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. 1989 Jul;90(3):913–920. doi: 10.1104/pp.90.3.913

The Proton Electrochemical Transmembrane Gradients Generated by the Transfer Cells of the Haustorium of Polytrichum formosum and Their Use in the Uptake of Amino Acids

Sylvie Renault 1, Chantal Despeghel-Caussin 1, Jean-Louis Bonnemain 1, Serge Delrot 1
PMCID: PMC1061820  PMID: 16666897

Abstract

The epidermal cells of the sporophyte haustorium of Polytrichum formosum are modified into transfer cells. These cells are located in a strategic place allowing them to control the exchanges between the two generations. Their plasmalemma creates proton gradients (Δψ and ΔpH) which increase during the development of the sporophyte. As the sporophyte grows from 2 to 4 cm long, the pH of the incubation medium of the haustoria decreases from 5.2 to 4.3, and the transmembrane potential difference (PD) hyperpolarizes form −140 to −210 millivolts. These gradients become rapidly larger than that generated by the plasmalemma of the basal cells of the sporophyte. They are used to energize the uptake of the solutes present in the apoplast of the gametophyte, particularly the amino acids. Below 20 micromolar α-aminoisobutyric acid uptake in the transfer cells is mediated by a saturable system and is optimal at acidic pH (4.0 and 4.5). It is strongly inhibited by compounds dissipating both Δψ and ΔpH (10 micromolar carbonylcyanide-m-chlorophenyl hydrazone) or only Δψ (0.1 molar KCl). The absorption of α-aminoisobutyric acid and of the other neutral amino acids tested induces an alkalinization of the medium and a depolarization of membrane potential difference which is concentration dependent. These data show that the uptake of amino acids by the transfer cells of the haustorium is a secondary translocation (proton-amino acid symport) energized by a primary translocation (proton efflux). More particularly, they show that transfer cells possess a membrane enzymic equipment particularly efficient to achieve the uptake of the solutes leaked in the apoplast from other cell types.

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