EFFECTS OF THE ACTION OF ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS (NORDSTEDT) GOMONT PHYCOBILIPROTEINS IN PLANT TISSUES: ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY IN THE GLUCOSE OXIDASE TEST SYSTEM AND UNCOUPLING OF OXIDATION AND PHOSPHORYLATION IN MITOCHONDRIA

Keywords: Arthrospira platensis, phycobiliproteins, C-phycocyanin, glucose oxidase, hydrogen peroxide, mitochondria, uncoupling of oxidation and phosphorylation

Abstract

Background. Cyanobacterium Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis has a unique biochemical composition and is widely used in various fields, including medicine and agriculture. The main phycobiliproteins (PBPs) of spirulina – C-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin protect animal cells from oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. At the same time there is little information about the antioxidant properties of PBPs in a plant cell and their influence on the bioenergetic parameters of plant mitochondria.

Purpose. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of A. platensis PBPs extract on glucose oxidase activity and functioning of potato mitochondria.

Materials and methods. PBPs were isolated from the crude biomass of A. platensis (Nordstedt) Gomont (strain IBSS-31) using cold extraction and precipitation with acetone. The protein extract with a high proportion of C-phycocyanin was used at concentrations of 0,025 – 0,25 mg/ml. The antioxidant properties of PBPs were evaluated by the inhibition of the glucose oxidase activity of potato extracts with increased expression of the GOX gene. The oxidative and phosphorylating activity of mitochondria in the presence of PBPs was measured by the polarographic method. Statistical data processing was carried out using SigmaPlot v. 14.0.

Results. The glucose oxidase test revealed the antioxidant activity of the PBPs extract, which was pronounced at a concentration of 0,25 mg / ml. At the same concentration, the extract caused uncoupling of oxidation and phosphorylation in potato mitochondria during succinate oxidation, associated with an increase in the state 4 respiration rate and a decrease of the respiratory control coefficient.

Conclusion. Thus, phycobiliproteins of A. platensis in a concentration-dependent manner reduce the generation of hydrogen peroxide in the glucose oxidase test system and cause uncoupling of the oxidation and phosphorylation in the plant mitochondria.

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Author Biographies

Alexey V. Stepanov, Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS

Ph.D., Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Physiological Genetics

Alisa A. Aksenova, Irkutsk State University; Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS

Graduate Studies of the Departments of Plant Physiology, Cell Biology and Genetics; Lead Engineer of the Laboratory of Physiological Genetics

 

Elizaveta A. Polyakova, Irkutsk State University; Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS

Graduate Studies of the Departments of Plant Physiology, Cell Biology and Genetics; Lead Engineer of the Laboratory of Physiological Genetics

Irina V. Fedoseeva, Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS

Ph.D., Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Physiological Genetics

Olga I. Grabelnykh, Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS; Irkutsk State University

Dr. Sci. (Biology), Principal research scientist of the Laboratory of Physiological Genetics; Professor of the Departments of Plant Physiology, Cell Biology and Genetics

Ruslan G. Gevorgiz, A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS

Ph.D., Senior Researcher of the department biotechnology and phytoresurses

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2021-04-29
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Stepanov, A., Aksenova, A., Polyakova, E., Fedoseeva, I., Grabelnykh, O., & Gevorgiz, R. (2021). EFFECTS OF THE ACTION OF ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS (NORDSTEDT) GOMONT PHYCOBILIPROTEINS IN PLANT TISSUES: ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY IN THE GLUCOSE OXIDASE TEST SYSTEM AND UNCOUPLING OF OXIDATION AND PHOSPHORYLATION IN MITOCHONDRIA. Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture, 13(2), 202-224. https://doi.org/10.12731/2658-6649-2021-13-2-202-224
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