SYTTY
PHYTOREMEDIATION OF METAL POLLUTED SOILS: MECHANISMS AND MANIPULATION OF METAL TOLERANCE AND HYPERACCUMULATION IN PLANTS
Project leader: Sirpa Kärenlampi, University of Kuopio,
Department of Biochemistry P.O.Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland,
tel. +358-17-163069, e-mail: Sirpa.Karenlampi@uku.fi
PUBLICATIONS
(Updated May 13, 2002)
Articles in international scientific journals
Koistinen, K. M., Kokko, H. I., Hassinen, V. H., Tervahauta, A. I., Auriola, S. and Kärenlampi, S. O. Stress-related RNase PR-10c is post-translationally modified by glutathione in birch. Plant, Cell and Environment, 2002, in press
Kopponen P., Utriainen M., Lukkari K., Suntioinen S., Kärenlampi L., and Kärenlampi S. 2001. Clonal differences in copper and zinc tolerance of birch in metal supplemented soils. Environmental Pollution 112, 89-97
Kärenlampi S., Schat H., Vangronsveld J., Verkleij J. A. C., van der Lelie D., Mergeay M. and Tervahauta A. I. 2000. Genetic engineering in the improvement of plants for phytoremediation of metal polluted soils. An invited review. Environmental Pollution 107, 225-231
van Hoof, N. A. L. M., Hassinen, V. H., Hakvoort, H., Ballintijn, K. F., Schat, H., Verkleij, J. A. C., Ernst, W. H. O., Kärenlampi, S. O., and Tervahauta, A. I. 2001. Enhanced copper tolerance in Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke populations from copper mines is associated with increased transcript levels and a tandem repeat of a 2b-type metallothionein gene. Plant Physiology 126, 1519-1526.
Submitted articles
Koistinen, K. M., Hassinen, V. H., Gynther, P. A. M., Lehesranta, S. J., Kokko, H. I., Oksanen, E., Tervahauta A. I. and Kärenlampi, S. O. PR-10c is induced by factors causing oxidative stress but appears not to confer tolerance to these agents. Submitted.
Articles in international scientific compilation works and international scientific conference proceedings (includes extended abstracts)
Tervahauta, A. I., van der Lelie, D., Mergeay, M., and Kärenlampi, S. O.: Changed metal uptake in tobaccos transformed with Escherichia coli copper resistance gene pcoA. An extended abstract. In: Proceed. 5th Conf. Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, July 11-15, Vienna, Austria, pp. 894-5, 1999
Tervahauta, A. I., Hassinen, V., van Hoof, N., Schat, H., Verkleij, J. A. C., Kärenlampi, S. O.: Metallothionein gene of Silene vulgaris increases tolerance of heavy metal sensitive yeasts. An extended abstract. In: Proceed. 5th Conf. Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, July 11-15, Vienna, Austria, pp. 1172-3, 1999
Van Hoof, N. A. L. M., Tervahauta, A. I., Hakvoort, H., Schat, H., Verkleij, J. A. C., Hassinen, V., Kärenlampi, S. O.: Metallothionein genes in copper sensitive and copper tolerant Silene vulgaris. Do they play a role in copper tolerance? An extended abstract. In: Proceed. 5th Conf. Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, July 11-15, Vienna, Austria, pp. 896-7, 1999
Schat, H., van Hoof, N.A.L.M, Tervahauta, A., Hakvoort, H.W.J., Chardonnens, A.N., Koevoets, P.L.M., Verkleij, J.A.C., and Ernst, W.H.O. (2000) Evolutionaruy responses to zinc and copper stress in bladder campion, Silene vulgaris (Moench.) Garcke. In: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Mragova, Poland, 13-18 June, 1999
Articles in Finnish scientific compilation works and Finnish scientific conference proceedings
Hassinen V., Tervahauta A. I., and Kärenlampi S. O. 1999. Metallothionein gene of Silene vulgaris increases tolerance of heavy metal sensitive yeast. Proc. 4th Finnish conf. of Environmental Sciences, Tampere, Finland, Ed. Kuusisto S., Isoaho S., and Puhakka J. 64-67
Koistinen K. M., Kokko H. I., Kopponen P., Tervahauta A. I., Hassinen V., Delsaut C., Utriainen M. A., and Kärenlampi S. O. 1999. Induction of PR-10c in birch exposed to heavy metals. Proc. 4th Finnish conf. of Environmental Sciences, Tampere, Finland, Ed. Kuusisto S., Isoaho S., and Puhakka J.163-166
Other scientific publications
Hassinen, V.1999. Complementation of yeast using putative plant heavy metal tolerance genes. M.Sc.Thesis.
Utriainen, M. 1999. Heavy metal induced stress responses in birch. Ph.D. Thesis. Kuopio University Publications C. Natural and Environmental Sciences 104.
Koistinen, K. 1999. Heavy metal tolerance in birch and molecular changes in metal exposure - Expression and accumulation of PR-10c in birch exposed to heavy metals. EnSTe, The Finnish Graduate School in Environmental Technology. Yearbook 1999. 78-82
Hassinen, V. 1999. Search for heavy metal tolerance- and hyperaccumulation genes from model plant species - Complementation of yeast using putative plant heavy metal tolerance genes. EnSTe, The Finnish Graduate School in Environmental Technology. Yearbook 1999. 83-86.
Gynther P. 2000. Otsonin ja kuparin vaikutus koivun (Betula pendula ja B. pubescens) stressiproteiinin PR-10c ilmentymiseen. M.Sc.Thesis.
Hakkarainen T. 2000. Hiiren sinkkitransportterin (ZnT-1) eristys ja agrobakteerivälitteinen geeninsiirto tupakkaan (Nicotiana tabacum). M.Sc.Thesis.
Tuomainen M. 2001. Bakteerin kupariresistenssigeenin (pcoA) ilmentymisen
optimointi kasveissa. M.Sc.Thesis.