NOVEL POLYUNSATURATED N-ACYLETHANOLAMINES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS

Authors' Affiliations

1-Suhas Shinde-Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN 37614 2-Ruth Welti-Kansas Lipidomics Research Center, Kansas State University, Division of Biology, Manhattan, KS 66506 3-Aruna Kilaru Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN 37614

Location

RIPSHIN MTN. ROOM 130

Start Date

4-4-2018 1:40 PM

End Date

4-4-2018 1:55 PM

Name of Project's Faculty Sponsor

Aruna Kilaru

Faculty Sponsor's Department

Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, 427 Brown Hall (PO BOX 70703), Johnson City, TN 37614

Classification of First Author

Post-doctoral Fellow

Type

Oral Presentation

Project's Category

Natural Sciences

Abstract or Artist's Statement

N-Acylethanolamines (NAEs), although are ubiquitous in plants and animals the occurrence of endocannabinoid ligands and the corresponding cannabinoid receptors was limited to mammals. Interestingly, bryophytes, unlike seed plants possess arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5), which are fatty acid precursors for endocannabinoid ligands. Here, we show that the moss Physcomitrella patens contains ~24 and 7 % of AA and EPA, respectively. Using selective lipidomic profiling, we identified polyunsaturated NAEs, including N-arachidonoyl ethanolamide (anandamide/AEA/NAE 20:4) and N-eicosapentaenoyl ethanolamide (EPEA) and also their corresponding N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (NAPE) precursors in various developmental stages of Physcomitrella. Quantification of various NAPE and NAE species indicated the abundance of unsaturated species over saturated. In all haploid developmental stages analyzed, NAE 20:4 levels contributed to ~ 30 % (~ 26 ng mg-1 lipid) of the total NAE while NAE 20:5 remained as a minor component (~ 5 %; ~ 4.5 ng mg-1 lipid). Exogenous application of AEA, EPEA and their corresponding fatty acid precursors (AA and EPA, respectively) inhibited the growth of gametophytes and protonemata in a dose-dependent manner. AEA has shown the exclusive effect on the F-actin dynamics at the apex of protonemal cells, which was similar to the effect of abscisic acid (ABA) on protonemal growth inhibition. Additionally, we identified moss ortholog for NAPE-hydrolyzing phospholipase D (NAPE-PLD) enzyme that was responsive to exogenous ABA. Putative PpNAPE-PLD was expressed in E. coli for further characterization. Our data demonstrate the occurrence of evolutionarily conserved NAE metabolic pathway in the moss, with the occurrence of AEA and EPEA.

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NOVEL POLYUNSATURATED N-ACYLETHANOLAMINES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS

RIPSHIN MTN. ROOM 130

N-Acylethanolamines (NAEs), although are ubiquitous in plants and animals the occurrence of endocannabinoid ligands and the corresponding cannabinoid receptors was limited to mammals. Interestingly, bryophytes, unlike seed plants possess arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5), which are fatty acid precursors for endocannabinoid ligands. Here, we show that the moss Physcomitrella patens contains ~24 and 7 % of AA and EPA, respectively. Using selective lipidomic profiling, we identified polyunsaturated NAEs, including N-arachidonoyl ethanolamide (anandamide/AEA/NAE 20:4) and N-eicosapentaenoyl ethanolamide (EPEA) and also their corresponding N-acyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (NAPE) precursors in various developmental stages of Physcomitrella. Quantification of various NAPE and NAE species indicated the abundance of unsaturated species over saturated. In all haploid developmental stages analyzed, NAE 20:4 levels contributed to ~ 30 % (~ 26 ng mg-1 lipid) of the total NAE while NAE 20:5 remained as a minor component (~ 5 %; ~ 4.5 ng mg-1 lipid). Exogenous application of AEA, EPEA and their corresponding fatty acid precursors (AA and EPA, respectively) inhibited the growth of gametophytes and protonemata in a dose-dependent manner. AEA has shown the exclusive effect on the F-actin dynamics at the apex of protonemal cells, which was similar to the effect of abscisic acid (ABA) on protonemal growth inhibition. Additionally, we identified moss ortholog for NAPE-hydrolyzing phospholipase D (NAPE-PLD) enzyme that was responsive to exogenous ABA. Putative PpNAPE-PLD was expressed in E. coli for further characterization. Our data demonstrate the occurrence of evolutionarily conserved NAE metabolic pathway in the moss, with the occurrence of AEA and EPEA.