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. 1992 Dec;100(4):1955–1961. doi: 10.1104/pp.100.4.1955

The Effect of 5OH-1,4-Naphthoquinone on Norway Spruce Seeds during Germination 1

Juan Segura-Aguilar 1,2,3, Inger Hakman 1,2,3, Jan Rydström 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC1075890  PMID: 16653223

Abstract

The effect of 5-OH-1,4-naphthoquinone (5OH-NQ), a known inhibitor of germination and growth and an inducer of oxidative stress, on seeds from Norway spruce (Picea abies) during germination was studied. 5OH-NQ was activated by homogenate from seeds to reactive species that reduce oxygen to superoxide radicals in vitro. Increasing concentrations of 5OH-NQ increased lipid peroxidation during this activation. Small effects of 5OH-NQ on germination of seeds were observed at concentrations up to 200 μm. However, higher concentrations, e.g. 500 and 1000 μm, exerted more pronounced effects on seeds. These results suggest that the effect of 5OH-NQ was a delay rather than an inhibition of germination. However, the effect of 5OH-NQ on postgerminative growth was more potent than that on germination, and higher concentrations inhibited growth >97%. These results suggest that the seeds have a very effective defense system against quinone and reactive oxygen species, since the small effects of 5OH-NQ on germination and postgermination at concentrations up to 200 μm can be explained by the formation of a metabolite of 5OH-NQ that is not as reactive with oxygen as the original quinone. The 5OH-NQ metabolite collected during germination experiments showed differences in its absorption spectrum in comparison with 5OH-NQ, which suggest changes in structure. This metabolite was reduced by quinone reductase, but reduction of oxygen to superoxide radicals was not detected during its activation with homogenate from seeds. This metabolite may arise via a conjugation reaction, since the addition of 500 μm uridine 5′-diphosphoglucuronic acid or 3′-phosphoadenosine-5′-phosphosulfate to the incubation mixture during activation of this metabolite by homogenate from seeds in vitro inhibited reduction of oxygen to superoxide radicals by 50 and 64%, respectively. The constitutive levels of superoxide dismutase and catalase were sufficient to prevent oxygen toxicity during activation of 5OH-NQ, since these enzymes were not induced when the seeds were treated with 200 μm 5OH-NQ.

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