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The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant Response to Radiation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043346. [PMID: 36834758 PMCID: PMC9968129 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Radiation is widespread in nature, including ultraviolet radiation from the sun, cosmic radiation and radiation emitted by natural radionuclides. Over the years, the increasing industrialization of human beings has brought about more radiation, such as enhanced UV-B radiation due to ground ozone decay, and the emission and contamination of nuclear waste due to the increasing nuclear power plants and radioactive material industry. With additional radiation reaching plants, both negative effects including damage to cell membranes, reduction of photosynthetic rate and premature aging and benefits such as growth promotion and stress resistance enhancement have been observed. ROS (Reactive oxygen species) are reactive oxidants in plant cells, including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anions (O2•-) and hydroxide anion radicals (·OH), which may stimulate the antioxidant system of plants and act as signaling molecules to regulate downstream reactions. A number of studies have observed the change of ROS in plant cells under radiation, and new technology such as RNA-seq has molecularly revealed the regulation of radiative biological effects by ROS. This review summarized recent progress on the role of ROS in plant response to radiations including UV, ion beam and plasma, and may help to reveal the mechanisms of plant responses to radiation.
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Mattila H, Tyystjärvi E. Light-induced damage to photosystem II at a very low temperature (195 K) depends on singlet oxygen. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13824. [PMID: 36377045 PMCID: PMC10099935 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Photosynthetic organisms, like evergreen plants, may encounter strong light at low temperatures. Light, despite being the energy source of photosynthesis, irreversibly damages photosystem II (PSII). We illuminated plant thylakoid membranes and intact cyanobacterial cells at -78.5°C and assayed PSII activity with oxygen evolution or chlorophyll fluorescence, after thawing the sample. Both UV radiation and visible light damaged PSII of pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) thylakoids at -78.5°C, but visible-light-induced photoinhibition at -78.5°C, unlike at +20°C, proceeded only in the presence of oxygen. A strong magnetic field that would decrease triplet chlorophyll formation by recombination of the primary radical pair slowed down photoinhibition at -78.5°C, suggesting that singlet oxygen produced via recombination of the primary pair is a major contributor to photoinhibition at -78.5°C. However, a magnetic field did not affect singlet oxygen production at +25°C. Thylakoids of winter leaves of an evergreen plant, Bergenia, were less susceptible to photoinhibition both at -78.5°C and +20°C, contained high amounts of carotenoids and produced little singlet oxygen (measured at +20°C), compared to thylakoids of summer leaves. In contrast, high carotenoid amount and low singlet oxygen yield did not protect a Synechocystis mutant from photoinhibition at -78.5°C. Thylakoids isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana grown under high light, which reduces PSII antenna size, were more resistant than control plants against photoinhibition at -78.5°C but not at +20°C, although carotenoid amounts were similar. The results indicate that visible-light-induced photoinhibition at -78.5°C depends on singlet oxygen, whereas photoinhibition at +20°C is largely independent of oxygen.
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- Heta Mattila
- Department of Life Technologies/Molecular Plant BiologyUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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- Department of Life Technologies/Molecular Plant BiologyUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
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Modulations in Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Based on Intensity and Spectral Variations of Light. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23105599. [PMID: 35628428 PMCID: PMC9146714 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23105599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Photosynthetic efficiency is significantly affected by both qualitative and quantitative changes during light exposure. The properties of light have a profound effect on electron transport and energy absorption in photochemical reactions. In addition, fluctuations in light intensity and variations in the spectrum can lead to a decrease in photosystem II efficiency. These features necessitate the use of a simple and suitable tool called chlorophyll a fluorescence to study photosynthetic reactions as a function of the aforementioned variables. This research implies that chlorophyll a fluorescence data can be used to determine precise light conditions that help photoautotrophic organisms optimally function.
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Zhang D, Xu J, Beer S, Beardall J, Zhou C, Gao K. Increased CO 2 Relevant to Future Ocean Acidification Alleviates the Sensitivity of a Red Macroalgae to Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance by Modulating the Synergy Between Photosystems II and I. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:726538. [PMID: 34603355 PMCID: PMC8481898 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.726538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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While intertidal macroalgae are exposed to drastic changes in solar photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and ultraviolet radiation (UVR) during a diel cycle, and to ocean acidification (OA) associated with increasing CO2 levels, little is known about their photosynthetic performance under the combined influences of these drivers. In this work, we examined the photoprotective strategies controlling electron flow through photosystems II (PSII) and photosystem I (PSI) in response to solar radiation with or without UVR and an elevated CO2 concentration in the intertidal, commercially important, red macroalgae Pyropia (previously Porphyra) yezoensis. By using chlorophyll fluorescence techniques, we found that high levels of PAR alone induced photoinhibition of the inter-photosystem electron transport carriers, as evidenced by the increase of chlorophyll fluorescence in both the J- and I-steps of Kautsky curves. In the presence of UVR, photoinduced inhibition was mainly identified in the O2-evolving complex (OEC) and PSII, as evidenced by a significant increase in the variable fluorescence at the K-step (F k) of Kautsky curves relative to the amplitude of F J-F o (Wk) and a decrease of the maximum quantum yield of PSII (F v/F m). Such inhibition appeared to ameliorate the function of downstream electron acceptors, protecting PSI from over-reduction. In turn, the stable PSI activity increased the efficiency of cyclic electron transport (CET) around PSI, dissipating excess energy and supplying ATP for CO2 assimilation. When the algal thalli were grown under increased CO2 and OA conditions, the CET activity became further enhanced, which maintained the OEC stability and thus markedly alleviating the UVR-induced photoinhibition. In conclusion, the well-established coordination between PSII and PSI endows P. yezoensis with a highly efficient photochemical performance in response to UVR, especially under the scenario of future increased CO2 levels and OA.
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- Di Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science & College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science & College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science & College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science & College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Xu J, Nie S, Xu CQ, Liu H, Jia KH, Zhou SS, Zhao W, Zhou XQ, El-Kassaby YA, Wang XR, Porth I, Mao JF. UV-B-induced molecular mechanisms of stress physiology responses in the major northern Chinese conifer Pinus tabuliformis Carr. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 41:1247-1263. [PMID: 33416074 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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During their lifetimes, plants are exposed to different abiotic stress factors eliciting various physiological responses and triggering important defense processes. For UV-B radiation responses in forest trees, the genetics and molecular regulation remain to be elucidated. Here, we exposed Pinus tabuliformis Carr., a major conifer from northern China, to short-term high-intensity UV-B and employed a systems biology approach to characterize the early physiological processes and the hierarchical gene regulation, which revealed a temporal transition from primary to secondary metabolism, the buildup of enhanced antioxidant capacity and stress-signaling activation. Our findings showed that photosynthesis and biosynthesis of photosynthetic pigments were inhibited, while flavonoids and their related derivates biosynthesis, as well as glutathione and glutathione S-transferase mediated antioxidant processes, were enhanced. Likewise, stress-related phytohormones (jasmonic acid, salicylic acid and ethylene), kinase and reactive oxygen species signal transduction pathways were activated. Biological processes regulated by auxin and karrikin were, for the first time, found to be involved in plant defense against UV-B by promoting the biosynthesis of flavonoids and the improvement of antioxidant capacity in our research system. Our work evaluated the physiological and transcriptome perturbations in a conifer's response to UV-B, and generally, highlighted the necessity of a systems biology approach in addressing plant stress biology.
