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Peroxidizing Herbicides Some Aspects on Tolerance

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Gerhard Sandmann and Peter Böger Lehrstuhl für Physiologie und Biochemie der Pflanzen, Universität Konstanz, D-7750 Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany

Destruction of plant membranes, pigments and other cell constituents occurs in the presence of "peroxidizing herbicides" like p-nitrodiphenyl ethers (1), lutidine derivatives (2) or cyclic imides (3); some structures are given in Figure 1. Such compounds are grouped as a particular class of xenobiotics because - in contrast to bipyridylium ions like paraquat - they do not operate as (artificial) terminal electron acceptors in photosynthetic electron transport. Secondly, they do not cause a light-induced oxygen uptake stoichiometrically linked to electron transport and thirdly, their mode of action is connected with interference of chlorophyll biosynthesis.*) Measurement of ethane formation has been used to quantitate peroxidation especially with higher-plant cell cultures and microalgae. Molecular oxygen reacts with polyunsaturated fatty-acid radicals to form radical intermediates and peroxides. Figure 2 explains assumed chains of events leading to short-chain hydrocarbons from polyunsaturated fatty acids. The chain length of peroxidatively formed alkane species (together with small amounts of alkenes) depends on the nature of the fatty acids occurring in the membranes. As was established in our laboratory the chain length of short-chain (gaseous) hydrocarbons formed is ω- 1 (7). Radicals and/or activated oxygen initiate the herbicide-induced degradations in the cells (8). Electron spin-resonance signals can be found by illuminating isolated thylakoids from higher plants treated with peroxidizing compounds provided spin-trap techniques are applied. Photosystem-II inhibitors may alleviate peroxidation in photosynthetic cells (e.g. [1,9]). Some light-induced oxygen uptake was observed with higher concentrations of a peroxidizing diphenyl ether (10), but neither substantial formation of peroxide (11) nor superoxide was *) Only selected references are cited. For more detailed overviews the reader may consult (4,5,6). 0097-6156/90/0421-0407$06.00/0 © 1990 American Chemical Society

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F i g u r e 1. C h e m i c a l s t r u c t u r e s o f f o u r t y p i c a l p e r o x i d i z i n g compounds: c h l o r o p h t h a l i m , N - ( 4 - c h l o r o p h e n y l ) - 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 tetrahydrophthalimide; oxadiazon, 3-(2,4-dichloro-5isopropoxyphenyl)-5-tert-butyl-l,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3Ip-one; oxyfluorfen, 2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl-3-ethoxy - 4 - n i t r o p h e n y l e t h e r ; LS 82-556, ( S ) 3 - N - ( m e t h y l b e n z y l ) carbamoyl-5-propionyl-2,6-lutidine. Also 2,4,5-phenylsubstituted p y r i m i d i n e d i o n e s e x h i b i t p e r o x i d i z i n g a c t i v i t y , e.g. 3-(4-chloro-5-ethoxy-2-fluorophenyl)-l-methyl-6-(trifluoromethyl) -2,4(lH,3H)pyrimidinedione (34).

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d e t e c t e d ( 1 ) . S i n g l e t oxygen was shown t o be g e n e r a t e d i n the l i g h t by i s o l a t e d t h y l a k o i d s and a p p a r e n t l y no p h o t o s y n t h e t i c e l e c t r o n t r a n s p o r t was r e q u i r e d ( 1 2 ) . G e n e r a l l y , l i g h t i s needed f o r " a c t i v a t i o n " o f p e r o x i d i z i n g h e r b i c i d e s . There i s , however, a l s o p h y t o t o x i c a c t i v i t y t a k i n g p l a c e i n the d a r k ( 1 3 ) , and the b a s i s f o r t h i s i s not y e t u n d e r s t o o d . As shown by a r e c e n t s t u d y , c e l l s can e v o l v e s u b s t a n t i a l ethane i n the dark a f t e r p r e i l l u m i n a t i o n f o r some hours w i t h p e r o x i d i z i n g compounds p r e s e n t (unpubl. r e s u l t s ) . U s i n g v a r i o u s t e t r a h y d r o p h t h a l i m i d e s a c o m p a r a t i v e study demonstrated t h a t growth and c h l o r o p h y l l c o n t e n t o f b o t h h e t e r o t r o p h i c (dark-grown) and a u t o t r o p h i c ( l i g h t - g r o w n ) Scenedesmus a c u t u s were i n h i b i t e d showing the same s t r u c t u r e - a c t i v i t y r e l a t i o n s h i p . Furthermore, t h i s r e l a t i o n s h i p was found i d e n t i c a l w i t h a r o o t - g r o w t h i n h i b i t i o n assay ( E c h i n o c h l o a u t i l i s ) and w i t h the greenhouse pot t e s t as w e l l u s i n g d i f f e r e n t weeds ( 1 3 ) . O b v i o u s l y , an i d e n t i c a l b a s i c p h y t o t o x i c mechanism i s i n s t r u m e n t a l i n the l i g h t and the d a r k which has not been c l a r i f i e d at the moment. The l i g h t - d e p e n d e n t mechanism(s) as to how the s t a r t i n g r a d i c a l s f o r p e r o x i d a t i o n are formed i s not y e t e l u c i d a t e d . I n a e r o b i c a l k a l i n e s o l u t i o n s p h o t o r e d u c t i o n by v i s i b l e l i g h t o f n i t r o d i p h e n y l ethers to ESR-detectable r a d i c a l s u s i n g 3-carotene as s e n s i t i z e r was r e p o r t e d r e c e n t l y ( 1 4 ) . W i t h p r o t o p o r p h y r i n IX and an a p p r o p r i a t e r e d u c t a n t i t c o u l d be demonstrated t h a t o n l y n i t r o d i p h e n y l e t h e r s , not the p - c h l o r o a n a l o g s , l e d t o l i g h t - i n d u c e d r a d i c a l s a l t h o u g h the c h l o r o a n a l o g s e x h i b i t e d s t r o n g p e r o x i d a t i o n a c t i v i t y ( u n p u b l . r e s u l t s of our l a b o r a t o r y ) . A c c o r d i n g l y , d i r e c t f o r m a t i o n of d i p h e n y l e t h e r r a d i c a l s i s not an e s s e n t i a l s t e p . The a c t i o n s p e c t r a f o r p h y t o t o x i c i t y were r e p o r t e d w i t h maxima at 450 and 670 nm ( u s i n g Chlamydomonas and d i p h e n y l e t h e r s ) i n d i c a t i v e o f c a r o t e n o i d s and c h l o r o p h y l l s as p o s s i b l e p h o t o r e c e p t o r s ( 1 5 ) . Peaks a t 550 and 650 nm and a minor one a t 450 nm were found when Cucumis s a t i v u s was used, which were a l s o seen i n the p r e s e n c e of d i u r o n . In n o n - c h l o r o p h y l l o u s t i s s u e (grown i n f a r - r e d l i g h t ) the peak a t 450 nm was l o s t ( 1 6 ) . The a u t h o r s suggest a m u l t i p l e p h o t o r e a c t i o n , one p h o t o r e c e p t o r b e i n g c h l o r o p h y l l o r a r e l a t e d pigment. T h i s l a t t e r a c t i o n spectrum r e p o r t e d was observed by treatment w i t h the t e t r a h y d r o p h t h a l i m i d e S-23142, N-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-propargyloxyphenyl)-3,4,5,6t e t r a h y d r o p h t h a l i m i d e , as w e l l as w i