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Plant Physiol, July 2001, Vol. 126, pp. 1232-1240

Ethylene Induces Antifreeze Activity in Winter Rye Leaves1

Xiao-Ming Yu, Marilyn Griffith,* and Steven B. Wiseman

Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1

Antifreeze activity is induced by cold temperatures in winter rye (Secale cereale) leaves. The activity arises from six antifreeze proteins that accumulate in the apoplast of winter rye leaves during cold acclimation. The individual antifreeze proteins are similar to pathogenesis-related proteins, including glucanases, chitinases, and thaumatin-like proteins. The objective of this study was to study the regulation of antifreeze activity in response to ethylene and salicyclic acid, which are known regulators of pathogenesis-related proteins induced by pathogens. Nonacclimated plants treated with salicylic acid accumulated apoplastic proteins with no antifreeze activity. In contrast, when nonacclimated plants were exposed to ethylene, both antifreeze activity and the concentration of apoplastic protein increased in rye leaves. Immunoblotting revealed that six of the seven accumulated apoplastic proteins consisted of two glucanases, two chitinases, and two thaumatin-like proteins. The ethylene-releasing agent ethephon and the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate also induced high levels of antifreeze activity at 20°C, and this effect could be blocked by the ethylene inhibitor AgNO3. When intact rye plants were exposed to 5°C, endogenous ethylene production and antifreeze activity were detected within 12 and 48 h of exposure to cold, respectively. Rye plants exposed to drought produced both ethylene and antifreeze activity within 24 h. We conclude that ethylene is involved in regulating antifreeze activity in winter rye in response to cold and drought.

1 This work was supported by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (research grant to M.G.).

* Corresponding author; email griffith{at}sciborg.uwaterloo.ca; fax 519-746-0614.

© 2001 American Society of Plant Physiologists


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