Allicin From Garlic Disrupts the Cytoskeleton in Plants

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Abstract Allicin is a defence substance produced by garlic cells upon injury. It is a thiosulfinate showing redox-activity and a broad range of antimicrobial and biocidal activity. It is known that allicin efficiently oxidizes thiol-groups and it has been described as a redox toxin. In order to learn more about the effect of allicin on plants we used pure synthetized allicin, and investigated cytoplasmic streaming in sterile filaments of Tradescantia fluminensis , organelle movement using transgenic Arabidopsis with organelle-specifics GFP-tags, and effects on actin and tubulin in the cytoskeleton using GFP-tagged lines. Auxin distribution in roots was investigated using PIN1:GFP, PIN3:GFP, DR5:GFP and DII-VENUS Arabidopsis reporter lines. Allicin inhibited cytoplasmic streaming in T. fluminensis and organelle movement of peroxisomes and the Golgi apparatus in a concentration-dependent manner, inhibited root growth and destroyed the correct root tip distribution of auxin. We speculate that the cytoskeleton can be a primary “receptor” for allicin’s oxidizing properties and as a consequence cytoskeleton-dependent cellular processes are disrupted.

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