Stapleton A E, Walbot V
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305-5020.
Plant Physiol. 1994 Jul;105(3):881-9. doi: 10.1104/pp.105.3.881.
Diverse flavonoid compounds are widely distributed in angiosperm families. Flavonoids absorb radiation in the ultraviolet (UV) region of the spectrum, and it has been proposed that these compounds function as UV filters. We demonstrate that the DNA in Zea mays plants that contain flavonoids (primarily anthocyanins) is protected from the induction of damage caused by UV radiation relative to the DNA in plants that are genetically deficient in these compounds. DNA damage was measured with a sensitive and simple assay using individual monoclonal antibodies, one specific for cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer damage and the other specific for pyrimidine(6,4)pyrimidone damage.
多种黄酮类化合物广泛分布于被子植物科中。黄酮类化合物在光谱的紫外线(UV)区域吸收辐射,有人提出这些化合物起到紫外线滤光剂的作用。我们证明,相对于那些在这些化合物上存在基因缺陷的植物中的DNA,含有黄酮类化合物(主要是花青素)的玉米植株中的DNA受到保护,免受紫外线辐射诱导的损伤。使用灵敏且简单的检测方法来测量DNA损伤,该方法使用单个单克隆抗体,一种对环丁烷嘧啶二聚体损伤具有特异性,另一种对嘧啶(6,4)嘧啶酮损伤具有特异性。