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Wang WJ, Li XP, Shen WH, Huang QY, Cong RP, Zheng LP, Wang JW. Nitric oxide mediates red light-induced perylenequinone production in Shiraia mycelium culture. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2024; 11:2. [PMID: 38647587 PMCID: PMC10991179 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-023-00725-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Perylenequinones (PQs) from bambusicolous Shiraia fungi serve as excellent photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy. However, the lower yield of PQ production in mycelium cultures is an important bottleneck for their clinical application. Light has long been recognized as a pivotal regulatory signal for fungal secondary metabolite biosynthesis. In this study, we explored the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the growth and PQ biosynthesis in mycelium cultures of Shiraia sp. S9 exposed to red light. The continuous irradiation with red light (627 nm, 200 lx) suppressed fungal conidiation, promoted hyphal branching, and elicited a notable increase in PQ accumulation. Red light exposure induced NO generation, peaking to 81.7 μmol/g FW on day 8 of the culture, with the involvement of nitric oxide synthase (NOS)- or nitrate reductase (NR)-dependent pathways. The application of a NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) restored conidiation of Shiraia sp. S9 under red light and stimulated PQ production, which was mitigated upon the introduction of NO scavenger carboxy-PTIO or soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor NS-2028. These results showed that red light-induced NO, as a signaling molecule, was involved in the regulation of growth and PQ production in Shiraia sp. S9 through the NO-cGMP-PKG signaling pathway. While mycelial H2O2 content exhibited no significant alternations, a transient increase of intracellular Ca2+ and extracellular ATP (eATP) content was detected upon exposure to red light. The generation of NO was found to be interdependent on cytosolic Ca2+ and eATP concentration. These signal molecules cooperated synergistically to enhance membrane permeability and elevate the transcript levels of PQ biosynthetic genes in Shiraia sp. S9. Notably, the combined treatment of red light with 5 μM SNP yielded a synergistic effect, resulting in a substantially higher level of hypocrellin A (HA, 254 mg/L), about 3.0-fold over the dark control. Our findings provide valuable insights into the regulation of NO on fungal secondary metabolite biosynthesis and present a promising strategy involving the combined elicitation with SNP for enhanced production of photoactive PQs and other valuable secondary metabolites in fungi.
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- Wen Juan Wang
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.
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Ma L, Han R, Yang Y, Liu X, Li H, Zhao X, Li J, Fu H, Huo Y, Sun L, Yan Y, Zhang H, Li Z, Tian F, Li J, Guo Y. Phytochromes enhance SOS2-mediated PIF1 and PIF3 phosphorylation and degradation to promote Arabidopsis salt tolerance. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:2997-3020. [PMID: 37119239 PMCID: PMC10396371 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Soil salinity is one of the most detrimental abiotic stresses affecting plant survival, and light is a core environmental signal regulating plant growth and responses to abiotic stress. However, how light modulates the plant's response to salt stress remains largely obscure. Here, we show that Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings are more tolerant to salt stress in the light than in the dark, and that the photoreceptors phytochrome A (phyA) and phyB are involved in this tolerance mechanism. We further show that phyA and phyB physically interact with the salt tolerance regulator SALT OVERLY SENSITIVE2 (SOS2) in the cytosol and nucleus, and enhance salt-activated SOS2 kinase activity in the light. Moreover, SOS2 directly interacts with and phosphorylates PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS PIF1 and PIF3 in the nucleus. Accordingly, PIFs act as negative regulators of plant salt tolerance, and SOS2 phosphorylation of PIF1 and PIF3 decreases their stability and relieves their repressive effect on plant salt tolerance in both light and dark conditions. Together, our study demonstrates that photoactivated phyA and phyB promote plant salt tolerance by increasing SOS2-mediated phosphorylation and degradation of PIF1 and PIF3, thus broadening our understanding of how plants adapt to salt stress according to their dynamic light environment.
