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BIOENERGETICS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Light Regulation of the Arabidopsis Respiratory Chain. Multiple Discrete Photoreceptor Responses Contribute to Induction of Type II NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase Genes¹

Lund University Department of Cell and Organism Biology, SE–22362 Lund, Sweden (M.A.E., A.G.R.); University of Leicester Department of Biology, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom (K.A.F., M.G.S., G.C.W.); and The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Department of Plant Biology, DK–1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark (Å.S.S.)

	ABSTRACT

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Controlled oxidation reactions catalyzed by the large, proton-pumping complexes of the respiratory chain generate an electrochemical gradient across the mitochondrial inner membrane that is harnessed for ATP production. However, several alternative respiratory pathways in plants allow the maintenance of substrate oxidation while minimizing the production of ATP. We have investigated the role of light in the regulation of these energy-dissipating pathways by transcriptional profiling of the alternative oxidase, uncoupling protein, and type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase gene families in etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings. Expression of the nda1 and ndc1 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase genes was rapidly up-regulated by a broad range of light intensities and qualities. For both genes, light induction appears to be a direct transcriptional effect that is independent of carbon status. Mutant analyses demonstrated the involvement of two separate photoreceptor families in nda1 and ndc1 light regulation: the phytochromes (phyA and phyB) and an undetermined blue light photoreceptor. In the case of the nda1 gene, the different photoreceptor systems generate distinct kinetic induction profiles that are integrated in white light response. Primary transcriptional control of light response was localized to a 99-bp region of the nda1 promoter, which contains an I-box flanked by two GT-1 elements, an arrangement prevalent in the promoters of photosynthesis-associated genes. Light induction was specific to nda1 and ndc1. The only other substantial light effect observed was a decrease in aox2 expression. Overall, these results suggest that light directly influences the respiratory electron transport chain via photoreceptor-mediated transcriptional control, likely for supporting photosynthetic metabolism.

In addition to the basal ETC described above, plants possess several alternative respiratory pathways that bypass energy conservation by circumventing the formation or utilization of the electrochemical proton gradient. These energy-dissipating pathways are formed by several simple proteins: type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenases, which bypass proton-pumping complex I or allow oxidation of cytoplasmic NAD(P)H; alternative oxidases, which bypass proton-pumping complexes III and IV; and uncoupling proteins, which bypass the ATP synthase by directly dissipating the proton gradient (Vanlerberghe and McIntosh, 1997; Vercesi, 2001; Rasmusson et al., 2004). Direct experimental evidence demonstrating the physiological significance of the energy-dissipating respiratory proteins in plants is generally lacking, although it has been shown that alternative oxidase is required for thermogenesis during floral maturation in several species of lilies (Siedow and Day, 2000). In addition, these enzymes are likely involved in balancing cellular redox and energy status (van Lis and Atteia, 2004) and in minimizing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by overreduction of basal respiratory chain components (Purvis and Shewfelt, 1993; Maxwell et al., 1999; Møller, 2001; Svensson et al., 2002; Brandalise et al., 2003). Interestingly, the expression of several genes encoding energy-dissipating respiratory proteins is tightly regulated by various environmental stimuli (Finnegan et al., 1997; Laloi et al., 1997; Svensson and Rasmusson, 2001; Svensson et al., 2002), which contrasts with the more constitutive expression of studied basal ETC components (with some exceptions; see e.g. Hilton and Owen, 1985).

Light is a key regulator of gene expression in plants, altering the transcription of thousands of genes through direct (photoreceptor-mediated) or indirect (photosynthetic product-mediated) pathways (Ma et al., 2001; Tepperman et al., 2001). However, the vast majority of detailed studies on light regulation have focused on photosynthesis-associated nuclear genes (Terzaghi and Cashmore, 1995; Argüello-Astorga and Herrera-Estrella, 1998). Apart from the light-induced photorespiratory enzymes Gly decarboxylase (e.g. Srinivasan and Oliver, 1995; Vauclare et al., 1998) and Ser hydroxymethyltransferase (McClung et al., 2000), little is known about the effects of light on mitochondria and the respiratory chain. Requirements for both ATP synthesis and NADH reoxidation substantially increase in the light with the up-regulation of Suc production, photorespiration, and Krebs cycle -ketoglutarate synthesis for nitrogen assimilation (Krömer, 1995; Lancien et al., 1999; Ma et al., 2001). Thus, dynamic alterations in the ETC, most likely the structurally simple energy-dissipating proteins, may be necessary to accommodate increased electron flux in the light without substantially increasing ROS production. Indeed, it has recently been demonstrated that the type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase gene nda1 is regulated by light in potato (Solanum tuberosum) and Arabidopsis (Svensson and Rasmusson, 2001; Michalecka et al., 2003) and that the alternative oxidase gene aox2a is light induced in soybean (Glycine max; Finnegan et al., 1997). The mode of signaling underlying light-regulated changes in mitochondria has not been investigated, but van Lis and Atteia (2004) have suggested a primary role for redox regulation.

