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Vidovic, M.* ; Morina, F.* ; Milić, S.* ; Zechmann, B.* ; Albert, A. ; Winkler, J.B. ; Veljović Jovanović, S.*

"UV-SI" UV-B component of sunlight stimulates photosynthesis and flavonoid accumulation in variegated Plectranthus coleoides leaves depending on background light.

Plant Cell Environ. 38, 968-979 (2015)
Postprint DOI PMC
Open Access Green
We used variegated Plectranthus coleoides as a model plant with the aim of clarifying whether the effects of realistic UV-B doses on phenolic metabolism in leaves are mediated by photosynthesis. Plants were exposed to UV-B radiation (0.90 W m(-2) ) combined with two PAR intensities (395 and 1350 μmol m(-2) s(-1) , LL and HL) for nine days in sun simulators. Our study indicates that UV-B component of sunlight stimulates CO2 assimilation and stomatal conductance, depending on background light. UV-B-specific induction of apigenin and cyanidin glycosides was observed in both green and white tissues. However, all the other phenolic subclasses were up to four times more abundant in green leaf tissue. Caffeic and rosmarinic acids, catechin and epicatechin, which are endogenous peroxidase substrates, were depleted at HL in green tissue. This was correlated with increased peroxidase and ascorbate peroxidase activities and increased ascorbate content. The UV-B supplement to HL attenuated antioxidative metabolism and partly recovered the phenolic pool indicating stimulation of the phenylpropanoid pathway. In summary, we propose that ortho-dihydroxy phenolics are involved in antioxidative defence in chlorophyllous tissue upon light excess, while apigenin and cyanidin in white tissue have preferentially UV-screening function.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Ascorbate ; Uv-b Radiation ; Chloroplast Ultrastructure ; Cyanidin ; Flavonoids ; High Light ; Photosynthesis ; Variegated Plants; Chlorophyll Fluorescence; Hydrogen-peroxide; Higher-plants; Secondary Metabolism; Oxidative Stress; Uv-radiation; Growth; Responses; Oxygen; L.
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0140-7791
e-ISSN 1365-3040
Journal Plant, Cell and Environment
Quellenangaben Volume: 38, Issue: 5, Pages: 968-979 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Wiley
Publishing Place Malden, MA
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Research Unit Environmental Simulation (BIOP-EUS)