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- Liang Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- National Maize Improvement Center, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize (MOA), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience (SKLPER), College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Zhao Y, Shi H, Pan Y, Lyu M, Yang Z, Kou X, Deng XW, Zhong S. Sensory circuitry controls cytosolic calcium-mediated phytochrome B phototransduction. Cell 2023; 186:1230-1243.e14. [PMID: 36931246 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Although Ca2+ has long been recognized as an obligatory intermediate in visual transduction, its role in plant phototransduction remains elusive. Here, we report a Ca2+ signaling that controls photoreceptor phyB nuclear translocation in etiolated seedlings during dark-to-light transition. Red light stimulates acute cytosolic Ca2+ increases via phyB, which are sensed by Ca2+-binding protein kinases, CPK6 and CPK12 (CPK6/12). Upon Ca2+ activation, CPK6/12 in turn directly interact with and phosphorylate photo-activated phyB at Ser80/Ser106 to initiate phyB nuclear import. Non-phosphorylatable mutation, phyBS80A/S106A, abolishes nuclear translocation and fails to complement phyB mutant, which is fully restored by combining phyBS80A/S106A with a nuclear localization signal. We further show that CPK6/12 function specifically in the early phyB-mediated cotyledon expansion, while Ser80/Ser106 phosphorylation generally governs phyB nuclear translocation. Our results uncover a biochemical regulatory loop centered in phyB phototransduction and provide a paradigm for linking ubiquitous Ca2+ increases to specific responses in sensory stimulus processing.
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- Yan Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, Beijing 100048, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, Weifang 261325, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agriculture Sciences in Weifang, Weifang 261325, China.
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Folta KM, Lieg EJ, Durham T, Spalding EP. Primary inhibition of hypocotyl growth and phototropism depend differently on phototropin-mediated increases in cytoplasmic calcium induced by blue light. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 133:1464-70. [PMID: 14645723 PMCID: PMC300703 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.024372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2003] [Revised: 05/26/2003] [Accepted: 08/13/2003] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The phototropin photoreceptors transduce blue-light signals into several physiological and developmental responses in plants. A transient rise in cytoplasmic calcium (Ca2+) that begins within seconds of phototropin 1 (phot1) excitation is believed to be an important element in the transduction pathways leading to one or more of the phot1-dependent responses. The goal of the present work was to determine whether the Ca2+ response was necessary for (a). the inhibition of hypocotyl elongation that develops within minutes of the irradiation, and (b). hypocotyl phototropism (curved growth of the stem in response to asymmetric illumination). After determining that pulses of light delivering photon fluences of between 1 and 1000 micromol m-2 induced growth inhibition mediated by phot1 without significant interference from other photosensory pathways, the effect of blocking the Ca2+ rise was assessed. Treatment of seedlings with a Ca2+ chelator prevented the rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ and prevented phot1-mediated growth inhibition. However, the same chelator treatment did not impair phot1-mediated phototropism. Thus, it appears that the early, transient rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ is an important intermediary process in at least one but not all phot1-signaling pathways.
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- Kevin M Folta
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Footitt S, Cohn MA. Seed Dormancy in Red Rice : VIII. Embryo Acidification during Dormancy-Breaking and Subsequent Germination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1992; 100:1196-202. [PMID: 16653105 PMCID: PMC1075766 DOI: 10.1104/pp.100.3.1196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Exposure of dehulled, dormant red rice (Oryza sativa) seeds to dormancy-breaking treatments (10 mm sodium nitrite, 20 mm propionic acid, 30 mm methyl propionate, 40 mm propionaldehyde, or 70 mmn-propanol) induced tissue pH acidification during chemical contact at least 12 h before visible germination. During chemical contact, the onset of embryo acidification occurred before or coincident with the chemical contact interval necessary for subsequent germination. Upon seed transfer to H(2)O following chemical contact, embryo pH also decreased coincident with visible germination. During this period, the percentage of germination and embryo pH were closely linked irrespective of the dormancy-breaking compound used. Therefore, tissue acidification during the breaking of seed dormancy and the germination process may be analogous to similar tissue pH changes associated with the termination of developmental arrest in other multicellular systems, such as brine shrimp cysts and nematode larvae.