Whole genome sequencing of Arabidopsis has allowed the identification of the complete gene families encoding the alternative oxidases (aox1a-d and aox2; Saisho et al., 1997; Thirkettle-Watts et al., 2003), type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenases (nda1-2, ndb1-4, and ndc1; Michalecka et al., 2003), and uncoupling proteins (ucp1-2; Watanabe et al., 1999). However, RNA hybridization-based studies (northern analysis and microarrays) have provided no insight into the regulation of these genes (Ma et al., 2001; Tepperman et al., 2001), many of which are expressed at extremely low levels under most conditions (Michalecka et al., 2003; Thirkettle-Watts et al., 2003). Indeed, a recent study utilizing the Affymetrix ATH1 Arabidopsis genome chip showed that the majority of genes-encoding energy-dissipating respiratory components are expressed at levels below or near the limit of reliable microarray detection (Wang et al., 2003). In contrast to hybridization-based methodologies, real time reverse transcription (RT)-PCR is an extremely sensitive and reliable technique for the quantitation of low-abundance transcripts (Czechowski et al., 2004), including type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase mRNA (Svensson et al., 2002; Michalecka et al., 2003). In this study, we have utilized a real-time RT-PCR approach to perform a semi-global analysis of the role of light in the regulation of energy-dissipating respiratory gene families. Our results show that the respiratory chain of Arabidopsis seedlings is dynamically adjusted upon exposure to light through the action of several photoreceptor families which specifically mediate induction of the NAD(P)H dehydrogenase genes nda1 and ndc1.

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Light Regulation of Genes Encoding Energy-Dissipating Components of the ETC

Light-regulated changes in gene expression were examined for the alternative oxidase, type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase, and uncoupling protein gene families of Arabidopsis. A rapid real-time PCR assay was used to screen for relative alterations in transcript abundance in 5-d-old etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings maintained in continuous darkness or exposed to 10 µmol m^–2 s^–1 white light for 4 or 12 h (Table I). The non-light-responsive gene encoding the 76-kD subunit of ETC complex I was used as a negative internal control (Svensson and Rasmusson, 2001) and the light-induced gene encoding Gly decarboxylase subunit H (gdcH) was used as a positive control (Srinivasan and Oliver, 1995; Tepperman et al., 2004).

Kinetics of nda1 and ndc1 Light Induction

The baseline kinetics of nda1 and ndc1 light induction were established by performing quantitative real-time PCR on cDNA from seedlings exposed to 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 h of continuous white light (Fig. 1). As expected from the initial screening studies, induction of nda1 is rapid and substantial, with transcript abundance doubling in the 1st h of light exposure and increasing to approximately 70-fold over dark levels after 12 h. Interestingly, the nda1 induction curve displays two phases of increase in transcript abundance (from 1 to 2 h and 4 to 12 h) interrupted by a 2-h period in which there is no significant change in transcript levels. In comparison, ndc1 displays more linear induction kinetics and a modest overall transcript increase (approximately 3-fold).

View larger version (15K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Induction kinetics of nda1 and ndc1 white light response. Five-day-old etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings were either maintained in darkness or exposed to continuous 10 µmol m–2 s–1 white light for the periods indicated. Transcript abundance was quantified by real-time PCR analysis of cDNA generated from total seedling RNA. The 76-kD subunit of respiratory complex I was utilized as a non-light-responsive control. Data are presented as means ± SD from three separate RNA preparations (i.e. a total of at least six independent PCR reactions) for each point.

