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Wegner LH, Li X, Zhang J, Yu M, Shabala S, Hao Z. Biochemical and biophysical pH clamp controlling Net H + efflux across the plasma membrane of plant cells. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 230:408-415. [PMID: 33423280 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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P-type H+ ATPases mediate active H+ efflux from plant cells. They generate a proton motive force across the plasma membrane, providing the free energy to drive the transport of other solutes, partly by coupling to H+ influx. Wegner & Shabala (2020) recently suggested that passive H+ influx can exceed pump-driven efflux due to 'active buffering', that is, cytosolic H+ scavenging and apoplastic H+ generation by metabolism ('biochemical pH clamp'). Charge balance is provided by K+ efflux or anion influx. Here, this hypothesis is extended to net H+ efflux: even though H+ pumping is faster than backflow via symporters and antiporters, a progressive increase in the transmembrane pH gradient is avoided. Cytosolic H+ release is associated with bicarbonate formation from CO2 . Bicarbonate serves as substrate for the PEPCase, catalyzing the reaction from phosphoenolpyruvate to oxaloacetate, which is subsequently reduced to malate. Organic anions such as malate and citrate are released across the plasma membrane and are (partly) protonated in the apoplast, thus limiting pump-induced acidification. Moreover, a 'biophysical pH clamp' is introduced, that is, adjustment of apoplastic/cytosolic pH involving net H+ fluxes across the plasma membrane, while the gradient between compartments is maintained. The clamps are not mutually exclusive but are likely to coexist.
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- Lars H Wegner
- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, 528041, China
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, 528041, China
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, 528041, China
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, 528041, China
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, 528041, China
- Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7001, Australia
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- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan, 528041, China
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Abdel Latef AAH, Dawood MFA, Hassanpour H, Rezayian M, Younes NA. Impact of the Static Magnetic Field on Growth, Pigments, Osmolytes, Nitric Oxide, Hydrogen Sulfide, Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase Activity, Antioxidant Defense System, and Yield in Lettuce. BIOLOGY 2020; 9:E172. [PMID: 32709036 PMCID: PMC7408432 DOI: 10.3390/biology9070172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Magnetic fields are an unavoidable physical factor affecting living organisms. Lettuce seeds (Lactuca sativa var. cabitat L.) were subjected to various intensities of the static magnetic field (SMF) viz., MF0 (control), SMF1 (0.44 Tesla (T), SMF2 (0.77 T), and SMF3 (1 T) for three exposure times (1, 2, and 3 h). SMF-treated seedlings showed induction in growth parameters and metabolism comparing to control. All photosynthetic pigments were induced markedly under SMF, especially chlorophyll a. SMF at different intensities boosted osmolytes, non-enzymatic antioxidants, and the phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity over non-magnetized seedlings. Oxidative damage criteria viz., hydrogen peroxide, superoxide radical, and lipid peroxidation, as well as polyphenol oxidase activity, were kept at low values under SMF-treated seeds relative to control, especially SMF2. Electron donors to antioxidant enzymes including nitrate reductase, nitric oxide, and hydrogen sulfide induced via SMF exposure and consequently the activities of superoxide dismutase, glutathione-S-transferases, catalase, and peroxidases family enzymes were also stimulated under SMF, whatever the intensity or the exposure period applied. All these regulations reflected on the enhancement of lettuce yield production which reached 50% over the control at SMF3. Our findings offered that SMF-seed priming is an innovative and low-cost strategy that can improve the growth, bioactive constituents, and yield of lettuce.