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- S Footitt
- Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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Palme K. Molecular analysis of plant signaling elements: relevance of eukaryotic signal transduction models. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1992; 132:223-83. [PMID: 1555920 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62457-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- K Palme
- Max-Planck-Institut für Pflanzenzüchtung, Köln, Germany
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Takagi S, Yamamoto KT, Furuya M, Nagai R. Cooperative regulation of cytoplasmic streaming and ca fluxes by pfr and photosynthesis in vallisneria mesophyll cells. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1990; 94:1702-8. [PMID: 16667905 PMCID: PMC1077441 DOI: 10.1104/pp.94.4.1702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In mesophyll cells of Vallisneria gigantea Graebner, Ca(2+) regulates the induction and cessation of cytoplasmic streaming. Streaming is induced when the level of calcium in the cytoplasm is lowered through light-accelerated release of Ca(2+) from the cells (S Takagi, R Nagai [1988] Plant Physiol 88: 228-232). We have now initiated an investigation on the nature of the photoreceptor(s) that are involved in the regulation of Ca(2+) movements across the cell membrane and of streaming. Streaming is induced only when phytochrome exists in the phytochrome-far redabsorbing form (Pfr)-and photosynthesis is allowed to take place for at least 4 minutes. The former effect is typically photoreversible by red and far-red light, and phytochrome is spectro-photometrically detectable in the crude extract from the leaves. The latter effect is assessed in terms of the wavelength dependency and the effects of diuron and atrazine, two inhibitors of photosynthesis. A similar requirement for Pfr and photosynthesis is found to be associated with the acceleration of Ca(2+) efflux in the protoplasts. The results suggest that phytochrome and photosynthetic pigment(s) cooperatively regulate cytoplasmic streaming via modulation of the Ca(2+) transport in the cell membrane.
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- S Takagi
- Department of Biology, College of General Education, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
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Roblin G, Fleurat-Lessard P, Everat-Bourbouloux A, Bonmort J, Moyen C. PHYTOCHROME- and BLUE PIGMENT-MEDIATED LEAF MOVEMENTS: EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH IN THE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION. Photochem Photobiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb01774.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dürr S, Scheuerlein R. CHARACTERIZATION OF A CALCIUM-REQUIRING PHASE DURING PHYTOCHROME-MEDIATED FERN-SPORE GERMINATION OF Dryopteris paleacea Sw. Photochem Photobiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb01758.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Schönbohm E, Meyer-Wegener J, Schönbohm E. No evidence for Ca2+ influx as an essential link in the signal transduction chains of either light-oriented chloroplast movements or Pfr-mediated chloroplast anchorage in Mougeotia. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(90)85049-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tester M. Tansley Review No. 21 Plant ion channels: whole-cell and single channel studies. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 1990; 114:305-340. [PMID: 33873975 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1990.tb00403.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Ion channels are proteins which catalyse rapid, passive, electrogenic uniport of ions through pores spanning an otherwise poorly permeable lipid bilayer. Among other processes, fluxes through ion channels are responsible for action potentials - large, transient changes in membrane potential which have been known of in plants for over 100 years. Much disparate information on ion channels in plant cells has accumulated over the past few years. In an attempt to synthesize these data, the properties of at least 18 different ion channels are collated in this review. Channels are initially classified according to ion selectivity (Ca2+ , Cl- , K+ and H+ ); then gating characteristics (i.e. control of opening and closing), unitary conductance and pharmacology are used to distinguish further different sub-types of channels. To provide a background for this overview, the fundamental properties which define ion channels in animal cells, namely conduction, selectivity and gating, are described. Appropriate techniques for the study of ion channels are also assessed. The review concludes with a discussion on the role of ion channels in plant cells, although any comment on functions beyond turgor regulation and general statements about signalling remains largely speculative. The study of ion channels in plant cells is still at an early stage and it is hoped that this review will provide a framework upon which further work in both algae and vascular plants can be based. CONTENTS Summary 305 I. Introduction: plant electrophysiology 306 II. A general description of ion channels 306 III. Ion channels in plants 310 IV. Ca2+ channels 313 V. Cl- channels 315 VI. K+ channels in the plasma membrane 318 VII. K+ channels in the tonoplast 322 VIII. Channels in thylakoids 324 IX. H+ channels 324 X. Functions of channels 325 XI. Conclusions 328 Acknowledgements 328 References 329.
