Journal of Oceanology and Limnology   2022, Vol. 40 issue(5): 1950-1962     PDF       
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LIU Ming, ZHAO Jiqiang, PANG Yujuan, ZHANG Lipei, BIAN Fuhua, LI Lixia
UV-B irradiation and allelopathy by Sargassum thunbergii affects the activities of antioxidant enzymes and their isoenzymes in Corallina pilulifera
Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 40(5): 1950-1962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00343-021-1124-8

Article History

Received Apr. 26, 2021
accepted in principle Sep. 14, 2021
accepted for publication Oct. 24, 2021
UV-B irradiation and allelopathy by Sargassum thunbergii affects the activities of antioxidant enzymes and their isoenzymes in Corallina pilulifera
Ming LIU1, Jiqiang ZHAO1, Yujuan PANG1, Lipei ZHANG2, Fuhua BIAN1, Lixia LI1     
1 College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China;
2 Yantai Jien Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Yantai 264006, China
Abstract: Intertidal macroalgae can cope with the dual effects of UV-B irradiation and allelopathy. To study the impacts of the two stressors, we co-cultured Corallina pilulifera with Sargassum thunbergii in 1:1 and 1:10 ratios under different doses of UV-B radiation. The response of the antioxidant defense system, focusing on activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POX) and glutathione reductase (GR), was monitored. In addition, isoenzyme patterns were analyzed using non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The results show that the activities of SOD, APX, and GR were all significantly affected by both UV-B radiation and allelopathy, and the effect of their interaction was significant. However, POX activity was only influenced by UV-B radiation. The enzymatic assay revealed four distinct bands of SOD. The SODIII band weakened significantly when the co-cultures were exposed to extremely high dosage of UV-B irradiation under both co-culturing ratios of 1:1 and 1:10. When the co-culturing ratio was 1:10, both POXII and APXII enzyme activities increased with different UV-B doses. GR activity was at its greatest when the co-culture ratio was 1:10 and exposure was to the higher UV-B doses. The activities of GRIII and GRIV were elevated under all UV treatments whereas the activities of GRI and GRII were reduced under the lower UV-B treatments but were elevated under the higher UV-B treatments. However, lipid peroxidation, as indicated by the thiobarbituric acid-reacting substance (TBARS) assay, increased significantly under the dual stressors. Our data suggest that allelopathy and UV-B radiation stress can each affect the antioxidant enzyme activities of C. pilulifera. Critically, the adverse effects of UV-B on C. pilulifera were intensified by the compounding effects of allelopathy.
Keywords: Corallina pilulifera    antioxidant system    isoenzymes    UV-B radiation    allelopathy    
1 INTRODUCTION

Enhanced UV-B (280–320 nm) irradiation resulting from ozone depletion is a significant global problem (Roleda, 2009; Karsten and Holzinger, 2014). Enhanced exposure to UV-B radiation is harmful to all living creatures and particularly to photosynthetic organisms for which light is indispensable (Bano et al., 2017; Luengo Escobar et al., 2017). Tidelands, which are the intertidal zones between the marine and terrestrial ecosystems, are regarded as one of the most sensitive areas of the biosphere with respect to environmental changes (Temmerman et al., 2013; Luan et al., 2020). Living in this special geographical area, intertidal macroalgae are inevitably exposed to stressful conditions. During low tide, marine macroalgae are exposed to more sunlight and more UV-B irradiation compared to when they are submerged at high tide (Van de Poll et al., 2001; Zhao and Li, 2014). This could lead to destructive effects on chloroplasts and DNA, which in turn would influence algal development and distribution (Holzinger et al., 2018).

