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Plant Physiology 82:700-702 (1986)
© 1986 American Society of Plant Biologists

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Lipid Peroxidation in Higher Plants 1

The Role of Glutathione Reductase

Arno Schmidt and Karl Josef Kunert2

Lehrstuhl für Physiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Universität Konstanz, D-7750 Konstanz, West Germany

To study the role of glutathione reductase in lipid peroxidation, bean leaves (Phaseolus vulgaris) cv Fori were treated with the herbicide acifluorfen-sodium (sodium 5-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobenzoic acid). Acifluorfen is a potent inducer of lipid peroxidation. In beans, decrease of acid-soluble SH-compounds and lipid peroxidation, measured as ethane evolution, were the toxic events after treatment of leaves with acifluorfen. As a primary response to peroxidation, increased production of antioxidants, such as vitamin C and glutathione, was found. This was followed by elevation of glutathione reductase activity. Enhanced activity of the enzyme prevented both further decline of acid-soluble SH-compounds and lipid peroxidation. Increased production of antioxidants and elevated activity of antioxidative enzymes, like glutathione reductase, seem to be a general strategy to limit toxic peroxidation in plants.

2 Present address: Department of Virus Research, John Innes Institute, Norwich, NR4 7UH, England.

1 Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.






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