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- Title
Rapid cooling triggers forisome dispersion just before phloem transport stops.
- Authors
THORPE, MICHAEL R.; FURCH, ALEXANDRA C. U.; MINCHIN, PETER E. H.; FÖLLER, JENS; VAN BEL, AART J. E.; HAFKE, JENS B.
- Abstract
Phloem transport stops transiently within dicot stems that are cooled rapidly, but the cause remains unknown. Now it is known that (1) rapid cooling depolarizes cell membranes giving a transient increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+, and (2) a rise of free calcium triggers dispersion of forisomes, which then occlude sieve elements (SEs) of fabacean plants. Therefore, we compared the effects of rapid chilling on SE electrophysiology, phloem transport and forisomes in Vicia faba. Forisomes dispersed after rapid cooling with a delay that was longer for slower cooling rates. Phloem transport stopped about 20 s after forisome dispersion, and then transport resumed and forisomes re-condensed within similar time frames. Transport interruption and forisome dispersion showed parallel behaviour – a cooling rate-dependent response, transience and desensitization. Chilling induced both a fast and a slow depolarization of SE membranes, the electrical signature suggesting strongly that the cause of forisome dispersion was the transient promotion of SE free calcium. This apparent block of SEs by dispersed forisomes may be assisted by other Ca2+-dependent sealing proteins that are present in all dicots.
- Subjects
PHLOEM; PLANT cells &; tissues; CELL membranes; FAVA bean; PLANT anatomy
- Publication
Plant, Cell & Environment, 2010, Vol 33, Issue 2, p259
- ISSN
0140-7791
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02079.x