PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 114, Issue 1 177-183, Copyright © 1997 by American Society of Plant Biologists
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WHOLE PLANT, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND STRESS PHYSIOLOGY |
Glutathione-Mediated Regulation of ATP Sulfurylase Activity, SO42- Uptake, and Oxidative Stress Response in Intact Canola Roots
A. G. Lappartient and B. Touraine
Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes, Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique de Montpellier, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unite de Recherche Associee 2133, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
The dual role of glutathione as a transducer of S status (A.G. Lappartient
and B. Touraine [1996] Plant Physiol 111: 147-157) and as an antioxidant
was examined by comparing the effects of S deprivation, glutathione
feeding, and H2O2 (oxidative stress) on SO42- uptake and ATP sulfurylase
activity in roots of intact canola (Brassica napus L.). ATP sulfurylase
activity increased and SO42- uptake rate severely decreased in roots
exposed to 10 mM H2O2, whereas both increased in S-starved plants. In
split-root experiments, an oxidative stress response was induced in roots
remote from H2O2 exposure, as revealed by changes in the reduced
glutathione (GSH) level and the GSH/oxidized glutathione (GSSG) ratio, but
there was only a small decrease in SO42- uptake rate and no effect on ATP
sulfurylase activity. Feeding plants with GSH increased GSH, but did not
affect the GSH/GSSG ratio, and both ATP sulfurylase activity and SO42-
uptake were inhibited. The responses of the H2O2-scavenging enzymes
ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase to S starvation, GSH
treatment, and H2O2 treatment were not to glutathione-mediated S demand
regulatory process. We conclude that the regulation of ATP sulfurylase
activity and SO42- uptake by S demand is related to GSH rather than to the
GSH/GSSG ratio, and is distinct from the oxidative stress response.