Journal
PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10050984
Keywords
cyanotoxin; microcystin; cylindrospermopsin; plastid; cell wall; vacuole; cytoskeleton; chromatin; cell death
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- NKFIH/OTKA [K119647, K120638, K132685]
- New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology from National Research, Development and Innovation Fund [UNKP-20-3-II-DE-412]
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The review focuses on the subcellular effects of cyanotoxins on plants, especially microcystins and cylindrospermopsins. These toxins have characteristic dose- and plant genotype-dependent effects on plant cellular structures, potentially leading to decreased photosynthetic efficiency, cell death, and other physiological consequences.
Phytotoxicity of cyanobacterial toxins has been confirmed at the subcellular level with consequences on whole plant physiological parameters and thus growth and productivity. Most of the data are available for two groups of these toxins: microcystins (MCs) and cylindrospermopsins (CYNs). Thus, in this review we present a timely survey of subcellular cyanotoxin effects with the main focus on these two cyanotoxins. We provide comparative insights into how peculiar plant cellular structures are affected. We review structural changes and their physiological consequences induced in the plastid system, peculiar plant cytoskeletal organization and chromatin structure, the plant cell wall, the vacuolar system, and in general, endomembrane structures. The cyanotoxins have characteristic dose-and plant genotype-dependent effects on all these structures. Alterations in chloroplast structure will influence the efficiency of photosynthesis and thus plant productivity. Changing of cell wall composition, disruption of the vacuolar membrane (tonoplast) and cytoskeleton, and alterations of chromatin structure (including DNA strand breaks) can ultimately lead to cell death. Finally, we present an integrated view of subcellular alterations. Knowledge on these changes will certainly contribute to a better understanding of cyanotoxin-plant interactions.
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