期刊
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
卷 33, 期 1, 页码 59-75出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02053.x
关键词
Castanea sativa; germination; glutathione; hydrogen peroxide; peroxidase; phenolic acid; reactive oxygen species; seed; superoxide
资金
- The Leverhulme Trust [F/00731/C]
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [09-04-01394]
- University of KwaZulu Natal Research Fund
- British Council and the French Embassy at London [07.075]
- Millennium Commission
- Wellcome Trust
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are implicated in seed death following dehydration in desiccation-intolerant 'recalcitrant' seeds. However, it is unknown if and how ROS are produced in the apoplast and if they play a role in stress signalling during desiccation. We studied intracellular damage and extracellular superoxide (O-2 center dot-) production upon desiccation in Castanea sativa seeds, mechanisms of O-2 center dot- production and the effect of exogenously supplied ROS. A transient increase in extracellular O-2 center dot- production by the embryonic axes preceded significant desiccation-induced viability loss. Thereafter, progressively more oxidizing intracellular conditions, as indicated by a significant shift in glutathione half-cell reduction potential, accompanied cell and axis death, coinciding with the disruption of nuclear membranes. Most hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-dependent O-2 center dot- production was found in a cell wall fraction that contained extracellular peroxidases (ECPOX) with molecular masses of similar to 50 kDa. Cinnamic acid was identified as a potential reductant required for ECPOX-mediated O-2 center dot- production. H2O2, applied exogenously to mimic the transient ROS burst at the onset of desiccation, counteracted viability loss of sub-lethally desiccation-stressed seeds and of excised embryonic axes grown in tissue culture. Hence, extracellular ROS produced by embryonic axes appear to be important signalling components involved in wound response, regeneration and growth.
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