Low temperature acclimation of guard cell chloroplasts by the arctic plant Saxifraga cernua L.
- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Plant, Cell & Environment
- Vol. 14 (6) , 569-576
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1991.tb01527.x
Abstract
The potential for thermal acclimation of photosynthetic electron transport by guard cell chloropiasts (GC ch) was assessed in epidermal peels taken from the abaxial side of Saxifraga cernua leaves grown at 20°C and 10°C. Chlorophyll a fluorescence induction kinetics measured in pairs of guard cells in individual stomata from tissue grown at 10 °C demonstrated a rise in the fluorescence to a maximum and a larger amplitude in variable fluorescence when measured at temperatures below 18°C than was seen in GC ch from tissue grown at 20°C. The rates of fluorescence quenching in 10°C‐grown tissue were also faster than in 20°C‐grown tissue when measured at temperatures below 18°C. State 1‐State 2 transitions by GC ch were measured at selected temperatures between 5 and 25 °C as changes in the magnitude of the fluorescence emission maxima at 685, 695 and 730nm (F685, F695 and F730) measured at 77K. At measuring temperatures of 5 and 10°C, GC ch in tissue grown at 10 °C showed a greater transition to State 2 (a larger F730/F695 ratio) than did GC ch in tissue grown at 20 °C. At measuring temperatures of 20 and 25 °C, there was no difference in either the kinetics or the magnitude of the State 1 to State 2 transition in the two tissues. The ultrastructure of GC ch from tissues grown at 10 and 20 °C was also examined using transmission electron microscopy. Less than half (48%) of the grana from the higher temperature grown tissue had more than nine thylakoids/grana. Grana in GC ch which had developed at 10 °C showed a dramatic reduction in stacking, such that 85% of the grana contained no more than two thylakoids. The reduction in grana stacking was also accompanied by a decrease in the degree of appression of thylakoid membranes. The results demonstrate a capacity for thermal acclimation of GC ch function to low temperatures. This acclimation is associated with alterations in the chloroplast ultrastructure.Keywords
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