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Götz, M. ; Albert, A. ; Stich, S. ; Heller, W. ; Scherb, H. ; Krins, A. ; Langebartels, C. ; Seidlitz, H.K. ; Ernst, D.

PAR modulation of the UV-dependent levels of flavonoid metabolites in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. leaf rosettes: Cumulative effects after a whole vegetative growth period.

Protoplasma 243, 95-103 (2010)
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Long-term effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on flavonoid biosynthesis were investigated in Arabidopsis thaliana using the sun simulators of the Helmholtz Zentrum München. The plants, which are widely used as a model system, were grown (1) at high photosynthetically active radiation (PAR; 1,310 micromol m(-2) s(-1)) and high biologically effective UV irradiation (UV-B(BE) 180 mW m(-2)) during a whole vegetative growth period. Under this irradiation regime, the levels of quercetin products were distinctively elevated with increasing UV-B irradiance. (2) Cultivation at high PAR (1,270 micromol m(-2) s(-1)) and low UV-B (UV-B(BE) 25 mW m(-2)) resulted in somewhat lower levels of quercetin products compared to the high-UV-B(BE) conditions, and only a slight increase with increasing UV-B irradiance was observed. On the other hand, when the plants were grown (3) at low PAR (540 micromol m(-2) s(-1)) and high UV-B (UV-B(BE) 180 mW m(-2)), the accumulation of quercetin products strongly increased from very low levels with increasing amounts of UV-B but the accumulation of kaempferol derivatives and sinapoyl glucose was less pronounced. We conclude (4) that the accumulation of quercetin products triggered by PAR leads to a basic UV protection that is further increased by UV-B radiation. Based on our data, (5) a combined effect of PAR and different spectral sections of UV radiation is satisfactorily described by a biological weighting function, which again emphasizes the additional role of UV-A (315-400 nm) in UV action on A. thaliana.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords arabidopsis thaliana; biological weighting function (bwf); flavonoids; quercetin derivatives; photosynthetically active radiation (par); ultraviolet (uv)-b radiation
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0033-183X
e-ISSN 1615-6102
Journal Protoplasma
Quellenangaben Volume: 243, Issue: 1-4, Pages: 95-103 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Springer
Publishing Place Wien
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology (BIOP)
Research Unit Environmental Simulation (BIOP-EUS)
Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry (IBB)