Roles of AtTPC1, vacuolar two pore channel 1, in Arabidopsis stomatal closure

Plant Cell Physiol. 2010 Feb;51(2):302-11. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcq001. Epub 2010 Jan 7.

Abstract

Abscisic acid (ABA) induces production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO), elevation of the cytosolic free calcium ion concentration ([Ca(2+)](cyt)) and cytosolic pH (pH(cyt)), and activation of S-type anion channels in guard cells, causing stomatal closure. To investigate whether Arabidopsis Two pore channel 1 (AtTPC1) that encodes the slow vacuolar (SV) channel is involved in stomatal closure, we examined stomatal movements and mobilization of second messengers in the attpc1-2 loss-of-function mutant in response to ABA, methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and Ca(2+). Both ABA and MeJA elicited production of ROS and NO, [Ca(2+)](cyt) oscillations, cytosolic alkalization and activation of S-type anion channel currents to lead to stomatal closure in the attpc1-2 mutant as well as the wild type. Unlike the wild type, in the attpc1-2 mutant exogenous Ca(2+) neither induced stomatal closure nor activated plasma membrane S-type anion channel currents despite [Ca(2+)](cyt) elevation. These results indicate that AtTPC1 functions in response to external Ca(2+) but not to ABA and MeJA in Arabidopsis guard cells and suggest that AtTPC1 could be involved in priming of plasma membrane S-type anion channels by external Ca(2+) in Arabidopsis guard cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abscisic Acid / pharmacology
  • Acetates / pharmacology
  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism
  • Arabidopsis / physiology
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
  • Calcium / pharmacology
  • Calcium Channels / genetics
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism*
  • Cyclopentanes / pharmacology
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
  • Oxylipins / pharmacology
  • Plant Stomata / physiology*
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Calcium Channels
  • Cyclopentanes
  • Oxylipins
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • TPC1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Abscisic Acid
  • methyl jasmonate
  • Calcium