Etiolated seedlings were exposed to various photon fluence rates (0.1, 1, 10, or 100 µmol m^–2 s^–1 continuous white light) for 2 h in order to determine the importance of light fluence rate in nda1 and ndc1 regulation (Fig. 2). All of the tested fluence rates induced substantial increases in nda1 transcript abundance, and there is a clear fluence rate dependence in the magnitude of the effect, with the 100 µmol m^–2 s^–1 treatment producing approximately 3-fold more nda1 transcript than the 0.1 µmol m^–2 s^–1 treatment. In contrast, only the 1, 10, and 100 µmol m^–2s^–1 light treatments effectively induced the ndc1 gene, with no significant differences in the magnitude of induction.

View larger version (21K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Fluence-rate dependence of nda1 and ndc1 light induction. Etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings were exposed to various intensities of white light for 2 h, and transcript abundance was quantified by real-time RT-PCR. Data are presented as means ± SD from three separate RNA preparations for each point.

View larger version (18K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3. Effects of carbon status on nda1 and ndc1 expression. Etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings were grown on carbohydrate-free standard medium (Somerville and Ogren, 1982) or standard medium supplemented with 2% (w/v) Suc or 2% (w/v) mannitol (a nonmetabolizable osmotic control). Seedlings were maintained in darkness or exposed to 10 µmol m–2 s–1 white light for 4 h. Real-time RT-PCR measurements of transcript abundance are presented as means ± SD from two separate RNA preparations for each point.

View larger version (21K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4. The regulation of nda1 and ndc1 by different light qualities in wild-type, phyA–, and phyAB– genotypes. Five-day-old etiolated seedlings were exposed to 10 µmol m–2 s–1 white (W), red (R), or blue (B) light for 4 h. D indicates maintenance in complete darkness. Real-time RT-PCR measurements of transcript abundance are presented as means ± SD from two separate RNA preparations for each point.

phyA and phyB are the dominant phytochromes involved in Arabidopsis seedling germination and deetiolation and share several common signal transduction components (Gyula et al., 2003). It is well established that phyA is the only photoreceptor active under continuous far-red light (Tepperman et al., 2001; Sullivan and Deng, 2003). Thus, the strong induction of nda1 by far-red light clearly implicates phyA as a component of nda1 light response. In order to investigate which photoreceptor(s) regulate nda1 and ndc1 under other light qualities, we examined light response in phyA and phyAB mutant backgrounds (Fig. 4).

The magnitude of nda1 induction under red light was approximately halved in the phyA mutant and completely abolished in the phyAB double mutant, demonstrating that phyA and phyB are necessary and sufficient for nda1 red light response. ndc1 induction under red light illumination is generally weak, however, a clear decrease in transcript abundance is apparent in the phyAB double mutant (but not the phyA single mutant). This suggests that either phyA and phyB play redundant roles in this response or that phyB alone is the dominant red light receptor. Red light induction of ndc1 in a phyB monogenic mutant was comparable to the wild-type response (data not shown), demonstrating that phyA and phyB can act redundantly in this case.

Induction of ndc1 by blue light was not affected in the phyA and phyAB mutant backgrounds, and nda1 blue light induction showed only a small decrease in the phyA and phyAB mutants. These results demonstrate that induction by blue light is not primarily a phyA-mediated response, clearly implicating the involvement of a separate class of blue light photoreceptors. Thus, light regulation of nda1 and ndc1 is mediated by at least two photoreceptor families: the phytochromes and the phototropins and/or cryptochromes.

Distinct Temporal Profiles of Red and Blue Light Responses

Under white light conditions, both the phytochromes and a separate class of blue light photoreceptors appear to be active in nda1 and ndc1 induction (Fig. 4). Thus, multiple signal transduction pathways, each possessing unique response times, probably contribute to nda1 and ndc1 light response. Indeed, kinetic analyses of nda1 transcript accumulation under monochromatic light illumination demonstrate that red light induction of this gene is relatively transient, with an observed maximum at 4 h of exposure, while the magnitude of the blue light response steadily increases over the 12-h treatment (Fig. 5).

View larger version (16K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 5. nda1 and ndc1 induction kinetics under red and blue light illumination. Accumulation of the nda1 and ndc1 transcripts was measured by real-time PCR analysis of cDNA from wild-type (WT) and phyA– seedlings exposed to 10 µmol m–2 s–1 blue (B) or red (R) light for 0, 2, 4, and 12 h. Data are presented as means ± SD from two separate RNA preparations for each point.

Unlike nda1, the kinetics of ndc1 transcript accumulation under red and blue illumination regimes are similar, displaying steady increase throughout the experiment. As in previous experiments (Fig. 4), the loss of phyA has no effect on ndc1 red light induction (Fig. 5).

