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Ren Q, Xu Z, Xue Y, Yang R, Ma X, Sun J, Wang J, Lin S, Wang W, Yang L, Sun Z. Mechanism of calcium signal response to cadmium stress in duckweed. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2022; 17:2119340. [PMID: 36102362 PMCID: PMC9481097 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2022.2119340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) causes serious damage to plants. Although calcium (Ca) signal has been found to respond to certain stress, the localization of Ca and molecular mechanisms underlying Ca signal in plants during Cd stress are largely unknown. In this study, Ca2+-sensing fluorescent reporter (GCaMP3) transgenic duckweed showed the Ca2+ signal response in Lemna turionifera 5511 (duckweed) during Cd stress. Subsequently, the subcellular localization of Ca2+ has been studied during Cd stress by transmission electron microscopy, showing the accumulation of Ca2+ in vacuoles. Also, Ca2+ flow during Cd stress has been measured. At the same time, the effects of exogenous glutamic acid (Glu) and γ-aminobutyric (GABA) on duckweed can better clarify the signal operation mechanism of plants to Cd stress. The molecular mechanism of Ca2+ signal responsed during Cd stress showed that Cd treatment promotes the positive response of Ca signaling channels in plant cells, and thus affects the intracellular Ca content. These novel signal studies provided an important Ca2+ signal molecular mechanism during Cd stress.
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- Qiuting Ren
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, College of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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- Faculty of Education, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China
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Gómez-Merino FC, Castillo-González AM, Ramírez-Martínez M, Trejo-Téllez LI. Lanthanum delays senescence and improves postharvest quality in cut tulip (Tulipa gesneriana L.) flowers. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19437. [PMID: 33173093 PMCID: PMC7655948 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76266-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We tested two sources of lanthanum (La), LaCl3 and La(NO3)3 × 6H2O at a concentration of 40 µM each, in the treatment solution of cut flowers of 15 tulip (Tulipa gesneriana L.) cultivars. Ascorbic acid (AsA; 0.2 g/L) was used as a reference solution, while distilled water was evaluated as an absolute control. With both La sources, bud length and diameter, and stem length were increased; as a result, stem curvature was also significantly increased with La treatments. The cultivars Laura Fygi and Rosario registered the highest relative stem elongation. Lalibela and Acropolis displayed the greatest stem curvature on the last day in vase. At 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 days after cutting, the highest solution uptake was recorded in flower stems treated with LaCl3, surpassing the control by 5, 11, 15, 18 and 24%, respectively. The relative stem elongations observed were 21.3, 27.4, 35.2 and 35.5% in the control, AsA, LaCl3 and La(NO3)3, respectively. The mean solution uptake per gram of stem fresh biomass weight was 1.44, 1.44, 1.71 and 1.54 mL in the control, AsA, LaCl3 and La(NO3)3, respectively. LaCl3 significantly increased the bud length and solution uptake of flower stems, while La(NO3)3 × 6H2O increased stem fresh weight.
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- Fernando Carlos Gómez-Merino
- Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, College of Postgraduates in Agricultural Sciences Campus Montecillo, 56230, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, College of Postgraduates in Agricultural Sciences Campus Montecillo, 56230, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, College of Postgraduates in Agricultural Sciences Campus Montecillo, 56230, Texcoco, Mexico.
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Lanthanum Prolongs Vase Life of Cut Tulip Flowers by Increasing Water Consumption and Concentrations of Sugars, Proteins and Chlorophylls. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4209. [PMID: 32144390 PMCID: PMC7060203 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61200-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We evaluated the effect of separately adding two sources of lanthanum (La), LaCl3 and La(NO3)3 × 6H2O at a concentration of 40 µM each, to the preservative solution of 15 cut tulip flower varieties. Ascorbic acid (AsA; 0.2 g/L) was used as a reference solution, while distilled water was used as control. The variety Laura Fygi recorded the longest vase life with 13 days. The highest water consumption per gram of stem fresh biomass weight (FBW) (2.5 mL) was observed in the variety Violet Beauty, whereas the lowest (1.098 mL) was recorded in Pink Impression. At the end of the vase life period, higher concentrations of total soluble sugars in petals and total soluble proteins in leaves were recorded in La-treated stems, compared to the AsA treatment and the control. Additionally, La(NO3)3 × 6H2O supply increased the fresh weight of stems in vase and prolonged vase life. Moreover, this treatment resulted in the highest foliar concentration of chlorophylls at the end of vase life. Therefore, La increases tulip flower vase life as a consequence of improving the concentrations of some vital biomolecules.
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Liao C, Zheng Y, Guo Y. MYB30 transcription factor regulates oxidative and heat stress responses through ANNEXIN-mediated cytosolic calcium signaling in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 216:163-177. [PMID: 28726305 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Cytosolic calcium signaling is critical for regulating downstream responses in plants encountering unfavorable environmental conditions. In a genetic screen for Arabidopsis thaliana mutants defective in stress-induced cytosolic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+ ]cyt ) elevations, we identified the R2R3-MYB transcription factor MYB30 as a regulator of [Ca2+ ]cyt in response to H2 O2 and heat stresses. Plants lacking MYB30 protein exhibited greater elevation of [Ca2+ ]cyt in response to oxidative and heat stimuli. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results indicated that the expression of a number of ANNEXIN (ANN) genes, which encode Ca2+ -regulated membrane-binding proteins modulating cytosolic calcium signatures, were upregulated in myb30 mutants. Further analysis showed that MYB30 bound to the promoters of ANN1 and ANN4 and repressed their expression. myb30 mutants were sensitive to methyl viologen (MV) and heat stresses. The H2 O2 - and heat-induced abnormal [Ca2+ ]cyt in myb30 was dependent on the function of ANN proteins. Moreover, the MV and heat sensitivity of myb30 was suppressed in mutants lacking ANN function or by application of LaCl3 , a calcium channel blocker. These results indicate that MYB30 regulates oxidative and heat stress responses through calcium signaling, which is at least partially mediated by ANN1 and ANN4.