During photosynthesis, photosystem II (PS II) uses the energy absorbed from light to split water into oxygen, which increases intracellular oxygen concentration and may increase the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), especially when the organism is exposed to stressful conditions (Gill and Tuteja, 2010; de Wit et al., 2016). The antioxidant system, which includes superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC1.15.1.1), ascorbate peroxidase (APX; EC1.11.1.11), peroxidase (POX; EC1.11.1.7), catalase (CAT; EC1.11.1.6), and glutathione reductase (GR; EC1.6.4.2), is a significant component of the protective mechanism activated during plant stress. As a major scavenger, SOD converts the O2 radical into H2O2 and O2 using several isoenzymes, including cytosolic copper and zinc SOD (Cu/Zn SOD), chloroplast iron SOD (Fe-SOD), and mitochondrial manganese SOD (Mn-SOD) (Bowler et al., 1994). POX enzymes are heme proteins that catalyze H2O2-dependent oxidation and often exist in multiple molecular forms (isozymes) (Zapata et al., 1998). APX is a further effective enzyme that utilizes ascorbic acid (AsA) to eliminate toxic H2O2 via oxidizing AsA to monodehydroascorbate (MDHA) (Mittler, 2002). APX isozymes are localized in four distinct cellular compartments, including microbody membrane-bound APX (mAPX), thylakoid membrane-bound APX (tAPX), stromal APX (sAPX), and cytosolic APX (cAPX) (Asada, 1992). The antioxidant enzyme GR, which utilizes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), is primarily responsible for maintaining the high redox states of ascorbate and glutathione (Foyer et al., 1994) and contributes to the regeneration of antioxidant substrates (Smerilli et al., 2019).

The overall capacity of the antioxidant system determines its ability to remove ROS, and this has been positively correlated with enhanced adaptation or resistance to stress (Lee and Shiu, 2009; Rautenberger et al., 2013), including UV-B stress. Novel results recently published by Zhao et al. (2021) suggest a dual role for ROS in the macroalga, Ulva prolifera. In addition to inducing the antioxidant system, they found that ROS activated secondary signaling pathways under UV-B radiation. The analysis of ROS generation and properties and the action of plant antioxidant systems is not only important for understanding the physiological metabolism of plants per se, but also has significance for improving the stress tolerance of transgenic plants through the bioengineering of antioxidant genes (Li et al., 2020).

In addition to the stress imposed by the abiotic environment, competition for resources due to niche overlap imposes additional stress on the macroalgae inhabiting the intertidal zone. Allelopathy, due to the allelochemicals released by macroalgae, is an important mechanism to restrain other competitors (Ohsawa et al., 2001; Mulderij et al., 2007) and is an effective strategy for macroalgae against other phototrophic organisms (Mulderij et al., 2005). Allelopathy and interspecific competition among microalgae have been well studied, including quantifying the importance of allelopathy in natural systems and understanding the corresponding chemical signaling mechanisms (Strom, 2008; Corcoran et al., 2019; Zhou et al., 2019). There are also studies focused on the inhibitory effects of macroalgae on microalgae (Ye et al., 2014; Dong et al., 2019). However, much less attention has been paid to interspecific competition between intertidal macroalgae. For example, Friedlander's team reported that Ulva cf. lactuca had an inhibitory effect on the growth of Gracilaria spp. which they ascribed to allelopathy (Friedlander et al., 1996). However, intertidal macroalgae are likely to be exposed to the dual stressors of UV-B radiation and allelopathy simultaneously. Indeed, we showed in an earlier study that, in a co-culture system, the competitive ability of Grateloupia filicina was weakened, and the interspecific competitive balance changed in favor of Ulva pertusa under UV-B irradiation (Li et al., 2010).

In this study, two representative macroalgae, Corallina pilulifera (Rhodophyta) and Sargassum thunbergii (Phaeophyta) were co-cultured at two different ratios under increasing doses of UV-B irradiation. C. pilulifera and S. thunbergii lived in the same niche within an intertidal zone will inevitably lead to ecological competition with each other. In terms of the two stress factors under investigation (UV-B and allelopathy), we hypothesized that: (1) while one stress may occupy a more dominant position, interaction between the stresses will exist, and (2) the stressors will have a significant impact on antioxidant enzyme activities and, due to the sensitivity and specificity of different antioxidant enzymes under the dual effects of UV-B and allelopathy, these enzymes and their isoenzymes will react differently and play different roles in the stress response system. As few studies to date have considered the roles of the antioxidant system in algal-algal interactions or have distinguished the effects on the individual isoenzymes, we measured the activities of key antioxidant enzymes and the isoenzyme patterns of C. pilulifera under the dual impact of UV-B radiation and allelopathy. This study sheds light on the intrinsic biochemical mechanisms and protection strategies of intertidal macroalgae in response to environmental stressors.