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- Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef
- Biology Department, Turabah University College, Turabah Branch, Taif University, Taif 21995, Saudi Arabia
- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt;
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- Aerospace Research Institute, Ministry of Science Research and Technology, Tehran 14665-834, Iran;
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- Department of Plant Biology, and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms in Iran, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 14155-6455, Iran;
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- Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiut 71524, Egypt;
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Ramzani PMA, Khalid M, Naveed M, Ahmad R, Shahid M. Iron biofortification of wheat grains through integrated use of organic and chemical fertilizers in pH affected calcareous soil. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 104:284-93. [PMID: 27179316 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Incidence of iron (Fe) deficiency in human populations is an emerging global challenge. This study was conducted to evaluate the potential of iron sulphate combined with biochar and poultry manure for Fe biofortification of wheat grains in pH affected calcareous soil. In first two incubation studies, rates of sulfur (S) and Fe combined with various organic amendments for lowering pH and Fe availability in calcareous soil were optimized. In pot experiment, best rate of Fe along with biochar (BC) and poultry manure (PM) was evaluated for Fe biofortification of wheat in normal and S treated low pH calcareous soil. Fe applied with BC provided fair increase in root-shoot biomass and photosynthesis up to 79, 53 and 67%, respectively in S treated low pH soil than control. Grain Fe and ferritin concentration was increased up to 1.4 and 1.2 fold, respectively while phytate and polyphenol was decreased 35 and 44%, respectively than control in treatment where Fe was applied with BC and S. In conclusion, combined use of Fe and BC could be an effective approach to improve growth and grain Fe biofortification of wheat in pH affected calcareous soil.
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan.
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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Martinière A, Desbrosses G, Sentenac H, Paris N. Development and properties of genetically encoded pH sensors in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:523. [PMID: 24391657 PMCID: PMC3866548 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Fluorescent proteins (FPs) have given access to a large choice of live imaging techniques and have thereby profoundly modified our view of plant cells. Together with technological improvement of imaging, they have opened the possibility to monitor physico-chemical changes within cells. For this purpose, a new generation of FPs has been engineered. For instance, pHluorin, a point mutated version of green fluorescent protein, allows to get local pH estimates. In this paper, we will describe how genetically encoded sensors can be used to measure pH in the microenvironment of living tissues and subsequently discuss the role of pH in (i) exocytosis, (ii) ion uptake by plant roots, (iii) cell growth, and (iv) protein trafficking.
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- Alexandre Martinière
- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2Montpellier, France
- *Correspondence: Alexandre Martinière and Nadine Paris, Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France. e-mail: ;
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- Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses (UMR113, Université Montpellier 2, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Cirad Montpellier SupAgro, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Université Montpellier 2Montpellier, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2Montpellier, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2Montpellier, France
- *Correspondence: Alexandre Martinière and Nadine Paris, Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, UMR 5004 CNRS/UMR 0386 INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier 2, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France. e-mail: ;
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Fodor F, Kovács K, Czech V, Solti Á, Tóth B, Lévai L, Bóka K, Vértes A. Effects of short term iron citrate treatments at different pH values on roots of iron-deficient cucumber: a Mössbauer analysis. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 169:1615-1622. [PMID: 22739262 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2011] [Revised: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Alkaline pH values and bicarbonate greatly reduce the mobility and uptake of Fe, causing Fe deficiency chlorosis. In the present work, the effects of pH and bicarbonate on the uptake and accumulation of Fe in the roots of cucumber were studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy combined with physiological tests and diaminobenzidine enhanced Perls staining. Mössbauer spectra of Fe-deficient cucumber roots supplied with 500 μM (57)Fe(III)-citrate at different pH values showed the presence of an Fe(II) and an Fe(III) component. As the pH was increased from 4.5 to 7.5, the root ferric chelate reductase (FCR) activity decreased significantly and a structural change in the Fe(III) component was observed. While at pH 4.5 the radial intrusion of Fe reached the endodermis, at pH 7.5, Fe was found only in the outer cortical cell layers. The Mössbauer spectra of Fe-deficient plants supplied with Fe(III)-citrate in the presence of bicarbonate (pH 7.0 and 7.5) showed similar Fe components, but the relative Fe(II) concentration compared to that measured at pH values 6.5 and 7.5 was greater. The Mössbauer parameters calculated for the Fe(II) component in the presence of bicarbonate were slightly different from those of Fe(II) alone at pH 6.5-7.5, whereas the FCR activity was similarly low. Fe incorporation into the root apoplast involved only the outer cortical cell layers, as in the roots treated at pH 7.5. In Fe-sufficient plants grown with Fe(III)-citrate and 1mM bicarbonate, Fe precipitated as granules and was in diffusely scattered grains on the root surface. The "bicarbonate effect" may involve a pH component, decreasing both the FCR activity and the acidification of the apoplast and a mineralization effect leading to the slow accumulation of extraplasmatic Fe particles, forming an Fe plaque and trapping Fe and other minerals in biologically unavailable forms.