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- Chancan Liao
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, 473061, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Białasek M, Górecka M, Mittler R, Karpiński S. Evidence for the Involvement of Electrical, Calcium and ROS Signaling in the Systemic Regulation of Non-Photochemical Quenching and Photosynthesis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 58:207-215. [PMID: 28184891 PMCID: PMC5444583 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 12/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In contrast to the function of reactive oxygen species, calcium, hormones and small RNAs in systemic signaling, systemic electrical signaling in plants is poorly studied and understood. Pulse amplitude-modulated Chl fluorescence imaging and surface electrical potential measurements accompanied by pharmacological treatments were employed to study stimuli-induced electrical signals in leaves from a broad range of plant species and in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants. Here we report that rapid electrical signals in response to a local heat stimulus regulate systemic changes in non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and PSII quantum efficiency. Both stimuli-induced systemic changes in NPQ and photosynthetic capacity as well as electrical signaling depended on calcium channel activity. Use of an Arabidopsis respiratory burst oxidase homolog D (RBOHD) mutant (rbohD) as well as an RBOH inhibitor further suggested a cross-talk between ROS and electrical signaling. Our results suggest that higher plants evolved a complex rapid long-distance calcium-dependent electrical systemic signaling in response to local stimuli that regulates and optimizes the balance between PSII quantum efficiency and excess energy dissipation in the form of heat by means of NPQ.
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- Maciej Białasek
- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-5017, USA
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw
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Philosoph-Hadas S, Friedman H, Meir S. Flowering shoots of ornamental crops as a model to study cellular and molecular aspects of plant gravitropism. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1309:171-98. [PMID: 25981776 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2697-8_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Flowering shoots offer a very convenient and excellent model system for in-depth study of shoot gravitropism in regular stems rather than in special aboveground organs, showing how plants cope with the force of gravity on Earth and change in orientation. Regarding the emerging notion that roots and shoots execute their gravitropic bending by different mechanisms, the use of flowering shoots offers additional confirmation for the suggested shoot-sensing mechanisms initially found in Arabidopsis. As a part of confirming this mechanism, studying this unique model system also enabled elucidation of the sequence of events operating in gravity signalling in shoots. Hence, using the system of flowering shoots provided an additional dimension to our understanding of shoot gravitropism and its hormonal regulation, which has been less advanced than root gravitropism. This is particularly important since the term "shoots" includes various aboveground organs. Hence, unlike other aboveground organs such as pulvini, the asymmetric growth in response to change in shoot orientation is accompanied in cut ornamental spikes by a continuous growth process. This chapter provides an overview of the basic methods, specifically developed or adapted from other graviresponding systems, for determining the main components which play a key role in gravistimulation signalling in flowering shoots.
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- Sonia Philosoph-Hadas
- Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, 6, Bet-Dagan, 5025001, Israel,
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Corpas FJ, Barroso JB. Peroxisomal plant nitric oxide synthase (NOS) protein is imported by peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 (PTS2) in a process that depends on the cytosolic receptor PEX7 and calmodulin. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:2049-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Li HF, Chen XP, Zhu FH, Liu HY, Hong YB, Liang XQ. Transcriptome profiling of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) gynophores in gravitropic response. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2013; 40:1249-1260. [PMID: 32481192 DOI: 10.1071/fp13075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) produces flowers aerially, but the fruit develops underground. This process is mediated by the gynophore, which always grows vertically downwards. The genetic basis underlying gravitropic bending of gynophores is not well understood. To identify genes related to gynophore gravitropism, gene expression profiles of gynophores cultured in vitro with tip pointing upward (gravitropic stimulation sample) and downward (control) at both 6 and 12h were compared through a high-density peanut microarray. After gravitropic stimulation, there were 174 differentially expressed genes, including 91 upregulated and 83 downregulated genes at 6h, and 491 differentially expressed genes including 129 upregulated and 362 downregulated genes at 12h. The differentially expressed genes identified were assigned to 24 functional categories. Twenty pathways including carbon fixation, aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis, pentose phosphate pathway, starch and sucrose metabolism were identified. The quantitative real-time PCR analysis was performed for validation of microarray results. Our study paves the way to better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the peanut gynophore gravitropism.
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- Hai-Fen Li
- Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Huang SJ, Chang CL, Wang PH, Tsai MC, Hsu PH, Chang IF. A type III ACC synthase, ACS7, is involved in root gravitropism in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:4343-60. [PMID: 23943848 PMCID: PMC3808318 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Ethylene is an important plant hormone that regulates developmental processes in plants. The ethylene biosynthesis pathway is a highly regulated process at both the transcriptional and post-translational level. The transcriptional regulation of these ethylene biosynthesis genes is well known. However, post-translational modifications of the key ethylene biosynthesis enzyme 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase (ACS) are little understood. In vitro kinase assays were conducted on the type III ACS, AtACS7, fusion protein and peptides to determine whether the AtACS7 protein can be phosphorylated by calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK). AtACS7 was phosphorylated at Ser216, Thr296, and Ser299 by AtCDPK16 in vitro. To investigate further the function of the ACS7 gene in Arabidopsis, an acs7-1 loss-of-function mutant was isolated. The acs7-1 mutant exhibited less sensitivity to the inhibition of root gravitropism by treatment with the calcium chelator ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA). Seedlings were treated with gradient concentrations of ACC. The results showed that a certain concentration of ethylene enhanced the gravity response. Moreover, the acs7-1 mutant was less sensitive to inhibition of the gravity response by treatment with the auxin polar transport inhibitor 1-naphthylphthalamic acid, but exogenous ACC application recovered root gravitropism. Altogether, the results indicate that AtACS7 is involved in root gravitropism in a calcium-dependent manner in Arabidopsis.
