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Does ozone increase ABA levels by non‐enzymatic synthesis causing stomata to close?
Author(s) -
McAdam Erin L.,
Brodribb Timothy J.,
McAdam Scott A. M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/pce.12893
Subject(s) - abscisic acid , reactive oxygen species , ozone , photosynthesis , chemistry , arabidopsis , botany , mutant , biology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , gene
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are widely recognized as important regulators of stomatal aperture and plant gas exchange. The pathways through which stomata perceive ROS share many common linkages with the well characterized signalling pathway for the hormone abscisic acid (ABA), a major driver of stomatal closure. Given reports that ABA receptor mutants have no stomatal response to ozone‐triggered ROS production, as well as evidence that all steps in the ABA biosynthetic pathway can be non‐enzymatically converted by ROS, here we investigated the possibility that ozone closes stomata by directly converting ABA precursors to ABA. In plants where stomata were responsive to ozone, we found that foliar ABA levels rapidly increased upon exposure to ozone. Recovery of gas exchange post‐exposure occurred only when ABA levels declined. Our data suggest that stomatal closure in response to ozone exposure occurs as a result of direct oxidation of ABA precursors leading to ABA production, but the importance of this ROS interaction remains uncertain under normal photosynthetic conditions.