Abstract
We propose that oxidative stress resulting from an imbalance between generation and scavenging hydrogen peroxide contributes to tissue regeneration efficiency during somatic embryogenesis of hexaploid winter wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Kamila) and organogenesis of faba bean (Vicia faba ssp. minor cv. Nadwislanski). Endogenous hydrogen peroxide content and antioxidant capacity of cells were determined in initial explants and callus cultures derived from these explants. Regeneration-competent explants (immature embryos) contained more endogenous H2O2 than explants initiated from regeneration-recalcitrant tissue (mature wheat embryos and faba bean epicotyls). Higher H2O2 levels were observed despite the higher activity of antioxidative enzymes (superoxide dismutase and catalase) and the induction of their gene expression. Calli originating from immature embryos retained the capacity of the initial explants: high H2O2 production was observed during the whole culture period. Low temperature treatment (4°C) was found to be an effective factor, which improved both regeneration ability and H2O2 production. Exogenous application to the medium of H2O2 and catalase blocker (3-aminotriazole), but not FeEDTA and superoxide dismutase blocker (diethyldithiocarbamate), also resulted in the enhancement of regeneration efficiency. These results clearly indicate that plant regeneration is specifically regulated by endogenous H2O2 and by factors, which improve its accumulation. Moreover, a study of the activity of various SOD isoforms suggests that not only the absolute concentration of H2O2, but also its localisation might be responsible for controlling regeneration processes.
Similar content being viewed by others
Abbreviations
- CAT:
-
Catalase [EC 1.11.1.6]
- NR:
-
Regeneration-recalcitrant tissue
- R:
-
Tissue potentially competent to regenerate, or regenerating tissue
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- SOD:
-
Superoxide dismutase [EC 1.15.1.1.]
References
Aebi H (1984) Catalase in vitro. Meth Enzymol 105:121–125
Apel K, Hirt H (2004) Reactive oxygen species: metabolism, oxidative stress, and signal transduction. Annu Rev Plant Biol 55:373–399
Asada K (1992) Ascorbate peroxidase: a hydrogen peroxide-scavenging enzyme in plants. Physiol Plant 85:235–241
Beauchamp CO, Fridovich I (1971) Superoxide dismutase: improved assays and an assay applicable to acrylamide gels. Anal Biochem 44:276–287
Benkirane H, Sabounji K, Chlyah A (2000) Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from fragments of immature inflorescences and coleoptiles of durum wheat. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 61:107–113
Benson EE, Roubelakis-Angelakis KA (1994) Oxidative stress in recalcitrant tissue cultures of grapevine. Free Rad Biol Med 16:355–362
Bradford M (1976) A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microprogram quantitaties of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Anal Biochem 72:248–254
Chiappetta A, Michelotti V, Fambrini M, Bruno L, Salvini M, Petrarulo M, Azmi A, van Onckelen H, Pugliesi C, Bitonti M (2006) Zeatin accumulation and misexpression of a class I knox gene are intimately linked in the epiphyllous response of the interspecific hybrid EMB-2 (Helianthus annuus × H. tuberosus). Planta 223:917–931
Chomczynski P, Sacchi N (1987) Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction. Anal Biochem 162:156–159
Cui K, Xing G, Liu X, Wang Y (1999) Effect of hydrogen peroxide on somatic embryogenesis of Lycium barbarum L. Plant Sci 146:9–16
Cutler A, Saleem M, Wang H (1991) Cereal protoplast recalcitrance. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 27:104–111
Dąbrowska G, Kaczmarek K, Skrzypek E, Szechyńska-Hebda M (2007) cDNA cloning and expression gene encoding manganese superoxide dismutase of Vicia faba ssp. minor in regenerated and non-regenerated explants. Adv Agric Sci Probl Issues 523:83–92
Daimon Y, Takabe K, Tasaka M (2003) The CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON genes promote adventitious shoot formation on calli. Plant Cell Physiol 44:113–121
de Marco A, Roubelakis-Angelakis KA (1996a) Hydrogen peroxide plays a bivalent role in the regeneration of protoplasts. J Plant Physiol 149:109–114
de Marco A, Roubelakis-Angelakis KA (1996b) The complexity of enzymic control of hydrogen peroxide concentration may affect the regeneration potential of plant protoplasts. Plant Physiol 11:137–145
Desikan R, Mackerness AHS, Hancock JT, Neill SJ (2001) Regulation of the Arabidopsis transcriptome by oxidative stress. Plant Physiol 127:159–172