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- Shih-Jhe Huang
- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Vanneste S, Friml J. Calcium: The Missing Link in Auxin Action. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2013; 2:650-75. [PMID: 27137397 PMCID: PMC4844386 DOI: 10.3390/plants2040650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Due to their sessile lifestyles, plants need to deal with the limitations and stresses imposed by the changing environment. Plants cope with these by a remarkable developmental flexibility, which is embedded in their strategy to survive. Plants can adjust their size, shape and number of organs, bend according to gravity and light, and regenerate tissues that were damaged, utilizing a coordinating, intercellular signal, the plant hormone, auxin. Another versatile signal is the cation, Ca(2+), which is a crucial second messenger for many rapid cellular processes during responses to a wide range of endogenous and environmental signals, such as hormones, light, drought stress and others. Auxin is a good candidate for one of these Ca(2+)-activating signals. However, the role of auxin-induced Ca(2+) signaling is poorly understood. Here, we will provide an overview of possible developmental and physiological roles, as well as mechanisms underlying the interconnection of Ca(2+) and auxin signaling.
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- Steffen Vanneste
- Plant Systems Biology, VIB, and Plant Biotechnology and Bio-informatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium.
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- Plant Systems Biology, VIB, and Plant Biotechnology and Bio-informatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg 3400, Austria
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Gupta A, Singh M, Jones AM, Laxmi A. Hypocotyl directional growth in Arabidopsis: a complex trait. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:1463-76. [PMID: 22689891 PMCID: PMC3425191 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.195776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The growth direction of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) etiolated-seedling hypocotyl is a complex trait that is controlled by extrinsic signals such as gravity and touch as well as intrinsic signals such as hormones (brassinosteroid [BR], auxin, cytokinin, ethylene) and nutrient status (glucose [Glc], sucrose). We used a genetic approach to identify the signaling elements and their relationship underlying hypocotyl growth direction. BR randomizes etiolated-seedling growth by inhibiting negative gravitropism of the hypocotyls via modulating auxin homeostasis for which we designate as reset, not to be confused with the gravity set point angle. Cytokinin signaling antagonizes this BR reset of gravity sensing and/or tropism by affecting ethylene biosynthesis/signaling. Glc also antagonizes BR reset but acts independently of cytokinin and ethylene signaling pathways via inhibiting BR-regulated gene expression quantitatively and spatially, by altering protein degradation, and by antagonizing BR-induced changes in microtubule organization and cell patterning associated with hypocotyl agravitropism. This BR reset is reduced in the presence of the microtubule organization inhibitor oryzalin, suggesting a central role for cytoskeleton reorganization. A unifying and hierarchical model of Glc and hormone signaling interplay is proposed. The biological significance of BR-mediated changes in hypocotyl graviresponse lies in the fact that BR signaling sensitizes the dark-grown seedling hypocotyl to the presence of obstacles, overriding gravitropism, to enable efficient circumnavigation through soil.
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Zhang Z, Friedman H, Meir S, Belausov E, Philosoph-Hadas S. Actomyosin mediates gravisensing and early transduction events in reoriented cut snapdragon spikes. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 168:1176-83. [PMID: 21388706 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Revised: 01/11/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We investigated the involvement of the actomyosin network in the early events of the gravitropic response of cut snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.) spikes. The effects of the actin-modulating drug, cytochalasin D (CD) and/or the myosin inhibitor, 2,3-butanedione-2-monoxime (BDM) on amyloplast displacement, lateral auxin transport and consequently on stem bending were examined. The inhibitory effect on cytoskeleton integrity was studied by using indirect immunofluorescence double-labeling of actin and myosin. Our results demonstrate that no organizational changes in actin filaments occurred in cortical and endodermal cells of the stem bending zone during reorientation. These results suggest that actin depolymerization is not required for amyloplast sedimentation. Unlike the chloroplasts in the cortex, the amyloplasts in the endodermis were surrounded by actin and myosin, indicating that amyloplasts may be attached to the actin filaments via the motor protein, myosin. This suggests the involvement of myosin as part of the actomyosin complex in amyloplast movement in vertical as well as in reoriented stems. This suggestion was supported by the findings showing that: (a) BDM or CD disrupted the normal organization of actin either by altering characteristic distribution patterns of myosin-like protein in the cortex (BDM), or by causing actin fragmentation (CD); (b) both compounds inhibited the gravity-induced amyloplast displacement in the endodermis. Additionally, these compounds also inhibited lateral auxin transport across the stem and stem gravitropic bending. Our study suggests that during stem reorientation amyloplasts possibly remain attached to the actin filaments, using myosin as a motor protein. Thus, gravisensing and early transduction events in the gravitropic response of snapdragon spikes, manifested by amyloplast displacement and lateral auxin transport, are mediated by the actomyosin complex.
