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Involvement of plasma membrane potential in the tolerance mechanism of plant roots to aluminium toxicity (1995)

Sasaki, M ; Kasai, M ; Yamamoto, Y ; [et al.]

Springer

Plant and soil 171 (1995), S. 119-124

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ISSN: 1573-5036

Keywords: Al stress ; Ca2+ ; H+ pump ; K+ efflux ; low pH

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition

Notes: Abstract H+-ATPase activity of a plasma membrane-enriched fraction decreased after the treatment of barley (Hordeum vulgare) seedlings with Al for 5 days. A remarkably high level of Al was found in the membrane fraction of Al-treated roots. A long-term effect of Al was identified as the repression of the H+-ATPase of plasma membranes isolated from the roots of barley and wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivars, Atlas 66 (Al-tolerant) and Scout 66 (Al-sensitive). To monitor short-term effects of Al, the electrical membrane potentials across plasma membranes of both wheat cultivars were compared indirectly by measuring the efflux of K+ for 40 min under various conditions. The rate of efflux of K+ in Scout was twice that in Atlas at low pH values such as 4.2. Vanadate, an inhibitor of the H+-ATPase of the plasma membrane, increased the efflux of K+. Al repressed this efflux at low pH, probably through an effect on K+ channels, and repression was more pronounced in Scout. Al strongly repressed the efflux of K+ irrespective of the presence of vanadate. Ca2+ also had a repressive effect on the efflux of K+ at low pH. The effect of Ca2+, greater in Scout, might be related to the regulation of the net influx of H+, since the effect was negated by vanadate. The results suggest that extracellular low pH may cause an increase in the influx of H+, which in turn is counteracted by the efflux of K+ and H+. These results suggest that the ability to maintain the integrity of the plasma membrane and the ability to recover the electrical balance at the plasma membrane through a net influx of H+ and the efflux of K+ seem to participate in the mechanism of tolerance to Al stress under acidic conditions.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00009573

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Successful vitrification of bovine blastocysts, derived by in vitro maturation and fertilization (1993)

Tachikawa, S. ; Otoi, T. ; Kondo, S. ; [et al.]

New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell

Molecular Reproduction and Development 34 (1993), S. 266-271

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ISSN: 1040-452X

Keywords: Embryo ; Ethylene glycol ; Cattle ; Vitrification ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology

Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000

Topics: Biology

Notes: Bovine blastocysts were produced through maturation, fertilization, and development in vitro. For vitrification, solutions designated EFS, GFS, and PFS were prepared; these were 40% ethylene glycol, 40% glycerol, and 40% propylene glycol, respectively, diluted in modified phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing 30% Ficoll + 0.5 M sucrose. The embryos were exposed to the solutions in one step at room temperature, kept in the solutions for various times, vitrified in liquid nitrogen, and warmed rapidly. When the embryos were vitrified in EFS solution after 1 or 2 min exposure, the postwarming survival rate, assessed by the reexpansion of the blastocoel, was 74-77%. However, when the exposure time was extended to 3 min or longer, this rate dropped to 7-0%. This reduction was attributed to the toxicity of ethylene glycol. Of the embryos vitrified in GFS solution, 53% survived when they were cooled after 1 min exposure; as the duration of the exposure increased, the survival rate increased, reaching a peak (72%) at 4 min. The rate then decreased gradually with exposure time. In PFS solution, embryos surviving after vitrification were recovered only with 1 min exposure (33%), reflecting the high toxicity of propylene glycol. After vitrification in EFS or GFS solution, two embryos were nonsurgically transferred into each of 14 recipient animals. Of the 14 recipients, ten (71%) became pregnant; two resulted in early stillbirths, four recipients delivered twins (four alive and four stillborn), and two delivered single live calves, demonstrating the effectiveness of this simple vitrification method for the cryopreservation of in-vitro-produced bovine blastocysts. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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