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- Jie Xu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Qigou State-owned Forest Farm, Qigou Village, Qigou Town, Pingquan County, Chengde City, Hebei Province, 067509, China
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Départment des Sciences du Bois et de la Forêt, Faculté de Foresterie, de Géographie et Géomatique, Université Laval Québec, 1030 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, 35 Qinghua E Rd, Beijing 100083, China
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Ozgur R, Uzilday B, Yalcinkaya T, Akyol TY, Yildirim H, Turkan I. Differential responses of the scavenging systems for reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive carbonyl species (RCS) to UV-B irradiation in Arabidopsis thaliana and its high altitude perennial relative Arabis alpina. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2021; 20:889-901. [PMID: 34159569 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00067-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The present work aimed to compare antioxidant response and lipid peroxide detoxification capacity of an arctic-alpine species Arabis alpina to its close relative model species Arabidopsis thaliana under acute short duration (3 h and 6 h) UV-B stress (4.6 and 8.2 W/m2). After 3 and 6 h exposure to UV-B, A. alpina showed lower lipid peroxidation and H2O2 accumulation when compared to A. thaliana. Moreover, Fv/Fm value of A. thaliana dropped to 0.70, while A. alpina dropped to 0.75 indicating better protection of PSII in this species. For elucidation of the antioxidant response, activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POX), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), glutathione reductase (GR) and dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) were measured. SOD induction with 6 h of UV-B was more prominent in A. alpina. Also, A. alpina had higher chloroplastic FeSOD activity when compared to A. thaliana. APX activity was also significantly induced in A. alpina, while its activity decreased at 3 h or did not change at 6 h in A. thaliana. A. alpina was able to maintain constant CAT activity, but drastic decreases were observed in A. thaliana at both time points. Moreover, A. alpina was able to maintain or induce aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), alkenal reductases (AERs) and glutathione-S-transferases (GST) activity, while an opposite trend was observed in A. thaliana. These findings indicate that A. alpina was able to maintain/induce its antioxidant defence and lipid peroxide detoxification conferring better protection against UV-B.
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- Rengin Ozgur
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, Izmir, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, Izmir, Turkey
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics-Plant Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, Aarhus C, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ege University, Bornova, 35100, Izmir, Turkey.
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Zavafer A, Mancilla C. Concepts of photochemical damage of Photosystem II and the role of excessive excitation. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C: PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2021.100421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Quantitative assessment of the high-light tolerance in plants with an impaired photosystem II donor side. Biochem J 2019; 476:1377-1386. [PMID: 31036714 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Photoinhibition is the light-induced down-regulation of photosynthetic efficiency, the primary target of which is photosystem II (PSII). Currently, there is no clear consensus on the exact mechanism of this process. However, it is clear that inhibition can occur through limitations on both the acceptor- and donor side of PSII. The former mechanism is caused by electron transport limitations at the PSII acceptor side. Whilst, the latter mechanism relies on the disruption of the oxygen-evolving complex. Both of these mechanisms damage the PSII reaction centre (RC). Using a novel chlorophyll fluorescence methodology, RC photoinactivation can be sensitively measured and quantified alongside photoprotection in vivo This is achieved through estimation of the redox state of Q A, using the parameter of photochemical quenching in the dark (qPd). This study shows that through the use of PSII donor-side inhibitors, such as UV-B and Cd2+, there is a steeper gradient of photoinactivation in the systems with a weakened donor side, independent of the level of NPQ attained. This is coupled with a concomitant decline in the light tolerance of PSII. The native light tolerance is partially restored upon the use of 1,5-diphenylcarbazide (DPC), a PSII electron donor, allowing for the balance between the inhibitory pathways to be sensitively quantified. Thus, this study confirms that the impact of donor-side inhibition can be detected alongside acceptor-side photoinhibition using the qPd parameter and confirms qPd as a valid, sensitive and unambiguous parameter to sensitively quantify the onset of photoinhibition through both acceptor- or donor-side mechanisms.
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Shevela D, Ananyev G, Vatland AK, Arnold J, Mamedov F, Eichacker LA, Dismukes GC, Messinger J. 'Birth defects' of photosystem II make it highly susceptible to photodamage during chloroplast biogenesis. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2019; 166:165-180. [PMID: 30693529 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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High solar flux is known to diminish photosynthetic growth rates, reducing biomass productivity and lowering disease tolerance. Photosystem II (PSII) of plants is susceptible to photodamage (also known as photoinactivation) in strong light, resulting in severe loss of water oxidation capacity and destruction of the water-oxidizing complex (WOC). The repair of damaged PSIIs comes at a high energy cost and requires de novo biosynthesis of damaged PSII subunits, reassembly of the WOC inorganic cofactors and membrane remodeling. Employing membrane-inlet mass spectrometry and O2 -polarography under flashing light conditions, we demonstrate that newly synthesized PSII complexes are far more susceptible to photodamage than are mature PSII complexes. We examined these 'PSII birth defects' in barley seedlings and plastids (etiochloroplasts and chloroplasts) isolated at various times during de-etiolation as chloroplast development begins and matures in synchronization with thylakoid membrane biogenesis and grana membrane formation. We show that the degree of PSII photodamage decreases simultaneously with biogenesis of the PSII turnover efficiency measured by O2 -polarography, and with grana membrane stacking, as determined by electron microscopy. Our data from fluorescence, QB -inhibitor binding, and thermoluminescence studies indicate that the decline of the high-light susceptibility of PSII to photodamage is coincident with appearance of electron transfer capability QA - → QB during de-etiolation. This rate depends in turn on the downstream clearing of electrons upon buildup of the complete linear electron transfer chain and the formation of stacked grana membranes capable of longer-range energy transfer.
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- Dmitry Shevela
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biological Centre, Umeå University, S-90187, Umeå, Sweden
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- The Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Centre for Organelle Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, N-4036, Stavanger, Norway
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- Centre for Organelle Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, N-4036, Stavanger, Norway
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- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, S-75237, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Centre for Organelle Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, N-4036, Stavanger, Norway
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- The Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biological Centre, Umeå University, S-90187, Umeå, Sweden
- Molecular Biomimetics, Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, S-75237, Uppsala, Sweden
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Metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the effects of ultraviolet radiation deprivation on Isochrysis galbana at high temperature. ALGAL RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Knox PP, Lukashev EP, Gorokhov VV, Grishanova NP, Paschenko VZ. Hybrid complexes of photosynthetic reaction centers and quantum dots in various matrices: resistance to UV irradiation and heating. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2019; 139:295-305. [PMID: 29948749 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0529-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The effects of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation (up to 0.6 J/cm2) and heating (65 °C, 20 min) on the absorption spectra and electron transfer in dehydrated film samples of photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) from purple bacterium Rhodobacter (Rb.) sphaeroides, as well as in hybrid structures consisting of RCs and quantum dots (QDs), have been studied. The samples were placed in organic matrices containing the stabilizers of protein structure-polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and trehalose. UV irradiation led to partially irreversible oxidation of some RCs, as well as to transformation of some fraction of the bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) molecules into bacteriopheophytin (BPheo) molecules. In addition, UV irradiation causes degradation of some BChl molecules that is accompanied by formation of 3-acetyl-chlorophyll a molecules. Finally, UV irradiation destroys the RCs carotenoid molecules. The incorporation of RCs into organic matrices reduced pheophytinization. Trehalose was especially efficient in reducing the damage to the carotenoid and BChl molecules caused by UV irradiation. Hybrid films containing RC + QD were more stable to pheophytinization upon UV irradiation. However, the presence of QDs in films did not affect the processes of carotenoid destruction. The efficiency of the electronic excitation energy transfer from QD to P865 also did not change under UV irradiation. Heating led to dramatic destruction of the RCs structure and bacteriochlorins acquired the properties of unbound molecules. Trehalose provided strong protection against destruction of the RCs and hybrid (RC + QD) complexes.
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- Peter P Knox
- Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991.