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- Zhaoqi Zhang
- Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, ARO, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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Moon YJ, Park YM, Chung YH, Choi JS. Calcium Is Involved in Photomovement of Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803¶. Photochem Photobiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2004.tb09865.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Influence of lanthanum level and interactions with nitrogen source on early development of Juglans nigra. J RARE EARTH 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1002-0721(08)60233-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tamura N, Kitajima I, Kawamura Y, Toda E, Eguchi Y, Ishida H, Goto S. Important regulatory role of activated platelet-derived procoagulant activity in the propagation of thrombi formed under arterial blood flow conditions. Circ J 2009; 73:540-8. [PMID: 19179771 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-08-0465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The functional links between the activation of platelets and the coagulation system have not been clarified. METHODS AND RESULTS Immobilized collagen fibrils were perfused with human blood containing fluoresceinated platelets in the presence of various concentrations of thrombin inhibitor. Coagulant activity around platelet thrombi was detected using a FITC-conjugated antibody against the fibrin monomer complex (F-405). Intra-cytosolic calcium ion concentrations ([Ca(2+)](i)) in individual platelets and the volume of thrombi were detected with an ultrafast confocal laser microscope equipped with a piezo-motor control unit. The volume of platelet thrombi formed after 8 min of blood perfusion in the presence of 10, 25, 50, and 100 micromol/L argatroban was 7.69+/-0.46 microm(3), 6.61+/-1.96 microm(3), 3.63+/-1.54 microm(3), and 1.67+/-0.75 microm(3), respectively. There was a positive correlation between the volume of platelet thrombi and the amount of fibrin monomer complex produced around them. The [Ca(2+)](i) of the platelets forming the thrombi oscillated between a minimum of 92.0+/-57.4 nmol/L, 120.1+/-68.1 nmol/L, and a maximum of 217.6+/-131.5 nmol/L, 367.6+/-189.1 nmol/L, respectively, in the presence of 100 and 10 mumol/L argatroban. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest a crucial role of coagulant activity in both the generation of fibrin and the growth of platelet thrombi.
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- Noriko Tamura
- Department of Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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Guo D, Gao X, Li H, Zhang T, Chen G, Huang P, An L, Li N. EGY1 plays a role in regulation of endodermal plastid size and number that are involved in ethylene-dependent gravitropism of light-grown Arabidopsis hypocotyls. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 66:345-60. [PMID: 18097640 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9273-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2007] [Accepted: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Egy1 was isolated as an ethylene-dependent gravitropism-deficient Arabidopsis mutant. Molecular studies reveal that EGY1 gene encodes a 59-kDa plastid-targeted metalloprotease. It is actively expressed in hypocotyl tissue and targets to endodermal and cortex plastid. Its protein level is up-regulated by both ethylene and light. CAB protein accumulation and chlorophyll level is severely reduced in hypocotyls and endodermal cells, respectively. Sucrose is able to restore the severely reduced starch and lipid contents as well as the deficient endodermal plastid size found in light-grown egy1 hypocotyls yet it fails to rescue the reduced plastid number and chlorophyll level in egy1 endodermal cells. The loss-of-function egy1 mutation results in a smaller size (1.9 +/- 0.3 microm in diameter) and less number (5 +/- 1) of plastids in endodermal cells, which are nearly 50% of the wild-type. EGY1 is specially required for the development of full-size endodermal plastid in seedlings that are grown on sucrose-free media under light. It plays a direct role in controlling the light-induced chlorophyll production, grana formation and plastid replication in endodermal cell. However, it plays an indirect role in regulation of endodermal plastid size. It is likely that the ethylene-dependent gravitropism-deficient phenotype of egy1 hypocotyls may result from the smaller size and less number of endodermal plastids. Gravicurvature assays performed on ethylene-insensitive mutants, etr1-1, etr2-1, ers2-1, ein4-1 and ein2-5, have clearly demonstrated the necessary role for ethylene in vigorous gravitropism of light-grown hypocotyls. The degree of ethylene-dependent gravicurvature is positively correlated with the combined state of endodermal plastid mass and number. Neither ethylene nor EGY1-regulated full-size endodermal plastid is sufficient for promotion of vigorous hypocotyl gravitropism. Presence of 4 full-size plastids per endodermal cell together with ethylene pretreatment of hypocotyls becomes sufficient to trigger vigorous gravicurvature in light-grown seedlings. A model is therefore proposed to address the role of EGY1 in regulation of endodermal plastid size and number as well as the stimulatory effect of ethylene on hypocotyl gravitropism.
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- Di Guo
- Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Zhang Z, Friedman H, Meir S, Rosenberger I, Halevy AH, Philosoph-Hadas S. Microtubule reorientation in shoots precedes bending during the gravitropic response of cut snapdragon spikes. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 165:289-96. [PMID: 17658658 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2007.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2006] [Revised: 02/23/2007] [Accepted: 02/23/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The microtubule reorientation during the gravitropic bending of cut snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.) spikes was investigated. Using indirect immunofluorescence methods, we examined changes in microtubule orientation in the cortex, endodermis and pith tissues of the shoot bending zone, in response to gravistimulation. Our results show that dense microtubule arrays were visible throughout the cortical, endodermal and pith shoot tissues, and that the transverse orientation of the microtubules (perpendicular to the growth axis) was specifically associated with the shoot growing bending zone. Microtubules showed gravity-induced kinetics of changes in their orientation, which occurred only in the upper stem flank and preceded shoot bending. While this observation, that the gravity-induced microtubule orientation precedes bending, was previously reported only in special above-ground organs such as coleoptiles and hypocotyls, our present study is the first to show that such patterns of change occur in mature flowering shoots. These changes were exhibited first in the upper flank of the cortex and then in the upper flank of the endodermis. No changes in microtubule orientation were observed in the cortex or endodermis tissues of the lower flanks or in the pith, suggesting that these tissues continue to grow during shoot gravistimulation. Our results imply that microtubules may be involved in growth cessation of the upper shoot flank occurring during the gravitropic bending of snapdragon cut spikes.
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- Zhaoqi Zhang
- Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, ARO, The Volcani Center, PO Box 6, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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Yun HS, Joo SH, Kaufman PB, Kim TW, Kirakosyan A, Philosoph-Hadas S, Kim SK, Chang SC. Changes in starch and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate levels and auxin transport are interrelated in graviresponding oat (Avena sativa) shoots. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2006; 29:2100-11. [PMID: 17081244 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This study was conducted to unravel a mechanism for the gravitropic curvature response in oat (Avena sativa) shoot pulvini. For this purpose, we examined the downward movement of starch-filled chloroplast gravisensors, differential changes in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) levels, transport of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and gravitropic curvature. Upon gravistimulation, the ratio for IAA levels in lower halves versus those in upper halves (L/U) increased from 1.0 at 0 h and reached a maximum value of 1.45 at 8 h. When shoots were grown in the dark for 10 d, to deplete starch in the chloroplast, the gravity-induced L/U of IAA was reduced to 1.0. N-naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA) and 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIBA), both auxin transport inhibitors, significantly reduced the amount of gravitropic curvature and gravity-induced lateral IAA transport, but did not reduce the gravity-induced late change in the L/U ratio of IP(3) levels. U73122, a specific phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor, decreased gravity-induced curvature. Because U73122 reduced the ratio of L/U of IAA imposed by gravistimulation, it is clear that IAA transport is correlated with changes in IP(3) levels upon gravistimulation. These results indicate that gravistimulation-induced differential lateral IAA transport may result from the onset of graviperception in the chloroplast gravisensors coupled with gravity-induced asymmetric changes in IP(3) levels in oat shoot pulvini.
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- Hye Sup Yun
- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Korea
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Goto S, Tamura N, Ishida H, Ruggeri ZM. Dependence of platelet thrombus stability on sustained glycoprotein IIb/IIIa activation through adenosine 5'-diphosphate receptor stimulation and cyclic calcium signaling. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005; 47:155-62. [PMID: 16386680 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.08.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2005] [Revised: 07/24/2005] [Accepted: 08/01/2005] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the mechanisms that support the stability of platelet aggregates on a thrombogenic surface exposed to flowing blood. BACKGROUND Activation of the membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa--mediated in part through the P2Y1 and P2Y12 adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) receptors--is necessary for platelet aggregation. Platelets in growing thrombi exhibit cyclic calcium signal, suggesting that sustained activation may be required for thrombus stability. METHODS Blood was perfused over type I collagen fibrils at the wall shear rate of 1,500 s(-1). Three-dimensional visualization of platelet thrombi was obtained in real time with confocal microscopy. The intracytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was measured in fluo-3AM-loaded platelets. RESULTS The height of platelet thrombi in control blood was 13.5 +/- 3.3 microm after 6 min, and increased to 16.3 +/- 4.5 microm (n = 8) after an additional 6 min. In contrast, the height was reduced to 5.4 +/- 2.2 and 3.3 +/- 1.3 microm, respectively (p < 0.01, n = 8), when the blood used in the second 6-min perfusion contained a P2Y1 (MRS2179) or P2Y12 (AR-C69931MX) inhibitor. The [Ca2+]i of platelets within forming thrombi oscillated between 212 +/- 38 nmol/l and 924 +/- 458 nmol/l, with cycles lasting 4.2 +/- 2.8 s that were inhibited completely by AR-C69931MX and partially by MRS2179. Accordingly, thrombi became unstable upon perfusion of blood containing the Ca2+ channel blocker, lanthanum chloride. Flow cytometric studies demonstrated that AR-C69931MX, MRS2179, and lanthanum chloride reduced monoclonal antibody PAC-1 binding to platelets, indicating a decrease of membrane-expressed activated GP IIb/IIIa. CONCLUSIONS Continuous P2Y1 and P2Y12 stimulation resulting in cyclic [Ca2+]i oscillations is required for maintaining the activation of GP IIb/IIIa needed for thrombus stability in flowing blood.
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- Shinya Goto
- Department of Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Peng SQ, Hajela RK, Atchison WD. Fluid flow-induced increase in inward Ba2+ current expressed in HEK293 cells transiently transfected with human neuronal L-type Ca2+ channels. Brain Res 2005; 1045:116-23. [PMID: 15910769 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2004] [Revised: 03/11/2005] [Accepted: 03/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mechanical forces can alter the gating of several kinds of ion channels in many types of cells, but the mechanisms underlying the mechanosensitivity are not clearly understood. To date, there are very few reports on mechanosensitivity of Ca2+ channels, particularly neuronal Ca2+ channels. We examined the mechanical sensitivity of human recombinant L-type Ca2+ channels in response to fluid flow. Neuronal L-type Ca2+ channels (Ca(v) 1.2) were expressed transiently in HEK293 cells using expression cDNA clones of human alpha1C, alpha2delta, and beta subunits along with green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a reporter protein. Current (I(Ba)) through these heterologously-expressed channels was measured using whole cell recording technique with 20 mM Ba2+ as charge carrier. Transfected cells were exposed to a constant, increased fluid flow from a separate pipette during current recording. The L-type I(Ba) was found to be very sensitive to the flow-induced shear forces. Peak current amplitude increased by as much as approximately 50% during fluid flow as compared to that in the absence of fluid pressure. However, no change was observed in the amplitude of the average current during the final 5 ms of the 150-ms voltage step. Current amplitude promptly returned to normal control levels upon stopping fluid flow. The current-voltage relationship was not altered by fluid flow. The flow-induced increase in current amplitude exhibited an apparent shift in steady-state inactivation toward more negative potentials; inactivation was faster but was not voltage dependent. Activation was slightly faster under flow. Thus, increased mechanical tension associated with fluid flow can alter the fundamental properties of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, even for channels which might not normally be exposed to fluid flow shear forces in their native environment.
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- Shuang-Qing Peng
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, B-331 Life Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1317, USA
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Liu M, Hasenstein KH. La3+ uptake and its effect on the cytoskeleton in root protoplasts of Zea mays L. PLANTA 2005; 220:658-66. [PMID: 15449062 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1379-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2004] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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La(3+) ions are known to antagonize Ca(2+) and are used as a Ca(2+) channel blocker but little is known on the direct effects of La(3+). Micromolar La(3+) concentrations promoted root growth while higher concentrations were inhibitory. The uptake of La(3+) in maize root protoplasts revealed a membrane binding component (0.14 and 0.44 pmol min(-1) protoplast(-1) for 100 and 1,000 microM La(3+)) followed by a slower concentration and time-dependent uptake. Uptake was reduced by Ca(2+), but had no substantial effect on other ions. La(3+) shifted microtubule organization from random to parallel but caused aggregation of microfilaments. Our data suggest that La(3+) is taken up into plant cells and affects growth via stabilization of the cytoskeleton.
