The oxidative damage induced by abiotic stress factors such as salinity, drought, extreme temperatures, heavy metals, pollution, and high irradiance has been studied in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ultra-weak photon emission (UPE) is presented as a signature reflecting the extent of the oxidation process and/or damage. It can be used to predict the physiological state and general health of plants. This study presents an overview of a potential research platform where the technique can be applied. The results presented can aid in providing invaluable information for developing strategies to mitigate abiotic stress in crops by improving plant breeding programs with a focus on enhancing tolerance. This study evaluates the applicability of charged couple device (CCD) imaging in evaluating plant stress and degree of damage and to discuss the advantages and limitations of the claimed non-invasive label-free tool.

• Klíčová slova
• Antioxidants, Reactive oxygen species, Stress imaging, Two-dimensional photon emission imaging, Wounding,
• MeSH
• Arabidopsis * fyziologie   MeSH
• fotony * MeSH
• fyziologický stres * MeSH
• oxidační stres MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH

Wounding, one of the most intensive stresses influencing plants ontogeny and lifespan, can be induced by herbivory as well as by physical factors. Reactive oxygen species play indispensable role both in the local and systemic defense reactions which enable "reprogramming" of metabolic pathways to set new boundaries and physiological equilibrium suitable for survival. In our current study, we provide experimental evidence on the formation of singlet oxygen (1O2) after wounding of Arabidopsis leaves. It is shown that 1O2 is formed by triplet-triplet energy transfer from triplet carbonyls to molecular oxygen. Using lipoxygenase inhibitor catechol, it is demonstrated that lipid peroxidation is initiated by lipoxygenase. Suppression of 1O2 formation in lox2 mutant which lacks chloroplast lipoxygenase indicates that lipoxygenase localized in chloroplast is predominantly responsible for 1O2 formation. Interestingly, 1O2 formation is solely restricted to chloroplasts localized at the wounding site. Data presented in this study might provide novel insight into wound-induced signaling in the local defense reaction.

• MeSH
• Arabidopsis MeSH
• fenotyp MeSH
• fluorescenční protilátková technika MeSH
• konfokální mikroskopie MeSH
• lipoxygenasa metabolismus   MeSH
• lipoxygenasy genetika   MeSH
• mastné kyseliny metabolismus   MeSH
• molekulární zobrazování MeSH
• mutace MeSH
• proteiny huseníčku genetika   MeSH
• rány a poranění metabolismus   MeSH
• singletový kyslík metabolismus   MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• lipoxygenasa MeSH
• lipoxygenase 2, Arabidopsis MeSH Prohlížeč
• lipoxygenasy MeSH
• mastné kyseliny MeSH
• proteiny huseníčku MeSH
• singletový kyslík MeSH