Tocopherol content and enzymatic antioxidant activities in chloroplasts from NaCl-stressed tomato plants |
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Authors: | Maria Sk?odowska Magdalena Gapińska Ewa Gajewska Barbara Gabara |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland;(2) Department of Plant Cytology and Cytochemistry, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland |
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Abstract: | Changes in tocopherol, chlorophyll and TBARS levels and the activities of antioxidant enzymes i.e., GSH-Px, GST, and SOD in chloroplasts of tomato plants subjected to moderate (50 mM) and severe (150 mM) NaCl stress were determined. Increase in tocopherol content around the second day under both stresses did not correlate with the chlorophyll degradation while such correlation was observed from the fifth day of severe stress. The activities of GSH-Px and GST as well as TBARS content showed NaCl-induced enhancement which was dose- and time-dependent. However, chloroplastic SOD was rather not involved in the response of tomato plants to NaCl stress. The obtained results suggest that under the moderate stress similarly as in the early phase of severe stress tocopherol functions as a typical antioxidant, while in the late phase of the latter it may be involved in senescence signaling pathway and enables the recovery and recycling of the compounds significant for a plant organism. |
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Keywords: | Chloroplast Lycopersicon esculentum Oxidative stress Vitamin E Salt stress |
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