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J Exp Bot ; 54(383): 657-61, 2003 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12554708

ABSTRACT

Triple-barrelled microelectrodes measuring K(+) activity (a(K)), pH and membrane potential were used to make quantitative measurements of vacuolar and cytosolic a(K) in epidermal and mesophyll cells of barley plants grown in nutrient solution with 0 or 200 mM added NaCl. Measurements of a(K) were assigned to the cytosol or vacuole based on the pH measured. In epidermal cells, the salt treatment decreased a(K) in the vacuole from 224 to 47 mM and in the cytosol from 68 to 15 mM. In contrast, the equivalent changes in the mesophyll were from 235 to 150 mM (vacuole) and 79 to 64 mM (cytosol). Thus mechanisms exist to ameliorate the effects of salt on a(K) in compartments of mesophyll cells, presumably to minimize any deleterious consequences for photosynthesis. Thermodynamic calculations showed that K(+) is actively transported into the vacuole of both epidermal and mesophyll cells of salinized and non- salinized plants. Comparison of the values of a(K) in K(+)-replete, non-salinized leaf cells with those previously measured in root cells of plants grown under comparable conditions indicates that cytosolic a(K) is similar in cells of both organs, but vacuolar a(K) in leaf cells is approximately twice that in roots. This suggests differences in the regulation of vacuolar a(K), but not cytosolic a(K), in leaf and root cells.


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Hordeum/metabolism , Plant Leaves/metabolism , Potassium/metabolism , Sodium Chloride/pharmacology , Cytosol/drug effects , Cytosol/metabolism , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Hordeum/drug effects , Hordeum/growth & development , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Membrane Potentials/drug effects , Plant Epidermis/cytology , Plant Epidermis/drug effects , Plant Epidermis/metabolism , Plant Leaves/drug effects , Plant Leaves/growth & development , Vacuoles/drug effects , Vacuoles/metabolism
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