Fusion of the nda1 and ndc1 Promoter Regions to the -Glucuronidase Transgene

To investigate the transcriptional control of nda1 and ndc1 gene expression, a series of nda1 and ndc1 promoter--glucuronidase (GUS) fusions was generated. The full-length nda1pro-GUS fusion (nda11043) contains the nda1 5'-untranslated region (UTR) and 1,043 bp of sequence upstream of the transcriptional start site, while the corresponding ndc1 construct (ndc11068) contains the ndc1 5'-UTR with 1,068 bp of upstream sequence. When expressed in transgenic Arabidopsis plants, both the nda1pro- and ndc1pro-GUS fusions display clear induction upon exposure to red, blue, or white light for 12 h (Fig. 6A), suggesting that nda1 and ndc1 light induction is likely controlled at the transcriptional level. (It should be noted that the presence of native 5'-UTR regions in the fusion constructs means that possible posttranscriptional effects cannot be absolutely excluded.) The nda1pro-GUS fusion may lack some cis-elements required for complete recapitulation of nda1-type light regulation, as the general magnitude of light induction is quantitatively reduced and the efficacy of white light (as compared to blue light) as an inducer of GUS expression is lower than expected. Transgenic lines expressing ndc1pro-GUS more precisely mirror native ndc1 light regulation characteristics, generally displaying modest (2- to 3-fold) induction upon exposure to white, red, or blue light.

View larger version (23K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 6. Light responsiveness of nda1pro-GUS and ndc1pro-GUS fusions. A, Seedlings of transgenic Arabidopsis lines expressing full length nda1 (1043-1, -2, -9) or ndc1 (1068-2, -5, -8) promoters fused to the GUS gene were exposed to 10 µmol m–2 s–1 light for 12 h, and GUS transcript accumulation was quantified by real-time RT-PCR analysis. The highest measured transcript abundance was arbitrarily assigned a value of 100. B, Five-day-old etiolated seedlings expressing a series of 5' deletions of the nda1 promoter fused to GUS (1043-1, 9; 426-6, 7; 281-8, 11; 182-2, 10) were exposed to 100 µmol m–2 s–1 white light for 24 h or maintained in darkness. GUS activity was quantified in seedling protein extracts by fluorometric MUG analysis. Data are presented as means ± SD from three separate protein extracts for each point.

In addition to facilitating analysis of transcriptional control of nda1 and ndc1, transgenic plants expressing the nda11,043 and ndc11,068 promoter-GUS fusions were utilized for histochemical GUS analysis, allowing cell and tissue localization of GUS expression. Expression patterns of nda1pro-GUS, but not ndc1pro-GUS, were consistent with previous crude organ-level localization of the native transcripts (Michalecka et al., 2003), so data pertaining only to the former construct are reported here. In both light-grown seedlings and etiolated seedlings exposed to light for 24 h, the nda1pro-GUS construct is expressed solely in cotyledons (Fig. 7, A and C). In mature light-grown plants, GUS activity is detected in essentially all green tissue (leaves, stems, sepals) except siliques, and is also detected in anthers (Fig. 7, B and D). GUS expression in mature leaves is specifically localized in mesophyll cells of the lamina and is light dependent, as demonstrated by the loss of GUS activity in leaf segments maintained in the dark for 3 d (Fig. 7, D and E). High abundance of native nda1 transcript in the lamina compared to the midvein region of the leaf (Fig. 7E) was verified by real-time PCR analysis of dissected leaves (data not shown).

View larger version (100K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 7. Histochemical localization of GUS expression in transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing nda1pro-GUS fusions. A, Ten-day-old light-grown seedling. B, Mature flower from light-grown plant. C, Five-day-old etiolated seedling exposed to 100 µmol m–2 s–1 white light for 24 h (left) or maintained in darkness (right). D, Leaf from light-grown plant whose distal half was partially covered (shielded from light) for 3 d (left) or left uncovered (right). E, Cross section of mature leaf from light-grown seedling. All photos are from plants expressing the 1043 (full-length) nda1 promoter-GUS construct. Scale bars = 1 mm.

