Photosynthetica 2010, 48(1):110-116 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-010-0015-6

Photoprotective mechanisms in cold-acclimated and nonacclimated needles of Picea glehnii

J. J. Bae2,*, Y. S. Choo2, K. Ono1, A. Sumida1, T. Hara1
1 Cryosphere Science Research Section, Institute of Low Temp. Science, Hokkaido Univ. Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan
2 Plant Ecophysiology Lab., Department of Biology, Kyungpook National Univ., Daegu, Korea

The response of Picea glehnii, a cold-tolerant species in the boreal zone, to air temperature (T) was investigated for its cold-acclimated needles (i.e. the ones subjected to gradual decrease in T) and nonacclimated needles (i.e. the ones subjected to a sudden decrease in T) were compared under low temperature. Cold-acclimated needles showed a greater increase of zeaxanthin and lutein contents than nonacclimated ones, whereas the nonacclimated needles showed a greater increase of thylakoid-bound ascorbate peroxidase (tAPX) activity than cold-acclimated ones under chilling conditions (after cold acclimation). These results suggest that: (1) low T induces the increase of zeaxanthin and lutein content, and tAPX activity; (2) accumulated zeaxanthin and lutein protect needles from photooxidative stress by dissipating excess energy before the reactive oxygen species (ROS) are formed in response to a gradual decrease in T (with cold acclimation and subsequent chilling condition), and by tAPX scavenging ROS formed in the case of a sudden decrease in T (without cold acclimation and chilling condition).

Additional key words: ascorbate peroxidase; low temperature; lutein; photoprotective mechanisms; Picea glehnii; zeaxanthin

Received: August 17, 2009; Accepted: January 29, 2010; Published: March 1, 2010  Show citation

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Bae, J.J., Choo, Y.S., Ono, K., Sumida, A., & Hara, T. (2010). Photoprotective mechanisms in cold-acclimated and nonacclimated needles of Picea glehnii. Photosynthetica, 48(1), 110-116. doi: 10.1007/s11099-010-0015-6
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