2 MATERIAL AND METHOD 2.1 Algal material and culture condition

The C. pilulifera and S. thunbergii plants used in this experiment were collected from the mid intertidal zone in Yueliang Bay (37°53′N, 121°42′E, Yantai, China) in June 2018. Fresh algal material was quickly brought to laboratory and rinsed thoroughly with sterilized seawater. The algae were cultured in 10 aquaria (inner diameter 50 cm) containing 4.0-L sterilized nutrient enriched seawater (Guillard and Ryther, 1962). During the experiment, changes in the nutrient concentration were tracked, and an appropriate amount of f/2 nutrient was added daily to prevent nutrient limitation, and the final concentrations of NaNO3-N and NaH 2PO4-P were controlled at 100 and 7 μmol/L, respectively. The seawater was renewed every other day and aerated continuously by a pump.

2.2 Experiment design

UV-B irradiation was provided by UV fluorescent lamps (Philips TL 40 W/12 μV, The Netherlands) in wavelength range of 300–320 nm and maximum emission at 312 nm. The radiation intensity was measured by a UV-B spectroradiometer (Beijing Normal University, Beijing). To simulate the local average UV-B level and according to the results of preliminary experiments, four levels of dosage of UV-B were set: 0.5 W/m 2 (Low dosage of UV-B irradiation, Luv), 1.0 W/m2 (Intermediate dosage of UV-B irradiation, Iuv), 2.5 W/m2 (High dosage of UV-B irradiation, Huv), and 5.0 W/m2 (Extremely high dosage of UV-B irradiation, Ehuv) (Table 1). Thalli were exposed to UV-B radiation for 8 h per day (09:00–17:00) and cultured in the dark for the rest of the time. The treatment without UV-B exposure was used as a control, which was kept at 23±0.5 ℃ and under an illumination intensity of 70-mol photons/(m2·s) photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) provided by three 30-W cool-fluorescent lamps.

Table 1 Co-cultivation ratio and UV-B treatment of C. pilulifera and S. thunbergii

To study the allelopathic effect, the same weight (40 g: normal proportion - n) and 10 times the weight of S. thunbergii (400 g: enhanced proportion - e) were added to the aquarium with 40-g C. pilulifera to simulate a competitive environment, with five replicates for each treatment.

Consequently, during the one-week experiment, thalli were subjected to two levels of co-cultivation (1:1 and 1:10) and five levels of UV-B, which made up 10 combinations (Table 1). All processing arrangements of this experiment were designed according to a two-factor variance analysis.

2.3 Determination of antioxidant enzyme activity

Extracts for the determination of SOD and POX activities were prepared from 2.0-g C. pilulifera tissues homogenized using mortar and pestle in 10-mL extraction buffer containing phosphate buffer (50 mmol/L, pH 7.0), ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) (1 mmol/L), and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) (1%). The homogenates were centrifuged at 12 000×g for 15 min and the supernatant was used for the enzyme activity assays. For the determination of APX, 0.2-g thallus was homogenized using mortar and pestle in extraction buffer containing phosphate buffer (50 mmol/L, pH 7.0), PVP (1%), EDTA (1 mmol/L), and ASA (2 mmol/L), and centrifuged at 12 000×g for 10 min. For the GR extract, 0.2-g tissue was homogenized in buffer including 5-mmol/L MgCl2, while the other components were the same as for the APX extraction buffer. All operations were carried out at 4 ℃.

