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Chlorophyll fluorescence: How the quality of information about PAM instrument parameters may affect our research

por Tim Nies, Yuxi Niu, Oliver Ebenhöh, Shizue Matsubara y Anna Matuszyńska

Publicado: 13 de mayo de 2021
Servidor: bioRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.12.443801

Resumen

Chlorophyll a fluorescence is a powerful indicator of photosynthetic energy conversion in plants and photosynthetic microorganisms. One of the most widely used measurement techniques is Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) fluorometry. Unfortunately, parameter settings of PAM instruments are often not completely described in scientific articles although their variations, however small these may seem, can influence measurements. We show the effects of parameter settings on PAM measurements. We first simulated fluorescence signals using a previously published computational model of photosynthesis. Then, we validated our findings experimentally. Our analysis demonstrates how the kinetics of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) induction and relaxation are affected by different settings of PAM instrument parameters. Neglecting these parameters may mislead data interpretation and derived hypotheses, hamper independent validation of the results, and cause problems for mathematical formulation of underlying processes. Given the uncertainties inflicted by this neglect, we urge PAM users to provide detailed documentation of measurement protocols. Moreover, to ensure accessibility to the required information, we advocate minimum information standards that can serve both experimental and computational biologists in our efforts to advance system-wide understanding of biological processes. Such specification will enable launching a standardized database for plant and data science communities.

Highlight

PAM fluorometry measurement is sensitive to instrument settings and protocols. Yet, protocols are published incompletely. We urge to reach an agreement on minimal protocol information of PAM experiments to be shared publicly.

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Escrito por Alizée Malnoë, André T. Graça, Aurélie Crepin, Jack Forsman, Jingfang Hao, Maria Paola Puggioni y Pierrick Bru

The manuscript by Nies et al. demonstrates how changing pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) parameters can affect non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and photosystem II yield (ՓPSII). Using in silico simulations of PAM experiments, the authors illustrate how NPQ and ՓPSII are affected by varying: i)…

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