Reactive oxygen species in plants

Smirnoff, N., Antioxidants and Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 302. 

S. Matsumoto, H. Aluminum toxicity is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and the production of reactive oxygen species in plant cells. Plant Physiol. 2002,128, 63-72. 

Park, J., Gu, Y., Lee, Y., Yang, Z. and Lee, Y., 2004, Phosphatidic acid induces leaf cell death in Arabidopsis by activating the Rho-related small G protein GTPase-mediated pathway of reactive oxygen species generation. Plant Physiol. 134 129-136. 

This sequence of events, assumed to be responsible for generation of reactive oxygen species in mammalians, was also applied to explain the oxidative burst reaction in plants [75]. 

Sanchez-Moreno, C. Review Methods used to evaluate the free radical scavenging activity in foods and biological systems Food Sci. Tech. Int. 8 (2002) 121-137. Shulaev, V. and D.J. Oliver Metabolic and proteomic markers for oxidative stress New tools for reactive oxygen species research Plant Physiol. (Special Issue on Reactive Oxygen Species), 141 (2006) 367-372. 

Joo JH, Bae YS, Lee IS (2001) Role of auxin-induced reactive oxygen species in root gravitropism. Plant Physiol 126 1055-1060... 

Aerts, A.M., Francois, I.E., Meert, E.M., Li, Q.T., Cammue, B.P., and Thevissen, K. (2007) The antifungal activity of RsAFP2, a plant defensin from raphanus sativus, involves the induction of reactive oxygen species in Candida albicans. JMol Microbiol Biotechnol 13 243-247. 

Botrytis cinerea is responsible for gray mold disease in more than 200 host plants. This necrotrophic fungus displays the capacity to kill host cells through the production of toxins and reactive oxygen species and the induction of a plant-produced oxidative burst. Thanks to an arsenal of degrading enzymes, B. cinerea is then able to feed on various plant tissues (Choquer and others 2007). 

The commercial availability of certain toxin standards has allowed researchers to examine the physiological mechanisms of allelopathy by cyanobacteria. The best known examples are from studies on microcystins, which affect plants and aquatic algae by interfering with protein phosphatases in a manner similar to their effect on vertebrate enzymes (Babica et al. 2006). However, there is evidence that microcystins can also promote the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in photoautotrophs, which can cause extensive damage to cellular membranes and enzymes (Babica et al. 2006 Leflaive and Ten-Hage 2007). 

Torres MA, Dangl JL (2005) Functions of the respiratory burst oxidase in biotic interactions, abiotic stress and development. Curr Opin Plant Biol 8 397 403 Torres MA, Jones JD, Dangl JL (2006) Reactive oxygen species signaling in response to pathogens. Plant Physiol 141 373-378... 

Kluza, J., Mazinghien, R., Degardin, K., Lansiaux, A. and Badly, C. 2005. Induction of apoptosis by the plant alkaloid sampangine in human HL-60 leukemia cells is mediated by reactive oxygen species. European Journal of Pharmacology, 525(1-3) 32 0. 

Alscher, R.G., Donahue, J.L., and Cramer, C.L., Reactive oxygen species and antioxidants relationships in green cells. Physiol. Plant., 100, 224, 1997. 

Babu, T.S. et al.. Similar stress responses are elicited by copper and ultraviolet radiation in the aquatic plant Lemna gibba implication of reactive oxygen species as common signals, Plant Cell Physiol, 44, 1320, 2003. 

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