hydroponically and treated with different rates of the ALS inhibitor nicosulfuron (one time and three times the field recommended rate). Seven days later, various oxidative stress markers were measured in the leaves: H2O2, MDA, ascorbate and glutathione contents, antioxidant enzyme activities and gene expression levels. Under control conditions, most of the analysed parameters were very similar between sensitive and resistant plants, meaning that resistance is not accompanied by a different basal oxidative metabolism. Nicosulfuron-treated sensitive plants died after a few weeks, while the resistant ones survived, independently of the rate. Seven days after herbicide application, the sensitive plants that had received the highest nicosulfuron rate showed an increase in H2O2 content, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymatic activities, while resistant plants did not show these responses, meaning that oxidative stress is linked to ALS inhibition. A supralethal nicosulfuron rate was needed to induce a significant oxidative stress response in the sensitive population, providing evidence that the lethality elicited by ALS inhibitors is not entirely dependent on oxidative stress.
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    Cysteine proteases are activated in sensitive Amaranthus palmeri populations upon treatment with herbicides inhibiting amino acid biosynthesis
    (Wiley, 2023) Barco Antoñanzas, María; Font Farre, María; Eceiza, Mikel Vicente; Gil Monreal, Miriam; Van der Hoorn, Reiner; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMAB; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    The herbicides glyphosate and pyrithiobac inhibit the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) in the aromatic amino acid biosynthetic pathway and acetolactate synthase (ALS) in the branched-chain amino acid biosynthetic pathway, respectively. Here we characterise the protease activity profiles of a sensitive (S), a glyphosate-resistant (GR) and a multiple-resistant (MR) population of Amaranthus palmeri in response to glyphosate and pyrithiobac. Amino acid accumulation and cysteine protease activities were induced with both herbicides in the S population and with pyrithiobac in the GR population, suggesting that the increase in cysteine proteases is responsible for the increased degradation of the available proteins and the observed increase in free amino acids. Herbicides did not induce any changes in the proteolytic activities in the populations with target-site resistance, indicating that this effect was only induced in sensitive plants.
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    Increased glyphosate-induced gene expression in the shikimate pathway is abolished in the presence of aromatic amino acids and mimicked by shikimate
    (Frontiers Media, 2020) Zulet González, Ainhoa; Barco Antoñanzas, María; Gil Monreal, Miriam; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMAB; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    The herbicide glyphosate inhibits the plant enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) in the aromatic amino acid (AAA) biosynthetic pathway, also known as the shikimate pathway. Amaranthus palmeri is a fast-growing weed, and several populations have evolved resistance to glyphosate through increased EPSPS gene copy number. The main objective of this study was to elucidate the regulation of the shikimate pathway and determine whether the regulatory mechanisms of glyphosate-sensitive and glyphosate-resistant plants were different. Leaf disks of sensitive and resistant (due to EPSPS gene amplification) A. palmeri plants were incubated for 24 h with glyphosate, AAA, glyphosate + AAA, or several intermediates of the pathway: shikimate, quinate, chorismate and anthranilate. In the sensitive population, glyphosate induced shikimate accumulation and induced the gene expression of the shikimate pathway. While AAA alone did not elicit any change, AAA applied with glyphosate abolished the effects of the herbicide on gene expression. It was not possible to fully mimic the effect of glyphosate by incubation with any of the intermediates, but shikimate was the intermediate that induced the highest increase (three-fold) in the expression level of the genes of the shikimate pathway of the sensitive population. These results suggest that, in this population, the lack of end products (AAA) of the shikimate pathway and shikimate accumulation would be the signals inducing gene expression in the AAA pathway after glyphosate application. In general, the effects on gene expression detected after the application of the intermediates were more severe in the sensitive population than in the resistant population. These results suggest that when EPSPS is overexpressed, as in the resistant population, the regulatory mechanisms of the AAA pathway are disrupted or buffered. The mechanisms underlying this behavior remain to be elucidated.
