title: Role of chloroplast photosystems II and I in apoptosis of pea guard cells.
abstract: Received Revision received We investigated the CN--induced apoptosis of guard cells in epidermal peels isolated from pea (Pisum sativum L.) leaves. This process was considerably stimulated by illumination and suppressed by the herbicides DCMU (an inhibitor of the electron transfer between quinones Q(A) and Q(B) in PS II) and methyl viologen (an electron acceptor from PS I). These data favor the conclusion drawn by us earlier that chloroplasts are involved in the apoptosis of guard cells. Pea mutants with impaired PS I (Chl-5), PS II (Chl-I), and PS II + PS I (Xa-17) were tested. Their lesions were confirmed by the ESR spectra of Signal I (oxidized PS I reaction centers) and Signal II (oxidized tyrosine residue Y(D) in PS II). Destruction of nuclei (a symptom of apoptosis) and their consecutive disappearance in guard cells were brought about by CN- in all the three mutants and in the normal pea plants. These results indicate that the light-induced enhancement of apoptosis of guard cells and its removal by DCMU are associated with PS II function. The effect of methyl viologen preventing CN--induced apoptosis in wild-type plants was removed or considerably decreased upon the impairment of the PS II and/or PS I activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology of Microorganisms, School of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia. vds@8.cellimm.bio.msu.ru
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Samuilov
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lagunova
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Gostimsky
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Timofeev
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Gusev
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004237:Diuron / Q000633:toxicity; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D009154:Mutation; D010269:Paraquat / Q000633:toxicity; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045331:Photosystem I Protein Complex; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D004237:Diuron; D010269:Paraquat