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Generation of free radicals in germinating Norway spruce. Differences in the effect of two different phenolic compounds*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

Juan Segura-Aguilar ,
Inger Hakman  and
Jan Rydström
Juan Segura-Aguilar*
Affiliation:
Unit for Biochemical Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Wallenberg Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Inger Hakman
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Jan Rydström
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Chalmers T.H. & Göteborg University, Sweden
*
**To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department for Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, BMC, Box 578, Uppsala University, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
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We have studied the defences of Norway spruce seeds against pollutants during germination, using two different phenolic compounds, 5-OH-1,4-naphthoquinone (5-OH-NQ)3 and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T).

Only small effects of 5-OH-NQ on germination of seeds were observed at concentrations up to 200 μM, which could be explained by the formation of a less reactive metabolite of 5-OH-NQ. These results suggest that Norway spruce seeds have a very effective defence system against quinone and quinonederived reactive oxygen species.

The effect of 2,4,5-T on seed germination was, however, more pronounced, resulting in an abnormal growth of the seedlings. This behaviour was probably due to a strong increase in ethylene production (10-fold) in these seedlings. Also fatty acyl-CoA oxidase activity, a peroxisomal enzyme of β-oxidation that catalyses the formation of H2O2, was found to increase 6.9-fold in seedlings germinated in presence of 2,4,5-T. A strong decrease in the activity of photosystem II and an increase in lipid peroxidation in chloroplasts was also observed.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 102: Oxygen and Environmental Stress in Plants , 1994 , pp. 203 - 210
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1994

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The results presented in this paper have been published in part in Plant Physiology 100, 1955–1961 (1992) by Segura-Aguilar, J., Hakman, I. & Rydström, J. In addition, a manuscript entitled ‘Effect of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy acetic acid on germinating Norway spruce’ by Segura-Aguilar, J., Hakman, I. & Rydström, J. has been submitted for publication.

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