Abstract
Vacuolated and nonvacuolated root tissues of Zea mays were exposed to low water potentials by addition of mannitol or glycerol. Temporary increases were observed for O2 uptake, but CO2 evolution remained steady. This increase in O2 uptake ceased after 15 minutes. Further treatment induced decreases in respiration, with similar reductions in O2 uptake and CO2 evolution.
Removal of osmotica from nonvacuolated tissues restored high rates of respiration, uptake of glucose, and synthesis of methanol-insoluble compounds. In contrast, rates of all these processes decreased to very low values when vacuolated tissues were returned to high water potentials. Deplasmolysis also induced rapid leakage of metabolic intermediates from vacuolated tissues, but leakage from nonvacuolated tissues was only slightly increased. It is suggested that these contrasting responses of vacuolated and nonvacuolated tissues are related to differences in structural changes, during either plasmolysis or deplasmolysis.
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