Abstract |
Arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) are implicated in cell expansion by unknown mechanisms, thus AGP content and cell-expansion rate might be correlated. We used Yariv reagent to quantify release rates and distribution of AGP at the cell surface of tobacco BY-2 cells: plasma membrane (M); soluble periplasmic AGPs released by cell rupture (S); cell wall (W); and growth medium (Gsink). In contrast to earlier reports, we observed massive upregulation of AGPs in salt-stressed cells, and hence the absence of a simple, direct cause-and-effect relationship between growth rate and AGP release. There was a more subtle connection. A dynamic flux model, M-->S-->W-->Gsink, indicated that turnover was nondegradative, with little free diffusion of AGPs trapped in the pectic matrix of nonadapted cells where transmural migration of high molecular-weight AGPs occurred mainly by plug flow (apposition and extrusion). In contrast, however, an up to sixfold increased AGP release rate in the slower-growing salt-adapted cells indicated a greatly increased rate of AGP diffusion through a much more highly porous pectic network. We hypothesize that classical AGPs act as pectin plasticizers. This explains how beta-D-glycosyl Yariv reagents might inhibit expansion growth by crosslinking monomeric AGPs, and thus mimic an AGP loss-of-function mutation.
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Authors | Derek T A Lamport, Marcia J Kieliszewski, Allan M Showalter |
Journal | The New phytologist
(New Phytol)
Vol. 169
Issue 3
Pg. 479-92
( 2006)
ISSN: 0028-646X [Print] England |
PMID | 16411951
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Glucosides
- Mucoproteins
- Plant Proteins
- Yariv reagent
- arabinogalactan proteins
- Sodium Chloride
- Phloroglucinol
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Topics |
- Acclimatization
- Cell Enlargement
- Cell Membrane
(metabolism)
- Cell Wall
(metabolism)
- Cells, Cultured
- Colorimetry
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
(drug effects)
- Glucosides
(analysis)
- Mucoproteins
(genetics, metabolism, physiology)
- Periplasm
(metabolism)
- Phloroglucinol
(analogs & derivatives, analysis)
- Plant Proteins
(genetics, metabolism, physiology)
- Sodium Chloride
(pharmacology)
- Tobacco
(drug effects, genetics, metabolism)
- Up-Regulation
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