Caracterização de dois cultivares de Vigna unguiculata em reposta a seca combinada ou não com ozônio: regulação de proteínas membranares (AOX, pUCP E PTOX).

Abstract

Possible interactions between chloroplast and mitochondria remain poorly known, particularly in response to stress conditions. Under these conditions, it is suggested that the electron transfer pathways linked to AOX or pUCP (mitochondrial uncoupling proteins) and PTOX (plastidial uncoupling protein) could limit the formation of ROS to reduce oxidative damage in cellular organelles. In our work, we selected two cultivars of Vigna unguiculata, cv 1183 and cv EPACE. Under our experimental conditions, both cultivars showed no real differences in sensitivity to drought. However cv EPACE was more tolerant to O3 based on the development of necrosis and several physiological parameters (Fv/Fm, ϕPSII) and biochemical (glutathione content). For the expression profiles of genes encoding AOX, PUCP and PTOX two responses were clearly identified in the cultivar EPACE. On a shortterm, expression of these proteins is generally stimulated. On a longer term (14 days), the answer differs depending on the treatment. Under O3, the strongest expression of mitochondrial proteins is maintained while the gene encoding the PTOX is own-regulated. Under drought only the plastid protein (PTOX) is upregulated. Under conditions of stress combination, drought has little effect on the influx of O3 in the leaves, and the VuPTOX and VuUCP1b genes are up-regulated after 3 and 7 days of stress. This ver-regulation, already observed in response to drought alone could play a role in preventing the formation of ROS in both mitochondria and chloroplasts.