	DISCUSSION

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The down-regulation of aox2 by light was not studied in detail due to high variability in its dark transcript levels, but its general pattern of regulation provides an interesting contrast to previous studies of alternative oxidase light regulation in soybean and potato. Soybean has two aox2-type genes: aox2a, which is up-regulated at the mRNA and protein levels after 12 to 24 h of illumination in etiolated seedlings, and aox2b, which is down-regulated at the mRNA level under identical conditions (Finnegan et al., 1997; gene nomenclature according to Considine et al., 2002). Consistent with soybean aox2a, the abundance of alternative oxidase protein is decreased in potato after 4 d of dark treatment (Svensson and Rasmusson, 2001). Thus, it is perhaps less surprising that Arabidopsis aox2 transcript levels decrease in the light (analogous to soybean aox2b) than that none of the other members of the Arabidopsis gene family display strong light induction. It is possible, however, that the observed weak up-regulation of aox1a and/or aox1c is enhanced after longer periods of light exposure, potentially via a secondary (nonphotoreceptor-mediated) light effect associated with the activation of photosynthetic metabolism, which generally begins after approximately 12 h of light exposure in etiolated plants (Bradbeer, 1981).

There are three families of type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase genes in Arabidopsis: nda (1-2), ndb (1-4), and ndc (1), all of which encode mitochondrially localized proteins (Michalecka et al., 2003). The precise function of each gene has not, however, been assigned. NDA1 in potato and Arabidopsis is an internal dehydrogenase most likely oxidizing matrix NADH (Rasmusson et al., 1999; Moore et al., 2003; Rasmusson et al., 2004), while NDB1 in potato faces the intermembrane space and oxidizes cytoplasmic NADPH (Michalecka et al., 2004). Potato NDC1 appears to be matrix facing, but its substrate specificity is unknown (Michalecka, 2004). In this study, the light regulation of the nda1 and ndc1 genes was characterized in detail, allowing a partial determination of the mechanisms of light response.

The Arabidopsis nda1 gene displayed an exceptionally strong light induction in seedlings (Fig. 1), comparable in rapidity and magnitude to the well-characterized light responses of the Rubisco small subunit (RBCS) and chlorophyll a/b binding protein genes involved in photosynthesis (Ma et al., 2001; Tepperman et al., 2001). nda1 transcript accumulation was induced by far-red, red, and blue light via the action of phytochrome A, phytochromes A and B, and an unknown blue light photoreceptor, respectively. Several recent studies suggest that many light-regulated genes in Arabidopsis are similarly controlled by multiple distinct photoreceptor inputs (Ma et al., 2001; Tepperman et al., 2004). phyA and phyB act sequentially in nda1 red light response, likely reflecting the differential photostability and nuclear localization kinetics of the photoreceptors (Nagy and Schäfer, 2002). A similar temporal pattern of phytochrome activity has been observed in red light regulation of the cessation of hypocotyl elongation, with phyA controlling early red light response (3 h light exposure) and phyB dominating subsequently (Parks et al., 2001). The identity of the nda1 blue light photoreceptor was not investigated; however, a recent study suggests that the vast majority of blue light-induced changes in the Arabidopsis transcriptome are mediated by the cryptochromes (Ohgishi et al., 2004).

The promoter regions of both nda1 and ndc1 drive light-inducible expression of a GUS transgene, and the genetic basis of light-regulated transcription was examined further through analysis of a series of 5' deletions of the nda1 promoter. Light responsiveness is maintained (albeit at a quantitatively reduced level) in a 281-bp fragment of the nda1 promoter, but is lost by deletion of an additional 99 bp. Interestingly, this 99-bp core light-responsive region contains an I-box motif (GATAAG) at –218 flanked by two GT-1 consensus elements (GPu[A/T]AA[A/T]) at –234 and –202 (Higo et al., 1999). The I-box is a functionally important GATA-type light regulatory element located approximately 130 to 330 bp upstream of the transcriptional start of many RBCS genes (Terzaghi and Cashmore, 1995). GT-1 sites are relatively degenerate cis-elements that are commonly, but not exclusively, associated with light-regulated promoters (Zhou, 1999). The combination of these two elements can form a potent light-responsive core, as a GT-1 and I-box cluster in the pea RBCS-3A gene is required for high-level light regulation (Sarokin and Chua, 1992), and a synthetic tetramer of GT-1 and I-box elements can confer responsiveness to far-red, red, and blue light upon the otherwise non-light-regulated NOS101 promoter (Chattopadhyay et al., 1998). Combinations of GT-1 elements and I-box-like GATA elements are also present in the light-responsive promoters of the genes encoding the H and T subunits of Gly decarboxylase, which catalyzes the first step of photorespiration in the mitochondria (Srinivasan and Oliver, 1995; Vauclare et al., 1998). Thus, the –234 to –202 I-box/GT-1 cluster in the nda1 promoter is a strong candidate as the primary controller of light-regulated transcription in this gene.