Desikan R, Hancock JT, Neill SJ (2003) Oxidative stress signalling. In: Hirt K, Shinozaki K (eds) Plant responses to abiotic stress, topics in current genetics, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, pp 129–149
Dodeman VL, Ducreux G (1996) Total protein pattern expression during induction and development of carrot somatic embryos. Plant Sci 120:57–69
Dong JZ, Dunstan DI (2000) Molecular biology of somatic embryogenesis in conifers. In: Jain SM, Minocha SC (eds) Molecular biology of woody plants, vol. 1. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 51–87
Foyer CH, Lopez-Delgado H, Dat JF, Scott IM (1997) Hydrogen peroxide and glutathione-associated mechanisms of acclimatory stress tolerance and signaling. Physiol Plant 100:241–254
Gara L, Pinto MC, Moliterni VMC, D’Egidio MG (2003) Redox regulation and storage processes during maturation in kernels of Triticum durum. J Exp Bot 54:249–258
Geisler M, Kleczkowski LA, Karpinski S (2006) A universal algorithm for genome-wide in silico identification of biologically significant gene promoter putative cis-regulatory-elements; identification of new elements for reactive oxygen species and sucrose signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant J 45:384–398
Gille L, Nohl H (2001) The ubiquinol/bc1 redox couple regulates mitochondrial oxygen radical formation. Arch Biochem Biophys 45:34–38
Gupta SD (2011) Role of free radicals and antioxidants in in vitro morphogenesis. In: Gupta SD (ed) Reactive oxygen species and antioxidants in higher plants. Science Publishers, USA, pp 229–247
Hake S, Smith HMS, Holtan H, Magnani E, Mele G, Ramirez J (2004) The role of knox genes in plant development. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 20:125–151
Halperin W (1995) In vitro embryogenesis: some historical issues and unresolved problems. In: Thorpe TA (ed) In vitro embryogenesis in plants. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 1–16
Henzler T, Steudle E (2000) Transport and metabolic degradation of hydrogen peroxide in Chara corallina: model calculations and measurements with the pressure probe suggest transport of H2O2 across water channels. J Exp Bot 51:2053–2066
Hjortswang HI, Larsson AS, Bharathan G, Bozhkov PV, von Arnold S, Vahala T (2002) Knotted1-like homeobox genes of gymnosperm, Norway spruce, expressed during somatic embryogenesis. Plant Physiol Biochem 40:837–843
Hou L, Ullrich SE, Kleinhofs A, Stiff CM (1993) Improvement of anther culture methods for doubled haploid production in barley breeding. Plant Cell Rep 12:334–338
Hu G, Yalpani N, Briggs SP, Johal GS (1998) A porphyrin pathway impairment is responsible for the phenotype of a dominant disease lesion mimic mutant of maize. Plant Cell 10:1095–1105
Imani J, Tran Thi L, Langen G, Arnholdt-Schmitt B, Roy S, Lein C, Kumar A, Neumann KH (2001) Somatic embryogenesis and DNA organization of genomes from selected Daucus species. Plant Cell Rep 20:537–541
Inzé D, Montagu MV (1995) Oxidative stress in plants. Curr Opin Biotechnol 6:153–158
Ishikawa T, Takeda T, Shigeoka S, Hirayama O, Mitsunaga T (1993) Hydrogen peroxide generation in organelles of Euglena gracilis. Phytochemistry 33:1297–1299
Jevremović S, Petrić M, Zivković S, Trifunović M, Subotić A (2010) Superoxide dismutase activity and isoenzyme profiles in bulbs of snake’s head fritillary in response to cold treatment. Arch Biol Sci 62:553–558
Jiménez VM, Bangerth F (2001) Endogenous hormone concentrations and embryogenic callus development in wheat. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 67:37–46
Kairong C, Gengsheng X, Xinmin L, Gengmei X, Yafu W (1999) Effect of hydrogen peroxide on somatic embryogenesis of Lycium barbanum L. Plant Sci 146:9–16
Karpinski S, Reynolds H, Karpinska B, Wingsle G, Creissen G, Mullineaux P (1999) Systemic signalling and acclimatisation in response to excess excitation energy in Arabidopsis. Science 284:654–657
Krikorian AD, Simola LK (1999) Totipotency, somatic embryogenesis, and Harry Waris (1893–1973). Physiol Plant 105:348–355
Loschiavo F, Pitto L, Giuliano G, Torti G, Nuti-Ronchi V, Marazziti D, Vergara R, Orselli S, Terzi M (1989) DNA methylation of embryogenic carrot cell cultures and its variation as caused by mutation, differentiation, hormones and hypomethylating drugs. Theor Appl Genet 77:325–331
McCord JM, Friodovich I (1969) Superoxide dismutase. An enzyme function for erythrocuperein (hemocuperein). J Biol Chem 244:6049–6055
Mehlhorn H, Lelandais M, Korth HG, Foyer CH (1996) Ascorbate is the natural substrate for plant peroxidases. FEBS Lett 378:203–206
Merkle SA, Parrott WA, Flinn BS (1995) Morphogenic aspects of somatic embryogenesis. In: Thorpe TA (ed) In vitro embryogenesis in plants. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 155–203
