Abstract
Ethylene has been implicated in signaling cell death in the lysigenous formation of gas spaces (aerenchyma) in the cortex of adventitious roots of maize (Zea mays) subjected to hypoxia. Various antagonists that are known to modify particular steps in signal transduction in other plant systems were applied at low concentrations to normoxic and hypoxic roots of maize, and the effect on cell death (aerenchyma formation) and the increase in cellulase activity that precedes the appearance of cell degeneration were measured. Both cellulase activity and cell death were inhibited in hypoxic roots in the presence of antagonists of inositol phospholipids, Ca2+- calmodulin, and protein kinases. By contrast, there was a parallel promotion of cellulase activity and cell death in hypoxic and normoxic roots by contact with reagents that activate G-proteins, increase cytosolic Ca2+, or inhibit protein phosphatases. Most of these reagents had no effect on ethylene biosynthesis and did not arrest root extension. These results indicate that the transduction of an ethylene signal leading to an increase in intracellular Ca2+ is necessary for cell death and the resulting aerenchyma development in roots of maize subjected to hypoxia.
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