钙-钙调素在零下低温诱导毛白杨扦插苗抗冻性中的作用

以零下低温锻炼和结合效应剂(CaCl2、钙离子螯合剂EGTA、钙离子通道阻断剂LaCl3或钙调素拮抗剂CPZ)处理的低温锻炼下的毛白杨(Populus tomentosa)扦插苗为试材,对其体内丙.醛(M D A)及钙调素(CaM)含量,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)及线粒体腺苷三磷酸酶(Ca2 -ATPase)活性,以及幼苗的半致死温度(LT50)分别进行测定.结果表明,低温锻炼不仅在一定程度上提高了幼苗 CaM含量,SOD、POD和线粒体Ca2 -ATPase活性,降低了MDA含量和幼苗半致死温度;而且减小了低温胁迫所引起的SOD、POD、线粒体Ca2 -ATPase活性和CaM含量的下降程度以及MDA的增加幅度,促进了胁迫后恢复过程中SOD、POD、线粒体Ca2 -ATPase活性和CaM水平的迅速回升以及MDA的下降.在低温锻炼的同时,用CaCl2处理能加强低温锻炼的效果,但这种效应可被EGTA、LaCl3或CPZ处理抑制.经或未经CaCl2处理的低温锻炼后,幼苗中CaM含量的增加有助于SOD、POD和线粒体Ca2 -ATPase活性的提高,进而对幼苗抗冻性的提高有明显的促进作用.看来,Ca2 -CaM信号系统可能参与了SOD、POD和线粒体Ca2 -ATPase活性的调节和抗冻性的低温诱导.

The Role of Calcium and Calmodulin in Freezing-Induced Freezing Resistance of Populus tomentosa Cuttings

To explore the role of calcium-calmodulin messenger system in the transduction of low temperature signal in woody plants, Populus tomentosa cuttings after being treated with CaCl(2) (10 mmol/L), Ca(2+) chelator EGTA (3 mmol/L), Ca(2+) channel inhibitor LaCl(3) (100 mmol/L) or CaM antagonist CPZ (50 mmol/L) were used for freezing acclimation at -3 degrees C. The changes in the calmodulin (CaM) and malonaldehyde (MDA) contents, the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and Ca(2+)-dependent adenosinetriphosphatase (Ca(2+)-ATPase) of mitochondrial membrane as well as freezing resistance (expressed as LT(50)) of cuttings were investigated to elucidate the physiological mechanisms by which trees adapt to freezing. The results showed that freezing acclimation increased the CaM content, the activities of SOD, POD and Ca(2+)-ATPase of mitochondrial membrane as well as freezing resistance of cuttings, and decreased the MDA content as compared with control cuttings. Treatment with CaCl(2) at the time of freezing acclimation enhanced the effect of freezing acclimation on the above-mentioned indexes, but this enhancement was abolished by Ca(2+)chelator EGTA, Ca(2+) channel inhibitor LaCl(3) or CaM antagonist CPZ, indicating that the calcium-calmodulin messenger system was involved in the course of freezing resistance development. The presence of CaCl(2) at the same time of freezing acclimation also reduced the degree of decline in CaM content, and in SOD, POD and Ca(2+)-ATPase activities caused by freezing stress at -14 degrees C, and enhanced the level of increase in CaM content, and in SOD, POD and Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in the recovery periods at 25 degrees C . The change in CaM content was found to be closely correlated to the levels of SOD, POD and Ca(2+)-ATPase, and to the degree of freezing resistance of cuttings during freezing acclimation either with or without CaCl(2) treatment. It was suggested that the increase of CaM content induced by CaCl(2) treatment promote the formation of Ca(2+)-CaM complexes, which effectively activates the activities of SOD, POD and mitochondrial Ca(2+)-ATPase and then further result in the adaptive changes associated with the development and enhancement of freezing resistance. Thus, It could be concluded that Ca(2+)-calmodulin may be involved in the regulation of the increase in SOD, POD and Ca(2+)-ATPase activities, and the induction of freezing resistance of cuttings.