The localization of nda1pro-GUS expression generally in green tissue and specifically in leaf lamina mesophyll cells is strikingly similar to expression patterns of several light-regulated photosynthetic genes, such as Rubisco activase (Liu et al., 1996) and the Rubisco small subunit family (Meier et al., 1995). Taken together, the nda1 gene's spatial-expression patterning, light-induction kinetics, and modular arrangement of cis-transcriptional elements suggest that the major physiological role of this respiratory NAD(P)H dehydrogenase is in photosynthetic metabolism.

Although quantitatively weaker than nda1 light response, the light regulation of ndc1 in Arabidopsis seedlings also appears to involve multiple photoreceptor families. Of the tested monochromatic light treatments, only red and blue light efficiently induce ndc1 expression. Red light response was redundantly regulated by either phyA or phyB, however the loss of both phyA and phyB has no effect on white (or blue) light induction. Because the kinetics of ndc1 light induction are not consistent with an effect arising from photosynthetic metabolism (Bradbeer, 1981), it thus appears that the primary driver of ndc1 induction in white light is a cryptochrome or phototropin.

Three action modes have been defined for the phytochromes: the red/far-red reversible low-fluence responses, the high-irradiance responses (HIRs) which require prolonged high light exposure, and the very low fluence responses, which are activated by very low light fluences (Wang and Deng, 2002). Little can be posited about the mode of ndc1 red light response, but phytochrome regulation of nda1 appears to involve a far-red HIR, as suggested by the inductive effect of far-red light, the fluence rate dependence of nda1 induction, and the previously characterized deficiency of the very low fluence response mode in the Columbia ecotype (Yanovsky et al., 1997). Far-red HIRs are a prominent response mode in several aspects of Arabidopsis seedling development, including seed germination and deetiolation (Wang and Deng, 2002).

Unfortunately, it is unclear whether NDA1 and NDC1 protein levels correlate with mRNA abundance, as attempts to detect these proteins in light-exposed etiolated seedlings by immunoblotting were unsuccessful. At least for nda1, this is likely due to the limited spatial domain (cotyledons) and relatively low expression levels in etiolated plants. Although NDA protein(s) have previously been detected at low levels in light-grown Arabidopsis plants, specific quantitation of NDA1 is complicated by the presence of the non-light-responsive nda2 gene, which is highly similar to nda1 throughout its length and of similar molecular mass (Michalecka et al., 2003). It should be noted, however, that expression of the nda1 homolog in potato is light regulated at the RNA, protein, and activity levels (Svensson and Rasmusson, 2001).

An etiolated plant that is exposed to light undergoes a massive burst of transcriptional and translational activity and initiates rapid assembly of the photosynthetic machinery (Bradbeer, 1981; Tepperman et al., 2001). Why would these energy-intensive processes be accompanied by an increase in NAD(P)H dehydrogenases (and in some cases alternative oxidases) whose primary function is to bypass energy conservation in the mitochondrial respiratory chain? The activation of photorespiration in the light leads to major NADH generation by Gly decarboxylase in the mitochondrial matrix. A corresponding increase in the redox capacity of the respiratory chain is presumably required to maintain photorespiration without causing overreduction of the basal ETC and matrix NADH and resultant ROS formation (Maxwell et al., 1999; Møller, 2001; Rasmusson et al., 2004). The structurally simple type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenases and alternative oxidases would seem to be ideally suited for such dynamic, short-term redox adjustments that could maintain multiprotein complexes I and III, and ubiquinone, in a relatively oxidized state (Rasmusson et al., 1998). Indeed, several studies have shown that Gly oxidation is generally insensitive to the inhibition of complex I, suggesting that type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenases can participate in reoxidation of photorespiratory NADH (Dry and Wiskich, 1985; Igamberdiev et al., 1997). Thus, it is possible that light regulation of nda1 and ndc1 reflects a critical role in the maintenance of photorespiratory metabolism.

	MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Plant Material

Arabidopsis (ecotype Columbia) seeds were sown on carbohydrate-free nutrient medium (Somerville and Ogren, 1982) supplemented with 0.8% agar and stratified at 4°C for 4 d, unless otherwise noted. Seeds were then exposed to 100 µmol m^–2 s^–1 white light for 1 h to induce germination and incubated in the dark at room temperature for 5 d prior to light treatment. The phytochrome loss of function genotypes phyA-211 (Reed et al., 1994), phyB-9 (Reed et al., 1993), and phyA-211x phyB-9 were utilized in mutant analyses.

Light Sources

White light treatments were performed using white fluorescent tubes (Asea Skandia 36W/83; Elektroskandia, Sollentuna, Sweden) except for the use of a metal halide lamp (Osram powerstar HQI-T; Osram, Munich) in the GUS fluorometric analyses (Fig. 6B). Far-red light was provided by light-emitting diodes with a _max of 735 nm (Farnell, Leeds, UK). Blue light was provided by internally coated blue fluorescent tubes (TLD 36W/18; Philips, Eindhoven, Holland), filtered through two layers of blue cellulose acetate film (99.6% of total fluence between 320 and 550 nm), and red light was from internally coated red fluorescent tubes (TLD 36W/15; Philips; 95.7% of total fluence between 600 and 700 nm). Unless otherwise noted, seedlings were exposed to continuous light at a fluence rate of 10 µmol m^–2 s^–1. Light fluence rates were measured using a LI-COR LI-189 quantum meter (LI-COR, Lincoln, NE), and light spectra were determined using an Optronics 754-6S spectroradiometer (Optronics, Goleta, CA).

RNA Isolation and cDNA Synthesis

Total RNA was isolated from 100 mg of whole etiolated seedlings using the RNeasy Plant Mini kit (Qiagen USA, Valencia, CA). RNA was quantified on a Shimadzu UV-160A spectrophotometer (Shimadzu, Kyoto) and intactness was verified by visual inspection of rRNA banding in electrophoretically separated total RNA (Sambrook et al., 1989). For analysis of GUS transcript levels, RNA was DNAse treated using Ambion's DNA-free kit (Austin, TX). First strand cDNA synthesis was performed on 1 µg of total RNA per reaction of the Superscript II First Strand Synthesis system (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). cDNA was diluted 5-fold with 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, for use in real-time PCR analysis.

Real-Time PCR Analysis

PCR primers for the aox1a, aox1b, aox1c, aox1 d, aox2, nda1, nda2, ndb1, ndb2, ndb3, ndb4, ndc1, ucp1, ucp2, gdcH, gusA, and 76-kD genes were designed using the Primer3 software program (Rozen and Skaletsky, 2000) such that one primer in each pair spans an exon-exon border (except for the intronless gusA transgene). Primer sequences were, aox1a (locus At3g22370): 5'-CCGATTTGTTCTTCCAGAGG-3', 5'-GCGCTCTCTCGTACCATTTC-3'; aox1b (locus At3g22360): 5'-CTTTTCTTCCAGAGGCGGTA-3', 5'-TTAGGTTTCGCGACTTCCAT-3'; aox1c (locus At3g27620): 5'-CCGATCTTTTCTTCCAGAGG-3', 5'-TGGGAGAGATTATGTATCCGATT-3'; aox1d (locus At1g32350): 5'-TGTTCGGCTATTGAGCTCTG-3', 5'-ATCGCTCGTTCGTACCATTT-3'; aox2 (locus At5g64210): 5'-TGACGGTAAAGAAGGGTCAAA-3', 5'-TGCATCCATATCGTCTCTGAA-3'; ucp1 (locus At3g54110): 5'-TCTGCTCTTGCTGGTGATGT-3', 5'-TACCCAGTGCACCTGTTGTC-3'; ucp2 (locus At5g58970): 5'-GGATTTCAAACCAAGGATCG-3', 5'-AGCGCACTAACTCCTTCCAG-3'; ndb4 (locus At2g20800): 5'-TTGTGGGAGTGACTGCTGAT-3', 5'-TCGCAGCTATATCTTCCATGAC-3'; gdcH (locus At2g35370): 5'-CACAGAATCACCTGGCTTGA-3', 5'-GCATGAGAATTGATAGAACTTGGA-3'; gusA (accession U12639): 5'-TGTGGAGTATTGCCAACGAA-3', 5'-GGCACAGCACATCAAAGAGA-3'. The nda1 (At1g07180), nda2 (At2g29990), ndb1 (At4g28220), ndb2 (At4g05020), ndb3 (At4g21490), ndc1 (At5g08740), and 76-kD subunit (At5g37510) primer sequences have been reported previously (Michalecka et al., 2003). A small region of the reported genomic sequence of the ndc1 gene was found to be inconsistent with existing cDNA sequences and expressed sequence tags. We amplified this region using Advantage HF-2 polymerase (CLONTECH Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA) and found its sequence to be consistent with cDNA. A correction of this region of ndc1 genomic sequence has been submitted to GenBank with accession number AJ715502.