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Coordinated downregulation of the photosynthetic apparatus as a protective mechanism against UV exposure in the diatom Corethron hystrix. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:1837-1850. [PMID: 30617536 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9544-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effect of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) on photosynthetic efficiency and the resulting mechanisms against UV exposure employed by phytoplankton are not completely understood. To address this knowledge gap, we developed a novel close-coupled, wavelength-configurable platform designed to produce precise and repeatable in vitro irradiation of Corethron hystrix, a member of a genera found abundantly in the Southern Ocean where UV exposure is high. We aimed to determine its metabolic, protective, and repair mechanisms as a function of varying levels of specific electromagnetic energy. Our results show that the physiological responses to each energy level of UV have a negative linear decrease in the photosynthetic efficiency of photosystem II proportional to UV intensity, corresponding to a large increase in the turnover time of quinone reoxidation. Gene expression changes of photosystem II-related reaction center proteins D1, CP43, and CP47 showed coordinated downregulation whereas the central metabolic pathway demonstrated mixed expression of up and downregulated transcripts after UVR exposure. These results suggest that while UVR may damage photosynthetic machinery, oxidative damage may limit production of new photosynthetic and electron transport complexes as a result of UVR exposure.
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Shen SG, Jia SR, Yan RR, Wu YK, Wang HY, Lin YH, Zhao DX, Tan ZL, Lv HX, Han PP. The physiological responses of terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliformeto different intensities of ultraviolet-B radiation. RSC Adv 2018; 8:21065-21074. [PMID: 35539925 PMCID: PMC9080892 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra04024a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nostoc flagelliforme is a pioneer organism in the desert and exerts important ecological functions. The habitats of N. flagelliforme are characterized by intense solar radiation, while the ultraviolet B (UV-B) tolerance has not been fully explored yet. To evaluate the physiological responses of N. flagelliforme to UV-B radiation, three intensities (1 W m−2, 3 W m−2 and 5 W m−2) were used, and the changes in photosynthetic pigments, cell morphology, mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) synthesis and cell metabolism were comparatively investigated. Under high UV-B intensity or long term radiation, chlorophyll a, allophycocyanin and phycocyanin were greatly decreased; scanning electron microscope observations showed that cell morphology significantly changed. To reduce the damage, cells synthesized a large amount of carotenoid. Moreover, three kinds of MAAs were identified, and their concentrations varied with the changes of UV-B intensity. Under 1 W m−2 radiation, cells synthesized shinorine and porphyra-334 against UV-B, while with the increase of intensity, more shinorine turned into asterine-330. Metabolite profiling revealed the contents of some cytoprotective metabolites were greatly increased under 5 W m−2 radiation. The principal component analysis showed cells exposed to UV-B were metabolically distinct from the control sample, and the influence on metabolism was particularly dependent on intensity. The results would improve the understanding of physiological responses of N. flagelliforme to UV-B radiation and provide an important theoretical basis for applying this organism to control desertification. The findings would improve the understanding of physiological responses of N. flagelliforme to UV-B radiation.![]()
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Yadav G, Srivastava PK, Parihar P, Tiwari S, Prasad SM. Oxygen toxicity and antioxidative responses in arsenic stressed Helianthus annuus L. seedlings against UV-B. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2016; 165:58-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Prasad SM, Kumar S, Parihar P, Singh A, Singh R. Evaluating the combined effects of pretilachlor and UV-B on two Azolla species. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 128:45-56. [PMID: 26969439 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2015.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The present study assessed the comparative responses of two agronomic species of Azolla (A.microphylla and A. pinnata) exposed to man-made and natural stressors by evaluating biomass accumulation, pigments (chlorophyll a and b and carotenoid contents), photosynthetic activity and nitrogen metabolism. The study was carried out in field where two species of Azolla were cultured and treated with various concentrations (5, 10 and 20 μg ml(-1)) of herbicide; pretilachlor [2-chloro-2,6-diethyl-N-(2-propoxyethyl) acetanilide] and enhanced levels (UV-B1: ambient +2.2 kJ m(-2) day(-1) and UV-B2: ambient +4.4 kJ m(-2) day(-1)) of UV-B, alone as well as in combination. Biomass accumulation, photosynthetic pigments; chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids, photosynthetic oxygen yield and photosynthetic electron transport activities i.e. photosystem II (PS II) and photosystem I (PS I) in both the species declined with the increasing doses of pretilachlor and UV-B radiation, which further declined when applied in combination. The lower doses (5 and 10 μg ml(-1)) of pretilachlor and UV-B (UV-B1 and UV-B2) alone, damaged mainly the oxidation side of PS II, whereas higher dose (20 μg ml(-1)) of pretilachlor alone and in combination with UV-B1 and UV-B2 caused damage to PS II reaction centre and beyond this towards the reduction side. A significant enhancement in respiration was also noticed in fronds of both the Azolla species following pretilachlor and UV-B treatment, hence indicating strong damaging effect. The nitrate assimilating enzymes - nitrate reductase and nitrite reductase and ammonium assimilating enzymes - glutamine synthetase and glutamate synthase were also severely affected when treated either with pretilachlor and/or UV-B while glutamate dehydrogenase exhibited a stimulatory response. The study suggests that both the species of Azolla showed considerable damage under pretilachlor and UV-B treatments alone, however, in combination the effect was more intense. Further, in comparison to A. pinnata, A. microphylla exhibited greater resistance against tested doses of both the stresses, either alone or in combination.
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- Sheo Mohan Prasad
- Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India.
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- Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India
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- Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India
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- Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India
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- Ranjan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India
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Dobrikova AG, Apostolova EL. Damage and protection of the photosynthetic apparatus from UV-B radiation. II. Effect of quercetin at different pH. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 184:98-105. [PMID: 26282614 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The effect of the exogenously added quercetin against the UV-B inhibition of the photosystem II (PSII) functions in isolated pea thylakoid membranes suspended at different pH of the medium (6.5, 7.6 and 8.4) was investigated. The data revealed that the interaction of this flavonoid with the membranes depends on the pH and influences the initial S0-S1 state distribution of PSII in the dark, the energy transfer between pigment-protein complexes of the photosynthetic apparatus and the membrane fluidity. Quercetin also displays a different UV-protective effect depending on its location in the membranes, as the effect is more pronounced at pH 8.4 when it is located at the membrane surface. The results suggest that quercetin induces structural changes in thylakoid membranes, one of the possible reasons for its protection of the photosynthetic apparatus.
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- Anelia G Dobrikova
- Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 21, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 21, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria.
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Wu Y, Campbell DA, Gao K. Faster recovery of a diatom from UV damage under ocean acidification. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2014; 140:249-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kalaji HM, Schansker G, Ladle RJ, Goltsev V, Bosa K, Allakhverdiev SI, Brestic M, Bussotti F, Calatayud A, Dąbrowski P, Elsheery NI, Ferroni L, Guidi L, Hogewoning SW, Jajoo A, Misra AN, Nebauer SG, Pancaldi S, Penella C, Poli D, Pollastrini M, Romanowska-Duda ZB, Rutkowska B, Serôdio J, Suresh K, Szulc W, Tambussi E, Yanniccari M, Zivcak M. Frequently asked questions about in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence: practical issues. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2014; 122:121-58. [PMID: 25119687 PMCID: PMC4210649 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-014-0024-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 334] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The aim of this educational review is to provide practical information on the hardware, methodology, and the hands on application of chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence technology. We present the paper in a question and answer format like frequently asked questions. Although nearly all information on the application of Chl a fluorescence can be found in the literature, it is not always easily accessible. This paper is primarily aimed at scientists who have some experience with the application of Chl a fluorescence but are still in the process of discovering what it all means and how it can be used. Topics discussed are (among other things) the kind of information that can be obtained using different fluorescence techniques, the interpretation of Chl a fluorescence signals, specific applications of these techniques, and practical advice on different subjects, such as on the length of dark adaptation before measurement of the Chl a fluorescence transient. The paper also provides the physiological background for some of the applied procedures. It also serves as a source of reference for experienced scientists.
