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In vivo and in vitro effects of copper and cadmium on the plasma membrane H+-ATPase from cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) roots
Authors:Marek Burzy&#;ski and Ewa Kolano
Institution:(1) Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Botany, Wrocław University, Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wrocław, Poland
Abstract:The plasmalemma vesicles isolated from cucumber and maize roots were used to study the effect of Cu2+ and Cd2+ on the hydrolytic and proton pumping activities of ATPase. In vivo application of metal ions to the plant growth solutions resulted in stimulation of the proton transport in maize. In cucumber roots the action of metals was not the same: cadmium stimulated the H+ transport through plasmalemma whereas Cu2+ almost completely inhibited it. Copper ions decreased the hydrolytic activity of H+-ATPase in cucumber, without any effect on this activity in membranes isolated from maize roots. The effect of cadmium on the hydrolytic activities was opposite: ATP-hydrolysis activity in plasmalemma was not altered in cucumber, whereas in maize its stimulation was observed. The amount of accumulated metals was not the main reason of different influence of metals on H+-ATPase activity in tested plants. In in vitro experiments Cu2+ inhibited H+ transport in the cucumber, to a higher degree than Cd2+ and both metals did not change this H+-ATPase activity of plasmalemma isolated from corn roots. Cu2+ added into the incubation medium reduced the hydrolytic activity of ATPase in the plasma membrane isolated from cucumber as well as from corn roots. Cd2+ diminished the hydrolytic activity of ATPase in cucumber, and no effect of Cd2+ in the plasmalemma isolated from corn roots was found. Our results indicated different in vitro and in vivo action of both metals on H+-ATPase and different response of this enzyme to Cu2+ and Cd2+ in maize and cucumber.
Keywords:ATPase  Cd+2            Cu+2            cucumber  maize  root
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