Mixotrophic plants obtain carbon by their own photosynthetic activity and from their root-associated mycorrhizal fungi. Mixotrophy is deemed a pre-adaptation for evolution of mycoheterotrophic nutrition, where plants fully depend on fungi and lose their photosynthetic activity. The aim of this study was to clarify mycorrhizal dependency and heterotrophy level in various phenotypes of mixotrophic Pyrola japonica (Ericaceae), encompassing green individuals, rare achlorophyllous variants (albinos) and a form with minute leaves, P. japonica f. subaphylla. These three phenotypes were collected in two Japanese forests. Phylogenetic analysis of both plants and mycorrhizal fungi was conducted based on DNA barcoding. Enrichment in 13C among organs (leaves, stems and roots) of the phenotypes with reference plants and fungal fruitbodies were compared by measuring stable carbon isotopic ratio. All plants were placed in the same clade, with f. subaphylla as a separate subclade. Leaf 13C abundances of albinos were congruent with a fully mycoheterotrophic nutrition, suggesting that green P. japonica leaves are 36.8% heterotrophic, while rhizomes are 74.0% heterotrophic. There were no significant differences in δ13C values among organs in both albino P. japonica and P. japonica f. subaphylla, suggesting full and high mycoheterotrophic nutrition, respectively. Among 55 molecular operational taxonomic units (OTUs) detected as symbionts, the genus Russula was the most abundant in each phenotype and its dominance was significantly higher in albino P. japonica and P. japonica f. subaphylla. Russula spp. detected in P. japonica f. subaphylla showed higher dissimilarity with other phenotypes. These results suggest that P. japonica sensu lato is prone to evolve mycoheterotrophic variants, in a process that changes its mycorrhizal preferences, especially towards the genus Russula for which this species has a marked preference.
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- Phylogeny MeSH
- Heterotrophic Processes MeSH
- Plant Leaves MeSH
- Mycorrhizae * MeSH
- Rhizome MeSH
- Pyrola microbiology MeSH
- Symbiosis MeSH
- DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic MeSH
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- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Japan MeSH
New 2-amino-3-cyanopyrrole derivatives were prepared and converted to 7-deazapurines. 7-Deazaadenine 6 was synthesized by different methods and alkylated with alkyl iodides to afford the quaternized 3-alkylpyrrolopyrimidinium iodide salts 8. The latter salts were dequaternized to N-alkylpyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-amines 12. Compounds 12 were identical to the products obtained from reactions of 4-chloro-7-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-p-tolyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine 11 with methyl- or ethylamine in the presence of a catalyst. The thione 13 and its related 4-methylthio- and 4-ylcarbonothioate derivatives 14a, 14b were obtained. The triazolo- 17a–17e, benzenesulfonamido- 19, and tetrazolopyrrolopyrimidine 21 derivatives were synthesized. Several examples of the synthesized pyrrole- and pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives showed high to remarkable antioxidant scavenging activity as measured by their ability to scavenge the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical
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- Diet methods MeSH
- Cardiovascular Diseases drug therapy prevention & control MeSH
- Heptanoic Acids therapeutic use MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Lipoproteins, HDL blood MeSH
- Lipoproteins, LDL blood MeSH
- Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions drug therapy MeSH
- Pyrola MeSH
- Simvastatin therapeutic use MeSH
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors pharmacology adverse effects therapeutic use MeSH
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- Humans MeSH
