Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 70, Issue 46, Pages 14633-14640Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c04715
Keywords
targeted metabolomics; LC-MS; MS; chemical defense; plant-plant interactions; root exudation; secondary metabolites
Funding
- VILLUM Fonden Project ?
- [35926]
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A metabolomics study using targeted mass spectrometry was conducted to investigate the root uptake of cereal benzoxazinoids (BXs) in white clover and their impact on intrinsic clover secondary metabolites. The study found that all BXs were taken up by the clover roots and translocated to the shoots, leading to changes in the composition of intrinsic clover secondary metabolites, particularly an increase in flavonoids and abscisic acid concentration.
Metabolomic studies on root uptake and transformation of bioactive compounds, like cereal benzoxazinoids (BXs) in non-BX producing plants, are very limited. Therefore, a targeted mass-spectrometry-based metabolomics study was performed to elucidate the root uptake of BXs in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and the impact of absorbed BXs on intrinsic clover secondary metabolites. Clover plants grew in a medium containing 100 mu M of individual BXs (five aglycone and one glycoside BXs) for 3 weeks. Subsequently, plant tissues were analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to quantify the BXs and clover secondary metabolite concentrations. All BXs were taken up by clover roots and translocated to the shoots. Upon uptake of 2,4-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIBOA), 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIMBOA), 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (HBOA), and 2-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (HBOA-glc), the parent compounds and a range of transformation products were seen in the roots and shoots. The individual BX concentrations ranged from not detected (nd) to 469 mu g/g of dry weight (dw) and from nd to 170 mu g/g of dw in the roots and shoots, respectively. The root uptake of BXs altered the composition of intrinsic clover secondary metabolites. In particular, the concentration of flavonoids and the hormone abscisic acid increased substantially in comparison to control plants.
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