Total SOD activity was measured at 560 nm using the method of Giannopolitis and Ries (1977), based on the capacity of SOD to inhibit the photochemical reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT). POX activity was determined according to Adelaide Dias and Manuela Costa (1983) by monitoring the increased rate in absorption at 470 nm due to the formation of tetraguaiacol. APX activity was determined by estimating the decrease in absorbance of the oxidized ascorbate at 290 nm according to Nakano and Asada (1981). GR activity was determined by following the oxidation of NADPH at 340 nm as described by Rao et al. (1995).

2.4 Polyacrylamide gel electropheresis (PAGE) analysis and activity staining

Enzyme extracts of the thallus were analyzed by discontinuous PAGE under non-denaturing conditions according to the method of Laemmli (1970) with some improvements. GR isoforms were resolved on non-denaturing 7.5% polyacrylamide gel at 4 ℃, with a constant current of 100 V at 4 ℃. Electrophoresis on 9% polyacrylamide gels was used for SOD, POX, and APX. Separation of APX isoenzymes was analyzed with native PAGE according to the steps outlined above but in addition, 2-mmol/L AsA was added to the electrophoresis buffer and the gels were pre-run for 30 min to maintain the activity of APX isoenzymes.

SOD isoenzymes were visualized using the activity staining procedure described by Beauchamp and Fridovich (1971) with some modifications. The gel was initially incubated in 0.25-mmol/L NBT solution for 20 min. Following the addition of 0.05-mmol/L riboflavin and 8-mmol/L EDTA, rearrangement continued for 20 min in the dark. Finally, the gel was placed under white light until white bands appeared in the violet background. Three types of SOD isoforms (Fe-, Mn-, and Cu/Zn-SOD) were further identified by selective inhibition with potassium cyanide (KCN) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).

The electrophoretic pattern of POX isoenzymes was visualized by staining the gels with benzidine. The gels were incubated in 200-mmol/L acetate buffer (pH5.0) containing 3% H2O2 and 4% benzidine until brown bands appeared (Van Loon, 1971).

For APX isoenzyme identification, assays were performed following the method of Mittler and Zilinskas (1993). The gels were equilibrated in 50-mmol/L sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) and 2-mmol/L AsA for a total of 30 min and were then immersed in a solution of 50-mmol/L sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.8) including 28-mmol/L N, N, N, N-tetramethyl ethylenediamine (TEMED) and 2.45-mmol/L NBT for ten more minutes, until APX bands were visible against a purple-blue background. Staining of GR isoenzymes was achieved as follows: the gels were incubated in 50 mL of Tris-HC1 (pH 7.5) containing 10 mg of 2, 6-dichlorophenolindophenol, 10 mg of 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-4)-2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide, 0.5-mmol/L reduced form of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), and 3.4-mmol/L oxidized glutathione (GSSG) for 15 min, until purple bands on blue background appeared at room temperature (Rao et al., 1995).

2.5 Protein determination

The protein concentration was determined according to Bradford (1976), with absorbance readings at 595 nm. Bovine serum albumin was used for the standard curve.

2.6 Thiobarbituric acid reacting substance (TBARS) determination

Frozen thallus segments (0.5 g) were homogenized with 5 mL of 1% trichloroacetic acid (TCA) using mortar and pestle and centrifuged for 10 min at 12 000×g. The content of TBARS was calculated based on the absorbance at 535 nm (Heath and Packer, 1968).

2.7 Data statistics

Statistical analysis was performed using two-way and one-way ANOVA tests, and means were compared by Duncan tests at the 0.05 and 0.01 level of confidence, respectively. The normality of the data and the homogeneity of variance met the requirements of the ANOVA. Figures were drawn using SigmaPlot 12.0, and the error bars in the graphs represent the standard deviation based on five replicates.

3 RESULT 3.1 SOD activities and isoenzymes

As shown in Fig. 1a, when the co-culture ratio of C. pilulifera and S. thunbergii was 1:1, nLuv and nIuv treatments were effective in increasing the activity of SOD, which increased 16.2% and 19.1% respectively compared with the corresponding control (P < 0.05). However, at these UV levels, when the total ratio was 1:10, the activity of SOD did not increase relative to control. Moreover, UV-B exposure impaired SOD activity significantly at the extremely high dose (P < 0.01).

