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Plant and Cell Physiology Advance Access published online on May 29, 2008
Plant and Cell Physiology, doi:10.1093/pcp/pcn082
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Plant Inner Membrane Anion Channel (PIMAC) function in plant mitochondria

Maura Nicoletta Laus1,2, Mario Soccio1,2, Daniela Trono3, Luigi Cattivelli3 and Donato Pastore1,2,*

1Dipartimento di Scienze Agro-ambientali, Chimica e Difesa Vegetale, Facoltà di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Via Napoli, 25 - 71100 Foggia, Italy.
2Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale BIOAGROMED, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Via Napoli, 52 - 71100 Foggia, Italy.
3C.R.A.- Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura, S.S. 16, Km 675 - 71100 Foggia, Italy.

*Corresponding author: Prof. Donato Pastore, Dipartimento di Scienze Agro-ambientali, Chimica e Difesa Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Via Napoli, 25 - 71100 Foggia, Italy. tel: +39(0)881589249, fax +39(0)881589342, e-mail: d.pastore{at}unifg.it


  Abstract

To date, the existence of the Plant Inner Membrane Anion Channel (PIMAC) has been shown only in potato mitochondria, but its physiological role remains unclear. In this paper, by means of swelling experiments in K+ and ammonium salts, we characterize a PIMAC-like anion-conducting pathway in mitochondria from durum wheat (DWM), a monocotyledonous species phylogenetically far from potato. DWM were investigated since they possess a very active potassium channel (PmitoKATP), so implying a well active matching anion uniport pathway and, possibly, a coordinated function.

As in potato mitochondria, the electrophoretic uptake of chloride and succinate resulted inhibited by matrix [H+], propranolol, tributyltin, and insensitive to Mg2+, N,N’-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) and mercurials, thus showing PIMAC existence in DWM. PIMAC actively transports dicarboxylates, oxodicarboxylates, tricarboxylates and Pi. Interestingly, a novel mechanism of swelling in ammonium salts of isolated plant mitochondria is reported, based on electrophoretic anion uptake via PIMAC and ammonium uniport via PmitoKATP. PIMAC is inhibited by physiological compounds, such as ATP and free fatty acids, by high electrical membrane potential ({triangleup}{Psi}), but not by acyl-CoAs or reactive oxygen species. PIMAC was found to cooperate with dicarboxylate carrier by allowing succinate uptake that triggers succinate/malate exchange in isolated DWM. Similar results were obtained using mitochondria from the dicotyledonous species topinambur, so suggesting generalization of results.

We propose that PIMAC is normally inactive in vivo due to ATP and {triangleup}{Psi} inhibition, but activation may occur in mitochondria de-energized by PmitoKATP (or other dissipative systems) to replace or integrate the operation of classical anion carriers.

Keywords: anion transport - durum wheat mitochondria - inner membrane anion channel - Jerusalem artichoke mitochondria - potassium channel

(Received April 30, 2008; Accepted May 23, 2008)
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