Free oxygen radicals regulate plasma membrane Ca2+- and K+-permeable channels in plant root cells

Author:

Demidchik Vadim1,Shabala Sergey N.2,Coutts Katherine B.1,Tester Mark A.1,Davies Julia M.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street,Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK

2. School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia

Abstract

Free oxygen radicals are an irrefutable component of life, underlying important biochemical and physiological phenomena in animals. Here it is shown that free oxygen radicals activate plasma membrane Ca2+- and K+-permeable conductances in Arabidopsis root cell protoplasts, mediating Ca2+ influx and K+ efflux,respectively. Free oxygen radicals generate increases in cytosolic Ca2+ mediated by a novel population of nonselective cation channels that differ in selectivity and pharmacology from those involved in toxic Na+ influx. Analysis of the free oxygen radical-activated K+ conductance showed its similarity to the Arabidopsisroot K+ outward rectifier. Significantly larger channel activation was found in cells responsible for perceiving environmental signals and undergoing elongation. Quenching root free oxygen radicals inhibited root elongation, confirming the role of radical-activated Ca2+ influx in cell growth. Net free oxygen radical-stimulated Ca2+ influx and K+ efflux were observed in root cells of monocots, dicots, C3 and C4 plants, suggesting conserved mechanisms and functions. In conclusion, two functions for free oxygen radical cation channel activation are proposed:initialization/amplification of stress signals and control of cell elongation in root growth.

Publisher

The Company of Biologists

Subject

Cell Biology

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