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- Mark Tester
- Botany School, Downing St, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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Chae Q, Park HJ, Hong SD. Loading of quin2 into the oat protoplast and measurement of cytosolic calcium ion concentration changes by phytochrome action. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1051:115-22. [PMID: 2310765 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(90)90182-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The loading of quin2 into oat protoplasts was carried out in an incubation medium (0.6 M sorbitol, 1 mM CaCl2, 5 mM Mes, 5 mM Tris, 0.05% BSA, 1 mM KCl, 1 mM MgSO4 (pH 6.8)), in which we found the best viability of the protoplast and the highest membrane permeability of quin2/AM, compared with the results obtained from any other incubation medium we had tried to use. 50 microns of quin2/AM was added in the suspension medium containing 5 x 10(5)/ml of oat protoplasts, and incubation at 4 degrees C was performed for 24 h. From atomic absorption data, we confirmed that quin2 loading was 1.78 mmol per liter of cells. Red-light (660 nm) irradiation for 5 min caused an increase of the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration from 30 to 193 nM. On the other hand, a subsequent irradiation with far-red light (730 nm) for 5 min decreased it by about 48 nM. Even when the extracellular Ca2+ was completely chelated with 1 mM EDTA, red light increased the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration by about 51 nM and far-red light decreased it to 3 nM. These results imply that the Pfr form of phytochrome functions not only in the process of influx of Ca2+, but also in the mobilization process of Ca2+ from the intracellular Ca2+ pools. The fact that the Pr form of phytochrome lowers the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration is also presented in this report.
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- Q Chae
- Department of Biochemistry, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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Iino M, Endo M, Wada M. The occurrence of a ca-dependent period in the red light-induced late g1 phase of germinating adiantum spores. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1989; 91:610-6. [PMID: 16667076 PMCID: PMC1062044 DOI: 10.1104/pp.91.2.610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The first cell cycle of Adiantum spores, which is induced by red light (R), was studied with regard to its temporal dependence on Pfr (the active form of phytochrome) and Ca(2+). Responses were quantified with increases of the spore content of DNA, thus limiting the investigation to the reactions taking place before the S phase of the cell cycle (i.e. during G0/G1/S transitions). Spores hydrated for more than 2 days in the standard medium (includes 1 millimolar free Ca(2+)) showed, after stimulation with a saturating R pulse, an increase of DNA beginning at about 25 hours and saturating at about 55 hours. Reversal by far-red light of the inductive effect of R was used to examine the temporal requirement for Pfr. Spores became dependent on the supply of external Ca(2+) when incubated in a low Ca medium (32 nanomolar free Ca(2+) with 10 millimolar EGTA); this culture condition was used, after observing that the DNA increase occurs similarly if Ca(2+) is supplied after the R pulse, to examine the temporal requirement for external Ca(2+). It was concluded that the G1 phase of the spore is separated into three subphases: (a) the Pfr-dependent period which immediately follows the R pulse and varies among individual spores from a few to about 25 hours, (b) the Ca(2+)-dependent period (about 10 hours) which occurs immediately before the S phase, and (c) a gap (15-20 hours) between the two periods. In the Ca(2+)-dependent period, spores require the presence of extracellular Ca(2+). This period occurs only during a determined time after the R pulse, and the competence of spores to enter the S phase is lost sharply if external Ca(2+) is not available continuously during this period.
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- M Iino
- Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Fukazawa 2-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158, Japan
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Moysset L, Simon E. Role of Calcium in Phytochrome-Controlled Nyctinastic Movements of Albizzia lophantha Leaflets. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1989; 90:1108-14. [PMID: 16666859 PMCID: PMC1061851 DOI: 10.1104/pp.90.3.1108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The involvement of Ca(2+) on phytochrome-controlled nyctinastic closure in Albizzia lophantha has been studied by testing the effect of the calcium ionophore 6S-[6alpha(2S(*),3S(*)),8beta(R(*)),9beta,11alpha]-5- methyl-amino)-2-[[3,9,11-trimethyl-8-[-1-methyl-2-oxo-2-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl) ethyl]-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]-undec-2yl] methyl]-4-benzoxazolecarboxylic acid (A23187) and the intracellular calcium antagonist 8-(diethylamino)octyl 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8). An external supply of Ca(2+) or calcium ionophore A23187 to the Albizzia leaflets emulates the effect of red light irradiation and counteracts the inhibitory effect of far red light. The intracellular calcium antagonist TMB-8 supplied to Albizzia leaflets inhibits the effect of red light, but had no effect on far red irradiated plants. This suggests a dependence between phytochrome action and intracellular free Ca(2+). We suggest that calcium acts as a phytochrome messenger on control of ion fluxes that drive turgor changes in pulvinular motor cells.
