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Published on February 22, 2005; 10.1104/pp.104.058453
Received December 16, 2004
Returned for revision January 14, 2005
Accepted January 17, 2005
Impaired pH Homeostasis in Arabidopsis Lacking the Vacuolar Dicarboxylate Transporter and Analysis of Carboxylic Acid Transport across the Tonoplast
Marco Alois Hurth , Su Jeoung Suh , Tobias Kretzschmar , Tina Geis , Monica Bregante , Franco Gambale , Enrico Martinoia , and H. Ekkehard Neuhaus *
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Pflanzenphysiologie, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Universität Zürich, Institut für Pflanzenbiologie, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
Instituto de Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, I-16149 Genova, Italy
* Corresponding author; email: neuhaus{at}rhrk.uni-kl.de.
Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutants lacking the tonoplastic malate transporter AttDT (A. thaliana tonoplast dicarboxylate transporter) and wild-type plants showed no phenotypic differences when grown under standard conditions. To identify putative metabolic changes in AttDT knock-out plants, we provoked a metabolic scenario connected to an increased consumption of dicarboxylates. Acidification of leaf discs stimulated dicarboxylate consumption and led to extremely low levels of dicarboxylates in mutants. To investigate whether reduced dicarboxylate concentrations in mutant leaf cells and, hence, reduced capacity to produce OH- to overcome acidification might affect metabolism, we measured photosynthetic oxygen evolution under conditions where the cytosol is acidified. AttDT::tDNA protoplasts showed a much stronger inhibition of oxygen evolution at low pH values when compared to wild-type protoplasts. Apparently citrate, which is present in higher amounts in knock-out plants, is not able to replace dicarboxylates to overcome acidification. To raise more information on the cellular level, we performed localization studies of carboxylates. Although the total pool of carboxylates in mutant vacuoles was nearly unaltered, these organelles contained a lower proportion of malate and fumarate and a higher proportion of citrate when compared to wild-type vacuoles. These alterations concur with the observation that radioactively labeled malate and citrate are transported into Arabidopsis vacuoles by different carriers. In addition, wild-type vacuoles and corresponding organelles from AttDT::tDNA mutants exhibited similar malate channel activities. In conclusion, these results show that Arabidopsis vacuoles contain at least two transporters and a channel for dicarboxylates and citrate and that the activity of AttDT is critical for regulation of pH homeostasis.
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