TY - JOUR

T1 - The study of plant adaptation to oxygen deficiency in Saint Petersburg University

AU - Chirkova, Tamara

AU - Yemelyanov, Vladislav

PY - 2018/6/8

Y1 - 2018/6/8

N2 - The first studies on plant anaerobiosis started at the Department of Plant Physiology at St. Petersburg University in the beginning of the 20 th century, but interest in this subject became most intensive during the investigations of the ecological plant physiology group under the supervision of Prof. T. V. Chirkova. Their first step was focused on the mechanisms of transport of gases from the aerated aboveground part of the plant to the flooded root system. Further interest shifted towards clarifying the biochemistry of respiratory metabolism, pathways of reoxidation of the reduced cofactors, and protein and lipid metabolism of plants under anoxic conditions. The group’s studies have always distinguished the comparative approach, in which the changes taking place in plants differing in resistance to oxygen deficiency were analyzed. In many ways, this research was pioneering and was recognized throughout the world. For the first time the possibility of hydrogen peroxide formation in plants under total anoxia was demonstrated. The role of cell membranes in adaptation processes was revealed. Pioneering investigations distinguished the features of photosynthesis in an oxygen-free environment and the work of an antioxidant system under conditions of anoxia and post-anoxic oxidative effects. Now, the plant ecophysiology group of the Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry of St. Petersburg State University concentrates on the mechanisms of anaerobic signal transduction and reveals how plant hormones regulate adaptation to anoxic and post-anoxic stresses.

AB - The first studies on plant anaerobiosis started at the Department of Plant Physiology at St. Petersburg University in the beginning of the 20 th century, but interest in this subject became most intensive during the investigations of the ecological plant physiology group under the supervision of Prof. T. V. Chirkova. Their first step was focused on the mechanisms of transport of gases from the aerated aboveground part of the plant to the flooded root system. Further interest shifted towards clarifying the biochemistry of respiratory metabolism, pathways of reoxidation of the reduced cofactors, and protein and lipid metabolism of plants under anoxic conditions. The group’s studies have always distinguished the comparative approach, in which the changes taking place in plants differing in resistance to oxygen deficiency were analyzed. In many ways, this research was pioneering and was recognized throughout the world. For the first time the possibility of hydrogen peroxide formation in plants under total anoxia was demonstrated. The role of cell membranes in adaptation processes was revealed. Pioneering investigations distinguished the features of photosynthesis in an oxygen-free environment and the work of an antioxidant system under conditions of anoxia and post-anoxic oxidative effects. Now, the plant ecophysiology group of the Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry of St. Petersburg State University concentrates on the mechanisms of anaerobic signal transduction and reveals how plant hormones regulate adaptation to anoxic and post-anoxic stresses.

KW - Antioxidants

KW - Fermentation

KW - Oxygen deficiency

KW - Plant respiration

KW - Post-anoxic stress

KW - Protein and lipid metabolism

KW - Reactive oxygen species

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U2 - 10.21638/spbu03.2018.104

DO - 10.21638/spbu03.2018.104

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85063281088

VL - 63

SP - 17

EP - 31

JO - Biological Communications

JF - Biological Communications

SN - 2542-2154

IS - 1

ER -