Expression of Early Light Induced Protein in Grapevine and Pea, under Different Conditions and its Relation with Photoinhibition Expresión de una Proteína inducida Tempranamente por Luz en Vid y Arveja Bajo Diferentes Condiciones y su Relación con la Fotoinhibición

Early light induced proteins (ELIP) are a type of proteins which are expressed before than other chloroplast proteins in the presence of light. These proteins have been studied in a large number of annual species such as pea (Pisum sativum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and Arabidopsis sp. In perennials plants the studies about ELIPs are very scarce. The possible photoprotective function of the ELIPs has motivated the interest in investigating the presence of this type of proteins in a perennial plant such as grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) and if their characteristics differ from those found in annual plants. In this paper a comparative study was conducted on the ELIPs expression in grapevine and pea to investigate whether there are differences regarding to temperature and light intensity conditions necessary for maximum ELIP expression in each species and for studying in each case the relationship between ELIP expression and photoinhibition degree. The results of this study showed that the maximum ELIPs expression was reached from 25 °C and 1000 μmol PAR m-2 s-1 in both species. Above these values the expression remained constant. Regarding the temperature and light intensity effect on the photoinhibition degree, it was observed that temperature produced inverse relation in grapevine but no relation with pea. On the other hand, the light intensity produced direct relation in both grapevine and pea. The light intensity effect on ELIP expression suggests that these proteins may have a photorepairing role of the photosynthetic system, but the effect of temperature on the ELIP expression in short-term stress may be associated rather to the optimum conditions for their synthesis. Las proteínas tempranamente inducidas por luz (ELIP) se expresan antes que otras proteínas del cloroplasto en presencia de luz. Estas proteínas han sido estudiadas en un gran número de especies anuales tales como arveja (Pisum sativum L.), cebada (Hordeum bulgare L.) y Arabidopsis sp. En plantas perennes los estudios sobre las ELIPs son muy escasos. La posible función fotoprotectora de las ELIPs ha motivado interés en investigar la presencia de este tipo de proteínas en una planta perenne como la vid (Vitis vinifera L.) y determinar si sus características difieren de aquellas encontradas en plantas anuales. En este trabajo se realizó un estudio comparativo sobre la expresión de ELIP en vid y arveja, para investigar si existen diferencias en las condiciones de temperatura e iluminación necesarias para la expresión máxima de ELIP en cada especie y para estudiar, en cada caso, la rel