ACTIN-FILAMENTS IN MATURE GUARD-CELLS ARE RADIALLY DISTRIBUTED AND INVOLVED IN STOMATAL MOVEMENT
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- Title
- ACTIN-FILAMENTS IN MATURE GUARD-CELLS ARE RADIALLY DISTRIBUTED AND INVOLVED IN STOMATAL MOVEMENT
- Authors
- KIM, M; HEPLER, PK; FUN, SO; HA, KS; LEE, Y
- Date Issued
- 1995-11
- Publisher
- AMER SOC PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS
- Abstract
- Stomatal movements, which regulate gas exchange in plants, involve pronounced changes in the shape and volume of the guard cell. To test whether the changes are regulated by actin filaments, we visualized microfilaments in mature guard cells and examined the effects of actin antagonists on stomatal movements. Immunolocalization on fixed cells and microinjection of fluorescein isothiocyanate-phalloidin into living guard cells of Commelina communis L. showed that cortical microfilaments were radially distributed, fanning out from the stomatal pore site, resembling the known pattern of microtubules. Treatment of epidermal peels with phalloidin prior to stabilizing microfilaments with m-maleimidobenzoyl N-hydroxysuccimimide caused dense packing of radial microfilaments and an accumulation of actin around many organelles. Both stomatal closing induced by abscisic acid and opening under light were inhibited. Treatment of guard cells with cytochalasin D abolished the radial pattern of microfilaments; generated sparse, poorly oriented arrays; and caused partial opening of dark-closed stomata. These results suggest that microfilaments participate in stomatal aperture regulation.
- Keywords
- DIVIDING PLANT-CELLS; F-ACTIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE-C; CYTOSKELETON; ASSOCIATION; MICROTUBULE; DYNAMICS; BINDING; DIFFERENTIATION
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/21693
- DOI
- 10.1104/pp.109.3.1077
- ISSN
- 0032-0889
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 109, no. 3, page. 1077 - 1084, 1995-11
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