Real-time PCR reactions were run in a Rotor Gene 2072 Real-Time Cycler (Corbett Research, Sydney) as described previously (Svensson et al., 2002), except for the use of SYBR green at a 1:20,000 dilution, an extension temperature of 72°C, and an acquiring temperature of 81°C. For initial screening studies (Table I), real-time reactions were run without relative quantitation standards, so comparison of transcript abundance was based upon the number of amplification cycles required to meet a fluorescence threshold (C_t). This threshold was set manually to detect in the early exponential phase of amplification. In all later experiments, serial 10-fold dilutions of PCR-amplified DNA from the gene to be investigated were utilized as relative quantitation standards, and the fluorescence threshold was calculated based upon line of best fit. Control PCRs minus the RT step were run to verify lack of genomic DNA amplification. All presented PCR data were generated from a minimum of two independent reactions for each biological replicate.

In Figures 1 to 5, a value of 1,000 (arbitrary units) is defined as the abundance of the measured transcript in wild-type plants exposed to 10 µmol m^–2 s^–1 white light for 4 h. (Note that the 4-h time point is not shown in all figures.) All values are thus transcript specific, and not comparable between the different studied genes.

Vector Construction and Plant Transformation

A fragment of the nda1 promoter consisting of the 94-bp 5'-UTR and 1,043 bp of sequence upstream of the transcriptional start was PCR amplified from Arabidopsis DNA using the Advantage HF-2 polymerase (CLONTECH) and cloned into the pCR4-TOPO vector (Invitrogen). The ndc1 promoter, consisting of a 100-bp 5'-UTR and 1,068 bp of upstream sequence was similarly cloned. The promoter regions were sequenced to verify amplification fidelity and then cloned into the pBI101 binary vector (Jefferson et al., 1987), generating the GUS transcriptional fusion plasmids pA11043 (nda1) and pC11068 (ndc1). A series of 5' deletions of the nda1 promoter were generated by digesting the cloned nda1 promoter (in pCR4-TOPO) with HindIII and BamHI, excising a 520-bp fragment (426-bp upstream sequence + 5'-UTR), or NsbI and BamHI, excising a 375-bp fragment (281-bp upstream sequence + 5'-UTR). These fragments, in addition to a sequence-verified 276-bp nda1 promoter deletion amplified by PCR (182-bp upstream sequence + 5'UTR), were subsequently cloned into pBI101, producing pA1426, pA1281, and pA1182. The binary vector constructions were electroporated into Agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101, and floral dip transformation of Arabidopsis was performed as described by Clough and Bent (1998). Transformed seedlings were selected on half-strength Murashige and Skoog medium containing 50 mg/L kanamycin. Transformants containing a single T-DNA insertion locus were identified by segregation analysis and utilized in all presented experiments.

GUS Analysis

Histochemical GUS staining was performed as described by Lindsey and Wei (2000) except that Triton X-100 was utilized at a concentration of 1% (v/v; Pretova et al., 2003). All samples were cleared of chlorophyll in 70% ethanol following staining. Quantitative fluorometric GUS analysis (MUG [4-methylumbelliferyl -D-glucoronide analysis]) was performed as described by Jefferson (1987). Fluorescence was measured on a Shimadzu RF-5301PC fluorometer calibrated with standard solutions of 4-methyl umbelliferone. Fluorescence readings from protein extracts incubated with MUG substrate at 37°C for T = 60 min were subtracted from corresponding readings at T = 0 min to generate net fluorescence values. Protein isolations and MUG enzyme assays were performed in triplicate for each genotype/treatment.

Sequence data from this article have been deposited with the EMBL/GenBank data libraries under accession number AJ715502.

Received May 19, 2004; returned for revision June 23, 2004; accepted July 4, 2004.

	FOOTNOTES

 
¹ This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences, and Spatial Planning, by Carl Tesdorpfs Stiftelse, and by the Wenner-Gren Foundations (fellowship to M.A.E.).

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