PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 115, Issue 4 1491-1498, Copyright © 1997 by American Society of Plant Biologists

CELL BIOLOGY AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

Actin Filaments of Guard Cells Are Reorganized in Response to Light and Abscisic Acid

S. O. Eun and Y. Lee
Department of Life Science (S.-O.E., Y.L.), School of Environmental Engineering (Y.L.), Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea

We recently showed that treatment with actin antagonists perturbed stomatal behavior in Commelina communis L. leaf epidermis and therefore suggested that dynamic changes in actin are necessary for signal responses in guard cells (M. Kim, P.K. Hepler, S.O. Eun, K.-S. Ha, Y. Lee [1995] Plant Physiol 109: 1077-1084). Here we show that actin filaments of guard cells, visualized by immunofluorescence microscopy, change their distribution in response to physiological stimuli. When stomata were open under white-light illumination, actin filaments were localized in the cortex of guard cells, arranged in a pattern that radiates from the stomatal pore. In marked contrast, for guard cells of stomata closed by darkness or by abscisic acid, the actin organization was characterized by short fragments randomly oriented and diffusely labeled along the pore site. Upon abscisic acid treatment, the radial pattern of actin arrays in the illuminated guard cells began to disintegrate within a few minutes and was completely disintegrated in the majority of labeled guard cells by 60 min. Unlike actin filaments, microtubules of guard cells retained an unaltered organization under all conditions tested. These results further support the involvement of actin filaments in signal transduction pathways of guard cells.

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