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Received August 24, 2004
Returned for revision October 12, 2004
Accepted October 12, 2004

Polyphyletic Origin of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids within the Asteraceae. Evidence from Differential Tissue Expression of Homospermidine Synthase

Sven Anke , Daniel Niemüller , Stefanie Moll , Robert Hänsch , and Dietrich Ober *

Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie der Technischen Universität, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
Institut für Pflanzenbiologie der Technischen Universität, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany

* Corresponding author; email: d.ober{at}tu-bs.de.

The evolution of pathways within plant secondary metabolism has been studied by using the pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) as a model system. PAs are constitutively produced by plants as a defense against herbivores. The occurrence of PAs is restricted to certain unrelated families within the angiosperms. Homospermidine synthase (HSS), the first specific enzyme in the biosynthesis of the necine base moiety of PAs, was originally recruited from deoxyhypusine synthase, an enzyme involved in the posttranslational activation of the eukaryotic initiation factor 5A. Recently, this gene recruitment has been shown to have occurred several times independently within the angiosperms and even twice within the Asteraceae. Here, we demonstrate that, within these two PA-producing tribes of the Asteraceae, namely Senecioneae and Eupatorieae, HSS is expressed differently despite catalyzing the same step in PA biosynthesis. Within Eupatorium cannabinum, HSS is expressed uniformly in all cells of the root cortex parenchyma, but not within the endodermis and exodermis. Within Senecio vernalis, HSS expression has been previously identified in groups of specialized cells of the endodermis and the adjacent root cortex parenchyma. This expression pattern was confirmed for Senecio jacobaea as well. Furthermore, the expression of HSS in E. cannabinum is dependent on the development of the plant, suggesting a close linkage to plant growth.




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