Influence of cytoskeletal agents on the respiratory electron transport pathways in the cells of winter wheat leaves |
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Authors: | Abdrakhimova Y R Khokhlova L P Abdrakhmanova A F Abdrakhimov F A |
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Affiliation: | Department of Plant Physiology, University of Kazan, Russia. |
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Abstract: | The effects of actin and tubulin polymerization inhibitors on the respiratory electron transport pathway activities were investigated using abscisic acid (ABA)- and cold-treated winter wheat seedling leaves. In unstressed control plants, cytochalasin B (15 microm) decreased the capacity of the cytochrome pathway, but stimulated the cyanide-resistant pathway, whereas oryzalin (15 microm) produced the opposite effects. Cold hardening (3 degrees C for 7 days) and ABA treatment 30 microm changed the respiratory pattern in a similar manner to cytochalasin B but to lesser effects. This points to cold- and ABA-induced reduction in microfilament sensitivity to these drugs and hence stabilization of actin-dependent processes. In contrast, oryzalin had only weak effects on control samples and its effects were strengthened in the presence of the cytoskeleton-modifying factors. The data suggest that the potential targets for the agent either increase and/or the degree of involvement of microtubules in the respiratory chain regulation, and therefore that the cytoskeleton can modify the functioning of the respiratory electron transport pathways in winter wheat cells. |
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Keywords: | Triticum aestivum L winter wheat cytoskeleton respiratory electron transport pathways abscisic acid (ABA) cold acclimation |
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