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Ca²⁺-Stimulated Secretion of -Amylase During Development in Barley Aleurone Protoplasts ¹

Department of Botany, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

The effects of gibberellic acid (GA₃) and Ca²⁺ on the synthesis and secretion of -amylase from protoplasts of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv Himalaya) aleurone were studied. Protoplasts undergo dramatic morphological changes whether or not the incubation medium contains GA₃, CaCl₂, or both. Incubation of protoplasts in medium containing both GA₃ and Ca²⁺, however, causes an increase in the -amylase activity of both incubation medium and tissue extract relative to controls incubated in GA₃ or Ca²⁺ alone. Isoelectric focusing shows that adding Ca²⁺ to incubation media containing GA₃ increases the levels of -amylase isozymes having high isoelectric points (pI). In the presence of GA₃ alone, only isozymes with low pIs accumulate. The increase in -amylase activity in the incubation medium begins after 36 hours of incubation, and secretion is complete after about 72 hours. Protoplasts require continuous exposure to Ca²⁺ to maintain elevated levels of -amylase release. Immunoelectrophoresis shows that Ca²⁺ stimulates the release of low-pI -amylase isozymes by 3-fold and high-pI isozymes by 30-fold over controls incubated in GA₃ alone. Immunochemical data also show that the half-maximum concentration for this response is between 5 and 10 millimolar CaCl₂. The response is not specific for Ca²⁺ since Sr²⁺ can substitute, although less effectively than Ca²⁺. Pulse-labeling experiments show that -amylase isozymes produced by aleurone protoplasts in response to GA₃ and Ca²⁺ are newly synthesized. The effects of Ca²⁺ on the process of enzyme synthesis and secretion is not mediated via an effect of this ion on -amylase stability or on protoplast viability. We conclude that Ca²⁺ directly affects the process of enzyme synthesis and transport. Experiments with protoplasts also argue against the direct involvement of the cell wall in Ca²⁺-stimulated enzyme release.

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