Fig.1 Activities of SOD (a) and their isoenzymes (b) in C. pilulifera under different doses of UV-B radiation and co-culturing ratios According to Duncan's Multiple Range Test, capital letter and lowercase letters indicate significant differences at P < 0.01 and 0.05, respectively. Results are expressed as means±SD (n=5). CK: control without UV-B; Luv: low dose of UV-B at 0.5 W/m2; Iuv: intermediate dose of UV-B at 1.0 W/m2; Huv: high dose of UV-B at 2.5 W/m2; Ehuv: extremely high dose of UV-B at 5.0 W/m2.

In Fig. 1b, SOD was presented in four unstained bands, and the application of inhibitors to the gels showed three Mn-SOD isoforms (band I–III) and one Cu/Zn-SOD isoform (band IV). The gels indicate reduced SODII and SODIII activities in the 1:10 co-cultivation treatment compared with 1:1. However, the most obvious changes were the reduction of SODIII in both Ehuv treatments.

3.2 Activities of POX and their isoenzymes

As shown in Fig. 2a & b, the activities of POX differed depending on the UV-B irradiation, but not co-culture proportions. Two-way ANOVA test showed that both the interaction effect (F=1.97 < Fcrit=2.87) and the allelopathic effect (F=0.17 < Fcrit=4.35) did not affect POX activity, while only UV-B irradiation had a significant influence on POX activities (Table 2). Consequently, the significant difference of UV-B treatment on POX activity was analyzed under the co-culture ratios of 1:1 and 1:10, respectively. The difference among Ehuv, Iuv, and corresponding control was significant when the co-culture ratio was 1:1 (P < 0.05), while the difference between Iuv and control was highly significant (P < 0.01) when the co-culture ratio increased to 1:10 but that in Ehuv was no longer significant, indicating reduced POX due to increased co-culture. Compared with SOD, co-culture did not negatively affect POX at lower UV.

Fig.2 Activities of POX under the co-culture ratio 1:1 (a), the co-culture ratio 1:10 (b), and their isoenzymes (c) in C. pilulifera under different doses of UV-B radiation and co-culturing ratios All other symbols are as described in Fig. 1.
Table 2 Variance analysis of POX activities

The POX isozymes showed as three bands (Fig. 2c), of which POXII had the maximum activity, and the POXIII isoenzyme had the weakest activity. When the co-culture ratio was 1:1, the activity of POXII was obviously enhanced by the intermediate (nIuv) UV-B treatment, while in the 1:10 co-culture, the POXII isoenzyme showed an even stronger band at this UV level.

3.3 APX activities and isoenzymes

The activity of APX increased significantly under the Luv and Iuv treatments (P < 0.01) (Fig. 3a). Under these UV levels, when the co-culture ratio was 1:10, APX showed higher overall activity than when the co-culture ratio was 1:1 (P < 0.01). However, APX activities decreased under higher UV-B doses, especially under Ehuv, which was 15.6% and 15.8% lower than the corresponding control under the co-culture ratio 1:1 and 1:10, respectively.

Fig.3 Activities of APX (a) and their isoenzymes (b) in C. pilulifera under different doses of UV-B radiation and co-culturing ratios All other symbols are as described in Fig. 1.

According to the electrophoresis gel for APX (Fig. 3b), APX isoenzymes resolved into three electrophoresis bands. Compared with the control group, there was no distinct change in the activity of APX isoenzymes when the co-cultivation ratio was 1:1. However, when the co-cultivation ratio was 1:10 the APXII isoenzyme activity was enhanced significantly, but the activity of APXI was only enhanced in low and intermediate UV treatments.

3.4 Activities of GR enzymes and their isoenzymes

GR activity was positively influenced by the compounding effect of UV-B radiation and allelopathy (Fig. 4a). Compared with controls, the total activity of GR increased significantly in the Huv treatments (P < 0.01). When the co-culture ratio increased to 1:10, the total activity of GR remained elevated, so that GR in both the Huv and Ehuv treatments was highly significantly elevated relative to the controls (P < 0.01) and to the 1:1 co-culture treatment.

