Plant Cell Advance Online Publication
Published on April 14, 2004; 10.1105/tpc.021584
Received February 5, 2004
Accepted February 29, 2004
The Ascorbic Acid Redox State Controls Guard Cell Signaling and Stomatal Movement
Zhong Chen 1 and Daniel R. Gallie 1*
1 Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0129
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: drgallie{at}citrus.ucr.edu.
H2O2 serves an important stress signaling function and promotes stomatal closure, whereas ascorbic acid (Asc) is the major antioxidant that scavenges H2O2. Dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) catalyzes the reduction of dehydroascorbate (oxidized ascorbate) to Asc and thus contributes to the regulation of the Asc redox state. In this study, we observed that the level of H2O2 and the Asc redox state in guard cells and whole leaves are diurnally regulated such that the former increases during the afternoon, whereas the latter decreases. Plants with an increased guard cell Asc redox state were generated by increasing DHAR expression, and these exhibited a reduction in the level of guard cell H2O2. In addition, a higher percentage of open stomata, an increase in total open stomatal area, increased stomatal conductance, and increased transpiration were observed. Guard cells with an increase in Asc redox state were less responsive to H2O2 or abscisic acid signaling, and the plants exhibited greater water loss under drought conditions, whereas suppressing DHAR expression conferred increased drought tolerance. Our analyses suggest that DHAR serves to maintain a basal level of Asc recycling in guard cells that is insufficient to scavenge the high rate of H2O2 produced in the afternoon, thus resulting in stomatal closure.
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