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- Min Liu
- Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
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Woltering EJ, Balk PA, Nijenhuis-Devries MA, Faivre M, Ruys G, Somhorst D, Philosoph-Hadas S, Friedman H. An auxin-responsive 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase is responsible for differential ethylene production in gravistimulated Antirrhinum majus L. flower stems. PLANTA 2005; 220:403-413. [PMID: 15349780 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1359-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2004] [Accepted: 07/19/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The regulation of gravistimulation-induced ethylene production and its role in gravitropic bending was studied in Antirrhinum majus L. cut flower stems. Gravistimulation increased ethylene production in both lower and upper halves of the stems with much higher levels observed in the lower half. Expression patterns of three different 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase (ACS) genes, an ACC oxidase (ACO) and an ethylene receptor (ETR/ERS homolog) gene were studied in the bending zone of gravistimulated stems and in excised stem sections following treatment with different chemicals. One of the ACS genes (Am-ACS3) was abundantly expressed in the bending zone cortex at the lower side of the stems within 2 h of gravistimulation. Am-ACS3 was not expressed in vertical stems or in other parts of (gravistimulated) stems, leaves or flowers. Am-ACS3 was strongly induced by indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) but not responsive to ethylene. The Am-ACS3 expression pattern strongly suggests that Am-ACS3 is responsible for the observed differential ethylene production in gravistimulated stems; its responsiveness to IAA suggests that Am-ACS3 expression reflects changes in auxin signalling. Am-ACS1 also showed increased expression in gravistimulated and IAA-treated stems although to a much lesser extent than Am-ACS3. In contrast to Am-ACS3, Am-ACS1 was also expressed in non-bending regions of vertical and gravistimulated stems and in leaves, and Am-ACS1 expression was not confined to the lower side cortex but evenly distributed over the diameter of the stem. Am-ACO and Am-ETR/ERS expression was increased in both the lower and upper halves of gravistimulated stems. Expression of both Am-ACO and Am-ETR/ERS was responsive to ethylene, suggesting regulation by IAA-dependent differential ethylene production. Am-ACO expression and in vivo ACO activity, in addition, were induced by IAA, independent of the IAA-induced ethylene. IAA-induced growth of vertical stem sections and bending of gravistimulated flowering stems were little affected by ethylene or 1-methylcyclopropene treatments, indicating that the differential ethylene production plays no pivotal role in the kinetics of gravitropic bending.
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- Ernst J Woltering
- Agrotechnology and Food Innovations, Wageningen University and Research Center, PO BOX 17, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Philosoph-Hadas S, Friedman H, Meir S. Gravitropic bending and plant hormones. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2005; 72:31-78. [PMID: 16492468 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(05)72002-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gravitropism is a complex multistep process that redirects the growth of roots and various above-ground organs in response to changes in the direction of the gravity vector. The anatomy and morphology of these graviresponding organs indicates a certain spatial separation between the sensing region and the responding one, a situation that strongly suggests the requirement of phytohormones as mediators to coordinate the process. The Cholodny-Went hypothesis suggested auxin as the main mediator of gravitropism. So far, ample evidence has been gathered with regard to auxin asymmetrical detection, polar and lateral transport involving influx and efflux carriers, response signaling pathway, and possible modes of action in differential cell elongation, supports its major role in gravitropism at least in roots. However, it is becoming clear that the participation of other hormones, acting in concert with auxin, is necessary as well. Of particular importance is the role of ethylene in shoot gravitropism, possibly associated with the modulation of auxin transport or sensitivity, and the key role implicated for cytokinin as the putative root cap inhibitor that controls early root gravitropism. Therefore, the major advances in the understanding of transport and signaling of auxin, ethylene, and cytokinin may shed light on the possibly tight and complicated interactions between them in gravitropism. Not much convincing evidence has been accumulated regarding the participation of other phytohormones, such as gibberellins, abscisic acid, brassinosteroids, jasmonates, and salicylic acid, in gravitropism. However, the emerging concept of cooperative hormone action opens new possibilities for a better understanding of the complex interactions of all phytohormones and their possible synergistic effects and involvement in the gravitropic bending process.
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- Sonia Philosoph-Hadas
- Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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Drøbak BK, Franklin-Tong VE, Staiger CJ. The role of the actin cytoskeleton in plant cell signaling. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2004; 163:13-30. [PMID: 33873778 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01076.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The plant actin cytoskeleton provides a dynamic cellular component which is involved in the maintenance of cell shape and structure. It has been demonstrated recently that the actin cytoskeleton and its associated elements provide a key target in many signaling events. In addition to acting as a target, the actin cytoskeleton can also act as a transducer of signal information. In this review we describe some newly discovered aspects of the roles of the actin cytoskeleton in plant cell signaling. In addition to a summary of the roles played by actin-binding proteins, we also briefly review the progress made in understanding how the actin cytoskeleton participates in the self-incompatibility response in pollen tubes. Finally, the emerging importance of the actin cytoskeleton in the perception and responses to stimuli such as gravity, touch and cold stress exposure are discussed. Contents I. Introduction - the actin cytoskeleton 13 II. Actin-binding proteins 14 III. The actin cytoskeleton as a target and mediator of plant cell signaling 20 IV. Summary and conclusion 25 References 25 Acknowledgements 25.