Mittler R, Zilinskas B (1991) Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of a cDNA encoding pea cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase. FEBS Lett 289:257–259
Möller IM (2001) Plant mitochondria and oxidative stress: electron transport, NADPH turnover, and metabolism of reactive oxygen species. Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 52:561–591
Morré DM, Lenaz G, Morré DJ (2000) Surface oxidase and oxidative stress propagation in aging. J Exp Biol 203:1513–1521
Murashige T, Skoog F (1962) A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue cultures. Physiol Plant 15:473–497
Neill S, Desikan R, Hancock J (2002) Hydrogen peroxide signalling. Curr Opin Plant Biol 5:388–395
Nomura K, Komamine A (1995) Physiological and biological aspects of somatic embryogenesis. In: Thorpe TA (ed) In vitro embryogenesis in plants. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 249–266
Obert B, Dedicova B, Hricova A, Samaj J, Pretova A (2004) Flax anther culture: effect of genotype, cold treatment and media. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 79:233–238
Okuda T, Masuda Y, Yamanaka A, Sagisaka S (1991) Abrupt increase in the level of hydrogen peroxide in leaves of winter wheat is caused by cold treatment. Plant Physiol 97:1265–1267
Padmanabhan K, Cantliffe DJ, Koch KE (2001) Auxin-regulated gene expression and embryogenic competence in callus cultures of sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (L.). Plant Cell Rep 20:187–192
Papadakis AK, Roubelakis-Angelakis A (1999) The generation of active oxygen species differs in tobacco and grapevine mesophyll protoplasts. Plant Physiol 121:197–205
Papadakis AK, ChI Siminis, Roubelakis-Angelakis KA (2001) Reduced activity of antioxidant machinery is correlated with suppression of totipotency in plant protoplasts. Plant Physiol 126:434–444
Pasternak TP, Prinsen E, Ayaydin F, Miskolczi P, Potters G, Asard H, van Onckelen HA, Dudits D, Feher A (2002) The role of auxin, pH, and stress in the activation of embryogenic cell division in leaf protoplast-derived cells of Alfalfa. Plant Physiol 129:1807–1819
Pellegrineschi A, Brito RM, McLean S, Hoisington D (2004) Effect of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and NaCl on the establishment of callus and plant regeneration in durum and bread wheat. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 77:245–250
Pellinen RI, Minna-Sisko K, Tauriainen AA, Palva ET, Kangasjärvi J (2002) Hydrogen peroxide activates cell death and defense gene expression in birch. Plant Physiol 130:549–560
Prasad TK, Anderson MD, Stewart CR (1994) Acclimation, hydrogen peroxide, and abscisic acid protect mitochondria against irreversible chilling injury in maize seedlings. Plant Physiol 105:619–627
Purvis AC, Shewfelt RL, Gegogeine JW (1995) Superoxide production by mitochondria isolated from green bell pepper fruit. Physiol Plant 94:743–749
Qiusheng Z, Bao J, Likun L, Xianhua X (2005) Effects of antioxidants on the plant regeneration and GUS expressive frequency of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) explants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 81:83–90
Rai MK, Kalia RK, Singh R, Gangola MP, Dhawan AK (2011) Developing stress tolerant plants through in vitro selection—an overview of the recent progress. Env Exp Bot 71:89–98
Rao KS (1996) Embryogenesis in flowering plants—recent approaches and prospects. J Biosci 21:827–841
Reilly K, Han Y, Tohme J, Beeching JR (2001) Isolation and characterisation of a cassava catalase expressed during post-harvest physiological deterioration. Biochim Biophys Acta 1518:317–323
Rhoads DM, Umbach AL, Subbaiah CC, Siedow JN (2006) Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. Contribution to oxidative stress and interorganellar signalling. Plant Physiol 141:357–366
Rose RJ, Mantiri FR, Kurdyukov S, Chen SK, Wang XD, Nolan KE, Sheahan MB (2010) Developmental biology of somatic embryogenesis. Plant Dev Biol Biotech Perspect 1:3–26
Roubelakis-Angelakis KA (1993) An assessment of possible factors contributing to recalcitrance of plant protoplasts. In: Roubelakis-Angelakis KA, Tranh TVK (eds) Morphogenesis in plants: molecular approaches. Plenum Publishing, New York, pp 201–219
Sambrook J, Fritsh EF, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor
Scandalios JG (1993) Oxygen stress and superoxide dismutases. Plant Physiol 100:7–12
Schmidt EDL, Guzzo F, Toonen MAJ, De Vries SC (1997) A leucine-rich repeat containing receptor-like kinase marks somatic plant cell cultures. Development 124:2049–2062
