title: Cosuppression of RBCS3B in Arabidopsis leads to severe photoinhibition caused by ROS accumulation.
abstract: Cosuppression of an Arabidopsis Rubisco small subunit gene RBCS3B at Arabidopsis resulted in albino or pale green phenotypes which were caused by ROS accumulation As the most abundant protein on Earth, Rubisco has received much attention in the past decades. Even so, its function is still not understood thoroughly. In this paper, four Arabidopsis transgenic lines (RBCS3B-7, 18, 33, and 35) with albino or pale green phenotypes were obtained by transformation with a construct driving expression of sense RBCS3B, a Rubisco small subunit gene. The phenotypes produced in these transgenic lines were found to be caused by cosuppression. Among these lines, RBCS3B-7 displayed the most severe phenotypes including reduced height, developmental arrest and plant mortality before flowering when grown under normal light on soil. Chloroplast numbers in mesophyll cells were decreased compared to WT, and stacked thylakoids of chloroplasts were broken down gradually in RBCS3B-7 throughout development. In addition, the RBCS3B-7 line was light sensitive, and PSII activity measurement revealed that RBCS3B-7 suffered severe photoinhibition, even under normal light. We found that photoinhibition was due to accumulation of ROS, which accelerated photodamage of PSII and inhibited the repair of PSII in RBCS3B-7.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Gao-Miao
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Rong-Jun
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhi-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lin-Bin
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Shi-You
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hua
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D008027:Light; D058503:Mesophyll Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000502:physiology; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012987:Soil; D020524:Thylakoids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012987:Soil; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase