Interaction of Chloroplasts with Inhibitors: Induction of Chlorosis by Diuron During Prolonged Illumination in Vitro

AUTOR(ES)

Ridley, Stuart M.

RESUMO

A primary symptom of diuron (DCMU) phytotoxicity in plants is the destruction of chlorophyll. To study this process in vitro, chloroplasts from pea leaves (Pisum sativum L.) have been incubated in the light with DCMU for periods of up to 34 hours. The sequence of photodestruction of chlorophylls and carotenoids has been followed to try and establish the nature of the chloroplast protection mechanisms that are destroyed by DCMU. β-Carotene decays most rapidly, followed by chlorophyll a and xanthophylls which are destroyed in a constant ratio, followed finally by chlorophyll b. Bypassing the DCMU block in the electron transport system with an artificial electron donor provides complete protection against chlorophyll and carotenoid photodestruction. The same protection by this electron donor system is afforded to stroma-free lamellae from which soluble reductants have been removed so that NADPH formation, which has been proposed as an essential part of a protective xanthophyll cycle, is not possible. Both this and the simultaneous loss of chlorophyll a and xanthophylls tend to preclude the breakdown of a xanthophyll cycle from the possible protective mechanisms inhibited or destroyed by DCMU.

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