Gene expression responses of paper birch (Betula papyrifera) to elevated CO2 and O3 during leaf maturation and senescence

Autor: Mikael Brosché, Mikko Kolehmainen, Elina Vapaavuori, Ramesh Thakur, Elina Oksanen, Sari Kontunen-Soppela, Juha Parviainen, Jaakko Kangasjärvi, Markku Keinänen, Hanna Ruhanen, David F. Karnosky
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Environmental Pollution. 158:959-968
ISSN: 0269-7491
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.008
Popis: Gene expression responses of paper birch ( Betula papyrifera ) leaves to elevated concentrations of CO 2 and O 3 were studied with microarray analyses from three time points during the summer of 2004 at Aspen FACE. Microarray data were analyzed with clustering techniques, self-organizing maps, K -means clustering and Sammon's mappings, to detect similar gene expression patterns within sampling times and treatments. Most of the alterations in gene expression were caused by O 3 , alone or in combination with CO 2 . O 3 induced defensive reactions to oxidative stress and earlier leaf senescence, seen as decreased expression of photosynthesis- and carbon fixation-related genes, and increased expression of senescence-associated genes. The effects of elevated CO 2 reflected surplus of carbon that was directed to synthesis of secondary compounds. The combined CO 2 + O 3 treatment resulted in differential gene expression than with individual gas treatments or in changes similar to O 3 treatment, indicating that CO 2 cannot totally alleviate the harmful effects of O 3 .
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