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. 1998 Aug;10(8):1267–1276. doi: 10.1105/tpc.10.8.1267

Ca2+, annexins, and GTP modulate exocytosis from maize root cap protoplasts

AD Carroll 1, C Moyen 1, Van Kesteren P 1, F Tooke 1, NH Battey 1, C Brownlee 1
PMCID: PMC144062  PMID: 9707528

Abstract

Protoplasts isolated from root cap cells of maize were shown to secrete fucose-rich polysaccharides and were used in a patch-clamp study to monitor changes in whole-cell capacitance. Ca2+ was required for exocytosis, which was measured as an increase in cell capacitance during intracellular dialysis with Ca2+ buffers via the patch pipette. Exocytosis was stimulated significantly by small increases above normal resting [Ca2+]. In the absence of Ca2+, protoplasts decreased in size. In situ hybridization showed significant expression of the maize annexin p35 in root cap cells, differ-entiating vascular tissue, and elongating cells. Dialysis of protoplasts with maize annexins stimulated exocytosis at physiological [Ca2+], and this could be blocked by dialysis with antibodies specific to maize annexins. Dialysis with milli-molar concentrations of GTP strongly inhibited exocytosis, causing protoplasts to decrease in size. GTPgammaS and GDPbetaS both caused only a slight inhibition of exocytosis at physiological Ca2+. Protoplasts were shown to internalize plasma membrane actively. The results are discussed in relation to the regulation of exocytosis in what is usually considered to be a constitutively secreting system; they provide direct evidence for a role of annexins in exocytosis in plant cells.

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