Peroxidase Release Induced by Ozone in Sedum album Leaves: Involvement of Ca

The effect of ozone was studied on the peroxidase activity from various compartments of Sedum album leaves (epidermis, intercellular fluid, residual cell material, and total cell material). The greatest increase following a 2-hour ozone exposure (0.4 microliters O3 per liter) was observed in extrace...

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Published in:Plant physiology (Bethesda) 1984-04, Vol.74 (4), p.846-851
Main Authors: Castillo, Federico J., Penel, Claude, Greppin, Hubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cell membranes
Enzymes
Epidermal cells
Epidermis
Extracellular space
Leaves
Ozone
Plant cells
Plants
Secretion
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Summary:The effect of ozone was studied on the peroxidase activity from various compartments of Sedum album leaves (epidermis, intercellular fluid, residual cell material, and total cell material). The greatest increase following a 2-hour ozone exposure (0.4 microliters O3 per liter) was observed in extracellular peroxidases. Most of the main bands of peroxidase activity separated by isoelectric focusing exhibited an increase upon exposure to ozone. Incubation experiments with isolated peeled or unpeeled leaves showed that leaves from ozone-treated plants release much more peroxidases in the medium than untreated leaves. The withdrawal of Ca2+ ions reduced the level of extracellular peroxidase activity either in whole plants or in incubation experiments. This reduction and the activation obtained after addition of Ca2+ resulted from a direct requirement of Ca2+ by the enzyme and from an effect of Ca2+ on peroxidase secretion. The ionophore A23187 promoted an increase of extracellular peroxidase activity only in untreated plants. The release of peroxidases by untreated and ozone-treated leaves is considerably lowered by metabolic inhibitors (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea and sodium azide) and by puromycin.
ISSN:0032-0889
1532-2548
DOI:10.1104/pp.74.4.846