Caracterização fisiológica do mutante gun4 de Arabidopsis thaliana sob estresse luminoso

• Autor(a) principal: Daloso, Danilo de Menezes
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4312
• topic: Arabidopsis thaliana; gun4; Estresse luminoso; Complexo coletor de luz; Redes fotossintéticas; Arabidopsis thaliana; gun4; Light stress; Complex light collector; Networks photosynthetic; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::FITOTECNIA::FISIOLOGIA DE PLANTAS CULTIVADAS

Mutations in GUN (Genome UNcoupled) genes have helped to understand the pathways of the chloroplast signal transduction that control the expression of nuclear photosynthetic genes. In this context, the gun4 genotype has been characterized in biochemical and molecular aspects. However, little is known whether this mutant produces a phenotype physiological aspects. In order to complement the phenotypic characterization of gun4 genotype, the aim of this study was evaluate the photosynthetic responses of gun4 plants of Arabidopsis thaliana under different levels of light and under light stress. The gun4 plants, in the absence of light stress showed reduced levels of chlorophyll a and b, minimal (Fo) and maximal (Fm) fluorescence in dark-adapted leaves, and quantum yield of unregulated energy dissipation of photosystem II (ΦNO) in 20%, 26%, 18% e 32%, respectively. Also, the effective quantum yield of the FSII (ΦFSII) and photochemical quenching (qL) were 11% and 20% higher, respectively. Higher values of ETR (electrons transport rate), ΦFSII and qL were also found in gun4 under different light intensities, showing that gun4 can maximize the transfer of light energy absorbed in the light harvest complex of FSII for the photosynthetic process. The rate of net carbon assimilation (A) and stomatal conductance (gs) were 43% and 61% lower in gun4 respectively, despite no difference in the flow of absorption of 14CO2 was observed, suggesting that the lower magnitude of photosynthesis is due to resistance to influx of CO2. After 14 hours of light stress, there was no difference in A, and the values of the electron transport rate (ETR) and ΦFSII were reduced by 35% and 50% respectively, both in gun4 and wild type (WT) plants. However, the quantum yield potential of FSII (Fv/Fm) decreased significantly only in WT, suggesting that gun4 may have a greater ability to minimize photoinhibitory effects. These results provide additional evidences for the higher non-photochemical quenching (qN) and quantum yield of regulated energy dissipation of the gun4 FSII (ΦNPQ). Together, the photochemical phenotypes of gun4 may explain the increase (48%) in the photochemical global network connectance after 28 hours of stress, demonstrating the greater ability of this genotype to adjust its photosynthetic apparatus in response to light stress. Finally, the results found in this study demonstrated that gun4 transfers and dissipates more efficiently the excess of light energy absorbed under light stress condition, despite a strong reduction in chlorophyll content. The results suggest the existence of a mechanism for the adjustment of the photosystem in order to offset the reduction of light absorption, indicating the importance of this mutant to explore the mechanisms that control the plasticity of the photochemical protein complex.