Schrader S, Kaldenhoff R, Richter G (1997) Expression of novel genes during somatic embryogenesis of suspension cultured carrot cells (Daucus carota). J Plant Physiol 150:63–68
Schryer PA, Lu Q, Vandenberg A, Bett KE (2005) Rapid regeneration of Phaseolus angustissimus and P. vulgaris from very young zygotic embryos. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 83:67–74
Sinha S, Gupta M, Chandra P (1997) Oxidative stress induced by iron in Hydrilla verticillata (l.f.) Royle: response of antioxidants. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 38:286–291
Ślesak I, Libik M, Karpinska B, Karpinski S, Miszalski Z (2007) The role of hydrogen peroxide in regulation of plant metabolism and cellular signalling in response to environmental stresses. Acta Biochem Pol 54:39–50
Somleva MN, Schmidt EDL, De Vries SC (2000) Embryogenic cells in Dactylis glomerata L. (Poaceae) explants identified by cell tracking and by SERK expression. Plant Cell Rep 19:718–726
Szechynska-Hebda M, Skrzypek E, Dabrowska G, Koscielniak J, Filek M, Wedzony M (2007) The role of oxidative stress induced by growth regulators in the regeneration process of wheat. Acta Physiol Plant 29:327–337
Szechyńska-Hebda M, Kruk J, Gorecka M, Karpinska B, Karpiński S (2010) Evidence for light wavelength-specific systemic photoelectrophysiological signalling and cellular light memory of excess light episode in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22:1–18
Tamás C, Szűcs P, Rakszegi M, Tamás L, Bedő Z (2004) Effect of combined changes in culture medium and incubation conditions on the regeneration from immature embryos of elite varieties of winter wheat. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 79:39–44
Toonen MAJ, De Vries SC (1996) Initiation of somatic embryos from single cells. In: Wang TL, Cuming A (eds) Embryogenesis: the generation of a plant. Bios Scientific Publishers, Oxford, pp 173–189
Touraev A, Vicente O, Heberle-Bors E (1997) Initiation of microspore embryogenesis by stress. Trends Plant Sci 2:297–302
Vansuyt G, Lopez F, Inzé D, Briat JF, Fourcroy P (1997) Iron triggers a rapid induction of ascorbate peroxidase gene expression in Brassica napus. FEBS Lett 410:195–200
Veljovic-Jovanovic S, Noctor G, Foyer CH (2002) Are leaf hydrogen peroxide concentrations commonly overestimated? The potential influence of artefactual interference by tissue phenolics and ascorbate. Plant Physiol Biochem 40:501–507
Vertucci CW (1989) The kinetics of seed imbibitions: controlling factors and relevance to seedling vigor. In: Stanwood PC, McDonald MB (eds) Seed moisture, CSSA Special Publication 14. Crop Science Society of America, Inc., Madison, pp 93–115
Vranová E, Inzé D, Van Breusegem F (2002) Signal transduction during oxidative stress. J Exp Bot 53:1227–1236
Willekens H, Chamnongpol S, Davey M, Schraudner M, Langebartels C, van Montagu M, Inzé D, van Camp W (1997) Catalase is a sink for H2O2 and indispensable for stress defence in C3 plants. EMBO J 16:4806–4816
Wu G, Wilen RW, Robertson AJ, Gusta LV (1999) Isolation, chromosomal localization, and differential expression of mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase, and chloroplastic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase genes in wheat. Plant Physiol 120:513–520
Xynias IN, Zamani IA, Gouli-Vavdinoudi E (2001) Effect of cold pre-treatment and incubation temperature on bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) anther culture. Cereal Res Com 29:331–338
Yoshimura K, Yabuta Y, Ishikawa T, Shigeoka S (2000) Expression of spinach ascorbate peroxidase. Plant Physiol 123:223–233
Zavattieri MA, Frederico AM, Lima M, Sabino R, Arnhold-Schmitt B (2010) Induction of somatic embryogenesis as an example of stress-related plant reactions. Electr J Biotech 13:1–9. doi:10.2225/vol13-issue1-fulltext-4
Zhang S, Wong L, Meng L, Lemaux PG (2002) Similarity of expression patterns of knotted1 and zmlec1 during somatic and zygotic embryogenesis in maize (Zea mays L.). Planta 215:191–194
Zhang S, Han S, Yang W, Wei H, Zhang M, Qi Li (2010) Changes in H2O2 content and antioxidant enzyme gene expression during the somatic embryogenesis of Larix leptolepis. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 100:21–29
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Communicated by W. Filek.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Szechyńska-Hebda, M., Skrzypek, E., Dąbrowska, G. et al. The effect of endogenous hydrogen peroxide induced by cold treatment in the improvement of tissue regeneration efficiency. Acta Physiol Plant 34, 547–560 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-011-0852-3
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-011-0852-3