Effect of season, needle age and elevated CO₂ concentration on photosynthesis and Rubisco acclimation in Picea abies
2012
Urban, Otmar | Hrstka, Miroslav | Zitová, Martina | Holišová, Petra | Šprtová, Mirka | Klem, Karel | Calfapietra, Carlo | De Angelis, Paolo | Marek, Michal V.
While downward photosynthetic acclimation in response to elevated CO₂ (EC) is frequently accompanied by reduction in Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase), the exact mechanism behind this decrease and its dynamics are not well understood. We comprehensively studied Rubisco adjustment to EC in coniferous Picea abies using an electrophoretic (protein content), spectrophotometric (initial (RAᵢₙᵢₜᵢₐₗ) and total (RAₜₒₜₐₗ) in vitro Rubisco activities), and gas-exchange (maximum carboxylation activity in vivo (VCₘₐₓ)) techniques. With respect to differing carbon sink strength and nitrogen remobilization, we hypothesized greater acclimation of photosynthesis in one-year-old as compared to current-year needles and at the end than at the beginning of the vegetation season. EC treatment led to a decrease in VCₘₐₓ values in current-year needles, but the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP)-limited rate of photosynthesis (Jₘₐₓ) remained unaffected. Indeed, both VCₘₐₓ and Jₘₐₓ were reduced by the EC treatment in one-year-old needles. The extent of photosynthetic acclimation in EC plants did not increase, however, during the vegetation season. EC decreased the activation state of Rubisco (RAᵢₙᵢₜᵢₐₗ/RAₜₒₜₐₗ) by 16% and 5% in current-year and one-year-old needles, respectively (averaged over the growing season). While during spring (short-term effect) EC treatment did not influence the Rubisco content per unit leaf area and decreased its specific activity (activity per unit Rubisco mass) in both needle age classes studied, exposure to EC during the entire vegetation season tended to reduce the Rubisco content while increasing its specific activity. Irrespective of CO₂ treatment and needle age, a hyperbolic-decay relationship was observed between Rubisco-specific activity and its content.
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