Role of Proton Motive Force in Photoinduction of Cytoplasmic Streaming in
Vallisneria Mesophyll Cells.
PLANTS 2020;
9:plants9030376. [PMID:
32197471 PMCID:
PMC7154820 DOI:
10.3390/plants9030376]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
In mesophyll cells of the aquatic monocot Vallisneria, red light induces rotational cytoplasmic streaming, which is regulated by the cytoplasmic concentration of Ca2+. Our previous investigations revealed that red light induces Ca2+ efflux across the plasma membrane (PM), and that both the red light-induced cytoplasmic streaming and the Ca2+ efflux are sensitive to vanadate, an inhibitor of P-type ATPases. In this study, pharmacological experiments suggested the involvement of PM H+-ATPase, one of the P-type ATPases, in the photoinduction of cytoplasmic streaming. We hypothesized that red light would activate PM H+-ATPase to generate a large H+ motive force (PMF) in a photosynthesis-dependent manner. We demonstrated that indeed, photosynthesis increased the PMF and induced phosphorylation of the penultimate residue, threonine, of PM H+-ATPase, which is a major activation mechanism of H+-ATPase. The results suggested that a large PMF generated by PM H+-ATPase energizes the Ca2+ efflux across the PM. As expected, we detected a putative Ca2+/H+ exchange activity in PM vesicles isolated from Vallisneria leaves.
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