t h the d i p h e n y l e t h e r a c i f l u o r f e n - m e t h y l , methyl 5 - [ 2 - c h l o r o - 4 - ( t r i f l u o r o m e t h y l ) phenoxy]-2-nitrobenzoate. However, the i n t e n s i t i e s o f the maxima of the a c t i o n s p e c t r a r e p o r t e d do not match w i t h the absorbance peaks of p r o t o p o r p h y r i n IX ( 1 7 ) . U s i n g n o n - c h l o r o p h y l l o u s soybean c e l l s the maximum p e r o x i d a t i o n a c t i v i t y was found between 350 and 450 nm, w i t h l e s s a c t i v i t y between 450 and 700 nm ( 1 8 ) . I t s h o u l d a l s o be mentioned t h a t a u t o t r o p h i c h e r b i c i d e - t r e a t e d Scenedesmus c e l l s w i t h no d e t e c t a b l e t e t r a p y r r o l e s p r e s e n t need s u b s t a n t i a l l y l e s s l i g h t i n t e n s i t y f o r p e r o x i d a t i o n than h e t e r o t r o p h i c c e l l s c o n t a i n i n g t e t r a p y r r o l e s (19). The p e r o x i d a t i v e response a g a i n s t h e r b i c i d e s can be d i f f e r e n t i n c e r t a i n s p e c i e s . F o r example, we f i n d t o l e r a n c e a g a i n s t o x y f l u o r f e n ( 2 0 ) . As shown i n F i g u r e 3, the m i c r o a l g a e Scenedesmus

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and B u m i l l e r i o p s i s e x h i b i t d i f f e r e n t k i n e t i c s i n p e r o x i d a t i v e f o r m a t i o n o f h y d r o c a r b o n gases i n i t i a t e d by o x y f l u o r f e n . A f t e r o x y f l u o r f e n a p p l i c a t i o n b o t h response c u r v e s showed a l a g phase o f about 5 h f o r Scenedesmus o r 20 h f o r B u m i l l e r i o p s i s , a l t h o u g h t h e o x y f l u o r f e n c o n c e n t r a t i o n was 1 0 - f o l d h i g h e r i n t h e l a t t e r c u l t u r e . S a t u r a t i o n o f h y d r o c a r b o n f o r m a t i o n was reached approx. 30 h a f t e r t h e onset o f gas p r o d u c t i o n i n b o t h c a s e s . Uptake and i n c o r p o r a t i o n o f o x y f l u o r f e n i n t o t h e c e l l s was t h e same a f t e r 2 and 5 h i n Scenedesmus and 3 and 24 h i n B u m i l l e r i o p s i s . T h e r e f o r e , i t c a n be c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e l a g phase i s not caused by slow o x y f l u o r f e n uptake b u t r a t h e r a c c o u n t s f o r t h a t p e r i o d an a n t i o x i d a t i v e system c a n cope w i t h p e r o x i d a t i o n b e f o r e i t i s o v e r t a x e d . D e t e r m i n a t i o n o f endogenous a s c o r b a t e has shown t h a t the t o l e r a n t B u m i l l e r i o p s i s c e l l s c o n t a i n 0.25 t o 0.3 ug a s c o r b a t e / u l packed c e l l volume, t h a t i s a 1 5 - f o l d h i g h e r l e v e l than i n Scenedesmus ( u n p u b l . d a t a ) . T h e r e f o r e , the o x y f l u o r f e n t o l e r a n c e , e x p r e s s e d as an extended l a g phase o f p e r o x i d a t i o n w i t h B u m i l l e r i o p s i s , c a n be e x p l a i n e d by i t s more e f f i c i e n t p r o t e c t i o n system a g a i n s t p e r o x i d a t i v e damage. V i c e v e r s a , p e r o x i d a t i o n c a n be speeded up by weakening t h e a n t i o x i d a t i v e system (see r e f . 21 f o r f u r t h e r d e t a i l s ) . I t should be n o t e d , however, t h a t a d i f f e r e n t p e r o x i d a t i v e response may a l s o be due t o d i f f e r e n t r a d i c a l f o r m a t i o n mechanisms. These mechanisms a r e s t i l l u n c l e a r (see F i g . 