Characterization of proton extrusion in sunflower cell cultures

N. Ferrol
M.P. Rodríguez-Rosales
M. Roldán
A. Belver
J.P. Donaire
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Abstract

Cell suspensions derived from callus root tips of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L., cv. enano) were obtained in order to assess the effects of different chemical and physical agents on cell H+ extrusion. Cell H+ efflux was sensitive to temperature, pH, inhibitors of plasmalemma H(+)-ATPase and Ca2+ and K+ concentrations in the assay medium, as well as to the light intensity at which cells were cultivated. Thus, in the darkness and at 60 mumol/m2/s of illumination, a strong inhibition of H+ extrusion was detected as compared to cells grown at 30 mumol/m2/s. H+ extrusion by cells grown at 30 mumol/m2/s was unaffected by the presence of calcium in the assay medium, while at 60 mumol/m2/s such an activity increased when calcium was removed. These results provide the basis for the use of cell suspensions as an appropriate model to investigate the involvement of membrane-associated processes in plant tolerance mechanisms to different environmental stresses.

Keywords:
Protons, 2, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid/pharmacology, Adenine/analogs and derivatives/pharmacology, Benzyl Compounds, Calcium/pharmacology, Cells, Cultured, Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide/pharmacology, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Kinetin, Light, Plant Proteins/metabolism, Plants/metabolism/radiation effects, Potassium/pharmacology, Proton-Translocating ATPases/antagonists and inhibitors/metabolism, Purines, Temperature, Vanadates/pharmacology

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N. Ferrol
M.P. Rodríguez-Rosales
M. Roldán
A. Belver
J.P. Donaire


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