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    The moderate oxidative stress induced by glyphosate is not detected in Amaranthus palmeri plants overexpressing EPSPS
    (Elsevier, 2022) Gil Monreal, Miriam; Barco Antoñanzas, María; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Eceiza, Mikel Vicente; Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMAB; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    The present study aimed to determine whether glyphosate-induced oxidative stress is directly related to the action mechanism of this herbicide (5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase or EPSPS inhibition) and analyse the role of oxidative stress in glyphosate toxicity of the weed Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. Two kinds of populations were studied using EPSPS amplification: glyphosate-sensitive and glyphosate-resistant (by gene amplification). Plants were grown hydroponically and treated with different glyphosate doses, after which several oxidative stress markers were measured in the leaves. Untreated, sensitive and resistant plants showed similar values for the analysed parameters. Treated glyphosate-sensitive plants showed an increase in shikimate, superoxide and H2O2 contents and dose-dependent lipid peroxidation and antioxidant responses; however, none of these effects were observed in resistant plants, indicating that glyphosate-induced oxidative stress is related to EPSPS inhibition. Oxidative stress is associated with an increase in the activity of peroxidases due to EPSPS inhibition, although the link between both processes remains elusive. The fact that some glyphosate doses were lethal but did not induce major oxidative damage provides evidence that glyphosate toxicity is independent of oxidative stress.
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    Fisiología de la resistencia múltiple a los herbicidas glifosato e inhibidores de acetolactato sintasa en amaranthus palmeri
    (2022) Barco Antoñanzas, María; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Ciencias; Zientziak; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa
    Este trabajo se plantea en el marco de la necesidad de profundizar en el conocimiento de la fisiología de las plantas resistentes a herbicidas, lo que requiere, no solo identificar y dilucidar las bases moleculares de las resistencias, sino también abordar el plano fisiológico, analizando la respuesta a nivel de metabolismo a la aplicación de estos herbicidas. La utilización de plantas que ya han desarrollado resistencia múltiple a estos herbicidas es una buena herramienta para desarrollar métodos para su detección, aportar claves para su manejo y prevenir su aparición. Además, el establecimiento de la acción herbicida en plantas resistentes permite comprender cómo y por qué son letales estos herbicidas (conocimiento del modo de acción herbicida), ayudando a que su utilización sea más racional y sostenible. Se ha profundizado en la fisiología de una población de A. palmeri con resistencia múltiple (RM) a los herbicidas glifosato y piritiobac (inhibidor de ALS) y en los efectos fisiológicos de estos herbicidas. Para ello, se han caracterizado a nivel molecular los mecanismos de resistencia, y se ha abordado la acción herbicida estudiando la respuesta fisiológica a diferentes niveles tras el tratamiento con glifosato, piritiobac o la mezcla de ambos. Este trabajo proporciona nuevos detalles acerca de la caracterización y de la fisiología de la población RM y aporta información novedosa en cuanto a los efectos fisiológicos provocados en las plantas sensibles y resistentes por los herbicidas IBAR e IBAA. Estos resultados son, potencialmente, de interés práctico para el sector agrícola, por la importancia global de las malas hierbas resistentes a glifosato, herbicida más usado a nivel mundial y a inhibidores de ALS, grupo de herbicidas que incluye un gran número de materias activas. Todo ello, unido al incesante incremento de resistencias múltiples a ambos tipos de herbicidas, hace necesarios los estudios que profundicen en el conocimiento fisiológico de este tipo de resistencias para avanzar hacia un manejo más sostenible y duradero.
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    Primary metabolism in an Amaranthus palmeri population with multiple resistance to glyphosate and pyrithiobac herbicides
    (Elsevier, 2022) Barco Antoñanzas, María; Gil Monreal, Miriam; Eceiza, Mikel Vicente; Royuela Hernando, Mercedes; Zabalza Aznárez, Ana; Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMAB; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa, PJUPNA 2010
    The objective of this work was to characterize the resistance mechanisms and the primary metabolism of a multiple resistant (MR) population of Amaranthus palmeri to glyphosate and to the acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor pyrithiobac. All MR plants analysed were glyphosate-resistant due to 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) gene amplification. Resistance to pyrithiobac was more variable among individuals and was related to point mutations at five positions in the ALS gene sequence: A122, A205, W574, S653 and G654. All MR plants were heterozygous for W574, the most abundant mutation. In nontreated plants, the presence of mutations did not affect ALS functionality, and plants with the W574L mutation showed the highest ALS resistance level to pyrithiobac. The accumulation of the transcripts corresponding to several genes of the aromatic amino acid (AAA) and branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) pathways detected in nontreated MR plants indicated additional effects of EPSPS gene amplification and ALS mutations. The physiological performance of the MR population after treatment with glyphosate and/or pyrithiobac was compared with that of a sensitive (S) population. The increase induced in total soluble sugars, AAA or BCAA content by both herbicides was higher in the S population than in the MR population. Physiological effects were not exacerbated after the mixture of both herbicides in S or in MR populations. This study provides new insights into the physiology of a multiple resistant A. palmeri, which could be very useful for achieving effective management of this weed.