title: Effects of scavengers for active oxygen species on cell death by cryptogein.
abstract: The hypersensitive reaction is a type of programmed cell death in plants. Cryptogein is a proteinaceous elicitor secreted from Phythophthora cryptogea. In one current model, active oxygen species (AOS) trigger programmed cell death in plants. In this study, we examined a variety of AOS scavengers to elucidate the function of AOS in the death program. Most of these AOS scavengers, including tiron, a scavenger for superoxide radical, catalase for hydrogen peroxide, and hydroquinone, sodium ascorbate and propyl gallate for free radicals, almost completely removed extracellular AOS. However, none of the reagents completely blocked the cell death process. Other reagents, such as histidine and dimethylfuran, scavengers for singlet oxygen, and diphenyleneiodonium chloride, an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase, showed significant toxicity in BY-2 cells. These results indicate that AOS produced in the extracellular space do not play a role in hypersensitive cell death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirasawa
authors.forename: Toyoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Yuzo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shioi
mesh_terms: D020418:Algal Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D014026:Nicotiana
chemical_list: D020418:Algal Proteins; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C061032:cryptogein protein, Phytophthora cryptogea