Effects of cadmium and enhanced UV radiation on the physiology and the concentration of UV-absorbing compounds of the aquatic liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia

  1. Otero, S. 1
  2. Núñez-Olivera, E. 1
  3. Martínez-Abaigar, J. 1
  4. Tomás, R. 1
  5. Arróniz-Crespo, M. 1
  6. Beaucourt, N. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

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Revista:
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

ISSN: 1474-905X

Año de publicación: 2006

Volumen: 5

Número: 8

Páginas: 760-769

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1039/B601105E PMID: 16886092 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-33746921620 WoS: WOS:000239508300006 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Resumen

The aquatic liverwort Jungermannia exsertifolia subsp. cordifolia was cultivated for 15 d under controlled conditions to study the single and combined effects of cadmium and enhanced ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Both cadmium and UV radiation caused chlorophyll degradation and a decrease in the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (PSII), together with an increase in the mechanisms of non-photochemical dissipation of energy (increase in the xanthophyll index). Cadmium was more stressing than UV radiation, since the metal also influenced photosynthesis globally and caused a decrease in net photosynthetic rates, in the effective quantum yield of photosynthetic energy conversion of PSII, and in the maximal apparent electron transport rate through PSII. Ultraviolet radiation increased the level of trans-p-coumaroylmalic acid and cadmium increased trans-phaselic and feruloylmalic acids. The increase in these compounds was probably related to both a more efficient absorption of harmful UV radiation and an enhanced protection against oxidative stress. DNA damage was specifically caused by UV-B radiation, but was intensified under the presence of cadmium, probably because the metal impairs the DNA enzymatic repair mechanisms. Ultraviolet radiation and cadmium seemed to operate additively on some physiological processes, while other responses were probably due to either factor alone. © The Royal Society of Chemistry and Owner Societies 2006.