Higher Reduced State of Fe/S-Signals, with the Suppressed Oxidation of P700, Causes PSI Inactivation in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>

• Main Authors: Riu Furutani (Author), Shinya Wada (Author), Kentaro Ifuku (Author), Shu Maekawa (Author), Chikahiro Miyake (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 10.3390/antiox12010021; 2076-3921
• Keywords: Fe/S clusters; ferredoxin; photosynthetic electron transport; photosystem I; photoinhibition; P700; Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RM1-950
• Source: Antioxidants, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 21 (2022)

Environmental stress increases the risk of electron accumulation in photosystem I (PSI) of chloroplasts, which can cause oxygen (O₂) reduction to superoxide radicals and decreased photosynthetic ability. We used three <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> lines: wild-type (WT) and the mutants <i>pgr5^hope1</i> and <i>paa1</i>-<i>7</i>/<i>pox1</i>. These lines have different reduced states of iron/sulfur (Fe/S) signals, including F_x, F_A/F_B, and ferredoxin, the electron carriers at the acceptor side of PSI. In the dark, short-pulse light was repetitively illuminated to the intact leaves of the plants to provide electrons to the acceptor side of PSI. WT and <i>pgr5^hope1</i> plants showed full reductions of Fe/S during short-pulse light and PSI inactivation. In contrast, <i>paa1</i>-<i>7</i>/<i>pox1</i> showed less reduction of Fe/S and its PSI was not inactivated. Under continuous actinic-light illumination, <i>pgr5^hope1</i> showed no P700 oxidation with higher Fe/S reduction due to the loss of photosynthesis control and PSI inactivation. These results indicate that the accumulation of electrons at the acceptor side of PSI may trigger the production of superoxide radicals. P700 oxidation, responsible for the robustness of photosynthetic organisms, participates in reactive oxygen species suppression by oxidizing the acceptor side of PSI.