http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/22048
Title: | A Comparison of the Effect of Lead (Pb) on the Slow Vacuolar (SV) and Fast Vacuolar (FV) Channels in Red Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Taproot Vacuoles |
Authors: | Siemieniuk, Agnieszka Burdach, Zbigniew Karcz, Waldemar |
Keywords: | Beta vulgaris L.; FV and SV channels; patch-clamp; PbCl2; vacuole |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Citation: | "International Journal of Molecular Sciences" (2021), iss. 22, art. no. 12621, s. 1-11 |
Abstract: | Little is known about the effect of lead on the activity of the vacuolar K+ channels. Here, the patch-clamp technique was used to compare the impact of lead (PbCl2) on the slow-activating (SV) and fast-activating (FV) vacuolar channels. It was revealed that, under symmetrical 100-mM K+, the macroscopic currents of the SV channels exhibited a typical slow activation and a strong outward rectification of the steady-state currents, while the macroscopic currents of the FV channels displayed instantaneous currents, which, at the positive potentials, were about three-fold greater compared to the one at the negative potentials. When PbCl2 was added to the bath solution at a final concentration of 100 M, it decreased the macroscopic outward currents of both channels but did not change the inward currents. The single-channel recordings demonstrated that cytosolic lead causes this macroscopic effect by a decrease of the single-channel conductance and decreases the channel open probability. We propose that cytosolic lead reduces the current flowing through the SV and FV channels, which causes a decrease of the K+ fluxes from the cytosol to the vacuole. This finding may, at least in part, explain the mechanism by which cytosolic Pb2+ reduces the growth of plant cells. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/22048 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijms222312621 |
ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
Appears in Collections: | Artykuły (WNP) |
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