The Use of Fura-2 Fluorescence to Monitor the Movement of Free Calcium Ions into the Matrix of Plant Mitochondria (Pisum sativum and Helianthus tuberosus).

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  • M. Zottini
  • D. Zannoni
چکیده

Purified mitochondria isolated from pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Alaska) stems and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L. cv OB1) tubers were loaded with the acetoxymethyl ester of the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator fura-2. This made possible the continuous monitoring of free [Ca2+] in the matrix ([Ca2+]m) without affecting the apparent viability of the mitochondria. Pea stem mitochondria contained an initial [Ca2+]m of approximately 60 to 100 nM, whereas [Ca2+]m was severalfold higher (400-600 nM) in mitochondria of Jerusalem artichoke tubers. At low extramitochondrial Ca2+ concentrations ([greater than or equal to]100 nM), there was an energy-dependent membrane potential increase in [Ca2+]m; the final [Ca2+]m was phosphate-dependent in Jerusalem artichoke but was phosphate-independent in pea stem mitochondria. The data presented indicate that (a) there is no absolute requirement for phosphate in Ca2+ uptake; (b) plant mitochondria can accumulate external free Ca2+ by means of an electrophoretic Ca2+ uniporter with an apparent affinity for Ca2+ (Km approximately 150 nM) that is severalfold lower than that measured by conventional methods (isotopes and Ca2+-sensitive electrodes); and (c) [Ca2+]m is within the regulatory range of mammalian intramitochondrial dehydrogenases.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Plant physiology

دوره 102 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1993