title: Oligoguluronates elicit an oxidative burst in the brown algal kelp Laminaria digitata.
abstract: Oligomeric degradation products of alginate elicited a respiratory and oxidative burst in the sporophytes of the kelp Laminaria digitata. The generation of activated oxygen species (AOS), O(2)(-), and H(2)O(2) was detected at the single cell level, using nitroblue tetrazolium precipitation and a redox-sensitive fluorescent probe, respectively. The oxidative burst involved diphenyleneiodonium-sensitive AOS-generating machinery and its amplitude depended on the type of tissue. After a first elicitation plants were desensitized for about 3 h. The activity of alginate oligosaccharides was dose dependent, saturating around 40 microM. It was also structure-dependent, with homopolymeric blocks of alpha-1,4-L-guluronic acid, i.e. the functional analogs of oligogalacturonic blocks in pectins, being the most active signals. The perception of oligoguluronate signals resulted in a strong efflux of potassium. Pharmacological dissection of the early events preceding the emission of AOS indicated that the transduction chain of oligoguluronate signals in L. digitata is likely to feature protein kinases, phospholipase A(2), as well as K(+), Ca(2+), and anion channels.
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche, 1931 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, BP 74, F-29682 Roscoff, Brittany, France.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Küpper
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kloareg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guern
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Potin
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D007795:Laminaria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000502:physiology*; D013170:Spores / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; C007896:guluronic acid; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010100:Oxygen