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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 104, Issue 4 1333-1339, Copyright © 1994 by American Society of Plant Biologists

ENVIRONMENTAL AND STRESS PHYSIOLOGY

The Involvement of Respiration in Free Radical Processes during Loss of Desiccation Tolerance in Germinating Zea mays L. (An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study)

O. Leprince, N. M. Atherton, R. Deltour and GAF. Hendry
Department of Botany, University of Liege, B22 Sart Tilman, B 4000 Liege, Belgium (O.L., R.D.)

When germinating Zea mays L. seeds are rapidly desiccated, free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation and phospholipid de-esterification is accompanied by a desiccation-induced buildup of a stable free radical associated with rapid loss of desiccation tolerance. Comparison of the electron paramagnetic resonance and electron nuclear double resonance properties of this radical with those of the radical in dried, desiccation-intolerant moss showed that the two were identical. At the subcellular level, the radical was associated with the hydrophilic fraction resulting from lipid extraction. Isolated mitochondria subjected to drying were also found to accumulate an identical radical in vitro. When increasing concentrations of cyanide were used, a significant positive correlation was shown between rates of respiration and the accumulation of the radical in desiccation-intolerant tissues. Another positive correlation was found when rates of O2 uptake by radicles at different stages of germination were plotted against free radical content following desiccation. This indicates that free radical production is closely linked to respiration in a process likely to involve the desiccation-induced impairment of the mitochondrial electron transport chain to form thermodynamically favorable conditions to induce accumulation of a stable free radical and peroxidized lipids. Modulation of respiration using a range of inhibitors resulted in broadly similar modulation of the buildup of the stable free radical. One site of radical generation was likely to be the NADH dehydrogenase of complex I and probably as a direct consequence of desiccation-impaired electron flow at or close to the ubiquinone pool.


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