Mesophyll distribution of 'antioxidant' flavonoid glycosides in Ligustrum vulgare leaves under contrasting sunlight irradiance

被引:139
作者
Agati, Giovanni [3 ]
Stefano, Giovanni [2 ]
Biricolti, Stefano [2 ]
Tattini, Massimiliano [1 ]
机构
[1] CNR, IVALSA, I-50019 Florence, Italy
[2] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Ortoflorofrutticoltura, I-50019 Florence, Italy
[3] CNR, IFAC, I-50019 Florence, Italy
关键词
Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM); flavonoid glycosides; fluorescence microimaging; fluorescence microspectroscopy; hydroxycinnamates; intra-cellular flavonoid localization; Ligustrum vulgare; photoprotection; UV stress; SYNTHASE GENE-EXPRESSION; B-SCREENING PIGMENTS; UV-B; ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION; ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA; PHILLYREA-LATIFOLIA; TISSUE LOCALIZATION; GLANDULAR TRICHOMES; PEROXIDASE REACTION; GREEN LEAVES;
D O I
10.1093/aob/mcp177
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Flavonoids have the potential to serve as antioxidants in addition to their function of UV screening in photoprotective mechanisms. However, flavonoids have long been reported to accumulate mostly in epidermal cells and surface organs in response to high sunlight. Therefore, how leaf flavonoids actually carry out their antioxidant functions is still a matter of debate. Here, the distribution of flavonoids with effective antioxidant properties, i.e. the orthodihydroxy B-ring-substituted quercetin and luteolin glycosides, was investigated in the mesophyll of Ligustrum vulgare leaves acclimated to contrasting sunlight irradiance. In the first experiment, plants were grown at 20 % (shade) or 100% (sun) natural sunlight. Plants were exposed to 100 % sunlight irradiance in the presence or absence of UV wavelengths, in a second experiment. Fluorescence microspectroscopy and multispectral fluorescence microimaging were used in both cross sections and intact leaf pieces to visualize orthodihydroxy B-ring-substituted flavonoids at inter- and intracellular levels. Identification and quantification of individual hydroxycinnamates and flavonoid glycosides were performed via HPLC-DAD. Quercetin and luteolin derivatives accumulated to a great extent in both the epidermal and mesophyll cells in response to high sunlight. Tissue fluorescence signatures and leaf flavonoid concentrations were strongly related. Monohydroxyflavone glycosides, namely luteolin 4'-O-glucoside and two apigenin 7-O-glycosides were unresponsive to changes in sunlight irradiance. Quercetin and luteolin derivatives accumulated in the vacuoles of mesophyll cells in leaves growing under 100 % natural sunlight in the absence of UV wavelengths. The above findings lead to the hypothesis that flavonoids play a key role in countering light-induced oxidative stress, and not only in avoiding the penetration of short solar wavelengths in the leaf.
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