2 ) . No f l u o r e s c e n t t e t r a p y r r o l e s c o u l d be found i n Neurospora o r Phycomyces when grown i n t h e d a r k w i t h c h l o r o p h t h a l i m p r e s e n t (up t o 10 uM, 4 d a y s ) . I t has been demonstrated t h a t p e r o x i d i z i n g h e r b i c i d e s i n t e r f e r e w i t h t h e c h l o r o p h y l l b i o s y n t h e t i c pathway (22) by a c c u m u l a t i o n o f t e t r a p y r r o l e s (17,18,23,24). I t has a l s o been shown t h a t s o l u b l e p l a s t i d i c cytochrome d e c r e a s e s when o x a d i a z o n i s p r e s e n t i n a c o n c e n t r a t i o n when no p e r o x i d a t i o n i s y e t a p p a r e n t (25). F o r the i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f the t e t r a p y r r o l e the t o l e r a n t B u m i l l e r i o p s i s was h e l p f u l . T h i s s p e c i e s e x c r e t e s l a r g e amounts of a t e t r a p y r r o l e i n t o t h e l i q u i d c u l t u r e medium when t r e a t e d w i t h p e r o x i d i z i n g h e r b i c i d e s l i k e oxadiazon, chlorophthalim, o x y f l u o r f e n , o r LS 82-556. The p r o d u c t found i n t h e medium c o u l d be i d e n t i f i e d by mass and NMR s p e c t r o m e t r y as p r o t o p o r p h y r i n IX (17). About 85% o f t h e p r o t o p o r p h y r i n IX accumulated by a u t o t r o p h i c c u l t u r e s o f B u m i l l e r i o p s i s was e x c r e t e d ( T a b l e I ) . The amount i n the c e l l i n c r e a s e d 5 - f o l d v s . c o n t r o l c e l l s . The e f f e c t o f p e r o x i d i z i n g h e r b i c i d e s on p r o t o p o r p h y r i n - I X a c c u m u l a t i o n by t h e s e n s i t i v e a l g a Scenedesmus was a l s o d e t e r m i n e d . T h i s s p e c i e s o f f e r s the advantage t o grow e i t h e r a u t o t r o p h i c a l l y i n t h e l i g h t or h e t e r o t r o p h i c a l l y i n t h e dark f o r m i n g c h l o r o p h y l l . I n c e l l s t r e a t e d w i t h 0.08 uM c h l o r o p h t h a l i m p r o t o p o r p h y r i n - I X l e v e l s were 15-times h i g h e r than i n t h e u n t r e a t e d c o n t r o l . No p r o t o p o r p h y r i n IX i n t h e c u l t u r e medium was found. I n ( a u t o t r o p h i c ) c e l l s grown i n t h e l i g h t p r o t o p o r p h y r i n IX c o u l d n e i t h e r be d e t e c t e d i n t h e c o n t r o l nor i n t r e a t e d c u l t u r e s (Table I ) , although these c e l l s are v e r y s e n s i t i v e a g a i n s t p e r o x i d i z i n g compounds. T e t r a p y r r o l e s may be degraded by p h o t o d e s t r u c t i o n b u t t h i s e x p l a n a t i o n remains t e n t a t i v e as y e t ( 1 9 ) .

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Seemingly, under the i n f l u e n c e of p e r o x i d i z i n g h e r b i c i d e s i n h i g h e r p l a n t s p r o t o p o r p h y r i n IX a c t s as p h o t o s e n s i t i z e r i n i t i a t i n g p e r o x i d a t i o n as has been proposed ( [ 1 8 ] ; see e.g. r e f . 6 f o r o v e r v i e w ) . Treatment o f mung-bean s e e d l i n g s w i t h c h l o r o p h t h a l i m + gabaculine (the l a t t e r i n h i b i t s 6 - a m i n o l e v u l i n i c a c i d formation) p r e v e n t s the t o x i c e f f e c t of the h e r b i c i d e . M a l o n d i a l d e h y d e f o r m a t i o n i s s i m i l a r t o the c o n t r o l w h i l e the sample t r e a t e d w i t h chlorophthalim alone e x h i b i t e d a 100-fold higher l e v e l (unpubl. results). T a o p e l (26) suggested t h a t a s c o r b a t e w i l l reduce t o c o p h e r o x y l r a d i c a l s formed by f r e e - r a d i c a l r e a c t i o n ( s ) . C o n s e q u e n t l y , one Of - t o c o p h e r o l m o l e c u l e may scavenge many r a d i c a l s and s u b s e q u e n t l y stop p e r o x i d a t i o n ( 4 ) . The r a t i o of a s c o r b a t e t o OJ-tocopherol i s important f o r a p l a n t to p e r f o r m t o l e r a n c e a g a i n s t p e r o x i d i z e r s . A r a t i o o f a s c o r b a t e / QJ-tocopherol between 10:1 and 15:1 (wt/wt) i s e f f e c t i v e (see r e f . 