Abstract
This study investigated the antioxidant activity of gum Arabic (GA) during androgenesis in barley anthers. After stress pretreatment the anthers were cultured in the presence of 10 mg L−1 GA (Gm) or on control medium (Cm) and compared with respect to activity of selected antioxidant and respiratory enzymes and endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content. The anthers from Cm and Gm differed in the strategy against H2O2 overproduction, in that the total peroxidase (POX) activity and the number of POX isoforms were significantly higher in Gm- than in Cm-cultured material. High POX activity on Gm paralleled with H2O2 decrease, suggesting the utilization of this chemical for the POX-mediated cell wall formation and reconstruction during growth of multicellular structures. The total superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity on Cm and Gm were at similar level for most of the culture period but the activity of MnSOD was dozen times higher on Gm and this coincided with high activity of fumarase and cytochrome c oxidase. It indicates close interplay between efficient antioxidative protection and high metabolic rate accompanying efficient androgenesis. Mass spectrometry analysis confirmed the presence of POX and other antioxidative and defense enzymes in protein fraction of GA used in the experiments, however as revealed by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl assay, the Gm and Cm displayed similar total antioxidant capacity. Thus, the effect of GA on androgenic cultures of barley can be linked to its influence on the activity of anther antioxidant system, rather than its native antioxidative properties.
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