Polyamines and jasmonic acid induce plasma membrane potential variations in lima bean

Rika Ozawa, Cinzia M. Bertea, Maria Foti, Ravishankar Narayana, Gen Ichiro Arimura, Atsushi Muroi, Massimo E. Maffei, Junji Takabayashi

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Abstract

Exogenous polyamines [cadaverine (Cad), putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm)] elicit the production of volatiles in Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus). Among the tested PAs, Spm induces the production of some volatile terpenoids that are known to be induced by the spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Spm treatment elicits the biosynthesis of Jasmonic acid (JA), a phytohormone known to regulate the production of the volatile terpenoids. The treatment with JA together with Spm resulted in the increased volatile emission, and predatory mites Phytoseiulus persimilis preferred JA and Spm-treated leaves over those treated with JA alone.5 JA and Spm treatment has no effects on polyamine oxidase (PAO) and Cu-amine oxidase (CuAO) but has a significant induction of calcium influx, ROS production, enzyme activities for NADPH-oxidase complex, superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase and glutathione peroxidase, and gene expressions except for NADPHoxidase complex.5 Here, we report that a plasma membrane potential (Vm) depolarization was observed after polyamine perfusion with an increasing trend: Spm, Cad, Put and Spd. JA perfusion did not alter Vm but the perfusion of JA and the polyamines significantly increased Cad and Put Vm depolarization. When JA was perfused with polyamines, a negative correlation was found between Vm depolarization and the number of amino group of the polyamines tested.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)308-310
Number of pages3
JournalPlant Signaling and Behavior
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Calcium and ros signalling
  • Herbivore-induced volatile organic compounds
  • Jasmonic acid
  • Lima bean
  • Polyamines
  • Quantitative gene expression
  • Transmembrane potential

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