Changes in Soybean (<em>Glycine max</em> [L.] Merr.) Glycerolipids in Response to Water Stress <sup><a href="#fn1" rid="fn1" class=" fn">1</a></sup>
Abstract
Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) plants with the first trifoliate leaf fully expanded were exposed to 4 and 8 days of water stress. Leaf water potentials dropped from −0.6 megapascal to −1.7 megapascals after 4 days of stress; then to −3.1 megapascals after 8 days without water. All of the plants recovered when rewatered. The effects of short-term drought stress on triacylglycerol, diacylglycerol, phospholipid, and galactolipid metabolism in the first trifoliate leaves was determined. Leaf triacylglycerol and diacylglycerol content increased 2-fold during the first 4 days of stress and returned to control levels 3 days after rewatering. The polar lipid fraction, which contained phospholipids and galactolipids, changed little during this time. The linolenic acid (18:3) content of the triacylglycerol and diacylglycerol increased 25% during stress and the polar lipid 18:3 content decreased 15%. The pattern of glycerolipid labeling, after applying [2-C]acetate to intact leaves was altered by water stress. After 4 days of water stress the radioactivity of phosphatidic acid + phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylcholine, triacylglycerol, and diacylglycerol increased between 4 and 9% (compared to control plans) while radioactivity of phosphatidylethanolamine, monogalactosyldiglyceride, and digalactosyldiglyceride decreased 2 to 11%. These data indicated that increased levels of triacylglycerol and diacylglycerol observed during water stress were attributed to de novo synthesis rather than breakdown or reutilization of existing glycerolipids and fatty acids.
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