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- B K Drøbak
- Cell Signaling Group, Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Purdue Motility Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 333 Hansen Life Sciences Building, 201 S. University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2064, USA
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Moon YJ, Park YM, Chung YH, Choi JS. Calcium Is Involved in Photomovement of Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803¶. Photochem Photobiol 2004. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)79<114:ciiipo>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Friedman H, Meir S, Halevy AH, Philosoph-Hadas S. Inhibition of the gravitropic bending response of flowering shoots by salicylic acid. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2003; 165:905-911. [PMID: 14719525 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9452(03)00295-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The upward gravitropic bending of cut snapdragon, lupinus and anemone flowering shoots was inhibited by salicylic acid (SA) applied at 0.5 mM and above. This effect was probably not due to acidification of the cytoplasm, since other weak acids did not inhibit bending of snapdragon shoots. In order to study its mode of inhibitory action, we have examined in cut snapdragon shoots the effect of SA on three processes of the gravity-signaling pathway, including: amyloplast sedimentation, formation of ethylene gradient across the stem, and differential growth response. The results show that 1 mM SA inhibited differential ethylene production rates across the horizontal stem and the gravity-induced growth, without significantly inhibiting vertical growth or amyloplast sedimentation following horizontal placement. However, 5 mM SA inhibited all three gravity-induced processes, as well as the growth of vertical shoots, while increasing flower wilting. It may, therefore, be concluded that SA inhibits bending of various cut flowering shoots in a concentration-dependent manner. Thus, at a low concentration SA exerts its effect in snapdragon shoots by inhibiting processes operating downstream to stimulus sensing exerted by amyloplast sedimentation. At a higher concentration SA inhibits bending probably by exerting general negative effects on various cellular processes.
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- Haya Friedman
- Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Sun Y, Liu DL, Yu ZQ, Zhang Q, Bai J, Sun DY. An apoplastic mechanism for short-term effects of rare earth elements at lower concentrations. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2003; 26:887-896. [PMID: 12803616 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01021.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The short-term effects of rare earth elements on pollen germination and tube growth were tested. Concentrations of 2.5 approximately 20 micro m lanthanum(La3+) or cerium (Ce3+)increased pollen germination and pollen tube growth, whereas concentrations higher than 40 micro m La3+ and Ce3+ inhibited this process. The most effective concentration of La3+ needed for promotion shifted from 10 to 40 micro m, depending on the Ca2+ concentration in the medium. Calmodulin (CaM) antagonist W7-agarose and anti-CaM antibody depressed La3+-promoted pollen germination and tube growth in a dose-dependent manner. La3+-CaM complexes (La3+-CaM) increased pollen germination and tube growth more than CaM or La3+ alone. Pertussis toxin (PTX) inhibited La3+-promoted pollen germination and tube growth. Cholera toxin (CTX) partially recovered the inhibition of the above La3+-promoted process by the anti-CaM antibody. Concentrations of 10-7 approximately 10-9 m La3+-CaM increased GTPase activity inside plasma membrane vesicles of the pollen tube, but apo-CaM or La3+ alone had no positive effects. The results suggest that apoplastic CaM may be involved in the promotion effects of lower concentrations of La3+ on pollen germination and tube growth, and the heterotrimeric G-protein on the plasma membrane may transduce La3+-activated CaM signalling. The present studies provide an apoplastic mechanism for short-term effects of rare earth elements at lower concentrations in the pollen system.
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- Y. Sun
- Institute of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Molecular Cell Biology, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050016, P. R. China
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Friedman H, Vos JW, Hepler PK, Meir S, Halevy AH, Philosoph-Hadas S. The role of actin filaments in the gravitropic response of snapdragon flowering shoots. PLANTA 2003; 216:1034-1042. [PMID: 12687372 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0957-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2002] [Accepted: 10/26/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The involvement of the actin and the microtubule cytoskeleton networks in the gravitropic response of snapdragon ( Antirrhinum majus L.) flowering shoots was studied using various specific cytoskeleton modulators. The microtubule-depolymerizing drugs tested had no effect on gravitropic bending. In contrast, the actin-modulating drugs, cytochalasin D (CD), cytochalasin B (CB) and latrunculin B (Lat B) significantly inhibited the gravitropic response. CB completely inhibited shoot bending via inhibiting general growth, whereas CD completely inhibited bending via specific inhibition of the differential flank growth in the shoot bending zone. Surprisingly, Lat B had only a partial inhibitory effect on shoot bending as compared to CD. This probably resulted from the different effects of these two drugs on the actin cytoskeleton, as was seen in cortical cells. CD caused fragmentation of the actin cytoskeleton and delayed amyloplast displacement following gravistimulation. In contrast, Lat B caused a complete depolymerization of the actin filaments in the shoot bending zone, but only slightly reduced the amyloplast sedimentation rate following gravistimulation. Taken together, our results suggest that the actin cytoskeleton is involved in the gravitropic response of snapdragon shoots. The actin cytoskeleton within the shoot cells is necessary for normal amyloplast displacement upon gravistimulation, which leads to the gravitropic bending.
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- Haya Friedman
- Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, 50250 Bet Dagan, Israel
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Heyen BJ, Alsheikh MK, Smith EA, Torvik CF, Seals DF, Randall SK. The calcium-binding activity of a vacuole-associated, dehydrin-like protein is regulated by phosphorylation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 130:675-87. [PMID: 12376635 PMCID: PMC166597 DOI: 10.1104/pp.002550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2002] [Revised: 02/28/2002] [Accepted: 06/11/2002] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A vacuole membrane-associated calcium-binding protein with an apparent mass of 45 kD was purified from celery (Apium graveolens). This protein, VCaB45, is enriched in highly vacuolate tissues and is located within the lumen of vacuoles. Antigenically related proteins are present in many dicotyledonous plants. VCaB45 contains significant amino acid identity with the dehydrin family signature motif, is antigenically related to dehydrins, and has a variety of biochemical properties similar to dehydrins. VCaB45 migrates anomalously in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis having an apparent molecular mass of 45 kD. The true mass as determined by matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization time of flight was 16.45 kD. VCaB45 has two characteristic dissociation constants for calcium of 0.22 +/- 0.142 mM and 0.64 +/- 0.08 mM, and has an estimated 24.7 +/- 11.7 calcium-binding sites per protein. The calcium-binding properties of VCaB45 are modulated by phosphorylation; the phosphorylated protein binds up to 100-fold more calcium than the dephosphorylated protein. VCaB45 is an "in vitro" substrate of casein kinase II (a ubiquitous eukaryotic kinase), the phosphorylation resulting in a partial activation of calcium-binding activity. The vacuole localization, calcium binding, and phosphorylation of VCaB45 suggest potential functions.
