Control of Vascular Sap pH by the Vessel-Associated Cells in Woody Species (Physiological and Immunological Studies).
AUTOR(ES)
Fromard, L.
RESUMO
In Robinia wood, the vessel-associated cells form a continuous sleeve around the vessels. Variations in pH of the solution perfused through the vessels during the annual cycle and the opposing effects of carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenylhydrazone and fusicoccin on this pH value indicate that some living cells of the wood are involved in the control of vascular sap pH and that this control fluctuates with the seasons. The immunolocalization of the plasma membrane HT+-ATPase in Robinia wood was studied by the immunogold-silver-staining technique using an antibody raised against a conserved stretch of the cytoplasmic domain of the H+-ATPase. The immunostaining is much stronger in vessel-associated cells than in other living cell types (ray and axial parenchyma elements) of the secondary xylem. Our data show an efficient involvement of this cell type in the control of vascular sap pH.
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