METABOLIC AND PHYSICAL CONTROL OF CELL ELONGATION RATE - IN-VIVO STUDIES IN NITELLA
METABOLIC AND PHYSICAL CONTROL OF CELL ELONGATION RATE - IN-VIVO STUDIES IN NITELLA
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.47.3.423
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
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7.4
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BUGGY, J
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作者:
GREEN, PB;ERICKSON, RO;BUGGY, J
Several levels of control of elongation rate are revealed through the detailed study of responses of theNitellainternode to abrupt shifts in turgor. The immediate response, which apparently reflects the physical state of the cell, is approximately described by the equationr= (P — Y)mwhereris rate,Pis pressure,Yis the wall's yielding threshold, andmis related to the wall's apparent fluidity (reciprocal viscosity). BecausePandYare in the range 5 to 6 atmospheres, and (P — Y) is roughly 0.2 atmosphere, elongation rate is initially extremely sensitive to changes inP.A small step-down in turgor (0.7 atmosphere) stops growth, and a similar rise greatly accelerates it. These initial responses are, however, soon (15 minutes) compensated by changes inY.An apparent metabolism-dependent reaction (azide-sensitive) lowersY; strain hardening (azide-insensitive) raises it. These two opposing processes, acting onY, serve as a governor on (P — Y), tending to maintain it at a given value despite changes inP.This ability to compensate is itself a function of turgor. Turgor step-downs are less and less well compensated, leading to lower rate, as turgor falls from 5 atmospheres to about 2 atmospheres where growth appears not to resume. This is the lowest attainable yield value,Y1. The turgor dependency of compensation reflects a turgor requirement of theY-lowering (“wall-softening”) process. Thus the relation between steady state,rs, and turgor is an indirect one, derived from time-dependent alterations of the cell wall. This relationship superficially resembles the instantaneously valid one in that, roughly,rs= (P—Y1)ms.Y1andms, however, have much lower values thanYandm. The duality of the elongation rateversusturgor relation and the prominent role ofYin regulating rate are the major features of growth control inNitella.