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- Bruce J Heyen
- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 723 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132, USA
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Tasaka M, Kato T, Fukaki H. Genetic regulation of gravitropism in higher plants. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2002; 206:135-54. [PMID: 11407759 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)06021-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Gravitropism is a classical subject in plant physiology. However, the molecular mechanisms that regulate gravitropism are unknown. Recently, many gravitropic mutants have been isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana and several genes for gravitropism have been cloned and characterized. These studies have shown that (1) the endodermis is essential for shoot gravitropism and (2) an auxin transport system and signaling pathway are necessary for gravitropism. Recent studies in Arabidopsis are reviewed and genetic regulation of gravitropism in this organism is discussed.
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- M Tasaka
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
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Chang SC, Cho MH, Kang BG, Kaufman PB. Changes in starch content in oat (Avena sativa) shoot pulvini during the gravitropic response. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2001; 52:1029-1040. [PMID: 11432919 DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/52.358.1029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In order to determine if components of the signal transduction pathway are involved in starch metabolism during the gravitropic response, the effects of inhibitors of phosphoprotein phosphatases and protein kinases (OA), and calcium channel blockers (LaCl3), on gravitropic bending and starch levels in gravisensitive node/pulvini of oat shoots were examined. Among the compounds tested, okadaic acid (OA) and lanthanum chloride (LaCl3) showed the strongest inhibitory effects on the negative gravitropic curvature response in oat shoot node/pulvini. At the same time, they caused a rapid loss of starch in graviresponding pulvini based on a quantitative analysis of starch levels in the bending tissues over 48 h periods. These two compounds act initially to block the net increase in starch content that occurs during the early stages (0-9 h) in graviresponding oat shoot pulvini. As a result, starch levels drop precipitously in shoots treated with OA and LaCl3, starting at time zero of gravistimulation by reorientation. These findings suggest that protein dephosphorylation and calcium play a role in starch metabolism in oat shoot pulvini in response to a gravistimulation signal. They also indicate that the amount of starch present in the chloroplast gravisensors in oat shoot pulvini may determine the rate of upward bending in graviresponding pulvini.
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- S C Chang
- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Group, Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, USA
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Perera IY, Heilmann I, Chang SC, Boss WF, Kaufman PB. A role for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in gravitropic signaling and the retention of cold-perceived gravistimulation of oat shoot pulvini. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 125:1499-507. [PMID: 11244128 PMCID: PMC65627 DOI: 10.1104/pp.125.3.1499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2000] [Revised: 10/25/2000] [Accepted: 11/20/2000] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plants sense positional changes relative to the gravity vector. To date, the signaling processes by which the perception of a gravistimulus is linked to the initiation of differential growth are poorly defined. We have investigated the role of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP(3)) in the gravitropic response of oat (Avena sativa) shoot pulvini. Within 15 s of gravistimulation, InsP(3) levels increased 3-fold over vertical controls in upper and lower pulvinus halves and fluctuated in both pulvinus halves over the first minutes. Between 10 and 30 min of gravistimulation, InsP(3) levels in the lower pulvinus half increased 3-fold over the upper. Changes in InsP(3) were confined to the pulvinus and were not detected in internodal tissue, highlighting the importance of the pulvinus for both graviperception and response. Inhibition of phospholipase C blocked the long-term increase in InsP(3), and reduced gravitropic bending by 65%. Short-term changes in InsP(3) were unimpaired by the inhibitor. Gravitropic bending of oat plants is inhibited at 4 degrees C; however, the plants retain the information of a positional change and respond at room temperature. Both short- and long-term changes in InsP(3) were present at 4 degrees C. We propose a role for InsP(3) in the establishment of tissue polarity during the gravitropic response of oat pulvini. InsP(3) may be involved in the retention of cold-perceived gravistimulation by providing positional information in the pulvini prior to the redistribution of auxin.
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- I Y Perera
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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Philosoph-Hadas S, Friedman H, Meir S, Berkovitz-SimanTov R, Rosenberger I, Halevy AH, Kaufman PB, Balk P, Woltering EJ. Gravitropism in cut flower stalks of snapdragon. ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR) 2001; 27:921-932. [PMID: 11596635 DOI: 10.1016/s0273-1177(01)00156-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The negative gravitropic response of cut flower stalks is a complex multistep process that requires the participation of various cellular components acting in succession or in parallel. The process was particularly characterized in snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.) spikes with regard to (1) gravity stimulus perception associated with amyloplast reorientation; (2) stimulus transduction mediated through differential changes in the level, action and related genes of auxin and ethylene and their possible interaction; (3) stimulus response associated with differential growth leading to stalk curvature; (4) involvement of cytosolic calcium and actin cytoskeleton. Results show that the gravity-induced amyloplast reorientation, differential over-expression of two early auxin responsive genes and asymmetrical distribution of free IAA are early events in the bending process. These precede the asymmetrical ethylene production and differential stem growth, which was derived from initial shrinkage of the upper stem side and a subsequent elongation of the lower stem side. Results obtained with various calcium- and cytoskeleton-related agents indicate that cytosolic calcium and actin filaments may play essential roles in gravitropism-related processes of cut flower stalks. Therefore, modulators of these two physiological mediators may serve as means for controlling any undesired gravitropic bending.
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- S Philosoph-Hadas
- Dept. of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel
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