FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR OSMOREGULATION IN EPIDERMAL LEAF CELLS OF SEAGRASSES
FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR OSMOREGULATION IN EPIDERMAL LEAF CELLS OF SEAGRASSES
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海草表皮叶细胞渗透压调节的进一步证据
DOI:
10.1002/j.1537-2197.1983.tb06399.x
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1983
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R. Jagels
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R. Jagels
A comparison of the epidermal leafcell ultrastructure ofthree seagrasses, Thalassia testudinum (tropical, high salinity), Zostera marina (North temperate, moderate salinity), and Ruppia maritima (North temperate, brackish) provides confirmation for the theory that an invaginated plasmalemma-mitochondrial transport system is developed at least in part as a response to salt concentration. Cytochemical localization of presumed Cl- ion provides further evidence for the presence of a salt secretion or exclusion mechanism. Immature epidermal leaf cells communicate with each other and with mesophyll cells through numerous plasmodesmata, but during cell maturation these cytoplasmic connections are lost and the apoplastic transport system develops to replace the symplastic one. The two North temperate region seagrasses contain cytoplasmic lipids which are absent in the tropical species. Thalassia and Zostera have chloroplasts which lack starch, but stain densely for polysaccharides with thiocarbohydrazide. The polysaccharide staining is essentially negative in the chloroplasts of Ruppia, but mesophyll chloroplasts of this brackish water species contain starch. These and other cytological findings are compared with other seagrasses. IN AN EARLIER PAPER it was proposed that the epidermal leaf cells of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum are osmoregulatory (Jagels, 1973). The evidence presented to support that theory consisted of 1) demonstration of a high membrane potential, and 2) discovery of a convoluted plasmalemma with interdigitated mitochondria, analogous to structures found in other secretory cell systems. In this paper two other lines of evidence are presented in support of osmoregulation. One approach involves the ultrastructural localization of sodium or chloride ions to document salt partitioning. The other approach involves a comparative ultrastructural study, predi