Abstract
Cell expansion in dicotyledonous leaves is strongly stimulated by bright white light (WL), at least in part as a result of light-induced acidification of the cell walls. It has been proposed that photosynthetic reactions are required for light-stimulated transport processes across plasma membranes of leaf cells, including proton excretion. The involvement of photosynthesis in growth and wall acidification of primary leaves of bean has been tested by inhibiting photosynthesis in two ways: by reducing chlorophyll content of intact plants with tentoxin (TX) and by treating leaf discs with 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU). Exposure to bright WL stimulated growth of intact leaves of TX-treated plants. Discs excised from green as well as from TX-or DCMU-treated leaves also responded by growing faster in WL, as long as exogenous sucrose was supplied to the photosynthetically inhibited tissues. The WL caused acidification of the epidermal surface of intact TX-leaves, but acidification of the incubation medium by mesophyll cells only occurred when photosynthesis was not inhibited. It is concluded that light-stimulated cell enlargement of bean leaves, and the necessary acidification of epidermal cell walls, are mediated by a pigment other than chlorophyll. Light-induced proton excretion by mesophyll cells, on the other hand, may require both a photosynthetic product (or exogenous sugars) and a non-photosynthetic light effect.
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Abbreviations
- DCMU:
-
3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1 -dimethylurea
- OC:
-
osmotic concentration
- RL:
-
red light
- TX:
-
tentoxin
- WL:
-
white light
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We thank Dr. G.E. Templeton, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA, for initially supplying us with TX, and also Dr. Stephen O. Duke, Southern Weend Science Laboratory, Stoneville, Miss., USA, for suggesting this compound for our experiments. We are grateful to Professor E. Ballio for his generous gift of fusicoccin.
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Van Volkenburgh, E., Cleland, R.E. Light-stimulated cell expansion in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) leaves. Planta 182, 72–76 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239986
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