PMID: 9418048Jan 7, 1998Paper

Calcium signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana responding to drought and salinity

The Plant Journal : for Cell and Molecular Biology
H KnightM R Knight

Abstract

Changes in cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]cyt) in response to mannitol (drought) and salt treatments were detected in vivo in intact whole Arabidopsis seedlings. Transient elevations of [Ca2+]cyt to around 1.5 microM were observed, and these were substantially inhibited by pretreatment with the calcium-channel blocker lanthanum and to a lesser extent, the calcium-chelator EGTA. The expression of three genes, p5cs, which encodes delta(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS), the first enzyme of the proline biosynthesis pathway, rab18 and Iti78 which both encode proteins of unknown function, was induced by mannitol and salt treatments. The induction of all three genes by mannitol was inhibited by pretreatment with lanthanum. Salt-induced p5cs, but not rab18 and Iti78, expression was also inhibited by lanthanum. Induction of p5cs by mannitol was also inhibited by the calcium channel-blockers gadolinium and verapamil and the calcium chelator EGTA, further suggesting the involvement of calcium signalling in this response. Mannitol induced greater levels of p5cs gene expression than an isoosmolar concentration of salt, at both relatively high and low concentrations. However, calcium transients were of a similar magn...Continue Reading

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