Greg C. Vanlerberghe
Professor Emeritus
Campus
UTSC
CSB Appointment
Emeritus
Research Areas
Plant Biology
Education
Ph.D. Queen’s University 1991
M.Sc. University of Western Ontario 1987
B.Sc. University of Western Ontario 1984
Primary Undergraduate Department
Biological Sciences, UTSC
Graduate Programs
Cell & Systems Biology
Research Description
We investigate the impact of abiotic and biotic stress on plant energy metabolism. We uncover the signature responses of metabolism to stress and elucidate how these responses support stress acclimation.
Contact Information
Office Phone: 416-208-2742
Office: SY 262
Lab: SY 270
Lab Phone: 416-287-7240
Email
Mailing Address
Department of Cell & Systems Biology
University of Toronto
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4
Canada
Publications
2014
Knockdown of mitochondrial alternative oxidase induces the ‘stress state’ of signaling molecule pools in Nicotiana tabacum, with implications for stomatal function
Cvetkovska M, Dahal K, Alber NA, Jin C, Cheung M, Vanlerberghe GC
2014, The New phytologist, 203, 449-61, 24635054
2013
A lack of mitochondrial alternative oxidase compromises capacity to recover from severe drought stress
Wang J, Vanlerberghe GC
2013, Physiologia plantarum, 23582049
Alternative Oxidase: A Mitochondrial Respiratory Pathway to Maintain Metabolic and Signaling Homeostasis during Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Plants
Vanlerberghe GC
2013, International journal of molecular sciences, 14, 6805-47, 23531539
2012
The signaling role of a mitochondrial superoxide burst during stress
Cvetkovska M, Alber NA, Vanlerberghe GC
2013, Plant signaling & behavior, 8, e22749, 23221746
Alternative oxidase impacts the plant response to biotic stress by influencing the mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species
Cvetkovska M, Vanlerberghe GC
2013, Plant, cell & environment, 36, 721-32, 22978428
Alternative oxidase modulates leaf mitochondrial concentrations of superoxide and nitric oxide
Cvetkovska M, Vanlerberghe GC
2012, The New phytologist, 195, 32-9, 22537177
Coordination of a mitochondrial superoxide burst during the hypersensitive response to bacterial pathogen in Nicotiana tabacum
Cvetkovska M, Vanlerberghe GC
2012, Plant, cell & environment, 35, 1121-36, 22211396
2011
Impact of mitochondrial alternative oxidase expression on the response of Nicotiana tabacum to cold temperature
Wang J, Rajakulendran N, Amirsadeghi S, Vanlerberghe GC
2011, Physiologia plantarum, 142, 339-51, 21401618
2010
The product of the alternative oxidase is still H2O
Møller IM, Rasmusson AG, Siedow JJ, Vanlerberghe GC
2010, Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 495, 93-4; author reply 95-6, 20051223
2009
Alternative oxidase in animals: unique characteristics and taxonomic distribution
McDonald AE, Vanlerberghe GC, Staples JF
2009, The Journal of experimental biology, 212, 2627-34, 19648408
Is the maintenance of homeostatic mitochondrial signaling during stress a physiological role for alternative oxidase?
Vanlerberghe GC, Cvetkovska M, Wang J
2009, Physiologia plantarum, 137, 392-406, 19549065
2007
A glucocorticoid-inducible gene expression system can cause growth defects in tobacco
Amirsadeghi S, McDonald AE, Vanlerberghe GC
2007, Planta, 226, 453-63, 17333253
2006
Changes in plant mitochondrial electron transport alter cellular levels of reactive oxygen species and susceptibility to cell death signaling molecules
Amirsadeghi S, Robson CA, McDonald AE, Vanlerberghe GC
2006, Plant & cell physiology, 47, 1509-19, 17012741
Origins, evolutionary history, and taxonomic distribution of alternative oxidase and plastoquinol terminal oxidase
McDonald AE, Vanlerberghe GC
2006, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part D, Genomics & proteomics, 1, 357-64, 20483267
2005
The role of alternative oxidase in modulating carbon use efficiency and growth during macronutrient stress in tobacco cells
Sieger SM, Kristensen BK, Robson CA, Amirsadeghi S, Eng EW, Abdel-Mesih A, Møller IM, Vanlerberghe GC
2005, Journal of experimental botany, 56, 1499-515, 15824074
Alternative oxidase and plastoquinol terminal oxidase in marine prokaryotes of the Sargasso Sea
McDonald AE, Vanlerberghe GC
2005, Gene, 349, 15-24, 15777727
2003
Prokaryotic orthologues of mitochondrial alternative oxidase and plastid terminal oxidase
McDonald AE, Amirsadeghi S, Vanlerberghe GC
2003, Plant molecular biology, 53, 865-76, 15082931
2002
Methods and approaches to study plant mitochondrial alternative oxidase
McDonald AE, Sieger SM, Vanlerberghe GC
2002, Physiologia plantarum, 116, 135-143, 12354188
Transgenic plant cells lacking mitochondrial alternative oxidase have increased susceptibility to mitochondria-dependent and -independent pathways of programmed cell death
Robson CA, Vanlerberghe GC
2002, Plant physiology, 129, 1908-20, 12177505
Induction of mitochondrial alternative oxidase in response to a cell signal pathway down-regulating the cytochrome pathway prevents programmed cell death
Vanlerberghe GC, Robson CA, Yip JY
2002, Plant physiology, 129, 1829-42, 12177496
Mitochondrial alternative oxidase is not a critical component of plant viral resistance but may play a role in the hypersensitive response
Ordog SH, Higgins VJ, Vanlerberghe GC
2002, Plant physiology, 129, 1858-65, 12177499
2001
Mitochondrial alternative oxidase acts to dampen the generation of active oxygen species during a period of rapid respiration induced to support a high rate of nutrient uptake
Yip JY, Vanlerberghe GC
2001, Physiologia plantarum, 112, 327-333, 11473689