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- Hazem M. Kalaji
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Avenue des Amazones 2, 1226 Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Praça Afrânio Jorge, s/n, Prado, Maceió, AL Brazil
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Faculty of Biology, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 8 Dr. Tzankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Pomology, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow, 127276 Russia
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290 Russia
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak Agricultural University, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Science (DISPAA), University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Departamento de Horticultura, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Ctra. Moncada-Náquera Km 4.5, Moncada, 46113 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Improvement, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 32, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Via del Borghetto, 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- School of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, 452 001 M.P India
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- Centre for Life Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ratu-Lohardaga Road, Ranchi, 835205 India
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- Departamento de Producción vegetal, Universitat Politècnica de València, C de Vera sn, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 32, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Departamento de Horticultura, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Ctra. Moncada-Náquera Km 4.5, Moncada, 46113 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Roanoke College, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153 USA
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- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Science (DISPAA), University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy
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- Agricultural Chemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Departamento de Biologia, CESAM – Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Directorate of Oil Palm Research, West Godavari Dt., Pedavegi, 534 450 Andhra Pradesh India
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- Agricultural Chemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Physiology, INFIVE (Universidad Nacional de La Plata – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Diagonal 113 N°495, 327 La Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Plant Physiology, INFIVE (Universidad Nacional de La Plata – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Diagonal 113 N°495, 327 La Plata, Argentina
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak Agricultural University, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic
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Singh S, Sarkar A, Agrawal SB, Agrawal M. Impact of ambient and supplemental ultraviolet-B stress on kidney bean plants: an insight into oxidative stress management. PROTOPLASMA 2014; 251:1395-1405. [PMID: 24728984 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-014-0641-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In the present study, the response of kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Pusa Komal) plants was evaluated under three different levels of ultraviolet-B (UV-B), i.e., excluded UV-B (eUV-B), ambient UV-B (aUV-B; 5.8 kJ m(-2) day(-1)), and supplemental UV-B (sUV-B; 280-315 nm; ambient + 7.2 kJ m(-2) day(-1)), under near-natural conditions. eUV-B treatment clearly demonstrated that both aUV-B and sUV-B are capable of causing significant changes in the plant's growth, metabolism, economic yield, genome template stability, total protein, and antioxidative enzyme profiles. The experimental findings showed maximum plant height at eUV-B, but biomass accumulation was minimum. Significant reductions in quantum yield (Fv/Fm) were observed under both aUV-B and sUV-B, as compared to eUV-B. UV-B-absorbing flavonoids increased under higher UV-B exposures with consequent increments in phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) activities. The final yield was significantly higher in plants grown under eUV-B, compared to those under aUV-B and sUV-B. Total protein profile through sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and analysis of isoenzymes, like superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POX), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), and glutathione reductase (GR), through native PAGE revealed major changes in the leaf proteome under aUV-B and sUV-B, depicting induction of some major stress-related proteins. The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profile of genomic DNA also indicated a significant reduction of genome template stability under UV-B exposure. Thus, it can be inferred that more energy is diverted for inducing protection mechanisms rather than utilizing it for growth under high UV-B level.
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- Suruchi Singh
- Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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Biever JJ, Brinkman D, Gardner G. UV-B inhibition of hypocotyl growth in etiolated Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings is a consequence of cell cycle arrest initiated by photodimer accumulation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:2949-61. [PMID: 24591052 PMCID: PMC4056539 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is an important constituent of sunlight that determines plant morphology and growth. It induces photomorphogenic responses but also causes damage to DNA. Arabidopsis mutants of the endonucleases that function in nucleotide excision repair, xpf-3 and uvr1-1, showed hypersensitivity to UV-B (280-320nm) in terms of inhibition of hypocotyl growth. SOG1 is a transcription factor that functions in the DNA damage signalling response after γ-irradiation. xpf mutants that carry the sog1-1 mutation showed hypocotyl growth inhibition after UV-B irradiation similar to the wild type. A DNA replication inhibitor, hydroxyurea (HU), also inhibited hypocotyl growth in etiolated seedlings, but xpf-3 was not hypersensitive to HU. UV-B irradiation induced accumulation of the G2/M-specific cell cycle reporter construct CYCB1;1-GUS in wild-type Arabidopsis seedlings that was consistent with the expected accumulation of photodimers and coincided with the time course of hypocotyl growth inhibition after UV-B treatment. Etiolated mutants of UVR8, a recently described UV-B photoreceptor gene, irradiated with UV-B showed inhibition of hypocotyl growth that was not different from that of the wild type, but they lacked UV-B-specific expression of chalcone synthase (CHS), as expected from previous reports. CHS expression after UV-B irradiation was not different in xpf-3 compared with the wild type, nor was it altered after HU treatment. These results suggest that hypocotyl growth inhibition by UV-B light in etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings, a photomorphogenic response, is dictated by signals originating from UV-B absorption by DNA that lead to cell cycle arrest. This process occurs distinct from UVR8 and its signalling pathway responsible for CHS induction.
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- Jessica J Biever
- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Pescheck F, Lohbeck KT, Roleda MY, Bilger W. UVB-induced DNA and photosystem II damage in two intertidal green macroalgae: distinct survival strategies in UV-screening and non-screening Chlorophyta. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2014; 132:85-93. [PMID: 24602816 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ultraviolet-B-induced (UVB, 280-315 nm) accumulation of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and deactivation of photosystem II (PS II) was quantified in two intertidal green macroalgae, Ulva clathrata and Rhizoclonium riparium. The species were chosen due to their shared habitats but contrasting UVB screening potentials. In the non-screening U. clathrata CPDs accumulated and PS II activity declined as a linear function of applied UVB irradiance. In R. riparium UVB-induced damage was significantly lower than in U. clathrata, demonstrating an efficient UVB protection of DNA and PS II by screening. Based on the UVB irradiance reaching the chloroplasts, both species showed an identical intrinsic sensitivity of PS II towards UVB, but DNA lesions accumulated slower in U. clathrata. While repair of CPDs was similar in both species, U. clathrata was capable of restoring its PS II function decidedly faster than R. riparium. In R. riparium efficient screening may represent an adaptation to its high light habitat, whereas in U. clathrata high repair rates of PS II appear to be important to survive natural UVB exposure. The role of shading of the nucleus by the large chloroplasts in U. clathrata is discussed.
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- Frauke Pescheck
- Botanical Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany.
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- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Polar Ecology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Wischhofstr. 1-3, 24148 Kiel, Germany; Bioforsk Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Kudalsveien 6, 8049 Bodø, Norway
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- Botanical Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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Kataria S, Jajoo A, Guruprasad KN. Impact of increasing Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on photosynthetic processes. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2014; 137:55-66. [PMID: 24725638 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2013] [Revised: 02/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Increased UV-B radiation on the earth's surface due to depletion of stratospheric ozone layer is one of the changes of current climate-change pattern. The deleterious effects of UV-B radiation on photosynthesis and photosynthetic productivity of plants are reviewed. Perusal of relevant literature reveals that UV-B radiation inflicts damage to the photosynthetic apparatus of green plants at multiple sites. The sites of damage include oxygen evolving complex, D1/D2 reaction center proteins and other components on the donor and acceptor sides of PS II. The radiation inactivates light harvesting complex II and alters gene expression for synthesis of PS II reaction center proteins. Mn cluster of water oxidation complex is the most important primary target of UV-B stress whereas D1 and D2 proteins, quinone molecules and cytochrome b are the subsequent targets of UV-B. In addition, photosynthetic carbon reduction is also sensitive to UV-B radiation which has a direct effect on the activity and content of Rubisco. Some indirect effects of UV-B radiation include changes in photosynthetic pigments, stomatal conductance and leaf and canopy morphology. The failure of protective mechanisms makes PS II further vulnerable to the UV-B radiation. Reactive oxygen species are involved in UV-B induced responses in plants, both as signaling and damaging agents. Exclusion of ambient UV components under field conditions results in the enhancement of the rate of photosynthesis, PS II efficiency and subsequently increases the biomass accumulation and crop yield. It is concluded that predicted future increase in UV-B irradiation will have significant impact on the photosynthetic efficiency and the productivity of higher plants.
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- Sunita Kataria
- School of Life Science, Devi Ahilya University, Khandwa Road, Indore 452001, India.