Fig.4 Activities of GR (a) and their isoenzymes (b) in C. pilulifera under different doses of UV-B radiation and co-culturing ratios All other symbols are as described in Fig. 1.

The isozymes of GR resolved into four bands. When the 1:1 culture was compared with the control, GRIII and GRIV isozymes showed an increase in activity in response to the nIuv and nHuv treatments, but there was a definite decrease in activity across all four isoenzymes under the Ehuv treatment. When the co-culture ratio was 1:10, the activities of GRIII and GRIV were elevated under all UV treatments whereas the activities of GRI and GRII were reduced under eLuv and eIuv treatments but were elevated under eHuv and eEhuv (Fig. 4b).

3.5 TBARS concentration

TBARS concentrations changed in response to UV-B irradiation and co-culturing in a dose-dependent manner (Fig. 5) and were highly significantly increased in comparison to the relevant control (P < 0.01). When the co-culture ratio was 1:10, the TBARS concentrations were significantly greater when compared with those from the 1:1 culture at similar UV-B treatments.

Fig.5 TBARS content of C. pilulifera treated with different doses of UV-B radiation and co-culturing ratios All other symbols are as described in Fig. 1.
4 DISCUSSION

Sensitivity to UV-B radiation depends on plant species, cultivar, experimental conditions, and developmental stages (Caldwell et al., 1998). The species-specific susceptibility of the early life stages of macroalgae to UV plays an important role in the determination of zonation patterns and probably also in the shaping of community structure (Roleda et al., 2007). Many studies have focused on elucidating the consequences of increased UV-B irradiation on marine macroalgae and coastal ecosystems (Franklin and Forster, 1997; Holzinger et al., 2018). Repair and acclimation responses are naturally induced in marine algae under oxidative stress and increasing scavenging of oxygen free radicals is an important adaptive response (Shiu and Lee, 2005; Srivastava et al., 2012), indicating that the antioxidant defense mechanism against ROS plays a pivotal role in the survival of algae under stress (Schweikert and Burritt, 2012). In our study, C. pilulifera initially exhibited increased SOD activity under the lower UV-B doses, but a deleterious effect of UV-B and an allelopathic effect on the activity of SOD was observed, especially under higher UV-B doses and the higher co-culture ratio (Fig. 1a). This result corresponds with the results of Wang et al. (2016), who found among the various SOD isoforms, Mn-SOD responded sensitively to the increasing generation and ROS accumulation in senescent leaves but is inconsistent with the earlier findings of Rao et al. (1996), who showed that UV-B treatment of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana preferentially induced the Cu/Zn-SOD but failed to affect Mn-SOD. These differences are likely due to the species studied and, potentially, also the different experimental conditions. Additionally, in our study, two types of SOD isoenzymes (Cu/Zn SOD, Mn-SOD) were identified (Fig. 1b). Among these isoforms, the content of Cu/Zn-SOD (SOD IV) in C. pilulifera was at trace levels (Fig. 1b). However, Bowler et al. (1994) reported that Cu/Zn-SOD is the most abundant isoform in land plants. Therefore, it seems that there is a distinction between the SOD synthesis mechanisms of higher plants and that in our red macroalga. Furthermore, these results indicate that red algae can regulate the expression of different SOD subtypes in response to environmental stress at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels.

