Reduced mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase activity has a strong effect on photorespiratory metabolism as revealed by C-13 labelling

Pernilla Linden; Olivier Keech; Hans Stenlund; Per Gardestrom; Thomas Moritz

doi:10.1093/jxb/erw030

Reduced mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase activity has a strong effect on photorespiratory metabolism as revealed by C-13 labelling

Pernilla Linden, Olivier Keech, Hans Stenlund, Per Gardestrom, Thomas Moritz

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Abstract

Mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (mMDH) catalyses the interconversion of malate and oxaloacetate (OAA) in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. Its activity is important for redox control of the mitochondrial matrix, through which it may participate in regulation of TCA cycle turnover. In Arabidopsis, there are two isoforms of mMDH. Here, we investigated to which extent the lack of the major isoform, mMDH1 accounting for about 60% of the activity, affected leaf metabolism. In air, rosettes of mmdh1 plants were only slightly smaller than wild type plants although the fresh weight was decreased by about 50%. In low CO₂ the difference was much bigger, with mutant plants accumulating only 14% of fresh weight as compared to wild type. To investigate the metabolic background to the differences in growth, we developed a ¹³CO₂ labelling method, using a custom-built chamber that enabled simultaneous treatment of sets of plants under controlled conditions. The metabolic profiles were analysed by gas- and liquid- chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry to investigate the metabolic adjustments between wild type and mmdh1. The genotypes responded similarly to high CO₂ treatment both with respect to metabolite pools and ¹³C incorporation during a 2-h treatment. However, under low CO₂ several metabolites differed between the two genotypes and, interestingly most of these were closely associated with photorespiration. We found that while the glycine/serine ratio increased, a concomitant altered glutamine/glutamate/α-ketoglutarate relation occurred. Taken together, our results indicate that adequate mMDH activity is essential to shuttle reductants out from the mitochondria to support the photorespiratory flux, and strengthen the idea that photorespiration is tightly intertwined with peripheral metabolic reactions.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Journal	Journal of Experimental Botany
Volume	67
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	3123-3135
Number of pages	13
ISSN	0022-0957
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erw030
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2016
Externally published	Yes

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