Mehta, M. ; Malik, M. K. ; Khurana, J. P. ; Maheshwari, S. C. (1993) Phytochrome modulation of calcium fluxes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) protoplasts Plant Growth Regulation, 12 (3). pp. 293-302. ISSN 0167-6903
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Abstract
Employing the metallochromic dye murexide and by monitoring the uptake of radiolabelled calcium, photoreversible calcium fluxes were measured in wheat leaf protoplast suspensions. Results obtained by both methods were identical - red light promoted and subsequent far-red irradiation reversed an influx of Ca++ ions into the protoplasts. These findings imply phytochrome regulation of Ca++ fluxes across the plasma membrane. The influx of Ca++ stimulated by 2 min red irradiation could be maintained in total darkness for the initial 16-18 min after illumination, after which a 6-8 min efflux process was triggered and the basal Ca++ level restored. Verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, inhibited the red-promoted influx, whereas the far-red mediated efflux could be checked by the use of the ATPase inhibitor vanadate, and also by the calmodulin antagonist chlorpromazine, thus suggesting a role of ion channels and pumps in phytochrome-controlled Ca++ fluxes. The possible involvement of phosphoinositides in phytochrome-modulated calcium fluxes was also investigated.
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Keywords: | Calcium (Channel/Pump); Murexide; Phytochrome (R/FR Reversibility); Triticum aestivum (protoplast) |
ID Code: | 18677 |
Deposited On: | 17 Nov 2010 12:35 |
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