Chlororespiration and tolerance to drought, heat and high illumination
Sun ( Chrysanthemum morifolium) and shade ( Spathiphyllum wallisii) plants were used to study the effects of drought, heat and high illumination. The stress conditions caused a greater accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in Chrysanthemum morifolium than in Spathiphyllum wallisii leaves. They also resu...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of plant physiology 2010-06, Vol.167 (9), p.732-738 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Sun (
Chrysanthemum morifolium) and shade (
Spathiphyllum wallisii) plants were used to study the effects of drought, heat and high illumination. The stress conditions caused a greater accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in
Chrysanthemum morifolium than in
Spathiphyllum wallisii leaves. They also resulted in down-regulation of linear electron transport in the leaves of both species, as indicated by a gradual reduction in the photochemistry efficiency of PS II, which was associated with an increase in the non-photochemical quenching of fluorescence. Only a slight decrease in
F
v/
F
m was observed under stress conditions in either plant species, suggesting that the chloroplast is protected by mechanisms that dissipate excess excitation energy to prevent damage to the photosynthetic apparatus. In addition to the effects on photosynthetic activity, changes were also observed by immunoblot analysis in the plastidial NADH DH complex, PTOX and PGR5. The quantities of the PTOX and NDH–H subunit of the thylakoidal NADH DH complex, and the NADH DH activity in the thylakoid membranes were similar in control plants of both species and increased in stressed plants, particularly in
Spathiphyllum wallisii. The level of PGR5 polypeptide was higher in
Chrysanthemum morifolium than in
Spathiphyllum wallisii control plants, while after stress, the quantity of PGR5 increased significantly in
Chrysanthemum morifolium and remained constant in
Spathiphyllum wallisii. These results indicate that the relative importance of chlororespiration and the cyclic electron pathways in the tolerance to drought, heat and high illumination differs in sun and shade plants, indicating different adaptive mechanisms to the environment. In the conditions studied, the PGR5-dependent cyclic pathway is more active in
Chrysanthemum morifolium, a sun species, whereas in
Spathiphyllum wallisii, a shade species, other ways involving the NADH DH complex and PTOX are stimulated in response to stress, which results in lower levels of ROS accumulation in the leaves. |
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ISSN: | 0176-1617 1618-1328 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.12.013 |