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The calcium dependency of the cytoplasmic streaming of wheat root hairs was demonstrated by adding the Ca-Ionophore A 23187. Within three minutes the streaming velocity was decreased dramactically. The influence of ammonium on the cytoplasmic streaming is highly pH-dependent. While at a pH of 9.0 an inhibitory effect was observed even at low ammonium concentrations (0.5 mM) no effect could be measured at a pH of 6.5. Nitrate, independently of medium pH had no effect on the cytoplasmic streaming. The same is true for aluminium. It is suggested that at pH 9 ammonium permiates the plasmalemma as NH3. Due to higher cytoplasmic pH (∼ 7.5), NH3 is protonated leading to an increase in cytoplasmic pH. Ammonium may displace sorbed calcium leading to an increase in the free cytoplasmic calcium responsible for the cessation of the streaming. Alternative explanations are discussed.
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Abbreviations
- HEPES:
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N-2-Hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-2-ethanesulfonic acid
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Sattelmacher, B., Heinecke, I. & Mühling, K.H. Influence of minerals on cytoplasmic streaming in root hairs of intact wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Soil 155, 107–110 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024995
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