Abstract
Chilling ofArabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. callus tissue to 4 °C led to conditions of oxidative stress, as indicated by increased levels of the products of peroxidative damage to cell membranes. Cellular H2O2 was also observed to increase initially upon chilling but by day 8 cellular levels had declined to below control levels. Although levels of catalase activity remained similar to those in unchilled tissue, activity of ascorbate peroxidase increased between days 4 and 8 of chilling to 4 °C. In callus held at 23 °C, levels of reduced glutathione remained static whereas they rose in callus held at 4 °C. Levels of oxidised glutathione were initially low but increased significantly by day 4 in the chilled callus. At 23 °C, however, levels of oxidised glutathione remained low. Between days 1 and 3 at 4 °C, levels of glutathione reductase activity increased but by day 8 glutathione reductase activity was similar to that in cells held at 23 °C. Exposure of callus to abscisic acid at 23 °C also led to increased activities of ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase.
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Abbreviations
- ABA:
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abscisic acid
- GSH:
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reduced glutathione
- GSSG:
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oxidised glutathione
- TTC:
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2′,3′5′-triphenyltetrazolium chloride
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O'Kane, D., Gill, V., Boyd, P. et al. Chilling, oxidative stress and antioxidant responses inArabidopsis thaliana callus. Planta 198, 371–377 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00620053
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