REVERSIBLE INACTIVATION OF K+ CHANNELS OF VICIA STOMATAL GUARD-CELLS FOLLOWING THE PHOTOLYSIS OF CAGED INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE
REVERSIBLE INACTIVATION OF K+ CHANNELS OF VICIA STOMATAL GUARD-CELLS FOLLOWING THE PHOTOLYSIS OF CAGED INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE
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DOI:
10.1038/346766a0
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发表时间:
1990-08-23
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
TRENTHAM, DR
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作者:
BLATT, MR;THIEL, G;TRENTHAM, DR
RECENT investigations suggest that cytoplasmic D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) functions as a second messenger in plants, as in animals, coupling environmental and other stimuli to intracellular Ca2+release1,2. Cytoplasmic levels of InsP3and the turnover of several probable precursors in plants are affected by physiological stimuli—including light, osmotic stress and the phytohormone indoleacetic acid3–5—and InsP3activates Ca2+channels6and Ca2+flux across plant vacuolar7and microsomal membranes8. Complementary data also link changes in cytoplasmic free Ca2+to several physiological responses, notably in guard cells which regulate gas exchange through the stomatal pores of higher plant leaves. Recent evidence indicates that guard cell K+channels and, hence, K+flux for stomatal movements9may be controlled by cytoplasmic Ca2+(ref. 10). So far, however, direct evidence of a role for InsP3in signalling in plants has remained elusive. Here we report that InsP3released from an inactive, photolabile precursor, theP5-l-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl ester of InsP3(caged InsP3)11reversibly inactivates K+channels thought to mediate K+uptake by guard cells fromVicia fabaL. while simultaneously activating an apparently time-independent, inward current to depolarize the membrane potential and promote K+efflux through a second class of K+channels12,13. The data are consistent with a transient rise in cytoplasmic free Ca2+(ref. 9) and demonstrate that intact guard cells are competent to use InsP3in signal cascades controlling ion flux through K+channels.