The effect of high temperatures on leaf cells of Valerianella: relative heat stability of the tonoplast membrane of mesophyll vacuoles |
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Authors: | Hans-Joachim Weigel |
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Institution: | 1. Botanisches Institut der Universit?t Düsseldorf, Universit?tsstrasse 1, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract: | The effect of short-term heat stress on the tonoplast membrane of lamb's lettuce (Valerianella locusta (L.) Betcke) mesophyll vacuoles has been investigated. The maintainance of a proton concentration difference (δpH) across the tonoplast membrane served as a criterion for the integrity of the vacuoles. After heat treatment, δpH was measured at room temperature using the fluorescent amine, 9-aminoacridine. It was found with this method that thermal damage to isolated vacuoles mainly occurred in the temperature range above 50°C. Compared with this results, the photosynthetic functions of isolated lettuce protoplasts proved to be markedly more thermolabile, e.g. photosynthetic CO2 fixation and light-induced chlorophyll fluorescence were drastically reduced at temperatures between 40° and 50°C. Heating of whole leaves and protoplasts and subsequent isolation of vacuoles showed that tonoplast-membrane integrity is not affected by heat stress in situ up to 45°C. Measurement of 9-aminoacridine fluorescence in protoplasts, which allowed conclusions to be drawn regarding the integrity of the tonoplast membrane in its natural cytoplasmic environment, revealed that heat treatment up to 55°C did not significantly affect vacuolar compartmentation. The data provide evidence that the tonoplast membrane is relatively heat stable compared with photosynthetic membranes. |
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