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- Ferenc Fodor
- Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 1117, Hungary.
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Gao C, Wang Y, Xiao DS, Qiu CP, Han DG, Zhang XZ, Wu T, Han ZH. Comparison of cadmium-induced iron-deficiency responses and genuine iron-deficiency responses in Malus xiaojinensis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 181:269-74. [PMID: 21763537 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2011] [Revised: 05/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The effects of the heavy metal Cd in Malus xiaojinensis were investigated using hydroponic cultures. Chlorophyll and Fe concentrations in young leaves were markedly decreased by Cd treatment, although Fe concentration was significantly enhanced in the roots. A comparative examination of the Fe-deficiency responses due to Fe deficiency and Cd treatment was also performed. Both Fe deficiency and Cd treatment induced responses similar to those of Fe-deficiency in M. xiaojinensis, including acidification of the rhizosphere, enhanced Fe(III) chelate reductase activity, and upregulation of the Fe-deficiency-responsive genes MxIRT1 and MxFRO2-Like. However, the Fe-deficiency responses induced by Cd treatment were different in intensity and timing from those induced by Fe deficiency.
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- Chao Gao
- Institute for Horticultural Plants, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, PR China
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Xu J, Yin H, Li Y, Liu X. Nitric oxide is associated with long-term zinc tolerance in Solanum nigrum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 154:1319-34. [PMID: 20855519 PMCID: PMC2971609 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.162982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2010] [Accepted: 09/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) has been identified as a signal molecule that interplays with reactive oxygen species in response to heavy metal stresses. Roles of NO in regulating cadmium toxicity and iron deficiency have been proposed; however, the function of NO in zinc (Zn) tolerance in plants remains unclear. Here, we investigated NO accumulation and its role in plant Zn tolerance. Zn-induced NO production promoted an increase in reactive oxygen species accumulation in Solanum nigrum roots by modulating the expression and activity of antioxidative enzymes. Subsequently, programmed cell death (PCD) was observed in primary root tips. Inhibiting NO accumulation by 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-imidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (a specific NO scavenger) or N(G)-nitro-l-arginine-methyl ester (a NO synthase inhibitor) prevented the increase of superoxide radical and hydrogen peroxide as well as the subsequent cell death in the root tips, supporting the role of NO in Zn-induced PCD in the root tips. Zn-induced NO production affected the length of primary roots, the number of lateral roots, and root hair growth and thereby modulated root system architecture and activity. Investigation of metal contents in Zn-treated roots suggests that NO is required for metal (especially iron) uptake and homeostasis in plants exposed to excess Zn. Taken together, our results indicate that NO production and the subsequent PCD in root tips exposed to excess Zn are favorable for the S. nigrum seedling response to long-term Zn toxicity by modulating root system architecture and subsequent adaptation to Zn stress.
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050021, China
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Slatni T, Krouma A, Gouia H, Abdelly C. Importance of ferric chelate reductase activity and acidification capacity in root nodules of N2-fixing common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) subjected to iron deficiency. Symbiosis 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03179968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Santi S, Schmidt W. Dissecting iron deficiency-induced proton extrusion in Arabidopsis roots. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2009; 183:1072-1084. [PMID: 19549134 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02908.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Here, we have analysed the H(+)-ATPase-mediated extrusion of protons across the plasma membrane (PM) of rhizodermic cells, a process that is inducible by iron (Fe) deficiency and thought to serve in the mobilization of sparingly soluble Fe sources. The induction and function of Fe-responsive PM H(+)-ATPases in Arabidopsis roots was investigated by gene expression analysis and by using mutants defective in the expression or function of one of the isogenes. In addition, the expression of the most responsive isogenes was investigated in natural Arabidopsis accessions that have been selected for their in vivo proton extrusion activity. Our data suggest that the rhizosphere acidification in response to Fe deficiency is chiefly mediated by AHA2, while AHA1 functions as a housekeeping isoform. The aha7 knock-out mutant plants showed a reduced frequency of root hairs, suggesting an involvement of AHA7 in the differentiation of rhizodermic cells. Acidification capacity varied among Arabidopsis accessions and was associated with a high induction of AHA2 and IRT1, a high relative growth rate and a shoot-root ratio that was unaffected by the external Fe supply. An effective regulation of the Fe-responsive genes and a stable shoot-root ratio may represent important characteristics for the Fe uptake efficiency.
