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Environmental and Stress Physiology

Solute Accumulation in Tobacco Cells Adapted to NaCl ¹

Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Cells of Nicotiana tabacum L. var Wisconsin 38 adapted to NaCl (up to 428 millimolar) which have undergone extensive osmotic adjustment accumulated Na⁺ and Cl^– as principal solutes for this adjustment. Although the intracellular concentrations of Na⁺ and Cl^– correlated well with the level of adaptation, these ions apparently did not contribute to the osmotic adjustment which occurred during a culture growth cycle, because the concentrations of Na⁺ and Cl^– did not increase during the period of most active osmotic adjustment. The average intracellular concentrations of soluble sugars and total free amino acids increased as a function of the level of adaptation; however, the levels of these solutes did not approach those observed for Na⁺ and Cl^–. The concentration of proline was positively correlated with cell osmotic potential, accumulating to an average concentration of 129 millimolar in cells adapted to 428 millimolar NaCl and representing about 80% of the total free amino acid pool as compared to an average of 0.29 millimolar and about 4% of the pool in unadapted cells. These results indicate that although Na⁺ and Cl^– are principal components of osmotic adjustment, organic solutes also may make significant contributions.

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