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. 1997 Sep;115(1):51–60. doi: 10.1104/pp.115.1.51

Increases in Cytosolic Ca2+ in Parsley Mesophyll Cells Correlate with Leaf Senescence.

F Y Huang 1, S Philosoph-Hadas 1, S Meir 1, D A Callaham 1, R Sabato 1, A Zelcer 1, P K Hepler 1
PMCID: PMC158459  PMID: 12223791

Abstract

The ability to maintain the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]cyt) at homeostatic levels has been examined during leaf senescence in detached parsley (Petroselinum crispum) leaves. Fluorescence ratiometric imaging of mesophyll cells isolated from parsley leaves at various senescence stages and loaded with the Ca2+ indicator fura-2 has revealed a distinct elevation of [Ca2+]cyt, which was positively correlated with the progress of leaf senescence. This initial increase of [Ca2+]cyt, which was first observed in cells isolated from 3-d-senescent leaves, occurred 1 d before or in parallel with changes in two established senescence parameters, chlorophyll loss and lipid peroxidation. However, the [Ca2+]cyt elevation followed by 2 d the initial increase in the senescence-associated proteolysis. Whereas the [Ca2+]cyt of nonsenescent cells remained at the basal level, the elevated [Ca2+]cyt of the senescent cells was a long-lasting effect. Experimental retardation of senescence processes, achieved by pretreatment of detached leaves with the cytokinin benzyladenine, resulted in maintenance of homeostatic levels of [Ca2+]cyt in cells isolated from 3-d-senescent leaves. These observations demonstrate for the first time to our knowledge a correlation between elevated [Ca2+]cyt and the process of senescence in parsley leaves. Such senescence-associated elevation of [Ca2+]cyt, which presumably results from a loss of the cell's capability to extrude Ca2+, may serve as a signal inducing subsequent deteriorative processes.

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