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- Simonetta Santi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Universitá degli studi di Udine, Via delle Scienze 208, I-33100 Udine, Italy
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, 115 Taipei, Taiwan
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Nikolic M, Römheld V. Nitrate does not result in iron inactivation in the apoplast of sunflower leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 132:1303-14. [PMID: 12857812 PMCID: PMC167070 DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.017889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2002] [Revised: 01/20/2003] [Accepted: 03/23/2003] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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It has been hypothesized that nitrate (NO(3)(-)) nutrition might induce iron (Fe) deficiency chlorosis by inactivation of Fe in the leaf apoplast (H.U. Kosegarten, B. Hoffmann, K. Mengel [1999] Plant Physiol 121: 1069-1079). To test this hypothesis, sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. cv Farnkasol) plants were grown in nutrient solutions supplied with various nitrogen (N) forms (NO(3)(-), NH(4)(+) and NH(4)NO(3)), with or without pH control by using pH buffers [2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid or 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid]. It was shown that high pH in the nutrient solution restricted uptake and shoot translocation of Fe independently of N form and, therefore, induced Fe deficiency chlorosis at low Fe supply [1 micro M ferric ethylenediaminedi(O-hydroxyphenylacetic acid)]. Root NO(3)(-) supply (up to 40 mM) did not affect the relative distribution of Fe between leaf apoplast and symplast at constant low external pH of the root medium. Although perfusion of high pH-buffered solution (7.0) into the leaf apoplast restricted (59)Fe uptake rate as compared with low apoplastic solution pH (5.0 and 6.0, respectively), loading of NO(3)(-) (6 mM) showed no effect on (59)Fe uptake by the symplast of leaf cells. However, high light intensity strongly increased (59)Fe uptake, independently of apoplastic pH or of the presence of NO(3)(-) in the apoplastic solution. Finally, there are no indications in the present study that NO(3)(-) supply to roots results in the postulated inactivation of Fe in the leaf apoplast. It is concluded that NO(3)(-) nutrition results in Fe deficiency chlorosis exclusively by inhibited Fe acquisition by roots due to high pH at the root surface.
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- Miroslav Nikolic
- Institut für Pflanzenernährung (330), Universität Hohenheim, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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Schmidt W, Tittel J, Schikora A. Role of hormones in the induction of iron deficiency responses in Arabidopsis roots. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 122:1109-18. [PMID: 10759506 PMCID: PMC58945 DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.4.1109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/1999] [Accepted: 12/28/1999] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In "strategy I" plants, several alterations in root physiology and morphology are induced by Fe deficiency, although the mechanisms by which low Fe levels are translated into reactions aimed at alleviating Fe shortage are largely unknown. To prove whether changes in hormone concentration or sensitivity are involved in the adaptation to suboptimal Fe availability, we tested 45 mutants of Arabidopsis defective in hormone metabolism and/or root hair formation for their ability to increase Fe(III) chelate reductase activity and to initiate the formation and enlargement of root hairs. Activity staining for ferric chelate reductase revealed that all mutants were responsive to Fe deficiency, suggesting that hormones are not necessary for the induction. Treatment of wild-type plants with the ethylene precursor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid caused the development of root hairs in locations normally occupied by non-hair cells, but did not stimulate ferric reductase activity. Ectopic root hairs were also formed in -Fe roots, suggesting a role for ethylene in the morphological responses to Fe deficiency. Ultrastructural analysis of rhizodermal cells indicated that neither Fe deficiency nor 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid treatment caused transfer-cell-like alterations in Arabidopsis roots. Our data indicate that the morphological and physiological components of the Fe stress syndrome are regulated separately.
