{"title":"Immediate response of Chara braunii exposed to zinc and hydrogen peroxide","authors":"A. Herbst, V. Ranawakage, T. Asaeda, H. Schubert","doi":"10.1111/pre.12471","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The immediate effect of zinc (Zn) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in Chara braunii was analyzed in short‐time exposure experiments. The exposure concentrations were 12.3, 18.4, and 24.5 μmol L−1 H2O2, 12, 60, and 120 mg L−1 Zn, and 12.3 μmol L−1 H2O2 + 12 mg L−1 Zn, 12.3 μmol L−1 H2O2 + 60 mg L−1 Zn, and 18.4 μmol L−1 H2O2 + 12 mg L−1 Zn. The stress response of C. braunii was analyzed by measuring photosynthetic photosystem II activity, chlorophyll a and b and carotenoid contents, the H2O2 concentration, and antioxidant enzyme activities of ascorbic peroxidase, catalase, and guaiacol peroxidase. The short‐term addition of Zn reduced pigment contents in C. braunii. Chlorophyll a and b and carotenoid contents in H2O2‐exposed C. braunii were as high as in control plants. Photosynthesis was reduced in H2O2‐treated C. braunii and the short‐term addition of Zn did not affect the electron transport rate. H2O2 concentration and antioxidant enzyme activities in C. braunii were not significantly different between control and exposed plants. Trends of enzymatic adaptation were described: the H2O2‐induced stress response was characterized by increased antioxidant enzyme activities, whereas Zn inactivated catalase in C. braunii.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Phycological Research","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12471","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The immediate effect of zinc (Zn) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in Chara braunii was analyzed in short‐time exposure experiments. The exposure concentrations were 12.3, 18.4, and 24.5 μmol L−1 H2O2, 12, 60, and 120 mg L−1 Zn, and 12.3 μmol L−1 H2O2 + 12 mg L−1 Zn, 12.3 μmol L−1 H2O2 + 60 mg L−1 Zn, and 18.4 μmol L−1 H2O2 + 12 mg L−1 Zn. The stress response of C. braunii was analyzed by measuring photosynthetic photosystem II activity, chlorophyll a and b and carotenoid contents, the H2O2 concentration, and antioxidant enzyme activities of ascorbic peroxidase, catalase, and guaiacol peroxidase. The short‐term addition of Zn reduced pigment contents in C. braunii. Chlorophyll a and b and carotenoid contents in H2O2‐exposed C. braunii were as high as in control plants. Photosynthesis was reduced in H2O2‐treated C. braunii and the short‐term addition of Zn did not affect the electron transport rate. H2O2 concentration and antioxidant enzyme activities in C. braunii were not significantly different between control and exposed plants. Trends of enzymatic adaptation were described: the H2O2‐induced stress response was characterized by increased antioxidant enzyme activities, whereas Zn inactivated catalase in C. braunii.
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Phycological Research is published by the Japanese Society of Phycology and complements the Japanese Journal of Phycology. The Journal publishes international, basic or applied, peer-reviewed research dealing with all aspects of phycology including ecology, taxonomy and phylogeny, evolution, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, morphology, physiology, new techniques to facilitate the international exchange of results. All articles are peer-reviewed by at least two researchers expert in the filed of the submitted paper. Phycological Research has been credited by the International Association for Plant Taxonomy for the purpose of registration of new non-vascular plant names (including fossils).