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- L Moysset
- Plant Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Scheuerlein R, Wayne R, Roux SJ. Calcium requirement of phytochrome-mediated fern-spore germination: No direct phytochrome-calcium interaction in the phytochrome-initiated transduction chain. PLANTA 1989; 178:25-30. [PMID: 24212546 DOI: 10.1007/bf00392523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/1988] [Accepted: 11/24/1988] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Phytochrome-mediated germination of fern spores of Dryopteris paleacea Sw. was initiated by a saturating red-light (R) irradiation after 20 h of imbibition. For its realization external Ca(2+) was required, with a threshold at a submicromolar concentration, and an optimum was reached around 10(-4) M. At concentrations ≥10(-1) M only a reduced response was obtained, based probably on an unspecific osmotic or ionic effect. The germination response was inhibited by La(3+), an antagonist of Ca(2+). From these results it is concluded that Ca(2+) influx from the medium into the spores may be an important event in phytochrome-mediated germination. In the absence of Ca(2+) the R-stimulated system remained capable of responding to Ca(2+), added as late as 40 h after R. Moreover, Ca(2+) was effective even if added after the active form of phytochrome, Pfr, had been abolished by far-red (FR) 24 h after R. Thus, the primary effect of Pfr, that initiates the transduction chain, does not require calcium. "Coupling" of Pfr to subsequent dark reactions has been investigated by R-FR irradiations with various dark intervals. The resulting "escape kinetics" were characterized by a lag phase (6 h) and half-maximal escape from FR reversibility (19 h). These kinetics were not significantly changed by the presence or absence of calcium. Thus, direct interaction of Pfr and calcium is not a step in the transduction chain initiated by the active form of photochrome.
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- R Scheuerlein
- Department of Botany, University of Texas, 78713, Austin, TX, USA
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Friedman H, Goldschmidt EE, Halevy AH. Involvement of Calcium in the Photoperiodic Flower Induction Process of Pharbitis nil. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1989; 89:530-4. [PMID: 16666577 PMCID: PMC1055876 DOI: 10.1104/pp.89.2.530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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EGTA, a specific Ca(2+) chelator, inhibited the flowering response of Pharbitis nil when applied to the cotyledons immediately before the inductive dark period. Calcium sprayed 30 minutes after the EGTA blocked the effect of EGTA. The length of the critical dark period was increased both by EGTA and by LaCl(3). The calmodulin antagonists W-7 and chlorpromazine also reduced the flowering response. On the other hand, A23187, a calcium ionophore, increased the flowering response. Both EGTA and A23187 were effective at certain times of the photoperiod but had almost no effect when applied at other times. The results indicate that the level of endogenous Ca(2+) may be limiting for floral induction in Ph. nil. Ca(2+) seems to play a role during the early stages of the inductive dark period.
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- H Friedman
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Horticulture, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Lanthanum belongs to the group of elements known as "lanthanons," which also includes cerium, europium, promethium, and thulium. It is the most electropositive element of the rare earth group, is uniformly trivalent, and is similar in its chemical properties to the alkaline earth elements. The effects of this element and its compounds on cellular systems are of considerable interest because of their increasing use in industry and as a substitute or antagonist for calcium in a variety of cellular reactions. Lanthanum is also being employed extensively in studying anatomical barriers, membrane structure, and subcellular transport systems, particularly the calcium pathway.
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- T Das
- Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, India
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Viner N, Whitelam G, Smith H. Calcium and phytochrome control of leaf unrolling in dark-grown barley seedlings. PLANTA 1988; 175:209-213. [PMID: 24221714 DOI: 10.1007/bf00392429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/1987] [Accepted: 03/03/1988] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The red light-stimulated component of unrolling in sections from 7-d-old dark-grown barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaves is inhibited by ethyleneglycol-bis-(β-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetracetic acid (EGTA). A free-Ca(2+) activity of less than 40 μM restores the ability to respond to red light, but only if supplied within 1 h of red light. Magnesium ions are an ineffective substitute. At least two processes in unrolling appear to be Ca(2+)-sensitive.Fluence-response measurements indicate that the levels of the far-red-absorbing from of phytochrome (Pfr) still present 4 h after red-light treatment should be above saturation for the unrolling response; consequently, loss of Pfr does not explain the loss in effectiveness of Ca(2+) during prolonged EGTA treatment. However, if a further red-light treatment is given simultaneously with Ca(2+) addition 4 h after the initial light stimulus, then full unrolling occurs in EGTA-treated sections. These data indicate that, under normal circumstances, a functional change in the properties of Pfr must occur, uncoupling it from the transduction chain.
