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Effects of temperature on UV-B-induced DNA damage and photorepair in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Summary, in English

DNA damage in the form of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers(CPDs) and (6-4) photoproducts(6-4PPs) induced by UV-B radiation in Arabidopsis thaliana at different temperatures was investigated using ELISA with specific monoclonal antibodies. CPDs and 64PPs increased during 3 h UV-B exposure, but further exposure led to decreases. Contrary to the commonly accepted view that DNA damage induced by UV-B radiation is temperature-independent because of its photochemical nature, we found UV-B-induction of CPDs and 64PPs in Arabidopsis to be slower at a low than at a high temperature. Photorepair of CPDs at 24degreesC was much faster than that at 0degreesC and 12degreesC with 50% CPDs removal during 1 h exposure to white light. Photorepair of 6-4PPs at 12degreesC was very slow as compared with that at 24degreesC and almost no removal of 6-4PPs was detected after 4 h exposure to white light at 0degreesC. There was evidence to suggest that temperature-dependent DNA damage and photorepair could have important ecological implications.

Publishing year

2004

Language

English

Pages

173-176

Publication/Series

Journal of Environmental Sciences(China)

Volume

16

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Science China Press

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Status

Published

Project

  • Photobiology

Research group

  • Photobiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1001-0742