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Plant and Cell Physiology, 2001, Vol. 42, No. 7 717-722
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Involvement of Calcium Ion in the Stimulated Shoot Elongation of Arrowhead Tubers under Anaerobic Conditions

Shinsuke Tamura1, Hitoshi Kuramochi2 and Kimiharu Ishizawa1,3

1 Biological Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan 2 Center for Research on Wild Plants, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine-machi, Utsunomiya, 321-8505 Japan

Shoot elongation of arrowhead (Sagittaria pygmaea Miq.) tubers was stimulated in anaerobic conditions. The anaerobic elongation was attributed to stimulation of cell elongation in the middle of the shoots. The anaerobic elongation of the shoots was severely inhibited by ethylene glycol bis(ß-aminoethylether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA). The EGTA inhibition was completely nullified by exogenous CaCl2, which acts as an enhancer of anaerobic elongation. Moreover, calcium channel blockers, varapamil, diltiazem and LaCl3, inhibited the anaerobic elongation enhanced by CaCl2. These results showed that calcium plays an important role in stimulating the elongation in anaerobic conditions. Incorporation of 45Ca into the shoot tissues was measured to determine the involvement of calcium uptake in anaerobic elongation. Incorporation of 45Ca into the cell sap, which was collected from frozen and thawed shoots after thorough washing with LaCl3, was significantly stimulated in anaerobic conditions. Verapamil and diltiazem prevented the stimulation of 45Ca incorporation in anaerobic conditions. These results suggest that calcium uptake from the medium serves to enhance shoot elongation of arrowhead tubers under anaerobic conditions.

3 Corresponding author. E-mail; kimiharu@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp; Fax/Phone; +81-22-217-7734.


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