Photosynthetica, 2017 (vol. 55), issue 2

Photosynthetica 2017, 55(2):251-263 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-016-0231-9

The influence of antimycin A on pigment composition and functional activity of photosynthetic apparatus in Triticum aestivum L. under high temperature

A. Batjuka1,*, N. Škute1, A. Petjukevičs1
1 Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Ecology, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia

The purpose of the current investigation was to evaluate the influence of antimycin A (AA) as an activator of the alternative respiratory pathway (AP) on photosynthetic pigment composition and functional activity of the photosynthetic apparatus of wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L.) under exposure to high temperature as well as their acclimation. Our results indicated that a significant decrease (44-74%) of photosynthetic pigment contents was caused by a long-term exposure to high temperature (42°C), while the short-term exposure resulted in 20-46% decline. However, a combined effect of AA and long-term high temperature reduced the total pigment contents by 28-41%. Our results demonstrated that the reduction of the chlorophyll a/b ratio was less significant under the combined effect of AA and high temperature than that under the stressful condition without AA. We observed that short-term and long-term high temperature modified PSII functionality of the first leaves in wheat seedlings, which was manifested by the low maximal quantum yield of PSII photochemistry, maximum fluorescence yield in the dark-adapted state, and by high minimum fluorescence yield in the dark-adapted state. The quantum yield of PSII photochemistry decreased rapidly by 16-24% under the combination of AA and high temperature. Overall, these results suggest that the activation of the alternative pathway, induced by AA, contributed to the stabilization of the photosynthetic apparatus in wheat seedlings under high temperature.

Keywords: alternative respiratory pathway; chlorophyll a fluorescence; pigment content

Received: September 23, 2015; Accepted: April 6, 2016; Published: June 1, 2017Show citation

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Batjuka, A., Škute, N., & Petjukevičs, A. (2017). The influence of antimycin A on pigment composition and functional activity of photosynthetic apparatus in Triticum aestivum L. under high temperature. Photosynthetica, 55(2), 251-263. doi: 10.1007/s11099-016-0231-9.
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