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Primary Action of Indole-3-acetic Acid in Crown Gall Tumors

Increase of Solute Uptake

Botanisches Institut, Johann Wolfgang Goethe—Universität, Siesmayerstrae 70,6000-Frankfurt, West Germany

Exogenously added indole-3-acetic acid at a concentration of 100 micromolars stimulates D-glucose uptake (or 3-O-methyl-D-glucose uptake) by 25% in crown gall tumors induced on potato tuber tissue by Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C 58. The titration of the endogenous IAA with the auxin antagonist 2-naphthaleneacetic acid at 100 micromolars reduces D-glucose uptake by about 80%. The apparent inhibition constant K_i is 21 micromolars. Other auxin antagonists like 1-naphthoxyacetic acid and 2-(p-chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropionic acid show similar effects. The uptake of the amino acids leucine, methionine, tryptophan, lysine, and aspartic acid is also inhibited by 2-naphthaleneacetic acid to similar degrees. The auxins 1-naphthaleneacetic acid and 2-naphthoxyacetic acid at concentrations between 10 and 100 micromolars inhibit solute uptake only slightly (inhibition less than 20%). The impact of the results on the postulated role of indole-3-acetic acid as a modifier of the electrochemical proton gradient across the plasmalemma in crown gall tumor tissue is discussed.