The activities of APX and GR under the dual effects of UV-B and allelopathy were significantly greater than those of the relevant controls. The interaction of integrated effects was also highly significant (Figs. 3a & 4a). However, POX reacted quite differently to the other antioxidant enzymes, and only UV-B had a significant effect on its activity, while the allelopathic effect and interaction were not significant (Fig. 2a & b). We speculate that different properties and sensitivities of the enzymes led to the different responses to stress. GR is by far the most studied and widely distributed enzyme in the ascorbic acid-glutathione cycle pathway (AsA-GSH), and can be found in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. GR is regarded as one of the most important antioxidant enzymes in plants (Noctor et al., 2012; Gill et al., 2013). Studies have shown that the activity of GR increases as the production of reactive oxygen species increases (Aguilera et al., 2002; Ding et al., 2009). Our results are consistent with previous findings. Compared with the control, the total activity of GR increased, especially under the combination of high doses of UV-B and allelopathy (Fig. 4a). As GR contributes to the regeneration of antioxidant substrates (Smerilli et al., 2019), this is perhaps not surprising. However, total activity and isoenzyme activity both decreased in the eLuv and eIuv treatments, indicating that there was a negative interaction between the stress level and enzyme activities initially (Fig. 4a). The isozyme activities of GRI and GRII also decreased (Fig. 4b), which was consistent with the total activity of GR. There are only two kinds of GR isozymes in Arabidopsis thaliana, one located in the chloroplast and the other in the cytoplasm (Tahmasebi et al., 2012). We identified four bands of GR, but where the isoenzymes are located needs further exploration.

APX and POX isoenzymes exist in eukaryotic algae as well as higher plants, and their enzymatic and immunological properties are similar to those of higher plants (Shigeoka et al., 2002; Wang et al., 2007). They efficiently catalyze the decomposition of H2O2 and are used as biochemical indicators to effectively evaluate whether a species or an individual can resist external stress (Shigeoka et al., 2002; Shiu and Lee, 2005). In the present study, the activities of some isozyme bands of APX and POX performed similarly. Under low and medium UV-B exposure (i.e., the eLuv and eIuv treatments), APX and POX isozymes were obviously activated (Figs. 2b & 3b), but the activity of two GR isozymes was significantly decreased (Fig. 4b). There is reason to speculate there is co-regulation among the components of the ROS scavenging system, and changes in the balance of these enzymes will provide a compensating mechanism. These antioxidant enzymes cooperate with each other, and if one of them is altered, the whole antioxidant system is impacted, and this effect was related to the species of algae, the specificity and sensitivity of antioxidant enzymes, and the amount of gene expression (Rautenberger et al., 2013; Li et al., 2017; Zhao et al., 2021). Consequently, it is important to analyze multiple antioxidant enzymes to gain a comprehensive picture of the antioxidant capacity of an organism (Shigeoka et al., 2002). In addition, it could be deduced that weakened bands of GR and enhanced bands of POX or APX isoenzymes may be tightly associated with resistance of C. officinalis to multiple stressors. However, the TBARS content rose significantly as the UV-B dosage increased and notably when the co-culture ratio was 1:10 (Fig. 5). TBARS is recognized as a representative index of lipid peroxidation in plants (Costa et al., 2002). Further analysis of the content of TBARS and the enzyme activity in the different treatments showed that there was a negative correlation between SOD activity and TBARS content (partial correlation coefficient P < 0.05). However, the partial correlation coefficients between the activity of POX, APX, GR, and the content of TBARS did not reach statistical significance (P > 0.05). It is possible that the intracellular reactive oxygen level in C. pilulifera was not able to be constrained by the increased activity of GR alone; multiple antioxidant enzymes, rather than one enzyme, appear to be critical.

Allelopathy is a natural phenomenon in aquatic ecosystems that involves various biochemical interactions among plants (Fistarol et al., 2004; Poulin et al., 2018). However, it is difficult to research allelopathy between aquatic organisms under natural conditions because of the partial or complete concealment of allelopathy by other factors such as variability of nutrients, light, pH, and temperature conditions (Keating, 1977). Therefore, this research eliminated light, pH, and temperature fluctuations because it was carried out under controlled laboratory conditions. Additionally, to provide sufficient nutrition, nutrients were added daily to ensure the health and good growth of C. pilulifera, so allelopathy is the most likely explanation for the detected results.

