Abstract
The tissue accumulation of sucrose, glucose, and fructose has been studied in cultured cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) roots and leaf discs. Sucrose uptake by both tissues from high apoplastic concentrations was independent of pH but has a slightly acidic pH optimum from low concentrations. Like other higher plant tissues, cotton root cells accumulate sucrose via a `saturable,' inhibitor-sensitive mechanism and a linear, inhibitor-resistant mechanism. The linear mechanism of sucrose uptake is not as pronounced in leaf disc data as it is in root data. Further, sucrose uptake by cotton leaf discs is more resistant than uptake by root cells to pH alterations, inhibitors, and monosaccharides in the uptake medium. The saturable phase of sucrose influx into cotton root is eliminated by glucose, fructose, and high pH. Sucrose influx into both tissues is not altered by osmotica up to 200 milliOsmolar. Sucrose accumulated by both tissues is rapidly converted to other chemical forms, especially in root tissue where only approximately 50% remains as neutral sugars 1 hour following the start of radiolable exposure. Although the entry of radiolabeled sucrose is faster in abraded leaf discs, they give the same response patterns to pH, inhibitors, and monosaccharide as do unabraded discs.
The sucrose accumulation kinetics of cotton roots and leaf discs differ. These differences may be related to the physiological roles (source versus sink) of the two tissues in the intact plant.
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