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. 2024 Aug 1;43(18):4092–4109. doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00181-7

Figure 6. Developmental and metabolic effects of the C4H inhibitor piperonylic acid in streptophytes.

Figure 6

Unless otherwise stated, wild-type plants were treated with 50 µM piperonylic acid (PA) or corresponding mock (0.05% DMSO) on agar plates. C. richardii (fern) was treated for three weeks after transfer of 2-week-old sporophytes. P. patens was treated for one month after transfer of individual gametophores. M. polymorpha was treated for three weeks after transfer of individual gemmae. A. agrestis was treated for two months after transfer of thallus pieces. K. nitens (charophyte, Klebsormidiophyceae) was treated in liquid cultures for 2 weeks after subculturing (1:10 ratio). (A) Pictures of plants after PA or mock treatment. (B) Representative UHPLC-UV chromatograms of crude metabolic extracts of mock- and PA-treated plants. P. patens metabolic analysis was performed on plants grown in liquid culture to facilitate tissue collection. (C) Relative quantification of shikimate phenolic esters in mock- and PA-treated plants. C5S, caffeoyl-5-O-shikimate; pC5S, p-coumaroyl-5-O-shikimate. Results are the mean ± SEM of three independent biological replicates for each condition. Mock versus PA unpaired t test adjusted P-value: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. nd, not detected. Source data are available online for this figure.