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Plant Physiol, November 2000, Vol. 124, pp. 1393-1402
Spatial Distribution of Cell Division Rate Can Be Deduced from
that of p34cdc2 Kinase Activity in Maize Leaves Grown at
Contrasting Temperatures and Soil Water Conditions1
Christine
Granier,*
Dirk
Inzé, and
François
Tardieu
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire
d'Ecophysiologie des Plantes sous Stress Environnementaux, 2 Place
Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France (C.G., F.T.); Laboratorium voor
Genetica, Department of Plant Genetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair
Institut voor Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat
35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium (C.G., D.I.); and Laboratoire
Associé de l'Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique,
Universiteit Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium (D.I.)
We have investigated the spatial distributions of cell
division rate, p34cdc2 kinase activity, and amount of
p34cdc2a in maize (Zea mays) leaves grown at
contrasting temperatures and soil water conditions. An original method
for calculating cell division rate in all leaf tissues is proposed. In
all studied conditions, cell division rate was stable and maximum in
the first 2 cm beyond the leaf insertion point, declined afterward, and reached zero at 7 cm from the insertion point. The spatial distribution of p34cdc2 kinase activity, expressed on a per cell basis,
followed the same pattern. In contrast, the amount of
p34cdc2a was maximum in the first centimeter of the leaf,
declined afterward, but remained at 20% of maximum in more distal
zones with a near-zero cell division rate. A mild water deficit caused
a reduction in cell division rate and p34cdc2 kinase
activity by approximately 45% in all leaf zones, but did not affect
the amount of p34cdc2a. Growth temperature affected to the
same extent cell division rate and p34cdc2 kinase activity,
but only if p34cdc2 kinase activity was assayed at growth
temperature, and not if a standard temperature was used in all assays.
A common linear relationship between cell division rate and
p34cdc2 kinase activity applied to all causes of changes in
cell division rate, i.e. cell aging, water deficit, or changes in
temperature. It is shown that temperature has two distinct and additive
effects on p34cdc2 kinase activity; first, an effect on the
rate of the reaction, and second, an effect on the amount of
p34cdc2a.
1
This work was supported by a Lavoisier
postdoctoral fellowship (Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, France).
*
Corresponding author; e-mail granier{at}ensam.inra.fr; fax
33-4-99-52-21-16.
© 2000 American Society of Plant Physiologists
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