title: Cellular and subcellular localization of endogenous nitric oxide in young and senescent pea plants.
abstract: The cellular and subcellular localization of endogenous nitric oxide (NO.) in leaves from young and senescent pea (Pisum sativum) plants was studied. Confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis of pea leaf sections with the fluorescent probe 4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate revealed that endogenous NO. was mainly present in vascular tissues (xylem and phloem). Green fluorescence spots were also detected in the epidermal cells, palisade and spongy mesophyll cells, and guard cells. In senescent leaves, NO. generation was clearly reduced in the vascular tissues. At the subcellular level, by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy with the spin trap Fe(MGD)(2) and fluorometric analysis with 4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate, NO. was found to be an endogenous metabolite of peroxisomes. The characteristic three-line electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of NO., with g = 2.05 and a(N) = 12.8 G, was detected in peroxisomes. By fluorometry, NO. was also found in these organelles, and the level measured of NO. was linearly dependent on the amount of peroxisomal protein. The enzymatic production of NO. from l-Arg (nitric oxide synthase [NOS]-like activity) was measured by ozone chemiluminiscence. The specific activity of peroxisomal NOS was 4.9 nmol NO. mg(-1) protein min(-1); was strictly dependent on NADPH, calmodulin, and BH(4); and required calcium. In senescent pea leaves, the NOS-like activity of peroxisomes was down-regulated by 72%. It is proposed that peroxisomal NO. could be involved in the process of senescence of pea leaves.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-18080 Granada, Spain. javier.corpas@eez.csic.es
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Corpas
authors.forename: Juan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Barroso
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carreras
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quirós
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: León
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Romero-Puertas
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Esteban
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valderrama
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: Luisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sandalio
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: del Río
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D019793:Fluorescein; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000378:metabolism; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism; D013113:Spin Labels; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: C414689:4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D013113:Spin Labels; C446399:ferro-N-methyl-d-glucamide dithiocarbamate; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D019793:Fluorescein