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- W Schmidt
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Fachbereich Biologie, 26111 Oldenburg, Postfach 2503, Germany.
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Kosegarten, Hoffmann, Mengel. Apoplastic pH and Fe(3+) reduction in intact sunflower leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 121:1069-80. [PMID: 10594095 PMCID: PMC59475 DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.4.1069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/1999] [Accepted: 09/04/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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It has been hypothesized that under NO(3)(-) nutrition a high apoplastic pH in leaves depresses Fe(3+) reductase activity and thus the subsequent Fe(2+) transport across the plasmalemma, inducing Fe chlorosis. The apoplastic pH in young green leaves of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) was measured by fluorescence ratio after xylem sap infiltration. It was shown that NO(3)(-) nutrition significantly increased apoplastic pH at distinct interveinal sites (pH >/= 6.3) and was confined to about 10% of the whole interveinal leaf apoplast. These apoplastic pH increases presumably derive from NO(3)(-)/proton cotransport and are supposed to be related to growing cells of a young leaf; they were not found in the case of sole NH(4)(+) or NH(4)NO(3) nutrition. Complementary to pH measurements, the formation of Fe(2+)-ferrozine from Fe(3+)-citrate was monitored in the xylem apoplast of intact leaves in the presence of buffers at different xylem apoplastic pH by means of image analysis. This analysis revealed that Fe(3+) reduction increased with decreasing apoplastic pH, with the highest rates at around pH 5. 0. In analogy to the monitoring of Fe(3+) reduction in the leaf xylem, we suggest that under alkaline nutritional conditions at interveinal microsites of increased apoplastic pH, Fe(3+) reduction is depressed, inducing leaf chlorosis. The apoplastic pH in the xylem vessels remained low in the still-green veins of leaves with intercostal chlorosis.
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- Kosegarten
- Institut fur Pflanzenernahrung, Sudanlage 6, Justus-Liebig Universitat Giessen, D-35390 Giessen, Germany
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Sigler K, Gille G, Vacata V, Stadler N, Höfer M. Inactivation of the plasma membrane ATPase of Schizosaccharomyces pombe by hydrogen peroxide and by the Fenton reagent (Fe2+/H2O2): nonradical vs. radical-induced oxidation. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 1998; 43:361-7. [PMID: 9821289 DOI: 10.1007/bf02818574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In the absence of added Fe2+, the ATPase activity of isolated Schizosaccharomyces pombe plasma membranes (5-7 mumol P(i) per mg protein per min) is moderately inhibited by H2O2 in a concentration-dependent manner. Sizable inactivation occurs only at 50-80 mmol/L H2O2. The process, probably a direct oxidative action of H2O2 on the enzyme, is not induced by the indigenous membrane-bound iron (19.3 nmol/mg membrane protein), is not affected by the radical scavengers mannitol and Tris, and involves a decrease of both the K(m) of the enzyme for ATP and the V of ATP splitting. On exposing the membranes to the Fenton reagent (50 mumol/L Fe2+ + 20 mmol/L H2O2), which causes a fast production of HO. radicals, the ATPase is 50-60% inactivated and 90% of added Fe2+ is oxidized to Fe3+ within 1 min. The inactivation occurs only when Fe2+ is added before H2O2 and can thus bind to the membranes. The lack of effect of radical scavengers (mannitol, Tris) indicates that HO. radicals produced in the bulk phase play no role in inactivation. Blockage of the inactivation by the iron chelator deferrioxamine implies that the process requires the presence of Fe2+ ions bound to binding sites on the enzyme molecules. Added catalase, which competes with Fe2+ for H2O2, slows down the inactivation but in some cases increases its total extent, probably due to the formation of the superoxide radical that gives rise to delayed HO. production.
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- K Sigler
- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Kosegarten H, Englisch G. Effect of Various Nitrogen Forms on the pH in Leaf Apoplast and on Iron Chlorosis ofGlycine max L. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/jpln.19941570602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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