Abstract
Ophiobolin A, a sesterterpene metabolite of Helminthosporium maydis, Nisikado and Miyake, stimulates net leakage of electrolytes and glucose from maize (Zea mays L.) seedling roots. Treatment of the roots with ophiobolin A at a concentration of 10 μg/ml (25 μm) inhibits uptake of 10 mm 2-deoxyglucose by 50% and of 0.5 mm 2-deoxyglucose by 85%. Compartmental analysis of the efflux of 3-O-methylglucose failed to show a similar effect of ophiobolin A on the rate of efflux of hexose. The inhibition of uptake is not reversible by washing. There is no difference in the effects on roots from cytoplasmic male sterile or normal cytoplasm plants, and exposure of carrot (Daucus carota L.) root discs to ophiobolin A also causes inhibition of 2-deoxyglucose uptake by this tissue.
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