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- N Viner
- Department of Botany, University of Leicester, LEI 7RH, Leicester, UK
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Bossen ME, Dassen HH, Kendrick RE, Vredenberg WJ. The role of calcium ions in phytochrome-controlled swelling of etiolated wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) protoplasts. PLANTA 1988; 174:94-100. [PMID: 24221423 DOI: 10.1007/bf00394879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/1987] [Accepted: 09/28/1987] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Protoplasts from dark-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) maintained at a constant osmotic potential at 22°C, were found to swell upon red irradiation (R) and the effect was negated by subsequent far-red light (FR), indicating phytochrome involvement. Swelling only occurred when Ca(2+) ions were present in the surrounding medium, or were added within 10 min after R. Furthermore, Mg(2+), Ba(2+) or K(+) could not replace this requirement for Ca(2+). The presence of K(+) did not enhance the Ca(2+)-dependent swelling response. When the Ca(2+)-ionophore A 23187 was added to the medium, protoplasts swelled in the dark to the same extent as after R. Both the Ca(2+)-channelblocker Verapamil and La(3+) inhibited R-induced swelling. It is proposed that R causes the opening of Ca(2+)-channels in the plasma membrane. Boyle-van't Hoff analyses of protoplast volume after R and FR are consistent with the conclusion that R irradiation causes changes in membrane properties.
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- M E Bossen
- Department of Plant Physiological Research, Agricultural University, Generaal Foulkesweg 72, NL-6703 BW, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Scheuerlein R, Wayne R, Roux SJ. Early quantitative method for measuring germination in non-green spores of Dryopteris paleacea using an epifluorescence-microscope technique. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 1988; 73:505-511. [PMID: 11539034 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1988.tb05433.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A method is described to determine germination by blue-light excited red fluorescence in the positively photoblastic spores of Dryopteris paleacea Sw. This fluorescence is due to chlorophyll as evidenced from 1) a fluorescence-emission spectrum in vivo, where a bright fluorescence around 675 nm is obtained only in red light (R)-irradiated spores and 2) in vitro measurements with acetone extracts prepared from homogenized spores. Significant amounts of chlorophyll can be found only in R-treated spores; this chlorophyll exhibits an emission band around 668 nm, when irradiated with 430 nm light at 21 degrees C. Compared to other criteria for germination, such as swelling of the cell, coat splitting, greening, and rhizoid formation, which require longer periods after induction for their expression, chlorophyll fluorescence can be used to quantify germination after two days. This result is confirmed by fluence-response curves for R-induced spore germination; the same relationship between applied R and germination is obtained by the evaluation with the epifluorescence method 2 days after the light treatment as compared with the evaluation with bright-field microscopy 5 days after the inducing R. Using this technique we show for the first time that Ca2+ contributes to the signal-transduction chain in phytochrome-mediated chlorophyll synthesis in spores of Dryopteris paleacea.
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- R Scheuerlein
- Institut für Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, FRG
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Föhr KJ, Enßle M, Schraudolf H. Calmodulin-like protein from the fern Anemia phyllitidis L. Sw. PLANTA 1987; 171:127-129. [PMID: 24227278 DOI: 10.1007/bf00395075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/1986] [Accepted: 12/16/1986] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Spores and prothallia of the fern Anemia phyllitidis L. Sw. contain a protein which in its physicochemical properties corresponds largely to calmodulin. It shows immunoreactivity with a calmodulin antiserum and activates bovine brain phosphodiesterase. Its content increases during the early processes of light-induced spore germination, indicating that the Ca(2+)-dependence of these processes may be mediated by this protein.
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- K J Föhr
- Abteilung Allgemeine Botanik, Universität Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg, D-7900, Ulm, Federal Republic of Germany
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Schumaker K, Sze H. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate releases Ca2+ from vacuolar membrane vesicles of oat roots. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)61292-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Affiliation(s)
- B W Poovaiah
- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
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Wayne R, Rice D, Hepler PK. Intracellular pH does not change during phytochrome-mediated spore germination in Onoclea. Dev Biol 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(86)90111-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Roux SJ, Wayne RO, Datta N. Role of calcium ions in phytochrome responses: an update. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 1986; 66:344-348. [PMID: 11538657 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1986.tb02430.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- S J Roux
- Dept of Botany, The Univ. of Texas at Austin 78713, USA
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Abstracts. Photochem Photobiol 1985. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1985.tb08912.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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