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Induction of ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE 2 expression in wounded Arabidopsis leaves does not involve known wound‐signalling pathways but is associated with changes in photosynthesis
Author(s) -
Chang Christine ChiChen,
Ball Louise,
Fryer Michael J.,
Baker Neil R.,
Karpinski Stanislaw,
Mullineaux Philip M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the plant journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.058
H-Index - 269
eISSN - 1365-313X
pISSN - 0960-7412
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02066.x
Subject(s) - jasmonic acid , abscisic acid , arabidopsis , reactive oxygen species , peroxidase , photosynthesis , hydrogen peroxide , antioxidant , chemistry , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , gene expression , signal transduction , enzyme , botany , biology , gene , mutant
Summary ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE 2 ( APX2 ) encodes a key enzyme of the antioxidant network. In excess light‐stressed Arabidopsis leaves, photosynthetic electron transport (PET), hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) and abscisic acid (ABA) regulate APX2 expression. Wounded leaves showed low induction of APX2 expression, and when exposed to excess light, APX2 expression was increased synergistically. Signalling pathways dependent upon jasmonic acid (JA), chitosan and ABA were not involved in the wound‐induced expression of APX2 , but were shown to require PET and were preceded by a depressed rate of CO 2 fixation. This led to an accumulation of H 2 O 2 in veinal tissue. Diphenyl iodonium (DPI), which has been shown previously to be a potent inhibitor of H 2 O 2 accumulation in the veins of wounded leaves, prevented induction of APX2 expression probably by inhibition of PET. Thus, the weak induction of APX2 expression in wounded leaves may require H 2 O 2 and PET only. As in other environmental stresses, wounding of leaves resulted in decreased photosynthesis leading to increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. This may signal the induction of many ‘wound‐responsive’ genes not regulated by JA‐dependent or other known JA‐independent pathways.