Niche overlap will aggravate interspecific competition, and previous studies have shown that the physiological and biochemical effects of allelochemicals include the destruction of cell membrane structure (Gao et al., 2017; Corcoran et al., 2019), inhibition of photosynthesis (Zuo et al., 2015; Copin and Chèvre, 2018), damage to protein and enzyme activity (Zhang et al., 2011), and interference with gene expression (Ramlall et al., 2015). To advance this research, new methods such as coupling of chemical and molecular tools and proteomics will help to elucidate the complex chemical signaling mechanisms among algae, which may affect the community structure in this field (Zhou et al., 2016). Here the impact of allelopathy on several enzymes of the antioxidation system was shown. In a previous study, we isolated a large number of unsaturated fatty acids from S. thunbergii. Among them, hexadecenoic acid and 5E, 8E, 11E, 14E, 17E eicosapentaenoic acid have strong algacidal activity and high content (unpublished data). We speculate that the activities of SOD (Fig. 1a), APX (Fig. 3a), and GR (Fig. 4a) increased under co-culture, and the activities of several isozymes increased simultaneously, including SODIII (Fig. 1b), APXII (Fig. 3b) and GRII (Fig. 4b). This may reflect some kind of regulatory stress gradient response of C. pilulifera cells to adapt to stress conditions caused by allelochemicals, similar to the "toxic excitation effect" described by Tóth et al. (2012). This is effectively the response of homeostatic mechanisms to disturbance by external stress conditions. The organism will have a compensation effect after the initial inhibition reaction, which may gradually exceed the control behavior, which leads to a net stimulus effect (Calabrese and Baldwin, 2003). However, when there was a synergistic interaction between the allelopathy and the higher dose of UV-B, the activities of the enzymes were reduced more, especially the SOD enzyme, resulting in the increase of TBARS content.

Allelopathic interactions among phytoplankton strains are well documented (Corcoran et al., 2019), and recent work has expanded to consider whole food web interactions (Franzè et al., 2018). Some allelochemicals secreted by aquatic organisms can interrupt electron transport from PSII to photosystem I (PSI) (Wu et al., 2017), induce oxidative damage and ROS oxidation (Hong et al., 2008). UV treatments caused different light reactions of allelopathic substances produced by two macrophytes, Phragmites australis and Hydrocaris morsus-ranae, further influencing their allelopathic activities (Farjalla et al., 2001). The intensity and type of light can influence allelopathic interactions between aquatic organisms (Wang and Tang, 2016). Our results were consistent with these conclusions. In our experiment, UV-B radiation enhanced the allelopathic effect of S. thunbergii on C. pilulifera. Mahmood et al. (2013) observed allelopathic induction in the rhizosphere, when plants were exposed to UV radiation. However, the specific biochemical mechanism of the interaction between UV-B and allelopathy, that is, whether UV-B could promote an increase of the secretion of allelochemicals or prolong the secretion time of allelopathic chemicals, has not been determined. Moreover, our study indicated that the UV-B treatment was the dominant factor with the treatment effect being more obvious, while allelopathy enhanced the oxidative stress injury induced by UV-B.

5 CONCLUSION

The antioxidant system in C. pilulifera showed specific alterations under the combined effects of UV-B exposure and allelopathy. Dual stress conditions had significant effects on the activities of SOD, APX and GR, and the interaction effect was significant. Under stress, SOD and APX increased under lower UV-B exposure but decreased under the higher exposure. POX reacted differently, and only UV-B radiation had a significant effect on its activity. The results of isozyme electrophoresis were basically consistent with the results of total activity. Among them, SODIII decreased significantly under high UV-B treatments. When the co-culture ratio was high, the enzyme activities of POXII and APXII increased under low UV-B stress but decreased as the UV-B dose increased. Although the activity of GR increased under the high stress imposed by high UV-B and allelopathy, the activity of several of the protective enzymes was inhibited under these conditions. The obstruction of normal metabolism led to the accumulation of TBARS. Therefore, as a biochemical defense mechanism to cope with the oxidative stress caused by the combination of ultraviolet radiation and allelopathy, the anti-oxidation system of C. pilulifera is limited in its capacity to protect stress-induced ROS.

6 DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

7 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The authors are grateful to Professor Emerita Paula Jameson, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, financially supported by "Double Hundred" Plan for Foreign Experts in Shandong Province, China, for critical reviewing and editing of this manuscript.

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