27 and T a b l e I I , f i r s t t h r e e s p e c i e s ) . I t appears t h a t any r a t i o above o r below t h i s l e v e l i s c o r r e l a t e d w i t h reduced t o l e r a n c e a g a i n s t p e r o x i d a t i v e a t t a c k . The c a p a c i t y of the a n t i o x i d a t i v e system i s i n f l u e n c e d by r e d u c t i o n of d e h y d r o a s c o r b a t e t h r o u g h g l u t a t h i o n e , w h i c h i n t u r n i s reduced by NADPH g e n e r a t e d p h o t o s y n t h e t i c a l l y ( [ 2 1 ] , see the d a t a o f H a l l i w e l l assembled i n [ 2 8 ] ) . On the o t h e r hand, b i o s y n t h e s i s of a s c o r b a t e i s i m p o r t a n t , which i s c l o s e l y l i n k e d to the a s s i m i l a t o r y p a r t o f p h o t o s y n t h e s i s . T r e a t i n g bean l e a v e s ( P h a s e o l u s v u l g a r i s ) w i t h a c i f l u o r f e n , sodium 5 - [ 2 - c h l o r o 4-(trifluoromethylphenyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobenzoate, increased p r o d u c t i o n of g l u t a t h i o n e and a s c o r b a t e as w e l l as the a c t i v i t i e s of g l u t a t h i o n e r e d u c t a s e and g a l a c t o n o l a c t o n e o x i d a s e ( t h e l a t t e r c a t a l y z i n g the l a s t s t e p i n the a s c o r b a t e - b i o s y n t h e s i s pathway) ( 2 9 ) . A p p a r e n t l y , p e r o x i d a t i o n w i l l become t o x i c , namely l e a d i n g to i r r e v e r s i b l e d e g r a d a t i o n s o f c e l l c o n s t i t u e n t s , i f the a n t i o x i d a t i v e system cannot cope w i t h the amount o f h e r b i c i d e - i n d u c e d r a d i c a l s . Such a s i t u a t i o n may e x p l a i n c o n t r o v e r s i a l f i n d i n g s , namely t h a t reduced g l u t a t h i o n e and the r e d u c t a s e a c t i v i t y ( o f cucumber d i s k s ) d e c r e a s e d a f t e r treatment w i t h a c i f l u o r f e n i n the l i g h t ( 3 0 ) . I n c r e a s e of a s c o r b a t e , g l u t a t h i o n e and a - t o c o p h e r o l was observed when spruce n e e d l e s were t r e a t e d w i t h s u l f u r d i o x i d e (31) w h i c h has been shown to i n d u c e p e r o x i d a t i o n (32, 33). E l e v a t e d l e v e l s of b o t h g l u t a t h i o n e r e d u c t a s e and s u p e r o x i d e dismutase were a l s o r e p o r t e d i n a mutant of Conyza b o n a r i e n s i s , t o l e r a n t a g a i n s t paraquat and a c i f l u o r f e n as w e l l ( 3 4 ) . I t needs t o be p o i n t e d out t h a t i n case of paraquat r e s i s t a n c e i n c r e a s e s i n g l u t a t h i o n e r e d u c t a s e and s u p e r o x i d e dismutase l e v e l s do not alone a d e q u a t e l y e x p l a i n t o l e r a n c e . G l u t a t h i o n e l e v e l s and s u p e r o x i d e dismutase a c t i v i t y was found even lower i n a p a r a q u a t - r e s i s t a n t Conyza b i o t y p e ( 3 5 ) . C o m p a r t m e n t a l i z a t i o n appears t o be an important f a c t o r s i n c e paraquat a p p a r e n t l y was n e i t h e r t r a n s p o r t e d i n t o the l e a v e s o f r e s i s t a n t b i o t y p e s (36) nor d i d i t r e a c h i t s s i t e o f a c t i o n i n the c h l o r o p l a s t (37,38). As demonstrated by F i g u r e 4 (comp. [33]) the g l u t a t h i o n e c o n t e n t o f bean l e a v e s can be m a n i p u l a t e d e i t h e r by a p p l y i n g d i f f e r e n t c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of o x o t h i a z o l i d i n e c a r b o x y l a t e - l e a d i n g to increase - or buthionine s u l f o x i m i n e , l e a d i n g to decrease of

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