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UV-B-INDUCED DAMAGE AND RECOVERY OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY Materials and methods. Culture conditions and strains. In this study we used the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 wild type and one mutant of this strain which is a construct having the luciferase reporter gene under the regulation of the psbA2 gene promoter. Synechocystis PCC 6803 was grown in BG- 11 medium and air containing 5% CO 2 at 32 0 C and 57 µE light intensity. Cells in exponential growth phase were harvested and adjusted to a chlorophyll concentration of 10 µg Chl/ml (A 580 -1.7) for oxygen evolution measurements. In the case of luminescence measurements we used the cells at 5 µg Chl/ml. UV-B and visible light treatment. In the case of UV-B damage and recovery experiments we used larger volumes of cell suspension (100 ml). The cells were irradiated in glass containers in a layer of 1.5 cm thickness under continuous sterring in water bath. A Villbert-Lourmat VL-215M lamp was used as UV-B source with maximal emission at 312 nm.The UV-B intensities varied in a range of 2 to 0.3 mWcm -2 . For filtering out the UV-C light we used six layers of 0.1-mm cellulose acetate filter (Clarfoil, Courtaluds Chemicals, UK). For recovery after UV-B irradiation the cells were exposed to 45 µEm -2 s -1 visible light under the same temperature conditions. Oxygen evolution measurements. Steady state oxygen evolution was measured using a Hansatech DW2 O 2 electrode at a saturating light intensity (2000 µE m -2 s -1 ) in the presence of 10 µl saturated solution of 2,5-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone as electron acceptor. We used a 2-ml sample of cell suspension at 10 µg ml -1 chlorophyll concentration. Results. In intact Synechocystis cells UV-B radiation induces a decrease in oxygen evolution as a consequence of decrease in the photosynthetic activity. Under our experimental conditions we obtained (Fig. 1) a decrease of about 50% of the initial oxygen evolution rate in about 120 min., with a high initial rate of the decrease to about 60% in the first 30 min. The Synechocystis cells have the capacity of recovery after UV-B damage if put in visible light. The rate of the recovery is directly dependent on light intensity if this does not exceed the photoinhibition values (data not shown). The rate of recovery is also dependent on the extent of the damage. Under normal light conditions (45 µEm -2 s -1 ), from a damage value of 50% of initial oxygen evolution activity, the recovery is complete in about 2 hours (Fig. 1). It is evident from our study that the temperature is also a factor which influences the extent of the damage caused by UV-B (data not shown) and the rate of recovery (Fig. 2). After an initial 33% damage of oxygen evolution activity, the recovery at 20 0 C was very slow reaching a value of about 45% in 150 min. If we shifted the temperature of the sample to 30 0 C, maintaining all the other parameters, the cells started to recover much faster reaching the 70% value in 30 min. (Fig. 2). 83
C. I. SICORA, M. DRĂGAN-BULARDA, I. VASS F i g . 1 . UV-B- induced damage of photosynthetic activity of Synechocystis PCC 6803 and recovery in visible light. The oxygen evolution rate is expressed as percentage of the initial rate. F i g . 2 . Effect of temperature on the rate of recovery following UV-B damage in Synechocystis PCC 6803. A - UV-B damage at 30 0 C. B - Recovery in visible light (45µEm -2 s -1 ) at 20 0 C. C - Recovery under the same light intensity at 30 0 C. 84
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