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- School of Life Science, Devi Ahilya University, Khandwa Road, Indore 452001, India
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- School of Life Science, Devi Ahilya University, Khandwa Road, Indore 452001, India
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Marija S, Dieter H. Sensitivity of photosynthesis to UV radiation in several Cosmarium strains (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) is related to their geographical distribution. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2014; 13:1066-81. [DOI: 10.1039/c3pp50192b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The application of UV radiation in vitro on desmid strains collected from various climatic areas and long-term grown under identical laboratory conditions revealed their preference for specific climatic niches, as judged from their different photosynthetic behaviours.
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Wargent JJ, Jordan BR. From ozone depletion to agriculture: understanding the role of UV radiation in sustainable crop production. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 197:1058-1076. [PMID: 23363481 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Largely because of concerns regarding global climate change, there is a burgeoning interest in the application of fundamental scientific knowledge in order to better exploit environmental cues in the achievement of desirable endpoints in crop production. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is an energetic driver of a diverse range of plant responses and, despite historical concerns regarding the damaging consequences of UV-B radiation for global plant productivity as related to stratospheric ozone depletion, current developments representative of a range of organizational scales suggest that key plant responses to UV-B radiation may be exploitable in the context of a sustainable contribution towards the strengthening of global crop production, including alterations in secondary metabolism, enhanced photoprotection, up-regulation of the antioxidative response and modified resistance to pest and disease attack. Here, we discuss the prospect of this paradigm shift in photobiology, and consider the linkages between fundamental plant biology and crop-level outcomes that can be applied to the plant UV-B response, in addition to the consequences for related biota and many other facets of agro-ecosystem processes.
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- Jason J Wargent
- Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, PO Box 84, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Dobrikova AG, Krasteva V, Apostolova EL. Damage and protection of the photosynthetic apparatus from UV-B radiation. I. Effect of ascorbate. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 170:251-7. [PMID: 23127363 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Revised: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In this work, the effect of the exogenously added ascorbate (Asc) against the UV-B inhibition of the photosystem II (PSII) functions in isolated pea thylakoid membranes was studied. The results reveal that Asc decreases the UV-B induced damage of the donor and the acceptor side of PSII during short treatment up to 60 min. The exogenous Asc exhibits a different UV-protective effect on PSII centers in grana and stroma lamellae, as the effect is more pronounced on the PSIIβ centers in comparison to PSIIα centers. Data also suggest that one of the possible protective roles of the Asc in photosynthetic membranes is the modification of the oxygen-evolving complex by influence on the initial S(0)-S(1) state distribution in the dark.
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- Anelia G Dobrikova
- Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl.21, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
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Vass IZ, Kós PB, Sass L, Nagy CI, Vass I. The ability of cyanobacterial cells to restore UV-B radiation induced damage to Photosystem II is influenced by photolyase dependent DNA repair. Photochem Photobiol 2012; 89:384-90. [PMID: 23094999 DOI: 10.1111/php.12012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Damage of DNA and Photosystem-II are among the most significant effects of UV-B irradiation in photosynthetic organisms. Both damaged DNA and Photosystem-II can be repaired, which represent important defense mechanisms against detrimental UV-B effects. Correlation of Photosystem-II damage and repair with the concurrent DNA damage and repair was investigated in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 using its wild type and a photolyase deficient mutant, which is unable to repair UV-B induced DNA damages. A significant amount of damaged DNA accumulated during UV-B exposure in the photolyase mutant concomitant with decreased Photosystem-II activity and D1 protein amount. The transcript level of psbA3, which is a UV-responsive copy of the psbA gene family encoding the D1 subunit of the Photosystem-II reaction center, is also decreased in the photolyase mutant. The wild-type cells, however, did not accumulate damaged DNA during UV-B exposure, suffered smaller losses of Photosystem-II activity and D1 protein, and maintained higher level of psbA3 transcripts than the photolyase mutant. It is concluded that the repair capacity of Photosystem-II depends on the ability of cells to repair UV-B-damaged DNA through maintaining the transcription of genes, which are essential for protein synthesis-dependent repair of the Photosystem-II reaction center.
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- István-Zoltán Vass
- Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant Biology, Szeged, Hungary
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Manganese-based Materials Inspired by Photosynthesis for Water-Splitting. MATERIALS 2011; 4:1693-1704. [PMID: 28824102 PMCID: PMC5448874 DOI: 10.3390/ma4101693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Revised: 08/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/21/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In nature, the water-splitting reaction via photosynthesis driven by sunlight in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria stores the vast solar energy and provides vital oxygen to life on earth. The recent advances in elucidating the structures and functions of natural photosynthesis has provided firm framework and solid foundation in applying the knowledge to transform the carbon-based energy to renewable solar energy into our energy systems. In this review, inspired by photosynthesis robust photo water-splitting systems using manganese-containing materials including Mn-terpy dimer/titanium oxide, Mn-oxo tetramer/Nafion, and Mn-terpy oligomer/tungsten oxide, in solar fuel production are summarized and evaluated. Potential problems and future endeavors are also discussed.
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Wu H, Abasova L, Cheregi O, Deák Z, Gao K, Vass I. D1 protein turnover is involved in protection of Photosystem II against UV-B induced damage in the cyanobacterium Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2011; 104:320-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vass I. Molecular mechanisms of photodamage in the Photosystem II complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1817:209-17. [PMID: 21565163 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2011] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Light induced damage of the photosynthetic apparatus is an important and highly complex phenomenon, which affects primarily the Photosystem II complex. Here the author summarizes the current state of understanding of the molecular mechanisms, which are involved in the light induced inactivation of Photosystem II electron transport together with the relevant mechanisms of photoprotection. Short wavelength ultraviolet radiation impairs primarily the Mn₄Ca catalytic site of the water oxidizing complex with additional effects on the quinone electron acceptors and tyrosine donors of PSII. The main mechanism of photodamage by visible light appears to be mediated by acceptor side modifications, which develop under conditions of excess excitation in which the capacity of light-independent photosynthetic processes limits the utilization of electrons produced in the initial photoreactions. This situation of excess excitation facilitates the reduction of intersystem electron carriers and Photosystem II acceptors, and thereby induces the formation of reactive oxygen species, especially singlet oxygen whose production is sensitized by triplet chlorophyll formation in the reaction center of Photosystem II. The highly reactive singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen species, such as H₂O₂ and O₂⁻, which can also be formed in Photosystem II initiate damage of electron transport components and protein structure. In parallel with the excess excitation dependent mechanism of photodamage inactivation of the Mn₄Ca cluster by visible light may also occur, which impairs electron transfer through the Photosystem II complex and initiates further functional and structural damage of the reaction center via formation of highly oxidizing radicals, such as P 680(+) and Tyr-Z(+). However, the available data do not support the hypothesis that the Mn-dependent mechanism would be the exclusive or dominating pathway of photodamage in the visible spectral range. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Photosystem II.
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- Imre Vass
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biology Research Center, Szeged, Hungary.
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Vass I. Role of charge recombination processes in photodamage and photoprotection of the photosystem II complex. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2011; 142:6-16. [PMID: 21288250 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01454.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Light-induced damage of the photosynthetic apparatus is an important and complex phenomenon, which affects primarily the photosystem II (PSII) complex. Here, the author summarizes the current state of understanding, which concerns the role of charge recombination reactions in photodamage and photoprotection. The main mechanism of photodamage induced by visible light appears to be mediated by acceptor side modifications, which develop under light intensity conditions when the capacity of light-independent photosynthetic processes limits the utilization of electrons produced in the initial photoreactions. This situation facilitates triplet chlorophyll formation and singlet oxygen production in the reaction center of PSII, which initiates the damage of electron transport components and protein structure. This mechanism is an important, but not exclusive, pathway of photodamage, and light-induced inactivation of the Mn cluster of water oxidation may occur in parallel with the singlet oxygen-dependent pathway.
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- Imre Vass
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary.
