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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 108, Issue 1 269-275, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Plant Biologists

WHOLE PLANT, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND STRESS PHYSIOLOGY

Subcellular Localization and Characterization of Excessive Iron in the Nicotianamine-less Tomato Mutant chloronerva

R. Becker, E. Fritz and R. Manteuffel
Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany (R.B., R.M.)

To understand the function of the Fe2+-complexing compound nicotianamine (NA) in the iron metabolism of plants we have localized iron and other elements in the NA-containing tomato wild type (Lycopersicon esculentum) and its NA-free mutant chloronerva by quantitative x-ray microanalysis. Comparison of element composition of the rhizodermal cell walls indicated that the wild type accumulated considerable amounts of iron and phosphorus in the cell wall, whereas in the mutant iron and phosphorus were detected in the cytoplasm and vacuoles of the rhizodermis. In mutant leaves containing high iron concentrations in the symplast, electron-dense inclusions were detected in chloroplasts and phloem. Such particles, consisting mainly of iron and phosphorus, were never found in the wild type and were very rarely detected in young chlorotic mutant leaves or after treatment of the mutant with NA. For further characterization the electron-dense inclusions in mutant leaves were isolated and compared by sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting to ferritin from iron-loaded Phaseolus vulgaris leaves. Antibodies raised against purified Phaseolus leaf ferritin were used. Neither in mutant nor in wild type (iron loaded and control) was ferritin protein detected. These results suggest that the electron-dense inclusions in mutant leaves are not identical with ferritin. It is concluded that NA is necessary to complex ferrous iron in a soluble and available form within the cells. In the absence of NA the precipitation of excessive iron in the form of insoluble ferric phosphate compounds could protect the cells from iron overload.


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