Role of Nitric Oxide in Abscisic Acid-induced Subcellular Antioxidant Defense of Maize Leaves
The sources of nitric oxide(NO)production in response to abscisic acid(ABA)and the role of NO in ABA-induced hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)accumulation and subcellular antioxidant defense in leaves of maize (Zea mays L.)plants were investigated.ABA induced increases in generation of NO and activity of nitric Oxide synthase (NOS) in maize leaves.Such increases were blocked by pretreatment with each of the two NOS inhibitors.Pretreatments with a NO scavenger or NR inhibitors inhibited ABA-induced increase in production of NO.but did not aflfect the ABA-induced increases in activity of NOS,indicating that ABA-induced NO production originated from sources of NOS and NR.ABAand H2O2-induced increases in expression of the antioxidant genes superoxide dismutase 4(SOD4),cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase(cAPS),and glutathione reductase 1(GR1)and the activities of the chloroplastic and cytosolic antioxidant enzymes were alTeSted by pretreatments with the NO scavenger.inhibitors of NOS and NR,indicaring that NO iS involved in the ABA-and H2O2-induced subcellular antioxidant defense reactions.On the other hand,NO donor sodium nitroprusside(SNP)reduced accumulation of H2O2 induced by ABA,and CPTIO reversed the effect of SNP in decreasing the accumulation of H2O2.SNP induced increases in activities of subcellular antioxidant enzymes,and the increases were substantially prevented from occurring by the pretreatment with c-PTIO.These results suggest that ABA in duces production of H2O2 and NO,which can up-regulate activities of the subcellular antioxidant enzymes,to prevent overproduction of H2O2 in maize plants.There is a negative feedback loop between NO and H2O2 in ABA signal transduction in maize plants.
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