Primary Inhibition of Hypocotyl Growth and Phototropism Depend Differently on Phototropin-Mediated Increases in Cytoplasmic Calcium Induced by Blue Light1
AUTOR(ES)
Folta, Kevin M.
FONTE
The American Society for Plant Biologists
RESUMO
The phototropin photoreceptors transduce blue-light signals into several physiological and developmental responses in plants. A transient rise in cytoplasmic calcium (Ca2+) that begins within seconds of phototropin 1 (phot1) excitation is believed to be an important element in the transduction pathways leading to one or more of the phot1-dependent responses. The goal of the present work was to determine whether the Ca2+ response was necessary for (a) the inhibition of hypocotyl elongation that develops within minutes of the irradiation, and (b) hypocotyl phototropism (curved growth of the stem in response to asymmetric illumination). After determining that pulses of light delivering photon fluences of between 1 and 1,000 μmol m-2 induced growth inhibition mediated by phot1 without significant interference from other photosensory pathways, the effect of blocking the Ca2+ rise was assessed. Treatment of seedlings with a Ca2+ chelator prevented the rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ and prevented phot1-mediated growth inhibition. However, the same chelator treatment did not impair phot1-mediated phototropism. Thus, it appears that the early, transient rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ is an important intermediary process in at least one but not all phot1-signaling pathways.
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