A difference gel electrophoresis study on thylakoids isolated from poplar leaves reveals a negative impact of ozone exposure on membrane proteins

J Proteome Res. 2011 Jul 1;10(7):3003-11. doi: 10.1021/pr1012009. Epub 2011 May 19.

Abstract

Populus tremula L. x P. alba L. (Populus x canescens (Aiton) Smith), clone INRA 717-1-B4, saplings were subjected to 120 ppb ozone exposure for 28 days. Chloroplasts were isolated, and the membrane proteins, solubilized using the detergent 1,2-diheptanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC), were analyzed in a difference gel electrophoresis (DiGE) experiment comparing control versus ozone-exposed plants. Extrinsic photosystem (PS) proteins and adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) subunits were detected to vary in abundance. The general trend was a decrease in abundance, except for ferredoxin-NADP(+) oxidoreductase (FNR), which increased after the first 7 days of exposure. The up-regulation of FNR would increase NAPDH production for reducing power and detoxification inside and outside of the chloroplast. Later on, FNR and a number of PS and ATPase subunits decrease in abundance. This could be the result of oxidative processes on chloroplast proteins but could also be a way to down-regulate photochemical reactions in response to an inhibition in Calvin cycle activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Detergents / chemistry
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / methods*
  • Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase / genetics
  • Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / drug effects
  • NADP / biosynthesis*
  • Oxidation-Reduction / drug effects
  • Ozone / adverse effects*
  • Ozone / pharmacology
  • Phospholipid Ethers / chemistry
  • Photosynthesis / drug effects
  • Photosynthesis / genetics*
  • Plant Leaves / genetics
  • Plant Leaves / metabolism*
  • Plant Proteins / genetics
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism*
  • Populus / genetics
  • Populus / metabolism*
  • Principal Component Analysis
  • Proteomics / methods*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Thylakoids / genetics
  • Thylakoids / metabolism

Substances

  • 1,2-dihexadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
  • Detergents
  • Phospholipid Ethers
  • Plant Proteins
  • NADP
  • Ozone
  • Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase