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First published online November 26, 2003; 10.1104/pp.103.024372

Plant Physiology 133:1464-1470 (2003)
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Primary Inhibition of Hypocotyl Growth and Phototropism Depend Differently on Phototropin-Mediated Increases in Cytoplasmic Calcium Induced by Blue Light1

Kevin M. Folta2,*, Erin J. Lieg, Tessa Durham and Edgar P. Spalding

Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

The phototropin photoreceptors transduce blue-light signals into several physiological and developmental responses in plants. A transient rise in cytoplasmic calcium (Ca2+) that begins within seconds of phototropin 1 (phot1) excitation is believed to be an important element in the transduction pathways leading to one or more of the phot1-dependent responses. The goal of the present work was to determine whether the Ca2+ response was necessary for (a) the inhibition of hypocotyl elongation that develops within minutes of the irradiation, and (b) hypocotyl phototropism (curved growth of the stem in response to asymmetric illumination). After determining that pulses of light delivering photon fluences of between 1 and 1,000 µmol m-2 induced growth inhibition mediated by phot1 without significant interference from other photosensory pathways, the effect of blocking the Ca2+ rise was assessed. Treatment of seedlings with a Ca2+ chelator prevented the rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ and prevented phot1-mediated growth inhibition. However, the same chelator treatment did not impair phot1-mediated phototropism. Thus, it appears that the early, transient rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ is an important intermediary process in at least one but not all phot1-signaling pathways.

Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/doi/10.1104/pp.103.024372.

1 This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant no. IBN-9974585).

2 Present address: Horticultural Sciences Department, P.O. Box 110690, 1301 Fifield Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.

* Corresponding author; e-mail kfolta{at}mail.ifas.ufl.edu; fax 352-392-5653.

Received March 30, 2003; returned for revision May 26, 2003; accepted August 13, 2003.


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