biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 52:177-180, 2008 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-008-0039-y

Trichloroacetic acid of different origin in Norway spruce needles and chloroplasts

S. T. Forczek1, P. Schröder2, L. Weissflog3, G. Krüger4, J. Rohlenová1, M. Matucha1,*
1 Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
2 GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Soil Ecology, Neuherberg, Germany
3 Department of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
4 Northwest University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Trichloroacetic acid (TCA), a secondary atmospheric pollutant, is also formed in forest soil and thus ranked among natural organohalogens. The observed biooxidation of atmospheric tetrachloroethene (PER) to TCA in chloroplasts has led to the investigation of the mode of action of TCA in spruce needles, since TCA is also accumulated in the needles after its rapid uptake from soil by roots. Being phytotoxic, TCA considerably influences conifers by affecting their photosynthetic apparatus. We examined the transport of TCA from soil into chloroplasts in order to compare the effects of TCA on conifers from both sources, i.e. endogenously produced within chloroplasts or taken up by roots. The influence of TCA formed in chloroplasts was found to be much more adverse than that of "soil" TCA.

Keywords: 14C-14 labelling; subcellular level; tetrachloroethene; biooxidation; needle injury
Subjects: chloroplasts; Norway spruce; reactive oxygen species (ROS); trichloroacetic acid

Received: March 5, 2007; Accepted: November 30, 2007; Published: March 1, 2008  Show citation

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Forczek, S.T., Schröder, P., Weissflog, L., Krüger, G., Rohlenová, J., & Matucha, M. (2008). Trichloroacetic acid of different origin in Norway spruce needles and chloroplasts. Biologia plantarum, 52(1), 177-180. doi: 10.1007/s10535-008-0039-y
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