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Plant and Cell Physiology, doi:10.1093/pcp/pcj085
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© The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (JSPP); all rights reserved.
Received June 3, 2006
Accepted June 29, 2006

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Growth-condition dependent sensitivity, photodamage and stress response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to high light condition

Beat B. Fischer 1, Manuela Wiesendanger 1, and Rik I.L. Eggen 1 *

1 Department of Environmental Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Ueberlandstrasse 133, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Rik I.L. Eggen, E-mail: eggen{at}eawag.ch


  Abstract

Different substrate conditions, such as varying CO2 concentrations or the presence of acetate, strongly influence the efficiency of photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Altered photosynthetic efficiencies affect the susceptibility of algae to the deleterious effects of high light stress, such as the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and photosystem II (PSII) photodamage. In this study we investigated the effect of high light on C. reinhardtii grown under photomixotrophy, i.e. in the presence of acetate, as well as under photoautotrophic growth conditions with either low or high CO2 concentrations. Different parameters like growth rate, chlorophyll bleaching, singlet oxygen generation, PSII photodamage and the total genomic stress response were analyzed. Although showing a similar degree of PSII photodamage, a much stronger singlet oxygen specific response and a broader general stress response was observed in acetate and high CO2-supplemented cells compared to CO2-limited cells. These different photooxidative stress responses were correlated with the individual cellular PSII content and probably directly influenced the ROS production during exposure to high light. In addition, growth of high CO2-supplemented cells was more susceptible to high light stress compared to cells grown under CO2-limitation. The growth of acetate-supplemented cultures, on the other hand, was less affected by high light-treatment than cultures grown under high CO2 concentrations, despite the similar cellular stress. This suggests that the production of ATP by mitochondrial acetate respiration protects the cells from the deleterious effects of high light-stress, presumably by providing energy for an effective defense.

Keywords: acetate; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; DNA-microarray; photooxidative stress; reactive oxygen species; singlet oxygen.
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