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Bjørnstad L, Zoppellaro G, Tomter A, Falnes P, Andersson K. Spectroscopic and magnetic studies of wild-type and mutant forms of the Fe(II)- and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent decarboxylase ALKBH4. Biochem J 2011; 434:391-8. [PMID: 21166655 PMCID: PMC3048578 DOI: 10.1042/bj20101667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Revised: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 12/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The Fe(II)/2OG (2-oxoglutarate)-dependent dioxygenase superfamily comprises proteins that couple substrate oxidation to decarboxylation of 2OG to succinate. A member of this class of mononuclear non-haem Fe proteins is the Escherichia coli DNA/RNA repair enzyme AlkB. In the present work, we describe the magnetic and optical properties of the yet uncharacterized human ALKBH4 (AlkB homologue). Through EPR and UV-visible spectroscopy studies, we address the Fe-binding environment of the proposed catalytic centre of wild-type ALKBH4 and an Fe(II)-binding mutant. We could observe a novel unusual Fe(III) high-spin EPR-active species in the presence of sulfide with a g(max) of 8.2. The Fe(II) site was probed with NO. An intact histidine-carboxylate site is necessary for productive Fe binding. We also report the presence of a unique cysteine-rich motif conserved in the N-terminus of ALKBH4 orthologues, and investigate its possible Fe-binding ability. Furthermore, we show that recombinant ALKBH4 mediates decarboxylation of 2OG in absence of primary substrate. This activity is dependent on Fe as well as on residues predicted to be involved in Fe(II) co-ordination. The present results demonstrate that ALKBH4 represents an active Fe(II)/2OG-dependent decarboxylase and suggest that the cysteine cluster is involved in processes other than Fe co-ordination.
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Key Words
- alkb
- alkb homologue (alkbh4)
- epr
- non-haem fe
- uv–visible spectroscopy
- alkbh, alkb homologue
- fto, fat mass and obesity-associated protein
- gst, glutathione transferase
- icp-aep, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy
- ipns, isopenicillin n synthase
- iptg, isopropyl β-d-thiogalactopyranoside
- mv•+, methyl viologen radical cation
- 2og, 2-oxoglutarate
- pah, phenylalanine hydroxylase
- 4,5-pcd, protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase
- taud, taurine dioxygenase
- uv–vis, uv–visible
- zfs, zero-field splitting
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- Linn G. Bjørnstad
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
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Johnson TR, Johnson CN, Corbett KS, Edwards GC, Graham BS. Primary human mDC1, mDC2, and pDC dendritic cells are differentially infected and activated by respiratory syncytial virus. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16458. [PMID: 21297989 PMCID: PMC3030580 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes recurrent infections throughout life. Vaccine development may depend upon understanding the molecular basis for induction of ineffective immunity. Because dendritic cells (DCs) are critically involved in early responses to infection, their interaction with RSV may determine the immunological outcome of RSV infection. Therefore, we investigated the ability of RSV to infect and activate primary mDCs and pDCs using recombinant RSV expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP). At a multiplicity of infection of 5, initial studies demonstrated ∼6.8% of mDC1 and ∼0.9% pDCs were infected. We extended these studies to include CD1c−CD141+ mDC2, finding mDC2 infected at similar frequencies as mDC1. Both infected and uninfected cells upregulated phenotypic markers of maturation. Divalent cations were required for infection and maturation, but maturation did not require viral replication. There is evidence that attachment and entry/replication processes exert distinct effects on DC activation. Cell-specific patterns of RSV-induced maturation and cytokine production were detected in mDC1, mDC2, and pDC. We also demonstrate for the first time that RSV induces significant TIMP-2 production in all DC subsets. Defining the influence of RSV on the function of selected DC subsets may improve the likelihood of achieving protective vaccine-induced immunity.
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- Teresa R Johnson
- Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
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Gilbert M, Pörs Y, Grover K, Weingart I, Skotnica J, Grimm B, Seidlitz HK, Langebartels C, Wilhelm C. Intra- and interspecific differences of 10 barley and 10 tomato cultivars in response to short-time UV-B radiation: a study analysing thermoluminescence, fluorescence, gas-exchange and biochemical parameters. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2009; 157:1603-1612. [PMID: 19232802 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2008] [Revised: 12/16/2008] [Accepted: 12/20/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The impact of UV-B radiation on 10 genotypically different barley and tomato cultivars was tested in a predictive study to screen for potentially UV-tolerant accessions and to analyze underlying mechanisms for UV-B sensitivity. Plant response was analyzed by measuring thermoluminescence, fluorescence, gas exchange and antioxidant status. Generally, barley cultivars proved to be much more sensitive against UV-B radiation than tomato cultivars. Statistical cluster analysis could resolve two barley groups with distinct differences in reaction patterns. The UV-B sensitive group showed a stronger loss in PSII photochemistry and a lower gas-exchange performance and regulation after UV-B radiation compared to the more tolerant group. The results indicate that photosynthetic light and dark reactions have to play optimally in concert to render plants more tolerant against UV-B radiation. Hence, measuring thermoluminescence/fluorescence and gas exchange in parallel will have much higher potential in identifying tolerant cultivars and will help to understand the underlying mechanisms.
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- Matthias Gilbert
- University of Leipzig, Institute of Biology I, Plant Physiology, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Vass I, Cser K. Janus-faced charge recombinations in photosystem II photoinhibition. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2009; 14:200-5. [PMID: 19303349 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2008] [Revised: 01/26/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Light-induced damage of the photosynthetic apparatus in plants is an important phenomenon that primarily affects the photosystem II complex. Here, we propose a new model of photoinhibition in which charge recombination processes have a double-faced role: first, photodamage is induced by singlet oxygen, which is produced via interaction with the triplet reaction center chlorophyll ((3)P(680)) arising from the recombination of the charge-separated state between P(680) and the pheophytin electron acceptor ((3)[P(680)(+)Phe(-)]). Second, photoprotection is provided by competition between (3)[P(680)(+)Phe(-)] formation and direct recombination of the (1)[P(680)(+)Phe(-)] and P(680)(+)Q(A)(-) states. The efficiency of these two pathways is under control of the redox potential of the Phe and Q(A) electron acceptors, which is utilized during adaptation to high light conditions.
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- Imre Vass
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary.
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Krieger-Liszkay A, Fufezan C, Trebst A. Singlet oxygen production in photosystem II and related protection mechanism. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2008; 98:551-64. [PMID: 18780159 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9349-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2008] [Accepted: 08/03/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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High-light illumination of photosynthetic organisms stimulates the production of singlet oxygen by photosystem II (PSII) and causes photo-oxidative stress. In the PSII reaction centre, singlet oxygen is generated by the interaction of molecular oxygen with the excited triplet state of chlorophyll (Chl). The triplet Chl is formed via charge recombination of the light-induced charge pair. Changes in the midpoint potential of the primary electron donor P(680) of the primary acceptor pheophytin or of the quinone acceptor Q(A), modulate the pathway of charge recombination in PSII and influence the yield of singlet oxygen formation. The involvement of singlet oxygen in the process of photoinhibition is discussed. Singlet oxygen is efficiently quenched by beta-carotene, tocopherol or plastoquinone. If not quenched, it can trigger the up-regulation of genes, which are involved in the molecular defence response of photosynthetic organisms against photo-oxidative stress.
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- Anja Krieger-Liszkay
- CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CNRS URA 2096, Service de Bioénergétique Biologie Structurale et Mécanisme, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
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Sfichi-Duke L, Ioannidis NE, Kotzabasis K. Fast and reversible response of thylakoid-associated polyamines during and after UV-B stress: a comparative study of the wild type and a mutant lacking chlorophyll b of unicellular green alga Scenedesmus obliquus. PLANTA 2008; 228:341-53. [PMID: 18443817 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0741-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Accepted: 04/12/2008] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The functional and biochemical aspects of the photosynthetic apparatus in response to UV-B radiation were examined in unicellular oxygenic algae Scenedesmus obliquus. The wild type (Wt) and a chlorophyll b-less mutant (Wt-lhc) were used as a specific tool for the understanding of antenna role. Photosynthesis was monitored during and after UV-B stress by time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and polarography. Carotenoids, such as neoxanthin, loroxanthin, lutein, violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, zeaxanthin, alpha- and beta-carotene, cellular and thylakoid-associated putrescine, spermidine, spermine and subcomplexes of light-harvesting complex (LHCII) of photosystem II (PSII) were investigated to assess their possible involvement in response to UV-B. Oxygen evolution depression by UV-B was higher in the Wt-lhc mutant than in the Wt. Photosynthesis recovery occurred in the Wt, but not in the mutant. The dissipation of excess excitation energy during UV-B stress was accompanied by changes in the thylakoid-associated polyamines which were much higher than changes in xanthophylls. We conclude that, at least in the unicellular green alga S. obliquus, mutants lacking chlorophyll b have significant lower capacity for recovery after UV-B stress. In addition, the comparison of xanthophylls and thylakoid-associated polyamines reveals that the latter are more responsive to UV-B stress and in a reversible manner.
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- Liliana Sfichi-Duke
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 2208, Heraklion, Crete 71409, Greece
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Ivanova PI, Dobrikova AG, Taneva SG, Apostolova EL. Sensitivity of the photosynthetic apparatus to UV-A radiation: role of light-harvesting complex II-photosystem II supercomplex organization. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2008; 47:169-77. [PMID: 17965871 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-007-0139-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/05/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In this work we study the effect of UV-A radiation on the function of the photosynthetic apparatus in thylakoid membranes with different organization of the light-harvesting complex II-photosystem II (LHCII-PSII) supercomplex. Leaves and isolated thylakoid membranes from a number of previously characterized pea species with different LHCII size and organization were subjected to UV-A treatment. A relationship was found between the molecular organization of the LHCII (ratio of the oligomeric to monomeric forms of LHCII) and UV-A-induced changes both in the energy transfer from PSII to PSI and between the chlorophyll-protein complexes within the LHCII-PSII supercomplex. Dependence on the organization of the LHCII was also found with regard to the degree of inhibition of the photosynthetic oxygen evolution. The susceptibility of energy transfer and oxygen evolution to UV-A radiation decreased with increasing LHCII oligomerization when the UV-A treatment was performed on isolated thylakoid membranes, in contrast to the effect observed in thylakoid membranes isolated from pre-irradiated pea leaves. The data suggest that UV-A radiation leads mainly to damage of the PSIIalpha centers. Comparison of membranes with different organization of their LHCII-PSII supercomplex shows that the oligomeric forms of LHCII play a key role for sensitivity to UV-A radiation of the photosynthetic apparatus.
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- Pavlina I Ivanova
- Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad.G.Bonchev Str., Bl.21, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
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Šnyrychová I, Kós PB, Hideg É. Hydroxyl radicals are not the protagonists of UV-B-induced damage in isolated thylakoid membranes. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2008; 34:1112-1121. [PMID: 32689441 DOI: 10.1071/fp07151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2007] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was studied in isolated thylakoid membranes exposed to 312 nm UV-B irradiation. Hydroxyl radicals (•OH) and hydrogen peroxide were measured directly, using a newly developed method based on hydroxylation of terephthalic acid and the homovanillic acid/peroxidase assay, respectively. At the early stage of UV-B stress (doses lower than 2.0 J cm-2), •OH were derived from superoxide radicals via hydrogen peroxide. Production of these ROS was dependent on photosynthetic electron transport and was not exclusive to UV-B. Both ROS were found in samples exposed to the same doses of PAR, suggesting that the observed ROS are by-products of the UV-B-driven electron transport rather than specific initiators of the UV-B-induced damage. After longer exposure of thylakoids to UV-B, leading to the inactivation of PSII centres, a small amount of •OH was still observed in thylakoids, even though no free hydrogen peroxide was detected. At this late stage of UV-B stress, •OH may also be formed by the direct cleavage of organic peroxides by UV-B. Immunodetection showed that the presence of the observed ROS alone was not sufficient to achieve the degradation of the D1 protein of PSII centres.
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- Iva Šnyrychová
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
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Gao K, Yu H, Brown MT. Solar PAR and UV radiation affects the physiology and morphology of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2007; 89:117-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2007.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2007] [Revised: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 09/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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van Rensen JJS, Vredenberg WJ, Rodrigues GC. Time sequence of the damage to the acceptor and donor sides of photosystem II by UV-B radiation as evaluated by chlorophyll a fluorescence. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2007; 94:291-7. [PMID: 17486424 PMCID: PMC2117334 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9177-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2006] [Accepted: 04/16/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The effects of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on photosystem II (PS II) were studied in leaves of Chenopodium album. After the treatment with UV-B the damage was estimated using chlorophyll a fluorescence techniques. Measurements of modulated fluorescence using a pulse amplitude modulated fluorometer revealed that the efficiency of photosystem II decreased both with increasing time of UV-B radiation and with increasing intensity of the UV-B. Fluorescence induction rise curves were analyzed using a mechanistic model of energy trapping. It appears that the damage by UV-B radiation occurs first at the acceptor side of photosystem II, and only later at the donor side.
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- Jack J S van Rensen
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University and Research Center, Arboretumlaan 4, Wageningen, 6703 BD, The Netherlands.
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Gupta R, Bhadauriya P, Chauhan VS, Bisen PS. Impact of UV-B Radiation on Thylakoid Membrane and Fatty Acid Profile of Spirulina platensis. Curr Microbiol 2007; 56:156-61. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9049-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2007] [Accepted: 08/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Szilárd A, Sass L, Deák Z, Vass I. The sensitivity of Photosystem II to damage by UV-B radiation depends on the oxidation state of the water-splitting complex. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2007; 1767:876-82. [PMID: 17207455 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2006] [Revised: 11/15/2006] [Accepted: 11/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The water-oxidizing complex of Photosystem II is an important target of ultraviolet-B (280-320 nm) radiation, but the mechanistic background of the UV-B induced damage is not well understood. Here we studied the UV-B sensitivity of Photosystem II in different oxidation states, called S-states of the water-oxidizing complex. Photosystem II centers of isolated spinach thylakoids were synchronized to different distributions of the S(0), S(1), S(2) and S(3) states by using packages of visible light flashes and were exposed to UV-B flashes from an excimer laser (lambda=308 nm). The loss of oxygen evolving activity showed that the extent of UV-B damage is S-state-dependent. Analysis of the data obtained from different synchronizing flash protocols indicated that the UV-sensitivity of Photosystem II is significantly higher in the S(3) and S(2) states than in the S(1) and S(0) states. The data are discussed in terms of a model where UV-B-induced inhibition of water oxidation is caused either by direct absorption within the catalytic manganese cluster or by damaging intermediates of the water oxidation process.
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- András Szilárd
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 521, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary
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Turcsányi E, Vass I. Inhibition of Photosynthetic Electron Transport by UV-A Radiation Targets the Photosystem II Complex¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)0720513iopetb2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sfichi L, Loannidis N, Kotzabasis K. Thylakoid-associated Polyamines Adjust the UV-B Sensitivity of the Photosynthetic Apparatus by Means of Light-harvesting Complex II Changes¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2004.tb00121.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cheregi O, Sicora C, Kós PB, Barker M, Nixon PJ, Vass I. The role of the FtsH and Deg proteases in the repair of UV-B radiation-damaged Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1767:820-8. [PMID: 17208194 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2006] [Revised: 11/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The photosystem two (PSII) complex found in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms is susceptible to damage by UV-B irradiation and undergoes repair in vivo to maintain activity. Until now there has been little information on the identity of the enzymes involved in repair. In the present study we have investigated the involvement of the FtsH and Deg protease families in the degradation of UV-B-damaged PSII reaction center subunits, D1 and D2, in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803. PSII activity in a DeltaFtsH (slr0228) strain, with an inactivated slr0228 gene, showed increased sensitivity to UV-B radiation and impaired recovery of activity in visible light after UV-B exposure. In contrast, in DeltaDeg-G cells, in which all the three deg genes were inactivated, the damage and recovery kinetics were the same as in the WT. Immunoblotting showed that the loss of both the D1 and D2 proteins was retarded in DeltaFtsH (slr0228) during UV-B exposure, and the extent of their restoration during the recovery period was decreased relative to the WT. However, in the DeltaDeg-G cells the damage and recovery kinetics of D1 and D2 were the same as in the WT. These data demonstrate a key role of FtsH (slr0228), but not the Deg proteases, for the repair of PS II during and following UV-B radiation at the step of degrading both of the UV-B damaged D1 and D2 reaction center subunits.
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- Otilia Cheregi
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
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Hideg É, Rosenqvist E, Váradi G, Bornman J, Vincze É. A comparison of UV-B induced stress responses in three barley cultivars. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2006; 33:77-90. [PMID: 32689216 DOI: 10.1071/fp05085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2005] [Accepted: 08/12/2005] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In order to investigate the role of potential genotypic differences in three economically important barley cultivars, experiments were carried out to determine the influence of supplemental ultraviolet-B (UV-B, 280-320 nm) radiation on reactive oxygen species (ROS), antioxidant activity and photosynthesis. Greenhouse-grown barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars 'Cork', 'Prestige' and 'Golden Promise' showed different responses to supplemental 280-320 nm (UV-B) representing 100, 138 and 238% levels of ambient biologically active UV-B radiation, respectively. Among the three cultivars studied, cv. Golden Promise was the most tolerant to UV-B, cv. Prestige was slightly more sensitive than cv. Cork. A comparison with the other two cultivars showed that under supplemental UV-B, Golden Promise leaves (i) retained a higher quantum yield of photosynthesis under photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, 400-700 nm) corresponding to growth conditions; (ii) had the smallest decrease in both electron transport rate and non-photochemical quenching under high PAR; (iii) contained less oxidized ascorbate [measured as dehydroascorbate or electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) detectable monodehydroascorbate radicals] than either Cork or Prestige. Under the highest UV-B level applied, Golden Promise leaves maintained the same activity of both monodehydroascorbate-reductase (MDAR) and ascorbate-peroxidase (APX) enzymes, as untreated controls, while MDAR markedly decreased in the other two cultivars and APX slightly increased in cv. Prestige. These features, together with the observation of directly EPR-trappable free radicals and the light-independent accumulation of monodehydroascorbate radicals in Cork and Prestige but not in Golden Promise leaves under high UV-B suggest that Golden Promise plants suffered less oxidative stress than the two other cultivars.
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- Éva Hideg
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, PO Box 521, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Horticulture, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Kirstinebjergvej 10, PO Box 102, DK-5792 Årslev, Denmark
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- Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Urihegy 5/a, H-6000 Kecskemét, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Biology, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Forsøgsvej 1, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Plant Biology, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Forsøgsvej 1, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark
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Bouchard JN, Roy S, Campbell DA. UVB Effects on the Photosystem II-D1 Protein of Phytoplankton and Natural Phytoplankton Communities. Photochem Photobiol 2006; 82:936-51. [PMID: 16620154 DOI: 10.1562/2005-08-31-ir-666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The reaction center of photosystem II is susceptible to photodamage. In particular the D1 protein located in the photosystem II core has a rapid, light-dependent turnover termed the photosystem II repair cycle that, under illumination, degrades and resynthesizes D1 protein to limit accumulation of photodamaged photosystem II. Most studies concerning the effects of UVB (280-320 nm) on this cycle have been on cyanobacteria or specific phytoplankton species rather than on natural communities of phytoplankton. During a 5-year multidisciplinary project on the effects of UV radiation (200-400 nm) on natural systems, the effects of UVB on the D1 protein of natural phytoplankton communities were assessed. This review provides an overview of photoinhibitory effects of light on cultured and natural phytoplankton, with an emphasis on the interrelation of UVB exposure, D1 protein degradation and the repair of photosystem II through D1 resynthesis. Although the UVB component of the solar spectrum contributes to the primary photoinactivation of photosystem II, we conclude that, in natural communities, inhibition of the rate of the photosystem II repair cycle is a more important influence of UVB on primary productivity. Indeed, exposing tropical and temperate phytoplankton communities to supplemented UVB had more inhibitory effect on D1 synthesis than on the D1 degradation process itself. However, the rate of net D1 damage was faster for the tropical communities, likely because of the effects of high ambient light and water temperature on mechanisms of protein degradation and synthesis.
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- Josée Nina Bouchard
- Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec a Rimouski, Canada
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Cheregi O, Sicora C, Kos PB, Nixon PJ, Vass I. The FtsH protease is required for the repair of Photosystem II in the cyanbacterium Synechocystis 6803 damaged UV-B radiation. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2005. [PMCID: PMC1810292 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-5-s1-s8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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- Otilia Cheregi
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, Biochemistry Building, South Kensington campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
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Lukins PB, Rehman S, Stevens GB, George D. Time-resolved spectroscopic fluorescence imaging, transient absorption and vibrational spectroscopy of intact and photo-inhibited photosynthetic tissue. LUMINESCENCE 2005; 20:143-51. [PMID: 15924324 DOI: 10.1002/bio.819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Fluorescence, absorption and vibrational spectroscopic techniques were used to study spinach at the photosystem II (PS II), chloroplast and cellular levels and to determine the effects and mechanisms of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) photoinhibition of these structures. Two-photon fluorescence spectroscopic imaging of intact chloroplasts shows significant spatial variations in the component fluorescence spectra in the range 640-740 nm, indicating that the type and distribution of chlorophylls vary markedly with position in the chloroplast. The chlorophyll distributions and excitonic behaviour in chloroplasts and whole plant tissue were studied using picosecond time-gated fluorescence imaging, which also showed UV-induced kinetic changes that clearly indicate that UV-B induces both structural and excitonic uncoupling of chlorophylls within the light-harvesting complexes. Transient absorption measurements and low-frequency infrared and Raman spectroscopy show that the predominant sites of UV-B damage in PS II are at the oxygen-evolving centre (OEC) itself, as well as at specific locations near the OEC-binding sites.
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- Philip B Lukins
- School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Gilbert M, Skotnica J, Weingart I, Wilhelm C. Effects of UV irradiation on barley and tomato leaves: thermoluminescence as a method to screen the impact of UV radiation on crop plants. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2004; 31:825-845. [PMID: 32688953 DOI: 10.1071/fp03186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2003] [Accepted: 04/26/2004] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The effect of different UV intensities and irradiation times on barley and tomato leaves was investigated by analysis of thermoluminescence (TL) and chlorophyll (chl) fluorescence measurements. Epifluorescence microscopy was used to estimate the epidermal UV transmittance of leaves. In barley a strong supression of TL emission from the S2QB- (B-band) and the S2QA- (Q-band) charge recombination was observed increasing with prolonged UV exposure. Primary barley leaves were more sensitive to UV than secondary leaves. In tomato plants a decrease in the B-band only takes place at very high UV intensities and after prolonged exposure times (4 h). The impact of UV in cotyledons was more pronounced than in pinnate leaves of tomato plants. The strong differences in sensitivity to UV in the investigated barley and tomato variety may be due to different concentrations of UV screening pigments in the epidermal layer as demonstrated by epifluorescence measurements. The results show that TL has the same potential to analyse the sensitivity or tolerance of crop plants to UV irradiation as routine fluorescence techniques. Furthermore, TL is directly monitoring the radical pair states of PSII and can distinguish between UV-induced donor and acceptor site-related damage.
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- Matthias Gilbert
- University of Leipzig, Institute of Botany, Plant Physiology, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Institute of Botany, Plant Physiology, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Institute of Botany, Plant Physiology, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- University of Leipzig, Institute of Botany, Plant Physiology, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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