TY - JOUR
T1 - Dehydroascorbate and glutathione regulate the cellular development of Nicotiana tabacum L. SR-1 protoplasts
AU - Potters, Geert
AU - Jansen, Marcel A.K.
AU - Horemans, Nele
AU - Guisez, Yves
AU - Pasternak, Taras
A2 - Vandenhove, Hildegarde
A2 - Vanmarcke, Hans
N1 - Score = 10
PY - 2010/1/29
Y1 - 2010/1/29
N2 - A Nicotiana tabacum L. SR-1 leaf protoplast system was used to study the effects of dehydroascorbate and glutathione on cellular development. We found that dehydroascorbate is readily taken up by protoplasts and internally reduced to ascorbate. Concomitantly, cell division was inhibited and cell expansion stimulated. In this respect, dehydroascorbate counteracted auxin-mediated leaf protoplast development. In contrast to the effects of dehydroascorbate, glutathione-induced cell dedifferentiation, and this effect is similar to that mediated by high auxin concentrations. We conclude that dehydroascorbate and glutathione affect the auxin-mediated regulation of cellular development. Therefore, the biological role of these compounds extends beyond stress tolerance and defense.
AB - A Nicotiana tabacum L. SR-1 leaf protoplast system was used to study the effects of dehydroascorbate and glutathione on cellular development. We found that dehydroascorbate is readily taken up by protoplasts and internally reduced to ascorbate. Concomitantly, cell division was inhibited and cell expansion stimulated. In this respect, dehydroascorbate counteracted auxin-mediated leaf protoplast development. In contrast to the effects of dehydroascorbate, glutathione-induced cell dedifferentiation, and this effect is similar to that mediated by high auxin concentrations. We conclude that dehydroascorbate and glutathione affect the auxin-mediated regulation of cellular development. Therefore, the biological role of these compounds extends beyond stress tolerance and defense.
KW - dedifferentiation
KW - dehydroascorbate
KW - glutathione
KW - Nicotiana tabacum
KW - stress response
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_107546
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/7192
U2 - 10.1007/s11627-009-9266-y
DO - 10.1007/s11627-009-9266-y
M3 - Article
SN - 1054-5476
VL - 46
SP - 289
EP - 296
JO - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology
JF - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology
IS - 3
ER -