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Heat and Cold-Stressed Individuals of Pistacia lentiscus (Mastic Tree) Do Modify Their Secreting Profile

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PLANTS-BASEL
卷 11, 期 23, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants11233290

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environmental stress; heat and cold stress; Mediterranean plants; secondary metabolites; Dopa decarboxylase; Pistacia lentiscus

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  1. European Union (ERDF)
  2. Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation [5002803]

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This study found that environmental stress can alter the anatomical features of leaves, accumulation of phenolics, and synthesis of biogenic products in Pistacia lentiscus plants. Heat stress resulted in increased concentration of reactive oxygen species in leaves, while cold stress led to reduced biomass. Additionally, significant variations in concentrations of biogenic amines/amino acids were observed under different stress conditions.
Seedlings from the germinated seeds of Pistacia lentiscus were cultured in plant growth chambers for three months. Then, the plants were separated into three groups. Each group was cultured under different conditions. The first group was left to grow under normal Mediterranean conditions, as those recorded in spring. The other group was subjected to a ten-day heat stress while the last one also suffered a cold stress for ten days. The anatomical features of the leaves (leaf thickness, epidermal cell thickness, number of palisade layers, and development) between these three groups differed. The stressed plants accumulated large amounts of phenolics within their mesophyll cells. The biomass of the cold-stressed plants was minor, while it was high for the control plants. The oxidative stress was hardly detectable in the leaves of the control plants, while their heat-stressed counterparts suffered the highest concentration of reactive oxygen species. Differences concerning the absorption spectra of the three groups of leaves were not significant. An interesting incompatibility between the three groups concerned the expression of L-Dopa Decarboxylase, which climbed significantly in the heat-stressed plants. Finally, an interesting variation was observed concerning the concentrations of some biogenic amines/amino acids. This variation can be correlated to the other stress-induced reactions of the plants and, in some cases, was impressive. In conclusion, environmental stress can shift Pistacia lentiscus' metabolism to synthesize different biogenic products, which can be considered as exploitable for the pharmaceutical or food industry.

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